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- May my Creation remember that he loved and keep loving; and may he in return be loved.
- —From “A Trace”, about 4NAKT.
4NAKT is the friendship between Mizi, Sua, Ivan, and Till from the Alien Stage fandom.
Canon[]
The four of them have been depicted and advertised as a group as early as October 2022[1]. And although Till and Sua are distant (with Sua even disliking Till; dubbing him "guitar brat"[2]), they oftentimes find themselves within close proximity due to their crushes on Mizi.
The four of them are shown together in the actual series twice - the first time being during the prologue, ALIEN STAGE, in which they can be seen singing together as children. The second time being during TOP 3, in which they can be seen walking past a crowd of Segyein together.
Most of their canon interactions are shown through comics/official art on the ALIEN STAGE Twitter account or through artbook-exclusive content.
Twitter Comics[]
8/11/23 Comic[]
Till threatens Ivan to stop acting all high-and-mighty or else he'll stop going easy on him during their usual fights, also adding that Mizi isn't playing with him because of him. Ivan replies by saying that Mizi never plays with him anyway. It then cuts to what is presumably earlier, where Mizi and Sua are staring at the two boys fighting. Mizi wonders why they're always fighting, and Sua tells her it is because they are delicate.
Piggyback Ride[]
Mizi receives a piggyback ride from Ivan. She squeals, commenting on how much higher it lifts her due to Ivan's continuous growth. Ivan then asks Sua, who presumably has a jealous look on her face, if she wanted one too since she was looking at him strange. Sua shakes her head 'no'. Till, flustered, tells Mizi he can also do piggyback rides. Mizi misinterprets this, and ends up giving Till one instead, but he's happy and will take what he can get.
As the two ride off into the sunset together, Ivan and Sua stay behind and discuss something a little more personal. Ivan notes that Sua had been straining herself as of late, and that she should know better than anyone else that scoring points in Anakt Garden is ultimately worthless. Sua asks him if he's trying to pick a fight, but Ivan stresses that he's just worried. Sua tells him not to cross the line.
9/22/23 Comic[]
Mizi whispers a word to Ivan that she doesn't know the meaning of and asks if he knows. Ivan says that he doesn't (likely lying) and tells her that she should try asking Till or Sua instead. She does, eliciting different, flustered and/or shocked reactions from the both of them. Mizi returns to Ivan, telling him that they didn't seem to know either. Ivan giggles internally to himself as he tells her that he's surprised they don't.
5/24/24 Comic[]
Ivan is sitting against a tree in the shade as Mizi naps on him, idly copying the guitarist hand movements that Till does when he writes music. All of a sudden, Sua spots the two and comes to remove Mizi from Ivan. Ivan smiles mischievously at that and pulls Sua into a hug of her own. Sua either punches him in or slaps him across the face before storming off angrily with Mizi, leaving Ivan in the comfort of a very confused Till.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TILL[]
Mizi surprises Till with a tap on the shoulder and a present for his birthday. She notes that he's always getting blisters on his fingers from practicing the guitar so often, so she got him Jjokkani-themed bandaids (a mascot popular amongst pet-humans, similar to Hello Kitty in the real world). Till tells her he loves the gift while fanboying over her in his head. It then cuts to Sua, who is staring at the two from behind a tree, smirking maliciously and hoping for Till to be ready for her present too in her head. It then cuts to Ivan, who is also staring at the two from behind a tree even farther away, counting the number of presents Till has received thus far so he can steal them all tomorrow.
A Trace[]
'A Trace' introduces a new character, Io, who is Till's birth parent.
After being separated from Till, Io prayed to Anakt that Till would remember he was a loving person and continue being as such. And that one day, the love Till gave would be returned. As they wish for this, an image of Till with the rest of 4NAKT is shown.
Nearing the end of the comic, Mizi, Sua and Ivan are watching Till draw. At the end, they all walk away together.
Fanon[]
"4NAKT" is derived from "Anakt Garden", the name of the school/facility they all formally met at.
4NAKT is exclusively viewed as a friendship and rarely shipped as a polyamourous coupling, if at all. This is mostly because of Mizi and Sua's relationship and Ivan being in love with Till, which fans prefer to ship on their own rather than all four of them at once. Another contributing factor is that the fandom almost unanimously views Mizi and Sua as lesbians, Ivan as a gay man, and Ivan and Sua having a brother-sister relationship.
Because of the fact that Ivan, Sua, and Till are deceased, a common theme in fan-made material depicts Mizi as an adult being comforted by the child versions of the three, or having Mizi grieving them in general.
On AO3, they have 60+ platonic works.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Ivan & Mizi & Sua & Till tag on AO3
Trivia[]
- All four of them have covered each other's songs. Ivan and Till covered My Clematis together, while Mizi and Sua covered Cure together.
Gallery[]
Official Art[]
Comic Excerpts[]
References[]
Variations[]
- MiziSua refers to the ship between Mizi and Sua
- IvanTill refers to the ship between Ivan and Till
- MiziTill refers to the ship between Mizi and Till
- IvanSua refers to the ship between Ivan and Sua
- IvanMizi refers to the ship between Ivan and Mizi
- SuaTill refers to the ship between Sua and Till
- ALNST main 6 refers to the ship between Mizi, Sua, Ivan, Till, Luka, and Hyuna
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| Alien Stage Ships • Alien Stage Characters | |||
| SHIPS | het | Hyuluka • MiziTill | |
| slash | IvanLuka • IvanTill • LukaTill | ||
| femslash | Hyunamizi • HyunaSua • MiziSua | ||
| friend | 4NAKT • IvanMizi • IvanSua • SuaTill | ||
| CHARACTERS | female | Hyuna • Mizi • Sua | |
| male | Till • Ivan | ||