A.K.A

A.K.A
GENERAL
Fundamental Paper Education
Character	∆iden
Character	Oliver
Character	∆lice
Canonical?	Fanon Canon (Olice)
Status of Relationship	Dating (Olice) Close Friends (Oiden) Unknown (Aliden)
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Poly
Also Known As	AlicerAiden, ∆+O+∆, ∆+K+∆

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A.K.A is the poly ship between ∆lice, Oliver, and ∆iden from the Fundamental Paper Education fandom.

Canon

∆lice, Oliver, and ∆iden have never interacted on screen at the same time, mostly as ∆iden only appears in official art to date. ∆lice and ∆iden have also never interacted in official art by themselves, and it's unknown what their relationship is. Oliver has a close bond with both, as he's dating ∆lice, and, per the Word of God, is close friends with ∆iden.

In an official art piece from 2024/07/01 Oliver draws pictures of himself and both others, with hearts around ∆lice and ∆iden. Several paper pieces hanged around him show a delta twice crossed sign with the three's initials at every corner, pointing to a connection between themselves and the mysterious ∆. All three also share a "4 emotions" official art post alongside Connor.

Fanon

A.K.A is less common than Oliver and ∆lice being shipped by themselves, due to the explicitly canon status of such, and the two characters being introduced much earlier, and included in Basics in Behavior. ∆iden, meanwhile, has only ever been present in official art to date. However, the pairing has its fans, and doesn't have considerable rivals outside its own branches as Olice and Oiden.

Most often, it's shipped as a V-poly relationship, with Oliver dating both ∆lice and ∆iden. The trend is backed up by Katie themselves, as after introducing ∆iden's character, they replied to multiple pieces of ∆iden fanart with a picture of Oliver holding flowers, however then ended the reply spree with doing the same to an A.K.A fanart piece, titling it "I love them both!". So, much A.K.A fanart has Oliver appreciating ∆iden and ∆lice at the same time, oftentimes even using or referencing the specific phrase by the author.

When it comes to the relationship between ∆lice and ∆iden, not much is known in canon, so fan interpretations of it vary drastically, from friends who bond over their shared partner, to romantic partners themselves, as three-way poly A.K.A is also common enough, or siblings due to the similarities between their names, making the pairing a Sibling Triangle.

Due to Katie both calling Oiden "close friends", and interacting with A.K.A fanart and drawing Oliver react to ∆iden affectionately and while blushing, some fans debate on the actual status and canonicity of their relationship and whether or not Katie's original tweet of their relationship was sarcastic. So, some consider Oliver as having feelings for both ∆lice and ∆iden in canon. Otherwise, some ship them simply to avoid Olice/Oiden ship wars.

Since Oliver presents more masculine in the Paper School, and more feminine, and by the name Katie, outside of it, although his pronouns and gender in canon remain unclear, fans more commonly draw him as more feminine in A.K.A fanart, and interpret the pairing as F/F/F. Otherwise, some separate Oliver's character based on presentation and name altogether, and ship ∆lice with Oliver, and ∆iden with Katie, as separate people, or all four together.

The pairing is rarely ever treated as a love triangle, and usually depicted to be an established relationship. Most of its following comes from Twitter. It has no works on Ao3 explicitly, and one work that mentions it.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

∆iden/∆lice/Oliver tag on AO3

TWITTER

Oliver & ∆lice & ∆iden posts on Twitter

Katie & ∆lice & ∆iden posts on Twitter

A.K.A posts on Twitter

Trivia

• ∆iden, Oliver, and ∆lice's initials put together in the 2024/07/01 art is where the ship name comes from, with the first and last "A"s being for ∆iden and ∆lice, and the "K" being for Katie.
• Katie has retweeted A.K.A. fanarts

Gallery

Katie's reply to A.K.A fanart, titled "I love them both!"

Variations

C.K.A.A refers to the ship between the three and Connor

Oiden refers to the ship between ∆iden and Oliver

Olice refers to the ship between Oliver and ∆lice

Aliden refers to the ship between ∆lice and ∆iden