Rolandvani

Rolandvani
GENERAL
The Case Study of Vanitas
Character	Roland Fortis
Character	Vanitas
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Friends Teacher and student (AU school)
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Slash
Also Known As	vaniRoland

“It feels as though the moment I take my eyes off him, he’ll shatter to pieces… I just can’t leave that alone.”

— Roland about Vanitas.

Rolandvani is the slash ship between Roland Fortis and Vanitas from the The Case Study of Vanitas fandom.

Canon

Hunters of the Dark Arc

At first, Roland wanted to help Vanitas escape from the vampires, but after seeing Vanitas' relationship with Noé, his attitude towards vampires changed. Roland also entered Dr. Moreau's laboratory and helped Vanitas with the Cursed Case. When he saw Moreau attempting to gouge Vanitas' eyes, Roland felt upset and thanked Noé for stopping Moreau from harming Vanitas.

After treating the cursed man, Roland helps Vanitas and the others out of the tunnel, happily hugging them. Roland happily discusses the matter with Olivier, unlike Vanitas who seems to dislike Roland, especially his tendency not to listen to others.

The Beast of Gévaudan Arc

In the Gévaudan arc, Roland re-examines human-vampire relations, admiring the friendship between Vanitas and Noé. However, he is warned by Olivier that it is dangerous for his family, but Roland ignores it. When the beast appears, Roland travels to Gévaudan with Olivier.

Vanitas meets him again and rushes to greet him, but Vanitas hides behind Noé in fear. Vanitas tells him of the Cursed's plan, which Roland agrees with, before telling him about Astolfo's past. They go their separate ways to carry out their missions.

Amusement Park Arc

Roland and Olivier return to headquarters and have coffee together. He notices Vanitas looking distressed and invites him over for coffee, where he listens to Vanitas's concerns about his love for Jeanne. Roland listens with understanding and tries to tell Vanitas to accept his love, but if no one else loves him, I will love you. Vanitas is dissatisfied with his answer and runs away, as he looks at Vanitas with concern and thinks that he cannot let this broken child out of his sight, as he feels like he is about to disappear forever.

OMAKE

Sister Roland's confessional counseling office (Vol.6)

Roland opens the confessional, wearing a sister's outfit, and listens to confessions from various characters. Vanitas arrives at the confessional, and Roland talks about various topics, such as whether Vanitas-kun has a lover, but the boy seems to back away from him in fear.

Dram CD

Romance is a✰LOVE MISSION

In the AU, Vanitas and Roland are just teacher and student. The day Vanitas introduces himself in class, Roland mistakenly thinks that Vanitas and Jeanne are close and decides to have them sit next to each other.

Roland still suspects Vanitas of disguising himself as a schoolgirl, so he investigates, trying to pressure her with a Kabe-dan. Later, a female student passing by spreads a rumor that Vanitas is dating him, which Astolfo misunderstands and takes her into custody for investigation. However, Roland intervenes by lying that he did kabe-dan with Olivier, thus acquitting Vanitas of the accusations against Astolfo.

Fanon

Roland and Vanitas have a strange relationship. Roland wants to be close and help Vanitas as a good friend or guardian, but Vanitas doesn't like Roland, but sometimes he relies on his advice, such as asking Roland for advice on his relationship with Jeanne. Most fans like them more as friends, although there are a few who ship them.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Roland Fortis/Vanitas tag on AO3

Trivia

• Jun Mochizuki prefers Roland's relationship with Vanitas as a friendship.