Trowa/Quatre

Pairing
Pairing:	Trowa Barton/Quatre Raberba Winner
Alternative name(s):	3x4, 4x3
Gender category:	M/M
Fandom:	Gundam Wing
Canonical?:	No
Prevalence:	Popular
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Trowa/Quatre is a popular Gundam Wing slash ship.

Canon

In canon, Trowa and Quatre are comrades and friends. As members of the group of Gundam Pilots sent to Earth on behalf of the colonies, they frequently work together. They first meet in Episode 3, when they mistake each other for enemies and briefly fight. After the misunderstanding is cleared, they become friends and celebrate their new connection by playing music together. Later in the series, Quatre becomes mentally unstable due to a combination of his father's recent death and an experimental technology in his mobile suit; he threatens to destroy a colony and only comes back to his senses after Trowa blocks his attacks with his own mobile suit. Quatre believes he's killed Trowa for several episodes. When Trowa finally reappears, he has amnesia, and fellow pilot Duo is unable to persuade him to rejoin the fight. Instead, it takes Quatre seeking him out and apologizing to convince him to help the other pilots.

Fandom

Trowa/Quatre is a popular secondary pairing in fanworks.

Example Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Warmth, ^{Archived version} by Lys ap Adin - AU, fluff, oneshot, posted 2000

• Preventer Business by laekin, ^{Archived version} - post-canon, established Trowa/Quatre and developing Heero/Duo, posted 2000

• Memento by Shine Q - Trowa tries to solve the mystery of Quatre's sudden disappearance three long years ago. As pieces slowly come together, Trowa finds that it is difficult to separate the several truths that lie within the clues he finds. - post-canon, mystery, posted 2004

• Puppy Love by waterlilylf - 3x4 get together, beginning with Quatre taking his new puppy to the vet. - AU, background Heero/Duo, posted 2008

• Until the World Falls Away by Misanagi, ^{Archived version} - Everyone knows that Quatre Winner is the CEO of WEI but very few know that he's also a Preventer agent, and he likes to use that to his advantage. - oneshot, action/adventure, posted 2010

• Saudade by GoodIdeaAtTheTime, ^{Archived version} - The summer following the Barton Uprising, Duo joins Trowa to tour with the circus around Europe. It's an attempt to run away from issues, instead of dealing with them, and Trowa finds that in helping Duo face up to his problems, he works through a few of his own. Things are muddling along nicely, until Duo decides to help with Trowa's love life. - explicit, Duo & Trowa friendship, matchmaking, posted 2017-2018

Fanart

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  gundam wing 3x4 yaoi by gothicrinoa, posted 2003

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  A Love Affair Remembered by Fablespinner, posted 2004

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  L i o n s at peace by morganlefay, posted 2006

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  トロワくんとカトルちゃん (Trowa-kun and Quatre-chan) by miu, posted 2011

Cosplay

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  Trowa Barton cosplay by bonk, posted 2010

Doujinshi

• Happy Wedding
• Lover's Day (Gundam Wing)

Reclists

• Glaring Dream Gundam Wing Recs: Trowa/Quatre, ^{Archived version}
• Oasis ...for 3x4x3 recommendations

Communities

• Trowa x Quatre Club at Deviantart
• 3x4_fans at LiveJournal
• trowaxquatre on LiveJournal (archived)

Archives and Shrines

• Trowa-Quatre Cooperative
• Subtle Hints
• On the QT
• Candy Factory
• txq Doujinshi[1]
• Anything for Quatre and Trowa
• Concinnity & Passion

Archives and Links

• tqml mailing list
• Trowa/Quatre works at AO3
• Trowa B. (No Name)/Quatre W. works at Fanfiction.net
• Trowa x Quatre at Tumblr
• TroQuat (トロカト) and Trowa x Quatre at Twitter/X
• TroQuat (トロカト) at pixiv