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Stephanie Foo, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma

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#subtle foreshadowing?

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once you start saying shit like "yayy" "yippee" and "hehe" theres no going back

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this too shall pass

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the way that caitlyn removes the guards from the prison so that vi can get in and so that jinx can leave really shows how far she's come from act one. the most important part of that was the fact that she gave vi a choice. vi and jinx could have just left, and cait could very well have known that it's a possibility that she'll never see vi again.

and she did it anyway.

this was a literal and metaphorical act of letting go. she loves vi without conditions, respects her so much she's willing to let her do whatever she wants, even if that means she leaves her.

complete 180 from act one when she pushed and prodded vi into joining the enforcers and her mission, subtly (or not so subtly) disregarding her history and her values. i would have loved a full Conversation™ between them just as much as anyone, but these two have always spoken louder through actions than words and this was very much on brand.

caitlyn kiramman, the woman that you are.

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I want to talk about Caitlyn's line "You really think I needed all the guards at the Hexgates?" and how much of an admission of her love for Vi it is. A playful admission, full of light-hearted snark, but an admission nonetheless.

This is Caitlyn telling Vi that she trusts her, trusts that her decisions are the right ones to be made, trusts that Vi is right in saying that Jinx has changed.

This is Caitlyn telling Vi that she's letting go, that she's finally putting her love for Vi over her grief for her mother and her hatred for Jinx.

This is Caitlyn telling Vi she believes in her good heart, that she's fallen in love with that good heart.

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the intimacy between them is overwhelmingly beautiful

VI & CAITLYN finally in ARCANE 2x08

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sibling relationships are like. im trying so hard. look at me the same way you did so 12 years ago that summer when everything was okay. i miss you (im right here). is this tragedy? i knew you once

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Carol (2015) dir. Todd Haynes

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katie leung said expect the worst im gonna throw up

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x06 - “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern”

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"I come home - and I have a feeling of returning like a ghost to its haunt."

Katie Maria // Sharp Objects // Bonedog, Eva H.D // Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson // The Early Journals , Virginia Woof

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word on the street is that you have to keep living

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x06 - “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern” ↳ "Remember this Caitlyn. Tunnels in your eyes. Lava in your veins. Shadows in your heart. This is the truth of combat."

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