flyingfanatic
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Current obsessions: Locked Tomb and TLOU2. Previous obsessions: Wayhaught, Clexa, and Fuffy. Writes things sometimes. 30+.
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Can't believe it has to be said but - Vi's "I'm the dirt under your fingernails" is nothing like TLT's "One flesh, one end." Ignoring for a moment the fact that necro-cav romance is deeply taboo in the Nine Houses, we've got three books under our belts now and it should be clear that - and I'm vastly oversimplifying, because the text does a lot in this arena - the 'love' represented by "One flesh, one end" is about consumption, exploitation, and furthering the Nine House's colonial machine. "One flesh, one end" is hegemonic obligation, not romance.
Arcane s2 in comparison feels completely divorced from the themes of class conflict it set up in s1. It could have tried to reckon with that conflict further, reflect it in the power dynamics between Cait and Vi - but instead we got a sex scene in a prison that felt more like fan service than anything else. Come on.
#anyways read jailhouse tango by Raxheim on ao3#<<<< I second prev's fic rec#ALSO ALSO#imho#not only does tlt do a lot more legwork in terms of the significance of one flesh one end#it is a lot more aware of the imbalance behind it and the problems that systematic power imbalances have when it comes to interpersonal#relationships of people living in those systems#I am by no means saying tlt is perfect when it comes to it's portrayal of class and oppression#nothing is going to be perfect#but it does at least attempt to wrestle with the ways love is tainted by power#the love is there but so are the issues#and that's one of the things I love about it and part of what makes the series so compelling to me#the girlies are not having a good time and they are making the worst choices possible but they are facing so many consequences#��I'm the dirt under your fingernails” was a lazy handwave towards the class divide between Cait and Vi#and one that had Vi very clearly positioning herself as below Caitlyn. secondary to her. a thing that most people want to clean out#the girl that said she had grown up always knowing she was born less than and railed against that injustice has accepted her lower status#and both the viewers and the narrative are portraying that as a good thing somehow?#yes thank you tumblr you can stop warning me about the tag limit#I want Vi to be angry! I want her to be able to vent all the rage and hurt and pain we saw in her pit fighter arc#she has been hurt so many times by everyone she ever loved#a protector who failed to save her family over and over and over#she needs to have it out with Caitlyn to tell her clearly and without restraint all the ways Caitlyn has fucked up and hurt her#not just meekly accept a role playing second fiddle to everything she has spent her whole life fighting to be free of#anyway#oh look it's a tag rant
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You press your palm to her stomach, where you saved her. Where you hurt her. She doesn't wince, even though the wound is new and healing. She doesn't shy away, even as you slide your hands around to her back and grip the flesh there, hard.
This is a fantasy.
arcane s2 made me feel such a mix of excitement baffelment and frustration that i wrote fic about what if the narrative actually engaged w the insane power dynamics that were going on in that jail cell sex scene
Cait/Vi, 1.8k words, rated E (18+)
#wtf wtf wtf wtf this fic has grabbed me by the throat and shaken me about like a wet doll#yes prev this is so much better than canon#chewing on it like a puppy with a jimmy choo shoe#arcane#caitvi
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sisters
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#sldhdgahajakfjd#I love this family and I loved their stupid fight in the tunnel#peak chaotic sibling energy#I hope we get more of it tomorrow#Also#Sleuth I fucking love Vi's gender swag in your art#it brings me so much euphoria#Arcane#Vi#Jinx#Isha#arcane spoilers
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that is not hijacking tags that is #peerreview and it makes me so happy
don't give me another WIP idea I beg of you
Arcane theory
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I might be reading way too much into it but here is why i think Caitlyn will lose an eye
ever since i noticed the shot below i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it
i thought at first that it was her shooting with her left eye - which would be odd considering that she’s always been aiming with her right one
until @flyingfanatic pointed out to me that, as a sharpshooter caitlyn could not be shooting from the shoulder on the different side than her dominant eye - they both need to be aligned
but then, choosing to frame the above scene from that angle is odd, considering it can be misleading - something i find hard to believe from a team that spends a week working on just a few seconds.
and then i realized: what if that shot isn’t meant to emphasize the eye she’s aiming with? what if it’s just meant to draw our attention to it?
the scope of a gun is, quite literally, a magnifying glass - we as viewers will naturally focus on what’s pictured inside as it’ll be represented bigger than the rest
so i went back and realized it’s not the first time there’s been emphasis on her left eye
indeed they did the same thing earlier in episode 4 of season 2 with the above shot - her left eye (mirrored by the glass) is represented all wrong, as if something had happened to it. while we can rightfully interpret it as a way to show her corruption (like silco and his scar, jinx and the broken mirror in season 1), it can also be done as foreshadowing: something will happen to that eye
once again in the trailer for act 3, her left eye is put in the foreground, with ambessa having her blade just inches away from it, and Caitlyn is clearly being overpowered at this specific moment
all in all, i think it wouldn’t be too bold to assume that Caitlyn will end the war alive, but having lost an eye - especially when you keep in mind that one of her early designs for the warriors animatic featured her wearing an eyepatch (despite it being on her right eye)
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give her a break guys :(
#AAAAAAAHHHHHHH#I can't believe I left this in my drafts and didn't scream about it because it's so fucking good#always love the way you draw muscles so lets get that down#the despair!#the pain!#the way that all the enforcer gear is scattered around her#Vi has ripped that shit off like it burns but hasn't been able to move away from it or throw it far#she's incapacitated by her pain#arcane#vi
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Arcane theory
(potential spoilers if not caught up)
I might be reading way too much into it but here is why i think Caitlyn will lose an eye
ever since i noticed the shot below i haven’t been able to stop thinking about it
i thought at first that it was her shooting with her left eye - which would be odd considering that she’s always been aiming with her right one
until @flyingfanatic pointed out to me that, as a sharpshooter caitlyn could not be shooting from the shoulder on the different side than her dominant eye - they both need to be aligned
but then, choosing to frame the above scene from that angle is odd, considering it can be misleading - something i find hard to believe from a team that spends a week working on just a few seconds.
and then i realized: what if that shot isn’t meant to emphasize the eye she’s aiming with? what if it’s just meant to draw our attention to it?
the scope of a gun is, quite literally, a magnifying glass - we as viewers will naturally focus on what’s pictured inside as it’ll be represented bigger than the rest
so i went back and realized it’s not the first time there’s been emphasis on her left eye
indeed they did the same thing earlier in episode 4 of season 2 with the above shot - her left eye (mirrored by the glass) is represented all wrong, as if something had happened to it. while we can rightfully interpret it as a way to show her corruption (like silco and his scar, jinx and the broken mirror in season 1), it can also be done as foreshadowing: something will happen to that eye
once again in the trailer for act 3, her left eye is put in the foreground, with ambessa having her blade just inches away from it, and Caitlyn is clearly being overpowered at this specific moment
all in all, i think it wouldn’t be too bold to assume that Caitlyn will end the war alive, but having lost an eye - especially when you keep in mind that one of her early designs for the warriors animatic featured her wearing an eyepatch (despite it being on her right eye)
#gentle correction#because I am also fascinated by this possibility#and by the way Caitlyn is portrayed as a shooter#like so many things in this show it is very obvious the care that has been taken to ground even the most fantastical elements in a core of#realism#and also to tie it all into the character#because it is so intrinsic to who Caitlyn is that she's a sharpshooter#and also that the way Caitlyn uses her rifle is so irrevocably tied into who she is as a person#ANYWAY#even losing her non-dominant eye is going to majorly fuck up her shooting#there goes her depth perception and her ability to judge distance#also her peripheral vision as we see her shooting with her left eye open in chaotic situations to maintain awareness#long story short losing that eye is going to disconnect her from a major facet of her personality#she found purpose in being able to shoot#to do something well that separated her from her parents and birth station and gave her a sense of independence#then it became a way to protect the people she cares about#the fact that she wasn't able to use that skill in the moment when it mattered most is going to make it even harder for her to cope with#losing that skill#or at least having to re-learn it to cope with her change in vision#as a person who damaged their dominant eye years after learning to shoot#then having to re-learn#let me tell ya#it's a frustration#oh look it's a rant#arcane#caitlyn
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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x05 - “Blisters and Bedrock” ↳ "My family archives have shed light on many of city's mysteries. One such mystery caught my attention. The curious dismissal of a revered academy alchemist. Unparalleled, by all accounts. And no mention of his crime."
#Oh I would argue that she's doing her big collar dictator arc for love#Love for her mother#grief is love with nowhere to go
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some vi's in the works
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IT IS FINISHED!!!!
Gideon had longed for the Cohort. She had tried to enlist in the Cohort thirty-three times. She had wanted the drop ship, the medals, and the prize money. She had dreamed of a battle in which she was both outstanding and very hot.
What was that saying—you should be careful what you wish for?
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My take on the sixth months between the destruction of the Mithraeum and the end of Nona, from Gideon’s point of view.
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Do y'all have any favorite card games?
#My grandmother taught me to play gin rummy#My brother and I used to go over to that set of grandparents most days after school while our mum was still working#My grandpa would play chess with my brother and my grandmother would play gin with me#Sometimes all four of us would play gin#She died when I was 12 but I still think of her every time I play gin and how much I enjoyed that time I got to have with her#How much time and care they both put into making sure my brother and I had somewhere wonderful to go#Being raised by a single mum they definitely made her life easier and less stressful and our childhoods more magical
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Nadine Hwang pictured with her lover, Nelly Mousset Vos (second in from left) and other friends at a New Year’s party in their apartment in Caracas, Venezuela circa 1965.
via the Every Face Has a Name Initiative
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— Frank Bidart, from “Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016; ‘The Third Hour of the Night’", published c. 2017.
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