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memories

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Embrace the future

Always part of the series of prints for Arcane, this specific poster came to mind while I was listening to "From Ashes to Blood" for the first time. Both these and my leyendecker ones are avaible on my INPRNT

Since I’m also writing a fanfiction set in the universe of Episode 7, I’m leaving both the tumblr masterlist and the link to "Everytime it Rains."

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some more batfish

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did someone say fish guy AND his bat boyfriend??

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worship

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i know what they are

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so much senseless pain

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“I found this picture in a old textbook. It’s kinda consumed, I swear that whoever took it was in love with the young man in the picture”

Implied Jayvik. Implied Season 2 spoiler.

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some dumb rains (got inspired by a giant jellyfish plushy i found in a store)

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The Myth of Orpheus (Arcane 2)

I just watched the first three episodes of Arcane 2 and noticed the parallel between Jayce and Orpheus, so I quickly jotted down this analysis.

Would you ever blame Orpheus for loving Eurydice so much that he descended into the Underworld for her?  

Defying death is not only madness; it’s almost blasphemous if one believes in a god that controls it. Yet Orpheus loves like a loyal dog, weeps for his beloved's death, and despairs: they were so close to marriage, but something interfered, a serpent, child of evil, came between him and his love.

And what meaning does his life have if he cannot share it with her? What is the meaning of the ground he treads, if his steps are not close to hers? What is the meaning of breathing, if the air he inhales is not filled with her scent? What is the meaning of that place he calls home, if he cannot share it with her?

In the same way, Jayce realizes Viktor is lying among the rubble, and he doesn’t even have time to fully take in the scene before he finds himself, confused and frightened, running with his companion’s body in his arms, holding him so tightly for fear he might slip away, vanish, no longer belong to him.

Defying death is not only madness; it’s almost blasphemous when one relies on an arcane power that seems to be alive, unpredictable, like a god out of control. Yet Jayce loves like a loyal dog, mourns Viktor before he’s even dead, and despairs: they were so close to realizing their dream, but something interfered, a serpent, daughter of evil, came between him and his love.

What changes between the myth of Orpheus and what happens to Jayce is the outcome: Jayce was faster, and his descent into the Underworld succeeded.  

But there is no happy ending.  

Orpheus fails in his endeavor because he loves Eurydice too much and turns back, and Hades knew this. He gave Orpheus an impossible challenge because no one can return from the realm of the dead. If Eurydice had come back among the living, she would not have been the same; she would have been only a ghost, a shadow.

Jayce achieved a feat that, on its own, killed god. Jayce didn’t turn back, because he was no longer guided by love but by blind desperation. He didn’t look back when he brought Viktor into the lab, nor when he took into his hands a power he couldn’t control, nor when he failed to consider that everything Hextech had touched had died.  

Jayce was desperate; anything before him, even a false prophet, was a solid anchor if it could bring Viktor back to him.

And his Eurydice emerges from the mountain.  

A ghost, cold, a living body with a distant soul.  

Jayce was wrong, yes, but would you ever blame him for loving Viktor so much?

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“much better when your friends aren’t human, in remus’ opinion. at least, right now”

inspired by this segment from all the young dudes:

chapter 129

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Arctober Day 31:

Last Drop

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Arctober Day 30:

Enemy

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Arctober Day 29:

Sevika

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Arctober Day 28:

Mural

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Arctober Day 27:

Gauntlet

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“bold lover, never, never canst thou kiss,

though winning near the goal yet, do not grieve”

part 2 of this !