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so funny in dragon age inquisition where everyone was like "hoooly fuck. can solas shut up. can he stop talking about spirits and the fade for 5 fucking secondsss." is like if you had a coworker who texted you nonstop like "broooo I love surfing i love the sea 💦🏝⛵🌊 haha water and shit yo. man let's hit some waves let's cowabunga let's swim with the fishiessss haha hmu" and then you find out he's poseidon

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I am a decorated officer. Leader of House Kiramman. Address me with respect, or keep your mouth shut.

CAITLYN KIRAMMAN in ARCANE (2021-2024) ↳ ACT I | SEASON 2

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x03 - “Finally Got The Name Right” ↳ "Move! She's not getting away again."

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↪ SEVIKA & JINX in ARCANE 2x02 "Watch It All Burn"

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Look at how her expression changes right before she turns away

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ARCANE intro Season 2 (2024)

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ahh caitlyn my beloved.

let's talk about the trauma she has around jinx, in particular, in a way i think is more related to being targeted by jinx than just grief.

don't get me wrong- grief is a huge part of why caitlyn is all over the place this arc (season?). she probably came to the conclusion that her softer, pacifistic attitude from the first season is the reason she ended up hurt. clearly the rocky relationship she had with her mother adds a layer of bitterness and regret caitlyn is feeling regarding her death. alongside a million different reasons, which i might discuss in a different post.

but there's a clear difference between the anger and coldness we see from caitlyn when she discusses catching jinx and bringing her to justice, than when she faces jinx head on. in the latter, she suddenly loses her cool and acts all frantically, so unlike anything we've seen from caitlyn so far.

in her mind, in episode 1, she sees herself as collected and calm, aiming her rifle at jinx. btw, take note of how jinx is depicted here. her eyes are glowing.

but in reality, she's very much NOT cool and collected when she thinks that exact scenario is about to be replicated.

that's caitlyn's pov btw:

again jinx with the glowing eyes- caitlyn had seen what jinx looks like in other circumstances, but THIS is the version of her that she visualizes and then irrationally reacts to.

we see it again when she shoots jinx in the finger

no composure, no deep breathe, no thinking. she just shoots on instinct. it's nothing like she used to.

and then her frantically calling vi to move out of the way as she keeps firing, almost like shes blind to everything but jinx- the kid and vi, who are both in harm's way, don't stop her.

i know it's easy to just paint it as anger and grief here, but there's something about it that strikes me as almost like animalistic fear. she sees jinx and just goes feral mode, but its almost more of a prey instinct than a predator.

and i think it's because whenever she faces jinx, properly, it's not the grief and radicalized anger she's feeling, it just sends her back to this moment

with all the "jinx murdered her mom" talk its easy to forget that jinx also directly, and cruelly, targeted caitlyn, tried to kill her, kidnapped her and held her hostage for who knows how long. it's not just anger that caitlyn feels towards jinx. it's a trauma response. and like, welcome to the club, caitlyn! most of the arcane cast are acting out of trauma. but i better not see people think her trauma is somewhat lesser than some... other.. characters.

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little miss awful body temperature regulation is taking his hoodie off again

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what's the most cancelable shit y'all do when ur not online

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even a worm will turn.

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x03 - “Finally Got The Name Right”

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"it's her blood in your veins" is so essentialist. You know how oppressors categorize the people they oppress as less than them, as animals? This is textbook fascism, which is actually fascinating regarding Caitlyn's arc.

She was born in a very wealthy and influential family in position of power which allowed her to exercise a certain care-free, almost naive desire to see the world, just like a child whose presented with toys. I do not doubt for a second she thinks the people of Zaun suffered because of the society she is a product of, Vi is the perfect example of "you are not like them", which in season 1 was the cataclysm to her empathy, and indubitably the crumbling of any shred of compassion the moment she is personally attacked.

Her mother died, which is atrocious, but countless mothers died in Zaun against Piltover and the complete disregard it had towards Zaun's population. How many mothers died by enforcers? By chemicals' exposure? How many little girls lost their mom?

Caitlyn grief is emblazoned and coated in the privilege she was born into, reinforcing the idea she grew up with, that people of Zaun will not hesitate to eat her alive if they could, that's why she violently rejects Vi. They are all the same, it's in their nature. Caitlyn's anguish is in part grounded in discrimination.

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Mel Medarda — Arcane 2.01 "Heavy Is The Crown"

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The way that like. When Vi was grieving in season 1 she was enraged. She was stewing in her own guilt and she wanted to tear silco apart with her own two hands but she didn't. And she didn't because she couldn't. Yes Cait was a positive influence in her and seeing Ekko sparked hope but in the end she didn't have the power necessary to bring her revenge to fruition, she needed her gauntlets to do even a fraction of what she had set out to do and those were given to her.

When Cait grieves, she has an army. She has enforcers backing her up, the council at her feet and a her surname as a shield. She can do anything. Even the way she let Vi into the force, barging in, barrelling through until she got what she wanted was ultimately an anticipation of what she could do when the anger and the spite and the rage actually got to her.

It's all coated in their difference in power.

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the tau-indi loneliness is so crazy. (wheels on baru even though she wasn't even born yet) THIS IS YOUR FAULT