#Amanda Overton

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Amanda Overton answers questions on Caitlyn and Vi

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Big spoon Cait x little spoon Vi Drabble - Thanks Amanda for answering CaitVi questions on this Valentine’s Day ❤️

She wakes slowly, her eyes blinking sluggishly against the brightness of the morning sun as her mind gradually ascends into blissful awareness, and for a brief moment, Vi hazily thinks she might still be lingering on the fringes of a soft, pleasant dream.

There’s an indescribable warmth molded against her back, soft skin pressing into every curve and contour of her body, and Vi hums happily at the feel of soft, slow kisses being brushed against the back of her neck.

If she is still dreaming, Vi hopes she never wakes.

‘Morning you,’ Cait whispers into her skin, voice still thick and groggy with sleep.

Vi smiles against the plush pillow their heads are sharing, tilting her head slightly to allow Caitlyn to nuzzle her nose further into her bed-warm flesh, desperate to keep them both in this euphoric moment for as long as possible.

‘Hey,’ she murmurs happily, reaching for Cait’s hand that’s currently pressed lovingly against her stomach.

Caitlyn lets her knot their fingers together as she noses deeper into Vi’s neck, breathing her in greedily before trailing even more lazy kisses down to the dip of Vi’s shoulder.

Vi can’t stop herself from sighing in contentment as she drags their linked hands up to her chest to rest over her heart, urging Caitlyn to curl even tighter around her.

There’s an overwhelming solace she finds being surrounded in Caitlyn’s arms that Vi knows she’ll never experience anywhere else for as long as she lives.

‘I wish every morning could be like this,’ Vi breathes, the sappy thought escaping her before she can catch it.

‘It will be, darling,’ Caitlyn promises, and Vi feels her heart swell immeasurably at Caitlyn’s unwavering reverence.

When she feels Cait’s lips curling into a happy smile against the back of her shoulder a second later, her nose nudging affectionately at Vi’s fluttering pulse, Vi lets her eyes flutter closed as she relishes the exquisite simplicity of being held by the arms of the woman she loves.

It’s on mornings like this, where they wake with their limbs tangled, their bodies slotted together so perfectly that Vi swears they were actually made just to fit together, that Vi’s never more certain that all her dreams have finally come true.

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Perfect

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The fact that we have confirmation from Amanda Overton that Tobias not only tolerates Vi but loves her

(also confirmation that he gets over his grief eventually became I was worried about him)

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Holy shit, word of god from Arcane writer Amanda Overton that Jayce didn't die in the universe Ekko went to?? He got exiled??

I have to admit, this fills my heart with so much happiness. I thought my fic where I mentioned that Jayce got exiled in that universe and Viktor joined him and they're living happy, fulfilling lives somewhere else was just... total wish fulfillment as the happiest possible timeline for Jayce given that Heimerdinger couldn't find him after 3 years, but from the sound of it, that's actually incredibly plausible.

After all, if Heimerdinger was in that world for three years, and Zaun is now prosperous and has an Innovators Competition, where's Viktor? There's no way he wouldn't be there (yes he was ill, but I'm not convinced that without the rocket he would have been dead by then). So it's also plausible that Viktor still read his notes and decided to follow Jayce into exile, because in all timelines, in all possibilities...

Anyway, I just needed to yell about this for a bit, holy shit.

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The theory that Caitlyn would accept the role of commander while knowing Ambessa is manipulating the situation really didn't ring true for me, and I'm glad Amanda confirmed Caitlyn wouldn't have.

Added this in a reblog but might as well put it in the main post: Yes it's super obvious and basically a waste of a question, I'd never even considered it could be misinterpreted until I saw other people's wild theories about this scene, both on tumblr and on other apps.

The scene edit is clear in showing us a close up of Ambessa in the present day to tell us this relates to her and not Caitlyn. The attack was the catalyst for Caitlyn's strike team and use of the grey. It's also a major motivation for Caitlyn to accept Ambessa's nomination, and it hinges on her not knowing that Ambessa was behind the attack. She's not afraid to speak out as we see in later episodes, so if she had proof or even the slightest inkling she would have spoken up and confronted Ambessa/the Noxians for being the 'animals' behind the attack instead of accepting the nomination. She didn't fully trust Ambessa, but she didn't know the full extent of Ambessa's manipulation and desperation to escalate the Piltover and Zaun conflict.

What I want to add is that I initially wanted Caitlyn to figure out that Ambessa was behind the memorial attack after becoming commander. Simply because I like when Caitlyn puts on her detective hat and we see her being very hot analyzing a crime scene. Ambessa didn't leave any loose ends alive so there was no way for Caitlyn to figure it out without being told, which I was a little sad about.

But I changed my mind because what we got is so much better.

Caitlyn did the right thing and turned on Ambessa without knowing the full extent of Ambessa's manipulation. This is important because it solidifies Caitlyn as a good person who has done bad things, who looks at those decisions as the mistakes they are and then chooses to do better. She learns and grows. That would not have been the case if Caitlyn had come to learn Ambessa was behind the attack and that had been her sole reason for breaking the alliance.

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Arcane season 2 suffered from the writers deliberately not including content and working backwards.

Storytelling is not about being economical. It’s about communicating the story in the best way possible. To deliberately not include emotional conversations because “its been said” or “we can say this in a look” is just bad storytelling.

For season 1, Fortiche was given completed scripts. Now it seems they actually made the art ideas first, THEN the writers wrote the story around the art. “How could we fit that in?” is not how a cohesive story made. Music videos with on-the-nose lyrics are not a replacement for actual scenes. Their animation work is beautiful but THEY ARE NOT WRITERS.

I would love to see the storyboards that got killed because “we don’t need this scene”.

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Amanda Overton (Arcane's writer) participated in a live reaction to Episode 8 of Arcane. Here's what she said about Sky and Viktor.

Sky was Viktor's humanity

"Sky became the expression of his humanity"

Unlike Jayce, Sky saw Viktor for who he was

"Jayce never truly saw Viktor for who he was in Season 1, and that’s one of his biggest regrets. But Sky was able to see Viktor for who he truly was"

Sky wanted to work with Viktor in a future

"I think Sky’s hope was that she and Viktor would work on that (her project) together, and maybe it would blossom into something more. But he wasn’t in a place to receive it."

Amanda didn't confirm if Sky was real or not

"Sky was absorbed by the hexcore" "Is there a part of Sky manifesting in the Hexcore? Or is it just Viktor’s subconscious projecting her? We always talked about that"

The most fun part of writing Sky

"Sky was always the one giving Viktor warnings, but I loved her the most when she and Viktor were vibing over science. Seeing Viktor happy again, connecting with the anomaly, and having it echo what he used to have with Jayce at the beginning—it felt like he was channeling that relationship into Sky’s character. That was the most fun part of Sky to write."

Implied that Viktor and Jayce hired Sky (i can't remember the exact min, but ill find it)

"We are gonna bring back opportunities to Zaun"

Viktor met Sky when they were kids

"They kinda grew up together"

Viktor 'kept' Sky in the void

'The void he had Sky in'

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this is so funny. amanda overton said uhm! they're in space forever now 😃

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this is how it currently feels like to be here lmfao

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: SEASON 1 ↳ Amanda Overton (Arcane Series Writer) x Tweets on Caitlyn and Vi

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So we are finally getting pointers as to why the writing tanked after season one. According to Amanda Overton, the writing team in season one consisted of her, Alex, Christian, and many others. However, the writing team during season 2 shrunk down to just her, Christian, and Alex. She blamed this on covid.

Arcane S2 e4 Watch Party with Amanda Overton and Katy Townsend

Given some of the concerning mischaracterizations Christian and Amanda have made about their own show, (ie. Vander's demise creating Jinx, Vi telling Powder she has to fight, Silco wanting independence to get his dead brother's respect) it doesn't surprise me that they failed to write season 2 well.

Furthermore, according to Gamesradar, Christian says that they purposely structured episodes differently for season 2 than they did in s1 because they wanted 'to take these bets' and that while some fans say there was too much going on, a lot of fans think there was too little going on.

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amanda overton is the wlw writers' GOAT nobody talk to me

(link for the article)

she said let's give LESBIANS everything the straights have already had time and time again

i knew the romeo & juliet teas were real

she had all the right inspirations. tomb raider, mass effect, tlou. gosh i love her.

THIS IS WHY CHRISTIAN AND ALEX ARE ALSO THE GOATSSSSSSSS wow i need more feminist men in my life bro.

yuri cocaine YURI COCAINEEEEEEEEE

YURI COCAINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

amanda overton, every single oldest sister lesbian in the entire WORLD owes you their very lives.

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i dedicate this post to amanda overton and every single animator who worked on this show. thank you thank you thank you for making these two lesbians horny and slutty for each other 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 a million lesbians owe you their souls.

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Interesting speculation on what went wrong with the writers' room for Arcane Season 2. I know for a fact that most of what's written here is legit, but there are a few statements I'm not too sure about. If anyone has receipts for everything this person said and can confirm it's entirely correct, that'd be great