#SO BLACK IT SHINES

[dykelectric]

been feeling carry me out pilled recently

[speakofshinee]

231216 Metamorph Black Rose Fancam

[mnemesis-held]

Remember the finger gun... It's so sick and he is such a nerd

[herewegobebe]

TAEMIN | 'Black Rose' Kcon 2024 [x]

[mollysunder]

The Medarda arc of s2 struggled to be good, because the plot viciously smothered it. You can argue that Arcane was never about politics but you cannot say the Medardas were never explicitly a family defined by politics. So when the show shifted it's priorities from a drama steeped in political conflict where even though the setting was fantastical the stakes were grounded to a shift where magic is the end all be all threat to humanity, the Medardas are rendered largely irrelevant.

In s2 Mel's agency over her own story is both largely stripped from her and poorly communicated. Arcane has Mel abducted from the plot to be the Black Rose's captive. Even when Mel manages to free herself it's not through the traits the audience understands are her strengths, her cunning and social intelligence, it's through an innate instinct that natural to her and indecipherable to the audience.

Ambessa as a character is more or less a villain of convenience, which would be fine if she wasn't immediately following Silco's act. Once Mel is removed from the story Ambessa is largely disconnected from any emotional tension fuels conflict between the characters and previously drove the plot in s1. She's there to play the worse bad guy for Caitlyn and then give Viktor the man power for the Glorious Evolution.

It's frustrating to see the Medardas used the way they are in s2 because when they're together I can see how it could be good. When they're together Mel forces emotion out of Ambessa. In Act 1, Ambessa proved she could do circles around Piltover's court, which could actually put Mel in a tight spot.

Their final scene on paper sounds like a good idea where the true resolution to Mel and Ambessa's story was that Ambessa saw Mel's own ruthless behavior as she not only betrayed Ambessa to the Black Rose, but used her as BAIT to double cross LeBlanc. Ambessa died proud that her daughter killed her the way she did, and that's so cool and tragic, but the execution was a flop.

One, their final fight is completely unimportant to the actual Glorious Evolution, Mel's grief can't even be a highlight because it's interrupted by Viktor's mind trap. Two, their fight didn't rely on any of Mel's actual strengths, just magic and the poorly explained MacGuffin LeBlanc gave her. How did Mel even know it would do that?

It's like the writers had the bones for a great story for the Medardas, but then they're like the world's worst archeologists and fit those bones together in the worst way possible because they were convinced the bones made a stegasaurus instead of a T-rex or something.

[grubbin22]

elesa in outfits i saw in nyc

[coloredlion]

Grace sketches bc I’m in an art funk

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

Hi hello I don’t have little doodles for you this time but I wanted to say I love you very much (in the most platonic normal way) and I love your fics very much (in an even more normal way) and the ending of the last chapter is not going to help me sleep for the following week :D

So uhhhh zhongli’s ceremonial robes design? Just out of curiosity 👀not at all because I really want to draw him 👀👀

(Also do you have some kind of update schedule or is it motivation-based? Again out of curiosity im not like already going through withdrawals or anything)

Anyway genuinely loving jg thanks for the update 💜💜💜

ask and i shall deliver

as for the update schedule, it's technically not set but i do upload every like. 9 to 12 days. i'm pretty consistent w it too so i guess that's the schedule hahah

[strawberryteabunny]

coord to go to the library that ended up becoming a ‘hang out by the riverwalk and have ramen for dinner’ coord when the train home was delayed 📚🍜

Coord rundown:

Skirt: BTSSB Floral Frill Skirt

Blouse: Innocent World

Bustier: offbrand (lace added by me)

Headdress: handmade

Purse, socks: vintage/offbrand

[constantlyfalling]

waves, well, waving

[ramcue]

i participated in the cookie run wlw week event that's going on on twitter :)

day 2 : rainy day / shining glitter & black lemonade

(technically day 1 cuz this is the first prompt i'm doing :3)

[arsonway]

arcadion challenger glamours! i did magazine style edits this time :>

[speakofshinee]

240519 Mega Concert - Taemin Criminal Fancam ♡

[druidonity2]

Jaina of the blue flight and Varian of the black flight

[herewegobebe]

TAEMIN | Black Rose 2023 ✦ Metamorph

[hooked-on-elvis]

September or November 1971. Elvis performing "I Got A Woman" and "Proud Mary". He's wearing the Black Fireworks suit with the original belt.

The Black Fireworks is a black jumpsuit with a matching green lined cape. This was the very first jumpsuit that was designed with a matching cape. Source/credits: elvisconcerts.com