#THIS IS MY ONLY EXPLANATION FOR WHY THEY DIDN'T INTERACT AS MUCH AS VI AND JAYCE

[mettywiththenotes]

Jayce and Vi "its always two dumb headstrong bitches with a sense of justice telling each other exactlyyy"

Viktor and Jinx "its always two smart bitches acknowledging each others work but being intimidated by their power telling each other to fuck off"

[eerna]

Hi, I read a little bit of your rant about Arcane, but then I stopped 'cause it's making me notice so many things and so sad thinking about what a perfect series could have been if... what? They had more time? If there were someone else with the writers that pointed out things? If they had another act? Maybe two?

For what I have understood act1 was supposed to be the last one in season 1, right now I can't find the source, maybe I'm just imagining it? Idk. But even the season 1 opening finished with Jinx and Vi's fight.

If that's so, maybe season two was supposed to be four act and not two acts super full of things to talk about, to develop, and also so not to forget the starting point of all of the Arcane.

Or maybe this is just me rumbling about a series that I love and I can't accept that they finished it forgetting things really important about Arcane, and it hurt so much.

But I also loved it. It was beautifully done, songs, animations, and voice acting, I know that ending for CaitVi was a little controversial, but I'm keeping that salame in my eyes and be happy for them. Is it so wrong to do this?

Sorry about my English, I don't usually write, but I wanted to express these feelings.

Pls don't apologize for your English, I'm not a native speaker either, we are totally on the same page~ The first arc DID feel like the conclusion to s1, so maybe you are right about that!

Listen, you get to choose how to deal with a show you love ending in an unsatisfying way! I can't police how you are supposed to express your feelings! I can only offer you my thoughts on the matter, and those are this. Engaging with criticism and reading detailed explanations of what didn't work is not a moral responsibility. I express my love for media by analyzing it to bits and pieces, and that's how I deal with disappointment, too. I like to understand why I love something, and I like to understand why I don't love stuff, too. It's just my way of interacting with fiction, not some kind of an ethical statement! I only have a problem with those who think all criticism should be silenced. Those people enter the realm of anti-intellectualism, where the only correct way to interact with media is as a mindless consumer only processing what the writers want you to think and feel and nothing else. So in my opinion, it is not at all wrong to tune out the criticism and just enjoy the good parts of the show for what they are. Because even with all the complaints about the writing, the show excels in every other area, there is a ton to enjoy about it!!

[oatmealdaydreams]

SaSi: Incorrect Quotes - Vol. 4

Just random thoughts while I watched the video. Warning for drunk characters and spoilers!

the fact that Remus is on the thumbnail just made this my fave thing ever (Remus stan)

the lil intro jingle made me so happy to hear

starting off with Patton and a glass of wine - here we go

Remus' cackle and the "wasted!" - I love him (/p)

Pat, Ro, & Vi interrupting Logan's explanation with song is so fuckin' funny to me

Remus reads Roman's diary - classic sibling interaction

"Cup" / "This is a bowl" -> the ending got me

"Cry me a table" should be a phrase now and I will use it if only to cause some chaos <3

I love Janus' & Remus' dynamic so much, skdfsfjskd

"I did that on purpose, try again" skdsjkfjsd you lil asshole (/affectionate)

'height of stupidity' = Roman's height

I didn't expect that political joke in there, man (*insert the meme with the horse looking out to sea & the top text says 'man'*)

Patton is called Patton a lot

Thomas has some sense of self-worth for once & Virgil doesn't recognize him

Roman keeps getting hit in the eye

orange stress ball

"lesson learned" Janus is gonna throw it at Roman again, isn't he

"boop" / *explosion* -> I expect no less from Remus & Logan <3

microwaved ketchup = tomato soup, feat. Remus

Logan kills 100 people, a summary

Roman pushes on a locked door

Patton doesn't know how depression works

"take that depression" I will be using this out of context for the next five months

Intrulogical, my beloved

Logan makes a pun - proceeds to run away in terror

^(because of his fear of not being taken seriously & thought of as a joke bc he just wants to be important to someone, to anyone, and his perception of 'important' excludes indulging in pun humor)

"I beg your pardon" / "Then beg" -> HELLO??

Patton & Roman like cows. all cows are good cows bc they're adorable and I say so <3

Roman would cope by joking to deflect from the pain, he WOULD

^so would Patton, as seen in main storyline canon

^^theory: Patton (his Heart) & Roman (his Ego) do this because c!Thomas copes by making puns/jokes to deflect from the pain. this could mean many things concerning the Ego. may post about this more in-depth later

"those are wanted posters" it's bc Remus is wanted <3

Virgil, Get Some Sleep : a game Virgil does not like to play

oh hey, look, Sponsor

Patton doesn't think the Internet is dangerous (part of the Sponsor Time)

[Sponsor Time over!]

Virgil shuts the blinds on Janus while he's outside in a thunderstorm - glorious

Remus is Irish

"Disappointment" / "VIRGIL NO" -> ksfdksdfjdf I am Virgil in this instance

Janus doesn't take Roman seriously

THE BERT AND ERNIE JOKE, OMG

Analogical Love Confession

Remus pops out from the ceiling <3

"that's why I carry two swords" *big smile* / "no-" -> kfsjdfjs Roman looks so happy about his swords

Roman makes pudding at 4am bc ANGST. I mean, haha funny joke. but also ANGST

orange stress ball, pt. 2

Autistic Remus headcanon affirmed

Remus takes the words 'two large fries' literally - upset that he gets a bunch of average-sized fries

"My-reka!" -> will also be using this out of context for the next five months

Drunk Patton, omg

He would highlight everyone's face like that, he WOULD

UNICORN ONESIE, LOGAN'S IN HIS UNICORN ONESIE, YUSSSSSSSS

A great volume! Plenty of pairings, especially: Dukeceit, Intrulogical, Creativitwins, and Analogical <3

[mcrcki]

"don't fucking laugh!" vi's hand swatted out to smack at imogen's shoulder with a huff. "that shit hurt, you know! he's got a hell of a right hook." she huffed, rolling her eyes as imogen composed herself. "bad. how else was he supposed to react. he finds out his dad's alive because i come home with a stab wound? he kept it together, but he just.. he's tired of all of this shit. more so than the rest of us." she shook her head at the apology-- "no you're not." she added, knowing imogen didn't feel bad at all. if anything, violet could understand how it was funny in theory, even if she was still pissed about it. "is he always that much of a dick, or am i just that special." she knew it was worse because of her name, because of her egging him on, but he really didn't even give her a chance to attempt an explanation. "nah, just my shoulder. nothing major. didn't even need mending, which, thank the gods considering the only mender around here doesn't know he's a fucking mender." it just felt like everything was piling up, every little thing that might have been fine to deal with on its own, was only worse because of how much was already on all of their plates. between the memories being fucked, fen being alive and hating her, xaden's-- everything was too much to handle all at once and vi was tired. "hey, uh.. speaking of people being alive.. have you," she let out a shaky breath, even thinking about liam still sending a lump into her throat. "have you seen liam yet?" she didn't want anyone else to be shocked seeing him, to put that on liam more, feeling the weight of his death with every interaction. she was glad for the topic change, to explain her research. reciting facts and information, it was her safe space, it cleared her head instantly. "nothing. we've looked everywhere. we're still combing through some places, in case we missed anything, but there's no history books here that talk about magic. it's as if these people think that it's not real, that it's all fucking fairytales, im. the most we've gotten is news articles about curses in the city, and those seem to break on their own. like there's a time limit to it." they were at a dead end, exhausting all their resources, and violet wanted to slam her head against a wall. but, she wouldn't give up, she couldn't give up. "xaden said jack claimed there was no cure, that he was stuck like this, but i just don't believe it. why the fuck would the venin tell jack there was a cure, you know? powerful information like that has got to be kept locked up.. if we were home, maybe i'd be able to get closer to them, maybe wherever their bases are would have information but.. there's too many what ifs.. i hate the fucking unknown." she sighed, shaking her head the moment imogen tried to talk her out of the plan she'd made with xaden. "that's why it should be me. he did it for me, imogen. i owe it to him to stop him if he goes to far. we.. we already made that deal. we know this'll only end with us both in the ground."

imogen couldn't help but burst out laughing at violet telling them that fen had stabbed her. that was on par with something that she thought would happen. "how did xaden react to that one?" she asked between laughs. "I'm sorry for laughing, that's just so fucking funny - first time meeting daddy-o and he stabbed you!" they didn't exactly feel bad for laughing, it was a funny situation to her and she knew that in a while vi would probably see the funny side of it, or at least they hoped she would. "he didn't hit anything vital did he?" imogen knew that with fen back and lilith being here, there would probably be another war with just the two of them and poor violet and xaden being stuck in the middle of all of it. "I think the last year has just been a load of shit that we've had to deal with quickly and now things aren't happening, it's all come crashing back down," and it didn't exactly help that they'd just been reunited with their sister - that was a whole other story that imogen wasn't getting into right now, it was still too fresh - like everything else. but she didn't have any other choice but to talk about the shit that had happened to xaden. "your mom is a hardass at the best of times, but with all of this going on, I think she might end up being worse, especially with fen around," everyone knew the history of what happened. imogen knew it well, the rebellion had cost them their mother and sister. "that's shit," she sighed. "is there nothing? have you both checked every library?" they asked. "I'm sure there must be something here, or at least some other sort of information we might be able to use to help the idiot," imogen had never really been good at academic things, she was better at fighting - but did know a fair bit about history. "I just wish the library from basgaith was here, the whole thing and not just the watered-down shit they let us all read." she sighed. "I just wish certain people from basgaith were here, maybe we'd be able to torture some more information out of them - like what the fuck they were doing with barlowe or what they wanted with him." maybe that would yield some answers. imogen sighed, shaking her head. "hey, don't think of that just now - we'll figure something out, we don't need to go down that route - and you certainly shouldn't be the one to do it, you're too attached." it should be someone else, not violet. imogen wouldn't let her do that to herself. killing the man she loves.

[changeling-rin]

Dragon Quest VI is one of my favorite games because I am a weirdo with strange opinions, so now I'll submit an ask about it since I'm thinking about it. What would the boys (including the sequel/OC/Backstory Links) dream world selves be like?

To try and provide an explanation just in case, it's sort of like "dream selves" are the sort of manifestation of what people want to be, with some influence from who they actually are. Like how Carver, who in the "real world" was just a carpenter's son, became a wandering martial artist in the dream world with an (as far as the dream characters could tell) inexplicable knack for carpentry that he didn't care much for.

Gen has a fairly realistic view of himself and wouldn't be very different at all. He might have more medical supplies, and probably a more effective bedside attitude (i.e. one that actually gets people to sit down and stay down when he tells them to) but other than that, he's fairly normal

Speck would be at least a little bit taller

The Four want to break synch without a feedback headache, but that's honestly about it. They're not terribly ambitious

Ocarina looks exactly the same. It's only upon interacting with him that his personality becomes completely different - confident, no-nonsense, laid back and able to handle anything thrown his way

Mask is older, noticeably so. His body matches his mind, finally

Dusk becomes an oddly fluidly-balanced mesh of his human and wold forms, but it's all the useful ones, such as being able to swivel his ears to catch sound better

RGBV... aren't? They're just one boy. It's very weird.

Lore is either an ancient eldritch being of incomprehensible chaos, or he's a Subrosian. There's points in both options. The suspense is making everyone extremely anxious

Realm knows exactly where he's going. Everyone else is incredibly weirded out by this

Sketch has no fear, literally fearless. He makes a special point of going swimming at least once a day but also explains why he's doing this to exactly nobody, so he just comes off as a swimming nut

Wind seems to be unchanged, except that then it turns out he made himself able to breathe underwater

Steam is a train??? and also a robot person made of train parts??? he calls himself a 'Transformer', whatever that means

Shadow won't tell anyone what his ideal is. He seems to be unchanged on the outside but he also hasn't stopped smirking so the jury's out on that one

Oni stands alone. He is no longer bound to another's body. (He wishes it were real-)

Rune remembers. Sort of? He's clearly operating with the confidence of someone who remembers, but whenever he's asked what, exactly, he's remembered, he gets very quiet in a confused sort of way

Lux can speak for himself. And oh does he have a lot to say. Uh. Wow.

RSE don't seem to have done anything different on the outside, but they're not staying together because they have to be part of a matching set. They're staying together just because they want to, now

Lyric makes himself actually musical, he's the best bard you're ever going to meet and then some

Codex might be the Overlord of the land? Nobody's ever been able to prove it, but there's an awful lot of checkmarks in favor of the possibility

Wraith no longer sees ghosts. Or, well, he does, but what he's actually doing is making them visible to everybody else, too. Now nobody has to be sad!

Mini is tall. He's so sick of being The Short One you have no idea, so now he's The Tall One. Take that, top shelves

Archive opts to fix all the various injuries he's given himself over the years. That one time he slammed his thumb between a hammer and a piece of sheet metal? Never happened, his thumbnail is newly intact and also never-broken-in-the-first-place