#but Sevika ESPECIALLY

[ohboi]

and per the post i just reblogged about the wonderful black/POC characters of Arcane, i need to get this out of me now because that post got me on a tangent.

Sevika never worked for Vander, nor did she ever work for Silco. She works for Zaun.

Which is precisely why when she left Vander to join Silco in the first place, it wasn't betrayal to her. Vander had compromised, choosing to sacrifice the Nation of Zaun for the sake of his children and due to the immense guilt he probably had for what happened at the bridge. He was no longer truly for Zaun. Therefore, she no longer aligned herself with him. This explains why when Vi called her a "traitor"(which is incredibly ironic once we see the side Vi ultimately chooses), Sevika simply replied with, "Vander had his chance." Because he did. And he failed.

It also is why, when Silco asks her if she was tempted, she specifies that she wasn't tempted by Finn PARTICULARLY, since Finn was a power-hungry crime lord who had no care for the Zaun or the cause. However, had Finn actually cared about Zaun, that meeting would have gone a whole lot differently.

That entire scene was essentially Sevika warning Silco to get his shit together for Zaun and the cause in the most respectable yet threatening way possible. Dare I say, in that moment, she was the leader?

This is also why I think that having her team up with Jinx is literally so accurate to her character, because it just solidifies the fact that she's not just lackey for whoever sits in the chair, she is a fighter for her people, whom she will ALWAYS PUT FIRST, even if it means helping Jinx, since she is now, apparently, a "symbol" of rebellion to her people, and perhaps a symbol of hope. Or so they believe...

good heavens there's so much more i can say about her(ESPECIALLY the deep down desire for validation i believe she lowkey shares with Jinx. 🥲)

but all of this to say, as horny(metaphorically) of a mf i am i will not let it consume me, and neither should yall to the point where you miss the bigger picture of the person.

Sevika is such a complex, multifaceted character, and I wish more people spoke on it.

Also she better not fucking die.

[nefelibatat]

So if I were to take away from this moment something deeper than “man Sevika's a freak”, I'd point out that we've seen the same tactic not long before.

What does this say about Caitlyn? She's fighting dirty. She's fighting like a cornered rat. She's fighting like a Zaunite.

And first of all there's hypocrisy. Caitlyn's been calling these people animals and monsters and whatnot but when placed in an identical situation she responds identically. Case in point: getting so mad at Jinx for terrorizing people out of grief that she goes ahead and starts to terrorize people out of grief. Sevika's expression afterwards is mostly “joke's on you I'm into that” but there's some surprise there too — you wouldn't expect that move from a Piltie.

Then there's desperation. Because she needs revenge; she needs it or she'll never ever forgive herself for what happened. So she'll throw away her morals and her dignity and just do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, whether it means chomping on someone like a feral raccoon or becoming a military dictator… which puts her in the same mindset as Zaunites, all of whom are desperate to survive and a lot of whom could never afford morals and dignity in the first place.

[sevikasupremacy]

She’s so cute I just wanna wrap her in a blanket like a burrito and throw her onto the bed and snuggle her

[dykesevika]

happy pride month <3

Men DNI

[normal-human-girl]

happy Sevika day!!!

[tbhshaped]

the way some of you treat sevika is a bit sad, I know she's unbearably hot, but she's way more than just smut, tough girls deserve to cry, be taken care of, be emotional, cuddle, and not just be your knight in shining armor

[mirconreadzztuff22]

Idk if this is just me but I’m getting a bit tired of smut fics from all fandoms. Like, let’s take Sevika for example; it’s all the same- same personality, same mischaracterization, same fem (not female reader, I mean feminine woman) reader, same feeling of a white person being the reader. Like, it never feels like it could be anyone. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I like to put OC’s as the reader and half the time- it just doesn’t line up. Every. Single. Fic. It always the exact same- frail, ‘sweet but can be tough’ Y/N from wattpad- it just doesn’t open up any possibilities for other people, like black people or even people just as muscular or something. The reader can be anything- yet it feels so restrictive in so many fics. And I understand if a certain person is making these fics, but it just never opens up any possibility.

And then moving onto Blue Eye Samurai. For Mizu, same thing. The only thing they get right is her coldness, but even then- they don’t do it right- since she’s more than just a ‘cold asshole’. They don’t bring out her soft side. And the same thing as for Sevika- they put her with a brothel girl. It, again, feels restricted. People’s ocs are fighting alongside Mizu, wouldn’t it be more appropriate and bring more of an audience to make the reader also someone who’s a samurai?

Then, the tropes. It’s always ‘oh masc girl = biker pervert hahahah’ and as much as I live for the biker aus, it’s SOOOO overdone. To the point it’s literally just any masc girl.

My point is, I’ve noticed a lot of fics (unfortunately especially in the lesbian community) are very restricted and misinterpret the characters they’re even righting for, just reduced to a piece of meat for readers to horn over.

I don’t know man, reading fics aren’t fun anymore.

[srslylini]

I also think the humor this season mostly fell flat.

In season one it wasn't this over the top, in your face humor. It was something like Vi asking Deckard "Just a taste?" and then hitting his face with the bag full of goods he wanted so bad. It was subtle gags that made sense in universe and then in turn gave us character insight and gain a general understanding of the world.

this season just threw all of that away. I'm still not over that stupid, idiotic bit with the enforcerer and Jinx, I just really do NOT get it at all. Did I giggle, well yes but the more I think about it the weirder it gets. At first glance it does seem like a thing Jinx would do but no actually, she wouldn't.

The joke with Jinx trying to hold up her middle finger to Sevika landed way better and felt way more in line with season ones humor and it made me and still makes me genuinely smile.

Not even the fight scenes felt good anymore. There are two I liked this season and it's Smeech vs. Sevika and Jinx and then of course Jinx vs. Vi.

While I still think Smeech wasn't necessary for the Plot and could easily be removed, the scene he gave me was amazing. Even though some of it still felt like a pointer to the audience instead of to the characters, it wasn't too bad.

Just to put it all together, I needed the subtlety and the in universe elements back, that didn't feel like I was in the office with characters pointing at me and screaming "well laugh, now, it's funny"

[drawsry]

Viktor and Sevika fuck yeaahhh

[dirtytransmasc]

Sevika definitely called Isha "Squeaker" and I will die on the hill.

[mydignityisinflames]

Oh wait just realised I totally missed that Sevika doesn't know Jinx killed Silco. Hoo boy that's going to be an interesting reveal

[myrkkymato]

Dirty Little Animals

That song is so going to be my most listened song this year. It fits both of them so well.

Art nerd alert underneath:

If you like drawing with (waterproof) ink, you can try watering small amounts down. Dried layers don't smudge like aquarelles do but liquid ink behaves like aquarelles on wet surfaces.

[mybeautifulwifearcane]

one thing i really like abt arcane is that (as far as i can remember) the major Black characters don’t have straight hair!! it’s all natural styles and that’s really cool!!

[denkilightning]

Now Hold The Fuck On-

Chat I Think Im Cooking Here

[vonkarma2]

on here the arcane tag is all jayvik posting. whereas on the reddit the top posts are all like memes about the plot or something + I would say majority are about the female characters its bechdel test central over there. and all the thirst comments are about caitvi. it makes the reddit seem so feminist it’s crazy

[ssaltlicker]

So far i really dont care for the isha plotline ill be honest. It comes out of left field and feels fan-service-y. And this whole “found family uwu” direction with two of the most destructive characters in the show, and tying that to a literal child, is not my favorite.

HOPEFULLY the direction goes in the way of jinx fucking up with isha and realizing why vi did what she did and it being a contextualization thing. Because if it stays as jinx magically being well-adjusted and caring while vi falls apart and loses everything… ugh