#but like in the grand scheme of things No One Cares

[pendularium]

sorry, yapping quickly. I saw a post earlier analysing how vi doesn't stand up for the zaunites to caitlyn, and contrasting that to jinx (and ekko), and viewing vi as a sort of pick me (not the language used but I can't find the original rn), and like. yes, I think the argument is correct, but there is like one thing I want to add, which is that vi, unlike jinx and ekko, isn't really in a position where she can criticise caitlyn right? ok hear me out. so one) imo a lot of s1 establishes vi as someone genuinely desperate for connection - its the thought to getting back to powder that gets her through prison (where she has been pretty isolated), her and caitlyn click incredibly fast etc, and all of s1 into s2 happen pretty damn fast right? vi gets out of prison, gains a friend, regains a sister and then instantly loses her again, and then that loss of powder is really underscored in the finale - vi has very few relationships left, and most of the ones she has had have ended in horrible tragedy and violence; it is no wonder that she especially would try to cling to the one (cait) she has left and two) vi is also someone who is constantly in the big sister/protector role - her intro shows this, her leadership of their little gang as kids, and after the time skip (after she fails) you can see her try to assert her dominance over caitlyn in s1 - vi is the one who knows the lanes, caitlyn has to keep up, vi throws caitlyn out of her comfort zone in the brothel etc., vi is trying to demonstrate that she has worth to caitlyn right? and of course when maddie is talking to vi, it's caitlyn expressing respect for vi's actions that vi seizes onto. I don't think this is (just) a way of showing off to caitlyn, rich girl from piltover, I think this is part of vi's understanding of herself as a figure of authority and protection in her relationships put them together and you have someone who, when confronted with an angry and grieving caitlyn, her last real connection (not counting ekko) makes compromises to avoid a confrontation with her. vi doesn't counter 'what kind of animals' directly, because that risks her relationship with caitlyn; she is pretty consistently someone who cares more about personal relationships than the grand scheme of things (as does powder/jinx but that's a different post). and yet, with that in mind, vi does try to defend zaunites! first, she tries to humanise them right; instead of being wild uncontrollable beasts, vi positions them as making a calculated attack - they wanted the spectacle, they're trying to scare you, and then after caitlyn doubles down on her anger towards them, vi pushes for caitlyn to call off the invasion. those aren't the actions of someone who doesn't care about zaunites, or would rather side with piltover imo, they're the actions of someone who does care about zaun, but who doesn't want to jeopardise her relationship with caitlyn. vi joining the enforcers is not only her staying with caitlyn, but also her trying to prevent the invasion. if I go after your sister alone, one of us comes back in a box = caitlyn won't go alone. the strike force then, can be read as a deliberate compromise between caitlyn, who has all the power here, and vi, who doesn't want zaun to be invaded by the enforcers

this is, of course, just a way you can read all this lol, if you disagree/want to add on please do so! I am a bit busy rn but I cannot express how much I want to talk about arcane with people

[waitineedaname]

MXTX protagonists ranked by how bad their mommy/daddy issues are

Luo Binghe: absolutely nuclear level of mommy/daddy issues. this is the consequence of giving your protagonist two deadbeat dads and two dead moms, and then letting him project all those issues onto his overly indulgent teacher

Wei Wuxian: he could've had perfectly normal orphan levels of parent trauma, but what's that?? IT'S THE JIANG PARENTS WITH A STEEL CHAIR!!! the combo of fear and respect he had for Yu Ziyuan is already bad enough, but then there's also the feeling of responsibility for the Jiang siblings that they put on him, which then leads to, you know, all the Yunmeng sibling problems

Lan Wangji: this dude is so haunted by his father potentially kidnapping his mother and then locking her up and putting himself in seclusion, and this significantly shapes his relationship with Wei Wuxian. plus he took his mother's death really, really badly :(

Shen Qingqiu: he like never mentions his parents?? which is weird, but at least he's not haunted by it. however, he gets the special privilege of being the person exacerbating someone else's mommy/daddy issues. he brought this on himself. he doesn't get to walk out of a confession involving a metaphor where he'd be pregnant with his partner and act like that's normal

Xie Lian: he definitely has trauma surrounding his parents for sure, but they don't seem to have manifested as specifically mommy/daddy issues? it's just, you know. normal grief. honestly, there's so much shit going on with his trauma and baggage that he can't be defined by this one thing

Hua Cheng: does not seem to care about his parents?? at all???? he's presumably an orphan and they're probably the origin of his self worth issues, but like. in the grand scheme of things, they do not seem to be that big of a concern for him. who needs mommy issues when you have devotion to dianxia i guess

[schnuffel-danny]

I'm always down to share more I love this stupid AU so much

the backstory is that a few months after being stranded in space Vlad crashlands back on Earth and immediately scrambles to find a place to hide while he recovers, and the only thing in his close area is this dilapidated farm house with half a barn in the middle of an overgrown field and he's in that state shortly before passing tf out where you just accept what you're given and he goes to enjoy his first nap in months on something softer than a space rock (wet grass. he sleeps on wet grass) at first his plan is to gather himself and then bring a reign of terror upon this realm for rejecting him and leaving him for dead in space, then the plan goes from that to maybe sorting things out with Jack and Maddie and getting some normalcy back in his life, then he realizes that's vulnerable and stupid and Jack DID leave him in space, so the plan kind of gets stuck at the "gather himself" part unfortunately for Vlad, gathering oneself includes things like eating food and not sleeping on wet grass, both of which were things he was not doing currently, so the first step in this grand evil scheme of remembering what being a person is like, was getting something to eat which he decides to do in the familiar manner of just stealing what he needs from nearby residencies- and this is where things start going downhill, because most nearby residencies in 'middle of fucking nowhere, fieldstreet, USA' tend to be farms. with livestock. and sometimes those animals are not properly taken care of in visible ways. and Vlad grew up around cows because I said so and I have a vision here and need him to have some emotional attachment to these animals. and TECHNICALLY speaking cows are a source of food so taking one now and turning it into steak later is investment for the future, and you need to limit your exposure to other people when you're hiding from the entire goddamned planet so it's actually a good idea to take one just in case and- so anyway there's like 12 of them now and the belief is cow stealing aliens is becoming more widely accepted across the states and the people aren't even wrong like this blue asshole did come from space to steal cows I guess at least he's not burning crop circles

whenever I see a cow I think about my post-Phantom Planet farmer Vlad AU and then I get so brainrotted about it I forget to draw anything new for it

[wavesoutbeingtossed]

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[sincerely-sofie]

I'm thinking of how funny it would be if Ark and Twig came across an outlaw that they don't actually know is an outlaw. And they tag along, hoping for the chance to steal their stuff for a quick buck.

And then they quickly realize just how bad of a situation they're I'm because these two adventurers, NEITHER of whom are registered under an official guild, are destroying these monsters with ease! For goodness sake, that creepy one just powderized that guy while discussing dinner plans! And he didn't skip a beat! Eventually they make their way out and, ever so thankfully, they're not infamous enough to be wanted in this somewhat isolated town. But now they're crashing at Twig's place because he let slip that they dont have a place to stay?? And they can't sneak out because that creepy floaty guy isn't going to bed???? And they have a kid that can transform but ISN'T a ditto!?!? Apparently they have guests coming later, that's good. Maybe they can slip out when they're distr- IS THAT CELEBI!?!?!?!??

Anon you have NO idea how in love with this concept I am. It veered in a rather different direction than what you originally provided— hope I didn’t take too many liberties with your initial premise!

Later on during a family get-together:

[lemmeaskthedevil]

Sometimes yeah ppl need to get off the computer but sometimes this is just how fandom goes

[mumbledramblings]

vash and knives are each other's antithesis not because vash is kind and knives is cruel, but because vash thinks the best of people and knives thinks the worst

[bmpmp3]

Getting into stuff that has a lot of pre-announced release dates is really good for me like vocal synthesizer products and new love live etc franchise music releases....I'll be lying in bed at like 2 AM with ur usual 20-something's fear and existentialism over time and the future and then I'll remember a piece of singing software or a new song related to cartoon characters I like is gonna come out like next month and I'm like 😌

[patchesjam]

Can I ask when and how Smajor denounced Dream?

'denounced' maybe not the right term. 'heavily hinted heavy dislike and disgust with all but name' is probably the term that should be used.

on a stream a while back with hismelf, tubbo and someone else i want to say, in late hours, so few people watching, and no twitter reports from this. i listened to him and tubbo talk for about an hour about mcc and content creation and every 5 fucking minutes there would be a dig from him at; negativity, hate from winning a recent mcc, hate from choosing teams from particular fanbases, cc's being irresponsible, parasocialism, how good some servers were compared to Others etc. etc.

there was definitely one statement that made it incredibly obvious who he was talking about as it was brought up at the same time as the other stuff, and set chat off peepogiggling about dream. i cant remember what it was exactly, but i think it was along the lines of dsmp = bad + evil, empires + ll + origins = good + based because of the cc's and content style on the server.

tubbo was not a part of this at all to be clear.

[rorsry]

i made the other account so i'm queue'ing posts from myself then i see it in my activity page and go who the fuck is this asshole spamming me

[cowardlycowboys]

basement teasing new music I have life again

[greywindys]

Me trying to figure out how I feel about Gorillaz when I realize that its become a money-hungry brand name first, and a cartoon band that satirizes celebrity culture second and provides thoughtful social commentary second (or arguably, last), but that in becoming this, 2Doc has won

[musical-chick-13]

Ah yes. The age-old question of "Am I brave enough to put this fic on my account or should I just post it anonymously."

[rockandrolldisgrace]

sometimes lifes is cruel to you for no fucking greater meaning but u still have to go through it and just endure

[mothmanchronicler]

aaaaaaaaa i'm barely keeping my head above water lmaooooo at this point i can't even tell if i'm trying hard or not trying at all

[heywriters]

straight up? whoever's pressuring you to get married, run the rat race, pump out a few kids, and own a Benz before 30 is toxic. you will burn out that way. I'm assuming it's your relatives, but if you think society at large cares what you do? nah, lol. I've seen society and they're far too obsessed with their own problems. even if they're projecting those problems onto you, they're still not your problems.

the best thing about thinking or even knowing that people in your realm are obsessed with your lifestyle is telling yourself "lol freaks, watch me do whatever i want anyway." take your damn time for your sake, not theirs

if you don't reach some imaginary high score by that significant-to-you-only age, life goes on. there is no flashing "game over" sign and a clock set at 00:00. the time will still be there

btw the majority of your life will be lived as a adult. yeah i don't make the rules. go have fun in your 40s or 70s or whatever. no one expects you to accomplish everything at 17 or 27. you've got time and in the meantime get some life experience, it will pay off