#in terms of her relationship to Viktor but that was barely established so it's weird to have her around

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eh fuck it, rbing to add my tags bc for once I'm somewhat confident in my takes, so I'm not hiding them in there lol (it's kinda long and rambly tho I do apologize. I'm still collecting my thoughts about it all)

#act 3 come through please 🙏 #I don't think it can salvage some of the things I have contentions with but still... please... #don't ask me about the silco vander flashback with jinxs + vis mom #or the bizzare choice to do so much of the storytelling through this weird music video format they've got going on #completely stripping it of the weight these plot beats could've had if they were... normal scenes #and also missing the point of how the music was used in season 1 and what made it so effective #bc it was complementary to instead of replacing the storytelling #seriously don't ask me about these things I will spontaneously implode on the spot

#whyyyyy would they recontextualize season 1 like this with that flashback #to me it kind of ruins the character dynamics and themes in s1. it just makes me so sad you have no idea #also what even are they doing with Jinx rn for real #aaarghhhh just... so many things that are making me scratch my head

#also I'm so terribly sorry but I could not care less about Isha sorry lol #like i get that its sad conceptually but she was such a non-character that i struggle to feel impacted at all #same with sky tbh. i thought her role in s1 was alright but there is so much emotional weight put on her now #in terms of her relationship to Viktor but that was barely established so it's weird to have her around #and clearly you're supposed to care but they haven't given me much reason to #isha and sky were non-characters just there to die to further the development of other characters #they didn't really have anything going on on their own and that's just a type of character and plot device that does nothing for me

#also i thought the war between zaun and piltover + internal struggles in zaun bc silcos gone would be the main focus #but that stuff seems so sidetracked rn

#also sorry i dont like what they did with vander and warwick either. that man should've stayed dead lol #it honestly just makes his death feel less impactful and i dont know what this is supposed to do for the story or the themes??? #that just feels like a pointless plotline that is taking up time that could've been spent on other things

#i just... i could go on like this for a while like there are so many things that just puzzle me #it's so weird considering how tight and thematically consistent season 1 was #let's see where act 3 goes but... i kinda have a bad feeling about it ngl #obv im glad others are enjoying it and this is just my opinion! also a lot of this is probs just my personal tastes anyway

MAN I'm seriously so sad about season 2. Bc I wish act 2 had the same emotional impact on me as it appears to have on so many others. But rn I'm just somewhere between unable to care and actively annoyed by some of those writing decisions. Seriously the more I think about it the less I like it.

[emichou-vu-blog]

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌

Birth Name: Anastasia Ivanov Currently Known As: Blair Ono [斧白] Age: 20 Birthday: August 5th [1998] Race: European Ethnicity: Russian Dutch Gender:   Female Pronoun: Her/She Height:  5'6ft [168cm] Weight:  57 kg [125 lbs] Figure Measurements: 34-22-34 Blood Type: A- Hair Color: Natural Blonde [Hair color changes between jobs] Eye Color:  Turquoise [Currently wearing brown contact lenses] Skin tone: Slightly tanned, rosy around the cheeks.

Body type:  Standing at an average height of 5’6ft, Anastasia is a woman with a well balanced lean figure, a trait that she shares in similarities with her dear mother. The young woman is also quite flexible due to her long history in Figure Skating, and her training within the Russian Sparrow Program- making her able to twist her body into weird positions with complete ease.

Notable Features: Naturally gifted with facial features that are considered to be ‘attractive’ by the modern society... Anastasia is seen always presenting herself at her best, and wearing clothes that always compliments her curves perfectly. There is really no marks on her body, but a single faded scar on the side of her right leg... which serves as a constant reminder of the dreadful night that her whole dream stripped away from her.

Personality: At a very young age...Anastasia told herself that she was ‘special’. The little girl had grown up with a loving mother and an uncle who has been barely around since her father died in a car accident when she was just 7. Life..would then seem to be so difficult and only misfortune followed the mother and daughter, because when Anastasia reached the age of 10, her mother was diagnosed with a rare sickness that crippled the older woman. It wasn’t until when Anastasia turned 12; that the girl’s entire life took a better turn. She was finally recognized as talented ice skater, and was then very quickly put on the Russian National team for women's figure skating. This grand achievement only would fuel the young girl’s belief of being special, and Anastasia would turn from a naive young girl into a clever woman that holds herself with great pride and grace. Making her a bit unlikable by the other skaters around her.

It wouldn’t be until she fell back to the bottom due to the ‘accident’ that she realized how much she had changed throughout the years...with no way to turn back time. Her time spent in the Sparrow Program would then finalize the person she is today. A broken shell of a female that has seen and been through horrors that no proper words could ever explain.

“I was told to take a man to a hotel. They said that he was an enemy of the state and in exchange, my mother would get the doctor she needed. Instead they cut his throat. There could be no witnesses, so they gave me a choice, “Die or become a Sparrow.”

Family History

Mother: Tiana Ivanov Father:  Aleksandr Ivanov [Deceased] Siblings: Only child Others: Viktor Ivanov [Uncle] Significant Other: None Friends: None [Open to Pre-established Relationships! Dm me!]

Personal Information

Schooling: Top private schools provided by the state. Criminal Record: One count of second degree of murder [All other criminal records are wiped by the Russian State]

Medical History [mental and physical]:

- Long term leg injury [Unable to continue Skating] - PTSD/ Depression/ Anxiety [All link to training and her work.] - Received professional Russian & American medical treatment/counselling. [Mentally: Stable]

Illicit Habits:

- Cigarettes - Alcohol [Not often]

Living Statues

Current Location: Yanaka [Taito Ward, Tokyo] From: Central Russia Lived in: Off the grid for two years. Occupation / Position / Role: Russian Sparrow & Anzai’s Personal Assistant

Abilities:

- See through people [The ability to read a person and learn their needs/desires just by looking at them] - Perfectionist/Overachiever [Always one step ahead] - Sharp Tongue [Very clever with her words.] - Vast knowledge on Spy work [Skills ranging from lock picking to knowing chemicals that allow a person to be tracked for an amount of hours.] - Speaks several languages - Knowledge on unique weapons. - Knowledge on sexual pleasure - Stabilize emotions [Able to pass lie detectors] - Comforting aura [Has a very convincing fake personality that tends to lower the guard of those around her.]

Weaknesses:

- Broken mind [Due to sadistic Sparrow training] - Her mother [Is willing to do anything to keep her mother safe] - Fearful of Death - Her old pride - Reminders of her old self

Special Traits:

- Hard worker - Manipulative [Result of Sparrow training] - Caring nature [ Actually cares deeply for those are suffering] - Is extremely well-liked by animals - Strong minded - Natural group leader - Smooth speaker - Quick thinker - Quick learner

Most Used Weapons:

- Her brain/body - A piece of steel wire [Hidden within her hair.] - Poison [Usually carry within her nails/jewelry]

Key Information

<The Ivanov family>

The Ivanov family have been serving the Russian government since the Cold War, but now only one remains in service...as the rest of the Ivanov family has slowly began to seek other jobs outside of government positions. Viktor Ivanov is the last known person within the family that still works for the state, and has earned himself a high position within the Russian government- having an amount of control in even the Russian secret forces. He had proven himself to be extremely loyal and is willing to do anything to assist the state with it’s national and foreign issues.

<Sparrow Program>

A part of the most elite Russian secret forces; the Sparrow Program is a secret intelligence service meant to train exceptional young people to use their bodies and minds as weapons. The training that the sadistic program provides ranges from simple hand to hand combat skills to ways to manipulate a person by sexual intercourse. A handful of young Russians are enlisted yearly into the program because of their unique strengths and even pure beauty, but in the very end...only a small number of people would complete the entire course and serve the state as an official Sparrow.

<Sparrow>

Unlike other secret agents; Sparrow are trained to gather information by manipulation and to determine a target’s weakness to be then used to exploit that weakness gradually through seduction. Sparrows are only used in missions that involves a person of great importance or a high government official, and with the Russian government to support them- a skilled Sparrow could take on a brand new identity with little to no effort, along with all the necessary official documents to back up their claims.

Short Backstory

Once the most talented female Figure Skater of all of Russia… Anastasia would seemingly lose it all... when her skating partner ‘accidentally’ slice her leg during a jump. The serious injury would then cost Anastasia’s entire skating career and leave the poor girl with no more money to pay rent or to cover her sick mother’s medical bills. It was only then out of pure frustration she would reach out to her uncle- who informed her that he indeed had a job in mind for her to do. Asking her to accompany a man who had taken a liking to her into a hotel. The man was said to be an enemy of the Russian state, but Anastasia was not told the full story and was tricked into playing a part in a very detailed murder.

She was then given only two options...To die or to become a Sparrow, and soon finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School. For two years, she remained off the grid and after enduring the perverse and sadistic training progress, Anastasia emerges back into the light as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. But her first mission, is to target the Oyabun of the Kintsugi family under the request of their rival family... who just happens to be her uncle’s old friend. So, now out of the country that was both her home and her prison...Anastasia is forced to take on the identity of Blair Ono- the only daughter of a poor family indebted to the Kintsugi Family. She is told to be a average college student who constantly reminds her of her old self...

So what does the future now hold?  Would she continue to be a mole or would she find a place within the Kintsugi family that she can finally call her home?

More Reference Images: [Margot Robbie]

[Music]

[greyedian]

MAN I'm seriously so sad about season 2. Bc I wish act 2 had the same emotional impact on me as it appears to have on so many others. But rn I'm just somewhere between unable to care and actively annoyed by some of those writing decisions. Seriously the more I think about it the less I like it.