#leif and kabbu are the best big brother/dads

[abombihoney]

yes yes yes!!!!!

we find out that vi doesnt wanna go back to the hive. and when vi is forced to go back for the mission, she tells kabbu and leif that hive 'didnt really do anything to her' and she actually yelled at everyone and run away.

and so leif and kabbu are like. oh wow suddenly reminded ur a whole entire child.

but then you have that little cutscene in the hive where leif encourages vi to talk to the people she cares about. he does call her petty and that shes acting like a child (but he a. doesnt know what the argument was about and b. didnt tell her to aplogize, just to talk about it)

and kabbu is like, ur sisters! of course if you go in there with good intentions and to talk about the issue everything will be fine!

and then you go through chapter 3 and learn that everyone fucking told vi she was stupid, weak, etc. NO ONE believed in her. didnt even humor her. not even a "oh of course you can, you can be anything you want" kind of bullshit.

this includes all her acquaintances, her boss, her sister, and presumably the queen. (i believe theres a throw away line that she also told off the queen lol)

but then jaune Will Not Give Vi Any Space to Talk. At All. jaune is presumably and adult, and her teenager sister RAN AWAY bc of this argument. like yes she sees vi is fine, but instead of asking for an apology or anything, she just REFUSES TO TALK TO HER.

THE ONLY PERSON VI WAS CLOSE TO HER ENTIRE LIFE, REJECTS HER BC VI THREW A TANTRUM.

vi is literally a teenager. teenagers tend to get into big arguments over what is dumb stuff to an adult, but incredibly important to teens. teenage to adult communication is often rife with emotions and misunderstandings.

vi had this huge argument with everyone bc no one was listening to her. at all. they just shut her down completely. of course she's eventually going to blow up. and even that didnt work. instead of listening or trying to calm vi down, jaune at least, argued back.

and so vi ran away. and ive said this before, but children dont run away for no reason. its often a last resort to be heard or escape.

and presumably, no one came for her.

Vi ran away and nobody came looking for her.

She pops up at the hive and everyone is like "oh hey ur back heard u actually became an explorer wild. didnt think you had in you."

there is no "WHERE WERE U WHAT THE FUCK GOOD TO HEAR UR OKAY WE WERE SO WORRIED WE LOOKED FOR U"

can u imagine the toll that took on her? no wonder shes so aggressive and defensive! her whole life no one listened to her and then she ran away, and nobody cared. no one tried to bring her home. as far as vi is concerned, the hive doesn't like her and doesn't want her. and she thinks its her fault

at least, she does by chapter 3. but vi was right, she wasnt in the wrong, she was acting out yes. but she was desperate for any kind of approval of her authentic self.

but yeah, vi didnt like, ruin her art or supplies (which as her living, would be understandable if jaune was still fucking pissed), but all she did was some weak ass insults.

and god, not to mention how uncomfortable vi is in the presence of bianca!!!! she talks to elizant and and even calls her eliza at some point. but refuses to speak to bianca until spoken to!!!

anyway long story short every time i think critically about vi's arc and the hive i get So Mad.

shout out to kabbu and leif for supporting her on her journey to make up with her sister. i hope after they made up, leif and kabbu gave jaune the fucking lecture of the century for treating vi like that after they found out what the argument was actually about

I was wondering what about vi sister? I think it’s the concept that didn’t explore that all.

i mean, jaune did introduce us to a lot about hive society and how colony relationships work in bugaria.

we learn that although all bees are sisters biologically, actually calling someone your sister has meaning.

it also shows that most bees consider each other strangers and or acquaintances for the most part.

plus, vi's only close relation in an entire kingdom, is one single bee. which shows us that vi has a Really Difficult time socializing, not only with her peers, but her entire species.

other than like, narrative and world building purposes, i kind of agree with you.

Jaune's baby sister just, calls her some names and then fucking disappears for an unknown amount of time. presumably at least a month, possibly up to a year. and yet when vi comes back, jaune isn't concerned about her safety... just fukcing mad that she? called her art bad?

but like. ignoring that.

vi's quest for her sister is just... they got into a petty argument, and vi's presumably adult sister, would not even give vi the time of the day, even when she's trying to apologize.

so vi's quest is about getting really rare paint to show her sister that she's trying to apologise, and then jaune shows her that she still loves her and missed her cause she has that painting and they hug.

and... thats it?

i dont remember of jaune ever apologizes. idk, i think another little scene after, or little blurbs where dialogue changes after each chapter and you can like "tell her about ur adventures" or something to round it out a bit, and make the relationship a lil less flat yknow?