#listen these two are just
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Braindumping about Silco and Vi, because these two are such fantastic narrative foils for each other—and, in the same breath, completely cut from the same cloth.
I keep wishing they had more scenes together, another square-off, something to put them head-to-head—because there's so much potential for them to counteract the layers of each other.
At the root of it all, Vander's looming between them, this monolith of a presence that ties their pasts together. But above that, still, we have Jinx—who not only is their driving tension, but their greatest possibility for reconnection.
Here, we have Vander's daughter—someone who, for all intents and purposes, has become what he wanted, but who has also been someone he saw too much of himself in; who he did his best to reshape, instead of enable, and who put him on a pedestal, and truly saw him as hers, more than perhaps anyone (except, well, Silco).
Vi treasured Vander, fully looked up to him as her father—and losing him shattered her. In between all the layers of it, there's this underlying thread in his actions towards her, a tension that just sits with her through Act 1—Do as I say, not as I do (or, rather, as I did).
Here, we also have Vander's partner—someone who knew him before, knew what he was, what he resented, and what he became, instead; and who bears the scars of what all their fallout grew to be. Someone who holds the memory of him tangibly, in multiple respects, as though it is something he physically cannot sever: Vander's knife, the Drop—and even, in some ways, Jinx.
Silco is still clinging to the idea of Vander, throughout the entire series. To the potential in their reunion at the cannery; to the reassurance of what he knew him to be (I knew you still had it in you; Vander wasn't the man you thought he was); to this need he has to still speak to him, even after everything.
But Vi was raised with the burden of being the eldest; being the one most capable of providing protection—and, as a consequence, with the burden of responsibility.
She's not only a sister to Jinx. She's a guardian to her—and in many respects, a stand-in mother. And Silco, as a surrogate father, is standing right in the middle of that. A roadblock between "Powder," as Vi knows her sister as, and "Jinx," as Silco knows his daughter to be.
Right at the forefront, we have so much conflict here. Vi is so similar to Vander, to the point that she is nearly his spirit incarnate—so much so that having her resurface from a presumed grave just sets fuel to fire for a vendetta Silco has never been able to snuff out.
But beneath that—far beneath that—they have so much in common. Vi's headstrong rebuttals in Act 1 about going against Piltover and striking them down, about being made to feel lesser her whole life and needing to fight against it, just sings with Silco's anger in the cannery (You'd die for the cause, but you won't fight for one?).
These are two kindred spirits, two revolutionaries willing to do anything for their city and those they love, and who aren't afraid to fight for it. Who want to fight for it.
But trapped between it all, we have Jinx. Someone Vi is not willing to sacrifice (i.e., her memory of Powder), and who Silco, by the end of the series, isn't willing to sacrifice, either (i.e., his loyalty to Jinx).
Vi, of course, could never fathom Silco being a father to Powder (how could she, after he is the reason Vander was taken from her?)—and looks for justifications for her hatred, in everything he does.
But the unfortunate truth of the matter is that for all Vander cherished and nurtured Vi as a vision of himself—so has Silco, to Jinx. He sees himself in her. He has empowered her, cherished her. He is so incredibly tender with her, in his own ways. And—for all his absolute faults, his skewed morals, his tunnel-visioned zealousy to achieve Zaun—he is a good father to Jinx, just as Vander was a good father to Vi.
The question I keep finding myself mulling over, though, is whether these two could find elements of that, once again, in each other.
There are so many things Silco isn't—not only in Vander's shadow, but simply in the character that he is. He doesn't come in swinging; he plots, he strategizes, he fights with words. He isn't a warm presence, or a jovial one; he's chilling, he's dry, he's distanced. There are countless contradictions one can draw between the two of them—and so many layers one can tease apart, on how their opposites attracted each other, how they worked (a balance that will no longer ever be).
But there are so many things Silco is. He's critical, he's fiercely rational, he knows how to weave a crowd around his finger with a single intonation. He admires the outcasts, the scrappers, those that have dredged through society to claw for what they can. He surrounds himself with them—and he operates alongside them, as an equal as much as an usurper.
He's a flavor of parenthood Vi didn't receive, but could have—the one that would have validated her need to fight; who would have taught her that strength comes in numbers, not in one's single ability to protect; who would have seen her snarkiness, her quick wit on her feet, and taught her to use it to her leverage.
The tragedy of the whole series is that Jinx needs them both to have balance in her life—to keep the tether of her child self and her trauma from splitting her apart at the seams—yet for Silco and Vi, as the narrative destines them for (and as it destined Silco and Vander for), any semblance of a connection between them is doomed for destruction.
There's too much they hold fiercely to themselves, in their own traumas, that they cannot set down—even for the sake of Jinx's needs. They are equally selfish, in that way. They want the version of Vander that they are not willing to let go of; and they want the version of Jinx that they know her to be.
But they could change. They could.
Silco did, by the end. Chose his daughter, his legacy, over the cause, over his vision of progress. And Vi did, too. Chose "peace," chose to set down the gauntlets, chose politics (and—arguably—complacency, in the same way Vander did) as the path forward.
But what if they set it all down, for Jinx? What if they became what she needed, on both sides? A father who sees her, nurtures her, like Vander saw and nurtured Vi—and a sister who loves and protects her, like Vi loved and protected Powder; who could learn, maybe, to love and protect "Jinx," too?
And maybe—just maybe—Silco and Vi could learn to appreciate each other, for all their surface hatreds. Find mentorship, find balance again, in each other. And through it, Vi could learn that protection, responsibility, isn't the only quality to strive for. That even she can be nurtured again, too.
#yes this is rapidly becoming the entire basis of heron blue and yes this is the central premise of the WIP i'm working on#shhh#listen these two are just#hhGHGHGH#silco and jinx have that special dysfunctional flavor of daddy issues out the roof#but let's just talk about vi with all that for a second#like????#yes she will loathe silco until her deathbed for taking vander from her but like...vander gave this girl parentification issues for DAYS#there's some complications big time on both sides#arcane#rambles#arcane meta#arcane vi#arcane silco#arcane vander#i know i have completely left caitlyn out of the equation here#honestly - i could see their relationship developing more...genuinely's not the right word but?#separate from the context of vi being freed from prison?#something that comes more naturally from them seeing each other in their own contexts/working environments#and admiring/appreciating each others' opposites all the more for it#also just like#this is what jinx NEEDS it is the whole shakespearian tragedy of the entire conflict with these three#and the total angst ball of what that *could* be is just divine
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The real reason Michael has a British accent in FNAF…
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#michael afton#jeremy fitzgerald#william afton#bonnie bully#fnaf bonnie#fnaf foxy#fnaf fanart#THIS IS MY GAME THEORY……#Listen the only explanation to why Michael and Elizabeth are somehow British#is William just forced them to be#like idk why he’d do it#maybe it’s so his kids stay similar to his image#if it was just Michael I could say maybe he was born in Britain#but Elizabeth got it too#Michael grew up solely on British media to make sure he kept the accent#drank only tea and beans on toast#THIS UNSERIOUS but i genuinely find it so funny that#the Aftons in the games are just British#imagine the bite of 83 but all with British accents (besides Michael’s friends)#also hey Bonnie bully mentioned 🩵#I gotta draw Michael’s other two friends sometime too!!
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in some other realm, you are waiting for me
#klance#Voltron#vld#art#Keith kogane#Lance McClain#my art#guys pleeeeeas listen to the inspo song on this one#Sarah kinsley is a phenomal artist and you will love it for one#but for two it informs the piece!!#not to over explain my work but Lance coping with the million ‘what if’s…#like if he had just said or done something different would Keith have stayed…….
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"...I'm not done telling you all the things that I wanted to say; there's still so much. It's been so long since anyone listened to me talk. Won't you stay?"
Heaven Official's Blessing, Vol 8
#tgcf#heaven official's blessing#hualian#tian guan ci fu#i was going to use the banquet quote#but xie lian's 'it's been so long since anyone listened to me' absolutely kills me every time#like he goes pretty much the entire story trying not to ask for anything#and when he finally breaks down and begs hua cheng to stay#it's not for any grand reason like safety or happiness or love#he just wants hua cheng to Be There#i am#devastated just thinking about it#excuse me while i cry about these two for the hundredth time#yallstart
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Please someone redraw this with Dr. Ratio and Aventurine because this is the exact vibe they have in my head post-Penacony.
#ratiorine#aventio#aventurine#dr. ratio#honkai star rail#hsr#not exactly#2.1 spoilers#but the vibe isn't present until then#this is canon I'm Hoyo#just trust me#I think my favorite thing about this ship#is that I went in expecting slap slap kiss#but came out of 2.1 convinced that these two could#in fact#get their shit together faster than virtually any other Hoyoverse pair#they're gonna be two years into their relationship before Seele manages to ask Bronya on a date#they're gonna be married before Renheng get their next ship tease#I just think they deserve to be those two guys who show up together#in the background of every promotion and event#and Hoyo never confirms anything#but you never see the one without the other#so everybody just KNOWS#LISTEN HOYO#I'm available for hire#you can pay me to print the money for you
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#my art#harry du bois#kim kitsuragi#disco elysium#disco elysium fanart#harrykim#kimharry#or whatever they're called#let this man have happiness or so help me#im a firm believer in harry getting a slow post-recovery glow up alright. it's the least i can do for the guy.#man i was listening to so many banger songs while making this#im still getting back in the flow of painting so most of my stuff is kinda messy still#but i suspect ill find a middle ground between this and my last piece style-wise#gearing up to drawing kim in all his glory too now that ive finished two different side profiles of him. only a matter of time now#also fun little fact. i drew over half of this (~4 ? hours) using just my finger on the trackpad of my laptop lol#sometimes it helps me to just put shapes and colors down. when ive got a pen i get too nitpicky about being perfect/using fancy techniques#sometimes all you need is. finger 🫶#OH!! i forgot to mention someone spotted it in the tags—yes this is based on that one leyendecker piece!!
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retired 🩶
#call of duty#cod#simon ghost riley#john soap mactavish#soapghost#my art#listen this took me like two weeks so y'all better appreciate 🤌#johnny is the super active DIY father of the family#simon has made his way through all of the miss marple mysteries and has now set his sights on naval fiction#also growing his fringe out to hide the early onset baldness#johnny has gorgeous hair but we knew that#the dogs are called roger and wee albert--guess which is which#yes they all sleep in the same bed~#I guess I just need to see these two old and cranky and alive for whatever reason...#let them both burn in hell after a few good decades learning how to live beyond just surviving#god they probably make a banger pot roast....
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plunged into the deep end
#the parallels are paralleling with these two stay safe gwen </3#tmagp#the magnus protocol#gwendolyn bouchard#jonathan sims#the archivist#gwen bouchard#the magnus archives#tma#my art#i just do enjoy crafting an image in my head and making it real#also blonde gwen has taken a hold of me..#when i draw her now i think im gonna make her blonde (unless she's having a Rough Time in which case her brown roots will be showing)#near the beginning of the tmagp season i imagined gwen would somehow be the one who could listen to all the tapes to hear what went down#would be cool#sam would also be a good candidate for that
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a lil bit of merry and pip
(was going to draw more scenes based off the book, but I drew the last pic first, and then immediately went back to drawing baby hobbits)
#my stuff#lotr#lord of the rings#meriadoc brandybuck#peregrin took#merry and pippin#merry being a protector is so sweet#every scene with these two either fills my heart with joy or dread for what's going to happen#listening to TTT and pip just grabbed the scary sauron ball#the description of that experience was breaking my heart
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saw the labru trend and IMMEDIATELY thought of them
#praying to GOD this hasn't already been done#anyway this was an excuse to draw them again sue me#isn't this pretty much every meeting at the ada 💀💀 canon dialogue i fear#i miss when bsd was just a silly office romcom starring the two of them.........sigh.......#i miss my wives#bungo stray dogs#bungou stray dogs#bsd#dazai osamu#osamu dazai#doppo kunikida#kunikida doppo#kunikidazai#knkdz#kunizai#lotus draws#POSTING AT THREE AGAIN IM GONNA DIE ONE DAY 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼#i was listening to writing on the wall while drawing this 💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔
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Duke, Jason, Damian and Cass who only knew Kon and Tim during their "I would burn down the world for you" era asking the rest of the family how Tim missed their obvious chemistry, how he's been oblivious to the person he's been in love with since the day they met.
Steph, Dick, Bruce, Alfred and Babs, who all got a taste of their initial Young Justice years where Tim was one second away from framing Kon for murder, just exchange amused looks.
#tim would probably leave hundreds of messages to steph complaining about kon until even steph just hates him on principle#and then two months later he's making heart eyes at the man and steph is like 'are you FUCKING KIDDING ME???!'#if tim and kon ever got together steph would break into his house and force him to listen to her read his old texts out loud#tim drake#kon el kent#timkon#batfam shenanigans
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[Toon x Mobster] Only he can make him laugh like that...
Jack Desmond is the silly guy. Gavriel Huffman is the scary guy. They come from different worlds that has contrasting genres, one more cartoonishly comedic and the other much dramatically darker.
It's kind of a running gag that Sir Huffman is unable to laugh without looking absolutely wicked. Both in the cartoon world and his own world.
That doesn't stop Jack from being completely smitten with him though, his voice is the most mind-melting thing he's ever had the pleasure to hear
[AUDIO USED:] Men I Trust - show me how
#Toon x Mobster#Jack Desmond#Gavriel Huffman#listen listen listen#I can't get enough of two CLEARLY different characters being in love with each other alright#and I meant different as in they literally come from different genres of stories#like their art styles contrast against each other and MMM it's so delicious#think of it like the movie of Who Framed Roger Rabbits#or Looney Toons: Back in Action#you'll get what I mean if you go to Youtube and watch a clip or two from those movies haha#anyway I just thought this was a fun idea. maybe I'll make more of them#original characters#original character#original character art#ocs#oc#oc artwork#oc art#artists on tumblr#original charater art#my drawing museum
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Abby could befriend any animatronic from FNAF..
#myart#chloesimagination#comic#fnaf#five nights at freddy's#abby schmidt#fnaf gregory#fnaf moon#moondrop#security breach#fnaf movie#fnaf fanart#MORE of Abby and Gregory exploring the pizzplex! 🩵#I noticed I’ve drawn Abby technically meeting sun before but not moon! so wanted to fix that#Abby does not fear any of these guys#she has no reason to! all she sees is friends#Gregory is flabbergasted by Abby#not only did she not run but now is fast sleep listening to moons stories#TBH this might be a Gregory skill issue moment#cause the daycare attendants seem not that bad actually#especially when Cassie later on meets them and they are kind#MAYBE moon just wanted to tell a bedtime story is that so bad?#moon and sun still stand as the most fun to draw#peak designs I adore these two
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how am i supposed to be normal about spideypool when wade literally CHANGED for the better because of peter and chose to sacrifice all the progress he had made just so peter didn’t have to go against his morals. how.
#they make me SICK#LITERALLY JUST!!! LOOK AT THEM!!!!!!!#they are like destiel levels of devoted to each other istg#marvel comics#spideypool#spiderpool#spider-man#deadpool#peter parker#wade wilson#hhhhhhhh#sorry but when my deadpool hyperfixation comes back spidey will always come with it#they are a two for one deal#listen i still like poolverine. but just. fucking. LOOK AT THESE TWO LIKE CMONNNNB
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snow day/tsot/fantasy au redesigns for my au ✨
im not finished with profiles yet soo ill just put this here 🏃🏃🏃
#stan marsh#kyle broflovski#eric cartman#kenny mccormick#south park#south park au#south park stick of truth#south park snow day#south park the stick of truth#character redesign#man their color pallettes dont even fit each other my artstyle is so messed up#literally can't be consistent for once 💔#this took me like two months#and it's just the character designs#also did you know i listened to their snow day themes while doing this#kyle's theme is such a banger
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what in the rom com did i just watch
#loki every two words 'um' 'uh'#MANS WAS STUTTERING AND SHIT#HE WAS SO NERVOUS#tom hiddleston you mad genius#THE WAY MOBIUS / DON WAS JUST LISTENING TO HIM JUST RAMBLE HIS WAY THROUGH HE'S SO SWEET#loki#loki season 2#loki season two episode five#loki season two#mobius#lokius#tom hiddleston
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