Caitlyn's Objectives for Zaun are Vague and Terrible.
"Locate Jinx."
Plenty of people have already talked about this one, but there's a clear "and" missing to this statement. Caitlyn isn't going to just find Jinx say mission accomplished and go back to Piltover. She's left her intentions for Jinx ambiguous to her superiors (Ambessa) and subordinates alike, which leaves room for the situation to escalate.
"Dismantle shimmer."
I cannot overstate how bad of an idea it is. It seems simple in excution. Secure the refineries, detain Singed and other chemists that manufacture it, and destroy any existing supplies. But everything else that comes with it will turn the situation even worse.
I'm not even talking about the fact that Caitlyn is suggesting everyone in Zaun addicted to shimmer immediately go cold turkey without warning, preparation, or their consent. It's that fact that she's essentially destroying the only form of healthcare infrastructure that exists in Zaun.
For all the bad shimmer can do, it's still an effective medicine when used right. It's not a coincidence that once Silco took over and introduced shimmer there's suddenly people with visible disabilities and prosthetics on screen existing in Zaun. They exist because shimmer makes it possible. Even 5 out the 6 chembarons, the richest and most powerful people in Zaun, are disabled or use mobility aids. Chembarons like Smeech quite obviously use shimmer (his eyes are pink in every scene including his character sheet) to manage his prosthetics, he's had all four limbs replaced.
How many people live like Silco, with a chronic illness (probably a dangerous infection because Zaun is Piltover's human/industrial wastepit) that needs to be treated daily? How many people are practically dead and buried if the enforcers manage to destroy all remaining shimmer?
"Neutralize any agents still loyal to Silco."
What does that even mean? What does being loyal to Silco mean when he's dead? They're getting rid of all infrastructure related to shimmer production. The only thing that remains of Silco that anyone can be loyal to is the belief he left behind (and maybe Jinx but that's complicated).
Above all else (except Jinx), Silco wanted an independent Zaun. Will That's his whole thing, and shimmer was just the mechanism to make it happen. Will anyone who agrees that Zaun should be independent be considered a Silco loyalist? If so, then Caitlyn's mission isn't just about finding Jinx and getting shimmer off the streets, this is about crushing an independence movement AGAIN.
How will she characterize Silco's loyalists? Is she talking about chembarons that worked with Silco? Former members of his gang? People who worked in Silco's factories and liked the paycheck? Silco was the defacto leader of Zaun, most if not all figures in Zaun with influence were essentially complicit in his agenda.
Is there any real difference between anti-Piltovan sentiment and pro-Zaunite independence at this point?
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😭😭 literally sobbing rn you guys, my ankle braces arrived n ive been wearing them for a couple hours now and they!! feel!! amazing!!! i can't wait to wear them outside (fingers crossed i can wear shoes w them lol) so i can see how much of a difference they make. also gonna sleep w them tonight (or whenever i manage to sleep :/) to see if that helps w my pain at night/when i wake up!!
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Mfs constantly talking about Hank and Connor but nobody can answer when tf Hank found Connor in the machine route, where and how.
2 days. Has been 2 days since 'em partnership ended and they haven't been working together anymore, haven't even seen each other.
Hank is acting totally alone meaning it should be personal matter, he ain't with the Army or the SWAT team that are searching for androids all over Detroit. He ain't even with the average cops themselves, ain't a lieutenant of the detectives job patrolling the city during the curfew and no urgent cases were assigned to him related to it. There's even the possibility he's totally cooked if he punched Perkins.
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Feeling like there's some untapped potential in a gem that's so brittle and tender they're only bound to live for a few hundred years because the erosion is getting to them fast..... knowing you're only there for a second when everyone else's lifespan is eternity... but being shielded so you can get a chance to live like them nonetheless.... even though you can feel time getting to you more and more and being aware that things can only get worse.... ough
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I was thinking about this again
"Omg Vincent, you're nailing the 'sickly, haunted man' look in one go! The modeling industry would love you!" Vincent looks younger when he isn't contorting his face into what he calls expressions. He is three seconds away from losing it.
Three seconds later:
He managed the herculean task of sitting still for these photos because he was curious to see what he looked like if he was... Okay.
He soon realizes that he hates literally everything about the itchy, layered clothing, itchier cakey concealer, and restrictive fashion. Why did he agree to this again?
"WAIT! I have ten more outfits!"
"IT COMES OFF. NOW."
"But-"
"NOW. I'M DONE."
"At least let me fix your hair-"
"NO MORE, WOMAN."
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Im so impatient for my chest to be healed
Like logically yes I know it’s been less than a month and healing from a major surgery takes time etc etc etc but also
1) i feel normal and fine i wanna go to the GYM my beloved gym. I was gazing longingly at the gym today as I walked by. I’m having barbell withdrawal. I keep spacing out fantasizing about bench press
2) my chest looks good and my brain keeps going “yeah it doesn’t hurt, so that means it’s healed. Take the wrap off.” I want to just wear a shirt with nothing under it and I want to move without restriction and i also kinda wanna roll in the dirt like a dog. It’s like the marshmallow test to me and I am barely holding on
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