#spoiler free arcane

[yaffles-world]

Nightswimming

Viktor and his partner decide to go out for a swim.

WARNINGS/TAGS: fluff, mostly non sexual nudity but there is some cheeky brief sexual content, arcane Viktor but blitzcrank makes a cameo cos I said so, no use of Y/N, reader is wearing a dress but is called a good boy otherwise gender is not discussed, spoiler free. MINORS DNI

The wind was softly blowing, and the moon was bright and basked the area in soft white light. It was quiet, away from just about everything. Blitzcrank being the only remotely intelligent life for a fair distance, just in case there was trouble. Most of the animals that would be around were tucked into bed.

That was of course excluding Viktor, sitting carefully on the edge of a fallen tree. His shoulders were hunched over and his cheeks and ears were dusted pink. He was hyper focused on a point in the distance, as I slowly worked my hands over his back brace. I undid the clasps and worked on disconnecting it.

“Are you okay?”

Viktor's amber eyes flicked to mine and then back to his chosen spot in the distance. “Ah. Yes… I feel… naked?”

“Well, that's fair enough. You basically are.” I ran my hands across his back, trailing down the ridges of his spine. He shivered and his cheeks turned a darker shade of red. I gently hold his cheek to redirect his gaze. “If you aren't okay, tell me. If you want to do this another way, we'll figure it out.”

He sighed. “Practically, yes, there are alternatives to doing it this way. If I just want to… see if being in the water alleviates the pain. There's plenty of ways. But I don't want to do that. I want to do this… It's… Beautiful.” His gaze wandered off again and I detached his back brace, putting it beside me on the blanket. I moved down to his leg brace.

“I… It's been… I don't even know if I've ever been somewhere like this. With Zaun, well everything's… polluted and Piltover is so focused on steel and mechanical beauty. Which, there is certainly a sort of beauty to it, yes, but it's different to this. I've never see this many stars…”

I gently placed his leg brace beside his back brace on a clean blanket. I ran my hands down to the only piece of clothing left on him, his underwear, but he held my hands.

“Now, hold on there lubov. That doesn't seem fair.” He reached forward and hitched my dress over my knees and guiding me to kneel down so he could pull it up over my head. There was an initial shock of cold. Viktor pulled me in close and gave affectionate head scratches. “Oh, you are such a good boy for me, not even wearing underwear.”

I shrugged, trying to push down the heat building inside of me. “I just wanted it to be easier.”

He smiled smugly. It faltered when I pulled down his underwear abruptly, revealing a cock at half mast. He shivered again.

“Let's not get distracted here, my love. Are you okay if I carry you?”

“Ah, um, thank you, but that's really not necessary.”

“That's not what I asked you.”

“Well, ah… you certainly don't have to solnyshko but… yes I'm okay with it.”

I scooped him into my arms and pressed his body against mine. He was never particularly warm but his skin was soft and his hair was fluffy and brushing against my face. We walked into the water. It was warmer than expected given the cold night but it was certainly crisp. I slowly lowered him into the water, despite his protestations expressed through squeaking noises.

“It's cold!”

“Ah come on, this? You'd think you'd never been in water before.” I held him close. The water was about waist deep and his arms were wrapped tightly around my back, pressing himself into me with his head in the crook of my neck.

“Solnyshko, really, do you think I've spent my whole life not having a shower?” He pushed himself deeper into me somehow, now close to being fully buried.

“You know I don't mean that…” His ears tinted red. “Wait, Vik, have you never been swimming before?” I cursed myself. Of course he hasn't. Zaun waterways aren't known for being clean after all and who would have taught him? Especially with his body in the condition that it's almost always been in. “I'm so sorry, I didn't even consider that as a possibility. Are you okay? We really don't have to do this.”

He nodded, smushing his nose against my neck. “I trust you. I know you've got me.” I could feel his lips pull into a smile.

“Okay. Okay. No pressure at all.” I laugh breathily and he returns the laughter. “How do you feel?”

“Good. It helps, a bit.”

“Do you think you can detach from me?”

Viktor squeezed tighter with a strength I didn't know he had, but then he slowly detangled himself. He shivered slightly, then stood a bit straighter. He smiled a crooked smile.

“Okay. First step, I'm going to teach you how to float.”

Viktor nodded.

“The goal here is to stay flat and above the water. There should be no parts of your body sinking below the surface, or all of you is going to sink. Generally it's a good idea to focus on the stomach area and keep that above, and then the feet and the head. The head will naturally want to stay above though so the focus is more on the lower body. I'm going to help you. Are you ready?”

Viktor nodded and I put my hand underneath his back and under his knees, tipping him upwards to the sky. I kept one hand under his back and one under his thighs to keep him above water.

“Okay. You got it? Focus on keeping the air in your stomach. That's the point that's going to keep you afloat. And then don't let your feet fall under.”

Viktor hummed in affirmation. I pulled my hands out from under him, not without leaving a quick parting squeeze. Viktor remained steady above the water.

“Very good.”

Viktor whined softly, barely audible if not for the near silence of where we were. I stifled a laugh as his cheeks went bright red.

“Sorry, solnyshko.”

“Oh, no, don't be sorry for doing so good for me.” I scratched his hair. “Focus, my love.” I moved slowly down to his cock sticking up out of the water. “Now this is just too tempting to resist.” I gently lick the tip before going down. Viktor inhales sharply, before steadying his breathing.

“Solnyshko…” he breathes shakily. I hum, before moving back to be beside him.

“You truly impress me Viktor. You're doing so well. But, again… let's not get distracted. However tempting you are.”

I kick up my feet and float next to him holding his hand. His breathing slowly returns to being steady.

“Thank you for taking me out here.”

“Of course.”

We lay there for a while holding hands and looking up at the stars. The trees outline the sky, framing it with their dark, sprawling leaves reaching outwards.

“It's beautiful.”

“And so are you.”

[bookwyrminspiration]

the visceral reaction I am having even several days later. these six words hurt in a way I will never recover from

[spoofykoala]

Caitlyn in Act 2 be like:

Am i late to this trend?

[chronalshifts]

thinking about jayce arcane and the way he manages to make completely fucked up decisions through nothing more than base instincts. like. he doesn’t want to lose funding for hextech so he leans into the council. he feels powerless and wants to defend his city so he winds up accidentally killing a kid. he doesn’t want to lose viktor so he turns him into a void aberration without a second thought. do you hear me. is this thing on

[rosifire]

Obligatory “I don’t have a problem with CaitVi” but I think, for me, their story (separate from their own personal character arcs) would/will be more compelling if it ends up being irreparable between them.

I think Arcane is good at subverting expectations and tropes; the most memorable example I can think of is in S1E3 where Powder follows after Vi and the boys to save Vander. We’ve all seen the “friends are in trouble, but the plucky young hero comes in at the nick of time to save them against all odds” plot twist—but Arcane subverts that. In fact, Powder’s involvement and her monkey bomb finally working is the thing that, tragically, leads to Claggor and Mylo’s death, Vi’s injury, Vander’s death(?), so on and so forth. It worked, but it didn’t work. And to me, that's the tragedy of it. That good intentions weren't enough.

So, personally, I see a setup between Caitlyn and Vi: the Romeo and Juliet archetype, two initially-begrudging people working together amongst classism and prejudice, and finding companionship against all odds. Class, wealth, opportunity separates them; Caitlyn is a scion of one of Piltover’s most influential and powerful families, and Vi is… a nobody from the Undercity, wrongfully imprisoned, when they first meet. It’s a way for them to both see that the “other side” isn’t as bad as they’ve always been told. That there are Good People on either side of the bridge. That, hell, love can be found, too.

But oftentimes, I believe this trope in particular ignores a lot of the real-world factors that could come into play with a friendship or relationship that “defies” station. The fact is, Caitlyn does come from a world of privilege, and Vi is treated differently by Caitlyn’s peers. The whole of Season two, Vi has been referred to as one of the “good ones”. Maddie explicitly says that it's good to know that there are still "good ones" around. The implication that you’re not like them. Time and time again, Vi is treated like an Other. A “good” other, but an other all the same. She's welcome in Piltover, but only just - and only when Caitlyn vouches for her. And at the climax of their story thus far, Caitlyn outright says to her, “I keep telling myself that you're different. but you're not. It's [Jinx's] blood in your veins”. I'm sure grief and anger are a part of why she says this, but that's becoming a catalyst for the discrimination she seems to be steadily believing in more and more. Whether or not she ends up meaning this, it's a ghastly thing to say.

And with the way things are developing with Caitlyn, who is actively weaponizing her privilege and power, and who is very quickly going down a very dangerous and fascist path, I don’t know if their relationship could — or should! — be rectified. She's a cop, and a very privileged one at that. I don’t know if this is a love that could “defy all odds”, and in my opinion, I think it would be more interesting, and more compelling, if it didn’t.

[thearcanecat]

Pulp Musicals as dice

Samuel

Rose

Margaret

John

Sia

Kal

Anna

Benjamin

Dakkar

Bonus - Printing press plate

Edit: There’s more now.

[ember-owlet]

the way you can see caitlyn struggle to keep a brave face before she reaches out and crumbles in vi's arms,, practically throwing herself into vi's embrace with the full trust that she'd catch her!! vi truly is her safe space in this moment and i couldn't have asked for a better scene between them. the way vi hesitates to fully enclose the hug before they both relax and allow themselves to be vulnerable with one another!!

THE WAY CAITLYN LEANS INTO VI'S TOUCH MIRRORS THEIR SCENE IN HER BEDROOM WHEN VI FIRST LEANS INTO CAIT'S TOUCH?!?! i will never be over this scene oh they make me so ill. /pos

the part that really gets to me is how small cait looks here, taking away the regression aspect just physically she seems so small in vi's arms (despite being significantly taller) and her little sobs as she leans into her chest pain me so much it was only episode one but GIVE MY GIRL A BREAK OH MY GOD.

as much as the agere fandom likes to make vi the main regressor and cait the caretaker (which don't get me wrong i am 100% in support of as well vi is baby) i'm so glad we get to see glimpses of what caitlyn would be like in their dynamic. hell, i hope we see it more as the episodes progress because she's in dire need of support through her grief, from anyone that truly cares about her.

[pillowenvelopchair]

JAYCE LITERALLY SHUT UP oh my god.

[dykesevika]

S2 is dropping in less than 24 hours so please filter out tags if you wish not to be spoiled !!

[sideofblog]

It’s impossibly to truly describe the conditions Palestinians have been forced into. Displacement, starvation, illness and genocide are all words that apply-but none can truly capture what it means to live through these circumstances. I hope the words of Kareman Dohan, a mother trying to survive this genocide with her husband Ayman Olwan and her son young son Hamoud, can help people understand:

If you wish to help this family through this genocide, please donate to their PayPal of GFM:

This fundraiser has been verified by both 90-ghost and gazavetters:

[inkperch]

God I don't think I'm ever going to be normal about that cut from the anguish on Caitlyn's face to her mother, oblivious, about to die-

[birdletss]

This is not a spoiler-free blog!! I just watched arcane!! You have been Warned!!

[sunsetsandsunshine]

In a couple hours Arcane S2 comes out……………………….

[maxfieldparrishes]

me going through the notes and replies on caitlyn posts so i know who to clock and block for brain-dead takes

[spiderpokearcane]

What animals remind me of Arcane characters

(This is a personal thought that i wanted to share, you can share yours in the comments if you want)

Vi: Tiger, Tiger Shark, and Red Tail Hawk

Jinx: Lynx, Shortfin Mako Shark, and Sharp-shinned Hawk

Caitlyn: Black Panther, Silk Shark, and Osprey

Ekko: African Wild Dog, Leopard Shark, and Starling

Jayce: Lion, Orca Killer Whale, and Ferruginous hawk

Viktor: Pallas Cat, Dusky Shark, and Great Horned Owl

Mel: Swift Fox, Whale Shark, and Secretarybird

Ambessa: Grey Wolf, Great White Shark and Harpy Eagle

Silco: Jaguar, Bull Shark, and Vulture

Sevika: Puma, Barracuada, and Harris's hawk

[lais-a-ramos]

i went to the arcane tag to see gifsets and fanarts, and saw too many discussions that miss so much of the political themes of the show that i took 10000 points of psychic damage

that's enough social media for today ig