#viktor's a nerd

[lonelyinsomnia]

rises the moon

I watched as he muttered to himself, hovering over his notes, pointing at random places, and then pacing back to his invention. The sight was as amusing as it was irritating. I watched as he tinkered and took notes. His chocolate brown hair bounced as he shuffled back and forth.

Leaning against a cluttered table covered in gadgets and gizmos I noticed a spyglass. I picked it up and placed it against my eye. I followed a seagull as it dove down, only to catch an updraft and soar much higher than before. I watched the sun begin to set, leaving only a sliver of natural sunlight.

Setting the spyglass down, I looked over to Viktor. He was still enthralled with his work. I walked over to him and tapped his shoulder. He spun around and nearly hit me with the notebook he held.

“Watch it,” I sneered.

He laughed wryly and almost returned to his project, but stopped when we made eye contact. We briefly held each other’s gaze until I coughed to break the increasingly awkward silence.

“Uh,” I paused, debating on continuing, “The sun is nearly set, so…Would you like to stargaze with me?”

His tired eyes widened. After a moment, his shoulders slumped and he sighed.

“That would be…beneficial,” he said nodding.

I began walking out of the room, pausing only to hold the door for him. He gave me an apathetic look, which I returned with a half-hearted smile. I shut and locked the door behind me as we stood on the balcony.

The silence between Viktor and me was not awkward like before, but it wasn’t comfortable either. We stood side-by-side and leaned against the railing watching as the sliver of sunlight became all but an orange hue on the horizon. We waited silently until the sky darkened enough to see the stars. Once they appeared, I sat down and gazed at the glittering sky; Viktor followed suit and small talk ensued. He talked about his gadgets and formulas and I listened -- despite not knowing what he was talking about. Viktor’s hazel eyes shined a gloss-like gold as he spoke, his enthusiasm evident. It was a sweet sight. When he calmed down, I started pointing out different constellations. He watched my hands and listened to whatever I had to say about each planet, quasar, black hole, star, or nebula I gestured to.

I felt a weight on my shoulder during my rant about Ursa Major and Ursa Minor. I looked over to see Viktor asleep. His eyes bore heavy on his face and his cheeks were sunk in but he had a small smile on his lips. Gazing at the sky, I smiled.

His head began to fall after a bit so I gently guided him to lie on my lap. He started to snore quietly the moment he lay on my thighs. Smiling, I ran my fingers through his hair. It was soft to the touch. Absentmindedly, I played with his hair as I gazed at the rising moon.

[pigeon-princess]

Anya has been an incredible new edition to the strahd party dynamic and I think we're reaching peak levels of chaos

[ollycohens]

oh no you guys. i’m going to spew things i’ve realized while rewatching umbrella academy. I’m realizing were all being too sucked into fanon things after being stuck without canon content for so long. We have convinced ourselves Five acts like a mean mean dude to everyone but rewatching, i’ve realized he’s only stressed and is saying things out of panicked anger, especially in s1 with the apocalypse dooming over them. he acts soft to his siblings multiple times, he’s really not as mean as we write him in fanfiction. he is a little crap though, that’s for sure, and i love him for that <3

also realizing that the siblings don’t hate five. they just literally don’t know him at all. he came back a completely different person after 17 years for the siblings, they don’t know five, he’s a stranger so of course they’re gonna be cold to him. it’s like, “i don’t know you well, but you’re always going to be my brother in the end”.

ALSO. for those who ship some of the siblings, uhm… i’ve seen a lot of you guys try to prove that they don’t see eachother as siblings and more like academy students, but they very much say in just about every episode that they see eachother as siblings. they don’t actually SAY that word by word but they say things like “she’s our sister”, or “our dad”. if they say OUR dad… bro. i’m not even going to continue, you can put it together yourself. But, i do realize why people ship the siblings. I am not defending incest shippers but with umbrella academy i can see why people have resorted to it. only 3 of the characters in the main sibling cast has romantic partners. people like shipping people, people love writing romantic relationships, but with only diego/lila, dave/klaus, and sissy/viktor, (i’m not going to count five/dolores for now) people are desperate with the need to ship the rest of the siblings with someone, and since there are only a few actual canon characters in the show that interact with our main 7, people start shipping them together… yikes. anywho, that’s all for that peice. i blame the show writers as well for shipping luther/allison, they did not have to do that, but i’m hoping it was only to convey the severity of what childhood trauma does to people.

ALSO THIS HERE SHOOK ME. I actually think Reginald cares for the siblings. i hate to say it, but it’s true. caring for them does not mean being good, though. he was a horrible father, and person, but he genuinely did care for the siblings, in a like, “being the best is the best thing for you, i will make you better, for your sake, even if you don’t know it now, you will see that i am right” kind of way.

also why has NOBODY MENTIONED THIS. in season 2 when diego first reunites with five in the asylum, while he’s walking into the visitors room, he’s staring at five with this heartfelt, soft look, and then says “five…” in the most soft spoken voice ever 😭 your honor i love them

ALSO UGHHH THIS. IM GOING TO FREAK OUT ABOUT CAMERAWORK AND METAPHORS HERE SO BARE WITH ME. we as a fandom complain about the lack of flashbacks five has due to his ptsd. we’ve seen his first flashback since getting back to his family in s1 during the van scene when he gets triggered by those kids playing and starts thinking about his own childhood, i’m guessing. i ate that scene up, and was sad to see that be one of the only deeply vulnerable scenes he has in the season, and during my first watch i thought they’d never bring it back up. but they do!! i may be stupid for not realizing but whatever. in season 2, when five is trying to explain at elliot’s with all his siblings around that another apocalypse is coming, everyone starts talking about each other. as someone who studies film and camerawork, i love this scene. we see the camera focus on five as it slowly zooms in. it doesn’t switch scenes at all as the siblings voices overlap and echo over eachother. this whole scene conveys him getting overwhelmed and he starts to zone out, starting to think of the nuclear war he saw his siblings in. the scenes of the war start quickly switching through, showing many different scenes of it before it switches back to five, who says “guys, you all die. i want to forget it but i can’t” which just UGH its so well done there. if you think about it, he was starting to slip into another flashback. he was triggered by talking about their deaths in the war but was handling it well until the siblings started fighting, where we see the overlapping voices happen. it portrays him losing control and being unable to pull it back together with too much going on for him to focus on grounding himself. we DO however, see that five was able to pull himself out before he fell too deep into the flashback. i love how they show this through them still having the scene showing the war, but then fives voice starts talking over the scene which is still focusing on the war as if he was pushing it back and forcing himself to come back to the present.

thank you for reading if you’ve made it this far, i will continue to freak out another time <3

[nerdasaurus1200]

YAAAAAS A NEW POSTER! And look who’s alive!!!

Also lookit the power couples next to each other 🤩

[lordofdestructionm]

[mystic-orb88]

​(suggested by @scisetforever ).

These guys and their dweeb haircuts and dweeb chalk boards and dweeb presentations and dweeb elbow patches and dweeb suits and dweeb glasses and holy Hell dangerous dicoveries. I love that stuff.

[dolcezzaestremadaomicid1o]

I have no clue if that was ever highlighted before but the fact that my childhood 2D crush was the furry counterpart of my current 3D crush is somehow unsettling, yet I can totally recognize the pattern: I just love science madmen, that's all. That's the deal

[little-paperboat]

So I binged Arcane S1 over the last days and why did no one tell me that the show is good and that everyone's hot??? Caitlyn? Mel? Viktor? Vi? Vander? Jayce? Silco? Sevika?? I’m BLUSHING over here ok

I'm going to need 3-5 business days to recover I think (just joking I’m going down the AO3 rabbit hole see you all later)

[ante--meridiem]

Regrettably I can no longer deny that I have a new "guy I've learned enough about through fandom osmosis to determine he would be an instant blorbo if I ever actually got into the source material but I am holding out on really not wanting to do that".

[blessedshortcake]

Im about to pull the best crossover of the century just yall wait /hj

[koko2unite]

there's a shred of hope in his eyes... I love him

[cheaploafs]

sometimes you both are awake at the same time and you learn to treasure those moments

[nerdasaurus1200]

You know what? From here on out, I don’t care what atrocities Viktor commits. Anything he does to Jayce by the events of the game, including ending their friendship is completely warranted. This right here is the beginning of the death of their friendship. The fact that Jayce had the nerve to clench his jaw and fist like that in anger, as if Viktor was the one out of line. The fact that he had the arrogance, the utter nerve, to say Zaunites are dangerous to Viktor’s face? As if he’s somehow forgotten where Viktor comes from? Sorry Jayce, whatever insults Viktor throws your way, you have it coming dude.

[lovebunnie]

while jayce was doing all this science shit he also decided to get super fucking jacked for no reason

[cynicalbengal]

Arcane is a Shakespearean tragedy about the Disaster Gays told through a series of Renaissance paintings

[supposedlysecretlysapphic]

Arcane Characters As Birds

1. Caitlyn

I see her as a mute swan- graceful, pure, of few words, and can absolutely wreck you if you try to hurt who she loves. 2. Vi

She's a harpy eagle for me, super powerful and intimidating, and similar hair... 3. Jinx

The show associates her with the crow, but I see her more as a magpie. Loves the shiny, easily distractable, and as per the Australian species hyper-aggressive. 4. Jayce

Jayce of course is the preening peacock, doesn't need much explanation 5. Viktor

Viktor I see as the Eurasian Jay. Seems plain and unassuming but it’s quite clever (being part of the Corvid family) 6. Mel

I picked the raggiana bird of paradise, always easy to pick out in crowd and every so elegant. 7. Silco

Silco I see as a bearded vulture. He's thriving off the decay in the undercity, able to use it for his own ends.

8. Singed

Singed is an Andean Condor. Often judged by its appearance, and they are scavengers, picking scraps and bending them for greater purposes.

9. Vander

Vander has to be a golden eagle for me. Strong, proud, and while usually solitary outside of mated pairs, they can form strong bonds in tough circumstances 10. Ekko

Ekko gives off kestrel vibes for me- small and fierce, quick and agile, but not as strong as other birds of prey 11. Sevika

Sevika is a sparrowhawk. Known for hunting smaller birds, and they have the greatest sex size difference (females are 25% larger) 12. Cassandra Kiramman

I chose the Eurasian robin- they are extremely territorial, traditional and are the national bird of England so...

13. Marcus

Marcus is a wood duck- since he’s basically a ‘lame duck’ in Silco’s pocket

14. Heimerdinger

He’s a long tailed tit, extremely floofy

(Photos of swan, eurasian magpie, peacock, eurasian jay, kestrel, sparrowhawk, robin and long tailed tit are my own) (Harpy Eagle, Raggiana bird of paradise, bearded vulture, andean condor, golden eagle, wood duck)