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Vi in season 1: "The undercity will eat you alive."

Vi in season 2: It's me. I'm the undercity.

Poetic cinema 🤌

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Find the difference

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Jinx: I'm so happy, I could kiss you!

Ekko: Um... Neat.

*Later*

Ekko: *Lying face down on Caitlyn's bed* I said "Neat", Cait. Who the fuck says neat these days? It's not neat to say neat but I said it anyways because I'm fucking stupid.

Caitlyn: *Reading a book* Don't beat yourself up too much, Ekko. Everyone gets nervous sometimes. Remember what I did when Vi confessed her love for me?

Ekko: Didn't you thank her?

Caitlyn: *Closes the book and looks at the ceiling* I fucking thanked her.

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thinking about caitlyn kiramman and how her lack of words are so fundamental to the end shape of her character. cait doesn’t say “i’m sorry” when Vi yells at her about being Ambessa’s puppet, she yells “i know” because she’s intelligent enough to see the spiral of events but not enough to know how to stop it. she doesn’t say “i’m sorry” but the very next scene she attempts to make peace with jinx. she doesn’t say “i’m sorry” but she calls off the guards so Vi can secretly try to save her sister—a terrible plan but one that Vi needs to do.

caitlyn isn’t surprised to find that jinx escaped. she expects Vi to be locked away by her sister so that she won’t chase her. because that’s the doomed tragedy of them.

everyone knows Jinx can’t be saved except for Vi.

Vi wants so badly to believe her love will somehow save her sister but it never will. her fatal flaw is that she will always try and she will always fail. and then caitlyn knows Vi will unjustly blame herself, so she’s there at the cells to ground her and remind her that this is how it’s always been. you’re getting predictable.

and then vi finally understands that caitlyn pulled all the strings for this. that she gave her another chance to open a cell and go after her sister, even knowing it would never work. it’s an apology and it’s cait saying “i know who you are.”

caitlyn kiramman doesn’t use words, she takes meaningful action because she’s only half the charismatic councilor her mother wanted her to be. she’s grown up an outsider and keeps a careful mask for everyone except violet, which is why season one opened her up so magically. she’s naturally stoic and reserved but she’s bold.

and then vi has to kiss her right then in the cells. because meaningful action means so much more than words to someone like her, who just wants to be of service to the people she loves. what caitlyn did was a reciprocation of her love language. and then Vi acts more by instantly showing her love, giving caitlyn all her love, because she’s the only person in this story willing to accept it. without hurt or heartbreak, vi can pour this massive heart she has into the only hands capable of understanding it. of being tender with it.

because caitlyn knows that vi is devoted to such a massive fault, but it doesn’t deserve to be punished. not any longer.

caitlyn kiramman doesn’t use words, but she keeps the burden of jinx locked away in her heart. all so that vi can finally know what a safe home and peace feels like ♥️ AUGH

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Caitvi

The arcane writers

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x09 - “The Dirt Under Your Nails.”

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i’m still here

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you know how people say that cats and dogs don’t feel love the way humans do but it’s like. “oh they don’t love you they just associate you with warmth and safety and seek out your company and being near you and spending time with you makes them feel comfortable and secure” bro if that’s not love then what the FUCK do you think love is???

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You have to care for your wife.

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Meanwhile, on the coasts of Liyue, Captain Beidou has made her greatest discovery yet 💛

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This is my last Mermay post of the month. I actually wanted to do every nation but I didn't have the time 😭

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Thank you, @heeeygracie, for taking my commission!! You astonish me every time, it's like you're reading my mind!! I adore how this came out ❤️❤️❤️ Everyone, do yourselves a favor and please check out Gracie's twitter/ko-fi!

I have this headcanon that is very dear to my heart, that Argo honors Lena, who saved all of them in season 3 by giving them the harun-el. It briefly gets a reference in a fic, but I also write this little ficlet to coincide with this comic.

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me and the bad bitch i pulled by being silly

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god I would be UNSTOPPABLE if I was capable of consistently initiating tasks. just you wait. you'll be waiting a while but just you wait