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Awww, look at all those pretty people! I'm very happy to see Caitvi there ❤️💙

Look at Vi, carrying Cait in her back! Look at her smile!! My precious baby, so happy and joyful! Yeah, they are fictional characters, but I don't care, makes my heart warm to see them happy!

I'm not familiar with the other people in there (sorry LoL players), but they look happy, and they are gorgeous, and it's great to see them!

And good Lord, what a wonderful art! So rich in details and colors! God, I envy people that can draw such amazing things. You people are very talented! 😅

2025 League of Legends Pride Key Art 4x Upscale (source)

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Look at her! So cute!! So precious!!

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 1x08 - "Oil and Water" ↳ "You did all this yourself? Without even going down there? And I thought Powder could get obsessed."

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I stay away from Tumblr for a couple days, and now half of my home page is a "content warning adult" thing, and then I click to see it and it's just a giftset from a TV show 😕

Like, a couple were with Arcane posts, and, one could think "oh it's the violance, lots of bloody fights on this show". But, no, not the case, none of the gifs in the post have any blood on it.

Then, there were some with Doctor Who posts! What the hell?!

What's going on with Tumblr now?!

Update: turns out it's a bug on Android devices! That explains it (stupid Android!!)

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My precious baby!

(God, this animation will always amaze me!)

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

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Damn, this episode and this song...

Once again I'll state that Arcane is one of the best series ever made! The storytelling in this show is absurd - music, animation, every tiny detail tells you a piece of it!

Ah, I really hope we get to see more of these characters someday.

Arcane Soundtrack Shuffle

To Ashes and Blood by Woodkid

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OMG, this is so cute!

day 95 cleansing the #caitvi tl

part 2 of their.... first time togayther

elevator makeout time!

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Good Lord, a thousand times this! I just wanna a place where I say "I like character A more", and them someone says "cool, I like character B more", and I say "cool", and that's it! No fight, no judgment, no telling me a hundred reasons (most of them not even applicable to the show!!!) about how liking character A is a horrible thing, and that character B is a hundred times better (see previous parenthesis, cause again!).

Like, geez, people, what you like about a fiction work does not define you as a person. What you do in real life does. It's not rocket science!

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My poor baby got hurt so much! Why, Arcane, why?!?! 😭

Amazing gifs, just as usual!

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x08 - “Killing is a Cycle”

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Finished my first (of many to come!) Arcane re-watch. I remember watching an YouTube behind the scenes video, and someone (I think it was Chris Linke? Not sure, though) mentioned that he felt they did history.

And hell yeah, they did! I hope everyone who worked on this show is proud as hell about it, because it's truly among the best media I ever watched! (this will definitely become like FMAB, The Good Place, and DW to me, a show I re-watch from time to time).

I picked a gif of Caitvi for this post because, while I'm aware it's a bit controversial (and, that some people decided to ignore canon and make up and spread lies about they, to further hate), it's also one of the best love stories I have seen (among animation, series, movies, and, damn, even books!). Damn, it's so fucking hurtful but also fulfilling to see their journey.

I don't know if there will be more shows on the League of Legends universe (I hope yes), or if we will see more of these characters (I very much hope so), but I'll be forever grateful to Riot and Fortiche for giving us such a masterpiece!

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A harsh truth many people do not wanna admit. Sometimes there are just no good options, no good path you can choose. And not making a choice is not gonna make anything better - it might, however, cause the worst option to become real. Then what?

favorite doctor who quotes: 74/?

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I have to admit I'm still a bit lost on the chronological story here, but this is absolutely adorable, you should all go check!

(note: I see your hand, Vi! My precious baby doesn't lose a moment, hahaha)

Day 79 cleansing the #caitvi tl

Couple era cause I need vi telling her the L word and cait to LISTEEEEEN ♥️♥️

(Vi jacket is giving me Silco vibes but know it was unintentional AHHAHAHHS I just wanted to make her match with cait)

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Wow, pretty good analysis (specially for people like me who understand very little about fighting)

Let’s break down VI’s fight style!

Hi, I’m a long time mma fighter, blackbelt and weightlifter. Here’s some thoughts about how our favorite girl fights.

Basics first!

Vi was canonically trained by Vander.

She’s often smaller than her opponents.

Vi, like many female fighters in co-ed combat sports, relies on speed.

She’s fast, very fucking fast.

The speed of her throwing motion is immaculate, a quick get in motion. Designed to slip under the guard of an opponent.

She does very well with larger opponents and tends to throw hits in an upward motion, even keeping herself low on purpose.

This keeps larger opponents off balance, either having to bring themselves down to her or lean and throw off their center of gravity.

Vi, throws fast, but her return speed is horrible. Especially when she’s younger.

Her pullback should be twice as fast as her throw. It’s not.

She drops her guard when she goes for a hook, and almost every single time she dodges.

That’s bad, she’s leaving herself open to a lot of bad blows, and over-relining on her speed to keep her clear of hits.

Here we begin to see some refinement in her fighting. That speed is still there, but that bad habit of hesitation on her return is gone.

Her hits are targeted and concise, she’s going for vital organs.

This fight is actually one of my favorites because it’s one of the rare times we don’t see Vi rely on her power/strength. Sevika matches and outpaces her on that.

Interestingly sevika shows the same issue with her guard. At nearly the exact same stance/throws that Vi does.

While I do think Vander handled the brunt of her training, sevika was definitely part of that training. Both women exhibit the same base style, with obvious adaptations over time spent in different circumstances.

This is where Vi differs from both vander and sevika.

This is a incredibly distinctive choice, she’s not only subverting her normal style, but she’s directly contradicting it.

One of the things that allows Vi a leg up is this sudden shift.

She goes from a low level close quarter opponent, who relys on speed.

To a dynamic, light footed, heavy hit opponent.

Absolutely insane choice but it works incredibly well. You don’t expect a fighter to vary their style that wildly.

This is a Vi specific move. She uses this over and over again against almost every opponent we see her take on.

These dynamic blows throw her entire body weight into that hit, as well as keep the opponent off guard.

Her gauntlets didn’t change this!

She not only has increased power behind those hits, but added agility from the strength of the propelling push.

This allows her to grab onto this very effective sequence and use it over and over again with fantastic success.

Vi is not only a good fighter but she’s SMART she knows the game and can play it well. This is someone who knows how to clock an opponents fighting strategy.

Okay final thing. Violet is an incredible fighter but what stands out to me the most, is the story her fight style tells. She was a child fighting with adults for most of her primary learning years. She knows that she can be easily overpowered. She never takes her opponent to the ground because of this. She throws upward because the people she’s fought are always bigger and taller. She relys on speed and targeted hits because she has too.

Mostly, she’s mad. She fights like every blow is a personal fuck you. This is someone who was a scared child that became angry and violent to protect herself.

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I can never watch this movie again, cause I'm among the "traumatized by Artax's death" children, but, damn, did it had some pretty good points - specially for a teens' movie! And, all these years after, still relevant.

Foolish boy. Don’t you know anything about Fantasia? It’s the world of human fantasy. Every part… Every creature of it is, a piece of the dreams and hopes of mankind. Therefore, it has no boundaries.

THE NEVERENDING STORY (1984)

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So happy that Ainda estou aqui won Best International Picture!

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https://youtu.be/HMiW0ALrUso?si=DxWCvEz9BbJcxuNS

I watched this video a couple times back when Arcane premiered. And I thought it was super well edited, and with a great music choice.

Now we have Arcane S2, and I feel this song is, somehow, even more appropriate! Back then, I kinda saw Caitlyn more in the lyrics - cause my baby girl Vi was more guarded in her feelings for Cait back then - but now...

...

Yeah, still Cait, lol! But, more specifically, Cait from episode 6 and on. Vi's love needs a different song, although I don't have one in mind right now (gotta go watch fan videos again, someone probably already got it done).

Anyway, now really wish we got an updated version of this, with S2.

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Saw the news about the Avatar new series. And, saw a couple of the reactions as well.

While I do think some people are interpreting it too, let's say, strongly, I have to admit I have conflict feelings on it.

I don't think the new series will shit on Korra or her legacy. I kinda feel Brian and Mike wanna tell a story about hate, how easily it corrupts people, how it can distorse history, and how powerful people use it to manipulate masses for their personal gains. Which could be interesting...

But... (there is always a but, isn't it?)

I was there when Korra premiered. I was there when Korrasami became a thing. And, in one hand, that had a really important mark in my life, positive and negative.

Because that means I was also there when the hate started. I watched it grown, become more and more aggressive. I lived it all.

As much as I believe Brian and Mike have their heart in the right place, and I do hope they can tell a good story, ultimately a side effect is that it will bring it all back again, and with even more force then before. And I'm afraid I don't have the energy to go through it again.

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this. these two shots right there. this is what gets me. they found each other. they’re finally reunited and nothing comes in between. they defied oil and water.