#sveta karelia

[innominaterifter]

I didn't think about this cosplay at all until I got my hands on the whip, but now...

[n0brainjustvibes]

transfems u deserve support & love & respect & to exist without being sexualised & to have your voices heard!

[bug4932]

answer the question

[byronvera]

breakthrough breakin' through

[lizardinkart]

Ward 9.2, colorized.

Yeah I remember reading the scene with the Goddess video call and this is all I could think of. Amy is wildin out over here, someone come get your girl

[victoriadallonfan]

- Flare 2.6

Sveta!?

Her boyfriend is DEAD!!!

[disabled-character-showdown]

ROUND 2, SEVENTH SHOWDOWN

[ewingstan]

Ward thoughts post battle-involving-throwing-people-at-mercenaries:

I think that thematically, Ward would be stronger if Sveta-as-Tress actually hurt someone with her tentacles without it being brushed aside as alright or necessary. We've had her almost hurt Victoria a few times, and accidentally harming a mercenary—but one who was actively shooting at a child, so it was fine. She should’ve hurt someone and have it not be fine by this point.

I recently got far enough into arc ten to reach Victoria accidentally break a man’s arm, purposefully throw a lot of non-capes at enemies, and use her costume spikes to try and stab at someone's neck while internally ranting about wanting them to carry scars and bruises. And I think all this works for expressing one of the big themes of her character: Victoria is unable to not get involved in situations. The same chapter has her telling Crystal that she can't see herself not getting involved in Numerous times its suggested that this trait, which we'd usually regard as heroic and which is being applied to one of the more archetypal "hero" characters wildbow's written, often leads to Victoria making situations worse. She's a blunt hammer, and oftentimes swinging a hammer at problems will just break things. Problems have escalated unnecessarily, people who shouldn’t be in the field are taking bullets, it works as a theme. It pairs with the setup of The City as a place desperately trying to remake the world as it was without really dealing with the problems inherent to the post-apocalypse. Victoria seems to have lost most of her faith in various institutions, but still single-mindedly works in their interest, acting according to the law over what she thinks is right, because its the only way she knows how to act and she can't not act.

And to a certain extent "keeps getting involved despite it being bad for them and others" is an aspect of all the members of Breakthrough: Tristan keeps trying to be a hero despite it previously having contributed massively to the Vera twin's crisis. Kenzie trying so hard to involve herself with others and help them routinely leads to her hurting them, and her drive to become a hero and earn the affection of those around her has led to her taking two bullets. Rain keeps trying to redeem himself, but he's only just broken out of a Christian Identity compound and probably isn't the first person you'd want to have power over people. Ashley needing to be a big deal led to her spiral as a failed warlord, and re-entering the field as an undercover agent led to her killing a dude.

Now take Sveta. She is a person in a relatively fragile shell who, if that shell is destroyed, is at risk of harming everyone around her. And she is routinely throwing herself in the situations most likely to destroy that shell, often with lots of civilians nearby. This is obviously a bad idea, but if you subscribe to my reading of Ward as having "throwing yourself into a situation in a way you're not equipped to help with is harmful" as a central theme, then it works. But it would work a lot better if she actually hurt someone she shouldn't have while hero-ing.

(thanks to @n0brainjustvibes for pointing out the similarities between Kenzie and Victoria).

[sweaterregrets]

sveta 😌😌

[tisinoodle]

Sveta is my favourite, I love her so much

Mock cover for y’all

[ishdaj]

Mary, Taylor, and Sveta playing Cat's Cradle with various types of 'string'.

Commissioned by @john-cherry-the-6th.

instagram | commission info

[gotrashh]

Anyway sveta is my baby child and is also a tgirl.

[byronvera]

first impressions 🫢

[eowynluna]

What do yall think Breakthrough's fursonas would be if they were furries?

[victoriadallonfan]

Erin: "So what did you guys do for your sweet sixteen?"

Victoria: "Pretty sure I fought the giant nazi twins."

Sveta: "I was stuck in an asylum for broken powers."

Tristan: "Trial."

Byron: "Also his trial."

Rain: "Arson."

Chris: "Kidnapping."

Erin: ....

Chris: "Oh, and I went to Dave & Busters."

[disabled-character-showdown]

BRACKET 3, ROUND 1, THIRD SHOWDOWN