Ch. 25: The Assignment Part II "Heart Made Of Glass, My Mind Of Stone" CaitVi Fanfic

Ch. 20: I Thought the Plane was Going Down (How'd You Turn it Right Around) "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Fic

Caitlyn didn’t notice, was unbothered, or ignored Vi tensing at their proximity. “When is Powder and Ekko’s match?” Vi swallowed and looked straight ahead as she used the match as a reason to not look at Caitlyn. “I’m, uh—I’m not sure,” she replied. “They are the reigning champions so they may be the last ones to play.” Caitlyn hummed and went back to watching robots rip each other to shreds. Vi sat and tried her best to not breathe through her nose. Or notice every time Caitlyn shifted to clap, cheer, or laugh and brush their shoulders together. But Vi couldn’t help but allow herself to indulge a look (just one look, she told herself) when Caitlyn turned to the woman next to her, who was the aunt of one of the kids in the match, to strike up a conversation. 

Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone - Chapter 20 - Phoenix314 - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Vi and Powder have a conversation. Caitlyn experiences a night of fun in Zaun.

Bad news, I think I have a little bug and had to miss work. The good news is that I will be able to finish the first chapter of the Pirate AU tonight. I just have to edit it as well as the prologue, and I'll post it in just a little bit!

Ch. 23: Epilogue "Low Lays the Devil in Me" CaitVi Fanfic

This is the final chapter of the CaitVi series "I Will Give You My Rebel Heart."

Low Lays the Devil in Me - Chapter 23 - caitlynkirammansrifle, just-a-pleb-les (caitlynkirammansrifle) - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

See below for a little sappy message on wrapping up this epic, massive series.

I'm copying and pasting this from the end note section of this final chapter:

Okay, so let me be a bit of a sap for a moment.

I never, ever, ever in my wildest dreams thought I could ever actually complete a fic (or any piece of writing) of this length, let alone 2 in a series that make up 350,000 words! According to Google, the average word count for a book is 70-100,000. So, since I started this fic in December of 2024, I have spent the last six months almost to the day writing over 3 novels' worth of words. Now, working in an established world with established characters (a lot of which I also used from official LoL lore) definitely helped with world-building and character creation. However, that is still a wild feat to accomplish, and I’m not so humble as to not be proud of myself for writing two semi-coherent stories with 350,000 words and making them up, for the most part, as I went.

That all being said, I’m not 100% sure if I would have done this at the pace that I had with the excitement that I had if it weren’t for how amazing and kind you all have been. The fact that there about 1200 comments (that’s halved from what the actual number shows because I’ve replied to almost every single one, so I’m not counting mine) and I’ve only had 2 hate comments that I’ve had to delete is absolutely wild given that this is the internet and that CaitVi can be a bit of a controversial pairing in the fandom. What I’m trying to say is thank you to every single person who has read this, left a comment, left a kudos, subbed to the fic/my ao3 account, bookmarked, followed me on social media, been inspired by this story to write a fic/create a piece of art, and everything in between. This has been one of the most creatively fulfilling things I’ve ever done, and I appreciate every person who was kind enough to give it a chance and more.

This story is not perfect, I’m sure there are more than a few plot holes or underdeveloped parts and other issues that come with fanfic writing without an editor and problems that come with making it all up as you go along, but I don’t care. This story and this version of these characters mean so much to me (looking at you, my queen Cassandra Kiramman), and this will forever have a special place in my heart. Thank you to everyone who has joined me on this wild ride. It has meant the world to me ❤️💙

Does anyone have any writing confessions regarding your writing flaws that you are fully aware of, but have no desire or care to ever really address?

Mine is that I genuinely think I am awful at naming chapters and I just could not care any less.

I spent all morning writing the next chapter of “Low Lays the Devil in Me” after I posted the previous one and wow, long action scenes are fun but hard to write. They all have to be different without being too insane that they’re not believable, the pacing has to be right, you want the characters all to shine, but also struggle and all while you have to keep in mind the greater plot. It’s been a blast but definitely a little frustrating.

This is kind of weird to think after writing 260,000 words in just under 3 months, but I think I am only just getting started with writing again. While I still plan on ending "I Will Give You My Rebel Heart" series after Low Lays the Devil in Me, I still want write something after, even if idk what that will be yet. Maybe I'll focus more on writing prompts and one shots or maybe do whole other long fic that will be totally different than these have been. I'm not even sure if I'll only stick to CaitVi or try something else out or maybe even dip my toes in an original idea.

It's been amazing to sink my teeth into something this kind of creative process again and I'm excited for what I'll do next!!

Writing Rant

"Write a political intrigue in-universe CaitVi fic," my brain says. "Write and post 60,000 words in less than two weeks," my brain says.

"Have a huge gala scene with lots of characters and advance the intrigue and have Caitlyn and Vi be each other's date to it, so there's gotta be some tension, but also don't forget the plot, oh and make it opulent and majestic, but be sure that Vi has conflicted feelings about being at such a party because she's from Zaun, but also make sure her and Cassandra have some great moments, too. BUT DON'T FORGET THE PLOT!"

Sometimes I hate my brain.

Despite all that, it's still so fun :D makes my brain go brrrrr when I figure it all out

Omfg don't look at me. What was supposed to be a cute little one shot has turned into what will be over 10,000 words of pure indulgence 🫣🫣 Hope to have it up before I go to bed but no promises.

I swear on Janna I'm not abandoning Low Lays the Devil in Me, but I have to write a CaitVi one shot inspired by this. I'm already 3000 words into it and it really only will a one shot. Think of it as like a little balm to the angst in Low Lays the Devil 😂😂

for your tethered story, how would the tether react if one of them became sick or even injured?

That has not been addressed yet but it will be at least discussed in the story.

Literally how I write every chapter 🤣

me, struggling to write: hmm, this part is a little difficult. maybe i should check my planning document, which i created as a helpful tool for my writing process!

the planning document: