LOVING The New Tethered Fic But I Also Really Need To Know What Happens Next LLTDIM, Especially Because

Every Moment in Repose - Chapter 2 - GimmeTheFeels - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Emir! My boy ❤️❤️❤️

Recommend if you liked Emir from the CaitVi fic "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone."

GimmeTheFeels is doing amazing!!

Ch. 18: The Last Seven Years... "My Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Fic

“I must say, Cassandra, I had my doubts when you brought Violet along, but she has proven incredibly effective,” Grayson stated the Monday after the Kiramman Gala. “And Caitlyn seems to be quite…taken with her.” “I wasn’t aware you were so interested in the love lives of two teenagers,” Cassandra teased her friend. “These are no mere teenagers,” Grayson reminded them. “It’s a starcrossed romance for the ages, if they don’t break each other’s hearts.”  “I fear that discouraging Caitlyn’s pursuit of Violet would only make her want to do it more. She has never once listened to me regarding my opinion on the girls she dates,” Cassandra confessed. “I will say, I think this is different. Caitlyn seems to be more serious about this one. Perhaps it is the fact that Violet is so different from anyone Caitlyn knows, but…”

Vi learns what Cassandra has been up to for the last seven years.

Extra thanks to everyone reading this. We're now over 100,000 words. Everyone who has commented, followed, left kudos, shared the fic, or just a lurking reader: thank you, truly!

I do think writing fics has changed Vi from being my second fave to just being tied with Caitlyn for absolutely favorite. Idk if it’s cuz I’ve tried to spend so much time in her head from canon (at least, how I interpret being in her head) or what. But I’m not mad. She’s an amazing character. They’re just my babies ❤️💙

Ch. 3: Experiments and Introductions "Tethered" Rewrite CaitVi Fanfic

“The tether. It doesn’t like those crystals,” Caitlyn explained, taking in a stuttered breath. “It’s afraid of them.” All three scientists gave each other a questioning look before Jayce turned to Vi and Caitlyn. “The Arcane can’t feel,” he said slowly. “It’s a natural phenomenon. Like rain or an earthquake. It has no emotions.” “Tell that to the thing in my chest that’s scared, because it sure as shit ain’t me that’s afraid,” Vi said with a frown, annoyed that this scientist refuted them when he wasn’t the one experiencing it. Viktor walked over to the chest and picked up a crystal, then held it out to the tether. The white blue light grew brighter, almost blinding, and the fear became stronger. The need to escape from the room was almost uncontrollable as Vi felt a burning sensation behind her eyes. “Please, stop! It’s afraid of it,” Caitlyn cried out, tears in her eyes.

Tethered - Chapter 4 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

The tether between Vi and Caitlyn is tested and experimented on, which results in a discovery.

Dilemma

Hmmm. I'm kind of thinking of doing something I haven't done yet and going back to change up something super, super minor about Heart Made of Glass in the very beginning. It wouldn't effect the plot that's already happened at all (or if it does it would be so minor I think some people might not even notice), but it would help amp up the drama ever so slightly for future plans.

Not sure how I feel about changing something I've already posted beyond grammar/spelling errors. If any one who reads "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" would care, let me know. Still pretty on the fence about it.

This is what happens when you start a story and post before knowing where it'll go. So far I've been able to avoid this pitfall, but I'm honestly surprised it hasn't been an issue yet given how quickly and casually I've been throwing the plot together. Besides, I've liked the creative challenge of molding the plot to what I've already written in my "canon" of the fic.

I mean...there's a reason why 3 of my major fics are them meeting 2 seconds after this very moment...

I'm going to start by saying that I absolutely adore your fics, and that this is just a tiny nitpick...

You wrote that the Kiramman hunting estate is 100 acres and has wolves in it, but wild wolves have a range of like 30000 acres at the very smallest size...which is also - oddly enough - about the size of some hunting estates in Scotland (between 15000-60000 acres but average around 27000 acres).

100 acres is actually a pretty small amount of land.

And yes I realise probably no one else in the world will notice, but, hi, I'm a nerd for shit like that, sorry 😬

I love and appreciate this information, I promise! I love to learn new things 😊 Instead of making a 30,000 acre island (which would be bigger than all of Piltover and Zaun), I'm going to say they are fantasy wolves that are small and don't need that much space 😅

Ch. 19: Assault on Stillwater Part I "Low Lays the Devil in Me" CaitVi FanFic

Caitlyn laughed again and shook her head at Vi, who could only grin at the happiness that radiated off the other girl. Vi suddenly wished she could freeze time in that very moment of Caitlyn laughing in Vi’s childhood bedroom before everything would change and there was no going back. She raised her hand and pushed Caitlyn’s hair behind her ear, then cupped her cheek. Caitlyn sighed and gripped her fingers, pulling Vi closer as she kissed her palm so tenderly it made the back of Vi’s eyes burn. “I could never have done this without you, Cupcake,” Vi whispered. Caitlyn shook her head. “You are so strong, Violet,” she replied and brought a hand up to Vi’s chest, laying it over her heart. “And you love so fiercely. You are the daughter of revolutionaries. You never would have taken everything my people did lying down. At one point, sooner or later, you would have acted. You love your people too much.” “No. No more of this my people and your people,” Vi said, and the intensity of her tone made blue eyes widen in surprise. “Our people. You and I have bled and lied and killed and sacrificed for this moment. Soon, this will be over, and we can begin building a future that all our people deserve. We can be the ones who show them what they are capable of when we work together. We will show them, Cait. We will show them all.”

Low Lays the Devil in Me - Chapter 19 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

The alliance begins its assault on Stillwater while Vander and Cassandra confront Bolbok.

Damn it all. I am so torn. I don't really want to rewrite "Tethered," but Caitlyn's journey throughout Runeterra that she experienced is such a cool idea that to waste it on an exposition or even just a flashback chapter upsets me. And it's inspiring me to do a whole new story with full world building and exploring the magic of Runeterra that would explain the tether more.

I am deeply, deeply tempted to rewrite the story and have it be alternating perspectives between Vi and Caitlyn and change some things now that I know where the story is going to have it make more sense. Ugh!

Edit: I also know that a lot of people really like this story and I would hate to disappoint them, but I honestly think I could write a much better version of it that would be much more satisfying.

I know I just put out the new chapter for "Tethered," but I'm extra excited for the next one. It's a completely new one, besides the prologue, of this rewrite.