This Is So Sweet Lol

Do I smoke cigarettes? No.

Do I like it as an aesthetic concept? Maybe...

Would I really mind having THE Caitlyn Kiramman blowing that smoke straight to my face? For political reasons, I have no comments on that.

Currently reading Heavy is the Crown by Luna_Monroe on ao3, and I'm loving it.

Does anyone have any similar recommendations of a Princess/Knight AU??

Top 3 adjectives to describe a lesbian:

i need to draw more lesbians being miserable and angry and horny

NOT THE PLANT BEING RIGHT NEXT TO THE BED

ugh women are so cute-

like the way their eyes light up when u say smth nice to them or do smth sweet for them, or when they giggle and hold your arm, or how they look at you while you tell them a story. and when you kiss them sweetly and they wrap their arms around your neck. UGH GUYSSS

It's too early for me to process all this information accurately, but I agree with every single word.

Ok so Vander/Warwick is obviously crucial to Vi and Jinx's arcs, but I'd argue that on a both story and thematical level, he also does a LOT of heavy lifting for Caitlyn's arc. In ep5 Caitlyn sees and is horrified by the carnage Warwick's left in his wake and starts off assuming that he's one of "Zaun's perverse abominations". She then looks into it some more and finds out that Singed, the person responsible, isn't actually a Zaunite at all - he's from Piltover, like her. And, like her, he's doing what he's doing for "love" (he for his daughter, Caitlyn for her mother). What she realizes here is that Warwick isn't a monster because of Zaun - he's a monster because of Piltover. He's how he is because of what a Piltovan has TURNED HIM INTO. I'm extrapolating a bit here, but obviously the same could be said about the rest of Zaun, who are only doing what they're doing because of what SHE (and Piltover more broadly) have done TO THEM (even Shimmer is a Piltovan invention, as it turns out). Then in ep6, instead of further perpetuating said cycle of violence and attacking a peaceful commune to get to Warwick, Caitlyn decides to try to save him instead. Obviously her decision here has a lot of layers (love for Vi, distrust towards Ambessa, etc.) but I'd say a lot of it also has to do with her guilt about her actions and her realization of what, exactly, they've all been doing to Zaun and Zaunites. Symbolically, her choosing to help Warwick instead of fighting him is about acknowledging what Zaun has suffered, acknowledging that the fault for the whole situation ultimately lies with Piltover (with her), and deciding to make amends. (As a side note, I think people sort of downplay what a massive risk she's taking here by choosing to betray Ambessa. Like, yes, obviously she's not just doing it because Vi called her cupcake, but she's not doing it as some clever play either. She has literally no reason to assume she won't be burned at the stake by both sides after disrupting Ambessa's plan, she's taking an absolutely huge fucking gamble, and she DOES IT ANYWAY - out of love for Vi, and because it's the right thing to do. Like can we just take a moment to acknowledge how absolutely batshit insane of her it is to go against an ARMY with, as far as she's aware, no one but Vi sort of tenuously in her corner??? And for a guy who's done a lot of damage and is likely too far gone anyway??? Just because Vi thinks he's still in there and she trusts her??? Just because, if there's the slightest chance to repair some of her wrongs, some of Piltover's wrongs, she wants to take it??? It's insane and it's making me insane)

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Scene extensions are healing this fandom (or at least they kinda give us closure)

S02E03 scene extension commissioned by the awesome patreoner, VonTriggers! Based on that crying stills of Caitlyn that we never got to see on screen. 🥹🥹🥹

Everything looks so cozy, fun, and lovely. I want this. Could someone please let me love them the way these two love each other?

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I'm a sucker for the non-sexual bath together trope...

#arcane #caitvi

You got me feeling diamond rich Nothing on this planet compares to it~

I will never be the same after this.

caitvi + leather

Commission for the incredible CourierNinetyTwo who has been one of my fav authors since ME days 🥰

based on this and this

@theivorytowercrumbles

THE Caitlyn Kiramman smoking cigarettes will cause me a seizure.