Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Orianna Reveck & Viktor, Orianna Reveck/Viktor Characters: Caitlyn (League of Legends), Heimerdinger (League of Legends), Orianna Reveck, Viktor (League of Legends), Jayce (League of Legends), Singed (League of Legends), Corin Reveck Additional Tags: Angst, No Fluff, Canonical Character Death, Dead Dove: Do Not Eat, I am a sad person, can you tell from my fics?, no beta we die like Orianna Reveck, I am unironically obsessed with the robot, please interact with me Summary:

Viktor makes his childhood friend promise him something. And it was the only full lie she had ever told him.

 A quick take on my head cannons around how Orianna Reveck could be in Arcane! Lots of angst.

back by popular demand, this has been written for forever but I never posted it. Please read and be nice to me :)

it's not like you're going to remember this, anyway

the fun gang as moomin creatures

2x04, Old Wounds

Wanting more homoeroticism in the tension between the show’s leads as the narrative introduces greater intimacy and higher stakes between them, especially in a landscape that lacks queer representation who isn’t a villain or dies within one or two episodes, but also recognizing that core values/motivation for these characters lie in their relationships with one of two major female characters in an on screen sausage fest where the only other woman is a morally reprehensible femme fatale and erasing and/or vilifying female leads in favor of conventionally attractive males is a common practice observed in fandoms that’s rooted in misogyny and justified under the guise of rejecting heteronormativity, thinly veiled double standards, or claiming the woman is simply not interesting enough and not wanting to bolster that mindset

can we talk about sukuna and rika and why the king and queen of curses having a dispute is also narratively fitting? if sukuna is an heian era sorcerer with an antipathy and disregard of human emotions and the weak's will to live, blind to love and unable to comprehend the value of relationships with others then rika, as his counterpart, works especially well. rika is just a kid, or was just a kid. an innocent young girl who ended up dying tragically and saw herself transform into a vengeful spirit after being cursed by love. not only does she represent the weak (remember when sukuna's slaughter of women and children was implied?), she represents love itself. with her feelings lingering after death, she clinged onto her existence with the sole wish of protecting yuuta. it counteracts so well with sukuna's selfish will to kill time before his final breathe, which he admitted to be his will and motivation.

before i move on to my next idea, which let me preface by saying that it might be a little out there and dives into theory territory, i'm going to contextualise it with some information on the symbolism of "king and queen" that might help understand why this thought may make - at least some - sense.

in alchemy the king usually appears in conjunction with the queen, representing the sun-and-moon duality. in accordance with the theory of sulfur and mercury, which together, after alchemist purification, form the philosopher’s stone (also called the elixir of life, associated with rejuvenation and immortality), usually represented by the crowned hermetic androgyne (the union of the complementary male and female, achieving perfection or completion in the human state). according to jung, the king and queen also signify the spiritual conjunction that takes place when the process of individuation is complete, with the harmonious union of the unconscious and consciousness. jungian psychology has subjected the alchemistic tradition to extensive analysis and views the king less as an image of paternal authority and more as an archetype of higher insight and wisdom.

with that in mind, i think it's easy to understand where i'm headed but i want to add something else. remember jjk 0? geto's plan at the time was to obtain rika so he could use her power and move forward with his plan to annihilate all no-sorcerers. he believed her to be the key to achieve his goal and was willing to risk his own life for it. furthermore, the story is highly based on buddhist concepts and one of the core aspects of jujutsu kaisen is the cycles of suffering the characters are subjected to. in buddhism the goal is to become free of the samsara (continuous cycle of life, death and rebirth), eliminate suffering and achieve nirvana (enlightment). this ties withe the name of the series as kaisen is comprised of the kanji 'kai', meaning cycle, and 'sen', meaning battle, which combined with jujutsu (which means magic/sorcery but contains the word curse) describe the story as an endless battle of curses. and in a sense, the story also repeats itself, between generations and storyline-wise with the events circling back to how it all began. yuuta managed to land a fatal strike on geto once again, but now rika is pointed to be in a direct confrontation with sukuna as the queen of curses. now that i went through all the context needed to understand this, is it possible rika is once again in danger of being taken away? the idea of achieving a state of perfection with the unity between king and queen is quite intriguing. sukuna finally addressing yuuji as a worthy rival because of his unshakable resolve and unbreakable soul, is almost directly implying yuuji to be the one with whom sukuna has his last battle. an ultimate power-up (or the equivalent to), would be veyy cathartic before a final fight where yuuji would have the opportunity to finally go all out and have his well awaited and deserved protagonism (in my eyes, at least).

kinda drives me up a wall when people go "hey i think x action in a war/combat scenario is inhumane and cruel and shitty" and someone responds with "oh but within the laws of war it's allowed or there's procedure for it etc etc". it doesn't have to be a war crime to be unforgivable man it's a shitty rulebook anyway

finished yakuza 6. but at what cost

sick and tired of both radical acceptance And "ooh this is just too far" mentalities alike. everything is now a case by case basis. anyone who dont like it go turn into a shrimp. the nature of the human mind is as unknowable as the farthest extents of the universe and you cant have an upside without a downside. hits you with the be understanding of individuals instead of just oversimplifying it into "every [demographic of your choice] person should be accepted and loved no matter what/killed without remorse or hesitation/get the fuck over themselves i hate them all theyre the worst".

no more, i am free from this hell, discourse is dead party starts right now.

definitely not an original thought but so many submissions on the aita tumblr aregenuinely so depressing. like “aita for not coming out to my parents when they have repeatedly demonstrated that doing so would be unsafe” “aita for standing up for myself in an abusive relationship” “aita for having a critical thought about someone who was cruel to me” good god.

Sohei 🤝 Kazama: Bad dads

who even IS a good dad in this series like who even is a dad that we can all look at and go 'now THATS a good dad right there'

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my coworkers genuinely deserve gold stars for being THE most annoying people in the fucking world

Unholy disinterest, the opposite of divine intervention

the demons, the narrator and basically everyone in witch's heart: this is NOT a story where you can make everyone happy. while you may reach a bittersweet ending depending on the conclusion you picked and might be able to help the person of your choice, you CANNOT save everyone and need to accept that you'll have to sacrifice some things and some people's wishes to make your own come true.

me, in denial fully believing that everything will turn out just fine in noel's conclusion: got you:)