"doesn't This Charater Under Insane Stress Going Through Extremely Traumatic Events Realize How Inconvenient

"If I were orpheus I wouldn't look back"

But we look back everyday- rechecking emails, making sure a friend is still behind you, checking to see if you remebered to pick up your keys. It's second nature, a habit of care.

It was second nature for him too. He looked back, not out of weakness, but love. For what is love, if not to look back?

OKAY, SIT DOWN AND HEAR ME OUT.

Guess I'll get some suspenders... for no particular reason

Day 118 cleansing the #caitvi tl

I have needed vi pulling cait by her suspenders since day ninety something shhshshhs

Kofi

My heart aches, I don't know how to explain it. I yearn for a person who understands this level of intimacy. They are focused on each other's lips, holding their breath, expecting.

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??

I'll never get tired of this AU

// tw for blood and minor nsfw just a taste...

No, because what do you mean Arcane has completely rewritten the rulebook on queer representation in media, and it did it so effortlessly that it puts so many other shows to shame. Like, how are you going to tell me this animated series—ostensibly a spin-off of a video game—has given us some of the most nuanced, unapologetically powerful sapphic characters ever without reducing them to stereotypes, side plots, or, worse, trauma porn?

Vi and Caitlyn? Their dynamic is ELECTRIC. You’ve got Vi, the rough-edged, fiercely loyal, scrappy brawler with a tender side that could wreck anyone emotionally, and Caitlyn, the sharp, principled, deeply empathetic enforcer with a heart of gold. The way their relationship is built on mutual respect and trust while navigating all the insane, tragic chaos around them? Literal chef's kiss. And not once do we get the tired, lazy "coming out" narrative or the "but what about the gays?" rhetoric. Their queerness isn’t the story—it’s just a beautifully natural part of who they are. And THAT is revolutionary.

And let’s not even stop there. This show handles gender like it’s been waiting for everyone else to catch up. Characters like Sevika, who could give you chills with her sheer badassery and gender-nonconforming energy, exist unapologetically without the narrative ever feeling the need to spoon-feed us explanations. It’s just there, woven seamlessly into the fabric of the world.

So many shows claim to want to "normalize" queer relationships or push the envelope, but Arcane has quietly dominated the space by just writing characters who feel authentic. Their struggles are about class, power, loyalty, trauma, not token representation or forced diversity. This show said, “We’re just going to make some of the most layered, compelling characters you’ve ever seen—and oh yeah, some of them are gay. Keep up.”

Like, the bar wasn’t just raised—it was launched into the stratosphere. What do you mean this level of representation isn’t the norm yet? Arcane said, “We’re not asking for permission to exist. We’re just existing.” And that? That is art.

I'm so obsessed with this style

Artwork from the Gallery Nucleus event

NOT THE PLANT BEING RIGHT NEXT TO THE BED

"Eyes on me" in Heavy is the Crown is the best one so far

In almost every smutty CaitVi fanfic I've read, they develop a pavlovian response to a common phrase they use in daily life that got involved in sex as well, and I consider this to be a canonical perspective.