Violet Arcane - Blog Posts

wake up honey new crossover just dropped

okay, second try with this kinda post 😮‍💨

do you get the vision

I miss my blue babies

that woman hasn’t known a day of peace in her life 💔

Pride Month Game ! Part 1

It's Pride Month folks ! As THE fandom-dominated platform, let's celebrate in a fitting way with some pride tagging game. My proposition ? Let's share in a tag game our FIVE FAVORITE CANON QUEER CHARACTERS And to share even more joy, add to it your favorite queer HEADCANONS

(please no arguing over headcanons in the reblogs, to each their headcanons !) Let's have fun ! I'll start :

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MY FAV CANONICALLY QUEER CHARACTERS

Life (A Matter of Life & Death) : Achillean

Shion (No.6) : Achillean

Double Trouble (She-Ra) : Non-Binary

Eda Clawthorne (TOH) : Bisexual

Vi (Arcane) : Sapphic

+ bonus (canon-adjacent, unclear)

Envy (FMA) : Genderqueer

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MY FAVORITE HEADCANONS

Claude von Riegan (FE:Three Houses) : Pansexual Aromantic

Ike (FE:Path of Radiance) : Asexual and Arospec, gay oriented

Lie Ren (RWBY) : Asexual

Diluc (Genshin Impact) : Trans masculine

All the icons are free to use, but I'd be happy if you could credit me, like, join the game or reblog if you do !

PRIDE TAG GAME, LET'S GO

I'll tag some people but if you're not interested in joining there's no pressure ! Apologies if I overstep, just ignore if that's the case @greenteaandtattoos @quinintheclouds @bowl-of-shortness @mariethemage

And anyone who sees this is welcome to join !! REBLOG AWAY ! AND...

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

Oh my god, I need to listen closer but

I was studying to the Oh Hellos (Zephyrus) album and Soap went on and I love that song but just then it striked me that IT COULD BE A GREAT SHIP SONG FOR VI x CAITLYN TF

There's so much stuff that striked me !! "I've heard since I was younger that oil and water don't mix; They're polar opposites with a molecular rift you can't fix" ??? "It's gonna hurt like hell but we're gonna be well, I'll give you my best shot" and the double entendre with Caitlyn being a sniper & starting to get closer to Vi after shooting Sevika to save her ??

And JUST

I think that you're worth keeping around I think you're worth holding onto

SO MUCH THERE'S SO MUCH THAT FITS I'M AAAA

I need to make a longer post about this I elgbhglbgl *braintrots going strong*

I'M NOT EVEN AN AVID VI x CAITLYN SHIPPER (tho I def think they're cute) BUT IT JUST FITS THEM SO WELL I LOVE IT FOR THEM

Similarities between TLOU 1 & 2 and Arcane.

Beginning first with plot elements and environment, then to overlaps between characters.

Potential spoilers for season one and two of Arcane and The Last of Us Part One and Part Two. But I did my best to skirt around them.

The QZs and Piltover.

The quarantine zones of the TLOU are the remains left of the United States government after martial law was declared in response to the outbreak. And they are run in the same way as martial law, where force is used to control the population.

Food rations are controlled and hoarded. Resources are scare. But your option otherwise is to risk roughing it on your own against infected and nature.

It is a terribly repressive system, which sparks the emergence of the Fireflies.

Similar, to Piltover. Mostly through the lens of residence of the under city.

Enforces stomping through the streets, imprisoning your neighbors, breaking up families, using violence as a tool for control.

Furthermore, Piltover ignores the lack of resources in the undercity, has no member of the council who’s from the undercity to represent them (until the end of the series), and exploits there weaknesses for profit.

The Fireflies and The Firelights.

Both the Fireflies and the Firelights exist to do the same thing: challenge an oppressive government and bring hope for the future. And they both use any means necessary to achieve their goals.

Although, the Firelights also have the added challenge of Silco’s control of the Undercity.

Additional, they’re pretty much named the same things. Firelights are just the Arcane universes version of fireflies (or lightning bugs, whatever your preferred name for them)

“When you’re lost in the darkness, look for the light.”

Spores and Toxic Gas (The Gray)

I also can’t help but draw parallels between airborne spores from TLOU and the gas from the mines in Arcane.

Both result in coughing and choking initially. Spores lead always to infection and death, unless your Ellie. The Gray, as it’s referred to in the show, is shown to have numerous side effects, if you don’t suffocate from exposure to its gas form. Most notable examples, Viktor and Silco. The disease Viktor has, I’d guess leukemia, seems to be a result of exposure to pollution in his childhood. And Silco’s left eye is left in a constant battle of corruption after a wound he receives there is exposed to polluted river water. Both of which would lead to death if treatment wasn’t possible (Shimmer).

Violet and Ellie

I’ll start with a silly point first before the heartbreak: both are gay. Neither give a specific identity, but for generally purpose, and because of only seeing romantic relations between them and other woman, lesbian is what we’ll call it.

Here we have too powerful, strong willed, quick witted, lesbian woman as main characters in a narrative about overcoming hardships and heartbreak.

Now the overlaps in those hardships and heartbreaks.

Both are orphaned at a young age. Vi after an uprising gone wrong. Ellie’s is never revealed in the games. And then both are adopted by a new father figure. Vander and Joel respectively.

Both are taught survival and fighting techniques from them. Both see the adoptive father as their real father. Then both of them lose said father. Both of them feel responsible for that death.

Vi eventually heals from this loss by the end of the series, and while she definitely carries the grief of that loss through the show, she doesn’t follow the same kind revenge plot that Ellie does. What Ellie does belongs in a completely different post.

Abby and Jinx

I almost didn’t include this because at first I thought the only narrative similarity between the two would be the responsibility of the previous mentioned death of the father figures. Abby kills Joel. Jinx (Powder) (accidentally) kills Vander.

Especially because I consider Vander Jinx’s father, too. Regardless of her relationship Silco after his passing.

But then I thought about Lev and Isha. Abby and Lev relationship in the game exists to mirror the relationship between Ellie and Joel.

And while I could see an argument that Isha is meant to help Jinx heal, especially heal the relationship between herself and Vi, I still place her in a role of motherhood or caregiver for Isha.

Jinx learns so much about love, forgiveness, and hope from Isha. Similar to how Abby found forgiveness for Joel actions once she finally experienced what it means to live for someone else.

Jinx sees herself in Isha, just as Abby saw herself in Lev.

Joel and Vander

As you could probably gather from the previous two points, both these characters are father figures.

Joel takes Ellie under his wing after circumstances lead the to travel across the country in hopes Ellie’s immunity will lead to a cure. But at the end of the game, when complications arise, he saved Ellie, leaving body after body in his wake.

Vander, friends with their mother and father, already knew Violet and Powder. He in fact lead the uprising against Piltover that would result in the death of their parents. He adopts them then, and shifts focus into making the holding the Undercity together the best he can, even alliancing himself with enforcers to try and keeps his daughters as safe as he can.

I’m not gonna spoil anything, but the point is these two men would do anything, and I mean anything, for the safety of their daughters.

Bombs

Maybe a dumb point, but bomb mechanics in TLOU is one of the most fun aspects of the gameplay. And Jinx’s most infamous for her bombs.

If I missed anything or got something wrong, please let me know!

Also, enjoy an tik tok edit of them. @violetswifes.

One thing I find interesing abt Vi, is the fact that, she seems like she haven't grown up since her's 15.

Like, yes, she is a adult now, but her mind seems to not have developed properly due to trauma, making her stuck in that moment in the finale of act one of season one, Vander's death, Milo and Claggor's death, the shock of everything being her own sister's fault, she didn’t even had the time to process this bc she saw her sister last with the same man who was very willing to kill them, got kidnapped and then enjailed for 7 fucking years.

LIKE DAMN. And this surely brought several consequences to her brain, how she acts is typically with violence, impulsivity, without a racional thinking and being emocional about things, like a child, and im not saying in a derogatory way towards her, i'm saying that she didn’t had any opportunity to interact normally with people, to develop these type of skills and learn.

Vi likes to see things in a simple way, she thinks that she can resolve things just punching her way out or by just talking, because she never had any other chance to understand any other way.

She lives for protecting, simple as that, because that's the only thing she lived for in all those years in prison. That's why she even accepted Caitlyn's way of doing things as a enforcer, ofc she is wrong but, oh my girl how manipulated you are. How much of yourself you use for others because you can't lose anyone else.

And she realizes in season one, after fighting in the Shimmer's factory with Jayce, how much she lost of her own humanity, to not feel anything for a dead child now, she saw how vulnerable and broken for this is Jayce (that's why I think their relation important, because Jayce is all abt vulnerability and being open minded, learning to make a better future)

And Vi in the first act of season two is so vulnerable now, different of season one, because now she truly understands she lost Powder, she has no one, except the girl she thinks she could have saved the mother, spared the pain she herself understands. And even if it isn't intentional of Cait (which sometimes I doubt, because she threw all her morals out of the window in the first act), she manipulates Vi with her needs for a constant and fear of abandonment.

The way she acts with Caitlyn, is how she wishes she have been treated all these years, affection, understanding, tenderness. The thing she needs to be rebembered until act two, it's that Cait comes from a totally different environment, and the ruthlessness she wish Cait shouldn't experience, its exactly the reality shock she needs right now.

Vi is a really cool character in all ways I wish people could see, she isn't a "just", the way the turned to be all that she hated out of desperation for love is a tragedy. And yeah I love the memes with her stupidity but PLEASE see my vision when I say that my girl deserves more :(((

this parallel drives me crazy

oops sorry didnt mean to post two identical pictures

my birthday was a few days ago and my friend gifted me some acrylic markers,

so OF COURSE I had to try them out >>:DD

(spoiler I love them)

ok let me disappear again :PP

Actually no, how dare Arcane force Vi to be the survivor

She’s been the protector all her life, the one her siblings looked up to, the one Vander looked to in order to keep the kids safe. Then she loses everyone in a single moment, spending the next almost decade ruminating in that guilt. Then she gets Powder back, until she realizes Powder doesn’t exist anymore. She gets Caitlyn, but loses her too.

She seemingly gets part of her family back with Jinx and Warwick/Vander and Isha, only to lose them all too.

And she was supposed to protect them. I can’t see her viewing herself as anything but a failure after having lived with that pressure and guilt for so long.

Oh god, she's so pretty!!

wip of alt universe vi …

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I got a new tablet!

Update:

I need someone to talk about this. It got me rolling on my bed and literally kicking my feet at 2am

Just read this oneshot vampire Cait fic where she’s neighbours with vi and it was such a good munch 🤭

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64945684

For anyone who’s interested

I read "oneshot vampire Cait" and literally felt a smile grow on my face. I'll take it.

This community appreciates your services.

Just read this oneshot vampire Cait fic where she’s neighbours with vi and it was such a good munch 🤭

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64945684

For anyone who’s interested

Young Vi was taller than Cait, this is beautiful.

Can people please draw them smiling exactly like this more often??

color study but make it caitvi wedding !!

I agree with every. single. word.

I like to think that a while or years later while living with Cait, Vi starts to get smile lines. And that their decently prominent and that she gains some happy fat like in the last scene where she looks fed for once. Because my bbg deserves all the happiness in the world after all she’s been through and even if she hadn’t been through all that.

I like to think of little inconveniences she’d have, like her neck prolly hurts a little in the mornings from the difference in pillow quality. Since Cait prolly has soft large pillows or just good quality ones unlike prison or every establishment vi has lived in. But she eventually gets used to them or she just sleeps with her head on Cait.

Something funny would be vi slowly adopting the posh accent Cait has but only on certain words, not entirely and ekko mocking her whenever it slips. Even better if she gets interested in the books the kiramman’s have. Like her vocabulary would switch up like crazy and since those books are probably generational it’s possible she’s pick up (ancient slang lol) old pompous words and weird sayings that even Cait wouldn’t be able to understand. It’d be cute to think about Cait working at her desk or on the couch while vi sits by the fireplace reading for her and pointing out funny or weird parts and mocking them. Or her reading in silence and randomly speaking up to tell her a random fact she just learned and Cait just smiling to herself.

I wonder if vi would take to tea, or maybe just certain tea’s. I can imagine she and Cait testing out a new type of tea every day and rating them all, pretending to host tea parties. Bonus points if Caits hunting dogs join them and get a biscuit and pet from time to time. I feel like vi would take well to the dogs and play with them. Cait would tell her to leave them alone due to their training and needing to be on guard only for her to dote on them too.

Cait prolly takes vi hunting with her and tries teaching her the ways to track prey, how to aim a rifle and such. I’d say vi might be a bit into foraging and maybe in the mansion she’d find a book on the shrubs and such the Kirammans have on their land and in turn point them out and teach Cait about them. They then start carrying baskets when they go out and come back with berries and game to make dinner and dessert out of for later.

lol all this just from looking at vi smile once.

The fact that Cait canonically wears a skirt is weird to me because what do you mean this is not only a fan's guilty pleasure but a reality for everyone???

caitlyn in a skirt is my guilty pleasure

I need them to grow old and happy:)

Plus, thank you for putting the image of ahjumma Caitlyn on my mind lmao

I need granny Caitvi to be like this

Caitlyn looking like an ahjumma

Violet looking like a babushka

Headscarfs,vests and everything even the short curling hair

MORE! I NEED MORE OF THESE TWO

Day 117 cleansing the #caitvi tl

Clingy vi and workaholic cait my beloved shhshshhs 🥰🥰🥰

Kofi

I would like to add how relevant it is for her to still fall into these feminine characteristics here and there. She is not a man, and that's the whole point. She is not extremely feminine but still wears makeup and tops. Her facial features are soft. Even still, there is no "revelation of extreme happiness, and motivation from being feminine, and how it would be life-changing." (That's just stupid, I hate that trope.)

She just doesn't care. There are more important things (like an upcoming war, losing her family, dealing with being an enforcer, a heartbreak, and the list goes on and on...)

Even if there was a situation/scene of her wearing a dress, I don't think she would hate it. I believe Violet is just too comfortable with herself to care about that. Honestly, I feel like her clothing style is practical and a reflection of the life she has.

can we just…appreciate Vi for a second? For all the “let women be feminine” posting I’ve seen, I have literally never seen a butch 100% gender non-conforming female character. There is always a scene where she is forced to wear a dress, where she learns that being girly isn’t that bad. But Vi? She’s so unapologetic about her presentation. She never wears a dress once. Her fighting style isn’t “oh she’s skinny and fast” like most other women fighters on TV: Vi is muscular and punches the shit out of things. She’s angry, commanding, and assertive. We need more female characters like Vi.

LET'S GOOOOOO

Caitlyn Kiramman & Vi X Calvin Klein 💌

I have this whole headcanon where they both train together and help develop each other's skills, and they flirt while doing so. This is the motivation I needed to sit down and actually write it.

vi’s push-up method

THANK YOU FOR THIS IM IN LOVE

There aren't many artists who properly portray Vi's femininity, but this specific piece is perfect. I understand how, due to her muscular physique, it would be easier to use male models as a reference, but often we lose the softness of her features. To me, she represents a lot of this existing balance between male/female traits. And that doesn't get lost in this. This is how I see them.

The focus on this femme/butch relationship tends to fall into the heteronormative trademark (by the fandom, not the writers). They are just two girls with their own identities and personalities. They don't fall into hyper-femme and fully-masc perspectives either. Who wears more makeup? Vi, not Cait. Who has sharper facial features? Cait, not Vi. Details like those are what build layers for them as individuals, and to their relationship in the process.

The Dirt Under Your Nails 💅🏻

Top Femslash Ships Bracket - Round 4

This poll is a celebration of fandom and fandom history; we're aware that there are certain issues with some of the listed pairings and sources, but they are a part of that history. Please do not take this as an endorsement of anything included in the bracket, and refrain from harassment.

The way vi is holding cait's arm

From: star_ry_eyed (twitter)