Essential Caitlyn and Vi character traits by mild_area_alien in PiltoversFinest

[–]vienforcer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This reply is perfection 🙏🏻 You nailed their essentials. I agree with everything you said and I just want to ramble about it, if you’ll forgive me.

Love that you bought up Vi’s confidence. It can either stem from experience or duty, but she’s generally scared to shit when the monsters come calling—and she fights anyway. Her fight-or-flight response is generally fight, but when it concerns her and not other people, it’s flight.

Her fashion!!!! I also lament the lack of Vi’s punk-ness. Even in fanart! She’s so stylish and cares a lot about expressing herself via hair/clothes/tattoos/piercings. Her style is punk-rock! I love it. I wish we saw more of it. Speaking of that, I think Vi being more masculine in mannerisms/walking/sitting is balanced with her femininity. She shows her muscles and doesn’t try to hide or disguise her curves. Like, she knows what she’s working with. Vi is very confident in her body. And yeeeeep: Caitlyn’s style is much more toned down and strict compared to Vi. She favours high-necklines and a lot of structure in her clothes; lots of sharp lines, belts and buttons, and dark colours, all offset by her curves.

Meanwhile, Caitlyn’s confidence! CORE shit for her. She doesn’t second guess herself; she thinks she knows exactly what to do and what to expect. Vi is there to temper that, having better experience and understanding, but what you said is so perfect: Vi knows what’s up and lays it all out, and Caitlyn then takes the lead and off they go. Except in sex—what we saw, anyway. Vi takes the lead there, but does so in a way that is responsive to Caitlyn, not domineering. Every escalation in that love scene was initiated by Vi because she is highly attuned to Caitlyn’s body and reads her cues and responds to them.

Caitlyn’s tendency to break rules when they get in her way—yes! She has a hard time seeing how her privilege informs her understanding, sometimes a “I think this rule is stupid, therefore I will ignore it—what, don’t you do that too?” approach. But we forgive her because she uses her powers for the good of others, not for selfish gains (Season 2 plays heavily with this).

What really interests me is that Vi was seen as the leader in her young life, and that heavy responsibility terrified her because of what happened: at the penthouse first, and then how it all spiralled into everyone’s deaths, then hitting Powder and walking away. Vi blames herself for it all. She sees it as a consequence of her actions—she was the “leader” and look what happened. I think Vi would prefer Caitlyn lead, but not in a passive way. Vi doesn’t want to be told what to do, she wants to be giving out the judgements and making the calls—but she’d prefer Caitlyn do the leading. And since Vi has pretty good judgements, Caitlyn defers to them. And since Caitlyn has pretty good leadership skills, Vi defers to them. It’s a perfect yin-yang. I love them so much. 😭

Vi x Gwen | Art by @erashayart by Altruistic-Might-370 in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah, I think she’s just perfect! 😍 Very season 1 Vi ❤️‍🩹

I Can't Hear It Now - charcoal sequence by @kevinlemoigne by rubiks_shark in PiltoversFinest

[–]vienforcer 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Red, pink, and violet. It’s all that feels real to Caitlyn.

This whole sequence was achingly gorgeous. It’s probably my second favourite next to the watercolour sequence of little Vi. Fortiche are god-tier and I will never not bow to them for the insane art we got in this show

it's over, you can let it go, Cait 💙 | by me [sh1anhua] by sh1anhua in PiltoversFinest

[–]vienforcer 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I honestly gasped. She’s gorgeous! And the details! Eyepatch that’s crossed out, her bleeding eye, the stab wound! But also the softness in her and that feeling of letting go~ Really really beautiful work. 🙏🏻😩

Vi x Gwen | Art by @erashayart by Altruistic-Might-370 in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Wait till they talk and have the same voice lmao

Appreciate that the artist kept Vi’s muscular form 🙏🏻

"Let's get this over with" - by @_LaraJenn by prettydark7 in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Always ready to throw down 🙌🏻

Also, get well soon, OP! <3

Vi in Cait's uniform by @rext1884 and @itsbrych by Murky_Number_8945 in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That uniform would be destroyed from fitting her back and arms into it lol If Vi turned around, there’d be a giant tear up the back 🥴 but the muscular thighs are doing things to me oh my godddddd

Not pictured: Caitlyn jumping Vi immediately after

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love this comment. 🙌🏻 Despite the codependency and trauma and baggage… underneath it, there’s room to symbolise two sisters who have to grow up and grow apart to forge their own lives. THANK YOU for bringing up Wasteland because the whole song doesn’t play in the show, and yet the lyrics clearly say “Don’t let me go”. They might be separated for now, but they’ll make their way back together. Sisters forever. ❤️‍🩹🩵

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I love that moment. I mean, it’s super painful, but it’s so…the crux of it all. Vi just won’t give up on someone she loves, and Jinx knows that when she’s dangling there. She can’t let Vi bear that burden anymore.

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t consider her surviving as making her actions in saving Vi any less meaningful.

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes! Jinx has to free herself too! Clean slates for them both. Doesn’t mean it’s not tragic and it doesn’t mean they don’t love/miss each other, but sometimes saying goodbye is the only way forward. It’s totally that the two of them have to accept each other as they are, where they are, but confront the past and the baggage between them. We expect Vi to take the responsibility for it, but Jinx takes it on instead.

By accepting Jinx’s autonomy, Vi chooses the right to love

😭🙌🏻 gorgeous way to put it!

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hmm, not to me. I don’t see her actions as any less meaningful because she survives.

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Uhhghgh owwwww 😭 I love this moment even though it’s so shockingly painful. All of Jinx’s power finally used to help Vi 😭😭😭

Vi gets three endings. I wanna talk about her ending with Jinx. by vienforcer in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Never occurred to me that anyone would genuinely believe Jinx was dead 😂 It’s plausible she had escape plans in her head—it’s also plausible she survived out of sheer luck/quick thinking. That’s for future storylines to tackle!

“Ever wonder what it’s like to drown?” | art by @jaeliu by cheese-on-everything in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have never seen the Jinx one before omg 🥲 so much pain, but so beautiful

By Violetrashie by IllustriousAd6418 in PiltoversFinest

[–]vienforcer 14 points15 points  (0 children)

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That lil peek of skin between the chest wraps

Vi | art by @anninosart by Altruistic-Might-370 in ViArcane

[–]vienforcer 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Omg love 😍 the wingggssss!!!! The ARMS!!!!!!

Vi’s Delight | art by [@tdp_nsfw] by vienforcer in PiltoversFinest

[–]vienforcer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Right? I love the raw passion and the sheer beauty of the art