Still Awake

I like writing fanfic. Known as Pips_on_pipes on AO3

[ruggedrookie]

excuse me for stating the obvious but like. james gunn outright calling superman an immigrant and doubling down on it when he got backlash (because he IS an immigrant, that's the point of superman) + the in-movie dialogue of "aren't you going to read me my rights?" "you're an extraterrestrial, son. you haven't got any rights to read." + the violence of his arrest and how they torture and mistreat him unapologetically, all under the guise of "protecting america", in a film releasing during the onslaught of violent ICE kidnappings and abuse... yeah it's really no wonder right-wing knobheads are crying about this being woke. they're being forced to look directly at the reasons one of the most well-known and beloved heroes of all time would not be on their side. and that's only ONE of the reasons this movie covers

[tomfoolerytotality]

Superman isn't woke. You're just so evil that you see a man doing acts of kindness and you think it's a targeted political agenda

[spacedandii]

a lil doodle of ximena meeting viktor for the first time!! i have worms

[hmyrine]

on everyone's soul this is what happened

[thief-of-eggs]

The casual intimacy of the Silco/Vander jackets scene makes me feel like they were the type to share a bed when the nights were too cold, and blankets too sparse. Like they were the type to be all up in each other’s business, speaking on each other’s behalf, fighting on each other’s behalf.

Like they were the type to offer each other casual touch and affection, when it was so hard for them to give to others. Vander silently grabbing a comb to brush through Silco’s hair, Silco wordlessly applying polish to Vander’s gauntlets.

I don’t know why the scene hit me so profoundly, but it did. Maybe it’s because there’s a level of intimacy needed in order to so casually hang your coat within another’s. You need to be trusting of the other person’s level of cleanliness, first off, to assume your own clothes won’t pick up some dirt, or a foul smell. And there’s the fact that a scent is likely to be picked up- Silco’s jacket then would smell like Vander, and Vander’s would smell like Silco. Whatever cologne or body wash or personal BO they had must’ve been strong enough to linger, given how Jinx tried sniffing their coats, even after all the years.

It also shows the heartbreaking layer of trust that Silco had for Vander. To slip his jacket into Vander’s, like a physical reminder that Vander was his protector. That he knew he was smaller and weaker but also knew that Vander would never hurt him.

Until he did, anyway. Despite how casually intimate they were, despite how trusting, how intertwined.

No wonder Silco went a little insane. Came back a little demented. Hell, I’d burn the world too if I were in his shoes.

[aconfusedspoon]

This post may have singlehandedly turned me into a vanco shipper...

[teawithghosts]

I'm sorry but Silco having his jacket tucked inside Vander's is just so intimate.

[desertendroad]

slightly to the left too. almost like where the heart would be. whatever.

[crowwkui]

you were a full time job I thought I'd never miss

[poreyneel]

I think I'm really REALLY unwell.... why did I decide to binge watch Arcane s2? I HAVE NO IDEA

[her-soliloquies]

They really gave us everything though: old gay dads, cool straight (?) couple, badass lesbians, gay (temporary) rivals

+

bonus: jayvik together for eternity

I would be beaming from ear to ear if I wasn't so depressed about arcane being over for good

[that-sweet-jester]

poor Sevika's been embarrassed ever since, yet still stuck around😔✊

[beabubb]

"Remember the Innovators competition?"

"I remember you,"

Hi so what do you mean the innovators competition that au ekko and powder danced and fell in love in is the same one jayce and viktor went to in the canon universe haha what do you mean. haha what do you. what do. you.

tiktok credit to: @naxa._439 (if anyone wants to make a fic based on this PLEASE im begging u)

[gosh-its-3am-again]

No because that means Viktor dragged Jayce to the undercity. Just imagine, the innovators competition is prolly something Viktor had been looking forward to his whole life growing up. And he was probably super excited, imagine him going up to Jayce (because Viktor’s never been embarrassed about where he’s from) and being like, “hey, so there’s this thing, and we’re definitely overqualified for it, but do you wanna go anyway?” And Jayce was probably nervous as hell (because he still believes the stigma surrounding the undercity) but he was probably like, “if you want to, then I’ll go for you.” And they had such a good time, and they made so many fond memories that they still remember them ten years later, and I can’t-

[ideologyofone]

Do you think we’re soulmates in another universe?

[fishieguyy]

arcane dump from this week

[swedenis-h]

Wife lovers till they die

[the-fatal-impact]

There are two kinds of people, separated by the way they dealing with heart shuttering break up:

They becoming sad alcoholic hobo with no sense of personal hygiene...

2. ...or career overachiver.

[hawberries]

i watched arcane season 2. never speak to me or my extremely violent daughter or my extremely violent daughter's daughter again

[peskypixel]

i was so scared for him