#vikady

[l-safira]

Now I do consider myself the number one Vikady shipper. But only in real life. Unfortunately my number one status is trumped hardcore by Krejjh.

[iffeelscouldkill]

VIOLET Jesus, that’s horrible. Didn’t they test it?

ARKADY Yeah. On us.

VIOLET The number of medical regulations that breaks...I could, I could punch someone.

ARKADY Remember—

VIOLET Pinky tucked, thumb out and under, lead with the middle and index knuckles.

I love them so much

[idiopathicsmile]

didn’t know to send this here or to your fic blog but OBVIOUSLY i must know where the cream cheese thief/disaffected cafeteria worker divide falls for enjoltaire and for arkady/violet, although i’ll be honest i have a solid guess for the latter but i feel like the first could swing both ways

HELLO!

the former is addressed here; the latter raises some additional interesting questions. this may imply some deep deficiency about my own character-creation skills, but when we're talking Starship Iris, the main problem i run into is that the scenario kind of stipulates that the cream cheese is being stolen badly.

like, listen, do i think that a modern college AU Arkady Patel is above lifting an entire brick of cream cheese for her own nefarious ends? of course not. but i will tell you this about any version of Arkady Patel that i can imagine: that girl covers her tracks. you wanna catch her in the act, you better have extensive use of security cameras and the ability to freeze-frame, motherfucker.

i am inclined to think that Violet Liu would also, under at least the majority of circumstances, harness her own anxieties to foresee every possible complication she could humanly foresee, and guard against them. i think the one exception to this is if she is having A Mental Health Incident, like the anxiety has spiraled to full-on terrified depression, and she is approaching that condiments bar like a woman with a hunger for the soothing powers of cheesecake deep in her heart, and absolutely nothing to lose.

Violet drops the cream cheese into a tupperware hidden in her purse, Arkady witnesses this, Violet witnesses Arkady witness it and absolutely makes a break for it, hyperventilating all the while, and Arkady literally leaps over a cafeteria table to follow Violet outside the cafeteria, and just when Violet's paranoid fears have crested into full-on "am I about to be arrested?" mode, Arkady's like, "hey. a purse is maybe the worst vessel for this caper, can I interest you in a bagel? pile your cream cheese on the bagel and then scrape it into a secondary container once you're out of the room" and Violet's like, "uh are you giving me thieving tips" and Arkady says, "at least make it a little challenging, i mean right? game on" and it doesn't cure Violet's mental health issues, i mean come on, of fucking course it doesn't, it doesn't even lead to a breakthrough, but the thought that she might need to have her emotions stabler before maaaaybe going on a date with the cute cafeteria worker is one additional straw on the camel's back of "check in with your university's mental health services."

meanwhile, Arkady's fellow cafeteria workers, Brian Jeeter and what's-their-name—that French exchange student with the purple hair—are giving her so much shit.

[cindereleanor]

Ace Podcast Week Day 1 - Realisation/Acceptance

When I was trying to come up with ideas for anything I could make for this fan event, I really wanted to delve into Arkady's (from The Strange Case of Starship Iris) grey-asexuality. I have So Much to say about this character, and honestly am not sure how to go about expressing it all. I'm afraid I haven't had the time to properly write anything, so for today, here are just some (messy) fragments of a character study (like literally, this is really the brainstorming stage😅) exploring Arkady’s relationship with her asexuality, and her sharing that part of herself with Violet:

Shit. Here she was, lying with this beautiful, smart, and oh so kind woman – in every way a better person than she could have ever dared hope of being with – falling asleep in her arms. A moment too good to be true. Of course she was going to have to go and mess this all up horribly. * * * Arkady let out a bitter laugh. She was good with computers, she should be able to think logically. And hell, the logical thing to think was surely not that Violet wouldn't understand. Violet, who saw the best in people to a fault (something Arkady couldn't help but love about her). But wouldn't it be so perfectly ironic for this to be the one thing Violet couldn't accept. How cruel would it be for the universe to have worked in her favour for once, to taunt her with the chance of love, with this person who could somehow – god knows how – see past the parts of her that even she couldn’t. And then for it all to be snatched away because of something so stupid. As if her sexuality was so much harder to stomach than, well, everything else. * * * You expect her to put up with so much. You shut everyone out. You don't know how to communicate your feelings. You're a wreck. Your 'baggage' isn't a suitcase; it's the whole luggage cart. Why couldn't you just make one part of this easy? * * * Violet squeezed her hand, 'We don't ever have to do anything you don't want to, you know that right?' 'I was a soldier, Liu, you don't need to treat me with kid gloves. I know take care of myself,' 'But will you, Arkady?' * * * Arkady and Violet sat enjoying a rare moment of silence. And even more rarely, Arkady was letting herself bask in that enjoyment. No worrying how long this would last, no beating herself up over things she couldn't control, no guilt. In that moment, things were okay. Arkady even let herself believe that one day, things would be good.

[munchiezxx]

did anyone really expect that i WOULDN’T eventually draw a vikady wedding after that one tweet.

anyways, i can’t imagine they wouldn’t have an outdoor wedding + i imagine it’d be pretty casual so i put violet in more of a sundress instead of a traditional wedding dress. (id under cut)

ID: a digital painting of arkady holding violet in a bridal carry. arkady is wearing an olive suit and violet is wearing a white sundress, and they have flowers in their hair. they’re surrounded by plants and flowers on top of a green background.

[awnrii]

started tscosi heres vikady (ft. mccabe)

[sanvitheartificer]

you make me feel safe

image description: A digital painting of Violet and Arkady from The Strange Case of the Starship Iris laying on a couch, which is surrounded by stars. Violet is laying on Arkady’s chest, with her face turned towards the viewer. She has a content smile on her face and one arm is laying on Arkady’s upper arm. Violet has tawny brown skin, a fairly square face with very defined cheekbones, several moles on her face, very dark eyes, a somewhat crooked nose with a flat bottom, and very short dark brown hair. She has several piercings, including a gage and a nose ring. She is wearing a baggy t-shirt that is white with black sleeves. Arkady is laying horizontally on the couch, with her head propped up on the back cushion and her arms wrapped around Violet. She has her eyes closed and is smiling. Arkady has umber brown skin, a narrow face with defined cheekbones, a long crooked sharp nose, and long brown hair that’s gathered up in a braid that sticks up in the center of her hair. It looks like she’s wearing makeup because her face is fairly smooth. She’s tall and broad, and she’s wearing a green long sleeve shirt that’s been rolled up past her elbows and brown pants. The couch is tan and the whole piece is lit fairly dramatically and generally pretty dark, with brushstrokes that are somewhat painter-y. The canvas is square, with a pink-ish circle in the center showcasing the characters on the couch, surrounded by stars and darkness.

Happy holidays, @shelbychild!!! I really hope you like this one; it was so much fun to make it! thanks to the podcraft mods for putting on such a fun event ^_^ <3 <3 <3

[tunedtostatic]

Okay I know this SOUNDS niche but considering how much Arcane is taking the internet by storm, there's got to be a demographic of other Starship Iris enjoyers who like Cait/Vi and keep tripping up on the names because the Vikady trope parallels are uno reversed