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Ch. 5: Show, Don't Tell "Tethered" CaitVi Fanfic

“I know I hurt your feelings, Vi. I’m not an idiot. It was all over your face. I’m trying to apologize,” Caitlyn stated, interrupting her thoughts. Vi began to remove her clothes to change for Caitlyn’s lessons that would start soon. “You already apologized, princess. Not sure what you think has changed between last night and this morning,” she replied, pulling on a plain brown linen shirt and her most comfortable pair of leggings. “I’m not saying it just to say it, Vi. I truly didn’t mean what I said, I promise you.” Anger flared up in her, and she rounded on Caitlyn, startling her into taking a step back. “You Pilties and your promises. Do you have any idea how many of them your people have made to mine, only to break them? All you know how to do is talk. Like that will solve any of our problems,” she scoffed. “If you think that your words last night were the most horrible thing I’ve ever experienced at the hands of a Piltovan, you’re as arrogant as every other Topsider. So, why don’t we just chalk last night up to yet another win for the Pilties against a trencher and move the fuck on?”

Tethered - Chapter 6 - caitlynkirammansrifle - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

Caitlyn does something that completely shocks Vi, and Vi slowly starts to figure out what has changed about their tether.

Low Lays the Devil in Me potential update.

Not sure if I should post the next chapter yet. I said in an earlier post that if I found a natural break, I would be done and I think I'm at it and i would be happy with it if if this was the whole chapter. It would mean a slightly shorter than average chapter (which is still pretty long considering the word count on some of these chapters lol). But I know there's one specific scene that won't be in it yet that everyone has been waiting for.

Decisions, decisions.

I do think writing fics has changed Vi from being my second fave to just being tied with Caitlyn for absolutely favorite. Idk if it’s cuz I’ve tried to spend so much time in her head from canon (at least, how I interpret being in her head) or what. But I’m not mad. She’s an amazing character. They’re just my babies ❤️💙

If you guys haven’t seen OPs CaitVi guardian angel work, it’s amazing. So fucking adorable and what an interesting concept. These snippets are a wonderful edition. Major kudos OP

first meetings ❤️‍🩹💙

main story

short snippet:

The choke hold means that I wrote 4500 words of the next chapter before work when I told myself that I would watch the latest episode of Critical Role 🙈

The fact that I am behind Critical Role’s new Calamity series should tell you how much of a choke hold Low Lays the Devil in Me has on me

Alright, hoping to have the next chapter out soon of "Low Lays the Devil in Me." This one will be a lot more dialogue-heavy compared to our last super action-packed chapter, but it's necessary for you guys to get some answers. This is the penultimate chapter, though!! Just one more after this next one, and I do think I am going to go with an epilogue, so technically there are 3 more chapters left and we're done with this massive body of work 😱😱

After that, I will maybe write a quick one-shot as a palette cleanser, get a new chapter out for "Tethered," and then post the prologue of the Pirate AU!!

I know I really only talk about CaitVi on here since this is a CaitVi fanfic blog, but the way the Arcane depicted a devastating "what could have been but never was" tragedy in Jinx and Ekko destroyed me when I watched it. Just watching this 2.5 minute music video fucked me up all over again.

LOOK AT THEM!! I'm a goddamn mess 😭😭 Fortiche, you rat bastards. Stop making me cry!

I’m going to be honest, I was worried I was starting to lose steam/inspiration for “Low Lays the Devil in Me.” It’s probably why I focused on writing “Tethered” for a few chapters. But I forced myself to just take ch. 16 a paragraph at a time on my phone for the last week and then forced myself to sit at my computer yesterday and finish the chapter.

Turns out forcing yourself to write even when you’re not inspired works. I’m now extra excited to keep working on it 🤣

Ch. 24: Unmoored "Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone" CaitVi Fic

“And how is the councilor?” Vi asked carefully.  “Well, currently, she is sleeping off the excessive amount of brandy she consumed last night,” he said with a sad smile. “However, when she wakes up, I’m sure she’ll be quite distraught. Even though she knew this was coming, I don’t believe that prepared her for how devastating this fight with our daughter would be.” “It was for Caitlyn, too,” Vi admitted quietly. She rubbed at her forehead and sighed, a sense of despair creeping up. Tobias was contemplatively quiet as he dished up two bowls of soup and brought them over to the island. He sat down on the stool next to her. “My wife and daughter are very similar,” he stated, “and that includes how they deal with their anger. They can be cruel, cutting, and even vengeful, if their wrath is powerful enough. However, despite what they both may feel or worry about right now, Caitlyn is incapable of truly hating her mother. Right now, in her anger, I’m sure she thinks she does. But she is so angry partially because she loves her mother so much. They have a bond that even I do not fully understand and I honestly believe that, one day, Caitlyn will forgive Cassandra. It will be hard work, but the Kiramman women are nothing if not resilient.”

Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone - Chapter 24 - Phoenix314 - Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) [Archive of Our Own]

The morning after Caitlyn confronted Cassandra.

I'm sitting down to continue writing the next chapter of "Tethered," and I am thinking about how interesting these cities are, and I really want to DM a D&D campaign in this setting. Just a cool, low magic steampunk era setting. I could homebrew some interesting ways shimmer could be integrated into the system as a potion that is both awesome and terrible for you. I know some homebrew campaigns have been made, maybe one day I'll check them out or just make my own. Gotta tackle my epic saga campaign first!