Been replaying Skyrim for the thousandth time which made me want to draw the Thieves Guild, plus some of their associates.
Karliah: We need new Nightingales
Karliah: Please come to Nightingale Hall
Karliah: Take this Nightingale armour
Karliah: Okay so now you're becoming a Nightingale-
Brynjolf: What, I'm becoming a Nightingale?? This came out of NOWHERE!
Vex: I hate you, Delvin
Delvin, in his head: Enemies to lovers slowburn, angst with happy ending, 300k+ words.
this is beautiful, thank you so much 😭 every new yohren art is precious but this is just-- 🥺🥺
Ren tells Yoh of his sin. What follows after?
Read right to left.
(mollymauk): without caleb, i’d be lost.
(mollymauk): *yelling* hey, caleb! where am i?
(caleb): *down the hall* sun room.
(mollymauk): thanks!
(mollymauk): see?!
i think more male characters should have a little boob window actually
being 25 is like: im dying. im living my best life. im a failure. my life hasnt started. everything interesting has already happened to me. im achieving my dreams. im cutting my hair with kitchen scissors. im starting a skincare routine. im a corporate professional. im a sellout. im out of groceries. i have too many groceries. i am never going to be successful. i am going to win a hugo award before im 30. im crazy. im boring. i need to finish this essay. i need to finish this story. i need to start a newsletter. i need to start tweeting more. i need to stop tweeting. i need to ghost all my friends. i need to tell my friends i love them. i need to find a new apartment. i need to take out the trash. i am the trash that needs to be taken out.
Caleb has a home he’s always running away from. Molly carries his home with him everywhere he goes. Caleb can’t forget and Molly can’t remember. They both woke up very recently in an unfamiliar place and they’re both still getting their bearings. Caleb takes a great amount of care to keep himself as hidden as possible. Molly takes the same amount of care to keep himself visible. It’s hard not to be scared of them, but they’re not scared of each other. And they’re fire- and ice-coded? I’m going to throw up.
"I've come with Viktor; my partner and a Zaunite."
Finally the hypeman Viktor deserved.
Jokes aside, this line is one of the reasons I started making this series in the first place. Specifically the "Zaunite" part of it.
Why? Because not only has Jayce up until this point always referred to just "people from the Undercity"... I feel like he never even fully acknowledged that Viktor was one of them, either.
Or rather: that Zaun was still a part of Viktor.
Sure, Viktor essentially introduces himself to Jayce as a "cripple from the Undercity" and often enough states his wish to help the people there, but I believe this likely struck Jayce as gracious - same as it was for him - rather than personal.
After all, Viktor had successfully escaped the Undercity, right? He more than deserved his place in Piltover, right?
Jayce never thought less of Viktor for being a Zaunite, but that doesn't mean he respected his heritage. (The biggest indication of which, of course, being their infamous argument on the bridge. When Jayce says "They're dangerous!" he absolutely means it as a them, not a you.)
Yet here, he finally acknowledges and demonstrates respect for Viktor's heritage as a fully integral part of who he is - a boon, even, rather than a misfortune - and gives him the floor for this crucial moment of the proposal.
Speaking of: it's a pivotal gesture not only in terms of Jayce recognising Viktor as a Zaunite. I want to draw attention to this moment in episode 4 real quick:
(I LOVE how this is a perfect mirror image to the scene above.)
Here, Jayce is keeping Viktor from speaking even one word in front of the council. To protect him, to take full responsibility, to do the right thing... to do everything except take into consideration what Viktor might have even wanted to say.
He means well, of course he does - but it will take him until the season finale to realise that what marginalised people need is not for someone to protect them or govern them or speak for them.
It's for their voice to be heard.
In conclusion: not only is the scene as a whole the perfect culmination of Jayce's character arc in season 1, but this line in particular proves how it would have also served as the perfect starting point for a mended - and while more jaded, way stronger - JayVik bond if things hadn't gone south again immediately.
I know Viktor will later say "our paths diverged long ago", but even though that is true looking back from that particular moment in time, I've always loved how in reality, they did, just for one day, fully find their way back to each other in this season finale.
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I fucking adore Jayce okay.
He's kind and caring. He doesn't use his size to intimidate folks even tho he's massive. He's quick to encourage, quick to seek and give comfort. He's so soft and sweet. Genuinely being loved by him would be a blessing.
He's also a big fucking nerd. He's terrified of letting those he loves down. He's earnest, sincere, and a bit naive. He has a bit of an ego and hero complex. He takes his responsibility seriously. He's smart, loyal, and hard working. Personally I find it hot as fuck he got those muscles from manual labor lol.
He's all those things, he's also fucking insane.
He's obsessive.
The reaction he had to Viktor coming out of the hexgoop was not in any way normal.
He was completely uncomfortablely chill with a fucking rock being embedded in his arm.
Pulled a 'babe this isn't you' with a literal god and it worked.
Insane
I fucking love him so much what a dork.
she/her, 28, ENTP, 7w8, nerdy bisexual mess. I open Tumblr twice a year to repost my current brainrot related things only to disappear again
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