Im Actually Straight, But Idc Cause I Have Ace Friend, And He Is Like A Bro To Me

You know… if pangolin demons have teeth, they probably don’t need to swallow rocks to help them break down food.

Instead, maybe they can give their armored scales special properties by swallowing certain rocks! For example, if they copper they can get veins of copper in their scales. If they swallow enough gemstones, their scales start to become gemlike. Etc.

Also, let SY and Binghe be friends! Maybe when Binghe goes to select his sword, or is sent on some chore before that point, he meets Panyuan. Panyuan sees he’s sad, but a sweetheart, and decides to adopt him as an older brother.

Binghe is a Wan Jian disciple now, and there is nothing anyone can do about it! (I mean, they probably could do something about it, but Wei Qingwei won’t allow it. What Panyuan wants, Panyuan gets!)

Hello hello heellllloooo!!!

Firstly, excellent workaround for all this, because I wholeheartedly need Panyuan to eat rocks, I just think it would be so funny. Also!! The scales idea is so cute! And hilarious.

I mean, imagine you're Wei Qingwei, and different materials have been going missing - you just got a shipment of copper and it's lighter than you remembered it to be. You're confused, and you mention this casually to your precious son, asking if he knows where it has been. He stares up at you with his big guileless eyes, chewing on something that sounds suspiciously crunchy as he shakes his head. His scales are glimmering with the copper decorating them, and when you point it out he stares up at you blankly before indiscreetly shoving more copper into his mouth.

Your son is not a very good liar.

Also!!! While I completely agree that Panyuan and Binghe can be great pals, Wei Qingwei would never poach his shixiong's disciples <3 (He will, however, invite him over often because even Shen Jiu can't deny Panyuan's adorable eyes.) Also Shen Jiu is too busy focusing on Panyuan to care about Binghe outside of Panyuan being like "people are bullying my best friend (⁠っ⁠˘̩⁠╭⁠╮⁠˘̩⁠)⁠っ" and Shen Jiu is like "my disciples are unruly and cruel this cannot stand" (this is my comfort AU he's not going to be malevolent to Binghe)

Cut to Binghe being like "I'm in the woodshed" and both Shen Jiu and Wei Qingwei looking over like "literally why are you in there???" "I was told there wasn't any space" and then we shift to Ming Fan and co being like "I feel a sudden bout of fear...."

The Irony about Amen's Fear of Pain is so crazy to me

Spoilers!!

Now I'm not the biggest fan of Amen but this update really proved that he's much more than the typical "red flag LI." People who romance him are right when they say he's a complex character and here's why:

Amen's quest for revenge against Shesmu ironically makes him a persecutor of his own kind, as he is one himself.

Amen's fear of deep, soul crushing pain contrasts sharply with his ability to inflict such pain on others without hesitation. His actions reflect a projection of his own fears, suggesting that he tortures others to cope with or mask his internal vulnerabilities.

The duality of Amen's attitude toward torture relishing the emotional reaction but disliking the physical messiness adds a layer of irony. It reflects a separation of his actions, where he disconnects his empathy from the cruelty he enacts.

Amen's fixation on avenging his parents perpetuates a cycle of violence and suffering, turning him into a mirror of the very killers he despises. The irony is that, in seeking justice, he becomes a source of injustice and pain himself.

General.

Amaya: How are things today general?

Janai: Very nice, general.

Amaya: *smirks*

Janai: General.

Amaya: General.

Janai: *nodding* General.

Gren: This is nice.

Hi I'm still alive btw have some disciple ver. bingyuan

found little binghe in the woodshed with a ruined hand :(

Maddie and Caitlyn and Piltover

Probably the most jarring twist of the Act was Maddie and Caitlyn's relationship. It seemed very sudden, until you take a look into the few lines from her in Act 1 and realize they all centered around Caitlyn. That Maddie was the first Piltie to 'dedicate her heart' to Caitlyn with Noxus. Maddie likes Vi because Caitlyn vouched for her and deems her 'one of the good ones' because of Caitlyn.

Let's talk about Maddie: she's an average young Piltie. She's Cait's age, give or take, and feels hurt both by the recent Zaun attacks and Marcus' betrayl. Caitlyn is the first person after all this that is trying to do something to fix the mess. Cait's a Kiramman, an inspiration, a fighter, and kinda sorta pretty. Maddie was starry eyed by Cait and couldn't see any problems with her actions or flaws because of this. When given the option to have Cait lead, she jumps at the chance.

Maddie is something of a trick with her introduction. She doesn't have a personal stake like Vi or Cait, isn't there to look after her new buddy like Loris (until told otherwise he is there just cause he is Vi's old man friend); she believes in combating Jinx. Peacekeeping in Zaun with gas and hextech weapons to go after one person, but oh isn't she so cute? Introduced in a halo of sunlight and being so sweet to Vi?

Maddie is a proud Piltie, who feels betrayed by Marcus and the Undercity, who wants to punish them and rebuild her home in topside. And yes, she feels betrayed by the Undercity, she consider's it a part of Piltover one way or another, and most topsider's are ignorant of why Zaunites are so upset with them. To Maddie, these attacks came out of left field.

What's interesting is that Maddie is anti-Ambessa, or at least pro-Caitlyn. You could see this as her being a moderate. She tells Cait that she can withdraw from Zaun and reestablish the council, but ends that statement by reaffirming Caitlyn as their leader, "The Enforcers, Piltover... I follow you". Cait and her military rule makes Maddie feel safe and proud in her city.

Onto Cait. Yeah, Cait's not necessarily using Maddie, but she is utilizing her. She's learned from her percieved mistakes/weaknesses and is keeping her work and personal life seperate. They have sex and talk about the state of the city, but Cait never talks about her feelings with Maddie as she did with Vi. Cait's an emotional person too. She was always quick to express herself to Vi, to Ekko, to her mother and father, to Jayce; but she is hurt and alone and can contribute both of those facts to her emotions (sans Jayce).

Begs the question of why Cait is sleeping with Maddie? But even that is simply her coping. It's her version of Vi drinking and fighting. It's stress relief and a quick way to at least make someone else happy. Cait also likes touch, so it stands to reason she'd find someone in her isolated state (Vi pushed away, father a living ghost, Jayce and Mel magiced away). Also, if Word of God is anything to go by, it's not out of character for Cait to find a pretty girl to fool around with.

Cait's main focus is still Jinx. Her mind is literally shown overlapping with her's. Maddie a tryst for the off hours, and even that's kept to the minimum as Cait would rather work than get any rest.

I do wish we could've gotten a scene of Cait replaying her interactions with Vi (think season 1 shower scene), but instead we have Maddie to contrast their relationship. Maddie is kind of the 'Piltover Approved' Vi; she's a red headed enforcer who loves her city, her council, the noble houses, and Caitlyn. She's safe and she's someone that Caitlyn doesn't have to put any excess energy into. Which must be gratifying for the surface levels of Cait's issues. Vi forces Cait to act better, to look inward and reflect, to consider other people and not just her own hurt (something season one Cait wouldn't have even needed another's help with).

The little detail of Vi not calling Cait a cupcake until episode 6 is also telling. At first it's likely Vi realizing the seriousness of everything, but it could also be that she disapproves of Cait's actions. Cait doesn't have that sweetness in her, or at least isn't allowing herself to act on it. When Vi does call her cupcake again it's not an endearment as it was by the end of season one, but a call out to what Cait has become.

Going forward, what's next? Vi and Cait aren't back together, but are together. They have to fight the Noxians (which was hinted at by Maddie herself) and help with the Arcane.

I kinda want Jinx to be the one to spell everything out to Cait; to tear her a new one. Jinx kept an eye on Vi during her pit fighter era, saw the drunk, broken mess that her sister became; a sister she is now on tentatively good terms with and will likely be a bit protective of after Isha. Something like, "I saw what happened to Vi after you guys split, she destroyed herself like you destroyed the city. I always thought I would be the one to break her, but you did a bang up job! Two of us have that in common, hurting Vi, but I'm trying now. So what does that say about you? None of this was Vi's fault, all she was trying to do was keep you from acting like me, ya know, deranged and violent? Huh, Vi-olent."

So in Act 3, Cait needs to be the one to get a kick in the ass and have that conversation with Vi. She needs to own up to her mistakes. How she was guilting Vi into the enforcers, how Vi was right about her loosing control and almost shooting a kid, maybe even for using Vi's affection for her against her. Vi will forgive her, she's Vi and has the self worth of a pebble, so long as Cait takes accountability and starts acting on any promises to change-again, why a shovel talk from Jinx could help set their relationship in the right direction.

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Catra is being catra

Best Friend Squad tried knitting 🧣🧦

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Leon: Gloria congratulations on being Champion. Do you have anything to say to the audience?

Gloria: Yes. Now, I never thought this day would come. But now that it happened... it has given me the confidence to say this... But first, can challenger Hop come down to the stage.

Hop: Huh?

[Hop walks in]

Hop: Gloria, what’s wrong?

[Gloria takes a deep breath]

Gloria: Hop... My best friend... My rival... since we started this journey to do the gym challenge I was always unsure what I wanted for my future... I didn’t even consider being champion and yet you were so set on being champion... I just wanted to be there for you...

Hop: Gloria...

Gloria: But after our fight in the tournament... I realized I ripped that dream from you... and yet you still smiled... and instead of me cheering you it was the other way around...

Hop: Hey-.

Gloria: Then during the Eternatus events... I felt something. Fear... and love. Fear to lose you... and happy for everything else about you. Your spirit. Your confidence. Your kindness.

[Gloria turns to Hop and walks towards him]

Gloria: It was then I realized... there was a way for you to be champion... not in the same way as the Pokémon League does it, but a true champion to this champion.

[Gloria stops infront of Hop and kisses him for a minute and smiles]

Gloria: Would you go out with me and be my champion?

[Audience is silent for an answer, then hop hugs Gloria after a moment of silence]

Hop: You dummy... I was going to confess the same way when I became champion.

Gloria: So... that’s a yes right?

Hop: Of course it’s a yes!

[Audience cheers and Hop and Gloria kiss again as the celebration happens]

——Bonus——

Leon: Ha! I knew they liked each other! You owe me $100 Raihan!

[Raihan gives Leon $100]

Raihan: Not gonna lie, your brother is good for her. Though I still think Bebe would have been a better choice.

[Piers walks in]

Piers: No Marnie would have been way better. But Hop is second best choice I guess.

Leon: Oh Piers, you’re still here.

Raihan: Wait, isn’t Gloria and Marnie straight?

Piers: Bold of you to assume their sexuality.

Before the Great Skinzun apocalypse of May 2024, I was doing a centaur AU for SVSSS. Here are some doodles for it!

(Young LQG and SY as fawns, prancing and holding hands while they chat)