Viktor Art

No Longer You waltzing animatic, this wasn't supposed to be a serious thing but oh well

chat the horrors are getting to me

underappreciated aspect of vent art is the ability to look back on it months, even years later and say Yeah. I guess it does get better.

introducing The Progress Collection; Hex-gem jewelry by the genius minds behind Hextech

things are bad but at least we’re in the timeline where lady gaga released Disease and Abracadabra in time for arcane editors to go HARD with them

really obsessed with this moment in Wild Space by Karen Miller

Master Kenobi. "He's quite intimidating, isn't he? Even for a Jedi." (p.152)

bail organa and padmé amidala both agree on this, and they're both senators and planetary leaders. can you even imagine what regular people think when obi-wan kenobi turns up? like we all know anakin is scary because he's a loose unit but obi-wan is probably the more intimidating of the two outside of situations where anakin is able to growl and swing his lightsaber about. anakin's cringefail social skills got nothing on obi-wan's immaculate politeness and devastatingly piercing blue eyes. anakin is combat scary, but obi-wan is regular scary.

idk man i am imagining the Team rolling up to some fancy gala and it's definitely obi-wan who's making people sweat. anakin has spilled sauce down his shirt and is making overenthusiastic nerd conversation, meanwhile obi-wan is gliding around all stoic and serene and scattering people like pigeons at the park

Jayce's expression here drives me so goddamn insane

His eyes are soft, his mouth twisted in understanding. There's so much conveyed without any words.

This look says I know, it says I remember, it says this seems familiar, doesn't it?

It says You didn't think I was gonna let you go that easy, did you?

It occurs to me that Athena was likely very fond of Penelope as well as Odysseus and Telemachus, not only because of her own cunning but also because of her weaving. Athena was a goddess of cunning and weaving and how did Penelope trick the suitors for so long? With a plan centered around trickery and weaving. That whole family is Athena’s special little guys.

The thing is that Jayce succeeds. He was right.

He was able to create magic. His idea was revolutionary. He was able to harness the arcane and fuse it with scientific principles to create amazing things. Somewhere along the way he reached his life's goal of giving magic to the world, and he still had so much more left to offer. He had the praise and the accolades and the funding and his face on the goddamn mugs.

And it wasn't enough. Not where it mattered most. Not for who it mattered most.

(Do you think Jayce felt sick, cleaning the dirt and blood from his pristine white coat, waiting? Do you think the memories kept it off, despite the chill in the lab air, with him only re-donning his Man of Progress suit when Viktor leaves for good? Do you think upon his return from the anomaly that he cradles his old mug — the one Viktor bought for him as a joke — suddenly and fiercely glad for his grown out hair and beard because he is not that man anymore. He hasn't been for a long time. Maybe he never really was.

Not that it matters. He has a promise to keep.)

qpr sashisu speaks to me

I am squeezing them until they go pop