Thank God For The Internet What Would I Do Without It

If I look at pictures of Steb, think about Steb, and listen to music that reminds me of Steb, do you guys think that I'll finally dream of Steb?

I doubt it cause I fell asleep to downloaded TikTok edits of Steb and Viktor for almost a week without a single dream of either men 💀

But anyway yeah I love the details I LOVE STEB

Steb Studies :D

I mentioned that I was making a playlist for my Branches & Thorns au, right? Well, here they are!! Yep, they cause there’s multiple. One for each part of the series. I haven’t started the fic yet, but it’s rather large and sort of follows the timeline of the movies so I can push out content without necessarily spoiling major plot points. Note that I haven't finished any of the playlists yet (part 3 doesn't even have any songs yet at the time of posting) but it'll give a general idea of what songs I might wanna add in my series. If you want me to expand on what my au is PLEAASEEE tell me cause I will gladly do so.

Playlists (in order):

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6oB1Dj8RzDz4ONIgZscPOl?si=Q9_VxZBbQd-XRC3MyHfAqw&pi=u-1d72rDC6SZqF

Personally, I think it's reasonable

-ish

Vi could be convinced to wear the uniform, but NOT in the way she was convinced in the show.

Who cares about her love for Ca*tlyn??

It shouldn't be a part of the process of Vi turning into an enforcer.

VI might love Ca*t, but she loved Powder/Jinx for far longer. Vi's relationship with Ca*t can't compare to her relationship with Powder/Jinx.

Her entire time in jail was spent thinking of getting back to her little sis. The fact that her sister changed so much would hurt her. Badly. But she still loved her sister even after seeing Jinx joyfully shoot at Firelights.

She "created" Jinx—that would be her main reason for going after her sister herself, but for becoming an enforcer? No. That being said. . .

She could be manipulated into thinking that becoming an enforcer was the only way to get rid of Jinx.

Ca*tlyn was the only person Vi could turn to. The undercity was no longer the home she used to know and her time in prison would make her attached to anyone who freed her from that hellhole (even if that person only did so to use her). However, Vi's love for Ca*t still wouldn't be the reason why she'd become an enforcer.

Ekko lived in a secret hideout and both Ca*t and Vi were kidnapped soon after they were supposed to go their separate ways. Vi would've gone back to Powder/Jinx and would've done her best to reach out to the Powder inside Jinx alongside Ekko.

But she didn't because Ca*t and her were kidnapped together and because they both witnessed Jinx bomb the council.

This results in Vi comforting Ca*t and feeling responsible for the grief Ca*t experiences. With the feelings they share and knowing Vi's knowledge of the woman who killed her mother, Ca*t would, and did, use her romantic relationship with Vi as a way to get revenge against her mother's murderer.

It's not Vi's love for Ca*t and the guilt of creating Jinx that leads her to become an enforcer, it's Vi's belief that there's no other way for her to stop Jinx's violence that leads Vi to wear the badge her family's killers wore.

But this belief is only had because Ca*t put it into her head. Ca*tlyn is an enforcer and wants to stop Jinx. Stopping Jinx isn't something only Ca*t wants to do though. The councilors also want to stop Jinx.

Jinx is lawless; those who enforcer the law should be the ones to stop her.

So, in Ca*t's mind, if Jinx is to be stopped, Vi needs to join the side of the law to stop Jinx.

This, of course, is NOT the only way to stop Jinx, but Ca*t believes it to be and could make Vi believe it as well because no one else is around to tell her otherwise.

Topsiders won't say that Vi's relationship with Jinx can stop her.

Enforcers won't speak up against violence against those from the undercity.

Ekko is elsewhere, unable to speak, unable to fight against Vi becoming the enemy.

Had Ekko been around, or had Vi simply not been around mostly Topsiders, she would've never become an enforcer.

No, instead she's surrounded by people who think that to stop a criminal, an enforcer is needed.

And that is what would've/should've been the reason that Vi became an enforcer.

Not because Jinx needs to be stopped, not because Vi loved Ca*t, not because Vi "knew" there was no other way to stop her sister, not because some cute enforcer girl wanted people like Vi on their side,

But because no one around her argued that there was another way to stop Jinx,

because Ca*t could tell her over and over and over again that she needed Vi to wear that pig skin to stop the woman who killed her mother to stop Jinx

and no one was around to back Vi up when she originally said no.

I need ya'll brain.

What's your opinion about Vi becoming an enforcer at the end of S2E1?

Do you think it's reasonable enough for her to pick the badge or do you think it's OOC? What do you think her line of thinking here?

I'm still indicisive about the topic so I need more insight. Any thoughts are welcomed.

Steb & Mori = same hot guy??? Confirmed

List of similarities:

- Quiet guys who can speak but choose not to and instead use more nonverbal ways of communicating*

- the serious type

- Serious, but not heartless **

- talented in combat ***

- Protective/fierce defenders****

- Slim builds, but not weak/defenseless

- intimidating?*****

- Both guys I had a crush on when I watched their show

* Steb with his grunts and Mori with facial expressions (I think, I can't remember it's been a while since I've seen the anime)

** Mori cares about animals and Steb is a medic who got wary of Ca*tlyn's treatment of the Zaunite they detained + helped support and injured Loris

*** Steb is a well trained enforcer and Mori is skilled in Kendo and Karate

**** Steb didn't hesitate to go help the Zaunite get down from Jinx's trap and Mori is known for being protective over Honey

***** Steb with his strict demeanor and Mori. . . Well obvs cause of his deadpan expression and everything

Lol idk what else I'm tired

GUYS 𝗚𝗨𝗬𝗦 WHAT IF-

(edit: someone pls add like a list of similarities)

Me: *has my hands full working on Searching For a New Home, Feral, and Hurt Me Once series that will take me a while to finish writing AND having to deal with getting a new job and enrolling in college and other life stuff*

Also me: Wait what about *multiple animatics, drawings/comics, another 3 AUs and a rewrite of THE WHOLE TROLLS TRILOGY that will no doubt take me months to finish*

Man, I really wish I could dedicate my whole life to just writing, drawing, and animating Trolls cause I do NOT have the time to be doing all this

[Pictured above: life and responsibilities ganging up on poor ol’ me (/j)]

I don't like how some of the gifs shown are NOT the same whatsoever

Caitlyn's vs Jinx's Target practice

Caitlyn is able to train alongside professionals and have a set-up that is no doubt larger than the size of a football field (remember: she was running and shooting targets during the competition) while Jinx has only her and the rest of the kids. Maybe there are a few adults who can guide them how to use a weapon, but she's not given the same resources as Jinx. Not to mention, Caitlyn's training to be an enforcer or, at the very least, for fun and as a hobby while Jinx does so to protect herself.

Cassandra's funeral vs Silco's funeral

Cassandra has a fancy casket, is surrounded by a crowd of people who mourn her, and has a whole fancy funeral arrangement while Silco . . . Silco gets dumped in a river. Again, Jinx is not given the same resources as Caitlyn. Cassandra's funeral is an organized event and you could argue that since Silco is a horrible man surrounded by people who want him for his power, he won't have a whole crowd at his funeral—that only emphasizes the differences between Jinx and Silco. Jinx wasn't able to grieve Silco with people she cared about while Caitlyn could.

Vi stopping Caitlyn vs her stopping Jinx

I'm not gonna defend what Jinx did cause she was shooting at Firelights, but the narrative has established that she was raised to be the violent person that she is. Look at the alternate universe for example—Powder restrains herself and is nowhere near as cruel. Caitlyn, on the other hand, was not raised to be so cruel. She was a much kinder person who didn't want violence to occur before her mother's death. Then she aimed her gun at a child in order to get revenge.

Caitlyn hurting Vi vs Jinx hurting Vi

How?? How is this comparable?? Caitlyn's reason to hurt Vi was selfish while Jinx's reason was selfless (and heavily misguided like girl please everyone just seek therapy). Caitlyn hurt Vi because Vi was trying to be her sense of reason and Cait was too deep in her grief to care. Vi didn't want Caitlyn to shoot at a child, so Cait hit her and tried to go after her sister to kill her only for revenge. Jinx, on the other hand, hurt Vi to do right by her sister. She hurt Vi to keep her in the cell and leave her life forever so Vi could be "happy".

Which is stupid cause if Ekko can start getting along with Jinx, then Caitlyn should've been as well if she weren't such an asshole. There was no reason to choose.

Caitlyn's posters vs Jinx's posters

They are kind of comparable, I'll admit, but I would like to point out that Caitlyn's posters were propaganda. Not only was she harming the topside AND undercity, she was trying to make it seem like this would somehow (??) unite them. How?? How was she going to create peace between Piltover and Zaun with the militant state she put the Topsiders in??? Jinx terrorized the undercity (through her helping Silco) though she did so because she was raised by him and isolated. Caitlyn terrorized both the topside and undercity. Jinx did so as well, but she's from the undercity, so obviously she won't care what happens to the topside. Honestly, me neither. Explode those enforcer tents, Jinx!! Caitlyn though??? Girl, you live in the topside. Why are you doing this to your own people???

"—account for your actions."

"No amount of good deeds can undo our crimes"

Um . . . Okay. . . So how are you gonna account for you becoming a dictator?? Cause no good deeds of trying to fix the undercity is gonna account for YOUR WAR CRIMES, so what are ya gonna do??

https://www.tumblr.com/stormikins/772768602476675072?source=share

same person different font.

theyll never be the same and jinx will always be better

LOVE that cutie patootie

Thieram

Man just wants to bartend in PEACE

cc: cozy (mine)

scp: akob3ll (tiktok)

text: coolvectia, arcane nine

🎧: banana shake by humming urban stereo

Steb headcanon post dedicated to me cause it's my birthday <3333

🩷🩷 My personal hcs 🩷🩷

He is so strict with having good health he will make sure to brush his teeth twice a night, floss, sleep (as best he can), eat nutritious food on a regular basis (again, as best he can), etc etc to the point where you can look into books about good life habits and it's literally just him

Though he tries to do things the proper way, he doesn't actually like hanging out with others outside of work (or even during work) and finds it hard to have friendly facial expressions. This, of course, makes him seem ruder than he actually is. Man rarely smiles (nobody knows if he even can smile) and hardly interacts much less talks to others unless they do so first. Even then, he'll make those interactions brief because people usually try to strike up a conversation while Steb and them are supposed to be focused on their work. If it's during their break then. . . yeah lol they'll still be curt interactions

He prefers being on his own, but he tries not to isolate himself because he knows it's important to be around people and socialize (even if he doesn't want to). Part of the reason he doesn't like socializing with others is because he is such a stickler for having certain behaviors and most others either don't or they are too up-tight for his liking. Just because he likes to do things the proper way doesn't mean he wants to socialize with snobby people that claim to be "proper". It makes him feel like he's at work interacting with superiors and in those cases he'd rather be alone than interact with people like that.

You can pry instructional materials out of his cold dead hands—whether it's cooking instructions, assembly instructions, procedures, etc etc he will follow them to the T. He will use those instructions that come with furniture. He's not the type of man to think it's a hit to his ego if he looks at instructions and in fact judges those who do.

Speaking of cooking, he's a mediocre cook. He would be worse, but following instructions helps him not be so bad. The food is good enough to eat and live off of, but it doesn't have enough oomph because his need to stick to cooking instructions can only go so far in making good food and he lacks natural cooking talent. Since he lives alone and he doesn't mind the mediocrity of the food, he doesn't make a great effort to be better. He'll get better with time, but it's not by much unless he gets a romantic partner or someone else who would possibly rely on his cooking skills. (He'll never be a chef though)

He will review training procedures on a regular basis and does his best to learn from each mistake he makes. Each year he has to do mandatory re-training, he makes sure to take it seriously and doesn't assume that he already knows his stuff. In his mind, the annual training is mandatory for a reason (which is true).

Surprisingly tolerant. He'll judge you over your bad habits, but he does his best to have an even temper. It will take a LOT before he loses his temper and when he does he ends up scolding himself over it. Losing your temper, in his opinion, is never a good thing as intense emotions can lead to irrational decisions/actions you may regret later.

Adding on to the previous bullet point, he refuses to lose his cool or raise to the bait when interacting with criminals/delinquents. It's a part of enforcer training that you have to keep a cool head and deescalate a situation as best you can before resorting to violence and threats. As a medic, he knows the importance of keeping your cool in dangerous/intense situations and, as an enforcer, why one needs to make quick observations without bias. Different law breakers will react differently and require different de-escalation methods which is why—

He gets annoyed being paired with someone who thinks being an enforcer means they can do no wrong compared to a criminal and have power trips over capturing a rowdy individual. Not only is it improper police conduct to not properly attempt to deescalate a situation, but it can cause unnecessary harm with an officer escalating a situation to the point of shooting a criminal or a criminal lashing out violently.

Despite others clowning on him for it, he will treat criminals with dignity and refuses to manhandle the criminal no matter how annoying/frustrating the criminal is. This mindset of his came about from hostage training and the motivations behind someone taking a person or group of people hostage. Law breakers may not be the best people, but they're people too and there are reasons why some (nearly all, if not all) people resort to crime. That and he never personally liked to use his power to hurt people—he's a medic after all.

He believes that the duty of an enforcer is to, yes, enforce the law, but also to protect the people. His desire to protect others comes first before anything. He doesn't like to cause harm which is why his main form of weapon is tonfas/batons. He knows how to use more violent weapons, but he'll rarely actually have those weapons on a day to day basis. While others during training were excited to use guns, he wasn't and only focused on the learning aspect of it.

In his trainee days, he was considered a bit annoying for always wanting to get things done the right way and trying to correct the mistakes of others. He did so only to help them (and because he didn't want morons to be in the police force), but there weren't many people who shared his dedication to do things by the book. Nowadays, he won't necessarily correct other's mistakes unless they are under his wing or the mistakes they made were serious.

Throughout his entire career, he is infamous for being a strict rule book follower and it disappoints him that others are so lax while on duty. He's disgusted/annoyed by those who aren't at attention while on guard duty because it only takes a moment of distraction for something horrible to happen.

Godly

And final art fishusband

Guys . . . GUYS I CANT FIND THE POST IM LOOKING FOR UGHHHHHHH

It was a post about this scene and listing the other fighters Vi horrendously beat up

If you see the post PLEASE tag me

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