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Reblog if you want to see Cassandra Cain beat up Nazis.

Arcane is a story about the horrors of war

How no one is safe, no one is free from it, even after it ends

How war can destroy everything if it’s not quelled

There were so many names in that bowl

Arcane is a story of caution

It’s also a story of devotion

Singed is so devoted to his daughter he destroys countless families and nearly brings his people to ruin

His devotion is rewarded

Ekko is so devoted to his people and his land that he takes on more and more and more until he breaks down

Ekko is so devoted to Powder and to Jinx that he leaves a perfect life to save her

That he tortures himself, watching her die over and over until he can find the right words to save her from herself

He is punished for his devotion

Caitlyn is so devoted to the memory of her mother that she is willing to tarnish it to try to prove her love for someone no longer there to receive it

She is so devoted to the past that she is willing to let go of her future with Vi for it

She is both rewarded and punished for it in the end

Violet’s devotion to her family, bled into her devotion to Powder - Powder’s devotion to Violet bled into Jinx’s devotion to Vi

Vi’s devotion to Jinx is found in Jinx’s devotion to Isha and is reciprocated in kind

Vi’s generational devotion can’t save them but it does save her

She would trade places with Jinx in a heartbeat, just as Jinx would have for Isha

Vander is so devoted he places his family above his principles- working with those who oppress his people to keep his family safe

It’s not enough

Silco is devoted to his cause to the point that he is willing to go to the same depths as his adversaries

He’s even willing to kill his own people in the name of saving them

Sevika is also devoted to the same cause, enough so that she was willing to go on the frontlines, willing to throw the first punch against a much larger opponent

In the end her devotion leads her to working with the same people she’d once planned on attacking, for the benefit of her people, in honor of those she lost

Ambessa has a twisted understanding of devotion, so devoted to her daughter’s legacy that she kills in Mel’s name, a child just like her, breaking their connection in that very moment in the name of devotion that she was afraid of

Mel is devoted to her own principles, come by naturally and inherited from her brother, even after she is punished, banished for it, she remains ever devoted - not even Kino’s death or Ambessa’s makes her falter in her conviction- but it does change her

Viktor is so devoted to being good, over being great, over being remembered, he is so devoted to being good that he tells Jayce to destroy the one thing that can save him no matter he fears the ticking clock and Jayce, so devoted to Viktor, can’t

And when Viktor’s devotion is corrupted, Jayce takes it on

In their final moments Viktor, the truest version of him, tries to push through his fears and do one final act of good - save Jayce, he’s on the brink of death and he tells the most important person in his life to leave him

Jayce who had so much to live for, who could have done so much good still, so devoted to Viktor refused to leave him, no matter the consequences

Ximena is so devoted to her son she will do anything to save him, even stand up to the most powerful people in her city for him

It gives him time

It does not save him

She is still left alone in the end

Several background characters weave in and out of the main character’s stories, and time and time again we see them do everything for the people they love

Some are rewarded

Most are not

Arcane is a story of how war shows us the depths of our devotion, the lengths we are willing to go for it

Arcane is a story of caution

I need a fic where Captain Marvel’s identity is found out and after a lot of arguing and debating, the Justice League is like “okay fine, you can be a hero as long as you have your parents’ permission”

And Billy homeless-orphan Batson, has to jump through hoops to convince all the adults that he has parents and they are fine with him being a hero

Fanfic writers PLEASE!!! I need Billy to have a situation like Tim drake when he had a fake uncle!

Thinking about Mary Marvel picking up Captain Marvel (Billy Batson) from Justice League missions/meetings like she’s picking him up from school. And I’m not talking the N52 Mary where’s she’s much older than Billy, I’m talking TWIN Mary!

Mary Marvel: “sooo, how was it? Make any new friends?”

Captain Marvel: “yeah! And I met superman!!!”

Mary Marvel: “that’s nice Billy”

Another list let’s goooo!!!

Things I think Captain Marvel has let slip in conversation unprompted that have concerned others.

“When I was a kid I threw a brick at a cop car” (by kid he means yesterday)

“You act like my uncle after a beer”

“This reminds me of the time somebody tried to run me over with their car back when I was a kid!” (Again, by kid he means yesterday)

“My sister is basically legally dead.”

“I’ve eaten rat meat before!”

“Have you ever been chased out of a store with a broom cause somebody thought you stole a gift card? No? Yeah, me neither.”

“I fight a lot of nazis.”

“Sometimes the gods in my head tell me to kill somebody to set an example :(“

“Mary Marvel got angry at Junior again and she threw him into the sun. He’s fine... I think.”

“There’s this green worm that tries to crawl into people’s ears and mind control them.”

“I found a baby in a dumpster once!”

“I don’t think I have organs.”

Thinking about Cassandra Cain and what the name Cain means in a biblical context.

In the Torah (I'm Jewish, so the Jewish interpretations of the text are what I'm familiar with - if any Muslims or Christians out there have different perspectives, I'd love to hear them!) Cain was a farmer, working the land to raise crops, while his brother Abel was a shepherd, raising sheep for wool and meat. They both offer sacrifices to G-d, but while Abel offers the best portion of the meat from his flock, Cain offers the worst of his crops. G-d accepts Abel's offering, but rejects Cain's. In a jealous rage, Cain kills his brother, committing the first murder and being exiled for his crime. He is destined to walk the Earth, visibly marked as an outcast, poisoning the soil he once worked in and bringing ruin to the world around him.

For Cassandra to carry this name is very interesting. It lines up perfectly with how she sees herself, especially in her earlier stories - desperately trying to please a father who she loves and fears in equal measure, until she finally does the unforgivable to earn his love. Forever tainted by a murder she committed when she was young, unable to escape it, destined to forever be an outcast from the people around her. She believes that she is a bringer of destruction, doomed to bring ruin to every life she touches; that she carries a mark upon her forehead that everyone can see, branding her forever as a murderer. She has sinned, and she can never escape that.

The blood of her victim cries out from the ground, and the mark of Cain is forever branded upon her forehead. She can never escape the curse of being eternally an outsider. She can never be clean of the blood on her hands. She can never be forgiven for what she has done.

in my head, all of bruce's adult children reject bruce's money and live like simple bachelors. except for cass, who accepts bruce's money and lives like a simple bachelor and once bought a cup-o-noodles and walmart brand flip flops with her luxury black card.

jason died a hero AND lived long enough to see himself become the villain