I've Seen All The Fan Art Of Post-war Caitlyn Without Her Eyepatch And Don't Get Me Wrong, It's All Absolutely

i've seen all the fan art of post-war caitlyn without her eyepatch and don't get me wrong, it's all absolutely beautiful fanartists ily and i am giving you a forehead kiss as we speak but i just have to say this:

i am obsessed w/ the idea that the eye scar is actually really grotesque and that her gauged out eye, even healed, is disturbing and uncomfortable for most people to look at.

my personal headcanons are:

caitlyn casually shows up without her eyepatch to meetings where she's trying to make a statement (or she just straight up takes it off at some point if her military expertise or detective abilities are being unacknowledged, questioned or underestimated), just to freak people out and remind them who lead the piltovians into war and aided councilor mel medarda in killing the noxian general - this is her new "i am a decorated officer, leader of house kiramman. adress me with respect or keep your mouth shut."

vi kisses the eye scar a lot and caitlyn doesn't have the heart to tell her she doesn't feel anything there (vi knows, that's not why she does it)

caitlyn doesn't wear the eyepatch around the house (except when working at the kiramman key projector or in front of the fireplace because her fucked up eye is sensitive to bright light and it gives her headaches; reading also does that to her after a while, so vi reads out loud for her and she loves listening to her voice) because vi quickly showers her with enough love to forget why she would even be self conscious abt the scar

these aren't mine, but i wanted to add them:

vi unconsciously develops the habit of always standing on caitlyn's right so no one can surprise her by approaching from her blind spot (caitlyn notices this but vi doesn't)

caitlyn is still able to shoot (well), it just takes her months to relearn it because of her changed depth perception, and she's hard on herself for it all the while - it deeply upsets her that she isn't immediately good at it again, as it is not only her calling but a part of her identity and a connection to her lineage

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xzenythx

9 months ago

Hello friends, I am back with more reading recommendations for your agonies! Next up we have the long awaited and much requested Sad Boat Fiction list. As with all of my lists, this is NOT exhaustive and there WILL be great books left off, and also you may or may not like these books! I only rec things that I've personally enjoyed or that come highly recommended by trusted friends, but taste in books is incredibly subjective, especially with fiction. If I missed your favorite, please add it in the comments or drop it in my DMs!

Now that I'm feeling more settled in my new job, I will hopefully have a lot more time to make book lists and do more virtual Readers' Advisory. I have lists in the works for women in polar exploration and companion reads for the HBO War series, but if there's something else you would love to see, please send me a message!

Classics of the Genre

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Media Tie-Ins

Who Goes There? (Filmed as The Thing) by John W. Campbell, Jr.

The North Water by Ian McGuire

Cold Skin by Alfred Sánchez Piñol

The Terror by Dan Simmons

Graphic Novels

Whiteout by Greg Rucka

How to Survive in the North by Luke Healy

The Worst Journey in the World- The Graphic Novel Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down adapted by Sarah Airriess from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard*

*this is only fiction in the broadest possible sense of the term, but there is a shiny new American version of this book coming out with a gorgeous new cover and you should pre-order it immediately

Science Fiction

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin

Antarctica by Kim Stanley Robinson

Romance

Under a Pole Star by Stef Penney

The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley

My Last Continent by Midge Raymond

Inspired by the Terra Nova Expedition

The Worst Journey in the World- The Graphic Novel Volume 1: Making Our Easting Down adapted by Sarah Airriess from the book by Apsley Cherry-Garrard*

The Birthday Boys by Beryl Bainbridge

Terra Nova: A Play by Ted Tally

Antarctic Navigation by Elizabeth Arthur

*this is only fiction in the broadest possible sense of the term, but there is a shiny new American version of this book coming out with a gorgeous new cover and you should pre-order it immediately

Inspired by the Franklin Expedition

The Rifles by William T. Vollmann

Minds of Winter by Ed O'Loughlin

Solomon Gursky Was Here by Mordecai Richler

On the Proper Use of Stars by Dominique Fortier

Literary Fiction

The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett

Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

We, The Drowned by Carsten Jensen

Inspired by the Classics

The Route of Ice and Salt by José Luis Zárate

Ahab's Wife by Sena Jeter Naslund

Modern Day Antarctica

How the Penguins Saved Veronica by Hazel Prior

South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby

Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple

Polar and Nautical Horror

Where the Dead Wait by Ally Wilkes

Dark Matter by Michelle Paver

Cold Earth by Sarah Moss

The Deep by Nick Cutter

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes

Dark Water by Elizabeth Lowry

The Deep by Alma Katsu

Happy reading!

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7 months ago

i am such a flint apologist. there is not a single second of four entire seasons that i’m not fully and entirely on his side. he did nothing wrong. not a single thing.

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5 months ago

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8 months ago

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xzenythx

5 months ago

you know how there's like, headcanons you believe are canon, headcanons that could be canon, and headcanons you just find really fucking funny

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xue yang is just irresistibly fucking sexy to sword spirits

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9 months ago

!!!!!RAY TORO PIC!!!!!! it's a great day to live

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