We Are What We Are

DICKINSON (2019-2021) 3.01 | “Hope” is the thing with feathers

I think you just saved my life. 

EMISUE + kisses

DICKINSON (2019-2021) 3.09 | Grief is a Mouse

DICKINSON (2019-2021) 3.09 | Grief is a Mouse

#in which we are all walt whitman

emisue + neck kisses

piltover’s finest + mirroring each other

Another thing that is so consistently good about Arcane is the total lack of male gaze in the entire show. The creators obviously had to use the character design for some of the characters that included skimpier outfits (Jinx's outfit, and the female Enforcer uniforms) but at no point did I feel like either Jinx or Caitlyn were sexed up. Jinx's outfit seemed to fit her character and wasn't used to sexualize her at all, and Caitlyn wore more practical clothing any time she was left to her own devices/not in the enforcer uniform, giving the impression that the enforcer uniform was more of a nod to in-world sexism, but not exploited as a vehicle to sexualize her. More than that, I thought the female characters were so beautifully nuanced in a way I can't really identify in any other big show or movie right now. Vi was allowed to be angry and violent and rough around the edges without becoming some anti-butch, anti-masculine-woman caricature. Grayson carried herself with a beautiful masculine dignity - reminiscent of the nobility of medieval knights, trying to do the right thing, pledging her weapon to defending her people. Medarda was drop-dead gorgeous but her political savvy was her most highlighted feature and her male love interest did not at all overshadow that aspect of her character. Sevika was allowed to be a tough, badass villain, and they didn't make her seductive or sexual, which are features that are so often highlighted in villainous women. I could go on but man, I feel like they're doing the most when it comes to doing their female characters justice. The more I think about this show, the more I find to love.

Topside and bottom. Oil and water. That’s all there is.

forever grateful for whoever was behind this character design change

from this

to this

No but Arcane has such a good range of female characters like everyone involved in these designs understood the assignment for real 😩🙏

nobody’s gonna talk abt Fortiche’s being sooo good in facial expressions? cause this is a masterpiece

and the change happened in seconds, let me remind you

ARCANE | 1.05 Everybody Wants To Be My Enemy