Arcane, Real End

you know i've seen a lot of people say oak and suren don't have sizzling chemistry or whatever like jurdan do and i just think that it's not, you know, the same /kind/ of chemistry but still

they don't have the enemies to lovers tension but...see.

oak brushing suren's hair, untangling the curls the way he did with his sisters and mothers hair

oak buying the hairpin for her and pinning it on her hair

oak playing that game with the fox pieces just as they did when they were children and letting suren win but then telling her she owes him a dance

when suren pinned the hairpin on his hair in that scene in the boat

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i think their appeal is their tenderness and the way they're so familiar with each other thanks to their childhood friendship. Idk I don't think we should expect Jurdan 2.0 with everything HB writes. Suren and Oak have their own beauty. They're a great example of friends to lovers done well (at least only in the first book) and with substance.

Rio: "Ok, young lady, let's do this one last time, alright estimado?"

Gwen: "Yes, ma'am!"

Gwen: "We don't put our shoes on our bed or others people bed. We call the adults by their last names. We don't sneak into people's houses by their windows!"

Rio: *tearing up*

Rio: That's my chica!

Gwen: Thanks! Let's have a chai tea

Pavitr: WHEN WILL YOU LEARN YOU BLONDEHEAD!?

Ekko is determined not to give up on her anymore, and somehow Ekko has given her reasons to want to be alive. Who knows, if Jinx is really still alive, we might still see these two together 🤧

Three of the four biggest engineers from Piltover and Zaun are MIA, which gives me the perfect opportunity to force an interaction between my faves 🥳

Also them bonding over their complicated relationship with a certain blue-haired pronoun haver:

STOP hating Gwen!

Jeez, we are in the 21st century and you still project misogyny on a minor character who was a product of her environment!

If she was a boy, I bet, everyone would excuse his actions on spot. She was 16 year old brainwashed girl, trained to save the whole world, not only just one person. She was under the influence of Jess and Miguel, who also are superheroes, not normal persons. They were the closest thing she had as family. They taught her that duty comes first.

You blame her for everything, you put her against spiderbite and you claim she's the bad guy here. Where's Miguel's hate?

If you don't like her generally, that's fine, but those whose reasons are that she broke Miles heart and she lied to him, are misogynists. She is her own character and you should see her as that. She isn't surrounded only by Miles'existence. She made mistakes, she realized it, she is on her way to fix everything. She stood up.

And don't go with "Spiderbite helped Miles immediately", because I am gonna crash out.

Margo wasn't at the mercy of Miguel and Jess. She didn't need them. Gwen did. She needed a home, a hideout, because her own father wanted to arrest her or even shoot her. She didn't have anywhere to go. So, of course, Margo would help Miles as fast as she did. She is a good person with nothing holding her back. Gwen has many reasons to think twice before she acts on her own. But she did, and stood up. From the start she told Jess that her gut says that they are wrong, but Jess dismissed her. She was feeling that they were making a mistake and when she fully realized it, she risked it and turned against Miguel.

So, please, before you go hate on Gwen just because she "betrayed" Miles think again what says about you and your critical thought.

And for God's sake, don't compare Gwen with Margo or the other way around. Respect both characters for their own unique traits.

oh worship and devotedbomb you’re so real

Oak: How can I express my love to Wren?

Cardan: Kiss another in front of her

Oak: ....

Cardan: It works 👌🏼

Oak: *thinks about his sister's happy marriage*

Oak: On my way 🏃🏽‍♀️

Ekko, my love, my precious boy savior, if you’re at all interested, and you may not be (no pressure), but if you maybe still want to be with Jinx, boy do I have a way for you to immediately win her heart.

break time!

Ekko and tea served by Jayce vs served by Jinx