#KEEP IT COOKING IN THE POT

[mollysunder]

Another Clue in Viktor's Tarot Card?

I think I figured something out. In an older post I talked about how Arcane used tarot symbology to possibly hint at future developments for season 2. It was specifically how Viktor and Jinx fit into the role of the Magician and Death tarots respectively and how it works for Sevika. There was one thing that was bugging the hell out of me when i finished it. What was the symbol within the Machine Herald's grasp?

At first I thought it was the mathematical symbol for fish (∝), without the curves, like how Ekko' infinity symbol are sharp triangles instead of round loops. I thought it could mean Viktor needed to recognize the balance and proprtions necessary to unlock the Arcane and be an indirect reference to how similar but different Ekko and Viktor are. But I think the answer might be simpler.

It's an 'X', sideways. Obviously, the 'X' could refer to the x-factor the Magician needs to unlock the Hexcore's power. And that's the fun trick of it because there's only been one person I know in League that's been explicitly associated with this kind of 'X', it's Jinx.

When Jinx's character debuted in League of Legends, instead of releasing a bio first, they had her 'vandalize' Vi's page with graffiti (really fun marketing move). The end of the page had a signature tag that said "X WUZ HERE" because they didn't want to reveal her name so they used this special "X" instead. Later, the tag was just replaced with "JINX WAS HERE.". I thought it was a one-time thing, but no, Jinx's special 'X' still remains in the game to refer to her presence. For example, one of Caitlyn's gag interactions has her shooting her rifle that's been tampered with by Jinx. And when it happens Caitlyn goes, "Ready, aim... (gasps) Urgh! Why am I not surprised?". Who else could it be?

So this symbol is still associated with Jinx, specifically as a substitution for her name, and it's in the Machine Herald's grasp. I don't think this is meant to hint at any future control Viktor would have over Jinx, nor would he want to. It could mean that he will need a partner in Jinx to help him complete the Hexcore once he and Jayce have their falling out and he's cast out from Piltover (some real Silco and Singed vibes honestly). But maybe it's another hint at how similar their actions will be perceived by us, the audience, like they fly under the same banner of void-touched outcasts playing offense and defense against Piltover. And more so that they will have a deeply impact full relationship with one another. Look at Ekko and Vi, they both bare her tag and you can't pretend she hasn't left her mark on them and their motivations. It's just odd that for Viktor, her tag is in a different position. Maybe it's a past, present, future thing.

I wouldn't bring this up if the creators of Arcane hadn't said that there were plenty of hints at season 2 that the audience hasn't picked up yet, so maybe this is another one. Also, I have noticed that Jinx sometimes has Ekko's infinity symbol on her marketing but it's still solidly an Ekko thing. Even when she has it on her Flame Chomper grenades it's used explicitly to frame Ekko and the Firelights for her damage because it's so well associated with him.

Update: I don't know why I'm just remembering this, but Jinx is also just wearing a big X on her shirt. In fact she's covered in X's, her shirt, her necklacklace choker thing, her shoelaces, her belt, her bandage, the back of her shoe they all have X's in her design.

Update 2: I found more X's! They're all over her background in the 'Enemy' music video. The art really isn't being subtle when you notice.

Update 3: Pretty sure this is the last one... maybe. After rewatching I noticed Vi's prison uniform actually has the symbol as a part of her ID number. Altogether her ID would be X516. Though whenever Vi was referred to as prisoner 516. Alone it actually says her name in Roman numerals, 5=V, 1=I, and 6=VI (a but redundant). If we treat it the 'X' as Jinx's name it makes Jinx and Vi before Vi even knows Powder has grown into Jinx, already intertwining their identities.

Update 4: I really thought I was done, but I wasn't. I found that both of Ekko's loc rings (which look similar to the bullet shells Jinx uses in her braids) have partial infinities that look similar to her symbol. Ekko specifically is represented with a complete hourglass, and this is literally the one exception. The fact that this symbol is visible when he talks about Zaun and Silco makes me feel ridiculous. If this is a subtle hint at the way Jinx affects Ekko... wow. Jinx isn't even dead, but she's practically haunting all these characters.

Seriously, it's a purposeful choice to do this, his game icon has full hour glasses. But in Arcane they're not, they're drawn to be similar to Jinx's symbol. Just like with Viktor and Vi, it means internally, not even consciously, he's seeking her out for her.

#viktor arcane #the machine herald #machine herald #jinx arcane #arcane #arcane season 2 speculation #it sometimes feels like any mystery can use jinx to solve it #she's a wild card #a loose cannon #jinx is the random ingredient that falls into the cooking pot and when you taste it you’ve invented a whole new dish #it feels so on purpose that almost every league medium keeps viktor and jinx's interactions from minimal to nonexistent #they'd cause too much of an uproar #legends of runeterra technically doesn’t count #vi arcane #ekko arcane #ekko #arcane speculation #arcane meta #arcane season 2

[riacte]

so hey guys i finished dungeon meshi yesterday and i'm still thinking about it

#ria.txt #i spoiled myself so at first i was like 'this is bonkers wtf are they doing in those last few chapters?????' #but then it was like. yeah. i see #love those ch when it's just clearly putting the squad into Situations #also. izutsumi #what i really liked was how tightly the protagonist and the deuteragonist were wound up in the overall themes #the plot the themes the conflict the characters it was very neatly connected #hence i am also now accidentally invested in whatever going on between laios and marcille #not just platonic not romantic not enemies i just think they work well tgt and deeply care for each other its great watching them develop #it's the leader + most trusted advisor / anxious girlfailure + the annoying freak she's somehow attached to vibes #haha that rabbit chapter with marcille. hahha i was like what the fuck man. it was funny and then boom whump [tears streaming down my face] #those shapeshifter chs were sooo much fun esp seeing other chara's perceptions of each other. stealing that #the changeling ones were great too elf senshi is the fucking funniest he looks sooooooo unserious #marcille's evolving perception with death starting with saving falin and saving the squad and her nightmares of outliving everyone- #-and her dad and her 'temper tantrum' and UGH when at the end she said she was fine with falin not coming back.... WAAA. OUGH. #i think dunmeshi handled the trope of 'prophecy of chosen one becoming king' pretty well and it makes sense why laios is the protag #the worldbuilding is so thoughtful as well i liked seeing different characters with different worldviews interact #very solid and well rounded series wooo #the main 4 has such a fun dynamic together #anyways. dunmeshi au..... #more like borrowing the worldbuilding bc charas are too nuanced for a one to one comparison #ren is like some prince of his own species but he's like 34th in line and no one cares about him so he fucks off to eat monsters #which is why he's both snobbish AND a total freak when it comes to his food taste #false is originally in for the money from ren and plans to scam him but unfortunately the cringefail swag captures her #martyn is Obnoxiously Clueless and thinks he's smart but he's not. he's resourceful but also pathetic and crazy #stress cant cook but she thinks she does so everyone goes (≖_≖ ) when she picks up a pot. they delegate her to killing and chopping duty #the mvp is iskall who keeps on saving everyone's asses and somehow has resources for everyone #i think ren is actually aware false is going to scam him but he has too much money to spend anyway and he thinks shes cool so he lets her?? #and somehow she doesnt take the money and run. and goes back to eating monsters w/ the party. everyone is crazy

[amiharana]

Ghost of Chigago (Noah Floersch) is such a post calamity revalink song i'm sorry

(ghost of chicago)

oh anon don't be sorry this is such a cute and bittersweet song 🥹🤍

imagining it being sung from link's point of view, traversing the empty, rundown hyrule of botw after he beats the calamity and the spirits of the champions have already passed onto the afterlife, except for one. revali stays behind, and decides to watch over link; his spirit can't pass on because he regrets never having confessed his feelings to link back then, the least he could do was put it into something useful if he was to stay 🥹

and so revali becomes the ghost of hyrule, a ghost that link sees everywhere but can never catch up to. he's the mirage of a sharp glare in link's morning tea, the biting wind pinching link's cheeks in the flight range, the breeze that tousles link's bangs and tucks his hair behind his ears when he sits atop the rito rock pillar. a ghost too familiar from even beyond link's regained memories, one who never leaves him alone, found in every corner of hyrule but one that link can never corner and always slips from his fingers, just always out of his reach.

just... link traveling all over hyrule again and no matter, where he looks, he catches glimpses of revali everywhere, here and there, in the distance. this ghost that haunts him, but somehow seems to protect him and watch over him. this ghost that link dreams of sometimes, of a life that seems so far away, of one where they possibly loved each other. could it be true, that this familiar ghost once loved him?

(link wonders if he loved it back; and somehow he knows, that he did.)

#revalink #loz #botw #loz botw #legend of zelda #amihan's revalinkverse #ask #q #i wrote this with a headache at 3:30 am and the song looping #it's actually very cute thank you anon for the rec 🥺 #i wish i had the ability to draw well bc i can imagine this song as an animatic #like i have these scenes in my head of link hiking through the faron woods and jungles & revali's ghost flying above him #or link catching fish barehanded in a river with revali perched in a tree shaking his head fondly at him #or link by a cooking pot at night in the forest but he's seated in revali's ghostly lap #with revali wrapping his wings around link to somehow keep him warm from the night chill 🥹 #LORDDDD I MISS THEM SO BAD

[madmaryholiday]

oops i hyperfocused on sons of the forest for like.

five and a half hours?

i think i'm getting a tiny bit better at combat!

(i did the custom difficulty setting and set all the enemy stuff to low, plus i built a base with a defensive wall immediately and made the opening a nice little bottleneck so i could wait for enemies to charge in one by one. i'm on like day 8 and have only died twice!)

#sons of the forest #i still haven't found a cooking pot yet so i keep drinking dirty pond water and just waiting out the poison status effect #(seriously trying to play this game solo even on the easiest settings is really goddamn hard. for me at least.)

[rhysintherain]

Watching Alone really drives home the low success rates of a single human hunter and makes you appreciate the value of food that can't run away.

It's also a really good example of how hunter gatherer subsistence works.

If you leave 10 humans in the environment with limited resources and no contact or rescue party, 9 of them will be dead in 90 days.all of them will be dead in a little over 100 days.

Even with 2 people, starvation tends to set in after a couple months.

And yeah, people from hunter gatherer cultures they'd probably be better at this than a bunch of Americans who do it as a side hustle, but there's only so much one person can do in one day. It's almost never enough.

It's too much for one human to collect enough berries to have vitamin c through the winter. It's too much for one human to hunt and process enough big game regularly to feed themselves. it's too much for one human to build an insulated home and then monitor their heat source to keep that home from catching fire.

It's too much to make and use sharp tools without injuring yourself, and it's too much to try and do all the work hurt if you do. It's too much to go out and find more food when your inability to find safe food made you sick.

On the other hand, if you put 10 people out in the environment together with limited resources and occasional contact with other small groups, you'd have a community that could last indefinitely.

For all that we glorify stories of the lone individual against the environment, it very much isn't how we evolved to survive.

#wilderness survival #or not #humans being humans #i don't think most people realise how little there is in the way of reasources in contained areas #like sure i can make stone and bone tools if i need to #but ive found like 1 handful of toolstone in the wild in the last 2 years and i have a truck to drive to the rocks #i order my toolstone from places like texas #and the wild thing is so did precontact people in this area #(not texas exactly but places that took longer to get to them than texas does to me) #because it's really unlikely that a piece of land that can be used by a single person will have enough tool materials to keep you going #alone we fall apart #but with neighbors who have rocks and siblings who build houses and pots and wolves that bring home hares because they like meat cooked #we might just be okay

[libraryspectre]

Being stuck inside with the winter weather has me eating like some kind of southern hobbit

#i went grocery shopping before the storm specifically planning good snowstorm food #made buttermilk biscuits and sausage gravy from scratch and after 3 days not being able to go anywhere and coming in from a long winter wal #it HIT #also one day i made pigs in the blanket with the good kielbasa for lunch #i made kielbasa with potatoes and cabbage for dinner one day #my wife made a giant pot of vegtable soup and weve been eating those leftovers #oh also we got a pack of the bacon 'ends and pieces' and i spent friday cooking that down into bacon bits (that keep in the freezer) and #lard (for cooking) #and made some really good potato soup #edit: FORGOT to mention the lunch i just made that inspired this post #2 patties of leftover breakfast sausage a fried egg the last buttermilk biscuit and a couple little slices of cheese #it is COLD we are eating HEAVY FOOD

[barstoolblues]

people dont realize this but the food on large ships is amazing. well i mean i guess it depends on the cook but like the galley is stocked and giant so youre getting like home cooked meals 3 times a day and since theres always someone sleeping/working 24/7 theres so many snacks and so much food out for whenever you want it.

#both ships ive been on the cooks were making fresh bread every few days because it was easier than keeping a bunch of bread for weeks #it was amazing #like here have pot roast risotto and fresh bread for dinner

[windwardstar]

been fighting all day (week really) the urge to just like completely declutter my apartment and get rid of things i don't need because i've been feeling like i have too much stuff and general need to pare things down to bare essential anxiety

and now a half hour before bedtime got news that's making all that whatifhousingisn'tstablegottagetridofeverythingtoomuchstuffhavetohaveonlywhaticanmove anxiety ramp up. and like. first i know going on a cleaning spree isn't actually going to be productive especially bc this is entirely just anxiety and would be acting on the anxiety instead of like any actual need to do so, and. also. a half hour before bed is not the time to start this kind of project. at all.

#i managed to use all my dishes and was like wow i have so many dishes i need to get rid of some of them #when like so many dishes is like i have three bowls and four plates #but also really it's the pots n pans bc i bought a full cooking set way back when i first moved in #but i really only use one pot and one pan that aren't even part of the set for like 90% of my cooking #but the other stuff comes in useful sometimes but also i could manage without them which means i don't need them so i can get rid of them #and this is why gift giving holidays cause me a bunch of anxiety bc like stuff and clutter and too much #plus the added pressure to keep the stuff bc it's rude to get rid of and i got yelled at for getting rid of gifts i didn't want growing up #but yeah trying to make my brain stop screaming before bed is uh AAAAAA

[thevalleyisjolly]

Hey, don't cry, okay? Take a block of medium-firm tofu, wrap it in paper towel, and put it on a plate with something heavy on top until the water is squeezed out. Cut the tofu into small rectangles, then individually coat each piece in flour, or rice flour for a gluten-free option. Sprinkle some salt and white pepper in your flour mixture for flavour. Pan fry in a large pan until each side is golden, and either serve as is or you can toss the tofu in the pan with a savoury sweet sauce.

#the valley is posting #if you eat pork; i like to wrap the tofu in thin slices of hot pot pork before pan frying it #it will cook faster than if you just have tofu so i'd keep a closer eye on the pan if you do decide to add meat #but it's also good as is without meat #i'd just recommend adding a savoury sweet sauce or some kind of seasoning because tofu by itself doesn't have a ton of flavour #i liked seasoning salt when i was a kid; now there's a soy sauce based mixture i use but it uses a lot of specific asian ingredients #which you could probably only find in asian markets

[theramblingvoid]

Sometimes I think about how even when I'm trying not to be, I am entirely made of the people I love. I recently reconnected with a close friend I hadn't seen in about three years. Apparently they're into watching video essays now. I'm more of a gaming YouTube person, but to each their own, I've always known this friend to be a touch more academic than me anyway. Fair enough. We find other things to talk about.

It is two months later. My watch later list is entirely filled with video essays. Three years is not enough time to forget how to love somebody. I'm glad of that.

#voidrambles #how to explain. it's like #i don't know when to hug or how hard and direct complements make me uneasy and i just #affection in the way most people know it does not come naturally to me #i do it because it's detectable to other people and it's what they do for me and it makes them happy which makes me happy #which makes me sound quite disingenuous? i think that's the word. with my love #but #the games i play most are ones i saw one friend get very very excited about and i loved them before i even started playing them #i haven't thought twice about deep sea creatures since maybe middle school but i do now，all the time，and bugs too #i get excited when i see one because another of my friends would #in 2021 i made this one specific vanilla milk drink in the microwave dozens of times even though I don't like sweet vanilla that much #it tasted so good to me for the time i was close with the person i got the recipe from #i get excited when i see yellow flowers. yellow is not one of my favourite colours #I write because of all the things I've read and loved I keep a list of books friends speak highly of #I cook my pasta with oil even though it makes the pot harder to wash and i don't know if there's a difference to the taste #because i can't tell it apart from the warmth of someone else's proudly given tip joining my own routine #i don't know how else to say this #I'm running out of examples not because there are no more but because i can't tell them apart from things i am on my own #that used to upset me but i don't think it does anymore #this post stops here. it's late and i have a video essay to watch #i love you

[paladincecil]

Noticed the thing I bought wouldn't be arriving until 22nd April so went to cancel it and order from another place that had them in stock.

It apparently can't be cancelled because it's too close to being dispatched -_-

#It's a new ninja air fryer cuz mine keeps failing to recognise the pot is in it halfway through cooking and stopping itself -_- #I bought a new pot to see if that was the issue but nope #I think the heating element at the bottom is to blame #Must have misread it as 2nd april when ordering xD

[laviejaguardia]

I did so many things today and on -4hs of sleep ugh

#arranged furniture #tidied my appartment #asked after an education progran #asked after health stuff #sent so many emails #had four meetings #potted plants!! (the highlight) #cooked lunch #and it's only 7pm #no fucking clue what I'm gonna do about dinner tho #mmine #AND ALSO had to turn back an order made wrong #despite the dude wanting very much for me to keep it #that was such a pain in the ass

[polithicc]

was having A Moment when i got home from work so a warm meal in a plate that looks like a bowl was the way to go. lemon parm orzo with corn and chicken

#food tw #made a huge pot so I’ll have leftovers for the weekend f #it’s very good #also I love meals like this bc I get to use a lot of frozen veg i always keep in the freezer and also leftovers #also there’s something about eating with a spoon instead of a fork tahts so comforting #cooking tag

[magz]

magz "can" cook stuff

but watch out !

keep think "magz should prolly not cook. for safety."

#magz keep injure himself by accident. magz burn hand because thought it normal to stick hand in cooking pot on. um. #spatial reasoning + general reasoning + thinking speed + motor coordination.... issues. #text post #o post

[supercantaloupe]

my dad took me to a teashop this afternoon. please be proud of my restraint in not buying every single piece of ceramic in the store

#sooo many pretty cups and pots and bowls #i have such a weakness for teaware it's unreal!! but i haven't the space to keep it all #i ended up leaving with two bags of tea a pair of adorable cooking chopsticks and a cherry blossom patterend insulated travel mug #good for hot and cold! i'm excited I've been needing a larger travel mug since my only other one at school is small #sasha speaks

[clear-what-i-was-seeing]

hi hello update, i'll be 98% off tumblr and on queue for a bit, then online in super sporadic bouts until june 15 bc of final projects/exams. still on discord though and reading tags! (and likely procrastinating a lot so i might just have regular activity aslkfd)

#clear posts #locking myself in a crab pot until im done uh cooking #im not entirely sure what a crab pot is #until im done being caught? metaphor error help #uhh crab pot until i am done harvesting myself #ok this. doesnt work #why cant crabs have long seminars and essays to prepare. then they'd literally be a perfect metaphor. this is so sad #hrab school au. high school or university whichever is funniest #it takes hrab a very very long time to write because he has claws. he gets frustrated and starts crying. #and people keep flushing him down the toilet #that one isnt relevant to my experience it's just really funny #ok crunch time #CRUNCH LIKE A CRAB #the crab is doing the crunching to clarify. im vegan #ok bedtime goodnight all #see you on the other side (a few days) (as soon as i get distracted) #do i tag this hrab au