This video discusses if and why Cait and Vi are interpretable as a butch/femme couple in Arcane's universe. To do so, it explores Piltover's gender categories and perception of them. It shows there is more to understand about Caitvi but about other characters too.

  
From the video:

TITLE: Caitlyn, Vi, and Piltover's gender system. What is femininity in Arcane? (Arcane video essay)

CHANNEL: Betti Blu

DESCRIPTION: What is feminine in Caitlyn? And what is in Vi? We should not assume that Piltover has the same gender ideas as us. In fact, instead of judging based on our perception of gender, I try to explore how gender – and its expression – is perceived in Piltover. I will observe closely – very closely! Up to the eyelashes – the main characters of Arcane, and some background characters, looking for patterns of cultural gender markers. How many genders are there? How many women wear trousers? How many men wear dresses? How many me wear makeup? Which gender has the longest hair in average? Are there some traits that can only be found in one gender, therefore is a very strong marker for it? Some things seem obvious, others surprised me while analysing the available examples in Arcane for this video. I theorised a system of scaled traits of gender expression for Piltover’s culture, and I will expose here how it works, and what it allows to understand about some characters. Especially about Vi and Caitlyn because they are the most interesting examples in my opinion.  
  
The two mentioned videos by schnee about gender in Arcane:  
How Arcane writes women: [   • How ARCANE Writes Women  ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hML-FGHGEN4)  
How Arcane writes men: [   • How ARCANE Writes Men  ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBNUgGhPZzY&pp=0gcJCR0AztywvtLA)  


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How feminine do you find Vi and Cait?