#it was actually a pretty dope piece of storytelling on an artistic level w the vfx and the juxtaposition w Viktor

[talithakalistair]

Gotta admit, I'm fascinated by Tumblrs reaction to Viktor/Jayce and Jayce/Mel as someone who's spent a lot of time in the LoL community. Bc while we've definitely shipped them, it's never been as big of a ship as Cait/Vi (aka Piltover's Finest). And while I also ship Jayvik quite a bit, I never expected it to happen. Partially bc of Lore Reasons (though Arcane is considered soft canon so idk how strictly they'll stick to canon going forward) but also because Arcane is pitched to us as a "love letter to the community" and again, when I think of Big Ships in the LoL universe I don't think of Jayvik. I think of Piltover's Finest for that region. Now, I'm not sure if we are even going to see that happen. I was honestly p surprised with how far Arcane already went with Vi and especially Cait. Because Riot's track record historically has been pretty bad when it comes to queer representation, with some improvements that are still a pretty mixed bag. We're talking suppressing queer stories and bullying LGBTQ employees for a decade levels of bad. It's getting better, at least on the storytelling front, but I'm not actually sure if Riot are ready to commit to depicting a gay relationship in their big fancy netflix animated series (The League community still consists of mainly your stereotypical Gamer Bro). I would applaud them for it if they went there (at least for trying if it goes tits up). But yeah, I wasn't too surprised that they paired Jayce with Mel in the grand scheme of things. I don't know what's gonna happen with these two, bc I dont know what Mel's deal is rn and Jayce has been p shitty to her and to Viktor. But I wouldn't get my hopes up for Jayvik, and I hope we can be adult enough to not disproportionately hate on Mel bc yall I've seen too much racist misogynistic vitriol against characters who dare "stand in they way" of a gay ship and no-one needs that. Just bc Riot seems to be led by brats doesn't mean we have to be the same kind of brat about it

#i have more reasons but they are spoilery to ppl who dont know the league characters #arcane #arcane spoilers #league of legends #also can i just say #that as much as i cringed at the sex scene #it was actually a pretty dope piece of storytelling on an artistic level w the vfx and the juxtaposition w Viktor #jayce may be shit but at least he immediately went down on mel #so hes got that going for him #anyway im sorry my brain is on arcane lockdown