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MORE JAYVIK DETAILS - THE PLANTS

So you know the scene where Jayce and Viktor discover that Hextech can "heal" the plants?

That one!

First, we have Jayce proving that once again his ideals and dreams have changed.

Viktor rattles on about all the amazing benefits this could have on people and lifeforms, but Jayce with THE DREAMIEST EYES EVER,

(Seriously)

JUST REPLIES "curing you"

It's the only thing he truly cares about by this point. He just wants to heal Viktor*

(*note that it only comes up after he has witnessed Viktor's decline due to his lung disease. Curing here refers to Viktor's deadly disease)

And that fact is cemented by the conversation Jayce, Ekko and Heimerdinger later have in Season 2

Ekko: "Did any of the plants survive?"

Jayce (with an incredibly pained look): "They weren't what we were trying to save."

Two things about that line:

1. Viktor did in fact care about the plants, or at least insofar as proving the remedy worked to help multiple people. It was Jayce who was zeroing on solely Viktor

2. "Save" bring used here just shatters my heart.

This line is so, so painfully about Viktor :(

And a little bonus, as a treat:

When the plants shrivel up, Jayce immediately puts himself between Viktor and the Hexcore to protect him

He stands fully in front of Viktor, ready if anything goes further awry.

We don't talk as much about act 3 of season 1 in terms of Jayvik here in this fandom (which makes sense because it is so fucking painful) but it's so amazing to see season 2 being a natural continuation, as Jayce slowly realises what he has come to truly care about :( (It's not Hextech and bringing magic to the people)

I'm just... to be loved by Jayce Talis, man :(

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Everyone: We need to stop Viktor! Do we have any ideas how?

Jayce: Don't worry, I have a plan!

Meanwhile Jayces plan:

(and it worked...)

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I don't think we're giving enough credit to this dude for turning the fuck around when they fell into fascism.

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I am NOT ok with this instrumental ost names

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when cait said "viktor's at the centre of all this isnt he?" i dont think we all understood how much "all this" was to jayce. to the viewers in the moment and everyone else in the room, "all this" meant the ongoing battle. to jayce, "all this" meant everything in his life up until this very moment.

viktor was the reason he became obsessed with magic, viktor was the reason he and his mother survived, viktor was the one who saved him from jumping, viktor was the one who had faith in him and helped figure out hextech, essentially giving him another chance in life.  AGAIN.  jayce's affection for viktor is what causes him to revive viktor with the hexcore, his promise to the older, future viktor is what brings him home with a renewed determination to get his partner back.

his entire life has revolved around viktor and he didn't even know it.

how do you think he felt learning that his "first" meeting back in s1e1 was in fact, destined to be? to learn that in every timeline and in every possibility, he and viktor will always find each other.

the same way it is scientifically factual that an object will remain at rest/in constant motion until another force acts upon it, or how energy is neither created nor destroyed, it has been written into nature itself for jayce and viktor to be brought together until the end of time.

so to jayce, it was always viktor at the core of it all, and still is.

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fun fact: in this scene, right after cait mentions viktor, jayce's pupils dilate.

then his memories show us a viktor that is much softer and even presents with a smile, which was NOT what we saw in the actual episode!

cr reyenii

and note: this is the viktor that jayce saw right before killing him with his hammer. imagine just how gut-wrenched he felt in that moment.

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jayvik // promises

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jayvik + symbolism

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soulmates

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Oh those nasty glares and head-shake… The dynamic of oppression is far from over and I hope Sevika keeps on fighting for Zaun’s sovereignty.

A single seat in the council to represent Zaun is a goddamn joke…

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We as a fandom are not processing the fact that Viktor saved the world COUNTLESS of times. He used his power to explore every facet of the universe and he constantly tried to make humanity the way he believed it should have been. And every time he did that, the result was unsatisfying and he was left empty. The ONLY thing that gave him some sense of accomplishment and joy was finding Jayce. For every time he tried to change the world, he went back to Jayce. Every single possible timeline Viktor explored ended with Viktor meeting Jayce. Not because destiny or fate made it that way, but by Viktor's own choosing.

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excuse me while I cry in the corner...

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when caitlyn asks jayce "viktor's at the center of all this, isn't he?" jayce's pupils dilate and contract! no one is doing it like the arcane animators

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The way it is confirmed that Jayce killed Viktor out of love. The way it is confirmed that Jayce is the only one who can save Viktor from himself in every universe. The way it is confirmed that sheer loyalty and willpower and love to Viktor drove Jayce to do what he had to. The way it is confirmed that they died embracing each other.

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no no no shut up. shut the fuck up. viktor was so obsessed with the “higher evolution” shit bc he was terrified of dying alone, and because he wanted to be part of a community for once in his life, and because he thought the only way to be loved for who he was was to make everyone equally perfect, and therefor make himself perfect.

and then Jayce just fucking. refuses to let him die alone. explicitly tells him that he’s beautiful and that he sees him as such because of his differences. yes, they dissolve into nothing, viktor’s greatest fear, but Jayce dissolves with him, just out of love. no other reason than love.

viktor has always been part of a greater whole, because he has always been a part of Jayce, and Jayce has always been a part of him.

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“In all timelines, in all possibilities…only you” Viktors soft look at Jayce” ….could show me this”

And Viktor behind Jayce, staring in horror at his own devotion

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My mind kept pausing at this lil bit in the finale and now i get why

Gif cred: @sotc

This is the moment Viktor understands that he is not alone in this, he is loved and he won't have to do it all on his own, he doesn't have to carry it all on his shoulders, he is enough as he is, the hand grasping his wouldn't be anywhere else, and Jayce would choose him, every time, as he has been choosing him.

He realises here that what they have is something he can have. He sees Jayce here, for the first time. He can quite literally feel the love become the answer, and he dares, against all his doubts, to look at Jayce and see him feel it too.

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VIKTOR IT WAS YOU. OH MY GOD THEY TOLD US IN EP 6

viktor could tell that Jayce was influenced by another being and it was literally him this is genuinely hilarious