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woke up and started the day with hatred, sorry

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Not some JayViks are calling Arcane, specifically the show creators and writers, even animators, homophobic for not catering to their ship...even though the show's main couple is wlw...

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Genuinely frustrating going into the Meljay tag, wanting to see content of just these two together, and seeing more Jayv*k than actual Meljay. The fact that we had to make not one, not two, but three separate tags because of this issue is ridiculous

Not even the Jayce and Mel tags are safe from random, irrelevant Vikt*r/Jayv*k tagging🙄🤦‍♀️

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jayvik fans when you call out their misogynistic thinking pattern of discarding both wlw and mlw relationships to ship a non-canon yaoi whose fandom is full of women - or those brought up as such - who unfortunately and subconsciously see female as the inferior sex, and hence ship two men together to fight against that power dynamic. but they make sure viktor is trans so that they can still have heteronormative sex by infantilising disabled people by giving them characteristics of the female sex due to their own misogyny.

and then to put the nail in the coffin they brush off and hate on 2 of the black women in the show for getting in the way of their yaoi by calling them slurs or implying that they are less deserving of a relationship than men are.

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this tweet is absolutely one of the milder ones i've seen on my feed which just proves i need to stop looking at twitter but this example of shipping goggles leading to basic misinterpretations of arcane season 1 scenes that are quite cut and dry thematically might be the straw that breaks my back

what do you MEAN Viktor was being gentle. what do you MEAN viktor was calm. he was not. Viktor says "you... ordered this? why?" he's surprised, offended, and sounds almost betrayed at the idea that jayce would order the blockade. viktor is confused, then flabbergasted, then angry, then furious. there is a gradient between "gentle and calm" and "screaming spitting mad" and viktor is somewhere in the middle of that gradient, but just because he isn't screaming and yelling at jayce, that doesn't mean he was either gentle or calm

"what difference does that make?" is also not calm - it's showing that Jayce has not been fully mask-off prejudiced in front of Viktor before, and Viktor is so thrown that Jayce would and does take the mask off in this moment, showing that Jayce is not so different from the average prejudiced citizen of Piltover despite being Viktor's friend, that he is genuinely asking what is going through Jayce's head. Viktoris trying to make Jayce make some sense, but the words do still show confusion and distress

and then "I'm from the undercity" IS angry, now that Viktor realizes what Jayce is saying and why. he is not being gentle or calm or even all that understanding towards Jayce - Viktor is hurt and angry and he lashes out to make Jayce think twice about what he's just said, though the damage has been done because Jayce's words and actions have combined to move us and Viktor towards an understanding of who Jayce is and what he truly believes when his back is up against the wall

also i can't count how many times people have re-interpreted Viktor slapping Jayce's hand away as a cute funny thing he does, rather than an act of anger - frustrated, righteous anger

the reason reading this made me so frustrated is because it's one more step toward the broader fandom's continuing re-imagining of Viktor as a mild, sweet, often passive character

and to take it one step further in what i've observed, it helps re-imagine Viktor as someone who is versed enough in the prejudices Zaunites face on the daily to easily handle Jayce's prejudiced words and behavior. this serves not only to make Viktor sweeter, gentler, and frankly smaller than he is in canon - especially in season 1 - but also, depending on the day, may try to make Viktor more "perfect" and noncombatant, ignorant or completely separated from the concept of the Piltover/Zaun conflict, a more "ideal" activist (an aspect of his character that is implied in season 1 and then is unfortunately all but abandoned in season 2), or just more well-versed in Zaun vs. Piltover sociopolitics, which he simply is not. Viktor is both clever, and also a messier, less heroic character than all that, while still being a target of Jayce's prejudice directly but mostly, usually, indirectly. and Viktor does not perfectly understand this. he only knows and sees enough to be offended and frustrated throughout the story

there's having one's own interpretations of canon, and then there's mischaracterizing consistently and constantly, leading to the state of the fandom today where it's increasingly difficult to have nuanced conversations about characters like Viktor or Jayce. why not ship jay//vik but WITH Viktor's anger, the complications, and the messiness

or is that not an option now that the writing of season 2 glossed over any difficult social or political concepts that did exist in season 1

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Spirit Blossom Morgana 🌸

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New League of Legends Summoner Icons

LeBlanc - "The Black Rose Remembers"

Atakhan - "Crowned In Ruin"

Xin Zhao - "Seneschal Seal"

Fright Night Veigar - "Tiny Titan Of Doom"

"Imperfect Beauty Icon"

"The Eye Of The Fallen Icon"

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Meljay superman au

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A stunningly beautiful blue rose

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Then what matter? This is the question

make a terrible comic day.... i missed it last year but not now

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bath time.... art is fighting me so hard lately 💀

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One of my biggest problems I have with Arcane season 2 is that it's too vague.

So vague that the show runners have to explain stuff in interviews.

So vague that debates about certain scenes and plot points are still happening and fought about.

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For anybody who wondered, Solomorne is 190 cm tall.

Assorted heights of other companions (not compiled by me so no sources sowwwy) Heinrix: 185 cm Marazhai: 210 cm Yrliet: 205 cm Cassia: 195 cm Jae: 175 cm Abelard: shorter than 178 cm

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- What is the blade for? - All in good time.

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Idiots

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how many different ways can i draw Marazhai....

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