#🖋️ corinna

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Corinna and Jayce pre-relationship where Corinna is constantly sitting there going “what are we”

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This is so gorgeous! Thank you so much, I love it 🩶

@solitaireships happy new year, i was your secret santa! theyre at one of corinna's shows or smth

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The reason Jayce is little spoon despite being a 6 foot 7 giant of a man is bcs if he’s big spoon there is 50/50 chance Corinna will wake up in the middle of the night and discover she’s been trapped under him

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Gingerbread Home

Here's the first of the Christmas fics I've been working on! We're leading into them with some Arts and Sciences stuff, partially inspired by something I saw on twitter about Ar/cane characters making gingerbread houses. I didn't really agree with what they said for Jayce, but I did like the concept of the thread enough so here we are!

Rating: Teen

Genre: Fluff

Words: 1039 words

Divider by strangergraphics

“Corinna, dear, could you pass me the gumdrops?” Mel asks, finishing applying a bit of icing to the top of the gingerbread house they’ve been working on.

Corinna picks up the bowl, passing it up to Mel as she does her own work at icing around the windows. “There you go.”

“Thank you.” As Mel starts picking gumdrops out of the bowl, lining them up in a neat row at the top of the gingerbread house’s roof, she looks down at where Corinna’s working. “Hmm, I like the accents around the windows.”

“I figured they’d help it look a little more sophisticated.”

“You figured correctly.”

“Either way, though, I’m pretty sure we’re making the best gingerbread house to ever exist,” Corinna says. 

It is an impressive one, after all. They’ve been working on it practically all day now, with Jayce getting them started by putting together the actual house. Corinna’s used to him going all out with gingerbread houses— going back to when they were kids, she can remember him trying to build gingerbread skyscrapers. While not as ambitious as a building as tall as he is, this year he managed to put together a large, two story gingerbread house that could practically double as a dollhouse. And while Jayce is excellent at applying his engineering prowess to putting together the house itself, he’s left the gingerbread house decorating to Corinna and Mel. 

If Corinna’s honest, Mel’s doing the majority of the work. She’s an incredible painter, and it seems her artistic abilities extend to cookie art. It’s fun getting to help her, even if they’re not just doing it just for the sake of it. Mel’s hosting a Christmas party this weekend, and as much as Corinna dreads an evening stuck with Piltover’s rich and powerful, it’ll at least be nice having something she and her partners made at the center of the event. 

“Ugh, dammit,” Jayce mumbles under his breath. 

“Everything okay?” Corinna asks. 

“Fine. Just not nearly as good at art as you two,” he replies, frowning down at the gingerbread people in front of him. 

Corinna comes around behind where he sits at the other end of the table, taking a look at his work. He's been busy with decorating gingerbread people while Corinna and Mel have been working on the house, saying he needed something to keep him occupied while they worked. There are five gingerbread people in front of him, only two of which are actually decorated. The first has thick, dark lines of icing that are presumably supposed to be locs, with a white dress trimmed in gold. The second is the one he was working on, with hair that starts brown before turning a dark shade of pink. He was in the middle of drawing what looks to be a pair of glasses, though the right rim ended up being a little too big around her frosted eyes. 

“Aww, Jay, are you making gingerbread versions of us?” Corinna asks, grinning at him. 

Jayce sighs, putting down the icing so he can tilt his head back and run a hand through his hair. Mel comes around the table to look now too, a smile lighting up her face as she sees Jayce’s efforts. 

“I’m trying to,” he says. “I don’t get how you’re able to be so precise with these damn things.”

“Mel’s the one who’s actually precise. I’m just good with ideas and broader stuff,” Corinna says. 

“And I think that gingerbread me and gingerbread Corinna are absolutely adorable,” Mel notes. She places one hand on Jayce’s shoulder. “They look lovely.”

“Thanks. And sorry about messing up the glasses,” he says. 

“It’s no big deal. If anything, it adds to the charm,” Corinna says. 

“I’ll make sure everything lines up better for the rest of it,” Jayce promises. “Ugh, I still need to work on ones for me, Cait, and Viktor.”

“I’m sure if nothing else, gingerbread Jayce will be just as sweet as you are,” Mel says. 

“Ha,” Jayce says drily. “Just make sure you leave a couple of the mini candy canes for me. I need them for Viktor and my canes.”

Corinna leans down, giving Jayce a quick kiss on the top of his head. “You’re so cute. And I’m sure that the rest of your little gingerbread people are gonna be perfect.”

“Thanks,” he says. 

“But we’ll leave you to your art so we can finish up their house,” Mel says. She brushes her hand along Jayce’s shoulder as she passes by him, heading back to the other end of the table. “We will be taking pictures of your finished work with it, though.”

“Only as long as those pictures don’t end up on social media,” Jayce argues. 

“I don’t see any reason why everyone shouldn’t be able to appreciate your work.”

“They’ll be appreciating it already with any pictures of the house, they don’t need to also see my terrible cookie art skills.”

“Be nicer to yourself,” Corinna chides. “But I’ll make sure that she doesn’t put it on any official socials, at least.”

“I knew I could count on you, Cori,” Jayce says with an appreciative sigh. 

“Mhm. I will be relentlessly complimenting you for all of them once you finish up, though,” she says.

He grins in response. “Well, I wouldn’t say no to you praising me some.”

Corinna laughs. “I’m sure you wouldn’t. But you’re gonna need to finish them up first so I can do that.”

“Yes, ma’am,” he replies teasingly. 

Corinna gives him one last quick grin before she returns with Mel to finish up the gingerbread house. There’s a joy in the act of creation, that’s what got her into writing in the first place, but there’s something even more special about being able to create something with the ones she loves. 

Maybe that’s a part of getting into the Christmas spirit for her. It’s not just about the gifts, the lights, or anything else. It’s getting to do something she loves with the people she loves, with this house and the cookies Jayce is working on practically being a product of their love. And this is far better than any gift that she could find under the Christmas tree. 

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Homecoming

I'm going ahead and starting my quest to make the writing for Mel and Jayce from the end of this season better, so we're gonna be doing this in chronological order, starting with Corinna and Jayce's reunion! And me trying to come up with a better explanation for why he was Like That in the scene in the council room with Mel + letting him work through it a little so we can have something nicer there. Warning for spoilers for the show, even though I am rewriting parts of it!

Rating: Teen

Genre: Hurt/comfort

Words: 2297 words

Divider by saradika

Content warnings: talk about the end of the world

It’s by chance that Corinna passes Jayce’s apartment when the lights are on for the first time in months. She was on her way to a cafe nearby, one that she didn’t frequent nearly as often with Jayce no longer around to meet her there for coffee. But as she looks up to where his apartment is, left untouched since he and Mel had vanished, she sees for the first time in months that someone is there.

Corinna makes her way up to the apartment on autopilot. It’s been hard keeping faith these last few months that her partners would ever come back. No one knew for sure what happened to either of them, though Corinna had tried to see if Ambessa could tell her anything. She had to believe that both of them were okay, that they had been lost somewhere but would one day make it back to her. As the weeks went on, though, it became harder to believe that was true. She doesn’t know how she managed to make it all this time with both of them so suddenly ripped from her life as things only seem to be getting worse and worse in Piltover. 

But now it seems like Corinna’s faith that things would work out wouldn’t have been for nothing. Maybe it’s not Jayce, maybe someone broke into his apartment since they knew it’s been unoccupied for months. But for now she lets her hope carry her forward.

The front door is left slightly open when Corinna gets to it. As she steps into the apartment, she calls out, “Hello?”

The kitchen by the entrance looks like it's been ransacked. She had cleared out most of the perishable foods when it became clear Jayce wouldn't be coming back any time soon, but someone's gone through and eaten as much of what was left as possible. Corinna doubts that stale snack foods are the most appetizing thing in the world, but whoever came through here must have been desperate. She can hear motion from the bedroom as she steps further in, leaving the door open behind her just in case. She walks towards it carefully. As much as she wants to believe she’ll get there and see her boyfriend, she knows that she needs to be cautious.

But when the door to the bedroom swings open in front of her, it’s as though the weight that’s been crushing her for the past months has finally been lifted.

“Jayce?” Corinna breathes out.

He looks different, but Corinna would recognize him anywhere. His clothes are a mess, dirty and torn, and his hair’s gotten much longer. He’s grown out a beard too, with that seeming to draw even more attention to the couple of scars he’s gotten on his face. Corinna’s heart seizes in her chest at the sight of the brace on his left leg and how he seems to put more weight on his right leg when he turns to see her. But those brilliant golden eyes of his are still the same, even with the dark circles hanging under them.

“Cori?” Jayce asks, his voice rough, like he hasn’t used it often lately.

Corinna moves without thinking, closing the distance between the two of them to pull Jayce into a hug. She tries not to let herself cry— this is a happy occasion, even if it seems like something horrible must have happened to him— but it’s impossible not to let a few tears slip out.

“I missed you so much,” she says.

“I missed you too,” Jayce says as he wraps his arms around her. His grip around her is tight, as if he’s half worried that she’ll disappear if he lets her go. 

With his arms so tightly around her, it’s hard for Corinna to miss the feeling of something hard against her back. At first she thinks it must be the rune stone from Jayce’s armband, though she thought he wasn’t wearing it. She pulls back just a little, still mostly being held tightly against Jayce, but enough that she’s able to take his arm and bring it around to see his left wrist. 

She was right that he’s not wearing his armband anymore. It’s strange not seeing it on him, but what’s far stranger is what’s in its place. The rune stone that had been embedded in the leather band he always wore is now buried in his skin. Deep red marks are etched in his skin around it, forming patterns that almost look like webbing. 

“Oh, baby, what happened to you?” Corinna asks. She runs a finger down his wrist, feeling where flesh is interrupted by the cool feel of a gem. At least touching it doesn’t seem to hurt him, though she can’t imagine what happened to cause this. 

“It doesn’t matter,” Jayce says, resting his forehead against Corinna’s. 

“It does if you got hurt,” she says. “You were gone for months, Jayce. I had no idea what happened, or if you were even alive, or—”

“It was months?” he asks. 

“Yeah.” Corinna sighs, brushing some of his hair back with one hand. “Not knowing what happened to you or Mel was about to kill me.”

“Mel’s gone?”

“She disappeared around the same time that you did. It… it was terrible losing you both. Maybe since you’re back we can try to find her together? I looked everywhere, and even asked Ambessa if she knew anything, but nothing’s turned up yet.”

Jayce is silent. It’s hard for Corinna to tell what he’s thinking, but it’s obvious whatever is going through his head can’t be good. She doesn’t know how to get him to talk to her. Normally conversation between them comes easily. But whatever happened to him these last couple of months must have shaken him. 

“Can we talk more in bed?” Jayce asks after a moment. 

“Whatever you want.”

Corinna untangles herself for Jayce’s arms to sit down on the edge of the bed. She waits for him to get settled next to her, laying down so his head rests on her lap. She and Mel used to tease him that he’s like a giant dog that’s convinced he’s a lapdog, always seeking out an opportunity to be cradled in their arms. He wraps his arms around her middle, laying on his side so that he's facing her and letting his eyes drift closed for a moment.

They cuddle quietly together for a while. Then he says, “I saw the end of the world, and it was my fault.”

All Corinna can manage to respond with is, “What?”

“I went to the hex vault with Heimerdinger and Ekko— his new prodigy, or something— and we found one of the wild runes I told you about before that Viktor had been looking into. It was giant, Cori, and I— I don’t know. It feels like forever ago at this point. But something happened, and the three of us were basically drawn into it,” Jayce explains. “I don’t know where the others went, I don’t know if they’re even still alive. But where I was… it was a nightmare.

“Everything was destroyed. Piltover, Zaun— I’m pretty sure everything outside of them too,” he continues, his voice cracking. “There was no one there. Everyone was dead or turned into these— these mechanical puppet things. There were shells of people out there, but nothing alive. And it was all because of Hextech.”

Corinna’s silent for a moment. If nothing else, she’s sure Jayce is telling the truth of what he saw. Him being gone for the past months was without question real, and he’s not the type to lie, especially not about something like this. But it’s still unbelievable, sounding more like a play that she’d write than something that would actually happen to someone. And Jayce of all people shouldn’t have to go through something as horrible as that. 

“You’re sure it was Hextech?” Corinna eventually asks. 

“Yes, I’m sure. I saw the thing that I made there— the things I spent my life on. I’d know it anywhere,” Jayce says. “And I… I also knew Viktor there, even though he was different. More machine than human. He was controlling everything somehow. And it’s my fault because I used the Hexcore to try to save him.”

“You can’t blame yourself for that. You were trying to help your friend, you couldn’t have known any of this would have happened. Or could happen,” Corinna says. 

“Maybe. But I still need to fix what I started. I don’t know if I’ve done enough yet.”

Another moment of silence comes over them. Corinna feels like whatever he means by fixing things has to be something big, but she doesn’t know what. All she can do is hope whatever it is, he’ll be able to come back to her at the end of it all. 

“Well, no matter what, you know I’m always here to help you,” Corinna says. She squeezes his shoulder with one hand, toying with his hair with the other. “You’re back home, so that’s one step done. We just need to find Mel now, and then… stop the apocalypse while also trying to prevent a war between Piltover and Zaun and stopping Noxus from potentially taking over.”

It feels as ridiculous to say out loud as it is to think about. There are still countless massive things on their plate, and she of all people shouldn't be one of the people trying to fix these problems. She's not a politician, she's not a fighter, she's not anything special. But at least now Corinna can start hoping things can get better instead of worrying she's lost both of the people she loved most. 

“There’s something else we need to talk about,” Jayce says.

“What else?”

“When I was in the wild rune, I could feel magic everywhere. And it felt… familiar. Not just like Hextech, but like— like Mel,” he says. 

“You think Mel has some kind of magic,” Corinna says. 

“I know she does.” Jayce rolls onto his back, looking up at her. “She might not be the person we thought she was.”

Corinna frowns. “What are you talking about?”

“Mel’s the reason that I didn’t die in the attack on the council. I don’t know what happened, but she— she did something, and it saved us,” he says.

“And that’s a bad thing?”

“It is if it means she could have saved everyone but just saved me.”

“Jayce, you know Mel. I’m sure if she could have done something to save everyone, she would have. But maybe it’s something where she just didn’t know what was happening, or there was some kind of limit to what she could do, or… I don’t know, something.”

“Or she just wanted to protect her investment,” Jayce replies drily, his eyes narrowed.

“You’re not an investment.”

“Sure I am. She only took an interest in me because of Hextech anyway.” He sighs, rolling onto his side again to all but bury his face in Corinna’s stomach. “Ugh. I was an idiot. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner.”

Corinna is quiet for a moment, running her fingers through Jayce’s hair. Whatever happened to him while he was away, it must have done something bad to him. This isn’t the kind of thing he would have said before, and it’s hard to tell where this is coming from. Maybe being alone for as long as he was did something to him, maybe it’s some kind of response to everything that he saw there. If anything would make him doubt Mel, it seems the apocalypse is a fair enough reason for concern.

But Corinna can’t bring herself to share that distrust. Maybe Mel does have magic, and maybe she was hiding that from them. But she’s still the woman that Corinna’s grown to love. If she was keeping secrets from them, it had to have been for a reason, and she won’t give up on her so easily. 

She also won’t be giving up on Jayce, though. Not when she just got him back to her. The months apart would have been unthinkable before— they’ve practically been inseparable since he first arrived in Piltover. Corinna doesn’t know what’s going on right now, but he doesn’t seem like himself. The last thing she’s sure either of them needs is to lose the other again.

“You’re not an idiot,” Corinna says. “But I think you might be stressing yourself out more than you need to, Jay.”

“You weren’t there,” Jayce says.

“I wasn’t. But I know you, and I know Mel. If you say it feels like she has some kind of magic, I believe you. I just don’t think that she was keeping it from us for a bad reason. If she just wanted to use you, I really doubt that she would’ve been interested in me too, or that she would’ve told us some of the stuff about herself she did.”

He’s quiet for a second. Then he sighs, rolling onto his back again to look up at Corinna. “You’re probably right.”

“I hope so.”

“I don’t— shit. Nothing makes sense anymore. I don’t know what I’m supposed to think about anything.”

“Well, will staying here for a while and resting help?”

“Maybe,” Jayce says. “I need to shower too. I probably smell and look awful.”

He does, but Corinna’s been able to push past that with how relieved she is to have him back. “We’ll do whatever you want, baby.”

Jayce takes Corinna’s hand in his, guiding it up to his lips to press a quick kiss to the back of it. “Thank you for being here for me.”

“And I will be until the end,” Corinna promises. 

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Crying bcs I was joking on twitter that someone should draw me and Jayce as this one pic of someone drawing their ponysona cuddling with Obama for some reason and my friend @moonflower-song actually did it. Everyone say thank you Merc

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2 and 5 from the snuggly ask? (@snowpuffclovers)

Answering with Jayce and Mel!

2) How do each of you ask for a hug or cuddles?

Corinna will usually just try to get close to one of them as some kind of silent indication that she'd like affection. It takes Mel a little while to pick up with that, but between being friends since they were kids and Jayce being one of the cuddliest people in the universe, he's always instantly able to pick up on things there. He will try to be physically close with Corinna and Mel pretty much as much as possible, and usually for him he just kind of comes up and wraps his arms around one or both of them as a way to show he's interested. Sometimes he'll also outright ask, but usually he just kinda drapes himself over them lol. Mel then will normally just take one of our hands or basically try to position herself in bed or on a couch as a sort of invitation for cuddles

5) Can you describe how you usually cuddle?

Jayce is the number one little spoon fan in the world so we'll start with that. He likes getting to be held, and he likes getting to hold hands while spooning too. Corinna and Mel will take turns with who's in the middle versus who's on the end, but I think Corinna usually ends up sandwiched between them. She likes either resting her chin on his shoulder to talk to him or burying her face against his back to try to go to sleep. Then Mel likes to hug Corinna from behind when she's in the middle and give her kisses on the back of her neck

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tbh this might have been how Jayce asked Corinna out

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🧭 and 🍃 with Jayce and Mel? -asexualfoxmccloud

🧭- Whats a song that makes you think of your ship?

Once again I’m terrible at song questions, I don’t listen to much romantic stuff 😭 I’m thinking Out of My League by Fitz and the Tantrums tho bcs Mel is in fact out of both Jayce and my league

🍃- How does your f/o calm you down when you or your oc are stressed out? Or the inverse, how do you help your f/o calm down when they're stressed out?

Getting the obvious out of the way, Jayce is a very physically affectionate person, so when he’s feeling bad he needs lots of cuddles and little touches. Also Lap Time™️

Mel is harder to comfort just bcs she’s so slow to actually admit when she’s struggling. She also likes a bit of physical comfort, but she’s more someone who likes to have someone to talk things through with. She likes trying to find a solution to things, but she also just likes having someone around to listen

Corinna’s kind of similar to Mel in that she hates admitting when she’s struggling, so when it does get to that point, usually Mel and Jayce just try to be nearby for her. Sometimes she needs time alone, sometimes she needs a distraction. Sometimes she needs Jayce to just lay on her like a giant man sized weighted blanket lol. It really kind of depends for her, so they just make sure to be at the ready for whatever she needs

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4/6/11 for ur arcane s/i ?? ^_^

4) How did your s/i feel when they first met your f/o(s)? How do they feel about them now?

Corinna met Jayce when they were both really young, probably like 8 or 9, but they pretty much immediately got along. She thought he was nice, and they would play together a lot since they lived next door to each other. Now tho they're in their 30s, and Corinna eventually realized that she liked him as more than a friend. She thinks he's intelligent, and sweet, and she loves how passionate he is about his work. But she also worries a lot about him bcs she can see some of the stuff going on below the surface, and she doesn't want him to do anything dangerous

Corinna and Mel met when they were older, in their twenties. By that point Mel was already very established in the political world of Piltover, so Corinna respected her and thought she was pretty, but also felt a little intimidated by her just bcs of the amount of power she had. Over time they got closer and they bonded a lot over both being very creative people tho! By now, Corinna adores Mel. She admires her dedication towards trying to do the right thing for others, and she loves how empathetic Mel is. She's come to see a more vulnerable side of Mel, and that's only served to make her love her more. She never wants to leave either of her partners' sides, and she certainly doesn't want to leave Mel to face anything alone

6) Has your s/i undergone any design/story changes since they were first made?

Only a small one, which was the addition of her and Jayce being childhood friends

11) Does you s/i have one outfit they're always seen in or multiple?

So far, she only has the one outfit (which I'll be posting below bcs it is one of the art pieces I've done that I'm happier with). I do want to make another outfit for her to match Mel and Jayce's new looks as they get ready to head off to Noxus together tho

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5 & 7 for your ar.cane s/i!

5) Do you speak about your s/i in first or third person?

So this is true for pretty much all of my self inserts, but I kind of see them as a vessel for me to insert myself into the world while not being exactly the same as me. They share a lot of the same experiences as me, and they have pretty much the same identities (by that I mean they’re ace pan instead of ace arospec bcs they aren’t exactly going to be fictoromantic when they’re in relationships with people that are real in their universe lol). But they aren’t exactly me. They’re kinda like the middle man for talking about my ships, if that makes any sense lol. So this is a very roundabout way for me to say I talk about Corinna in third person

7) Give us 3 random facts abt your s/i!

Corinna's part Ionian on her dad's side. She's a playwright and specializes in mysteries, but her favorite thing to write is horror (which isn't very palatable for most of Piltover's elite lol). And she has a gap between her front teeth (she and Jayce like to joke they match)

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Early CorriJay where they’re cuddling and Corrina goes “don’t lay on top of me, you’re a giant and will crush me to death” and Jayce goes “what? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺”

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Someone on twitter was talking about how Jayce probably would try to look for rocks that might be magical like the one he was given as a kid, and how other kids probably thought he was weird. Thinking about Corinna being one of the only people who never thought he was weird, who believed him wholeheartedly and would spend hours looking with him for any rocks that might have had even a hint of magic to them. Thinking about him even as an adult still having a box of rocks that Corinna gave him

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What if. I gave Corinna a new design to go with Mel and Jayce’s new looks

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🪐 + 👀 for whichever s/i you’re feeling?

Answering with Corinna since her, Mel, and Jayce have been on my mind a lot lately

🪐: What would be your most popular AU and why?

I'll be honest, I'm not usually much of an AU fan (I <3 canon), so I'm not really sure. I guess modern au since I feel like that's pretty popular in general? And also I have actually written a modern AU fic for them lol

👀: How does your ship with your f/o influence both of your characterizations and the world? Would there be any interesting metas written about your dynamic?

There'd for sure be some analyses of their dynamics with each other, tho not a ton bcs unfortunately people are too obsessed with a certain canon x canon mlm ship to pay any mind to women. But I do think that it's a thing where Corinna is able to help Mel get more comfortable expressing her emotions, and allowing her to actually feel them. While Mel always sees Corinna as an equal, and helps to build up her confidence some. Then with Jayce, he's very much someone who gets Corinna to relax more, and who provides a kind of constant comfort and unconditional love of her. Corinna then helps him to figure out a new purpose in life after everything

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📝, 🥰, & 🎞️ for your s/i for Mel and Jayce!

~ @astral-express-family

📝: How would your story in canon go? How would you influence the events of the original story?

So with Corinna, she's not really involved in the majority of the plot beyond being Mel and Jayce's girlfriend. She's a playwright- it's not like she's deeply tied to the politics of Piltover or hextech

However, I am making a lot of changes to stuff from season 2 bcs to be completely frank, everything about everything that happened to Mel and Jayce after act 1 sucked and needs to be fixed. Instead of Jayce being alone and angry and distrusting of Mel after getting back from the Arcane, he gets to see Corinna, and he gets to calm down a little. Mel gets some comfort after everything that she went through, and some understanding of her feeling of loneliness. Jayce doesn't have that god awful ending for him, Mel doesn't have to return to Noxus alone. Basically, Corinna being there is how I make sure that they don't get the terrible endings the show gave them

🥰: How would someone who loved you portray you?

I think the way the fandom tends to show its truest form of love for characters is by understanding them at their core and trying to be as accurate as possible to canon characterization. Some thinkpieces about Corinna would be interesting, maybe some stuff analyzing all the dynamics between her and Mel and Jayce. And I will leave it at that bcs some of the other stuff the fandom tends to do towards the characters they like would make me uncomfortable with Corinna lol

🎞️: What ‘canon’ scenes would the fandom point to as evidence for the validity of your ship?

They are canonly together and would all kiss on screen, so I think that'd be a big point in their favor. But in act 1 of season 1, I think there'd be a little bit of a tease of what will happen with the timeskip between Jayce and Corinna, so the two of them having some very yearning exchanges/looks towards each other bcs they're childhood friends who've had crushes on each other for So Long. And Corinna comforting Jayce after the whole trial in act 1. Plus a lot of Jayce Gets Lap Time scenes after act 1 lol

Then with her and Mel, I think it'd be a thing where there's of course the romantic kiss scenes and that kind of thing, and Mel going to Corinna's plays. Then after everything in season 2, Corinna comforting Mel as much as possible and making sure that she knows that she's not alone. Kissing along the golden marks on her skin, even