#Elora/Mel is so true
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CAITLYN KIRAMMAN I FREAKING LOVE YOU YOURE SO KIND AND WHOLESOME AND YOURE TRYING YOUR BEST
VI I LOVE YOU TOO SO MUCH SO SO SO MUCH YOURE TOUGH AND STRONG BUT ALSO HURTING SO BAD AND YOURE TRYING YOUR BEST
YOU GUYS ARE SO PERFECT*** AND WONDERFUL AND INTENSE AND SOLID AS INDIVIDUALS AND TOGETHER
*** not literally but like kinda
#arcane#I might keep talking so I’m sorry to your dashes a lot#big bro Jayce I love you#*proceeds to keep talking*#he cares a lot and I admire that#him mentioned Cait then Mel going ‘the Kiramman girl?’ LIKE ITS BEEN YEARS HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO-#Ekko and the firelights I love you guys so much btw#hey Sevika 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾#Finn’s character design has no right to go so hard like wtf#need to know the Chembarons backstories please and thanks kisses#Elora/Mel is so true#ok I’m done with shipping sorry I’m getting annoying *walks away and comes back because we all know I’m not done*#Cait is so not smart I love her#Mel telling Jayce to get ready to defend his people when VIKTOR IS RIGHT THERE IS CRAZY#YOULL BE FIGHTING AND WAGING WAR AGAINSG HIS [viktor’s] PEOPLE WHAT#sky don’t even come in here I’ll cry#don’t like when fanfics make Jayce Cait’s brother and get rid of Ximena cuz Ximena is very important to me personally#‘it’s been real cupcake’ STAJWOENEIWNF#yes bestie it’s just a goodbye hug#very interesting that clag is kinda forgotten whereas Mylo still haunts the series#lol Ekko just watching Cait and Vi be all lovey#SCREW MARCUS WHY HE SHOOT MY BOY LIKE THAT#love the fireworks Jinx they look great#all Cait wanted to do was solve a little bit of crime man LIKE UGH#THIS IS A DYNASTIES AND DYSTOPIA FAN ACCOUNT BTW#Cait and Tobias I love you guys a lot the fam having a convo and tobi convincing Cass to get an audience for their baby love it#ambessas shenanigans man#think it’s silly that Mel’s brother who represented goodness and anti war ended up dead and the news being delivered by her mom who’s pro#war and alive#BEDROOM SCENES OIL AND WATER AHHH
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Can't stop thinking about the thoughts Mel must have had after waking up to an empty bed. She had just laid her heart bare, given her body to Jayce and to wake up the next morning alone?
When he returns to her, she tells him there's a lot he doesn't know about her. She'd shared such an intimate part of her the night before, but she doesn't want Jayce to feel like he knows her. Because if he thinks he knows her, he must have not considered her worthy of staying for. She likely thought that he had gotten what he wanted from her and cast her off.
And why should Mel think this? A woman who is so wealthy, so beautiful, so accomplished and powerful? Because her mother had seen her and cast her off. Her family had disowned her because she was not good enough in their estimation. So all those twelve years that she's been in exile, and her mother has not visited her or called her back to her side, Mel likely thought she was not good enough. All those twelve years, she was just a girl trying hard enough to be.
And then Jayce comes, bares his heart to her as well. Lets her see him in his weakness, in his uncertainty. Shows her how much he values her, wants her around, how highly he holds her opinion. Even when he knows. Perhaps, because he knows her heart. Values it and the compassion she holds within her. And she finally feels good enough.
Only for her mother to come, and tell her it's time to come back home, to be at her side. Only after her brother is dead. When there is no other choice. So yes, of course Mel chooses Jayce, Piltover, and the legacy of peace they've begun to forge. Her family disowned her. Now, she disowns them too.
#losing my mind over mel and every aspect of her that is revealed#i keep thinking about when elora gave her the letter from her mother#to be under her mother's eye for the first time in twelve years#would ambessa deem her good enough?#and that's what had her so nervous#maybe she thought “it's finally time. i'm going home.”#mel's arc is one of acceptance; of being true to oneself; of finding family and being understood outside of the expectation of others#mel medarda#mel arcane#arcane mel#arcane league of legends#arcane#mel i love you#i love her so muuuuuch#arcane meta
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We're not talking about how Mel's going to Noxus in a far worse position than when she left. Elora revealed to Mel that Ambessa lost many of their family's holdings and assets, which was hinted to be the doing of the Black Rose. So her family as a whole have lost considerable standing since she's been gone. Where once Mel called herself "the poorest Medarda", that may no longer be true, but that's no consolation prize because Mel's own wealth has likely been diminished. Mel's greatest investment, hextech, is over. Mel's still a rich woman, but she's bleeding resources when she's about to enter a pool of sharks. It isn't great.
#arcane#arcane meta#mel medarda#arcane spoilers#outside of the heartache of grief mel's just in a real resource disadvantage that lesves her vulnerable#she'll need to rally her allies quickly even tho I'm sure the news of the medardas waning power has spread#this might be how she meets swain actually who could be in his flop era right now too#the whole cosmic herald battle really lost sight of the tangible effects of hextech#including its economic impact
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Some random thoughts about arcane s2 act2 before I forget:
I need to know wtf Jayce saw to make him do that
It’s tragic yaoi time fr 😔
Also WHERE are Ekko and Heimerdinger???
Is it just me or does anyone else feel like the end of episode 6 feels like a “this is what could have happened if things went how they were going to” vision from Viktor? Wouldn’t be shocked if episode 7 began with a jump back in time, like a reset button sort of thing. But also that would feel like cheating
Everyone who predicted Warwick was Vander was so fucking right, a million points to you guys
Totally not as pressing as the other stuff but I love that Vi’s cage fighting makeup covers her tattoo. Super symbolic of her loss of self
CaitVi shippers this whole season: we’re so over… WE’RE SO BACK… wait we’re so over… LETS GO WE’RE FUCKING BACK
The black rose thing (especially how Elora was killed) was so unexpectedly brutal?? Like being constricted by thorny ropes until you explode?
And Mel bashing the head of an illusion that looks like her brother against a wall until it dies? Wtf???
This whole act was so much more violent than past ones, I feel like they stepped it up a bunch and I kind of love it
Kind of want to make a post listing all the brutal deaths this act bc every time I was like :0
ALSO I LOVE ISHA! MY BABY! HER NEW HAIR AWWEE
But like damn I hope she’s ok :(
There were honestly so many “too good to be true” undertones to this act. Good things kept happening and I was like I dunno… can’t trust it.
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What if Mel took her mothers side as to know what her true plans are? What if Mel "foxed" her way in to know why, who, how, everything? What if Mel doesn't KNOW what she is, or at least what "blessed" blood she has running in her veins, but something happens that leaves her questioning??
What if she didn't even know her gold was actually "armor" and thats when she decided she needed to jab more information?
What would Ambessas reaction be towards this information? If this is a sudden change, will she have doubts? (Probably), will she accept this flip of character? Is she the one that initiated this change after the problems happening finally got to her daughter?
What if Ambessa kept denying telling her the truth for the sake of protecting her, which could lead them to truly part and become enemies? Which means Mel would be further from finding the truth, so instead, she agrees to go back to Noxus with Ambessa, so she could find not only ways to take her mother down (as in break her course of plans set for everything in the timeline) but also to gain knowledge over everything related about THEM (including kino) ??
We don't know if Mel is aware of her abilities or not yet, so if she didn't, is she willing to go that far to know? Would she go to that extent to strengthen herself against her mothers weaknesses? To be fair, thats what Medardas do, do they not?
Im so desperate to know why Mel would wear similar to her mother, which is noxian war attire, we know Mel wants to part ways from her family, or at least part from their ideals and paths, so why would she suddenly change her course of action and head for that road?
I feel like she wouldn't do such a thing for the sake of going back, but has an intention to use it against Ambessa or against an enemy of hers/theirs.
Makes me curious too, as stretchy as this is, did she meet with Kindred??? Was she at a near-death experience like how Ambessa was?
If she's truly going back to Noxus, would she be a dictator like Ambessa?
I still HEAVILY believe that Black Rose/LeBlanc is the main enemy for the Medardas in s2, and we know that she can transform into ANYONE, right? What if that isn't even Mel, but LeBlanc? What if LeBlanc SPOKE to Mel as leverage to get to Ambessa? And Mel being probably vulnerable at that moment, allows herself to follow along?
Or, what if Mel knew about LeBlanc (in the timeline of season 2) , or has an idea of what her intentions are, and manipulates her way through, and kills two birds with one stone? LeBlanc is a master manipulator, but is Mel really that weak?
Mel, from my understanding, is not the type of character to make quick decisions and changes (like Jayce for example/non-neg). She thinks, about the present and the future, but when it comes to her family, the past always lingers in her mind, which is why it takes her so long to decide what to do. She tried endlessly to find a way around violence & war, past memories of such still haunt her, I don't think Mel would want to be a fighter, or one to accept a fight in such way.
That would be the final resort to something with no other solution. But there is always a CATCH to that.
In s1, Mel recommended the creation of hextech weaponry as an act of self defense, a final resort incase something happens, but is that REALLY just for protection against inner attacks? Elora mentioned to Mel that piltover looked vulnerable before that, do you think its ONLY their friends abroad who noticed? And immediately after she'd handed her the letter. Its safe to say Mel wasn't just preparing for Zauns bite, but the bites from outer threats. "I wanted to protect the city from people like you." Yeah, THAT was the catch, a stronger reason.
so if Mel went back to Noxus, or took Ambessas place, or just stood by her side, is it REALLY for her? Or is there some other thing affecting her descisions? Again, I don't think Mel would take off the ring, cover the painting of home with her color, go through this major character arc/development just to go sit in her mothers lap and let her caress her head because "nothing worked". That's genuinely not Mel, neither how it works ESPECIALLY in artistic fiction such as this.
Those things have SO many meanings, them being "erased" feels like poor writing, thats not what arcane does.
Mel is strong, she'd pushed and pushed and pushed so far for her ideals, her hopes and dreams, all of this is what makes her Mel. Even though she'd faced never-ending problems trying to find solutions, she still pushed herself so far. Is she willing to sacrifice herself after reaching such a point? Is the sacrifice worth it in the end? Will it benefit what she wants for her city and people? I don't think that's something she'd do UNLESS there's a catch to it that counters the effects.
To choose the Medardas path feels as if she weakened/gave up herself, shattered like glass, OR, she'd made herself stronger by being weak at the beginning, and gaining strength by the end to bend the rules, to understand the space to shift it. Which is why I don't think its permanent long-lasting decision, it's more of a "let it bleed until it stops, then bandage everything together well" sort of thing.
Mel is going suffer with her weaknesses in s2 like all of them will, that is important, but what really matters is that will she LEARN from her mistakes? Is she going to act upon said weaknesses?
They could quite literally make Mel end the Medarda problem without raising a hand if they wanted, or they could have her suffering in abseloute agony down in the basement (I hope not) 24/7, and there's still a space in between too.
Mel is probably the last heir of the Medarda clan, will she be able to break the cycle? Its all down in her hands, what is she going to do? What is she planning?
I still have so many questions, they never end, they're all ALLOVER the place, I literally can't even think straight, one minute I think of something, the other i think of something else. Its that crazy 😭
Part of me doesn't want to see Mel change, well, at least not a lot. change is very inevitable in the show and even the writers stated that in s2, the characters will be in the dark depths, but seeing the possible change of currents, drifting away from her core which made me love her so much is a little upsetting, but I will forever love her nonetheless, whatever she partakes in the future is for me to follow !!!!
Truth is, im scared, anxious, worried as all hells, all the characters are going through various changes, we already know how viktor is going to change, going against his previous dreams. Him slowly coming to an acceptance with death, only to become something that isn't even close to a living being at all. His dream to help the undercity lead him to do harsh things to them, which is unfortunately the only way he knows to help. Mel, who parallels Viktor, is she ought to fall into the same fate? Or is the parallel going to be opposite of what he has become? If he is going back to Zaun, his homeland, doing all of these things, will she go back to her own? And do something similar? Or will she stay in piltover and continue to pursue the approach of Mercy and peace?
How will this affect her relationship with others? What would Jayce think? Elora? The remaining council? Most of all, Ambessa?
I don't want all of the answers to these questions, but I just hope some of them get answered, I have high hopes for s2, i can't wait to see if anyone's theories turn out correct or close to cannon!
#arcane#mel medarda#mel arcane#ambessa medarda#arcane s2#arcane league of legends#ambessa arcane#arcane theory#arcane season 2#Theory#This is all nonsense#Im so sorry 😭#viktor league of legends#arcane viktor#viktor#viktor arcane#machine herald#viktor machine herald
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I’ve seen everybody talking about how Caitlyn gave her seat to Sevika, but no one mentioning anything about what happened to Mel and Jayce’s seats.
Both of them newcomers rather than hereditary seats like most of the council. Both of them gone after the end of season 2 with no next of line to inherit their chairs. The other councilors probably would’ve tried to prevent their seats from being passed down, but A) half of them are dead, and B) how are you going to say no to the people who saved the entire city.
So, let’s presume the Kiramman seat -> Sevika is true. I like the headcanon and the placement fits. I’m going with it. However, it doesn’t do a lot of good. Actual Zaunite vote is great, but Caitlyn would already have been a vote in favor of Zaun. It’s a stronger and more personal voice, but they’re still 1 vs The Council.
Jayce probably would’ve given his seat to Viktor if he could have, but even if he’d managed to overcome Piltover prejudice and convince Viktor to inherit, both he and Jayce are gone. Plus, the war crimes. That leaves Caitlyn, Mel, his mother, and somewhat Ekko and Vi as the only other people he has a real connection with.
Mel is out for obvious reasons. Vi would never agree and also isn’t in a headspace where she even could. Ekko has his Firelights to lead and also hates Piltover (understandable). I mean, they convinced Sevika, so it’s not impossible but. Highly unlikely IMO.
That leaves Caitlyn and his mother.
Meanwhile, Mel’s only real connections were Jayce, Elora, and somewhat Caitlyn. Elora and Jayce are gone. If Mel played her cards right - which she is definitely capable of, it’s Mel - then she could give her seat to Caitlyn, leaving Jayce’s seat for Ximena.
In doing so, they could ensure 3 votes in favor of Zaun’s people, and could have both Caitlyn and Ximena pass their seats on to actual Zaunites. They could even the scales even without Piltover’s permission.
#mod scribbles#viktor arcane#jayce talis#mel medarda#caitlyn kiramman#arcane#zaun#Piltover#if you’re reading my Holy Trinity fic I just gave yall a sneak preview of a later chapter lmao
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arcane s2 act 1
alright might as well collect my thoughts for posterity
first and foremost: obviously the triumphant cackle i was doing the entire hexcore scene. huge W for me, personally. did it always feel like the most logical and narratively satisfying extension from s1? sure. do i trust television to do the most narratively satisfying thing? no. especially not after fandom spent years of the hiatus trying to convince me otherwise
really all the jayvik scenes were, more or less, exactly what i expected/wanted and very satisfying lmaooo. i knew jayce wouldn't give a fuck about the shimmer or unethical experiments. i win!
other stuff i liked:
in the hiatus i've now seen all of yellowjackets and it has made me fonder of ella purnell and by extension jinx, lol. i love sevika and i think their grudging alliance in the wake of silco's death is a fun direction. jinx finding a random dumpster baby and adopting them immediately, silco would be so proud lmfao
i love caitlyn's dictator arc. i have to be honest i found her disney princess schtick in s1 pretty boring, so this is finally something more flawed and dynamic for me to invest in. yes girl get worse
ambessa rules. i was a little rolling my eyes at the "wow she was pulling the strings all along" reveal, bc it was so obvious and i was sort of hoping they'd do something more interesting with her. but this show has never been subtle. either way it still seems ambessa believes she's protecting mel? so i AM curious about how that plays out
i don't know shit about the league lore around the black rose stuff and don't want to <3 knowing league lore has never improved my arcane experience. but those sequences were very cool and took me by surprise. some good body horror with elora. good luck in the nightmare labyrinth mel!
stuff i liked less:
i think the stylized music video sequences are being a little overused. maybe s1 did them as frequently and I forget? anyhow, the police brutality one really worked for me, because it's the kind of info that def needs to be montaged, and the style was cool and engaging. cassandra's funeral ... i understand why they did it but i didn't like the regular arcane models mixed with the charcoal bgs, i found it distracted me from what was meant to be the emotion of the moment. and the jinx montage i found kind of mid.
i do think the pacing feels as breakneck as ever, to its detriment. i said above the jayvik stuff all played out basically as i wanted, which is more-or-less true, but viktor just be like I Have To Go Now was a bit abrupt. i can excuse a lot of that on the basis that i don't think viktor is really himself anymore because of the hexcore -- very flat emotionally, etc. and i assume we'll see them butt heads again later in the season. but still, the hextech weapons, the nonconsensual hexcoring, etc, would've expected something a little more explosive lol
plus, then we shift from that scene to the Furby Comedy Hour and jayce and heimerdinger having like a nonreaction to each other despite how acrimoniously they parted or how emotionally charged jayce must be sleeping next to viktor's empty cocoon etc... felt whiplash-y to me. but i hate heimerdinger and ekko teaming up to begin with lmao (and ofc ekko directs his frustrations with piltover to jayce, and not the 300 year president furby he has no beef with for some reason)
this extends to vi's decision to pick up the badge, etc. stuff just happens really quick and the fact that the passage of time in the show isn't very clear doesn't really help. i can understand why riot didn't want to spend two decades making five seasons of this show, but 2 seasons will probably feel too short imo.
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You're Not Coming Back (Can't You Come Back?)
A look at Mel's thoughts during Blisters and Bedrock. It follows the same canon as Foxsong, my first Medarda siblings fic. Be warned, it's also angsty like Foxsong.
@dimidium-totus @bichletmepickaname @the-underrated-moon @supremesharklord @marielaure
They'd been apart so long, Mel didn't recognize his voice. But then he said those words: “Peacock princes”.
The syllables shocked Mel's system. She remembered the joke. She remembered how he used to tease her, calling her the peacock princess because of how she adorned herself, how she painted everything beautiful she saw.
Mel's breath hitched in her throat. Her brother was dead. It couldn't be. But, oh, how she missed him.
“Step into the light,” she said cautiously.
He obeyed. The sun shone on his face, and there he was: Kino Medarda. Her big brother, the one who got her through every dark night. He was right there. He was right there in front of her!
“Kino,” she gasped, and she couldn't help sobbing as she ran to him. She threw her arms around him, burying her face in his chest and breathing him in.
He didn't return the embrace. It wasn't like him, but she didn't know what he'd been through. Did he even recognize her, though?
She held his face in her hands, and it was like holding her whole world. Affection was uncommon among Medardas, but Mel and Kino never cared to hide their love for each other. They used to constantly cradle each other's faces like this, although she was usually on the receiving end of the gesture.
“It's me, brother,” she said, her breath catching on emotion. “Mel.”
He promised her once, during one of her darkest hours that no matter what happened, she would always have his love.
“Mel!” Finally, a reaction. She had gotten through to him. His hands came up to cup her face, and they were the same hands that held her all those years ago, more times over than she could count. “You've grown up.”
Then he wrapped her in a tight embrace, like he used to when they were children, when she thought she would fall apart and she needed him to hold her together. In his arms she was safe. In his arms she was loved.
“I'd hoped they'd never come for you,” he said softly, emotionally, in the same voice that told her stories, sang her nursery rhymes when the nightmares wouldn't let her sleep.
“Kino!” She sobbed.
“Mel! Oh, Mel. Oh, sister.”
“I dream about you,” she whispered, as her tears soaked his chest.
“I dream about you, too,” he confessed. “I have every night since I've been here.”
He held her tight in his arms. She thought she'd never see him again! But now, here he was. Here they were together, two halves of a whole.
Mel wept for what felt like forever, and Kino let her crawl into her his lap to get as close to him as possible. It was just like when she had nightmares as a child, or when she fell apart after witnessing one of Ambessa's countless slaughters and she would run to her brother and he would rock her in his arms.
She often wondered if Ambessa loved her at all, but she never doubted Kino's love for her.
When Mel had cried herself out in Kino's embrace and there was nothing more to say about their devotion to each other, they sat against the wall together and she leaned her head on his shoulder. “There was a funeral for you in Noxus.” A funeral she didn't even get to go to.
“Oh,” Kino chuckled. “Did Mother commission a statue?”
“I held rites in Piltover.” She had, with no one but Elora and Jayce by her side. They held her hands and rubbed her back while she cried for a brother she never got to say goodbye to. She used to believe he was the only person in the world who loved her. She knew now that it wasn't true, but even so, if she had to pick one person in her life to keep with her, she would choose Kino. She would choose him every time.
“She believes you're dead.”
Kino chuckled again. “I do like to disappoint her.”
It was true, they had not had a good relationship. Kino told her in his letters that they often had explosive fights when she wasn't around. He never picked a fight with Ambessa in front of her, for fear of scaring her.
Mel realized she was tracing a pattern in the dust on the ground. When she looked down at it, she realized it was the same symbol on the wall. They were drawn in gold, and they spoke to her in a way she didn't understand. Mel stood up, fascinated by them. She pressed a stone, and another popped out above it.
Kino was impressed. “How did you know to do that?”
“I don't know.” She didn't, honestly. “It just felt…It's like some sort of puzzle.”
She looked back at him, really looked at him. How had her beloved brother, the diplomat, the peacemaker, the prince who oozed grace everywhere he went, end up in this awful place?
“Kino, what happened to you? How did you wind up here?”
“She didn't tell you?” Kino asked, surprised. The look on her face was response enough. He continued on and explained:
“After a few rounds with some dubious noble folk in Basilich, I started hearing some strange rumors about our mother. Different from the usual kind. They say, many years ago, she passed through there and fell in love.”
The idea was laughable. “That's not our mother.”
“Indeed.” He was there before she knew it, startling her as he spoke almost directly into her ear, making her jump. That wasn't like him. “But the more I inquired, the more I started believing it.” Mel listened intently. “The old travel logs, the local accounts. I should have left it alone, but…the affair led to a child.”
A child. She slid down the wall and came to rest in the floor. What the fuck was he saying? No, she knew what he was saying: she was an affair baby. “That's impossible.”
Kino crouched on one knee beside her. “It is the reason we are here.” He took her hand in both of his larger ones. “Simply put, whatever that child inherited is of terrible interest to our captors.”
Mel withdrew her hand and brought it back to her stomach, instinctively shielding her unborn child. She wanted to tell Kino she was expecting, but now wasn't the time. And…there was a part of her that was suspicious. She rose to her feet.
“Mel?”
“I'm getting us out of here.”
Golden designs danced in front of her vision. She was confused and scared, but somehow, she felt a strange confidence as she pressed more stones. Somehow, someway, Mel just knew what to do.
“Say this is some kind of sordid labyrinth. Usually there are consequences for those who fail these tests,” Kino warned. “Deadly consequences.”
“I deserve to know the truth,” she countered determinedly.
“Of course. Makes you wonder why she kept it from you, doesn't it? For all these years?”
“I'm missing something,” Mel mused.
Kino came up behind her and placed his hands on her shoulders. “A healthy sense of self preservation, I'd say.”
Kino never snuck up on her like that. He hadn't since that awful day when she was fifteen and made her first and only kill. The experience had rattled her greatly, and Kino knew to be gentle with her. That wasn't the only thing that was off.
When he realized it was her, he should have lifted her off the ground and spun her in his embrace. He should have peppered her face with kisses and cried an ocean of happy tears. He may have been a Medarda, but Mel knew he could cry. She'd seen him do plenty of that on the day she was forced to leave her home forever.
Mel wanted so, so badly to believe that it was her brother. She wanted so badly to believe that she wasn't alone, but she knew better.
She took Kino's face in her hands, and cradled it once more. She looked deep into his eyes. She wanted so, so, so badly to believe she'd been reunited with the person she loved more than anyone.
A tear ran down her cheek. “You aren't my brother.”
#kino medarda#mel medarda fanfic#mel and kino medarda#mel and kino#mel medarda#blisters and bedrock#fyp#arcane#arcane league of legends#arcane lol#for you page#arcane season 2#arcane fanfiction#mel medarda fanfiction#kino medarda fanfiction#mel and kino fanfiction#angst#arcane angst
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Vi: Fuck the council.
Sevika: I'm trying to,damn!
(Also, I want to know if Mel set up the alliance between Sevika and Shoola. In fact, I just want to know more about Shoola in general. I wonder if she had a similar background to Mel, but chose to come to Piltover for a quieter existence. She seems to have a lot of similar beliefs to Mel, at least politically.
Also, does "eat the rich" really apply to Mel? She seems to have made her money on her own somewhat honestly, without having to rely on her family's assistance. I could see Ambessa being petty enough to banish Mel without any real backing to aid her besides Elora. Very "throw the kid in the ocean and let them figure it out" type of energy. "No one helped me when I was growing up and I turned out fine, so why do you need help?" head ass. )
sjhgsjkds yea idk because growing up with wealth still makes things so much easier for you compared to those who grew up in poverty but she's still a Black woman so her challenges would likely appear in other ways. regardless, the medarda name alone helps her get by
for the "eat the rich" it's more of a joke cause i really mean eating mel's pussy 🤭 but hmmm i honestly don't see ambessa as being as heartless as many ppl make her out to be. i don't think she would have exiled mel to fend for herself, it was always to protect her because her empathy would put her in danger if she stayed in noxus. she's always cared about mel's safety above all else. ambessa being the true mother she is made sure the exile would protect mel, even if mel would misunderstand her intentions as a result of it
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❝you look exhausted. will you sleep at all tonight?❞ elora @ mel
to anyone else she may have appeared the picture of victory, still garbed in the gold & perfume of the night's charity event. and yet elora knows mel well enough to pick up on the finer details -- that the cup of wine's not a reward, but a cure for a headache. while such familiarity and intimacy should unnerve her -- should push her to better steel herself -- it's some comfort to be seen by a true friend. especially after hours of rubbing elbows and humoring the most dour and idiotic of piltover's elite.
❝ not likely, no. ❞ mel answers honestly; only elora could elicit a small smile when she's been caught out. yet she could trust elora to understand her, to value her priorities too. ❝ there's still much to sort through. ❞ jayce had charmed quite the number of sponsors in one evening -- now it's just a matter of weeding out those who would become more of a hindrance than help.
❝ we're so close, elora. for once -- i can see a clear path forward. ❞ no more muddling in wonder how she could ever make something of piltover, herself. hextech would lead them all into a better era.
❝ but that doesn't mean your sleep should have to suffer. ❞ as much as she relies on her, elora had already gone above and beyond at the party alone.
#( thought of doing vivrobin bUT decided to try smth new too :') )#( SO PUMPED FOR ALL THE NEW STUFF IN GENERAL )#( dead me trying not to make it too overtly melora too fast was a challenge though )#fatescattered#( v: arcane )#( c: mel )
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Pre-relationship: 2 & 7 General: 8 & 9 Love: 1 Domestic life: 1, 2 & 3
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meljay
PRE-RELATIONSHIP
2.What was their first impression of each other?
Mel was already curious about this particular defendant because of the intel Elora shared earlier, not only was this Talis person from a lower house but a family of some renown for their retractable socket wrenches. Add onto that, he was "Heimerdinger's favourite" and an apprenta for one of the most important families in the city. All in all, it makes for a curious set of events and was worth remarking upon.
When she sets eyes on him for the first time, her immediate thought is, "Oh dear, he's pretty. Far too pretty to be in irons." Then, the more Jayce opens his mouth about his idea, she gets an inkling that he's far more than a mere pretty face. There's something there, might even be the very thing she's been searching for (as per her previous scene). That's why she keeps pushing and needling him, provoking him to spill the beans about the true nature of his research.
Once that's revealed, her interest is fully engaged, this sounds like exactly the kind of thing she's wanted to invest in. Something that will change the face of Piltover, the world even, forever. She knows what it's like to be "banished" for thinking differently and for having a vision, and a part of her is really compassionate about that and drawn to him because of it. She would've already used her influence with Hoskel to save the Talis inventor, but when Ximena speaks up in his defense, well, that's that.
Jayce, on the other hand, didn't have such a favourable impression. He'd spent a good part of his student and now adult life on the periphery of Piltovan high society when he got the sponsorship from House Kiramman. He's observed them at their fetes and high society gatherings, experienced first hand their arrogance and classism, deemed acceptable and almost an insider, but still always aware that he's not and never will be one of them and that his entire value comes from how much wealth he can help them accumulate not any value he himself possesses. Besides Caitlyn, he wouldn't count any of them as friends or even allies.
So, he expects much the same from this Medarda woman. He's seen her from afar a few times at some of the Kiramman events but she'd never have spoken to, let alone noticed the likes of him. He's aware that she's one of the ones who voted for his pardon but it's not enough for him to view her favourably since his whole entire career has been ruined by the council ruling.
When she shows up outside Heimerdinger's office, he's sure he's done for. This beautiful (emph: because he's in trouble but he's not blind, even in the dark corridor), powerful, rich woman is going to get him tossed in the gaol and banished. But something urges him to try. To just try and convince her of the worth of what he's doing, he's got nothing left to lose. The more they talk, the more she asks questions, the more he starts to wonder about her. But it's when she lies, runs interference to protect him and Viktor from discovery by Harold, to give them a chance to prove the science, well that impresses him. Maybe there's something more to this Councilor Medarda than he thought, hence this face:
7. What would their lives be like if they had never met?
Well, Mel never really finds that one revolutionary thing or person that she was searching for. Of course she still invests and makes oodles of money but there's no tech revolution, no hope or possibility or dream of helping to build something so revolutionary that it changes the world. No one that inspires her, makes her wonder what it could mean to not always do things the Medarda way. No one who appeals to the softer, hidden parts of her that yearn for affection and love and all sorts of foolish things that her family ought to have beaten out of her by now. She hardens. Eventually, her mother sends word for her to return when Kino runs afoul of the same people and is killed. All this time, she wasn't useful or important but now that she's the only remaining heir, Ambessa can find purpose for her. So, she goes back and becomes the wolf she never wanted to be.
As for Jayce. Well, Ximena's appeal is just as heartfelt as it is in the canon but this time, there's no Mel to convince Hoskel to vote in favour of a lighter sentencing. He's banished, all of his research and work confiscated and destroyed, blacklisted entirely by anyone who could support his research elsewhere, completely without funds or any means to make an income. He wanders for a while as an exile, he's been to plenty of places in his travels for research so he's a pretty good traveler. But the loss of everything, his life's work and passion, his family, his friends and community, his home, his dream - it breaks something inside of him. Add to that, there's no one to believe in him, whose faith and encouragement can buoy him up when he gets low in the way that Mel and Viktor in different ways did. He makes some living fixing machines and tools for a pittance, tutoring some, and lives a largely unremarkable life.
[Alternative: he somehow makes his way to Noxus, as a weapons master for a middling clan, and his inventions start to make some noise, and eventually bring him to the attention of Clan Medarda, and a warhost named Mel.]
GENERAL
8.Who gets jealous easier?
I'd say they're about equal on this, maybe Mel edging Jayce out a bit. It's not that she has any insecurity about their relationship or feels threatened by the many, many, many aggressive groupies Jayce has being Piltover's resident Golden Boy but she's not particularly fond of watching people flagrantly throwing themselves at him, sending clandestine notes with detailed fanfic about all the things they'd like to do to him etc. Jayce, well, he's not blind or stupid. He knows he's with a woman so beautiful, there are probably bards composing songs about her every other day. He sees how some people look at her, and, he has no qualms about staking his proverbial claim -- not so much in public when their relationship is still a secret -- but later, when they're alone, and very much naked. He often does so emphatically that for days after, she has to wear long sleeved, high-necked gowns to at least try to cover the evidence 👄😏.
9. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear?
Mel. She likes whispering all sorts of suggestive things in Jayce's ear at some of the boring events they have to attend or during consular session tea breaks, loves seeing the way his ears turn a little red, how he tries not to get too excited at some of the pictures she paints in his ear or the news that she opted not to wear smallclothes under her dress that day. He only sometimes succeeds and usually has to spend the time in public positioned strategically behind the backs of chairs or with a large sheaf of papers in his lap to avoid taking someone's eye out 😳😂🍆. Jayce is less of a talker and more a man of action but sometimes, especially after he's had a glass or two of wine, he can get a little mouthy. And, Mel can't really claim not to enjoy it and despite protests, she has a much shorter fuse than he does and it frequently leads to them disappearing for inappropriate amounts of time in the middle of events to attend to matters of impressive urgency😏💦 .
LOVE
1.Who said “I love you” first?
Jayce. He's already there, let's be real. When someone says, "nothing feels impossible when I'm with you," that's about as close as they can get to saying I FUCKING ADORE YOU without outright saying the three words. But after the council room bombing, and the very real reality that he could've lost her for good, he tells her. And Mel eventually does the same, quietly in the dark, almost so quietly that he wouldn't have heard it if he was standing on the other side of the room. For her, it was something she was intensely afraid to say out loud for fear that this, that Jayce, would be taken away from her like most any other things she's loved. But once she works up to say it, she doesn't hesitate as much afterwards.
DOMESTIC LIFE
1.If they get married, who proposes?
Jayce. Mostly because marriage to someone you're in love with is a decidedly middle class conceit in most places, really. In Noxus (as with Piltovan high society), most marriages are political arrangements made for strategic reasons. So Mel doesn't really see the need for it. But Jayce asks her with his heart in his mouth and a ring that he forged carefully with his own hands, and she says yes. It takes a while for them to get round to sealing the deal though. A piece of paper isn't going to affirm their commitment any more than not, so no need to rush.
2. What’s the wedding like? Who attends?
It's a private, intimate, quiet affair. In fact, a lot of people outside of their inner circle don't actually even know they're married for years to come. A decision they make to protect each other and their offspring from being targeted by potential enemies. Especially as Piltover & Zaun descend further into war, and the increasing turmoil in Noxus, they have to be really careful about these sorts of things.
Ximena, Elora, Caitlyn, Ambessa attend.
3.How many kids do they have, if any? What are they like?
So many different headcanons for this. But for now:
Twins. Jae and a girl named for Kino. Jae is much like his lore counterpart, an adventurer who, inspired by his dad's stories of far-flung places he visited while searching for Brackern crystals, decides to do the same - except he's mostly hunting for treasure. Kino takes after her mother, she's a bit of an artist, and her father in that she loves working in the forge. She eventually becomes a metal weapons master, and makes jewelry in her down time.
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my reasoning:
(these rankings are based on multiple criteria, such as relatability, hotness, relevance, how interesting they are as a character, and so on and so forth).
1) Jinx: she’s literally me. so silly and mentally unstable. needs therapy so bad and it shows. i fucking love her. please get help queen
2) Ekko: literally has never done anything wrong ever. moral compass strong as fuck. bonus points for looking cool. he’s also literally me but jinx wins over him bc she’s more unhinged.
3) Viktor: my fucking beloved. Do I want to be him? Do I want to be with him? Realistically I want neither of these things but unrealistically I need this man in ways even the hexcore couldn’t comprehend.
4) Mel: God I fucking love a powerful smart beautiful woman. AND she has mommy issues? she’s literally perfect. i’m rotating her in my head as we speak
5) Vi: hot tragic lesbian. almost lost points for becoming a cop but then she quit so it’s all good. for now. I have knowledge about what she ends up doing bc of the video game and I am currently choosing to ignore it in favor of the show timeline. Let me dream.
6) Sevika: hot. muscles. vodka aunt. hot. emotionally unavailable. hot. did i mention hot
7) grayson: i think it’s hilarious that she ranks higher than everyone else below her on this list. she literally only gets points for being attractive. especially her voice like ugghhh. what else can i say.
8) sky: perfect angel. so fucking smart and cool. deserves better. i need to know more about her or i will actually explode. hearing her voice made me so happy y’all have no idea
9) powder: baby. deserves the world. only ranks lower bc she doesn’t exactly “exist” anymore or whatever. justice for powder AND jinx 2025
10) caitlyn: hot. but ew cop moment. the fact that her sympathy for zaunites was crushed so easily really annoys me. like girl do you even have principles. ur revenge era would be cool if it wasn’t police brutality like noooo caitlyn pls don’t let a dictator use you to further destabilize your country for her own gain you’re so sexyyy ahaha… idk man it’s complicated. she should quit her job and get a new one. and then get therapy.
11) Jayce: he’s interesting in that he is a good example of a privileged person attempting to make things better by utilizing the system, only to get sucked into said system, becoming part of it and therefore part of the problem. the road to hell is paved with good intentions. his intentions are so good and yet. he is idiot. I hope Ekko and heimydingy are able to lessen his idiocy.
12) ambessa: hooottttttttttt. so fucking hot. goddamn. have y’all SEEN the music video for blood sweat and tears. i’m fucking FERAL. unfortunately for her, looks aren’t everything and she’s the fucking worst so here we are.
13) elora: beautiful powerful wonderful woman. need more of her. what is her life like. have she and mel ever kissed. much to think about here.
14) heimerdinger: he’s annoying and he doesn’t take the much needed time to explain why he makes the decisions he’s making... but he’s also right. which i hate because he’s annoying. but i also like that he’s annoying because it shows the very true fact that ppl who are annoying can in fact be right about things. also his heist with ekko was funny and endearing so he has that going for him. ekko carried tho ngl
15) vander: he’s cool cuz he’s a swag dad. a kind man and a protective guy. all around a great dude tbh. ranks lower because he doesn’t have any particularly interesting character traits to me.
16) finn: he looks cool as fuck but isn’t relevant and is also kind of an annoying brat. which is funny but like also bro. stop.
17) ximena: literally lost some of her fingers to frostbite to protect her baby child kid son. based. i love her.
18) cassandra: milf. the scene with the her and the gun? cool as fuck. ranks lower bc, again, not very relevant. and also dead lol
19) tobias: imma be honest idrc abt tobias at all i just didn’t want to separate him from his wife. he has enough of that in the show LOL
20) claggor: sweet boy. deserved better. i wonder what he would be like now if he’d been able to grow up.
21) silco: morally i hate this guy but he’s also a fascinating character. he’s cool as fuck and a bitch. plus he does eyeball drugs. there are so many fucked up things about this dude i can’t list them all. overall he’s a very well done character and an absolutely fantastic villain. what a piece of work.
22) benzo: just an all around good dude. ranks low bc he’s extremely irrelevant. sorry dude. if this was a morals contest he’d obv be ranked higher, but it’s not, so here we are.
23) jericho: had to look him up LOLLLL thanks for making food for vi i guess. people who make food for other people are the best. that being said he ranks low because, again, irrelevant.
24) mylo: cringe fail asshole. not ranked last bc he was a kid, so i can give him the benefit of the doubt, cuz maybe he would’ve been a better person as an adult… but also he never got to be one so oops lol get ranked low loser
25) singed: brother euughhh. i like drugs too but not THAT much. maybe give this man some backstory and i’ll care about him. as it stands rn idgaf about this guy. i rebuke thee, get AWAY
26) marcus: fucking piece of shit rat. fuck this guy. selfish coward and i hate him forever. die
Here's a fun little sorter I put together for Arcane characters! Reblog with your list!
Let the sorting commence!
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