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pant--eater · 4 days ago

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i'm sooooo starved for Smeech content/headcanons/fics/etcetcetc in this fandom, like he is such an enigma of a creature to me (affectionate as I shove him into a microwave). He's a Yordle so he might have been around in Zaun for centuries, ever since its foundation. Maybe he's seen first hand how Piltover's pet Heimerdinger rises to the top, and yet spends his time as a councelor ignoring every single problem in Zaun. Heck I can totally see him resenting Heimerdinger to a murderous degree for that; a Yordle traitor who gets a nice academic status for himself and builds his glorious city of progress, but never uses all that power to help the other Yordles in Zaun. (I didn't even spot a single Yordle in Piltover while scavenging the backgrounds on my rewatches!!)

Considering how new Shimmer is in the series' universe by Yordle lifespan standards, that means Smeech hasn't been a coked-up vape-smoking creature for more than a bunch of years. What was his life before?? When did he decide to start replacing his limbs with machinery, to make himself stronger and feared by Zaunites? When did he become a chembaron?? Chemtech is older than Shimmer, so he might have been a cyborg way before the events of the series, but it's fascinating (and sad, not gonna lie) to me that despite being possibly older than any of the other authority figures in Zaun, he has never managed to rise to Heimerdinger's level. No wonder he's such a rage-filled poisonous critter, no wonder he wants to take the throne of Zaun at any cost, to be "the one smiling in the end". And yet, despite all of his efforts, he is still fueled by and addicted to Shimmer, created by Silco's goons. Forced to depend on a creation of humans, in his pursuit to become stronger than them.

(also while I'm not a fan of episode 7's happy AU universe cuz it all feels like simplifying and undermining the complexity of Piltover's oppression in favor of an easy good ending, it DOES make me wonder how Smeech's life would have turned out in a universe without Shimmer? We don't see any of the Chembarons in the ep 7 universe so it makes me curious)

#arcane #arcane season 2 #smeech #ME FEELING EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE RAT BASTARD MORE AT 10 #he commits atrocities and osha violations in the regular but also i wanna scratch his cheeks #been tryina figure out headcanons of his past in my head but its tricky cuz RIOT I WANT MORE LORE I WANT ANSWERS #i cant help but hc that he is afraid of physical pain due to something mega traumatic in the past. hence his fear of the grey etc #or if not physical pain then the process of choking and dying itself. or losing his empire #like he gives me such 'cornered beaten up animal lashing out' vibes sometimes. he is always tryina hide his fear and any sign of weakness #maybe he was in Stillwater for sometime?? and we know what being locked in the dark can do to a Yordle #or he was tortured by gangs/rivals/enforcers etcetc and he never wants to go through that utter helplessness and humiliation again #Sevika refuses his offer?? he FIGHTS TO THE END HE AINT RUNNING #also Shimmer augments your senses and makes you more battle crazy so i imagine it lessens physical pain too?#in his head which is the only place he cant replace with machinery #STILL NOT AN EXCUSE TO THROW MY BOI HEENOT UNDER THE BUS THO smeech aint getting the number 1 boss mug #piltover do better. because of your reign the zaunite yordles are turning feral

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