#can't stop thinking about caitlyn and jinx as foils

[juicegremlin]

[Arcane - s1 e6 vs. s2 e1] - [The Raven Boys - pg. 333 vs. The Raven King - pg. 415]

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something something never point two mirrors at each other and never, ever get between them

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[ultfreakme]

Hi Riki! How are you? It's been a while since I last in tumblr. And I can't wait to see your blog. Oh wow! So excited that you're a JayVic shipper, too.... Can I ask why do you love that ship? Since when that you start shipping them? What do you think about the plus & minus of their relationship? Thx

Hi Anon!! I'm doing good!!! Lol yeah I am in my JayVik era so get ready for that asjdbhfbh.

I only recently started shipping them while watching S2. I really didn't get it in S1. I was way too focused on the Vi-Caitlyn-Jinx plot and I kinda forgot a lot of the details of the Jayce-Viktor-Mel side of things. But the first arc of Season 2 really convinced me.

Starting from how Jayce seemed absolutely heartbroken when he saw Viktor in the rubble, to the end of arc 1 where they parted ways ;_;. And then my love for the ship just kept growing and growing until the final episode.

Reasons I like them:

Okay remember in S1 when Viktor goes to Singed to get Shimmer, & Singed says something like "legacy and love are the sacrifices we make for progress" and Viktor says, no hesitation, Jayce will understand? Frankly, I thought Jayce wouldn't, I thought Jayce would recognize it'd be a disaster but Jayce is obsessed with that man and he absolutely did understand. In fact he's WORSE than Viktor about recklessness. Viktor can(and has) destroy the planet and Jayce just won't stop loving him or letting him do what he wants.

Viktor is also equally obsessed with Jayce. Like he's been time-hopping god knows how many times just to meet him again, just to keep him alive and happy. The last part's important because Viktor could've stopped the apocalypse if he just....made sure Jayce's hextech dream never came to be by foiling the research but he just never took a decision that'd lead to jayce being dead or unhappy. They're both so stupid about each other.

On their downtime when they aren't fighting for their lives, they're really cute. I love a good friendship.

Soulmate trope, but specifically soulmates who CHOSE to become soulmates are my everything and they are the pinnacle of that.

If we're talking their relationship pros and cons...hmm.....

Pros:

They perfectly match each other- like I have never seen two people fit so well together

They care a lot about each other's well-being and would do anything to help one another

They celebrate in each other's achievements

Always willing to do things as one- be it good or bad- perfect partners tbh

Cons:

Codependent as hell like dear fucking god stop ruining everyone else's lives in an attempt to keep each other

Jayce still has some of those classist assumptions which he needs to break. He got better in S2 but I think that causes conflict in their relationship

Viktor refuses to properly communicate with Jayce and actually explain things because he either thinks Jayce won't get it, or Jayce doesn't need to know. Again, source of conflict.

Ah I hope Riot and Fortiche just does nothing with those two and leave the story as it is. Thanks for the ask anon!!!