#councilors arcane

[arcanegifs]

#ARCTOBER DAY 7: Council ↳ "Jayce has brokered a peace with Silco. In exchange for the undercity's independence."

[mollysunder]

If the first season was about Jayce getting pulled every which way by his allegiances to those closest to him, then next season will be about Viktor doubling down on his isolation and refusing to listen to outside opinions. Viktor's already on the path for that. Viktor would have never gotten as far as he did in a society that's as hostile to Zaunites and the disabled as Piltover is if he didn't refuse to listen to the opinion of others. It's largely been in his best interest to disregard avoidable rules and social conventions because they otherwise barred him from not just advancing in society but participating in it in general.

But now this defense mechanism will only serve to further push him from others as he crosses morelines. Sure Viktor will be able to do some good with the hexcore and even gain followers, but a cult isn't a reliable source of criticism, it's an echo chamber to reinforce your beliefs. Viktor's true resolution will be allowing someone, maybe more than one, to tell him to pull back and he actually listens.

Tldr: Mr. "If you want to change the world, don't ask for permission", needs to learn life is a team project and nothings wrong with a little peer review.

[melmedarda]

⸻ COUNCILOR SALO, Arcane

[frostybearpaws]

out of context Arcane spoiler

so like, we agree that Ambessa’s probably fucking Salo right?

[pooki3wooki3]

SMALL SPOILER !!!

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hear me out NAKED SALO

[miraofhearts2point0]

Caitlyn could kill a child in s2 and i wouldnt even bat an eye like thats my girl!! shes just being silly and getting her revenge and i wont be the one to stop her!! i like my femmes a bit deranged!!

[bringthekaos]

I mean

This is what the newspapers were saying about Jayce (beloved holden boy) becoming a councilor

Could you imagine Viktoe, a zaunite? They would have shredded him

Oh yeah, they would have torn him apart. He would have been damned from the get-go, with Piltover’s biases making most of them incapable of even giving him a chance. And while I don’t think Viktor would really give a shit what they have to say about him, I do think the added attention (and by extension detraction from his actual work) would be his breaking point.

Like, “I’ve just created revolutionary tech that allows water treatment facilities to filter out toxins at an exponentially improved rate, and all this city can talk about is where I’m fucking from??”

It’s like the US tabloids that turn charity fundraising events into “who are you wearing?” Is that really what’s important here? Or even fucking relevant???

LOL, Viktor would have bombed them himself 🤣

[aurumnexus]

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[julietwiskey1]

I think Vi and Cassandra would not get along. I think Cassandra out of all of the people topside aside from Markus was most responsible if indirectly for her suffering. She could have been a councilor for long enough to have set the conditions for the bridge massacre.

But most of all I think she was a big reason why Grayson was so determined to bring someone in for Jayce apartment explosion and theft. If someone had dynamite in their apartment and it blew up in a robbery you blame the person who had the dynamite not the robbers. But I think Cassandra had a lot of incentive to move blame away from Jayce. After all she was the one paying for his research. She paid for the production of the explosives. So blame could quickly jump from Jayce to her. So it would be better for her if she could get the sheriff to pin the blame on anyone else.

I think if this ever came up in conversation it would solidify in VI’s mind how the council works and the kind of corruption that runs rampant in Piltover. They matter the most and the people of the undercity are expendable to their ends.

It would also force Caitlyn to consider the full extent of corruption. It isn’t just confined to the enforcers or even start there. But rather it starts all the way at the top and works it way down. And her mother is a very big player in directing that corruption and benefiting from it.

[hauntingblue]

AAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH WE GOT ARCANEEEEEEEEEE

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 1x02 - "Some Mysteries Are Better Left Unsolved" ↳ "Do whatever it takes. Turn the undercity upside down if you have to. Just find them!"

[mollysunder]

Shimmer & The Glorious Evolution: A Love Story

We can see how a specialized high quality strain of Rio's shimmer can alter the biology of living organisms to make users produce their own shimmer, as is the case with Jinx. So what will happen now that Rio's specialized shimmer has been exposed to an artificial life form, i.e. the hexcore?

What Has the Hexcore Done Without Shimmer?

Prior to the hexcore's exposure to shimmer infused blood we've only seen it capable of releasing short bursts of massive energy when Viktor experiments with it.

When exposed to human blood the hexcore reacted by "consuming" a drop of it. The blood effected the entire magical dimension the hexcore connects to by turning it to a shade of purple similar to the plants found in Singed's cave.

Later we see that this newly blood infused hexcore's magic turned purple and is able to not only react to organic matter such as plants, but stimulate their growth in turn (not for long of course). The affected plants also take on the purple tinge similar to the hexcore's magic.

What Have We Seen the Shimmered Hexcore Do So Far?

Once Viktor exposed the hexcore to his shimmer infused blood it was capable of producing a longer lasting stable state with its test subject twice. Initially, what exactly happened to Viktor's leg was up to interpretation, but later on animators in Bridging the Rift confirmed that Viktor's new leg and hand are made of metal.

This means that the hexcore took Viktor's flesh and shimmer infused blood (more than the first time) and exchanged it for an arcane/shimmer configured metalic replacement. His skin is gone and we're looking at what his muscle has been converted to.

The transmutation of Viktor's hand and leg into metal could have only been facilitated through the use of shimmer. It was likely the remaining shimmer in Viktor's system that prevented him from being absorbed into the hexcore. Without a sufficient amount of shimmer, a regular human hand does not equal a shimmerized arcane metalic hand. The flesh, bone, and blood of an entire adult woman and a pitance of shimmer is worth the hand it provides.

What Will Happen Next Season?

The further the hexcore directly interfaces with organic matter the more similar it becomes in appearance and ability to shimmer. Where it improves health and strength at increasing biological costs. Once Viktor realizes that he's missing the "Inspiration" rune, the rune matrix will finally be complete and reach a "stable" state.

A "stable" state could mean the hexcore could reliably interact with and alter organic matter like Rio's shimmer is capable of. Based on the notes Sky left behind, her research focused on plant biology. In theory, a "perfect" hexcore could not only stimulate plant life to grow impressively, they could be durable enough to survive in extreme environments like Zaun.

While there is evidence that shimmer and its byproducts can enhance plant growth, especially in Zaun, there is a catch. Any plant affected by a hexcore corrupted by Rio's specialized shimmer would be altered in a way that makes them capable of being producing shimmer independently.

Just from Viktor's experiment with a hexcore exposed to a single drop of blood, the plants began to glow purple like the plants Rio would eat and break down into shimmer. Except, like Jinx the hexcore would pass down its own strain to the plant subjects that's compatible with the hexcore's "exchange" requirements.

But why would Viktor want to create plants capable of producing MORE shimmer for Zaun. Simple! Without shimmer you can't get... The Glorious Evolution. It's already been mentioned that Viktor's limbs have become metal, and to make his transformation complete he'll need more shimmer. For others to become like him, he needs more shimmer.

but...

Who Would Be Willing to Follow the Herald's Path?

Shimmer addicts like Huck and those who live in the sump with dying flesh and residual concentrations of shimmer in their bodies could be "healed" from their state of deterioration through the hexcore.

In Bridging the Rift we actually saw an unfinished clip of Viktor reaching his metalic hand to reach out and grab the face of a shimmer addict. Upon further inspection of the unidentified character's scars, we can guess this is Huck.

There's also the underlying culture of flesh sacrifice in Zaun, which is actually in the same vein as the Church of the Gloriously Evolved. In League, specifically through Camille's lore, the Church of the Gloriously Evolved actually exists outside of and likely before the Machine Herald came to the scene. The Church's roots even stretch into both Zaun & Piltover.

They believe that you must sacrifice something close and dear (like diseased flesh) with the faith that something better will take its place. Splinters of this organization likely made Silco an object of worship admiring his power and assuming the shimmer he brought was the miracle they sacrificed so much for already. Without Silco and his shimmer, Viktor and his hexcore would become the Church's new object of adoration as they bring shimmer AND immediate transmutation.

Finally, there's Sevika. In the tarot seen, Sevika drew a winning hand with a pair of card, Death and The Magician, that resemble Jinx and Viktor respectively. The scene may foreshadow that Jinx and Viktor will be the trump cards to win her Zaun's independence. But How will that work with Viktor?

You could argue that Sevika could bring Viktor in to repair her arm, but there's an entire industry backed up by a chembaron, Smeech, to fulfill that need. Viktor's going to need to bring something new to the table to be brought into the fold, and that could be shimmer infused plants and the "healing" properties of the hexcore. And I'm sure Sevika's pragmatic enough to know that for Zaun to survive Piltover's retaliation she'll need to bolster her resources in manpower and shimmer... lots of it.

Whether Sevika will be able to handle the cult of personality around the Machine Herald, especially if Jinx ends up siding him is a whole other discussion.

[melmedarda]

⸻ COUNCILOR SALO (serving unparalleled levels of cunt as per usual), Arcane

[lady-griffin]

Ziggs: If another human tries to hug me or treat me like their personal stuffed animal, I am going to shove every explosive devise I have, down their throat.

Heimerdinger: umm... so, what’s this?

*Camera pans, revealing Ziggs being hugged by Jinx like he’s her personal stuffed animal*

Ziggs: JINX DOESN’T COUNT!!! SHE’S MY BELOVED GRANDDAUGHTER!!!

[insane-arcane]

Imagine Being a Renound Painter and catching Mel's Attention

[hornedgod]

“I have a friend on the council” Caitlyn sweetie I think you’re forgetting to mention someone maybe