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danidoesathing · 4 days ago

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Seeing all these Odyssey-related asks gave me a funny potential plot idea:

Post-canon, Viktor naturally bleeds Ora. Like, as a side-effect of how thoroughly the Arcane has altered his body, his body naturally generates the stuff even if he's returned to a human appearance. The first time he cuts himself after he and Jayce return to the material world is an... Experience, to say the least.

(Also, he and Jayce discover that a single drop of his blood can power Hextech devices for months-much more safely and efficiently than the crystals ever could.)

YES I LOVE THAT i love. post canon viktor still not being (and never will be) human because he's so fundamentally changed and intertwined with the arcane at this point that he can't be separated from it. and man post canon of this au has gotta be wild in general. viktor had a whole ass space adventure and came back as a cyborg with fucked up gold space blood that can power cities. Jayce got possessed by an eldritch piece of magic tech but it’s ok the space blood made him better. This is just their everyday life now

I also love in general the potential of Viktor being an insanely powerful arcane being (whether still a literal arcane god or it's just a biological function like the blood) and the potential threat of that. Inadvertently he's become a very powerful and sought after resource no matter where they end up. becoming the apex of your technology you feared getting exploited + viktor struggling with concept of having control over his own body and soul again immediately having to deal with that kinda threat

#my ass is obsessed with viktor and his fucked magiktech anatomy during AND post canon #my original idea for what s2 vik's body would be like was not too far off from what we got but it did enhance the body horror aspect #if that tells you anything about me. i want to study him #ask #asks #dani speaks #i dont really like the trope of. magically human trope. makes me feel iffy #i give jayvik a pass because humanity is a HUGE aspect of their arc and it's a wonderful angst potential for viktor #but i prefer the idea that humanity isn't biological but more as a concept. choosing to be human in that way #which is also a fun balance between jayce and viktor given their. game stances on it. being inhuman doesnt mean losing your humanity #and i like the idea of viktor having to chose it over and over. even if he's still a god even if hes still a robot he decides to be human #again ont have anything against this trope for jayvik i think its fitting. but i do love the choice of humanity and also fucked up mage vik #thats not really relevant to this au but you know #i also personally think that the idea that hextech being inherently evil is dumb! it was the anomaly/wild rune and i will die on that hill #thats more beef with canon and it's lack of explanation on the wild rune-the hexcore-the arcane and their relationship with each other #again not relevant im just throwing that out there

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