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itsbeenliketenyearsitsprettywild · 3 months ago

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on tag responses and reply trains or: "click the readmore for my analysis of the the (mostly) Greek love terms that sum up jayvik and jaymel and also at some point i forget how to shut the fuck up and turn this into what might as well be a thesis paper on jaymel as a duo and How Mel Is Dedicated To Jayce Her Own Way"

starting from op @aurieeeeeenyx's tags that got me thinking:

#you mightve guessed that ive been listening to the hadestown soundtrack again recently#but anyways. jayce going back over and over and failing in timeline after timeline in the hopes that maybe this time. maybe just this once#he'll succeed and get his partner back#viktor putting the whole of his faith and trust in jayce that jayce will come back for him even though he fails again and again#but still viktor cannot imagine not believing in jayce one more time#the way the entire universe hangs in the balance of their bond oh man#i feel like jayvik is beyond categorization they're like the peak of classical romance which is not necessarily kisses and dating etc#but like the purest form of intimacy and affection. or something#i should write a fic abt this#anyways . idk . im a big fan of meljayvik so mel fits in here SOMEWHERE i just havent figured it out yet#if you made it to the bottom of this wall of tags here's a pie 🥧

(the last tag isn't exactly relevant, but hey. free pie 🥧) my response in the replies (with a few spelling edits):

moreso than calling what Jayce and Viktor have 'classical romance' (as such a phrase feel like it could be confused with the Romantic movement in the arts, which doesn't have much to do with love directly), I feel like it would almost be more accurate to describe it using the ancient (and a just few more modern) Greek terms for love. They already exist as a way to delineate the many types of love that can exist either combined or singular that can be part of a relationship between two people. (there's like eight or nine different Greek/Greek-derived words to categorize love at this point depending on who you ask, feel free to look 'em up yourself - there are six ancient Greek ones in there too. the Greeks have been dissecting love for a *very* long time) Of the types of love exhibited between Jayce and Viktor specifically, I think what you're getting at is that it's a bond which involves this incredibly beautiful blend of philia and agape, with a bit of mutual meraki as well. In actual English - their bond is made of deep personal affection on a mental/personality level (philia literally translates to 'soul connection') which isn't hurt by their shared love of creating/inventing new technology together. All of this being further boosted by the fact that they would anything for each other, even if it means damning themselves or other reallities in the process. I'd love to go into meljay as contrast, in large part because their relationship feels pretty unique in terms of what we see in media, but there's only so many characters allowed in a reply lol. feel free to ping me if you want me to put the rest of the deets on this or another post, though (and clarify you want it on a reblog instead of a reply if that's the case, as i default to replies otherwise)!

op's reply:

actually it's funny you say this because the romantic movement in the arts is pretty much what i had in mind just because of the like...aesthetic? i feel like it comes with a certain mood of sublime beauty and some mix of nature/humanity/passion/nostalgia while being both subdued and Not, which the jayvik finale sort of embodies to me if that makes sense (but then again i'm not an art connoisseur so i could be spouting total bullshit) i do agree with your analysis of their bond in the framework of greek terms for love and think that funnily enough it goes back to the orpheus and eurydice thing again (arcane when i come for you and your greek tragedies WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU--) sooo i guess i'll have to do some more research on that and i'd love to hear about your thoughts on meljay! if you feel comfortable i think a reblog might help more people see it (in which case you might need to put my notes and/or your comment as context to this admittedly very short post) but i don't mind either way :D

And, since the notes and comments have been placed, time to continue (I've been using this website for reference and been extrapolating best i can, but I'm no expert on the subject so feel free to correct me on it)

I honestly find JayMel really interesting to analyze from this perspective, because I feel like media doesn't show many relationships with this unique blend of loves, and especially not presented in a way where it's actually given some weight and value to both people within it. So, to start:

This list is very, very long, so let me this for the sake of everyone's sanity...

TL; DR - While Jaymel absolutely involves sexual attraction between the two of them (and is sometimes connected to these more casual, playful moments between the duo), those aren't nearly all the facets of their love. Some of the other types include: how they both enjoy working on Hextech (from the angles of technology and politics respectively), even if they sometimes have to make deals and do things with it they personally don't like; the surprisingly tentative yet compelling nature of their friendship together; the practical ways they (read; mostly Mel) are willing to help and support each other on a much more functional level, and how that in turn plays a very large part in letting them further emotionally connect with one another and deepen their bonds as people.

First (and most obviously), Mel and Jayce's dynamic obviously has a fair amount of eros in it. Eros can best be described as 'sexual love' or 'physical desire for each other' - the kind of love most people (largely allosexuals) assume are a part of "romantic" relationships by default, though one doesn't have to be a couple to act upon mutual eros. Either way, it's absolutely a part of their dynamic that deserves to mentioned and recognized - pretty sure none of us are going to forget the Sextech scene any time soon, and all. But that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to their dynamic.

In a fair few scenes where eros between them is evident, there's also pretty obviously some ludus going on. Ludus is one of the more modern categorizations love types, and describes 'playful love' - something more casual or carefree, no strings inherently attached, but a noted expression of affection all the same. You know that forge scene in season 1, where Mel sarcastically calls Jayce's smithing 'a delicate art' and she watches him sexily hammer out some metal, or at the end of that same scene, where she leans into him seductively... only to smack him in the tiddies with his own forge bolt and adds the one-liner, "Hold onto your nuts?" That absolutely reads as ludus following up on the eros within their dynamic. After all, ludus is the kind of love found in booty calls and one night stands, but could also just be enjoying a night out drinking with your pals. Which makes jaymel really interesting, considering the fact that it's also steeped in the opposite type of love....

....Which, in all honestly, I feel like I'll only be able to talk about once I've described meraki. You see, this and the next type of love seem pretty deeply entwined with one another when it comes to my categorizing and understanding of jaymel, but it feels like this is the one best needed to help describe the context of the other. Now, meraki one of the terms coined after the ancient Greeks, being a modern word that most people who don't speak Greek down know about. Essentially (and i could be wrong about the best term to use - but honestly i legitimately feel like this a type of love that shapes them, and don't know a better word to use), meraki is the love of creation, the love one pours into the act of making art or writing poetry or skillfully setting a table - or, best as i can sum all that up, a love of your work/what you do. And, lest we forget, the thing that brought them (alongside Viktor, though he's not the focus of this post) together is... well, Hextech. It's just that the work Jayce and Mel happen to be doing in relation to creating Hextech happen to be quite different in nature. Nonetheless they're both quite necessary for its creation to come to fruition. For Jayce, this 'love of creation' he has for hextech is quite literal - he's one of the two geniuses who invents, designs and very directly builds machines and technology that utilize Hextech within them, and it's obviously from the get go that he loves the idea of it so much that he dedicated his life to it (something something what that means in terms of what he said in the finale-). Mel, meanwhile, also loves Hextech and how she goes about creating it - but, in her case, she creates far less literally than how Jayce and Viktor do, though still plenty important. Because, for all the boys physically create the technology, it wouldn't be able to have nearly as much of an impact as it does if there wasn't someone politically advocating for its use and working for it to become societally integral. For all Viktor and Jayce may love making their gadgets and gizmos that utilize it, she's the one who loves it enough to build it up as A Brand and help get Jayce into top enough form that Hextech can even have its own seat on the council (no matter how much she regrets that decision almost immediately afterwards. But, it's this difference in terms of how they precisely they go about creating Hextech that can lead to a divide in how much they enjoy particular parts of shaping that leads to struggle in staying dedicated to specific parts of the process, which really comes down to their comfort with....

Pragma, or 'practical/dedicated love'. Pragma is the final love term coined after the time of Ancient Greece, and essentially acts as the complete opposite of ludus. While ludus is all about fun and in-the-moment playfulness, pragma is the love shown by doing what needs to be done to keep things functional, even if said actions are not particularly fun or enjoyable themselves. It's not the same thing as agape/'sacrificial' love, because it's not a case of being willing to throw everything just to keep this one person happy. These things are being done because they have to be done to make sure everything stays okay, not because the thing they love comes before absolutely anything else. Though it might seem boring (or maybe even selfish, if you compare it to agape in particular), it's a huge part of all kinds of relationships you can find between people, and says as much about nature of a dynamic as anything else. But, as stated, this type of love between Jayce and Mel is seen very specifically when it comes to their mutual love for Hextech and less directly for each other. In making Hextech and allowing it to flourish as a technology, steps have to be taken to ensure sponsors and investments, so that they never lose access to the resources required to continue working on it. As such, deals have to be cut and made, as seen in the concert scene, and continuing to make sure Jayce and Viktor's projects are properly funded is something they have to do over and over again just to keep things moving. In this sense, the main difference between the two of them in this context is the nuance of their meraki - for all they both enjoy creating Hextech in some way, the types of work they enjoy dedicating themselves to contrast quite a bit. For Jayce, politics and lobbying for funding are only a small part of what he does for Hextech - and not what he gravitate towards naturally, charismatic as he can be. To him, his love of is for the literal process - the one that Viktor both enjoy creating as a team moreso than they'll ever enjoy doing it alone. Meanwhile politicking and dedication to Hextech's social and financial success (which is where a lot of the pragma comes to the forefront) is what Mel enjoys doing - alone if necessary, but preferably with one of the creators of Hextech at her side, to have another hand on deck and a more direct face to associate with it. As such, it *does* make its own kind of sense that the duo (jayvik) whose meraki is almost identical have an time easier time bonding personality-wise (tho i do think Mel and Vik would have an easier time of it- *shoves my melvik-in-the-polycule headcanons in a box for later*), in comparison to the fascinatingly tentative nature of Jayce and Mel's....

Philia, or 'soul connection'. For all it sounds like a term for soulmates or such, what it really just means is that two people get along well with each other when it comes to general socializing and interaction. This is the type of love that underpins deep friendships, but also romantic couples that go beyond just being sexually compatible (or queerplatonic couples - sadly, the terms for love never developed in such a way to make it *easy* to differentiate aspec couples from other kinds of dynamics, but we work with what we got), or even just coworker who get along pretty well. And it's here in particular that I find jaymel compelling as we see them in the show, because, for all we see them work together well on Hextech and be playful with each other and Do The Fuck, their philia seems... surprisingly awkward, or at least not nearly as natural as it is for jayvik (or how i headcanon it would be for melvik). To be clear: you're allowed to headcanon jaymel as more naturally friendly than this, like how many people like to extrapolate jayvik out to include some level of eros (which, once again, not disparaging, just noting as not being shown in Arcane directly). But in terms of what we actually see in the show... jaymel has a bit of a hard time with getting close on an emotional level. Which i honestly really appreciate; the show doesn't invalidate the love that is there simply due to this fact, after all. All the other parts of their relationship exist and are recognized in the narrative while still letting the philia between them not come as naturally as everything else. People's personalities may end up with them clashing fairly often, but they can still be close anyways. (well, as long as they work at it - but I'll segue into that subcategory in a little bit.) And because of this, they're able to take a very fun option: showing some of these moments of tension or awkwardness between them, and letting us as the audience watch how the two navigate and end up resolving these moments. Though some of these moments do end up getting interrupted by a third party, which can end up impacting how these moments of tension end up getting resolved. (I'm looking at you, Viktor, for how you interrupted that moment between jaymel and instigated the season 2 council room fight. go to ur eldritch jesus shame corner /lh/j) Speaking of reaction: Mel and Jayce each have distinct ways of expressing emotional distress (at least most of the time - Mel lets herself get a lot more angry with her mother than she would otherwise). For Jayce, his reactions are what he's infamous for in fandom - impulsively jumping into action based on his current feelings without considering what consequences. (read: almost always not what he wanted.) Meanwhile, Mel tends to withdraw into herself and act more emotionally unaffected than she actually is - for example, how her reaction to Jayce leaving in the middle of the night after Sextech is to... well, paint, and respond relatively neutrally up until Jayce justifies his actions. But it's in resolving of these conflicts that the two of them are able to start building up their philia and comfort with each other (beyond their mutual focus on hextech or sex) into a deeper level of companionship. The reason why their philia is able to end up further developing is due to the active usage of...

Pragma, not within the framework of Hextech. You see, Hextech-focused pragma can quite often lead to added tension between them instead of anything getting resolved, as seen when Mel gets Jayce voted onto the council without asking him first. In comparison, many of the moments of pragma between them that aren't focused on Hextech itself often lead to to bonding moments between the two of them as individuals. (Which makes sense as talking about work, even if you like doing it, doesn't tend to lead to much personal emotional intimacy.) Alongside that, there's one other thing that differentiates these moments of pragma from those focused on Hextech directly: in those situations where willingly taking action leads to them getting closer, it's almost always Mel who takes the initiative. For Jayce, the vulnerability he shows to her is never from a place of willingly dropped guard or conscious intent, but instead due to being absolutely overwhelmed by his emotions. As such, it's Mel who consistently dedicates herself to their relationship by reacting in ways that only really serve to benefit or support Jayce, such as: -> accepting her suddenly-given role as emotional after the discovery Viktor is dying -> voting Heimerdinger out of the council on Jayce's inferred behest -> comforting Jayce over said vote that he pushed through -> stalling while he's supposed to be leading the council so he has time to find Viktor -> implicitly supporting Jayce's decision to bring Viktor back from at least the brink of death, if not death itself, at the beginning of season 2 Even past the ones I listed, there's so many moments Mel has which speak to her own brand of love for Jayce, especially in season 1. Times where she very much chooses to act in favor of his interests, even though it in no way benefits her, can be readily pointed to as cases of pragma. For all they might not be big and noticeable, they help keep the dynamic functional and healthy. Though, that's not to say Jayce doesn't have a moment of pragma outside of working on Hextech. Though, unless I'm missing something, it is just. A singular moment for him. Which is after his implicit apology for the argument the two had in the council room before the Viktor fight in season 2. After the apology, Mel goes on to open up to him about how she unlocked her abilities as a mage, that he comforts her by saying that Mel could never be just a passenger in her body - this is a moment that, while it does nothing to help him personally, still speaks to him caring about Mel. But... that's pretty much we only case we have of him directly engaging in pragma in relation to Mel. (...But then again, we see a lot of him and his active cases of pragma in those situations in season 1 focused on Hextech in particular, so in that regard it evens out if you consider pragma a whole without those specific contexts in mind. But I digress.)

There's potentially one other type of love i was tempted to add to all this, but this post has gotten very, very long, so i think I leave it here. If you somehow got this far down: holy shit what the fuck (impressed). For the sake of the sane people. I think I'll be putting my TL;DR at the top of the list.

oh yeah also jayvik are extremely orpheus and eurydice coded i don't make the rules

#arcane #reblargh #jaymel #meljay #honestly i also wanted to go into some of these in a lot more detail #but tumblr stopped being able to properly process it as a document before i got to the end lmfao #it might be a bit more obvious now why out the TLDR so high up in the post #and i didn't even get to go into how you mentioned Romanticism #and how jayvik in season 2 can be summed up as basically 'Romanticism vs Enlightenment'#i would add more tags but this post took me like at least 20 hours over two days to write out #so i'm just a taaaaad drained lol #if it's not coherent nyx or is too long feel free to tell me and i'll try to explain it more succinctly!#jayvik #mentioned at the top at the very least #also i can't stop myself from talking a bit about meljayvik and melvik at times

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michelangelinden · 4 years ago

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Hello and welcome (please stay a while)

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Series

the Band Dance Camp we all wish existed irl (2 parts)

Between Chaos and Contentment (and a little Creativity)

Multichap. Unfinished. rated T (for swearing). AU where all of them go to a summer camp with either band or dance classes (with everything your heart may desire, mainly Willex, but also Boggie, Juke and a hell lot of Found Family)

Alongside Patience and Potential (and a lot of pretty People)

Multichap. Unfinished. rated T (for swearing). The work where I post all the “deleted scenes” from the first part (including pain)

Julie and the Himbos and Kittens (2 parts)

Rambo The Hamster (don't give Reggie a cat)

4.9k. rated T (for swearing). Julie finds kittens and decides to adopt them. The band has feelings (mostly excitement)

Anyone who asks (Everyone, really)

3.9k. rated T (for swearing). Willex sequel where Willie meets the kittens and also has feelings (but not only for the kittens)

Willex is sad :( (3 parts)

Please tell me what you need (being sad is okay)

2.9k. rated G. Willie has a bad day and Alex comforts him with hugs and cuddles (normalising being sad for no reason)

When getting up is almost painful (but peach juice gives a little comfort)

4k. rated T. Warning for depressive themes. Willie comes home to Alex feeling very depressed and does his best to support him through it (this is my last angst exception, I swear)

It's not all bad (but right now it is)

1.6k. rated T. Warnung for descriptions of ADHD overstimulation. Willie is having a bad ADHD day and Alex helps him through it (that was not my last angst exception, I'm sorry)

Chaos Willie /Affectionate (three parts)

Whore /Affectionate

1.1k. rated G. Willie is impulsive and Alex doesn't know how to handle it (Bobby is okay with it tho)

Simp /Affectionate

3.6k. rated T (for swearing). Alex is surprised by Willie climbing through his window (but they finally settle on a relationship label)

Talk Dirty To Me /Romantic

1.1k. rated G. Willie realises he loves Alex and Bobby has to be the one to listen to his agonies (if only he himself weren't pining for Reggie)

Willex

Caress my cheek and leave traces of glitter (and hold me like I'm something precious)

Multichap. Finished. 46.8k. rated T (for swearing). Big Band 2022 fic where JATP works at a campsite as the restaurant band (feat. a kids club, tired lifeguards, and even more tired Caleb)

When I got to touch you, I touched the sun (just like I always wanted)

5k. rated G. A collection of times Alex and Willie shared a first time (or the very slow process of them falling in love)

Pretend-Fiancée and literal Partner-In-Crime (don't try to steal my watch again)

9.5k. rated T (for swearing). Alex and Willie rob a jewelery store (and their family of their last nerve, as it should be)

Please wash your grapes (even when you're tired)

1.8k. rated T (for swearing). Alex comes home after a long day of studying to find his boyfriend already asleep in their bed (a Willie appreciation fic)

A coffee order doesn't tell you somone's sexuality (but it kind of really does)

6.1k. rated T (for swearing). Alex works at a coffee shop and Willie becomes a regular, crushes are inevitable (as is anxiety)

Don't come into a man's house and insult his shampoo (unless it's your boyfriend's)

3.9k. rated T (for swearing). Willie breaks his wrist and Alex comes over to help him wash his hair (a Willie's hair appreciation post)

Giving people water when they're drunk is a love language (calling them "Starburst" too)

6.6k. rated T (for swearing). Warning for alcohol consumption and effects. Willie is a bartender and Alex and his friends come by to celebrate a possible gig (Alex tries his best to flirt and fails but redeems himself)

And I would kiss you if you wanted to (with my hand on your cheek)

Multichap. Finished. 14.7k. rated T. Warning for talk of emotional abuse. JATPFS Secret Santa Princess and the Pea AU, but very distant, where Alex is a stranger seeking shelter from a storm and Willie is the beautiful boy taking him in (also Caleb being a dramatic asshole)

Don't kiss him on the first date (even if he might taste like coffee)

2.3k. rated G. Alex and Willie at the end of their first date, sweet ice cream and soft kisses (and a Bobby being a little shit bonus scene)

All my senses screaming at me (I'm not reading the signs wrong, am I?)

7.3k. rated T (for swearing). Four times Alex and Willie wanted to kiss each other + one time they did (the moment we've all been waiting for)

Melting in the sun (and at your words)

2k. rated T (for swearing). Alex is slowly going from medium rare to well done in the summer sun so Willie braids his hair (yes, it looks dumb, Krissy agrees)

Sleepover in my room (when you're feeling better)

2.1k. rated G. Willie needs a night to himself so he decides to sleep in his room (but Alex's arms are wide open when he decides to come back)

Boggie

Someone has to be there to tackle you (it's the law)

8k. rated T (for swearing). It's Bobby's birthday and Reggie is the only one who can celebrate with him, which only stresses Bobby a little bit (in which Reggie is the emotionally clever one)

And then You caught my Eye (giving Me the Feeling of a Lightning Strike)

2.1k. rated G. Bobby is a solo musician doing gigs in bars and sings a song for Reggie who works there as a waiter (trying not to make a fool of himself)

You think I'm cool? (Unfortunately, I do)

1.8k. rated T (for swearing). Pre-show rituals for Sunset Curve include Luke checking everything, Alex going for a smoke, and Reggie and Bobby sharing secret kisses (until eventually someone notices)

Juke

All the other People who tried (it had to be You)

Multichap. Finished. 12.9k. rated G. Secret Santa Sleeping Beauty AU, but Luke is the prince falling asleep for 100 years and Julie is the saviour going on an adventure to free him (feat. Boggie and Alex (and a hint of Willex) and like so much found family)

Found Family

Always welcome (that's what family is for)

5.6k. rated G. Alex is having a shitty Christmas Eve so he spends it at the Molina's (aka Julie Molina is an angel)

Works in progress (unpublished)

High School Musical Theatre AU - Willex, minor Boggie and Juke

Alex takes Willie to meet his grandparents - Willex

Hui Buh AU - Willex, Juke

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shankreligious · 6 years ago

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