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anyway new tat in an unflattering pic
#jayvik#i spent too much money on this#well spent tho#jayvik are so real#i predicted that ending btw#i’ll never recover
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only you.
#I still cannot fathom that the jayvik ending we got is real#I'm still convinced I will wake up from a dream#Every tiny thing about it was absolutely perfect#and I applaud everyone who worked on it#so all I really wanted to add was a little kiss#in honour of this incredibly beautiful scene#jayvik intertwined their souls and will now spend eternity together#jesus christ#get a room you two#arcane#arcane fanart#jayvik#jayvik fanart#jayce#viktor#jayce and viktor#my art#fanart
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arcane ships be like
i love a show that teaches equality (😭😭😭)
#guys i don't actually ship jayvik but it was necessary for the reference#sorry for the quality btw i threw this together#timebomb#jayvik#caitvi#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2#EDIT: multiple people have pointed out that the labels i've used aren't the characters' real sexualities. and they're right#there's actually NO labels in runeterra so i shoulda said m/f m/m and f/f relationships#but you guys already gave this 13k notes so whatever bro#just know!!! they are more than whatever nathaniacolver post labels them as! :)#EDIT AGAIN AFTER THE FINALE: I DO INDEED NOW SHIP JAYVIK. DAFUQ#DOOM IS DOOM#edit number 3 or something idk man people keep asking stuff:#i made this after act 1 and before acts 2 & 3 so this is an ACT 1 MEME#and yes timebomb are whatever the frick you want them to be. *sighs*. i should've said f/m relationship so bad
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the sillies
#my art#fishfingersandscarves#arcane#jayvik#jayce talis#viktor arcane#comic#this is so stupid but. crybaby jayce is real to me.#league of legends
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and you will surely be the end of me, but how could I 've known?
#jayvik#arcane#jayce arcane#viktor arcane#league of legends#arcane netflix#arcane s2#the brainrot is so real you guys
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Prosecutor Jayce and Detective Viktor
#I needed this crossover so bad#another detective in jail lord have mercy#at least this was an accident for real#or was it...#thinking#arcane#ace attorney#jayvik#viktor arcane#jayce talis
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divorce era for today's warm up :)c
#arcane#jayce talis#viktor#jayvik#ever makes art#jayce ignoring viktor's express wish to destroy the core to save his life was the second i knew it was gonna be so real for me personally#when the devotee's act of veneration deifies and destroys the object of worship#when u help create a god and your god in turn bestows on you his cursed blessing#a recursive impulse an endless loop selfish acts from selfless love. deity and devotee locked together in annihilation and salvation. YEEEE
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viktor giving jayce his cane only to start screaming "GIVE IT BACK!!!! GIVE IT BACK!!!!" in public is the FUNNIEST headcanon I've seen
#jayce talis#arcane jayce#jayce x viktor#jayce league of legends#jayce lol#viktor arcane#viktor league of legends#viktor lol#jayvik#jayvik headcanons#arcane#lol#arcane lol#be so real vik would be TOREMENTING jayce#vikjay#vikjayce#jaybe... jaybe not
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Jayvik trash
#arcane#fanart#procreate#league of legends#viktor arcane#jayvik#art#jayce talis#i’m so normal#*grabs violently viktor waist*#*CLANK CLANK CLANK*#glorious ovulation#the brainrot is real#arcane fanart#jayce ass mmm#*slaps*#Kokiyoh trash art
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this came to me in a prophetic vision (was lying awake at night and thinking about brooklyn nine nine)
#arcane#arcane fanart#jayvik#arcane viktor#jayce arcane#jayce talis#art#illustration#digital art#animation#fanart#artists on tumblr#comic#clip studio paint#csp#jayce x viktor#people who draw comics for a living you are all so strong#i weep whenever i have to draw a real background even if i like how it looks afterwards#also viktor called him 'my sunshine' in czech#:)
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Viktor's (subverted) Aristotelian Tragedy
A common sentiment I’m seeing throughout post-finale Viktor discourse is an understandable concern or distaste for the element of choice lost throughout his story. I know a lot of us – myself included – expected more time spent on his transformation, along with emphasis on the anger/rage/betrayal fueling it. But seeing him allow Singed to “begin the process” in episode 8 reminded me of Arcane’s origins – tragedy. Bear with me for another long analysis :)
Aristotle wrote the following on the tragedy: “A tragedy is the imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself…with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.” He also emphasized that the true tragic hero couldn’t be perfect, and his downfall into such catharsis-inducing circumstances was reliant on a fatal flaw, oftentimes pride.
Viktor fits this mold, as do many Arcane characters, and it stands to reason that this was intentional since the writing team has reiterated that the show is a tragedy, at its core.
Regarding Viktor’s fatal flaw, I’d argue it’s pride, but it manifests very uniquely. He never makes any grand declarations about his success and doesn’t draw attention to himself in any clear way throughout season one (“Progress Day” comes to mind). Instead, his pride manifests as staunch independence and self-reliance that lead to his downfall; his unwillingness to break his stoic mold arguably led to his use of the Hexcore…so it goes.
Fascinating caveat: Viktor’s pride is a defense mechanism, a necessary tool he built in order to survive and succeed in a hostile environment to people of his station. His self-reliance is increasingly desperate as his illness worsens. He’s cornered by fate but banks on the sanctity of choice at every turn – in season one, Viktor is bound by the conviction that we all have a choice. It’s why he’s so distressed when Jayce makes the wrong one regarding weaponizing Hextech.
“There is always a choice.”
Viktor’s choice to fuse with the Hexcore is the classic Aristotelian fatal flaw moment, the singular incident that opens the flood gates for eventual catharsis. We watch Viktor make an irreparable choice, one that we know to be bad, and endure the repercussions. He then makes the choice to abandon the Hexcore, and end his life, but audiences can’t shake the feeling that those consequences aren’t leaving anytime soon.
So why is Viktor so anti-choice in his final season 2, act 3 form?
Choice is Viktor’s weapon. Pride is what leads him to abusing it. Despite how uncomfortable and depressing it is to watch, Viktor’s slow descent into the Herald is a perfect twist of fate. The Arcane is even so insidious that it meshes with his original intent, to help those suffering in the undercity, while convincing him that their subservience is healing. He becomes responsible for their choices. He knows what’s best because he’s relieving the Gloriously Evolved of their suffering, right? The utopia is for the greater good, yes?
Admittedly, it was really hard watching act 3 Viktor descend fully into his choiceless ethos. But we can still relate it to his tragic flaw – his pride has mushroomed into coldhearted omniscience; not only does he know what’s best for everyone, evolution, but he also has the sense to make the choice for them to supersede their “baser instincts.” The grief we feel upon seeing this perverted, violent version of himself, as far removed from Viktor as possible, is the culmination of Aristotle’s treatise on tragedy. The catharsis is the rock-bottom Machine Herald.
"Choice is false."
But then Arcane decided to basically make Jayvik canon (get out of here, Christian Linke) and destroyed the early drafts of this post. I’m going to rapid-fire this next bit:
Jayce forces Viktor back to life. Viktor has no agency in his season 2 inciting incident. Again, it’s distressing when we mourn his agency, but it remains in accordance with Aristotelian tragedy.
Viktor clings to humanity as long as he possibly can. When Jayce calls out Viktor’s trajectory, alleging that his old partner had died in the Council chamber, whatever is left of Viktor gives way to the Arcane because his last tether has been snapped.
Jayce knows the game – Old Man Jenkins Mage Viktor told him so. Jayce becomes the linchpin in subverting Viktor’s tragedy. He knows what must happen. He understands now.
Machine Herald Viktor is given the chance to undo his fatal flaw, to reverse the catharsis, when he sees Old Man Jenkins Mage Viktor. With Jayce’s help, he takes it.
Given that it’s a version of Viktor who ultimately frees him from himself by empowering Jayce, we can gather that Viktor has liberated himself from his tragedy.
Aristotle’s catharsis is rapidly transformed from something based in release to something healing – Viktor’s tether to humanity returns. He grasps it. The walls of his pride and self-reliance collapse. He accepts Jayce’s help, finally being seen as the full individual he is. Catharsis ensues, for sure, but I don’t think it’s based in the typical tragedy genre.
All this to say, I think Viktor’s arc was, in fact, carefully constructed. He represents the Aristotelian descent into a fatal flaw and that’s very distressing to see unfold, especially since he embodied the tragic hero archetype so well from day one. However, Jayce undoes this narrative and we’re given an incredibly subversive ending that I, personally, never saw coming.
I’m sure that Mage Viktor has a much larger bearing on this analysis than I’m accounting for. But for now, suffice to say that he is Viktor’s way out of the tragedy. TALK ABOUT CHOICE!
This doesn’t erase anyone’s discomfort for Viktor having less and less agency, but I’d like to emphasize the logic and literary precedent behind the story decisions.
PS: here's a quick source I looked at about Aristotelian tragedies. I hope to re-up on Greek tragedies so I can get more specific about the parallels Arcane draws from them.
#wow! big one! thanks for reading if you stuck thru to the end#if you couldn't tell...i am a fan of viktor's entire story#it still doesn't feel fully real to me#and OFC they could have - and should have - spent way more time showing rather than telling#but that's a problem unfortunately endemic to the entire season so i see no point in dwelling too much#i just. i love him#and i will never stop talking about him for as long as i live ok ok#viktor arcane#arcane viktor#jayce talis#jayvik#arcane meta#arcane#arcane season 2#arcane s2#arcane spoilers#also i fucking love old man jenkins mage viktor and nobody will silence me on that front#viktor propaganda
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VIKTORS HAND CARESSING SOOTHINGLY AROUJD JAYCES ARM I JUST DIED
#arcane#arcane season 2#arcane act 3#arcane spoilers#viktor#viktor arcane#jayce talis#jayce arcane#jayvik#i love you jayvik#i love you much#did i mention i love jayvik#jayvik you have moved me#they are so insane for this#i hate gay people#gay ppl and their situationships#why are gay people so tragic#gay people can’t say i love you normally they gotta die for eachother instead#god they make me sick#i hate them (affectionate)#soulmates#literal soulmates#they are meant for eachother#actively going insane#i don’t how how to process this#what the fuck#gay ppl are real#jayvik canon actually !#gay#me and my homoerotic lab partner against the world
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On the line.
#i'm so emo about viktor#also I'M NOT READY FOR ARCANE TO END WTF????#this doesn't feel real#i'm already mourning#arcane#viktor#jayce#jayvik#fanart#digital art#myart#arcane season 2#arcane spoilers
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a heart’s a heavy burden 😔
#jayvik#arcane#jayce talks#viktor#sophie’s ‘find me in the future!’ line had my third eye opening i’ll be so real#team rocket’s arting off again!!!
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When you see death more often than your own mother
#trying to make my artblock go away with shitpost#tho that’s for real#death is annoyed to see him again so that’s why he got a free pass of living an eternity with jayce#like “hey it’s me again can my partner get a pass too btw?”#those gays i swear#arcane#jayce talis#arcane viktor#jayvik#jayvik season 2#artist on tumblr#artists on tumblr#shitpost
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Jayce Viktor size difference….lots to think about
#when I saw how much space Jayce’s hand took up on Viktor’s back something in me sat up and barked#jayce yaoi hands is so real#arcane#jayvik#viktor arcane#jayce talis
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