#jayvik confirmed

[kirislovelygf]

mfs can’t ever say “i love you” always gotta pull some shit like this omg

[scentedcollectorconnoisseur]

mfs can’t ever say “i love you” always gotta pull some shit like this omg…(Read More)

[posalis]

and i wonder: do you see her in the back of your mind in my eyes?

i see her in the back of my mind. all the time. (feels like a fever. like i'm burning alive. like a sign.)

[feral-queercore-punk]

viktor nation oh my god i cant fucking function with this much content im going to explode. we were starved so long and now i feel like a withered adventurer finding solace in a palace and gorging myself uncontrollably until i die

[beastking-golion]

Who give af if the writers didn’t “confirm” jayvik, girl have you people ever shipped shit before? You gotta do the legwork yourself, being confirmed doesn’t matter. You weaken yourself on such pointless principles.

[gldnstrngs]

sighs guess its time to officially add jayvik to my “merthur in every universe” list

[calc1fers]

thank you arcane creators for the doomed yaoi representation (i am deeply unwell)

[bizzybee280yt]

alright, chat, how we feelin?

[assblastergaster]

the way jayvik fans are ignoring the entire plot of the show to raise up their ship is so…i thought tumblr was being dramatic when they said yaoi shippers will just ignore any women and plot just to prop up their own desires.

like let’s not be deluded a lot of people emphasized caitvi a little too much—to the point they ignored the story—but that was nothing compared to this. like, i get it, they’re two hotties with a beautiful, complex narrative surrounding them and tying them to their world and each other. but if a romantic or sexual relationship was a part of that, there’s no way in helllll fortiche or the writers would’ve maintained their status as “just” best friends and brothers. (which also ignores how deep and beautiful a bond between best friends, siblings, partners can be)

i know some people might not remember it but i remember in 2021 there was a slight whisper from some people, especially on reddit, who were annoyed that the show focused so much on women’s relationships (sisters, girlfriends, daughters) and not men’s; obviously these people missed the point in an entirely different direction but they’re on the same starting track as the jayvik romance phenomenon. jayce and viktor are as much vander and silco as they are themselves. they are vi and jinx. they are brothers by bond, not by blood (though eventually they are by the blood they spill). they are the third telling of this all important story between siblings, the third outcome. vander and silco could not handle what they wrought and eventually killed each other. vi and jinx could not handle what they had done and had to separate themselves completely lest they be stuck in a constant drowning battle. jayce and viktor couldn’t fix what they had done and thus had to work together to destroy it, as they had to cause it. notably: these latter two outcomes reflect the overall trajectory of the show. vander and silco (united by ideals) could not forgive themselves or each other, even for their goal to save the world. jinx and vi (united by blood) and jayce and viktor (united by discovery) learned from themselves, from each other, that they have to forgive in order to do what’s ultimately needed.

also—something i’ve seen NOBODY mention is Skye. Skye is honestly so important to viktor’s arc and nobody seems to remember or care. she has been accused of being one of arcane’s few flaws, being a victim of “fridging.” in some ways, this is absolutely true. she was just a random female character introduced to make viktor feel bad—but that’s kind of the point. viktor’s newfound hatred (end of s1) of the hex core comes because he realizes that his arrogance and desperation have lead him to kill someone he never got to know on a deeper level (indicated by him learning more about her from her diagrams than he has the whole time). he is furious that he let that happen, that it took an innocent life to be lost forever just to spur him to realize the error of his ways. it why he wanted to be left to die naturally. her inclusion in the brief time where viktor was “ascended” but not yet gloriously evolved, was some of the points at which viktor seemed happiest. we didn’t get to see much of them—which is sad—but their constant interactions and her looming presence whenever he was shown in his astral state confirmed how much he regrets losing her. this does NOT mean they are a romantic item, though to some it may, but it does mean that viktor’s care and character growth/change for others is being unfairly sidestepped in favor of a ship. she even goes so far to say that “no, you won’t” when he says he’ll miss their talks—implying either that she was the first to acknowledge that he was not going to be the viktor she knew, or that she knew that the same arrogance in him now was in him when she was alive (and that he cared about nothing but himself).

this is not even to mention that this also completely sidelined Mel, who does eventually move on due to reasons outside either her or jayce’s control, was still his lover and confidant for a long time. her arc informs his as does he, hers. her growth into her powers while he shies away from unknown magic is a reflection of their season 1 selves, where jayce embraces his newfound inventiveness and influence while she fears her what she knows her mother will do. mel being routinely ignored is due in no small part, im sure, by misogyny and racism—but she is just as much a main character as they are (game notwithstanding).

now i’m not saying this to be a jayvik hater. myself? i love caitvi, probably more than i should have above base appreciation of their worth to the story and beautiful writing, so i get it. this doesn’t mean i think jayvik is bad inherently—but lofting it above all else is annoying. the romances of arcane are sooo beautiful and complex but they’re only a part of what the story is trying to tell you, so a manufactured relationship that supersedes all is counterintuitive.

[capriszn]

personally i loved arcane s2 more than the first, it was so so beautiful and memorable and visibly crafted with love!!!!! i cried constantly throughout eps 4-7 and held my breath for the final episode and yall can complain about pace and unanswered questions all you want, i don‘t really agree that these were actual issues.. and then it got gayer too so ofc this show is going down in history now as the best animated series since avatar but u didnt hear that from me ig

[youvegot-timetogrow]

Viktor goes through immeasurable amounts of pain and a change that literally remakes his biological composition, forever altering the very nature of his being both physiologically and psychologically, after years upon years of a rapidly advancing illness that left him with months to live while slaving away in a lab for the progress of a city that could not and would not ever help him, sees his colleague literally reduced to ash in front of his very eyes by the thing that is both his life's work and his only chance of survival, all the while his supposed partner is too busy politicking to realise what the hell is going on with him until it's too bloody late

... So how is it that as soon as he comes back from the grave the only things I see discussed are... his ships??? The "affection" line with Jayce, him seeing Sky as the manifestation of the hexcore...surely there's more to it than romance??

Sure the divorce jokes are funny as hell and the implications of the affection between Jayce and Viktor are layered but surely we're not going to reduce that line to merely an admission of feelings of sorts? He was his lab partner and was too self absorbed to realise Viktor was literally decaying and dying in front of him. Viktor was on a ticking clock and Jayce was too taken by his political career to prioritise his partner's literal life. Would that not infuriate you?

The Sky thing is possibly even worse because like... She literally died in front of him, directly because of his actions? Like she was a full person and now she's not anymore and she had dreams and aspirations and ideas that he (and we the audience by extension: reminder that we don't know shit about Sky!! She's barely a character!!! And I believe that's intentional!!!) never knew about and now all those possibilities are gone because of him? Would that not break you? Not to mention that for all we know part of her might still linger inside the hexcore. Is she really there? Is he ascribing some ulterior meaning to her as the one he could not save? Why does she not wear glasses anymore? Is that what she looked like or is Viktor making her up into something she was never?

All this being said listen I'm not the fandom police and people can enjoy and interpret media however they want to! Ship away!! but is there really nothing more to those scenes than that?

[saelings]

When the subtitles misunderstand the word ‘headache’ uttered in an accent 💀😨😂

[applesaucemeow]

Just finished watching Arcane. What

[binghe-malewife-goals]

I think I die a little everytime someone calls Jayce and Viktor friends genuinely

[silly-toji]

GUYS, WE GOTTA CHEER FOR HOW RIGHT WE WERE WITH THE SITUATIONSHIP JOKES.

There are two kinds of people, separated by the way they dealing with heart shuttering break up:

They becoming sad alcoholic hobo with no sense of personal hygiene...

2. ...or career overachiver.

[hexhomos]

VICTORY LAP MY DUDES VICTORY LAP LETS ALL HIGH FIVE RN

I think they did (within the boundaries of league being an incredibly gay-averse game when it comes to gay men in specific) jayvik directly parallel all the other couples in the show, in levels that are, frankly, more explicit than timebomb in s1. We get jayce hallucinating viktor in smoky eyeshadow breathing out of his parted mouth. A whole ass confession. You're beautiful. Only You in every timeline only You in every possibility. etc. THAT would be explicit enough for heteros!!

I know that you wanted a kiss and that is what you meant, and I would have loved a kiss, I think they deserved a kiss, but in very corporate terms they were probably not willing to take that extra risk and get more scenes of the episode cut by tencent distributors (who already axed some of caitvi's) esp when this is THE series finale moment. In a way they were made inextricable from the ending of the show which I can get behind.

Don't get me wrong though I still think they should be confirmed in skinlines and the game itself where they have no excuses lol

A WHOLE LOT OF ANONS OWE ME HARD CASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! JAYCE HAS ONLY EVER CARED DEEPLY FOR HIM. AND YALL WERE RUNNING SMEAR CAMPAIGNS. Anyway I do love that they specified what the injury was I got so worried thinking it would be waved off lol