#like from how much of a presence viktor has in fan content you'd think he was the main goddamn character but he was genuinely so sidelined | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thanatika · 2 days ago

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crazy how viktor can't take a shit without people trying to claim that the shape of it is somehow him trying to brand himself with the talis family crest because being romantically obsessed with jayce is his whole personality now apparently.

#mine #league/arcane #arcane critical #sorryyyy in my hater era #actually i like the ship! more the league lore of them so i was sad they didn't follow that trajectory in s2 but still #one day i'm going to go off about how crazy it is that arcane's characterization of viktor removed basically all of his agency and autonomy #and personal convictions and etc etc #and left like 90% of his screentime as him acting either as a vessel to move jayce's (way more fleshed out) character arc forward #or as a vessel to provide a convenient villain for the ending so that they could ignore the core political themes of the premise #despite it making no sense for his character #like from how much of a presence viktor has in fan content you'd think he was the main goddamn character but he was genuinely so sidelined #compared to the ACTUAL main 4 (jinx vi cait and jayce) who he lags behind in screentime considerably #i guess if nothing else imagine how much more he'd be dominating every discussion about arcane if he was on par with them #the irresistible call of white twink sadboys to a fandom #anyway it makes me sad bc i looooved the daniil dankovsky tier obsessive freak qualities of og viktor's lore....#and not only did arcane retcon it and replace it BUT the fandom is also just focusing on him as like #obsessed with some guy and his own insecurities instead of having an actual ideology

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