#machine herald headcanons

[machineheraldandy]

I’ve been on tumblr for a while but haven’t posted properly in ages!

I might be for active here as my main talking platform twitter is being a silly billy due to muskie wuskie

I have a special interest on Miguel o’hara (from the comics) and the machine herald (from league of legends) so I’ll probably post about them a bit! Here is some new art :3

[honeymilkbubbletea]

I love this little headcanon about him sniffing that damn blanket

But what if...

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Totally normal coping mechanism -> ALERT! It doesn't smell like him anymore?

[girlbossmel]

If I were writing it, Sky would’ve died the same but she would’ve said “No you won’t. Viktor would’ve.” When she died instead, symbolizing that she sees the change from Viktor to Machine Herald, and it makes more sense that way bc we’ve SEEN Viktor care about her. Whether you ship them or not, he wanted to abandon hextech because of what happened to her. She was there for him, he cared for her, he even (canon) got her her job as his assistant, to get her out of the Undercity.

Jayce and Viktor still would’ve had their scene. I’m not a huge jayvik shipper, but I’m not an idiot and I see that they loved each other. Going off league lore (I’m a league player 💔) I don’t think killing them both off was necessarily a good idea. Jayce would’ve tried to sacrifice himself and die with him but Viktor would’ve stopped him at the last minute, citing “you’re too valuable for Piltover to lose.”

When he got back, injured I’m sure, dealing with his disabled leg (a BEAUTIFUL mirror to Viktor btw, however you see them), Mel would’ve been there. Idk why people are saying they broke up bc they had a mild disagreement when he accused her of manipulation (WHICH HE APOLOGIZES FOR???), and they would’ve embraced as he mourned. He would’ve said “I loved him, Mel.” And she would’ve told him that she knows, and held him. This doesn’t erase their romance either, nor was Jayce “cheating” as people are trying to say. Jayce and Viktor having a tragic love that didn’t work out DOESNT mean that he cheated on, or loved Mel any less.

[the-glorious-evolution-fanart]

Since canon is dead, I'm gonna post every HC I think would really fit him

[machneherald]

# bi on bi violence

ARCANE: LEAGUE OF LEGENDS (2021-2024) 2.06 | The Message Hidden Within the Pattern

[bichletmepickaname]

May we Melvik fans be blessed with some headcanons (if you have any)?👀

YES OMFG IM SO HAPPY YOU ASKED(also sorry for the late reply)

I have a lot actually because I’m melvik brain rotted.

1: Mel definitely brushes Viktor’s hair when he forgets or just doesn’t want to(often without asking) and when viktor trys to the same he fails because he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

2: they couldn’t Decide who was the little spoon or the big spoon so they just sleep facing each-other.

3: they are that snarky couple to each-other(affectionately ofc)

4: they watch each other work (like mel painting and viktor doing science shit)

5: when Viktor talks about science Mel listens but doesn’t pretend to understand but when Mel talks about politics Viktor listens but pretends he understands.

6: Viktor likes to sleep on top of Mel from time to time

I have a lot more but I don’t want to ramble I hope you liked these

[mistresscitrusslice]

Ok follow my train of thought

We're already starting with an Augmented Jayce AU bc what else would occupy my mind ever

Do you think that MH Viktor starts signing his work after that stupid professor steals his?

And then if he does, and then Jayce joins the ✨Glorious Evolution✨, do you think that includes Jayce?

And then if so, where do you think he would sign him?

[gardenofradiostatic]

some unmasked machine heralds

[cenfitto]

i don't have a lot of energy to keep going but i doodled these guys in my pomodoro timer breaks. some viktors in these trying times

ikleyvey, viktormaru, skymagpie, syqy

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

If the Machine Herald doesn't look like the unholy offspring of a Hellboy character sketched by Guillermo del Toro and a Soulsborne boss, then what are we doing, what are we even doing

[machineheraldandy]

I don’t really do my version of league viktor often but here it is!

The final art piece isn’t by me it’s by a moot on Twitter by the name. Bunnysloth (go follow them)

Also the colour of the skin is all off as I’m still trying to figure out how exactly I want viktors colours for everything to be😭

Headcanons/etc on appearances

Viktor to me in league of legends is an immigrant dude that lives in Zaun, but his parents moved when he was barley born so he sees Zaun as primarily his only home. His mother being from Ionian and his father I’m unsure (you’ll understand why soon)

I see him as heavily mixed (hence the darker skin) being based off of Korean/Czech/Aboriginal Australian- this is partly because of the fact I hate the Russian villain stereotype and as in arcane the voice actor said he was going for a Czech accent instead of Russian. other than that korean as I can’t remember why (headcanon happened a while back) and Aboriginal Australian because I’m from Australia and aboriginals really don’t get enough Rep

Viktors father is the one that is czech/Aboriginal(which I will now call First Nations) and is also Jewish, which is a very popular headcanons for viktors family!! Very popular. while his mother is the Korean one, from Ionian.

Korean people can have darker skin but viktors dark skin is meant to come from the First Nation side of his family. (Also extra note, based off of noongar people)

For hair also meant to be more from the fathers side, but moles and such from his mothers side! Same with the yellow eyes. The yellow eyes I decided to keep just as a real part of him instead of some goldish brown. In his after evolution form his eyes are at real so therefore can be either similar to his real eyes before evolution or just replaced with entirely yellow balls which is really to match his mask.

Also some may notice but I have a head canon for hearing aids! This is just a personal head canon as a bit of deafness runs in my family and plus viktor is always inventing things so probably has a bit of damage

He is meant to be trans but I…forgot to draw the top surgery scars…

Anyways little headcanon over, please don’t growl at me in the comments for having a different viktor headcanon. He’s my autistic special interest and he’s been combined with a lot of hyperfixations,,,

[hexcoremagician]

Viktor’s Aura

Indigo (rare): Absorbent, emotionally sensitive, evolved communication skills, introverted, alluring, perceptive, introspective, unique, high consciousness, creative, vivid imagination, ether-like/otherworldly, ambiguous, emotionally psychic, wounded healers, natural spiritual teachers, wise, against-the-grain, out-of-the-box, new-thought leaders, radical, artistic, directors, musicians, poets, channelers, gifted writers, challenge norms & paradigms. text from here.

“Indigos are introspective in nature. Like other blue spectrum colors, they are absorbent. Absorbent of emotions, absorbent of environments, and absorbent learners, as well. They ABSORB information.

This makes them well cut out for writing, music, and arts due to their sharpened sense of FEELING. They are able to artfully and intellectually interpret and translate feelings & energies into expressions.

They spend an entire life stewing on their injustices to one day take a stand and put an end to that fight. They will not sleep until it is accomplished. However they are not “fighters” like the reds (red aura people). Where reds bulldoze, Indigos infiltrate. They fight with consciousness. They fight with emotional intelligence. They are thorough and they aim to dismantle outdated systems that continue to affect our world.”

Viktor is an Indigo due to his visionary tendencies, capacity for processing knowledge, and deep empathy and morals. Even when becoming almost completely machine, he is still an Indigo, and his aura outstretches from the only part of him that remains flesh: his face.

[nightlilly0110]

I think Viktor makes prosthetics. I mean, it makes sense. The Machine Herald wants to further his Glorious Evolution and what better way to do that by slowly getting people accustomed to his body mods by repairing what limbs they’ve lost?

Like his whole thing is upgrading the human experience, so he’d totally be down for making replacement “better” (in his perspective) limbs. And then Arcane Viktor (as far as season 1 goes) just wants to help people and he’s kinda headed in the same direction in regard to fixing himself. It makes sense that Viktor would become some sort of sawbones type in both iterations.

It also makes sense in regard of Piltover viewing him as someone who “hacks people apart and makes them evil machines” considering there’s definitely a disparity between prosthetics in Piltover vs Zaun (Ximena’s pointed fingers that don’t look functional vs the more rougher, more mechanical look of Sevika’s arm).

[the-glorious-evolution-fanart]

Becoming the Herald comic design

[maluron]

Even for lucky bitches who don't get Cramps Of Doom nor dysphoria over it you have to acknowledge that human periods are messy and worse: inefficient. Spend up to five whole days shedding that pesky decidua??? that's much too long.

Headcanon that Viktor would be the kind of trans guy to just grab a Karman cannula & a vacuum pump and suck everything out in one go. Here, clean & clear to go. Human flesh is so flawed, can't wait to get rid of that part.

[mistresscitrusslice]

Stop it you’re giving me Ideas

But like, I wouldn’t be opposed to him using those hands to take Jayce apart literally speaking

If Viktor specifically misses Jayce's boobs, what part of Viktor’s body does Jayce missed the most? Bonus points if that part was replaced by metal and left a hole in his heart 🥲

His hands, without a doubt. Jayce was obsessed with Viktor’s hands—he used to get easily distracted just watching Viktor assemble machinery for their experiments or write on the chalkboard. He’d spend whole days fantasizing about them, about the way they were hard and calloused in some places and soft in others. He’d dream of what they felt like on his skin, about their strength and about their gentleness. He’d close his eyes sometimes when the wind went through his hair and imagine those wisps were Viktor’s fingers softly scraping against his scalp. And sometimes, in the dead of night, he’d conjure images of what they could do to him, what they so often did do to him.

And it kinda depends on if we’re talking about League Viktor or Arcane Viktor, cuz unless he ends up amputating his Hexcore-augmented right hand and replacing that (leaving the left untouched) then it appears he will not have an organic hand in Arcane, whereas League Viktor does (his right, as seen in this splash art). But I find this unlikely, as the Hexclaw would then also have to move to his right shoulder, and given the foreshadowing shot of it hovering over his left shoulder… that wouldn’t make much sense.

But either way, yes, I think Jayce would initially mourn the loss of something he so adored. He’d probably be bitter about it, maybe even berate Viktor about it. But I think, with time and some coaxing, he would learn to like the new ones—there’s something so thrilling about Viktor’s new hands (both lethal weapons in their own right) being soft and tender and oh so gentle. It’s like having the broad side of a blade dragged over his flesh that threatens but never cuts. It says something, Jayce thinks, about Viktor and who he is, that these deadly instruments can also be careful and delicate. And I think he’d learn to be just as obsessed with that drag of steel against his skin, perhaps even more so—each artful curve of metal, each precisely welded line… they were all crafted by Viktor to be a perfect, flawless tool. And while he does use them for machinery galore, he also uses them to take Jayce apart (metaphorically speaking, of course). Almost like they were designed with Jayce’s body in mind.