#mel says stuff

[karmelarts]

so much of the horror genre is informed by the metaphor of queer/transness as monstrousness. especially emphasizing the amount of horror that depends on the audience's repulsion at seeing a human body changing into a new, other body. I Saw the TV Glow is about the horror of NOT transitioning. the horror of static. the horror of looking into yourself and being terrified of what you see. the horror of seeing who you are and choosing to do nothing about it. the horror of looking away. and by god is it terrifying.

[brownfrogs]

all those years of sexual repression hitting Hanzo like a semi truck and now he can’t hold hands with Cole without gettin a obvious boner

[codenamethebird]

Honestly, I'm kind of hoping we see Melinoe's relationships fall apart a bit. The Warsong update has given us some new dialouge that's quite interesting in this regard.

We actually have Melinoe questioning things a little bit, mostly in regards to Prometheus having a point. But the moment she admits this to Hecate, she gets swiftly shut down. Hecate tells herself to not even consider it and stay true to her beliefs. Which under different circumstances would be a pep talk, but considering the context of, 'are the gods wrong in their treatment of humanity', has kind of sinister implications.

Like don't get me wrong I don't think Hecate is some secret supervillian, but she's a Titan who is part of the order of the gods. When Mel asks her why she helped Athena punish Arachne, she doesn't really apologize and basically says Arachne deserved it. For all Hecate loves Melinoe, she raised her as living weapon (which oof when Ares calls Mel that, ahhhh). She can't have her weapon against Chronos having doubts about their mission. She can't risk the weapon turning against herself.

In a similar but different path, Odysseus has some new dialogue where he's acting funny and seeming to question things. And when Mel asks him about the whole the whole god mortal thing, he blatantly avoids the question like an extreme sport. It actually made me crack up how blatant he was. And when Mel presses him, he says a very non committal 'both gods and mortals are complicated", which says nothing and everything lol. The conversation ends with him promising that he would tell her if he thought she and Hecate were doing the wrong thing.

Which if we take him at his word, still is sooooo vague. He could very much be in my opinion that Chronos is bad and needs to be defeated, but also the gods suck and he's not lying to Mel.

There's also the other option that he's just lying lol. He is Odysseus. But even beyond that, his boss and literal titan is like 20 feet away. Said Titan, who I mentioned above, shuts down any bit of doubt in Mel. He's just a shade, he has very valid reasons to keep his mouth shut.

But yes, back to my first point of this post, Melinoe's relationships possibly falling apart. In a reversal of Zag's quest bringing him closer to his companions, Mels feels doomed to tear them apart.

The mortal (ish in some cases) characters in this story as possibly being dragged towards Prometheus and his ideology. Arachne and Heracles already have issues with the gods, [Pan]Dora was screwed over by them too + her connection to Prometheus, Odysseus seems to have his doubts, and even Icarus has some dialouge of him expressing confusion at Prometheus being their enemy.

On the other end, it looks like Mel is headed in a direction of also doubting her belief in the gods, which will put her in conflict with them and their allies. I don't know what Hecate will do if Melinoe tries to work with Prometheus.

But yeah, I think it would be very fun to have Melinoe's relationships start falling apart as she grows and changes throughout the story. Lots of angst potential, of course, but interesting story developments as well.

Also in a way to make this sort of plot work within the context of how Hades 2 is played, and a different fun reversal of Hades 1, Melinoe can start keeping secrets from the people in the crossroads. Like how Zag lied to the Olympians about why he was doing his runs (especially in the epilouge), Melinoe might have to start lying to Hecate/Moros/Nemesis/etc about the exact purpose of her runs.

But yeah that might me getting a little too crazy with plot ideas haha.

[giarossin]

mel [to viktor]: you're the professor's assistant jayce: NO, he's my partner

marcus: kiramman girl had a prisoner released on your order jayce: NO, we've got i covered viktor: you promised to destroy the hexcore jayce: NO,

[melissa-titanium]

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[jayvikyuri]

viktor's cane is white and gold - famously mel's color scheme... which could mean nothing

[sarcasticbeanie]

Paces around in a circle. Something something erasure of women (and very apparent w women of color) within fandom spaces, relegating them to support roles, villainous roles, or even making them tools of the narrative or just forgetting about them. And then when people point that out fans start calling them homophobic for not shipping the gay guys. Please that’s not what this conversation is about I’m head in hands. Man I hate it here. Sometimes even canon does this! I’m going to explode.

[starry-kittens]

GLISTEN OPEN THE DOOR HES FREEZING TO DEATH!!!1!!1!!!!!!!!!!

[limonjarritos]

The way Ekko's the one to deliver the final blow to Viktor and Jayce. To become the antithesis of what they had wrought. Hextech was meant to help but it continued to oppress, it facilitated in eugenicist ideals.

The disparity in equality, the divorce of humanity.

Ekko had been in the community helping it, trying his best, unifying. I'm not sure where I'm going but I just really enjoy this scene.

[brown-bear-64]

Honestly the best way I can describe the 2nd season of Arcane is written by extremely competend writers who bit off way more than they could chew. Especially in that short of a timeframe.

It's possible that it was a higher up decision for future League shows, but the focus on the Black Rose & magic worldbuilding took away focus from the core cast and the narrative of 2 cities/sisters opposed to one another. They desperately needed at least 3 more episodes

The writers are competent, but they made some deliberate choices I don't like and pulled focus from things I believe they should've left in focus. It feels like the entire narrative of the show got changed between seasons, and maybe it was always the intention and I should rewatch the entire show front-to-back without a massive hiatus in-between them for me to get it, but from my current standing... It could've been more, and the things that they did focus on and give time to were really good. It's just that the show lost its priorities and primary narrative along the way

[mel-loly]

-Merry Christmas!💗✨

the tags (↓) are more important!!!

[karmelarts]

this isn’t normal. this isn’t how life is supposed to feel. if you don’t think about it it can’t hurt you. I found our hearts and they were still beating. there is still time.

[brownfrogs]

Hanzo running his fingers through Cole’s growing silver hair and Cole def gets fussy about it but Hanzo appreciates each new gray strand he finds…

[therealneilperry]

Just my opinion on Mel Medarda and her stans/haters

It’s sometimes hard to talk about Mel, because she’s either hailed as “doing no wrong” or hated for “getting in the way of Jayvik/hurting Jayce” and I think it’s made people either very defensive or very critical of her. But idk I think both opinions r wrong, and people need to start understanding her more.

In s2 Mel puts everything on the line to do the right thing rather than the easy thing, and goes out of her way to make up for whatever past mistakes she may have made. She’s not perfect, but she makes the active decision to be good.

The truth is, she did manipulate Jayce, but she also cared deeply for him. She spoke over Viktor and ignored his decisions when they didn’t line up with her plans, but she didn’t hate him. She was the richest person in piltover and had a seat on the council, both of which are things she didn’t use to help the undercity; but she did still care about the people of piltover. All of these things are true at the same time, and it’s not “hating” to point out a characters flaws, nor can you truly love a character while ignoring their flaws.

[heart-shaped-noose]

Mephisto is really the kind of man to take a partner on a date to Costco, where all they do is eat the free samples. They might each get a hot dog and soda combo but only if it goes well enough. Though he still steals his partner’s soda anyways /hj

[sukibenders]

tw: mentions of harm against women, particularly black women, organ harvesting, and just overall gross treatment towards black women

It's Black History Month and, tell me why, I stumbled upon a fic for Arcane that features the brutalization of black women (Mel and Sky), stealing/harvesting of their organs and bodies for the use of men (and a white man at that), and just all around stuff that is very reminiscent to how black women are/have been treated throughout medical history for decades? Mind you, it was used to fuel the JayVik ship too, makes me sick. If it wasn't some in that fandom fantasizing Mel being SA'd, then it's this. I can't with this fandom.