#my dudes I was literally about to write Viktor Talis

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Def interesting. I think when Jayce tells Mel “I couldn’t have done it without you,” is especially relevant because this moment has those famous Viktor and Mel parallels AND it’s right before Jayce and Mel have sex and their relationship transforms from friends to something more.

While what Jayce says does ring true for Mel, I’ve always felt like it would’ve better have applied for Viktor because he literally wouldn’t have been able to accomplish all that he has without him. On top of that, Mel and Jayce’s scene goes crazy with parallels because:

- it takes place at night (like Viktor and Jayce’s scene when Viktor talks him off the ledge)

-Mel and Jayce are on a balcony overlooking the city; similarly, Jayce and Viktor have a view of the city through the blasted wall that served as an open air window

-Jayce and Mel share something really personal about themselves i.e. Jayce and his family history + his dream and Mel about how her family only ever destroys. Again, a lot like how Jayce shared his personal experience about magic being beautiful with Viktor and Viktor sharing a bit about his own personal history

-Mel clues Jayce about where she’d like all this to go by brushing his hand. Similarly, but not exactly, Viktor invites Jayce to take his hexstone bracelet back and Jayce accepts

-One smaller detail: Jayce was wearing the bracelet while he had sex with Mel

So I’m not saying that Jayce was thinking about Viktor the entire time he was with Mel, but I’m also not saying he wasn’t lol So, given our new context, it’s VERY interesting how these scenes mirror each other.

Update/edit: just want to add that I don’t rly like where this interpretation leaves Mel because it leaves her as a device to advance the romantic angle of Jayvik’s relationship. However, I do think this is due, in part, to just how muddled Jayce’s sexuality is presented in the show because it seems like the writers had their own intentions and the artists had their own objectives.

I hate whoever said "since Mel's theoretically and literally a mirror then it was about Viktor all along" because now gay Jayce won't leave my mind