#please PLEASE redeem jayce

[slitherred]

No way 😭🤧 NO way. PEOPLE HAD JUST STARTED TO LIKE YOU, JAYCE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

[arcaneimagines]

rating season 2 of arcane team ups so far

At number one we have my girls Sevika and Jinx. WHEN HER NEW ARM STARTED PLAYING ‘GET JINXED’ I COULD NOT AGAHAHAJ. them bonding over missing Silco. enemies to reluctant besties. any who it’s giving fed up aunt and deranged niece vibes

Ekko, Heirmerdingder and Jayce ?!? The threesome I didn’t know I needed. The tea scene. Ekko’s sass. 100/100

JINX AND THAT RANDOM GINGER KID. THEY ARE SO FUCKING CUTE. WHEN SHE THREW HERSELF ON TOP OF THE KID TO PROTECT HER. please let them redeem jinx. my girl deserves better. let her heal her inner child by healing an actual child. 10/10 therapy.

Vi and Cait for the five seconds they were not angry at each other. girlies need to f*ck. that’s all i’m saying….

[simplyofthestars]

You Jayce fans are out on the front lines

Stand your ground you guys, we're praying that his actions are gonna be redeemed in act 3 or ya'll are done for

Sure Caitlyn fans are having a hard time rn but you guys have been fighting day 1

You go girl! Fight for your himbo!

We had the Jayvik divorce ark, please give my sad men their remarrige ark

[xboobayaga]

okay .. finished season one of Arcane, so let me gather my thoughts here: - Jinx has never, and will never do anything wrong! I love her and she is baby! ( I also need her to meet Briar and they gotta kiss, I will not elaborate ) - Silco, think of him what you want, but he was the best dad .. and I am crying - Victor is babygirl and I adore him ( rip Sky tho .. whoopsie about that one huh ) - Sevika is amazing and I hope she adopts Jinx, cause we all know that girl needs someone she can rely on - Heimerdinger adopting Ekko is 10/10, I want more - also Heimerdinger and Ekko are ♥ - Mel has redeemed herself, I like her now - Vi is ... there. I mean what was her whole "you gotta fight him" you wanna provoke a war girly? cause that worked out so well last time huh - Cait is doing her best but please get a better girlfriend and .. like make better choices in general. - Cait x Vi is very cute tho, very nice, 10/10 lesbians - fuck Jayce did I forget anyone? anyway 10/10 show will start season 2 shortly

[mistresscitrusslice]

Oh Glory by P!atD as a Jayvik song

I know this song isn't about love or heartbreak, but to me it’s Jayvik.

If you want to skip the chit chat, the lyric breakdown is a couple paragraphs down

I imagine it to be around the early period of being divorced, but just late enough that the initial wrath has passed. The regret is fresh, the powerful yearning is still there and hasn’t dulled, the bitterness hasn’t set in yet. It’s that sweet spot like the middle of a hurricane where it’s just sorrow and no anger except the anger at yourself for letting him slip through your fingers, and just enough hope that he’s still within reach; you just have to stretch that little bit farther.

Of course, the eye of the storm will pass and this brief chance with it. We still need to wait out the latter half of the storm.

"I can only hope it's true enough that every little thing I do for love / Redeems me from the moments I’ve deemed worthy of the worst things that I've done" There's no doubt Jayce feels immense guilt over the innocent people he's killed just by misunderstanding. I think he believes that by making it up to Viktor, he can make things right. That's... definitely misguided, but it's the only way he can go on.

“When I’m missing everyone” This applies not only to Viktor, not only to loved ones dead, but to those alive who no longer speak to Jayce and he misses the days when they didn’t have this rift between them, knowing full well (and regretting full well) that he caused it

"Everything I promised everyone I'd be / Well, I just ain't" It's impossible to live up to the image of the Man or Progress or the Defender of Tomorrow that has been imposed by the citizens of Piltover. Forget that, Jayce isn't even succeeding at living up to the good man he used to be.

“Build myself a wall of unhappy highs / And only my heart knows my head is lying, lying” Jayce can try to convince himself he's better off without his ex-partner, that every scientific breakthrough achieved on his own is another victory over the mad machinist rotting in Zaun. But who will he share a bottle with when he celebrates? Would this discovery have been reached faster with an equal by his side? Will this discovery be utilized to its full potential without a second pair of eyes on it? Is Viktor reaching the exact same breakthrough right this moment, miles below in his lab on Emberflit?

“Oh glory, I think I see you ‘round the bend / And I think I’d try any poison to get there in the end” The glory is Viktor. Because… duh. Viktor and the chance of reconciliation with him, the chance of being together, in a more desperate I’ll-do-anything way rather than a realistic view, reflected in how he’s almost seeing him everywhere he goes, most being false alarms. The good news is, Viktor is probably going through the same stage right now. With that in mind, the rest of the line speaks for itself. (Please just give in and become a cyborg, Jayce. It’d make things a lot easier.)

"When I'm looking past the silken sheets / Take a breath to notice I'm between / Every little piece of threaded memories that constitutes your dreams" No matter who Jayce tries to replace Viktor with, in his lab or in his bed, he just finds himself back in the memories of when they were together. He leaves a trail of broken hearts, including his own. He doesn’t stop, though, because if he does he’ll have to face the truth that no fling and no lab assistant will ever live up Viktor.

I don't have a conclusion paragraph to this. Jayce is sad. The people around him are sad. Viktor pretends he isn't sad because he "excised his emotions" and we aren't going to press him on it when he clearly isn't ready.

[hexhomos]

top 5 jay/vik pet peeves? 👀

I let this ask simmer a bit in the back of my inbox because... oh man you guys really want to see me rant like that? Unbelievable. But I'll indulge anyway since I could on about this forever:

#1 the way people straight up delete everything about Jayce as a character, be it talis or giopara, just to turn around and act like he's "leeching off viktor's genius" or "a big stupid dumb idiot who cant grasp simple concepts XD" "brainless idiotic himbo" like… this is so tiring to me. Are you trying to call him braindead? Because that's what it sounds like. I don't find it funny or charming anymore thanks to the sheer density and frequent malice adjacent to this kind of content.

#2 Related to above, but also found on its own, SPECIALLY in arcane fandom bubbles: a fixation on Jayce's body as a sexual object or sexual accessory to other people as his "Only redeeming character trait". It's become so prevalent I don't like browsing content for him anymore. Fans will legitimately make up bullshit reasons as to why Jayce is lesser than other characters (the council, mel, heimerdinger, viktor, vi, whoever, you name it) and then hold up more brainless no personality idiotbad himboXD porn as the only thing his character could ever amount to. Way to go! You're treating this show's singular brown lead as actually subhuman. There truly are no words. And it's not like it's hard to give Jayce an ounce of interesting things to do: most of what people attribute to viktor as sciency and driven and passionate is something that he shares with jayce; sometimes, its straight up things jayce came up with and worked on all his life getting penned as "viktors thing". I just find fandom, for one reason or another, holds a severe disinterest in treating them as equals. And it makes their dynamic worse. (This last point is not exclusive to arcane, sadly.)

#3 Viktor woobification, and an insistence that he could neeeeever do anythiiiiing wroooooong, regardless of verse. It makes him into such an uninteresting non-character. Viktor was created to *BE* the mad scientist archetype; this was his initial concept and it persists to this day, you can't take away his responsibility for his mistakes, or pretend it was Jayce's fault, and still expect him to be a good character. I don't even know what you're stanning at that point. I've had ppl genuinely argue with me that viktor never hurt anyone in game canon and that JAYCE had stolen blitzcrank and its like ????? Do you even know who Stanwick is. Please just read their bios. Both of their bios. Viktor lies to clean up his own story and even before the lore rewrite he was the one who'd initiate violence by Invading Jayce's Lab And Blasting Him With Laserbeams. This guy's ingame kit requires you to kill 100 minions before evolving a weapon prototype. He has an ability called "death ray". You don't think that's funny? Your loss. (Related: a lot of able-bodied people treat viktor's arcane disability as something to patronize him over, and it can be really, really uncomfortable to see.)

#4 this is gonna seem minor compared to above but watching people try and vilify Jayce at every turn to make Viktor or other characters look better can be so unintentionally funny. They never pay attention to anything about his character, just spin a wheel of bad generic adjectives and go: "JAYCE is an out of touch gazillionaire SOCIAL CLIMBER queaking for STATUS who eats diamond dust, shits gold and hates lesbians; he also PISSED on my WIFE," whole time the guy is just minding his business, indentured for life thanks to vampiric 'patrons' making him swear fealty for project funding, canonically stated to have built a name making gadgets for the working class, doesn't even like socializing in Any Universe (and this is the exact thing him and viktor bond over), etc etc etc... this shit is embarrassing brother

#5 unironic googoo talk jaymel or melvik or anything that exists in the middle genuinely makes me roll my eyes. Sometimes I feel as though people watched the bomb scene and then immediately erased out how disrespectful and manipulative it was. I don't care for any of these pairings nor the implication that you have to 'make good with billionaires to reach ultimate peace uwu' that comes attached to most of their content. The TVshow being as centrist and corporate as it is explains why this exists, sure, but I feel so ?????? When I see people acting like viktor and mel would be best buddies, as if she isn't canonically the richest person in Piltover before we even have a timeskip and *Directly Responsible for enabling and profiting off much of the fuckshit going on in Zaun* lol. Where do you think that money came from? Seriously?? Come on. I cannot fathom how people can see Jayce's interactions with her as leading to any sort of positive outcome. They get 0 romantic buildup worth caring for and are boring as all hell. And the next one is less common but: whenever people try to fit her plotline into leagueverse I just, LOL. The ruling Medarda in league is a 70-something manlet white geezer. Jayce giopara is a fag and his entire bio was designed around viktor. The council plays no part in their story and they're far more interesting for it, thank fucking god.

[blueroseava]

Unfinished Business Part 4

Part 1 ; Part 2 ; Part 3

This is the final part, so I hope you all enjoy it. I just want to add this and say that I don't hate Jayce, I'm just using him as an antagonist because it made sense in this case that he would complicate things. So please, no Jayce hate, I honestly feel he is a redeemable character and I can't wait for season 2 of Arcane. And again, NO under 18's.

Pairing: Yandere Machine Viktor x F Reader

Warnings: Angst, Conflict, Swearing, Fighting, Blood, Smut, mentions of Death. Please read and interact responsibly.

The next few moments go by impossibly quickly; but to your eyes and in your mind, it feels like everything plays out in slow motion. Blitzcrank quickly pushes a distraught Ambrose into your arms before rushing to protect his father, moving much faster than you’d think possible for such a large automaton. Jayce’s hammer connects with Blitz who uses his body as a shield to protect Viktor, knocking him backwards into a wall with a loud clang reverberating through the room. The Hex-claw comes to life, pushing out from beneath Viktor’s cape to focus on the hammer. The orb at its centre turns a molten red like an angry eye, before a beam of energy shoots out, cutting through the handle of the hammer like a hot knife through butter. The head of the massive hammer drops to the ground sending blue sparks in all directions, the impact shaking the room as Viktor pushes Jayce into a wall with enough force to rattle his skull; throwing over a table and sending everything on top of it flying. Fighting for air, Jayce starts to grasp and claw at the hand squeezing at his throat, trying to break free as Viktor snarls in his face, the Hex-claw moving to refocus on Jayce while Ambrose sobs the words “Stop it!” repeatedly as you hold him against your chest. Blitzcrank pushes back onto his feet, releasing steam from all of his joints at the effort, a large dent now evident on the front of his armoured body. You feel your chest fill with a large pull of air as you see Blitz getting ready to re-join the scuffle.

“STOP!! That’s enough!!”

Your voice resounding off the walls as you cradle Ambrose protectively and all eyes turn to you, everyone seemingly frozen in place for a moment. With a huff, Viktor lets go of Jayce who slides to the ground with a loud thud while Blitzcrank gathers the head of the broken hammer and crushes it between his hands, sending broken parts and pieces raining down to the ground as another bout of steam releases from his joints with a loud hiss. Looking over to Jinx you feel relieved to see that she is just unconscious, her breathing steady. As Jayce starts to get up you nail him with a glare that could turn a Basilisk to stone and he freezes in place; a look of shock on his face.

“Stay right where you are or I won’t be so kind as to ask them to stop a second time.”

You walk to Blitzcrank and he opens his arms welcomingly for Ambrose who snuggles right up against his brother when you hand him over.

“Blitz, please take Ambrose to his room for now and stay with him. The adults need to try and have a conversation.”

Blitzcrank nods and you lovingly wipe away a few tears still clinging to Ambrose’s cheeks, trying to calm him as best you can for now. Once you step back; Blitz walks out with Ambrose who’s clinging to him; arms wrapped tightly around his brother’s neck as he softly whimpers. You walk to your room and quickly retrieve your first aid kit before returning to the now wrecked party room, feeling your blood boil at the ruined event. Kneeling next to Jinx you gently place her head in your lap to examine her head, your first aid kit lying open next to you as you speak to Jayce without looking up, your voice thick with emotion.

“What’s wrong with you?”

Viktor is standing close to you as he keeps an eye on Jayce, his Hex-claw still out and ready for anything. Jayce gapes at you like you’ve just grown a second head.

“Me?! I’m not the one who disappeared and is now living with a monster.”

Your head snaps up at that as your eyes narrow in Jayce’s direction, your voice laced with venom.

“Call him a monster again and you and I will have a problem.”

“Clearly, we already have a problem; because you’re obviously suffering from Stockholm syndrome.”

He gestures around frantically at the decorations and then at Jinx as he speaks.

“I mean you’re playing house with this… this THING and his evil minions!”

Viktor lets out a soft cackle as he lifts his mask to reveal his face, stunning Jayce into silence.

“Is that any way to speak to your old partner?”

“You’re supposed to be dead.”

There’s a cruel smile that plays over Viktor’s features, like something he’s suspected for a long time, has just been confirmed.

“Ah. So you never intended to help me with my illness. You were happy to stand back and let me die, all the while pretending to be busy with urgent council matters.”

You look up at Viktor in shock and confusion.

“What do you mean?”

“Why don’t you ask Jayce that question, my dove?”

You feel Jinx begin to stir in your lap; when suddenly she jumps up and with an ear-splitting scream jumps onto Jayce, tackling him to the ground; where she proceeds to send punches flying at his face that he can only try and block. Viktor groans audibly before walking over to them, slowly reaching around the waist of Jinx, before tearing her off of Jayce. She kicks and screams as she tries to claw in Jayce’s direction, clearly not done with him.

“Fuck you! Put me down! Pretty boy deserves a make-over for what he did!”

You try not to laugh at how adorable and ridiculous this all looks; Viktor holding up a kicking and wriggling Jinx who’s glaring daggers in Jayce’s direction. Jayce stands up, making a show of dusting himself off, looking every bit the Piltover Councilman he is and reminding you of the seriousness of this situation.

“You should really leash your dog.”

You stand up and stalk over to Jayce, ready to lay into him since it seems he’s forgotten his manners, again.

“Don’t talk about her like that. Either start treating everyone with respect or… HEY! JAYCE!”

As you get near him, he reaches out and grabs you, turning you to face Viktor as he pulls your back flush with his chest and wraps an arm tightly and possessively around your shoulders to hold you in place against him. Viktor’s eyes grow cold and dark as he drops Jinx to the floor, a murderous look engulfing his features and you feel panic grip your heart as you reach up to dig your nails into Jayce’s arm.

“Jinx, please go check on Ambrose and Blitzcrank and let them know everything will be alright? And please make sure that, no matter what, they stay in his room.”

She gets up and walks out begrudgingly as she mutters to herself.

“Typical. You guys get to have all the fun.”

You feel warm breath against your ear, but the words still chill you to the bone.

“Yes, keep him busy until I can retrieve him. I think it’s about time he and his mother come home.”

The temperature in the room drops as both men glare at each other, clearly at a bit of a stalemate. Jayce has no weapon that you can see, but he has you as a hostage; while Viktor has his Hex-claw, but attacking might just end up putting you in even more danger. The arm around you tightens, almost crushing the breath from you and pressing your body even more into his. You can feel his chest move with every breath and with the vibrations of his every word, the feeling making you squirm.

“She belongs with me, not some metal monster of a man she used to care about.”

“Ah. It seems I was indeed correct in surmising that this has always been about Y/N. Tell me, friend? Did it piss you off when she chose me over you? The frail cripple from the Undercity over the handsome inventor from Piltover?”

You hear Jayce’s teeth clench as the hand that’s holding onto your shoulder starts to dig its fingers into your skin and you fight against the pain, not wanting Viktor to see.

“It made no sense. I was the obvious choice, the right choice. After all, what did you even have to offer her? That’s why I thought she left you. That she’d finally come to her senses!”

“SHE is right here and she’s getting pissed!”

With an animalistic snarl you didn’t think you were capable of you bite down on his arm hard enough to draw blood, pouring all of your anger and hurt into the action. With a yell he rips his arm away and the motion sends you spinning and almost falling to the floor, luckily Viktor quickly steps forward to catch you and set you back on your feet. You’re about to thank him when a horrifying and familiar sound makes your ears perk up. You turn just in time to see Jayce aim the now cocked gun at Viktor’s chest…

You didn’t feel the bullet as it pierced your skin, adrenaline making you numb to the pain as you put yourself in its path to protect the man you love. It’s a strange sensation, since you remember someone once told you how getting shot hurt, a lot. How the bullet would burn upon entry. But you just feel numb, an odd buzzing in your ears, like the wind has suddenly started blowing indoors. Your body starts to feel heavy as you lie on the floor and all you can do is watch as Viktor uses his Hex-claw to sever the arm that Jayce is using to hold his gun. Jayce grabs the small stump that remains of his arm, his face contorted in pain as he yells something at Viktor before running out. Suddenly pain sparks through you like an explosion as Viktor pulls off his cape to press it to your open wound, a small box falling from one of the pockets only to open as it hits the ground, sending a ring flying into the air. You feel your consciousness slipping as tears well up in your eyes and you look up at Viktor. You can’t hear what he’s saying, but he looks frantic as he holds the cloth to your chest, like he’s begging you to stay. But everything is red, your clothes, his hands, even the floor. More red as you reach up to place your hand on his cheek, smiling at him, the man you love with all your heart, and the man you would gladly give your life for.

“Please take care of Ambrose and Blitzcrank and Jinx for me? I love you Viktor, always.”

You try and fight it for as long as you can, but finally darkness consumes you, the last thing you see is Viktor as he leans down to kiss your lips one last time.

…

It’s been a few months since everything happened. Blitzcrank is standing at the door, the locked door that is never allowed to be opened again. The memories it holds too painful. He tries the handle, but it barely moves. His shoulders lift slightly before they slump back down, a mannerism he’s learned from Jinx, it’s his way to indicate a sigh. Turning, he walks down the hall to peak into Ambrose’s room. Jinx is inside, laughing as Ambrose tries and fails to hit a target she’s drawn on his wall. She ruffles his hair and takes out her own gun, showing him how to stand and aim to improve his accuracy. Her voice is upbeat as she jokes.

“Just pretend it’s someone you don’t like and you’re aiming for their no-no spot.”

Ambrose laughs as he mimics her stance, his toy gun carrying a few of his own modifications; like the new sight that has a magnifier attached. Blitz does a soft clap as Ambrose fires again, his aim improving with each shot. Jinx jumps up and down with delight.

“Whoo! I better watch out. One day you’ll be an even better shot than I am, kid!”

Ambrose has grown a lot in a short time, more serious and mature now. He works hard at everything he does, wanting to get better no matter how difficult it might be. He still helps Viktor and Blitzcrank in the lab whenever he isn’t studying, he wants to follow in Viktor’s footsteps, to become a great scientist and inventor. Blitz nods to himself; his brother is very intelligent and he knows Ambrose will achieve whatever he sets his mind to. The clock chimes softly, letting Blitz know it’s time to get to work. He walks towards the lab, seeing Viktor working intently on something. A few modifications have been made to the lab; the operating table has been upgraded with straps for difficult patients who don’t do well under anaesthesia, a small cupboard has been stocked with actual medicine for patients instead of only being filled with Shimmer and the Hex-core that changed Viktor’s life is no longer inside the lock box under his desk. Oh, and one of the walls now boasts a blackboard that’s currently filled with pictures of Jayce and notes on his daily schedule and any patterns he follows. Viktor swore he would get his revenge, and Blitz knows his father always keeps his word. Recent pictures indicate that Jayce has replaced his lost arm with a metal one, the irony of it wasn’t lost on anyone. Metal monster. Footsteps break his concentration and draws his attention back to the door, happiness washing over him as he watches you enter, walking over to wrap your arms around Viktor’s shoulders and place a kiss on his cheek.

“Darling. I’m bored. And I believe it’s time for my check-up.”

With a satisfied hum Viktor removes his mask and turns around to place a kiss on your lips as he stands up.

“Blitzcrank, I left a note on the counter of items I require for another patient. Please go to the shop and purchase these items for me? And close the door to the lab on your way out.”

Blitz nods, picking up the note before walking out.

“Yes, father unit.”

Viktor picks you up as the click of the door locking can be heard and places you on his table, standing between your legs. You still can’t believe how everything turned out, it feels like a dream; but when Viktor kisses you, you know this is real. He somehow used what was left of the Hex-core from all those years ago to fix you. Where it fought with Viktor and killed Sky, it somehow melded with you. It had melted the moment it touched your blood, oozing into your chest to become your new heart and immediately filled your body with all the blood you had lost. Viktor then grafted some synthetic skin onto your chest and back to close the holes left by Jayce and his gun, leaving a metallic coloured diamond in both areas. You can feel the one that’s between and slightly above your breasts as Viktor places his hand over your heart after removing your shirt. You lean in to kiss him, your hands wrapping around the band of his loincloth to pull him closer. Your love for each other has only grown after everything, and moments like these have become a regular occurrence. Viktor makes quick work of your clothes, needing to feel your skin as he presses his body against yours. Your kissing becomes more heated and needy as he picks you up, wrapping your legs around his waist as he pins you up against a cold wall that makes you gasp. The moment your lips part you feel his tongue push inside your mouth to claim it. Your arms wrap around his neck to tangle your hands in his hair, moaning softly against his lips. His fingertips dig into your hips as he holds you up to push his hard cock inside of you, stretching you and filling you. He makes you feel whole in more ways than one and your appreciative moan lets him know just how good he makes you feel as your pussy clenches around him. You feel his hips buck as he bites your bottom lip, sucking on it before kissing you again. He starts a slow thrusting rhythm at first, torturing you with every thrust and you scratch your nails along his scalp as you moan.

“Viktor. Please.”

You feel him grin against your lips as he picks up the pace, his thrusts becoming faster and you roll your hips in time to match him. He moans, a deep and low sound that rumbles through his chest.

“You are my everything, Y/N.”

With another thrust you feel yourself come undone, shattering into pieces as you automatically clench around him, your body wanting to feel his release. You hold onto him for dear life, moaning his name as your body shakes from pleasure. That’s all he needs to drive him over the edge and you feel his warmth fill you as he moans your name. You cling to each other as you both ride the waves of your orgasms. It isn’t long before all you can hear is each other’s breathing and the comforting feel of his body pressed to yours. You know you aren’t dead, but this sure feels like heaven to you.

[caitlynxviolet]

I read your pinned post. You should take a look at the Council Archives-on LOL more details about Vi's time in jail and that she was beating up inmates looking for info on Powder. I just posted a fanfic about the relationship of Vi x Caitlyn similar in the style of your analysis of them as individuals. I think the piece you missed though was Vi's life purpose prior to Caitlyn. Caitlyn's purpose is to protect in general and do good as an enforcer. They def have chemistry but there is more to it

thank you, I will check out your fic !! i love anything that's a deeper look at caitlyn and vi as characters and their motivations. I'm curious though, what do you think is Vi's life purpose prior to Caitlyn?

in my head at least, her purpose extends to Caitlyn, but they kinda have the same purpose in different ways.

Vi has always been a protector of her loved ones, but when she found herself in prison, she had no one to protect, so she thought about Powder the entire time. Finding her again became her main goal. Unfortunately, things changed since she left. Powder changed and rejected the new Vi - the new Vi willing to redeem an Enforcer, going as far as considering her a friend. She doesn't know Caitlyn broke Vi out of jail, but it doesn't matter to her. It's still a betrayal.

The new Vi protects enforcers and speaks to Council members (one could even argue that she protects Jayce during that one scene... so it's a huge leap from the Vi who grew up in the lanes, fighting for her life and stealing from Topsiders, and Jayce ironically).

Vi had to fully rewire her mindset so that she would even consider protecting Topsiders and fighting alongside them, something I doubt she would have done prior to knowing Caitlyn. But that's what a protector does. They protect their loved ones and well, Caitlyn is a loved one for sure! I mean, not fully yet, but it's happening.

when you say there's more to it, please elaborate!! i want to hear your thoughts so I'm not just rambling to the void

[eileen-crys]

A trope I honestly don’t like that seems prevalent over the last decade is corrupt / evil unlikeable cop or authority figure being revealed to be gay in an attempt to make them sympathetic, but then do nothing else and still have them be corrupt / evil unlikeable. Sons of Anarchy did it, Good Girls did it, I thought Arcane was going to do it but luckily they seemed to have learned from the past a bit, but have you heard about this? Like the only lesbians I ever saw on TV as a kid were these, and I felt like I (also a lesbian, just in case it wasn’t obvious) should be offended, but didn’t know precisely by what. Wanting better representation maybe?

Hi anon! Sorry for taking so long to reply!

I must admit I haven't seen the other series you mentioned, but I'm very pleased with Arcane. Like VERY pleased. Tho I'm not sure if you're talking more about Caitlyn or Marcus, because Marcus is the corrupted cop and Cait is the queer one so I'll just give u my opinion on both 😅

Potential spoilers for Arcane under the cut!

I'm really pleased with Caitlyn's character and the little arc she had in this first season of Arcane and as you said I think the producers have learnt from past representation of queer characters in medias. Like, her and Vi's sexualities are sure part of their characters but they're treated -I think- very delicately. It's not "hey look they're gay so you have to like them!!!" or constantly thrown at our face that they're wlw as if that's their only dimension. They're both written very well, even if less explicitly than, for example, Mel and Jayce. But also, Mel and Jayce's relationship had to be fast, "loud" and present for their characters' arc, while Cait and Vi will sure need more time to figure out what to do with each other, so it makes sense.

I think they can be a good representation, absolutely! And I hope they'll make a step further in the future, still with this great writing. If you want more lesbians from Riot Games I suggest you Leona and Diana's story, they had recently been made canon by the writers! 😊 While I'm quite sure you already know the new She-Ra Netflix series, I love that as well!

As for Marcus, the corrupted cop, I'm actually glad they didn't try to redeem him by making him a father. At first I was like "oh no now they're using his daughter to make me feel sorry for him" but no, sure Silco threatened him with his greatest weakness and Marcus seemed to be a good father, but he's still a corrupted piece of shit and him having a child is not a reason/excuse to save his morality. 😬 But yeah I also see that making him gay instead and "using" his sexuality to make him likeable to part of the audience, just for him to still be a piece of shit, would've been another negative representation of lgbt people which we don't really need. Nor us in the community nor the non-lgbt audience who would've seen it as superfluous or straight up negative.

I have rambled a lot but I hope it was a good (?) reply 👀 I really wish to have more good representation in the future, I think we're in the good path lately and some products have satisfied me that way. I'm glad Riot has been able to show us some gays in their show, given how much china is keeping its eyes on them 😬👀 I'm really curious about Cait and Vi's future, and if riot will make a bold move and make them canon-ish or just leave things subtle as they're now...