#someone who'll think of viktor first

[mxbbadperson]

Ok ok hear me out….

Jayce can’t really gift viktor much but it doesn’t mean he’s not gonna give him anything !! Viktors medicine was the only thing that helped his mother finally get up from her bed, finally able to talk and walk and actually muster up energy to get thru the day!! And viktor is so nice, humble, and giving he didn’t even ask for a dime, how? why?

He doesn’t have much to give, but he gifts him one thing: a teddy bear— he knows it was stupid, the boys his age probably grew out of toys, let alone teddy bears. But viktor doesn’t laugh when taking it, he’s smiling and touching foreheads as a thank you.

(and Jayce isn’t dumb, he knows of zaunite traditions and that forehead touches were means of affection— viktor likes him. And so does he.)

(Jayce brocon Talis 2000 hehehehehe)

(au: viktor as the miracle child who heals people, jayce comes looking for him for his mom)

...AWWW THAT'S SO SWEET

jayce is nervous, he knows that the teddy bear isn't well made bc he's not that good at sewing and really how can it compare to... everything that viktor already has? but viktor beams when he sees it, shyly asks if it's really for him and holds jayce's hand and presses his forehead against his

(and jayce's breath stutters, his eyes widening. he can feel himself flush, his heart beating faster. and he knows that while he doesn't have as much to give, that he only has his hands and his work and himself, he'll give everything to viktor)

(JAYCE IS A BROCON SPEAKERS RISE UP. yeah, i don't care abt the whiplash)

[jayktoralldaylong]

One of my favourite things about Arcane is that all the couples can be read as toxic, which is GREAT.

I'm tired of people bringing morality debates into dark media. Let dark media be fucking dark. You guys wouldn't survive a day in the TMA fandom, needing everyone to be as good as gold. How are they going to make for enjoyable complex characters if they're not morally grey. In fact, I wish there'd been more expansion on just how morally black they can become!

"CaitVi is so toxic" According to lesbian statistics, that sounds just about accurate. 💀 Heck, I wish Caitlyn had done more (Not really, but it would have been nice to further explore the darkness in her heart). Isn't it adorable how she immediately folded as soon as Vi called her cupcake? Caitlyn's like one of those villains that will consistently do the most....until it comes to someone else hurting her girlfriend. The only one allowed to hurt her girlfriend is her. 💀

Then let's talk about Vi. Someone pointed out how Vi never cared about Zaun's independence in the first place and many people yelled that they were wrong. But actually, they were right. Vi never wanted Zaun. Zaun was Silco's dream, and Jinx inherited that dream cause Silco would never shut up about it. Vi wanted Piltover to take responsibility for all the shit they allowed to happen in the Undercity. That's a part of the reason she joined up with Caitlyn in the first place. Let's not forget she wasn't dissuaded when she dragged Jayce down to fight with her and he killed a child. Children been dying, it's been her whole life. Someone needed to do something about it, and Zaun would have just isolated the people from all the privileges that Piltover SHOULD have been providing for them. Some people just can't accept that Independence cannot in fact solve every problem, and sometimes independence is colonisers running away from the responsibility of fixing the mess that they started in the first place.

Besides, we all know Vi joined up with the Enforcers because "I feel like I am worthless if I can't be of service." She'd already run out of family members to serve, Caitlyn was the next best thing. She's just like Jayce.

And speaking of Jayce, let's talk about his violent levels of codependency with anyone who'll give him attention. People LOOOOVE to talk about Mel, but it's there with Viktor too. When bro wasn't basing his worth on his inventions, he was centering it around Viktor.

Viktor who decided at some point in his life that he would not LIVE without Jayce. He was fine dying without him, but living without him was unacceptable. Oh how healthy. 🙄😂 Viktor be the kind of toxic ex to threaten divorce 500 times over, then burn the world when you actually leave him. Jayce is no better cause he's the kind of guy to keep going back to his toxic Ex.

Yes, Mel is manipulative. That's what I love about her. How are you guys failing to give this woman the praise of being an outsider in Piltover, but running their entire council. 💀 Girl raises her hand once and the whole government starts spinning. She was the best sugar mummy Jayce and Viktor could ever ask for. She kept the whole city running. Literally the entire of Piltover dancing on her palm. And yes she manipulated Jayce but let's not forget she thought that was a love language. 💀 You wanna be mad at someone, be mad at Ambessa for raising her that way.

I also don't think it's fair to blame her for the Undercity situation, she's not native. Monkey see, monkey do, and not a single one of those Council members actually cared about the situation down there, it was deplorable. 💀 Jayce did way more in his two weeks as Councillor than any of those drug pushing, money laundering, Piltovian heads of government.

And that just covers MelJayVik, we don't even need to get fully into TimeBomb, cause we know what's wrong there. 💀 Surely we have not forgotten the many teammates Jinx has killed, but making sure to never kill Ekko cause that's her man. Ekko has a lot to unpack, like how his consistent and unwavering love for Jinx is an indication of a lot of doors he might not be ready to open. I know they dynamics go crazy and I love to see it.

Ambessa and Sevika are a crack ship but I'm sure we all know bedroom dynamics go crazy with Mrs. Warlord and Miss Liberation. I love it when characters clash in a toxic heap. It's insane and should be explored.

Quit saintifying my toxic ships with your woke morality debates. If you want everyone to be sunshine and rainbows then you should be watching literally anything else. 💀 "It's not healthy." GOOD, I like it that way. 💀 Angst, spice and trauma are the recipe for a plethora of explorative fanfiction. Any of their dynamics can be taken in any toxic direction and I want that EXPLORED.

[aleynadurmaz]

Aleyna wasn't used to it, this coldness from Viktor, but she understood that this wasn't the time. Maybe she'll be able to go through the jumble of emotions currently inside her later on to understand better, but right now, she understood enough that something had changed between them that night. What that was wasn't something she had an answer for yet, which was why she forced herself to pull it together before following them towards the counter. No use in standing around trying to wrack her brain over the things that weren't actually said, nor offered. For the first time, the silence between them bordered on a level of awkward she was not used to and Aleyna absolutely hated it. Silence was the calm after hearing your parents scream and fight for hours in the middle of the night, knowing the anger had rolled over to hopelessness and regret. Silence was that moment after gunshots when you don't know if everyone around you was still alive. Silence was when your dad had no words to explain that he's now a single parent to four. Silence was all the unanswered questions on the tip of her tongue. Silence was death and confusion and she didn't want any of it, never did, which is why she always, always had to fill it.

"Gabe and I are thinking of forming a band," Aleyna suddenly blurted out, one of the first things that came to her mind; anything to fill the silence right now. "I mean, it's-- it's more of an idea than anything else, and right now, it's literally just the two of us but if, um, if you know anybody who might... be interested? I'd... I'd really appreciate that," she rambled as she busied herself putting the record into a bag. "Though we don't even know what we're going to do, but we've been working on this one song that Gabe started and it sounds-- literally out of this word, and it's just-- It's been pretty good so far, been really fun, but the more people who'll join us, the merrier, right?" Aleyna said, forcing a smile on her lips, unable to focus on her words as his prior ones still echoed in her mind. It shouldn't have happened. If he regretted it, does that mean they were still friends? Were they always going to be cold with her from now on? It was a horrible feeling, suddenly not knowing where you stood in someone's life and she didn't know why it felt like someone was digging into her chest with a poker stick the more her thoughts lingered on it. Maybe because she just hadn't expected this at all, especially from someone she had always believed she'd always have in her life. "I, um... I hope you like it," she added, her voice turning smaller as she handed them the bag.

From the moment they spoke - they regretted it; they regretted a lot of things with Aleyna. Taking up that stupid dare, never one to refuse easy money - going out with her for so long, developing feelings - or whatever was causing the crank in their chest to turn by itself, crushing what remained there after Natalya's disappearance - all of it. Everything that led to where Viktor was now, standing in front of Leyna - watching the expression on her face change from emotion to emotion in the span of a second. It wouldn't have been a big deal, if Viktor never brought it up, if they never spoke on it again. But Viktor had thought about it every night since - even though they went home with different people; it was supposed to be easy, carefree - if it'd been any other ex, Viktor would've felt fine, would be teasing the other right now. But they only felt a heavy weight bearing down on them - eyes falling away from her, unable to face the conflict they had just caused. Felt himself instantly wanting to apologize - but resisted it, offering only a small, grim smile; cold, no matter how hard they tried not to be. "Thanks," They reached out and took the record - careful not to touch her, because if they did - Viktor didn't know what they would've done. It would've been too much - would drive them over the edge. "No - this'll be... enough. Thanks again." Viktor stepped back - then around, in order to scoot pass Aleyna in the small aisle and walk towards the counter, eyes trained on the space around her; an attempt to avoid a gaze that wasn't even trying to meet his.