#this is out of guilt

[monards]

hey guys this is my public service announcement to say I am NOT ignoring you. If you message me or leave me an ask and I don’t reply or take a very long time I can insure you it’s because I spent 40 long minutes thinking of how to respond in the least awkward way I possible can. And every often there is not a way,

I am just very inept at bbeing normal in conversation and I promise that doesn’t mean I don’t care. ok goodnught everybody sleep tight 💜

[butterflyscribbles]

Taking shifts❤️💙🧡

[anne-is-confused]

only you.

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

Mel's protection should have saved Viktor too, and she's trying to figure out why it didn't

(Editing to add: see this post for details on the Mel's armor/shield theory)

S2 ep1 shows a circle of protected stone where Mel and Jayce were during the explosion. My theory is that Mel's magic armor activated and saved them both. It seems like it casts a sphere of protection around wherever Mel is.

The center of this circle is not Mel's seat - it's Jayce's. She ran to Jayce to save him.

No other Councilors were in range of Mel's protection, so they all got hurt or killed.

But Viktor was, in Jayce's words, "right next to" him. He was easily within Mel's circle of protection.

1) Viktor tried to run and mistakenly left the circle of protection. But are we meant to believe that Viktor, close to dying already and using a crutch, would have outrun Mel?

2) Viktor's augmented body clashes with Mel's

Why does Mel try to touch Viktor in episode 1? It seems like a throwaway moment, but not even Jayce touches him in this scene. So why Mel?

She's curious. And possibly, feeling responsible. She's wondering why her protection didn't work.

Is this Hexcore brand of the Arcane trying to reach out to Mel? Or trying to defend itself from her?

Mel was trying to protect both Jayce and Viktor, which is reflected in how she holds Jayce as well as Viktor's cane when she promises to protect Hextech:

But if, for example, Mel's magic is Solari in origin, and Viktor's is from the Void - or the Arcane equivalent of similar opposing forces - then it's possible that their magic rejects or hurts one another. So Mel's circle of protection either rejected Viktor, or was what hurt Viktor, and not the explosion.

[akanemnon]

I don't like this place. It's turning everyone edgy and sad.

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[bloominglegumes]

tf one orion scribbles,,,, hes just a little guy,,,,,

[tributary]

if you insist upon the framework that suffering is a lesson, then the ‘lesson’ that most people and populations learn from trauma and oppression isn’t “we should be nice to everyone since suffering is bad”, it’s “survive at any cost because no one has your back.” so maybe we retire the ‘lesson’ framing altogether and save our breath

[ruporas]

your love returns in tragedy (ID in alt)

[lotus-pear]

i love you royal trio (minus akechi)

[paintedcrows]

they make me feel unwell

(continued: Stan & Young Ford)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Put that thing back or so help me.

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[bookalicent]

yeah so this was insane

[pandadrake]

Okay future boy. They should hang out.

(Jefferson completely absorbing everything his Spider-man says is peak. Miles, all your dad wants is to listen to you. Water you doin'?)

[portrait-of-a-moron]

“Maybe I could’ve protected you in another lifetime.”

I’m sorry for the repost I forgot an entire layer that changed little Lloyd’s face 😭🥲

[akanemnon]

It could get worse and it DID get worse

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[attyrocious]

survivor's guilt