Viktor Arcane - Blog Posts
My friend’s birthday card (she hasn’t watched arcane)
why dis fit tho?
Don’t remember the artist- If u made this pls message me so I can credit you!- it’s so good it’s my background
nations rise
JayVik
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60997216/chapters/155827075
Butterfly Nebulas (WIP 200k+ words); arcane retold if everyone had more friends and communicated a little better
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61125145/chapters/156181690
Say My Name (219,294 words); Jayce and Viktor come back with an arcane bond and have a lot of personal and political conflict to navigate
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44701480/chapters/112469554
Wedded Bliss (WIP 40k+ words); Viktor and Jayce have to get married in order for Viktor to collect some inheritance
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61255186
not even work husbands, just regular husbands (6,561 words); Viktor kisses Jayce when Mel catches them outside Heimerdinger’s office and now all of Piltover thinks they’re married
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60888046
Monuments (14,881 words), Jayce likes to make things for Viktor. He starts with a new cane after they use it to block Heimerdinger’s door and then steadily spirals out of control.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61767631
You’re the Sun (To Me) (10,186 words); Jayce thinks pomegranates are worth the effort it takes to eat them
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35978476
I don’t need to be your type (I’m already your partner) (12,228 words); Jayce and Viktor are partners and it’s not entirely Jayce’s fault that people think that means more than it does but it is mostly Jayce’s fault
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61181368/chapters/156339844
affection (16,521 words); Jayce and Viktor don’t really fall in love as much as they settle into it
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61066792
Spotlight (9,907 words); Viktor agrees to accompany Jayce to a gala out of concern that his partner’s boundaries are being violated at these events
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61036519/chapters/155930317
Stay Your Pretty Eyes On Course (66,857 words); Jayce wakes up on the day he met Viktor after the Hexcore collapses. Viktor doesn’t remember what they went through or will go through. Then he does.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61488289/chapters/157188160
The Firelight Tree (58,805 words); after the hexcore collapse Viktor, Ekko, and Jayce heal and support each other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61315456
Silent Currents (20,947 words); Viktor takes a trip to the undercity and has a pretty bad go of things coming back
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59410696/chapters/151511995
Coming Home (But Not to You) (118,872 words); modern academia!au in which Jayce and Viktor are former lab partners who had a falling out and now have to be coworkers as professors
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61088311/chapters/156075370
Because you want to die for love, you always have (10,997 words); Jayce and Viktor loving and being loved through the years
https://archiveofourown.org/works/50431840
Local Gays Somehow Think They Share a Last Name Platonically (1,064 words); for the purposes of paperwork Viktor is Viktor Talis. I love this concept tbh
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35280274
Noble Affairs (1,396 words); similar premise to the above fic. You get it. I’d read a hundred of these if I could find them.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35933506/chapters/89590369
knowledge (and all of its consequences) (23,233 words); Jayce in fics is as his best when he’s a total simp obsessed with his lab partner like all the best scientists are
https://archiveofourown.org/works/37194847/chapters/92796472
The Infamous Couch (10,408 words); 5 times they sleep on the couch in the lab +1 time they sleep somewhere else
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61023325/chapters/155893003
A silence so soft it’s only memory (81,101 words); Jayce is sent back in time and gets a chance to do things a little differently
https://archiveofourown.org/works/35262118/chapters/87876970
doctrine (73,784 words); Viktor is financing the firelights and ends up deeply involved as the conflicts evolve
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62889319/chapters/161033905
Oh, To Be Touched By You (24,088 words); Viktor worries he’s reading too much into physical affection from Jayce
https://archiveofourown.org/works/36112462/chapters/90022234
divine alchemy of the self (40,031 words); Jayce and Viktor desperately try to combat Viktor’s illness and keep him alive
https://archiveofourown.org/works/57677704
I prayed (God sent me right to voicemail) (5,156 words); academy era fic where winter is tough for Viktor but he and Jayce enjoy each other’s company
https://archiveofourown.org/works/62009713
Intertwined, Sewn Together (10,674 words); a blizzard, a cold, and a pain flare up means Viktor has to do his least favorite thing: be vulnerable, but Jayce gets to do his favorite thing: take care of someone he loves
Fire blazes in the pit. Isha is giggling around the campfire. Running around to grab marshmallows from everyone’s bag. The only bags that have been kept untouched were Jinx’s (Mama!) bag meaning the bag that she took from Ekko (Papa!) and Silco (Granpa!).
Silco picks up and laughing Isha as she stuffed a few marshmallows into her mouth. “Those aren’t from your mama’s bag huh?” Silco says patting Isha’s head.
Isha shakes her head as she tries to finish the marshmallows in her mouth.
“Isha?” Jinx calls out after the kid.
Silco then notices the bag that used to my Jinx’s bag of marshmallows. Now filled to the brim with more. As he looks around the campfire he notices that every bag of marshmallows is less filled than before. Especially Viktor’s bag. It was once filled with marshmallows but is now empty. He was eating Jayce’s marshmallows as pay back for dragging him along to the campfire with everyone.
“Go to your mama.” Silco says as he lets Isha down to run to Jinx who is laying her head on Ekko’s shoulder. She runs away smiling and waving at him. Once she has reached her parents she nestles between them happily munching on marshmallows.
Jinx hold her close into a hug. She lets go slightly to tug Ekko’s arm to wrap more around her. Once Jinx is comfortable with the tightness of his arm around her she goes back to holding Isha close.
Big stronk dude with his fuckass hammer and his stupid shoulder armor waiting on his knees for his eldritch god bf to materialize behind him and oh so tenderly penetrate his brain with his magic fingers
This is one of the sentences ever.
Since everyone is talking about that concept art of Jayce and Viktor fighting, it's useful to know that the concept artist, Suheb Zako, also posted it on their twitter with some context.
It is early concept art for a final fight between Jayce and Viktor in the hexzone sorry I'm not calling it that astral plane. There's a link in the twitter thread to an anime clip that gives you a sense of what the vibe would've been.
It's not totally clear when in the development/production process this art is from, but I wouldn't be surprised if Jayce and Viktor originally had a dynamic that was more like their game counterparts. In that case a knock-down-drag-out fight in the astral plane might've fit better. But in the final version of the show it wouldn't have worked anywhere near as well as what we got, and not just because it would have seemed out of character for what the characters and their relationship arc became in the finished show.
First of all, we already did have a knock-down-drag-out fight between them. That's the Council chamber fight scene. It would've felt like a repeated beat and that's the last thing you want in your big finale. When you have characters who fight each other multiple times, you want each fight to reflect a progression of their relationship.
Secondly, by the end of the show, Viktor is absurdly overpowered compared to any other character. Once he goes full Machine Herald he is basically a god. A conventional fight scene is just not gonna do it here. You need a twist, some way to win that doesn't involve being stronger than him. And the trump card being The Power of Unconditional Love (And Also This Time Machine Getting Chucked at Your Head) fits perfectly with the show's themes.
Thirdly, the final episode is ALL action. In an episode that's one massive battle, it takes a lot of work to make individual pieces of action stand out. (And generally, you do it not by making the fighting look Super Duper Extra Cool, but with character work.) But any scenes between the characters that are not action are automatically gonna pop because they're so different in pacing and energy from everything around them.
I haven't seen as many people discussing this set of keyframes, but the changes here are also fascinating:
Because Viktor assimilating Jayce as a battle move is almost the complete opposite of what we got in the finished show, and what we got in the finished show is so fucking good. It's one of my favorite moments in the whole damn series.
I've already written about it here, but playing it so that Jayce doesn't get surprised or overpowered but chooses to allow Viktor to bring him into the astral plane as a last-ditch effort to reach whatever is left of Viktor's humanity is sooooooo narratively sexy. (And also just. Sexy. Big stronk dude with his fuckass hammer and his stupid shoulder armor waiting on his knees for his eldritch god bf to materialize behind him and oh so tenderly penetrate his brain with his magic fingers, listen I am not making this up this is just what happens, no homoerotic fight scene could ever top this.)
It also fits with the motif of a number of characters winning their individual battles in the finale by surrender/submission/potential self-sacrifice. It fits with Caitlyn realizing that to cut the string of protective runes off Ambessa's arm she has to allow Ambessa to get within stabbing distance of her face. And of course, Jinx forcing Vi to let her go by popping the gemstone out of her gauntlet and letting herself fall with Warwick.
Arcane has fantastic action storytelling and part of good action storytelling is knowing when to have the character stop fighting each other. Seeing the early concept art is cool to see how much things evolved, but I'm glad they moved away from just trying to do an epic boss fight because what we ended up with is so much more interesting.
I mean I just have to add a bunch of Astral Viktor to this because he's SO expressive
People: Viktor is not externalising his feelings, he's the master of microexpressions
Actually Viktor:
Personally for me it was absolutely not about favoring mlm vs. wlw. This is not simply about representation, it's about the stories. I loved CaitVi in S1 but for me in S2 they completely lacked chemistry and their ending felt unearned.
In Season 1 CaitVi told a beautiful story about two kind-hearted women overcoming their prejudice and seeing the person that was in front of them. I cherished every heartfelt glance between them, especially Vi being touched every time Cait proved to be so much better than most Piltovians and showing compassion towards the people of Zaun.
But then Season 2 came along and I lost all respect for Cait the moment she said "animals" in S2E1. AND THEN she gassed Zaun and became the Fuhrer. Her redemption scenepack (because I'm not calling that an arc) didn't really do it for me. I get what they were going for but I never regained my appreciation for Caityn after everything she's done in S2.
Vi also became way less compelling in S2. She went from being an awesome big sister and one of the main characters in S1 to being basically a device for other characters (Jinx, Cait, Warwick) to have their moments, with a montage of getting drunk in goth makeup and an underdeveloped friendship with Loris sprinkled in for good measure. She also made many out of character choices, the biggest ones being joining the Enforcers and giving up on Jinx and Zaun.
Cait and Vi's first kiss had no chemistry for me. I feel like they weren't really seeing each other in that scene. Vi asked Cait to promise she wouldn't change but Cait has already started to change by then. Cait kissed Vi as a confirmation of that promise even though you can't realistically promise someone that you won't change because it's near impossible.
Their reconcilliation in S2E6 was rushed. We've all seen the jokes that all it took for Cait to do a 180 was to hear Vi say the word "cupcake". And then the sex scene in S2E8 felt unearned and had a very awkward timing. There was so much misunderstanding that they should've addressed first but I guess they just really wanted to boink already. Or rather, the writers wanted them to boink. Even if it was in a prison cell right after Jinx pretty much implied to Vi that she's going to kill herself.
I have many problems with Arcane Season 2's writing and Cait and Vi's storylines are among them. Meanwhile the best thing that happened in that season was Jayce and Viktor's stories. They were very compelling separately (Viktor becoming Jesus and finally being able to help people in Zaun like he always wanted to, only to become lost and possessed by the Hexcore and crossing the line. Jayce seeing the unforseen tragic consequences of his idealism and ambition and coming out on the other side more mature and wanting to amend for the damage he's caused) as well as in relation to each other (Their perspectives clashing in the divorce scene. Them basically switching places and gaining understanding of each other's POV. Every time they hurt each other in any capacity in Episodes 6, 8 and 9 you could see how much pain it brought them. And then their final scene which was just poetic and tied their story perfectly, them sacrificing their lives in each other's arms to save the world from their shared dream that started it all.)
Enjoying a good story and disregarding a poorly-written one has nothing to do with biases.
im a huge jayvik fan and loved their gay ass ending but the way they get SO MUCH MORE TRACTION than the CANONICAL LESBIAN COUPLE at the center of the show is sooooo telling of everyone's biases. it's all talking about how there's not enough lesbian rep until you actually get lesbian rep and fully fucking ignore it to hype up the not even canonical gay ship. like ok !!!
my take on a modern au !!
got the idea from a random sketch i did
gotta start working on jayce's design now pray for me🙏 (i do not know how to draw that man help)
GLORIOUS EVOLUTION🗣
VERY ROUGH SKETCH BTW
hello! :]
![Hello! :]](https://64.media.tumblr.com/3b2939fd516c2d812d77a2c9ec48ee1f/930d0e59ec6591ef-d6/s540x810/3f729ed91c668b33272107cd6af9a8f3e7a6fc7e.jpg)
Im new to Tumblr so sorry for any mistakes! But i drew viktor from arcane and wanted to share :]
Very* WIP for chapter 26 - who's ready for the divorce 😭
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Viktor's in love, your honor.
❄️ Modern au, high tension slowest of burns 🔞 (111k and counting), friends to enemies to friends to lovers, scientific competition, petty lab-wars, major angst, major pinning, major yearning, soulmate connection.
I know I say this a lot but thank you for being so welcoming in this fandom 💜 I'm having the most wonderful time and there's so much talent it's crazy 😭😭😭
https://archiveofourown.org/works/61602655/chapters/157489549
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Have a nice day!
So I'm waiting a fic about jayvik because interacting with jayvik fans has been like wearing an oxygen mask in this moment of my life
If you're into modern AU, scientific competition, slowest of burns, friends to enemies to friends to lovers, petty lab wars, soul mate shit, then i will leave you the link :)
I leave you with some screenshots of fluffy moments because God knows we need those in this economy.
Please feel free to interact if you feel so inclined. Makes my day every time.
LMAOOOOOOO REAL
Our Hextech Dream
The World In My Hands
Here is the jayvik fic I wrote after the finale. It takes place in their early hextech days, they finish a big project and decide to celebrate!
Basically I just thought that they 100% would dance together in their kitchen (lab) with Viktor standing on Jayces feet and decided that I needed to share this with you all.
Enjoy!
Thoughts on the jayvik ending
I’m curious on what the general consensus is on they’re ending
Also feel free to comment your opinions/takes on the ending/what you think happened in detail so we can see what everyone thinks!
Viktor, in both Arcane and in LoL, despite his character's whole thing is being an emotionless robot.
He FAILS miserably at it, he will always be bound to his frustration, sadness, anger, and anguish. The very emotions that are so inexplicably human.
People complain about how he isn't emotionless in arcane which is really stupid because his character REVOLVES around failing at being NOT human.
He does all these things to get rid of "humanly emotions" yet in the very end his want to get rid of his emotions is also driven by the very thing he wants to get rid of.
He is cursed to be forever human. Born into this world as a human and will die a human death and this is shown in arcane, he died the most human way possible. He died being loved.
Hello hello hello again, just wanted to post my Viktor fanart i made like a few days after finishing the show. It was really bad because this was my break out if art block (it didn’t work)
I honestly only like the top right one and the rest just aren’t as good, i swear i will do better art because he is literally my favorite and i can’t do him dirty like this and never fix it 🙏(also here is cube jayce and viktor to heal from the bad art)
Someone NEEDSSSS to make a JayVik edit/AMV to The World We Knew Frank Sinatra like I genuinely will not live if I don’t see it
My baby, my baby
You're my baby, say it to me
I bet on losing dogs
I know they're losing and I'll pay for my place by the ring
Where I'll be looking in their eyes when they're down
I'll be there on their side
I'm losing by their side
SPOILERS FOR SEASON TWO ARCANE!!!
episode 1: the Lebanese are fighting 😞 atleast Caitlyn looks badass 💃🏼 I will say tho the roles are reversing 😍✌🏼 vi seems more pathetic which is nice
episode 2: NOOO VIKTOR HAS JESUS IMAGERY 😭😭 AND JUST LIKE JESUS HE'S GONNA DIEEE WE JUST GOT HIM BACKKKK WHYYYY also I'm calling it isha is gonna be to jinx what jinx was to silco and jinx is gonna be to isha what silco was to her ... hopefully that makes sense. wait if Viktor is Jesus, does that make Sky the holy spirit lmao 😭 the funny thing is I was looking at Viktor and thinking "huh he looks like Paul Atreides" well, well, well, another pale twink is Jesus once again. wait a minute who was that person...also ew icky heart beating
episode 3: HELPPPPP OPENING CREDITS ATEEE DOWNNNN MY WORDDDD. I live for feral Caitlyn. MOMMY AMBESSAAAAA 😍😍😍 "promise me you won't change." LEBANESE KISS YAYYY now get naked. wait where's that brunette guy that was like...a concubine for mommy ambessa?? where'd he go 💀. Lest is so pretty 😍 the cat alien hybrids in here are GORGEOUS. I never said it before but harbinger or whatever the fuck his name is with ekko is so cute, father and son fr. OHH MY GOSHHHH CAITLYN SHOT VI, that scene went wilddd. oh no vi sweetheart no don't cry 😭😭😭 there's too much happening everything everywhere all at once I'm getting an aneurysm in the best way. I'm sorry but I love what's happening with Caitlyn 😔
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ONNNN
Who are these Divas? There duo name should be Hexbomb :)