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Even the redditors are like, no mel wouldn't work for swain she would be on the same level as him because of her name and powers. Now i've only known who swain is for about 14 hours, but it's truly mel medarda's world and we're all living in it

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A Mel motion comic coming to League!?!?!

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WE ARE ON GOLDENFORGE LOCKDOWN‼️‼️‼️ These are Arcane Survivor Jayce's lines to Mel.

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Just us, sipping soda and enjoying the little moments 🥤 ✨

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I finished theem!!

They are my take on meljays in the alternate timeline, and you can read more about them here

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jayce

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I think the fact that Viktor and Sky were never close says a lot about Viktor. Before I get started this isn't about any potential romantic relationship that could have happened between Sky and Viktor. It's just fascinating that he and Sky were as far the audience knew, the only Zaunites to work in this hyperelite space in Piltover... and they didn't get to know each other. No moments of peer to peer solidarity? No small talk to mention family or trade stories from the weekend? Sky worked for him and didn't know where to discard her ashes despite coming from the same place and likely having her address on file.

If we have to put Sky and Viktor's relationship in context of the greater story of Arcane, it represents Viktor's relationship with Zaun and its populace, which is both nonexistent and largely theoretical. Viktor has a deep well of empathy, but uses it ineffectively, even when he is in a position to help... he invents mining tools (not even an air purifier for a place like that). He gets it, but somehow he doesn't get it.

Viktor's most significant on screen relationships are with other Piltovans like Jayce, Singed, and even Heimerdinger. Despite the prejudice he faces in Piltover, Viktor has the most legitimate political influence out of the entire Zaunite cast. The way Viktor was Heimerdinger's assistant is not the same way Sky was his assistant. Heimerdinger was Head of the Council and President of the Academy and Viktor was tasked with carrying out his assignments with limited authority, technically that makes him a high ranking government aide. Could Sky or Ekko or Silco (without blackmail) talk to the Sheriff the way Viktor could? Viktor's even best friends with a Councilor (Jayce) after the timeskip, and he does NOTHING with that to lobby for Zaun.

By the end Viktor's very ridiculous and overly complicated plan gets even more Zaunites killed, including Sky a second time. He solved nothing, killed hundreds, and apologized to no one, including Sky's family. Maybe the Academy was a mistake all along.

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I've just seen someone comparing MelJay to Maddie and Caitlyn, as if their relationships were on the same basis.

You choose to do Mel so dirty to validate your ship.

Maddie clearly meant nothing to Cait (and I think it was awful for her to do that, even Ambessa disapproved Cait fling with Maddie).

Unlike that, we see Jayce deciding to pursue a deeper relationship with Mel after they slept together. They had a commitment, they relied on each other and both showed their mutual support many times. It was never just sex or political matters or whatever

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Like when we talk about Mel being manipulative, let’s talk about how that shows up. First time we see it in action is when she gives Holsk the child’s toy and tells him it’s a sophisticated puzzle. She cashes that chip in later in that meeting, to push Holsk to vote not to exile Jayce.

And let’s look at when that move comes. It doesn’t happen because Jayce is offering HexTech. Mel tells them when they’re sneaking in that she knows what they have works. But back then, she’s going along with the Council’s momentum to exile him anyway. What stops her is Jayce’s mother. When Mel, who was exiled by her mother for being so different than what Noxus asks her to be, sees a mother stand up to the council begging for them to not to cast out her black sheep of a son, that’s when she manipulates Holsk.

Anyway yes, Mel manipulates people. So does Vi, so does Jayce, so do most of the characters in the show at some point or another. Mel never does so in the show for her own personal gain, always in—sometimes very misguided—attempts to protect others. And I wonder sometimes if the word we’d use for Mel’s skill with people and politics would be “manipulative” if she were white/male/not in the way of the big mslash ship.

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Meljay parallels in Arcane S1E6 & S2E8

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actively mad that the script says mel is an 'empath' when that isn't a thing that exists literally anywhere else in the lore as far as i know (like yeah there are other mind/spirit/whatever manipulators but no one is an "empath") and the mere label has now broken everyone's brain when in actual fact ostensibly she and viktor are capable of the same fucking thing especially since he's just like not a cyborg anymore

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so why are the voice lines in league giving better characterization than season two cause this actually going too drive me crazy

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Meljay stans another win!! He drew his Mel while he was in the pit and he drew her from memory because she is his place of comfort <3

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when i say i hate plot armors i do NOT mean mel medarda. mel you are the best thing in this world thank you miss mel medarda i love you dearly. badass gorgeous gorgeous woman

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The Soul's Reflection

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is there anything so undoing as a daughter?

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