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An Analysis on the Season 2 Trailer on Arcane (The part that caught my eye)

(marked where I stop yapping and actually start theorizing)

I recently watched the season 2 trailer of Arcane and was absolutely mesmerized by the visuals and upcoming plot developments that hints have been dropped on. Lots of things caught my attention for a while, but the one thing that I cannot get stuck out of my head for the life of me is this:

-Who is this character??

-What do they have to do with the plot?

-How awesome is this design I mean seriously

My first thoughts when I saw this character is that they could be another new character being introduced in Season 2, like Warwick. This would make sense as a plot device, complicating the story further and adding more tension with more characters. Reasonably, they would also have something to do with one of three things- Hex tech, the (true) Arcane, or Shimmer. Otherwise, we haven’t seen any sort of world building that would showcase such a mystical being or species. Realistically, this being is either otherworldly or unnatural.

My thoughts after this were considring whether or not this character would be an ally to the main group of protagonists. (Jayce, Vi, Etc. Our stereotypical “good guys.” ) (If it interests me I may do an analysis on which characters I think survived the explosion.) -Any otherworldly tech or otherwise that has been shown on Arcane has either been created with malicious intent or turned to be used for malicious purposes. (Eg; shimmer, hextech war hammer, Arcane genocide.) This would point to this character being malicious, or at the very least a neutral party, similar to the firelights.

My focus was then turned to the creators, intentions and effects of each otherworldly material. The Arcane did not have much to bring me on this front besides the obvious information, and Shimmer has demonstrated it’s effects thoroughly and is a nearly confirmed tied up plot point, considering the production of shimmer is allegedly being stopped. This leaves only Hextech, or rather the Hexcore, which is what caught my attention at this point.

The Hex Core is a relatively transparent device, completely demonstrating in the show that over time it has been slowly corrupted and causes deep corruption, to the point of resistance to its handler. This is what leads me to believe that this is actually Viktor, gone through some sick character corruption.

-Reasoning

-Viktor is the main handler of the Hex core, and is the one who has corrupted it, and himself, using it. The effects on his body are dark purple, and like the figure in the trailer, periodically emit wispy strands from the affected areas. Viktor is also the only character we witness willingly performing these large-scale transformations on his body.

-Viktor could not be reasonably and effectively killed in the finale of Season 1 given his unfinished arc and previously expected ‘final form’ in the LoL game. His arc was not finished, and other scenes in the trailer are all signs of Viktor still being alive.

-This ‘final form’ that Viktor has, as interesting as it is, does not make very much sense to me. Despite the foreshadowing considering the hex claw, a true final form including an arcane corruption would make more sense. The inclusion of the hex claw could have been for multiple reasons. It could have been excellent foreshadowing, or It could be a nod to the original design and the LoL game. I’m not sure.

-It was Viktor’s intention from the beginning to use the hex core and shimmer to extend his own life, for reasons both selfish and selfless. This is a plausible arc that Viktor could go through considering the body modifications he’s already performed on himself.

-The actual proof that makes me think I have a shot at being correct

After thinking about my analysis, I decided to take a closer look at the silhouette figure, comparing it to Viktor’s face.

-Look how similar they are !!!

The eye shape, facial planes, jawbone structure and proportions are quite similar to each character, past the point of coincidence. The only visible features that I can point out a difference in is the shape of the ears and lack of hair. Even then, there are not many characters with a frame such as Viktor’s except for this one.

In conclusion, I think that Viktor is going to become a force of nature in Season 2. My hopes are that he will retain his sanity/humanity, and I’m not sure if I’ll be happy or disturbed if my theory turns out to be correct.

I had a lot of fun writing this theory and I can’t wait for season 2 next month I hope my theory is correct !! Maybe I’ll do another theory off of the trailers if this post gets more than like 5 notes lolz I wanna hear people’s thoughts

#Lolz this was a really long first post