#s2 jayce meets s1 viktor

[notsofrozt]

So, for y'all "S2 Jayce meets S1 Viktor" hungry folks, here's a list of 5 of the bookmarks I've been collecting (for you specially @maiawhimsicalt) in no particular order and with no particular comentary, my braincells are on strike rn:

1. Of Memories and Tomorrows by Lieyantosh

Post-Season 2 Jayce and Season 1 Viktor, the grief of having lost your soulmate while having to look at his younger version who doesn’t even know you, the endless exhaustion of being a second-hand love and also science.

This fic has changed something in my I cannot describe, and if anyone here even remotely likes Arcane (or even if you don't know the series at all, it's that well written) y'all should read it right know.

You didn't hate me because of what my future self did,” Viktor said, feeling distinctly pathetic. There was a certain vulnerability in this, like he was opening up his ribcage for Jayce to see. “You hate me because I'm not him. Because you came back. And he didn't.”

2. the future came undone by Lieyantosh

Instead of appearing several months after the wild rune took him, Jayce lands in the past and decides to take out Viktor before he can turn into the monster he saw in the future.

This author is just *chef kiss*

3. intertwined, sewn together by lamoureg

Just as soon as the dance begins, it’s over.

In the silver, the faint mist rays of light, he can make out a face. One that’s achingly familiar, one he knows like the back of his hand, yet isn’t familiar with whatsoever. A man, bronze skin pallid and devoid of the life Viktor is so used to seeing. Shaggy dark hair hanging in curtains around his face — a face littered with cuts and bruises, stained with dirt and soot. Heavy set brows and eyes wide in shock.

Rather inappropriately, Viktor’s first thought is oh, fuck. And his second. And his third.

Because staring back at him is Jayce.

If you read this with Jinx and Ekko's song playing in the background you're going to cry.

4. You’re starting to look really weird by anónimo

Viktor lays awake, listening to the steady breathing beside him. The breathing of a man sleeping on his husband’s side of the bed, in his husband’s clothes, with his husband’s face, but who is most certainly not his husband.

This one has a very original concept: the reunion from Viktor's POV. Older Jayce got Ekko'd into his other self's body, so there's a stranger inhabiting his partner. It delves into that whole psychological horror aspect. I love it.

5. Stay Your Pretty Eyes On Course by Neibba

“I do not recall telling you my name.” Viktor stated matter-of-factly. “Yet you know it. Have we met?” Yes. Many times. Practically lived together inside their lab, but he couldn’t tell Viktor that. No, this Viktor had no idea who Jayce really was, and he intended on keeping it that way.

After the Hexcore collapsed, Jayce gets sent back to where it all started, the day he met Viktor, but Viktor seems to have no recollection of him. What happens when Jayce gets another chance, knowing what he knows now.

This author is a writing machine powered by glorious evolution and brainworms. I love this fic, its updated almost daily, and the way the relationship between the two of them develops is wonderful.

I have many, many more saved, especially one shots of S2!Jayce having all kinds of breakdown as soon as he sees S1!Viktor. I'll make another list later when deadlines aren't breathing on my neck.

I hope you like it!!!

[cearamorran]

you know those fics where S2 Jayce meets S1 Viktor and falls to his knees and cries, yeah, i'm normal about them

[lieyanro]

Fanart of my own fanfic! In which S2 Jayce and S1 Viktor meet :D

[fluffypotatey]

HE! 👏 DIDNT! 👏 KNOW! 👏 SHIT👏👏👏

and when he did? motherfucker dropped everything and shifted his priorities so fast like Y’ALL 🫠 he was kept in the dark on purpose. Jayce was never supposed to find out if it was Viktor’s way. and when he did, time was already running out, he was doing everything to find a solution even when it was slim and Viktor would be dead before the end of the year

AND THEN HE DOES DIE (not by the illness but still. it was still too soon and Jayce wasn’t ready he never would be) AND JAYCE BREAKS

While I'm talking to JayVik nation I am a FIRM believer that s2 Jayce's intensity would freak s1 Viktor the fuck out.

S2 Jayce meeting s1 Vik would fix things but it's because s1 Vik goes running back to his Jayce after meeting this extremely well meaning but intensely overbearing Jayce who is scaring him a little bit tbh and his Jayce is so familiar and comforting that he just sticks right by him until s1 Jayce goes "ok what the fuck are you ok" and they all talk about feelings and maybe fuck about it then the s1 boys send s2 Jayce off like loving married parents waving to their kid on the school bus on his way to his first day of class and then everything's fine.

Yall are WAY too confident in Viktor's ability to get through his emotional constipation overnight

[gffa]

*bungee jumping down the arcane fic rabbit hole* got any fic recs?

Save that bungee rope, we're going to need it to get the next person down here, too. And I do have a few recs I've enjoyed! (If you guys have any fics you want to rec that you've enjoyed in this fandom, I'm all ears. I'm still trying to navigate my way through the absolutely massive amounts and my usual method of finding authors I recognize from other fandoms is failing me because APPARENTLY WE HAVE WORK TO DO TO MAKE YOU ALL COME DOWN HERE WITH US.) JAYVIK RECS: (Current brainrot extraordinaire.) ✦ Begin Again by egg_thief, jayce/viktor, nsfw, post-canon, 3.3k or: Jayce and Viktor’s existence continues, somewhere out in the cosmos ✦ not to me, not if it's you by brewstersbru, jayce/viktor, post-canon, 2k They were supposed to die, then, a better ending than Viktor expected. Far sweeter than he deserved. Jayce’s hand warm and broad against his neck, foreheads tipped together, breaths fanning over skin. It was neat. It was nice. And then he woke up, splayed in a field, draped in the tatters of Jayce’s blanket. A groan rose from his left, then some pitiful shuffling before a final, loud thump, accompanied by a slight warble. ✦ the sun is an apricot promise by chicandcheesy, jayce/viktor, post-canon, 5.4k Six months after they destroy the Hexcore, Jayce and Viktor try to settle into a new life as friends. Partners. Turns out they love each other a little too much. ✦ The Softer the Skin, the Sharper the Teeth by ticketytockety, jayce/viktor, nsfw, spoilers, 5.4k During his time trapped in a devastated, apocalyptic world that does not belong to him, Jayce manages a temporary escape to somewhere else. Sometime else. ✦ The butterflies we feel by writin, jayce/viktor, time travel, 8.6k wip It was only right to offer Jayce one last thing: himself. A fleeting moment of shameless intimacy. There was no past, no future — only them, and everything they were willing to give. One final gift, for both of them. Or; S2 Jayce meets S1 Viktor, but there are consequences.

ZAUNDADS RECS: (Don't judge me, the artbook t-boned me with feelings, it's not my fault!) ✦ patience by orphan_account, zander/silco, nsfw, 7.6k He’s been dead five years when he shows up at The Drop unannounced. Vander can't be sure if this makes an already bad week better, or worse.

TIMEBOMB RECS: (This one also side-swiped me out of nowhere, officer, it's not my fault, either!) ✦ better to be poorly accompanied than to be alone by ajstyling, ekko/jinx, post-canon, 2.9k A long time ago, Ekko made a promise. Now he just hopes Jinx will give him the chance to keep it. ✦ the cycle of lonely creatures by red_dragon_rising, ekko/jinx & caitlyn/vi, post-canon, 7.4k So it happens that Caitlyn is now hiding Piltover’s most wanted terrorist and the murderer of her mother inside her ancestral home. So it happens that she’s become a traitor to her city. So it happens, because the girl is Vi’s sister. (AU: Vi dies with Warwick) ✦ pluto by zippe, ekko/jinx & vi, post-canon, 4.2k Ekko and Jinx, time after time

[betweenthescarletmoon]

Random Thoughts on the Arcane Fandom about Jayce

this is gonna be a mess but I have nowhere else to talk about this.

I've recently noticed how Jayce Talis has been subjected to all kinds of sexualization since the drop of Act 2 of the second season. People have mentioned many times how trauma has made him "hot". A good and well-known example of this is Danny Motta's reaction to episode 5, where he said, "Holy shit, they made Jayce hot! [...] My dude went from looking like a Muppet to the king of Rohan, and all it took was a little bit of trauma."

This isn't entirely new for him? If people didn't hate Jayce back in S1, they ogled him in the scene where he works on the Forge shirtless, which IS kinda the point because the animators are making him very obviously attractive. But most importantly, he as a character has been reduced to his sexual or romantic relationships since the beginning of time.

It seems that S2 is a response to this in a way. His arc from the ending of S1, where he took responsibility of his actions out of guilt for the child he killed, was slightly set aside for Viktor. Well, ALL of his life, dreams, decisions, everything about him was eclipsed by Viktor's shadow because of the whole "all times, all possibilities" twist. He wasn't expected to show up as a Councilor in any of the meetings, and we must assume he quits at some point, but he surely hasn't resigned from his position by the time Viktor wakes up. Apart from that much needed scene between him and Cait, and the one where he attends the memorial (and is attacked by a vengeful mother), we don't see many of his decisions or what leads him to make them, other than Viktor. This is beautiful in a way because we can SEE how it is a trauma response to losing him. He is obsessive by nature, and he clings to what keeps him and his loved ones safe excessively, but I still had to do a bit of mental gymnastics as to why he went back on the second promise: to not build Hextech weapons again. (Hint: it has to do with the fact that VI saved him with HIS weapon, but it went so fast it's hard to process in the first watch.)

Now back to the sexualization problem. Every time I look up his name and trauma, or PTSD, 95% of the results are thirst edits on Tiktok about how hot he is. No joke. One of the more serious results is my own edit. Of course, a lot of people connect with his suffering without naming it as trauma, and that is great. My concern is that there has been so much focus on Jinx's trauma, Viktor's trauma, even Silco's trauma (which are all valid and fascinating to explore), but there's less attention for other characters who clearly show how their own traumatic experiences has shaped them. Vi, Caitlyn, and Jayce are some of the clearest examples of this, and they've experienced some truly heinous things in the show. Trauma cannot be compared, ever. But why is it that Jayce, who lived through an apocalypse that HE knows HE caused, and lives in complete isolation except the "company" of metal watchers, to the point that he loses touch with reality, and is changed so irrevocably that he loses the naivety and starry-eyed optimism that has always defined him...is seen as hot? And more importantly, why is it that there is very little attention to his experiences on that cave? Every scene between him and Viktor is uploaded in 1080 HD quality, but the scenes of him alone? Fighting to survive? Showing remarkable resilience in the face of his suffering? No, that's not as fun. Not a single one of those scenes is uploaded fully, and I have checked many times. (Some people have actually skipped those scenes to focus on Timebomb. I'm...)

I went online and looked up "why do people sexualize traumatized characters" because let's face it, it's real, it's interesting, and I cannot judge or else I am a hypocrite. Bucky Barnes, Loki, Ellie Williams, Dean Winchester, Vi herself, the list goes on much longer but I can't think of others off the top of my head. We connect with their suffering, and we are pulled by their experiences.

However, Jayce is such a complicated case because he is usually thought of as the greedy himbo that fumbled two baddies, or the confused bisexual, or the guy who lost it because of a situationship (much like Vi, who DID NOT lose it because of a failed romantic endeavor bfr). And then the plot goes and tells us, "Actually, yeah, his life outside of Viktor doesn't matter, he's not even supposed to be alive, because Viktor saved him. All of time is completely inextricable from Viktor." People hate meljay because she manipulated him and "trapped" him in a relationship or something, only to celebrate it when something suspiciously similar happens with the male romantic interest? I initially thought it was beautiful too, bc Soulmates, but man. Mage!Viktor really left the man he loved to rot in complete isolation, eating raw reptiles until throwing up, losing his mind. Say what you want about the allegory for Viktor's life, at least Viktor's isolation was metaphorical up until the Glorious Evolution.

Despite us being shown this, people make thirst edits of him in his black fit, and fighting with sexual tension with Viktor. I fear...that I am the only one who finds this tragic. The man forced to create a larger than life persona to sell his work and be seen as an attractive pawn of the system, has become the attractive pawn of the narrative. Viktor's narrative.

Perhaps Viktor was forgotten by the world. But Jayce's kind heart, and brave soul, were forgotten by us.

Just some thoughts to chew about my favorite character and my wish that more people focused on his arc with me

[yamikakyuu]

Ok Jayvik Nation am I crazy? (I mean yeah but hear me out). Something I noticed while obsessing over Arcane (also if this has already been pointed out sorry I haven't done a deep tag dive but I haven't seen it mentioned) Also warning, image heavy post

OK SO

Something I noticed is when Jayce and Viktor (aside from the very first time they meet after the explosion) are together, most of the time Jayce is on the right side of the screen (not necessarily always on Viktors right side). As the viewer you are always seeing him on the right and Viktor on the left like so

See what I mean? This is especially prevalent in s1. (This is also done in Good Omens which is why I started noticing)

Now it doesn't always happen...I started seeing when it didn't because I noticed it happening so much. Now not including sometimes where the camera POV quickly moves to another scene, these were the scenes I noticed Jayce being positioned on the left and Viktor on the right.

Now what do all these scenes have in common?

Viktor's mortality. The first Viktor being told by Jayce he's dying. The 2nd being him considering suicide (which obv parallels Jayce's), the 3rd is the Council meeting before Jinx blows them all up, and the 4th is where Jayce kills him.

What's interesting about the positioning of the 2nd image is yes I 100% get this is how it went in Jayce's case, he was on the right and Vik came in on his left. What's interesting is after their conversation and Jayce saves Viktor from that fate and promises him to destroy the Hexcore, look...

Back to their respective POV sides.

The only other two times they're reversed for a long period of time happens oddly enough when Heimerdinger is present. Them floating in the lab and when they present their inventions

I find that odd but I haven't made any connections yet (if anyone has any please add them!)

Now s2 is harder given it's their divorce era and they don't spend a ton of time together unless they're fighting. BUT

Starting with Viktor waking up, the first shot is Jayce on the right, Vik on the left (sorry I couldn't find a screen) but then it flips to this

Which is the start of the divorce era. Viktor walks away from Jayce and the next time Jayce sees Viktor, he shoots him his giant hammer gun (again framed Jayce on the left, Vik on right as I posted above).

There's a bit of ambiguity when Jayce and Machine Herald V meet because Vik walks past him, it very much parallels the above.

Now the last time they're on opposing POV sides is when Jayce meets Mage Viktor.

Promises are made love is confessed and Jayce is sent back. (I know the above isn't the correct scene since we the audience don't see the reveal until Viktor does when Jayce hugs him but you all get what I mean). Fights ensue.

Hell even in this screen they're on the proper sides. It makes me feel that even tho they're still at odds, they're close to being one again.

TO THE ASTRAL PLANE WE GO. From the moment Jayce arrives he's on the right side. Aside from when Jayce gives Viktor back the rune and they spin, they're always on the correct sides

And look how they end up in the end

Given how detailed Arcane is I can't think this is all coincidence, it happens too much. But I had a lot of fun compiling this post and I'm not crazy right????

[avelera]

Saw someone say that jayce is narcissistic, and maybe media literacy is dying

I think Jayce has an ego, to be clear. But I don't think it's in any way excessive or pathological and indeed, I think he shows a lot of humility given his actual accomplishments. There's a bunch points I could make make on this.

From a story perspective:

Jayce's character arc is a subverted corruption arc and once it's subverted, it launches Viktor's actual corruption arc. But in order for Jayce's subverted arc to work, we have to believe he has a real potential of falling prey to his worst instincts, so we have to truly believe narcissism is a risk for him.

In addition to that, they had meta knowledge of Jayce Giopara, his League counterpart, to set up an expectation of a corruption/narcissism arc, so many people came into the story expecting Jayce to be an asshole. But this is Jayce Talis, not Jayce Giopara and it turns out, they're completely different characters (who would probably hate each other lol).

Arcane and Fortiche do an incredible job in S1 with their sleight of hand with Jayce seeming like an asshole. On the first watch, at least for me, I think I got the surface level of what they were going for, which is being meh to negative on Jayce, seeing mostly his flaws and mistakes.

Like, one example of Fortiche's sleight of hand is the moment Jayce gets on stage is probably the moment he seems most egotistical, most like he's going to start bulldozing Viktor to achieve his own glory. Except he invites Viktor on the stage, and then when Viktor gives him a clear, "No" he very graciously does not push Viktor any further, and then he goes up there and he does what his wiser mentor asked by not pushing a dangerous innovation before it's ready (I actually thing Heimerdinger was in the wrong there). But they also drop the mug over Viktor's face in what seems like a sign of Jayce's corruption but what later turns out to be Viktor's POV of how the Man of Progress image comes between him and Jayce from Viktor's point of view, even though Jayce is constantly reaching out to him and trying to include him. Again, subverted corruption arc, but it's hidden in the details.

Then, on each subsequent rewatch (of MANY) I began to like Jayce a little more, began to look beneath the surface more, and began to see things from his point of view instead of through the surface level direction and blocking of a scene. And the closer I watched/read the more I began to think, "Wait a minute, is this guy actually kind of a sweetheart and most of the "bad" things he did were out of his control??" Then of course, S2 Jayce's arc came in and blew the doors off my heart, but the basis of that character was there from the beginning.

But there are other things Fortiche/Arcane do to make Jayce seem egotistical but which on closer analysis are just sort of... normal things to do or are common with a lot of people from Piltover?

Preening and fixing his tie in a mirror while Viktor does research seems egotistical, it's a way egotistical characters are often signaled in visual arts. But actually, it's pretty normal to try to look your best before an important meeting or event, and the reason he's doing this while Viktor is working is so Jayce can spare Viktor this headache. Jayce would rather be in the lab too! But he goes out there and acts as the face of Hextech because one of them needs to do it. Don't get me wrong, Jayce could also like to look nice, but I think it matters that he's not seeking out a political career, it is literally thrust upon him and then he rises to the occasion.

Jayce is super duper buff, like insanely buff, in a way that feels like it should lead to egotism, but then we learn it's just a natural outcome of the fact he works with his hands. He doesn't really seem to notice it, or try to make use of it. If anything, he tends to cover up his musculature when not working, he wears his suits buttoned to the throat and wrists. His outfits do accentuate his already insane shoulders, but that's actually really a common look in Piltover, Caitlyn's uniform has the same shoulder pauldrons you'll notice. And his outfits are pretty tight which is really just a gift to all of us (lol) but again, is actually just pretty common in all Piltover fashion, people tend to wear form-fitting clothes there.

Jayce is clean-cut and clean shaven in a way that evokes a lot of pretty boy bullies. It makes his face seem extremely punchable, especially when he's mugging for the camera as the Man of Progress. But personally, I take that look as part of his people-pleasing. This does fall more into the headcanon range, but I'd point out that he's a big guy, one of the tallest in the show, with broad shoulders and what could be an intimidating build. But instead of trying to look intimidating, he leans into his boyishness, he tries to look like, "A nice young man."

I'd argue his look is actually him trying not to look threatening, because when he stops giving a fuck post-Anomaly, he stops shaving or cutting his hair and he looks super freakin' intimidating immediately (and hot as hell omg) but like, now he's a big guy with a beard and shaggy hair and he takes up space and you realize how much he's been avoiding taking up space or looking intimidating before that when he very much could at any time.

Look, Jayce is a good looking guy. I do think he has some ego. He takes care of his appearance, he dresses well, and he works at being perceived a certain way. But the idea that he cares about being the Man of Progress or that he is presenting himself for ego reasons is just... footage not found. I think he's got a normal guy level of ego and even is very humble considering what he's accomplished. And I think people are underestimating how much of his apparent "preening" is actually self-effacing and trying to present a polite, deferent image to others (he often stands with his hands behind his back when speaking to someone of higher rank, for example). The clothes he wears in public are mostly uniforms in S1, either an Academy uniform denoting him as an academic, or the House Talis colors to show him as a member of a House, which is how Piltover society functions. He does dress differently in the lab, but I'd argue not in a flashy way.

Anyway, I just like this guy a lot and got carried away rambling about him. I don't want to overcorrect and say he has NO ego but I would say he has a lot LESS ego than S1 Jayce haters would acknowledge.

[sky-snake]

If anyones got fic recs where s1 viktor meets s2 jayce please tell me, theyre my life source

[shrimpyartist]

I’ve seen many people talk about s1 Viktor meeting s2 Jayce or s2 Viktor meeting s1 Jayce here’s mine that I drew. Viktor would be very confused and concerned I feel. And yes Jayce’s clothes aren’t totally accurate but his outfit is so hard to draw TT

[when-day-met-the-knight]

ARCANE ACTOR AU (Mel, Jayce, Viktor ver. Ft. Melora & Jayvik)

These 3 only met during the filming but they got along SUPER well (besties fr)

• There are a lot of selfies on Mel's phone she would take after they shot their scenes, esp after their makeups would change (they do this with the other actors too, there's just pictures of them the most)

• ^ Sky is also part of this but since she wasn't a major character her actor didn't spend as much time on set

• *like- this is them

• Mel and Elora's actresses are married!!

• Elora's actress is actually the head makeup artist (an actual goddess in it fr) - bc Mel (the character) has such a sophisticated look, they kept them as close as possible in case one of the gold pieces in Mel's hair came loose, the gold bits on her face flaked off, etc - this led to her being cast as Elora

• (Elora bit) She did her own makeup for the Black Rose scene!!

• Jayvik's actors begin dating between s1 and s2. It's the reason why some scenes (like the one where Jayce stops Viktor's attempt) seem to have some chemistry (bc there was)

• Viktor slapping Jayce's hand away after "I'm from the Undercity." was actually super real and LOUD that they cut immediately after the first take (like- it hurt lol) - Jayce collapsed dramatically and Viktor apologized profusely (one of the earlier filmed scenes)

• Viktor and Jayce's reactions to Mel finding them trying to break into Heimerdinger's office were improvised - theyre all surprised Mel didn't break character and laugh bc for a second it looked like she wanted to (the main cameras were on Vik/Jayce so they didn't have to reshoot)

• They however had to retake the scene where they discuss Hextech weapons SO many times bc Viktor's >:0 face/reaction made Mel or Jayce burst out laughing WAYY too much (Viktor would also forget his lines a lot here lol)

• The smex scene and Viktor waking up in the hospital were filmed back to back so theres a bloopers pic w Viktor spooning Mel spooning Jayce

• Jayce's actor can sing/play guitar so somewhere in pretty much all the actors' phones (Vik, Mel, Sky, Jinx, Vi, Ekko, Cait, etc) there's a video of Jayce singing Heimerdinger's song for that one s2 ep Same cadence and everything lol

• Also them

• The marionette that fights Jayce and Mel in s2 was a stunt double in costume. In a bloopers reel Viktor tries to do some of the moves in his green suit (and fails horribly bc of his leg 😭) so a lot of the sounds are Jayce and Mel laughing in the background

• The final head touch b/w Jayvik was NOT scripted so it came as a surprise to a lot of the actors - Mel was one of the loudest screaming/crying in happiness when she saw it in the premiere of s2

• Whoever was in charge of casting did SCARILY well in casting their younger versions - there are a LOT of selfie pics w/ the adult actors and their kid actor counterparts

• ^ There's a selfie pic of Vik, baby Vik and baby Jayce - it's Jayce's actor's homescreen wallpaper

• (And this is bc I hate the most recent stuff this subfandom is coming up with) A lot of the Mel defender accounts/replies on social media are Jayce and Viktor's actors bc they HATE those kinds of ppl trashing her

• ^ Mel's actress (like Toks) reposts a lot of Jayvik (and Melora hehe) art on her social media

• They go to a lot of panels for cons and are quite possibly the sweetest people you will ever meet - I love them fr

• That's all for now thanks for reading!!

[lieyanro]

Some fanart of my fanfic, in which S2 Jayce gets sent back and meets S1 Viktor! :D

[ellie-r2]

Need fics of these specific premises Jayvik specifically

-post council room explosion Jayce (specially memorial attack) going back in time to S1 act 1 Viktor after they discover hextech and him just holding him and Viktor being concerned on why he has a bandage on his back. He thinks Jayce hurt himself in their new lab until his Jayce walks in and s2 Jayce refuses to let Viktor go.

-Similarly S2 Act 2 Jayce being sent back to s1 the day of the council room explosion and he runs into himself and tries explaining to him that he can't let Viktor go to the meeting forgetting he can just change the day of it and then Viktor himself comes in and s2 Jayce keeps begging him to stay in the lab.

-(s1 specifically) The members of the council assuming Viktor and Jayce are together because of how they just refer to each other as "my partner" instead of lab partner or work partner but they make no move to correct them when they realise the misunderstanding. This somehow makes it back Zaun and when Jayce uses Jinx against Silco for the treaty, Silco uses Viktor against Jayce.

-Silco, Vander, and Felicia raising Viktor (he never meets Singed) but after the bridge he stays with Silco and doesn't go to the academy. I have seen some fics like this but in this one he doesn't work for Silco or anything just lives with him and sees him as a father figure despite what he does. In this instead of Vander's kids breaking into Jayce's apartment it's Viktor because he was at Benzo's and was intrigued by his work. Jayce catches him during the break in but instead they work together because Viktor corrects him on one of his equations or something. The fic could just be Viktor keeping it secret from Silco that he has a friend/crush from Piltover. This does mean Vander is alive and Powder doesn't become Jinx also Sevika stays on Vander's side since there was no enforcers coming for his kids causing her to switch sides because of his being neutral. In this au Viktor would be Silco's only kid.

-Jayvik meeting once as kids then meeting again in the academy but they remember each other then start dating while in the academy and possibly engaged by the time they start hextech.

[the-daydream-menagerie]

Everyone’s always like ‘oh s1 Viktor meeting Jayce ooohmg’ GIMME S2 VIKTOR SEEING JAYCE SGAIN. GIMME JAW DROPPED JAYCE LIKE “omg god sex what” AND VIKTOR JUST LIKE “oh you sweet summer child oh god look at you you don’t deserve this”

[eternalera]

i love the difference in jayce's and viktor's reaction to jayce's stuff/research being destroyed (s1 stuff). jayce's immediate reaction is 'oh we're doomed! we're gonna have to start all over again since it's in heimendingers lab' (idk how to spell his name lol). meanwhile viktor is like 'ah yes... anyways wanna break in?'

i just love how this highlights two things between them. one being jayce's reaction, he's never really seemed to have taken a chance like that before, to stick his neck out entirely for his dreams to go all out and commit to it no matter the cost and this follows him throughout the show. he meets a problem and its a 50/50 of whether or not he'll cave to it. not to mention it also demonstrates jayce's more piltovian (ig) way of thinking, it's illegal so he shouldnt do it...

meanwhile viktor on the other hand thinks its rather simple. 'research is in heimendinger's office and i'm his assistant meaning i have the keys so lets just break in!' i feel like this shows how he was brought up and his more 'zaun-like' way of thinking. in zaun if you wanted something you had to be able to risk putting your ass on the line for it and doing whatever you want for it or else you wouldnt survive down there. which was something viktor learned, also he did end up apparently tricking the system by just buying a uniform that looked like it was the academy and became a student there through that so... YEAH. two very different ways of thinking. but moving back to viktor's thought process of doing anything to achieve something. this also follows him throughout the series as he does experiments on himself and in s2... yeah shit gets real.

their reactions to something that was played off as a joke revealed so much about their characters and no i will never shut up about it

[delusion-is-back]

Also I keep seeing fanarts and fanfics of S2 act 3 Jayce traveling back in time and meeting s1 Viktor. But I'll do one even better

Machine herald Viktor, resigned that he can't convince Jayce to join him but still wanting him by his side somehow travels back in time to the night he first meets Jayce almost a decade ago.

Younger Jayce, freshly expelled from the academy and disowned by his sponsor family, filled with raw emotions of dishearten that make him stand on the edge of a building considering jumping, is approached by this menacing yet divine being that comes with an offer he can't say no to.

If anyone knows fics with this couple pls leave the names down below *gets down from stage, slips and breaks neck*

#jayce is a monster fucker and whoever says no it's lying