#mel rants

I get that it could be seen as Team MZ’s business (and the player and Lida are correct to try and advocate for Urbain/Taunie on their behalf), but if I were there I would be like “my name’s not on that document bitch, you can’t make me do anything. eat shit”

IF I SEE ANY OF YALL MAKING FANART OF THIS CUTIE PATOOTIE

AND HE IS NOT AS CHONKY AS HE LOOKS IN THE GAME?!

I'M THROWIN HANDS

Sure lets:

Show them together in literally every merch that features them and also give them multiple pieces of merch focusing on them as a couple

Give them a reprise of a song Charlie shares with one of the most important people in her life

While we are at it, give them another duet in season two as well! (with who knows how many more to come in future seasons)

Give them arguably the biggest challenge they could have faced in their relationship and show them overcome it, only to give them an incredibly romantic love song in the next episode showing how they made up and even become stronger!

Show them fighting in harmony and synch during the final battle!

Literally have just the two of them, no one else, sing "we're gonna do this, you and me" in the finale song! (You know, the song that quite obviously foreshadows future plot points)

Mouthwashing can definitely have a fandom, horror games can and should have a fandom, they're good games with good lessons and content!!

Are there people who are really weird about it? Yes. But here's the thing:

The. Block. Button. Is. Free. To. Use.

There. Is. No. Cost. For. The. Block. Button.

Stop. Grouping. Fandoms. As. A. Whole.

There. Are. GOOD. PEOPLE. IN. FANDOMS. TOO.

In the show we see her get mischaracterized and completely ruined mostly when it comes to Viktor and mostly in season 2. This is mostly because of Amanda’s very clear dislike of her (she has said on twitter that she finds Mel boring and did basically use her to further the plot of Viktor.) but I also think a part of it is just the inconsistencies of her character. A good example of this is that we see in season 1 through a flashback that Mel is a very thoughtful character that doesn’t agree with the laws of Noxus nor their reign over Ionia. Inside the show this gets completely ignored when we see her judging Viktor due to him being from Zaun (though I don’t think that is what that scene was implying that seems to be what most do think). With what we know about her she wouldn’t be judgmental of people from Zaun. Now this isn’t to say she would have fixed all the issues and stood up for Zaun from the beginning because she still does care about her power. This is just one of the many inconsistencies in her character in arcane.

Another issue (that is far more important in my opinion) with how she is written that I believe contributes to my post is that she is written into the “disposable black girlfriend trope” not only by the fandom but by the show itself. We see this most in season two when any moment between Jayce and Mel gets Viktor in it. It is very clear Jayce cares for both of them dearly but we also see her get overshadowed by Viktor multiple times. One example is the fire scene. Jayce sees Mel first then it goes to Viktor, that could be a good show on how he cares about them both but it is shown more in a way that makes it seem as though Jayce overshadows Mel with Viktor. Of course this point is only proven more in context of the fact that Jayce rarely ever spoke to Mel in season 2 and didn’t either bring up Viktor or basically called her a shitty person. While I get a lot of people’s defense for this is that in canon Jayce was stressed when you put it all together that defense doesn’t work out much.

My final point is to why and how I think she was so butchered in the show (mostly season 2). One reason is the writers clear dislike to her. Amanda herself has admitted to finding her boring and using her for Viktor on Twitter. In season 1 I think what was protecting Mel from how bad she was portrayed in season 2 was the fact that it had a huge team of writers. Season 2 has been confirmed to only have about 3 writers so not many people to actually give the characters the love they deserve. I think season 2 being rushed is also a huge issue but that is a whole other topic.