Jayce and Viktor worked together for 7 years. At least 5 were probably spent with only each other seven days a week during all waking hours. I don’t think either of them really have any other friends too. Like I’m close enough with friends I see a few times a week over 4 years. No wonder they’re so codependent.

Thinking about the fact when they get fed up with each other or argue they don’t have other outlets to turn to. Like Jayce has Cait, but Viktor seems to be pretty much on his own.

Do you think the pressure and expectation and emotion of having to get along was part of why things fall apart. Jayce found other people and was stoked about having more balance in his life, whereas Viktor was frustrated by being ‘left behind’ by the one person he considers himself close with.

I feel like it makes it worse when they fight or when viktor’s dying because. They love each other a fuck ton but also have issues. But they might not get a chance to work through those. So theyre stuck in this weird place of needing each other and needing space at the same time.

Do you think they end up in a place where they love each other but don’t like each other :(

They both deffo cry about it in the middle of the night

DUDEEE that's so painful. Them ending up as loving each other but not liking each other - I feel like it's a valid point to make that's kind of where they were at the beginning of season 2. "Our paths diverged long ago. It was affection that held us together."

To me the turning point was Jayce entering politics and going down the same path that put the systemic oppression of Zaun in place, although he comes around in the end and realizes that violence isn't the answer. But Viktor would have felt it, Jayce growing distant and also - here's where I enter theorizing territory - offhanded comments about Zaun. Because he doesn't even think about Viktor being Zaunite, although it's such an integral part of Viktor's identity.