HERALD.

the labours of men of genius, however erroneously directed, scarcely ever fail in ultimately turning to the solid advantage of mankind. — m. shelley

TOAUGMENT : to make something larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it. an independent viktor based on old league of legends lore ; not arcane compliant. 21+ only. general content warning for canon typical violence, body horror, & exploration of transhumanist themes and ideas.

partnered with : @grieveme

— i dont agree with the way they changed the pz geography. making them two entirely different cities separated by a river sure was a choice when piltover was built literally on top of zaun for a reason. the in-universe history and present-day sociopolitical context cannot really be separated from that fact, and from a writing/art perspective removing that very obvious symbolism just rubs me the wrong way.

— this is really not relevant to my portrayal of viktor per se its just more commentary on the show failing to do the regions politics justice, but making mel and ambessa noxian and completely overshadowing the fact that the medardas are the biggest old merchant clan in piltover (still canon in the show btw) just so they could make the conflict about an external threat instead of class oppression bothers me sm.

— making the chem-barons a rogues gallery of villains completely separate from piltovers ruling class holy shit. the point is that theyre only ostensibly different when in fact they deal with each other all the time and benefit from shared business and they all oppress zaunites because the wealthy elite always have more in common with each other than with the poor regardless of where they mainly operate. making marcus the one bad apple working for silco was such a dirty move from the writers when collaboration between piltover and the barons has always been the modus operandi

in general theres smth very charming about how short and snappy the old bios are

theres no way around it jayce was written to complement viktor it literally takes five sentences before the bio gets to v and then its about their conflict until the very last sentence.

theres actually fairly little rewriting where jayce is concerned in terms of the 2014 lore haul. he has his hammer and the arcane crystals from the beginning, as well as his role as piltovers poster boy and defender, not to mention the whole counterpart to viktor thing. a solid boy 10/10 no notes.

young inventor to scientist to hero pipeline

"Jayce is Piltover's best hope for a bright future." AS A CERTIFIED PILTOVER CRITIC(TM) I DO STILL ENJOY A GOLDEN BOY IT HAS TO BE SAID........... big fan of people staying true to this but in a way that doesnt glorify piltover but actually pushes it to be better for real

also. also. "He decided to act alone, realizing that if no one struck back, Piltover would never be safe." like i genuinely hate to give any points to the arcane writers but i do think some of the choices they made ring very true to old!jayce's personality so. credit where its due ig.