idk I donβt think Linke would refer to them as brother again if Riot had any plans to make them canon in more or less near future
Linke doesn't work in the game and isn't involved with decisions made about the game anymore. The only other alive gay couple in league of legends (tf/graves) called eachother 'brother' in a main seasonal cinematic published a year before they officially came out. That's not a joke this was the literal progression:
I sure wonder if there's any relation between these specific words and queer stories having to exist under censorship! Let's see how Riot handles these things...
It took a decade to see TFgraves included in pride material despite the fact they were pitched as a relationship very early on. Devon (also involved in making lesbian champion Diana) is married to Vi & Jayce's cowriter. You probably heard the name before because she positively weighed in on vikjayce earlier this year. And we keep seeing that happen.
Every other day we get further demonstrations that fortiche, amanda, storyboarders or league designers or viktor's voice actor and so many more are all onboard with jayce/viktor as a romantic relationship, but people get too caught up on whatever CL says being 'the' word of god when that's not how things work at all. He's not even the creator of these champions, much less the internal expert on them (he's also said he's not going to be leading the next projects, and Riot is looking for the 'right people' to take charge of them).
Even CL's comments about them 'being dead' were refuted right after by league's executive producer. He's not deciding anything. He's just another dudebro upset that almost everyone else in his creative bubble wants to see two men kissing, and he needs to throw a little fit about it like the dudebros before him. But he's not the one working on new skins or writing upcoming content for the game. He's not responsible for the art or coding of whatever comes next. They are.
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