Jayce V. Viktor Lore

6FlagsFunnelCake·1/28/2017, 4:42:43 AM·6 votes·1,449 views

I just have to say, I absolutely love the connections between Jayce and Viktor's lore. When I heard about the more elaboration on Viktor's lore, I was extremely scared that they were going to do a switch-a-roo and make it so that Jayce is a villain to the community's eyes and Viktor is the real good guy. Luckily, that didn't happen, and I absolutely love what they did instead.

  • First of all, I'm glad they gave Jayce more of a character arc. They, of course, added more negatives to him, as he obviously isn't perfect. He's prideful, ignorant and, all together, an asshole. However, he soon learns more empathy, mostly through the 'singing' crystal in his Mercury Hammer, and even apologizes to Viktor.
  • I also love the parallels they did between Jayce and Viktor, as Jayce only saw the dozens of bodies that Viktor had in his lab, ready to insert them into new robotic bodies (an obviously horrifying sight at first), but it's revealed that, through Viktor's eyes, he's just trying to save them in what he sees as the best possible way. Both are justified in why they did what they had to do.
  • A really nice detail I love is the amount of similarities and details in both of their Color-Texts. In it, it's revealed that neither of them want to be the hero/villain. They both just want to carry on with their jobs, but society has exagerrated them to be budding head enemies, but in reality they are both actually formerly close friends who don't like conflicting with one another. Along with that, both of their color-texts revolve around their interactions with children, as a little girl goes to Jayce, thinking of him as a hero who can fix her toy (only to find out he really doesn't want anything to do with her), while a little boy goes to VIktor, thinking of him as some exageratted Zaun-Bogeyman (only to reveal that he actually still has empathy for others, as it's the only reason he's starting the Glorious Evolution in the first place).

3 Comments

kitcat3001/28/2017, 9:46:50 PM3 votes

My only concern is that the people who felt scorned by Riot before (Victors old lore), and perhaps a few other are too eager to jump on the 'hate Jayce' bandwagon, as if gaining some form or retribution.

I mean, yeah the guy is quite the douche, but its not like hes the scum of the earth that people seem to be exaggerating him to be.

Also, I agree that it was a nice touch on how they mirrored their color stories.