Relinquish the flesh.

INDIE ROLEPLAY BLOG for viktor of arcane / league of legends

[gloriousprogress]

Viktor of Arcane / League of Legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws . Written by Ire, 30+.

▍RULES

▍ ❝ RULE ONE. As I'm in my 30s, I ask that my writing partners be at least 25 and will not interact with anyone under the age of 21. There may be NSFW content on this blog but I do prefer to move threads of that nature to Discord because Tumblr is an open concept hellscape.

I'm still new to League's lore so I might get things wrong! I default to Arcane due to familiarity but am completely open to taking concepts from the game and running with them if you don't mind canon divergence.

▍❝ RULE TWO. My activity is all over the place because of the work I do. Sometimes I'll be here a lot, sometimes I'll be gone a month. I ask for patience. Roleplays can be moved to Discord upon request as it's generally easier for me to reply from my phone when on the go, but brace yourself for typos. If I haven’t replied for a week and am clearly around, please send a PM to remind me. Chances are that it’s drafted and I haven’t gotten to it yet, or that it may have been lost, but confirmation never hurts▍

▍❝ RULE THREE. This blog is multiship and does not practice exclusivity. I ship chemistry over everything else! Chances are I will not send in any shippy asks unless we've got a thread going, and might struggle to answer them if they're sent in turn.

▍ ❝ RULE FOUR. Communication is key. I am always happy to adjust the direction and content of a thread for my thread partner's comfort. If a generally triggering subject is to be broached within the roleplay, I ask for it to be discussed well beforehand. I can handle most anything done tastefully, I can't handle being blindsided by it.▍

▍ ❝ RULE FIVE. I absolutely love sending my RP partners asks. Usually in the middle of the night when I should be sleeping. These are generally non-sequitor threads I don't intend to go anywhere, but we can absolutely run with it if it inspires you! I just like to write and scenes pop into my head when I'm trying to sleep.

Likewise, I also like to doodle. You're welcome to use any doodles of your characters however you see fit.

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▍ ❝ “When you’re going to CHANGE THE WORLD, don’t ask for PERMISSION.”

indie & selective roleplay blog for viktor of arcane && league of legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws. multiverse, multiship, multifaceted. written by Ire, 30+.

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[allpossibilities]

@allpossibilities  ⸻  from  arcane  &  league  of  legends.  arcane  and  headcanon  based.  mutually  exclusive,   highly  selective,  21+,  and  slow  reply.  usfw  and  triggering  content  will  be  present.  remade  may  2025.  adored  by  jj.

[gloriousprogress]

alrighty, i'm almost done with my s1 rewatch.

starter / ask call!

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@blubombs

The air in Zaun is thicker than usual, each breath a weight in his lungs as he slips quietly through the half-empty streets. Enforcers seem to be on every corner, holding down what little power they still hold in these streets.

Suffocating as the air may be its charged with the promise of change.

Nature abhors a vacuum, after all. And the recent chem baron deaths left gaping chasms all were surging to fill.

Viktor is not here to capitalize on this. No, he's far from the running for that position, half-dead and without any real power to his name here. A lifetime in Piltover means he carries its stink, and his hands had helped craft the weaponry the Enforcers now old. However against his will this may have been, he had been warned of the risk of what would be done if this technology were placed in the wrong hands and then naively handed it over with a smile.

( What a fool I was. )

No. He's here for shimmer and Singed, and maybe together they could do... something to repent for his role in all of this. Even if Singed's goals did not align with his own, Viktor's research in his hands could still do more than it had done when held jointly with Jayce.

He could try to repair some of the damage he'd done in the time he had left. Even if his efforts to save himself failed, it was better to do too little too late than nothing at all.

A hand lifts to muffle the cough trying to force its way out, leaning against the alleyway wall. The enforcer patrol passes without even a glance, engrossed in their own conversation. Quickly as he can he darts from the alleyway, pavement turning to stone under his feet as he heads for those familiar caves.

He doesn't get far.

A fluxuation in power means suspicion and scrapping over territories. A strange face may well be an enemy, and Viktor supposes it's a small mercy he never much cared for the lime-light. If he had, they wouldn't be grabbing him by a scrawny arm - they'd be pressing a bullet into his temple as thanks for all he'd done.

Maybe they would have anyway, as a warning to all outsiders. Yet the hand attached to the scrawny arm is made of metal, so finely crafted it catches them offguard as it glints in the light.

"Who made this?"

"I did. Let me go, I want no trouble, I am just trying to see a friend."

But it does not matter what he wants.

The grip on his arm does not relent, and Viktor laments not equipping something better suited for battle. These new parts - recently replaced, still aching where they attached - were meant to to replace the ones he'd lost in the accident. Not enhance them. Just as the box of mechanical organs under his arm was meant to repair what was killing him with every wasted, heavy breath - if only he could get access to enough shimmer to make them take.

And so here he is, stumbling into an audience he doesn't want with a leader he doesn't know.

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▍ ❝ “When you’re going to CHANGE THE WORLD, don’t ask for PERMISSION.”

indie & selective roleplay blog for viktor of arcane && league of legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws. multiverse, multiship, multifaceted. written by Ire, 30+.

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Canon divergent Viktor thoughts.

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The brush effect is real.

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also i've been delving into the lol comics and expanded lore, and my god they could not figure out what they were doing with viktor as a character. and apparently kind of still can't.

like sometimes he's a saturday morning cartoon villain that wants a hivemind and only a hivemind. and he wants to forcefully roboticize everyone like a scrawny dr robotnik and jayce is buff sonic the hedgehog rolling in to smash up his day.

other times he's all for free will. and he believes people should be able to opt-in to augmentation. his whole argument hinges on "emotions make people stupid in a crisis, i think maybe there should be a way to turn them off temporarily & we should be able to augment people to save their lives even if it looks odd and unsettling" and that's meant to contrast jayce who looks flawless and perfect but upholds broken systems to keep the illusion of perfection & heroism because both they benefit him.

and the second bit is so interesting. like, he's clearly out of his mind but i like that it makes sense to him. there's a weird purity in believing that woudn't be exploited. or that people wouldn't just turn their feelings off to do terrible things. like that's a man who, despite despising the limitations of flesh, somehow believes in the human spirit and believes that all people are good when liberated from hunger, war, and pain. and it contrasts so nicely with jayce, who knows people are fucked up and doesn't seem to have faith in anything, even himself.

the first makes me want to pull my hair out because its boring.

[gloriousprogress]

alrighty, i'm almost done with my s1 rewatch.

starter / ask call!

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something something something au where viktor never goes to the academy & ends up stopping the kids from stealing anything from jayce's apartment but gets stuck in the apartment and caught by jayce

something something rebel scientist au.

[gloriousprogress]

▍ ❝ “When you’re going to CHANGE THE WORLD, don’t ask for PERMISSION.”

indie & selective roleplay blog for viktor of arcane && league of legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws. multiverse, multiship, multifaceted. written by Ire, 30+.

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[leememes]

THE SOUNDS OF NIGHTMARES SENTENCE STARTERS .

a collection of roleplay / writing prompts , lifting quotes from " the sounds of nightmares " podcast based in the little nightmares universe .

" the look on your face says there's more on your mind . "

" would you like to talk about it ? "

" how are you feeling today ? "

" do you remember your nightmares ? "

" i remember ... everything . "

" i'm not sure that's true . "

" i woke up somewhere i didn't belong . "

" i don't quite follow . "

" can you try to explain ? "

" you can't understand . not unless you were there . "

" hey ! where are we ?! "

" they aren't children . not at all . "

" my mind was divided , and that's not fair to you . "

" everything is going to get worse from here . "

" help me ! please help me ! "

" who brought me here ? "

" i'll do everything i can to help you . "

" there's nothing bad inside you . nothing . "

" we're in this together . "

" take your pick . "

" sweets for my sweet . "

" do you know a way out of here ? "

" what are you working on ? "

" we're friends . friends tell each other things . "

" i'll play with you . "

" don't overdo it . "

" you were right there ! don't tell me you did nothing ! "

" you're upset with me , aren't you ? "

" are you going to leave ? like all the others ? "

" whatever you desire , it's yours . "

" everyone needs someone . "

" don't leave me alone ! "

" are you still angry with me ? "

" i'll protect you . "

" i hate being alone . "

" i understand more than you think . "

" you mean to escape , don't you ? "

" you're being unfair . "

" i can't help you if you hide things from me . "

" why did you bring me here ? "

" what do you want ? "

" why didn't you tell me ? "

" you promised me . "

" i don't feel like talking . "

" you never listen . "

" we can face these monsters together . "

" i need you . "

" i have nothing more to give . "

" take my hand again . "

" you abandoned me . "

" the more time you spend with someone , the harder it becomes to hide who you really are . "

[gloriousprogress]

▍ ❝ “When you’re going to CHANGE THE WORLD, don’t ask for PERMISSION.”

indie & selective roleplay blog for viktor of arcane && league of legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws. multiverse, multiship, multifaceted. written by Ire, 30+.

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[gloriousprogress]

▍ ❝ “When you’re going to CHANGE THE WORLD, don’t ask for PERMISSION.”

indie & selective roleplay blog for viktor of arcane && league of legends. A study in good intentions and how easily they can go wrong, a fight for a better world, and learning to love oneself despite perceived flaws. multiverse, multiship, multifaceted. written by Ire, 30+.

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@jt4lis liked for a starter months ago

it's not a fight. a fight would require words. this, whatever this is, is a stubborn battle of wills. jayce on one end of the lab, viktor on the other, a frosty silence in the place of usual banter.

it's been happening more often these days.

his fault, probably, he thinks. every now and again viktor notes his words come out too sharp, realized only in the way jayce's jaw sets and that warm voice chills ever so slightly that he has toed over the line.

and he will glance down into the yawning abyss beneath his feet, once again reminded that there a chasm between them. or maybe they'd stood on the same side in the beginning. but he's certain it's widened as jayce's star had risen and viktor's health had waned, and now they stand on opposing sides of a canyon.

science is the bridge that connects them. the foundation upon which this relationship had been built, strengthened by the mutual desire to do more, to do right by the world. and from afar it may look like a tenuous thing but they walk it so often and so freely that they forget they are not standing on solid ground.

and so why is it now, with this, that jayce balks?

"jayce," his voice raises above the clatter. "i asked if you have reviewed the prototype yet."

it's experimental. dangerous. the very source of ninety percent of the arguments he's had with everyone in their vicinity across the last week - sticking untested machines in his body to replace his own failing organs is a bad idea. but what in this laboratory isn't? hextech wasn't providing a solution fast enough, could not provide it fast enough, and...

and this was better than waiting for the end to come.

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h'okay.

give this a little like for a starter or a thing in your ask.