"mel's magic lets her twist other magic, so she could break free from leblanc's control."
yk leblanc isn't just some random sorcerer, right? she's a master of illusions and deception, someone who has tricked swain who literally bargains with demons, outmaneuvered jarvan iii, and she's part of a centuries-old cabal that has been manipulating noxian politics from the shadows.
yet mel, who has zero experience, casually overcomes leblanc because that's what her magic does, right?
but even champions with strong anti-magic abilities struggle against other magic users. i mean, morgana, a literal being of dark magic specialized in breaking magical bindings never truly defeated kayle. but mel, a complete novice, somehow breaks free from leblanc, who was not only aware of mel's magic but supposedly a master of her craft?
but hey, why bother respecting the power scaling of league's magic when you can just hand mel a win because the plot needs it?
"mel wasn't born super powerful randomly, she was designed by ambessa to take on the black rose."
her father is probably a powerful mage, so what? that still means she was born powerful. never said it was random? and that doesn't erase the fact that her magic had zero signs of manifesting before which is weird.
in league's lore, magic doesn't just sit dormant for decades without a single sign:
lux tried to suppress her magic, but it still flared up multiple times in childhood.
ahri didn't know she was vastayan, but her magic still affected people, so there were signs.
ryze, a literal centuries-old sorcerer and one of the most disciplined mages constantly struggles to contain the magic he carries.
but mel? she somehow goes her entire life without even suspecting she has magic, has zero accidents, and then out of nowhere she's powerful enough to override leblanc? yeah no, that's not how magic in this universe works.
"mel was probably trained as a child. she's a medarda, after all." "mel isn't immediately good with her powers. jayce even calls her out for it."
"probably"? that's pure assumption. but yeah, noxians often train their children to fight, but mel was exiled anyway. also, for a show like arcane to never hint that she can fight when she can (according to you) is pretty … wow.
but sure, let's pretend she had combat training. still, how does that explain how she fights like an experienced mage the second she unlocks her power?
viego, a literal ascended being, still struggled to use his power effectively until he was fully consumed by the ruination.
sylas who trained for years and even he couldn't master magic instantly.
so why does mel, who had no history of training or even knowing she had magic, fight like she's been doing it for years? suddenly, she can fight a literal warlord (ambessa), who also had anti-magic runes?
a couple of minor setbacks don't change the fact that she's too good, too fast, for no reason. yes, she faints briefly at the beginning but is otherwise fine. it never puts her in any real danger.
"magic manifests in a big emotional burst, not gradually."
since you're using how they wrote mel as a standard for mages in general, let me tell you this: that directly contradicts league lore. magic isn't some anime-style "power-up through emotions", it’s something that develops over time:
lux didn’t suddenly explode with power, she had small incidents over the years.
ahri didn't just wake up one day and realize she could steal essence, her power grew gradually as she fed on people.
arcane needed to justify mel's sudden power boost and they didn't. this isn't some shonen.
"mel's rune suppression tattoos aren't confirmed in the show, so we can ignore them." "mel couldn't break through her mother's rune suppression magic, so she's not breaking any rules."
then why are you interacting with my post? if you don't want to acknowledge league's lore, it's fine, but stop trying to argue with people who talks about it wtf.
anyway, in league runes are magic. they have rules and restrictions:
ryze uses runes, but he can't override them.
morgana's magic is bound by a rune inscription on her body.
ornn's forging magic is dependent on specific rune-infused materials.
runes aren't just random magic that can be shrugged off. if mel had suppression runes and they just stopped working, that directly contradicts how runes function everywhere else in league.
and yet, you just proved my point.
if rune suppression magic works on mel later in the show, then it should have worked before. you can't have it both ways. either suppression magic works, or it doesn't.
"runes need to be charged, so maybe mel's suppression runes just ran out of power."
nothing in the show or the lore (yet?) suggests that ambessa's runes were the same as the ones supposedly on mel's tattoos. and rune magic in league doesn't just randomly run out of charge anyway.
ryze's scrolls and sigils don't need recharging they work because they are bound to magical laws.
morgana's shackles don't just fade away, they are permanent until removed.
ornn's forging runes don't randomly run out of charge.
also, mel's father specifically put suppression runes on her to hide her from black rose. why would he bother doing that if they just "ran out of charge"?