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I’d like to think the fighting game and adjacent characters Venom, Poison, and Toxic would be friends
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usbshtick · 1 year
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some icons :]
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fawfulydoo · 1 year
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darhumwastaken · 4 months
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Some traditional
Toxic VS Candyman
Inspired by: Golemm - Bliss
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kingderp · 1 year
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HEADCANON:
I was talking with a friend about this and ngl- Toxic gives me mix vibes. She is incredibly helpful towards Dice for telling him the whereabouts of Candyman but at the same time.. She knows way too much 👀 like, what if she is helping both safety leagues and lethal league in general. Which is why she gets both sides of stories and called "Queen" along with other reasons as well.
Anyways, because of this. What if she caused Candy to mutate into some jawbreaker-chemical-looking creation. Using her Toxins/Chemicals to inject Candy with it and for him to become some test subject and grow stronger. So she's pretty much in no one's side.
Another thing- Sonata and Dice are probably friends even before Candy's incident. So before Candyman went to the asylum (most likely kidnapped) Dice talked to Sonata first about all of this. About their missing friend cause I also believed she was friend's with Candy too. Maybe Jet too cause Sonata and Jet were once a group together.
What do y'all think? This is my first headcanon lol
Oh ye hope you like the meme I drew!
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hero-in-high-tops · 3 months
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PLEASE put her in brc
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klayfruit · 6 months
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recent art smile:o) first pic is a comm for friend zel on discord!
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anicpanic · 5 days
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Summer league!
These sketch were also laying around for way too long. I am determined to not sit for so long on everything I sketch anymore.
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lethalleangue · 9 months
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day 283
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cutepandagurl123 · 10 months
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my mains :] (but it’s mainly switch <3)
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azelletown · 1 year
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for your information
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beatcroc · 3 days
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turns out i have to make an unnecessarily wordy thoughtspost about doombox too bc there is nothing about this character that isn't fucking ridiculous and also really funny and i'm kind of really obsessed with all of it. ordinarily i would just start firing but in this case I need to just. paste his bio and then go through it step by step because every phrase here is absurd when looking at how he's handled along with the other characters and the world as a whole. here we go
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first sidenote: i should also add 'nonsensical' to the list of descriptors up there, because this is a fighting game and no doubt has the typical Bad Fighting Game Writing at play that doesn't really hold up when put under scrutiny as i'm about to, but understand that this is something i've come to love about the genre and its typically batshit lore, and it further enhances the experience for me. it's all utter nonsense and its my favorite shit ever.
the biggest thing to me that makes his entire shtick ridiculous is that he was explicitly made to be a weapon. like his express purpose is destruction and/or killing people, and he certainly has the disposition to be doing that. except that he is not doing that. he's out there playing Ball Game, evidently of his own volition.
i feel it is also important to highlight that he was not originally or intentionally a boombox; he just kinda lives in there. his own bio frames it as happenstance, but sonata's dlc skin lore** implies he isn't permanently stuck in there and can kinda just hop out and take control of whatever he wants whenever he wants. there is an entire goddamn tank just sitting there in the background of one of these stages. he is a weapon. there is heavy artillery readily available to him that he could be commanding if he wanted to, but he's not doing that either. he is still a boombox. i think he likes it in there. *there's an argument to be made that maybe he's not powerful enough to control something that large, or maybe just that switching hosts is really tiring or risky. im just saying though there's like a bajillion host devices better suited for A Fucking Weapon than a boombox, but he seems really committed to this for some reason. while im here btw it's fucking terrifying that he apparently can possess thing that are Not tech as well **as a side note from that the specific mention of her boomhammer is interesting. i don't think it's an intentional implication but i enjoy the idea he has an affinity for sound-based devices; i like to think the boombox left an impression on him with its being the initial thing he possessed and got used to
and then there is the berserking. the 'rampaging', as it is otherwise called. not exactly strange on its own given his temperament and designation, but strange for the way it's characterized as only a tendency. it's only that he's prone to rampaging. he rampages often, but not all the time. just often! what is he doing he is not rampaging? getting a custom trimmed jacket with his own logo emblazoned on it? like a nerd? and on the flipside, what exactly do these rampages even entail? because it's apparently not anything destructive or disruptive enough for anyone to care about stopping him under normal circumstances.
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like how are you a giant angry "not exactly stable" weapon of a guy and everyone's like 'yeah that's fine. that's our doombox!' toxic's specific wording regarding his getting unfucked postgame is "back to his old raging self", which implies to me there's almost a certain fondness, or at least amusement, at his being like this. i know one of the core themes of lethal league is letting these oddball misfit dudes do their thing and freely be who they are, but like. is doombox sincerely just not a threat for that? like really? dice's interactions also sort of imply that his actually trying to kill someone is really out of the ordinary for him so truly like. db my man what ARE you doing out there. * re: toxic and dice's talking about him; i do also find it amusing that one of his defining traits is just being pissed off all the time. again, not surprising given his purpose/designation as a weapon, but funny in that it's like. how he's KNOWN; in the sense that it is immediately noticeable and a cause for concern for other characters to see he is Not angry. fuckin social barometer of a guy. local angry guy isn't angry, something's wrong.
the "reasons for playing in the league unknown" bit also strikes me as a little odd even though it REALLY shouldn't. i'm like 97% sure it's just written like that to make him seems mysterious and unpredictable and dangerous, but it's a weird thing to call attention to when you consider that...less than half of the other characters' reasons are known? raptor is there trying to get info on his dad, that one's well out there. dust & ashes i think have some kind of implied reason for being there as well but it of course isn't elaborated on, and grid is like trying to impress "the youth" and establish a profile or something. nitro seems like he might not actually be IN the league as an official competitor? it's just helpful for him to know how to ball for the situations he gets into with his investigations. everybody else's "reason" pretty much seems like they're just out there to have fun. and toxic says as much in the story mode intro! the game was developed for people to escape the monotonies of shine city! so to imply doombox has a separate, non-recreational reason for being here is weird. the easiest read on it for me is just that he was drawn to it cause it's intense and destructive but at the same time.... if all he wants is an excuse to wreck shit....why are you competing in a structured sports game with rules and shit my dude. you are a weapon. just go attack people. except that we've established that he doesnt really do that. so. once again. what IS he doing out here
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aside from the bio though, there's of course random little tidbits of characterization throughout the game itself and they are all also likewise ridiculous.
he refers to himself in third person, which is always an amusing choice for a character in general. it carries with it a certain sense of ego, an awareness of and and pride in one's presence and gravitas. this was mostly just surprising to me bc before i started looking at everything, i'd assumed he was more or less mindless and, yknow, robotic; without much personality/reason for being there beyond being the Biggest Baddest Best At Ball Game Guy doombox is already very imposing, so this is frankly a well-earned sense of pride for him to have.....but it still doubles back to being funny again because, as i've established above, he could stand to be a hell of a lot scarier! but he doesn't seem to notice or care that there are many readily-available options for becoming more powerful and/or establishing himself as unquestionable top dog. so instead he is a boombox. third-person is also often used for characters who are a little dumb, and i think this applies to doombox as well. he is a weapon, and clearly a brute-force-over-precision type of weapon at that, he doesnt need smarts. i think this is also sort of hinted at with his voice lines; where the other characters have some kind of snarky phrase or one-liner for their kill/score voice line, doombox just goes "bye-bye". Which is still appropriately Disrespectful, but it's also very, uh... simple. again i just think there are... more imposing things a guy like him could be saying there, but i guess he hasn't got anything more than fucking. bye-bye.
anyways the ego thing i think is well-echoed by his stupid fucking jacket. none of the other characters have their logo as part of their design and i'm pretty sure the rest of the symbols are just game abstractions and don't exist in-universe, but like. doombox is just going around wearing a jersey with his own damn face on it. ok. to be clear i love his jacket but it is literally so silly for him to have that. imagine being the guy having to custom-fit a fucking boombox. did db pay for it? how? we're getting into unproductive territory here but you could ask a million questions about that jacket and they all have hysterical implications. while im on the topic of designs i'd also like to say that while i don't count any of the other blaze redesigns as "canon" like actual events the characters went through between games [like raptor in particular would have already had to have the stitches since that's his backstory, it's just they weren't a design point before], doombox is in a weird spot since the first game's design for him was very specifically referencing its HUD in a meta way for his flavor and that was pretty much the entire extent of his flavor; while in blaze he and the HUD are very much separate distinct things with their own flavor. there's more to talk about here later but as it pertains to design what im saying is i think he just went out and found a better and cooler boombox to be in between games. and also got a funny jacket. *actually i have no idea if there's even a Timeline here. the gut vibe i had been running on was that blaze happens a couple years after the original, but looking at it now that doesn't seem right. does blaze Replace the timeline of the first game? are there even Events in the first game to count as a timeline? do they run concurrently?
alright anyway the last point here is the 3rd-person thing is even moreso interesting to me though bc i was under the assumption that 'doombox' was something akin to a codename he was given when other people saw this big fucking Thang rampaging through the streets. but seeing as 1. he's definitely aware of it, and 2. not even the damn scientists who made him knew he was in a boombox [as implied in his dlc skin lore], i'm led to believe he came up with the name himself. the fucking tape in his cassette player does just say 'doom' on it so i am choosing to believe that's either where he got the name, or that he put that on there himself.
MOVING on, another really good thing is that he does this
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i just think it's funny he's continuing to use the thing as an actual boombox; i feel like that isn't something he necessarily Has to do. obviously he's susceptible to certain quirks and limitations of being a boombox re: mind control tape, but i don't think that means he has to play out its every function. i think he's doing that on purpose and i am filing it under "he likes it in there". hes listening to his jams.
also on a similar note,
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this is also not important and i realize it's mostly just a quirky videogamey way to get around saying the robot kinda character is "asleep", but i do enjoy the implication that shine city's biggest terror is like out there running on 4 D-cells.
also i'm making this guy out to be a city street menace, and the vibe i had assumed for him before was like, a random encounter in the back alleys that you super do not want to run into; but his associated stage/hangout seems to be the desert/scrapyard? which i don't really have anything interesting to say to that, but it's definitely a different vibe for his character if he typically hangs out in more desolate areas.
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i think maybe the most baffling thing doombox has going on is the apparent "rivalry" with dice. this is also bizzare from dice's side of things. what the fuck does it even mean to be "rivals" with doombox? what are they competing for? what kind of things does dice get up to that doombox would even give a shit about in the first place, let alone to be considered a rival in? i mean, like, the league, probably, but why dice specifically, out of everyone? would doombox's league rival not just be whoever's the [second] strongest there? i believe dice when he says they're evenly-matched, but there isn't really anything that implies dice is of particularly high prestige within the league so it feels like he shouldn't hold much interest as a target. to be fair dice doesn't seem like the type that would care about prestige, but again, if he's not out there flaunting his shit or trying to claim he's the best or whatever, why does db care? this would be a lot easier to understand if it was a one-sided thing on doombox's part like okay maybe dice pissed him off one day and he's still mad about it. whatever. that's the vibe they go for in story mode, but then there's dice's dlc skin description, which seems to run entirely counter to that and has dice as the aggressor:
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when deprived of his usual sense and restraint, dice's first thought is I Gotta Go Fuckin Kill Doombox? even if he's over it under normal circumstances, it's clear both of them have some deeper-rooted beef in this exchange. there is yet another layer to this in that doombox is, weirdly enough, not really shown to be the kind of guy that's interested in revenge. again, going back to his own dlc description, he- and i quote- "couldn't care less" about the guys who made him capturing him and chaining him up. his only interest there is breaking out and getting back to doing his thing. if you want to be really generous, you could also read this vibe from the story mode epilogue: doombox was not the one hunting down the safety league, that was nitro. doombox was simply, as stated before "back to his old raging self". both of these to say, he simply does not seem to give a shit about people who have directly wronged him and only wants to Do His Thing. so. once again. what the fuck is going on with dice that they both have lasting beef here. i truly cannot fathom what either of them did to be so mad specifically at eachother. this rivalry is something they reference a LOT too like it's a big deal in-universe, or something otherwise really important to portray. like
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lore so strong you gotta put it on an achievement!!!!! really!!!!! and there are no details whatsoever about this????? * while i'm here i'd just like to say have more questions about dice than fucking anything else in this game. sadly there's practically nothing to intuit from the game about any of his situations so i don't have much for coherent thoughts to post on him, but my god. what the fuck, dice. this rivalry is arguably the single strangest thing doombox has going on but it doesn't even break top 5 weird things about dice.
anyways, the final section and MOST interesting thing to me in all this is that, coming out of the first game, i was really under the impression that doombox is just the arbitrary final boss monster you gotta kill; no real purpose or personality his own to speak of, and most importantly just synonymous with the game itself and its aesthetics re: mirroring the HUD design. he certainly still holds the role of big scary final boss monster in blaze too, but blaze 1. has him much more fleshed-out as his own Guy, and more importantly, 2. doesn't really consider him a Problem like your typical big angry final boss monster. or at least not moreso than anything else going on in the game. he's not a threat to be eliminated, he's respected as a character and as a competitor in the league; and more than that he just seems to be... liked? as in, liked by other people in-universe? and he's liked enough that they'll readily help him out so he can keep doing his thing? i do think latch fixed him up postgame mostly bc he felt bad about being the one responsible for getting db brainwashed in the first place but like. the game could have just as easily gone "and then doombox was defeated yay" and left it at that. instead, they seem to have a vested interest in keeping him around. most transparently this is likely just a "we can't get rid of any of the playable characters or else story mode would be noncanon", BUT the point of this post is trying to read cohesive narrative sense into places there probably isn't any, and my read here is that doombox is a sort of inadvertent guardian of the league. for 1, he does still very much embody a lot of what the game [both The Videogame and the league itself] is about, but more importantly i think his presence is just really good at keeping a lot of the more minor threats at bay. if you try to fuck with the league, you will eventually be squaring off with doombox, most likely having freshly pissed him off in the process, and i can't imagine that goes well for who or whatever is in that situation. there's probably not much that wants to stand up to him by himself, and there's even less that can challenge the league as a whole unit; he's really just a good guy to have on your side like in general when you are running an illegal sports operation. i think at Worst toxic might see him as the league's funny little mascot but realistically i think she has more respect for him than that. either way i don't think he's going to care and it doesn't affect him much regardless. for this, doombox simply gets to keep doing his thing, whatever the fuck that may be. there are certainly still forces beyond his control at play here [as demonstrated in story mode by the safety league], and when these come into play, the league in turn looks out for him and keeps him on top of his game. i'm not sure if he has the, uh.... kind of cognitive ability that he could be grateful for this, but if nothing else, we know he seems to enjoy playing in the league, so he probably at least recognizes that he's not going to meet a lot of resistance in it and/or that it's a good environment to keep doing as he pleases. i don't mean for this all to sound so transactional, but it's hard to say whether he has much charisma in-universe for people to want him around for more "legitimate" reasons. likewise, there's also still a lot up in the air on how like... sapient doombox actually is. whether he can have complex motivations about anything or if he has some concept of "having friends" or if he can experience emotions besides rage; i tend to lean to "no" on those because i am really trying my damndest not to woobify this guy, but ultimately i don't think it matters much; in the end, he and the league are still mutually beneficial for eachother, and they still enjoy having the other around. and i think that's pretty cool :)
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Would you mind dropping some thoughts about yandere!Silco?
Oh dear, Silco the Conundrum.
I honestly think this fits Silco perfectly.
Silco has always been loved starved. Orphan. He's had to claw his way through shit for everything. He doesn't trust easily if at all.
I think he might have become obsessed with Vander in a way. I can see him as being bisexual. Now, whether he's fully acted on his desires, that can be debated.
In one way, I think Silco saw Vander as the kind of man he wanted to be. Big, braun, respected, lethal, etc. They become brothers and while Vander kept the top spot, everything was okay in this relationship. But, sooner or later, Silco gets tired of playing second fiddle OR start questioning the man he looked up to. You put someone on a pedestal so high, they're going to fall.
Silco was willing to sacrifice himself for the cause and expected others around him to be the same. Willing to do anything to attain that goal.
Post drowning, Silco still loves his friend and maybe hopes he'll see the light but he will sacrifice Vander or anyone else if he as to. He still loves Vander in a way that he believes he can still 'change' him. If not, he'll use him because he can't let it go.
Letting shit go, in not in Silco's wheelhouse. Even though he tells Jinx to do that, he obviously has never gotten over his own betrayal. Everything he's become has stemmed from that.
On the romantic partner side of things, he can be very much the same.
Silco is the opitome of possessive and jealous over someone he cares about.
He's more than happy to kill Jinx's only sister to keep his daughter.
If he cares about you? Yup, same.
It will have taken some time and effort on your part to get close to him. If you managed that, then you should know him by now and that if you're still game, you must know how he operates.
He doesn't show affection often. It might be something very little like a glance or a touch. A super soft drag of his finger along your arm.
Praising a job well done (chances are you work for him or in league with him in some way). He appreciates hardwork, dedication and honesty. However, your honesty better be in line with his views. He can accept your opinion as long as it's not in contrast to who and what he is.
He won't say "I love you", rather saying "I need or want you" instead. But don't mistake those words for lacking emotion. He means it.
Will he kill everyone and everything to keep you? Yes. Will he sacrifice himself to save you? Yes, but he will do everything in his power to not have to do that if possible. He will also let you know that if you do anything stupid to put him at risk, you're in big trouble. Plus, he will remind you constantly that he saved your sorry ass.
You're in debted to him forever. He doesn't take that shit lightly.
Silco has a great capacity to love but it is toxic. He is broken emotionally and pyschologically. He can go from one extreme to the other.
He might surprise you when he's very tender. Then he can be straight up violent in his passion and own needs. He has so much built up stress and emotion and unfortunately it comes out when it feels like it and it could be you or any other poor soul on the receiving end.
That could be in the form of an argument over something very trivial or seriously rough sex that he won't apologize for afterwards, even if he feels he went too far.
He could softly caress you while you're sleeping, letting his tender and vulnerable side open up when no one is watching. He cares but he tries so hard not to show it. If he cares, that could be seen as a weakness.
God forbid someone tries to hurt you. They are dead. No one touches someone he cares about. He won't leave it to Sevika or someone else to carry out. Nope. He will be very hands on and not with a gun. He will take his damn time.
You go after him or something/one he cares about, he will take out everything in return. He will burn you, your family, business, everything to the ground.
Very posssessive and jealous. Silco has always felt inferior in some way. He was always in Vander's shadow and in some ways he covers it up by being ice cold.
So, if you are tender with him he might reject it at first. He's not used to it, can't comprehend someone would be like that with him, could love him for him. Touched starved is an understatement.
Don't be flippant or coy with him. He doesn't want to play those games. Don't flirt with others. Once he decides you're his, you belong to him whether you know it or not.
Don't give him any reason to mistrust you. Once you've earned his trust and respect, it's even harder to keep.
He might hurt you first to prevent from him being hurt (ever again). Don't give him reason to suspect anything.
He might lock you in your room for your own protection/good...and who knows what that might mean and why.
Ultimately, he is in control at all times. He might lose it in a moment of lust or tenderness but it is only for a moment.
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If you're still doing the 5 headcanons thing, then how about an alternate version of Engine Trouble/Sticks and Stones where while Tenya does get injured, Tensei gets all his information right and blames Bakugo for it, and gets cranky that UA isn't doing anything about it?
Tensei is less than amused by how lightly UA seems to be treating the matter (only a month's detention and banning from *one year's* Sports Festival) and that's what he complains about to the media. While people aren't too impressed by him naming names, they're even less impressed by that being UA's response, rather than a flat out expulsion, especially when it comes out UA viewed it as a 'first strike' scenario when it turned out to be at least a second strike at UA (QAT attack)
In this case this leads to a lot of public pushback towards UA, including questions of if they'd probably investigated things properly (not really but Nedzu had no reason to assume Aizawa had witnessed something of concern the day before and it had only been two days), and why the hell punishment for that is only a month's detention and not expulsion.
Bakugou as a result of all of this *is* expelled from UA, and put under watch/investigation by the HPSC over his willingness to use what amounted to lethal force against classmates. Aldera is being looked into, and the HPSC is less than impressed by what they're finding.
Katsuki is finding he has no real options in terms of going into heroics at this point. He's been expelled by the top school in the country, and is viewed as too toxic to ever get into one of the post-high school programs. No hero worth their salt would touch him for an apprenticeship. The HPSC itself has implied they'd never approve a license for him. He can't even go into vigilantism, because in light of everything else they'd immediately just slap him with the title of villain and throw him into a jail like Tartarus or Irkalla to rot.
He's now always going to have to watch Deku's back, watch as he leaps onward in heroics and gets more and more attention and praise...
Then Katsuki gets an offer from a woman by the name of Weaver, who is curious if he'd be interested in discussing a possible opening with the League of Villains?
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feastfic · 1 year
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Heya howdy long time no see :)! I don't have much of an intro here hah, just headcanons and some silly things for Lethal League folks!
• Sonata and Grid formed a tenuous friendship during their teamup gig in the tournament, which eventually became genuine. Their well-mixed battling styles mesh into a very powerful force to be reckoned with. And both of them communicated their actions well, to the point they clicked in more than just a combat way. Now on most days they can be seen in small shops sharing a coffee or brunch together, as good friends.
• Sonata is also the impromptu mother friend of Jet/Raptor/Switch, who are all adopted siblings or actually related in some way. Homegirl is like the only responsible adult those three know (Switch is the irresponsible one). She likes them though, they're funny but also they sort of ended up trailing her like ducklings because she became a rolemodel for them, especial Jet and Raptor.
• Speaking of Jet and Raptor. They're cousins <3 Raptor's grandfather was Jet's uncle.
• Toxic does general graffiti on downtime/whenever she has a free moment. Her art style is extremely angular even when not spray-painting; full of thick black lines.
• Weirdly Toxic also has wine aunt energy but only uses it for chaos. Never trust her with kids she'll teach them to make napalm and pipe bombs. Which is bad given she's y'know. "Queen" of an entire city.
• Sonata and Toxic are cat people. Jet prefers dogs, as do Raptor and Switch. Dice likes fish — especially koi — and Candyman any kind of talking parrot. Obviously Latch as a reptile feels a kinship for them, and Grid actually has a Saint Bernard and a small Siamese kitten as well (courtesy of Sonata convincing him to get one.) Dust and Ashes don't have a preference they can agree upon; Ashes really likes to say he likes sharks though. Doombox has zero preference for anything at all, they're all just animals to him.
• Jet has undiagnosed autism and ADHD; her special interests are trains and machinery. She made her own jetpack, helps with repairing Switch, and likes to sit by train tracks/the subway to watch and wait for trains to come by. She also stims by doing spins, and is VERY expressive with her hands!
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dastardlydumb · 2 years
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Viktor's loose lore threads
Okay so can anyone tell me what Viktor's status is in League lore?
because I feel like there's a lot of dangling loose threads involving Viktor in his lore. like, Blizcranks biography for example, leaves Viktor in the unresolved situation of seemingly being in debt to the chem baron who had their factory demolished by Blitzcrank. (the factory produced toxic waste, which Blitzcrank was instructed by Viktor to get rid of, Blitz just got rid of the source of the problem)
u know what, lemme just copy paste the dang story bit explaining it
"Dispatched by Viktor to clear a neighborhood of toxic chemicals, Blitzcrank traced the caustic runoff to its source. Reasoning that the most efficient means to prevent further pollution was to eliminate the source of said pollution, Blitzcrank proceeded to destroy the factory, their lightning-wreathed fists not stopping until it was reduced to a mound of rubble and twisted iron.
Enraged, the chem-baron who owned the ruined factory descended upon Viktor, demanding that he destroy the golem or pay a steeper price in blood. Viktor was devastated, having come to view Blitzcrank as a living being rather than simply a tool to do his bidding. He concocted a scheme to smuggle his creation to safety, ready to accept the dangers and consequences of doing so—but as he returned to his laboratory to set his plan in motion, he discovered that Blitzcrank was already gone."
two main questions pop up more so than the numerous others I have in mind when reading this, the first one is: Why did Blitzcrank leave without telling Viktor? the second one is: What happened to Viktor after Blitzcrank left?
the rest of the Blitzcranks biography makes a vague attempt at answering my first question by stating the following: "Blitzcrank’s evolution beyond the constraints of their original programming had yet to cease. Having grown into full self-sufficiency, they resolved to take up their mission independent from their creator. Rumors abound that the golem has even begun to upgrade their own form as they labor tirelessly to assist and protect Zaunites without pausing for instruction."
So either A: Blitzcrank was completely oblivious to the fact that what he did ended up having consequences for him and his creator and just decided to head out now that he was fully sentient. or B: after Blitzcrank realized that either his creator or himself would suffer lethal consequences Blitzcrank got scared and ran away. or C: Blitcrank perhaps in some misguided effort towards helping his creator, decided to take the choice out of his hands by running away. From what I've seen and read about Blitzcrank, I can with some certainty say that the bots got a big heart. And while he may be naïve I think it's unlikely he would ever just up and run away completely unprompted.
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Images from: You Really Got Me | Cinematic Trailer - League of Legends: Wild Rift He seems lonely, so I don't think it's because he prefers solitude. Which makes me think that maybe Blitzcrank figured out Viktor's plan or maybe Viktor just explained it. I can only guess as to what prompted him to run away but regardless of the reasoning behind Blitzcranks disappearance, we're left with the consequences of it, or rather Viktor is. so what happens after Blitzcrank disappears? Does the chem baron make Viktor pay a steep price in blood like he said he would? or does said "steep price in blood" actually involve putting Viktor to work so he can pay of the debt? if so, where would he be put to work? And then it hit me, what if particular loose thread is actually tied to another seemingly loose thread that's been bothering the hell outta me?
Okay so, in case you don't know this, League lore and most of (if not all) of their old champions biography and short story, have gone through a lot of retcons and rewrites to fit the overall lore of the world. But you can still see traces, hints and references of the old lore in the new lore, the frame may change but the painting stays the same, essentially. (idk if that's a saying but it feels fitting) Anyway, to tie one loose thread to another loose thread I need to ask another question. How did Urgot get his augmentations if not from Stanwick Pididly?
i'm sure you can see where i'm going with this but I really wanna write this out, so indulge me for a bit.
In Urgot's old lore it was Viktor's old professor Stanwick Pididly who created Urgot's Augmentations. But in Urgot's new lore Stanwick is not even mentioned, nor is the method as to how Urgot went about implementing his Augmentations, or rather who helped him do it. Because while he may talk sophisticated and be the former Executioner of Noxus, likely with the same education of a noble. He has no history of having skill in matters of surgery or engineering. and I doubt he had the means to learn those things while trapped in a mine. So, Who helped Urgot with his augmentations? Why does he have so many followers that have augmentations? Why does Ekko hate Viktor so much? How did the chem baron make Viktor repay his debt? My theory is that the chem baron had Viktor repay his debt in the same prison mine that Urgot was in called "The Dredge". he was likely put to work by making and repairing mining equipment. and eventually somehow Viktor ended up helping Urgot by creating & implementing his and the other prisoners with Augmentations. heck they might've even gotten along due to their mutual distaste for chem barons.
But here's the thing, Viktor and Urgot's ideologies are so stark in contrast with each other that one might say one of them was created, or perhaps merely strengthened into an extreme, as a direct response with being exposed the others extreme ideology.
What I'm trying to say is that, after Urgot kills the chem baron and overthrows the prison, essentially using it as a fort to force feed all the prisoners into listening to his extreme misinterpretation of what anarchy is, and with what he does to those prisoners who refuse to listen. Viktor with his frustrations towards illogical behavior, is likely one of the unfortunate few who choose to oppose Urgot. and Urgot has this lovely little voice line that perfectly describes how well he usually responds to disobedience. "Controlling them will be simple... with my hand around their throats."
on the other hand Viktor literally has nothing to lose at that point. so death wouldn't be good enough of a threat. so perhaps Urgot just started out by feeding into Viktors dislike of Piltover and the chem barons, to get him to believe that he was helping a just cause while keeping him isolated from the reality of the situation. Urgot has been written as a manipulator before and Viktor has mentioned his distaste of emotional manipulations in his own short story so it wouldn't be too far of a stretch to think Urgot could do that.
their connection could also explain why Urgot holds such hatred for Piltover if Viktor ever deemed to share the details of his own frustrations with the City that exiled him and stole his work. Either way it could also nicely tie up another loose thread involving Ekko's hate filled interactions involving Viktor. But that's fuel for another theory crafting day, if you managed to make it this far I thank you for reading through this and by god I hope someone, be it Riot or a fic writer, picks this up and runs with it cuz I'd read the hell out of that chapter of Viktor's life. now i'mma go pass out on my bed, peace.
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