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Yet more older art. Did this one after the finale. What can I say, I adore a darkest hour loose hair moment. The third act fed me well in this regard. Lowkey her, Viktor, and Ekko were my favs, but I didnât like drawing men when I did this, so here she is!
Uploading some old art over these next few days. I think I did this one the day before part 3 of Arcane released. People raving about the art in Arcane back in 2021 is actually what got me into League of Legends lore, even tho I didnât watch the show till 2024. I owe a fair bit to it-100k+ words of fanfic Iâve written for starters.
Havenât a clue which AU this is in, but it exists, because I adore these characters and think they should be allowed to get along sometimes.
Shimmer-Filled Dreams
⌠Sorry that this took forever! I got busy and lost motivation, I canât promise a consistent posting schedule. Truly Iâll write then when I feel I inspired to. When I was trying to force myself to write it all came out terribly
⌠This is more a pilot chapter for the series, establishing some background context that will be important later on
⌠Tbh I might change the title since Iâm bad at naming things. But with all that said, enjoy!
His dream of going to the Academy to be something more dashed in a mere few moments. He had been 19, his parents scraping up enough money to buy a used Academy uniform. Viktor had never been happier, had never hugged his parents tighter. His dreams were going to be realized! That entire morning was spent obssessing over getting all the wrinkles out of the clothing, making sure his hair was presentable, and fixing up his sorry excuse for a cane. He was going to sneak into the Academy, and by the time they even realized he was going to be doing so well there that they wouldn't be able to kick him out. It was genuis and it was going to work. It had to.
He made it to Piltover, strolled in through the Academy doors...only to have everyone look at him. An enforcer just a few feet in front of him, their cold, uncaring eyes trained on him. "Donât make this any harder than it needs to be.â their voice rang out. His heart dropped to his shoes. How could they have known? So soon? He looked the part. There were so many people here, how was he picked apart from the crowd? It didnât make any sense. From behind the enforcer he could see someone. Professor Heimerdinger. Yes! Okay, all wasnât lost. The professor would see this and step in, surely he would. Silently he pleaded with him, his voice caught in his throat. The professor looked up at him, their eyes meeting. Now all he has to do was speak up. So close! Instead his gaze was then cast to the floor, walking off to wherever his original destination was. He didnât help. He didnât say anything. Viktor was snapped out of it by the enforcer grabbing his arm, starting to tug him outside. There was no use fighting it. He walked along with the enforcer, being pulled a bit to try and keep up despite doing his best with his cane and his leg. He was only let go once they were over the bridge that separated Piltover and the Undercity, not given a second glance as they walked back to their original post.
Viktor wasnât one to cry, he simply stood there, unable to believe what had just happened. How could he go back home? His parents sacrificed so much for him to get this opportunity. Without even getting to open his mouth in the Academy he had failed them. No, he couldnât go back home. The disappointment on their faces alone would be enough to slaughter him where he stood. He was on his own now, heâd figure it out. He always did. With some difficulty he made himself start walking. Where? He wasnât sure. But moving forward seemed a lot better than standing right beside the bridge like an idiot. His eyes were cast down at the ground before him as he moved, until he spied a familiar pair of shoes. Looking up he saw Singed, how long he had been standing there he didnât know. They hadnât spoke much since he was younger, since he found out what he was doing to Rio. He ran and never looked back. But heâd spy Singed here and there whenever he was walking around, picking up materials and whatnot. Sometimes theyâd have a short conversation, but he never came back to help him with his work. He couldnât. All he could see was Rioâs face whenever he passed the general area of his lab. Or house really. A combination of the two.
âAn Academy uniform,â he observed âdid you get in like you had always wanted?â When they had been working together, even from a young age, Viktor would always talk about wanting to go to the Academy. Seems he never lost that dream. Or perhaps he just had. âI..I tried. They found out I wasnât supposed to be there as soon as I walked in and they escorted me out of Piltover.â His face was hard to read, as usual. But he gave a slow, solemn nod. âI see. Iâm sorry to hear that. I remember how much you wanted to go. And after everything your parents told anyone who would listen.â That caught his attention. His eyes widening slightly, a slight mix of horror and disbelief written on his face. âWhat have they been saying?â Singed knew he had his attention now. Perfect. âHow they were so proud of you for seizing your dreams. That they couldnât wait to see what success youâll grow into. That they always knew you would amount to something greater than they could ever imagine. But you getting kicked out? Oh..it would break their hearts. It really seems like theyâre depending on you, Viktor.â
If his heart was in his shoes before, it was in hell now. This confirmed it. He couldnât go back. Sure he had always known his parents expected good things from him, but the gravity of it all was finally hitting him now that it was all crashing down around him in a fiery blaze. âI canât go back home.â He wasnât sure if he was talking to Singed or to himself. Maybe he wasnât talking to anyone. But Singed was listening. âDo you have a place to stay?â He asked, already knowing the answer before Viktor slowly shook his head. He gestured towards the Undercity. âCome with me. I have someone Iâd like you to meet. He may be able to help with your situation. Give you a place to stay and a purpose. Thatâs what he did for me.â A bit of an exaggeration there, but if it works it works. Viktor slowly followed after him to the old cannery, wondering who this man could be. Singed worked for him? He didnât think that heâd work for anyone other than himself. He didnât seem the type to like taking orders. Then again, people did what they had to do to survive. Anything to keep food on the table. He was lead down a long hallway to an elevator, stepping on before it began its decent. Down, down, down. It was dark for a while. Then suddenly there were windows..into the water. Various fish passed by in blurs, he wasnât sure how deep down they were at this point.
When the elevator finally stopped and Viktor stepped out, he saw a lab. Pretty fitting for Singed. His eyes were immediately drawn to a purple liquid filling multiple test tubes. Shimmer. Rio. He wasnât surprised that this was what he was hired to do. Or perhaps he was âworkingâ for this mystery man against his will. That was a common occurrence here. Other than the lab equipment, the place seemed barren. âYou know if you wanted to kill me, there were closer locations for that.â He said flatly. This had to be some sort of set up, an unnecessary one if that truly was his goal. He wasnât exactly a hard target to kill. Either way Viktorâs free hand rested on his hip, on the handle of the knife he had hidden in his waistband. Yes, he had been going to Piltover, somewhere with a low crime rate. But old habits die hard.
âYouâre more useful to me alive.â A voice rang out from ahead. As if that was any reassurance. His eyes looked towards the source of the voice, a chair he hadnât taken note of before spinning around. Revealing the man he must have been meeting. Two mismatched eyes met his own, one blue and the other black and yellow. Scarring covering the clearly damaged eye, but it didnât seem..real. His skin was too even for that to be real. He was hiding behind makeup to cover up whatever scar caused the damage to his eye. âAnd who are you? A James Bond villain?â His hand tightened around the handle. If he was going down, it wouldnât be without a fight. âYour new boss, Viktor.â He leaned forward in his chair slightly. âIâve had the doctor here tell me a great deal about his former pupil. How he saw potential in him. And now Iâm here to offer him a job and a place to stay.â Talk about too good to be true. Viktor eyed the man and Singed, who simply nodded. âI could use another mind to help me with perfecting shimmer. Youâve already seen how itâs made. Youâve helped me before, Viktor. Think about what we could do with something as potent as shimmer.â
It wasnât a good option. Fuck, it was hardly an option. This seemed more like cornering a scared animal in an alleyway. âWhatâs your name?â He finally asked, hand falling from his blade and back down to his side. What other choice did he have? It was this or the streets. âSilco. Now, you have work to do.â
About five years had passed. The shimmer was finally ready, the side effects stabilizing. Viktor had a small room in the underground laboratory that he seldom rested in, too focused on his work in making shimmer usable. There was potential there, if used right shimmer could save. That was what he was focusing on, the healing elements. This could improve lives, truly. But he knew it could also take them. That was clear enough with the trails Singed put whatever animal he grabbed off the street through. Mainly rats. They just shouldnât have gone for the cheese in that obvious cage. He didnât take part of this trials, administering or watching. Viktorâs roll was to simply read the observations and adjust the formula for the next batch of shimmer based on that. Maybe the shimmer would have been done sooner if he oversaw the trials, but he couldnât bring himself to do it. With each animal he put in that glass cage he could only see Rio. It made him feel small all over again, a feeling he hated.
Almost as much as he hated feeling the ground underneath him shake and see blue smoke blow up in the sky. He had run out to the lanes to pick up a few odds and ends he needed for his work. Seems he made the right choice. The cannery was going up in flames. Panic surged in his chest, with each blink his world altering. One moment it was the cannery. The next, a small house that had been turned to ash. Blink. Blink. Blink. He clutched his cane tighter and hurried towards the fiery mess. All his notes. His work. Gone up in flames. Save for the journal he was carrying in his worn-to-hell messenger bag. As he was doing his best to race towards the burning building he saw figures walking towards him calmly. Or, well, mostly calm. Save for a little girl with blue hair in Silcoâs arms, clutching onto him like a lifeline. A goon whose name he couldnât be bothered to remember holding an unconscious Sevika.
âWhat the hell happened!?â He nearly shouted, utterly confused and honestly angry that any of this was even happening. Silco didnât bother with an explanation, walking past him and in the direction of the Lanes. âIâve seen your tinkering. Sevika will need a prosthetic arm. You will work on that while Singed starts up shimmer production.â He was left little choice but to follow after Silco, the little girl watching him with caution and fear in her eyes. âMy lab was just blown up-!â
âMy lab, remember?â Silco cut in with a glare out of his good eye. âWe will rebuild. I already have the perfect place in mind. And while I work on our new nation of Zaun, you are to help watch over Powder.â That made the girl, Powder, seem to ease up a little. Silco trusted him. He had to be at least alright. Even if Viktor looked like he was just ordered to cut off his own foot and eat it. âI am a scientist, I am not a babysitter. Do I look like the sort of person who knows how to handle children?â Powder shrunk back in Silcoâs arms. Seems she was wrong. âWell youâre going to learn, arenât you? She has a brilliant mind, you two will get along just fine.â
This what, eleven year old? Who was currently shaking like a leaf? He didnât believe it. Powder pointed towards the burning building, âit..it was an accident..â
She made that happen? Sure explosions werenât that hard to make. But one of that magnitude? And on accident? She had to have some sort of head on her shoulders to accomplish that. Perhaps babysitting wouldnât be as tedious as he first thought. âUhm..well..do you like boats?â He asked, trying to find some sort of topic for a kid. Powder seemed to smile a little. âI prefer sharks. Those best boats.â
âWell weâll just have to see, wonât we? When I get the materials, you build a shark, Iâll build a boat, and weâll battle them.â That broke her out into a full blown smile despite the tear marks on her cheeks. âYouâre on!â
⌠This is more just a little clarifying note since I am paranoid. Iâm not shipping Jinx and Viktor in this series. They will be written as basically adoptive siblings. The main romance pairing here is JayVik with possibly some other minor ships in the background. I donât think anything I wrote would give off the vibe that I was trying to ship Jinx and Viktor, but just in case. I hope you guys liked this! I hope to write more soon <3
A present for a friend itâs jinx from arcane I think
I just wanted to come on here and talk about a personal hc of mine and that is the fact that jinx in like a modern au would be one of those people who has like the craziest looking hair but like in a good way. Like she tried to do one thing fell asleep with the box dye in her hair for like 2 hours and now she looks like she came out of a badass sci-fi movie. You see the vision? If anyone sees this I would live to see your take on this plz artist!!đđŸđđŸ Same thing with ekko I personally think they dye their hair together.
I colored her. Badly. But. I colored her!
I started this drawing not expecting much, but Iâm genuinely so proud of how it came out đ„č