Arcane is viktor gay

As far as I’m concerned the only trans character in the show is Viktor and he’s transhuman not transgender.

Arcane lead writer Christian Linke

That being said his arc has a lot in common with a good transgender arc. Arcane co-creator Chrisitian Linke has confirmed that Viktor is asexual. In a recent interview with German Twitch streamer LPGjustJohnny, Linke claimed Viktor was always meant to be asexual representation, after discussions with LGBTQIA+ Rioters before Arcane's creation.

“Gay sex is less gay than whatever the hell these two did in this finale,” was the message after the finale of Netflix’s hit League of Legends adaption, Arcane, delivered an emotional end to Jayce and Viktor’s storyline. Viktor and Jayce's relationship is rooted in love but not romantic. Viktor has always been envisioned as asexual in the show.

Easily one of the best series of the past five years, be it. Characters who are a part of LGBTQIA+ recognition in entertainment media. LGBTQIA+ is an abbreviation for " Lesbian (L), Gay (G), Bisexual (B), Transgender (T), Queer (Q), Intersex (I), Asexual/Aromantic (A) and other identities (+) ". Arcane is over, and now my life has no meaning.

The final trio of episodes had so much ground to cover and so many character arcs to wrap-up, but it did the impossible and managed it, leaving viewers with the right kind of lingering questions and just enough answers to feel satisfied. It was also incredibly fruity. Several key plot threads were held together by relationships both familial and romantic, with Caitlyn, Vi, Ekko, Jinx, Jayce, and Viktor reaching the final moments of their arcs with people they cared for deeply standing alongside them.

Few were left alone, and if they were, this decision was made of their own volition. All the lesbians who have spent the past several years wishing for a Caitlyn and Vi sex scene had their prayers answered with the final act of season 2. The eighth episode saw Jinx escape her prison cell and leave Vi in her place, only for Caitlyn to show up to unlock the cell door and declare that, for some reason , there were absolutely guards around.

Cue an aggressive smooch from Vi as both women promptly tear one another's clothes off. The way it was acted and framed made it abundantly clear to me that queer people were involved in its development, in how Caitlyn and Vi approach one another and swiftly throw reason aside in favour of passion. The community saw themselves in this scene. Not only because they were simping for both characters, but it seemed like an unflinching display of sapphic love between two flawed yet beloved women.

In season one, Vi and Caitlyn found themselves in a situationship which never quite breached the walls of romance. But if you read between the lines, it was obvious there was something more between them. Maddie also returns and in doing so betrays Caitlyn… only to receive a bullet to the head. They both bear physical and emotional scars, but have little intention of stopping fighting.

Both for themselves, and the world they have pledged to rebuild. But along the way, through mistakes they both made over the years, they were driven apart. Slowly but surely, the arcane tore his original desires apart and twisted them into something unknowable. The only one able to save him was Jayce - his partner, which I stress is both the scientific and romantic definition.

After Jayce is stuck in the arcane, he suffers a broken leg and has to disassemble his hammer to turn it into a makeshift splint, making him go through the same pain Viktor has for many years. Maybe this helped him see the light. When Jayce reaches the top of the Hextech gate and confronts Viktor in the final episode, it is referencing their shared history and who they truly are that turns things around. Jayce tells Viktor there is beauty in his imperfections, and viewing his frail limbs and terminal illness as nothing but weaknesses that need to be eradicated is missing the point of what Hextech is all about.

Viktor once told Jayce to destroy Hextech in fear of what terrors it could unleash, but instead decides to save his partner regardless of the consequences. Only to implode into nothingness with the promise that, no matter what happens, everything will be okay. Jayce and Viktor then hold hands and touch foreheads before fading away, taking the magic of the arcane with them.

You can read this as platonic if you like, but the behaviour of both characters throughout the second season speaks to something more, with the writing and animation leaning heavily into queerness. Like any great show, Arcane coming to an end brings with it a feeling of mourning. But fandoms like this live on for years, especially ones that attract queer communities to obsess over characters and expand their universes through a constant stream of art, fics, and theories.