Nocturne Lore Portrayed In One Single Picture:

I am surprised no one did it with them

Another Castlevania padoru this time Juste

there's meta to be had about just how much of viktor's arc is about loneliness and the blatant visuals they use in his evolution about metamorphosis, butterflies, cocoons, in utero, etc, as he molts from a soft, vulnerable larva who keeps getting hurt in his bids for love and acceptance, into a hardened final form complete with an exoskeleton acting as both physical and emotional armor. a shield keeping his emotions in and the pain of loneliness and rejection out, until it's cracked and his humanity is forcefully exposed. like. sorry if it's just the entomologist in me but this was blatantly obvious the very first time i watched the show and I've been continually surprised that no one's really pointed this out. as a certified lonely person it struck such a deep cord with me, when he accepted his fate, his path ahead, to be one he'd have to walk alone, finally putting up that last seemingly impenetrable wall around his soft parts (but keeping the blanket, this signal that he never asked for this, and that he's not unreachable). So much of his s2 arc centered around not just his desire to right his wrongs and help the world, but to connect with others and not feel alone, both of which got twisted by the hexcore. His attempt to create a hivemind where no one would ever suffer loneliness or rejection or loss, and he would feel their souls with him as well (even though that was an illusion in the end, he truly believed it). The whole 'I now speak with all their voices' but he's just floating in an empty space. And for the consequence of the glorious evolution to be eternal solitude, it just drives home how that's the worst possible fate imaginable for Viktor.

Before the release of the second season, there was a popular theory that the Hexcore had a missing element—a type of rune that wasn’t present, specifically the Inspiration rune from League of Legends.

According to this theory, it was Sky who „solved” the Hexcore, and when she was killed by the Hexcore, she somehow became the Inspiration rune in it. However, this theory was somewhat debunked because, although the writers have differing opinions about what Sky was in the second season, they agree that it wasn’t truly the real Sky.

This led me to think of a slightly different theory: that it wasn’t Sky who was the Inspiration rune, but Viktor himself.

First of all, the scene where Sky was killed by the Hexcore always seemed to me less like the Hexcore absorbed her and more like it simply disintegrated her.

Take the Sky line before she died:

"I was inspired by your... Everything you do inspires me." It’s very easy to interpret this line differently, as "You are the Inspiration."

And the Hexcore reached its peak power and functioned at its best when Viktor became one with it in the second season.

What could this mean? I have no idea. I truly wish the creators would explain what the Arcane is and how it works in details.

no looking back, orpheus. you promised ▋

I wonder, is there any castlevania discord? (For a fans of games and animated series obviously)

I have many thoughts about the Golden Scapegoat's mutterings and Phainon.

If the theory about Phainon being the Lord Ravager is correct, and the Golden Scapegoat's mutterings are about him, then this entry takes on a much more literal meaning.

It becomes far more straightforward the mark of property being made in the furnace corresponding to Nanook giving the mark of destruction to the chosen, their bodies being reforged in the Warforge they become Lord Ravagers and destruction becoming their destiny.

Interpreting it this way suggests that the rest of the entry should also be taken quite literally. That makes me wonder could Phainon, before becoming the Lord Ravager, literally speak to the dead? But the references to black iron and charcoal suggest a much more violent method of communicating with the dead than what you’d normally expect. I’m not sure what to make of that.

(Gardener - Garden of Recollection perhaps?)

This entry also seems to associate the dead more strongly with memories, but I think this one is referring to Cyrene, because she too is heavily associated with being a sinner, so I don’t know how useful this entry could be in trying to decipher 6B.

It is this time of the year. Richter padoru

I didn’t see anyone else do this, but I have many thoughts about an Arcane Fate AU.

The concept is that Hextech and the story of the two sisters took place roughly 100 years ago, and during that time, Zaun gained independence. Because of this, characters like Jinx and Vi are now historical/folk figures in Piltover and Zaun.

The Holy Grail Ritual is a fancy competition between Piltover families to show themselves off. They usually select representatives with sufficient magical abilities to compete, and they use Servants as familiars in battles. However, in this particular Holy Grail Ritual, something went wrong, and some Servants ended up being summoned by unintended individuals (people from Zaun).

The Master-Servant pairings and classes would look something like this

Piltover: 

Viktor - Jayce - ????? Caster

Mel - Lest/Leblanc -  Assassin/Pretender (what i mean is Leblanc is pretending to be Lest and that her class is assassin)

Caitlyn - Vi - Saber or Shielder i am not sure about this 

Zaun: 

Isha - Jinx - Archer 

Ekko - Heimerdinger - Rider

Singed - Warwick - Berserker 

and special guest:

Ambessa - Arcane Herald - claiming to be saviour those who are more familiar with the fate series could probably guess his true class

There's a theory from Ashikai that Aeons come in contrasting pairs that oppose and fight each other. Ashikai pairs Nanook with Qlipoth, but I don’t fully see that connection, Preservation already stands as the natural enemy of Voracity. That makes me wonder that there isn’t really any Aeon of Creation who directly opposes Destruction. Lygus mentioning that we don’t fully understand Destruction only reinforces some of my thoughts.

What if Nanook is both the Aeon of Creation and Destruction? Nanook desires to destroy the current universe so that a better one can be created, creation through destruction like how you can’t make a chair without first cutting down a tree (he too has strong jesus references in his design). This could explain the Stellarons who hold destructive power of creation. There's a strong theme here, the destructive power of creation and creation of destruction.

This also sheds some light on Phainon and his dual themes of destruction and creation. Let’s be honest he’s likely the Lord Ravager trapped in Amphoreus, yet he’s also strongly tied to memories and creation. If he represents creation through destruction it would make a lot of sense