This Post Implores You To Give Some Grace To Mel Medarda By Considering What It's Like To Grow Up In

This post implores you to give some grace to Mel Medarda by considering what it's like to grow up in a household where achievement and success are valued above all else, and where virtues like kindness and generosity are trivialized at best and outright discouraged at worst. If you grow up in that kind of environment, even when you're grown and you've done work to unlearn the worst of it—even when you've gone low or no contact—there is still something viscerally frightening about slipping below that parent or caregiver's expectations.

For example, when Elora points out that Mel is the richest person in Piltover and she immediately responds with "but I'm the poorest Medarda," that's not coming from a place of greed or arrogance, but one of fear that she'll never measure up. I'm not saying she's perfect, or that other characters didn't have it way harder, but it's important to remember that every time she chooses kindness or diplomacy or compromise over force, she's going against a lifetime of conditioning—exposing herself to the threat of failure, which couldn't have been be easy.

You don't have to love her, but please give that woman a break. I am begging you.

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vikamedarda

2 months ago

Everyday routine #caitvi #arcane #vi #caitlyn pic.twitter.com/8uk1Tfy4uu

— vinch (@vinch_mi) March 30, 2025

i need this daily routine prescribed to me more than anything else

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vikamedarda

3 months ago

Ykw, all the deer🗣️🔥🔥

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vikamedarda

3 months ago

i have returned with more pirate au melvika

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vikamedarda

2 months ago

Something I have been doing on the side, not smth I put much work on, but wanted to pass the time

#arcane #sevika #mel #melarcane #lol #leagueoflegends

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vikamedarda

1 month ago

she accidentally became important at work

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vikamedarda

2 months ago

The Black Rose is so much more powerful and influential than I realized. They have control over so many families, have mages, rune soldiers, and demons at their disposal. Good luck to Mel; she's gonna need it.

I also think Mel lovers need to mentally prepare themselves for the tough choices she's gonna have to make and the grim situations she'll find herself in. I know we all want her to be happy, especially after everything that happened, but I don't think she's gonna find that happiness anytime soon. I think she's gonna go through some serious shit.

Her whole family is dead, and her family has fallen from high places; Mel is smart and knows she's gonna need allies, and many would need something from her in exchange. A lot also have secret motives and agenda.

Rell is a sure ally for her, is what I know. But still, it's gonna be hard...