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Bbno$ and Will Neff’s JayVik cosplay kiss and photoshoot went viral, with proceeds from their JayVik cosplay stream going to Los Angeles wildfire relief.
Canadian gamer, rapper, and singer bbno$ kept his promise to do a JayVik cosplay after claiming in a TikTok video that he’d do so if he got 500,000 likes. The video ended up getting 1 million of them.
JayVik cosplay kiss by bbno$ and Will Neff
JayVik refers to a popular pairing between fictional characters Jayce Talis and Viktor from League of Legends, and with the popularity of the Arcane series on Netflix, the pairing caught bbno$’s attention.
After watching Arcane, bbno$ had the idea to do a JayVik cosplay. He chatted withWill Neffto bring this idea to life. Bbno$ also worked withJessica NigriandStella Chuuto make the cosplay and photoshoot happen.
“I had this video of me pointing up like, ‘500,000 likes and I’ll do an insane JayVik cosplay,'” bbno$ said. “It ended up getting a million, so I’m just gonna stitch that and then we can just kiss in it.”
“We will be reenacting every fanfic all at once,” bbno$ also said in Viktor’s voice.
The cosplay featured Victor’s cog from the show as well, and in abehind-the-scenes video, both bbno$ Will Neff played it up as a wedding ring while getting ready for their photoshoot.
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Bbno$ also revealed that he is donating all the money generated from his JayVik cosplay stream towildfire reliefin Los Angeles.
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JayVik shippers react to cosplay kiss
When bbno$ and Will Neff revealed their JayVik cosplay and photoshoot featuring the kiss, fans of the Arcane pairing went wild. One user on X, for example, created a GIF in honor of it.
Meanwhile, over onthe Arcane subreddit, users were very impressed about how bbno$ followed through. One user,The_king_gubbins, called the cosplay “an incredible day for humanity” whileanother userby the name ofDragoncat_3_4described it as “unbelievably based.”
“Make up, costume, wigs, full fujoshi consultant team and hype squad, and they reenacted a good chunk of the most popular ship arts. Insane. Manic. Unbelievably based,” Dragoncat_3_4 wrote. “This sets a historical precedent for all of fandom culture.”
In addition to Dragoncat_3_4, other folks such asPhantomhive1113andsprumfmentioned supporting bbno$‘smusic, too.
JayVik at Riot Games?
A few days after bbno$ revealed the JayVik cosplay, he posted a photo of himself standing in front of a Riot Games sign. This was soon followed up by another photo of himself in front of a wall of JayVik fanart.
It’s unclear whether or not bbno$ is collaborating with Riot Games on JayVik content, but fans remain united and enamored with the cosplay and photoshoot.
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