It is based on the principle of victoribus spolia, or "to the victor go the spoils." It's a little-known fact that Victor was actually the figurehead for an economic conglomerate that held extensive land and resources in Ancient Rome from about 100 B.C. through about 400 A.D., when sources suggest a major rift occurred in the conglomerate. Of course, like many things, the Victors were a relic of Ancient Greece. Interestingly enough, it was the prominent victorian Cicero who coined the famous lament of the day, vae victis, in direct response to the lasting impact of the first recorded Victor, Herodotus.

No you see, its not victor it's actually the Victors that write history. They're all named Victor.

Relevant quote: "History is written by those who own functional pens" - big pen company.

I bet he's in league with that Ibid fellow! He always gets all the citation credit anyway.

You know how they say that history is the autobiography of a madman?

Well, Victor is crazy. Nuttier than a place known for having lots of nuts. Immortality does that to a man.

Much of this has to do with how the west interprets the actions of Victor Von Doom. For many armchair historians, Von Doom is viewed as a petty tyrant, but if you take a more objective focus you can see him as a more complex historical figure. Latveria was in a precarious place, geopolitically, maintaining it's independence from both Soviet and NATO influence throughout the end of the 20th century.

If Victor Von Doom is, as you said, the one who writes history, it's only because this independence. Yes, it can be frustrating when you see college students wearing those green Doom shirts, without knowing the history of oppression in Latveria, but that doesn't mean he's not a person worth studying, or that his ideas are not worth learning about.

One concern we should have is that Richard's apologists have created a knee-jerk objection to Victor written history. It rejects the importance of Von Doom's work in temporal travel. If one is writing the history of Blackbeard, for example, should we not consider the role in Victor Von Doom in sending Benjamin Grimm back in time?

Yes, history should not be written by any one man, but if it was to be written by the Victor, then Doom is the one we should look to. Remember, there is no will but Doom's.

Source Richards is but a puny ant and I shall squash him: Victor Von Doom, Latveria Press

Much of the work credited to Victor was actually written by Francis Bacon.

The name 'Victor' constantly appears throughout history. It's amazing how often the name appears and even across cultures. There are also wild stories about this man 'Victor' appearing from within a blue box and holding a strange humming device in his hands. Various records depict this 'Victor' as, amongst other guises, a tall man with dark curly hair, or as a blonde man with a colourful robe. There are also reports of a 'Victor' as being a short man with a hat or a man playing a flute.

It is hard to tell just how or even if these 'Victors' are connected in any way. Perhaps they are part of a secret cult. Or perhaps they are aliens.

Victor is just another alias of "The Doctor"

Victor McDade is a historic Scottish figure, and his expansive and action packed life has lead him to be credited with writing history. As his age progresses, his claims have become more dubious, hence claims that his views on the past aren't entirely accurate.

Don't all Victor posts need spoils alerts?

My father invented a cure for which there was no disease and unfortunately my mother caught it and died of it. Victor Borge

There's no one Victor, there are several Victors. Just as a person named Jeeves can only become a butler, Destiny is destined to be a stripper, and Bruce Waynes are inevitably Bat Men, Victor is a name given to those fated to write history.

If you know a Victor who isn't writing history he's actually doing it in secret, or maybe he sleep-writes.

On top of what has been said already about the many Victors giving rise to this saying, the expression gained newfound local popularity in Sweden with Dag Victor, especially his "Legal systems and science: studies on a model for ideological systems". It was at the times controversial, not only for his arguments but also because of its unusually strong historical basis in what was in fact a legal dissertation. Hence it was especially poignant that the Victor writes history.

It is important to bear in mind that in many European languages the words for right and law are the same, such as in German rechts or Swedish rätt. Since Victor is now in the Swedish Supreme Court, it follows axiomatically from the argument from authority what he says is rätt, i.e. right. It is therefore illegal in Sweden to disagree with the Victor school of history.

After years of getting the spoils, The essence of Victor was put inside a securitron program by Mr House. His Robco robot vestige now roams the wasteland in 2281 helping a Courier and Mr House. The essence is so strong that if you kill his securitron body he will manifest inside another one. Victor has the appearance of a smoking cowboy and speaks with a Western twang. Now that he is in a nigh indestructible spirit form and can inhabit a seemingly endless supply of robots in the post-apocalyptic world he will continue writing history and badgering Couriers. We are doomed.

I gave an answer to this question in AskReddit about 8 months back.

Victor is the person to whom the spoils belong.