Arcane truly is like a modern Greek tragedy, everyone saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing at the wrong time when it could have all been avoided from the very start.
Yep. It literally is a textbook Aristotelian tragedy. The plot drives the changes to the characters through reversal of fortune. Jinx, as a character, is like a perfect embodiment of tragedy. When she tries to do good, it backfires. When she tries to do bad, it backfires. Every chance she has to be "saved" through reunion with Vi is thwarted. In the end, she is the victim of and cause of most of her suffering in a feedback loop. Poor thing. Arcane is art. It really is a masterpiece.
His seat is ominously empty as the hextech rocket is about to destroy everything, Heimer was right, magic corrupts everything and Jinx is the perfect example
We not gonna talk about how Jinx clearly built Fishbones to mirror Silco, its built to resemble the ocean creatures he loved and has a scarred left eye.
you know what hurts a lot? Vander's last request to Vi was "Take care of Powder" and thats exactly what Vi failed to do. This scene is the exact moment Powder "dies". Now it's only Jinx, there's no Powder left. Vi failed Vander's dying wish
@@dreamhollow I kind of feel like she's dedicated to the Nation of Zaun. Remember when she tells Jinx off, she said "As good for our CAUSE as you were for your family." Not business. Cause.
I think Silko's last words are what convinced Jinx to give up on Vi. She tried to kill him as a child. She screwed up his plans. She disobeyed orders. And finally, she killed him. But he still loved her even more than himself. He didn't just believe she had good inside her; he believed her messy, chaotic self was already perfect. Vi wasn't able to do that.
@lar ksjsk bruh she didn't left her tho. Vi only distance her self from jinx for a bit since she realizes that she punched her and she is still crying about the death of mylo, claggor, and vander.
@@spike2350 You're the one who should rewatch the end of act 1. Vi wouldn't get kidnapped by Marcus if she didn't left the only living sister she has. She knew Jinx was mentally unstable from the start but she decided to run away from her just to cRy
@@deanpolinar5858 I think Vi left just to cool down a bit then when silco heading towards to jinx she immediately come to her but marcus kidnapped her and take her to prison
You can't blame Jinx for the start of the war because it was coming. The council was just too late with their decision for peace, they had years to do something but they only thought about themselves. Jinx shot first but Piltover loaded the gun...
@@josephbridges4914 irony is, zaun will pay bigger price. They could have finally have peace and independence. But after rocket shot all its left is war. And Zaun will lose it. As they lost it many times before.
It’s tragically ironic that this was the most sane and calm decision Jinx made in the entire series… No cackling…no tricks…no shaking of the voice…no fighting with the voices of Milo...or explosive mockery… Just calmly and quietly walking up to the roof to fire the weapon with decision of violence and war...just as she was the only one between her and her sister to accept the reality that Powder is gone.
After accidentally killing her father the only person who loved her for who she is she decided to avenge him by fulfilling his destiny: showing Piltover
even though we all knew powder wasnt coming back, its still sad to see that she had to go to these extremes to assure she never did. Jinx has been my fav leauge character for ages, and to see her portrayed this way with so much depth is breathtaking to say the least. LOVE the badassery too lol
The chair scene was, to be very accurate, extremely powerful for any animated scene ever. Absolutely an awesome way to make the statement that powder is not ever coming back.
The beauty of this series is that you can't really blame anyone for acting the way they act. Jinx was forged into what she is through trauma and lies. And now Powder is too far gone and she can't go back. Even if she tried, what kind of sister would she be? She is insane, and if she wasn't insane before Singed got to her, she is now. All she wants is people to accept her as she is, and you can't blame her for that. Vi loves Powder, she doesn't love the maniacal mess that is Jinx. She always had Powder's back, but the simple reality is that Vi is sane, and Jinx is not, and even if they left together, Vi's entire life would revolve around taking care of Jinx and her mental instability. How can you blame someone who had an outburst at the worst moment of her life and when she tried to make up for it, got kidnapped, and then spent years in prison for a crime she did not commit, idealizing the moment she would get to see her sister back only to find out Powder was not there anymore? Not only that, the demand of killing Cait to get Powder back was just insane. So how can you blame her for acting the way she acted? And Silco himself never lied to Jinx, he truly believed Vi was dead and when she came back, only saw her as a threat to his daughter, Jinx. His main fault was being an enabler, but Silco himself as an extremist did not see Jinx's knack for destruction and hatred for the topside as something bad. If anything, she was valuable yet a bit unreliable. In the end of the day, he loved Jinx as a daughter, and not Powder. Jinx had everything Powder did not, she was efficient, strong and really cared about destroying topside. So you can't really blame him for fostering the part of Powder (Jinx) that he thought was the most valuable. And Cait, well, she is just fighting for her life. And you can't blame her for that.
Yep, we can even side with Silco even knowing he is a bad guy but deep down he would do anything to protect his daughter... Thats why this show is a fuckintastic master piece, one of the best i ever seen.
tbh Vi get into prison because she robs jayce's lab room/dorm only because she wants some recognition from vanders and yes she can be blame for that and she brings powder double the blame please Silco and Jinx tbh nothing i can actually think to blame them, both of them got betrayed by both someone they trust the most vander and vi and it fck jinx up more since it happened when she still a kid and still doesnt understand anything on that time and it hunted her, while i wanna blame jinx for using the gem to make a grenade she still a kid and hextech wasnt a thing till then. and Cait, well, she is just fighting for her life. You can't blame her for that...just kidding ofc there's something to blame on her if she's not releasing Vi from prison without telling anyone else especially Jayce is the biggest thing you can blame her for, next thing you can blame her is doing something out of order, without thinking. like seriously Marcus could live if not bcuz of her. Oh and did i tell you she did all this bcuz she wants some recognition??? yes she did that so that people accept her "so i wanna be hero and know the world's true reality" dream fcking cunt people wanna get out of the bad place and she wanna go to that place fcking ungrateful as expected from a rich kid and cunt's daughter bitch. Silco tho at first i kinda hate him but after seeing how much he loves jinx it just makes me wanna root for him
@@kurohanaend6814 Vi was taken by Marcus and then supposedly killed under Silcos orders, then Silco didn't tell Powder anything about what happened to Vi. Thats complete manipulation on Silcos part as he knew that telling Powder the truth would (rightfully) cause her to not want to be with him anymore I like Silco as a character a lot but I think people are being way too generous to him in his relationship with Jinx. He fucked her up a ton and him loving her in his own way doesn't change the fact that anyone in his postion would universally be considered a bad father Many real word abusive/neglectful/manipulative parents love their kids in their own way too. But showing love for your kid alone doesn't make you a good parent.
This scene is insanely impactful. Vi tries to stop her by reminding her of her family- because she sees them as support, and a reason to keep going. But Jinx sees them as nothing but reminders that she killed them, she did something wrong, and that it's all her fault. So, indirectly, Vi makes Jinx break faster
Caitlyn also breaks it faster by telling Vi that she is already very lost, when Jinx was in the position of making peace with her sister, in fact, I did not see her with the intention of destroying the consulate, she did it out of pure revenge for the death of silco, although she put the hextech stone in the center of the table, she did it as the symbolic objective that changed her entire life, from the explosion of the monkey bomb, until her death on the bridge fighting with echo which generates that they gave her shine, the fact that caitlyn was looking for it and had VI to get her, and for being an important object for her adoptive father, but she doesn't really care about the hextech stone, she even dropped it in the fight with the firelighters, I think that jinx acts from the feeling, even when she kills, and does not follow any kind of ideology, so much so that throughout the series she makes fun of silco, she did it when she was reborn in the lake and at the same tea party
@@brendaramos2053 Spot on! Every time Jinx gets close to having a moment of genuine reflection, someone tries to murder her. She spends the entire show being just one good talk away from recovery, but it never comes.
I can't help but feel that the one blue tear jinx cries right before firing the rocket is symbolism of the last shred of powder being blown away. A single blue tear that get vaporized as she fires the rocket.
YES! I’ve also seen theories saying Powder is represented by the color blue while Jinx is represented by pink, so the shift from blue to pink supports your thought perfectly.
Interesting theory. For me, because she's clearly thinking of Silco's first words to her: "It's okay; we'll show them. We will show them all", I think it's one last tear for Silco before she fires the rocket and 'shows them all.'
One things that amaze me, that Jinx learn by herself how using runes. If the accident in Act1 didn’t happened, she would have been one of the greatest inventor of Zaun.
She's defiantly in the top 10 with her edgenuitive intelligence. She doesn't have the scientific mindset to invent new tech like Jayce or Heimerdinger, but she defiantly has a knack for understanding the workings of existing tech and applying them in ingenious ways.
There is a scene where she actually explains working it out.. And also a scene where Victor and Jace are talking about how smart the bomb maker is and how it's possible they could reverse engineer weapons.
The part that kinda pokes at me is that if Vander didn't bring them down into the undercity as kids, that maybe they could have been brought into some orphanage topside. That maybe Jinx... Powders intelligence could have been put to good use.
“I am the monster you created” “I hope you know we had everything, but you broke me and left these pieces” “I want you to hurt like you hurt me” “Why dont you love who I am, what we could have been?” “In order to live I have to kill the part of me that needed you more…” I’m fucking devastated, I feel so much for Jinx. I can’t cope with the fact that all her life is a tragedy and she can’t have back the piece that would ultimately fix her: her sister.
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *I ONLY WANTED TO HELP* *Please Please Please*
^she is so different from LoL. there she seemed a nutcase. and nothing more. did not really bother reading the lore, only 2 small stories. and in both she just seemed to destroy a lot of property. maybe hurt some ppl. otherwise, pretty uninteresting. here... she is amazing. conflict, pain, trauma, love, hate... all in her. she is my favorite now, really.
@@tAiLspo0n Yeah, that breaks me. She’s nothing but an innocent child trying to prove herself to her peers, and it just goes horribly wrong. The worst part is that if Powder doesn’t blow up that factory, Vi probably dies. So in a way, you can say Powder saved her sister, but Vi couldn’t do the same for her.
@@ragael1024 in your defense, her lore did not go anywhere near this level of detail. For the most part it does just lead us to believe shes crazy for no reason. Im interested in how her relationship with Ziggs will happen.
@@ruicastro1410 What do you mean she couldn’t do the same for her? She was abducted and thrown in jail for years how is that her fault? It doesn’t matter if Powder tried to help… she still killed their family there’s no bringing them back. Vi doesn’t need to do insane shit to prove she loves her sister… she’s been hellbent on finding her the entire time not knowing how much things have changed.
Gut punch realization: the soft look on her face at 0:52 It’s a goodbye. Goodbye to any hope she had of her sister accepting her as she is. Goodbye to Vi seeing her as her little sister and not a terrorist. She knows what she’s about to do and knows that it’s going to change everything for their relationship. She looked so stoic and almost cold when she made her choice, but for one last second we see that softness. It’s a killer last look, this show missed NO detail I swear. She knows her sister loves her, but she can’t accept Jinx. So Jinx decided to let go of trying to make her. Hope season 2 expands on Vi understanding that if she wants her sister, she’s gotta accept that Powder is gone and Jinx is who she is.
I think that the "moral of the story" (so to speak, hate that expression bc Arcane is much greyer than that, I mean that what makes more sense for the trama) is that Vi has to accept that Powder has died and she CANNOT love Jinx, now she has to prioritize other things, and that implies to figth her sister as now she is more aligned with Piltover as it is willing for peace (or were) and her girlfriend is more involved with the city and she is Vi's last loved one left.
@@xElvirax Yeah. There's no way there gonna end Season 2 and NOT address that plot point. Vander told Vi that her sister still needed her (albeit, as a hallucination) during the S1 finale. There's no way Vi's ever going to stop trying to reach. It would make that promise lose all weight otherwise.
@@iamgarbage8956 It could be seen as sad as well. It was a powerful scene with so many implications. She had "killed" Powder during her dark baptism, and Silko helped her realize that she is perfect as Jinx, she will never not be "Jinx" anymore and Vi needs to realize and accept that Powder is no longer there and stop treating her like Powder. So much can be seen here that I want to understand more about. It was a depressing scene no doubt though :( it was impactful. This show is amazing. I cant wait to see more of Jinx. Hopefully she makes a friend.
Powder chair was next to Vi which was a childs seat with plushie toy. Jinx's chair was more like a throne with bullets and grenades for breakfast, meaning that she was all ready leaning to her current self. And that chair was directly next to Silco
Honestly I still believe that silco was more of a father than a manipulator, when she almost died, he carried her whilst he had two henchmen to do it and an yet he carried her on that bridge, he showed genuine affection for her in some unbelievable ways but I still cry for his death and that last line was worth nothing but pure gold
I know there's a saying "You can die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" but here it's more like "If you didn't even have a chance of becoming the hero, then I can't blame you for becoming the Villain."
Holy fuck that sounds stupid. Lets just leave those epic quotes to those who know what they're talking about, ok? I mean come one, your can't even speak English correctly lol
@@abahoedwin1043 Not everyone in the room had it coming. Viktor especially. And Mel/Jayce to an extent. Goes to show everything that pretty much Jinx does ends in collateral damage. Mostly for the worse.
I think her mom will die, only Mel and Jayce will survive, maybe Victor too. But if this would really happen, I'm currious how will act Cait. You know, Cait wanted (I guess, in my opinion) shoot Jinx, but she didn't, bcuz of Vi. Now, if her mom will die, Cait would probably blame on Vi. Means I'm fucking currious how it will be between two of them, Cait and Vi. I love them so much.
@@aimyyy.so2Yea, I think it will make cait more serious about her duty.. i don't think she'd blame vi bc she understands the trauma between them.. I think she'll convince vi to join with her to stop jinx cuz jinx went to far and hopefully they kiss (x lol
@@aecrys Yeah I guess you are right, but on riot channel is video about announcement season 2, and caitlyn says there something interesting... Well cait wants revenge, means she want to kill Jinx. I don't think Vi will go with Caitlyn, u know its still her sister... But let's just see, I hope it will have a good end with Vi and Caitlyn. Anyway, I hope they'll kiss too heh, they are so cute together (all Violyn fans are waiting for their kiss :P).
THIS LYRICS ARE SO UNDERRATED like it literally says: "The monster you created" or "why dont you love who i am?" It is totally a Jinx song singed to her sister.
The lyrics "What could have been" are connected to the story. Jinx could have finally been Powder again. And there was finally about to be peace before Jinx attacked the council. There could have been peace, but it was Jinxed. There's so much depth, reccouting themes and narrative in this show.
0:30 That voice crack. And the whole segment is simply phenomenal voice acting. Ella Purnell perfectly embodied the character. Now she is definitely Jinx
0:23 These words are gonna stick to me for a while. Those are just the words of a woman who's broken beyond repair due to longing for the unconditional love of her sister that she knows she'll never truly have back.
@@deantrbl1110 Tugs at the heart strings doesn't it? The fact that Vi had nothing to say back to her at this moment is just wow... she just got nothing.
Here's an interesting perspective. I believe that most people will see Jinx blowing up the council and think "Typical crazy Jinx", but I think there's more to it. Deep down, I think Jinx did that for Vi's sake. I think even after killing Silco, Jinx knew that Vi was still clinging onto the hope of getting Powder back. By blowing up the council, Jinx freed both of them by doing something so horrible that there is no turning back. Now Vi can leave with Caitlin and live top side where she belongs with nothing holding her back.
I don't know how Jinx would do that when that ultimately leaves her entirely alone with no one left to turn to. She clearly fears being alone. That was made evident since Episode 3. I saw this moment as Jinx saying "You chose Caitlyn and the Topside over me. So be it."
@@JavelinAngel1295 usually people perpetuate what they fear the most. She wants people to love her but based on her life, she realizes that she’ll either hurt them or they’ll eventually hate her. So she mixes the two by doing things for people (Vi) but in a way that normally makes you hate them. This makes sense to the lore as a lot of her crimes and vandalism call out Vi.
@@JavelinAngel1295 It was Powder who was afraid of being alone. Here, Jinx is proving that she's no longer the old Powder and Vi should move on. Jinx even says "Here's to the new us" meaning that she's no longer the child Powder who's afraid of being alone and Vi should no longer be clinging to her hoping that Powder would be back. Forcing both of them to walk separate paths.
Perhaps the saddest part is those were Silco's first words to Jinx after she told him that Vi abandoned her. "It's okay; we'll show them. We will show them all." She built fishbones (the hextech rocket launcher) for Silco, and now, before using it against the council, she remembers those words and sheds a tear before pulling the trigger.
@@matthewmuir8884I'm not even sure if she just remembers those words or if Silco joined the voices in her head and actually said that to her when she pulled the trigger. I do believe in game canon she hears Fishbones, her rocket launcher, talking to her and she perceives him as a fatherly voice with a more calm and rational influence on her than the other voices. I'd love if they kept implementimg Silcos amazing VA in that way, even tho the character is dead.
Something thats kind of understated it Caitlyns perspective in this. She gets kidnapped and brought her keep in mind shes only met Jinx once, she's brought to the wherehouse with Vi and Silco whom she's never met. She must have been terrified. She wakes up and is helpless to watch as her mother is murdered. This must've been horrible for her.
What we might see in Season 2 is how she is going to explain this to the surviving Councilors(if they survive) or to the new Councilors and the new Sheriff. She had a chance to kill Jinx but didn't due to Vi's pleading for her to not killing her sister. Also not man people know that Jinx is Vi's sister, worse Catelyn knew but didn't tell anyone. She didn't want to betray Vi but something tells me that will come back and bite her in the ass.
@@Crackshotstephoh this is gonna hurt in season 2 cause you already know Cait will retroactively blame herself for everything that happens after this scene, despite the mountains of baggage she's unaware of. Masterful storytelling.
Her speech is so well done. Since episode one we get hints that Powder is battling with her mental illness and inner demons, something that Vi fails to acknowledge until the very end. Of course that Vi cares deeply for her sister and is doing the best she can to connect and comfort her sister, but just like in real life, you need much more than good intentions if you want to support someone who suffers from mental illness. I love how Jinx refers to herself as "different" instead of "changed", she didn't change into Jinx, she always had it. Jinx calm and rational final speech shows that she is finally convinced that her sister can't acknowledge the "Jinx" part of her, that Vi will always be stuck with an imaginary version of her innocent younger child (the same young child who got frustrated that her nail bomb didn't pierce to death a kid lol). The way they made every character a tone of gray instead of pure white or black is what makes the show so special.
@@vuk5576 Cait’s literally the most functional main character in the cast, she doesn’t really have any serious flaws, only very minor ones. Which doesn’t make her a bad character at all, she still very much feels like a person. She was simply lucky enough to grow up in a loving place surrounded by nice people with no real catch. Yes technically so was Jayce, but he’s involved with politics and the political scene _always_ brings out the flaws in people and makes them worse over time as well. Since Cait isn’t involved in that sense, she’s able to walk that line of being a well-adjusted person with good morals (while also still clearly having a personality, thank god)
@@slyfer60 it’s really not… it’s honestly a pretty common thing to say when talking about stories like these. Maybe you’re the pretentious one for thinking you’re too good for that sort of wording 🤷♀️
To me the most chilling thing was that in this scene jinx is so calm and not at all like she was during the series. I think that it was powder speaking here really saying goodbye to Vi and fully becoming Jinx. I think next season we will really see Jinx because Powder is not there we will see how chaotic and distractive she really is. This show is just a masterpiece.
I believe Powder and Jinx are one in the same in the sense that Powder grew up to become Jinx. Vi's ultimate failure was that she couldn't let go of who her sister use to be and accept the woman she became. That's why Jinx burnt that bridge, because Silco was right in a way. Vi wanted Powder and not Jinx. All it would take is one bad day or psychotic episode before Vi ether gives in and turns Jinx in for "treatment" or gives up and abandons her again.
This show began with the end of a war and ended with the beginning of one. Vi started the show glaring at the Council's tower but helpless to do anything against them. Jinx ended the show glaring at the Council's tower but not helpless. She's able to deal them a devastating blow, one that younger Vi dreamed of doing all those years ago. Vi started the show standing united with her sister against enforcers. Horrified at the enforcers' brutality against Zaunites, including murdering Vi's mother. Vi ended the show standing united with an enforcer against her sister. Horrified at her sister's brutality against topsiders, including murdering Caitlyn's mother. The opening and closing scenes of the show are the inverse of each other. A story of opposites.
There is so much deepness and symbolism in this show and especially in this scene it is mindblowing. The more obvious: The Cupcake (symoblising Caitlyn) served to VI on a silverplate with the arcane crystal as cherry on top and the shark-bazooka for Silco. Now to the deeply tragic character of the show in this scene: Powder/Jinx Up to this scene Jinx/Powder was caught between two personalities, each made for another world, another social environment, which led to her being confused all the time. Powder created Jinx as a protective shell, because Powder would have never survived without VI in the criminal and harsh environment of Silco (Jinx was created at the exact same spot they are at the final scene, when VI abandoned her at the worst possible moment). Also since Silco has become her father figure, she formed Jinx as a character he liked and loved. This scene starts right after she shot Silco to protect VI from getting killed by Silco (in that moment she was Powder), because VI was more important to her (as stated in the lyrics of the song playing in the background of the scene (which is by the way Jinx inner monologue)). VI on the other hand does not accept Jinx (because she obviously is crazy and has done horrible things). Unfortunately at this point VIs sister has been Jinx for too long to be able to turn into Powder again. Jinx clinged to Powder, in the hope that one day her sister might return. Powder is her make believe / self-deception, that she still is a good person that can be accepted and loved by her sister, that everything evil she did can be fixed. Jinx wanted to believe that she can one day be Powder again. So she now has lost VI because of being Jinx and she has lost Silco because of Powder (Powder shoots Silco to protect VI). All she wanted was to be loved, either from Silco or better yet from her sister VI. But now there is no way this can be achieved. Since Jinx can't be loved by her sister, she sees no more need for keeping Powder. And since Powder killed the person Jinx loved (Silco) she decides to kill the remains of Powder as revenge. ----"Here's to the new us!" And as Jinx she does exactly what Jinx would do in this moment: blow up the arcane council (which she makes responsible for this situation, because they made demands Silco could not fulfill). As you see her walking up the ramp you can see in her expression, that she accepted her fate. It is a deep realisation that she stopped being Powder a long time ago. The confusion is gone, she sees clearly now what she has become. Even though she doesn't want to do this, she sees no other way. She is in automatic mode. By pulling the trigger (purple fingernail on triggerfinger; purple=Jinx) and the blue tear evaporating the transition is finished. Powder is gone. It is also the first time you can see the seriousness in her face, the happy childlike expression is gone. It is the first time she is fully aware of what she is doing as Jinx (unlike in previous scenes where she killed people like it was a game and also talking about it like it was nothing serious). And on the same spot where Powder accidentally created misery like a Jinx many years ago, she now purposely brings misery as the Jinx.
It's interesting to note that, one way to interperate Jinx quote "You've changed too." could be in reference to when they were little girls and Vi use to talk about fighting the Enforcers and wanting to go to war with Piltover, but Vi isn't that person any more like how Jinx isn't the same little girl who use to look up to Vi. Powder tried so hard to become the person that she though her sister was, then realizing that her sister has changed, and thinking that Vi couldn't love the Person she has become. So her firing the rocket was just as much an ode to the person she remembers her sister as, as well as a way to honor Silco, for not abandoning her even after she killed him.
Both vander and vi had an aggressive outlook towards piltover when they were younger, now they prefer peaceful way as they got older. The opposite is probably seen for jinx or maybe silco.
Totally agree with this. That also explains a lot the animosity Jinx has towards Cait, her sole presence, the fact that she can exist close to her sister while being an enforcer is painful, because it hints at her sister's change. Its really not a crazy idea Jinx has when she tells her to kill Cait, its the proof she needs that she didn't change, that she can love Jinx as much as she loved Powder. Of course, she was right about what Caitlyn meant, she confirms it during the tea party.
@@kurt3790 Lol Vi didn't change her outlook because she got older, she just fell in love with a pretty enforcer she has only known for a couple of days. At least Vander had a pretty good excuse for being a turncoat rat.
@@exu7325 she was always looking out for the undercity, when she thought the problem was topside, she wanted to fight them back. Even tho topside's still the root of a lot of their problems, she saw silco as one of the things that's breaking the balance in the undercity. Silco gave rise to drug addiction on shimmer, was manipulating everyone in the undercity to get what he wants,,,, and finally HE's one of the reasons as to why vi's family is dead, even powder's conversion to jinx
I love how Vi/Jinx mirrors the Topside/Undercity relationship. Even when they try and make things right their methods ignore the trauma Jinx/Zaun has suffered. Vi wants a return to who Jinx was as a child whice ignores the trauma Vi accidently inflicted on her sister. Topside rightly understands they have lost all right to govern Zaun as they cant act in Zaun's best interest. But just allowing them their liberty ignores the exploitation they inflicted upon Zaun for who knows how long. In both cases the damage has been done but instead of Topside/Vi understanding that they owe a debt to the people they hurt, they both chose to try and move on as if they never caused that trauma in the first place and in both cases they pay for it.
To make matters worse... Vi let Caitlyn get in the way of her sisterhood with Powder. I wonder if Vi even gets the implications from Jinx that she's clearly jealous of Caitlyn when Vi is seemingly giving her way more love than Jinx ever had from her. Their relationship made things even worse making Jinx believe more and more that Vi is abandoning her for her girlfriend. As if the feeling of abandonment in Epsiode 3 wasn't bad enough.
@@JavelinAngel1295 For the time being, let's keep the 'girlfriend' mentions between Vi and Cait in quotations. Don't mistake me, I back the ship 100%, but it has yet to set sail/come to fruition. There's definitely some mutual..... stuff going on, but keep in mind they've known each other for all of 2-3 days.
Agreed. This reminds of viktor and Jayce’s relationship too. They both represent topside and under city too.They were like brothers but Vik always remained in the shadow while Jayce was always in the limelight. They both wanted their achievements to be recognized but Viktor did not get the same opportunities as Jayce because he was a cripple and from the Under-city. Both jinx and vik had to resort to means not socially accepted to get the recognition they craved
Vi in episode 2: What makes you different makes you strong Jinx in episode 9: I thought you could love me, even though I'm different Bruh I'm crying again 😭
So a lot of people read this final dinner scene as Jinx wanting Vi to love her for who she is now, for Jinx, not just Powder, and when she sees Vi can't do that, she turns her back on her. But I think that misses an important dimension. Jinx's only model of what unconditional love looks like is Silco, and he doesn't just love her, he enables her worst impulses and behaviors. Vi is absolutely capable of loving Jinx, bloody hands, short fuse, hallucinations, and all, but she will never enable her. And because of that, Jinx can't see that Vi cares about her as more than the scared ten-year old girl she used to be.
I think the relationship between silco and jinx works. As powder, she always got shit for her mistakes, made to feel not good enough, weak and a burden. But silco saw her potential, saw her as strong and he accepted her mistakes.
Not an enabler? Vi is the supreme enabler. She enabled Jinx by abusing her at her most traumatic moment of loss. Vi deserves to suffer her consequences for the pain she inflicted on Powder.
The whole of jinx’s character is just honestly relatable and so well written, how all the league characters interact with each other in some way, along with them showing how jinx became insane in the first place. Even showing how her eyes became pink was cool detail because I wondered why they were normal before. It’s such a tragedy but it fits the whole story and explains how each of the characters became who they are in league now.. but man.. Jinx’s voice lines now just have very solemn feel to them. Knowing how crazy she got behind basically being heart broken.. damn good writing.
Agree , its relatable because everyone can feel abandoned easily , either by people close to you or by those government that are suppose to be there for the people . Its shows that if we wait too long , we just create monsters from innocent human beings !
@@chrispellbois6498 exactly. And honestly I’m glad they showed how extreme those circumstances can get depending on the influence and individual.. even though she became a monster that little broken neglected girl is still in there crying for help. Really tugs at the heart strings
@@ninethemagician3479 It does but also tries to bring light to our current reality ... how many criminals do you think society creates every year , thats what hit me the most from seeing jinx ..
It's insane relatable and tear jerker, but at same time is scary how many jump from relatable to justify. Yes she suffered, NO her suffering dosen't excuse her crimes at all and in the end her desitions and mistakes were hers and hers alone.
@@chrispellbois6498 I was thinking the same thing, really what could Powder have been if they had good schools in her area? Or she was born into a wealthy family and able to attend the academy. She and Ekko are two prime examples and while Ekko did live up to his potential nearly every other child in Zaun suffers in poverty, dies young, or became something else. It's hard not to see the real life implications. Did she even ever stand a chance?
Considering the transition, I love how the moment Mel says she supports the proposal of peace, Jinx screams in anger (pain?) as the rocket is about to fire. That proposal came quite late. Way too late.
Mostly because Jinx embraces her new self to escape the bad memories and traumas from the past, and to show Vi that there is no more Powder. With Vi failing to accept her, only loving Powder instead, not aknowledging the way she changed That missile is all the hatred, anger, trauma being thrown at Piltover, while abandoning what's left of Powder. And the most interesting part in this? No one is a villain in this story
Peace was never going to be an option anyway, as the peace terms were that Silco hand over Jinx to be arrested, and Silco was never going to agree to that. Jinx didn't jinx anything; the vote for peace was doomed before it began.
@@matthewmuir8884Yeah, they were fucked from the beginning. Assuming what Silco said was true, then it was would’ve started in a less dramatic and tragic way for the characters.
@@matthewmuir8884Not exactly. Jinx still could've chosen to turn HERSELF in for the betterment of everyone. The vote didn't _have_ to be doomed (especially since Silco wouldn't have had the power to stop her even if he wanted to). But unlike Vi in the end of Act 1, Jinx was too self centered to make that sacrifice. Regardless, since it was techically still a choice in the end (and not more bad luck), I guess it can't be viewed as a "jinx."
@@DLxxx Jinx didn't learn the full truth of the deal until the scene where she accidentally kills Silco; after his death, turning herself in would be pointless as Silco died without a clear successor (the closest being Sevika, but she has repeatedly shown that she only wants to be a second-in-command, not a leader) and its uncertain whether whoever fills the power vacuum would agree to the deal. Jinx never had the chance to turn herself in.
Vi listening to Powder's last words and slowly watching her descend into Jinx once and for all is so well done. She knows there is no turning back for her sister at this moment. She doesn't even try to talk her out of cold blood murder. She just watches in despair as she realises what major role in the escalation of the events her actions played.
Well if Caitlyn didnt threaten Jinx with that gun I guess situation would calm down and they could talk it out as Jinx calmed down, her eyes widened she looked relaxed...but caitlyn destroyed that moment with that gun threat.
Jinx knows she changed. She knows she isn't powder anymore. Vi refuses to believe that and doesn't acknowledge jinx only wanting powder back. The background song "Why don't you love who I am" perfectly quotes this. This was basically the last bridge burned. The love me for me not who I used to be, and Silco was the one that truly loved Jinx for Jinx.
Yes her line “I thought maybe you could love me like you used to, even though I’m different.” For sure sums that up. Jinx wants her sister to accept her for her new self but Vi wants only young innocent powder back
@@LoveGillyHicks Vi dosen't want Powder back, she wants that her sister stops seeing herself as a jinx, for her that's her name, for Vi is a slur and one she rejects ever saying so can't use now.
True, Now I believe Jinx knew she was going to sit on that chair. It was never Vi's choice, but a test. To see if Vi recognises her as a strong dangerous woman, or the little girl who always messed up. I also think Jinx finally sat in the chair not because she sees herself as a fuck up, instead it was an affirmation, a promise to herself to not ever let powder make her vulnerable again, and that she Will become an Enemy that everyone Will fear now on.
I love how Jinx always takes action without ever being completely in the know, and thus messing up things badly. She thinks Silco would sell her out for his ambitions, wich ends in Silcos death. She fires her weapon at the council just as it is about to settle for peace with Zaun, probably stirring up Piltovers hatred. She really is a Jinx.
The whole scene has so much symbolic meaning. Her just standing there just breathing heavily, we all know this from personal experience when you have to make a hard choice and you know there is no turning back from this. You just stand there, hesitate for a moment because of the gravity of the situation, and then you move forward. She turns the chair around, double taps JINX, part of it is to show the audience her choice and train of thought without words. And that is the great part, you show her inner thoughts and turmoil without even having to say anything. Then she just stands there, head low, breathing even more heavily, the trauma and pain finally made her think clearly, the thoughts from before that she asked for VI to make: Either Powder or Jinx, you decide. It no longer is Vis to decide and neither it is Jinxs, the choice was made for her by reality like everything in life. The last bit of hesitation before she finally sits down and becomes Jinx. She does not just sit on the chair, she EMBRACES the whole chair with her arms, the ful llength. It is once again conveyed to us, the audience, that Powder is gone. Her face looks grim and determined, it is the look of someone who made a choice, who made up their mind about what to. The few lines to her sister are meant more for her than for Vi, she was not sure before but in this moment she knew that she cannot be her sister anymore, she cannot be the person who Vi wants to be. She picks up the gun, she picks up the stone, she gives Vi one last sad look and shoots the rocket. She screams because she seperates the last line that connects her to her sister as Powder while carrying on her fathers will to show the. They include Silcos line to make it absolutely clear to us again. Coupled with this song that spells it out even more clearly what she feels. They packed soooo much in just the 3 minutes that its just crazy. Feelings, emotion, decidation, characterizations, growth and much much more. And most of all: Nothing was done for cheap feelings or laughs. It was pure, raw emotion and feelings that are based on how people are. It is overlooked but Vi is as broken as her sister, everyone talks about Jinx but the things she saw, the death of her friends and father, the prison, the beatings and time in there destroyed her as much as her sister. Vi sees her sister as the way out of this, as her ray of hope to find normality, she puts all her hopes on her and in this she is being so egoistic but she does not realize any of this because she is just broken herself. She does not realize the harm she does to her sister and how much she fuels her fears and traumas. Silco knew, he saw how much his daughter was being hurt by her and he was getting so angry about this that he just wanted to shoot her so Jinx can stop being in pain. He just wanted to protect her in his own flawed way. There is just so much grey and gray in this whole series and, if anything, you can say that they all are shaped by their enviroments. Even the "big bad" Silco is nothing but a victim of the circumstances of his surroundings. The war, the betraying of someone who you absolutely trusted and believed in, his finding love for a daughter he never knew he would, his own way of trying to care for someone once again like you never did before. If you ever loved someone you know the fear of losing them and in his case he saw so much in her and the thought of her gone drove him mad. It wouldve killed him even more if she left him for her sister. He wouldve given everything to see her happy, not even when he was seconds away from death he did not want her to cry and be sad that she killed him. This show is just great, an absolute masterpiece that came out of nowhere.
Omg that's exactly it ! I've been dying to find someone who recognised that both sisters went through some pretty big shit, and not only Jinx. They're both heavily traumatised, about so many different things, and you can't say that one of them had it easier than the other. They just cope with it really differently. I really hope both of them are gonna find happiness at the end because damn, they're just both broken, the amount of things they had to go though in their young lives is just painful to say the least.
It's interesting to realize that Jinx is doing everything she can to not be Powder anymore. Deep inside she wants nothing more than to be the Powder that Vi and the others loved, but that Powder is the person that got her friends and father killed; she can't go back to that, because the guilt will destroy her completely. That's why the only road she can take is to completely give in to the persona she's created for herself; be it as a punishment and agreeing with Milo and Vi calling her a jinx, or as an escape from the suffering that rots inside the real her.
It's insane how valuable singed is in this. He powered zhaun basically by himself. The shimmer, the chemtanks, all his doing, and now, with silcos help, he created jinx, the perfect weapon against piltover.
@@ange7222 She did not. She was just a child which saw their best friends and their father figure died in a horrible way. Silco created her by gaslighting and manipulation
@@Isabelle-hv6ny of course Vi didn't do all that on purpose, but her actions had an inevitable effect on Powder. She says it herself that Vi was the one who truly created Jinx - "The Monster You Created". Almost all the lyrics in the song can be attributed to Jinx and what happened to her too. Silco just contributed to her fully becoming Jinx.
@@Moxy125 Yes, but if Powder did not end up with Silco or Vi never got captured, I think that Powder would never became Jinx. Silco Was extremely ambitous to "kill" Powder.
I really, completely could not blame any character for this tragedy. I REALLY COULD NOT. WELL DONE RIOT, WELL DONE EVERYONE CREATED THIS SERIES. I can not wait for ss2. But please, no matter how long, just take your time and make an other masterpiece 😊
I can tell you who to blame..... SINGED!!! He was the one who made shimmer in the first place and was the reason for silco an vander to fight since silco tested shimmer on his goon that killed benzo, he is also the one who really broke powder to the point of no return
@@exzackly4641 not really, If you see that shimmer was a good thing then drugs is a good thing as well. Not just because of some healing and strength you sacrifice your sanity and become an addict
Actually, a small French animation studio called "Fortiche Production" created this series from scratch. Fortiche has gained so much notoriety thanks to Arcane. I think they can compete with Pixar and Disney. Hollywood is taking notice.
I'm still distraught over the fact that Vi had nothing to say to Jinx at all. I mean did Vi ever tell her that she loved her? She didn't even deny that she changed either.
Yeah that's true but it also hard when u fall in love vi really love Caitlyn jinx and vi are to different no matter what they status are sister family jinx born like that weak not a fighter and unstable on emotion and all the things that happen just make it worse at least silco make jinx feel like home what do u expect unstable girl born in the place like zaun and all the corruption form the piltover jinx is not a good person she just look up to vi but for how long? She have to figured her own way to be who she is creating bomb and all What silco say is true vi asked jinx to comeback but where? Piltover? No jail for jinx in piltover only dead so what now vi and jinx living in zaun and back together as a family no it's to late vi already fall in love with Caitlyn she cannot leave her and vi love powder jinx biggest trauma vi literally have nothing to say she already realized she can live with this lunatic person u can see it on vi eyes
Everything Jinx said was correct. Vi couldn't say she love and accept everything Jinx does as that would be a Lie. Regardless of what she said, Jinx has already made up her mind.
The entire spine of the show revolved around a self-fulfilling prophecy for all the characters. From Jayce with his inventions becoming a danger instead of helping people and Caitlyn trying to help but becomes the perceived obstacle, to Vi and Powder going the route they were always on from the beginning. This is all a tale of how we can rage with the idea that we are in control of our destinies when in reality, it's our compulsions that define our character... and history.
Bro can you goone step further and english teacher the trope that represents this kind of story telling in literature? I think it's a cut and dry Tragedy in that way but I'm not sure.
What makes me really sad is, that both of them kept going, kept pushing through their own suffering (Vi in prison and Jinx/powder with her mental illnesses) just for the illusion of each other And when vi almost gave up in the fight scene with savika, vander appeared to her to tell her (again), you cant give up yet, you cant die, powder needs you Even now, even after everything that happened, what kept her going was the thought of protecting powder similiar with jinx, she as well lived for the illusion of the sister she remembered And both are gone now... both fought for something that isnt there anymore
So sad... In the end all Jinx wanted was to be loved as she is now. Vi failed to accept her, only loving Powder instead, not aknowledging the way she changed, so Jinx also refused to accept the way Vi changed. Even though everything he did was toxic, only Silco accepted her, he's dead, and here we are... fck man
So if I'm to understand...Jinx wants Vi to accept her for who she is now which is a cold blooded killer and got pissy because Vi said No to Killer Jinx-and instead decided to hold on to innocent good powder. I'm sorry if this is Jinx logic than she's bat shit crazy...If my relative when on a murdering spree, I'm destroying all connection. I can empathize with wanting to be accepted but that is a little bit extreme.
@@jerome6191 Yup I can understand completly where you come from, not saying what Vi had to do was easy. but Jinx doesn't want Vi to accept her wrongdoings, she wants her to love her an help her. Subtle things show Jinx doesn't even like what she's become. Your mother tells you off when you act badly, but she loves you nonetheless and attempts to get you on a better path. Loving someone like that doesnt mean you accept everything they do or aprove of everything they believe in. In a case as hardcore as Vi and Jinx, its incredibly hard ot achieve this sort of connection because it clashes heavily with your morals. But Vi went wrong by not even facing that dilema, instead looking at Jinx as a lost little girl instead of what she is now.
From how I've been seeing it since Episode 6 and 7, Jinx is primarily jealous of the fact that Vi seems to give Caitlyn more love than to her. I mean just the fact that she was more than willing to give Vi Powder if she killed Caitlyn just showcases her seething jealousy. I mean I looked at it more as "I thought you would still see me as the sister you've known despite how much I changed now. But you changed too. You even found another person to care about without me."
@@spy1405 Definitely not how I saw it. I think she wants vi to accept her as jinx psychotic flaws and all...Vi can't accept anyone like that because that's insane. The only type of help vi could try to reasonably give her sister is to try to get her to remember who she was before- which if successful would hypothetically get jinx back to something similar to her previous self. That girl who didn't enjoy hurting people or at least to stop hurting people/being violent as a coping mechanism from the trauma of her past. Keep in mind that vi reminding jinx of who she was saved caitlyn from jinx killing her and stopped silco from killing vi. Now of course vi should accept that her sister has changed but not accept her bad tendencies. Jinx is perfect minus the murdering and schizophrenic episodes
Loving someone doesn't mean accepting everything they do. If you love someone, you want what's best for them. In Jinx's case, that would be to stop doing the things she's doing. Vi never gave up on Jinx and never stopped loving her.
This is a story about the begging of war. There are no heroes here, no good and evil. It is the accumulation of wrongs leading to a crumbling society. It’s a genuine tragedy.
The thing is….Vi probably could still love the new Jinx. She just wouldn’t enable the crazy in her that Silco had this whole time. Sad times. I wanted Vi and Powder to just have at least one nice, sweet scene before she completely lost it
@@johnrafaellapena8381 she lost the one person who never betrayed her, Vi not going to tell anyone Jinx is her sister, instead of the ones who already knows. So yeah, she basically has no one.
She had nothing to lose. Her whole life revolved around two people Vi and then Silco and in that moment she had neither. I don't think she ever cared about Silco's cause, she acted on two motives: to please the ones she loved and to prove herself, so since she no longer had loved ones she proved herself... just proved that she was jinx and not powder.
This series has some of the best writing I have seen in a *very* long time. An excellent tragedy. Depressing as fuck, but incredibly well made. *This* is how you write moral ambiguity. Everything, from the characters, to the writing, to the music, to the camerawork. *Chef's kiss.* Magnificent.
"I thought maybe you could love me like you used to, even though I'm....different." That broke me. I burst into tears. Her voice actress did such a great job portraying her complete, utter despair and resignation....Vi loves Powder, but can never fully understand or condone Jinx. Silco loved Jinx, but it meant erasing Powder. She feels no one loves both parts of her (not even herself), and her relationship with her sister will never be the same. So she embraces Jinx.... I hope Jinx and Vi can find their way back to one another, somehow....
@@cherrylipjojo5313 yea...why is no 9ne ralking about that...is it an armour ? I swear to god if any one survives that it woupd cheapen the whole happening
@@meharsamba we know Jayce and Victor have to survive because there is more ahead for them. We know Jayce’s tech creates a small shield around the wearer and that Victor’s augmentations bond with hextech magic (and eventually he becomes corrupted by it). I think Mel’s armour protects her. All other council members die, including Cait’s mother. Mel is a warrior’s daughter, remember. She has many combat related abilities we don’t know about. So I assume enchanted armour is what she is wearing.
@@KenadianKenough I just realize that Mel might be a member of the Solari, which could possible grant her certain powers that could protect her from harm. So things might change differently when we get back to season two.
Truly believing it was Silco why Jinx choose the chair beside him. He never betrayed her, doing anything else then not to use that weapon would be betraying him. But she also realizes that her and Vi will never be the same and that she doesn't have to change. Silco told her she is perfect. She sure always saw Jinx as failure but now she doesn't.
Silco was a great father figure in my opinion. I feel like he really loved and cared for her, and he knows what it is like to be betrayed and not given a damn.
Never betrayed her after killing her father. Trying to kill her friends, trying to kill her sister (locking her up forever), all while manipulating and gaslighting her....... but sure. That aside he didn't betray her. Lol
@@waunke56 It is not manipulation, remember the scene in the river? Everything he told her was what he believed as well and what he thought would be the best for her.
@@walkertalker3232 lol. You don't know manipulation well mate. If your going to tell me that him telling her her sister is dead wasn't an attempt at manipulation? Or him going to the enforcers home and "playing" with the guys daughter. Wasn't manipulation? Even his telling her she was perfect was exactly that. He wanted to create a monster and he didn't give a crap about how he did it, as long as it was his.
@@waunke56 Silco didn't know Vi was alive. Vi thought Powder was dead. Of course Jinx was perfect for Silco... it's his daughter. A parent's love goes as deep as Kratos from GOW saying that he would die for Atreus if it were for hist best. Of course there's also people who don't care that much about their kids. Not the case here. Zaun isn't a great place too. It's a nasty place. It's not like you'll survive by being a nice guy. She watched a lot of things when she was young, lots of fights and people getting really hurt. That's just natural in there. She also wanted to fight and not be weak. Doing what she was doing for Silco, was just natural progression. At the same time, he gave her more confidence, strength and power. Yes, Jinx became a monster... so what? It's not like Vi or Vander were saints. Don't forget that both a hero and the villain kill people. Difference is one is on the "justice" side and doesn't kill just because he wants. Given her PTSD and not being okay with her past or present... yeah, of course she's a bit on the insane side. Edit: funny thing is... Jinx isn't really that evil. She's really chaotic though.
the music makes this scene slap on levels that were thought to be impossible. the producers really know exactly how to amplify an amazing scene with an incredible, well placed backing track.
I think it wasn't because of her sister calling her jinx, I think it was because she hit her and left her. Because her sister didn't want to accept her being that person. Vi didn't want to accept Powers stuff and how she make bombs. Unlike Silco who accepted the way she is. She wasn't mad because Vi called her a jinx, she mad because her sister didn't want to accept her as a jinx.
I see it a little differently. The “Powder” that Vi loves doesn’t exist anymore, at least in Jinx’s mind. It creates this idea in her head that Vi’s affection is dependent on her pretending to be someone she isn’t. Whereas Silco was 100% on board with the person Jinx REALLY is and loved her even at the very end.
Even if she is not Powder anymore she was willing to pretend to be someone she is not if Vi showed her that nothing more matters to her by killing Cait 😭
@@itsQuilow That the problem, she wanted Vi to accept her being Jinx and not powder. Of she keeps accepting powder than she would think she wants her innocent, sweet and no a mess up. Where Jinx can be her creative self. She wanted her sister to just accepted her as jinx and still love her like Silco did. But Vi didn't get she was in a very mental state.
@@SaintMarianne yeah, I think that is Powder true self, because Jinx is very creative and super smart and strong. She feels like Vi, doesn't want her to be that way. She wants her to be the little weakly sister. Even Cathy or whatever her name is, saw how mental unstable Jinx/powder is. But she doesn't know she having a battle with her self.
@@leepoppop5523 you guys are fckin tripping blaming vi for not loving her as jinx and praising silco for doing that. Vi absolutely loves her (still does) and absolutely wants her to be strong. Just because she still wants to protect her (shes a big sister for cryin out loud) doesnt mean she wants to keep her small and weak. If you cant see that shes not happy being jinx youre also tripping, shes haunted by her past trauma and it tortures her into this broken person that she is, of course vi doesnt love that and wants to help her get out of it. Silco also absolutely does love her but he approached this all wrong by lying about vi and fuelling jinx‘ doubts, hate and making her relive her abandonment issues with vi again. He tried to be a father figute to her and succeeded to some point but he also created a codependent relationship and fuelled the inner conflict of love and guilt vs abandonment and hate in powders head, which is what ultimately turned her into jinx.
One thing you all forgot is that powder in the entirety of the series Jinxes everything by accident while in the last scene She DECIDES to jinx on purpose. That's solid script writing right there 👏👏
Damn i love her scream at 1:43 and after hearing the words from Silco: "we'll show them, we will show them all". It's so cathartic. And the animation is just dope.
when caitlyn screamed and it transitioned to her mum was soo good idk this whole scene was a masterpiece and the ending on beat with what could have been is soo good ;-;-;-;
I think I realized why I was so taken with Arcane's portrayal of Jinx. As someone who suffers from clinical OCD and anxiety (and possibly mild ADHD), I know how it feels to be locked in your own mind, while it's tearing you apart from the inside. I'm very glad to not have a disorder that involves hallucinations, but at a base level, I know what it means to sometimes feel inherently broken, as a person. I'll never forget the little blue-haired girl, and how her story broke my heart.
One part of this sequence that I feel is a bit underrated and isn't discussed enough is the bit at 1:25 that has a voice over of what Silco said to Powder/Jinx at the end of episode 3, not only is it a really good call back but it also gives everything this sense of tragedy and that Jinx wants to fulfill her father's wishes.
the fact that after seeing caitlyn’s face of her screaming in pain there is her mother’s face. she probably knew her mother was going to die the same instant she saw the bomb flying in the sky.
For some reason when the music kept playing, this scene nearly made me cry when I kept on repeating is like the more I understand the feeling from Jinx that she had to go through.
Its so sad. We were all gutted when Powder was left in Episode 3, there we see Jinx being born. Here, its even more tragic. Here, Powder dies. Forever.
the council took their position for granted and have never thought about giving equality for people of piltover and the nation of Zaun. they never thought that their neglection have been hurting others and their corruption have been building anger and revenge to people.
the burn mark on the right side of her face resembling Silko's scar the shimmer tear resembling his prostetic eye whenever he inject them god the immaculate way this show does imagery
council: "yea im down for peace"
jinx: "lmao rest in peace then"
que ódio huehuehue
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LMAOOO😂
LMFAO
HAHA rocket go BOOM
Powder protected her sister by killing Jinx’s father, Jinx in response avenged her father by killing whatever remained of Powder.
Silco knew it was Powder who accidentally pulled the trigger. He wants Jinx to take over thats why he shot Vi and Powder acted on reflex.
Did Jinx die at the end or no
that was the puzzle piece i was missing.
holy fuck
@@YvngTrappa No, she just used her ultimate in the LOL game
wow exactly!!!
Arcane truly is like a modern Greek tragedy, everyone saying the wrong thing or doing the wrong thing at the wrong time when it could have all been avoided from the very start.
It’s perfect
exactly!
Yep. It literally is a textbook Aristotelian tragedy. The plot drives the changes to the characters through reversal of fortune. Jinx, as a character, is like a perfect embodiment of tragedy. When she tries to do good, it backfires. When she tries to do bad, it backfires. Every chance she has to be "saved" through reunion with Vi is thwarted. In the end, she is the victim of and cause of most of her suffering in a feedback loop. Poor thing.
Arcane is art. It really is a masterpiece.
ANgel(us) fan as bacc :)
Ohhhhh that explains the whole Conner arc
The last act of Powder is killing Jinx’s father to keep Vi safe.
The first act of Jinx is avenging her father and starting the war.
Gonna cry 😭😭😭
Yeah powder died when silco did 😢
@@xElviraxman 💔
Y'all stop with their two different people their the same person
Not two people, just two faces
Heimerdinger: Thank you sooo much for kicking me from the council everyone 🥺🙂
His seat is ominously empty as the hextech rocket is about to destroy everything, Heimer was right, magic corrupts everything and Jinx is the perfect example
This kind of luck is needed to live hundreds of years
Ggwp 🤣
Bruh 😂
Mad scientist heimer!
We not gonna talk about how Jinx clearly built Fishbones to mirror Silco, its built to resemble the ocean creatures he loved and has a scarred left eye.
Damn, I honestly didnt see it dude thx
fishbones is from her childhood
1:44 knowing Fishbone is made in Silco image. Seeing as if the blast off wiped her tear away makes me feel
@@mohantrohansilco took in Powder as a child
@@k8sszbut she drew the shark-weapon when she was still with Vander
you know what hurts a lot? Vander's last request to Vi was "Take care of Powder" and thats exactly what Vi failed to do. This scene is the exact moment Powder "dies". Now it's only Jinx, there's no Powder left. Vi failed Vander's dying wish
That’s so true.. and pretty sad too…
She failed when she gave in to her anger, called Powder Jinx and left her. Later on it was too late.
You mean Warwick, right? :)
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139 she got kidnapped
@@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic1139 she was a teen pls give her a break
I liked how Sevika came back to Silco's office. Pure loyalty.
It is directly upstairs from where she got her ass kicked
@@odinwarlock2436 still
I'm like 90% sure she was romantically interested in him, but never made it obvious.
@@dreamhollow I kind of feel like she's dedicated to the Nation of Zaun. Remember when she tells Jinx off, she said "As good for our CAUSE as you were for your family." Not business. Cause.
Her loyalty ain't shit. She betrayed Vander
Ok but like can we please talk about how amazing Jinx's voice actor was during these scenes? The absolute defeat and sorrow is so clear.
That's Ella Purnell For you!
She had never done voice acting before and did an American accent, while she is British. Just born to play the role, no other explanation.
definitely, her performance was brilliant!
Even the child actor too :D
@@Toph.Beifong. she’s british? I’m fucking done, how can anyone be that talented
I think Silko's last words are what convinced Jinx to give up on Vi.
She tried to kill him as a child. She screwed up his plans. She disobeyed orders. And finally, she killed him. But he still loved her even more than himself. He didn't just believe she had good inside her; he believed her messy, chaotic self was already perfect.
Vi wasn't able to do that.
Well ofc who wants a psycho who keeps killing people for fun lmao
@lar ksjsk bruh she didn't left her tho. Vi only distance her self from jinx for a bit since she realizes that she punched her and she is still crying about the death of mylo, claggor, and vander.
@lar ksjsk she was planning to return when she saw silco heading towards powder but she was kidnapped and imprisoned by marcus. Bruh rewatch act 1💀
@@spike2350 You're the one who should rewatch the end of act 1. Vi wouldn't get kidnapped by Marcus if she didn't left the only living sister she has. She knew Jinx was mentally unstable from the start but she decided to run away from her just to cRy
@@deanpolinar5858 I think Vi left just to cool down a bit then when silco heading towards to jinx she immediately come to her but marcus kidnapped her and take her to prison
You can't blame Jinx for the start of the war because it was coming. The council was just too late with their decision for peace, they had years to do something but they only thought about themselves. Jinx shot first but Piltover loaded the gun...
Nah, piltovers been shooting for a long while, now zaun is just fighting back
I love tjat you can take "loading the gun" litterally since the gun was loaded xith a hex gem
Fiddlesticks voice lines for Jinx:
"All your Fault. All your Faauult!!!"
Now it makes sense
Yeah they stuck their heads in the sand for years now their paying the price for it
@@josephbridges4914 irony is, zaun will pay bigger price. They could have finally have peace and independence. But after rocket shot all its left is war. And Zaun will lose it. As they lost it many times before.
It’s tragically ironic that this was the most sane and calm decision Jinx made in the entire series…
No cackling…no tricks…no shaking of the voice…no fighting with the voices of Milo...or explosive mockery…
Just calmly and quietly walking up to the roof to fire the weapon with decision of violence and war...just as she was the only one between her and her sister to accept the reality that Powder is gone.
After accidentally killing her father the only person who loved her for who she is she decided to avenge him by fulfilling his destiny: showing Piltover
Man the chair scene is cool. No more powder, just Jinx.
It’s cool but made my heart drop at the same time
even though we all knew powder wasnt coming back, its still sad to see that she had to go to these extremes to assure she never did. Jinx has been my fav leauge character for ages, and to see her portrayed this way with so much depth is breathtaking to say the least. LOVE the badassery too lol
The chair scene was, to be very accurate, extremely powerful for any animated scene ever. Absolutely an awesome way to make the statement that powder is not ever coming back.
Wish Vi would have got the message earlier ... :c
Powder dies when singed injected the venom into her powder killed her self on that bridge
The beauty of this series is that you can't really blame anyone for acting the way they act.
Jinx was forged into what she is through trauma and lies. And now Powder is too far gone and she can't go back. Even if she tried, what kind of sister would she be? She is insane, and if she wasn't insane before Singed got to her, she is now. All she wants is people to accept her as she is, and you can't blame her for that.
Vi loves Powder, she doesn't love the maniacal mess that is Jinx. She always had Powder's back, but the simple reality is that Vi is sane, and Jinx is not, and even if they left together, Vi's entire life would revolve around taking care of Jinx and her mental instability. How can you blame someone who had an outburst at the worst moment of her life and when she tried to make up for it, got kidnapped, and then spent years in prison for a crime she did not commit, idealizing the moment she would get to see her sister back only to find out Powder was not there anymore? Not only that, the demand of killing Cait to get Powder back was just insane. So how can you blame her for acting the way she acted?
And Silco himself never lied to Jinx, he truly believed Vi was dead and when she came back, only saw her as a threat to his daughter, Jinx. His main fault was being an enabler, but Silco himself as an extremist did not see Jinx's knack for destruction and hatred for the topside as something bad. If anything, she was valuable yet a bit unreliable. In the end of the day, he loved Jinx as a daughter, and not Powder. Jinx had everything Powder did not, she was efficient, strong and really cared about destroying topside. So you can't really blame him for fostering the part of Powder (Jinx) that he thought was the most valuable.
And Cait, well, she is just fighting for her life. And you can't blame her for that.
SPOT. ON.
THANK YOU. FINALLY.
Yep, we can even side with Silco even knowing he is a bad guy but deep down he would do anything to protect his daughter... Thats why this show is a fuckintastic master piece, one of the best i ever seen.
tbh Vi get into prison because she robs jayce's lab room/dorm only because she wants some recognition from vanders and yes she can be blame for that and she brings powder double the blame please
Silco and Jinx tbh nothing i can actually think to blame them, both of them got betrayed by both someone they trust the most vander and vi and it fck jinx up more since it happened when she still a kid and still doesnt understand anything on that time and it hunted her, while i wanna blame jinx for using the gem to make a grenade she still a kid and hextech wasnt a thing till then.
and Cait, well, she is just fighting for her life. You can't blame her for that...just kidding ofc there's something to blame on her if she's not releasing Vi from prison without telling anyone else especially Jayce is the biggest thing you can blame her for, next thing you can blame her is doing something out of order, without thinking. like seriously Marcus could live if not bcuz of her. Oh and did i tell you she did all this bcuz she wants some recognition??? yes she did that so that people accept her "so i wanna be hero and know the world's true reality" dream fcking cunt people wanna get out of the bad place and she wanna go to that place fcking ungrateful as expected from a rich kid and cunt's daughter bitch.
Silco tho at first i kinda hate him but after seeing how much he loves jinx it just makes me wanna root for him
@@kurohanaend6814 Vi was taken by Marcus and then supposedly killed under Silcos orders, then Silco didn't tell Powder anything about what happened to Vi. Thats complete manipulation on Silcos part as he knew that telling Powder the truth would (rightfully) cause her to not want to be with him anymore
I like Silco as a character a lot but I think people are being way too generous to him in his relationship with Jinx. He fucked her up a ton and him loving her in his own way doesn't change the fact that anyone in his postion would universally be considered a bad father
Many real word abusive/neglectful/manipulative parents love their kids in their own way too. But showing love for your kid alone doesn't make you a good parent.
This scene is insanely impactful. Vi tries to stop her by reminding her of her family- because she sees them as support, and a reason to keep going. But Jinx sees them as nothing but reminders that she killed them, she did something wrong, and that it's all her fault. So, indirectly, Vi makes Jinx break faster
Caitlyn also breaks it faster by telling Vi that she is already very lost, when Jinx was in the position of making peace with her sister, in fact, I did not see her with the intention of destroying the consulate, she did it out of pure revenge for the death of silco, although she put the hextech stone in the center of the table, she did it as the symbolic objective that changed her entire life, from the explosion of the monkey bomb, until her death on the bridge fighting with echo which generates that they gave her shine, the fact that caitlyn was looking for it and had VI to get her, and for being an important object for her adoptive father, but she doesn't really care about the hextech stone, she even dropped it in the fight with the firelighters, I think that jinx acts from the feeling, even when she kills, and does not follow any kind of ideology, so much so that throughout the series she makes fun of silco, she did it when she was reborn in the lake and at the same tea party
@@brendaramos2053 Spot on! Every time Jinx gets close to having a moment of genuine reflection, someone tries to murder her. She spends the entire show being just one good talk away from recovery, but it never comes.
I can't help but feel that the one blue tear jinx cries right before firing the rocket is symbolism of the last shred of powder being blown away. A single blue tear that get vaporized as she fires the rocket.
😭
YES! I’ve also seen theories saying Powder is represented by the color blue while Jinx is represented by pink, so the shift from blue to pink supports your thought perfectly.
Interesting theory. For me, because she's clearly thinking of Silco's first words to her: "It's okay; we'll show them. We will show them all", I think it's one last tear for Silco before she fires the rocket and 'shows them all.'
Jinx was a edgy character. Cry too much and expect everybody to figure out her feelings🤦♂️ like god damn she can’t do nothing without having vi
@@joey2765 blud did not understand this show at all
One things that amaze me, that Jinx learn by herself how using runes. If the accident in Act1 didn’t happened, she would have been one of the greatest inventor of Zaun.
she and ekko are literally two of the greatest minds of their time. i hope her genius comes into play more for season 2.
She's defiantly in the top 10 with her edgenuitive intelligence. She doesn't have the scientific mindset to invent new tech like Jayce or Heimerdinger, but she defiantly has a knack for understanding the workings of existing tech and applying them in ingenious ways.
There is a scene where she actually explains working it out.. And also a scene where Victor and Jace are talking about how smart the bomb maker is and how it's possible they could reverse engineer weapons.
“The form is crude, but… engineering is... inspired!"
The part that kinda pokes at me is that if Vander didn't bring them down into the undercity as kids, that maybe they could have been brought into some orphanage topside. That maybe Jinx... Powders intelligence could have been put to good use.
“I am the monster you created”
“I hope you know we had everything, but you broke me and left these pieces”
“I want you to hurt like you hurt me”
“Why dont you love who I am, what we could have been?”
“In order to live I have to kill the part of me that needed you more…”
I’m fucking devastated, I feel so much for Jinx. I can’t cope with the fact that all her life is a tragedy and she can’t have back the piece that would ultimately fix her: her sister.
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*I ONLY WANTED TO HELP*
*Please Please Please*
^she is so different from LoL. there she seemed a nutcase. and nothing more. did not really bother reading the lore, only 2 small stories. and in both she just seemed to destroy a lot of property. maybe hurt some ppl. otherwise, pretty uninteresting. here... she is amazing. conflict, pain, trauma, love, hate... all in her. she is my favorite now, really.
@@tAiLspo0n Yeah, that breaks me. She’s nothing but an innocent child trying to prove herself to her peers, and it just goes horribly wrong. The worst part is that if Powder doesn’t blow up that factory, Vi probably dies. So in a way, you can say Powder saved her sister, but Vi couldn’t do the same for her.
@@ragael1024 in your defense, her lore did not go anywhere near this level of detail. For the most part it does just lead us to believe shes crazy for no reason. Im interested in how her relationship with Ziggs will happen.
@@ruicastro1410 What do you mean she couldn’t do the same for her?
She was abducted and thrown in jail for years how is that her fault? It doesn’t matter if Powder tried to help… she still killed their family there’s no bringing them back.
Vi doesn’t need to do insane shit to prove she loves her sister… she’s been hellbent on finding her the entire time not knowing how much things have changed.
Gut punch realization: the soft look on her face at 0:52
It’s a goodbye. Goodbye to any hope she had of her sister accepting her as she is. Goodbye to Vi seeing her as her little sister and not a terrorist. She knows what she’s about to do and knows that it’s going to change everything for their relationship. She looked so stoic and almost cold when she made her choice, but for one last second we see that softness. It’s a killer last look, this show missed NO detail I swear.
She knows her sister loves her, but she can’t accept Jinx. So Jinx decided to let go of trying to make her. Hope season 2 expands on Vi understanding that if she wants her sister, she’s gotta accept that Powder is gone and Jinx is who she is.
"Here's to the new us."
More precisely, Vi needs to accept that Powder IS Jinx, and accept her for what she is.
I think that the "moral of the story" (so to speak, hate that expression bc Arcane is much greyer than that, I mean that what makes more sense for the trama) is that Vi has to accept that Powder has died and she CANNOT love Jinx, now she has to prioritize other things, and that implies to figth her sister as now she is more aligned with Piltover as it is willing for peace (or were) and her girlfriend is more involved with the city and she is Vi's last loved one left.
@@zenyattakawai3076
Violet didn't fullfill Vander's last wish. And this is the moment she realises it.
"Take care of powder"
@@xElvirax Yeah. There's no way there gonna end Season 2 and NOT address that plot point. Vander told Vi that her sister still needed her (albeit, as a hallucination) during the S1 finale. There's no way Vi's ever going to stop trying to reach. It would make that promise lose all weight otherwise.
Jinx genius in engineering is so underrated. With no formal education she built a multistage rocket launcher that can harness hextech gemstone energy
Even Viktor and Jayce were surprised on how well built her bombs were made.
Only Jinx can make sitting in a seat with your name on it so badass and powerful. This scene is phenomenal. Holy Shit.
She is such a boss sitting on that chair damn!
really? i thought i was more sad that she sat on that chair : (
@@iamgarbage8956 It could be seen as sad as well. It was a powerful scene with so many implications. She had "killed" Powder during her dark baptism, and Silko helped her realize that she is perfect as Jinx, she will never not be "Jinx" anymore and Vi needs to realize and accept that Powder is no longer there and stop treating her like Powder. So much can be seen here that I want to understand more about. It was a depressing scene no doubt though :( it was impactful. This show is amazing. I cant wait to see more of Jinx. Hopefully she makes a friend.
Powder chair was next to Vi which was a childs seat with plushie toy.
Jinx's chair was more like a throne with bullets and grenades for breakfast, meaning that she was all ready leaning to her current self. And that chair was directly next to Silco
"Don't cry you're perfect"
Silco's last words to jinx
Sus :)
Sussy cat
Honestly I still believe that silco was more of a father than a manipulator, when she almost died, he carried her whilst he had two henchmen to do it and an yet he carried her on that bridge, he showed genuine affection for her in some unbelievable ways but I still cry for his death and that last line was worth nothing but pure gold
Jinx was his daughter. Silco's journey was Vander's journey. His words were echoes of what he had been trying to tell her all along.
Thank you barrak obama
I know there's a saying "You can die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" but here it's more like
"If you didn't even have a chance of becoming the hero, then I can't blame you for becoming the Villain."
Different but so true 💯
“The child cast out by their village will burn it down to feel its’ warmth.”
@@bryceluther1576Actually its "A child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth"
Holy fuck that sounds stupid.
Lets just leave those epic quotes to those who know what they're talking about, ok? I mean come one, your can't even speak English correctly lol
Council: “alright, you can have peace”
Jinx: “peace is no longer an option”
They had it coming 😊
@@abahoedwin1043 Not everyone in the room had it coming. Viktor especially. And Mel/Jayce to an extent. Goes to show everything that pretty much Jinx does ends in collateral damage. Mostly for the worse.
@@ViktorEnjoyereh, empathetically most people would have done the same.
Nearly 2 decades of psychosis will do that, Jinx is the Anti-Villian.
@@bliiild Yeah, that’s true lol
That's an impressive R snipe from across the map.
The whole team stack on one tower with no armor built. Gg.
@@1337Rosario all good mel has a locket of the iron solari
@@jacobileoo1941 Okay, help me out here. Why are people saying Mel has ties to the Solari?
Well, the target is not moving
Should had picked Braum instead of Mel, easy pentakill for Jinx because of bad draft
On 2:19 when Cait face turned into her mother's ... Man this series has some of the best transitions I've seen.
;_; is her mother gonna die?? awww i love caits mom, she considers cait in her own actions and loves / respects her daughter
I think her mom will die, only Mel and Jayce will survive, maybe Victor too. But if this would really happen, I'm currious how will act Cait. You know, Cait wanted (I guess, in my opinion) shoot Jinx, but she didn't, bcuz of Vi. Now, if her mom will die, Cait would probably blame on Vi. Means I'm fucking currious how it will be between two of them, Cait and Vi. I love them so much.
@@aimyyy.so2Yea, I think it will make cait more serious about her duty.. i don't think she'd blame vi bc she understands the trauma between them.. I think she'll convince vi to join with her to stop jinx cuz jinx went to far and hopefully they kiss (x lol
@@aecrys Yeah I guess you are right, but on riot channel is video about announcement season 2, and caitlyn says there something interesting... Well cait wants revenge, means she want to kill Jinx. I don't think Vi will go with Caitlyn, u know its still her sister... But let's just see, I hope it will have a good end with Vi and Caitlyn. Anyway, I hope they'll kiss too heh, they are so cute together (all Violyn fans are waiting for their kiss :P).
@@aimyyy.so2 I feel like Mel is a goner- her back is right to the window
THIS LYRICS ARE SO UNDERRATED
like it literally says:
"The monster you created" or "why dont you love who i am?"
It is totally a Jinx song singed to her sister.
The lyrics "What could have been" are connected to the story. Jinx could have finally been Powder again. And there was finally about to be peace before Jinx attacked the council. There could have been peace, but it was Jinxed. There's so much depth, reccouting themes and narrative in this show.
@@adventurerretro That simple phrase encapsulated the whole show for everyone. What could have been for Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn, Jayce, Viktor, Ekko, etc.
@@memecliparchives2254 Actually you're right, I feel like an idiot for not realising that sooner.
This whole song could be all three of these things: Jinx to Vi, Silco to Vander and Zaun to Piltover.
Personally not a fan of the songs in the series. They're just too on the nose. Honestly they're the only thing I dislike about the series.
0:30 That voice crack. And the whole segment is simply phenomenal voice acting. Ella Purnell perfectly embodied the character. Now she is definitely Jinx
0:23 These words are gonna stick to me for a while. Those are just the words of a woman who's broken beyond repair due to longing for the unconditional love of her sister that she knows she'll never truly have back.
me too...
@@deantrbl1110 Tugs at the heart strings doesn't it? The fact that Vi had nothing to say back to her at this moment is just wow... she just got nothing.
@@JavelinAngel1295 silence says it all.
@@deantrbl1110 No words spoke louder than anything Vi could've said to Jinx.
The voice acting and animation is so powerful in this, she looks so broken that hurts a lot
Here's an interesting perspective. I believe that most people will see Jinx blowing up the council and think "Typical crazy Jinx", but I think there's more to it. Deep down, I think Jinx did that for Vi's sake. I think even after killing Silco, Jinx knew that Vi was still clinging onto the hope of getting Powder back. By blowing up the council, Jinx freed both of them by doing something so horrible that there is no turning back. Now Vi can leave with Caitlin and live top side where she belongs with nothing holding her back.
Piltovers finest......
I don't know how Jinx would do that when that ultimately leaves her entirely alone with no one left to turn to. She clearly fears being alone. That was made evident since Episode 3. I saw this moment as Jinx saying "You chose Caitlyn and the Topside over me. So be it."
@@JavelinAngel1295 usually people perpetuate what they fear the most. She wants people to love her but based on her life, she realizes that she’ll either hurt them or they’ll eventually hate her. So she mixes the two by doing things for people (Vi) but in a way that normally makes you hate them. This makes sense to the lore as a lot of her crimes and vandalism call out Vi.
vi betray zaun and the people ekko too
@@JavelinAngel1295 It was Powder who was afraid of being alone. Here, Jinx is proving that she's no longer the old Powder and Vi should move on. Jinx even says "Here's to the new us" meaning that she's no longer the child Powder who's afraid of being alone and Vi should no longer be clinging to her hoping that Powder would be back. Forcing both of them to walk separate paths.
The coldest sentence that whole episode “we’ll show them, we’ll show them all” as Jynx is about the launch the rocket 🔥goosebumps
Perhaps the saddest part is those were Silco's first words to Jinx after she told him that Vi abandoned her. "It's okay; we'll show them. We will show them all." She built fishbones (the hextech rocket launcher) for Silco, and now, before using it against the council, she remembers those words and sheds a tear before pulling the trigger.
@@matthewmuir8884I'm not even sure if she just remembers those words or if Silco joined the voices in her head and actually said that to her when she pulled the trigger.
I do believe in game canon she hears Fishbones, her rocket launcher, talking to her and she perceives him as a fatherly voice with a more calm and rational influence on her than the other voices.
I'd love if they kept implementimg Silcos amazing VA in that way, even tho the character is dead.
Something thats kind of understated it Caitlyns perspective in this. She gets kidnapped and brought her keep in mind shes only met Jinx once, she's brought to the wherehouse with Vi and Silco whom she's never met. She must have been terrified. She wakes up and is helpless to watch as her mother is murdered. This must've been horrible for her.
What we might see in Season 2 is how she is going to explain this to the surviving Councilors(if they survive) or to the new Councilors and the new Sheriff.
She had a chance to kill Jinx but didn't due to Vi's pleading for her to not killing her sister. Also not man people know that Jinx is Vi's sister, worse Catelyn knew but didn't tell anyone. She didn't want to betray Vi but something tells me that will come back and bite her in the ass.
@@Crackshotstephoh this is gonna hurt in season 2 cause you already know Cait will retroactively blame herself for everything that happens after this scene, despite the mountains of baggage she's unaware of. Masterful storytelling.
Her speech is so well done. Since episode one we get hints that Powder is battling with her mental illness and inner demons, something that Vi fails to acknowledge until the very end. Of course that Vi cares deeply for her sister and is doing the best she can to connect and comfort her sister, but just like in real life, you need much more than good intentions if you want to support someone who suffers from mental illness.
I love how Jinx refers to herself as "different" instead of "changed", she didn't change into Jinx, she always had it.
Jinx calm and rational final speech shows that she is finally convinced that her sister can't acknowledge the "Jinx" part of her, that Vi will always be stuck with an imaginary version of her innocent younger child (the same young child who got frustrated that her nail bomb didn't pierce to death a kid lol).
The way they made every character a tone of gray instead of pure white or black is what makes the show so special.
What's Cait's flaw?
@@vuk5576 Cait’s literally the most functional main character in the cast, she doesn’t really have any serious flaws, only very minor ones. Which doesn’t make her a bad character at all, she still very much feels like a person. She was simply lucky enough to grow up in a loving place surrounded by nice people with no real catch. Yes technically so was Jayce, but he’s involved with politics and the political scene _always_ brings out the flaws in people and makes them worse over time as well. Since Cait isn’t involved in that sense, she’s able to walk that line of being a well-adjusted person with good morals (while also still clearly having a personality, thank god)
I hate it when people use the words "shades of grey" or "pure black and white" it just sounds pretentious.
@@slyfer60 it’s really not… it’s honestly a pretty common thing to say when talking about stories like these. Maybe you’re the pretentious one for thinking you’re too good for that sort of wording 🤷♀️
@@graffititurtle11 nah.
To me the most chilling thing was that in this scene jinx is so calm and not at all like she was during the series. I think that it was powder speaking here really saying goodbye to Vi and fully becoming Jinx. I think next season we will really see Jinx because Powder is not there we will see how chaotic and distractive she really is. This show is just a masterpiece.
I believe Powder and Jinx are one in the same in the sense that Powder grew up to become Jinx. Vi's ultimate failure was that she couldn't let go of who her sister use to be and accept the woman she became. That's why Jinx burnt that bridge, because Silco was right in a way. Vi wanted Powder and not Jinx. All it would take is one bad day or psychotic episode before Vi ether gives in and turns Jinx in for "treatment" or gives up and abandons her again.
This show began with the end of a war and ended with the beginning of one.
Vi started the show glaring at the Council's tower but helpless to do anything against them. Jinx ended the show glaring at the Council's tower but not helpless. She's able to deal them a devastating blow, one that younger Vi dreamed of doing all those years ago.
Vi started the show standing united with her sister against enforcers. Horrified at the enforcers' brutality against Zaunites, including murdering Vi's mother. Vi ended the show standing united with an enforcer against her sister. Horrified at her sister's brutality against topsiders, including murdering Caitlyn's mother.
The opening and closing scenes of the show are the inverse of each other. A story of opposites.
True, a story of opposites.
There is so much deepness and symbolism in this show and especially in this scene it is mindblowing.
The more obvious: The Cupcake (symoblising Caitlyn) served to VI on a silverplate with the arcane crystal as cherry on top and the shark-bazooka for Silco.
Now to the deeply tragic character of the show in this scene: Powder/Jinx
Up to this scene Jinx/Powder was caught between two personalities, each made for another world, another social environment, which led to her being confused all the time.
Powder created Jinx as a protective shell, because Powder would have never survived without VI in the criminal and harsh environment of Silco (Jinx was created at the exact same spot they are at the final scene, when VI abandoned her at the worst possible moment).
Also since Silco has become her father figure, she formed Jinx as a character he liked and loved.
This scene starts right after she shot Silco to protect VI from getting killed by Silco (in that moment she was Powder), because VI was more important to her (as stated in the lyrics of the song playing in the background of the scene (which is by the way Jinx inner monologue)).
VI on the other hand does not accept Jinx (because she obviously is crazy and has done horrible things).
Unfortunately at this point VIs sister has been Jinx for too long to be able to turn into Powder again.
Jinx clinged to Powder, in the hope that one day her sister might return. Powder is her make believe / self-deception, that she still is a good person that can be accepted and loved by her sister, that everything evil she did can be fixed. Jinx wanted to believe that she can one day be Powder again.
So she now has lost VI because of being Jinx and she has lost Silco because of Powder (Powder shoots Silco to protect VI). All she wanted was to be loved, either from Silco or better yet from her sister VI. But now there is no way this can be achieved.
Since Jinx can't be loved by her sister, she sees no more need for keeping Powder. And since Powder killed the person Jinx loved (Silco) she decides to kill the remains of Powder as revenge.
----"Here's to the new us!"
And as Jinx she does exactly what Jinx would do in this moment: blow up the arcane council (which she makes responsible for this situation, because they made demands Silco could not fulfill).
As you see her walking up the ramp you can see in her expression, that she accepted her fate.
It is a deep realisation that she stopped being Powder a long time ago. The confusion is gone, she sees clearly now what she has become.
Even though she doesn't want to do this, she sees no other way. She is in automatic mode.
By pulling the trigger (purple fingernail on triggerfinger; purple=Jinx) and the blue tear evaporating the transition is finished. Powder is gone.
It is also the first time you can see the seriousness in her face, the happy childlike expression is gone.
It is the first time she is fully aware of what she is doing as Jinx (unlike in previous scenes where she killed people like it was a game and also talking about it like it was nothing serious).
And on the same spot where Powder accidentally created misery like a Jinx many years ago, she now purposely brings misery as the Jinx.
i never noticed the cupcake or the purple fingernail. you’re smart
i never caught onto the purple nail on the triggerfinger you got sharp eyes
It's interesting to note that, one way to interperate Jinx quote "You've changed too." could be in reference to when they were little girls and Vi use to talk about fighting the Enforcers and wanting to go to war with Piltover, but Vi isn't that person any more like how Jinx isn't the same little girl who use to look up to Vi. Powder tried so hard to become the person that she though her sister was, then realizing that her sister has changed, and thinking that Vi couldn't love the Person she has become. So her firing the rocket was just as much an ode to the person she remembers her sister as, as well as a way to honor Silco, for not abandoning her even after she killed him.
Both vander and vi had an aggressive outlook towards piltover when they were younger, now they prefer peaceful way as they got older. The opposite is probably seen for jinx or maybe silco.
i really see vi as a hypocrite,,,
Totally agree with this. That also explains a lot the animosity Jinx has towards Cait, her sole presence, the fact that she can exist close to her sister while being an enforcer is painful, because it hints at her sister's change. Its really not a crazy idea Jinx has when she tells her to kill Cait, its the proof she needs that she didn't change, that she can love Jinx as much as she loved Powder. Of course, she was right about what Caitlyn meant, she confirms it during the tea party.
@@kurt3790 Lol Vi didn't change her outlook because she got older, she just fell in love with a pretty enforcer she has only known for a couple of days. At least Vander had a pretty good excuse for being a turncoat rat.
@@exu7325 she was always looking out for the undercity, when she thought the problem was topside, she wanted to fight them back. Even tho topside's still the root of a lot of their problems, she saw silco as one of the things that's breaking the balance in the undercity. Silco gave rise to drug addiction on shimmer, was manipulating everyone in the undercity to get what he wants,,,, and finally HE's one of the reasons as to why vi's family is dead, even powder's conversion to jinx
I love how Vi/Jinx mirrors the Topside/Undercity relationship. Even when they try and make things right their methods ignore the trauma Jinx/Zaun has suffered. Vi wants a return to who Jinx was as a child whice ignores the trauma Vi accidently inflicted on her sister. Topside rightly understands they have lost all right to govern Zaun as they cant act in Zaun's best interest. But just allowing them their liberty ignores the exploitation they inflicted upon Zaun for who knows how long. In both cases the damage has been done but instead of Topside/Vi understanding that they owe a debt to the people they hurt, they both chose to try and move on as if they never caused that trauma in the first place and in both cases they pay for it.
I back this perspective 100%
To make matters worse... Vi let Caitlyn get in the way of her sisterhood with Powder. I wonder if Vi even gets the implications from Jinx that she's clearly jealous of Caitlyn when Vi is seemingly giving her way more love than Jinx ever had from her. Their relationship made things even worse making Jinx believe more and more that Vi is abandoning her for her girlfriend. As if the feeling of abandonment in Epsiode 3 wasn't bad enough.
@@JavelinAngel1295 For the time being, let's keep the 'girlfriend' mentions between Vi and Cait in quotations. Don't mistake me, I back the ship 100%, but it has yet to set sail/come to fruition. There's definitely some mutual..... stuff going on, but keep in mind they've known each other for all of 2-3 days.
Damn that is some well-written stuff
Agreed. This reminds of viktor and Jayce’s relationship too. They both represent topside and under city too.They were like brothers but Vik always remained in the shadow while Jayce was always in the limelight. They both wanted their achievements to be recognized but Viktor did not get the same opportunities as Jayce because he was a cripple and from the Under-city. Both jinx and vik had to resort to means not socially accepted to get the recognition they craved
Vi in episode 2: What makes you different makes you strong
Jinx in episode 9: I thought you could love me, even though I'm different
Bruh I'm crying again 😭
*A child abandoned by a village will burn it down to feel its warmth*
So a lot of people read this final dinner scene as Jinx wanting Vi to love her for who she is now, for Jinx, not just Powder, and when she sees Vi can't do that, she turns her back on her. But I think that misses an important dimension. Jinx's only model of what unconditional love looks like is Silco, and he doesn't just love her, he enables her worst impulses and behaviors. Vi is absolutely capable of loving Jinx, bloody hands, short fuse, hallucinations, and all, but she will never enable her. And because of that, Jinx can't see that Vi cares about her as more than the scared ten-year old girl she used to be.
This is the most rational interpretation of the character dynamic between Jinx and Vi I've seen so far.
@@EndlessDreamer448 why thank you.
I think the relationship between silco and jinx works. As powder, she always got shit for her mistakes, made to feel not good enough, weak and a burden. But silco saw her potential, saw her as strong and he accepted her mistakes.
Not an enabler? Vi is the supreme enabler. She enabled Jinx by abusing her at her most traumatic moment of loss. Vi deserves to suffer her consequences for the pain she inflicted on Powder.
@@gluegobbler1696 what do you mean abusing her at her most traumatic moment of loss? after powder killed mylo, clagger and indirectly vander?
The whole of jinx’s character is just honestly relatable and so well written, how all the league characters interact with each other in some way, along with them showing how jinx became insane in the first place. Even showing how her eyes became pink was cool detail because I wondered why they were normal before. It’s such a tragedy but it fits the whole story and explains how each of the characters became who they are in league now.. but man.. Jinx’s voice lines now just have very solemn feel to them. Knowing how crazy she got behind basically being heart broken.. damn good writing.
Agree , its relatable because everyone can feel abandoned easily , either by people close to you or by those government that are suppose to be there for the people .
Its shows that if we wait too long , we just create monsters from innocent human beings !
@@chrispellbois6498 exactly. And honestly I’m glad they showed how extreme those circumstances can get depending on the influence and individual.. even though she became a monster that little broken neglected girl is still in there crying for help. Really tugs at the heart strings
@@ninethemagician3479 It does but also tries to bring light to our current reality ... how many criminals do you think society creates every year , thats what hit me the most from seeing jinx ..
It's insane relatable and tear jerker, but at same time is scary how many jump from relatable to justify. Yes she suffered, NO her suffering dosen't excuse her crimes at all and in the end her desitions and mistakes were hers and hers alone.
@@chrispellbois6498 I was thinking the same thing, really what could Powder have been if they had good schools in her area? Or she was born into a wealthy family and able to attend the academy. She and Ekko are two prime examples and while Ekko did live up to his potential nearly every other child in Zaun suffers in poverty, dies young, or became something else. It's hard not to see the real life implications. Did she even ever stand a chance?
Considering the transition, I love how the moment Mel says she supports the proposal of peace, Jinx screams in anger (pain?) as the rocket is about to fire.
That proposal came quite late. Way too late.
I like how the title of the scene is basically: “Jinx’s tea party: Jinx starts a war.”
This was the death of Powder and complete awakening of Jinx...
I don't know it hurts seeing her like this.... Hurts alot
Bruh it hurts? You're hurting? Awww
Mostly because Jinx embraces her new self to escape the bad memories and traumas from the past, and to show Vi that there is no more Powder. With Vi failing to accept her, only loving Powder instead, not aknowledging the way she changed
That missile is all the hatred, anger, trauma being thrown at Piltover, while abandoning what's left of Powder.
And the most interesting part in this? No one is a villain in this story
@@Destroyer2150 ture you can't really call anyone villian in this one and that's what I love the most.
When she sat on the seat the origin of well... Jinx... was told....
It hurts
VI called her JINX out of hate.
SILCO called her JINX out of love.
Either way, they both fed her. Now this ADC broken 💔.
The monster you created. 🔥
Toxic and negative love.
@@xCoatlicuex a broken person loving and caring the way he think better to another broken person 💖
Maybe a stable monster is better than a crazy psycopath, who can be maybe good? Who knows.
i wouldn't say it's hate. More like anger..
The word Jinx is like a cuss word for Vi tho cause it basically means a screw up/mistake etc but for Jinx’s it just her name.
It’s crazy people are saying she jinxed the council but this is really her first real decision for herself
Well in this case, she is the "jinx."
Peace was never going to be an option anyway, as the peace terms were that Silco hand over Jinx to be arrested, and Silco was never going to agree to that. Jinx didn't jinx anything; the vote for peace was doomed before it began.
@@matthewmuir8884Yeah, they were fucked from the beginning. Assuming what Silco said was true, then it was would’ve started in a less dramatic and tragic way for the characters.
@@matthewmuir8884Not exactly. Jinx still could've chosen to turn HERSELF in for the betterment of everyone. The vote didn't _have_ to be doomed (especially since Silco wouldn't have had the power to stop her even if he wanted to). But unlike Vi in the end of Act 1, Jinx was too self centered to make that sacrifice.
Regardless, since it was techically still a choice in the end (and not more bad luck), I guess it can't be viewed as a "jinx."
@@DLxxx Jinx didn't learn the full truth of the deal until the scene where she accidentally kills Silco; after his death, turning herself in would be pointless as Silco died without a clear successor (the closest being Sevika, but she has repeatedly shown that she only wants to be a second-in-command, not a leader) and its uncertain whether whoever fills the power vacuum would agree to the deal. Jinx never had the chance to turn herself in.
Vi listening to Powder's last words and slowly watching her descend into Jinx once and for all is so well done. She knows there is no turning back for her sister at this moment. She doesn't even try to talk her out of cold blood murder. She just watches in despair as she realises what major role in the escalation of the events her actions played.
Well if Caitlyn didnt threaten Jinx with that gun I guess situation would calm down and they could talk it out as Jinx calmed down, her eyes widened she looked relaxed...but caitlyn destroyed that moment with that gun threat.
At a point you can only just watch
VI got her sister back, but as jinx not powder, and silco got his perfect jinx, but died, ironic huh...
A person and a persona died in this scene.
Jinx knows she changed. She knows she isn't powder anymore. Vi refuses to believe that and doesn't acknowledge jinx only wanting powder back. The background song "Why don't you love who I am" perfectly quotes this. This was basically the last bridge burned. The love me for me not who I used to be, and Silco was the one that truly loved Jinx for Jinx.
Yes her line “I thought maybe you could love me like you used to, even though I’m different.” For sure sums that up. Jinx wants her sister to accept her for her new self but Vi wants only young innocent powder back
@@LoveGillyHicks Vi dosen't want Powder back, she wants that her sister stops seeing herself as a jinx, for her that's her name, for Vi is a slur and one she rejects ever saying so can't use now.
True, Now I believe Jinx knew she was going to sit on that chair. It was never Vi's choice, but a test. To see if Vi recognises her as a strong dangerous woman, or the little girl who always messed up.
I also think Jinx finally sat in the chair not because she sees herself as a fuck up, instead it was an affirmation, a promise to herself to not ever let powder make her vulnerable again, and that she Will become an Enemy that everyone Will fear now on.
I love how Jinx always takes action without ever being completely in the know, and thus messing up things badly.
She thinks Silco would sell her out for his ambitions, wich ends in Silcos death.
She fires her weapon at the council just as it is about to settle for peace with Zaun, probably stirring up Piltovers hatred.
She really is a Jinx.
Arcane ending is like:
*...a happier ending...for everyone involved...*
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*Here? For folks like us? Wrong city, wrong people*
I love reading this in A Sol's voice.
0:51 No more powder, now it´s just jinx, but that look... She's saying goodbye to vi, like powder. This was the death of powder and awakening of jinx.
The moment that Powder really fell down the well.
@@agentsus9681 Yes, at that moment jinx lost all trace of powder, her humanity (sorry for my english, it's not my first lenguage)
Even sadder not sure If this is going to happen vi must put her down eventually which we know that doesn’t happen
@@byulrnne9391 thats okay your english is great
The whole scene has so much symbolic meaning. Her just standing there just breathing heavily, we all know this from personal experience when you have to make a hard choice and you know there is no turning back from this. You just stand there, hesitate for a moment because of the gravity of the situation, and then you move forward. She turns the chair around, double taps JINX, part of it is to show the audience her choice and train of thought without words. And that is the great part, you show her inner thoughts and turmoil without even having to say anything. Then she just stands there, head low, breathing even more heavily, the trauma and pain finally made her think clearly, the thoughts from before that she asked for VI to make: Either Powder or Jinx, you decide. It no longer is Vis to decide and neither it is Jinxs, the choice was made for her by reality like everything in life. The last bit of hesitation before she finally sits down and becomes Jinx. She does not just sit on the chair, she EMBRACES the whole chair with her arms, the ful llength. It is once again conveyed to us, the audience, that Powder is gone. Her face looks grim and determined, it is the look of someone who made a choice, who made up their mind about what to. The few lines to her sister are meant more for her than for Vi, she was not sure before but in this moment she knew that she cannot be her sister anymore, she cannot be the person who Vi wants to be. She picks up the gun, she picks up the stone, she gives Vi one last sad look and shoots the rocket. She screams because she seperates the last line that connects her to her sister as Powder while carrying on her fathers will to show the. They include Silcos line to make it absolutely clear to us again. Coupled with this song that spells it out even more clearly what she feels.
They packed soooo much in just the 3 minutes that its just crazy. Feelings, emotion, decidation, characterizations, growth and much much more. And most of all: Nothing was done for cheap feelings or laughs. It was pure, raw emotion and feelings that are based on how people are. It is overlooked but Vi is as broken as her sister, everyone talks about Jinx but the things she saw, the death of her friends and father, the prison, the beatings and time in there destroyed her as much as her sister. Vi sees her sister as the way out of this, as her ray of hope to find normality, she puts all her hopes on her and in this she is being so egoistic but she does not realize any of this because she is just broken herself. She does not realize the harm she does to her sister and how much she fuels her fears and traumas. Silco knew, he saw how much his daughter was being hurt by her and he was getting so angry about this that he just wanted to shoot her so Jinx can stop being in pain. He just wanted to protect her in his own flawed way.
There is just so much grey and gray in this whole series and, if anything, you can say that they all are shaped by their enviroments. Even the "big bad" Silco is nothing but a victim of the circumstances of his surroundings. The war, the betraying of someone who you absolutely trusted and believed in, his finding love for a daughter he never knew he would, his own way of trying to care for someone once again like you never did before. If you ever loved someone you know the fear of losing them and in his case he saw so much in her and the thought of her gone drove him mad. It wouldve killed him even more if she left him for her sister. He wouldve given everything to see her happy, not even when he was seconds away from death he did not want her to cry and be sad that she killed him.
This show is just great, an absolute masterpiece that came out of nowhere.
you worded everything so perfectly
Do you really think Vi's death would ease Jinx's suffering, I think if Silco did manage to kill Vi there, Jinx would do worse things than killing him.
such nice words..
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Omg that's exactly it ! I've been dying to find someone who recognised that both sisters went through some pretty big shit, and not only Jinx. They're both heavily traumatised, about so many different things, and you can't say that one of them had it easier than the other. They just cope with it really differently. I really hope both of them are gonna find happiness at the end because damn, they're just both broken, the amount of things they had to go though in their young lives is just painful to say the least.
It's interesting to realize that Jinx is doing everything she can to not be Powder anymore. Deep inside she wants nothing more than to be the Powder that Vi and the others loved, but that Powder is the person that got her friends and father killed; she can't go back to that, because the guilt will destroy her completely. That's why the only road she can take is to completely give in to the persona she's created for herself; be it as a punishment and agreeing with Milo and Vi calling her a jinx, or as an escape from the suffering that rots inside the real her.
No heroes or villains here. Just gut-wrenching tragedy with outstanding animation, score and voice-acting.
It's insane how valuable singed is in this. He powered zhaun basically by himself. The shimmer, the chemtanks, all his doing, and now, with silcos help, he created jinx, the perfect weapon against piltover.
vi created jinx
@@ange7222 She did not. She was just a child which saw their best friends and their father figure died in a horrible way. Silco created her by gaslighting and manipulation
@@Isabelle-hv6ny jinc literally said vi is the one who created jinx. Silco only helped her to be jinx
@@Isabelle-hv6ny of course Vi didn't do all that on purpose, but her actions had an inevitable effect on Powder. She says it herself that Vi was the one who truly created Jinx - "The Monster You Created". Almost all the lyrics in the song can be attributed to Jinx and what happened to her too. Silco just contributed to her fully becoming Jinx.
@@Moxy125 Yes, but if Powder did not end up with Silco or Vi never got captured, I think that Powder would never became Jinx. Silco Was extremely ambitous to "kill" Powder.
I really, completely could not blame any character for this tragedy. I REALLY COULD NOT. WELL DONE RIOT, WELL DONE EVERYONE CREATED THIS SERIES. I can not wait for ss2. But please, no matter how long, just take your time and make an other masterpiece 😊
I can tell you who to blame..... SINGED!!! He was the one who made shimmer in the first place and was the reason for silco an vander to fight since silco tested shimmer on his goon that killed benzo, he is also the one who really broke powder to the point of no return
@@Retr-lk5ns I mean, Shimmer also helped people in Zaun too tho.
@@exzackly4641 not really, If you see that shimmer was a good thing then drugs is a good thing as well.
Not just because of some healing and strength you sacrifice your sanity and become an addict
@@Retr-lk5ns Yes, your point still stands tho.
Actually, a small French animation studio called "Fortiche Production" created this series from scratch. Fortiche has gained so much notoriety thanks to Arcane. I think they can compete with Pixar and Disney. Hollywood is taking notice.
I’ve literally seen this series a million times and this scene still gives me chills…
The rocket being fired into the sky with the vocals is just.. So damn perfect of a scene.
Same here
I like this version of Jinx. Such emotional depth to a character that's always been perceived as only insane
True, I mean, when someone becomes insane, it means that all the wounds and pain became umbearable
I'm still distraught over the fact that Vi had nothing to say to Jinx at all. I mean did Vi ever tell her that she loved her? She didn't even deny that she changed either.
indeed
Yeah that's true but it also hard when u fall in love vi really love Caitlyn jinx and vi are to different no matter what they status are sister family jinx born like that weak not a fighter and unstable on emotion and all the things that happen just make it worse at least silco make jinx feel like home what do u expect unstable girl born in the place like zaun and all the corruption form the piltover jinx is not a good person she just look up to vi but for how long?
She have to figured her own way to be who she is creating bomb and all
What silco say is true vi asked jinx to comeback but where? Piltover? No jail for jinx in piltover only dead so what now vi and jinx living in zaun and back together as a family no it's to late vi already fall in love with Caitlyn she cannot leave her and vi love powder jinx biggest trauma vi literally have nothing to say she already realized she can live with this lunatic person u can see it on vi eyes
She had quit a lot to say
Everything Jinx said was correct. Vi couldn't say she love and accept everything Jinx does as that would be a Lie. Regardless of what she said, Jinx has already made up her mind.
Because even it hurt a lot, it was the truth, they both changed and after so many pain i think both of them just wanted to let it go
The entire spine of the show revolved around a self-fulfilling prophecy for all the characters. From Jayce with his inventions becoming a danger instead of helping people and Caitlyn trying to help but becomes the perceived obstacle, to Vi and Powder going the route they were always on from the beginning. This is all a tale of how we can rage with the idea that we are in control of our destinies when in reality, it's our compulsions that define our character... and history.
Bro can you goone step further and english teacher the trope that represents this kind of story telling in literature? I think it's a cut and dry Tragedy in that way but I'm not sure.
What makes me really sad is, that both of them kept going, kept pushing through their own suffering (Vi in prison and Jinx/powder with her mental illnesses) just for the illusion of each other
And when vi almost gave up in the fight scene with savika, vander appeared to her to tell her (again), you cant give up yet, you cant die, powder needs you
Even now, even after everything that happened, what kept her going was the thought of protecting powder
similiar with jinx, she as well lived for the illusion of the sister she remembered
And both are gone now... both fought for something that isnt there anymore
Man when you put it like that the whole show hits different...
@@pyerack yeaaahh its so depressing when you think about it
The most satisfying ending ever created and this show was amazing, brutal and unexpected
I was expecting a crappy avengers type ending where they teamed up to beat Silco. This is 1000x better
So sad... In the end all Jinx wanted was to be loved as she is now. Vi failed to accept her, only loving Powder instead, not aknowledging the way she changed, so Jinx also refused to accept the way Vi changed. Even though everything he did was toxic, only Silco accepted her, he's dead, and here we are... fck man
So if I'm to understand...Jinx wants Vi to accept her for who she is now which is a cold blooded killer and got pissy because Vi said No to Killer Jinx-and instead decided to hold on to innocent good powder. I'm sorry if this is Jinx logic than she's bat shit crazy...If my relative when on a murdering spree, I'm destroying all connection. I can empathize with wanting to be accepted but that is a little bit extreme.
@@jerome6191 Yup I can understand completly where you come from, not saying what Vi had to do was easy. but Jinx doesn't want Vi to accept her wrongdoings, she wants her to love her an help her. Subtle things show Jinx doesn't even like what she's become. Your mother tells you off when you act badly, but she loves you nonetheless and attempts to get you on a better path. Loving someone like that doesnt mean you accept everything they do or aprove of everything they believe in. In a case as hardcore as Vi and Jinx, its incredibly hard ot achieve this sort of connection because it clashes heavily with your morals. But Vi went wrong by not even facing that dilema, instead looking at Jinx as a lost little girl instead of what she is now.
From how I've been seeing it since Episode 6 and 7, Jinx is primarily jealous of the fact that Vi seems to give Caitlyn more love than to her. I mean just the fact that she was more than willing to give Vi Powder if she killed Caitlyn just showcases her seething jealousy. I mean I looked at it more as "I thought you would still see me as the sister you've known despite how much I changed now. But you changed too. You even found another person to care about without me."
@@spy1405 Definitely not how I saw it. I think she wants vi to accept her as jinx psychotic flaws and all...Vi can't accept anyone like that because that's insane. The only type of help vi could try to reasonably give her sister is to try to get her to remember who she was before- which if successful would hypothetically get jinx back to something similar to her previous self. That girl who didn't enjoy hurting people or at least to stop hurting people/being violent as a coping mechanism from the trauma of her past. Keep in mind that vi reminding jinx of who she was saved caitlyn from jinx killing her and stopped silco from killing vi. Now of course vi should accept that her sister has changed but not accept her bad tendencies. Jinx is perfect minus the murdering and schizophrenic episodes
Loving someone doesn't mean accepting everything they do. If you love someone, you want what's best for them. In Jinx's case, that would be to stop doing the things she's doing. Vi never gave up on Jinx and never stopped loving her.
Silco’s last words are some of the most poignant, perfectly written words ever put to paper
This is a story about the begging of war. There are no heroes here, no good and evil. It is the accumulation of wrongs leading to a crumbling society. It’s a genuine tragedy.
0:46 - 0:48 focus on Cait and you can see she’s breathing, the details of this animated show is incredible
DAMN you’re right!
The thing is….Vi probably could still love the new Jinx. She just wouldn’t enable the crazy in her that Silco had this whole time. Sad times. I wanted Vi and Powder to just have at least one nice, sweet scene before she completely lost it
They did ep 6 when Jinx lite the flair.
The price would be Vi killing Caitlyn herself.
Well, Jinx showed them all what she can do… but at what cost? Everything.
She actually has nothing to lose
@@leepoppop5523 kinda lmao
@@johnrafaellapena8381 she lost the one person who never betrayed her, Vi not going to tell anyone Jinx is her sister, instead of the ones who already knows. So yeah, she basically has no one.
She had nothing to lose. Her whole life revolved around two people Vi and then Silco and in that moment she had neither. I don't think she ever cared about Silco's cause, she acted on two motives: to please the ones she loved and to prove herself, so since she no longer had loved ones she proved herself... just proved that she was jinx and not powder.
Bad joke moment: Jinx maded pentakill
Vi left Powder because she was a jinx. Now Powder leaves Vi because she's Jinx.
This may be one of the best told origin stories in fiction.
Council: "Let's give them their own nation and live together in peace"
Jinx Rocket: "About that..."
1:28 Silco lives...through Jinx
This is my favourite part of the whole thing that one line that he said to powder at the start is now being said again with such sadness
This series has some of the best writing I have seen in a *very* long time. An excellent tragedy. Depressing as fuck, but incredibly well made. *This* is how you write moral ambiguity. Everything, from the characters, to the writing, to the music, to the camerawork. *Chef's kiss.* Magnificent.
"I thought maybe you could love me like you used to, even though I'm....different." That broke me. I burst into tears. Her voice actress did such a great job portraying her complete, utter despair and resignation....Vi loves Powder, but can never fully understand or condone Jinx. Silco loved Jinx, but it meant erasing Powder. She feels no one loves both parts of her (not even herself), and her relationship with her sister will never be the same. So she embraces Jinx....
I hope Jinx and Vi can find their way back to one another, somehow....
Is no one going to talk about how cool it was when jinx’s missile hit the council window and the smile on that bomb projected at 2:45 💙💜💗🖤 AWESOME 👏
Visuals in "Arcane" are... mind-blowing indeed.
I noticed that when we saw Mel thing shine she must have felt something because she looked back
@@cherrylipjojo5313 yea...why is no 9ne ralking about that...is it an armour ? I swear to god if any one survives that it woupd cheapen the whole happening
@@meharsamba we know Jayce and Victor have to survive because there is more ahead for them. We know Jayce’s tech creates a small shield around the wearer and that Victor’s augmentations bond with hextech magic (and eventually he becomes corrupted by it). I think Mel’s armour protects her. All other council members die, including Cait’s mother.
Mel is a warrior’s daughter, remember. She has many combat related abilities we don’t know about. So I assume enchanted armour is what she is wearing.
@@KenadianKenough I just realize that Mel might be a member of the Solari, which could possible grant her certain powers that could protect her from harm. So things might change differently when we get back to season two.
Truly believing it was Silco why Jinx choose the chair beside him. He never betrayed her, doing anything else then not to use that weapon would be betraying him.
But she also realizes that her and Vi will never be the same and that she doesn't have to change. Silco told her she is perfect. She sure always saw Jinx as failure but now she doesn't.
Silco was a great father figure in my opinion. I feel like he really loved and cared for her, and he knows what it is like to be betrayed and not given a damn.
Never betrayed her after killing her father. Trying to kill her friends, trying to kill her sister (locking her up forever), all while manipulating and gaslighting her....... but sure. That aside he didn't betray her. Lol
@@waunke56 It is not manipulation, remember the scene in the river? Everything he told her was what he believed as well and what he thought would be the best for her.
@@walkertalker3232 lol. You don't know manipulation well mate. If your going to tell me that him telling her her sister is dead wasn't an attempt at manipulation? Or him going to the enforcers home and "playing" with the guys daughter. Wasn't manipulation? Even his telling her she was perfect was exactly that. He wanted to create a monster and he didn't give a crap about how he did it, as long as it was his.
@@waunke56 Silco didn't know Vi was alive. Vi thought Powder was dead. Of course Jinx was perfect for Silco... it's his daughter. A parent's love goes as deep as Kratos from GOW saying that he would die for Atreus if it were for hist best. Of course there's also people who don't care that much about their kids. Not the case here.
Zaun isn't a great place too. It's a nasty place. It's not like you'll survive by being a nice guy. She watched a lot of things when she was young, lots of fights and people getting really hurt. That's just natural in there. She also wanted to fight and not be weak. Doing what she was doing for Silco, was just natural progression. At the same time, he gave her more confidence, strength and power. Yes, Jinx became a monster... so what? It's not like Vi or Vander were saints. Don't forget that both a hero and the villain kill people. Difference is one is on the "justice" side and doesn't kill just because he wants. Given her PTSD and not being okay with her past or present... yeah, of course she's a bit on the insane side.
Edit: funny thing is... Jinx isn't really that evil. She's really chaotic though.
Jinx is very talanted, she not just built that Rocket louncher from scratch in few days, she also hit fkng window of the structure she was aiming.
She had shot accuracy even as a child. Smart but teagic writing. She could have used it for good.
the music makes this scene slap on levels that were thought to be impossible.
the producers really know exactly how to amplify an amazing scene with an incredible, well placed backing track.
that scene was so badass when she sit on the chair. she looked like a king who finally claimed her throne.
I think it wasn't because of her sister calling her jinx, I think it was because she hit her and left her. Because her sister didn't want to accept her being that person. Vi didn't want to accept Powers stuff and how she make bombs. Unlike Silco who accepted the way she is. She wasn't mad because Vi called her a jinx, she mad because her sister didn't want to accept her as a jinx.
I see it a little differently. The “Powder” that Vi loves doesn’t exist anymore, at least in Jinx’s mind. It creates this idea in her head that Vi’s affection is dependent on her pretending to be someone she isn’t. Whereas Silco was 100% on board with the person Jinx REALLY is and loved her even at the very end.
Even if she is not Powder anymore she was willing to pretend to be someone she is not if Vi showed her that nothing more matters to her by killing Cait 😭
@@itsQuilow That the problem, she wanted Vi to accept her being Jinx and not powder. Of she keeps accepting powder than she would think she wants her innocent, sweet and no a mess up. Where Jinx can be her creative self. She wanted her sister to just accepted her as jinx and still love her like Silco did. But Vi didn't get she was in a very mental state.
@@SaintMarianne yeah, I think that is Powder true self, because Jinx is very creative and super smart and strong. She feels like Vi, doesn't want her to be that way. She wants her to be the little weakly sister. Even Cathy or whatever her name is, saw how mental unstable Jinx/powder is. But she doesn't know she having a battle with her self.
@@leepoppop5523 you guys are fckin tripping blaming vi for not loving her as jinx and praising silco for doing that. Vi absolutely loves her (still does) and absolutely wants her to be strong. Just because she still wants to protect her (shes a big sister for cryin out loud) doesnt mean she wants to keep her small and weak. If you cant see that shes not happy being jinx youre also tripping, shes haunted by her past trauma and it tortures her into this broken person that she is, of course vi doesnt love that and wants to help her get out of it. Silco also absolutely does love her but he approached this all wrong by lying about vi and fuelling jinx‘ doubts, hate and making her relive her abandonment issues with vi again. He tried to be a father figute to her and succeeded to some point but he also created a codependent relationship and fuelled the inner conflict of love and guilt vs abandonment and hate in powders head, which is what ultimately turned her into jinx.
One thing you all forgot is that powder in the entirety of the series Jinxes everything by accident while in the last scene
She DECIDES to jinx on purpose. That's solid script writing right there 👏👏
Damn i love her scream at 1:43 and after hearing the words from Silco: "we'll show them, we will show them all". It's so cathartic. And the animation is just dope.
when caitlyn screamed and it transitioned to her mum was soo good idk this whole scene was a masterpiece and the ending on beat with what could have been is soo good ;-;-;-;
I think I realized why I was so taken with Arcane's portrayal of Jinx. As someone who suffers from clinical OCD and anxiety (and possibly mild ADHD), I know how it feels to be locked in your own mind, while it's tearing you apart from the inside. I'm very glad to not have a disorder that involves hallucinations, but at a base level, I know what it means to sometimes feel inherently broken, as a person.
I'll never forget the little blue-haired girl, and how her story broke my heart.
One part of this sequence that I feel is a bit underrated and isn't discussed enough is the bit at 1:25 that has a voice over of what Silco said to Powder/Jinx at the end of episode 3, not only is it a really good call back but it also gives everything this sense of tragedy and that Jinx wants to fulfill her father's wishes.
the fact that after seeing caitlyn’s face of her screaming in pain there is her mother’s face. she probably knew her mother was going to die the same instant she saw the bomb flying in the sky.
Silco was the best character in this show and you can't change my mind.
The scream of anguish at 1:45 just kills me 😭
Same.
For some reason when the music kept playing, this scene nearly made me cry when I kept on repeating is like the more I understand the feeling from Jinx that she had to go through.
A hero will sacrifice the one they love to save the world.
A villain...will burn the world down for the one they love.
I cried when jinx hear Silco say we'll show them, we will ahow them all. Wow what a finale
Heimerdinger was so smart he got himself kicked out of the council to dodge Jinx's ult
Arcane was absolutely BRILLIANT... hands down one of the best shows on netflix. What an insane portrayel of a character.
We all know that the League characters wont die, but imagine if next session starts by just deadass killing the entire counsel
Omfg I was about to cry thinking of the ending all over again but this made me laugh instead 😂
Can't kill the ENTIRE council.
Hybrid top Jayce is there.
Its so sad. We were all gutted when Powder was left in Episode 3, there we see Jinx being born. Here, its even more tragic. Here, Powder dies. Forever.
the council took their position for granted and have never thought about giving equality for people of piltover and the nation of Zaun. they never thought that their neglection have been hurting others and their corruption have been building anger and revenge to people.
the burn mark on the right side of her face resembling Silko's scar
the shimmer tear resembling his prostetic eye whenever he inject them
god the immaculate way this show does imagery
The Rich: Okay, we decided that you’re all people and we can treat you like people.
The Poor: Bit late innit