That is a great point. I forgot about her feeling left out and “useless”. She’s constantly trying to prove herself, and destroying everything in the process.

I think he lets her do that because she has steady hands. In order to be a great marksman and a good tinkerer, you need to have stable hands.

@@SpartanOli It definitely shows a great level of trust, to let her stick a needle in his eye, without even flinching a little bit. That takes either incredible self-control or complete faith in the person doing it. And the way Jinx does it so confidently implies that it's something she does for him regularly.

I had never thought of it from that angle, but now that you mention it, it makes complete sense as a show of trust. He **needs** to inject himself with that tool, whatever the problem with his eye is, he's allowing Jinx full control at his most vulnerable. She could just run away with it, but he decides to let her do it. Even when she is hurt and unstable, he chooses to place his trust in her. In her loyalty. You know, since it's the most important thing there is to Silco. And she realises that. And she **wants** him to trust her, because her whole character grew with cracks from feeling like people not trust her. It's probably what allows her to be at her most vulnerable around him, too.

“love cinnamon rolls” THATS ADORABLE.

@@funnylilgalreacts there is a poem about the poros that goes like this: Born out of love, blinded by glee, Innocent, pure, magic and free, Faithful, trusting; often naïve, Soft, furry; their hearts hold a key.

They are also neigh-invincible, which was why Heimerdinger wasn't super concerned when the laser almost zapped his little buddy :P

@@ZotharReborn If they're neigh-invincible, then they're aren't defenseless; they're walking plot armor.

@@timlo3033 No, no. In the longest single sentence ever written up there? He said they're "defensless." They lack _defens._ It's all good.

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I was staring into space for a bit. "Jinx" effed me up for a second for sure

Omg even watching it back I start to smile when I see myself realize it 😂

Even more important is that their physical strength is backed by inner strength, so it's not just a superficial trait. (Vi is my all time favorite female character.)

Not just physically strong, but emotionally and politically strong as well. They also accomplish it without sacrificing their feminine natures.

"muh stronk wohmyn"

Specifically they chose a great balance of making female characters appear very formidable without sacrificing aesthetics. They didn't make them puffy muscled monsters with giant breasts. They gave them builds that were almost feral with lean angular builds but animated them in a way that was confident and sexually expressive.

I love the fact that Vi has a boxers build after being imprisoned &being beat up for so many yrs.. a girl who was already a seriously strong near prodigy.. is now a beast of a fighter.. gradual progression >>>>

I never thought of it that way! That's actually a brilliant catch. She's numb to it.

You usually just need to wait an episode or two. And also re-watch it once. twice. thrice... to understand some of the nuances.

In hindsight, now that you mention it, I wonder if part of this belief - that she has to "earn her place" isn't Vander's fault to some degree. In episode 1 Vi mentions that Vander taught them that they had to earn their own way in life and not expect handouts. Though I'm not saying Vander's a bad person - his personal philosophy might not have imparted the best lessons on a young, insecure, and traumatized child.

@@LadyDoomsinger I think it’s mean to be a symptom of oppression. When everyone around you is poor and struggling to get by, it’s a lot more of a “survival of the most useful”, compared to piltover, where people are free to pursue the arts, and their worth is not contingent upon their usefulness, and definitely not contingent on their usefulness in a fight.

The opening scene on the bridge even has the Jinx glitches and 2d drawings in white on top of it.

Yeah in the first episode intro on the bridge, she didn't have any emotion on her face despite all the dead bodies

Dont think thats so much her having issues but more the brutal reality of this world. It would be by our standards but thats an apples to oranges comparison. No one in this world is beyond killing people if they have to. You wouldnt either if you lived in a dystopian hell hole run by war lords and drug dealers. Death and dispair lurks around every corner and if youre not prepared to defend yourself by any means necessary. you wont live to be 10 years old. Dekker had no issues trying to kill Vi, he only backed down cuz he wasnt confident he would win. Vi had no problem smacking the other guy full force in the head with a broken 2x4, thats definitely potential lethal force. Clagger pulled out a 100% legit Spine buster on that third kid. Im not saying Powder DONT have issues, shes been traumatized since before she can remember... but her caring more if her bomb works than the guys safety in a potential life or death situation is not one I of the things Id count as evidence of her problems. In todays age, that would be called having issues. In a world like the Undercity, thats called being normal. Applying our worlds standards to this world is a logical fallacy. Edit: Shes also 8 years old... consequences is not really the first thing on her mind, especially since none of her bombs previously worked, she has no idea how much damage it would cause if it DID work. I build firebombs and experimented with fireworks when I was 10-11. Its just pure luck no one was hurt cuz I had no idea wtf I was doing or how actually dangerous it was.

The way she bites her lip in anticipation before Mouser goes off comes back repeatedly once she is in full Jinx mode.

++ I agree great analysis

Agreed! There's also the fact that if Silco was still with Vander during the opening scene and it's only after the failed rebellion that they had a falling out, Vi would already know who Silco is. Since she knew Vander, she would have known Vander's partner and co-leader of the rebellion. But she didn't. So Vander betraying Silco had to have happened long before that, and he stayed in the shadows for a long time cooking up a plan, biding his time and developing Shimmer.

Actually never thought about that. Funny how you can watch the show 10 times, watch reactions, and still miss shit like that

[SPOILERS for Act 3 below] - - - - And the first episode of Act 3 features Powder stealing that magic stone back *again* and blowing up a bridge... nearly killing Caitlyn in the process.

@@thomasjohansen8152 still true for me a year later after multiple rewatches of the show, and even rewatches of some of my favorite reactions to the show (like this one), and watching Bridging the Rift and Schnee's 100+ analysis videos and etc etc etc You'd think everything there was to see would be seen, and everything there was to covered would be covered, and yet there are STILL new things to discover like the parallel of Jinx almost blowing up Caitlyn at the start of not just the first two but ALL THREE acts (firelight bombs on the bridge in ep 7)

Then shot at her twice and (most likely) killed Cait's mum 💀

I think Victor's arc will be even more impressive

SPOİLERS This comment contains spoilers that will cover all the episodes of the arcane. If you haven't watched all the episodes, don't look further. Especially funnylilgalreacts, I hope you read this comment after the drama is over. You say it encouraged them to be violent, but if you look at the world they live in, there is this inside all of the zaunlu (underground people), believe it or not, there are those who misunderstand the character of silco. Vander, silco and even Powder's parents in their time wanted to be involved in this war and they were killed in the end. Because piltover exploited them because of the place they lived in. They were forced to work in the mines. When Piltover dumped all their garbage underground in his city. They were poisoning the waters and even the air of the underground city. You cannot say that any of the actions taken in the underground city were done to be evil, selfish and irresponsible. (I'm not saying you say that, I'm just telling the truth of the world) The people they are formed due to piltover Zaun (underground city) is the monster created by piltover. There are many monster themes in the series. But there is one thing that creates all the monsters and creates the scariest of them all - piltover management.

Edit: (SPOILERS) A few more comments added contain spoilers Even Violet, Powder, Cloggor, and Mylo would have been involved in this war if they had not received the information from Ekko. And all of them, especially Powder, constantly expressed that they wanted to fight in that scene. Even Mylo was surprised by this ("even powder wants to fight").

Contains spoilers for the next episodes, don't look at this comment if you haven't watched all the episodes(funnylilgalreacts) There's something else he's been working on that he stole in this episode. mechanical butterflies Probably got them too. He was working on them when Silco came to his room.

@@n0bleonline222 True that, *spoilers below* Since she had the bag she probably figured she'd take what she could.

@@n0bleonline222 I've always seen those as Jinx's creation herself. She's shown already to be highly capable with her gadgetry and those butterflies relate actual undercity phenomenon in later episodes.

Who's to say she even recognised that to be Vander at that point.

In fact, in many scenes with powder and violet dialogue for the first two episodes, there's a lot more information than you might think. And that dust includes his devotion to his toys, as well as his reaction to Vander's corpse. Edit: (Contains some episode 3 dialogue and scene info) THIS ARTICLE MAY BE VERY LONG, BUT IT REALLY HAS TOO MANY HIDDEN MICRO PRESENTATIONS AND MEANING FOR THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS. Mostly between dust, vi, cloggar and mylo. In this comment I will post, I saw a great analysis comment explaining the first two episodes of arcane for powder and its other brothers, I would like to share. When you take a serious look at the section where people say that the first two chapters are very empty, they just introduce the world, there is nothing important, you can see that they have loaded a lot. Character analysis for the first 2 episodes (for the Underground city): The scene is when Powder is creating a new toy on her bed and Vi comes in to sit down to try to cheer her up. Almost every react I've seen of that scene is the same... "awe, isn't that adorable, big sister is here to cheer her up.. she's so supportive, that's so sweet!".... but that ISN'T what we see in that scene. Vi's talk with Powder in that scene unintentionally MAKES POWDER FEEL WORSE. You can see that by watching Powder's reactions and actual body language. Powder says "You heard them, I'm not a fighter" and pushes her head against her toy for comfort (that part is actually important too, but we'll get to that). Vi responds with "you don't have to be" and those words make powder WINCE in pain and push harder against her toy and actually smack her head against it. That didn't help at all.... it HURT DEEPLY. But why? Think about the kids... what do they value as a group? Well, who is their mentor? Vander... a hulking mountain of muscle that punches things until they stop being problems. So, the kids value that.. physical strength and the ability to fight and make problems become non-problems through sheer strength of muscle. We'll get back to that, but first we have to establish the power dynamic of the group. Everyone points out Mylo mistreating Powder, constantly reminding her of her failures. But, very few people point out Mylo's mistreatment by Vi and Claggor, who do the same thing to him, but with a physical element added in... his theme seems to be "humiliate Mylo and physically remind him of his place in the group" The hierarchy is clear.. Vi and Claggor are on fairly even footing.. Vi is the leader, but Claggor is a close second. Mylo lags far behind.. far enough that Vi and Claggor regularly bully him, even physically. Powder is the bottom of the ladder... and, as they say, sh*t rolls downhill. It is a bully chain with Powder at the bottom. So are Vi and Claggor just mean bullies and horrible people? No, not really... there is a scene on the bridge with Vander (episode 2) when he is talking to Vi that puts it into perspective. Vi says "I've known my whole life that I'm less than them.. that my place is down there"... The Piltover residents, and particularly the enforcers, remind EVERYONE in the undercity at every turn.. every single chance they get.. that they are nothing but trencher trash that deserve to live out their miserable existence in the muck. Everyone in the undercity suffers from a massive inferiority complex.. they really have no choice. And, that sort of angst has to go somewhere. It's why a kid bullied at school will often come home and abuse the pets, or their smaller siblings... sh*t rolls downhill, and that sort of thing has to have a release... and the undercity residents just pass theirs around and down the chain. So, let's imagine each kid in the group gets a dose of this from the world. Vi probably gets more, Powder probably less... so let's say... Vi gets 1.5, Claggor gets 1, Mylo gets 1, Powder gets 0.5 doses of oppression from the world at large. Vi passes hers to Mylo, as does Claggor, which is why we see Vi bully Mylo more than Claggor.. she has more angst to unload. Mylo now has 3.5 doses of angst.. his 1, plus 1 from Claggor, and 1.5 from Vi... so he hands it off to Powder, which is why we see him treat her worse than Vi or Claggor treat him (although to his credit, he doesn't seem to include a physical element like what is handed to him) So Powder now has 4 full doses of angst.. 0.5 from the world, plus 3.5 from Mylo... what does she do with it? Remember, it has to go somewhere. We'll get back to this in a sec. Back to the scene on the bed.. Vi tries to convince Powder that they all have their own skills, hers is punching, Powders is "those"..pointing to her toys. But does this actually ring true? Does Vi actually value skills other than physical brute ability? To answer this, consider the scene on the balcony. Mylo is about to shine, demonstrating his unique skill.. not a physical one.. a mental one.. lock-picking. Does Vi give him a chance to demonstrate his worth in this alternate manner? NO. She kicks the door in before he even really starts, as if to say "This is what we think of your silly lock-picking, Mylo.. THIS is how we solve problems in this group"... and Claggor gives him a smack on the back of the head to drive it home... remember.. humiliate Mylo and physically remind him of his place in the group. So, with all of this in mind.. let's revisit the scene: Powder has an internal struggle.. it can be best phrased as "I do not offer significant value to the group".. or more directly: "I'm not worthy". She makes her first point in support of this inner struggle: Powder: I screwed everything up.. I always do. Vi: Nobody said that. THIS IS NOT A DENIAL OF THE ASSERTION... "Nobody said that" is NOT the same as "No you don't" Besides, Mylo has been literally saying that all day. Powder smells the bullsh*t a mile away... she is a SMART kid. Powder: No, just that you were twice the person at half my age. Vi: (Has literally no response to this, because she's completely caught) First point... CONFIRMED. Powder makes her second point in support of her inner turmoil. Powder: You heard them. I'm not a fighter. (I don't offer the single skill that our group values most highly) Vi: You don't have to be. Translation: YOU ARE RIGHT.. YOU AREN'T A FIGHTER AND LIKELY NEVER WILL BE This admission from Vi that Powder isn't a fighter and likely never will be HURTS DEEPLY... makes Powder wince in pain and push against her toy for comfort. It hurt her so much because Vi confirmed her fear... she doesn't, and probably can't ever, offer the most highly-valued skill for the group. Second point.. CONFIRMED. Vi attempts to help. Vi: Look.. I've got these (proudly clenches fist) .. (I have the most highly valued skill that you aren't likely to ever have) Vi: And you've got those (points to contraptions that never work) Powder concedes that there might be SOME value in the contraptions, even if not the highly-prized value of punching things. Powder: But they never work! (This is CRUCIAL.. the perceived value in them is still not present, because their value is contingent on them actually working) Vi: But they will (YOU ARE CORRECT.. there is no current value in them, but there might be, if you can get them to work)... Third point.. CONFIRMED. Powder's ultimate response: Slumped shoulders, completely defeated. So, let's take the conversation one more time as a trimmed-up translation of what Powder heard: Powder: I'm not worthy Vi: You are right, you aren't worthy, but some day you might be, IF you can get these things to work. Now the payoff... what does Powder do with all of her angst she gets from Mylo and the world? And why does she push against her toy for comfort? Same answer... because all of Powder's angst goes into her contraption toys, which become her source of comfort. And how does that mean that Powder is dangerously unstable inside? Well.. what are Powder's toys meant to do? There is a scene when she throws Mouser at the boy chasing her... she has filled Mouser with nails and tossed her at the boy.. and then stares.. intently.. wondrously... waiting to see something.. what is she hoping happens? What is she wishing with all her might to see? The same thing she saw on that bridge in the first scene.. the very first thing she saw in the smoke.. an explosion and a flying corpse. Powder builds toys that are meant to MURDER people. The kid builds NAIL BOMBS as toys... and actually wants them.. desperately needs them.. to work.. to seriously harm people. And no one seems to notice. Imagine a kid who made an endless stream of rubber knives with cute faces on them and fake blood, and constantly attempted to slit people's throats with them, and showed true disappointment when there was no squirting of blood and screaming in pain. Cute? Uhm.. maybe? Troubling? Alarming? You are damn right... a kid who does that needs therapy. I love Powder, and really wish someone would get the kid a therapist. Thanks to pfarabee youtube user for this great analysis

@@n0bleonline222 damn this is a whole thesis 😭 I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t really good tho

@@beyondviolet There are so many people who analyze Arcane like crazy. Arcane has made a new difference in the world. It's very well written, with small details inside each scene and micro-expressions that better describe the character. Everyone fell into it, myself included.

@@n0bleonline222 true. In fact, if you add all the interactions of her also in the imagine dragons video

It's a fact in episode 3 (explanation), not a spoiler Jayce and Viktor are floating in the air when they untie the hextech. When Jayce pushed a ring-like screw (I can't remember the name) against the hextech stone, the ring-like screw made a rapid transition from one point to another (teleported). Hexgates are probably their first invention. Because they discovered it first. Teleporting from one place to another.

Its even more tragic. Vi face softens with a look of realization, looks at her bloody hand, and then runs off. it's not even because of what powder did. She trying to get away from the shame of having hit her.

@@SugerFreeJazz Yep. She needs sometime to collect herself, because of what she did to Powder.

I agree! this and Chris Connors are my favourites

(SPOILERS) Violet has been trying to solve everything with her fists since the opening scene of episode 1. She is exactly her father's daughter. And he sure has some anger issues. With Powder he couldn't control himself, until it was too late. She turned away from him out of embarrassment instead of confronting the powder when she realized it. She abandoned him from Powder's point of view. Violet could not control her monsters. She just created more monsters. If you've watched Act 3, you know what it means.

I’m so happy to hear that!

++ I agree

Yeah it’s a blink and you miss it moment. The first look of her, it looks exactly like Vi, in subsequent shots it looks less and less like her. Different eye color, nose, jawline, even her height looks a bit off compared to Jinx. In the last close up shot before she breaks away you can see she looks nothing like Vi besides her pink hair.

Exactly A very small fraction of the reactors I've watched before She realized it wasn't Violet. He saw the other girl's face.

The Firelight girl did resemble Vi a bit beyond her hair color. The jaw line, the shape of her eyes was reminiscent, and also her physical build was like young Vi's.

@@turquoise839 Additionally, when Jinx first knocks the mask off, she sees younger Vi’s face at first, which locks her into the flashbacks - it’s only after that first glimpse that we’re shown the girl’s actual face.

In that episode, every reactor locks on to Violet's young face when she sees it. We can already see the real face of the girl in the next scene. But of course, after seeing that young face of Violet, it can be understood that she closed the subject by saying "AA is the sister of this powder, violet". But of course this powder's violet was the last time he saw it, violet looked like that when powder was little. There are many people who think that Violet died there or that she was injured, healed and thrown into prison at that time. It's so silly :D But of course, not every person can know and understand those views of the jinx. So it's an understandable response. But it's even funnier that they think they killed the main character. funnylilgalreacts I have nothing to say to you, don't be misunderstood. There are such reactors that you don't want to know what you think of the characters. I've seen some reactors that think really scary things about the characters. It is perfectly normal and understandable for you to think so.

Yeah, that poor prison cell wall got a serious beating.

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I cried to that reaction almost as intensely as when first seeing the episode.

That is still debated by the fans - remember, there was no record for why exactly was Vi in prison. So it is possible that Marcus just used his position to put her there "No questions asked"

This is probably incorrect. SPOILERS FOR THE NEXT EPISODE: 1. If Vi was the pound of flesh, she would have a record. 2. The councillors wanted someone to make an example of publicly. If Marcus had put the robbery on Vi, it would have been impossible to hide Vi from Silco. 3. Grayson's death and Jayce's rehabilitation probably overshadowed the robbery, especially since magic was the reason the council wanted to make an example but with them accepting hextech, they would want to rehabilitate magic. Vi was thrown in prison secretly, and not as a sacrifice to the council.

Exactly A very small fraction of the reactors I've watched before She realized it wasn't Violet. He saw the other girl's face.

Yea he’s a zaunite and is sick. He’s aware of how people would look down on him for those reasons and he’d rather not deal with it

"I don't think you should drink and fly" TY for the PSA

Adding on that that video was animated by Fortiche, the same studio that did Arcane.

A bit of a letdown could be that it glorifies violence like it's a fun thing, which Arcane doesn't do. The series' tone is very different from the game material, and knowing Jinx's past makes these videos strange (at least for me it did).

@@turquoise839 Glorifies violence?? Think you're taking a character intro music video a little too seriously.

@@jakeblah6304 I mean for a game cinematic it's cool just doesn't match Arcane's tone is my point, which was strange for me not knowing anything about the game. Not against the video itself.

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What is your definition of being evil or being a bad guy?

@@n0bleonline222 Evil would simply be acting with the full knowledge or intent to do harm or otherwise act in a manner that is apathetic to the fact that it may bring harm or be fatal to those involved. While it is a reductive definition, it's one that I feel works for a variety of situations. That being said, none of that is relevant to my comment, as I never claimed anyone was evil. However, Silco does satisfy the role of an antagonist or villain to the story's protagonists, both on the side of Piltover and Zaun. Silco is doing what he is doing for the sake of Zaun, so while his intentions are well placed his methods are not.

@@Sil3ntAdvent Thanks for the explanation.

If you want to watch, It will be healthier for you if you watch this after you finish the series. !! You can also react to League of Legends cinematics. They have very popular videos of 3 or 4 minutes with the same quality as the series or even better, they continue to be released at the beginning of every year. Since 2013, they have been releasing a new one every year at the beginning of the season. To add more excitement to the game. And some follow a certain story The Jinx character was the first music/cinematic clip they released for the league of legends game. Every time a character comes to the game, they make something similar to this clip. (Get Jinx Music video) I personally would like you to react, but I strongly recommend that you watch them after you finish the series. I think that if you open any of them, it may spoil some things.