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Caitlyn + being protective of Vi
My personal interpretation of the moment Jinx shoots Silco is not that she got overwhelmed by her demons and lashed out at them, but that she instinctively went to protect Vi.
She's lashed out at her demons before (obviously, she shot "Mylo" mere minutes before that) but the fact that she raises her head and looks towards Silco (I think, that's how it looks to me) when he chambers the bullet because she hears the click, plus she doesn't really shoot randomly around the room like she would at the demons surrounding her, she almost exclusively shoots towards Silco's side of the room, showing me that she was attacking whatever she knew was about to attack Vi.
And I don't think she really registered it as Silco, she didn't think she was attacking her father, but not because she was attacking her demons, it's because she was only attacking Vi's threat.
Only after she's achieved the protection of Vi does she realize that Silco was the threat.
Someone else said that "her last act as Powder was to kill Silco", I think in the same way it was to protect Vi like she meant to all those years ago when her monkey bomb finally worked.
I'm going to go crawl into a dark corner now goodbye 😭
i really do love how protective jinx is over vi
As much as Claggor picked on Mylo, I'm sure they felt super safe with one another.
Jinx + Silco’s Ceiling
I love the fact that Jinx’s area in Silco’s office is up in the rafters in the ceiling. This has clearly been her place for a while now and it’s also where she feels safe.
Seeking Comfort
The two times we see Jinx in the ceiling, she is upset.
In episode 4, she screwed up Silco’s operation because she was triggered by a pink-haired girl.
In episode 5, she was blasted by the gemstone and was triggered by the night she lost her family.
Both times, Jinx is clearly seeking comfort and a safe place to be upset. She doesn’t talk to Silco, he interacts with her first. He also knows she’s up there.
Which is interesting, because while obviously he is probably in his office when she goes up there, we are given the impression that Sevika or Marcus didn’t know Jinx was there when they were talking to Silco.
In Episode 4,
We clearly see that Jinx got to Silco before Sevika did, but Jinx didn’t talk to Silco about what happened.
Sevika tells him what happened and when Silco asks Jinx, after Sevika is gone, she replies that Sevika already told him, prompting Silco to ask her again. He wants to hear from her. He wants to know what happened from her perspective.
She was up there in the rafters, sulking about the failed mission. Upset.
She didn’t go to Silco first, to try and make up excuses or put the blame on Sevika or someone else. She was upset and wanted to feel safe.
In Episode 5,
Silco arrives in his office to see Marcus is already there. Unbeknownst to us and Marcus, Jinx is also there.
She was upset about being triggered by the gemstone, being haunted by that night she killed her family and Vi left her, and unable to finish the weapon. So, she went to the place where she feels the safest, to be comforted or to at least to sulk.
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This is honestly very endearing and shows us that Jinx genuinely feels safe and secure with Silco.
She also doesn’t just go to him to solve her problems. She goes to him for comfort.
Sometimes people just want to be upset and we go to a place where we feel safe enough to be upset, and for Jinx that place is in Silco’s office in the rafters.
Parallel to Vander
This also reminds me of what she used to do with Vander when she was Powder
In the Music Video Enemy and in episode 2, when Vi is either not around or because Powder got into a fight with her – she seeks out comfort from Vander. While Vi is clearly Powder’s MAIN person, Vander is also someone she clearly feels safe with.
Her and Vander even have this cute little ritual of him preparing her a drink, with her own special cup and straw.
We can tell this is a ritual, by Vander doing this automatically without Powder saying a word to him.
Vander even looks surprise and a bit upset that this doesn’t cheer up Powder.
He’s trying to figure out what has her so upset.
Perhaps Vander doesn’t know how to talk to Powder or perhaps because she’s a withdrawn sensitive girl, one needs to be gentle with her. Vander’s usual tough love may work on the other kids, but probably not on Powder.
Vander notices the bunny and quickly figures out what is going on.
Which I love. Vander clearly recognizes Vi’s old favorite toy, which just shows how much he cares and pays attention to his kids.
Later we see Jinx has twisted this ritual, this genuine act of love from her father figure into something else. “Chuck” is terrified of Jinx. He’s not doing this because he wants to or because he cares about her, he does this because she demands it.
We see that Jinx, even with her more violent and destructive tendencies – is still very much, the withdrawn and prone to sulking little girl she used to be.
She also clearly, while introverted, seeks companionship and comfort from others. Not necessarily someone solving her problems, just someone to feel safe with.
Hiding
Her being up in the rafters seems to be a continuation of when the kids hid from the Enforcers when they came for them in episode 2.
The fact that they have this whole elaborate and smooth alarm system set up. Plus, the kids all hiding out in the ceiling, indicates that while perhaps not commonplace, them needing to hide is not all that rare.
We also get the impression that people don’t tend to look up.
It’s interesting seeing Jinx continues to hide up in the ceiling, but unlike when she was Powder, Jinx is in no danger of being discovered. And even if she was discovered, she’s not the one who’s going to be in trouble.
Protection
Jinx is a protector of Silco, at least physically.
While we don’t have, I guess concrete proof of this, Jinx is sort of personal guard to Silco and his office. If you try to sneak into there and she’s there, you’re fucking screwed.
But also, in episode 5.
Silco has his two huge bouncers with him, while Marcus is clearly upset and agitated and beyond furious with what Jinx has done and is confronting Silco.
One of them even physically forces Marcus to sit down and the other pushes the money to him.
They are there as a sign of Silco’s power, but also protecting him.
And yet we also see Silco meet with Marcus alone, later in the same episode. Except we learn that they weren’t alone; Jinx was up in the rafters.
Marcus would’ve never been able to set off the grenade, or maybe not never; but Jinx would’ve likely stopped him.
Silco is rarely alone when he goes out. He usually has some kind of guard with him. Except of course when he goes to Jinx’s lab and when he goes to the river with her.
As much as Silco is Jinx’s protector, we get the impression that Silco is safe from external threats when Jinx is around – she provides the same kind of protection as his goons or Sevika does, if not more so.
In the scene, where Finn and Renni confront Silco. The scene itself slightly sets up a red herring, of the idea that Jinx might be up in the rafters like she usually is.
The rule of threes.
While she isn’t, it’s interesting how we get that impression when Silco is in a great deal of danger.
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But yeah, I just love that not only does Jinx have her own place in Silco’s office and it’s in the rafters, but when she’s upset she just goes to sulk in Silco’s ceiling.
She genuinely feels safe with Silco.
As much as she has changed, we still see she is still this withdrawn and sensitive person, who wants comfort and companionship.
still not over the fact that Cait is a hugger. like she craves physical touch so much its literally her love language. look how tight her hugs are. literal angel
if it were up to me, their Hextech dream would include hugs and the occasional kiss
Hugs from Powder/Jinx
Ep3 Ep4 Ep6
Arcane dads 🖤
‘is there anything so undoing as a daughter?’
Reunion | Arcane scene redraw because they both need a hug
*Ignoring all the trauma in arcane and pretending episode 3 didn't happen is self care*
Anyways. Vi gives good hugs. This is a non debatable fact.
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Commissions
ep 3 should’ve ended with a hug
i humbly request vi and vander hugging bc they should’ve done that more 😔
Agree 😢😢😢😢