#like silco was always a scheming vizier who was a master manipulator and chessmaster
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If I've said it once I'll say it again. I'd love to see Vander's memories of Silco run contradictory to Jinx's memories of him. Both their respective last moments with Silco should filter their other memories of him with bias.
Maybe Jinx's memory Silco would be slightly more whole, the sequences of events make more structural and logical sense. Maybe her memories are literally rosier in hue thanks to the pinkish glint of shimmer coloring the scene.
Meanwhile, years of torture and isolation have at best turned Warwick's memory into Swiss cheese. He can remember names and faces okay...ish, but the more it makes him angry (or just in a way he can't process) the more the memory distorts. Warwick remembers Silco, but he can't remember Silco young. He can give Silco an unscathed face, but he still adds lines of age because his most vivid memory of Silco was his last.
I want Silco to tell Jinx one thing in her memory, while Warwick's memory plays out a whole other sequence of events. But it's only fun if Silco's story in Jinx's memory is the one that makes more sense. No one is reliable narratir, still some people are more reliable than others.
Bonus points if Warwick's deteriorating memory reflects how trauma could affect Vi's own memory down the line.
#arcane#arcane meta#vander arcane#warwick arcane#jinx arcane#silco#let me see Vander's memories be a mess#where it's almost like vander watched the show too but only half way#so all his good memories with silco are recontextualized in a sinister light#like silco was always a scheming vizier who was a master manipulator and chessmaster#meanwhile in Jinx's memories silco's making things happen but it's an INSANE balancing#and it's all very clear to this child that silco is deeply warped by the past#but he still imbues with her the sound lesson thay “fake it til you make it” is a viable strategy#i know this is definitely going to happen but i can still have fun til canon says otherwise#and even after that too#Silco was incredibly capable but he was still human#now his memory is at the mercy of everyone else who knew him hated him and loved him#what is truth but a survivor's story
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