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I really feel like we, as jayvik shippers, need to talk about this shot more:

Like, I have seen it mentioned here and there, but I actually think it's one of the most glaringly obvious hints (its not even a hint tbh) that what is going on between Jayce and Viktor is undeniably framed as romantic. As it was stated by one of the animators: Every detail in animation is intentional. This shot was chosen and it was chosen for a reason.
First of: The timing. This happens after Viktor leaves Jayce. We all know the scene - it often gets (jokingly) called the breakup scene, leading up the "divorce era". So what do we typically see in movies or whatever media after the big breakup? What's the cliche? We see the protagonist, reminiscing and yearning for what has been lost. Often in a montage. Overlaid with some music. Well, it's exactly what we get with Jayce. And while we hear Heimerdingers song in the background going "Go and make some mistakes. You live and you learn", we see Jayce sitting in the rain looking at those two very much male looking figures looking like they are leaning in for a kiss. If that's not enough, I will add more: Jayces scenes are altering with Ekkos in the AU, where he developes his romantic relationship with Jinx. Arcane in general relies heavily on parallels to tell the parts of the story that are not directly shown on screen. And they will very often do it in this manner, were they cut back and forth between scenes, that are thematically relevant to eachother. I will let you decide for yourself, what the thematic relevance could be. Also, speaking of heartbreak - I actually could not remember this shot from watching the show, so I always believed it was edited when I saw it posted as an image, but it's real? Like, you can see the heart, broken in half by the ravine Jayce just climbed out of? The ravine in which he hallucinated Viktor in the fire? Yeah, okay. I am sure whichever highly skilled artist who drew this blatant symbolism (in red and pink, mind you), did it completely by accident. Or maybe they just thought that would be the best way to show their platonic brotherly relationship *shrugs*
Here is something else: As a few people pointed out before, the shot reminded them of the "Lovers of pompeii" - two human remains that were initially thought to be women, but then later discovered to be men. I say, if the people watching made that connection, there is no way in hell that the artists, who work on these shots for months, would not think of this comparison. Especially because the way the corpses are hardened but retain their shape in the AU, is very much like an Arcane-corrupted version of Pompeii. So yeah. I get kind of annoyed when I read comments complaining why people can't accept that Jayce and Viktor are just brothers (I'm talking about the "why does everything have to be sexual/gay" comments). I get annoyed, because if you have a quantum of media literacy, you will CLOCK all the tricks they pulled in the show, that are frequently used in media when portraying romantic relationships. And again, I am talking about a single shot here. As we all know, there is SO MUCH MORE.
#arcane#viktor arcane#arcane meta#jayce x viktor#jayvik#jayce arcane#arcane analysis#jayvik meta#arcane season 2#arcane spoilers
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*slams my hands down on the table* I actually think that if Zaun is granted independence by Piltover then Sevika would be the perfect leader both in and out of universe. She’s previously followed both Vander and Silco, and seen their strengths and shortcomings first hand. Not only has she seen where they faltered, but thanks to her newfound relationship with Jinx and Isha, she understands where they were coming from. She’s always been the right hand woman, always had a great vision for what Zaun could be and held a great respect for its people and their customs, but never had the backing to lead it herself. I think it would be satisfying to see her step into a leadership position, provided the final three episodes put in the work to turn what currently has the potential to be a redemption arch into what actually is a redemption arch. Moreover, Piltover and Zaun will undoubtedly still have a relationship after they gain their independence which provides ample opportunity’s for Sevika to interact with Mel, and hey wait where are you going I wasn’t finished—
#my convoluted plan to make melvilka canon…#no but I unironically do think something like this would work#I do NOT want any one in Vi’s family (yes that includes Cait) do become/remain leader of Zuan or Piltover because those kids need a break#lmao#another ending that could work for sevika is sacrificing herself to save jinx#paralleling what she did for silco only this time it’s for the right cause#but also dear god jinx really doesn’t need MORE trauma#arcane#arcane spoilers#? kinda not really but just in case#arcane season 2#arcane season 2 spoilers#melvika#mel medarda#sevika#sevika arcane#textpost#shitpost
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[Arcane - s1 e6 vs. s2 e1] - [The Raven Boys - pg. 333 vs. The Raven King - pg. 415]
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something something never point two mirrors at each other and never, ever get between them
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#is this something#can't stop thinking about caitlyn and jinx as foils#i could talk about it for hours#also couldn't get the raven cycle parallels out of my head#arcane#arcane season 2#league of legends#lol#arcane league of legends#vi arcane#vi x caitlyn#caitvi#caitlyn arcane#caitlyn kiramman#jinx arcane#vi and jinx#jinx and vi#the raven boys#the raven cycle#the raven king#arcane season 2 spoilers#arcane season two spoilers
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The fallen angel
#idk what are these parallels#just kidding I love parallels#'but people already mentioned this' well surprisingly I haven't really looked up theories and parallels online for arcane#I come up with them on my own. at least so far#arcane#jinx arcane#arcane jinx#powder#powder arcane#arcane powder#not art#the fallen angel#i'm onto something here
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Arcane’s theme of power is so so so interesting to me.
On one hand you have characters who had power in the first season now feeling powerless. Mel, i think is the biggest one.
During the entirety of season one she was pulling the strings but it slowly gets stripped away when her mother comes and now? It feels like she is absolutely powerless after the attack
Now the characters who were powerless are given power.
Caitlyn was powerless for the entirety of season one- no one took her seriously and when her and Vi went after Jinx they were powerless to stop her.
But now? Ambessa sees that grief- that loss of a loved one because she had lost someone too- and manipulates/weaponizes it by giving Caitlyn a position of power.
#Something I think is even MORE interesting are her and Jinx’s parallels.#but that is a seperate post lolz#i wonder how these things will evolve over the course of the season#arcane#mel medarda#mel#caitlyn#caitlyn kiramman#jimx#ambessa medarda#ambessa#jst something cool#arcane spoilers
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We were like parallel lines, always close never together.
#arcane#arcaneedit#zaunitequeenjinxedit#jinx x ekko#jinx#ekko#timebomb#parallels#idk just something I drummed up last minute#this quote always reminds me of them#no matter how close they got to beeing together ...there was always something to ruin them
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The parallel between the first and second posters is so insane. In the first poster we see a young Vi holding a young Jinx in her arms try to comfort and protect her from the world's harshness. But Jinx is too big for Vi to completely hide her face away from the light of the world. Yet the light itself doesn't feel sinister and Jinx looks at it and us in wonder.

While the next poster is nearly completely opposite in mood. Instead of a deep bear hug where Vi's warm red tones in color attempt envelope Jinx in comfort, Jinx and the cool tones in her hair, nails, and even skin are caging Vi in place. There is no illusion of comfort, in fact there's not even an attempt, because we see Jinx's face, a harsh and almost knowing grimace at what she's doing.
Jinx is forcing Vi to see the world as she did when she was younger. But instead of the curiosity and wonder at the world in its light, Vi is horrified of it, of us. This light is bringing Vi to tears, and that's how we know instead of embrace it like Jinx did, Vi will thrash against it.
#arcane#arcane meta#jinx arcane#vi arcane#give it up for cinematoc parallels everybody#jimx loves forcing people to watch when she does something messed up#bcuz that's how she establishes her agency/autonomy in an incredibly violent world#and a little bit so people don't baby her when she doesn't want it#give it up for vi's enforcer story next season#i hc it as a misguided attempt to set things “right” against an unfamiliar world Vi's stumbled into
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something something season one finale ending with silco telling jinx shes perfect something season two finale ending with jayce telling viktor hes imperfect and thats beautiful
#arcane spoilers#this is copy pasted from a post I made in the arcane community#wish they’d let us reblog stuff out of there#I think it’d be fun#there’s probably something deeper here#but I’m to eepy and to lazy to analyze jinx and silcos relationship more#arcane#arcane parallels#arcane league of legends#arcane viktor#arcane jinx#arcane silco#arcane jayce
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Caitlyn and Jinx are fascinating character foils in Arcane. They are two shades of blue, two sides of the same coin, unwitting symbols of their respective worlds put at odds. I wanted to pay tribute to both characters and how their journeys mirror and contrast one another.
#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2 spoilers#caitlyn kiramman#jinx arcane#this isn’t even all of the parallels between them#they’re baked into the whole structure of the season#the attention to detail in this series is something else#Youtube#mine
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#just finished act 1 of arcane s2#i've never devoured something so wonderfully nutritious and delicious#i was lukewarm on caitvi (and caitlyn as a character) but boy oh boy i am so into their drama#she just skyrocketed like 10 places in my ranking of arcane characters#shows you how making a character plot essential AND giving her ties to the main themes in your show can do wonders for them#ehem ehem#and the parallels between silco and jinx are so fucking good#i was pretty meh on silco (outside his relationship with vander) but this made me like him more!!! on retrospect!!!!#i get it everyone. every relationship is a million times better when it's fucked up#GOD!!!!!!! this show knows me in such a deep level.........#sorry i'm over the moon i'll find something to grumble about later#imagine having a show that looks THIS good and has such impeccable direction and production value#AND also happens to have an incredibly interesting and thought-provoking story played by wonderful characters#is this what happiness feels like
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Bro how the FUCK does Fukuzawa know Mori and the former PM boss in the flashback???????
#call a bitch intrigued I sat up in my seat when mori said his name#is Fukuzawa gonna be like a dazai parallel where he was a bad guy and became good or something#fukuzawa yukichi#bsd#jinx watches#jinx talks#mori ougai
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sitting here vibrating. i forgot. a thought
#AUGHHHHHHH IT WAS SOMETHING TO DO W VI AND JINX PARALLELS#IT WAS SUCH Q GOOD THOUGHT. COME BWCK TO KE PLEASE#sleepys postings
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the urge to give Cherry me/cfs as well is insane help
#we might just end up giving him chronic fatigue rather than cfs#but either way he’s getting SOMETHING chronic#“but Hollow isn’t that too repetitive? Jinx already ha-“ that’s the point. parallels. and also projection BUT mostly parallels#though his chronic fatigue would be less severe than Jinx’s#Jinx’s is on a similar level to our own
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A lot of people point out the visual parallels between Mel and Viktor but not enough people talk about the thematic parallels between them (also excuse the shitty screenshots).
they both grew up with mentors who ended up doing something they couldn't understand (Viktor believing death is better than sacrificing humanity, Mel believing war is bad)
and they remain haunted by that memory as an adult


they later left that mentor, Viktor on his own decision, Mel got cast out. Then they reconnected with that mentor when they are struggling with the same dilemma but their position has shifted. Again Viktor does this on his own accord and Ambessa comes to Mel

After this encounter though they realise their error and shift back to their original position
They stick to the same morals after Jinx's bomb hits but the decision was taken from them, Jayce already sacrificed Viktor's humanity, the council already decided on war

Then for the rest of season two we see them attempt to keep up their original stance but their hand is forced. (It is also interesting that Viktor is already taking away their humanity he just doesn't realize it yet, probably because he is so far from his own humanity he has forgotten what that even means)


They also both have parallels to the one they once defended as a kid




But I'm still having trouble finding what the purpose of all these parallels are. Viktor and Mel aren't very close in the narrative and they're both close to Jayce but I don't feel we see these parallels used in their relationship to him. I think the end point is that it's not Viktor's fault he became a villian in the end. Both him and Mel fought for what they thought was right and they both lost, it was only because of how others used Viktor that he was the reason so many people almost died.
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If someone criticizes something, it doesn't mean that they hate it. It also works the other way around. If you like something, it doesn't mean that it's done well from an objective point of view.
I love Jinx. Her design, her story, her personality, her character arc... I was just fascinated by her. Jinx has become one of my favorite characters in media in general. It was the continuation of her story that I was waiting for the most.
Jinx is still my favorite character in season 2. I love almost every scene with her. How she did Sevika's arm and the subsequent fight with the Smeech, the fight with Vi in Act 1, the prison break, search for Vander in the mines, epic appearance during the battle against Noxus.
I got a lot of positive emotions while watching s2 and especially during Jinx's appearance on the screen. But… an emotional response and objective assessment are two different things. And objectively, Jinx's character in season 2 is OOC and poorly written.
Removing very importand part of her story and personality. Her mental issues almost completely disappear. This is a very important aspect of her character. And no, Isha's presence and a "more favorable environment" would not heal her, the whole 2nd act is completely unrealistic and looks stupid, since all her problems with her mental health were magically solved off-screen;
Irrelevant piece of plot. Her arc of "Zaun symbol" passes by her - she becomes a symbol by accident, ignores the consequences and directly encounters all this revolutionary mood only during Isha's saving from Stillwater (at the same time saving her followers - an indirect action, not a purposeful one). So this arc is kinda about her, but she doesn't seem to participate in it herself, and it ends with literally nothing (like the whole Zaun revolution);
Making her more appealing to wider audience. Her hatred of Piltover and Caitlyn just disappeared. Yes, while she was with Vi in the mines she said "piltie goons who murdered mom and dad," but… that's all? Jinx doesn't kill a single enforcer in the entire 2nd season (although, for example, she could have in Stillwater) and tells Caitlyn "I didn't know your mother was there." Let me remind you that Jinx literally giggled in s1 when she killed a dozen enforcers during gemstone kidnapping, killed enforcers on the bridge without any care, she hated Caitlyn fiercely because she "stole" her sister from her, and she couldn't not know that Cassandra was a councilor. It isn't showed how and why she changed her opinion and this is important thing to her character, you can't explain such change with microexpressions or parallels;
Unrealistic happy family reunion. The reunion of Jinx, Vi, and Vander is a spectacular moment from Disney. Do you remember how Jinx reacted when Vi returned? Yes, she was happy but as soon as she spotted Cait she freaked out and immidiately thought that Vi betrayed her. Imagine what would happen if her supposedly dead - bc of her btw - father had returned and now looks like some animal;
Silco mattered much more to Jinx. A very "subtle" replacement of Silco for Vander in the role of father (Jinx calls him father, sniffs Vander's jacket and not Silco's), although Silco played probably a bigger role in this? And Jinx remembers about him like 2 times? Although it's been about 7-10 years since Vi's "death" in season 1, Jinx was still triggered by just a similar appearance. Apparently, Silco wasn't that important to Jinx (which is not true); I could still keep talking about Jinx, but let's leave it at that.
I love Jinx even in season 2. I like watching scenes with her. But my emotional attachment doesn't stop me from seeing that Jinx's character in s2 is not a continuation of Jinx's character of the end of s1. Her image is broken, the arcs are not completed, the relationships with other characters are poorly written.
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I do not actually know how to handle how brilliant Arcane is. I had thought so much about how hard it would be to write a sex scene for Vi and Caitlyn that would fit with the excellence of the rest of the show. And the main question on my mind was like, where do you make it happen? The when was obvious to me, like right before the final battle, when everything is so heightened. But where was not. You cannot just use Caitlyn's mansion, because it means the wrong thing. This isn't a rags-to-riches for Vi where a girl who is essentially Piltover royalty falls in love with her. No. We aren't doing that. This is a ship where the extreme class difference doesn't mean anything except constant pressure to be enemies - means being caught in a cycle of violence and retribution. In this world, theirs is what a deviant and by default doomed love looks like. The class divide between topside and the undercity is the primary, structural inequality. And for them to essentially use repetition and parallel to stage that scene where Vi focuses on her one core loyalty and breaks the law to save her sister, then Jinx hits Vi in the wound and leaves her locked in the cell alone, and Vi has essentially an emotional crash over the cycle of failure and tragedy she's locked in... only to find that Caitlyn came down to get Vi and let her out of prison again. The way that communicated a crazy level of true love: I have so much recognition that I know what you're going to do when things get real and choices dire. And I love you, not in spite of this, but for this. And I am on your side no matter what is happening around us. Louder than loss or hate or revenge or duty or society. And then they just have sex right there and turn that prison cell into something completely else, unlocked and unprecedented. Nothing could be more of a clear poetic expression that their love wins in this against countless odds. Like if we weren't getting what their relationship was, if we were doubting it, if we were still thinking this story would be a tragedy piled on top of endless lesbian love stories used as the vehicle for tragedy, they just fucking said what their story was so hard it hit like a shift to another world. Punctuated by the final note of the last scene. And I genuinely fucking love them for this.
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