#themes in arcane

[melmedarda]

THEMES 002: “Betrayal”.

“I am your family. Everyone else betrays us.”

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[lynnlyrae]

something something Jinx cutting her hair and Vi growing it out Jinx dyeing her hair even more colorful and Vi hiding her pink hair under layers or black dye I’m so not okay about it-

[arcanegifs]

#ARCTOBER DAY 13: Redemption ↳ "I'm so sorry, Powder. I… I tried to come back. I promise, I did. But I… I got arrested."

[dykesevika]

happy pride month <3

Men DNI

[apollognese]

Third time's the charm🤞🤞

[teleportationmagic]

"You weakened me!" By Ambessa is not a declaration of apathy! It is not her blaming Mel! It is when Mel finally learns that her mother isn't apathetic to her, that she isn't disinterested in her fate or disappointing in her, but instead she loved her too much and too deeply. That Mel threatened Ambessa with ruination, because the only way Ambessa has ever known to survive is by embracing brutality and sacrificing a peaceful death, while all Mel has ever wanted is peace. That a peaceful death would have literally meant the death of her child, back when she was still pregnant with one of them!

And Mel's disapproval of her meant that Ambessa could feel herself tumbling into a path of peace. Into a better path, maybe, but a path that for Ambessa has only ever meant death. If she could be more hardhearted, maybe she could have kept both - her family's survival, and her daughter - but alas. Her sending Mel away is not a failure on Mel's part, but in fact a failure on Ambessa's - because she could not withstand the arrows of her disapproval, now she needs to come to Piltover to collect her before whatever older enemies she has catch up with them both. She comes to Piltover to correct that mistake, to show Mel a harder heart, and yet! It's doeesn't work! Because Mel still demands of her vulnerability and she cannot help giving it to her!

Is there no greater expression of love, for her? To even contemplate opening herself up to that which is deadly, for the sake of the life and soul of her daughter? Is there nothing so undoing?

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[mollysunder]

The biggest tragedy of Jayce's raid on the shimmer refinery wasn't just that he killed Renni's son, it's that that kid died slowly without any sort of comfort or aid. That boy was alive and wheezing by the time when Jayce and Vi slowly (kind of reluctantly) made it down to the ground floor and was still alive enough for Jayce to look directly at him as the light left his eyes.

What's worse is that he died surrounded by shimmer, a single drop could have saved his life! Anybody at the refinery that could have helped him, even in theory, was held at gunpoint by the Enforcers Jayce and Vi brought and could only watch him die. And then his body's just left there for his mom, Renni, to see. This boy was the kid that pulled the alarm on the Enforcers in the first place, he absolutely knew why shimmer was so important to their operation and once Piotover got involved he's deprived of it's aid.

[fishareglorious]

i do a light chuckle once i remember hofmann and semmelweis are friends but then i remember semmelweis and marcus' suitcase interaction where they talk about her and i am once again inconsolable about this old woman's death

[fulcrum-art-fox]

They were insane for giving us three years to theory craft with pre existing parameters and themes and characters and then immediately throw in this fuckin random adorable child like. hey all your theories forgot our darling Isha she’s gonna be important butterfly affect style

[melmedarda]

THEMES 001: “Fall from Grace” as shown by Cecil B. Heimerdinger.

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[cauldron-of-oddities]

Timebomb and Play.

There is something these two share more than any other character together, and that's play.

"Those that play together, stay together." I wrote down in the tags on a previous post.

And I love that one of the most emotionally baggaged pairings may also be capable of the most light-hearted interactions. Or that their play can be so emotionally charged.

For the fun of it, here's a little gathering:

Get Jinxed - "Come and play"

Ememy music video - Powder and Ekko playing together and riding the monowheel.

Misfit Toys - "Come play with the misfits" and the word toys, of course.

The bridge fight - flashback to their play - and that first playful flirty exchange.

The doodles over their things - creative and art - but also a form of play, Ekko's coat, Jinx weapons.

Older Jinx with her stripes on her cheeks - painted on when she was playing with Ekko as Powder. So is she playing together again with him?

Flip side - Ekko always kept his face paint.

Come Play - has been pinned as a teamwork song for Ekko and Jinx.

If I missed any instances of play, feel free to add it on.

[arcanegifs]

#ARCTOBER DAY 9: Rivalry ↳ "Oh, what's the matter, Mylo? You worried Powder's gonna beat you again."

[lucylied]

🙂

[chronicsyd]

Yk what’s funny?

Caitlyn gets directly/indirectly blown up by Powder/Jinx in Every Act of S1

Act 1: the crystals blowing up Jayces apt. (indirect)

Act 2: Caitlyn gets blown up during Progress day (direct)

Act 3: Caitlyn gets blown up on the bridge (direct)

I sense an ongoing theme between the two of them…

[midoristeashop]

I can’t get yurified hijack out of my brain ever ren you’ve ended me

biker hiccup x figure skater jack <3

( @jackshiccup ‘s original yurified hijack post that never leaves my brain)