#zaun family

[insomniac-arrest]

One of my favorite things about Arcane season 2 is that it is embodying not just cycles of violence but also has an example of cycles of mercy

Powder is not abandoned

Jinx does not abandon

It is not just how violence begets violence, one side of the coin, but the opposite as well, mercy begetting mercy--and it's sourced from the exact same character no less

This really is the Show of Duality of all time

[nikredd]

Vi used to say I could fix anything. Before I broke everything. She used to say a lot. Her and you (Silco).

[lady-griffin]

*Vander shaves off his beard*

Powder: Silco is my new dad now! Vander: What? He doesn’t even have a beard! Powder: It’s not about the beard, it’s about the betrayal of trust. Vi: She’s right. I mean fuck Silco, but this is a betrayal.

[goddessofroyalty]

Hi! I’m a big fan of your Zaun Family fic! I was curious as to what were silco and vander’s first impression upon meeting Jayce? I assume silco saw him as a threat since he made victor promise they’re just professional partners lol. Thank you for your work!

Their first assessment of him is that he's a naive slightly-egotistical idiot. But no more egotistical than anyone else in Piltover. Which honestly probably remains their assessment of him for a lot of time just it becomes he's a useful naive slight-egotistical idiot both because of how Hextech would not exist if it wasn't for Jayce (as well as Viktor) and also just generally how keen Jayce is to help out and the fact he is pretty handy.

Silco does see him as a threat but not because he thinks Jayce would intentionally consciously harm Viktor but rather because

He's can see how Jayce can be manipulated into doing things he would not have done otherwise

Generally he thinks naive idiots are dangerous because they will do things / not do things without realising the consequences of it.

But despite many comments to the contrary (he claims it's because someone needs to keep Jayce's ego from getting to his head but really Jayce is just a too-easy target for him) he is aware that Jayce is necessary for the success of Hextech. So he can stay around but also an eye should be kept on him to make sure he doesn't fuck things up.

One of the ways Silco refers to Jayce is "Viktor's Pet-Piltite" sometimes dropping the -Piltite. And that's partially based on how he's told Viktor that he's responsible for making sure Jayce doesn't do anything too stupid especially when he brings him down to the Undercity with him.

I don't think Silco ever actually made Viktor promise they were just professional partners but rather Viktor so quickly would always emphasis in conversation that they were just professional/buisness partners literally right up until it is revealed they're in a romantic relationship. So Silco's "you assured/promised your relationship was purely professional" is more about Viktor clearly lying about it for an unknown period of time.

Vander's position to Jayce is very similar to Silco's in that he agrees that Jayce's naivety could mean he could still cause problems even without ever intentionally meaning to harm. It's just, unlike Silco, he's willing to give Jayce the benefit of not assuming it is inevitable that he will create a problem. So instead treats Jayce more as how he is right now that is a bit naive, has a bit of an ego, but his heart is in the right place.

[dismas-n-dismay]

Lightcannon and arcane tumblr rate my Zaun family interactions now

[krussyarts]

Family

[jacketpotatoo]

The thematic implications of Caitlyn transitioning from solely a sharpshooter, to learning the ropes of hand-to-hand combat, and how it follows her growing distrust in Ambessa. If the weapon is a reflection of mentality, it prefigures Cait's mental expansion - away from narrow-minded thinking and acting from a distance. Instead of tackling from afar, she melds her skills in accuracy and deduction *with* close-up action. This is her power play. "Vision" is cait's strength (as opposed to "Might" and "Guile" and "Sacrifice") and Ambessa qualifies this with the phrase "tunnels in your eyes". Ironically, she trains Caitlyn and literally gives her the tools to pull away from her rifle-mindset. In teaching her how Noxus views strength, she offers her the keys to dismantle it

[pymsanz]

Family Reunion

Arcane Season 2 | Vi & JINX & VANDER (WARWICK)

[neocrackcitysworld]

❤️❤️❤️

Benzo and Vander find out about Ekko's crush on Powder and they both get super emotional about the possibility that they might be in-laws one day.

And Vi has to remind them that Ekko and Powder are Seven.

[mentallyadinonugget]

jayce if I catch your stupid ass on the streets you’re done

THEY WERE DOING SO GOOD AND YOU SHOT TIN JESUS YOU NEANDERTHAL

[sage-nebula]

In season 1, Powder/Jinx was viewed by most as a screw-up, and a monster.

In season 2, Jinx will be viewed by most as a monster, and a revolutionary symbol.

In neither season did the majority opinion see her as a person. Those who did care about her as a person — Vander, Vi, Ekko (though he tried hard not to in arcs 2 & 3), and Silco, in that order — were heavily outnumbered by those who only saw her as the consequences of her actions, and not the eccentric, brilliant, but heavily traumatized and mentally ill girl she actually was.

There are some people who are angry that she is being seen as a revolutionary or peaceful symbol in Zaun. "It should be Vi!" they say. "How could they do this to Ekko?!" But here is what those people are missing:

Symbols are not people. They are iconography. A symbol can last long, long after its origin has died. Hence why doves are symbols; they can die fast, but their paintings last forever. This means that it does not matter at all to Zaun what happens to Jinx, in any way, once she is their symbol; even if she dies, that just makes her a martyr. Even better if it's an enforcer that kills her. (I could see Sevika arranging that.)

Jinx is just as alone now as she ever was. Symbols need to stay pure. Meaning that Jinx's off-color jokes and wild actions will need to be short leashed or she could risk losing that status. Even IF she feels this gives her community, she'll lose that real fast.

This is not the face of a girl who feels she is among friends:

And that is simply because she isn't. They don't know her. They don't need to know her. They need her to do her part (be the face on the murals, the martyr when we need it) and that's it. Jinx's action of blowing up the council was loved. But Jinx herself? No.

This is not an enviable position and it isn't going to benefit her, at least not in terms of her mental wellbeing. Jinx needs real unconditional love and support—what she got from Silco in his final moments, not the empty veneration of the masses who view her as an icon rather than a human being.

[sandraharissa]

What I love about the Zaun plotline and how thematically it centers on family is how it explores how the corrupted system tears families apart. There’s just so many examples of it.

Parents essentially abandoning their 10 yo and 5 yo children bcos they’re so desperate for change they’re willing to risk dying for it.

Vander and Silco splitting up. Vi and Jinx splitting up. Becoming mortal enemies instead of sticking together and dealing with the real enemy.

The fact that the dads are expected to sacrifice their own children’s lives in order to maintain their positions of power and for the sake of keeping Piltover happy and maintaining the little peace there is in the Undercity.

Close ones splitting up and going their own way and forming their own sides and remaining separate, like how Ekko will remain a firelight and Jinx a terrorist and Vi will become an enforcer and all of them will be at odds with each other bcos of this.

Loved ones getting in the way of their quarrelling family members reconciling. Like Silco discouraging Jinx from reconciling with Vi. Reinforcing bad blood between family members bcos of lines he drew in the sand. You could say the same thing about Ekko’s attitude towards Jinx. Discouraging Vi from trying to reconcile with her bcos he deemed her too far gone.

Even Mylo complaining about Powder was bcos she wasn’t fit enough for this dangerous environment and instead of hating Piltover even more for putting his little sister in danger he’s mad at her that she can’t fight at 10 yo.

The whole Zaun plotline is just an exploration of a family cannibalizing itself.

[goddessofroyalty]

With more and more information about Arcane season 2 coming out I'm rapidly re-falling into my Zaun Family AU brainrot. But anyway:

Viktor wearing Silco's old maternity clothes when he's pregnant with his and Jayce's pup. They're close enough in size he can, he doesn't see the point in buying a whole new wardrobe when there's one he can just borrow, and Silco would have likely gotten some 'professional' looking maternity clothes at least by his pregnancy with Mylo.

Jayce doesn't know what to think about it. On one hand he can completely follow all of Viktor's logic for wearing it but on the other hand Victor looks that bit more like Silco when he's wearing them and Jayce still isn't sure of where he sits with Silco.

[verysadlesbian]

Seriously though, Vi pisses me off, 'cause after all of this, she'll still fraternise with the pilties.

[bumblydumbly]

Already said this but since everybody is too busy on the failmance happening im gonna say it again: Vi starting their confrontation by saying “never thought [my sister] would orphan kids” only to be stopped from killing jinx. By an orphan kid.

[dirtylittleanimals]

Need y'all to be respectful of familial bonds that aren't blood-related. There is no secret "real dad" of Vi and Jinx; regardless of who contributed to their births, Vander and Silco helped raised those children before and after their previous parents died. And hopefully if something does get revealed about biological heritage it will be done in a respectful way and not in the ways a lot of y'all are: making fun of or pushing the false narrative that blood is what matters above all when it comes to family.