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Still don't get it, huh, sis? I'm always with you. Even when we're worlds apart.

VI & JINX in ARCANE (2021-2024)

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Im glad we all agree Ma Meilleure Ennemie>>>>>

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One of the reasons I like RWBY so much is that it's basically the only major positive export / cultural contribution my homeland (Texas) has had since I've been alive, and possibly for over 30 years.

A near-mainstream unapologetically queer, proudly unique, multiculturally-influenced show, that survived the tragic death of its creator, the death of the company that originally produced it, and a sustained and ongoing hate campaign spurred by dudebro chauvinists and pseudoprogressive MediaCrits alike. A veritable miracle, in an era of increasing repression and division, coming out of the American South's AnCap dystopia.

Also, it's really good. If you haven't, go watch it. And if you have, let's look forward to future RWBY under Viz Media.

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Look, you can call Jayce and Vi the failduo, but credit where credits due— at least when they have a beautiful woman in their arms, they know they’ve got a job to do. 🫡

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No matter how hard I try, I just can’t make peace with a suicidal character who thinks she’s a curse on everyone around her throwing herself into death, even if triumphantly and for love. It was sacrifice, not suicide, but as a thematic ending, it’s just hard to find it satisfying.

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anyway, the last scene should have been Vi and Ekko.

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Look, I see the poetry in Jinx dying with the moment that created her (but i hate it and can’t understand the point of her arc beyond that framing)

and it would have been terrible writing for Vi to continue sacrificing herself for others

but the big sister in me just knows Vi knows it should have been her and I don’t see how she ever gets over that, no matter how much she loves Cait

I just wish there was a version where they were the healed Vander/Silco and not the reckoning with their biggest hangups.

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The way Singed is the only character that got all they wanted lmao

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no body no death is all I’m saying

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S02E05 ― Blisters and Bedrock ↳ Vi in every episode

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Mural in Brazil apparently? Seeing a wlw couple with such promotion and visible support in a globally popular show is validating in a way I can’t really describe.

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Streaming model’s self-defeating loop of investing in tv shows and cutting them down if there’s no immediate ROI, thus making viewers wary of getting invested from the jump

Ever-growing production cycles in movies, tv and video games creating bloated budgets, creativity fatigue and an inability for folks in the development process to have any certainty in lining up projects

M&A creating even more homogeneity in the media space

Increased costs of production making every project a boom “must” or bust

Over-reliance on remakes and safe bets (see all prior bullets)

Generative AI

And despite it all, there have been so many labors of love that have risen above it because of ARTISTS. But it’s hard not to feel bleak about the state of media right now.

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Sony trying to buy Kadokawa is bad bad yall. Like if Sony was just trying to buy FromSoft it would be bad, but Kadokawa is Sony eating the rest of the Japan media market share they dont already own.

Bad.

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Vi/Jinx/Warwick family reunion got me, but the problem is that this show is just so “automatic” in pulling the rug out that it’s hard to get emotionally invested (why I never got remotely attached to Isha the moment she was introduced because it was obvious where that was going). They got me one last time because I’m a sucker for the sisters, but the payoffs are going to feel less emotional if you train your viewers to keep their guard up from the start.

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x06 - “The Message Hidden Within the Pattern”

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Not to get all RWBY, but Vi’s gauntlets need to also be a gun.

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lol im sorry but idgaf about that lazy plot device of a kid