A Lesson In Duality - Ekko and Jinx (Arcane)
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- Опубликовано: 22 янв 2022
- Ekko and Jinx are two of my favorite characters in Arcane. In this video, I discuss their contrasting character arcs and the duality shared between them, which in my opinion makes their relationship one of the best and most important in Arcane.
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One of the sad things about jinx is that I think she was truly capable of building. She's been smart and talented since she was a child. But unfortunately, After vi left, she grew up in an environment that taught her to destroy And things happened to her that made her believe she is a jinx
I mean, Jinx is talented in building WEAPONS, not mining gauntlets or skateboards, even when she’s at early age, Powder showed interests in inventing bombs. Powder can be the builder but that’s not what she likes, Silco encourages Jinx to do the things she loves, Silco can’t even control Jinx, Jinx chose what she wants to become.
The environment has nothing to do here.
Also don’t forget that it’s Vi who Powder looked up to said she is a jinx. Imagine if Vi said the same to Ekko, how will he feel?
In Powder’s mind, Vi left her, said she was a jinx.
In Ekko’s mind, Vi was missing, he didn’t know where Vi was, and the last time Vi met Ekko, Vi hugged Ekko and comforted him.
So, Powder and Ekko experiences are not exactly the same. But in Arcane, small difference makes huge impact.
Yep, those last words from Vi, saying that Milo, Powder’s Bully brother was right, she’s a Jinx. That drove her trauma into her psyche. Already with abandonment issues,once Vi hit her and walked away long enough for the antagonist to possibly kill Powder. That feeling of abandonment enhanced with the trauma of knowing she killed those closest to her. That was it. Complex for life.
@@Lebpnguyen saying that the environment has nothing to do is delusional. she was never a builder by nature but that doesn't mean she couldn't become one or at least convert her nature into something good. the power of destruction is also a way of creating oportunity, change and rebirth.
Even in the beginning, Ekko stayed behind on Vi's command while Powder disobeyed and blew up the shimmer factory, killing her family by mistake. Ekko later laments he wish he had gone with Vi and the others, only for Vi to tell him it's better he didn't or he could have been killed or "changed", which segway's into their conversation about Powder becoming Jinx.
It drives home the idea that, if that night was just a different, Powder and Ekko could have been in opposite places in the series.
I really hope we get more interaction btw these two. One of the screenwriters said that they knew about each other for a long time. Jinx knew he was the firelights leader but did she told Silco ? Silco doesn’t know about him, maybe she tried to hide it from him ? Idk.
There is something unfinished between these two. They’re literally the Yin-Yang. When Yin-Yang finally have a genuine talk btw each other, it can create beautiful things. Ekko know how to see good in everything. With Jinx, when he hesitated to hit her, he saw someone that asked for help and needed help, she’s still requesting these but jinx is afraid at fixing relationships so she destroys it.
Even after all of this, Ekko still saw someone to help inside her and he will certainly try to help her, to save her but will he succed ? i hope so, because Ekko build and fix no matter what.
He did the impossible reaching the one he thought was gone. Can he do it again. I believe he can.
(Props to to you because your analysis is awesome 🤩)
thank you! And I agree seeing more interaction between Jinx and Ekko in season 2 will be very interesting
@Principe del Sol LoL players know that Ekko used to have a crush on Powder - In the music video "ENEMY" you can see a bit more of their closeness when they were kids. When he tells Vi in ep7 that she belongs to Silco and that she wants(!) to work for Silco you can see the bitterness about that in his face and that when he says this he still negociates with himself about this because originally he doesn't want to believe this- but he has seen the bitter reality of her present behaviour - killing his friends and working in Silco's favor...
That's why he is hesitating in the fight with Jinx- he clearly sees Powder there and doesn't want to hurt her anymore, thinking "How did it come to this? For hell's sake we are childhood friends - I was even in love with you". But he is faced by a fatal helplessness of Jinx - who is unable to fix her relationships because she never learned to come back from the consequences of her acts. She just knows how to destroy and then turn her back on this. That's why she decides on suicide bomb because she knew she lost to Ekko but instead of talking that out she pulls the pins. Because she is too afraid of really facing her past. She was never really able to face the past that's why Mylo and Claggor continue to haunt her - I ep9 she says "I should have known better...nothing ever stays dead".
According to the creators there's a flashback scene that showed them encountering each other in the time skip.. but it slowed down the episode so they cut it for time (hopefully they show or build on it for later)
Long before I learned this I'd had the theory/fancanon that these two had been playing a long-term game of deadly kiss chase/cat &mouse/Batman & Catwoman that went badly once Ekko asked Powder to pick a side..
Hopefully szn 2 switches to these two being the main components &driving forces of arcane especially with the whole duality elements pushed to the fore
Something I just noticed after watching this video is that in most scenes with Jinx, a raven follows her. But they are almost always either chased away, or killed. To me this means that Jinx is actively trying to escape the present and return to the past, chasing away her bad omens. But in the final episode, there is no raven, not because Jinx chased it off- she IS the raven now. She’s the one to deliver a message of death and pain. She’s the one who will bring the worst omen of all: War.
Nice observation. I would go further by saying that there WERE raven's present at the mad tea party until Jinx gunned down Silco, which is essentially when Jinx really became all Jinx.
also I saw someone see that both Jinx and Ekko survived the bridge fight eventhough both were sooo close to the bomb, we later see that Ekkos leg was messed up, probably because Ekko kicked the bomb away from him andJinx
I don't think Jinx set off the bomb at the end, it was Powder. We already get that from the looks in their eyes, how Ekko sees Powder again in her. And it is symbolically the death of Powder and she does that by trying to kill herself. Thosd chompers as we have seen before can be attached to opponents. If she wanted to she could take advantage of Ekko's pause and stick a bomb to him and flee. She gives him enough time by showing the bomb and setting it off beside herself, while being Powder again. Powder's last action is to save Ekko and kill Jinx, which would also kill her too.
Did u also notice that when it’s actually powder coming out in Jinx, her eyes are grey like in that scene u just mentioned and when she reunited with Vi before Caitlyn showed up and her eyes turned blue again. It’s a very interesting detail.
I always have a vague dislike for this line of thinking because it entirely ignores that jinx is still powder, she's just powder that's been raised to be a monster. Jinx is casually suicidal throughout the entirety of the show, from kicking bombs off the fan at the last second, to faking out shooting at Caitlyn in the finale(this one took a while for me to figure out, but there's a voice that says 'it's time to leave them' that's subtitled, she sort of screams, raises the gun, and flinches away, then looks upset when Caitlyn doesn't shoot her) and even in the scene where she 'becomes jinx' it's a shameful choice, she says "even though im..different" and that's because there's no real separation between powder and jinx, it's one person who's name has changed. Jinx obviously hates herself, her name is a symbol of all of her insecurities. And so on the bridge Powder doesn't 'come back' to kill jinx, jinx remembers who she used to be, for once cant trust silco, vi 'left' her again, ekko stops beating her because he remembers who she used to be, and she is overwhelmed by shame so she gives up with a little 'I'm sorry' smile. Jinx is not a monster that powder fights, she's Powder who's been groomed into a gang and has put up a hundred walls of paranoia she can't break free of, that thinks she's a monster.
Basically referring to powder as someone separate is falling victim to jinx's delusions about herself, that she can kill the part of her that causes her pain, when trauma doesn't just stay dead because you force it down. What Jinx calls "Powder" is just her own guilt, empathy, and fear.
Anyways I just really disagree because these aren't split personalities, it's inner conflict. Jinx set off the bomb at the end because she was tired of herself. Jinx tries to 'kill powder' a hundred times, and it never works because she IS powder. And this wasn't a moment of weakness for her where she's held back by who she once was, in fact who she used to be is the one thing that's keeping ekko from beating her to death, this is a moment where Jinx could've used this to her advantage and she didn't because Jinx isn't some heartless thing. Jinx doesn't cause harm without perceived provocation, even the crow she shot had scared her, and then she shot it because she was mad at herself for being spooked, she was settling the score if you will. So instead of Powder coming back to kill Jinx, Jinx felt ashamed and irredeemable and she decided it was time for her to go.
@@bzzzzzzzzzz2075 I really love your comment, and I agree. There’s a video essay called something like “Hints of Jinx, Remnants of Powder” that really captures her character well imo. Just like all people who experience childhood trauma, no amount of repression can kill that part of yourself. Jinx and powder are two sides of the same coin, there’s no way of separating eggs from milk and the milk from flour once they’re mixed into batter.
The grooming jinx underwent as a result of Silco’s manipulation is often overlooked because he loved her. But he loved and he hurt her irreparably. There’s no ignoring the fact that that man should’ve never been within a 5mile radius of that young girl.
I also love that you mentioned her casual suicidal nature, there’s been mention by writers of her relationship with death. And her diary entries (courtesy of a LOL side game as I remember) really emphasize that she doesn’t want to live. That she believes all the people she’s killed went to a better place together. And this informs us that when she let that grenade go, she wanted to free herself and Ekko, to die together and move onto something better.
Their the same person
Yet another classic example of a video that deserves more views than it has. Good analysis dude!
Thank you! :)
I have never looked so deeply at the parallel between Jinx and Ekko. it's awesome!
The conflict between the two can be resolved in one of two ways: Jinx decides to rebuild her relationship with Ekko, or Ekko decides to destroy his relationship with Jinx once and for all
I would say that there are, and always have been, many deep differences between Ekko and Jinx. Their childhoods were not that similar. Benzo was an active parental figure thoroughly engaged with Ekko and the boy was charismatic and freely gregarious with everyone. Compare that to Powder who had an antagonist in Milo, vague regard with Claggor, and well meaning neglect from Vander (assumed as they had little interaction shown). Continue that on with the climax of the 3rd episode and while Ekko got support and love, Jinx got physical and verbal abuse and abandoned. Silco, a tyrannical and ruthless killer enamored with "letting the monster out", was the only example of a genuine and loving relationship she had in the show; the only person who ever understood her, accepted her, and encouraged and guided her. She didn't just choose destruction. She was pushed, pulled and encouraged. Destruction of enemies, the people who abandon, abuse, and exploit you, was a moral lesson she was taught. It was a language of kinship with the only family she had left and she was also so desperate to prove that she was worthy of being loved.
Yes thank you, I was looking for this comment after finishing the video, feeling that this huge part of Jinx’s development was missed and not talked about
I always felt Vander was a bit to blame. He looked to be watching over four kids, two if we just go by Vi and Powder, but he had a favorite and it was Vi. I get it, they weren't his and Vi was more like him. Then Vi, of course she was to young to know better herself, but the way she treated Powder at the end? The other kids weren't treating Powder well at all and that didn't help when she really made a bad mistake.
All so bad, she quickly fell into Silco's arms.
I love this analysis so much, it makes so much sense. Also, you'll notice that Ekko only destroys (The shimmer) to build (a stronger community), but meanwhile jinx only builds (fishbones) to destroy (PIltover's council). It's crazy to consider how profoundly opposite they react to having the same history and past.
I think the tragedy is, Jinx can't stop what she's going through, that's what's causing the insanity. She can't make the choice to go back, she's too far gone. So the duality between her and Ekko is a thing yes, but not moralistically. Ekko didn't try everything in his power to help his friends only to kill them, he wasn't a detriment to those around him, but that was the message Jinx got ever since she was young. She was pushed out of every scenario she's been in for her erratic nature that is built on seeking approval from others. I'm not saying Jinx is a victim. I'm saying it's a tragedy what she's gone through, and wasn't a choice that she had for becoming Jinx, hence I don't think shining Ekko as the moralistic pro choice is what Arcane set out to say. He's a boy who under completely different scenarios who became a pacifist hope figure with his people, and I think that's great he's an awesome character, but had he killed his people on accident, and constantly messed up in his early life to be banished wherever he went, he may not be the Ekko we see in the film.
Another way the parallel is shown during the Jinx vs Ekko fight is how Vi and Caytlin look at Jinx before walking away, as Ekko steps in front of them to protect them and stop Jinx.
And also, both survived the bomb, but if you think about it, she only survived because of the very thing we first see Ekko and the Firelights trying to fight against and destroy. Shimmer.
Jinx blew up her family
ekko just observed his boss getting murder, there a big difference in impact.
I completely agree with your video on the basic thoughts of duality but I can't help but point out some grave differences in their lifes that is the very reason that they end up different from each other that was not expored in your video. They are in fact the principle of duality but their lifes are not as similar as it sounds in your video.
First of all, Powder had already trauma from loosing her parents and therefore had abandonment issues from the beginning - in contrast to Ekko. Then, in ep 3 it is true that both lost people dear to them but the very difference is the perspective of feeling guilty about that. While Ekko lost Benzo and couldn't do something to help him, Powder was the sole reason they died in the first place and she knows that. Of course, it is sad to loose a dear person to you and it affects you with guilty thoughts like "Could I have done sth. to prevent this from happening?" but it is a total different story for your mental state to be aware to you yourself killed them. Something like this messes a lot with you and even drives people into suicide(Silco precented that by twisting that into a different logic). So on top of her first trauma she got the massive guilt of killing her family which is not the case at all for Ekko. This sets them off to different paths because to recover from loosing a loved one is much easier than recovering from killing a loved one yourself( being directly responsible for the death) and Powder is after that continuesly indoctrinated on top of that with Silco's twisted logic- another trauma broken character.
BTW we don't know what Benzo is really to Ekko - Ekko appearantly works for him in the shop. That's all we get to know. In the game Ekko has definetly parents (alive!) and in the Arcane series we don't get any information about that - so technically he could still have his family. But even if not, he has always been someone "connected" through his spying/ repair deeds. He helps people repairing things and he is an informant- which means he knows a lot of people AND what happens in the Underciy - so he has a broader perspective on events happening than a normal person in the Undercity. Powder only ever cared about Vi - she doesn't even care that much about Vander (you see almost no interaction for them in Arcane and in ep2 when Vander wants to cheer her up it doesn't work- she even ignores him and turns her head). And when she killed everyone in ep3 and stands before Vi -even though this is mostly fueled by her abandonment fears - her reaction isn't about caring about their deaths at all in that moment- what she really cares about is that Vi might leave her because of what she has done. And because -willingly or not- Vi leaves her in her POV. This shock of being left and this time being really all alone(!) overwrites the feelings of any possible grieve and she is left with that last impression weighing on her. Therefore, she continues to push away any mourning possibilities of her lost ones because she is left in the state of being left alone which is her biggest fear. That's why she clings to Silco right afterwards.
Ekko doesn't have the whole abandonment issue so he can afford to process the death of Benzo, the other kids and in his POV Vi much easier and he is better connected to other people in the first place because of his personality- HE is not all alone unlike how Powder feels when loosing Vi. Powder never made an afford to forge bonds aside from Vi - she was always the tag along- the shadow of Vi - admiring her. She was kind of isolated from the start but clung to Vi which was her bridge to social life. She connected to Ekko because Vi was a friend/big sister to Ekko and he is a similar creative mind. Even though we see her interacting as a child with Ekko in the music video ENEMY (not in the show though!) she is never truly connected to him - she played with Ekko because Vi introduced them and brought her along. But in the end she only cares about Vi. But Ekko cares about her which is very appearent in ep7 when he hesitated for another blow.
So in the end, they may had similar events happening but with their different personalites and past (experiences) they have vast different factors that make the reason they turn out on different paths. And the biggest factor and difference imo is their basic mental health/state and why and how they loose their loved ones in ep3 (and of course who they are with afterwards). Powders personality, communication and lack of being able to make friends by herself was always comensated by Vi and as long as she had Vi, Powder would have been more or less fine (even with killing all the other part of her family Vi could have put her in a different set of mind about that). This is what you simplified in your video as dependence - which is true. (And why is she dependen on Vi ? Because of the previous trauma from ep1 resulting in her abandonment issues ! Without that, she might have turned out not to be this dependent on Vi!). Ekko was never this dependend on Vi and therefore, truly connected to others as well. That's why he turned out to be a leader later on and Jinx is a killer. Because she has the feeling, if she isn't strong enough and proves to be useful to Silco she will be left again. And this is what drives all her actions up to the end of ep5. When realizing Vi is alive in ep6 she wavers and is torn between her current believe system implemented by Silco and her true desire to be with her sister (relying on her sister again but that trust in her sister is shaken by the events of ep3 and the seeds of doubt planted by Sevika and Silco) so she is internally torn back and forth and jumps to guns easily because of her poor mental health and all the conflicting messages from Silco, Sevica and her internal voices that fuel her doubts. All of this leads to the basic message you correctly pointed out in your video. Powder is dependent on her sister while Ekko was not in that to that extent - he had a bond but was never dependent on her (even if said they relied on his source of information not the other way around!). And this led to different sets of minds that where shaken and formed further by the events of ep3 and resulted in such different paths.
I agree with most of your points, and the things you elaborate on (such as Powder's dependence on Vi) were points I was originally going to discuss in this video, but I ended up putting them aside as they made the script overly long and strayed away from the main discussion which was Ekko and Jinx's dualism. (I've set these points aside for future arcane videos I have planned)
I do disagree on a few points though, but I think most of those disagreements come down to interpretation and yours has a lot of merit.
Mainly I disagree on the point of Ekko not feeling guilt over the death of Vander and the others. While Powder set off the bomb Ekko was the one who told the group about Jayce's apartment which is where Powder found those bombs. Ekko was also the one who told Vi where Silco had taken Vander.
So while Ekko didn't directly kill them, him telling Vi about the apartment in the first place set ALL these issues into motion which led to his loved ones' death. So I personally believe Ekko did feel guilt over the whole ordeal.
Thank you for the thought-out comment! :) I think it does a good job of exploring the more contrasting aspects of their duality.
@@bejitsword9217 hey, I think we don't have a disagreement here- maybe I phased it not clearly enough. I didn't meant to say that Ekko has no regrets at all- in contrast- in ep7 he clearly verbalizes this to Vi - that was what I wanted to say by "What could have I done to prevent this" - Of course the information he gave Vi falls into this category as well but he is not directly responsible for killing them unlike Powder with the hex crystals. If she didn't bring that they might have survived - there is a clear undeniable connection to their deaths and on top of that she witnessed the aftermath of her actions in person instead of Ekko who just heard about it and can speculate about that day which is in imo a different story for your mental health in the first place.
I am really looking forward to your other planned videos ! I love this one as well - I am just obsessed over this show and fawn over some details here I deem important to add^^ Anyways, thank you for taking the time to reply here :D
@@redroseibarahime8755 Powder could of also prevented Vander and the boy's deaths by just using one crystal per bomb. But she was too impulsive, and like what happened at the heist, she didn't think things through, which is also true to her Jinx persona.
Ekko is insanely similar to jinx yet so different, it's a sad story
Also I see another silco Vander dynamic between these two
Excellent video. If I may chime in with my two cents, I think when comparing these two characters it's important to include Vi and (more pertinent to my two cents) their mentors. Something Arcane does well is the flaws present in characters. To start with Vander, while he is shown to be a good guide to Vi he fails at receiving her feedback. This paired with his overprotective nature leads (at least in part) to him being captured by Silco. Speaking of (and if you want to talk duality), Silco is all too good at understanding Jinx. Despite being able to learn from her though, he failed at separating Jinx's needs from her wants. And finally we have Ekko's mentors. While there might not be too much to say about Benzo...well I guess Arcane will get there when it gets there.
That was beautiful and exactly what I was looking for when it came to those two thank you for the video.
I know this is late but, another parallel is that Jinx sits on a throne with no one around but, echo seats on one with many people around him.
This video is so beautifully made. Lovely work. Your voice is also perfect for this subject. The gentleness is making me tear up. Excellent work.( Also the music is very pretty). Thank you for helping me understand these characters better
Love that you pointed how Jinx fights alone! Even while back-to-back with Vi against the Firelights, she fights like Vi isn’t there and nearly kills her with friendly fire.
The analysis is great and you worded it beautifully! Thank you for this video!
I would only disagree with your Analysis on the Bridge.
On the Bridge, it is Powder and not Jinx. That is why she didn't shoot him. He may have jumped to the side, but we know just how good a shot Powder and then Jinx is. That isn't Jinx fighting Ekko. That's Powder playfighting with Ekko. You can tell by her eyes and they way she doesn't actually shoot him. She doesn't fire the last shot. If she missed it would be a different story.
That's definitely an interesting perspective, but I don't believe she intentionally didn't shoot him. After all, when he leaps to the side, she does try to point the gun at him and shoot but he knocks it out of the way with his weapon before she can.
I don't think it's that she "doesn't fire the last shot" I think it's that Ekko doesn't let her.
I'm not saying you're wrong though, just what my interpretation is.
@@bejitsword9217In episode 2 we see mylo shooting a toy gun *sideways* at some targets and missing all his shots. Later when the enforcers discover the hideout, he shoots properly and guess what all his shots land! In episode 7 jinx never once shoots her gun the correct way. Go back and look. She is shooting sideways, to miss ON PURPOSE. Like nightfall said, ekko proposed they play the childhood game and jinx accepts it. She stands idle waiting to start like how they used to play, and we can see her actually enjoying the game with ekko. But ekko is seeing the situation differently than her and is actively trying to put an end to her, whereas jinx just wants to end it all thinking it would be best if it came from the hands of her childhood friend.
@@CertainlyCynical Nah. She totally missed. Go rewatch the video. She shot 4 shots. She missed all. The beautiful thing about Arcane, everything matters. Even the sound cues. She shock in her face after Ekko side-steps the 4th shot says it all. If you also listen carefully you can hear Ekko knocking the bomb away before it detonates, saving both their lives.
she actually fires the last shot. The sound can be heard very very clearly, followed by the shock in Jinx's face after realizing she missed all.
Are you talking about her not shooting right before he knocked her down or when she's on the ground
This is one of the best well written videos i have ever seen in my life, thank you very much for this masterpiece
Great analysis with some insights I haven't seen anywhere else. Understanding the duality between these two characters adds yet another layer of appreciation for them.
This video is just awesome!
A beautiful essay. Thank you.
Great video!
thanks!
The video that makes the MORE SENSE on all the #Arcanetheory stratosphere ! Thankx for sharing it, everything that you say is so true and it's the first time I agreed so much with someone regarding this as it was my own thought on it too, even if there are some few thinks I might not agree with, it was still very satisfying to see someone have the same thoughts lol. Thankx for this video ! Hope you make some more !
This is AMAZING
Ekko was never really a true orphan though unless you count league lore as being completely seperate. Great analysis ♡
Made me cry 😭💙💙
this needs more views
this video deserves 1 billion views
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Thank you for the efforts and thoughts put into this video! The perspectives mentioned here are so keen and give various insights into the depth of these characters.
Stay safe out there homie!
Thanks man! :)
Wonderfully done! I’m interested to see what happens in the next season. Especially if they meet again, which I’m sure they will. Will echo still have that hope after Jinx killed the council?
God you are genius. Thank you for this video.
Bravo.. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I totally 100% agree and while I feel like there's the chance that when season two drops they might have drinks go back to sevika I think there might also be the chance that instead she cuts all ties to her past and perhaps maybe at some point finds herself face-to-face with Echo again. I feel like if that happened then Echo, heimendinger, and Jinx may end up becoming a group as I could imagine Echo possibly would leave the fire lights in order to try to help save jinx especially since in the very last portion of their fight the way I interpret what happened between the two was that you are correct I think that Echo saw a chance to possibly be able to help her push past her past I'm actually move forward with her life and he was willing most likely to actually try to do that and I think the smile and the way she dropped the grenade shows that she saw him have hoping her and understand truly that despite the Raven also being associated with change and everyone's seen her as completely different from who she was he can still see her and understand that she's still the same girl the still the same girl trapped in the past more specifically and I get the sense that she felt either a, too afraid to accept moving forward or perhaps too guilty to be willing to ask for help or accept help feeling that the torment she feels in the pain she feels isn't something she should be able to push past considering that she's the cause of it. The other way I could also interpret it it's perhaps her accepting that their paths at that time were completely different and not just different but diametrically opposed and what their goals were to the point that if either let the other walk then they would be betraying everything and so perhaps to save him from betraying everyone else or perhaps just to help him do what he had to do she decided to drop the grenade and considering how long the grenades fuses are and the fact that if you really wanted to kill him she could have attached it to his pant leg I really do get the sense that grenade was 100% for her as she likely knew he could easily jump off the bridge to avoid the explosion which also is kind of why I think she seemingly Drew attention to the grenade
Really I just kind of want to see these to get together and see him actually finally helped her deal with her problems in a way no one has ever been able to help her do
dude you are criminally underrated
This is good
After the final scene of the series do you guys think Ekko will gain or lose more respect towards Jinx after finding out she bombed the council? i feel like it will rise mixed feelings for him honestly, probably annoyed especially now he has forged new relationship with heimerdinger but still he probably still hates piltover for all the things they have done to them so idk im happy to hear ur thoughts
Le sabes de a madre, excelente video
I hope Jinx's destruction comes in handy to Ekko's creation
I hope that Ekko can learn to love Jinx as much as he loves Powder 😢
Powder is like the past that haunted Jinx, but everyone only loves Powder, and wants Powder back, which is so sad.
Nobody can fully love Jinx for who she really is, the only person that finally accepts Jinx is gone.
Please stop saying “we still see Powder in Jinx”, don’t you understand, Powder is the torture past that Jinx wants to forget.
It’s Powder who shot Silco in the end, Jinx can never be back as Powder.
I love Jinx for who she is, like Silco said, Jinx is perfect.
Jinx and powder are the same person
I think there’s also a message to reflect on when it comes to jinx firing that last bomb towards piltover: that beyond her, on the scale of the two cities, you can’t just try and erase all the trauma you inflict on a people with the promise of easy peace. that such a deeply eviscerated pain will magically heal and disappear with it. reparations from the oppressor, trauma, it doesn’t ever work like that, and I think that’s what jinx represents in the end: not just a war, a bad omen, but a long-awaited violent revolution, and a demand to have her grief, injustice and pain finally seen.
if the writers of arcane wanted to send a message, I think it’s that there’s more to reparations than what jayce attempted to do, and that ekko’s method in healing and building will be central to it. the cast is now fully introduced, we’ve seen their flaws at work, and its resulting failure. now we can really begin to watch them develop in this struggle to mend what was broken, starting with jinx sending a signal that they’ve chosen the wrong answer.
If these two were on the same team they’d be a problem for Piltover. They’re both anarchists in their own way, but the duality here means they’re two sides of the same coin. When Jinx nearly killed herself she didn’t know if Ekko would save himself, but she thought the perfect ending for her would be to die with Ekko
hollow knight music playing in the back
Your last sentence with the background music - it felt as if it was my last breath, just true serenity and presence 🥲
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glade i found this video so good. keep up the good work.
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Hi! I have found your channel recently, but your videos about Arcane are very interesting to watch! Keep going :>
I only want to add an one interesting idea about fight between Ekko and Jinx that I found in another channel. The Jinx's phrase "the boy savior" isn't simple as it can be seemed. Jinx actually ironizes about it because Ekko isn't a hero for her. What does it mean? The problem is that Ekko has always known who is Jinx and during the show he never tries to save her or just talk. He said goodbye to Powder and doesn't accept Jinx like Vi. He tries to help everyone but not Jinx. He decided to abandon her and it is to some extent similar to the Vi's act. So that is why Jinx is mocking Ekko saying "the boy savior" : he escapes her and it is easier for him to leave her.
So we can say that image of Ekko is also complicated (which is in Acrane's style). I guess someone found it interesting ^_^
Hollow Knight music is amazing
Great video, but try to use another word for "one builds and one destroys" as it makes the content "repetitive". Just my opinion, and I hope you might use this "knowledge" of some sort in the future. Always be on your toes, and keep the audience entertained. Solid video
i hear hollow knight music
Bro why you have only 350 subs?
Two sides of the same coin
Wait .. this song? Where’s it from ?
Jesus bless
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After the final scene of the series do you guys think Ekko will gain or lose more respect towards Jinx after finding out she bombed the council? i feel like it will rise mixed feelings for him honestly, probably annoyed especially now he has forged new relationship with heimerdinger but still he probably still hates piltover for all the things they have done to them so idk im happy to hear ur thoughts
Probably still will look at her as a victim of piltover and definitely a lot of mixed feelings cause she was his childhood crush and he feels like it’s his fault