AND she got away. He said in the beginning of this scene that he always thought that Vi was the prize out of Vander’s two girls. So not only had he not recruited her, he couldn’t even take her off the board when he tried to all those years ago. He’s losing control, but he’s also realizing that he never had as much as he thought.
I kind of see Silco as a person who internalizes everything. To be in control or to appear to be, he keeps his thoughts and emotions to himself. That is why you see Silco exhale or vent before and after he meets with associates. Also when you don’t have a healthy outlet to let out your emotions, it all piles up to one giant outburst.
What would you consider a "healthy outlet"? If you mean acknowledging the feelings, observing them and not pushing them away, I agree. If however you mean acting out your anger, this actually causes a positive reinforcement which makes you _more_ prone to anger the next time. This piling up only happens if you "suppress" them. But resisting the urge and trying to calm down rather than just acting on impulse actually makes you _more_ stable than the opposite.
@@LinkEX healthy venting in ways like doing your hobbies, help your love one(in this case Jinx), if you're parent then kid(also Jinx), break away from usual routine or if possible: destroy the source/mimic of the source of your frustration i.e when you're angry at your boss for being a POS, you take your anger in the gym, out the garbage dump and beat the living shit outta the inanimate things there thinking it is the boss you're beating (this have the high risk of doing the real stuff on human so take caution)
Kinda surprised he doesnt have a healthy or at least productive, consistent outlet for his rage. Aside from beating up and intimidating goons. He has all this power, on some level he can do whatevrr he wants but also cant, wouldnt ppl be scared of getting in his way if he was angy
I actually thought it was a parallel to Powder's breakdown when Vi left her alone to save Vander in Ep. 3. In their respective scenes, Powder and Silco have a sudden breakdown which we never see them do before where they end up breaking their "toys/inventions".
What's more, Vi is the greatest threat to his relationship with Jinx. He almost had it handled, but Vi slipped through his grasp yet again and it was too much for him. His fear of losing Jinx is the greatest driving factor for him at this point.
“Is there anything more undoing than a daughter”. An adoptee, silco is really special honestly. Obviously good parents don’t use children’s as weapons to meet their agenda. However I learnt recently people love us the only way they know how. And honestly he did love jinx the way he knew how and it even took him be surprise. I’m sure a part of him tried to compartmentalize her existence, however she really did become his daughter and he never had such a relationship.
A thing I don’t see a lot of people consider is that silco (as simplistic as that sounds) has abandonment issues just like powder, when he talks to vander in the factory before the whole showdown with the kids he DOES lose composure for the slightest moment “WE HAD A VISION VANDER” it’s an accusation, it’s his “WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME” silco doesn’t want to be abandoned and ultimately it’s why he’s clinging on jinx “she won’t die doctor… she can’t” So when the only tru threat to jinx abandoning him comes along he loses it. And it’s true that it’s because it’s the first time no amount of scheming or plotting will fix how south the situation is but mostly he has to confront the real situation that vi escaped, he doesn’t know where jinx is and if vi finds her before him he might lose her and be abandoned
There are some similarities to his behaviour when Vander tries to drown him. At first he's calm, appearing to accept his fate. But then there's an explosion of rage from within, violently resisting his fate, a primal reaction to the threat he's feeling. There's no Vander to stab here so he takes it out on his goons. It is a strange scene but interesting too and a very human response from a great character.
The slightly compressed quality image of silco doing to sad Shinji pose facing away from the camera with a little arrow pointing to him and captioned "our boy" made me lose my mind
To me, that moment was sort of slowly sinking in for him that he might lose Jinx here. Also bear in mind that this is really the first time he’s really challenged since episode 3, where Vi tells him she’s going to destroy everything he’s built and take her sister away from him and you’ll see Silco keeps his cool, but then Vi brings the tower down, killing almost all of him and his henchmen and then escapes. It’s the combination of feeling helpless, especially in the face of someone threatening to take his daughter away from him that is just causing him to freak out and lose his shit, hence why you see him stomping and beating on his minions in a blind rage, it’s this petty and insane way to reassert his dominance so he can feel powerful after being put down by this person he knows is a huge danger to himself and whom he has no power over. He may even be sitting there, thinking about what he can do to stop her and coming up empty, realizing there’s almost nothing he can do and that’s when he flies off the handle.
Agreed. I also think it's important to note that the only other time we see him like this is in the last episode, when he struggles to free himself and attempts to shoot Vi. And what these two moments have in common is that both times he feels fear that Jinx will choose Vi and abandon him
Indeed, I feel like losing Jinx is what probably set him off. As he’s searching for ways to stop Vi it’s not that he came up with nothing, he just realizes none of the ways he’s coming up with is dealing with the REAL problem, Jinx’ feelings. She might hate him for killing Vi, she might love him even more, she might straight up leave and there’s no telling but if he leaves Vi alone, there’s a HUGE chance she succeeds in getting Jinx. There’s a chance that he’s left alone again. Most importantly, there’s a chance that Vander takes everything away from him once more, at the end of the day THAT’S what I believe he can’t handle. The fact that even after death Vander could still take away the ONE thing he truly loves, the one thing he wouldn’t sacrifice for anything else.
Even the way he attacks his own goon, like at one point he just smacks him in the forehead repeatedly. It's kind of funny to see and totally not 'criminal mastermind'.
Well that's kind of the contrast between being a criminal mastermind and looking like one. One can come up with all of the plans one wants but if one can't cultivate a image within the minds of a bunch of savage goons, if one can't _train_ a bunch of _animals_, then one can't truly lead.
He was asking that goon how VI got healed, as Sevika told him when she stumbled into his office that she inflicted a gut wound on her. But he found her fully capable... After he smacked that goon, he then found out Huck had gotten her shimmer meds, that was who he was stomping on the ground. He ended Huck as he felt Huck had betrayed him by healing his enemy.
My favorite moment is his brief loss of balance, before regaining it with an angry stomp and gutteral shout. Bright red rage captured perfectly through animation.
Silco losing his shit because he's worried about losing Jinx gives me life. This man cares about Jinx as if she was his own flesh and blood, and having everything feeling out of control, with Vi escaping alive (badly hurt but alive), Vi poses an actual threat to Silco because she is the one person who knows Jinx/Powder as well (maybe even better) than he does. And she did threaten him regarding Jinx.
Huh, that makes sense. Still kinda confuses me that he takes off his coat mid-tantrum and throws it neatly over the pipes instead of tossing it to the floor, but... it is a very fancy coat.
Probably didn’t want to get his coat bloody because that’s out of his character to lose his shit like that. Losing his cool is his form of weakness. If he comes back with a bloody coat it will lead his stronger minions to think he’s losing his grip and is no longer the strong, calm, collected man that they once followed. He knew he couldn’t hold in the anger of possibly losing the one person in this world that loves him and the one dream he’s always wanted all at once anymore but he also knew that if he does he’s no longer Silco he’s back to the weak child way back before he was reborn
I think he's upset at the prospect of losing Jinx to Vi, and since this is the things he cares the most about, it is what elicits his most visceral reaction.
We actually see him break when Vi tries convincing Jinx. To my understanding, I think what makes him rage is thinking he’ll lose Jinx, in some way like you said, probably losing control.
I love that you never see a scene like a plot hole or just to serve tension or something. You go the extra mile to put yourself on the shoes of the character and what he's been throw. Your analysis of VI's "and then a real monster showed up" line and her not knowing jinx was the same. Love your style!
I'm pretty sure this is also a trauma response. Almost dying to someone who reminds him of Vander probably made him relive the moment he almost died due to Vander in the first place, so his extremely aggressive response almost seems like a recreation of when he fought back against Vander to survive
I just kind of took it that he almost had a building land on him and the adrenaline just sent him in a rage. He's not calm at the start, he's trying to regain control and just says fuck it and rages. His reaction in the loyalty scene is similar but he does recompose himself at that point.
I'm so glad someone outside of me finally noticed. So far, the only times we've seen Silco lose his temper is when Jinx ignores him and it was in a humorous way. I feel like here, it's slowly dawning on him that he's starting to lose control.
Also, I think this is an example of Silco's own failure and he realizes that. This is twice now that he's underestimated Vi, expecting her to be the arrogant, hot-headed fool ready to fight in any situation. But she's not. She is actually decently calculating when she wants to be and she doesn't have the ego that wouldn't allow her to run. In both episode 3 and this one, she runs when she needs to, and that is what allows her to beat Silco. He's expecting Vi to act like Benzo, who's pride forced him to fight in a situation where running would have been the smarter option. Silco rarely miscalculates. I think the only time we've seen it is with Vi.
Georgia Dow had an interesting take which i just love. Silco is insecure about his relationship with Jinx. He thought Vi could be beaten, but no, first she's back, and his reaction is fear and anger. but here, he knows that Jinx might leave him for Vi, and the thought terrifies him to the point where he has to beat up his goons to reassert control
As someone prone to exactly these kind of outbursts when too much shit piles on, I never even questioned it. For me, it ties into the feeling of being helpless, which I absolutely cannot stand. I imagine it's not sth Silco experiences often. (I obviosly don't go against pple, though, but I do trash my own stuff and whatever happens to be in the way.) Deep-seated issues, obviously.
it felt completely natural to me too, as someone who very rarely loses composure except when things become entirely too much to handle. It was pretty gutwrenching watching the scene for the first time and seeing myself in that anger. Luckily can just go and practice boxing without hurting or destroying anything.
i am wholeheartly the same, i can deal with almost any problem, but when it feels like i have less control on the situation than i believe i should, i cant deal with it, i freakout have panic attacks, rip some of my hair out, its not pretty, and for me it only happens when i feel i have completely lost or cannot gain control over a situation where i feel control SHOULD be possible
I used to be like this when I was younger. Used to explode in school whenever I got too stressed or felt like I was being unfairly treated and there was nothing I could do about it. Usually stormed away and screamed my lungs out, I remember denying a couple of lockers with my head too.
I have Autism and Silco's outburst was similar to my outbursts, when I get too overwhelmed and it doesn't stop. I normally cry, though and hit myself, which is a little embarrassing so I try to get away from people when it happens. So, the conclusion: I understand, even if it's just the tiniest bit and you all aren't alone
What I really love about this seen is just finally seeing a true vulnerability within Silco like we’ve never seen before, it’s like a remind he’s human too. That mix of anger and just pure helpless overwhelming and them being able to portray it without a single word within the scene is amazing to me. It’s not easy to do by no means, I don’t like Silco but I love his character yk? Fuck the show was so good it should be a damn crime.
It’s a bit surprising to some, but that’s because it plays with the old villain trope of ‘Curses! Foiled again!’ Vi has directly threatened to take Jinx away from him, and destroy his empire. Then brings his shimmer-eye sigil down as a demonstration of strength, and just leaves, not even bothering with him. She just showed him as WEAK, in front of his third-string goons, and tiniest shimmer-pawns. Yeah, that big fail takes him a beat to process. And then he needs to reassert dominance, and fast. It’s ‘Curses! Foiled again!’ but it’s Silco, so they made it absolutely magnificent.
I don't think he cares about all that tbh. I mean he doesn't care of protecting Jinx makes him look weak to anybody else and that's exactly it, it was all Jinx. He lost it cause the person who could take his child away from him got away.
Also, interesting to compare how his 'tantrum' happens and how Powder's tantrum happens in ep. 3. We only see his back but he doesn't read calm to me-- he's breathing hard and fidgeting, you know? He's panicked and overwhelmed and then-- just like Powder-- he blows up!
you can also see when he sits down before the meltdown how he is a bit hyperventilating. he's clearly in some sort of panic attack and i really like that tiny detail.
Who would say that the one who painted to be a super scary villain would end up being a father like any other, with his office full of extremely colorful drawings, scolding his impulsive teenage daughter and at the same time being loving and protective, Silco is the best villain that has been made so far.
To me that moment I believe he started to rage because he thought he was going to lose Jinx to Vi . I can’t explain in detail but I believe he actually cared for Jinx and not just using her for his own deeds . Plus everything that he’s dealt with has built up . Vi coming back to reclaim Jinx was probably the icing on the cake for him .
Also, he was alone with some expendable goons in that scene. He is composed and authoritary with people that matter, but in that moment he faced a huge failure and didn't care to control his rage because noone important would see him.
(Some Season 2 spoilers) One more thing to add on top of the whole load... this was his friend's house. The one who he lost on the bridge, and was catalyst to his fallout with Vander. This is the place where they Erected the EYE OF Zaun... And it's JUST come crashing down. All his old hopes and dreams and the REASONS why he was doing this in the first place. All crashing down in a symbol of Failure that echoes back to what feels like it's happening to his life and cause in the moment. Watching Season 2 just makes this moment of season 1 even more poignant... Arcane is amazing.
I'd imagine he felt like he finally had set up all the pieces in place, ready to strike, only for all of that work to suddenly seem to be crumbling to pieces from one unexpected wild card.
I love that Silco falls over and roars. It's like those moments where you angrily kick something and then hurt your foot, but you have to play it off like it's nothing. Hilarious.
After rewatching the show recently, I didn’t realize just how accurate this was. Think about things from Silco’s perspective: Yesterday, everything was fine. He has the piltover enforcers in his pocket through Marcus, Shimmer is flowing in from the hexgates, and his beloved daughter of zaun is content. Then Jinx has one flashback with that firelight and what happens? - Jinx unravels becoming more chaotic, Sevika is losing respect, you lost the shipment, one of your original goons, and through Caitlyn you now have real enforcement catching your scent - It gets the attention of Caitlyn not only pursues you and begins tracking you down, she brings Vi back from the dead who both hates you and is the only thing that could take Jinx from you. - Jinx unraveling makes her act out harder, making Sevika even more dissapointed, making Marcus even less controllable - Caitlyn is about to take your empire from you, Vi is about to take your daughter/ideological-icon away from you, and now Marcus is blockading the bridges. Yesterday, you were fine. Now the whole worlds caving in from every direction at once.
Something random that I noticed is in the fifth episode of Bridging the Rift, the documentary behind the making of Arcane. Christian actually says something very similar to what you noticed about Silco: "I work actually well under stress, except for when you have so many stressful things that you feel like you lose oversight." It's really cool how bits and pieces of the writers became elements of the characters' personalities.
I feel the difference is that those minor setbacks still kept him in control. This is where he fears his control might slip away from him. Not that he just doesn't control this instance, but that he fears it's the beginning of the end.
and the song mirrors his actions "Not a good night to lose control Right as the earth is unraveling You play with your blocks until they break And these walls come tumbling down Oh, they're tumbling down" Silco's power and control is falling down all around him - symbolically mirrored by the tower of the Eye of Zaun literally falling down all around him
Silco can handle each thing individually if they weren't related to each other, but since all things that are happening are in some way linked to each other that makes it complicated. Cause if handles one thing in the normal typical Silco way it will have an effect on everything else that may/will result in everything becoming more difficult.
This scene really cemented the character for me. The mask fell off and we get to see the real monster that he is when he loses control, both literally and figuratively
Side note, this is literally the best scene in the show. Cinematic masterpiece. Silco is boiled over, Jinx lit Vi’s flair, Vi and Caitlyn are making their way through Zaun, Marcus and the enforcers are basically preparing for a second war and shutting the bridge down. It’s such a good scene I cannot stress it enough. Each little clip of what’s happening has so much to absorb, I love when Vi bumps into a stranger and then shoved him before she flips him off and we see her mouthing “Fuck you” to him. I can’t even do Justice to the scene, but I knew when I was watching it for the first time that I just witnessed greatness, on my rewatch of the series I had INSANE goosebumps as this scene came on. So good.
the interesting thing about this show is that the writers never let up on the thoughts of the characters; each and every action has a string of reactions, emotions, thoughts, and decisions backing it up that can be traced all the way back to the start of the scene and maybe even further to reaches of past plot points and backstories - of which the latter is actually pretty common in writing... but i digress. it's really impressive how diligent the writers are in their creative process.
I also interpret the flickering wreckage of the eye sign in the background as a symbol of his grip on everything waning. The sign is used as a symbol of silcos hold over zaun, it flickering is also a reflection of how said control is waning.
He's also scared because he knows that he can lose Jinx bc Vi and that if she's free she can find her sister and he loves Jinx so much that he can't restrain it
Would you consider doing an in depth video about the show and it's characters in general? I mean I get it that youtube likes this quantity of short videos and it's a lot more profitable. But man, I would love to listen to you talking about the characters and the world for idk an hour or two :D But i totally understand that that's a drastically larger amount of work to do, compared to these short on point analysis. And I guess it wouldn't make much sense without one larger topic/aspect to discuss. Still if there's any possibility an overall long review of the show by you would be very interesting. Love your content and your thoughts :) And one additional thing not related to this video but the one about the "but you changed, too" phrase by Jinx: Someone on reddit pointed out that Vi in fact changed from Powder/Jinx's perspective. In the firs three episodes Vi is willing to fight Piltover. Her and powder hate piltover for what they did to them and Zaun. Later Vi works together with an enforcer (sure to find powder) but she even goes to the council to convince THEM to fight against Silco (which in some way would actually be like Piltover against Zaun) But with Vi on the opposite side. So from Jinx's perspective Vi did a full 180, even though that's not what's really the case for Vi. But that's what Jinx sees and why she might thing Vi changed.
I appreciate the kind words!! I've thought of doing a longer video called something like "Every Arc of Every Character Explained in Depth", and it would be like 40min, but even thinking about the editing makes me cry a little. I try to balance things out with the 2x short weekday vids/1 long sunday vid. Might change it up soon, got some ideas brewing :) The "vi works with piltover" thing is a very tempting option, but the reason I reject it is that the first time Vi decided to work with Piltover is in episode 2 arguably when she alerted the enforcers to come and arrest her. I know that didnt end up happening and she became jaded again in prison, but she was already opening up to that path in act 1, or at the very least its too ambiguous for me to put much stake in it. Definitely open to arguments to the contrary though.
@@schnee1 Oh I would love to see that. Maybe instead of editing a huge video do a podcast style thing where you just keep recording and talk about it. Then you at least wouldn't need to put too much work into editing afterwards. Maybe even a livestream with people in the comments? idk :D Regarding Vi, I see your point, but i wouldn't view her sacrificing herself as working together with the enforces. She knows that if Vander doesn't initiate a fight against piltover, no one would. And she fears everyone dying because the enforcers marching into Zaun as they claimed. So the only option she sees is sacraficing herself in order to prevent a second genocide. Because Zaun isn't ready to fight back (yet). They probably wouldnt stand a chance if unprepared. But yeah, it's not a strong argument either :D i know. Just something i thought is interesting There's a small scene were even powder says that all of Zaun should fighting piltover. So i thought those words coming from her, shows how she and Vi were both wanted to see piltover burn. Mylo even comments it with "see, even powder wants to fight". I guess that also fits very well with your video about "are we routing for the bad guys" when discussing powder point of view on piltover.
@@schnee1 yo seriously you've been the most consistent with quantity and quality of Arcane analysis. I can only imagine how much work that's been for you. I hope you're giving yourself some room to breathe too!
I think it's especially interesting how much he's assaulting Huck in his tantrum, who was already dead being crushed by the sign, but who set up this moment by bringing Silco to Vi
Silco really saw Jinx as his adoptive daughter. He cared for her and nurtured her - albeit, quite a bad kind of nurturing. He saw a potential for her to take over Vaun when he died or retired, but didn’t expect the severity of her psychopathy and the little control she had of her own mind. Especially after she was successfully fused with shimmer when he saved her life. And she wound up killing him during one of her breakdowns.
This is a great example on what would happened when a character who always want to be in control lose his shit when his losing his grip. When the bottle explode from being overfilled
All the other times, when he sits down to control the situation is when we see him use his eye drops which in the scene in question he doesn't have it.
It's intentionally not consistent with his character, that's what change is about. This moment had a huge impact to increase the tension because the control freak has been a consistent calm control freak and this moment shows us shit be gettin real. The pause makes it so much more dramatic and impactful. Because its not just him impulsively reacting in a way he normally doesn't, that WOULD indeed be weirdly inconsistent. Its him trying to be who he normally is and failing. That's why it has impact.
It was the moment where every plan he ever made was threatened or broken. VI was supposed to be dead. Caitlyn was never to leave with information, Jinx was going haywire, His empire was being threatened from within, Jayce increased security at the bridges. All of this was now dead in his lap and he couldn't get away from it.
I think thats a good view of it. Id add more emphasis on the criminal mastermind part. He is always countless steps ahead. He has everything mapped out. We see him exude patience in ither scenarios because he already knows the outcome is still in his favour. This is when his plan unravels and he sees himself losing something. For the first time in a long time.
Interesting fact no one seems to notice: *Silco beats 2 people in this scene.* - One is the weird eye goon that visits Marcus daughter with. - The one he kicks is a shimmer addict.
I'm sure many of us can relate to this. Not the murder, but the mental procces of "I can fix this... I can fix this... I can fix this, I can fix this! I CAN FUCKING FIX THIS!"
Most people remain calm when they are in Control, when they know how to Handle The Situaction. But when they lose Control, and thry Don't Know How To Handle The Situaction, their True Color is Reveal.
A reactor I was watching said that Silco was acting like how someone would act when one of their tools aren't working the way they should. Smacking it around until it does or just throwing it away. And I can see that.
idk I got the sense that he’s anticipating losing jinx and that’s what causes him to freak out. it’d be like vander all over again. more betrayal, more abandonment, etc. his constant “I need you jinx” kiiiinda reflects that
Bro that's me. I don't have a breakdown or lose it until a few shitty things have built for a while to where I just can't maintain my composure anymore. I don't cry but I usually do get very angry or just laugh at anything until the uneasy feeling of a breakdown passes.
Its absolutely consistent with his character. He's more frequently motivated by emotions than anything else. Case in point, his entire principle for revolutionary change is to elicit fear and weakness in others. His relationship with Jinx, the most important thing in his life, is at risk. He's terrified. He's angry. He's lashing out.
Ive had outbursts like this before, and my brain froze took time to process it so on the outside i was sitting still, getting less calm, anger progressively escaping me, then rage. Seeing villains rage breakdown on screen usually cathartic or cartoony but silco was legit scary arcane is so good
It's also to remind the viewers what he's capable of, and his contrast to Vander, I think We see him delegating, directing, not getting his hands dirty. His goons, Sevika, Jinx, even Marcus are the ones always doing his dirty work, while he stands by and watches as violence is done in his name. Vander, on the other hand, was the one to try and clean up Vi and the gangs mess. If there was a problem, he was going to be the one to get in the middle ad help solve it, as nonviolently as possible. And if a sacrifice was needed, it was going to be him, no one else. It contrasts that first scene we see him in, where he drops his gauntlets to carry Vi and Powder, turning away from violence to be a peacekeeper. Seeing Silco break and beat the shit out of someone, one of his own that had nothing to do with Vi getting away, shows how far apart, how different they had become. And how fragile Silco's control is, both on himself and on the Undercity.
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The love when he falls over in rage because it weirdly makes it so much more realistic I dont know why but it just does to me
It's cuz he's small and threw the guy so hard he wasn't heavy enough
@@kaiwatson7923 that makes the throw even more impressive imo lol
Yeah it does it for me too 💦
Shows off how atypical physical violence is for him. Guy can't even throw a kick without losing his balance. He's gone into full raging baby mode 😂
Let's not forget the whole "Vander's prodigy". He has twice the reason to hate Vi.
AND she got away. He said in the beginning of this scene that he always thought that Vi was the prize out of Vander’s two girls. So not only had he not recruited her, he couldn’t even take her off the board when he tried to all those years ago. He’s losing control, but he’s also realizing that he never had as much as he thought.
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@@eileensnow6153 imagine if both vi and Powder worked for Silco, that nation of Zaun would have happened Silco’s way.
@@ouchiegiverjr oh most definitely
@@ouchiegiverjr Yeah only Vi would've never worked for someone who killed their father.
I kind of see Silco as a person who internalizes everything. To be in control or to appear to be, he keeps his thoughts and emotions to himself. That is why you see Silco exhale or vent before and after he meets with associates. Also when you don’t have a healthy outlet to let out your emotions, it all piles up to one giant outburst.
What would you consider a "healthy outlet"?
If you mean acknowledging the feelings, observing them and not pushing them away, I agree.
If however you mean acting out your anger, this actually causes a positive reinforcement which makes you _more_ prone to anger the next time.
This piling up only happens if you "suppress" them. But resisting the urge and trying to calm down rather than just acting on impulse actually makes you _more_ stable than the opposite.
*TL;DR* "Venting" just makes you more angry long-term. (Ventilation Fallacy)
@@LinkEX healthy venting in ways like doing your hobbies, help your love one(in this case Jinx), if you're parent then kid(also Jinx), break away from usual routine or if possible: destroy the source/mimic of the source of your frustration i.e when you're angry at your boss for being a POS, you take your anger in the gym, out the garbage dump and beat the living shit outta the inanimate things there thinking it is the boss you're beating (this have the high risk of doing the real stuff on human so take caution)
Kinda surprised he doesnt have a healthy or at least productive, consistent outlet for his rage. Aside from beating up and intimidating goons. He has all this power, on some level he can do whatevrr he wants but also cant, wouldnt ppl be scared of getting in his way if he was angy
That’s also one or issue with toxic masculinity and when people say boys don’t cry or men shouldn’t show emotions.
"how many problems can one girl cause?"
funny part is how quickly he was shown he asked that about the wrong sister
@@keithharper32 that was still Vi at the root tho...
@Galaxy Milkduds It's VI that is stirring up trauma in his daughter, and Drama in his city.
@@Hawkido sure jan
@Galaxy Milkduds jinx is the direct cause, Vi is the one who sowed the seed
I actually thought it was a parallel to Powder's breakdown when Vi left her alone to save Vander in Ep. 3.
In their respective scenes, Powder and Silco have a sudden breakdown which we never see them do before where they end up breaking their "toys/inventions".
i like it, good parallel!
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Really love the parallels between them🥺
What's more, Vi is the greatest threat to his relationship with Jinx. He almost had it handled, but Vi slipped through his grasp yet again and it was too much for him. His fear of losing Jinx is the greatest driving factor for him at this point.
“Is there anything more undoing than a daughter”. An adoptee, silco is really special honestly.
Obviously good parents don’t use children’s as weapons to meet their agenda.
However I learnt recently people love us the only way they know how. And honestly he did love jinx the way he knew how and it even took him be surprise. I’m sure a part of him tried to compartmentalize her existence, however she really did become his daughter and he never had such a relationship.
A thing I don’t see a lot of people consider is that silco (as simplistic as that sounds) has abandonment issues just like powder, when he talks to vander in the factory before the whole showdown with the kids he DOES lose composure for the slightest moment “WE HAD A VISION VANDER” it’s an accusation, it’s his “WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME” silco doesn’t want to be abandoned and ultimately it’s why he’s clinging on jinx “she won’t die doctor… she can’t”
So when the only tru threat to jinx abandoning him comes along he loses it. And it’s true that it’s because it’s the first time no amount of scheming or plotting will fix how south the situation is but mostly he has to confront the real situation that vi escaped, he doesn’t know where jinx is and if vi finds her before him he might lose her and be abandoned
I almost cried reading this
LOVE this!!!!!
O.o
Makes sense.
As a person who also suffers from abandonment issues... i cant help but feel sorry for the guy
"Nothing is more undoing than a daughter"😢
-Silco
At that moment, Silco realized the view Vander had
There are some similarities to his behaviour when Vander tries to drown him. At first he's calm, appearing to accept his fate. But then there's an explosion of rage from within, violently resisting his fate, a primal reaction to the threat he's feeling. There's no Vander to stab here so he takes it out on his goons.
It is a strange scene but interesting too and a very human response from a great character.
o.o
"His inner criminal mastermind CPU" is the best thing I have ever heard. I don't know what about it is so funny but that is my favorite sentence ever.
The slightly compressed quality image of silco doing to sad Shinji pose facing away from the camera with a little arrow pointing to him and captioned "our boy" made me lose my mind
The level of depth in this show is astounding. And so is your ability to find it, I must say
I mean it’s just an educated guess that could be completely wrong. It’s also possible they didn’t put any of this thought into the outburst
To me, that moment was sort of slowly sinking in for him that he might lose Jinx here. Also bear in mind that this is really the first time he’s really challenged since episode 3, where Vi tells him she’s going to destroy everything he’s built and take her sister away from him and you’ll see Silco keeps his cool, but then Vi brings the tower down, killing almost all of him and his henchmen and then escapes. It’s the combination of feeling helpless, especially in the face of someone threatening to take his daughter away from him that is just causing him to freak out and lose his shit, hence why you see him stomping and beating on his minions in a blind rage, it’s this petty and insane way to reassert his dominance so he can feel powerful after being put down by this person he knows is a huge danger to himself and whom he has no power over. He may even be sitting there, thinking about what he can do to stop her and coming up empty, realizing there’s almost nothing he can do and that’s when he flies off the handle.
Ooh, good point.
He has as many abandonment issues as Jinx does.
Agreed. I also think it's important to note that the only other time we see him like this is in the last episode, when he struggles to free himself and attempts to shoot Vi. And what these two moments have in common is that both times he feels fear that Jinx will choose Vi and abandon him
Indeed, I feel like losing Jinx is what probably set him off. As he’s searching for ways to stop Vi it’s not that he came up with nothing, he just realizes none of the ways he’s coming up with is dealing with the REAL problem, Jinx’ feelings. She might hate him for killing Vi, she might love him even more, she might straight up leave and there’s no telling but if he leaves Vi alone, there’s a HUGE chance she succeeds in getting Jinx. There’s a chance that he’s left alone again. Most importantly, there’s a chance that Vander takes everything away from him once more, at the end of the day THAT’S what I believe he can’t handle. The fact that even after death Vander could still take away the ONE thing he truly loves, the one thing he wouldn’t sacrifice for anything else.
@@Zephirite. Jinx & Silco = Viego
@@motafu1
Is that a character name?
Or….a cursed ship name?
Even the way he attacks his own goon, like at one point he just smacks him in the forehead repeatedly. It's kind of funny to see and totally not 'criminal mastermind'.
Well that's kind of the contrast between being a criminal mastermind and looking like one. One can come up with all of the plans one wants but if one can't cultivate a image within the minds of a bunch of savage goons, if one can't _train_ a bunch of _animals_, then one can't truly lead.
He was asking that goon how VI got healed, as Sevika told him when she stumbled into his office that she inflicted a gut wound on her. But he found her fully capable... After he smacked that goon, he then found out Huck had gotten her shimmer meds, that was who he was stomping on the ground. He ended Huck as he felt Huck had betrayed him by healing his enemy.
@@Hawkido Sounds like cope, he was just beating defenseless goond in rage, no questions were asked there.
@@xCoatlicuex There are two types of people:
1. Those who can extrapolate information from an incomplete data set.
@@Hawkido waitin on number 2
My favorite moment is his brief loss of balance, before regaining it with an angry stomp and gutteral shout. Bright red rage captured perfectly through animation.
Silco losing his shit because he's worried about losing Jinx gives me life. This man cares about Jinx as if she was his own flesh and blood, and having everything feeling out of control, with Vi escaping alive (badly hurt but alive), Vi poses an actual threat to Silco because she is the one person who knows Jinx/Powder as well (maybe even better) than he does. And she did threaten him regarding Jinx.
Huh, that makes sense. Still kinda confuses me that he takes off his coat mid-tantrum and throws it neatly over the pipes instead of tossing it to the floor, but... it is a very fancy coat.
Probably didn’t want to get his coat bloody because that’s out of his character to lose his shit like that. Losing his cool is his form of weakness. If he comes back with a bloody coat it will lead his stronger minions to think he’s losing his grip and is no longer the strong, calm, collected man that they once followed. He knew he couldn’t hold in the anger of possibly losing the one person in this world that loves him and the one dream he’s always wanted all at once anymore but he also knew that if he does he’s no longer Silco he’s back to the weak child way back before he was reborn
@@jordanquersher6659oohhhh fantastic insight!!! Love this!
Ever get so angry you pick something up but then realize you dont want to break it
@@darindaze LMFAO i know that feeling
@@darindaze me with my phone all the time and sometimes the mirrors
I'll never get over how beautiful this show is. I love how they animated his rage here!! you can really feel the weight and strength of his motions.
I think he's upset at the prospect of losing Jinx to Vi, and since this is the things he cares the most about, it is what elicits his most visceral reaction.
Its good that they give Silco flaws, which makes him more realistic.
We actually see him break when Vi tries convincing Jinx. To my understanding, I think what makes him rage is thinking he’ll lose Jinx, in some way like you said, probably losing control.
IF you listen to the song they play during that scene, there is a lyric talking about not a good time to lose control.
I love that you never see a scene like a plot hole or just to serve tension or something. You go the extra mile to put yourself on the shoes of the character and what he's been throw. Your analysis of VI's "and then a real monster showed up" line and her not knowing jinx was the same. Love your style!
I actually felt sorry for his goon there. Like imagine what's going through the poor bastard's head at that moment. I mean, before Silco's boot.
Luckily that wasn't his goon he was kicking, it was the corpse of one of the Shimmer addicts that got crushed under the rubble.
“I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. Don’t cry. You’re perfect” loved their relationship
I'm pretty sure this is also a trauma response. Almost dying to someone who reminds him of Vander probably made him relive the moment he almost died due to Vander in the first place, so his extremely aggressive response almost seems like a recreation of when he fought back against Vander to survive
"but his inner criminal mastermind CPU can't compute this volume of problems." 🥴🤣
I just kind of took it that he almost had a building land on him and the adrenaline just sent him in a rage. He's not calm at the start, he's trying to regain control and just says fuck it and rages. His reaction in the loyalty scene is similar but he does recompose himself at that point.
I'm so glad someone outside of me finally noticed. So far, the only times we've seen Silco lose his temper is when Jinx ignores him and it was in a humorous way. I feel like here, it's slowly dawning on him that he's starting to lose control.
Mark my words
Arcane will be studied in film schools for hundreds of years
Also, I think this is an example of Silco's own failure and he realizes that. This is twice now that he's underestimated Vi, expecting her to be the arrogant, hot-headed fool ready to fight in any situation. But she's not. She is actually decently calculating when she wants to be and she doesn't have the ego that wouldn't allow her to run. In both episode 3 and this one, she runs when she needs to, and that is what allows her to beat Silco. He's expecting Vi to act like Benzo, who's pride forced him to fight in a situation where running would have been the smarter option. Silco rarely miscalculates. I think the only time we've seen it is with Vi.
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Georgia Dow had an interesting take which i just love. Silco is insecure about his relationship with Jinx. He thought Vi could be beaten, but no, first she's back, and his reaction is fear and anger. but here, he knows that Jinx might leave him for Vi, and the thought terrifies him to the point where he has to beat up his goons to reassert control
As someone prone to exactly these kind of outbursts when too much shit piles on, I never even questioned it. For me, it ties into the feeling of being helpless, which I absolutely cannot stand. I imagine it's not sth Silco experiences often. (I obviosly don't go against pple, though, but I do trash my own stuff and whatever happens to be in the way.) Deep-seated issues, obviously.
it felt completely natural to me too, as someone who very rarely loses composure except when things become entirely too much to handle. It was pretty gutwrenching watching the scene for the first time and seeing myself in that anger. Luckily can just go and practice boxing without hurting or destroying anything.
i am wholeheartly the same, i can deal with almost any problem, but when it feels like i have less control on the situation than i believe i should, i cant deal with it, i freakout have panic attacks, rip some of my hair out, its not pretty, and for me it only happens when i feel i have completely lost or cannot gain control over a situation where i feel control SHOULD be possible
I used to be like this when I was younger. Used to explode in school whenever I got too stressed or felt like I was being unfairly treated and there was nothing I could do about it. Usually stormed away and screamed my lungs out, I remember denying a couple of lockers with my head too.
glad your outbursts aren't exactly the same, please don't beat up your evil goons as well, they're in low supply nowadays
I have Autism and Silco's outburst was similar to my outbursts, when I get too overwhelmed and it doesn't stop. I normally cry, though and hit myself, which is a little embarrassing so I try to get away from people when it happens. So, the conclusion: I understand, even if it's just the tiniest bit and you all aren't alone
The ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS OUTSTANDING ❤❤❤
What I really love about this seen is just finally seeing a true vulnerability within Silco like we’ve never seen before, it’s like a remind he’s human too. That mix of anger and just pure helpless overwhelming and them being able to portray it without a single word within the scene is amazing to me. It’s not easy to do by no means, I don’t like Silco but I love his character yk? Fuck the show was so good it should be a damn crime.
It’s a bit surprising to some, but that’s because it plays with the old villain trope of ‘Curses! Foiled again!’ Vi has directly threatened to take Jinx away from him, and destroy his empire. Then brings his shimmer-eye sigil down as a demonstration of strength, and just leaves, not even bothering with him.
She just showed him as WEAK, in front of his third-string goons, and tiniest shimmer-pawns. Yeah, that big fail takes him a beat to process. And then he needs to reassert dominance, and fast.
It’s ‘Curses! Foiled again!’ but it’s Silco, so they made it absolutely magnificent.
Silco is a lot like Dr Doofensmirtchz here hahhaa
I don't think he cares about all that tbh. I mean he doesn't care of protecting Jinx makes him look weak to anybody else and that's exactly it, it was all Jinx. He lost it cause the person who could take his child away from him got away.
O.o
Also, interesting to compare how his 'tantrum' happens and how Powder's tantrum happens in ep. 3. We only see his back but he doesn't read calm to me-- he's breathing hard and fidgeting, you know? He's panicked and overwhelmed and then-- just like Powder-- he blows up!
you can also see when he sits down before the meltdown how he is a bit hyperventilating. he's clearly in some sort of panic attack and i really like that tiny detail.
Who would say that the one who painted to be a super scary villain would end up being a father like any other, with his office full of extremely colorful drawings, scolding his impulsive teenage daughter and at the same time being loving and protective, Silco is the best villain that has been made so far.
The scene that cemented him as one of my fav villains of all time.
To me that moment I believe he started to rage because he thought he was going to lose Jinx to Vi . I can’t explain in detail but I believe he actually cared for Jinx and not just using her for his own deeds . Plus everything that he’s dealt with has built up . Vi coming back to reclaim Jinx was probably the icing on the cake for him .
Also, he was alone with some expendable goons in that scene. He is composed and authoritary with people that matter, but in that moment he faced a huge failure and didn't care to control his rage because noone important would see him.
(Some Season 2 spoilers)
One more thing to add on top of the whole load... this was his friend's house. The one who he lost on the bridge, and was catalyst to his fallout with Vander.
This is the place where they Erected the EYE OF Zaun... And it's JUST come crashing down. All his old hopes and dreams and the REASONS why he was doing this in the first place.
All crashing down in a symbol of Failure that echoes back to what feels like it's happening to his life and cause in the moment. Watching Season 2 just makes this moment of season 1 even more poignant...
Arcane is amazing.
" You out of time. Make your move live or die"
Yeah. Song is really from his perspective
I'd imagine he felt like he finally had set up all the pieces in place, ready to strike, only for all of that work to suddenly seem to be crumbling to pieces from one unexpected wild card.
I love that Silco falls over and roars. It's like those moments where you angrily kick something and then hurt your foot, but you have to play it off like it's nothing. Hilarious.
I thought he was so angry, because he realised he could lose Jinx, if Vi finds her
After rewatching the show recently, I didn’t realize just how accurate this was. Think about things from Silco’s perspective:
Yesterday, everything was fine. He has the piltover enforcers in his pocket through Marcus, Shimmer is flowing in from the hexgates, and his beloved daughter of zaun is content. Then Jinx has one flashback with that firelight and what happens?
- Jinx unravels becoming more chaotic, Sevika is losing respect, you lost the shipment, one of your original goons, and through Caitlyn you now have real enforcement catching your scent
- It gets the attention of Caitlyn not only pursues you and begins tracking you down, she brings Vi back from the dead who both hates you and is the only thing that could take Jinx from you.
- Jinx unraveling makes her act out harder, making Sevika even more dissapointed, making Marcus even less controllable
- Caitlyn is about to take your empire from you, Vi is about to take your daughter/ideological-icon away from you, and now Marcus is blockading the bridges.
Yesterday, you were fine. Now the whole worlds caving in from every direction at once.
Something random that I noticed is in the fifth episode of Bridging the Rift, the documentary behind the making of Arcane. Christian actually says something very similar to what you noticed about Silco: "I work actually well under stress, except for when you have so many stressful things that you feel like you lose oversight." It's really cool how bits and pieces of the writers became elements of the characters' personalities.
I think yes... But the real trigger this time is, he is scare, he knows Jinx and Vi are looking for each other, and he is scare he might loose Jinx.
I feel the difference is that those minor setbacks still kept him in control. This is where he fears his control might slip away from him. Not that he just doesn't control this instance, but that he fears it's the beginning of the end.
and the song mirrors his actions
"Not a good night to lose control
Right as the earth is unraveling
You play with your blocks until they break
And these walls come tumbling down
Oh, they're tumbling down"
Silco's power and control is falling down all around him - symbolically mirrored by the tower of the Eye of Zaun literally falling down all around him
Silco can handle each thing individually if they weren't related to each other, but since all things that are happening are in some way linked to each other that makes it complicated. Cause if handles one thing in the normal typical Silco way it will have an effect on everything else that may/will result in everything becoming more difficult.
I think it’s because Vi got away, the one person who can take jinx away from him
"Not a good time to lose control
just as your marionettes cut their strings
and run away..."
I love the 'our boy' with the arrow subtitle.
Sounds like me when I have 50 assignments due at midnight (literally right now)
Arcane has the best animations for when a character is crashing out tell me otherwise
This scene really cemented the character for me. The mask fell off and we get to see the real monster that he is when he loses control, both literally and figuratively
It really feels more realistic this way often times people take a moment to realize their anger
Side note, this is literally the best scene in the show. Cinematic masterpiece. Silco is boiled over, Jinx lit Vi’s flair, Vi and Caitlyn are making their way through Zaun, Marcus and the enforcers are basically preparing for a second war and shutting the bridge down. It’s such a good scene I cannot stress it enough. Each little clip of what’s happening has so much to absorb, I love when Vi bumps into a stranger and then shoved him before she flips him off and we see her mouthing “Fuck you” to him. I can’t even do Justice to the scene, but I knew when I was watching it for the first time that I just witnessed greatness, on my rewatch of the series I had INSANE goosebumps as this scene came on. So good.
His dead goon...he beat up his already dead goon
God I miss Silco in S2, Zaun sorely needed a voice
That is literally what happens when you bottle things in. You randomly explode
the interesting thing about this show is that the writers never let up on the thoughts of the characters; each and every action has a string of reactions, emotions, thoughts, and decisions backing it up that can be traced all the way back to the start of the scene and maybe even further to reaches of past plot points and backstories - of which the latter is actually pretty common in writing... but i digress. it's really impressive how diligent the writers are in their creative process.
I also interpret the flickering wreckage of the eye sign in the background as a symbol of his grip on everything waning.
The sign is used as a symbol of silcos hold over zaun, it flickering is also a reflection of how said control is waning.
He's also scared because he knows that he can lose Jinx bc Vi and that if she's free she can find her sister and he loves Jinx so much that he can't restrain it
valid crashout
Would you consider doing an in depth video about the show and it's characters in general? I mean I get it that youtube likes this quantity of short videos and it's a lot more profitable. But man, I would love to listen to you talking about the characters and the world for idk an hour or two :D
But i totally understand that that's a drastically larger amount of work to do, compared to these short on point analysis. And I guess it wouldn't make much sense without one larger topic/aspect to discuss. Still if there's any possibility an overall long review of the show by you would be very interesting.
Love your content and your thoughts :)
And one additional thing not related to this video but the one about the "but you changed, too" phrase by Jinx:
Someone on reddit pointed out that Vi in fact changed from Powder/Jinx's perspective. In the firs three episodes Vi is willing to fight Piltover.
Her and powder hate piltover for what they did to them and Zaun.
Later Vi works together with an enforcer (sure to find powder) but she even goes to the council to convince THEM to fight against Silco (which in some way would actually be like Piltover against Zaun) But with Vi on the opposite side. So from Jinx's perspective Vi did a full 180, even though that's not what's really the case for Vi. But that's what Jinx sees and why she might thing Vi changed.
I appreciate the kind words!! I've thought of doing a longer video called something like "Every Arc of Every Character Explained in Depth", and it would be like 40min, but even thinking about the editing makes me cry a little. I try to balance things out with the 2x short weekday vids/1 long sunday vid. Might change it up soon, got some ideas brewing :)
The "vi works with piltover" thing is a very tempting option, but the reason I reject it is that the first time Vi decided to work with Piltover is in episode 2 arguably when she alerted the enforcers to come and arrest her. I know that didnt end up happening and she became jaded again in prison, but she was already opening up to that path in act 1, or at the very least its too ambiguous for me to put much stake in it. Definitely open to arguments to the contrary though.
@@schnee1 Oh I would love to see that. Maybe instead of editing a huge video do a podcast style thing where you just keep recording and talk about it. Then you at least wouldn't need to put too much work into editing afterwards. Maybe even a livestream with people in the comments? idk :D
Regarding Vi,
I see your point, but i wouldn't view her sacrificing herself as working together with the enforces. She knows that if Vander doesn't initiate a fight against piltover, no one would. And she fears everyone dying because the enforcers marching into Zaun as they claimed. So the only option she sees is sacraficing herself in order to prevent a second genocide. Because Zaun isn't ready to fight back (yet). They probably wouldnt stand a chance if unprepared. But yeah, it's not a strong argument either :D i know. Just something i thought is interesting
There's a small scene were even powder says that all of Zaun should fighting piltover. So i thought those words coming from her, shows how she and Vi were both wanted to see piltover burn. Mylo even comments it with "see, even powder wants to fight". I guess that also fits very well with your video about "are we routing for the bad guys" when discussing powder point of view on piltover.
@@schnee1 yo seriously you've been the most consistent with quantity and quality of Arcane analysis. I can only imagine how much work that's been for you. I hope you're giving yourself some room to breathe too!
I think it's especially interesting how much he's assaulting Huck in his tantrum, who was already dead being crushed by the sign, but who set up this moment by bringing Silco to Vi
Silco really saw Jinx as his adoptive daughter. He cared for her and nurtured her - albeit, quite a bad kind of nurturing. He saw a potential for her to take over Vaun when he died or retired, but didn’t expect the severity of her psychopathy and the little control she had of her own mind. Especially after she was successfully fused with shimmer when he saved her life. And she wound up killing him during one of her breakdowns.
You forgot Vi taking Jinx away from him.
“And all the while this question rings on in your mind. Have you had enough?”
Implosive anger is a thing. He go boom.
This is a great example on what would happened when a character who always want to be in control lose his shit when his losing his grip. When the bottle explode from being overfilled
bro got overstimulated😭
All the other times, when he sits down to control the situation is when we see him use his eye drops which in the scene in question he doesn't have it.
I think what we really needed you to analyze is the minds of the people who put this much humanness into these characters.
It's too perfect.
It's intentionally not consistent with his character, that's what change is about. This moment had a huge impact to increase the tension because the control freak has been a consistent calm control freak and this moment shows us shit be gettin real. The pause makes it so much more dramatic and impactful. Because its not just him impulsively reacting in a way he normally doesn't, that WOULD indeed be weirdly inconsistent. Its him trying to be who he normally is and failing. That's why it has impact.
Or…or just hear me out. Having a building dropped on you can make you go a little nuts.
It was the moment where every plan he ever made was threatened or broken. VI was supposed to be dead. Caitlyn was never to leave with information, Jinx was going haywire, His empire was being threatened from within, Jayce increased security at the bridges. All of this was now dead in his lap and he couldn't get away from it.
hmm interesting, my interpretation was that he feared that he would truly lose Jinx now that Vi escaped and is bound to find her :)
you can say he was struggling with
everything everywhere all at once
great movie yall should watch it if you haven't
*vi comes back to zaun*
Silco:"and I took that personally"
To be fair, I am super calm with each problem but there always comes a point where i absolutely lose it once it all becomes too much
I think thats a good view of it. Id add more emphasis on the criminal mastermind part. He is always countless steps ahead. He has everything mapped out. We see him exude patience in ither scenarios because he already knows the outcome is still in his favour. This is when his plan unravels and he sees himself losing something. For the first time in a long time.
Bro i loved that scene form silco
Damn bro just got relatable as fuck might watch Arcane at some point actually
Interesting fact no one seems to notice:
*Silco beats 2 people in this scene.*
- One is the weird eye goon that visits Marcus daughter with.
- The one he kicks is a shimmer addict.
I'm sure many of us can relate to this. Not the murder, but the mental procces of "I can fix this... I can fix this... I can fix this, I can fix this! I CAN FUCKING FIX THIS!"
Most people remain calm when they are in Control, when they know how to Handle The Situaction. But when they lose Control, and thry Don't Know How To Handle The Situaction, their True Color is Reveal.
A reactor I was watching said that Silco was acting like how someone would act when one of their tools aren't working the way they should. Smacking it around until it does or just throwing it away. And I can see that.
idk I got the sense that he’s anticipating losing jinx and that’s what causes him to freak out. it’d be like vander all over again. more betrayal, more abandonment, etc. his constant “I need you jinx” kiiiinda reflects that
Watching these small snip bits of your take on characters and analysis inspires me to write my characters a whole lot better.
He's human? Bottled up emotions lead to a breakdown
Bro that's me. I don't have a breakdown or lose it until a few shitty things have built for a while to where I just can't maintain my composure anymore. I don't cry but I usually do get very angry or just laugh at anything until the uneasy feeling of a breakdown passes.
These Arcane videos are suddenly all over my feed... I think it's a sign i need to watch this masterpiece again.
Its absolutely consistent with his character. He's more frequently motivated by emotions than anything else. Case in point, his entire principle for revolutionary change is to elicit fear and weakness in others. His relationship with Jinx, the most important thing in his life, is at risk. He's terrified. He's angry. He's lashing out.
Ive had outbursts like this before, and my brain froze took time to process it so on the outside i was sitting still, getting less calm, anger progressively escaping me, then rage.
Seeing villains rage breakdown on screen usually cathartic or cartoony but silco was legit scary arcane is so good
Beautiful analysis. Really makes me look back and appreciate it even more. Helps epistemology the source material
It's also to remind the viewers what he's capable of, and his contrast to Vander, I think We see him delegating, directing, not getting his hands dirty. His goons, Sevika, Jinx, even Marcus are the ones always doing his dirty work, while he stands by and watches as violence is done in his name. Vander, on the other hand, was the one to try and clean up Vi and the gangs mess. If there was a problem, he was going to be the one to get in the middle ad help solve it, as nonviolently as possible. And if a sacrifice was needed, it was going to be him, no one else. It contrasts that first scene we see him in, where he drops his gauntlets to carry Vi and Powder, turning away from violence to be a peacekeeper.
Seeing Silco break and beat the shit out of someone, one of his own that had nothing to do with Vi getting away, shows how far apart, how different they had become. And how fragile Silco's control is, both on himself and on the Undercity.