Arcane Episode 7 | Jinx Returns to Silco

[@hansgerman3437]

You know that Silco is her father, when you look at his desk. The ashtray and the mug on it are covered with Jinxes grafitti and are of crude design, unlike the other objects on it. They are gifts from her to him and he keeps them close by.

[@jorgealberto8544]

Yes, a proud father do that, show his daughter gifts 🥲

[@sofiavillefort2669]

Porra também né mó trabalhão pra limpar

[@Zank069]

A true father keeps his child’s gifts no matter how shitty they are

[@AesirUnlimited]

@@Zank069 In this case his gifts are pretty good though. Lol

[@Element_Doom]

I'm pretty sure she just scribbled something on them when she was about to leave while he was unconscious from the drug or actually he was distracted from the pain of the injection and the effects of it.

[@humandog3240]

I love how whenever jinx looks at the mirror, the hole covers her eye Just like silco

[@deadman-3964]

lol damnit I keep finding these awesome little nods like this one. There's the shark gun designed after the creatures Silco loves, the gifts on Silco's desk from Jinx, so many little details.

[@unknownakatsuki]

@@deadman-3964 Fishbones' 'lines' ingame too makes perfect sense now that we know it's from an older figure-type, now known as Silco.

[@padpachan]

Her shooting the mirror implies that she basically tried to shoot her reflection Pretty spooky

[@671Battlemage]

very good catch. i love these sorts of details

[@darkestnightproductions]

She truly is Silco’s daughter

[@Noorely]

It's bittersweet how dependent Silco had become on Jinx's help to inject Shimmer into his ruined eye. He really needed her at his side by this point.

[@luminescentstar475]

Well I mean he's getting old and shaky and yeah probably because jinx did it for him ever since he became unused to it which is adorable

[@zozephdev]

but why does he inject it into his eyes? i never understood, do you know?

[@MacMittens05]

@@zozephdev i think because shimmer has kinda healing properties so he injects just a tiny bit to fight back the corruption/infection caused by the eye (thats how i see it)

[@zozephdev]

Thanks 🐦

[@bigfreshsauce3857]

@@MacMittens05 Does he really inject it though? She poked him around his face and it didn't really do anything except hurt him. I think the eye contains shimmer of some sort and stabbing it is a means of fighting off an infection. Could be wrong, thats just what I've interpetted from it.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

Everyone else when injured : "We need medical attention" Jinx : *Staple gun*

[@h.a.9880]

Zaun problems require Zaun solutions.

[@MrJustonemorevoice]

@@h.a.9880 I mean...its better than Shimmer.

[@DecemberSfy]

Though, people do actually use medical staples for injuries like that in real life.

[@josephwolfe9681]

@@DecemberSfy depends on what type of wound a long but not really deep cut can be held close by staples but the deeper the wound the more like it is to hit a vein or artery and that needs to be closed off before the outside injury can be helped.

[@angienoexiste]

@@DecemberSfy true, not with their paint on tho

[@walkertalker3232]

After the last season we realize that Silco never lied to Jinx. He was honest. What he says is what he truly believes

[@starekati-woa8185]

One day this comment will become real popular so please remember me

[@ruicastro1410]

That's not entirely true. He did find out she was still alive and did not tell her so that he could still use her against her. I respect and admire Silco's character evolution a lot, especially when he realises Vander was right all along. But people going way too easy on him. He's the reason Powder's life turned this tragic. Even is this very clip, he tells her Vi abandoned her, which is a lie. He also tells her Vi was back for the crystal, which is also a lie.

[@walkertalker3232]

@@ruicastro1410 See, I don't think that.

[@owentan8956]

@@ruicastro1410 Nope, Jinx herself said otherwise. If you havent watched the last ep, you shld. While i dont want to believe a ruthless drug lord, his attachment to Jinx is very real and sincere (unless he actually knew Vi was alive around right after he took Jinx in, which would fall right under manipulation of a young and weakened child). Given that the writers of the show do not even come close to alluding to this possibility, we should not go off on tangents on our own. For the two lies you mentioned, these can be, for lack of a better word, overlooked. They can be considered as white lies. For the lie about not telling Jinx that Vi was back, he knew about the condition that she would fall into when her past with Vi was mentioned. I'm sure he is not so blind to Jinx's insanity when it comes to Mylo, Vi, Claggor and Vander. Another possibility is that he didnt wanna lose her to Vi. For the second lie, it backs up his insecurity and intention to portray Vi as the bad one in order to keep Jinx by his side. I wont fault him for trying to do so, given that he sees Jinx as his daughter. In every other aspect except Jinx and wanting to make Zaun a better place, Silco is a disgusting individual. But as a father, well... He's pretty great.

[@ruicastro1410]

@@walkertalker3232 Agree with me or not, he lies. I won’t argue about the validity of the lies, but it is a fact that he lied to her. 2 tines even represented in this clip.

[@rileydevick4637]

Love how he doesn’t even get mad that she stabbed him a bunch 😂 that’s true fatherly love right there.

[@user-su8nd8ee9c]

Fatherly patience.

[@kat6038]

Okay but, there’s such a serious lack of boundaries and overwhelming emotions which keeps their relationship going. There’s no trust, no empathy at all. I dont see it

[@gigiquinn3785]

@@kat6038 You are blind then

[@DjuraValtr]

@@kat6038 There is trust and empathy. In ep 3 he showed her empathy by embracing her back cause he could relate to her being abandoned by a family member. And there are plenty of trust shown between Silco and Jinx. Did you not finish the series? Are we watching the same show?

[@Oshold]

​@@DjuraValtr I don't see any reason why he would suddenly love Jinx, when 10 minutes ago, he wanted to kill them all. She just wasn't in that room with others. If she for the plot sake hadn't hugged him in the first place, who knows what he would have done. We can say, that she didn't know that he killed Vander, but it seems, that noone reminded her about that later. This fact is just abandoned. As if Jinx never cared about Vander. Don't get me wrong, the series is great. And i understand that writers wanted to show us the creation of the Jinx, but for me the idea of Silko as father of Jinx felt pushed and their relations were unnatural. He just used her. Why he adopted her in the first place? It's never explained. You can say, he was betrayed, so back then he felt empathy to the "betrayed". But, 1) he couldn't care less about Vi, so why he would care about Jinx. 2) He never saw Vi afterwards. He had been thinking Vi was dead, but then Vi returns, he is completely sure that she was come not for her sister. In this scene (episode 7) he is just manipulating with her, trying to get her on his side. And that's how all his dialogs with her are. In the only one dialog with Vi (episode 6) in deep lowland he didn't accused her of betrayal of her sister. He just mocked her for losing sister, the presious one, which he "freed" for using for his purposes.

[@davidsbaggypants8510]

the fact that silco was struggling to inject shimmer on his eye on this scene implies that jinx does it for him daily :(((

[@Fiddlebackspider]

It reminds me of my dad he is afraid of needles and he always had me do it(i had to inject it into his arm the bicep area idk what it’s called lol)and he had me do it all the time until he could finally start doing it by himself 😢

[@whiskeywight7844]

He used to to do it himself with ease (as we see at the end of episode 1). A hard bitten life of crime, violence and struggle will teach someone like him the importance of self reliance. But he was comfortable and trusting enough to Jinx to let her do it; and for so long that he doesn't know how to do it himself anymore.

[@Silverlightbird]

I think its also he got older, and living in Zaunite environmemt would take a toll on him

[@lamp6017]

Didn't catch it when I first watched it but he told her to complete the weapon and so she went after the gemstone. When he found her near dead on the bridge with the gemstone in her hand he must have felt so horribly guilty.

[@darkphoenix1836]

Oh fuck. Good catch!

[@Zank069]

Holy shit I was just talking about this and even I didnt catch that

[@martinasq02]

It's not a coincidence that when he sees it we hear Caitlyn's line "it was all for nothing"

[@RonnieD1970]

That is perfect

[@krisnorge5830]

@@martinasq02 agreed. "It was all for nothing." That's when Silco realizes Jinx means more to him than the cause. If accomplishing the cause costs Jinx's life it might as well be for nothing. Notice that every time he talks about the cause to his subordinates afterwards he sounds terribly insincere.

[@nicolelazummie8098]

Jinx was stuck at a young age from all the trama. This isn’t sexual, it’s like what a child would do. When u have a family kind of relationship with a father figure, it’s normal to sit on their lap. Jinx isn’t afraid or him, never has and never will be. Jinx was afraid of vi and all of the voices that was created

[@griswo3272]

THAN YOU know its easy to see these things, but there is ZERO sexual tension between them its just an wrongful assumption of the viewer

[@Squidlydee]

When i first started watching, there were so many signs that it was going to turn out romantic or sexual, based on how other writers treat relationships in most other media, but i was really grateful the series never made their relationship like that.

[@primescar]

I think it's up to interpretation

[@championboy4782]

@@Squidlydee its a fun trope in modern media to sexualise and fetishise infantile behavior. Example 'sexy school girl', trope.

[@MooBler350]

@@primescar how? there are literally no hints towards that

[@mzc_crazy3769]

It's honestly great how the show let us think he was just using her, but he really did care for her like a daughter in some twisted way.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

The show didn’t let you think anything. It was up to you how you saw it. I personally never thought he was using her, the way he looks at her when she can’t even see was too tender in my eyes to be fake. I believed him from the start.

[@papermachevolcano1480]

You must be stupid if you assumed Silco was using her. There was literally no reason why he needed an extra mouth to feed.

[@MentalMeles]

It's both, honestly. He loved AND used her. Just because you love someone doesn't mean you are immune to mistreating them. Silco utterly *broke* Jinx in almost every sense of the word. Sure, he loved her, but that does *not* undo what he had done.

[@Jassiij27]

@@LangkeeLongkee I see it as he is so dependent on her that he manipulated her into staying with him and tried to kill Vi before the two could meet. No doubt he cares about her like a daughter but that doesn't mean he's not toxic.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@Jassiij27 where did I say he wasn't toxic. He never manipulated Jinx to make her stay before she wanted to stay before Vi, to her, he was the only person she had. She wanted to impress him and help him. The show implied that he manipulated her yes but the writers confirmed while Silco was toxic and did some wrong things when it came to his love for Jinx it was entirely genuine and pure. I never said he wasn't toxic. I said he loved her more than anything. He didn't use her for love any more than normal parents do.

[@easternlights3155]

I just now realized that Jinx calling him "silly" can be both an insult and a pet form of his name.

[@chiccynugs7164]

My favorite thing is how different Silco is with Jinx than he is with other people. With the other bosses of the Undercity, when they forgot how Silco helped them they were choked with gas, but he was never angry with Jinx here. She accused him like the others, but he didn’t care.

[@MooBler350]

Wish we saw why on screen though

[@AesirUnlimited]

@@MooBler350 Because he saw her as a daughter. He knew that yelling and being angry wasn’t the right way to deal with her. A good father knows his kids and how best to speak with them. They may both be messed up people, but he knows Jinx well enough to know what words of encouragement she needs. As evil as they are, they’re still people and have emotions. That’s why I like this show so much. Even the “bad guys” have emotions and, act like normal people.

[@MooBler350]

@@AesirUnlimited I know all of that but I meant specifically why he grew to actually care for her because from what I can tell on screen she really does ruin his plans the only good thing she did for him is get the gemstone and I wish we saw on screen why he tolerates that

[@AesirUnlimited]

@@MooBler350 Because he loves her. From a practical standpoint, yeah. He probably shouldn’t. But love isn’t a rational emotion, and we feel it for some people unconditionally. The reason why he tolerates her antics was because he genuinely loved her as a daughter.

[@MooBler350]

@@AesirUnlimitedWhich goes back to my point why didn't we see more of that on screen?I know he sees her as a daughter and loves her but how did it get to that point?

[@chrsmueller923]

Man, I just realized Jinx is grabbing Silco’s face the same way Vi grabbed hers when she screamed at her for killing their family. My heart hurts now.

[@Casper8855]

She should have done so much more than that. Her whole trauma never would have happened if it hadn't been for him in the first place. I thought she would finally hold him accountable for her trauma and for lying to her all those years. He may have believed Vi dead, but he realised she never truly left her and came back for Powder/Jinx after all those years. How do I know he is lying? Just listen to what he says to Vi last episode. He relishes in her pain and grief and mocks her strength, saying that it is what got Vander killed and what DROVE her sister away. Never once did he say 'you left her', instead he saying that you weren't strong enough to save Vander, in your grief you drove your sister away, she is mine now and you will die here and she won't even care. I truly hoped Jinx would break free from Silco's toxic worldview, grabbing his face (like that) and screaming at him that HE is the reason her (TRUE) family died would have been the start of the perfect revenge. Alas, this is Arcane and Silco hold over the girl he orphaned, traumatised and manipulated proofed too strong.

[@keithstone8693]

@@Casper8855 Silco manipulated Jinx hard. And Jinx is a dumb dumb brain. Vi did nothing wrong

[@a.b.2879]

Jinx is not a poor Harley. She is a pure JOKER.

[@robulosity84]

Jinx is a combination of both, and everything Harley was never fleshed out to be

[@alfonsomendez9787]

I think Joker is still deeper.

[@zachanikwano]

@@robulosity84 Villain wise, Harley never exactly went down that route. But anti-hero wise she’s been fleshed out a ton.

[@orsoncarte6754]

She's neither.

[@eatandrun8020]

True 😂 when they were first introduced a lot of the reactors were like "oh so they are like Joker and Harley Quinn, though Silco feels less abusive maybe?". After this scene people finally realized who the abusive one is 😂😂

[@novaenforcer1563]

I like how the scene where he tries to inject himself he struggles unlike in earlier episodes he handles it quiet easily. He really just leaves these small task to jinx and show how big they are in his life

[@AesirUnlimited]

At 2:36 you just know he’s thinking to himself “Man, I respect Vander a lot more now. Daughters sure are a handful.”

[@Zank069]

That’s why I loved the scene where he talks to Vanders memorial statue

[@GaribaldHludwig]

Although both are loving parents in their own ways both Silco and Vander are HORRIBLE AT DISCIPLINING THEIR KIDS, Vander's can steal and blow up buildings at will and the most he does is "meh kids will be kids😅"and where do I even start with this silco's train wreck she fucks his plans constantly, captures and assaults him and his subordinates and what does he do? meh that was nothing i still love my schizophremic baby🥰 NO WONDER YOU'RE DEAD.Use these two as an example discipline is important not only can prevent your revolted brats from killing their parents, but it can also save your entire city.

[@anamilicat6113]

​@@GaribaldHludwig You're right, although I feel that Silco was the one who failed the most in teaching his daughter limits, in my opinion he pampered her too much 😬

[@dumpsockpuppet5619]

"is there anything so undoing as a daughter"

[@rochelleperez9607]

I love the detail at 2:29 where you can hear Jinx's footsteps quickly leaving the room. They leave nothing out.

[@jinxxx_03]

She runs to Silco when she feels unstable… proving only he can calm her down.

[@xCoatlicuex]

As he planed. He denied her any support net so she were dependant of him.

[@wanglin6997]

@@xCoatlicuex ¿Qué otra red de apoyo? Literalmente solo lo tenía a él luego del incidente en el laboratorio. Vi estaba en prisión y Vander y sus hermanos, muertos. ¿De cuántas personas puedes apoyarte emocionalmente en Zaun?. Incluso Ekko perdió a su mentor y a sus amigos. Si se enteraba de que la culpable era Powder, seguro la aborreceria. Dime, genio. ¿Con quién debería de haber recurrido Powder?

[@Casper8855]

@@xCoatlicuexTrue, any support from the trauma HE himself created and fed for years. Even here, lying to her about Vi's intentions and saying only he is her family and Vi no longer cares about her. That is one of her greatest fears ever since the night her family died (because of him).

[@claffy2]

​@@Casper8855 So very wrong.

[@bellaqua4324]

​@@Casper8855it's not lie if he genuinely thought of it like that Think about it, vi's "returns" around the same time jinx stole the crystal It's too convenient

[@laurielsp]

1:57-2:04 The animation on Jinx's face is so well done

[@saltator8565]

You can see how her rage gradually turns into sadness

[@WouldntWeather]

The way she blinks rapidly as she tries to hold back tears 😭

[@krisnorge5830]

In just seven seconds Silco melts Jinx and we see her go from angry to uncertain to sad.

[@FranHodge]

It amazes me the detail of the facial expressions on this show, not just the eyes, but lots of muscles on the face moving. It makes the characters so human to let us interpretate their emotions just by watching them. And with Jinx they made an outstanding job.

[@gottago1885]

How can he be so close to jinx without getting hard?

[@angienoexiste]

1:57 - 2:05 jinx’s expressions are done with such detail yet feel natural, i swear the crew for the animation don’t get praissed enough this is fucking art

[@noiramoss]

omg i LOVE how they animated the facial expressions in arcane! just look at that subtle change in jinx's expression at 2:01 and onwards 😯😲 we can clearly see jinx's resolve starts to crumble down because of silco's words

[@rcloud5271]

The animation in this show is just amazing

[@CertainlyCynical]

@@rcloud5271 god tier animation indeed

[@SCharlesDennicon]

That shot is a good example of why the animation in Arcane has blown so many people's mind. It doesn't get more complexly, overwhelmingly expressive than an upset Jinder.

[@LazyCatIsFat]

"I need you now more than ever." Is just code for. "Jinx, please give me my eyedrops."

[@sugarplumsoda]

My little bro said that they're going to makin' out

[@randomlokalvideos2750]

" I Need You Now more than ever " Dude this line is always ringing in my head...this is how you beg to people not screaming...

[@Sira-zz6um]

Ooh boy i need one silco in my life

[@federicopernici6773]

It sounds crazy but if someone asked me that way to complete a mass destructiom weapon I would have done it hahahahaha

[@sugarplumsoda]

This character is uncomfortably attractive. I like the quotes but his voice was pretty creepy.

[@2fluff]

@@sugarplumsodanaw fr like what is with silco being so attractive like i cant help but fall omg?

[@declaringpond2276]

​@@2fluffit's cause despite all the wrongs he does, he's deeply caring. That's very attractive in many people, especially nowadays where caring is seen as "cringe"

[@andrewtyme8420]

"Why would I remember her name?" Personally I think Ella Purnell delivering that one line alone is her best voice acting work ever.

[@baguetti4065]

Silco despised Vander for working with the enforcers. In the same way Jinx despised Vi for working with Caitlyn, an enforcer

[@FranHodge]

"...but you've changed too, so here's to a new us" with that line Jinx tells Vi that she turned into what she used to be against to.

[@Casper8855]

Yet he works with enforcers as well to keep his empire operational and hunt down the firelights. Fucking hypocrite.

[@MysticKitty1o1]

1:56 the DETAIL on her nails where you can see the paint chipping ? omg

[@EmperorRahem]

Wow, sharp eye

[@rcr257]

Also how most are blue but one is red, symbolizing the part of her that still has an attachment to Vi

[@IlikepotatoschipsandNuggets]

​@@rcr257 where is the red nail :0?

[@ltamtc1520]

Silco was like “damn.. she really my daughter.” At the end.

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

😂😂

[@ralphshadow]

One of the greatest scenes in Arcane. I love how Jinx feels betrayed to feeling conflicted at 1:51 she questions if he is lying or telling the truth. It wasn't until he said "I need you" that made her understand everything he was saying was the truth. For someone that felt like a jinx to others just hearing "I need you" can make important to someone that cares for you. At this point idc if they are suppose to be the antagonist. I love their relationship and love the fact Silco just endured the pain just to show how much care he has for Jinx. (I finished Arcane. F**g amazing)

[@DLxxx]

Silco didn't choose to endure the pain though. He was struggling to get free (probably fearing that she'd torture him), but Jinx had him pinned down too well.

[@Latitube]

This is such an underrated scene. This is the first time Silco shows intimidated. For a powerful relentless villain like him, the only person that could intimidate him is the one he love most dearly.

[@splendadaddy2933]

Well this scene and the one when he spoke about loyalty and wasn't sure if sevika would kill him or not

[@Casper8855]

He seemed pretty intimidated when he fled from Vander in episode 3 after all of his henchmen were down and it was just him and Vander. Sorry, I meant to say cowardly...

[@ltamtc1520]

I don’t think he was intimidated. I think he was well aware that Jinx was upset and he had empathy as to why. He knows she feels betrayed and that’s something he needs to confront because betrayal is the one thing he wouldn’t wish on someone he loves. He’s just not well given his eye needing the medicine.

[@a.p.5342]

Notice that the music that plays during the scene where Jinx is stitching herself up is the same music that plays when Powder was crying and having a mental breakdown when Vi told her she couldn’t tag along with her to save Vander.

[@h.a.9880]

The funny thing is, when Silco talks about how he's her family and all that jazz, we expect this to be a way to manipulate Jinx... and then Episode 9 comes along and just blows that out of the water. Also am I the only one expecting a "#1 Dad mug" on that desk?

[@nape8198]

I agree, but...he's troubled. He doesnt mean to manipulate her, in my opinion, but the things he says, 'it's only us'....'i am you family'....'you need to do xy for me'...these are very intense sentences that put pressure on the other person. He's a damaged man, he doesnt really mean to hurt her, but he seems to only know one thing to show affection, and this is to talk people into liking him

[@nerdyandweirdybutmighty5256]

@@nape8198 he's trying to help her with the way that he believes is right for her but like how you said he himself is a troubled person

[@nomisunrider6472]

​@@nape8198 He's a pretty good example of the difference between a loving parent and a good one. He loves her deeply but the way he taught her to deal with her trauma (letting "Powder" die, seeing Vi only as an enemy rather than addressing her more complicated feelings) only made things worse. He gave her everything he had, but all he had to give were toxic coping mechanisms and they destroyed her. When people talk about intergenerational trauma they usually assume abuse, but the scary thing is you can love your child and still hurt them.

[@shadyatem]

@@nomisunrider6472 This is so well said, I’m a huge Silco and Jinx fan and I love their father daughter-dynamic but he def wasn’t the best father figure from a stability standpoint. From an affection and care standpoint, he was amazing, he loved her so much but he was broken himself and so full of anger, hate and betrayal, it was inevitable that he would project this onto Jinx. He wanted Jinx to hate Vi no matter what because he was terrified she would leave him because I think deep down he knew Jinx would always choose Vi over him. This selfish love and fear of abandonment again made him somewhat manipulative and this didn’t help Jinx’s mental state. His love was genuine but he projected way too much and had no idea how to properly deal with a child as troubled as Jinx. Basically a broken man trying to raise a broken child. Still loved that he tried his best though to raise her. Rip Silco ❤️

[@v.kelpie]

Lots of people seem to think that her sitting on his lap is inappropriate and uncomfortable, but she’s literally only doing it to hold his arms down. She was using her legs since her hands were a bit preoccupied with torturing him😂🤚

[@whiskeywight7844]

Yeaaah but remember in episode 4 when she injected that stuff into his eye the first time? She was real cuddly with her adoptive father then; meant to show she's mentally younger than she is physically

[@stuffynosepatrol]

@@whiskeywight7844 but she doesn't really do anything sus there either. Having your legs across someone's lap isn't weird or sexual, that's probably just the easiest way for her to both sit on the table and do the eye stabby stabby thing.

[@Naev0w0]

@@whiskeywight7844 I don't think that is was ever meant to be sexual. It was just meant to be uncomfortable, and to set up this scene. Jinx is an adult with the mind of a broken child, she doesn't understand or know the normal, healthy way to behave around people she loves, so this is just her best attempt. Remember, Jinx is severely mentally ill throughout the entire show. The show writers aren't glorifying or supporting this unhealthy relationship, but simply showing it in a fairly realistic light. Silco does not see Jinx as anything except a daughter, he truly loves her as a parent would their child. However, I feel like Jinx might have a more complicated, and admittedly deluded view of Silco. Remember, she only ever had Silco as a positive male figure in her life after the death of Vander. It really isn't uncommon for mentally ill people to develop complicated psychosexual desires and thoughts regarding the person who they have become co-dependent with. (yes I know that Silco is far from a positive role model, but he is nice to her and everyone else thinks she is a freak) I think the lap sitting is meant to be uncomfortable, I truly believe that it was designed explicitly to evoke a weird feeling in us to just hammer home how twisted their relationship is, and how far gone Jinx is. To put it into other words, I feel like Silco would never lay a hand on Jinx, it simply does not fit his character. However, Jinx is bat shit insane, and I wouldn't put it past Jinx to try and initiate something with Silco. I could imagine it having happened before, or even several times and Silco shutting her down each time. People forget how madness exhibits itself in sex and romance. It really muddies the waters, and blurs the lines within the minds of the mentally ill. As terrible as it sounds, children sexualizing their parents is a fairly old and well known process within psychology. It has to do with trust and familiarity, dependence and ideas of power struggles, identity as an individual v.s. identity as a pair... It goes deep man, I feel like the portrayal within this show is extremely realistic, and kinda portrays Silco in a much better light than anyone gives him credit for. Sure, he is insane in his own right and a terrible person, but he is a pretty decent father. He truly loves Jinx and only wants her to be happy.

[@sleepyghostgirl]

“Silco really is such a good father to jinx” This scene is literally a perfect example of how he emotionally manipulates, isolates and uses her and the fact that people aren’t seeing that is sad to me

[@randomandthingzz7023]

THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING‼️

[@stephenjenkins7971]

@@randomandthingzz7023 Hard disagree, as he genuinely believes what he's saying. As seen in his death scene.

[@ireki4017]

0:26 she didn't even close the wound, the staples are only gonna higher the risk of infection. pretty sure she "stitched up" just to self harm lol

[@midgetwaffles8635]

Well, intense pain does help ground yourself sometimes. I'm willing to bet this isn't the first time she's done this either.

[@CrimsonRose18]

Yeah I noticed that. Fucking hell...

[@rcr257]

also she's stapling her clothing too, which means the fabric could get in her wound

[@sandreid87]

The details of emotions on Jinx's face, from 1:43, to 2:05 - It's simply beyond words: She goes from a feeling of betrayal, anger, and accusement - To then, doubt, insecurity, and discomfort, in a matter of seconds. Her eyes constantly shifting between Silco's eyes, desperately looking for a sign of a lie, because of the discomfort she feels from what he's saying. She so desperately wants Vi to be back for her, not for the crystal.

[@user-rn9bj2gn6r]

Man this scenes with jinx talking to herself and completly losing her mind just hits me mentally.Such a good job that makes me just feel sad for her like she is a real person

[@robogaming7029]

I like how silco was calm the entire time, despite being stabbed in the face several times by his own daughter.

[@SusbriaWantsSushi]

Why the fuck aren't we talking about how Jinx literally stapled her pants to her leg-

[@broccolitastesgood]

Oh my god... I just realized that. Now I think she needs mental help even more.

[@stevenarmstrong5467]

Quit trying to undress Jinx...

[@Ereh_Ereh]

@@stevenarmstrong5467 bruh how did you get to that conclusion my guy…

[@Lola-cy4rp]

I think she was trying to staple her injury but idk thats my guess

[@indrimza]

She probably wasnt in the right mind

[@talynhastime9343]

This show really portrayed a mental breakdown in the most believable and sympathetic light. Jinx laughs not because "haha, I'm crazy, isn't it funny?" but because she's so overwhelmed and overwrought by her mind attacking and tormenting her, by what seems like her sister, the one in her life that hated Piltover more than even her, falling in love with an Enforcer. Jinx herself has changed so much, and there is no going back to the way things were, and Jinx is so terrified of being rejected/abandoned once again by her sister. I feel like Jinx knows that Silco is using her, but she also wants to believe that he actually cares. Silco cares in his own way, but he also very much is using her for his own ends, because in his mind the ends justify the means. Zaun will be better off once it becomes independent, and Jinx, by extension, be better off when she finally comes into her own. He wants Jinx by his side because he has come to care for her and knows she is a nigh-unstoppable powerhouse, his greatest weapon against Piltover because so long as she's devoted to him, he has a nigh-unstoppable prodigy in his roster. Silco is both pragmatism and sentiment. He loves her for what she can do for him, but eventually he came to love her regardless.

[@chipstarshine8150]

I still can’t get over just how scary/menacing jinx is in this scene. Like damn

[@SCharlesDennicon]

1:56 to 2:05 is an encapsulation of the genius of the animation in this series. It doesn't get more complexly, overwhelmingly expressive than an upset Jinder.

[@villalba874]

Aww...if you notice his desk he has some of her gifts. That's cute, wonder if they were like father's day gifts and all that.

[@jurabagi6242]

When jinx looks into the broken mirror,the scattered glass looks like the scar on silcos face.Silcos scar is on the right side but since jinx is looking into a mirror hers would be on the right side too. When the voices in her heads talk to her it’s like the conflict of her own conviction and silco’s beliefs

[@pedromorais6826]

That's not how mirrors work... It would still have been on the left side.

[@Anukii]

It's so heartbreaking. You see her guard & anger falter as he explains his side, how her beloved sister "abandoned" her, & how he needs her. He believes it alright, but this is absolutely the manipulation of that little girl he found, the little girl she still is. I believe he cares for her but he definitely spun a web of manipulation to form this relationship between them.

[@stuffynosepatrol]

Is it manipulation if he also genuinley believes what he's saying though? You have to remember that everything he says comes from his own trauma and the mistrust it instilled in him.

[@Anukii]

@@stuffynosepatrol Stop being right :'(

[@sthefanybatista2101]

@@stuffynosepatrol actually it is, even if he doesn't mean still manipulation and you can interpretate as him trying to keep Jinx under control manipulating her emotions

[@stuffynosepatrol]

@@sthefanybatista2101 I mean you really can't interpret it as that because there isn't much evidence for it. I've watched the show 12 times and at first I thought he was emotionally manipulating her a bit but every time I watch it I notice more and more how everything he does is out of genuine fear for her well being. He doesn't tell Jinx about Vi being alive because he didn't know she was alive and when he did find out he didnt have much time to sit down and talk to Jinx about it since she was off doing her own thing. He tries to kill Vi because he is paranoid due to his trauma with Vander that Vi is going to betray and hurt Jinx, and to be honest, she does end up hurting her in the final scene where she causes Jinx to have a panic attack and see things that aren't there (while Silco tries to calm her down and shut Vi up might I add) to the point where she freaks out and kills Silco, the only family who still actually acceoted her for who she was. Silco was absolutely an awful person, but he did not purposefully manipulate Jinx. Any manipulation he did was not to keep her under control, we see throughout the series that he very much has no control over her and has little interest in trying (hence why he seems so disinterested when Marcus says "you said you could control her" and why he didnt scold her for ruining his shipment of shimmer or killing a bunch of enforcers) it was to try to protect her from threats that he and his trauma induced paranoia fabricated (to a certain extent).

[@sthefanybatista2101]

@@stuffynosepatrol he still an awful parent, he keeps Jinx alway from meeting Vi again because he's projecting his own issues on Jinx and that's not health. And might i add, that Silco only attacked Vi that time because he didn't wanted to her make Jinx head, not because she was having a panic attack. Also, he basically changed her to fit his own ideals and turned her into a weapon, even without meaning it, and basically his answer to Jinx having PTSD of the death of Ger family was to just showe it off and concentrate on the weapon she was making. Silco really did loved Jinx, but he wasn't a good parent and just made all her issues and problems worse, so even if he didn't meant to manipulate her, he kinda did even if he genuine believes in it

[@Chaos-Kitchen]

She's stapling her clothes to her leg.

[@markjcm8968]

I noticed that too lol

[@selahaarif8648]

Why?

[@xxlCortez]

She's nuts

[@Saladass-kc1hh]

Her stapleing should be a healing animation in some game

[@monstrospotatoes8484]

The thing is, silco’s not trying to lie to her. He’s taking the information that vi “abandoned “ jinx before and is making an educated guess as to why vi and caitlyn are in the under city.

[@xCoatlicuex]

No, he is totally manipulative. He thinks Vi was dead, he ordered himself that Marcus kills her. Still claimed she "abandoned" Jinx so she feels isolated and were more dependant of him. When Vi appears again he is surprised because he thinks she is dead and try to hide it so he can kill her.

[@Casper8855]

@@xCoatlicuex So glad when I read comments like yours (and your discussion with other people).

[@ShadySliver17]

Every time I see his eye get injected gives me shivers

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

I literally can't watch, just cover with my hand until it's done

[@kingofgnomes5788]

The faces in this show are probably the best I've scene

[@gaaranara1]

I love how you can hear milo's destorted voice

[@Arigatogrande99]

Powder's evil laugh

[@reedrazor7546]

Jinx*

[@Arigatogrande99]

@@reedrazor7546 nope

[@sunnyboyjr2611]

Jinx*

[@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953]

It's interesting that you can actually make out the voices in the beginning. Vi being back has ripped open the trauma of that night and now everything is that much louder. *'You lost her'* "I didn't lose her. They took her." *'She cares about the Enforcer, you saw it'* "She was there for me, not the Enforcer." *'Remember her name?'* "Why would I remember her name? She's just some stupid topsider."

[@faffywhosmilesatdeath5953]

​@@user-ss4nr6rd7g first of all is there a reason why you used "he" for most of your reply? Also, what are you talking about? *She* stapled her leg cause she had a wound there and needed to close it. And it's not that she has a problem with her reflection, she just slumps back in her chair because stapling your own wound is exhausting work. The plain forces you into an adrenaline fueled state and once you're done you start to crash, quickly.

[@Commentsareforlosers]

I only now realize the little trinkets he has on his desk that are clearly from Jinx are only revealed at 2:33. Before they're covered. Yet another little detail that shows Silco really sees Jinx as his daughter. It's probably something easily missed watching it first time around.

[@noodles.dumplings.kimchi2878]

I think he never got mad at her for going nuts because he knows some of her madness was due to him.

[@beyondviolet]

it’s because he considers her perfect the way she is now, he turns a blind eye to the crazy things she does because “that’s who she is and I’m not going to change her”

[@LangkeeLongkee]

Her “madness” and nothing to do with him.

[@CertainlyCynical]

@@LangkeeLongkee Exactly, people really don't understand these characters like they think they do.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

@@CertainlyCynical right? Like I'm not gonna pretend he was the best healthiest dad in the world, but he didn't cause her psychosis and if anything he's only been shown to assist her with it.

[@xCoatlicuex]

@@LangkeeLongkee Ot's like 90% Silco fault. He denied her a net supoor feed her abandonment issies, make her belive that "no one can love her" but him, that love is selfish and you can just love one person at time, that she has to kill Powder. Silco totally destroyed her mind.

[@thornerg2]

Is it just me that thinks Jinx should probably have taken her peddle pushers off before she stapled her leg? Surely even fictional characters need to sleep, wash and use the toilet? Gonna make taking them off a bit difficult once they've healed into the wound on her leg.

[@ahsink.3080]

Bold of you to assume Jinx sleeps and bathes

[@CrimsonRose18]

I don't think Jinx sleeps. She hides it before she was injected with shimmer, then you can really see how exhausted she looked/looks.

[@korinthegrimm5538]

1;14 i love how he genuinely looked insulted

[@ruslanzabirov6908]

Honestly, can't resist her charisma, but damn if all her madness isn't simply childish. Charming, really, but I feel exquisitely deceived. Just sharing opinion

[@beyondviolet]

I can’t tell if you mean this in a positive way or not

[@therudecanadian8068]

She's barely an adult dealing with childhood trauma. It would honestly be more jarring if she acted mature

[@stevenarmstrong5467]

@Ruslan Zabirov Ok, Mylo...

[@CrimsonRose18]

I flinched (if that's the word) when Jinx was stapling her leg. Then this scene. Damn.

[@antdorf0825]

Silco gets a hand free and doesn't even grab the arm she's holding the staby thing with.

[@Peypeyslayslay]

Her pants ain't never comin off 💀

[@navarinjames3743]

Everyone saying she's like Harley and Joker combined, but pretty much forgot who Punchline is. Thats funny 😄

[@GeodudeSpitsFacts]

People keep forgeting Silco is a villain just because he didn't wanted to turn her in in the end. But he still lied, manipulated her and killed her father. Bad people can care for their families. He's not a "grey" character. He's a villain.

[@nuggs5509]

God, when she stapling her leg is anxiety inducing.... there the voices that keep talking and then her going through painful task of closing up a WOUND! Like fuck she has to deal with that everyday, My brain hurts thinking about it 😔

[@originalcharacterplznostea2749]

Shoutout to Jinx for stapling her wound shut with the clothes on

[@SharkBabySeal]

I relate to jinx so much.

[@user-yr5wk5rk4e]

So you kinda need help

[@Dextelite_Youtube]

​@@user-yr5wk5rk4eYeah we do

[@Dextelite_Youtube]

Same.

[@katynadal6646]

Man this show not only is it good it feels like you're constantly watching a video game cut scene

[@MorganWaite-nd8vf]

Some of y’all saying that Silco never lied to Jinx… He lied about Vi and Caitlin’s motives for coming back, and he was responsible for Vander’s demise. If Silco hadn’t sought revenge against his brother (while Vi and Powder were CHILDREN), Vander would still be present, and Vi and Powder never would’ve separated. It’s clear Silco loves and cares for Jinx, but he’s an evil man and he never helps Powder recover from the trauma she experienced.

[@mortareon10301]

de hecho el no sabía que Vi volvería por su hermana, el de verdad pensaba que había abandonado a powder

[@maqaeda]

He is so sick for manipulating her the way he did. Just look at how she recoils as if struck by his words.

[@jibekmechler139]

I don’t like needles, and I don’t like eye stuff. This scene was harder to get through then anything in Saw

[@guren9193]

I always found this interesting because the trust he has in her to stab his eye

[@literally_leo]

What a blast of a show. Even now it hits all the right notes

[@the_trippy_galaxy]

If the joker and Harley Quinn had a baby

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

.....they did(in injustice)

[@Beckwourth]

Jinx gave into silco's words because it has truth to it. She understood silco wasn't lying to her and it made perfect sense because all these years and all the sudden the only time you get to hear she's alive she's with an enforcer trying to regain the hextech prototype Jinx so happened to have in her possession. It's why she immediately questioned why Vi wasn't alone when she finally met her.

[@johnmartin4119]

The problem with Silco isn’t that he doesn’t love Jinx, but that he’s afraid he’ll loose her and she’ll become Powder. Cause he knows as Long as Vi is alive so is Powder, and he covets Jinx so much that he’s afraid to loose her and tries to convince her that he is the only one who loves her. But in the end no matter how much he wanted Jinx, Jinx/Powder still loves Vi more and when push came to shove she chose Vi over Silco. And Silco was killed by the daughter he tried to keep to himself, and lost her to the child of the man that he called brother

[@stevenarmstrong5467]

It looked rather like Silco did not want Jinx to experience going through abandonment alone like he did. Zaun is also a lawless place that had to be to fight against the topsiders. Quit trying to be holy than thou, please. Nobody is innocent or guilty in the show. Everyone was a victim to fate. And in our reality we're all destined to it. We all die. See you there.

[@ahsink.3080]

Lmao she didn't choose Vi over Silco. Yes, she protected Vi, of course she did, she loves her sister. But in the end, she chose Silco. She chose the Jinx chair, rejected Vi, left her tied up and turned her back on her forever. Then when she fires the rocket, it's SILCO's words running through her head. She killed him. But she chose him.

[@stevenarmstrong5467]

@@ahsink.3080 Its sad right? All these people with a "hero complex" thinking they know what is right or wrong and that their word is final. I feel bad for Jinx but at least she now has a positive voice to talk to in her head. Thank you Silco. Thank you.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

She didn't choose Vi over Silco at all That is not what happened in that scene. She was freaking out DUE TO Vi's words.... and she blasted without thinking Then immediately felt terrible. And she was resolved by Silco's dying words to her. She confronted Vi calmly at that point letting Vi know Jinx is done with her

[@user-cv4hv2so3i]

Damn, she's furious.

[@nathanbrite7125]

"Everyone else betrays us"

[@WAZZA1235]

I think, perhaps, Jinx and Silco are the most sensitive, affection and loyalty desiring people, but they have been transformed, reshaped and mutilated by their experiences, their betrayals and thevworld around them. They desprately want someone to rely on, to love and be closely bonded with.

[@xCoatlicuex]

No they are certanly evil. But there are human traits in that mess that we can treasure. They have suffered a lot but everybody suffers and they were the ones who chose hurt others

[@WAZZA1235]

@@xCoatlicuex They're evil because they trusted too much and whenbit was broken, they no longer felt a need to be better people.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Yeah. It's interesting to me where it's almost like the highly emotionally sensitive and perceptive viewers are the ones who are "pro villain". While the viewers who "only root for the heroes" can come off as pretty crude and dogmatic!

[@antoniocardozo169]

Don't ignore the weird sound when his aye gets the shot, fiddlesticks is coming

[@pedromorais6826]

This is either the most visionary take or the furthest stretch ever made about this series

[@TaracenaPablo20]

a detail that I like is that the times that Jinx looks in the mirror it is completely broken, referring to the fact that she is broken inside

[@dhsswim11]

First time seeing this, you really cant tell if Silco is really being truthful towards Jinx or if hes just telling Jinx what she wants to hear just so he can control her. Its not till Silco finds Jinx on the bridge almost dead when you realize he really did love her and everything he said to her prior was pure honesty.

[@LyraniaLothar]

I find it creepy the way she sits on him. And at the end I really thought that she was going to stab him. Edit: Also worth mentioning is that Silco was not trying to win her back, he was being brutally honest on the reason why he needed her, something Jinx noticed and appreciated, whereas Vi (unintentionally) ‘lied’ when Vi told her she was looking for her. Also at 1:46 you can tell he was about to punch her but held himself back, he could have easily done it too.

[@ValadrienLeonhart]

No he was just trying to block the pain. You see people bite on something really hard or curl their fists till their knuckles turn white just to block some pain (physical and sometimes emotional)

[@sugarplumsoda]

My little bro said that they're makin' out and I got freaked out. You're right that this scene is freaking creepy that she sits on his lap like that.

[@nitsua340]

*Cough cough* She stapled her pants to her leg.

[@serenitysubs933]

Damn, silco obviously loves her and jinx is going insane but still has grips with her family.

[@leonardocouto3109]

"I am your family. Everyone else betrays us." SO, to whoever thought the relationship wasn't manipulative and Jinx has friends in the show... there you have it. She has nobody but SILCO and it's either just fortunate or intentional, but it IS. "EVERYONE ELSE BETRAYS HER". HE TELLS HER THAT, PEOPLE.

[@mariahlovato4461]

you have to compete the weapon. even in this scene silco set jinx on her path. whether or not she chose to kill him. he accepted what she did / would do.

[@stavroulanikolaidou]

i just realised that 'silly' could be like from silco

[@RagnarKorg3141]

*Jinx* : Don't move, silly. I might hurt you. *Silco* : I didn't know. Marcus never told me she was in Stillwater. *Jinx* : But you found out she came back. You lied.

[@DanXRojas]

No one was there for her or helped her maybe her sister a few times but Jinx lost her father I wouldn’t blame her on how she reacted to it

[@burtigame7073]

and yet they did him dirty at the end

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

Well they tried to have it both ways by setting him up as such a villain in act 1, and then playing with the concept he was manipulating Jinx all along. So his death was needed to satisfy the stupid viewers who can't see past the surface. It also empowered Jinx and fully transformed her though

[@I.Simmonds]

Look at the pain on her face and the flinching during his emotional manipulation. Father of the year right there, Silco believes what he is saying. He is wrong and drinks his own coolaid.

[@alexanderplatypus3664]

? He was being honest. Whether it's manipulation is up to you to decide, but I think you can claim it was not. And Silco was mostly pretty straightforward with Jinx. It's kind of a boring way to view the series to think "Silco is evil and brainwashing poor Jinx". Doubt writers have something that basic in mind

[@Morfe02]

0:41 like the Joker, like his inspiration

[@jamestolbert1856]

He’s lying and telling the truth, he didn’t know he was still alive and didn’t want to hurt Jinx but also did it for himself because he didn’t want to lose her

[@umhiiumdoyouumidkum]

tbh im kinda annoyed at "wow he truly loved her what a good dad" comments, like yes, he absolutely loved her like a father, but was he a good parent? HELL NAH. and you can see it in the way he manipulated her here, sure, parts of it I'm sure he truly believed (like that everyone else leaves them or that he is her family) but he knew sure as hell Vi wasn't there for the stone, she was there for Jinx and no one else. Vi told him as much while he kicked her in the face. love isn't enough to make actions pure. (also, don't take this as Silco hate, I love Silco he's a great character but I am pointing out how he wasn't a good father figure to Jinx, even if he provided love/support. flying walrus has a good video about it I believe.)

[@GaribaldHludwig]

Although both are loving parents in their own ways both Silco and Vander are HORRIBLE AT DISCIPLINING THEIR KIDS, Vander's can steal and blow up buildings at will and the most he does is "meh kids will be kids😅"and where do I even start with this silco's train wreck she fucks his plans constantly, captures and assaults him and his subordinates and what does he do? meh that was nothing i still love my schizophremic baby🥰 NO WONDER YOU'RE DEAD.Use these two as an example discipline is important not only can prevent your revolted brats from killing their parents, but it can also save your entire city.

[@sthefanybatista2101]

Vander actually diciplines his kids and prepared them to face the responsabilities of their mistakes. Just because the guy wasn't beating them with a belt that doesn't mean he is a bad parent. As for Silco, he is in fact a bad father but for different reasons

[@user-yr9lx3ze1f]

this was 1 year ago but I just now saw what was Jinx doing to her leg

[@the_superior_nerd2439]

I love this show Arcane best show in my opinion

[@ks0006]

Can you tell me what this soundtrack is?

[@madisongeronimo6859]

does anyone know why he has to prick himself in the eye?

[@Bruh-vd1pp]

I think the shimmer helps it to heal idk, the eye looks like it's beyond repair

[@jerrylin955]

his eye was poisoned by water in the under city when vender beated him into water

[@LCG_Zerodima420]

Based on the fact that the pokey think is just a simple needle with no liquid in it, it might be a peircing device, to drain the poison out of Silco's eye. His left eye is basicall rotten, he can't even make it blink. S

[@broccolitastesgood]

Because of when Vander betrayed him I'm pretty sure his eye didn't work anymore, so he had singed replace it but for it to work he has to inject shimmer into it everyday.

[@oblivion9202]

@DETOXOLATE he can see through that eye like he does with his normal one, i think the shimmer just keeps it ''numb'' to pain

[@nityarao6467]

I wanna work in such animationsssssd😭😭😭😭

[@michaelshipman255]

What is the song with the violin that plays when shes interrogating silco anyone know ive been looking forever.