ARCANE S2 TRAILER: Jinx's FINAL Showdown is Against...?

[@schnee1]

Ok who's got Vi predictions?? 👀 (My Vi prediction video will hopefully be out Sunday!)

[@QuinoLising]

Episode 3 or 6, likely will be shot in crossfire by Caitlyn attempting to shoot Jinx in their fight because her instincts kick in and she impulsively shows her love for Jinx as a person by protecting her. This could give her amnesia and lead to her leaning more into the Enforcer role. This one below is highly theoretical... I think Vi will kill Jinx. In a burst of outrage. A mental dam breaking that makes her anger flood through mirroring Episode 3 in a darker manner. I think Jinx would have to harbor no bitterness in order to not repeat Silco's sin, but still love her sister and accept her. But hey, that's just a theory.

[@PhosPhryne]

I think the big fight scene between Vi and Jinx we see in the trailer will happen in the first 3 episodes.

[@Taj_SAS]

I don't think Vi will kill Jinx, she can't do it that simple and even if she was angry she wouldn't get to the point of killing. @@QuinoLising

[@QuinoLising]

@@Taj_SAS If she had amnesia, was under serious pressure and development of 9 episodes, facing a dangerous mentally ill terrorist, and had a mental dam be broken, I think it could lead to her lashing out, mirroring why she walked away in episode 3, to not get angry. Then when she doesn't and it gets a loved one killed, I suppose it could.

[@DefinitelyEllie]

I think Jinx will have some kind of "I wanna tear it all down, Zaun AND Piltover"

[@carpuspierna6491]

Your theory is so convincing it feels like I’ve just been spoiled 😭😭

[@princessthyemis]

RIGHT!!!

[@marcosmartins8895]

Can't wait to be back here reading your comment at the end of the year haha

[@TheCosmicCinem4]

FOR REAL

[@parry111]

It seems that way, but I do majorly disagree with his main theory regarding jinx's story and how she advances as a character, that being that she'll kill Warwick. Firstly, Warwick is a champion in league (so chances of them killing him off are already near zero), and that to, not an evil one, more of an anti hero figure if anything. They might come to a confrontation, but I don't think jinx can really "kill" Warwick, considering he's a big agile strong mutant werewolf pumped full of chemtech. If anything, Warwick might try to hunt her since he goes after criminals, and who's a better target than the person who waged the war bringing upon even more death on both sides. I feel like vi intervenes to save her from Vander, and their confrontation becomes even more complex from there

[@thereza3]

REAL

[@BlackShardStudio]

I think you might be onto something with Warwick here. Jinx has been dealing with monsters in her head for years now and finally learned to accept it. For Jinx, Warwick is just a natural extension of things. "Nothing ever stays dead." "Everyone betrays us." But for Vi, Vander becoming a bloodthirsty monster out to kill her would be a horrific shock.

[@dreamypupper4080]

Yeah but the thing is, the story might be building up to the LoL status quo. Which would mean Jayce, Warwick/Vander, Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Viktor, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Ambessa, & Singed all survive the events of S2

[@DLxxx]

@@dreamypupper4080 But there's just as much chance that the story will go beyond the in-game stories of the characters. It's not like Summoner's Rift is cannon anyway, right? We see AU versions of the character (i.e. their skins), so pulling them from different points in time (their "prime", basically) doesn't seem too far fetched.

[@mashupswithwoodburn]

Also, let's remember that game Vi says they used to play as kids....then a real monster showed up

[@mashupswithwoodburn]

​@@dreamypupper4080 Potential (although admittedly contrived) fix: have Jinx "kill" warwick perhaps the death has something to do withbhim falling deeper into Zauns dregs, and at the end shown that he survived, BUT all traces of vander are gone and the whole beast is left to hunt in Zaun (i got the idea from his in game quote "you killed Warwick, but left the beast"). Yea thats the best I come up with cause on one hand, as a league lore fan, I want them to do their best to not make any unnecessary major retcons. But as someone who loves a good story, I do love the idea Schnee put across here. Its a tricky one

[@stonecat676]

@@DLxxx if summoner's rift was cannon, we'd see racial slurs episode 1

[@eveline-arcane1]

I clicked faster than everyone died in episode 3

[@schnee1]

😭

[@thedreemurrprince144]

Omg 😂 same tho😅

[@kaesterrrr]

i’m doing it, are you?

[@aetherwolf9288]

They died mainly in the middle and the end so you have a lot of time. And even then Vanders death was painful and slow. So you would still have a few minutes time to appear. But yeah the next instants I saw this vid I clicked

[@turdinatheprincess]

STOP💀

[@jacksondavies3595]

It might just be me, but the red surrounding Warwick kind of reminds of the beginning of Season 1 at the bridge.

[@Gandalfthefluff]

Ooh that’s such a good point. Vander is returning to the violence he left for Vi and Powder and red representatives that.

[@Deilmo_]

Vander and red have been associated some times yes. The warwick one, the bridge one BUT ALSO one of Silco's flashback of him drawing has a very similar shot to the bridge's one but seen through water. It actually makes sense cause Silco is more associated with the color green so both colors clash against one another.

[@ribottostudio]

that's probably very on purpose. The bridge is often in color to associate with either emotion or a callback. When it came to the confrontation on the bridge between Ekko, Cait, Marcus Vi and Jinx, it was all in shades of grey to reflect the varying moralities of each character. In the beginning it was red to reflect the violent nature of warfare. Here, it would be red again but to reflect Warwick's violent nature. I don't think Jinx is talking to Warwick like Schnee says when she goes "I'm glad it's you. HAD to be you." that's either Vi or Caitlyn. She had no real attachment to Vander, so such a statement doesn't make sense towards him.

[@stefaniaeylinfernandezcarv2003]

I didn't noticed that, this series is on another level of perfection.

[@CMelon-xe1qc]

It mostly just reminds me of Puss in boots

[@MrListaTelefonica]

Urgot has a quote when taunting Jinx that I think explains how Zaun will see her after Season 1: "The city calls for chaos, she is but the first to answer."

[@rotututuru]

The "neutralize every agent still loyal to Silco" can pretty much be a war against all Zaun , because what the criteria of Silco loyalist? Just chem barons? Or zaunites who are against Piltover's oppression which was Silco's biggest idea, it's very vague so it can be the whole Zaun. Which makes me think Caitlyn's objectives partially influenced by Ambessa

[@HK-gm8pe]

its complex..all people in Zaun are basically against Piltover but some of them are against Silco aswell

[@SignumInterriti]

It still sounds very cop-like, very Caitlyn. Almost like she doesn't "get" that they're at war with Zaun and still thinks going after individual criminal elements is a solution.

[@matthewhungerford1861]

part of it is politics and arrogance. she is selling the public she can fix things super quick her taking down shimmer production and targeting chembarons is basically declaring war against whole of zaun. not the targeted and quick approach she is trying to sell to the crowd. We get from the trailer her strike squad into Zaun ends in disaster as she and Jayce keep thinking Piltover can cake walk over Zaun while ignoring Zaun basically has every factor of war in their favor, hence why the council originally thought Jayce and Cailtyn declaring war for justice was silly. it looks like Piltover turns to Ambessa when Piltover realizes they aren't top dog anymore which furthers Piltover is not the bastion of heaven on runeterra it keeps trying to portray it self as.

[@KnugLidi]

Zaunites just want to be left alone. Silco was a better chembaron, not a savior. Oh, silco imagined himself as one - made it his cause celebre - but he had no issue killing Zaunites to bring about his goal. Most Zaunites would move to Piltover, or to anywhere else if they could. They just want to live. The poor don't do politics.

[@ShabnaFarooque]

Are you suggesting that Ambessa is talking to Caitlyn in the trailer?

[@Hherrkk]

I love how they promoted that Vi vs Jinx fight so much and it looked like it was going to be the finale, but it's just in the 3rd episode. I find it brilliant marketing and the feeling I got of like "oh shit, I thought I knew how this was going to end, but I have no idea at all"

[@reaperandyel]

It's probably just Caitlyn's good nature speaking, her wording is never out for blood.

[@mullworm]

Indeed. She just wants to locate, dismantle and neutralise. Not to conquer and kill. As her actions in season 1 showed.

[@Mariasouza-um8cx]

I think that the reason Cait doesn't want to kill Jinx, just find her, could be because since Jinx became this symbol of rebellion against Piltover, killing her would make the people from zaun enraged against them. It would turn Jinx a marty for their cause, they would want justice for her at any cost and that would result in they fighting against Piltover even harder. Just a theory, A GAME TH-

[@stefaniaeylinfernandezcarv2003]

That's what I was thinking Jinx did what Vander and Silco couldn't, that could only cause the people of Zaun loving her.

[@realpolitics527]

Slow down there matpat, though i do think you could be right

[@no.6377]

Yeah. I feel like Jinx has been uplifted as a symbol of rebellion this season. Silo loyalists might actually also be jinx fans and killing her would just stir them up and give them more to fight for.

[@ThomasJohn-f5e]

I have another reason, and it's the best boxer in Zaun/Piltover's heart

[@nint357]

I love how 7:20 is essentially a rephrasing of "she's an icon, she's a legend and she *is* the moment"

[@bella_daze3092]

OMG YOURE RIGHT

[@J.Valentine1031]

During Caitlyn’s narration of “locate Jinx” and it shows Vi in a Jinx Trap, “stop the distribution of shimmer” and her enforcers are caught being attacked by a large chem-brute, and this scene “take down any agents loyal to Silco.” With the chem barons looking like they are in awe or worship of the statue. For me this means that Cait is working off of false intel and assumptions. She's just reacting to situations and not thinking things through. In the first season you see her as someone that thinks things through. The final scene of the Chem Barons at the statue implies that the there is someone else in charge of Zaun and its citizens. Does it mean Jinx, maybe, but my take away is that Silco’s ideals of a free, independent Zaun no longer hold sway for the Chem Barons and there is someone else or a new ideal in charge of Zaun.

[@buck-the-vocab-mascot]

Yes! That makes so much sense!

[@tomto8748]

Enter Urgot or Renata Glasc

[@missmollyc]

Caitlyn’s definitely just doing whatever Ambessa influences her to do. Poor girl will be blinded by grief this season and won’t be thinking as clearly.

[@J.Valentine1031]

Probably why the clip shows the contradictions in Cai'ts statement and indicating her not thinking clearly. Seems like she has a goal but no clear plan to achieve it. Looking for Jinx, leads her team into Jinx traps, eliminate the production of Shimmer, thinking it easy and not aware of the trouble she's going to encounter, and remove those loyal to Silco not aware that the Chem Barons and maybe the citizens of Zaun are no longer loyal to Silco and his ideals.

[@matthewhungerford1861]

take down agents of silco is Caitlyn giving her self a Vague mandate so she can target anyone she wants and that she can say mission accomplished at any moment. I agree Cailtyn probably dose not know the chembarons are not loyal to Silco cause but her wanting to take out shimmer and kill them would unite them against her. the thing is Zaun has every factor of war in their favor at the moment the chem barons would be silly not to take advantage of it. Zaun was preparing for for 6 years, piltover did the exact opposite.

[@Aisha_Luv]

The way I was just rewatching so many of your arcane videos lol

[@elodiepollock7326]

Not just you ^^

[@gardirem392]

Schnee, please watch the season 1 trailers anlongside the season 2 teaser... And see how everything opposes eachother visually.... And just plotwise... Please do it...

[@Vickiraytive]

i think the mural with jinx was made by undercity kids who saw the attack on piltover as a message of resistance without actually knowing the real context of her actions. they see her as a hero, so they portray her as such.

[@vismaykedilaya1318]

I actually think Jinx's drawings on the columns in that scene weren't meant for her, but for Vi. With everything that's happening in s2, she seems to be getting more and more mature, so a random regression just for this scene doesn't quite make sense, unless the drawings weren't to help her, but to emotionally manipulate Vi (manipulate might be the wrong word, but a sort of "this is my world" statement like we saw in the poster, or smth). Also when Vi calls out to her, she responds as if she planned all of this.

[@kittykattcatt]

I’ve been thinking this exact same thing too. These drawings are meant for Vi and it does sound like a trap that Jinx set up for her. But the question is why show her all these moments from their lives? Possibly to tear Vi down? But why would she do that?

[@HeraldofMisfortune]

Could it be possible those drawings are old? Maybe something Jinx did throughout the years, the whole place is covered with those so I don’t think they are a recent thing

[@kittykattcatt]

@@HeraldofMisfortune actually they are a recent thing since a illustration of the death of Silco appears.

[@sloot29]

There's going to be SO MANY factions and groups to keep track of, i'm really interested to see how Arcane handles this

[@ivoandre8345]

As TBSkyen said in a recent trailer analysis video: the moment of the fight between Vi and Jinx could be the end of the first arc of the season. Like an episode 3 ending. I don't think they'd spoil the actual finale being a confrontation between Jinx and Vi like this. I think the whole first operation led by Cait will be a first act thing tbh

[@HelgaZatjindi-dk4qe]

Sure,but it could even be episode 6 ❤

[@FeatheredWingz]

7:00 Ah! Nice analysis. It's like Jinx is Zaun's Mockingjay

[@FriskTemmieGoogle]

8:55 I am crying. You hit the nail on the head there, wow.

[@FriskTemmieGoogle]

10:01 and you keep on shooting and getting it right. Wow.

[@cianohannrachain4902]

My theory about Jinx's arc is that she is not engaged in piltover-zaun war but in another war thats going on under the radar. I think she will be fighting Singed. If you look at the characters that we arent really told about in the trailer, we have Jinx, Singed, Jayce, and Viktor. I would bet that there's a whole subplot that theyve been hiding from us. One that continues Singed's whole "the mutation must survive". As you pointed out, Jinx wouldnt be in the fight for idealogical reasons, so I think shes going to be fighting singed to try to get Vander back, to undo Powders mistake from episode 3. And if Viktor is healing people from the effects of shimmer, then it makes sense she would ally with him to undo the transformation of Warwick. Then Jayce would obviously be against Viktor because now he hates all hextech (except when his friends use it, i predict therell be layers of hypocrisy there). And that would also inadvertently put both sides of both wars kind of in line. Making a piltover side and a zaun side in both.

[@gaia7240]

Mh interesting, maibe singed will take advantage of Silco's death and free all the monsters and Viktor will probably feel some duty in fighting him

[@maeljegu8324]

what the hell, this is fire

[@angeldjonev890]

How did you... Predict it.... DAYM

[@GeraldMountaindew]

Dude, of all the arcane content out there, yours is always the most consistent, well organized, insightful, and poetic. Keep up the good work!

[@SapphireSolstice67]

When you understand the story so well, you predict the ending to a season that hasn’t come out yet.

[@angeldjonev890]

He.... Predicted thr Ending. He did it. Thank God I didn't watch any Arcane videos befote the Season's Finale.

[@leucphat6554]

i like to think jinx is going to be built like joaquin phoenix joker where she'll do what makes sense to her, she'll have her struggles as the new jinx, she'll have her own motivations regarding maybe vi/cait/warwick/ekko or whoever while the rest of zayn looks up to her religiously without her even knowing

[@stefaniaeylinfernandezcarv2003]

I love that idea, Jinx is the well known mad monkey of Silco. But then, she wants to continue with her father's dream 'The nation of Zaun' freeding her people from Piltover's control could make her seem like their savior.

[@tommasoperono8671]

4:48 What if she had made those drawings for Vi? As if she was mocking her, making her believe that Powder is still alive

[@petitradis7922]

It's something that jinx and powder share jinx is very childish when you think about it. And throughout the series, Jinx wants Vi to understand that she's no longer Powder

[@tommasoperono8671]

@@petitradis7922 This only makes sense if she still has an interest in Vi, by the end of the season I think she has now abandoned the idea of ​​getting her big sister back, but obviously I could easily be wrong

[@leonardocouto3109]

I think it could be because she knows the WHY of this fight. WHY these sisters are fighting. Vi and Jinx are fighting because of the TRAUMAS. The events that led Jinx into being who she is are haunting Vi as well, so if Jinx wants this to be over, it'd be through the same process that made her let go of these past ghosts: making Vi see each one of them right in front of her face.

[@tommasoperono8671]

​@@leonardocouto3109 fair, but Vi is also a ghost of Jinx. If Schnee was right then Jinx could find comfort in killing the last of her ghosts, but it's not a theory that I really believe in, but it could be a possibility

[@leonardocouto3109]

@@tommasoperono8671 interesting take. I think the trailer does show evidence that what Jinx is trying to do is to pull Vi out of her past, though. The last line in the trailer is "Finally got the NAME right, sister." Why would Jinx care if Vi gets her name right if she knows Vi would never accept her back, after S1? In my point of view, she shouldn't care anymore. Jinx would just say she "fell down a well" again and then leave it at that or be annoyed but expectant of it. She KNOWS Vi will call her Powder regardless, at this point. So now, after having attempted to convince her into accepting her and failing, Jinx wouldn't be trying the same thing again. Instead, I think the point is to make Vi see that it's all in her head. That it is dead, now, gone and the one who needs to move on already is HER.

[@Art80385]

Great can't wait to see what you have to say about Vi. I wonder what will Ekko's part in this new season. I think Vi would have walked the enforcers right into the Firelight home which is why she looks so ashamed. But also what will push some of them to wanting to side with Jinx. Imagine if that event lead to us having a scene with Jinx and Ekko.

[@a_confused_spoon]

I saw a thread on Twitter that talked of the possibility that the last frame of the trailer (Vi vs Jinx close up) is actually fake: they talked about the distance between Jinx's face and Vi's fist, and how it wouldn't make sense for the distance they actually are in, the background moving too quickly, and a bunch of other stuff that I don't recall, but personally the idea intrigues me. The s1 final trailer was pretty deceiving, so I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to pull something similar now

[@HelgaZatjindi-dk4qe]

Oh, yeah there's a KZbinr who did a video about that ❤

[@kittykattcatt]

Also Jinx’s hand movement on her right hand I believe is so weird for it to be an attempt at a punch at Vi.

[@Mello-208]

6:44 maybe it's something akin to katniss from the hunger games? forced to be the face of the rebellion? she never asked for it but because she, as you put it, fired the first shot of the war, she's perfect for the role (compare this to katniss's small acts of rebellion like honoring and paying respects to rue in the arena for example)

[@orangepeel_the_great]

Your videos are always just so niiice. The info, the build, the editing and audio, it's just yummy

[@mylola.]

I think it’s also totally possible that the “Silco loyalists” are not in fact loyal to Silco but are simply in a power scramble against eachother after Wilco’s death because the chembarons clearly were never very loyal to him in the first place. obviously the enforcers don’t really know this tho so I mean they’re still on the chopping block to Piltover.

[@gaia7240]

I think they are with singed

[@christopherlormant8083]

0:10 i think they put that phrase to bait us

[@LilMil._.00]

8:59 oh my god

[@angeldjonev890]

DAYMMMMMMMM.. HE PREDICTED IT

[@MelangeFox]

8:56 League champs dying isn't very likely imo, especially because Arcane happens before League's present, where every champion is alive.

[@mortenlu]

Oh, I think they will. Imagine how much more lamethese stories would be if all the champs have permanent plot armor. What difference does it make for the game if some of them die? Not much. I sincerely hope they have the balls.

[@MelangeFox]

@@mortenlu As I said Arcane is a preliminary story for League. It would make a difference bc the champion you are playing is dead. I see that it wouldn't be interesting if we had limitless plot armor for every champion (like in every other media where the main characters doesn't die), but they can create other non-league characters (Silco ect.) and than kill them, what they did in S1 Arcane. They can also kill LoL champs after we reach the "League present day", like how they did with Yasuo in the "Still here" cinematic, although I don't have high hopes for that either, since they backed off from making it official as well.

[@Sam-pr5gj]

How the fuck did you make me cry MONTHS before the season two even comes out bro wtf😭😭😭

[@mercilessidioms]

I agree the Jinx/Vi confrontation here is unlikely to be climactic--and part of me hopes you're right about it becoming them vs. the last, Jungian-shadow-iteration of "father" they share. It would be at once heartbreaking and needful, which is the stock in trade for Arcane writing. Another part of me hopes they surprise us all, though. :D

[@taylorparis7228]

SUPER excited for the Vi video considering all of the alleged leaks we've gotten in the last week😁

[@anothermereapostleofjimpickens]

7:02 I think in this sense Jinx is going to become a katniss Everdeen type character. The unwilling, not meaning to symbol of rebellion. She’s either going to lean into it or more likely hate it. And she’s going to implode, showing everyone what she did was an accident. Maybe she wanted to start a war but she didn’t want to be the face of a rebellion. Once the zaunites realize she isn’t the symbol they want her to be then she will be left alone

[@duckymo_duckymomo]

Here’s a theory: When Caitlyn shoots her hexrifle, you can see that her lip is bleeding a bit. Also, by looking at the background in that shot, you can see that it’s from the same scene where Jinx and Vi fight that was shown in the trailer. In a different shot of Caitlyn in the trailer, you can see that she has a healing lip injury in the same spot that it was bleeding. This shows that Caitlyn is still hunting Jinx after the Jinx vs Vi fight, so although the season might end with a fight between them, the Jinx vs Vi fight shown in the trailer is likely the finale for Act 1 or Act 2.

[@riveevatera9263]

Right finally somoen else notice that ❤and also during that scean in the trailer Caitlyn looks angry or hurt any theories on that❤

[@Lookatthisguy0017]

My daily dose of arcane content before show was released

[@Rannulfus]

Counter point to the idea that Jinx hasn't moved on. Jinx spent majority of her time in season 1 trying to help the people she cared about, though often times in her own twisted way. The drawings could be indicative of her not moving on, OR they could be her embracing herself and the fact that (at least in her mind) Vi is not only never going to accept her, but also that she is a "jinx" and as a "jinx" it's her path to be chaotic, to be destructive, to be antagonistic, ESPECIALLY antagonistic towards Vi, turning her statement at the end of season one episode three "She is NOT my SISTER anymore..." into a fully realized prophecy. The drawings are no longer there because Jinx can't and hasn't escaped from that past. The drawings are now there because Vi WANTS (or wanted) to live in that past, and Jinx has taken it upon herself to turn that idealized past into Vi's nightmare.

[@sakurap95]

I like the idea of Jinx killing Warwick to save a traumatized Vi. Warwick falls and the two stare at each other, panting, in shock the other came for them.

[@starace4031]

I definitely feel like the Vi and Jinx trailer scenes happen at max in the 1st arc (3 episodes) of season 2. I could see it happening in the first episode specifically, explaining why she seems to have a similar vibe to season 1 finale Jinx. The rest of the season may focus on the fight for power/control/conquer within and between Piltover and Zaun. Caitlyn may be super focused on finding Jinx and getting justice for her mother's death, meanwhile Vi kind of betrays Caitlyn by trying to find Jinx alone or distract Caitlyn away from it which I think Caitlyn sees through, gets angry at Vi and hence Vi is alone. She isn't with Jinx, she isn't with Caitlyn, she's alone and lost with no-one to be with protect. Jinx may be the one to confront Warwick and may need Vi or a piltover hextech weapon to destroy him. But it may come down to Warwick being the potential saviour of the season and defeating whoever is the 'biggest bad' like Viktor or Singe etc.

[@xviilix]

i thought it was a typo the first time but the amt of times u spelled it "jinkx" aggravated me.. just jinx man

[@starace4031]

@@xviilix chill dude, I just misspelled the name and have corrected it now. I know of other people by Jinkx so I forgot hers was Jinx. No big deal. 😅

[@Hazzy113]

perhaps the hug scene from the poster could be another bait and switch where the hug is instead between Jinx and Warwick

[@horthorthorpe]

this could be a parallel to ep 3 where powder runs to hug silco after the explosion, jinx may run up to hug warwick?

[@bratzz6832]

RAHH IM SO EXCITED FOR DECEMBER TIME FOR DEPRESSION

[@ennaa2577]

those videos are like a long awaited present

[@lolli_popples]

I don’t think anything in the trailer is from the finale. I don’t think the Vi and Jinx fight in the trailer is going to be the last Vi and Jinx fight. I have a feeling that the fight shown in the trailer might end with Vi realizing she can’t actually get herself to fight her sister.

[@tedneill6870]

Jinx's motivation: I think it HAS to be about Vander, try to steal tech/magic to return him from his Warwick form or maybe just stop him, kill him. That would be aligned with her focus on relationships and more interesting than Jinx being an agent of chaos.

[@sabsbooklibrary]

I don't know if anyone has been keeping up with the clip that was shown at the anncey festival (spoilers of the clip ahead), it was confirmed by multiple goers that vi is participating in illegal fights while becoming a drinker and hallucinating cait. From what you said about the vault fight (which is convincing me more and more when I look at the teaser that that's the fight between vi and jinx), that fight happens and vi, which you can see has watery eyes in the teaser, ends up letting jinx get away with the hextech weapon cause she still can't hurt her. cait, which im assuming this is the mission she gets her lip scar from after seeing the teaser and the image released, gets angry with vi cause jinx more then likely killed Cassandra (her mom) and ends up leaving her, leading vi to being alone (feeling like an outcast in piltover and a traitor, from working with enforcers, in zaun). that would make vi wanting to feel invisible leading to her dying her hair black (confirmed again by anncey goers) and participating in these fights. You can maybe confirm this with cait looking extremely angry in the first bit of the teaser where she has her lip scar, probably mad how that day turned out. I dont know if any of these can even be plausible but just some brain rot thoughts that are zooming through my brain.

[@millieboon]

I do hope vi and jinx made peace, I did comment on some ones vid when arcane first came out that I want them to be on a reasonable good note at the end but as they have different ideologies they can’t have a happy ending kinda like vi and jinx are sort of have other clashes but they do loved each other so can never stoped each other and always letting each other go

[@emusmile]

You are my favorite Arcane analysis KZbinr, which is saying a lot because I absolutely adore arcane. I’ve watched all of your videos and just appreciate all the time you’ve dedicated to creating easily understandable but very well written content! We love you schnee!!

[@thisisjustmyopinionsib]

wow i hope you're right in some way with your prediction, thats definitly a story i would like to see! ;) love all of your videos on arcane btw

[@Treebohr]

Warwick being cast in red draws a nice parallel to the bridge scene that opens episode 1 and his fight in episode 3, both before and after the shimmer.

[@knotty_trout96]

I miss these videos can't wait for when it actually comes out and I can put on my headphones and listen to you talk about the a 2-second scenes meanings in Arcane season 2 for hours. no sarcasm I'm serious

[@SkellyGraves]

8:35 i really went "OH SHIT" when you said that 😭

[@tylahtrainer4819]

Has no one else noticed the 'shrine' of who may be Janna in the background of Jinx and Vi's battle?

[@Dead-fire]

God, It’s been 2 years since I saw this channel, glad to run into it again

[@seamountain5]

I’m so happy I love your arcane theory videos they’re SO good

[@elodiepollock7326]

Hello everybody running to schnee's videos 👋 I actually squealed at the notification

[@PrestigiousConman]

8:29 I like this explanation. Great analysis! She hugged Vi to tell her, this is our past trauma, let me burn it intentionally. No wonder it’s somewhat of a conflicting image for most, it’s a nuanced hug, perplexingly haunting.

[@tathabarcellos]

I love your analyses!!!! Very unique.

[@JonFrenchman]

I'm so excited for this new season and every video on the topic you make is making me even more impatient!! AAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@crystalsorcerer2757]

If the plot thread with the Ecliptic Vaults is something that occurs, I think it would make sense that Jinx uses it to set up her and Vi's confrontation. Considering the fact that the place they fight in is below ground, and considering that Jinx had to have taken some time to draw all those images on the pillars, it would make sense for her to have masterminded a plan to get her and Vi alone. Maybe she starts a rumor that there's some powerful artifact in this vault below Zaun, and the enforcers go after it hoping to make claim to it first, but all along there was nothing there. She definitely seems like she wants to be caught here considering the graffiti and her waiting for Vi to call out her name. In the same location we can also see an image of Janna along the wall, which is a character we haven't heard of in the show so she's more than likely considered an ancient or bygone deity. So the place they're in should definitely be quite old.

[@SuperLirke]

I feel like Jinx might be after some magical item in these old ruins - I mean, the show is called ARCANE People have mentioned that you can see a statue of a LOL character who's the ancient guardian of Zaun in the background

[@garver5833]

I kinda hope Warwick is going to be a huge threat that overshadows Jinx by miles. Just let that beast show everyone how small they are. But my money for the biggest threat is on the Hexcore and the whatever it's real motive is.

[@nickintroll4991]

Jeeeeez, can't wait. Good thoughts, always fun to find where guesses miss and where they get it right

[@amoz0n]

3:36 Jinx definitely seems prepared for Vi to arrive and the location they're in doesnt seem like it would serve any funcional purpose ( aside from maybe a training ground? All this to say I think it's very likely that those drawing are to torment Vi rather then Jinx tormenting herself

[@Derp-flash-go-duuur]

3:55 "SILCO! THE MEAT MEATLOAF! FUCK!"

[@11taiel22]

The FEEEEEELS at the end of the analysis!!! OMG you're GOOD at this. Thank you so much for taking the time to investigate, think, dream, write, record, edit, post. Really enjoy your videos, Schnee! 💝

[@voidkon5581]

Well, on jinx goal this season, I rly liked it idea of every character going opposite of what they do in first season, so I think like jinx was haunted by her past in s1 now she will haunt the past in s3, drawing those drawing and showing cancer adopting them(that I’m pretty sure wasn’t a trigger for her in the 1st season) in a place she will work/fight in I think shows the past that she is in control, she moved on by dissproving the past. Edit: I think the poster having vi in a scared/protected position and jinx looking threatening at us kinda ties in well with this, jinx is haunting the past like it haunted her.

[@snappylobster3118]

I forgot how MUCH I loved your videos, this is going to be an amazing year

[@mdoggie1186]

It’s 12:40 in the morning and I am so happy I found this video

[@ellemilsomart]

Oh my god jinx killing vander would be the most intense thing possible, and it fits perfectly. I'm scared gahahaha

[@kheranzu2000]

Thanks for always being super insightful

[@WilliamGarland-lz9hu]

8:58 "I pretended to chase my own monsters away. I'd say, 'No monster is gonna get you while I'm here.'" *sobbing*

[@Taj_SAS]

I think here 8:58 the opposite will happen. Vi kills Warwick/ Vander to protect Jinx.

[@noahruiz9532]

WHAT IF JINX WANTS TO STEAL THE HEX CORE!!!! I have no basis to this other one than it would be a big deal and would also connect jinx and victor directly, which hasn't happened yet and I'd like to see them interact

[@henrymongrain9008]

I would also like to see Jinx and Viktor interact. They are both inventors from Zaun. They both have a sibling or sibling-like relationship that breaks down after the other person meets a new upper-class romantic partner (Vi and Caitlyn, Jayce and Mel). Also, Viktor returning the grenade that Marcus gave him in season 1 to Jinx, and Jinx giving him (but not Jayce) Jayce's research notebook back would be a very touching scene.

[@stayawayfromthoseoranges]

It's late where I'm at but thought you'd have uploaded. Right in time 😎

[@DyllanFergason]

Do u remember the volt where they put the other hexteck corse after Jinx originally stoll the hexteck. Maybe that's the volt she is braking into. A reason could be for power or to make her the best?

[@lazydog223]

Don’t know if anyone else has brought this up, but jinx becoming a symbol of the resistance really reminds me of the Joker movie. Like no way in hell he’d be able to organize a movement with his conditions but as a symbol he’s he’s powerful with no real control over those following him.

[@okaykatieokay4]

I loooooovveee your Arcane videos!!!

[@sooyster4033]

Interested to see how Ekko ends up the opposite of S1

[@TheSpoegefugl]

Okay, I avoied any Arcane content regarding S2 until I had actually watched it. But even from S1, saying Sevika is loyal to power is tantamount to character assassination. Sevika is loyal to the idea or goal of the Nation of Zaun. The undercity follows whoever Sevika follows. Despite Vander being the one 'in charge' in S1 act 1, Sevika whistles and empties The Last Drop. Finn makes a play at her, because she commands respect and can change the peoples mind. She puts in the work with Silco being a (admittedly very ruthless) bureaucrat. Sevika is not loyal to power. Sevika IS power, and you better put some respect to her name! (I am a bit sad that we didn't get to see more of her in S2)

[@myronballard1520]

Schnee, thank you for another wonderful post. Hope all is well! Your work is fantastic!

[@NoLimitDS]

A detail I also noticed that might just be coincidence, is that the drawing of vander holding the tow is an orangish red, similar to warwicks color in the trailer.

[@Alphy-l2z]

another banger thanks, ur videos have help me with my writing so much (:

[@Jclarkis]

Jinx motivation would be seeing vi fully committed as an enforcer so…. Betrayal?

[@lorenzoantonio4561]

I do not think that Silco will be gone. He may be made part of Warwick "Nothing ever stays dead" -Arcane

[@slaaneshhedonite7068]

Dude, the last quarter of this video gave me serious chills. And reminded me I need to finish painting that 1/6 Jinx model I’ve been putting off…

[@frgogi3485]

I feel like the way that she's actually drawn them out this time (coz they were in her head before and the only drawings she did weren't really of her internal monsters to the same extent) could be that she's trying to separate them from her. It could also be a way of forcing Vi into a sense of unease or to truly showcase what her mentality is like

[@livfrying]

Dude I appreciate your videos so much! They’re so good keep it up

[@Dracubecca1600]

Another thing I found interesting is that Caitlyn refers to the undercity as “Zaun” even though they obviously havnt made the deal with silko cause he’s dead

[@hellenkeller_w]

I dont understand how you are so good at analyzing these things, your videos are amazing

[@ArcaneMelodies82]

They could be wanting to locate Jinx to reluctantly get her help from Warwick on a rampage or even unhinged Victor.

[@princessthyemis]

OH MY GOOOOSH!!!!! Your theory sounds spot on to me!!!! Especially what you said about Warwick and the bank vault and how it will end, and my heart BROKE when you mentioned the details of her drawings on the pillars!!!!! I think you're absolutely right about everything!!!!!!!

[@leedycorbin2517]

Yay Schnee Arcane content. It's gunna be a good day

[@XW1NG-F1GHTER]

Hell of a video you made, amazing.

[@nikagirso]

ouuu myyy gooooooddddd. how? just from the trailer. how? how the fuck did you understand the ending before season 2 even started airing. omg. i found you over arcane analysis. you need to be working in riot man. i hope you achieve your dreams of being professional writer cus i have never heard anyone be this correct and do this deep analysis and make this correct predictions on character growth. minute 9 onwards is the peak analysis. P.S. Ekko is the one of the best people to ever exist. fictional or otherwise dddddddddd i would strive to be him in that universe and all my goals and actions are for the same visions as him in real life as well

[@Rbum4]

yo, nice theory btw. turned out mostly true

[@Huzlnut]

Ok my prediction is just based on the poster of Jinx and Vi. captioned "nothing stays dead" means that Vi has to meet vander/warwick knowing its their father and Jinx "protecting" Vi (Opposite of s1). Jinx looking at it in straight in the eye while Vi is not. (Its out of character that Vi didn't look straight in the eye, while Jinx is.)