PROGRESS OR DOOM? || PHYSICS EDUCATOR watches ARCANE 1x04 - BLIND REACT-ANALYSIS

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[@charlestonjew7587]

I think it's interesting to draw parallels with Jinx's overall grasp of reality as a sum of her experiences as a child. She doesn't seem to have any goals other than being noticed, respected and accepted. Yes she's sadistic as simply causing a fire would've been distraction enough without the addition of her bombs and she seems to act on impulse but when you consider everything and everyone in her life since she was a small child on that bridge in the prologue, has only been temporary. They leave or they die. When Vi left her, it obliterated her emotionally. Jinx does not make attachments. She does not see the value in people as doing so would only bring her pain. They are as disposable as her bombs, especially enforcers and topsiders.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Love your reaction from a science and tech perspective, because they do those themes so well.

[@Ace-du7vw]

Silco and Jinx's relationship is a father-daughter relationship. They leaned into it being a little weird on purpose, and I love it. They're two very damaged people with anxious attachment styles and eroded senses of boundaries. Nothing ever crosses into the realm you're worried about but we've been trained to see it that way. Silco didn't tell Jinx to steal the hex crystal, he told her to take some time to cool down. She started catastrophizing and decided she needed to do something to prove her worth to him. She didn't have a plan when she blew up the building in Piltover, just made a distraction to occupy the enforcers so she could poke around. And she found a completely unguarded hex crystal, because the idea of someone trying to steal it genuinely hasn't occurred to Jayce or Viktor yet (And Heimerdinger hasn't pushed safety on them hard enough). None of the progress and prosperity the Piltovans are enjoying because of the Hexgates is reaching the underground. Silco got upset with her because she made too much noise up top. They're not ready for a confrontation with Piltover yet. She heard him saying "the topsiders are leaving us further and further behind" and then she handed him the technology they've been using to keep the undercity oppressed. He's genuinely surprised when she hands him the crystal. Idk I could rant about these two for days I love their dynamic.

[@toamszkozak8822]

It's toxic

[@kiryukaimemorial127]

The guy who invented Duct Tape: "I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds."

[@rolfnoduk]

please, won't somebody think of the ducks!? 🦆

[@storieswithstyle]

Well, who knows what can be done with that chenical strucutre =P

[@kiryukaimemorial127]

@@storieswithstyle Wait........what can be done?!?!!?

[@storieswithstyle]

@@kiryukaimemorial127 I don't know, that is the point :D

[@gabrielegenota1480]

I'm so glad you IMMEDIATELY saw Heimerdinger's issue with Jayce and Viktor's inventions - I feel like a lot of reactors just see an old fart that's just afraid of the future.

[@MrSlothJunior]

You are far from the first person to mistakenly believe that the Firelights girl was Vi. No judgment there.

[@Matrix32451]

Maybe a little judgement lol.

[@DigiCount]

Jinx herself made the same mistake lol

[@Matrix32451]

@@DigiCount Jinx herself realized it wasn't Vi shortly after tho.

[@soulstice94]

The way the animators do facial animations in faces and body language is sooooooo good! The scene in the beginning with Jinx and Sevika, where Sevika looks away for just a second, and Jinx's face and head tilt showing us she either dislikes Sevika personally, or dislikes that she's getting reprimanded and almost has a "I'll kill her" feel to the look in such a short few second shot is amazing!

[@blobbydubs]

Silco said himself what happened to his eye. "Do you know what it's like? When the filth mixes with the blood and the river toxins eat through your nerves?" He's got an infection that can't be stopped on the left side of the face caused by his wounds during his fight with Vander, and microdoses with Shimmer to constantly heal it so it won't eat away his whole face

[@storieswithstyle]

I see, I get it is the river, but it never really was explored why he takes shimemr to cure it :D

[@checkliste8930]

@@storieswithstyleI don’t think it "heals“ it. I think it keeps it stable enough so the infection doesn’t spread. Something like Soul kings "stillness"

[@trueblaze84]

Canonically the series takes place one year before the game so Jinx would be 17 in this series. A lot of people find Silco and Jinx's interaction creepy but once you realize what they're showing is how despite Jinx being practically an adult deep down she's still the 12 year old girl seeking approval and Silco is basically the father who refuses to set limits on their child and thus allows them to do things that would be fine when younger but creepy when older it makes a lot more sense.

[@Lorrin81]

The office scene with Silco and Jinx also shows Silco's trust in her: We saw Silco give himself the injection into his eye in Ep. 1, but now Jinx helps him with it because it is clearly now much more painful. Jinx is the only character that Silco has a familial relationship with--everyone else is "professional." (He used to have one with Vander, but, of course, he's gone.) Oh, and Silco is probably the best-written villain ever.

[@ReaverRAC]

Silco and Jinx have a father and daughter bond. The way Jinx leans on him is actually similar to how Vi leans on Vander at the Bridge of Progress in ep 2. I'm glad you're not writing off Mel as simply being greedy or wanting power. Arcane is clever in that Mel tells us exactly what is going on with her, but her actual meaning isn't clear until later. Jayce kind of falls forward here--twice he's failed to secure the crystals and now they're putting him in charge of security.

[@brians2901]

Since they never actually tell you in the series, I'll spoil you with some information. Dinger's small critter is known as a Poro.

[@BBrainsTube]

And this particular poro is known as Poro-fessor.

[@iminumst7827]

"This show is so brilliant at subverting expectations in a non-Star Wars way." Hahah Rian Johnson catching strays. Rightfully so. No one wants twists that don't make any sense and result in something lamer than what we expected, twists done the right way are more like revelations, things that seem obvious in hindsight but were hard to predict. Extra points if the twist makes the dynamic of the plot more complex and personal.

[@storieswithstyle]

Yes, if you promise something, deliver on it or over-deliver, NEVER underdeliver... :D

[@aquapuppy9838]

Note Jayce might've also realized after Cait turned down his charitable attempt to keep her in the good graces of the overworld, he may have been reminded of when he turned away from his own mother after she did the same to him before the counsel.

[@Sadovari]

Apples to oranges I believe. Jayce's mother actively participated in saying he was insane. "Not in his right mind." Jayce just tried to give her employment after her parents took it away. there is a similarity, but it is passing.

[@MrCoolAttitude]

The Jinx/Silco closeness had us all raising eyebrows.

[@storieswithstyle]

yeah, IK was so uncomfortable for a moment :D

[@lexywackess]

Maybe it being a french produced serie gives Also people being more close and touching eachother (not romantic or sexual way huh) and Also all the workers vs rich Vibe.

[@kimkimrock1]

It doesn’t have much to do with the French animators, the writers have said the relationship is meant to feel uncomfortable to watch to push the idea that’s it’s a very unhealthy dynamic they have, not necessarily sexual in nature but inherently inappropriate

[@lexywackess]

@@kimkimrock1 mm ok, as a father daughter relationship i didn't think their physical acting were particularly creepy or so. To me it's just thé uncertainity about what happens during the skipped period of Time that created this unease feel. But then it's not anything specially too close

[@aranthur]

To think, if Jayce hadn't removed the crystal from his secure lab and brought it to this random auditorium in town, Jinx never could have stolen it. Even though he chose not to show it off in his speech, even CONSIDERING doing it is what made this disaster possible

[@charlestonjew7587]

Imagine putting something dangerous and potentially lethal in everyone's hands, like a gun or something. Thankfully, we live in a world where such things are restricted and well-regulated.

[@llamaboss2514]

Dude, you're watching this at the PERFECT time. You might catch the start of season 2 right as you finish season 1 😂

[@Hospobar]

he deffinitely finished it already, he cant risk spoilers for shows like this

[@gustavgustav2670]

If you go back and watch the very first scene of episode 1, which is from powders perspective, youll see those same scratch marks over the enforcers. Powder had issues from a young age.

[@DigiCount]

Yeah, and when Vi tells her she can't come to get Vander with the rest of them...she acts as if she's being completely abandoned rather than just being told to stay home for the moment

[@ShadowHalkFly]

Heimer is 307 years old on episode 2, he says it in the scene with Jayce in the cell

[@amahlgrant]

I think all Mel was saying to Jayce was, "To give the people something, they have traveled from far to see what is the next step for hextech and the city of Progress (Piltover), just give them a glimpse, something to talk about because these people may be useful later down the line." She wasn't like telling him to just mass produce hextech and give any and everyone, she's just saying, give the people a tralier for the future instead of leaving them with just empty promises or in the dark. It was simply a smart business move. As you said yourself: He could have given them a tease (that was her point).

[@uRBruna]

You are my favorite reactor, i really appreciate your thoughtful commentary throughout.

[@storieswithstyle]

Thank you so much, I am glad my ramblings are of value to you! =)

[@NitherSpit]

"200 years, that's not that ollld...." Americans: -_-

[@finanightmare1993]

hahahaaha xD

[@RaviPatel-lb7uc]

Ikr, so sad that americans only live to be 80yrs old

[@Romapolitan]

On a relative scale, especially for nations, it really isn't.

[@NitherSpit]

​@@RaviPatel-lb7uc I hope I don't live that long, I'll never have enough retirement to pay for that kind of longevity

[@NitherSpit]

@@Romapolitan The US is almost 250, take that 'city of progress'

[@nicolassorg7335]

"i'm all for hyperspace booms" so we all are my man, we all are

[@NoaD.G]

Personally, i explained their closeness in ny head by thinking that Jinx was very stunted in her childhood and thus didnt exactly mature and grow up properly. Lots of kids can get clingy when something happens in their childhood afaik.

[@ericsanford536]

I always marvel at how people act like Jinx 'turned crazy' or 'turned bad' after Vander died. Like no one remembers her hobby as a child of BUILDING NAILBOMBS. Just because they didn't work doesn't mean she didn't try. Imagine the scene on the bridge if instead of a cloud of pink smoke and tossing the loot we had a teenage boy corpse littered with nails. She was crazy from episode 1 and probably a sociopath (which isn't her fault, her formative memory was a failed insurrection where her parents died). Vander's death made it worse, of course, but healthy kids don't build IEDs for fun. Add to it that in virtually every scene we see Silco with her he is reigning her BACK, not inciting her to do things. He's either chastising her for going too far or (poorly) trying to help her cope with her demons. It's definitely a toxic relationship and she clearly does a lot of her bad stuff thinking it will please her new 'father' but the bulk of the crazy seems home-grown.

[@mufasa5851]

MORE!

[@storieswithstyle]

soon, gonna watch 1x07 now. =) I need some time editing, but I hope to get all s1 up by the end of next week! =)

[@iremainteague5653]

Piltover is the world leader in hextech. The hexgates have put them in a place of prominence on the world stage. If they want to stay at the forefront of innovation and commerce, they have to keep pushing forward and stay on the cutting edge so they are not outpaced. Hopefully that helps you with why Medarda keeps pushing Jayce.

[@beez9574]

Heimerdinger is 307 years old in episode 2

[@Hawkido]

Silco's eye is corrupted by the same chemicals that produce shimmer. He is not having shimmer injected INTO his eye, that tool is a lancet and it is relieving the pressure of his eye, by letting the excess shimmer drain. Almost every time the lancet is on screen, the writers show you it has no shimmer in it. You first see Silco use the lancet in EP 1 before human trials of shimmer began.

[@maivthao]

You saying how pushing the development of hextech is gonna blow up in Jayce, Viktor, and Mel's face gets me everytime.

[@Aaniel_al.Meara.]

You did not..😭🙏🏻

[@deidarinhakun]

I love the way how u get things, It's so lovely

[@Bhargos]

@storieswithstyle: I hope you got that Marcus arrested Vi.

[@storieswithstyle]

only next ep =D

[@Chubblegum]

it said in a previous episode that mel is the richest in piltover but the poorest in her family

[@Hawkido]

About Jinx with her puppets and voices. First she does NOT see these delusions, if you notice they are always projected behind her shoulder. She built the puppets so the voices can be deemed to be coming from the puppets and not constantly at her back as that is disconcerting, the puppets anchor the voices so she can talk back to the puppets, because talking back to yourself would mean you are crazy.

[@Hawkido]

Jinx isn't a mindless murderer, while she has killed people she did not intend to when she was a child, but now you only see her try to kill people who try to kill her, or uniformed enemy soldiers.

[@ScrivoQualcosa]

i dont understand how most reactors dont see its pretty clear thats not Vi

[@1HammerHaunt1]

OMG, your speech about professors claiming their students' discoveries as their own, with Stanwick's statue in the paused frame, is such a [spoiler territory] XD. Also it makes me sad regarding how much lore of Runeterra was retconned over the years...

[@leonielson7138]

You were asking about the crystals, and I don't know if I should tell you that they're ... SPOILER ... ... crystalized souls that possess the bodies of giant scorpion-like creatures in the desert. Like bezoars, a new layer of crystallization is added with each new host, containing the memories of the soul. That sound the crystals make are the screams of the soul.

[@Cityweaver]

Some reactors have compared this to premature video game announcements. LOL, a much lower stakes example, but still very an apt comparison. Some developers will make BIG promises on technology and features for games they still have 4-6 years in developing. During all that time, it may just increase market and executive demands and pressures. Especially if more money is poured into the project, which jsut increases sunken cost fallacy.

[@rakansasas1111]

33:22 Well, that's society for ya A lot of places have incredibly rich people living not too far away from extremely poor ones.

[@Moptop2]

I absolutely loved your attack on Titan reaction, you are so insightful. I love to see that you are enoying arcane. Steins gate and outer wilds are among my favorite stories that are absolutely worth checking out

[@NikoCat11]

YES! This show is denitely a show

[@try2fly]

Hi. You have a very nice channel and it will take time to watch all ur old reactions. But I just want to say one thing - if you never watched show named Dark - pls watch it. Doesn't matter reaction or not - just for yourself. I doubt you missed it - its a greatest German show in last 10 years - but just in case I came here to say this. Its really interesting. Very interesting. And very well made.

[@storieswithstyle]

I did watch Dark, it is in my top 3 of all time, utter brilliance! =)

[@IsilionNELE]

what song is it you always play during the start of your videos?

[@storieswithstyle]

Wir sind wir :)

[@IsilionNELE]

@@storieswithstyle thanks

[@muhkuhfan7164]

❤

[@wemustdissent]

I noticed you were calling her "Jinx" before it was revealed that she had changed her name to Jinx. Are you familiar with the characters then?

[@storieswithstyle]

Only very briefly, i remember dome from playing thw game a bit during covid. Like jinx, lux or garen or heimerdinger :)

[@lexywackess]

Should have grasped you were from a germanic country 🤔 just hit me now i Saw your default Netflix language 🤣

[@Metal-Spark]

17:30 - I know this is just a throwaway comment and not a full discussion, but as an artist I find the topic of AI a particularly sensitive one. I've seen peers and friends lose jobs to this new tech that was trained on their work. Personally, while I agree you can't stop the inevitable march of technological progress, I do think certain technology needs guard rails put in place. I've been following the lawsuits currently taking place very closely and even seen some interviews with people who've left AI companies due to their ethical concerns. Personally, I hope for a future where AI can exist in a way that helps people in sectors that require more manpower than we currently have (I think the best example for this is the healthcare sector). Rather than what it's currently doing, which is sucking up all the data it can find in order to displace the very people it's taking from.

[@MirroredDreamscape]

I don't disagree that there are plenty of concerns about the way that AI exists as it is now, but I feel like it's a little self-serving to say 'I hope for a future where it exists, but only in fields that won't impact _my_ career choices'. Machines in factories were great too, except for the cheap laborers they replaced. It kinda has to be an all-or-nothing deal, where if we're going to allow it to exist (and displace potential workers) in one industry, it either has to be allowed to or inevitably _will_ exist in all others regardless. Covering our butts ethically by putting an asterisk that says 'that require more manpower than we currently have' is a placebo, since at the end of the day it would still be displacing 'potential' jobs.

[@Metal-Spark]

@@MirroredDreamscape No no no, you've misunderstood me. I don't want it to displace any labour - other than perhaps in a utopian way where it does **all** the labour but I don't think we're anywhere near that point and we might never be. When I say it would be useful in the medical field I mean as an aid or a patient resource. It's tale as old as time that affects almost every country - you need a doctor's appointment but there's no availability for weeks or months. If you could put your symptoms into an AI that was then reviewed by a doctor they could get through patients quicker and more effectively. No one is losing their jobs, the system is just being made more efficient for the benefit of public health. I don't work in the medical field so this example might not be perfect (I've also only just woke up) but even if my example is terrible, my main point is that it should be used for public good in a way that doesn't impact jobs.

[@MirroredDreamscape]

@@Metal-Spark Hey, it's cool, always welcome the clarification and believe me, I know what it's like to try to get into dense topics right after waking up. I agree with most of what you're saying in spirit, I'm just not sure if it's realistically possible; mostly just because the cat's out of the bag, so to speak, and once corporate entities get a whiff of something new it tends to be very hard to put it back in the box without Very stifling regulation. That's just sorta the way new technologies and profit-oriented business intermingle, for better or worse. Art is a bit of a hobby of mine as well (though I'm by no means at the level yet where I could make it a profession), as are most of my friends, so I definitely understand the concerns that generative AI bring up in that field, given the impact that it can have (and clearly has had, to a degree) on artists. I don't think it's an _inherently_ bad technology, but it has certainly the potential for misuse, and is currently being misused by at least some people, to a bad enough degree to overshadow its positives in more benevolent hands. The conflict in my mind comes in when I think about a couple of other people I know, who have a lot of creative vision, but completely lack the technical skill to express themselves. For people like this, AI art could be seen as a way to get the ideas out of their heads and onto the paper, so to speak, even if it is imprecise and takes a lot of finessing. This is the 'democratization of art' that AI enthusiasts like to go on about, I'll admit, but before the whole AI thing, the _only_ avenue aspiring creatives without the skill (or time to hone their skill) had to express their ideas would be to crack open their wallets and pay someone to do it for them. If you come from a poor background, you're kinda outta luck, and I don't believe that creative expression should be limited to those that have the skills or financial means to pursue them. It would be wonderful if artists can be justly compensated for their work, of course, but I have to weigh that in my head against the ideal of anyone being able to express their creativity, even if they lack the technical skill.

[@palpat8431]

Asking questions that were answered in previous episodes, more dumb assumptions. Also "you want to have an even number" - not if you want a tie breaker to reach an actual decision.

[@storieswithstyle]

Okay!

[@davidhayward2896]

Why do you keep watching reactions that just seem to annoy you?

[@palpat8431]

​@@davidhayward2896 fair enough question. Short version of the answer is that I started watching reactions for the same reason as the majority of people I suspect - to vicariously relive the enjoyment of a thing from seeing someone else enjoying it too. But the more reactions I watched the more I noticed how people always fall into identical faults to the point where the only real individual distinction that could be drawn was if they expressed themselves in an obnoxious way and if they did then to what degree. That gradually became a kind of impromptu anthropological/psychological study to try and understand wtf was going on; on the other hand I also tried to distinguish how much of my annoyance had objective merit and how much was just borne out of my personality, since I admit I am someone more easily prone to being annoyed with even minor things. It'd be good for self-improvement to be able to tell that difference, though in practice I found that most of the times I had objective reasons for being annoyed, at which point the degree of my annoyance didn't concern me, so long as it was valid. So one could claim that I overreact at times but I'll be the judge of that so long as it's for a reason and not just because it's something that I just personally have an irrational response to. That's the short answer anyway, unpacking more would require going into more details of what those uniform faults are that I keep encountering in reactors. Also maybe it's something that is just typical for reactors specifically as doing reactions attracts only a specific kind of people perhaps? But then there's also self-professed writers and movie makers who fall into the same pitfalls and should know better.

[@davidhayward2896]

@@palpat8431 I totally get being annoyed by reactors making common mistakes that seem obvious, especially to people like us who have seen the show countless times. One of the first things I instinctively do on episode four reactions is scroll to the comments to see if someone has to explain that Vi wasn't the one on the boat even after the episode tells you it wasn't multiple times. I think it's good not to let mistakes like that effect your overall enjoyment though. As much as it seems silly to me, enough people make that mistake that maybe Fortiche really should have made it more explicit, to the point of potentially dumbing down the storytelling. I'm glad they didn't though. If I got really annoyed at every reactor and who made that mistake I'd have stopped watching reactions long ago. And I think vague criticisms like "you make dumb assumptions" don't really help as they don't actually explain anything.

[@palpat8431]

​@@davidhayward2896 counterpoint: I don't just observe these mistakes after having seen something myself many times over. I watch something new once, then go watch reactions and the exact same thing happens. So you can't justify it with just my repeated viewing, not for everything. Moreover this doesn't apply to every stupid mistake or insane thing said. For example: watching people react to The Thing there is a common comment of how the Norwegian shooter on the helicopter is a bad shot. I've not had a lot of experience with guns personally, and there is nothing in the movie itself to educate one on this topic, as far as the movie is concerned the shooter misses because we need him to appear erratic and for the plot to actually progress. HOWEVER none of this stopped me from considering how 1. he indeed may not be a skilled shooter 2. shooting from a moving helicopter at a moving target has to be a tall order 3. this is happening in freezing temperatures while you are flying against cold air which is as good as cold wind blowing in your face making it worse, and the guy is wearing fingered gloves to be able to pull the trigger, those are not as good for keeping your fingers warm, so most likely the guy is having trouble pulling the trigger 4. he's shooting at a target that is moving through a sea of white snow reflecting sunlight back into his face, in fact he is wearing special protective goggles, so it's difficult to see both because of the reflective sun and the obstruction of the goggles. Only way to excuse comments of him being a bad shot is that the people are too overwhelmed with emotional concern for the dog and immediately wish to see the Norwegian as a bad guy. But that defense actually makes them look worse, because it's essentially mob mentality and I've noticed that this comes out in people VERY often in reactions, it's a whole separate tangent I could go on. Re: comments. I generally stopped reading comments on videos because mostly people glaze the reactors or mollycoddle them, I don't think that works. The response to that, if there is one at all, is to essentially just say "Okay, cool". In my own experiences people don't actually internalize such corrections as a mistake they have to reflect on and address, i.e. why did you think otherwise and why this is a problem. Instead the reaction is more like a "take it or leave it" deal. They read it and immediately forget about it. Being confrontational at least puts them on the defensive and provokes them to actually think about the subject matter if for no reason than to defend themselves, even if they are objectively wrong and refuse to admit it you've at least made them somewhat reflect on it. "made it more explicit to the point of potentially dumbing down the storytelling" - absolute hard disagree, this is anathema to me. Making stories worse for the sake of mouth breathing idiots is to kill all art. There's a clear trend of people growing dumber, if you try to pander to their level you make things worse, not better. Art should elevate people, not pander to the lowest common denominator. I'd just not even entertain the thought at all. Vague criticisms - in his reaction to the first episode I've actually written a post of detailed criticism so long I had to break it down into 3 or 4 posts. His answer was less than stellar and proved my point further I think, but maybe I'm biased. That's why I didn't bother this time and simply repeated the gist of it.

[@Kamiisama69]