The Base Violence Necessary for Change | *FIRST TIME WATCHING* Arcane Season 1 Episode 3 Reaction

[@SaguntoYT]

*Me:* "Oh what a wholesome show about family" *Arcane:* "This world shall know pain!"

[@TJBASCReacts]

😭😭😭😭

[@lastthing8173]

To Powder after Vi leaves to save vander she's terrified. Who does she have if Vi decides to go and get herself killed with Vander. Benzo's dead, Ekko is nowhere to be found (not that he could take care of her anyway). Vi leaving is about to make her lose both of her caretakers, again. Its understandable she's panicking. Silco is so interesting as a character, his people don't do what he asks because they have to. They do it because they want to and it's reflected in the way shimmer works. He couldn't give shimmer to someone that hates him because taking shimmer doesn't change the core of who the person is. It requires both loyalty and trust in both directions. He also seems to take no joy in his actions. He veiws them as a cold necessity. Vander stands in the way of his freedom so he has two options: bring Vander to his side, which is his original offer to Vander, or Kill him. If he kills Vander then people would hold a grudge so he must come up with a rumor that vander left with his children. Meaning Vanders children have to die too. He doesn't know powder caused the explosion and taking her in runs directly counter to the rumor he wants to spread. "Vander the coward fled town with his children". Taking Powder in would ruin any chance of that lie being accepted, Silco see's powder alone and plans to kill her (hand tightens on the knife) but there would still be the problem of Vi so he asks "where is your sister". Powder responds by lunging at him disarming him physically and emotionally. She tells him that her sister abandoned her. The same thing he feels vander did. He looks to Vander, Vi abandoned powder (not actually) at the corpse of her father. So he decides to care for this younger version of himself, spare her from the loneliness he felt. Another thing I'll note is that if killing Benzo was something he wanted to do from the start he could have done it. It's only when benzo refuses his chance to "walk away" and tries to attack silco instead that Silco has him killed. I believe the way vander was trying to hold the lanes together would not work in the long run. I don't think Benzo would have been able to "handle things" in his absence. War is coming with or without silco and it seems silco at least has a plan and the means to follow through.

[@lafatte24]

Think about the switching between viktor/jayce and them trying to rescue Vander like the storm scene in parasite. What is seen as a gift/boon to the rich and privileged (hextech/rain) can be destruction/calamity to the underprivileged.

[@TJBASCReacts]

Righhhhhhttt!! Okay this makes a lot of sense. Thank you

[@lafatte24]

Aw babygirl :(