The DEVASTATING Truth About Jinx In Arcane

[@nikamichalides8263]

I literally never saw Jinx as a "bad" character....she was my favorite from the start to the end fr

[@FechiNwogu-dn9ow]

Same here❤. From the day she killed Clagor and Milo 😭

[@FechiNwogu-dn9ow]

I think I understood the character from the start😢. I disliked Vi a lot more because she deluded herself with drawing a line of good and bad and even tho it wasn't her fault she left her sister behind. But she didn't try to give her enough of a chance at salvation. She should've given Powder more chances earlier than she did 😔

[@troy1919]

"Don't cry. You're perfect". Silco

[@supafly7145]

She still blew up people who didn't ask for anything. Like councilors who were ultimately in favor of Zaun's evolution or enforcers who just came to put out a fire. Those people had families too. So yes, while iconic, she was a bad person who did bad things.

[@FechiNwogu-dn9ow]

@@supafly7145 And so was almost every other significant character in the show. Think of that?

[@pinosaddam]

ekko seems to try and understand and give the space to heal to jinx in the final act , thats why the matching outfit and stuff. i really hope they expand on this story

[@clanka5509]

One of the devs have said they want to explore more of ekko and jinx story

[@pzhivulin]

@@clanka5509 It was showrunner ie main person

[@someoneunknown-g7r]

Does that mean we might see more of Ekko x jinx in the future animation?​@@clanka5509

[@TipoIrritable]

Ekko instead of trying to change her, he accepted her.

[@ExclusiveExcellence]

@@TipoIrritablewell the thing is she wants to change herself but she doesn’t believe she can atone for her past mistakes, but then Ekko comes around and gives her a different perspective on walking away; rather than walking away from life entirely build something from scratch preferably with someone worth doing so with. And through the confirmed off screen conversations where Ekko “Tells her that she can be good and that he’s literally seen it” go watch @Schnee newest vid for better understanding

[@WandersNowherre]

Jinx did some messed up things in Season One, but by Season Two she is doing a lot of objectively heroic, kind, even sometimes selfless things. She proved she wasn't broken and the real tragedy was that so few other characters seemed to see it, and that cruel circumstances kept taking away what happiness she had. Jinx, you were never broken, you were never a monster, and I hope you find a chance to heal and maybe, who knows, a Light on your horizon. 💛💙

[@merohie9599]

She was broken, and she was a monster. What I assume you're actually saying is that she could've snapped out of it, if only she had been given the chance to heal. It is as simple as that. If only curcmustance and chance weren't against her, there were so many moments in the show where she could've avoided becoming Jinx, and managed to mend her broken self, stop further damage, and heal from her trauma. Either with Vi or with Ekko, Caitlyn got in the way of the former, and Powder giving up on the bridge in the way of the latter, as two examples. Unfortunately, Arcane is not a story about happy endings, but about trauma, imperfection, and tragedy.

[@MsPBJTime]

Jinx murdered at least 20 people in season 1, including Firelights. I love Jinx's season 2 arc, but we shouldn't gloss over the magnitude of her deeds before she begins to find herself.

[@WandersNowherre]

@merohie9599 I think calling a severely traumatized person struggling with mental illness 'broken' or a 'monster' is part of the problem, no matter how violently she's lashing out at the world. So many people in Jinx's life wrote her off as 'broken' 'monster' 'too far gone', and that just made it worse for her at every point.

[@WandersNowherre]

Vi and Ekko just wanted Powder back, so hard they each were literally ready to murder her until some reminder of her 'Powder' side stopped them, and Silco leaned into enabling her 'Jinx' persona, and all that did was force her to choose between two parts of her psyche mostly constructed by other people's expectations, instead of reconciling with herself. It took until the very end of S3 and a whole jaunt into another timeline and a romance with an AU version of his childhood crush for Ekko to see that maybe he shouldn't have written her off. The only people who loved her unconditionally were Isha and Vander... ...and arguably Sevika, in a grumpy auntie who sort of wants you to lead a rebellion for her kind of way. Even AU Powder is hiding her trauma from losing Vi and stifling her own genius to please others and be their support girl. It's no surprise that Jinx is at her most healed, authentic and whole when she is with Isha. She still had a long way to go, but that was when she felt the most 'complete' to me. She was healing herself on her own steam, taking her own steps to reach out to her sister and reunite with her father. To become the hero, not just for the kiddo who looked up to her, but for herself as well.

[@WandersNowherre]

@MsPBJTime interestingly though apart from venting the toxic Gray back at Piltover, where it dispersed quickly in open air, she never targeted civilians. Firelights, chembaron goons and Enforcers were all enemy combatants (even if we know the Firelights were 'good guys' ) and the Piltie council were the government of the oppressor state. Compare that to CaitVi gassing the Lanes with toxic chemicals that Cait knew would cause long term harm and throwing unknown numbers of innocent people into Stillwater. Nobody's hands are clean in Arcane.

[@johnbzn6508]

Yes, I think she’s a misunderstood character. Yes, if I had to go through bad stuff on a daily basis, I would’ve ended up the exact same way as her.

[@HK-gm8pe]

I see it as...she had absolutely nothing wrong as a child but just bc of the place where she grew up in...where dying is an everyday occurrence, crime is everywhere, people are desparate , police is harrassing them daily and while this is happening she has to look how on the top of her city her oppressors live a dream life then all this s*it happens aswell, she just tries to be useful but ends up killing her own family, theres only soo much ones brain can take

[@multivitaminsaft1997]

She had reasons for her actions. So do all terrorists. I do feel sorry for her losses though.

[@rauliuxaa]

She's not evil, but there's a good quote ''way to hell is paved with good intentions'' . Behaviour shows who you are, not your intentions. Being damaged can be understandable, doesn't mean their actions are justified. She did a good amount of good things asw as horrible things.

[@K-J-A]

Interesting. And what do you think about the phrase "no amount of good deeds can make up for our crimes"? It's the train's dilemma disguised

[@armorbearer9702]

Agree, it sounds like he was trying to justify her actions.

[@rauliuxaa]

@@armorbearer9702 Yup, her trauma is not he fault, bet her actions and healing that is her responsibility

[@Rift-Knight]

Everything said was so true; especially psychology speaking. And that the fact that she was so brutally let down by the system and never given the chance of healing, is why she resonates with me and so many others e.g. why ppl love her...

[@JavelinAngel1295]

Jinx really is a true victim of circumstance. I resonated and related to her the most in this series. That's why I was always on her side. It wasn't just the fact that she's the poster girl of League as a whole, it's not just bad girl bias, it's that Arcane turned Jinx from just a quirky chaotic bad girl into a character that has more than meets the eye behind all of the chaos. A victim of circumstance that earned her the name Jinx, a name she only grew to embrace, not because she likes it, but because she has no self esteem whatsoever. As someone who knows betrayal all too well, it was so easy for me to be against everyone who opposed Jinx. Including her simp sister Vi.

[@lumityviktuuristanartist4100]

I honestly like vi too , i love both sisters and both were victims of circumstances , i like how complicated their relationship is and flaws in both of them , both did bad decisions in different ways yet deep down both have a good heart , jinx deserved the world fr

[@deepblackjc]

That's the beauty of the reading in Arcane all the characters are very human. No one is 100% wrong or right, nothing is just white and black. Everything is just different shades of gray. You don't have to justify the actions of each character, but you can understand why they act the way they do.🤔

[@anjoeramb]

Royal & the Serpents "Wasteland" fits her character perfectly. I love her and her character development throughout Arcane. Its so tragically

[@raverdeath100]

tbh, the fallacy is assuming that arcane has villains or heroes at all. the true villain is the world they live in, the hero is love.

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

Wrong. Viktor is a villain. Even when you try to see things his way you realize he used everyone around him. It's all justified in his eyes. They did a good job writing him. Fooled a lot of people with his nice guy persona

[@berd9054]

​@@MerlinTheCommenternah, Viktor is still a morally grey character. "Wrong means, good intentions" type of villain, but you can see where he comes from. I understand the argument behind some people's thought process that everything he did under the guise of "helping the undercity" was in fact just a way for him to try and find a cure for his disease, making it a very selfish objective which is ABSOLUTELY true, but it doesn't take away from the fact that although the root of his dream is selfish (finding a cure for himself) itself is a very noble objective. One's actions can be motivated by selfishness while also being noble and heroic

[@adrianbiedrzycki9141]

"Everyone is a villain in someone else's story..."

[@TNT9571]

@@MerlinTheCommenter You're all wrong. The only villain here is Singed. Yeah he did all for his dead daughter. But he isn't crazy or delusional or else. Just a villainous chill guy

[@AidanaA-uy1mz]

Piltover (it's elite) is more of a villain. Zaun is also problematic, but only Zaun is a colony of Piltover in fact lol

[@wolfieoren4299]

I feel like something that gets glossed a lot of us forget when talking about the violence to survive is that growing up Powder's hero (Vi) actively encouraged her development of explosives and weapons. Everyone she's ever trusted has taught her that violence is normal and keeps you safe, so combine that with the encouragement to develop weapons it's hard to see how she would've taken another path

[@augustl8876]

The best villains are the relatable ones. The ones who have rich histories, often laden with trauma. The ones we can understand the viewpoints of and, to a degree, empathize with or even root for. Season one Jinx is an antagonist and yes, a villain. Her dark and traumatic history made her a villain rather than disqualify her from being one. No believable, well written villain just does evil things because they like being evil. They have motives that make sense. They have experiences that led them to the path they're on, and they believe in their hearts that what they are doing is right or that the end justifies the means. By the end of the show, Jinx becomes something else, though. She does grow and change and evolve into a hero in season 2, albeit, an unconventional one. Her story is amazingly written and beautifully executed. I love her as a character and commend the writers for creating truly believable characters on all parts of the spectrum from the heroes to the villains, to the supporting cast. In short: Jinx is a very well written character who's arc takes her from an innocent child in a harsh world, to a villain and comes full circle with her growing and developing into a hero. She is a villain, but she is a very well written one with a great redemption arc.

[@OmniJerBear]

this was a very good video essay. I am going to point out something that this and many other analysis tend to mention. It's in regards to Vi's original "abandonment" It wasn't just abandonment from leaving. It's the fact that she was also quite literally slapped in the face by the one person she had left. I think this is so painful because she doesn't have any comfort, she could have easily become suicidal. I believe that's the real reason she even embraced Silco in that moment. Absolutely nothing made sense, and she just wanted one shred of comfort.

[@kaylaholten7998]

I also saw in another analysis, someone pointed out that Powder looked to Vi to know how to react to situations. When their parents died, Powder was crying, but she was watching Vi. When we see the failed heist and the aftermath, the scene of the sisters sitting on top of the roof, Powder is always looking to Vi's face. When Vi looks worried, Pow Pow looks worried. It's only when Vi, being the loving big sis she is, smiles and comforts Pow that she smiles and relaxed in turn. But when things get bigger than Vi can handle, pow starts really breaking down, bc she is so anxiously attached to Vi that she can't really feel her own emotions (powder being withdrawn when vi is turning herself in, powder breaking down when the three go to rescue Vander.) The final kicker was when Vi was so angry with Powder, her face full of negativity and no comfort, Pow was just begging for Vi to say everything was okay. "Please please please" and blaming Vi for leaving her. The show is just soo good and so cohesive

[@thatgermanview5721]

Hero and a daughter, I love her and I am proud of all her progress.

[@-frantsel6403]

Btw, these are literally very similar struggles people with cptsd have. And yes, it is VERY common. Relationship issues are so common these days, that I struggle to name 5 people with healthy relationships or no mental illness.

[@belovedmyjinx]

on a similar note its the same with people Borderline Personality Disorder everything woozy said in this video is exactly my experience everything he said was right on with how it feels to live as someone with bpd. thats why alot of us "kin" jinx because she is our pain put onto a screen, a mirror of sorts.

[@hardbasskvass597]

The only thing to blame is the world she lives in. EP7 of S2 shows us there can be a really good version of her which also convinced Ekko that she can be saved, who also had lost faith in her before. The same episode also showed us there's a good version of Silco as well In the end she became a hero and hope for Zaun, more like Janna

[@YamaguchiGroup]

She was already unstable in the few years following her mother's death. When Vi said she wasn't ready yet, as she and the rest were about to go out to save Vander, you can clearly see her not being able to cope with the fact that she was seemingly powerless to contribute (until dropping the gemstones spawned that ill-fated idea). So in my opinion the Jinx was always deep inside of her; in the form of her insecurities and weaknesses. What was heartbreaking to me was that despite her transformation into Jinx which seems to be a rejection of her trauma, fears and weaknesses, deep down inside she was still desperately clinging to what was left of Powder. And in the end I sincerely feel that (apart from Ekko pointing it out in his own way of course) it is the innocence of Powder that saved her from complete and utter self destruction. The idea given to her by Ekko, that she is in fact worth saving. That she CAN do good despite of how anyone views her now. I think the alleged scene cut in season 1, where a young Ekko ventures out in an attemot to rescue her from the claws of Silco may have cleared this up tremendously. This is why, when they face off on the bridge, Jinx refers to him as 'the boy saviour' Of course, this scene made it painfully clear that Ekko failed and to him, Powder was lost forever, until he pulls his punch after seeing a glimpse of his once beloved and cherished friend.

[@maximilianonahuelduranti3681]

She is jinx and powder. She is the same person. There are a lot of moments in the show that prove that, but in ep 7 s2 they Just let us see it. The au powder has the same comebacks, art and tastes as jinx bc she IS her without her traumas.

[@YamaguchiGroup]

@maximilianonahuelduranti3681 I second that motion. Powder was already traumatized from the beginning, seeing her parents dead on the bridge, her sister always calling for revenge on the enforcers that murdered them and Mylo always saying she's not good enough. Jinx is the escape from the weakness and incompetence that is Powder. Even when Jinx freed the Zaunites from Stillwater prison, you see Powder's insecurity. Until she is backed into a corner, that's when Jinx emerges, in this case to fight Warwick, protecting those she loves. The big fat hero. Jinx was always dorment in Powder, and Powder will always be dorment in Jinx.

[@noureddindheifallah1523]

She is not bad they make her bad and keeps telling her that she is bad

[@funky6942]

The truth is they kept jinxing her by calling her a Jinx. It's like self fulfilling prophecy. When you constantly put someone down they're bound to make mistakes. Silco knew this and he always encouraged her instead. Notice the only time she failed Silco was when she thought she saw Vi and when she met Vi. Vi was jinxing her all the time. Without Vi Jinx doesn't exist.

[@noureddindheifallah1523]

@@funky6942 agree that's why i hate VI she is toxic sister on other side jinx was the obsessed with esha

[@belovedmyjinx]

@@funky6942 id never thought about it like that but yeah i think there wasnt a world where they both could exist, well there was until they killed Jinx off even though Vi and Jinx were on great terms, loved eachother, and given that zaun was at the table they had alot less to worry about and therefore could heal and be proper sisters

[@shannonpost5825]

Powder was never the villain. She was constantly a victim of circumstances…the only thing she knows is pain. When she went to stillwater to save Isha and the other people, the moment the woman with the blue dreadlocks wanted to lay her hand on Powder her shoulders she instantly steps back…that was so painful to watch bc all she knows is pain…and ab her attacks, they are anything but reckless. They are precise and extremely calculated. If she really was the villain, do you honestly believe that she couldnt have destroyed Piltover if she really wanted to? What Powder really ever needed was love…My most fav character ever❤️

[@ame_zing4567]

thank you for putting into words so brilliantly what I've felt all along. she is literally just trauma reactive and trying to protect herself from more pain while also struggling with her own inner voice attacking her constantly. it's so sad and my heart bleeds for her :(

[@HatOnAHat]

Villains can be born, but most are made. Jinx is the product of immense trauma and bad influence. But we can't forget that regardless of these things, she chooses to do things that are objectively wrong. And not everyone who had been traumatized will do so. There is room for redemption. But you can't wash away her deeds by saying it's all traumas fault. If you do, you're saying she has no free will.

[@mxj93514]

Death doesnt mean anything for Jinx

[@TheBruceKnox]

Thats the magic in Arcane. No character (well almost no one) is evil or good. The story is so well written that we see nearly everyone has a reason for their actions. Sure some are selfish but they are just living their life as circumstnces dictate. Thats what makes this more real than almost any other TV show or movie. Never thought I would say that about what people could call a cartoon.

[@warzone4247]

I completely agree when Jinx/powder blew up the council everyone including the audience thought in that moment that it was a declaration of war when in reality it was just a giant middle finger to the world she wasn't aiming for the council they just happened to be hit. Then in episode 2 it starts with a music video of showing everyone trying to control zaun while Jinx/powder is just trying to live her life if anything Jinx/powder is the only true human in piltover with no ambition and is living still as a child while everyone is trying to "grow up" not realizing they are still acting worse than children fed by their own ambitions

[@brian0057]

Am I the only that sees Jinx blowing up half a dozen guards in episode 4 as an insanely terrible thing? They were pulling security at a festival and she just kills them because she had an inferiority complex. Imagine saying all the shit this video says but for Timothy McVeigh or the Unabomber. People these days have some fucked up mortality.

[@ComradeHugo]

she kinda lost her parents because of their colleagues and this is one of the reasons for her condition

[@hardbasskvass597]

Maybe because the Enforcers killed her parents and kept Zaun oppressed which leads to all that trauma she went through? I mean if Piltover only shared a fraction of their wealth with Zaun none of that would happen which is basically one of the messages of the first two acts of S1

[@brian0057]

@@hardbasskvass597 Having a shitty childhood is no excuse for mass murdering innocent people. And, yes. Those enforcers were innocent. Miss me with that guilt by association BS.

[@hardbasskvass597]

@@brian0057 Who you think caused that terrible childhood? Enforcers and the greedy cousel. Joining a group where they killed innocent people during the conflict makes them guilty doesn't matter if they haven't done any terrible act yet. The fact that they're in that group means they're supporting that idea and willing to do that terrible act if required. They also enforce oppression and prevent any voice coming from Zaun, which leads to poverty, children working in mines and more

[@hardbasskvass597]

@@brian0057 Terrible childhood caused by Enforcers and the greedy counsel, you expect her to go and thank them they killed her parents? Joining a group that killed innocent people during the Zaun and Piltover conflict makes them guilty doesn't matter if they commited those terrible things or not the fact that they joined the Enforcers group means they support the idea of oppression and are willing to commit those terrible things if needed

[@Bhoddisatva]

The truth is everyone has a story and mountains to climb. If you know Powder's story you can see she is deserving of pity for her fallen state. You can cheer her attempts at redemption and cry for her failures. Still, you can't forget that Jinx is still the feared enforcer for Silco's criminal empire. Her reputation for being crazy and erratically cruel is earned. She took a petty joy in humiliatng subordinates and rivals alike. Murder is a day's work for Jinx. She didn't feel guilt or dwell on the victims. True, much of this is because Jinx is wrapped up in her own delusional world, but arguably, jinx's targets deserve as much consideration as this video grants Jinx.

[@Wissmey]

my fav character since the beginning

[@Kaseyhowtovideos]

Shes chaotic netrual

[@Xaehawk]

You are describing borderline in a way. What Jinx went through and experienced is one of many ways people have gone through similar experiences and been broken by them. The struggle with oneself and against everyone else, the impulsive behavior, the intense fear of abandonment, the ''pushing others away because you don’t know whom to trust'', the attacking first to avoid feeling forced to defensively protect yourself later... attack as the last line of defense, the despair, the longing, the tearing feeling inside. The overwhelming chaos of emotions, grief, and pain. The inner battle between good and evil, the shift between black and white, hope and despair. The desperate attempt to survive in a world filled with shards of glass, yet in every reflection lies a painful memory, making you wish you didn’t have to look in the mirror anymore. Reality hurts so much that you dissociate in order to survive mentally. That’s often what lies behind it, but just like with borderline, many people only see the evil, the crazy, and the unpredictable... but few look for the reason behind the impulsive behavior.

[@aikarakuen]

I think Arcane did a good job at showing that the human is neither fully good or fully bad but has the potential to be both. We have Jinx as one example, but also Caitlyn after she lost her mom, Mel's mother who tried to protect her family in horrible ways, Jayce who killed Victor, Victor himself, ect. All characters are capable of doing good or bad things depending on what they go through.

[@peterphilipson2589]

After s2 I now know why Silco took in Powder and man it hits hard. He adopted Power not simply that she was cast aside and not even the fact that she was a child. At that moment when he looked at Vander's body he realized that Powder is the daughter of Felicia.

[@ZackRing]

Wait one minute. At 2:34, in season 1 they foreshadowed Vander's Warforge form.

[@datapper]

They teased Warwick in episode 1 by calling Vander "The Hound of the Underground" and in episode 3 when Vander takes shimmer you can hear WW's theme playing in the background :)

[@woozyanime]

Wait whattttt..

[@woozyanime]

I actually did not know this wow

[@epic.amv.]

when you first said shes not evil you got me i was very happy pulled my heartstrings cured emotional damage

[@Cloverswrld]

I feel like unpacking in season 2 it was more than just randomness and chaos it was a message it was a voice yes but it was also done within reason the undercity was suffering because of the neglect of piltover same reason why season 2 showed sevikas betrayal to Vander was more about who can fight to get their people in a better situation Vander wanted the city of zaun to stay how it was because it was more "peaceful" although they aren't given the access to healthcare and food clean air/water etc but silco was willing to fight to get out then following jinx because she saw her potential in getting them out

[@Tim_StarSol]

I see Jinx as one of the most well written characters in media and never once did I see her as a villain. She’s also one of the funniest characters I’ve ever seen and she is, without a doubt, my favorite character in the show!

[@Jman92854]

To be fair to Jinx, she only does what she does because she was taken in by Silco, who she accepted as her new father after Vander died. Had Powder been caught by Vi again instead of what happens in the story (remember Vi was going to go back but was intercepted by Marcus and thrown in prison for years), or found someone else to take care of her who didn't want to rise up against Piltover, she'd probably still be her manic self, but odds are she'd be doing things for whoever her new family is, and much more relaxed, not part of anyone's plans, just living. For people who hate on Vi, remember Silco lied to Jinx the entire time. He said Vi left her for good, while he thought that Vi was simply killed by Marcus, which is why he was so surprised when he found out that she wasn't actually dead. So when Jinx finds out Vi is back, he has to come up with a new scheme to say that Vi doesn't care about her, to not let there be any room for doubt that Silco is the only one who cares for her genuinely. When Jinx finally got room for doubt, that's how we got the dinner scene. Meanwhile all Vi is trying to do is find her sister so they can be a family again, if it wasn't for the Piltover and Zaun conflict pulling them in opposite directions. If the Firelights didn't interrupt their reunion, odds are maybe they could have been sisters again, but they never had 5 minutes to breathe. Remember, Silco wanted Jinx to build the weapon, Vi just wanted to get her somewhere safe and quiet, away from all the fighting, which is why it drives me nuts people say Vi is the bad guy more than Silco, Sevika, etc.

[@PersianPrince04]

I hate Vi because she cared more about Cait than Powder, and the moment this feeling was engraved in my mind was when she tried to kill her own sister.

[@PlaceForAnEcho]

She’s certainly not the villain and the smart viewers know it. She’s very much a product of her environment which fueled trauma.

[@MrsLAnderson24]

Jinx is a messed up person surrounded by other messed up people who do messed up things. As a person with diagnosed C-PTSD and someone who suffered from abuse by a former spouse I empathize with her. She needs stability and safety, but her world just doesn't offer that and so she lashes out. It's unfortunate, but not that much different than what I've seen hurt children do while at school.

[@viktoriaj.5973]

This video feels incredibly personal as I am currently going through this. I have been for about 30 years where nobody has tried to help me; they just judge me for what I did/said, even though it was clear that I needed help. I've gotten better over time and got some help to some extent, however, for the last few days, it all seems to be coming crashing down. Again, nobody seems to try to understand me but expects me to behave and think in certain ways I simply cannot, all the while they are unwilling to see me and what I am going through... Today, I have spent an hour sitting in a park, mostly just staring out of my head with generally no thoughts, sometimes crying. I tend not to have silence in my head, it is usually full of thoughts and plans, so it was a very frightening experience because this only happens when something is really wrong with me when I am really "going through it". Yet, nobody seems to want to, or even can, understand the extent of my depression, and just expects me to behave like a normal person and put on a smiling mask, not caring how much I am hurting inside.

[@woozyanime]

I really hope things get better for you Viktoria, I am happy this video resonated with you

[@viktoriaj.5973]

@@woozyanime Thank you. I'm working through it. I have a friend who is battling the same demons and is trying to help me but first I think I need to let myself feel it and then pick up the pieces. Thank you for the video!

[@BrilliannaWatts]

Jinx loves Isha cuz she never speaks words...she speaks to her with her eyes, and never said a word, and her expressions are always that of amazement, like a child observing her mother... teardrop yow...

[@c.addison3993]

A mass murderer is a mass murderer. Even if the path they took to get there is a tragic and understandable one. I don't think she was ever misunderstood, she is what she is. Later she had character development that caused her to be an asset in some cases near the end. All those bodies that were just working and doing their jobs will still never make it home to their families.

[@Jasongilliar]

Jup, vi, caitlyn, nearly everyone in arcane, just a couple of mass murders

[@c.addison3993]

@Jasongilliar Agreed, there's definitely more than one.

[@ambreliastudios]

Nearly everyone in Arcane is a murderer bro, the bias is crazy

[@c.addison3993]

@introvertedinfp Agreed, nearly everyone. There's no bias. He just chose to discuss Jinx.

[@capnahayes]

I absolutely love Jinx! I NEVER thought of her as a bad guy, only a scared little girl. Even as 19 year old Jinx, she's just a scared little girl! If I met her I would only want to put my arms around her hug her and love her. She is simply a baby girl who wants to be loved.

[@termlesscipher8045]

Jinx is a Tragic Hero in my eyes. Shes trying to do the right things for the right reasons but is so broken at her core that what is right and wrong...are hard for her to tell

[@mateskulala6301]

I see her as someone who needs support and love and a sense of security that she belongs somewhere. It all started the moment she found out what she had done and needed a hug and not a slap and abandonment ... Just like I told Love, a sense of security and let her know that she belongs somewhere . I Always love Jinx / Powder

[@SamiSmolboi]

As a fellow highly traumatized person, I really felt so much heartbreak for Jinx. I understood her completely.

[@PattyLeighVA]

Watching this video made me realize something. Even though Jinx outright shoots Silco and watches him die, which should be even more traumatizing than knowing the explosion caused a chain reaction that also killed Milo and Claggor… Silco is the only one who DOESNT become a voice that haunts her. Even though he had her doing all sorts of villainous things, the words of encouragement and kindness that he offered her in his final moments kept her from being as affected by his death as she was by the others. In a way, once she had time to grieve, those words allowed her to eventually heal from that specific trauma. It just goes to show how much of an effect words alone can have. Even though Silco was an awful influence on her, he gave Jinx the biggest opportunity to heal out of anyone up until the Vi/Jinx team-up to help Vander.

[@morgan24TH]

Who said she is a bad person, if you were in her shoes, you would understand her. Whenever you try to help, things get messed up, and you end up being betrayed by family and loved ones. If you've been through these, you will definitely understand her.

[@Malevolent_bacon]

Jinx is my favorite character 😊 she reminds me of a time traveler tinkerer that just knows some things are meant to be put back together rather than saved immediately I suppose

[@ArcaneMelodies82]

60 minutes cut from finale,parts which include more of Ekko & Jinx after he saves her, he tells her about other version of her, there is a parallel, romantic montage of the two of them building and creating getting ready to help Vi. Jinx & Ekko get real close. Which would explain the complete 180 look when she and Ekko ruin Ambessa’s big moment looking like She had the Best Glow up and best night of her life. Anyhow I think after the romantic montage Jinx actually tells Ekko after helping fight the noxians she has to leave, she repeats the line Ekko told Powder in the AU. About Taking a leap, means, leaving a few things behind, in which case means her home her sister and Ekko. I think after she saves her sister her. She just leaves. Her official status is unknown. Rather presumably alive. But there was enough foreshadowing that she was leaving. I think Ekko knew somehow just ask Cait figured out that Jinx could still be alive.

[@RUGER5264]

She just needs a hug man.. 🚀🤗💣

[@elrilmoonweaver4723]

A lot of good points, however, you do need to bear in mind that all the people she kills are killings done with premeditation - both in ep 4 and in ep7 of season 1 and is unphased by them, be they Firelights or Enforcers she does kill for the pleasure of killing several times. And those are actions that can't be excused by saying that she's doing it to survive.

[@alastor8571]

not really the ship she was supposed to protect like what she supposed and to zaun the Enforcers are just tyrant like in episode 7 they shot ekko with no hesitation at all even tho he was trying to return the gem you might think ohh if you kill then you're just bad but it's not that simple and piltover people have done more than enough to deserve the terror attacks

[@woozyanime]

You do bring a good point and those points aren't justifiable, however in my opinion, the root of all of these problems was something out of her control.

[@zincc9681]

@@woozyanime you really make it seem like she has 0 control over her life, yes her circumstances were fucking absolutely terrible and insanely unlucky, but at some point she has to be responsible for killing 30 people in a week right? I agree that jinx has some semblance of powder hidden deep within her and she might be a good person at heart, but the amount of tragedies she's caused is more than enough to pin the title of villain on her.

[@LucasMLDd]

@@zincc9681killing is a cycle… and she can’t be responsible for all of this… piltover and zaun is a war zone… she is a survivor….. but why no one is talking about Kate who did war crimes (poisoning one fucking city), let singed get along free, allowed ambesa do concentration war section were people are tortured…..

[@ch4rmeuse]

Silco was a really really bad influence to Jinx. She has an intense fear of abandonment (rightfully so) and only lashes out when she feels like she's being "replaced" like with Vi and Caitlyn. Her blowing up Progress Day was an attempt to gain approval from Silco, especially because of her "mistake" on the blimp, where she fired at Silco's men bc she mistook a Firelight for Vi. Yet she was so adamant that she wanted to stay with Silco, because he was the one who was there for her the moment she had lost Vi and her family. She latched onto him, and it is a shame that Silco, also shaped by his bad experiences, was not the best person to look up to and be shaped by.

[@MagiofAsura]

Explaining why people do screwed up things doesnt make ANY of it ok. I dont think this argument justifies any of her actions. Ekko tried to save her from Silco but she rejected the boy hero. On top of that, when confronted by Silco about killing six enforcers while stealing the hexstones, she revelled in it even though he seemed extremely upset. Instead of explaining how she is a broken person and her crimes don't make her evil, somehow, a better examination would have been of her ethical code.

[@Jasongilliar]

So whats your take on the police and the presidents

[@christinajackson8296]

Jinxx wasn’t a bad person she just was dealt with a crappy hand. She wants love and healing as much as anyone else. Vi just had to accept her sister for who she was.

[@mkraulis]

LOL -" The real tragedy isn't te destruction she causes," go tell that to the families of all the people she blew up, shot, or poisoned. Oh, but her perspective matters, well so does everyone else's perspective. Jinx's story is tragic, but so are the stories of many of the other people who aren't the adopted daughters of the #1 Crime Boss in Zaun. Also, Jinx exposed Isha to danger more than once. It was like she was inadvertently training Isha to be a child soldier.

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

Yeah, that's why I called him a good defense lawyer for killers and terrorists. He would do a good job trying to reframe it and ignoring the damage done. A good prosecutor would call that out though but not all of them do!

[@ambreliastudios]

Who did she poison? That would be Caitlyn with the Grey. Also, nearly EVERYONE in this show has a body count. Why do people villainize Jinx when so many heros have body counts?

[@woozyanime]

Frr

[@AidanaA-uy1mz]

@@ambreliastudios because its "different". When hero k!ll - its a need, it's for the greater good, when villain kill - bad bad horrible person 🤣🤣🤣

[@ambreliastudios]

@@AidanaA-uy1mz that’s the thing. Looking at Jinx’s kills you could easily argue them as hero kinds of kills. People only interpret her as a villain because she appears devious, troubled and mentally ill. It really reflects the prejudices that people have.

[@angelmagickcosplay4162]

Whether she is bad or not depends on how you look at it. Yes, she has carried out villainous acts and broken the law. She has reasons why she's done this, which you've delved into really well her. Yet, she is still technically a villain, or at the very least an anti hero. From a writers stand point though, she is a brilliant character. That is because these questions in your videos have been debated and argued. She's a perfect grey area character.

[@mythical___Jinx]

19 seconds in and you prove you know Nothing about Jinx.

[@karolinedemon]

I see jinx as someone who is a very clumsy person and who is mentally ill because of all of the things that happened. There is no point in saying that she isnt guilty of her mistakes but i like that season 2 showed her actual character and gave her redemption because season 1 didnt show her that well

[@raw-yet-gentle]

Ekko gave her the chance to heal by accepting her in her entirety, after being reminded of the potential for good in her in the alternate universe

[@budoshi-f2l]

if she was truly just all bad, she wouldn't cared about isha at all.

[@junoeggers8878]

Jinx displays Schizoaffective disorder bipolar symptoms. She was this way since birth. It displays in her hearing the voices and constant noise in her head. Also, her inability to control the impulses she is argued into doing is really not under her control. If she resists the instructions they get worse and more demanding. Compliance brings temporary relief, thus the manic episodes of the bipolar part. Her second adopted father Silco seamed to support the mental conditions not try and help her understand and get relief from them. This caused the issues to further harm her fragile psyche and lead to the only conclusion her character could have.

[@SecretKeeperForever9]

Her character is amazing because it goes into a lot of psychological aspects. It goes into nature versus nurture. And there is a lot more into her mental state then just trauma as it was seen from the time she was introduced as a child not to mention Vi experiences similar symptoms with hallucinations just her tend to be positive. It touches a lot into the schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder which is a representation never done correctly.

[@zeldaxninja3214]

Notice the other jinx the sane one has no yattoos

[@beatofmysteps]

in the alternate reality where jinx is just powder, we see her potential as a scientist.

[@Wintergollum]

In my opinion this is halfly true and halfly not. Yes, Jinx had a tragic life and the circumstances lead her to be the person she is. But that doesn't legititmate her actions. The charakter is written to reasonate with us. Halluzinations, Trauma, probably PTSD and Depression are all found in her charakter writing. But in my opinion, if you think about it in reality, killing someone still makes that person a murderer. It doesn't matter, why she killed, because she killed. Especially if you think about the last episode of season one, when she fires the canon to the tower. More or less innocent people died. She killed the police officers when she tried to steal the hextech core for silco. Of course we pitty her. We as viewers saw the pain she went through. But that doesn't justify her actions of distruction and killing. This is especially interesting to me because I like true crime. In most cases the murderers were traumatized, abused, mistreated or raped children and they might even have a reason of protecting themselve. But that doesn't mean their killing was fine. Jinx wasn't in acute danger. In a trial she might be called insane and it's normal to pitty her but I don't think she just killed to protect herself or that it was reasonable. Otherwise killer like the killer clown John Wayne Gacy would have killed justified too if we compare it to reality.

[@twistedreality997]

pretty sure this is all already known, never heard anyone say anything really bad about her, she's very clearly the victim, i'm not sure why this needs a whole video, like it's kind of common sense

[@Elena-Studio]

It's interesting cuz I don't understand why Powder (Jinx) didn't follow Vi. Vi never per say "abandoned" her. Powder constantly screams: "Don't leave me!" but I don't think I ever hear Vi saying "you're not my sister anymore" (that is later when they are older and are fighting). She just walked away. She did show violence / anger towards her in the chaos of loss so that could have destroyed Powder's view of Vi as a protector to her. Powder could have easily followed Vi (but then there would be no Jinx). In the same way that Isha followed Jinx when they collided. Isha idolized Jinx (the collision didn't support violence but an opportunity to connect). In some sense, I answered my own confusion.

[@-frantsel6403]

This goes btw for every living person. If you really dig, you dont find any evil person, just people that cope on often a horrific way. Learn about IFS, you will understand :)

[@HeidiClement-s3k]

I just wanted to put in... Vi kept trying! And she didn't abandon Powder, she wasn't allowed to go back for her when they were kids. Silco pulled his little stunt...

[@richardwelch7106]

When you're talking about the psychopathy of the character you are not wrong, however what makes Jinx different from everyone else in Zaun is the wanton and undirected harm cause to others, especially in season 1, literally the rocket that killed Caitlin's mother is an example of this, as well as the attack on the enforcers. There wasn't a plan, she lashed out in her anger on people that never caused it. She is mentally unwell, but the actions she takes while trying to cope is what makes her the villian. It's important to note that she is a villian as well, because dismissing her actions in season 1 as someone trying to survive a harsh world, also diminishes if not completely voids the fact that she had a redemption arc in season 2. In order to be redeemed you must be guilty of something, and she knows she is, she acknowledges it during season 2. I can even go further and while the story mostly follows her perspective think of the ways her actions directly shaped the world around her, she took the gem, jayces studio explodes, enforcers invade the underground, zaun retaliated via Silcos experiment, then it repeats years later, jinx attacks enforcers on the top, piltover sends in the enforcers and Zaun retaliates. Literally the cycle she references later. Untreated trauma will beget more trauma.

[@caspaladino1025]

I have always related to jinx/powder. Her mental breakdown when vi, mylo, and claggor are saving vander is so similar to ones i had as a kid that i immediately knew she was a kid with mental health struggles growing up in a warzone. She was always just someone who desperatley needs healing. Edit: also i feel like if she had access to therapy maybe things could have gone better for her

[@GeminiKnight76]

I never considered Jinx to be a villian or evil. She's the victim of a traumatic life that has taken and keeps taking everything she cares about from her. I'm not a psychiatrist but I would say she suffers from multiple mental illnesses due to all of the trauma she has experienced.

[@bella_daze3092]

I hope Jinx can find happiness 😭😭😭😭😭 even if that’s not in Plitover or Zaun

[@Giroskop]

Jinx is mass murderer, how many did she kill 20 ? 40? Is there anything we can even call excuse ?

[@kurbis0729]

Ngl, I don’t really think this is a very hot take. The whole point of the show is that no one is purely good and bad. In fact, from the average viewers’ perspective I think most people would say that Jinx is less of a villain than some of the council members in Piltover.

[@AndreVin78]

I never assume Jinx as a villain, only as poor girl with a broken psyche and emotionally unstable because of it. And in my humble opinion Vi is responsible for that in a lot.

[@Meowlana-x69]

Ain't no way I could hate jinx, she carry me to master in ranked. Love her ❤❤

[@Jasongilliar]

Some Statements i saw overall from her on the internet are just out of this world. This Video for me just scratched the surfice, but ppl dont even know that so good job, its a good video on that topic, but i dont know how ppl can blame her and excuse vis killings or everyone elses. I watched arcane again at this point i need to say that caitly and vi look like the villains to me. Caitlyn just wants to kill jinx doesnt even stop when a kid is like 99% covering her, vi kills ppl and turned her back to everything she stands for in the show because she want puss, they are shown as Heros but after i watched arcane for the first time i went from a vi fan to a oh okay jinx is actually not bad, than i had a brake and was like wait, jinx is really not bad, i watch it again and at this point vi is slowely drifting out of that "good place" she got in my heart there. But anyways. Great video bud

[@woozyanime]

Thank you for understanding and you kind comment! You bring up great points!

[@thelunarwolf7682]

I do wanna say In my opinion silcos death is kinda Caitlyn and Violets I'm not saying their fully at fault but all of the downfall started when violet came back to Zaun and Caitlyn is the reason Violet got back to Zaun because she wanted to find Silco so its just my opinion that their kinda at fault for silcos death you can say I'm wrong or whatever but its just my opinion that it all started with violet and Caitlyn

[@iV587]

Pretty sure Jinx is most people’s favorite character and no one thinks she is an evil villain.

[@woozyanime]

You would be suprised haha

[@odycz]

In my eyes, she and Vi are the worst. There is a reason why in a world where Vi dies and does not create a Jinx everyone is happier. I HATE people like Jinx "Oh I got hurt so now I am entitled to hurt others" Do you even know how many lives she destroyed or ended in this show ... And i am extremely sad that a majority of characters just forget in S2 what Jinx did to them. like Ekko he watches in S1 how Jinx murders his friends in front of his eyes. Or Caitlin forgetting how she murdered her mother and her colleagues in mass. I can respect Jinx in S1 she becomes a mad terrorist but this try of a redemption story was poor fan service and was the worst part of S2.

[@multivitaminsaft1997]

I do understand her suffering and her actions. She is still a terrorist though. She blew up the only people who actually tried to make peace. They could have saved her. And many more.

[@POWPOW-cu4dt11]

They fucking had it coming.

[@multivitaminsaft1997]

@@POWPOW-cu4dt11 🤣

[@aiiiia9971]

Jinx is a person who has dubious morality but is very understandable and well written. We see and understand clearly how she got to be who she is. Wanting to be a "big kid", wanting to be taken seriously, to be allowed to help and not always handled with kid gloves or treated as less capable by older kids and adults. The desire to be included. These are experiences I assumed to be almost universal, for children of a certain age. I think that's normal for a child, something everyone can relate to at a certain point in their life. At least, I considered it relatable. It reminded me of how it felt once being the littlest kid on the block. And this highly relatable experience becomes the frame through which we see Jinx in season 1. We've taken this vulnerable kid who just wanted to help and just wanted to be included like anyone would, who had very normal needs and wants, and life/circumstances have punished her for it immensely. She didn't deserve a single thing that happened to her as a child; but we still should be critical of her actions now that she is old enough to make choices for herself. I see her as a character who has a totally understandable development and journey toward becoming who she is and doing everything that she does, but still can't help the fact that she has done wrong and has hurt people she loves. That hurts her as well. But can she change? Does she deserve to change after everything? Well, this is something she's asked herself. And it seems at some point she chose yes.

[@omogisalu]

fear and anger that is what jinx is the posion to any mind from a view of sanity is chaos and in turn we misjudge them as the devil when all they are is a dog barking at you from a fence all they know is bark if they stay and do nothing to anyone or thing they'll let them stay a few feet away if they try too fast to pet then the anger kick'z in and they bite from the fear of being hurt a monster to you is a saver to it'z owner......depending on what it does it to if it'z a kid there put down if it'z a stranger just cheacking on your owner and you dont wait for them they get fearful basic stuff for animal'z unless your well known and trusted by there owner it'z ok most of the time...jinx is a fearful angrey child that has turned into basic almost animal mind set in season 1 in two she lost everything and wanted to end ..she saved vi one last time as powder her pow pow

[@Archie9239]

I think it's not rocket science, Arcane fandom may be a bit simple not realising stuff

[@TheMuffinManDraws]

She wasn’t a bad person she was in a bad situation from the start

[@schmitzkatze4477]

Its not the place to tell my story but just let me say "thank you!" finally someone who understood ^^ Good video, I really liked it ♥

[@armorbearer9702]

I would say that her destruction has more to do with Jinx's connection with Silco. Vander, Vi, and Silco all had an influence on Jinx. They all had their different ways of dealing with Piltover. Vander wanted to negotiate with them. Vi wanted to steal from them. Silco wanted power of them through terror. A lot of Jinx's destruction is her following Silco's teachings.

[@kacperwit6641]

I feel like Jinx is the most beautiful and tragic character on the whole thing. She was so young when she lost her parents and was left with her violent sister who made her do life threatening stunts with much older guys. When left out and alone in a situation that she felt she was responsible for she made a tragic mistake and was despised and rejected by the only person she had left. Adopted by Silco a man consumed by anger she grew up in a dark and violent reality. Everyone considered her a villain when she was just a young lost girl who still had a heart, haunted by the past, trying to do what was right in her own twisted way. Confused and scared she continued to make mistakes. Her sister appearing back in her life to give her a ray of hope, just to abandon her again and team up with some piltover enforcer who wanted to kill her. Saved by Isha who she again had to lose in a tragic way caused by some consequences of the past, she really couldn't escape being a Jinx. Finnaly when she really had enough and just wanted to end it Ekko rescues her. The boy who was lucky enough to be able to experience another world where there is no Vi and Powder is able to become a beautiful person, someone who she always really was inside. After realising that and acknowledging his mistake, which he called giving up on her and the undercity he is able to look at her different and is able to make her also see it and not fully give up on herself. I really wish the show included them reconnecting and preparing for the final battle together, how he was able to convince her that she really can the the hero people see but she wasn't able to believe in. Jinx having someone for her again. Ekko being saved by the other Powder to save her later. It had to be him to give her the strength for the beautiful redemption. Those two really show character and development through the journey and the main lesson of it which to me was that the imperfections make us who we are and we should never be ashamed of them and believe in ourselves and the world no matter what anyone says. I believe that's what the creators wanted to show with the whole build up and "Lets pretend like it's the first time" episode but got denied in the end. I guess that would be too real and inspiring for Netflix and their demoralising propaganda, so instead we got Vi the not so smart, and a real emotional crybaby who can only swing her fists with Caitlin who represents I don't even know what... priorities for young women who watch Netflix. Jinx really deserved a happy ending, and maybe got one, I just wish it was together with Ekko the one who believed and lifted her in the end and played a key role in the finale. Those two are the main characters for me.

[@andreadellamico1217]

i am the monster you created, you ripped aut all my parts(greetings from tuscany)

[@Caustictherapy]

I would say that the story of Arcane is the story of Jinx mainly, as you point out she just wants to be part of something and not be the gawky failure we see as a kid. Her sister leaving her (or should I say going to prison) just flicked that switch in her head and we saw the downfall of her under Silcos tutelage. In season 2 when she liberated the prison was her moment where she was actually able to see her self as the hero (or her peers saw her as a hero) what she has wanted to be from the start, and that was her turning point, in the end she rode to the rescue with Ekko in the airship. Over Simplified but there you go, wannabe heros fall, wallowing and redemption arc .. Jinx is the best character in the series by far due to the amount of change she goes through.

[@DarkPegasus87]

Here's a thought...what if it had been Jinx and not Ekko and Heimerdinger who got sent into that other world? What if, for the sake of argument, she split from the other version of herself and came face to face with herself before the eyes of everyone so they all saw the difference made?

[@blazingbarreljay137]

Remember Vi just went to breathe then Marcus kidnapped her. Marcus wanted a Vander to negotiate with that he installs in the undercity.

[@blazingbarreljay137]

Marcus and that Sandwich were the 2 biggest snowball effects. if he never left the sandwich, Jayce wouldnt have gotten the influence and the kids wouldnt have gotten near explosives. Marcus was such a brown noser before the trial and traumatized and kidnapped the kids especially ruining vi and pow pows relationship

[@DRAdams-vl3sn]

Bro, Jinx was a timid little child who went through trauma, felt like she was abandoned by the only person left who loved her. She then became a villain. And met a little redemption angel in Isha and became an antihero. Everyone knows Jinx is a victim of circumstances and bad luck. She's a tragic character turned bad girl. And that's why we love her. She re po resents so many of us in life. Jinx is HER!

[@woozyanime]

YESSS

[@bridgetburnsed3483]

I agree with this guy 7:12

[@MomokaViixiv]

Ive ALWAYS said everyone ecuses vi and cait and everyone pushes blame on the biggest victim Powder. parents violently killed by enforcers fighting for a better tomorrow at a VERY young age Already HEAVY trauma and injustice from top side. 2nd family killed accidentally by her own doing, THATS HUGELY traumatic. on top of her already existing trauma THEN the ONLY source of family and comfort and guidance strikes her, lashes out on her cause shes defenceless and weak and cant fight back, vi lashed out at her and took out her hurt on her said milo was right you are a jinx and then leaves her. THEN she finally found another father figure to care for her and tho he didnt have the best way about it he tried to help her heal and become strong in the limited and only ways he knew how, Silco tried his damned best and was kind to her and truly loved her like a daughter, only for her to in a tragic mental episode fighting her demons that VI was triggering accidentally kill silco her last source of comfort. This is truly the saddest case for someone and her suffering doesnt end here... it just kept going..

[@johnbobteale]

Jinx is the prison that powder is trapped in

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

Bro can be a defense lawyer for killers and terrorists. This was really well written.

[@woozyanime]

LOL

[@DRAdams-vl3sn]

I'm shocked this video was even necessary. There are no blurred lines with Jinx. She's a complex character who TF actually makes more sense than any other character in this show.

[@K-J-A]

​@@DRAdams-vl3sn Believe me, there are people who are immature enough to consider her to be just a villain.

[@Richy0326]

Perhaps this is why weather or not Jinx survived was so ambiguous.

[@HermineGranger111]

I always thought that Vi had every right to leave. The person she loved the most had just killed all you family. I would be mad to. She just needed time for herself and as soon as she saw Silco she wanted to go back to Powder but was kidnapped.

[@trashduck]

I feel like you say the same point about ten times in a row here. It's not chaos. She's protecting herself. Got it.

[@Ufos1984]

So she is hurt, and it's enough to justify her actions? Imagine you are someone close to that girl she shot in the back just becouse of her hair.!

[@Old-nicoxilza]

Ngl ive Always seen ekko and isha accept her , she was healing with isha until she died and with Ekko in the end he gave her space to heal from alm her truma