A TIME JUMP?!?!? - *ARCANE* Reaction - 1x4 - Happy Progress Day!

[@dlweiss]

"What happened to Powder?? Why is she crazy??" Um, well, her parents were violently killed and she saw both their bodies, and then she accidentally murdered her adoptive brothers and father, and then her last remaining family member punched her in the face, called her a jinx, and then left her weeping next to her father's disfigured corpse. And her sister never came back (and she has no idea it's because her sister got arrested). And the only person who's shown her affection since then is a ruthless criminal who thinks violence is a necessary part of growing and improving. Soooo, yeah....Powder/Jinx isn't doing too great at the moment. :)

[@j.f.fisher5318]

And said criminal loves monsters and sees monstros power as aspirational (as reflected in his monologue to in E2)

[@gustavgustav2670]

I don't know how anyone could be surpised she's gone off the deep end, to be honest. There were enough hints in Epsiodes 1-3 that there wasn't something right.

[@alesksander]

@@gustavgustav2670 Yea even before ep3 she builds nail booms??? :d And they just supports her in her quite drastic tendecies. Not to mention fear of loosing of attacment that can do of child of so young age.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

You can see her psychosis hallucinations in the intro of the first episode on the bridge already actually.

[@gizmo-7q]

Everyone on their first watch is a little bit disturbed by Silco and Jinx's relationship but its nothing sexual or anything like that. Jinx's childish demeanor is still within her and never really matured over the years because of what she went through so that's why she's acting that way towards Silco. It's a father-daughter relationship basically

[@amazedemon1]

Love the intro and then sudden realisation of the time jump.

[@C.V.Q]

Yeah, it's just a father daughter thing. Powder/Jinx never learned proper boundaries due to her abandonment issues so she's still very clingy as an older teen. But it is Supposed to come off as weird/offputting, so don't feel bad about feeling that way

[@allocat586]

I love how optimistic your predictions are with so many of them including: surely they'll go and explain things so that this misunderstanding is all fixed.

[@Tekkerue]

Yes, she goes by Jinx because Milo and then Vi called her a Jinx. If you want some additional context, Riot added Powder's diary into the game for a short period of time when season 1 of Arcane came out. It doesn't spoil anything, it only has Powder's diary entries in between episodes 3 and 4. There is a video called "The Adventure of Jinx [Council Archives] Final Entry Arcane: League of Legends" posted by Skye (wastaken2) that shows all of it. There are several entries, but here are a few, "Sister said I was a Jinx, that's all I am now.", "All I ever wanted was her and she left", "Vander died because of me, Claggor and Milo too, Powder killed Vander, Powder died that night too", and then a few times where she wrote down "Powder" but crossed it out. It's quite depressing. 😰

[@jackspratt7264]

Yes, there was a "time-jump". 7 years passed between episode 3 and 4. It's exciting, but don't over think it. Also they didn't just "invent" flying. They always had airships. Remember from episode 1 when Powder said one day she wanted to fly in one and Milo said one day he wanted to shoot one down? Plus the city always looked like that, there was just more construction happening in that opening scene because of the new found prosperity brought about by the "Hex-Gates" and other low-yield Hex-Tech inventions. "Show who what"? Silco. Jinx wants to prove to him that she isn't weak. Also, how is Silco a "psycho-killer" if he was 100% angry at her for killing all those cops? He didn't raise her to be like that. That's all her. That's why Sevika was angry after that job and went to tell Silco about how Jinx almost killed her too. Marcus arrested Vi because she was supposed to be arrested that night. Remember? Silco IS NOT "good at science". Singe and Jinx are. Silco never even asked her to grab that gem, because he never knew it existed. That was all Jinx on her own.

[@VAL420]

Your voice and your outlook makes this reaction especially enjoyable. Thank you! Can't wait until the next one. ♡

[@ArtificialSelection]

Really enjoying your reactions and commentary! Thanks for all the hard work you do entertaining us!

[@Fionalah]

Nice reaction, you are following along nicely!

[@invadertifxiii]

"Get jinxed" is her theme song❤

[@LittleMan27]

It’s a father-daughter relationship. Sevika says she’s a problem (basically saying she’s a jinx), and Silco says it was Sevika’s job. Silco trusts Jinx to help him with his eye that was injured when Vander tried to drown him in the radiated water & his eye was bleeding. He’s mad Jinx killed enforcers & blew up a building (just like in episode 1), but she showed Silco the hextech which made him proud (she hid hextech from Vander). She trusts him, he trusts her. Neither of them know that Marcus kept Vi alive, so they both assume she’s dead.

[@EliaAliceRaven]

Me, listening to every single thing said in the intro : oh. oh you're not ready. oh you poor, sweet summer child. oooooh you have no idea what's coming 🥲🥲 Lexi within the first five minutes : WHAT HOW HUH WAIT WHAT ??? I AM PHYSICALLY UNWELL Me : and theeeeeeere we go 😂😂😂

[@invadertifxiii]

I already knew about jinx going into this show ❤

[@ericloflin6416]

I love your reactions!

[@BattleAngelFan99]

You might be the quickest reacter to catch on that Vi has been in prison. This series movies pretty fast, but it's also all so beautiful just to look at, it's easy to miss things. I was half expecting it to disappoint me on my first watch-through, so much so, that by the 3rd episode when I realized how good it was, I had to start it over and give it my full attention. And there were still so many things I missed, I ended up watching the whole series again just to understand everything important. And all the times I've watched it since then were mostly because it's so good, but I still notice something new each time.

[@fxls5300]

lmaoo don't worry about jinx and silco. i think they played into the weirdness a bit in this episode just to creep people out, but there's truly nothing there

[@justinriley]

Pay close attention to Caitlyn these next two episodes.

[@blackshard641]

🧁

[@RunningTogether]

Glad you realized that the girl Powder shot wasn’t Vi… I’m always slightly surprised reactors miss that in the first scene, but it’s astonishing how many don’t get it even after they explain it 2-3 more times! Great reaction as always, looking forward to the rest!

[@invadertifxiii]

As said jinx and silcos relationship is father/daughter ❤

[@PablitaOrtega77]

my sweet summer child. Aracne and Game of Throne will break your heart so hard

[@billthecanuck]

view jinx and silco relation as father/daughter, there's nothing to read into there that's gross.

[@blackshard641]

It's intended to make the viewer uncomfortable. But yes, it's mostly because she's a teenager with the emotional needs of a child. And SPOILER.... . . . . . . . . ...also because they clearly both have codependency issues. Silco's love is needy in a very similar way to Jinx's.

[@charlestonjew7587]

@@blackshard641 Silco empathizes with Jinx because he equates Vi's betrayal of Powder to Vander's betrayal. It was suggested that Silco is, in a way, using Jinx to try and heal his wounds, both literally, in the case of trusting her to administer the shimmer treatment into his eye but also metaphorically as in finding a kindred spirit who's suffered as he did, although Silco doesn't recognize Jinx's fractured mental state as Silco was an adult when Vander betrayed him. He knew what he was doing. Powder did not.

[@joits]

I hope when this show is done you can react to the live action One Piece! Such a great show!

[@TheLexiCrowd]

I wanna react to that closer to when s2 comes out 😉

[@joits]

@@TheLexiCrowd Awesome!

[@PablitaOrtega77]

@@TheLexiCrowd this is a slippetu slope, you may find yourself watching 1000 + episodes of the anime.

[@valentin1402]

yeah silco and jinx's relationship is uncomfortable to watch... they have a father-daughter relationship but i dont think either of them know how to navigate that kind of dynamic which is why boundaries are odd looking jsjs

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

Bet you no money at all that further along in the story, that Jinx kills the man who tossed her sister in prison.

[@justloading]

A pet or his wife looooool

[@sophiefredrickson9370]

She froze because of her ptsd