I was *NOT* prepared for JINX! 😲 Therapist reacts to S1E4 of Arcane League of Legends

I was NOT prepared for JINX! 😲 Therapist reacts to S1E4 of Arcane League of Legends

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In Arcane Episode 4: With Piltover prospering from their tech, Jayce and Viktor weigh their next move; a familiar face reemerges from Zaun to wreak havoc. 😱 Dr. Courtney reacts to the long awaited introduction to Jinx.
#Arcane #LeagueofLegends #therapistreacts
00:00 - 01:10 - Intro
01:10 - 02:17 - Jayce & Viktor were successful
02:17 - 03:20 - No New Friends
03:20 - 04:58 - HELLO JINX
04:58 - 07:32 - How traumatic memories work
07:32 - 08:24 - Does Viktor have time to wait?
08:24 - 09:13 - Marcus and his desire for power
09:13 - 09:55 - Corruption is everywhere, not exclusive to "undercities"
09:55 - 11:59 - Silco's priorities & position in Zaun
11:59 - 13:40 - Silco and Jinx's interesting relationship 👀
13:40 - 15:53 - Jinx's mental loop
15:53 - 16:58 - Stable vs unstable upbringings
16:58 - 17:18 - "For all of Humanity"
17:18 - 18:18 - Why Jayce didn't announce the future of Hextech
18:18 - 18:58 - Caitlyns struggle for independence and respect
18:58 - 20:15 - Jinx's dissociation from Death
20:15 - 22:30 - Political leaders putting themselves first
22:30 - 23:27 - ...HELLO VI
23:27 - 23:57 - Jinx's mental state reflection
23:57 - 24:13 - Bodhi break (my son Bodhi walks in)
24:13 - 24:56 - Arcane's depiction of our society
24:56 - 25:36 - Jinx's switch from Freeze to Fight mode
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@the.truth.doctor Рік тому

HELLO JINX! 😲 So exciting to finally meet THE Jinx. What an interesting character she's shaping up to be. What were your thoughts on not only the introduction to Jinx but this episode as a whole? Let me know in the comment below! 👇

@miklauzknaus Рік тому

Its different for us who play the game. In the game, her name is Jinx, we didn't know her name was powder since Arcane is an origin story. And for the people who didnt play the game, they dont know Jinx. In my opinion, it might be actually better if you didnt play game before watching the show, or had any reference or idea what this show is gonna be about...

@Manaphy0882 Рік тому

Jinx is definitely my favourite character from the show (and one of the most fav of all) and episode 4 presented her very well.

@hinnyu7748 Рік тому

This is the episode I started to realize Silco is not a one dimensional villain as they tried to make it seems in the first arc. This is also when I questioned myself why I feel like I am the only one not creeped out by Silco & Jinx's relationship here while everybody else perceived it with sexual tones. Maybe because in my culture it is normal to be clingy like that with your parent no matter how old you are? I am Asian btw. Though the writers and animators themselves said they purposely wanted to make the viewers uncomfortable. I played the game soo I was not surprised who Jinx is. I just did not know that she used to have a real name, Powder. Also, we just discovered that Vi's name is Violet. We only knew her as Vi for years.

@horpanha3533 Рік тому

I think u miss the trust exercise between them in first episode 1 silco doing needle eye alone But in this episode silco let power/Jinx do it cuz she has a new family

@MrChewtastik Рік тому

I have diagnosed PTSD from a therapist and I actually learned a lot from your section on how traumatic memories work. Thank you for your in depth analyses of this series; it helps me understand and come to terms with my condition and I appreciate you for it! :)

@wtimmins Рік тому

I'm not an expert by any means, but I find Jinx a much more rounded and ... credible traumatized person than a lot of stuff we see in fantasy (like most versions of Harley Quinn).

@turquoise839 Рік тому

Harley Quinn seems to be for entertainment/comic relief purposes. A chick who constantly does random stuff, but there is no depth behind it. Jinx on the other hand is an actual person.

@Brainth1780 Рік тому

@@turquoise839 Harley Quinn does have depth, even if it isn't normally depicted in most media and has more to do with abusive relationships than trauma per-se. I do think that Jinx is a much more realistic depiction of a human being's response to her circumstances, which is to be expected as most comic book characters are a hyperbole of a single emotion or sentiment.

@tofferooni4972 Рік тому

@@Brainth1780 Imo someone can actually develop Harley's character in a much better way

@opheliebell22 Рік тому

@@tofferooni4972 Actually the show about her does it well, as some of the recent comics. Harley suffer for some severe troubles and yes, despite the comics/entertainement aspect, she's not "just a chick", she's an intelligent doctor who needs pproval and validation and seek affection from others; need to be seen, find her place even if she's blind to the toxic aspects of it (when she was with the Joker) ; act submissive and can be easily influenced but will do it in order to keep her place. She suffers from traumas and has the fear of abandomnement. But she deeply cares for the ones she loves. Sure, she's chaotic and acts "crazy" but to me, she's not just a random hearthless psychopath and has a great evolution through the last decade. So yeah, hail Harley!

@juniper1350 11 місяців тому

@Heavyarms150 schizophrenia IS psychosis. plus, it’s more accurate to say that she has bpd with psychotic episodes and symptoms

@jaroslavsvaha6065 Рік тому

In defense of the Kirammans, Caitlyns parents, they might be privileged classists, but what happened in first act - they sponsored him, he used their money for illegal research, which then exploded and nearly killed their daughter, and they still voted for him not to be exiled. But being known as those who sponsored illegal activities is obviously not a good social look for a councilor.

@the.truth.doctor Рік тому

This is such a good point! Thank you.

@wtimmins Рік тому

I think the term is... patrician? There's a mode of rich American types popularized with the Roosevelts and other New York elites that adopted the idea that the upper class should care for and tend to their lessers. On the one hand, it's still rife with privilege and arrogance, but on the other there's a germ of a potentially earnest desire to make things better.

@ruud9761 Рік тому

@@wtimmins I agree, though I don't think it's rife with privilege and arrogance. There are countless people who do extremely well for themselves and in turn earnestly help people who have less than them. However those people are almost never seen or heard, they aren't interesting enough for the media and/or they do it mostly anonymous or don't walk around shouting how great they are. If there is an arrogant group then they are often seen as a majority because they claim a lot of attention, but in reality it is often the "normal/decent" people who silently go about their day which are the majority.

@jaroslavsvaha6065 Рік тому

@@wtimmins my English is probably not advanced enough to be familiar with the term but I think Mrs Kiramman isn't all that worried about the common people, more about her image, so probably what you are saying. Her dad seems more caring (from later episodes), but obviously he's on the council. Even from episode 2, her words were "If anyone is meant to speak up for him, it's us." It's not what she wants to do, it's what is expected of her, as a councilor and Jayces patron.

@jaroslavsvaha6065 Рік тому

Also, unrelated point, but have you noticed that Mrs Kiramman smirks after almost every sentence she says? I think she's a bit too pleased with herself xD

@sxphx5121 Рік тому

"I love her so much, but I'm so worried for her" SAME 😫😭, every episode I want to hug her, it's a constant suffering 😔

@rougemer3533 Рік тому

Silco seems like a tough dude; but a lot of his actions make sense if you understand he really cares about Jinx and about the independence of Zaun

@voldetoad5967 Рік тому

I think when silco asked "who's we?" He wasn't trying to separate himself from others but from the statement, he doesn't believe jinx is a problem ( or at the very least he won't acknowledge her as one)

@cthulhuwu_ Рік тому

Yeah I think he is defending Powder and searching for disloyalty in his underlings. But it's a little ambiguous until you meet his other henchmen.

@demise0 Рік тому

To be fair, that moment and her comment was prior to seeing Jinx and Silco interact. So she wasn't yet aware of their father/daughter relation.

@Ivactheseeker Рік тому

"she's a problem and we all know it." "We? who's we?" Silco keeps a tight grip on his gang. He's challenging her to find find someone else who'd complain to him.

@WaywardVet Рік тому

I think his tone was his own trauma of being betrayed. Sevika is his trusted lieutenant. When she said "we", I think he was genuinely asking. She's being up front, and now he's wondering who has a dagger behind the cloak.

@Hohum37 Рік тому

@@Ivactheseeker Also possibly wanting to know whether the "we" are his direct henchmen, or the chembarons - because the problem would have to be dealt with differently, depending.

@CryingShayme Рік тому

I think Jinx's trauma is particularly interesting because there's an element there that I think media tends to avoid when it comes to sympathetic characters. Yes, a lot of people close to her died, and she feels betrayed and abandoned, but the other huge layer is the justifiable guilt. She pretty directly killed Mylo and Claggor, and indirectly killed Vander. And right after, we see her in denial with Vi. "I was saving you." "I was only trying to help, I was only trying to help, I was only trying to help!" "Why did you leave me." She does not, and I think CAN not admit the blame in the moment. She is just a kid who made a stupid kid mistake, and the consequences were too big and too sudden for her to cope with, especially given her lack of strong support base. We get plenty of characters in other shows who are traumatized because bad things happen to them, but I feel we don't get as many who are partially traumatized because THEY directly caused bad things to happen to others. A lot of her behaviour seems like a defense mechanism not only to external threats but also to internal ones. And then Silco comes along. With Silco, she doesn't have to face her blame even as she grows up. She's the victim. She was abandoned. The parts about herself that would normally cause her guilt are encouraged, embraced, and nurtured by Silco. She kills people? Good. Become better at it. She's a Jinx? Good. Become THE Jinx. And now there is this dependency. Because she thinks only Silco can lover her as she is. Everyone else would resent her, or make her change, or make her face what she'd done, and because part of her is still that 7 (or something) year-old girl, doing so would be too much for her ego and whatever superego she has remaining.

@fluffandstuff2000 Рік тому

Bingo!

@juniper1350 10 місяців тому

she was 11-12, actually, but everything else was completely spot on

@anwirlolol 8 місяців тому

Frfr

@dairallan Рік тому

There's actually an additional layer to how Powder/Jinx responds to death/trauma if you rewatch the opening scene of the series. She doesn't actually respond directly to the death of her parents, she appears to be responding to Vi's upset. A similar indication of lack of personal empathy comes in episode three where her response to her adopted family dying is focused on how she is being effected and not how they are effected (her response is "why did you leave ME"). There's actually quite a few indications in the opening Act that Powder is quite broken to start with and needed mental health support before the trauma that she went through. She appears to be imitating others emotions rather than showing her own emotional response so when she is isolated as Jinx she has no-one to imitate and therefore shows no empathy, while when she was Powder she is copying others empathy rather than having any empathetic depth herself.

@kervala Рік тому

Yep I agree, she doesn't seem very affected by her mom's death but more by Vi's reaction and try to comfort her.

@Bliss467 Рік тому

So does that imply she's a psychopath? Would she so desire physical connection if that were the case?

@dairallan Рік тому

@@Bliss467 I think that whole area is more complex than gets portrayed in most Hollywood media (and AIUI the term itself is not currently in favour)

@Argrouk Рік тому

@@Bliss467 actually, it's more akin to high functioning autistic behaviour, which may have morphed into full blown sociopathy as well by the time she is Jinx. I think the remorse, regret and trauma responses negate being a sociopath, however I'm not an expert. Her tactile fixation with gadgets, her inability to appreciate when her behaviour is inappropriate, and her lack of understanding of the reactions of others are signs of emotional immaturity or autistic traits. It's very difficult to be precise, and so "Disturbed" covers it.

@brightestlight9462 Рік тому

@@Bliss467 saying "psycopath" is innacurate, its not a real thing

@LittleMan27 Рік тому

Jinx is actually responding to a distorted drawing of Mylo’s face. He’s basically the negative voice/her doubts/her insecurities. She created a manikin of Mylo & a doll of Claggor, and she sees her insecurities as Mylo mocking her. That’s why she wants to immediately wants to prove (she said “him”) wrong

@valentia1752 Рік тому

“I love her so much and I worry about her at the same time.” 30 seconds into this video, and I think that completely changed my life. I feel like I have such a better understanding of acceptance and love. I can see that being a key to having such deeper relationships with others and even myself. I’m so thankful. Thank you.

@renascienza.bazarclub Рік тому

To Jinx, enforcers are not people. The firelights was people to fight against, but the uniforms that murdered her parents aren't to fight but to step in like cockroaches. She didn't fight them, just killed everyone.

@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 Рік тому

To Jinx, enforcers are not people. Based

@warezz1743 Рік тому

@@flimpeenflarmpoon1353 Based and Zaun-pilled.

@martinw2235 9 місяців тому

Thank you so much for saying that Jinx's detachment from death now is so different from the opening bridge scene. A fair amount of people argue that Powder didn't have any reaction on the bridge and it shows that she was always unable to process emotions, but they don't understand how a little kid would realistically react in that overwhelming situation.

@LordThorir Рік тому

For me the best depiction of Jinx's switch from Freeze to Fight mode was right in the begining when Sevika was towering over her and blaming her for failing to protect the shipment. Powder would've frozen and been flooded with guilt whereas Jinx only gave her a smirk, basically taunting her to push it further.

@mlinxl9090 Рік тому

On the thought of fragmented memories, when jinx was having a traumatic response the environment was similar to the environment of the events of ep 3 (pink fires, shimmer) 👀

@the.truth.doctor Рік тому

Yes!!

@taniamurilloduran Рік тому

i love how you talked about Silco an Jinx trauma bonding over their respective sibling relationships. Not only that, but Powder had just lost her caregiver and went looking for it with Silco, who felt needed and in a position of power as a replacement parental figure to her. At least that's how i conceptualized it..

@chuckmanion1128 Рік тому

One thing I'll point out: You said those "distorted images of HER face." Those distorted images were not of Jinx's face. It's Mylo's face. He's the negative voice in her head. Also I'm not sure if you noticed the Mylo manikin or the Claggor doll. Could be you saw them and didn't mention them. The scene is a little chaotic so its easy to miss.

@mjeid4835 Рік тому

She meant the flashes of jinx face in contorted ways. For example at 14:34

@graffititurtle11 Рік тому

@@mjeid4835 I’m pretty sure she was referring to the faces that popped up when Jinx was in her room, cuz that’s when she started talking about it and it was only Milo/Claggor that we saw then

@DoremiFasolatido1979 Рік тому

It is Mylo's face...but the voice is still Jinx's. It just SOUNDS like what she remembers/expects to get from Mylo. But everything in her brain is just her. Personality is just an artifact, a product...a side-effect. You ARE your brain. What you label as "you" is an emergent, and entirely tertiary, phenomena of the overall process and structure of the brain. "You" do not inhabit your body..."you" are caused BY your body. Or, more specifically, the interactions inside of, and outside of, your body. "You" are a trick of perspective, and nothing more.

@loveitftw Рік тому

It's so sad how their deaths haunts her I'm that way (I'm guessing bc of guilt, wouldn't be surprised by that). The fact that Mylo was pretty harsh on her as a child and that manifested in a disturbing way is sum real sad shit.

@penguinchilli6244 Рік тому

I actually only realised this until closer to the end of the show where she lights the flare and the camera pans around and you see Mylo and Claggor behind her. That’s when I realised the voices and faces haunting her were them. It sent chills down my spine when it clicked

@Destroyanor Рік тому

I love Jinx’s character and lore in Arcane. The thing in the game league of legends. Her lore was pretty basic “chaotic loose canon, kills for fun”. Like you could tell she was supposed to be like Harley Quinn. But you really weren’t able to tell her character from the gameplay or dialogues. But what Riot did with Arcane was brutal but genius

@turquoise839 Рік тому

There is a strange disconnect though, as the in-game characters still seem shallow, and it's like a slap in the face to see them after Arcane. (The game itself doesn't help it - it's all-out brawl on a single map. Why does it need deep and nuanced characters?)

@ProductionAnything Рік тому

@@turquoise839 Can't say i agree with that tho. For me, the game really serve as a dark shadow of Arcane. A look into the future. When you watch the show and see Jinx, you think that, maybe, there is hope. But Lol Jinx remind you that all this hope is futile, and that Jinx will only go from bad to worst. Viktor is similar in a way. End of the season, he said "Destroy the core. It's too dangerous" but we know how he's suppose to be. We know that having any hope is pointless, because all of those character have to be a certain way at a certain point. Jinx will be a psychopath who will kill tons of people for the funzy's one day, we know it. We are just watching the tragedy that will led to that.

@turquoise839 Рік тому

@@ProductionAnything Yes, I had the thought as well that it all eventually leads to all-out war, ending up as the game's setting. However, the story doesn't go anywhere from there because it's like a sports game on a field, continuing perpetually. It feels like if the ball in a sports game got a rich back story. Interesting and moving, but how does it serve the game when all you do is bounce it/kick it around? It does help very much though in differentiating the many champions and making players form bonds with them. It also pulls new people in the universe (like me - I don't like the main game but already played many hours with Riot's other League-related games). So it's obviously very successful, before Arcane I knew nothing of League other than it existed. Now I'll be looking forward to new narrative-based games for sure (after Ruined King), and of course new series.

@deadaccountsadly4137 Рік тому

@@ProductionAnything I could see the “dark future” idea for jinx but for Vi. Her LOL version sucks and is nothing at all like the arcane version(if they weren’t similar the league version is still a terrible character)

@karolinakuc4783 3 місяці тому

@@deadaccountsadly4137True. Arcane isn't cannonic with LoL lore

@graffititurtle11 Рік тому

I’m glad you actually realized that the girl Jinx shot on the airship _wasn’t_ Vi, I expected you to figure it out because you’re tuned into those kinds of responses but an annoying amount of people didn’t figure it out lol

@idk-ye7ur Рік тому

I would understand to feel a little confused at first. But people really thought that until Jinx said it wasn't and it was like... Bruh, of course. They really thought that they killed Vi out of nowhere and moved on. Lmao.

@Meshakhad Рік тому

@@idk-ye7ur I thought that the redhead was Vi, but that she was knocked out and then taken to prison.

@samwise8565 Рік тому

In defense of the people who didn’t figure it out, it does initially show Vi as she looked in the first 3 episodes to show that Jinx thought it was Vi and then it switches. Still annoying that so many people didn’t catch it tho

@samwise8565 Рік тому

@@idk-ye7ur true

@Aceries_ Рік тому

So interesting! I never thought about Jinx's desensitization to death, but that definitely comes up again later and it makes so much sense. What was very unique in your observations was Jinx's initial connection to death through the death of her parents, especially her mother. There we see she is scared and had no control. Then accidentally causing the death of Mylo, Claggor, and Vander. Again, scared and but now the control (in the form of blame) is placed entirely on her. And now, possibly, because that blame was put on Jinx, maybe her way to coping with that blame is, instead of denying it, to wield it. Comparatively, when Vander is to blame for their parent's death, he copes by accepting his role in their death and does everything he can to prevent it from happening. But this is the difference between a child and adult dealing with such a traumatic thing.

@sofreshsogreen Рік тому

What I noticed was her lack of response when she saw her parents. She instead looks up to Vi and responds to Vi crying, not because she saw her dead parents. Then in Ep. 3, when she realizes her bomb ultimately resulted in the death of Vander and also Claggor/Mylo, and when Vi hits Powder, her first response isn't apologizing or displaying any kind of remorse, she goes right into asking why Vi left her alone. I feel like she may have had an unhealthy/extreme attachment to Vi from the get go.

@cthulhuwu_ Рік тому

@@sofreshsogreen I think you've got a bit of the cause and effect mixed up. In the initial flashback Powder was too young to fully comprehend death, which is why she looked to Vi. Nothing particularly unusual, relatively speaking for survivors of extreme trauma and violence. By the present day, that exposure to trauma at a young age has caused to have an unhealthy attachment to Vi. She's also desensitized to violence by now, because of her early trauma and growing up in the undercity. Otherwise I agree with your point. This is all just my interpretation btw, based on my experiences working in childhood development and talking to therapists myself on the subject of trauma.

@tink6225 Рік тому

@@sofreshsogreen yes powder had abandonment issues and she was codependent on Vi

@benhill70 Рік тому

Great reaction. Especially, about Jinx and SIlco. A lot of folks focus only on the kind or creepy parts of their relationships and not that they have bonded over their shared trauma.

@KadirDemir7 Рік тому

Please ignore the negative comments, it is absolutely clear that your comments and reactions are very sincere and realistic, I have watched dozens of reactions, I have already written your reactions among the best, you are perfect like this masterpiece series..

@MRST0R Рік тому

Where do you see negative comments ?

@KadirDemir7 Рік тому

@@MRST0R then they deleted.. :)

@th3voice Рік тому

My read on Silco differs from yours, a bit, but it's interesting. I also think there's one thing to keep in mind with regards to Powder and Jinx. In the first episode, she threw what was essentially a nail bomb at the feet of the older kid chasing her, and she was biting her lip in anticipation of the coming explosion. It didn't look like she was merely hoping the attack would allow her to escape. Later, in episode 3 I believe, when Vi returns and they are all expecting an army of Enforcers to invade, Powder has prepared both smoke bombs, and as she gleefully states, "those two are full of NAILS!" Already at that age (8-10 maybe?) she seems to have separated the world into her in-group, which mostly consists of Vi, but to a lesser extent the rest of her found family, and everyone else, about whom she has no regard where their life and well-being is concerned... and as for Enforcers, they are a uniformed, hostile force. An enemy. She goes out of her way to harm them, equating the schlubs guarding the fancy new research she's interested in... who the audience is shown to be... assholes, but not malicious or violent. And in fact, when they believe that an innocent is trapped in a burning building, they go in to save them - only to be killed by the trap. Jinx seems to consider this the proper way of things, because if these people are not aligned with and complicit with the people who killed her parents on the bridge, why are they in the uniform, wearing the symbol? Jinx has never seen any face from the enforcers other than that of an oppressor, so why should she pull her punches when fighting them? This is a very interesting dichotomy to me - seeing the malice and the brutality she employs against people who did nothing to deserve it, yet also being perfectly capable of understanding why she might not see it that way.

@cthulhuwu_ Рік тому

Tbf my reading of Silco changed like 100 times over the course of this show.

@anarchclown Рік тому

I consider her view of enforcers to be akin to how I imagine the view of the oppressed in south africa would see cops during apartheid. Maybe there were nice cops, but they were upholding the system that kept making your friends and family die and that kept everyone you loved in the dirt. Fighting back against that uniform with violence is not only understandable but quite possibly ethical.

@AppleBaron Рік тому

@@anarchclown The thing is, systems like this can preserve themselves without the will of individual actors. That'a why you always should try to change the system, not to kill random cops because you don't like the government (that's why things like "defund the police" will never work).

@TheAyme83 Рік тому

I don't think powder ever had ampathy except toward Vi, and later Silco (and a bit for little man, but it's shown in the Enemy's song full video). When she was kid and saw her parents dead, she didn't react, and she only imitated her sister, or felt pain for her sister crying, not for her parents. Vi seems to be her whole word, and when she felt abandonned, she redirected that feeling to the first one showing her sympathy, Silco.

@TheAyme83 Рік тому

Oh, and I love tour jacket, by the way!

@renascienza.bazarclub Рік тому

PTSD made different effect on two sisters: Jinx can't be afraid from violence anymore, and seems that Vi can't feel (or respect) pain. Vi like to punch against solid stone wall, over and over. A normal person can even keep doing it, but the brain start to push the hand back to avoid the pain. The punches by regular people become more and more softer... That's don't happen to her: we can hear a regular pile driver pam, pam, pam like doesn't hurt.

@forhax4794 Рік тому

As an aspiring filmmaker, your breakdowns on the psychology of this absolutely masterpiece of a show is really helpful!!! I hope you finish the series, because it keeps getting more interesting!

@-nav-398 Рік тому

I just want to say again that I really appreciate the change to pausing the show when you want to discuss something. It both lets me focus on what you are saying and I'm not worrying about you missing some aspect of the show.

@babette5918 Рік тому

I was wondering if you noticed that Jinx has made effigies of both Milo and Claggor? The Milo doll is life size. Why would she do this? It also seems that Powder has no friends here, just Silco. Even the rest of Silcos gang don't seem to like powder much. The thug who Caitlin talked to on the ship during her unsanctioned investigation said "she's crazy", Sevika (Silco's #2 henchwoman says "She's a problem and we all know it". I also find it interesting that Vi told Milo that "Your problem is that you never know when to shut up" and now, even after his death, he wont stop harassing poor Powder/Jinx.

@jameslarsen5681 Рік тому

Not that you've gotten to this point in the series, I have some interesting observations I've made watching Jinx in particular that I want to bring up. It appears the writers dropped a little bit of everything into her dispotions. Fear of abandonment. While obvious earlier in Act 1 of the show, it still shows here when the girl with pink hair runs, she quickly lashes out and shoots the person who's leaving her, then gets suddenly washed with relief when the conflict ends. Histrionic traits - the monkey paintings, the boom on the swing, the entire 'happy progress day moment' just generally being hyper theatrical while seeking out love and affection. Dissociative identity - Jinx communicates with her hallucinations, when the personality of Jinx is present, while I've never noticed the Powder part of her doing so. Also when she is Jinx her face model is more angular, and shown from more angular perspectives, her eyes are consistently more emotional, mean, angry or malicious. When powder traits are present (when she says hi, when she's talking to silco), her eyes are solemn or innocent, her face is rounder and softer. Her voice also changes from a sharp fry for Jinx and a softer, child-like tone for Powder. There's a kind of short hand for Bi-polar going on too, but I'm a little reluctant to really focus on it, because if that was intended and not a byproduct of the character's source material carrying over, it's not really portrayed in a way that seems realistic, at least to me. It also seems she likes to recieve touch for her love language, though she seems to provide service. This all seems consistent and pronounced with Jinx throughout and you'll continue to see these things play out from here, and I'd love to hear your takes on these with this and future episodes where this all appears. Feel free to correct me on any of these observations, it's just that I noticed these things consistently within her character in way that tie into her dysfunctions. Note also this isn't to say jinx has any given thing, but they're traits that consistently appear and seem deliberate in the writing and character design.

@Destroyanor Рік тому

22:30 Btw the music that Jinx was listening to while working on the weapon was “Get Jinxed” her own music video. That was released October 8 of 2013 8 years ago, and that music video came out a day before Jinx was actually added to the game as a Champion. So the music video was like a preview for what Jinx was like.

@disembwl Рік тому

I can't wait for you to get to later episodes when they really take a deep look inside Jinx. Fair warning she'll have you DEEEEEP in your feels!

@mkraulis Рік тому

The Kiramans shunned Jayce at first because he exposed their only child to a potentially lethal environment (the gemstone explosion in the apartment). They 'forgave' him because of his hexgate invention, in which they invested and from which they profited.

@9TrixieTurner6 Рік тому

I always thought when he said whose we he was referring to when she said we all know she's a problem, since he doesn't view jinx as a problem.

@diamondplayz2145 11 місяців тому

I love Jinx. She's such and interesting character and I can't wait to see what they do (Riot Games) with her in Season 2. And of course Caitlin and Vi.

@ShogunCharlie Рік тому

One thing that doesn't get mentioned a lot is the fact that Silco does seem concerned for Jinx's mental wellbeing. (Even though he might not know how best to help her other than asking her to take some time off.) I was curious on your take on that?

@johnmccully982 Рік тому

There's good stuff here. Trauma is a universal truth and Arcane is a magnificent demonstration of it in a fictional setting. There's something here that everyone can relate to and learn from. Thank you for taking the time to share your professional observations and thoughts 😊

@Actile1 Рік тому

I think Heimerdinger is such a well written character. The fact he is not human plays such a heavy role in his personality, where the majority of writers are simply incapable of using their imagination. Heimerdinger has lived for a very, very long time, so from his point of view, a decade of research before releasing that new innovation is the blink of an eye. But for humans, whom in this universe would have a lifespan of around 50 or 60 years, especially Victor, who has his condition, 10 years is practically a lifetime. It also shows how unwittingly detached Heimerdinger has become from the "lower people," even if his intentions are inherently pure and devoid of any malice or selfishness, the fact he has risen to such a high spot made him unable to properly see the people below him. It's such a magnificent character flaw stemming from positive intentions that has heavy repercussions in the story.

@khouloudmsr Рік тому

you are such a beautiful person the way you greeted your child .. was so heartwarming and for that i love you so much

@saiyasha848 Рік тому

While Counciler Kirraman definitly is a bit opportunistic, I think it is important to rememeber that she actually _did_ try to defend Jayce in the beginning. It was only after the councils verdict was spoken and she knew there was no coming back from that that she decided to cut ties. It is also important to rememeber that Cait was in the building that exploded, right next to Jayce. Finding out that the illegial experiments of the guy you've been sponsoring could have kiled your daughter _does_ put a bit of a damper on things... Not saying she didn't do anything wrong, but i don't think she is _as_ purely opportunistic as people sometimes see her as

@dredgenauryx3382 Рік тому

Silco's approach of giving your child a machine gun and unlimited ammo and telling them to shoot their problems is not the best... he's trying and failing... but at least he is trying... Also I am always surprised when I recognise the voice actors in this. Be it strange to hear human Grayson when I am used to robotic Lakshmi-2, or when the black bald councillor woman speaks and I have to take a double take because I immediately think about the other black bald woman in position of power she plays (Ikora Ray).

@karolinakuc4783 3 місяці тому

True. At least he to some degree prepared Jinx for his death and made her be able to protect herself

@DarthOmelette Рік тому

I think the difference in her responses is deeply connected to her name change. Powder was the little girl who wants to hide in the corner, Jinx is the young woman who will blow away anyone she sees as a threat.

@hunwhatever Рік тому

I really like your reactions, and I was wainting for your analysis on Powder/Jinx because it's such an interesting, and yet, complex character ! Now, I can put words on thoughts that's cool, thanks for the video !

@Meh_idk__ Рік тому

Cant believe you didn’t show Jinx listening to Get Jinxed it’s so iconic and I find it relatable but I love the deep dive into everything can’t wait to see more

@CybrSlydr Рік тому

Man, absolutely loving your insights on this! I never made the connection between Caitlyn lying down and her dead mother!

@CryingShayme Рік тому

Wow, really interesting to hear about fragmented memories, and in particular how the senses can be split up. I broke my arm a while ago while trampolining, and for a while afterwards, I would sometimes suffer traumatic reactions to certain things. But one thing that was interesting to me was that after a while I could replay the event in my mind visually and be totally fine. I slowly desensitized visually because I actually worked at the place where it happened and would have to watch people having sketchy wipeouts every day when I started going back to work. But if I replay the sound of my bones snapping and my scream, it still makes me sweaty and shaky to this day.

@ghouliay3lps Рік тому

your reactions are seriously keeping me going while waiting for season 2!!! btw i love your editing style so much, the drag race jinx edit made me sooo happy😭❤️

@AnnaWaytray Рік тому

ur cat and ur son! so adorable. i've been loving your reactions and insight so far as it was, and that was even better. thank u for continuing this series!

@blackfoxx-wz5nq Рік тому

Fun fact: Jinx was actually based off of Harley Quinn

@kaelahc9310 Рік тому

Super excited to see you react to the rest of the series! Arcane is definitely one of my favorite shows to come out in recent years!

@Paehrin Рік тому

Love your insights on the show, can't wait to see/hear the rest !

@supergatorhator Рік тому

14:55 a really good example of this behavior happened at the end of episode 3 with Powder - the rocking back and forth, repeating "I was just trying to help", etc.

@kaiserxblue Рік тому

Been waiting for your reactions doc...thanks and keep up the good work

@BGTitanAvatar Рік тому

Oh heck yes! Back for more! Man now the real fun can start.

@randomhippocat Рік тому

I loved all those detailed commentaries on Jinx! This was a great episode!

@valmiro4164 Рік тому

Cait’s mom wasn’t fine with Jayce getting exiled, she’s one of the four who voted to expel him from the academy instead.

@cavalryscout9519 Рік тому

About the switch from "freeze" to "fight": if you're someone who frequently feels anxiety, then fight mode might actually feel good. Part of it is that rational fear (like being shot while in a gunfight) is easier than dealing with irrational fears ('what if my family doesn't love me?'). Another big part is that most of your emotion shuts down, so if you experience a lot of negative emotion as part of your daily life, that just goes away for a while. MANY veterans that I know kind of miss that simplicity - I know I do. I mean, it's not good to have people trying to blow you up, but while it's happening all your choices are very simple and have very obvious and predictable outcomes. It feels very much like you can handle anything, and even if you get hurt you tend to process it in a very pragmatic way. So for a person like Jinx, I think violence is a way to turn off her emotional loop for a while (until things start triggering her in the middle of it anyway).

@marcsomero278 Рік тому

I took Silco asking "who's we" to mean he wanted to know who else though Jinx was a problem because he wants to know where the potential problems are in his organization.

@Tina331 Рік тому

I love your arcane reaction, they are so entertaining and interesting 😍🙏🏻

@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752 Рік тому

I love that we just get more and more perspectives, more symmetry & angles to view the conflict from

@Patorc1 Рік тому

As always, awesome job! I'm happy that I can go trough those stunning moments of the show again. And now that I know what You mean by this, I am glad that You are glad that we exist. :)

@evantaylor4796 Рік тому

Can I just say that I love the way you edit and out really funny memes and sounds? 🥰

@BalbazaktheGreat Рік тому

Well, this has been fun. Look forward to the next installment.

@kiteflying9317 Рік тому

Happy for you to continue

@mediacritique1065 Рік тому

Yay!!! More more more! I love these reactions 😍

@Orwulf Рік тому

Just stopping by the comments to say hi nala! c: (also thanks for the great reaction! loving these analyses!)

@daria5765 Рік тому

i love your reactions sm!!

@Zephirite. 11 місяців тому

We find out later that Marcus is also covering for Silco, so Cait--as an assertive, curious cop--is a threat to that.

@Zealot2GameParkCZ Рік тому

I'm looking forward for your next neaction. It's nice to get more info about psygology and mental state of the characters and how it works in real life.

@davidtestasecca6300 Рік тому

I notice something new with every rewatch. You are gonna have the urge to breakdown every single scene with Jinx, and I’m gonna love it. I totally feel for her. I admit tho: I had really bad feeling on the first Jinx/Silco’s scene together: seemed to me something else. Their representation of upper class and lower class it’s incredibly relatable to me: that’s why I can’t totally disagree with Silco’s revolutionary spirit. He does obviously reprehensible things, but I believe no deep revolution comes for free.

@norahhitt104 Рік тому

I've been looking for someone looking at arcane from a mental health standpoint so this is amazing

@rodvincetolosa9386 Рік тому

Its a 7 year time jump if im not wrong

@mrpocock Рік тому

I think to understand a bit more about the way Jayce relates to magic and to hextek and the politics that follows from this you have to go back to his formative introduction to magic, when the mage saved him and his mother. His primal exposure to magik was it as a saviour. He's driven by wanting to empower everybody to save themselves and each-other by harnessing magik into a consumer-grade commodity. This motivates his initial illegal experiments, and follows all the way through to the final episode of season 1.

@Evil_Vegan Рік тому

Jinx is very Harley... a lot of the visuals/aesthetics in this series also very similar to 1st Suicide Squad movie...

@acire8188 Рік тому

I feel kind of a connection to Jinx, and feel that I understand her to a certain degree, because I've got all three kinds of hallucinations you're talking about. I am diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder. She is one of my favorite characters in this show because I feel for her, more than any of the others. I've also gone through some of the same type of trauma she has.

@3LastSon Рік тому

lol you are literally the only person I've seen who has noticed that Jayce looks older.

@edwardfrench9368 Рік тому

If you look back at the first episode, you can see the scratched faces that Powder/Jinx sees all the way back at the bridge scene, showing how long she's been truly dealing with this.

@joeyangels Рік тому

I was waiting on these i finna right a letter, as a therapist you have help provide prospective that has help me with multiple clients do not stop

@mariavilhena8462 Рік тому

yay another arcane reaction :))

@blakartist2000 Рік тому

You're doing a great job in breaking down these characters physiologic profiles and it is not that you introduce your son to your viewers. I look forward to hearing your analysis of this work of art displayed in animation which I do believe will become this generation's classical fairytale.

@sarrormiki3363 Рік тому

keep these coming please ^^

@Addam_ Рік тому

I really like what you said about the Stable vs Unstable upbringing because I often think the most important traumatic moment for Powder was actually the first scene in the show, even if it's not really what she focuses on.

@midnightwaterdragon4725 Рік тому

Just wanted to say I absolutely love the way you think! Caught myself thinking, wish I was friends with this person 😊

@Spartan99Ninja Рік тому

thanks, great analysis

@the.truth.doctor Рік тому

Thank you!

@brittvaughn9447 Рік тому

Thanks for being glad we exist. I've had a lot of people recently who felt the opposite, and it has me feeling like I need to be cruel and dismissive in order to stop being hurt by everyone around me. It makes existing a lot harder, so... thanks.

@ericloflin6416 Рік тому

Love the Arcane Reactions…

@sofia-lalauren- Рік тому

Estaba esperando tanto esto

@tashabeck4121 5 місяців тому

The adore Delano clip got me so good 😂😂

@TexasSnyper 7 місяців тому

RE 6:20 when veterans say "please don't do fireworks around here" this is exactly why. They're not saying don't do fireworks. They're asking please take them somewhere else while I huddle under a comfort blanket in my home.

@fancynaby Рік тому

Jinx is really relatable, like, THE MOST RELATABLE CHARACTER IN THE SHOW

@Mitsu2040 Рік тому

Love this new look!

@mikalbell8125 Рік тому

I enjoyed your commentary as always. As far as the episode I'm wondering if Powder / Jinx can come back from this at all.

@sheepysnowtato824 Рік тому

10:38 I felt it was more because Sevika was saying that Jinx was causing issues and Silco was getting defensive and protective of his daughter, especially since she was in the ro.om and could hear the rude remark. But even if she wasn't there, I feel he would have responded the same regardless. He has a tendency to take the blame of Jinx's mistakes or make them appear less important so she wont be put in harm's way.

@shakirasmylie6178 9 місяців тому

So excited to meet jinx and I love her hair colour bye the way ❤

@sophiapena9679 Рік тому

I CANT WAIT FOR U TO SEE HOW THE RELATIONSHIPS AND DINAMICS BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS LIKE VI AND CAITLYN AND JAYC AND VIKTOR

@EditDeath 4 місяці тому

Honestly, looking back at the skirmish in the pilot, I can't help but see it as an early example of Powder becoming disconnected. There's fear there, but there's also a kind of excitement watching her family fight. It's like she's slipping into the role of the audience, so used to being on the outside, and that doesn't drop away until one of the opponents spots her and the danger becomes real again

@punkypony5165 Рік тому

The That's so Raven edit was so funny!

@ThePunkina1 Рік тому

I find it interesting that jinx recording for the bombs when she says it was an accident about the bomb she uses her normal voice which I think it's a interesting choice because originally it was an accident

@florajones8372 Рік тому

You get me through my depression I love you

@kevindon2133 6 днів тому

the Thats so Raven interlude killed me XDDD

@Citizen88020120820 Рік тому

Oh yah this is where I am really interesting in your views of how everyone grew up and what they are dealing with now.

@quackquack2436 Рік тому

I think it's interesting that Mylo usually has more protagonism than Claggor and even Vi in Jinx's hallucination's, his image seems to be more human in her mind and he "talks" more, too.