Arcane Episode 4 Reaction

Re: Jinx, I believe the term would be “arrested development.” Yeah, it’s a little creepy how cuddly she is with Silco, but it feels more like she just never grew up rather than that there’s an ulterior motive there.

Hi,why turn off the subtitles, it was better with it.

You DO NOT talk too much. YAP. Yap more if you feel. I have Netflix. If I wanted to watch the show in silence I can. We are here to hear your thoughts on the show and if you wait till the end for everything then you may forget your point. Rewind if you want, but by all means pause and talk and provide your commentary! 🫡

Anime is short for animation but it specifically refers to Japanese Animation or that style at least. Good rule of thumb. Anime = Eastern Animation. Animation = Western Animation. Some people use Cartoon for western animation but that still carries a childish connotation so I wouldn't use it for shows like Helluva or Arcane.

If you're wondering how much stopping/commenting is the right amount, just remember we're not here for the show, we're here to watch your brain work!

You’ll notice in the last shot of her face when she turns around she has the Roman number VI tattooed on her face which is also for Vi.

You didn't miss a time-jump notification, the show was released in 3 acts, 3 episodes per act so it was assumed for most watching while the episodes released that every 3 episodes there's a big shift. They slowly reveal the time jump with the new hexgates, how they treat Jayce vs when he first started and then solidify that it with Powder's reveal and showing how the undercity has changed so drastically under Silco's watch. That club Sevika walks into is still called 'The Last Drop', that was the bar Vander owned and Silco has taken it over and turned it into a nightclub. Also not sure if you fully caught it but the stuffed body in back in Jinx's workshop is meant to represent Mylo. It shows a physical manifestation for how Jinx is still heavily trapped in the wounds of the friends she killed in that explosion. Also I love the erratic movements and jumps, it's a great cinematographic way to represent disordered thinking, almost like she's manic or experiencing psychosis in those moments. Would love a reaction to 'Get Jinxed', the song came out well before Arcane so it was a fun surprise for the League of Legends fans to hear Jinx listening to it!

My feeling is you should stop more to give your thoughts or feelings. I think most people have already watched these shows before, and are watching because they want to experience it again vicariously through your eyes. Without your commentary it's difficult to know what you're thinking about or processing in the moment. I feel that many people have very specific songs / moments / dialogue / foreshadowing within shows that they personally love or want to experience again through your reaction, and by not pausing or talking over those parts people might feel disappointed that you missed something they personally wanted to have your reaction / commentary / feelings on.

Just to help you out, make sure you got the details - Mylo and Claggor, the other two kids were killed during the fight to save Vander between Mylo getting impaled and Claggor getting his head knocked in the blast but both being buried under rubble. If you notice in Jinx's room/hideout, she has small doll looking like Claggor in one shot and when she's spiraling/talking about not being weak to herself, you see ghost images of Mylo over her shoulder appearing in pieces - The Purple Stuff is called Shimmer and considered like an underground drug at this point that can boost performances and is addictive. In the club scene in this episode you see some people puffing purple vapors. It is also part of Silco's treatment on his own eye, but it hurts so he asks Powder/Jinx to help him by administering it. - Powder/Jinx and Silco absolutely do have a father-daughter relationship and though I agree i got weird vibes myself during that scene, it's actually strictly familial. But Jinx has a strong desire for usefulness and has a very touch involved personality so that's why she's as comfortable as she is and Silco allows it because he does see her as a daughter - Sevika is the gruff woman with the half cloak over the smuggling shipment who doesn't like Jinx, but she's also the one from episode 3 who saved Silco in the blast and ended up losing her arm - The bandits at the beginning you'll learn later who they are but yes they were trying to destroy the shimmer - Trenchers is a slang or derogative term by the upper class of Piltover to call those who live in the undercity

I'm so glad you're loving it! Yeah time passed! The girl kinda police officer Kaitlyn, is the same girl that used to talk to Jayce when he was banned, they were like childhood friends and now they still talk but she's much more controlled by her parents while he's on the scientific/prosperous side of things. Regarding Jinx (Powder), she's mentally not all there, that's why she hears voices and things, and also why she's so clingy to the "bad guy", cause she grew as kind of his daughter but in a weird dark and cold world after all the trauma she suffered. Regarding the scene of Jinx putting the purple thing on Silco's eye, if you check the scene again you'll see he gives her the syringe and expects her to do that, it is something she does for him, it is something for his bad eye.

so, when Jinx injects that thing into Silco's eye, it's him taking Shimmer through his damaged eye, because the Shimmer is not only a Hulk-like serum, but also a drug. Little refresher: Silco got his eye damaged by Vander trying to drown him when they were young. The toxins of the water entered a wound under his eye and caused some sort of mutation. The Shimmer also serves to keep said mutation under control, as it possesses healing properties (credit to Reddit for this last section, I didn't know this many details beforehand). Also, the song Jinx was listening to is Get Jinxed, her official song from the video game. You must react to the music video as soon as you finish Arcane, or even just season one, it doesn't have big spoilers, only one detail that gets introduced in the last two episodes of season one.

Hi Tim! So excited for more Arcane. I see "anime" as a word specifically for Japanese animation. I would only put Arcane in that category if there were no other animation options. You are NOT talking too much! If we were both watching this for the first time as friends and you were chit chatting away, I would feel differently, but I'm here to see YOUR reaction to it 😂 There are a few comments/questions I simply can't respond to because of spoilers but I'm excited for you to see how things shake out. I do think the cuddly father-daughter relationship with Silco is meant to show how Jinx (Powder uses this name now, I'm not sure if you picked up on it) is kind of trapped in the mental state of being a child. She's pretty messed up from the trauma, grew up in an unstable crime syndicate, and she's trying desperately to get parental/family validation. Similarly, Silco has probably never had this experience of loving someone unconditionally. We can see that he coddles her, even to the detriment of his business. Aaaaa I love the Vi reveal, with her VI tattoo on her cheek.

Even tough it is a fantasy world, I believe the world of piltover is heavily inspired by steampunk style. Steampunk means a fictional world in victorian/industrial era, where stuff works with fantastical steam and clockwork machines and where the fashion is very austentatius

The cute furry creature that Hiemerdinger has is called a Poro. They are league of legends de facto mascot creature.