This scene manage to: 1. Recap what happen in S1 2. Show the current situation in S2 3. Introduce old character in a badass way 4. Debut new character Within 3 minutes screen time, almost no recap scene, a few lines, and no narrator. ✋️GLORIOUS CINEMA 🤚
Silco's face there represents everything, he was fed up with crime and kept doing it because it was the only way to have control of everything. Not for nothing did he prefer the independence of Zaun to continuing with the brilliance. The definition of "the end justifies the means."
I love that the golden jaw guy died no one carred and they didnt lost any money only he lost his money. Once silco died they all panicked and lost like 70% of the funds. Then the girl died and they all started to freak out and began to fight each other.
There was a lot of regret in Silco by the time of his demise. He built his little empire on violence, crime and depraved exploitation of the very people he called his own; he stooped too low and he knew it. Such acts cannot be sustained "for respect", only "for love".
@@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1lyYou skipped one fact. Even tho 3 barons fight for the throne, only goons of 2 barons are showed to fight each other - old fart vs slut. Rat's goons weren't shown there. Back there you would know the rat gonna die.
1:52 "Pretty little lamb, don't come down here" as Isha is going to fall on Jinx and "you're gone sucker" as she fell and she sealed her fate is insane foreshadowing.
I love how many of the scenes in this show were clearly animated after the music so it can be timed to it perfectly rather than writing music to fit the scene. Every cut and most major actions are on either the beat or off-beat. Love it.
Small detail I felt is ignored in the opening when everyone starts disappearing, is the objects that disappear on the table. When the camera pans, the table is filled with documents, gold, expensive items, business is ultimately good. When Finn disappears, nothing changes on the table. Sure his stuff is gone, but everything else remains. However the moment Silco disappears, everything of value begins to slowly dissipate. he truly was the heart of the undercity, the source of this "enterprise", and without him the business slowly collapsed, showing that not only were none of the chem barons ever able to max the wealth he brought in, but also their desperation to bring back the value they had lost, ultimately lead to the gang wars.
@@GZilla311 I didn't notice the coins disappearing from the table as the scene evolves, that's a good observation! I do, however, have to point out that some coin does disappear after Finn disappears, some more vanish after Silco is gone and then almost all of it after Renni dies. From all that i must surmise that it wasn't meant to represent Silco's departure, or rather, not his departure especially. It's mostly the piles that are in front of each baron that vanish as they vanish, until it all descends into chaos and gang wars and almost all of it is gone.
The other chembarons take notice when Finn disappears, but don't move - he's ultimately unimportant They sit up and take notice when Silco disappears, and almost immediately at that, but don't decend into chaos - he's important, but they're still holding things together. When Renni disappears, they all decend into chaos. They're panicking, trying to claim territory so they're not the ones to disappear next
I love that moment of realization as her hood falls where they hesitate like they are about to explain themselves and she doesn't even give them the chance.
I love that when Isha falls on Jinx at 2:07, Jinx's eyes light up pink, indicating battle mode. Then she realizes it's a harmless kid and the pink light in her eyes goes out. Then Jinx sees that the kid is scared and being hunted by these goons and she immediately pulls back her hood to show who they are dealing with. And while they are frozen in shock, she takes advantage of the moment and shoots. A cool scene where Jinx immediately decides to protect a weak kid, despite her unstable mental state and depression after Silko's death. She was always kind... somewhere deep inside))
Ekko realized that, after spending time in the alternate universe, Jinx and Powder are the same. Jinx is very traumatized and mentally ill, but deep down she's still the same Powder as the one where things went less wrong. Ekko also saw this in Jinx's eyes when she thought he was going to kill her.
I am prone to anxiety and depressive episodes and my job in childcare is something that really keeps me from spiraling further. Aside from the routine it provides, being present for people who need it prevents me from getting in my head too much. So I completely understood Jinx’s relationship with isha and Why after losing Isha she quickly declined again.
I think before this, she was in a neutral/lost mindset, wandering the street and anything could have led her to go either in evil or good path. Luckily Isha happened.
Took me stupidly long to realize this song is about Silco more than Jinx. “No red rose on your grave” - not only does Silco not have a funeral, but the circumstances of his death are a mystery to everyone in Zaun “One by one, all these bloodhounds keep coming” The chem barons and gangs. Newcomers seeking to do to him what he did to Vander, but have no vision for the future or care for Zaun - just seeking their personal gain & survival “Sleep in the casket you made” Silco was the only one who could control the undercity, but his rule was enforced almost purely through fear and violence and so he could not break or escape the cycle of suffering. Live by the sword, die by the sword. “But you’re mad if you though I’d let you go” Silco’s ghost still haunts Jinx’s life. He moulded her into something she hates and she knows that she will never truly be free of his influence or of her complicated feelings towards him. “Get the fuck out of my head” In the chorus it’s clearly Jinx. When she is experiencing visual or auditory hallucinations she often yells at them quite literally to go away/get out of her mind. “I don’t want to see you, I hate this life” Silco has now joined the other ghosts haunting her mind, another death she logically knows wasn’t her fault but deep down is tormented by guilt and remorse and convinced she is a fundamentally bad/broken person. She doesn’t want to see him or hear his voice again but her brain won’t let the trauma heal. “Get your fingers out of my hair” You were the only person I felt sure loved me, and now you died and left me utterly alone in a world that hates and is trying to kill me. “Good luck killing me cuz I’m already dead inside” Powder didn’t care about politics, money, fame, etc. The only thing that she ever wanted and that drove *all* of her actions (even when morally wrong) was an absolutely crippling, desperate need for a parental figure to provide her with the attention, approval, and love she needs to manage the constant mental anguish and stress of untreated PTSD and schizoaffective disorder. “I thought you could love me like before. Even though I’m…different” Powder died and became Jinx when her unconscious love for Vi ended up being stronger than her conscious love and attachment to Silco. Vi, despite having good intentions, forced Powder to kill the only person who still had unconditional love for her. “But you changed too” She chose Vi but then realizes that Vi would not have chosen her - that her love for Powder is *extremely* conditional and that Vi would have made the opposite choice and killed Powder if necessary to save Caitlin. It’s amazing to me how much influence Silco and Vander continue to have on the characters and events in S2 despite their deaths. People talk about the conflict with the undercity being underwhelming forgetting that it is not a country or even independent city, it is a loose confederation of organized crime, dirty industry, and upper city corruption that only two people (Vander and Silco) were ever able to keep them from fighting each other in a bloody civil gang war. Silco flat out says the undercity has no chance in a full-scale war with Piltover even with him in command and Singed pushing the uses and power of shimmer to its maximum. With him gone there is no unity and the undercity turns on itself. “Dirty little animals, you cannibals eat your supper. One by one, all these vultures keep coming” Just like the undercity only got worse after Silco toppled Vander, it has become even more of a wartorn, polluted hellscape with him gone. He has left a void in both Zaun and Jinx’s psyche so deep that everything stable has crumbled.
For sure! Though I always interpreted the third stanza to be very blatantly about the chem barons, and foreshadowing about Isha’s fate.(spoilers below) “Dirty little animals You cannibals, eat your supper One by one, all these vultures keep coming” While the screen shows the turf wars going on it is very much arcane’s level of on the nose 😂 “Pretty little lamb, don't come down here You're gone, sucker” As isha first meets her, to me it implies Jinx feels she is/will be the reason Isha died, since “Whether I’m pulling the trigger, or not, everyone who gets close to me dies.” Is a sentiment she expresses. “But you're mad if you thought I'd let you go” The third line is cut off in the show’s version of the song, but to me it reads like how much of an impact isha and her death had on Jinx
@@orionsarrow1025 I agree with your analysis pretty much 100%. I had really only watched the intro scene maybe 5 times when I wrote my comment. Now that I’ve watched it like 25 times, I do see that I made a couple mistakes. 1. I’m pretty certain that actually the entire song is from Jinx’s point of view 2. The first two stanzas aren’t about Silco per se - more precisely, they are about Jinx’s reflections on their toxic father-daughter relationship and realizing that her terrorism against Piltover (which she actually feels guilty about to the point of suicide at times) only made everything even worse. Oh yeah, and now she’s public enemy #1 to both the police and the chem barons and their gangs, having to skulk around alleys and live underground, knowing that it’s only a matter of time before you are hunted down and killed like an animal. 3. I’d agree that the final stanza is about Jinx’s contempt for the chem barons/people trying to seize Silco’s throne and her contempt for them. The undercity got even worse under them far more quickly than it got worse under Silco after Vander died, and she’s just done with it all. 4. I didn’t touch on pretty lamb, but I think it’s pretty obviously foreshadowing Isha, the person who will completely unexpectedly rescue Jinx from her living hell. In a future analysis I would *really* like to compare the first meeting between Powder & Silco with the first meeting of Isha & Jinx because there are some fascinating parallels but also differences. Thanks for reading and engaging! I did this kinda on the fly which is why I missed and/or got some things wrong. Plan to be more thorough in the future
Silco is the best character in the show. He sacrificed everything for Zaun and lost everything along the way. Then, when he finally achieved his goals, he threw it all away rather than handing over Jinx. This is a badass storyline!
Its why he poured one out to vander at the end of season 1. Just like vander could have let vi go and the lanes would have been fine. Relatively speaking. But it was his daughter. He took her in. And in the final moment he chose vi over himself. Silco found himself right there. Jace gave him everything he wanted. But hed have to lose the one thing he cared about most. His daughter. Jace didnt even haggle...
I cannot get enough of the opening sequence. From the way the Chem-Barons sit all smug and decadent, only perking up when Finn disappears, to their full-on shock when Silco goes, to the panic when Renni gets picked off as they realize that it's about to be a power struggle. Then, we get a few seconds to breathe as each of the three survivors gets a still showcasing what they're all about, and when we cut back... They're fighting over scraps on the ground like feral dogs, their earlier confidence and dignity under Silco nowhere to be found. Just excellent visual storytelling.
I love Savieka’s loyalty, you can see she only looks somewhat at the table when Silco’s there, the not when he’s gone. 😢❤ - thank u for the likes ❤ most i’ve even gotten 😅
I love this scene because when i see this i imagine myself as isha and feel the comfort of knowing that i am now safe in the hands of the most badass, deadliest person in all of Zaun.
I love this song. I love this scene so much too. And I love that this song is the start to jinx and isha’s relationship. I don’t think I’ll recover from this show
It's so refreshing to finally be able to hear lyrisc on YT instead of car honk, goose honk or.. whatever else is used every time theres "butt", "darn" or a "butterflies leg" in the lyrics.
I don't think she's deaf, she has no problem hearing Jinx throughout the whole show, and no it wasn't lips reading, she heard her even when she wasn't looking straight at her face
id say she more mute, she heard Jinx loud and clear . She could not speak though, probably never learned how too, based on who was after her, and what they were finna do to her. One can only speculate the type of life the girls/women have to live in Zaun.
Hadn’t noticed it first time around watching the show, but I love how Jinx actively pushes Isha’s head down before she shoots, she could have just shot around her but she actively made Isha look down so she wouldn’t see the men die infront of her! Big sister instinct really kicked in fast 💙
@@GZilla311 I do like to think that if it would've been any random dude being clumsy, he would've been dead. You can see that Jinx's eyes light up when Isha falls on her, but when she sees her, it stops shortly afterwards. I think Jinx just didn't see her as a threat at all and when she noticed the 3 goons up there, she was more focused on them because they do actually cause trouble. And I mean, if I was wrong, Isha would've gotten blasted.
@@SashaMasonVRFurthermore, Jinx recognized in Isha, the little sister than she herself was, and relative to Isha, chose to take up the big sister role she believes her own big sister abandoned. She's basically projecting onto Isha what she wishes Vi was for her.
2:31 Damn the details in this series are insain... You can hear the whistle blow, the sound when Jinx blows the gun, and the wind goes down the gun's barrel 😮😮
this song is so jinx coded. i mean "good luck killing me cause i'm already dead" and "get the f- out of my head" perfectly resonates with her inner feelings
Eyes of Jinx are the most amazing things in the entire show. Dead and empty. To put something like that in the animation, making it look sooo real is hard asf.
1:53 “pretty little lamb don’t come down here”when isha is going to fall down on jinx “Your gone sucker” as she fell down to jinx means that she’s gonna be in danger. And every time isha’s hat falls off means that she’s gonna be in danger and as we can see when she fell down on jinx her hat comes off. and when isha was following jinx we can see that her hat fell off.
Let’s be serious how is a soundtrack for a Netflix series soundtrack out playing your favorite artist???? Arcane is both show of the year and album of the year in my eyes
Theres just something compelling about a dude who was a genuine academic with actual theory crafting and purpose behind what he was doing besides "gettin money gettin paid" and more free freedom from an oppressive government that literally turned into a crimelord just to gain the power to make it happen. I swear Arcane is ;like 10 different full blown shows made into one singular plot because we as a collective don't have time to watch each work of art in our lifetime. I hope more stories hit on this character trope because it's a good one.
When you know that Isha is deaf you realize that the "cursed" part of Jinx little speech goes right above her head. No wonder that she thinks Jinx is a hero, she probably missed 75% of the stuff Jinx was saying XD
per one of the writers, she's neither deaf nor mute; she's nonverbal, which is to say that she doesn't talk but can. She's likely to be autistic, given that.
It's really amazing to understand lyrics. In one of the songs, it says, 'What we have done.' In another song, it says, 'What they have done to us..' 💔Good little details 💔
I love Jinx's facial expressions. They are simply brilliant in every way. I haven't found any comparison with other characters that have the same level of emotional expression compared to Jinx.
Isha was lucky shes a kid because if she was slightly older Jinx would made her suffer for just looking at her Btw I absolutely love this song so much that Ive already got it on my playlist and I can't stop listening to it, it just truly captivates Silco's character eith how much he kept things together and Jinx's current mental state so incredibly well.
Kid's got good instinct. How to protect yourself from mob bosses who want to harm you or worse? By sticking with the one person who can scare them even worse.
I will never forgive you netflix for not making the episodes of this series longer at the very least. They needed at least 3 episodes more for the second season not to feel rushed. Looking forward to the day y'all go bankrupt and another streaming platform that doesn't cancel 8 out of 10 shows takes over. And I hope animators find something better because y'all don't deserve them.
Vander, Victor, and Silco all tried to save the people of Zaun in completely different ways - Vander with community and diplomacy Victor with science and engineering Silco with strategy and power But individually, they all failed. In an alternate timeline, we get to see what happens when we know Vander and Silco worked together.
Oh my god, I just realized that when she says "Whenever you need to curse a sibling..." Isha is lip reading and Jinx isn't making it easy, especially since she turns away halfway through the sentence. Isha might have just read her lips to say "If you ever need a sibling" followed by Jinx pointing at a wanted poster of herself and walking away. Isha thought Jinx openly offered her to be her new sibling and neither of them questioned it!
@@eran5005There's no official conformation but multiple people have pointed out that she doesnt react or respond to sounds as sharply as a heading person would. To me it just seems way more plausible that Isha is deaf rather than mute, she's simply nonverbal due to no one teaching her how to speak or her not learning it herself. She's able to make noises however.
@ she covers her ears when Jinx shoots, right here in the music video, that’s a response to sound, I’d say? I also recall Jinx calling for her in their hideout when she was looking for her (while Isha was on the way to Stillwater), why would she do that if she knew Isha can’t hear her? I’m sure I can find more, but that will require getting back to comb through the episodes.
Does anyone know why those dudes in the masks are taking kids? I feel like this is a plot point that might have been further explored if Arcane was given a third season. I adore this show beyond reason but I definitely see things that could have been explored more. Such as a deeper reaction to the Undercity after Silco's death. I would have also liked to see Ambessa interact with more characters, like Sevika, Jinx or Ekko. I'm kinda bummed we never got to see an undercity vs Ambessa herself fight. I wish the martial law time was explored more too.
We know Isha is an Orphan living in the fissures so we can make some educated guesses. It's possible she stole something (like food or something valuable to exchange for food) from the goons without realizing who she is stealing from. Would fit with the street kid trope at least. Since we were not shown what exactly happened we can infer it wasn't all that important because what was important was to show what we did see: a desperate kid who landed herself in a Situation so dangerous that she'd happily take her chances with Jinx going forward
After Jayce and Vi went to demolish shimmer in the undercity, they freed a lot of children working as slaves. As a result, all this free labour was now "up for grabs" by the other chem barons who'd go around kidnapping the orphaned kids to use as child slave labour for their own operations. Yeah, Arcane is pretty dark.
![Marcus King - “Sucker” (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Visualizer]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/8sekyV_o2pM/mqdefault.jpg)
This scene manage to:
1. Recap what happen in S1
2. Show the current situation in S2
3. Introduce old character in a badass way
4. Debut new character
Within 3 minutes screen time, almost no recap scene, a few lines, and no narrator.
✋️GLORIOUS CINEMA 🤚
Arcane is legit unmatched
Nothing can equal arcane.
swear i've seen this exact comment spoken in a video that i watched recently lmao
@@nicholaslin570 Was it from Gigguk's video?
@randomguy8145 YES LMAO
Silco's face there represents everything, he was fed up with crime and kept doing it because it was the only way to have control of everything. Not for nothing did he prefer the independence of Zaun to continuing with the brilliance.
The definition of "the end justifies the means."
I love that the golden jaw guy died no one carred and they didnt lost any money only he lost his money. Once silco died they all panicked and lost like 70% of the funds. Then the girl died and they all started to freak out and began to fight each other.
There was a lot of regret in Silco by the time of his demise. He built his little empire on violence, crime and depraved exploitation of the very people he called his own; he stooped too low and he knew it. Such acts cannot be sustained "for respect", only "for love".
@@GewalfofWivia Yeah, Silco was ready to be everyone's villain to achieve his goal of a free Zaun.
@@Fiddlefiddle5000-qv1lyYou skipped one fact. Even tho 3 barons fight for the throne, only goons of 2 barons are showed to fight each other - old fart vs slut. Rat's goons weren't shown there. Back there you would know the rat gonna die.
@@dungeonguy88He indirectly said exactly that in the show to Jinx "Everyone betray us. Vander, Vi. It's only me and you, Jinx"
1:52 "Pretty little lamb, don't come down here" as Isha is going to fall on Jinx and "you're gone sucker" as she fell and she sealed her fate is insane foreshadowing.
woow thats crazy wtf
And Jinx walking towards us when the song goes "All these vultures keep coming"
omg that's insane
0:08 And you can hear the Wolf’s growl
@jaytreaty1794 wow this is insane!! its so cool how you guys notice these things
What do you do when you just can’t get enough of a song? You listen to it over and over until your ears bleed. The only logical solution.
cause it too good
adhd + ocd = ear destruction
Bro calm down
I been listening to this the whole day because it's to good😭🤩
Literally re-download rdr2 to play this song to.
What a precious little one! I hope she never encounters anything bad.
Certainly hope she doesn't use dangerous weapons...
Are you new to this series?
Boy you're in for a surprise 🫢
Remember, childs never die.....
Hope we don't get a repeat of episode 3
I love how many of the scenes in this show were clearly animated after the music so it can be timed to it perfectly rather than writing music to fit the scene.
Every cut and most major actions are on either the beat or off-beat. Love it.
Mako talked about the difficulties in treating the numbers as film scores in some interviews
Small detail I felt is ignored in the opening when everyone starts disappearing, is the objects that disappear on the table. When the camera pans, the table is filled with documents, gold, expensive items, business is ultimately good. When Finn disappears, nothing changes on the table. Sure his stuff is gone, but everything else remains. However the moment Silco disappears, everything of value begins to slowly dissipate. he truly was the heart of the undercity, the source of this "enterprise", and without him the business slowly collapsed, showing that not only were none of the chem barons ever able to max the wealth he brought in, but also their desperation to bring back the value they had lost, ultimately lead to the gang wars.
There’s so much detail in this series.
@@GZilla311 I didn't notice the coins disappearing from the table as the scene evolves, that's a good observation! I do, however, have to point out that some coin does disappear after Finn disappears, some more vanish after Silco is gone and then almost all of it after Renni dies. From all that i must surmise that it wasn't meant to represent Silco's departure, or rather, not his departure especially.
It's mostly the piles that are in front of each baron that vanish as they vanish, until it all descends into chaos and gang wars and almost all of it is gone.
The other chembarons take notice when Finn disappears, but don't move - he's ultimately unimportant
They sit up and take notice when Silco disappears, and almost immediately at that, but don't decend into chaos - he's important, but they're still holding things together.
When Renni disappears, they all decend into chaos. They're panicking, trying to claim territory so they're not the ones to disappear next
@@CinderXiaoLong they don't move when Finn disappears, but they do look up when his money does!
Noice catch
1:52 "pretty little lamb dont come down here" as isha is falling down is crazy work
and then “you’re gone sucker” as she falls on jinx
This scene just WOW.
for the best of 2024
The flash of Jinx's Eyes in 2:02 shows she was actually about to kill Isha
Nah, it’s actually LOL.
WOW is something else.
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I love that moment of realization as her hood falls where they hesitate like they are about to explain themselves and she doesn't even give them the chance.
I love that when Isha falls on Jinx at 2:07, Jinx's eyes light up pink, indicating battle mode. Then she realizes it's a harmless kid and the pink light in her eyes goes out. Then Jinx sees that the kid is scared and being hunted by these goons and she immediately pulls back her hood to show who they are dealing with. And while they are frozen in shock, she takes advantage of the moment and shoots. A cool scene where Jinx immediately decides to protect a weak kid, despite her unstable mental state and depression after Silko's death. She was always kind... somewhere deep inside))
Ekko realized that, after spending time in the alternate universe, Jinx and Powder are the same. Jinx is very traumatized and mentally ill, but deep down she's still the same Powder as the one where things went less wrong.
Ekko also saw this in Jinx's eyes when she thought he was going to kill her.
I am prone to anxiety and depressive episodes and my job in childcare is something that really keeps me from spiraling further. Aside from the routine it provides, being present for people who need it prevents me from getting in my head too much. So I completely understood Jinx’s relationship with isha and
Why after losing Isha she quickly declined again.
I think before this, she was in a neutral/lost mindset, wandering the street and anything could have led her to go either in evil or good path. Luckily Isha happened.
veryyy deep inside though
Took me stupidly long to realize this song is about Silco more than Jinx.
“No red rose on your grave” - not only does Silco not have a funeral, but the circumstances of his death are a mystery to everyone in Zaun
“One by one, all these bloodhounds keep coming”
The chem barons and gangs. Newcomers seeking to do to him what he did to Vander, but have no vision for the future or care for Zaun - just seeking their personal gain & survival
“Sleep in the casket you made”
Silco was the only one who could control the undercity, but his rule was enforced almost purely through fear and violence and so he could not break or escape the cycle of suffering. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
“But you’re mad if you though I’d let you go”
Silco’s ghost still haunts Jinx’s life. He moulded her into something she hates and she knows that she will never truly be free of his influence or of her complicated feelings towards him.
“Get the fuck out of my head”
In the chorus it’s clearly Jinx. When she is experiencing visual or auditory hallucinations she often yells at them quite literally to go away/get out of her mind.
“I don’t want to see you, I hate this life”
Silco has now joined the other ghosts haunting her mind, another death she logically knows wasn’t her fault but deep down is tormented by guilt and remorse and convinced she is a fundamentally bad/broken person. She doesn’t want to see him or hear his voice again but her brain won’t let the trauma heal.
“Get your fingers out of my hair”
You were the only person I felt sure loved me, and now you died and left me utterly alone in a world that hates and is trying to kill me.
“Good luck killing me cuz I’m already dead inside”
Powder didn’t care about politics, money, fame, etc. The only thing that she ever wanted and that drove *all* of her actions (even when morally wrong) was an absolutely crippling, desperate need for a parental figure to provide her with the attention, approval, and love she needs to manage the constant mental anguish and stress of untreated PTSD and schizoaffective disorder.
“I thought you could love me like before. Even though I’m…different”
Powder died and became Jinx when her unconscious love for Vi ended up being stronger than her conscious love and attachment to Silco. Vi, despite having good intentions, forced Powder to kill the only person who still had unconditional love for her.
“But you changed too”
She chose Vi but then realizes that Vi would not have chosen her - that her love for Powder is *extremely* conditional and that Vi would have made the opposite choice and killed Powder if necessary to save Caitlin.
It’s amazing to me how much influence Silco and Vander continue to have on the characters and events in S2 despite their deaths. People talk about the conflict with the undercity being underwhelming forgetting that it is not a country or even independent city, it is a loose confederation of organized crime, dirty industry, and upper city corruption that only two people (Vander and Silco) were ever able to keep them from fighting each other in a bloody civil gang war.
Silco flat out says the undercity has no chance in a full-scale war with Piltover even with him in command and Singed pushing the uses and power of shimmer to its maximum. With him gone there is no unity and the undercity turns on itself.
“Dirty little animals, you cannibals eat your supper. One by one, all these vultures keep coming”
Just like the undercity only got worse after Silco toppled Vander, it has become even more of a wartorn, polluted hellscape with him gone. He has left a void in both Zaun and Jinx’s psyche so deep that everything stable has crumbled.
You deserve much more likes for this analysis, that’s perfect description.
One of my favourite songs from the track, nice breakdown
For sure! Though I always interpreted the third stanza to be very blatantly about the chem barons, and foreshadowing about Isha’s fate.(spoilers below)
“Dirty little animals
You cannibals, eat your supper
One by one, all these vultures keep coming”
While the screen shows the turf wars going on it is very much arcane’s level of on the nose 😂
“Pretty little lamb, don't come down here
You're gone, sucker”
As isha first meets her, to me it implies Jinx feels she is/will be the reason Isha died, since “Whether I’m pulling the trigger, or not, everyone who gets close to me dies.” Is a sentiment she expresses.
“But you're mad if you thought I'd let you go”
The third line is cut off in the show’s version of the song, but to me it reads like how much of an impact isha and her death had on Jinx
I would rather say that singer is jinx and 'sucker' is silco
@@orionsarrow1025 I agree with your analysis pretty much 100%. I had really only watched the intro scene maybe 5 times when I wrote my comment. Now that I’ve watched it like 25 times, I do see that I made a couple mistakes.
1. I’m pretty certain that actually the entire song is from Jinx’s point of view
2. The first two stanzas aren’t about Silco per se - more precisely, they are about Jinx’s reflections on their toxic father-daughter relationship and realizing that her terrorism against Piltover (which she actually feels guilty about to the point of suicide at times) only made everything even worse.
Oh yeah, and now she’s public enemy #1 to both the police and the chem barons and their gangs, having to skulk around alleys and live underground, knowing that it’s only a matter of time before you are hunted down and killed like an animal.
3. I’d agree that the final stanza is about Jinx’s contempt for the chem barons/people trying to seize Silco’s throne and her contempt for them. The undercity got even worse under them far more quickly than it got worse under Silco after Vander died, and she’s just done with it all.
4. I didn’t touch on pretty lamb, but I think it’s pretty obviously foreshadowing Isha, the person who will completely unexpectedly rescue Jinx from her living hell.
In a future analysis I would *really* like to compare the first meeting between Powder & Silco with the first meeting of Isha & Jinx because there are some fascinating parallels but also differences.
Thanks for reading and engaging! I did this kinda on the fly which is why I missed and/or got some things wrong. Plan to be more thorough in the future
Best song in arcane,represent Silco perfectly
represents jinx too
@@mandullaistalynwinfrey5443And introduces Isha
Nah it ain’t the best
@@tomwhite7022 Opinions are subjective for a reason
@@V1ctorTrophies useless comment
Even now, the series remains something breathtaking and so memorable.
"Even now?" It's been over for 4 days.
it has indeed stood the test of time
@@andrew_rose I was single and childless when Arcane was released, now i have shown it to my grandchildren!
yeah bro, after all this time and now its a cult classic
Silco is the best character in the show. He sacrificed everything for Zaun and lost everything along the way. Then, when he finally achieved his goals, he threw it all away rather than handing over Jinx. This is a badass storyline!
Its why he poured one out to vander at the end of season 1. Just like vander could have let vi go and the lanes would have been fine. Relatively speaking. But it was his daughter. He took her in. And in the final moment he chose vi over himself. Silco found himself right there. Jace gave him everything he wanted. But hed have to lose the one thing he cared about most. His daughter. Jace didnt even haggle...
Ladies nem gentleman:
Father of the year
What a shitty year
I cannot get enough of the opening sequence. From the way the Chem-Barons sit all smug and decadent, only perking up when Finn disappears, to their full-on shock when Silco goes, to the panic when Renni gets picked off as they realize that it's about to be a power struggle. Then, we get a few seconds to breathe as each of the three survivors gets a still showcasing what they're all about, and when we cut back... They're fighting over scraps on the ground like feral dogs, their earlier confidence and dignity under Silco nowhere to be found. Just excellent visual storytelling.
I love Savieka’s loyalty, you can see she only looks somewhat at the table when Silco’s there, the not when he’s gone. 😢❤
- thank u for the likes ❤ most i’ve even gotten 😅
Now compare the table to being the representative symbol for Zaun.... and it becomes an even more powerful moment.
I love how he got scared when he saw it's Jinx.
I love this scene because when i see this i imagine myself as isha and feel the comfort of knowing that i am now safe in the hands of the most badass, deadliest person in all of Zaun.
Yeah but... "Everyone around me dies"
😭 how u feeling now lmao
@LemonLoafEucharist Tbf that was isha's decision, pretty sure she (he? Idk) was safe but Isha decided to save jinx
I love this song. I love this scene so much too. And I love that this song is the start to jinx and isha’s relationship. I don’t think I’ll recover from this show
2:22 the shock in their face jinx lifted her hood like WHATS UP? And before you know it..lights out for the goons. T
It's so refreshing to finally be able to hear lyrisc on YT instead of car honk, goose honk or.. whatever else is used every time theres "butt", "darn" or a "butterflies leg" in the lyrics.
*I will miss Silco and his “why do I still bother with these people” look*
☝️stolen comment
i will miss when people didn't use to steal comments
@@DiveToTheFuture the time your are talking about never existed
I've seen this scene dozens of times, badass
3:14 When the lyrics goes too well with visauls, hits so hard :(
Marcus King is the King! 👑
Have you seen his face?
@@johnjackson9459 have you heard his voice and guitar playing?
@@johnjackson9459How sad of a person do you have to be to judge people by their appearance, especially under a video with their song lmao
@@johnjackson9459does his face really matter?
What a badass scene with a badass song!
I also hope nothing goes wrong between Isha and Jinx. Best Duo in the series
SIKE!
Realising Isha’s tone-deaf because she keeps looking at the gun and then Jinx’s mouth to lip read
Question: Why did Isha cover her ears when Jinx fired her gun?
I don't think she's deaf, she has no problem hearing Jinx throughout the whole show, and no it wasn't lips reading, she heard her even when she wasn't looking straight at her face
id say she more mute, she heard Jinx loud and clear . She could not speak though, probably never learned how too, based on who was after her, and what they were finna do to her. One can only speculate the type of life the girls/women have to live in Zaun.
@@hafsaaddou8792 a lot of deaf people are able to hear somewhat. Just at a small range of frequencies
@@djcooper1061 It’s like blindness it’s a spectrum some people can hear high frequency sounds it's not all just mute.
2:01 The sync with her glare and BGM is fucking CHILLS
Hadn’t noticed it first time around watching the show, but I love how Jinx actively pushes Isha’s head down before she shoots, she could have just shot around her but she actively made Isha look down so she wouldn’t see the men die infront of her! Big sister instinct really kicked in fast 💙
It would also be slower to shoot around her. She had three targets after all.. But that also 😂
2:16
The way Jinx's facial expressions softens when a she realised how scared Isha was🥺 must have reminded her of her younger self.🥺
Man Marcus King got big. I remember liking him back in the day because I love blues music haha
2:03 Isha's lucky she's a little kid in a situation beyond her control or Jinx might have just ended her life right there.
I don’t think Jinx cares enough.
@@GZilla311 I do like to think that if it would've been any random dude being clumsy, he would've been dead.
You can see that Jinx's eyes light up when Isha falls on her, but when she sees her, it stops shortly afterwards.
I think Jinx just didn't see her as a threat at all and when she noticed the 3 goons up there, she was more focused on them because they do actually cause trouble.
And I mean, if I was wrong, Isha would've gotten blasted.
@@SashaMasonVRFurthermore, Jinx recognized in Isha, the little sister than she herself was, and relative to Isha, chose to take up the big sister role she believes her own big sister abandoned.
She's basically projecting onto Isha what she wishes Vi was for her.
I have decided the line "get your fingers out of my hair" as proof Silco did or at least helped Jinx with her braids.
He definitely did. Thats why au jinx has different hair
He did. It’s the same as her mom’s (whom he was friends with) 😢
1:17 lmao that cute as bite sound effects haah
Always get the thrills whenever I watch it.
Masterpiece of storytelling in a clip!
"Baby blue"🗣💙
2:03 Jinx's eyes fade from bright to dull as she was about to go ham on Isha but then calmed down.
2:31
Damn the details in this series are insain... You can hear the whistle blow, the sound when Jinx blows the gun, and the wind goes down the gun's barrel 😮😮
Might be the best reintroduction of a character I've ever seen
this song is so jinx coded. i mean "good luck killing me cause i'm already dead" and "get the f- out of my head" perfectly resonates with her inner feelings
its almost as if they wrote music specifically to match the characters..
🥸
@@nothajzlI think they did
@@stripetscarf i know they did, i was just being sarcastic
@@nothajzl well obviously sherlock... you don't have to be sarcastic i can comment whatever i want
@@littletath yes, humans have generally free will. Good for you.
Imagine my face when I turned on the episode and suddenly saw Silco moving
Eyes of Jinx are the most amazing things in the entire show. Dead and empty. To put something like that in the animation, making it look sooo real is hard asf.
Such a sweet child, hope she grows up to be a strong character. :)
Great song, it really shows the rage and emotion.
This is like my overall favorite music video and scene, just that opening is so well done like wtf
Silco will remain a king in my heart as he was a great father to Jinx 0:20
Great father no did he love her yes
@@Scaryanimall Yeah, a surprising amount of people seem to not see the difference between those two things.
He kept drugging her, she had hallucinations because of that.
@@payre77 there is absolutely nothing even mildly suggesting that, + she still hallucinates even after he died.
@@pewienczlowiekag3111 there is actually
1:53 “pretty little lamb don’t come down here”when isha is going to fall down on jinx “Your gone sucker” as she fell down to jinx means that she’s gonna be in danger. And every time isha’s hat falls off means that she’s gonna be in danger and as we can see when she fell down on jinx her hat comes off. and when isha was following jinx we can see that her hat fell off.
Let’s be serious how is a soundtrack for a Netflix series soundtrack out playing your favorite artist???? Arcane is both show of the year and album of the year in my eyes
no way marcus made a song for arcane series haha awesome
This scene is TOO GOOD, Ive turned back like 12 times to get the details 😍. Already miss the feeling of watching this Masterpiece
I love this sequence so much.
I think this is my favorite scene in all of cinema.
0:04 When I entered the classroom first
I love my girl and her quick draws ! She was a shotter fr ima miss this show
One of the best scenes in Arcane.
2:21 has to be one of my favorites moments of the show, the look in the jinxs eyes when she takes off the hood
10/10 episode no doubt
This song is on 2nd place for me after Wasteland in s2
Absolute cinema 🙌
Top 3 song of this season. Great production, awesome lyrics, outstanding singing. My favorite along with "Ma Meilleure Ennemie" and "Isha's Song"
So amazing.
Theres just something compelling about a dude who was a genuine academic with actual theory crafting and purpose behind what he was doing besides "gettin money gettin paid" and more free freedom from an oppressive government that literally turned into a crimelord just to gain the power to make it happen.
I swear Arcane is ;like 10 different full blown shows made into one singular plot because we as a collective don't have time to watch each work of art in our lifetime.
I hope more stories hit on this character trope because it's a good one.
0:22 Slaanesh, Nurgle and Tzeentch fighting
Canon
Meanwhile khorne : *join sanguinus*
Riot absolutely nailed everything in this scene 🤯
When you know that Isha is deaf you realize that the "cursed" part of Jinx little speech goes right above her head. No wonder that she thinks Jinx is a hero, she probably missed 75% of the stuff Jinx was saying XD
Deaf? I thought she was just mute
per one of the writers, she's neither deaf nor mute; she's nonverbal, which is to say that she doesn't talk but can. She's likely to be autistic, given that.
I don't think Isha is deaf
@@Zacurafire I saw jinx using sign language to communicate in one scene, so isha had some issue
@@kayleigha4132yeah we’ve seen Isha say “ boo” and the “ pew “ gestures a few times so she’s definitely not mute. Nonverbal makes more sense
One of the best song.
What made it for me is the face, when you realize you just met the most dangerous and unfathomable person in the whole Piltover and Undercity.
It's really amazing to understand lyrics. In one of the songs, it says, 'What we have done.' In another song, it says, 'What they have done to us..' 💔Good little details 💔
Good Luck Killing me
cause I'm already
Already
Dead inside.
Is such a powerful quote to have while jinx is lurking away
Isha&Jinx is one of the best duo all time ❤❤❤
God, the designs of the Chembarons and their goons are so fucking cool, especially Chross's men, I wish we got to see more of them in the series
Agreed but Margot’s goons look very silly with these weird headpieces xD
@babe3974 Chross's and Smeech's goons have enough raw style to compensate 🤣
Zaun has the best soundtracks
i never played the game nor will i ever! but the world need more of this series :)
This scene is probably the climax of this show's Dishonored inspiration, and I love it
I love Jinx's facial expressions. They are simply brilliant in every way. I haven't found any comparison with other characters that have the same level of emotional expression compared to Jinx.
This is absolute cinema
In the first season I hated Silco, in the second season I miss him
We need the full soundtrack pls
It is already on spotify.
It's already out on Spotify, and on YT too, with visualizers
I just noticed here 1:53 the line "pretty little lamb don't come down here" followed by a frame of Isha 💀💀💀
(The lamb = Kindred = Death)
Jinx saves Isha here, but in the end Isha is Jinx's saviour.
Isha was lucky shes a kid because if she was slightly older Jinx would made her suffer for just looking at her
Btw I absolutely love this song so much that Ive already got it on my playlist and I can't stop listening to it, it just truly captivates Silco's character eith how much he kept things together and Jinx's current mental state so incredibly well.
Kid's got good instinct. How to protect yourself from mob bosses who want to harm you or worse? By sticking with the one person who can scare them even worse.
The foreshadowing was insane
I will never forgive you netflix for not making the episodes of this series longer at the very least. They needed at least 3 episodes more for the second season not to feel rushed. Looking forward to the day y'all go bankrupt and another streaming platform that doesn't cancel 8 out of 10 shows takes over. And I hope animators find something better because y'all don't deserve them.
Война банд зауна, их ликвидация ударной группой Кейтлин, "Диктатор Кейтлин" и что рассказал Джинкс Экко
Vander, Victor, and Silco all tried to save the people of Zaun in completely different ways -
Vander with community and diplomacy
Victor with science and engineering
Silco with strategy and power
But individually, they all failed.
In an alternate timeline, we get to see what happens when we know Vander and Silco worked together.
Oh my god, I just realized that when she says "Whenever you need to curse a sibling..." Isha is lip reading and Jinx isn't making it easy, especially since she turns away halfway through the sentence.
Isha might have just read her lips to say "If you ever need a sibling" followed by Jinx pointing at a wanted poster of herself and walking away.
Isha thought Jinx openly offered her to be her new sibling and neither of them questioned it!
Nah, you're reaching too far, man lol 😂
There was never any indication that Isha is deaf, only mute.
@@eran5005There's no official conformation but multiple people have pointed out that she doesnt react or respond to sounds as sharply as a heading person would. To me it just seems way more plausible that Isha is deaf rather than mute, she's simply nonverbal due to no one teaching her how to speak or her not learning it herself. She's able to make noises however.
@ she covers her ears when Jinx shoots, right here in the music video, that’s a response to sound, I’d say?
I also recall Jinx calling for her in their hideout when she was looking for her (while Isha was on the way to Stillwater), why would she do that if she knew Isha can’t hear her?
I’m sure I can find more, but that will require getting back to comb through the episodes.
@eran5005 To be exact, Isha is theorized to have Frequency Deafness. She doesn't have total hearing loss, but she has a significant degree.
1:22 that girl is controlled by babidi :d
Best
When he says “Did I dissapoint you?” after the scream.. :D you NEVER dissapoint
This thing is pure C I N E M A
Everything is so perfect in this scene... :3
AWESOME SONG!!!! THE BEST SCENE OF ARCANE.
LOVE !!!!!!!
Best song ❤❤❤
Masterpiece.
This video uploaded by Netflix Anime Channel, they need to pay for this
Does anyone know why those dudes in the masks are taking kids? I feel like this is a plot point that might have been further explored if Arcane was given a third season. I adore this show beyond reason but I definitely see things that could have been explored more. Such as a deeper reaction to the Undercity after Silco's death. I would have also liked to see Ambessa interact with more characters, like Sevika, Jinx or Ekko. I'm kinda bummed we never got to see an undercity vs Ambessa herself fight. I wish the martial law time was explored more too.
We know Isha is an Orphan living in the fissures so we can make some educated guesses. It's possible she stole something (like food or something valuable to exchange for food) from the goons without realizing who she is stealing from. Would fit with the street kid trope at least. Since we were not shown what exactly happened we can infer it wasn't all that important because what was important was to show what we did see: a desperate kid who landed herself in a Situation so dangerous that she'd happily take her chances with Jinx going forward
After Jayce and Vi went to demolish shimmer in the undercity, they freed a lot of children working as slaves. As a result, all this free labour was now "up for grabs" by the other chem barons who'd go around kidnapping the orphaned kids to use as child slave labour for their own operations.
Yeah, Arcane is pretty dark.
There were kids working in the shimmer factories in S1. Entirely possible they were taken for similar purposes
her eyes get brighter when isha falls on her then, goes to normal when she realizes isha is in trouble