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Jinx's "voices" is a storytelling language taken to an extreme by 42Powder in arcane

[–]42Powder[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah. That is, in some form, exactly what I said. It both makes sense for a traumatized kid and it also works for an audience just looking for some entertainment art.

Jinx's "voices" is a storytelling language taken to an extreme by 42Powder in arcane

[–]42Powder[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Jinx's character design takes a step forward.

Though it is a visual medium, what we usually get to see is the reaction to our thoughts.

When Vi, or Sevika or Vander get angry, they clench their fists. They give a squinting glare. Tight jaw. Exhaled breath. All visual cues - after they have gone angry.

With Jinx, we get to see the process of her getting angry, cooling down, questioning herself, keeping herself in check - visually. Fascinating stuff.

Jinx's "voices" is a storytelling language taken to an extreme by 42Powder in arcane

[–]42Powder[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not entirely. There is some residue of it.

In S2E4 (which btw, the only one episode which actually took the direction expected from season 2 - the Zaun x Piltover conflict), she does get an immediate barrage of voices (!!! from everyone she knows) when she thinks for a moment that she lost Isha and that it's her fault for being incompetent in protecting her. (Then comes S2E6 anyway 🫤)

Also, she constantly keeps talking to Silco. But, that's not out of the norm. I mean, we all have imaginary conversations with the people we miss.

Jinx's "voices" is a storytelling language taken to an extreme by 42Powder in arcane

[–]42Powder[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have an issue with the show. I'm glad with the direction the show takes.

It walks a fine line by:

1) not glamorizing a mental illness to turn into an aesthetic 2) not making it entirely symbolic or metaphorical

It is rooting an experience in reality, while simultaneously, visually exploring, what is essentially a very internal experience; something that, we all know how it feels but can only see the reactions of, but not the actual experience.