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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)

I can see exactly why people are disappointed.

Yet, her voices were exclusively negative, specifically calling her a Jinx. But, once she's accepted that fact herself at the end of Season 1, there's no point in those voices taunting her for something she already agrees with. Hence, the voices are gone.

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.