Before the first season of Arcane premiered Riot released this interactive visual novel for the Riot x Arcane event. The setting was a hybrid of LoL and Arcane's universe, Piltover literally on top of Zaun, Cait is the Sheriff, but characters like Silco exist. The whole premise for the story is that Jinx stole some hextech and tapped into the Arcane oand opened a rift between worlds.
That's a lot. Personally I enjoyed this more to just see some characters out in the wild. Silco gets to be his charming self to you, the self-insert reader that's trying to find the culprit of the heist, which he knows was his kid.
Here's Jayce hating on Silco for something Jinx did.
This came out before the show did, so it's interesting to see how the game wants us perceive the characters' dynamics before we get further depth from the show. Most of it's related to Jinx because she makes herself the center of controversy.
For characters like Vi, who's already an enforcer that works directly under Sheriff Caitlyn in this world, she's clearly over Jinx's actions and wants to squash any further escalations.
Sevika is just as harsh and plainly sick of Jinx. I do find it interesting that the novel makes it clear tha Sevika believes that Jinx deserves some kind of punishment, though Jinx did endanger them all by ripping realities into eachother.
The only sympathetic voice outside of Silco in this story comes from Viktor, who after finding out Jinx was responsible for the Rift between realities asks you to remember that she's a real person that lived a life just like him. He goes so far as to contemplate another way to solve the situation and avoid a confrontation that may end with terrible consequences. (It's wild because the show then dedicates a whole scene to him defusing one of her bombs).
My favorite part is near the end where Silco tries to stop Jinx from harnessing anymore Arcane energy because it threatens to upend their reality.
I WISH they got to talk like this to eachother in the show, but so much was happening already. Even better Jinx gets the last words in and it justlays out what's ALWAYS been there.
This scene helped me understand that Jinx was always going to fire her rocket at the council, because she and Silco have both always been motivated to by power. They both know what it's like to be perceived as "weak" and they way it destroyed their lives respectively. It's kind of the reverse of what Mel and Ambessa have going on, you've got the diplomatic intrigue parent and the militarily minded daughter who wants to go further and absolutely will when you're not looking. And that's always been the thing with Jinx, if you give her any form of power, either a gun, a grenade, a rocket, or even magic she will take it and she will use it.
Right after this confrontation you have to defeat Jinx with the Power of Friednship or something (it's been a while). But even as put an end to the near calamity Jinx created there's at least one voice before it ends affirming Jinx's personhood.
It's weird honestly, Jinx didn't turn into vapor or anything, the story's pretty vague about what happens as you try to defeat her.
Well the novel's good when it's good anyway.
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The Frankenstein complex
So I was going through the Frankenstein tag (never actually read the book, but I do want to) and it kept me thinking about this character trope I keep seeing and getting draw to... And I want to name it the Frankenstein complex
Requirements? Here are some stuff the characters I know share:
Innocent child shaped into a monster (mostly) by their parental figure/guardian
Goes through a very traumatic experience that forever changes their perception of life
Has a corruption arc or at least becomes an anti-hero, the thing is that they do very questionable stuff
Terrible sense of self-worth, they believe they're unlovable monsters
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I lucked out in getting this one done a bit sooner than I was anticipating. Well, let’s check in with Molly for a bit. Haven’t heard from her (or at least the REAL Molly) since chapter 4.
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Listen, ships are fun and all that, but I am always going to be a #1 Quackity fan first and foremost. I'm glad he called off the wedding. After taking care of Tallulah, Quackity realized he's not cut out for being a father, and when talking to Sophia, I think that further solidified his decision to cancel things because he realized he was doing the wedding for the wrong reasons.
Almost all of Quackity's characters, regardless of the universe, are very lonely people who seem to search for fulfillment through romantic relationships. Maybe this is his first step on the path of self-growth and self-development. I hope he's able to spend more time working on himself and developing his friendships on the Island.
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Ekko and Jinx sharing a workshop in the game is so fucking cute.
It's Firelight Jinx bc what else is new w/ me?🥴
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Jinx and Ekko are in their shared workshop. Her hair was pinned up in a braided bun as they worked on their latest invention.
Ekko is tapping his feet as Jinx is blasting rock on her record player. Meanwhile, Jinx bangs her head, dances in her seat, and lip singing while she works.
Sometimes she'll forgo her work and shoot up out of her chair to thrash around. Even though he was trying not to get distracted, he couldn't restrain the smile from growing when she hugs him from behind.
She cupped his cheek to squish theirs together while she headbangs. Ekko chuckled as he gently pushed her face away with his gloved hand.
She proceeds to grab the back of his chair, starts shaking it, and then spun it around until he was face to face with her ludic grin.
She hop on one foot as she shredded an air guitar. She snatched his wrench and screwdriver from his table to use as drumsticks for her imaginary drums.
Ekko is biting his lower lip to contain his own grin as he watches her in amusement.
She holds his hands and starts pulling on them, swinging his arms around as she bounces to the beat. He guffaws and then eventually gives in to her antics.
They use the wrench as a microphone with rock and roll signs in the air, headbanging, and doing their own 2 person moshpit.
It brings them back to them being kids in their rooms at The Last Drop or Benzo's shop.
Vander or Benzo would have to tell them to turn the music down and then worry about how it'll affect their kid's hearing when they're older.
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WIP Wednesday - Pressure Cooker
Mylo slides Sugar's cup down the bar and it curves satisfyingly. Mylo's little sister perks up and he chuckles to himself. Vi can bite him, he's still got it.
"So, Powdered Sugar," he drawls. "You gonna paint these ratty old walls or what?"
Sugar slurps at her drink as she looks at the walls.
"It has to be good." She says around her straw.
Mylo rests a hand on his head as he looks around at The Last Drop. It might actually be nice to put some color in here, make it look like a restaurant and not the bar it once was. Out of the corner of his eyes, Sugar perks up
"I got an idea." She slurps up her juice and gets out of her seat.
"Uhm, hello?" Mylo waves, "Aren't you forgetting something?"
Sugar pauses, her face twisting in confusion. Mylo waits for her to figure it out. Powder haltingly approaches him before planting a kiss on his forehead and running off.
"No! Pay your tab!" He splutters.
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