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Jinx And Isha - Blog Posts
But Isha did have something special for Jinx, it was Jinx's inner child, who was just hurt by seeing Vi with the enforcer uniform. Up until that moment Jinx already had come in terms that Vi was not in her side, that she would not put her over Caitlyn (who is an enforcer). But to have to see her as her enemy, and no only that, but the enemy who killed their parents, hurts her, so she does a tantrum very similar to the one Powder did when Vi, Mylo and Claggor left her behind to save Vander in Season 1 Act 1.
Isha has parralels with Powder, mostly in the fact that Isha is a "little devil" and a wildcard that is weak, sly and eager to join the older people around her in what their adventures and try to make herself useful when in reality she is the most vulnerable spot of the gang.
Jinx doesn't have a reason to hurt Isha, so at first she does nothing. She never plans anything with Isha in all act one, Isha just seems to follow her around and Sevika and Jinx just don't bother with her as she didn't get on the way. Before the fight with Vi and Caitlyn none of the women seem to even address her. She is just there, her fault if she gets hurt.
Because they, unlike Silco who saw himself in the little girl who was betrayed and abandoned by her older sister, didn't feel responsible for Isha until act 2, where she was already part of the gang with a time skip that had the girls bond over just being girls. Because after Isha saved her and decided already she would stay by Jinx's side, holding tight into her just like Powder (I'm convinced she was Jinx in that moment, but still) did with Silco, Jinx didn't have a reason to send her away as she planned to waste away anyway. She was already partially suicidal, no purpose in her life, but ended havibg fun with what resulted in her own Powder, who unlike with Silco, she doesn't view as herself, bit it's her inner child, who she had a chance to fix and heal. Silco got attatched to her daughter in a blink of an eye because he saw himself on her, we can infer Jinx got attatched to Isha slowly as a result of time together given by a "why not".
And Jinx was never a monster like Silco was, every kid SHE orphaned (not Silco) was an enemie's children. Caitlyn (who was probably THE person Vi was refering to to be able to say Jinx orphaned children, as Vi didn't really care about all the enforces Jinx killed so she had to go for the hypothetic children to condem her instead), Marcus' daughter, and any child of any enforcer and councilor that died because of her doing. She orphans Piltover's children, and the child she gassed's as of Piltover as well, and he wasn't targeted in particular, he just had the luck to be there when Jinx and Sevika set the paint bombs (event that I remind you, the Undercity children were cheering on). Isha is from the Undercity, so she gets a benefit of a doubt of being left to be as long as she doesn't get in the way children of Piltover would never, because they are from and with the enemy.
Jinx is not meant to be a morally good character, but she is not Silco's worst. Isha was different BECAUSE Jinx got attatched to her and reminded her of Powder, but besides that, as a Zaunite kid that didn't get in the way, she was already different to any kid Jinx hurt directly and indirectly.
Isha from the start rubbed me the wrong way but I ignored it.
I think they reason why I ignored it was that many times before s2 came out it did occur to me that Jinx would likely bond the easiest with kids. That since she’s so childish in a lot of ways it would be easier for her to interact and find common ground with a kid, it would be the first time in her life that the familial power dynamic would be reversed, it’d be interesting to see her in an irresponsible but fun big sis role. And initially it seems that that’s what they were doing with Isha so I wanted to give her a chance.
In retrospect I think the reason why it felt off to me from the start is that what they did in ep 2, which introduces Isha and reintroduces us to Jinx, was they gave us a metaphorical scene portraying Jinx’s grief, then we see her walking to music for a minute and immediately after that Isha falls into her lap. We saw nothing of Isha whatsoever before that moment and we never learn anything about her past, she was never a character. The story’s visuals create parallels between this meeting and Silco and Powder's meeting, and like many parallels in s2 it falls flat cos the parallel just highlights how those two are not the same at all.
In s1a1 we spend 3 eps with Silco and Powder individually, with it never occurring to us and the story never hinting at these characters ever coming together. After all this time of establishing what each character has going for them, what makes them tick, and with some visual hints sprinkled in ep 3 we get to their first meeting and even tho you’d never anticipate it the characters immediately click and you GET IT. The characters’ pains and emotions and connections and goals that we’ve explored for 3 eps slot with each other perfectly. What happened when Isha met Jinx for the first time? she fell into her lap. ok.
Like at this point in their lives Silco and Jinx were monsters, and with Silco you need to give me a good reason why this kid was special and he didn’t stab her, and in the same way you need to explain what’s so special about Isha that differentiates her from all the other kids that Jinx apparently orphaned or that one piltover kid (and more) that she gassed.
Thinking about how the arcane artists and designers made sure isha had big eyes to make us see her more innocent and childlike (and make her death hurt even more.) They do this with the other children in the main cast, but with Isha they make sure to push it further, her eyes were bigger, full of wonder joy and innocence, just to make her have a stronger impact as a character
They do this same thing to powder to an extent, they don’t push it as far with her character but they do it, this plays in to how jinx and powder’s character models change, one of the main differences is her eyes because eyes are so key when it comes to character design and shape language and how we perceive each character
Character design save me save me character design…
Uploading some old art over these next few days. I think I did this one the day before part 3 of Arcane released. People raving about the art in Arcane back in 2021 is actually what got me into League of Legends lore, even tho I didn’t watch the show till 2024. I owe a fair bit to it-100k+ words of fanfic I’ve written for starters.
Haven’t a clue which AU this is in, but it exists, because I adore these characters and think they should be allowed to get along sometimes.
auntie!sevika who gets jinx and isha that fuckass art supplies kit for their birthday please do y'all know what i'm talking about
this is how s2 ended right? and then they kiss on an airship and ride away into the sunset??? right???
family beach day for timebomb week day 3!!
I hated that ending bro wtf just happened?? Wdym they were supposed to meet in every single universe...? That they were destined to be?? Wdym that jinx and vi cant have a happy ending but the doctor can?? Wdym that that was their first and last kiss with each other???☹️☹️
I can’t draw rn but I need to say this. Consider Cupid Isha to go with lovestruck timebomb( lmao sorry to people who followed me for different fandoms y’all probs won’t understand what I’m yapping about)
More Ekko and Isha please. I would like, more dad Ekko and mama Jinx please uhm.
🤠 please
Ok
black brother's variants
plusss
jegulus
HARK!!! I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT the idiotic statement of “isha was a plot device who only served to prove jinx’s humanity and empathy”
People love to say that isha turned into jinx. people love to say that she had no personality of her own. BUT. Isha didn’t “turn into jinx” any more than jinx “turned into isha.” Everything from her little fake jinx tattoos to her naivete and her desperation to “help” Isha is another side to jinx’s coin. They MATCH. Isha dressing like jinx and acting like jinx isnt her “becoming” jinx, its her MATCHING with jinx. Without her, jinx as a character, at least without silco, is just a symbol. Shes a husk. With isha, they are two irreplaceable sides of a coin and fit so perfectly, that match with one another. They cannot exist without eachother. We see this with jinx and her clear self destructive tendencies in the beginning of s2. and we see it again when IMMEDIATELY after ishas death jinx LITERALLY TRIES TO KILL HERSELF. because without isha there is no jinx and the show literally proves that to us time and time again. and it didnt “have” to be isha. jinx just needed something to make her whole and isha happened to stumble across at the perfect time in the perfect place.
all this to say, Isha didn’t slowly take parts of jinx’s personality. Jinx GAVE isha parts of herself. she gave her the drive and the will and the desperation to help people and save zaun and be a symbol. And in turn Isha gave Jinx her innocence and her love back. They are soul bound in almost the same way as jayce and viktor. which is why when she dies, Jinx quite literally is the not the same. she gets rid of her BRAIDS for christs sake, the one biggest symbol of who she is. she dyes her hair, the bright blue hair that everyone associated with jinx the symbol. she gets rid of everything that once connected her to jinx because jinx is no more. without isha there is no jinx. not in the way there once was.
anyway im done yapping i just HATE when people act like isha didnt have personality or character of her own i love isha so much isha for president chat
They're planning something devious (they're going to prank Sevika)
Was inspired by @nerdasaurus1200 to draw Jinx and Isha in the copycat spiderman meme lol
i love them
Isha’s Song
I remember the first time I heard about Arcane. It was through the song 孤勇者, and I loved the song, especially the lyrics, but I didn’t understand the connection to Arcane. My friend got me to watch Arcane these past two weeks, and I am so glad. Isha’s character made me cry, and her relationship with Jinx was so perfectly encapsulated in 这样很好. I love being able to connect with both my languages, Chinese and English, and this song expresses some of the ways(?) other languages can convey stuff English can’t. I’m rambling a bit, but I just want to appreciate this song and give it more love!
Thank you all the Arcane makers (sound, animation, story, everyone!) and Eason Chan (he sang both 孤勇者 and 这样很好）for producing such a beautiful scene.
我非常的爱这故事，故事真么重要，但有时候我们忘故事从真事启发了。我的梦就是孩子能像孩子，不要有悲伤，或有人帮他们。
someone needs to chain me to the wall.
you were a full time job I thought I'd never miss
you were a full time job I thought I'd never miss
ARCANE CHRISTMAS HCS
- When Powder was younger she would be the first one awake and then go wake everyone up to open presents at like 6 AM
- “Vi wake up! Wake up! It’s Christmas! We have to go open presents now”
- Vander would make all of the kids wait while he makes his daily coffee. All of the kids would be sitting in a circle around the tree filled with handmade ornaments from over the years.
- After everything happened Jinx forces Silco and Sevika to celebrate but over the years the slowly stop celebrating as a family.
-Jinx would celebrate by herself every year with a small tree she would make out of scrap metal until she meets Isha then she would go all out for the holidays again.
- for Isha’s first Christmas with Jinx, she tripled the size of her little scrap metal tree and had made decorations with Isha.
- She gifts Isha tools and other more coloring things so she can help Jinx at her workbench
- Isha gifts Jinx a little paper doll or drawing and jinx absolutely loves it. She would hang it up in a special place and never put it down.
- once the family gets back together Vi, is awkward and doesn’t really know how to act since she hasn’t celebrated since she was young but she would bring food as presents.
- Vi would be the sibling that blasts Christmas music the entire day.
- If Jinx and Cait can ever be in the same room without killing each other, I could see them being the two that argue over decorations and food.
- Cait always grew up with Christmas being a fancy holiday, all white decor that she wasn’t allowed to touch and itchy dresses.
- Her life completely changed when she saw how fun it was to celebrate when she was with Vi, Jinx, and Isha.
- Isha would learn to LOVE Santa and his elves. She would make the most detailed list for him, mostly non materialistic items like for her and jinx to be family and all that jazz.
- the elf on the shelf would terrify Isha to the point that jinx blew it up to show that she would protect Isha.
- Jinx would reassure Isha that it was okay by telling her that it was a bad elf and good elves should never be scary so blowing him up won’t affect if she gets presents or not.
ITS CHRISTMAS EVE AND I HAVE SO MANY MORE OF THESE SAVED UP FOR TOMORROW!
Thinking about barrel racer Vi and English speed jumper Caitlyn.
- Just imagine Vi as a pro rodeo racer who was on a sad losing streak, with a bunch of shit times going to an English show
- While watching the speed jumping class she notices Caitlyn just flying through the jumps perfectly on this huge thoroughbred mare, probably a OTTB. Vi is obsessed and cannot take her eyes off of Caitlyn until she leaves the show ring.
- After the show Vi goes to track down Caitlyn to talk to her about her riding. They get to talking and become best friends before they fall in love.
OR
- Speed jumper Caitlyn goes to her first Rodeo curious about western disciplines, she would look completely out of place among all of the cowgirls and boys.
- While watching the barrel races she sees Vi and is just starstruck at seeing this muscular woman in an black show jacket with pink embroidery with a matching hat just dominating everyone so far.
- while in the ring Vi catches Caitlyn’s eye and winks. This causes Caitlyn to absolutely melt and go to find Vi as soon as she leaves the ring.
- “What’s a sweet thing like you doing here” -Vi.
- They become besties and Vi teaches Caitlyn how to barrel race as they fall in love on a ranch.
ALSO
-Jinx would totally love those over the top trail courses and be absolutely amazing at them. She would be coming home grand champ everytime
- She would also put Isha into mutton racing just because she thinks it would be cute to watch.
“JINX AND ISHA ARE ON THE AIRBOAT HEADED TO DEMACIA” I scream as they drag me back to my room in the ward
Just finished episode 6 of Arcane season two THINGS WERE GOING SO GOOD
I AM SOBBING, DYING, I CANT
GENERALLY THE FIRST PEICE OF MEDIA IN YEARS TO MAKE ME CRY THIS HARD
WHY DIDNT ANYONE WARN ME
No joke... my Arcane fanfics have been going so well! Is it because of the new season? I might started writing reader x Isha! (Platonic! I swear, I ain't no pedo type shit) but I'm not exactly sure for the prompt so if any of you have an idea, don't be shy to tell me in my inbox!!
still healing from arcane..