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Second work in my Arcane series of characters and their dogs) This time we went on a morning grocery with Jayce and his Boxer. Hope you gonna like it

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Doechii's fit at the Schiaparelli Show 2025 was made for Mel Medarda 🔥

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was supposed to post this before feb ended oops lol

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lapdog

(available as a print here !!)

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SQUISH!

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Jayce never stopped being suicidal, yall know that, right?

He just gained more investments in life. His dream coming to fruition, gaining friends, starting a relationship,,,

His will to live is still fully reliant on these external factors. He doesn’t have one of his own. It’s why he’s so easily molded into “the defender of tomorrow,” because he’s willing to die if that’s what’s best for the people he cares about. His own continued existence isn’t that important to him.

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You know, I really disagree with the prevalent notion in the fandom that one of Vi's flaws is that "she doesn't accept Jinx for who she is" or that "she wants Jinx to be Powder". I also don't think that they reconciled because "Vi finally accepted Jinx for who she is".

The very first time Vi and Jinx reunite, one of the first things Vi says to Jinx, after Jinx says that she changed, is to tell Jinx "It's ok. You did what you had to do to survive. Me too". To me, this clearly seems to indicate that she is willing to accept that her sister has changed. She is willing to accept that has sister has done bad things, that has sister has imperfections. And later, after Vi learns all that her sister has been doing for Silco, and after everything Jinx does in season 1, Vi is still willing to accept her! She is still willing to turn the page and build a life with Jinx, even offers to run away with her during the tea party scene.

But I think there's a limit to how much you can "accept people for who they are". Vi can't accept Jinx as a person who not only was spreading shimmer, kidnapping and killing people and making terrorist attacks, but was also unwilling to change. This isn't because Vi doesn't accept that Powder has changed, it's because Vi is a decent human being with a sense of morality that can't really accept the stuff her sister is doing. Vi is entirely in the right not to accept that. She is right to reject her sister in this situation. And after Jinx turns down Vi's offer to leave and start over, and commits yet another terrorist attack, Vi really has no other choice but to reject her. (And even though Vi rejected her sister from this moment on, Vi never really stopped loving her)

When Jinx and Vi start to reconcile, it isn't because Vi has "finally accepted Jinx for who she is". It's because Jinx is the one who has changed into a person that Vi can accept. Because Vi sees Jinx showing empathy towards someone, because Jinx is no longer killing like she was before. And you can see this in the scene Vi argues with Caitlyn. She doesn't tell Caitlyn to give Jinx a chance because she finally accepted her sister exactly as she was, she tells Caitlyn to give Jinx a chance by arguing "Cait, she's changed". So clearly, Vi never accepted Jinx as she was in season 1. Vi only accepted Jinx because Jinx is the one that changed into someone Vi could accept, it was not Vi that accepted Jinx exactly as she was before.

I also know some people might argue that Vi didn't accept Jinx for who she was because 1) Vi initially refused to call her Jinx, or 2) because Vi says things like "Powder is gone" and "My sister is gone, all that's left is Jinx". But I think that interpretation is really unfair, because:

1) the reason Vi doesn't call her Jinx initially is because this used to be the biggest insult that her sister used to hate, and it's also the word that Vi spent 7 years feeling guilty for saying to her sister. Of course she's not going to instantly call her sister that. Of course she's going to take some time to adjust. This has nothing to do with not accepting that her sister has changed or wanting Powder back exactly as she was before.

2) Vi saying things like "Powder is gone" and "My sister is gone, all that's left is Jinx" isn't about Vi actually believing that Powder and Jinx are different people or about Vi wanting her to be exactly as she was when she was Powder. Vi saying these things is the equivalent of Powder saying "she is not my sister anymore" at the end of Act 1 of Season 1. Powder is not saying this because she actually believes that Vi is no longer her sister, she is saying that as a rejection of her sisterhood because she felt hurt and abandoned by Vi. Vi saying "Powder is gone" and "My sister is gone, all that's left is Jinx" is the same thing: Vi is rejecting her sisterhood, she is rejecting Jinx, and she has all the right to do so, because Jinx has indeed crossed all the lines, and Vi will only accept her back as her sister if her sister changes into someone that she can accept (which is exactly what ends up happening in the end).

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"How could Vi not notice her sister is suicidal?!"

I feel like people who ask this question have a fundamentally immature understanding of depression and suicidal thoughts/actions, and how the two affect people OUTSIDE of the person suffering from these conditions. Perhaps you guys are young, and you don't know how to view this matter outside of yourselves and your own perception, but it is tragically common for people to miss seemingly "obvious" details that lead up to a loved one's suicide. "I didn't notice anything was wrong" is about one of the most common refrains you'll hear after the fact.

Let’s also remember that Vi does not actually know all of Jinx's emotional tells or signs of an impending episode. She is confused each and every time Jinx goes through one and almost always unintentionally triggers her. This because it's been SEVEN FUCKING YEARS since they've seen, spoken to, or lived together.

Neither Jinx or Vi actually know the current versions of each other very well, it's one of the reasons they keep hurting each other, and part of the tragedy of their relationship.

Look, I have depression. I've had it since I was about 15 or so. I can recall self-isolating or worse and assuming my parents or friends or a teacher would notice and rush to my aid or something.

Never happened. Because depression isn't always a very obvious condition. People mask in different ways, and not always with the conscious intention to hide their symptoms. Sometimes, people with depression mask simply because it makes it slightly easier to get through the day. Jinx's case would likely be even more difficult to spot because of the manic side of her condition.

I ended up getting the bulk of my care taken care of as an adult. Mostly because I could finally advocate for myself and I also realized that NO ONE is going to notice the more alarming symptoms of my own depression better than me.

This is not to say that you can't have a support network. Or that members of that support network WON'T spot something you've overlooked from time-to-time.

But Vi is not Jinx's support network. (Arguably Sevika is far better placed for that.) She might have gotten there eventually if Act 2 hadn't ended the way that it had, but that dream of the sisters being able to recreate their lost family was shattered and the progress they were making in getting to know each other halted at Jinx's realization that she needed to leave for Vi to move on.

I don't know, it's like some of you expect everyone in your lives or in other, unrelated media to have a 13 Reasons Why style reaction any time someone shows symptoms of suicidal thoughts or actions, or when one occurs. This is almost an absurd thing to expect out of anyone unfamiliar with what depression or suicidal thoughts actually look like. Like, if you're American, this idea that everyone everywhere is familiar with what a mental health crisis looks like is even more tragically farcical because we can't even admit that poor mental health is an aspect of mass shootings here as a society and culture.

And y'all expect the ex-con stuffed into a box since the age of 15 or so to be able to just instantly spot that her sister--again whose symptoms she's very obviously not familiar with--is going through a crisis event?

Like, damn, no one in this fandom is cut more slack than Jinx, and this entire criticism of Vi makes that more clear than any other. It's a position ironically devoid of any and all empathy, probably because y'all spent it all on Jinx, and assumes a sort of selfishness and coldness towards Vi that is in no way, shape, or form supported by canon.

It's honestly an argument that I dismiss entirely the moment a person attempts to make it. Largely because I am exhausted of how hypocritical this aspect of the famdom becomes towards Vi. Jinx's actions are a large part of the reason Vi sinks into alcoholism. She then proceeds to taunt Vi about it in the mines as if Vi's pain is nothing to her.

I NEVER hear anyone talk about that. It's almost always about how Vi should have done better. How Vi hurt Jinx. How Vi wasn't good enough.

It's some Grade A, Bonafide Bullshit™

Vi and Jinx were never going to ride off into the sunset together. If that is something you thought was going to happen and are now irrationally blaming Vi for because you're disappointed....? I don't know what to tell you. I personally thought it was pretty obvious that they were Doomed Siblings in this storyline and any potential, permanent reconciliation between them may happen in some far off sequel project or not at all.

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Mel ✨

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You ever just see a take so bad you need to put down your phone? I can’t even find the post anymore because I genuinely had to close the app for a few hours

Someone on this webbed site made an ‘analysis’ post where they said, with their full chest, that the reason Jayce is a good character that the audience can sympathize with is because his season 2 arc and time in the ravine was punishment for his crimes. The ravine was because he killed the chem barons child. The ravine was him atoning for his sins. Because that’s why he was in the ravine, totally. And that’s why unlike him Caitlyn is “bad” because she didn’t get “punished” for her actions like Jayce did so “how could riot expect her merch to sell”

And I just- what. What??? The obsession with punishment and moral justice in this fandom is out of hand because how did you let it rot your brain so deeply for THAT to be your takeaway from Jayce’s arc in s2?????

The ravine had nothing to do with his wrong doings! Arcane is so consistent and direct with its laws of cause and effect, EVERY action in this story has a reaction. You want to talk about him killing that child? The consequence of that was the chem barron’s attack on the memorial!! Where he got chainsawed and the entire situation in Piltover was radicalized further in the direction of war and harm towards common people! The exact thing he and Vi wanted to get around in the first place, which caused said child’s death!! That was the consequence!!

The ravine had more to do with his personal relationship regarding Viktor & the act of transforming him into his role as “defender of tomorrow” than it did literally anything else

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Caitlyn is such a repressed emo, and that combined with Jayce basically being her older brother? She tried to give herself an eyebrow slit when she was 14, you can’t tell me otherwise

Keyword "tried" - she absolutely botched it. Shaved half her eyebrow off.

Blamed Jayce for it because “he's the one with the slit eyebrow to begin with” and gave her the idea. (His defense is that 1- he didn’t know she was planning that 2- he doesn’t have a slit eyebrow he has a scar which is different, Cait. 3- why is it his fault she chose to copy him)

The issue was solved with creative application of blue eyeliner and a new haircut. Bangs obscured the problem area. She liked them enough to keep the style even once she had both eyebrows back

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Every time Jayce is distressed or cries on screen his breathing becomes SO pronounced, much more than any other character in similar situations

Almost like he knows breathing excercies and is simply bad at them, his breaths are too fast

I bet cold hard cash that his mom taught him that in the years after the blizzard. Jayce would’ve been full of anxiety, we know this because he’s still full of anxiety as an adult. I think Ximena sat that kid down n showed him how he should breathe to avoid panicking, so that he’d be able to stay composed long enough to go find her for help if needed

He doesn’t have to anymore, his pacing is trash anyway, but at this point it’s just habit. If he gets stressed then he subconsciously defaults to deep breaths.

It’s what his mom told him to do.

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I truly believe a large reason why some people fully believe that Silco was conciously deceiving Jinx and manipulating her for personal gain is because Silco just has an evil sounding voice

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I got this reply on my post regarding Vi’s enforcer arc and I really think this is something we need to talk about.

Most “[media] critical” forums have lost the plot, and it’s disappointing to see. Especially with media like arcane which, unlike most animated series, is adult media - a fact that needs to be considered when critiquing it.

Ciritical analysis refers to things like how s2 abandoned the s1 idea that “technology isn’t inherently corrupt, the people controlling it are” for the arcane corruption arc, or how Ekko is regulated to almost a “model minority” character despite being portrayed as an activist, or how the portrayal of mental health is complex and yet chooses very specific aspects to fall back into stereotypes with, and so on, and so on..

It is media intake that points out the bias of the writers and the motives behind why things were done.

This is even more necessary because of how well Arcane handles most of its other political aspects, even if from a centrist view. They’re fine showing and discussing things like police brutality, so let’s think about WHY they drew the line at placing blame on tech giants. What are the motivations behind that. Who pays a videogame studio’s bills at the end of the day. How does this influence the art they produce.

That is what the basis of critical analysis is.

Critical analysis is not “this character choice was Bad and OOC because well I just didn’t like it” when it makes textual sense for that character, or “this arc’s ending was bad because it made me feel upset” even if it sends the message they were aiming for with that entire arc, or “guys this character got a good/bad ending when they didn’t deserve it this is horrible writing” when.. what. Bad things happen to good people and vice versa I cannot believe I have to point that out.

That’s actually what we call a lack of critical thinking, because you cannot critique a media if you didn’t even pay attention to surface level themes. That is you confusing the emotions caused by a piece of art for the message behind the art. Which is upsetting because it’s a sign we’ve become disconnected from art as a concept

A story is meant to elicit emotions, you are supposed to form your own opinions on if you like it or not, but a piece of art making you feel sad or frustrated or angry isn’t a failing of the art. It doesn’t mean it’s poor writing. Dare I say that was the goal of any artist and is an effect of skilled writing.

Trying to align your emotions and a characters actions to an author’s moral purity and if the work is “good media” under the guise of critical media analysis is just.. sad. I love critical analysis but that’s not what half of yall are doing anymore.

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It might just be me jaycing too close to the sun but genuinely he wasn’t wrong when he said Mel’s always right

My first watch of the show, before I even finished s1, I was telling my friend that everyone just needed to listen to Mel. I predicted day 1 that they’d ignore her and things would go to shit. And guess what happened.

Even when her opinions were off base her actual plans and strategies were always the best realistic option. She was consistently one of the most reasonable characters and everyone would’ve been better off if she’d just been listened to, I stand by this