#silco with fishbones

[lady-griffin]

Jinx at the Aquarium

Ekko: Where’s Jinx?

Vi: You know we can leave her unsupervised for a few minutes, right?

Ekko: NOT AT THE FUCKING AQUARIUM!!

Vi: What do you honestly think she’s going to do? Dive into the tank to swim with her shark brethren?

Ekko and Vi: . . .

*They start hauling ass to find (and stop) Jinx*

MEANWHILE

*Jinx sitting on top of the tank unable to decide between her bikini or shark onesie for this momentous moment*

[mollysunder]

There's a long essay to be made about how Sevika's name means "servant of god" and the way the origin of nations is heavily mythologized to create a unifying cultural identity. Even more could be said about the way Sevika aligns herself with these larger than life figures whose actions are integral to the creation of Zaun. Silco starts out the story like a boogeyman, he's a patient and shadowy presence that struck hard and overwhelmed the Lanes and ultimately Zaun to consolidate power. Whatever he was like before Vander's betrayal he discarded it to wear a new identity that would be the Eye of Zaun. Silco chose to embody a concept, a figure that could terrify Piltover out Zaun, and discarded all his "weaknesses". The show constantly frames him like a zealous prophet, and he might even have a cult following him, if those eye cultists with the turtle are actually related to him. The more he's humanized through his love for Jinx, the more tenuous his position and persona become. When Silco's humanity comes into conflict with endgame of Zaun's creation, he is quickly killed.

And then there's Jinx, whom the show likes to wrap in unholy imagery just as much as Silco. The further she goes down her path of becoming, she is baptized in the flames of her explosives and the waters of the Pilt. Even before Jinx goes through her unholy resurrection using Shimmer, crows begin to flock in her presence, sometimes just the aftermath of her actions, like the Enforcer funeral. Sure plenty has been said on how crows act as symbols for transformation as Jinx struggles with her past. But in the context of Arcane, Zaun seems to be without their patron god Janna, the wind goddess who brings fresh air to Zaun. Janna is sometimes characterized with blue birds, or initially she appears as one when she arrives, they're symbols of hope and joy. And here's Jinx's space being enveloped by these dark birds with messy reputations instead. All the while Jinx is semi-living and working in giant possibly defunct ventilation shaft originally meant to regulate Zaun's air quality.

Sometimes I think about the way Silco died not just because it was a horrible accident, but because his character couldn't keep going in the story. Silco reached the part of the myth where his choices could only hurt Zaun or Jinx, and that’s one and the same for him and the story. But then there's Jinx, kneeling for forgiveness, seeing him off with her head down like in prayer, and taking a seat after he's finished in the story to officially begin her part.

[me-and-my-hyperfixations]

Jason Spisak has confirmed he is returning as Silco in season 2.

Imagine if he was the voice of Fishbones now but instead of having Arcane's signature tragedy, Fishbones just says the exact same things he says in the game?

Imagine Silco!Fishbones telling Jinx she needs to do the dishes and buy a home and save for retirement.

[sandraharissa]

Jinx with Fishbones like: funny how you thought dying would get you out of this relationship.

[space-blue]

Another very interesting What If scenario that's been haunting me: what if Jinx didn't misunderstand Silco's speech at Vander's statue? Either she reached him before he got there and he was able to explain to her the situation with Jayce, OR she did listen to his speech but it was much clearer (instead of speaking in his usual Silco way, he just straight up says "I'm never giving up my darling Jinx lol" leaving no room for misinterpretation).

Keep in mind, at this point Jinx has already kidnapped Caitlyn and Vi is currently going on a rampage through Zaun fighting Chemtanks. Vi has not reached Sevika yet, as in the show Vi only reaches Sevika after Jinx has already kidnapped and tied up Silco. So at this point, with Silco revealing his loyalty to Jinx and swearing to her that he will not give her up to Jayce, how will Jinx proceed? How will Silco proceed?

Will Jinx present Fishbones to Silco? Will he regroup with Sevika and maybe try to parlay with Jayce again? And if Jayce refuses to compromise on Jinx, then Silco chooses war right? He'd probably lie to Sevika about Jinx being the issue, he'd probably claim that Jayce refused his terms on sovereignty and access to the Hexgates...

Will Jinx still interrupt Vi's rampage and kidnap her to bring her to the warehouse? At this point, Silco's loyalty to her has been confirmed, so she wouldn't need to bring him. It would only be Vi and Cait at the dinner party as only Vi's loyalty to Jinx is still under question (the last time Jinx saw her, Vi left the bridge with Caitlyn).

Theorize away Bluedaddysgirl!

So, I'm a little limited here by the fact you want me to theorized based on canon, but canon wants and needs Jinx's tragedy to realise itself. Everything goes towards it, the ugly inescapability of it.

If I were to give you what I want, it wouldn't be 'what happens if—' but instead me spitballing fic setup ideas.

And TBH there's a clear issue that's easily addressed is Silco and Jinx talk things out :

Silco could send Jinx to capture her sister to 'talk reason into her', while he goes and does the obvious thing : find a blue haired girl who looks vaguely like Jinx, promise to pay her more money she ever dreamt of, and to care for her family while she does a little spin in Stillwater. Yeah, it'll suck, but Silco can promise to smuggle her out in a few months or a year.

Also Jinx's heart to heart with Vi and Cait may look a lot different if she's not struggling as much with shimmer. She may not set up the table for a "choice" if she's already chosen to be Jinx and Silco's daughter. And this especially if Silco gets to dote on her/be emotional in that moment that he was dead worried after the operation, that he's unsure what Singed did to her and wants to know how she's feeling. Basically all the stress of thinking her dead coming down in an intimate setting and dispelling any doubt Jinx may have that this guy loves her.

I think Jinx would still want to go through with challenging Vi with Cait. She wants her sister back. But the idea may be less hinged around 'we go together' and more 'Vi gets to stay with us'.

I wonder if Silco would let her do it? Or would let her harm Cait. She's too valuable, and at a crucial time like this, her death would bring everything down. I think he could talk sense into Jinx. At least if she gets to 'keep Vi', things would be different. Because where would Vi go? To Piltover?

Besides, Cait wouldn't be able to free herself from her bonds because Jinx wouldn't be distracted by Silco's end of the table. She'd be solely focused on them. Again, assuming the voices aren't that bad, because a lot of her stress was vented out during the emotional conversation with Silco. She'd feel secure in him (who would sacrifice everything for her), and having Vi at her mercy, she'd feel in control.

I know this sounds dark, but I definitely believe that Jinx would feel more in control because Vi is bound and can be "kept". She won't leave with the enforcer lady, because Jinx controls who goes where.

Would be interesting if Silco is so caught up in the dilemma presented by Jayce's terms that Jinx is the one who comes up with the idea of giving them a fake girl. Bonus points if the blue haired girl has to have Jinx's braids weaved in as extentions, and Jinx dyes her hair pink and looks EERILY like Vi.

Extra spook points if she does all that after capturing Vi and Cait, but before confronting them.

It would make sense that Silco immediately goes to Jayce to surrender fake Jinx, so Cait isn't around to ID her. The girl could be all theatrics and 'How can you do this to me?!' and Jayce this big gullible goof ball would not look past any of it. He and Silco would sign off on a program to dismantle shimmer factories, which of course doesn't mention or encompass Singed's lab.

Of course the biggest deal is returning the gemstone, which I don't think Silco could do. He could, however, if he has time, or extra cunning, present Jayce with a blown-up wreck of a fishbone prototype, and shards of broken gemstone.... Assuming any could be combed out of the wreckage of the cannery, it'd be perfect to hand them out as like "the weapon was destroyed in the struggle".

Or he could always lie, and when Jayce asks a flustered "and you expect me to believe that??", Silco could retort that the weapon would be no use to him if Jayce and the Council don't believe they have it. After all the Council has been making this entire ruckus on the assumption alone that they had the gem and may weaponise it. Hidden, secret weapons are of no use to Silco as leverage. His goal isn't to destroy Piltover, but to be free of them — which this deal guarantees — and to grow economically and make good deals — which threatening with secret nukes would make difficult.

Jayce would reluctantly believe him, with maybe some caveat like "If anyone in Zaun so much as sneezes...." And Silco could be like yes, yes, whatever.

The beauty of hextech is that the gems power anything. Some seem to be embedded inside the weapon, like in his hammer, but in fishbones, it's put in and out. Silco could have Jinx devise something incredibly powerful and useful to Zaun and power it with the gem, and have fishbones be a last recourse solution.

If Viktor heard of Silco trying to create pure air or clean water in Zaun via a hextech purifying system, you bet he'd be all over this to help. This is what he wanted initially right? To help people?

Anyway, the issue with Jinx is that we don't know if the monsterification is temporary (while she has shimmer in her system, the same way it was only for a while in the first arc) or forever.

Assuming she can "come down", then having a longer conversation with Vi after she's calmed down may be a little more productive. But more importantly, if the deal is struck, Vi would only need to witness this to know that Silco fought for the type of rights she's always wanted, and actually achieved it in the mess of things.

Oops, awkward... When the guy you hate is kinda right... and kinda wins your people's freedom... And kinda lets you walk around, so long as you promise to not harm is beloved kid or try to take her away... Which you couldn't do anyway cuz you're a penniless ex-con 2 days out.

Sevika, having not been beaten to a pulp, would probably be a lot more amenable, in this situation. Picture her tasked to escort Cait back upside safe and sound. But now imagine her in a great mood knowing their hard work paid off and Jinx being insane the past 2-3 days was fucking worth it, because now this... finally, Zaun. Finally, freedom from Pilties.

Imagine her, a true believer in Silco's cause, a loyal soldier for a decade or more, talking to Cait as they walk? Explaining what life was like for her here. How long they've worked for this peace. Imagine Cait asking about shimmer and getting good, actual answers. Cait understanding it was a tool used to unify the powers that be in Zaun and keep infighting down to try and achieve freedom, so that the violence and pollution that destroys and keeps Zaun down can finally be corrected? Imagine Sevika making a whole lot of sense, and Cait not appreciating the means, but appreciating the goal?

How things would get recontextualised... Imagine Sevika asking her to please stay out of it (don't makes a fuss about the jailed "Jinx" for example), but that she's welcome to come hang out if she thinks she can be useful. Sevika respects strength, and Cait is a cool head version of Jinx when it comes to shooting. And of course, having a Councilor's daughter in your good graces would be a massive plus.

Cait might ask if she can see Vi again, and Sevika would say whatever, but let the sisters get used to each other, and that she can't promise Jinx won't kill her if she shows up again, but Vi is a free woman and she can do whatever she wants.

Not antagonising Silco and Jinx would then become a necessary part of getting to see Vi.

Silco becoming a Councilor would be a very important change that would allow Vi to see Cait in that setting, assuming she's able to mend her relationship with him—and he certainly couldn't ever bring Jinx along.

Silco then finally meeting Mel would be the development that solidifies Zaun's position. I think politically they'd hit it off, and Mel would be a very important ally for Silco to have on the council (besides Jayce, who can't be shown to have been wrong on his deal), because the more money-greedy Councilors are bound to regret their decision the minute their factories start costing them more money or get nationalised from under them lmao.

It would be good timing for an external enemy to remind them of who they are, and that they stand more of a chance together, but I think Silco would have to be very careful that a war/preparation for war doesn't undermine the independence with efforts being 'delayed' and Zaunite factories being co-opted and such.

Was that enough what if ramblings?

[foxychaosstarlight]

Just look, Jinx made front teeth like Silco's, his scars and the dark spot on his eye for her Fishbones! Love is to make your deadly rocket look like him.

[wisteria-mutterings]

Jinx & Silco: Bloody Mary by Lady Gaga

[lbulldesigns]

Powder: Foreshadowing and Family

I found this screenshot, on Pinterest, of a couple of Powder's drawings and it got me thinking about a few things.

This shot is during Powder's tantrum in episode 3 at the time my focus was on the hex crystals, and as such missed the rest of the details.

The first thing I noticed was the drawing in the back...

That's Fishbones!!

I, like many others, speculated that Fishbones was homage to Silco; a tribute if you will, for Jinx to appeal herself to Silco, or a thanks for believing in her, or maybe even an apology for always messing up on missions. But I'm starting to think that Fishbones was a concept that Jinx has had since she was still going by Powder.

The second detail I noticed was Vi's gauntlets...

At first I concluded that this was Powder accentuating Vi's boxing abilities, then I saw the blue smudge on one of the hands and it instantly made me think of the Atlas Gauntlets...

Maybe I'm looking too much into this one but I just thought it was an interesting detail, it also could be a nod towards "Fat Hands" which is Canon Jinx's nickname for Vi.

The third detail I noticed was Mylo...

It looks like Powder has thrown a bomb at him, or either Vi or Claggor clobbered him on the head (going by the bump on his head) but I couldn't help but see the foreshadowing here. I also couldn't help but notice this about Powder's figure in the drawing...

She's staring intently at Mylo, this is made more prominent by the fact her eyes have pupils where as everyone else in the drawing don't have that same detail in their eyes. It's an eery nod towards how in the future Mylo's ghost haunts her and she can't help but acknowledge it's presence.

I don't know I thought that these details Fishbones, Vi's gauntlets, Mylo, and Powder's fixation on the deceased Mylo; all this coupled with the hex crystals, which are the root cause of all of Powder and Jinx's suffering, framing the drawings drew in a good amount of foreshadowing for the near and distant future.

I reckon it would be an interesting fanfic concept if Powder/Jinx had precognitive or clandestine like powers, a bit like how Heleana Targaryen can see glimpses of the future and compulsively tells riddles as a way to interpret them. It would be pretty cool if Powder/Jinx could do this too but she interprets them through drawings, but isn't fully aware that she predicting the future. I might end up doing a separate post on this 😅

The last detail I noticed about the frontal drawing, that isn't foreshadowing anything, is how Vander and the older kids are presented...

He's towering over everyone and looking down lovingly and full of pride down at his children, but the way Powder has drawn it makes it look like he's looking exclusively at Vi, Mylo, and Claggor with herself seperated from everyone.

This is a sad detail because it communicates how she feels excluded in her family, she doesn't feel like Vander would look at her like that and it makes me wonder how their interactions are like for her to feel this way. Personally I believe that Vander loved Powder dearly, the fact his last words were about her safety says a lot about his affection for her, unfortunately he didn't know how to express himself in a way that she would understand.

I have to say I fucking love Arcane, they didn't have to go so hard on these details but they did and I love them for it 😄❤️❤️❤️

[margaretchurch]

We will show them all..

[lady-griffin]

Caitlyn: Vi, why did you tell Jayce that Jinx doesn’t think fishbones is her father?

Vi: Because she doesn’t.

Caitlyn: What? She absolutely thinks that rocket launcher is in some kind of way Silco.

Vi, starting to cry: SILCO WASN’T HER FATHER!!!

Caitlyn: ...oh my god.

[lemmielem]

Callin it now.

Jinx is going to make Fishbones’ left eye red next season.

[silversky-art]

Art Fight revenge for @ratasticcosplays !

[sandraharissa]

Very interestingly Jinx never calls Silco anything. She refers to him by his name once during her speech to Vi, while she’s trying to win her over and distance herself from Silco. So there’s this unspoken ‘dad’ thing going on (maybe it will connect to how and why she chose to refer to the gun as Fishbones and why she regularly refers to it by name - if she’ll hallucinate Silco through the gun). 

But there’s another instance when she’s upset with him and she questions/tortures him a little - she calls him “Silly.”

Now that could just be a coincidence but-

Silco

Sil

Sil-ly

that’s a diminutive of the shortened version of his name-

I love Jinx so much. I love their interactions so much.

[zaunitelizard]

Tag Dump #2

The tags will be updated as needed.

spare the sympathy (singed), ear up to the ground (viktor), tagtbd (renata), blow up the sun (jinx), too busy raising hell (vi), memory of bloodshed (warwick), shade and corruption (silco), shake your bones out (sevika), lower your voice (ekko), once you turn they hate us (machine herald viktor), tagtbd (fishbones), the sound of a heartbeat (vander)

[crusty-chronicles]

Airheaded S/O Headcannons #7: Jinx (Arcane)

Starting off on a strong point, you are her everything.

She's known you since the days when Vander was still around.

You were the clumsy kid who competed with Ekko to bring her juice (Even if you always spilled it anyways)

You were the only one who managed to mess up worse than her

And as Powder, she used that to her advantage whenever someone called her a jinx

"Y/n broke five glasses yesterday by just standing, but I'm the jinx?"

But even back then it wasn't coming from a bad place, more of an understanding one.

Zaun didn't take too kindly to screw-ups, and you two were probably the biggest.

You weren't there the night everything went to shit.

So when you showed up to the bar the next day and both Benzo and Ekko were missing, you just assumed they'd quit and abandoned it.

A few days later and a man named Silco came in saying 'the bar was under new management.'

To which you replied with an 'okay!' 😃 just happy to have people again.

Then you saw Powder by his side and raced behind the counter to get her favorite juice

Only to end up faceplanting on the floor as you tripped, then proceeded to try again about 6 more times.

It resulted in Jinx smiling for the first time in days.

From then on, you're hers forever. No take backsies 😡😡😡

Whenever she wants to get away from the hallucinations voices, she'll stop by the newly renovated bar/brothel and watch you attempt to hand out drinks.

Seeing you spill it over the patrons and having them not being able to do a damn thing about it brings her so much joy.

She 100% babies you and makes Silco's henchmen do the same.

You cut yourself with glass?

Don't worry, Mama's here with a very colorful bandage and a kiss to top it off.

Having problems with the Enforcers?

Silco's paying them off (threatening them) so they leave you alone.

Inhaled too many toxic fumes and got sick?

Only soup and warm blankets for you. And cuddles. And mayhaps a bedtime story.

You are the only person allowed to call Jinx 'Powder'.

She'll kill anyone else

In Zaun, you have to be strong to survive.

And in your special case, you've punched someone harder than Vander with his gloves because they said something mean about Jinx.

The patrons at the bar all of a sudden don't wanna fight you when you make a mess.

Silco, although he despises anyone that tries to get close to his daughter, will tolerate you simply because you're too stupid to be a threat.

Although he does also like that you can hold your own if push comes to shove

He doesn't want a weakling to drag down Jinx.

It's a fact that Jinx is a brainiac when it comes to tech.

Whenever she's working on a new bomb or upgrading FishBones, she's always rambling on to you about how it works.

Even if you have no clue and stare all blank faced.

A look she adores and calls your 'thinking face'

She won't ever make fun of you for not getting things right away because you have so much more to offer than your non existent brain.

You've been there for her through everything and not once did you ever call her a jinx

Even now you don't call her by her new name.

She'll be having an episode, shouting at people who weren't there anymore, and you always wait for her to get her bearings with her favorite juice placed in front of her.

Jinx has two rules for any people that cross her path

#1 Don't bring up the Vander incident

#2 Don't call Y/n an idiot.

Anybody who tries the second is immediately shot on the spot.

No slander will be tolerated.

You two haven't officially asked the other out.

It's more of an 'I'm yours and you're mine' kinda thing.

Jinx likes to call you sunshine because you're the only light in a very dark world.

Other favorites include: sweets, baby, tough stuff, and the occasional toots

Jinx has never really had anything to call her own, so she will absolutely get jealous if someone has your attention for 1 second.

Why do you wanna even talk to anybody else? Is she not good enough anymore?

"I'm just trying to earn tips, but if you want me to take the rest of the night off I will. You're perfect, Powder."

And she's sobbing, smooshing herself against you to get as close as possible.

She's got you in a death grip saying 'she loves you so much' and 'that she's sorry' and 'wants you to keep working'.

But she makes you promise to take the next day off so she can spend the day talking your ear off while cuddling.

You're her everything, even if most of the time you're a bigger jinx than she is.

NEXT UP: Giovanni Potage

MASTERLIST

Then we start to circle back around, so stay tuned 🤞🤞🤞

[me-and-my-hyperfixations]

The fact that Powder was already sketching the rough idea of fishbones when she was little means she was into sharks too.

This means that she and Silco probably bonded over their shared belief that sharks are cool.

Imagine Silco awkwardly trying and failing to start a conversation with his newly adopted daughter and then he asks "Do you like sharks?" and suddenly they're having a 5 hour conversation about sharks.