Timebomb Preparing For War

Been rotating that last episode in my head

Back on 74💃🕺🏾

I wanted to draw some of the dancers from this music video! The music, choreography, outfits, cinematography—everything was beautifully done with great passion and intention. Highly recommend listening to this song, and Jungle’s new album, Volcano!

I had this scarapiece done weeks ago, but I always forget to post here. 😭

Amen

The power of two, also known as sex.

isha protec 😠

I still don't necessarily think Jinx and Ekko straight up had sex offscreen, but I saw someone make an excellent counterpoint to the objection that Jinx wasn't in the right mindset for that/Ekko wouldn't have "taken advantage" of her.

The counterpoint being: All of Arcane's love scenes are kinda fucked up anyway.

Mel and Jayce's scene is intercut with Viktor dying and being the subject of nonconsensual blood magic. Vi and Caitlyn getting cozy on Caitlyn's bed is interrupted by a smash-cut to Jinx being revived in a torturous medical crime. Everything about the Caitlyn/Maddie relationship is upsetting and deliberately played to be upsetting. And Vi and Caitlyn finally have sex in Jinx's jail cell while Jinx is on her way to kill herself (I don't actually have much of a problem with this like a lot of people do, but c'mon, they were definitely leaning into the kink there).

So Ekko and Jinx getting it on while she's still kind of maybe suicidal is honestly pretty tame by comparison.

The fact that Ekko went back in time god knows how many times again and again to get jinx to not kill herself only to end up losing her again makes me INSANE

"Silco was the worst leader of Zaun, he only hurt his own people and was useless/didn't care about zaun"

Zaun under Vander: Submissive to Piltover, trampled and harrassed by enforcers, stuck in oppression and making zero progress even as his own children had to steal to survive.

Firelights: Fairly small group (some of whom are literal children) that are nonviolent, can't even stop Silco much less Piltover, and have no plans beyond stopping shimmer.

Zaun under Chembarons: Utter chaos, turf wars, Zaunites fighting each other while getting trampled and gassed by Piltover.

Zaun under Sevika: Needs a 17 year old girl to bring unity since their leader can't, sides with and makes sacrifices for Piltover only to be met with a single council seat in a majority-rule council made up entirely of topsiders and no independence in return.

Zaun under Silco: Innovations in medicine, fuel, and body augmentation; has thriving industries, cleaner air and water, and an army of chemsoldiers. Enforcers are driven out and Zaun is now strong enough to destroy Piltover before the innovations of hextech. Even with hextech Zaun is powerful enough to devastate Piltover to the point that war isn't even worth the damage. Silco's Zaun was even offered independence, which it would have gained if Silco was willing to give up his daughter.

Unlike Silco, the chembarons did not care about Zaun, and they did nothing beneficial for it. Sevika, the Firelights, and Vander all tried more peaceful means only for Piltover to spit in their faces.

As inhumane as Silco's methods were, they were easily the most effective. Silco was right that to gain independence violence was necessary, that they had to become what Topside feared.