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Sorry, in anticipation I warn you, this will be long.
Okay, okay. I love Temari. She is my favorite kunoichi, I love each and everyone of her appearances in Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, I watched all filler that she was on, and I even have her on my avatar. So, yes, this by no means is to hate on the character but to actually show how Boruto writers completely misunderstood her.
I’ll always love her character, but I got to admit I am not okay at all with somethings they are making her do in the Boruto’s anime. And no, it’s not because she moved to Konoha, or decided to take mainly the role a housewife (a bloody difficult job if you ask me) because I frankly couldn’t care less of any of that if she is happy. I really think that Shikamaru and Shikadai make her genuinely happy and that’s all I want for her. She had went from so much shit that I only want to see her feeling value and loved, that’s the least she deserves and her husband and son give her that.
The problem is that, in most of her characterization in Boruto, I hardly see that Temari we got to know and love in the anime and manga of Naruto. Now when we get to see her in her recurring role in Boruto she is capitalized by her writers as a joke of the “crazy wife and mother that would rather hit you with your fan than having a civilized talk and will be angry twenty-four seven with no apparent reason.”
And that, my friends, is not Temari. At least not the Temari I grew to love in Naruto.
Through this post I’ll try to explain why I think that that portrayal of the abusive housewife and mother that they give her in most of Nara Family moments in the Boruto manga, and specially the anime, is (in point of view) completely mislead. It had become clear to me, through my time watching the show, that Boruto writers are clearly not even trying to understand Temari’s character and how they are using her as a recurring joke rather than considering her as a real three-dimensional character. And I despise them for that same reason.
I've held on for as long as I can
For the ones that I had to defend
I've been strong every day of my life
If she wants, death could take me this time
This world is a wasteland where nothing can grow
I used to have strength, but I ran out of hope
I know it's my fault that I'm here all alone
This world is a wasteland, please let me go
If I could just lay my head down and rest
If there was nothing to fight or protect
Maybe then I could finally be free
Maybe death is like falling asleep
Arcane Season 2 Finale theory. (Jinx, Cait and Vi)
Heya. Since I was somehow on a roll with my theories about the show previously, and I somehow hit the nail on 90% of the things I predicted, here is a new theory of mine.
Jinx is not dead. Yes, of course, that makes sense considering League of Legends exists, and everything that happened in Arcane happened before the game. Arcane was made canon, and a lot of current lore is being rewritten to match the show, so to people that play the game it's no surprise that Jinx is most likely alive. But how?
Here is what I think:
After Jinx said 'I didn't know your mom was in there', Cait realized that Jinx did in fact change. Or, at the very least, could relate to her pain and mistakes. If you think about it, Jinx's actions were mostly fueled with grief, and the rocket that was shot at the council building happened right after Silco died, who was like a father to Jinx. Caitlyn lost her mother, and became angrier, irrational, fueled with revenge. I think Jinx saying that to Caitlyn made her relate, and maybe understand what is hidden below all the madness that Jinx has in her.
I think Caitlyn and Jinx had a dialogue behind the scenes, that was not shown to us. Knowing Caitlyn's character and somewhat a soft heart, I think Caitlyn sat down and told Jinx that she can't be truely free due to the volume of the crimes that she has done. My idea is that Caitlyn tossed the idea to Jinx about escaping, fleeing, and faking her death. Didn't Caitlyn tell Vi that she became too predictable? Doesn't it mean that Caitlyn knew that Vi will try to free Jinx? Didn't Caitlyn say something about this place being thoroughly guarded too? Yet Jinx managed to escape anyhow?
I genuinely don't think it was done without Caitlyn's interference.
Maybe, after the talk that Caitlyn had with Jinx behind the scenes, Jinx asked Caitlyn to keep Vi oblivious to everything that is happening. Hence why Jinx said that Vi deserves to be with Caitlyn - that could not have gone out of nowhere. Caitlyn and Jinx didn't interact enough in the show for Jinx to say that. And Vi never really spoke to Jinx about Caitlyn for her to make this conclusion.
Now, possibly, Jinx took the whole 'fake the death' quite literal, since we see her go quite suicidal after that. It is possible that she thought that it is pointless, and genuinely didn't want to try and run anymore, hence why she attempted to blow herself up. Luckily, Ekko came in, and the rest we know.
However, it doesn't sit right with me. Not just because Jinx is very much alive in game, but also the fact that we were shown Caitlyn looking at the tower where Jinx fell, while holding the Jinx's monkey bomb in her hand. She also let go of a slight smile when she zoomed in on all the exits and rooms in the tower. Something tells me Jinx knew how to escape, and something tells me Caitlyn was the one who told her. Something also tells me that the balloon we saw at the very last scene of the whole show might have had Jinx in it.
The show is notorious for showing scenes that always mean and imply something. I previously had a theory where I drew a parallel between Vander, Silco and Felicia, with Caitlyn, Vi and Jinx, where Felicia was bringing Vander and Silco closer to each other, and her death ended up splitting them both. I truly think Caitlyn was meant to be the same mediator for Jinx and Vi as Felicia was for Vander and Silco. And maybe that was it. Maybe that's what happened.
Knowing Caitlyn, she is more than capable of forgiveness, and seeing good in people. I think it would be in her character to help Jinx escape, even if it is at a cost of lying to someone she loves.
And, since we see Jinx tell Vi to let go, I think it would be in her character to ask Caitlyn to keep Vi in the shadows.
Hey, still don't believe that? I have more proof and screenshots for you, so you can sleep better at night.
For a very split second, when the explosion was happening, you can see the streak of the pink light.
It is the same light line we see when Jinx is using her speed. It comes from her eyes.
That light is headed towards something that seems to be an exit.
Caitlyn zooms in to the side of the tower where that light goes to. Keep in mind, she is looking at those files in the tool that required a key, the same key that Caitlyn inherited from her mother, therefore, high chance that Caitlyn is the only person who knows about those exits.
Caitlyn thinks, then smiles. She knows.
This has shown to us right after a big zoom in on Caitlyn. Good thing to consider that Jinx is on that ship.
This is a screenshot from Season 1 and Episode 1. The same kind of ship. What does Jinx say?
Arcane Season 2 Finale theory. (Jinx, Cait and Vi)
Heya. Since I was somehow on a roll with my theories about the show previously, and I somehow hit the nail on 90% of the things I predicted, here is a new theory of mine.
Jinx is not dead. Yes, of course, that makes sense considering League of Legends exists, and everything that happened in Arcane happened before the game. Arcane was made canon, and a lot of current lore is being rewritten to match the show, so to people that play the game it's no surprise that Jinx is most likely alive. But how?
Here is what I think:
After Jinx said 'I didn't know your mom was in there', Cait realized that Jinx did in fact change. Or, at the very least, could relate to her pain and mistakes. If you think about it, Jinx's actions were mostly fueled with grief, and the rocket that was shot at the council building happened right after Silco died, who was like a father to Jinx. Caitlyn lost her mother, and became angrier, irrational, fueled with revenge. I think Jinx saying that to Caitlyn made her relate, and maybe understand what is hidden below all the madness that Jinx has in her.
I think Caitlyn and Jinx had a dialogue behind the scenes, that was not shown to us. Knowing Caitlyn's character and somewhat a soft heart, I think Caitlyn sat down and told Jinx that she can't be truely free due to the volume of the crimes that she has done. My idea is that Caitlyn tossed the idea to Jinx about escaping, fleeing, and faking her death. Didn't Caitlyn tell Vi that she became too predictable? Doesn't it mean that Caitlyn knew that Vi will try to free Jinx? Didn't Caitlyn say something about this place being thoroughly guarded too? Yet Jinx managed to escape anyhow?
I genuinely don't think it was done without Caitlyn's interference.
Maybe, after the talk that Caitlyn had with Jinx behind the scenes, Jinx asked Caitlyn to keep Vi oblivious to everything that is happening. Hence why Jinx said that Vi deserves to be with Caitlyn - that could not have gone out of nowhere. Caitlyn and Jinx didn't interact enough in the show for Jinx to say that. And Vi never really spoke to Jinx about Caitlyn for her to make this conclusion.
Now, possibly, Jinx took the whole 'fake the death' quite literal, since we see her go quite suicidal after that. It is possible that she thought that it is pointless, and genuinely didn't want to try and run anymore, hence why she attempted to blow herself up. Luckily, Ekko came in, and the rest we know.
However, it doesn't sit right with me. Not just because Jinx is very much alive in game, but also the fact that we were shown Caitlyn looking at the tower where Jinx fell, while holding the Jinx's monkey bomb in her hand. She also let go of a slight smile when she zoomed in on all the exits and rooms in the tower. Something tells me Jinx knew how to escape, and something tells me Caitlyn was the one who told her. Something also tells me that the balloon we saw at the very last scene of the whole show might have had Jinx in it.
The show is notorious for showing scenes that always mean and imply something. I previously had a theory where I drew a parallel between Vander, Silco and Felicia, with Caitlyn, Vi and Jinx, where Felicia was bringing Vander and Silco closer to each other, and her death ended up splitting them both. I truly think Caitlyn was meant to be the same mediator for Jinx and Vi as Felicia was for Vander and Silco. And maybe that was it. Maybe that's what happened.
Knowing Caitlyn, she is more than capable of forgiveness, and seeing good in people. I think it would be in her character to help Jinx escape, even if it is at a cost of lying to someone she loves.
And, since we see Jinx tell Vi to let go, I think it would be in her character to ask Caitlyn to keep Vi in the shadows.
Imagine if Jayce was indeed infected because of the Arcane, but the one who infected him was Viktor from the future, and he sent Jayce to kill the past Viktor to kickstart the "glorious evolution".
People should have never been surprised with Caitlyn's actions.
Caitlyn's character went from simplified, to exaggerated, to misunderstood, all in just a few episodes.
The surprise that people had when Caitlyn turned on Ambessa, and the silly jokes that were made about her character, are really bothering me.
Caitlyn was never far gone, she was never on Ambessa's side. Caitlyn is introduced to us as someone who doesn't like violence, and she remained that way. Her actions were fueled with grief, guilt and fixation on Jinx, but she remained herself, deep under all of this. The first thing we see after a time skip is her telling Ambessa off. She is tired that everything is a justification for violence. She was disgusted with Singed and his experiments. On her true core, she never changed. Ambessa manipulated her, and Caitlyn went along with it, but she never stopped trying to look for better solutions, one that could avoid violence. The tension between Ambessa and Caitlyn speaks of that. She took what Ambessa gave her, learned from her, and still remained the same, with the same moral compass she had since the moment we saw her.
When Vi told Caitlyn about Vander, it didn't take long for Caitlyn to put 2 and 2 together, and realize that Vander was simply a victim. She had to help, because that's who she is. She didn't fold, she didn't change her mind, she isn't some crazed bipolar woman. She is someone who deeply cares, and tries to avoid bloodshed as much as possible, in spite of her outbursts in the first episodes, which she was allowed to have.
She lost her mother, for which she blames herself. Many people died, which she also blames herself for, because she had a shot on Jinx and failed to deliver it. She had to become the head of the house, while trying to avoid it and do her thing since the beginning. The memorial got violated. She couldn't deliver the shot on Jinx AGAIN. And she lashed at Vi for protecting Jinx. She had a right to do all of it. She was in pain.
She never stopped caring about bystanders and innocents. She never became a warhawk. She was never a tyrant. She told Jayce that she can see now how easy it is to hate them, yet still refused to hate all people of Zaun. She only hated Jinx and ChemBarons. She led her whole operation to only find Jinx, not harm anyone else. And while I love Jinx, her actions did cause Caitlyn's mother's death.
Imagine if Jayce was indeed infected because of the Arcane, but the one who infected him was Viktor from the future, and he sent Jayce to kill the past Viktor to kickstart the "glorious evolution".
Imagine if Jayce was indeed infected/possessed because of the Arcane, but the one who infected him was Viktor from the future, and he sent Jayce (and he doesn't know that) to kill the past Viktor to kickstart the "glorious evolution".
Imagine if Jayce was indeed infected/possessed because of the Arcane, but the one who infected him was Viktor from the future, and he sent Jayce (and he doesn't know that) to kill the past Viktor to kickstart the "glorious evolution".
I write all the memories down all over my skin
Hoping it'll snap me out, when this happens again
And the clock keeps tickin', the rules aren't written
I'm tryin' to remember how to make up my mind
The clock keeps tickin', the rules aren't written
Forgotten doesn't mean that it's forgiven this time
I give you everything I have, all you give me is your ugliness
You're not as honest as you act, just a devil with a god complex
I'm not the enemy you make me out to be
And I'm so tired of this wishful thinking
Drowning, sinking, left with nothing left
I give you everything I have
I understand now. The message hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures in the commune. The doctor was right. It's inescapable. Humanity, our very essence. Our emotions... rage. Compassion. Hate. Two sides of the same coin, inextricably bound. That, which inspires us to our greatest good, is also the cause of our greatest evil.
Unpopular opinion, but people really need to stop viewing Arcane characters in such a simple, trivial way. All of this "either I hate this character or I worship them" is so tiring.
(Rant with spoilers)
Jayce is not bad, he was a young boy that tried to make the world better. He cared about the people in Piltover, he cared about Viktor, he was just too young and too naive.
Post-arcane Jayce had a reason to do what he did. He saw things. You can see him get triggered and act frantic, he SAW something bad. Just because he attacked your favorite Viktor doesn't mean he deserves hate.
Viktor is not perfect. He may have good intentions, but his methods are not it. He created a cult with a hivemind and abandoned his own beliefs.
I love him too, but you need to love his flaws as well.
Caitlyn is not a fascist. She is literally the first Piltover character we see who was caring for Zaun people. She tried this whole time to avoid violence. Ambessa manipulated her when she was at her lowest, and even then, Cait told her that "why does everything justify violence?" As soon as Vi told her about Vander, she jumped in to help. She was never evil. She was broken.
And don't get me started on Maddie thing. It's a 1 year time skip. Ambessa said Jayce and Co were missing for 1 year. She's allowed to have relationships with someone else. Stop hating Maddie for just being there.
Vi isn't perfect either. She's aggressive and self-destructive. She wasn't protecting Isha from being shot. She was hesitating to kill Jinx before she even appeared. She is acting tougher and angrier than she is. But that's the truth.
And yes, I love her too. But you can't deny her issues and say you love her.
Jinx, Mel, Silco, Vander, Ambessa, all of these characters are not meant to be 100% evil or 100% good.
Arcane does a great job of humanizing the characters. The intentions, the trauma, the response to it, the good, and the ugly.
I understand if you don't like a character. And I understand if you love some other one. But please, give everyone a fair chance and accept or reject them with their greatness and ugliness. Not a single character in Arcane deserves to be looked at and judged by the surface only.
Unpopular opinion, but people really need to stop viewing Arcane characters in such a simple, trivial way. All of this "either I hate this character or I worship them" is so tiring.
(Rant with spoilers)
Jayce is not bad, he was a young boy that tried to make the world better. He cared about the people in Piltover, he cared about Viktor, he was just too young and too naive.
Post-arcane Jayce had a reason to do what he did. He saw things. You can see him get triggered and act frantic, he SAW something bad. Just because he attacked your favorite Viktor doesn't mean he deserves hate.
Viktor is not perfect. He may have good intentions, but his methods are not it. He created a cult with a hivemind and abandoned his own beliefs.
I love him too, but you need to love his flaws as well.
Caitlyn is not a fascist. She is literally the first Piltover character we see who was caring for Zaun people. She tried this whole time to avoid violence. Ambessa manipulated her when she was at her lowest, and even then, Cait told her that "why does everything justify violence?" As soon as Vi told her about Vander, she jumped in to help. She was never evil. She was broken.
And don't get me started on Maddie thing. It's a 1 year time skip. Ambessa said Jayce and Co were missing for 1 year. She's allowed to have relationships with someone else. Stop hating Maddie for just being there.
Vi isn't perfect either. She's aggressive and self-destructive. She wasn't protecting Isha from being shot. She was hesitating to kill Jinx before she even appeared. She is acting tougher and angrier than she is. But that's the truth.
And yes, I love her too. But you can't deny her issues and say you love her.
Jinx, Mel, Silco, Vander, Ambessa, all of these characters are not meant to be 100% evil or 100% good.
Arcane does a great job of humanizing the characters. The intentions, the trauma, the response to it, the good, and the ugly.
I understand if you don't like a character. And I understand if you love some other one. But please, give everyone a fair chance and accept or reject them with their greatness and ugliness. Not a single character in Arcane deserves to be looked at and judged by the surface only.
Arcane Act 3 Theories (and my take on Caitlyn so far)
Just finished watching the Act 2 and, good Lord, this was... something. I've been talking with my friend a lot about it and possible future of the show, so I thought to share it here for people to discuss it with me.
OBVIOUSLY, SPOILER WARNINGS! If you didn't watch the act 2 yet, do NOT read.
A few things I want to focus on here:
Vander
Cait & Vi & Jinx trio
Viktor
Let's start with Vander. Man, this whole thing broke me. I wasn't expecting a good outcome considering we know now that he is Warwick, and the current state of Warwick is no longer human. I assume he is not completely dead, I'm sure Singed had some fucked up idea on how to transfer the mind of Vander to another beast. I do imagine, however, that either Viktor's death, or the blast done by Isha, might have removed anything human that was left of him. Singed has spoken about Vander's strong resilience and will to live, so some part of him was still alive - after that explosion, my theory is, the Vander we know is gone now. I suppose next act we will see Warwick in it's pure beast form.
Next point: have you guys noticed anything about the scene between Silco, Vander and Vi/Jinx's mom?
Silco is an obvious representation of Jinx, it was obvious from the first season, even his hairstyle is somewhat similar to hers.
Vander is Vi, in its purest form, he even ironically gave her name.
Their mother, Felicia, is... oddly so similar to Caitlyn.
We know that Silco and Vander haven't been getting along too much, even before the betrayal we know of in season 1. Felicia even happens to scold them a bit before the scene starts. However, they all seem united together, in peace and harmony, especially with the news that Felicia was pregnant. You can see that Silco came closer when he heard the news, and the whole 'Blisters and Bedrock'... I might start using that one. My theory is, what if Caitlyn somehow plays a part in bringing Jinx and Vi closer? While I know that in League of Legends, Vi and Jinx are not allies at all, however, it's not the first story line that was different in Arcane to the lore of League. They were already getting along in order to help Vander, and you can see how much Vi started to soften up when she saw the interactions between Isha and Jinx. Now that Isha is dead, and I think we don't need to argue that she is most definitely dead, Jinx will need Vi. Question is, of course, whether Caitlyn will be able to get over her grief and hatred towards Jinx due to her mother's death, but she did manage to control herself when she met her (yes, she was angry at first, cut her some slack though, you don't just get over stuff like that).
Something tells me, due to the trailer of Act 3, that Jinx might help protect both Zaun and Piltover from Ambessa and Viktor. What if Caitlyn plays the same role as Felicia played for Silco and Vander before she died? Who knows, if she was still alive, maybe Silco and Vander wouldn't get into the mess they got.
(I also want to take a moment and defend Caitlyn here: while you guys were angry at her, please take a moment and transfer that anger on Ambessa instead. Caitlyn was in a grief, blaming herself for everything that went down with Jinx, because she could have stopped her and she didn't, leading to many deaths, including her mom's. She also was thrown into being a head of her family, having to accept the legacy. AND she didn't have a moment to sit down and work with her grief, due to the whole Enforcer role she is playing. While what she said to Vi, about her being 'just as bad' as Jinx, wasn't good, but it was also justified from her eyes. In her eyes, Vi wasn't defending Isha from being shot, she was defending Jinx, and i'm pretty sure we all saw, including Caitlyn, that Vi hesitated killing Jinx even before Isha jumped in to save her. Ambessa used Caitlyn in an unstable position, but AS SOON as Caitlyn saw Vi, and Caitlyn told her about Vander, she SNAPPED BACK. Caitlyn was never evil. She was broken. And her romance with Maddie - please remember there is an obvious time skip between act 1 and act 2, and act 3 also seems to be happening after some time passed. She was allowed for a new relationship, considering that her relationship with Vi lasted... 1 episode anyway.)
Now for my biggest theory with everything that happened to Viktor. I think we can all agree that Viktor is not dead. And while everyone is hating Jayce now, let me just say this: did you see in what state he was? All of the PTSD flashbacks and hallucinations? He has seen something TERRIBLE. While you like Viktor, so do I, please understand that Jayce wasn't acting like this for nothing. My theory is, since Jayce is either from the future, or some alternative reality he travelled to, and, before he killed Viktor, we heard a flashback of him talking to someone and 'I promise I won't fail this time', I assume that this is all Ekko's doing. Since Ekko and Heimer are not in the picture yet, something tells me that Ekko finally became stronger and learned to craft his trinkets for time travel better than before. I think he sent Jayce back to stop Viktor, either from the future or from that alternative reality. Additionally, I think this is all a big mistake on Ekko's part, too. Viktor talked to Singed about fate, and if we know of fate, Jayce and Ekko did not stop the events they were trying to stop. By killing Viktor, and him coming back to life somehow, this sort of betrayal probably removed his last hope in humanity, which will lead to the 'glorious evolution' and Viktor becoming a full cult leader with machine-like ideology. While Viktor seems to be good, he did still start a cult, and shreded people he healed from actual humanity. They were acting in the way Viktor wanted them to act, he could connect his mind to theirs like puppets. His intentions were pure, but the outcome was already bad. We can only imagine how bad it got in the future or that reality. And with Jayce hurting Viktor's 'human body', Viktor will completely loose his mind and turn to metal as he did in the League of Legends lore. I assume he will be the reason Piltover is getting attacked as well. And, since we all saw Oriana's picture, but not her in her current state, something tells me that Viktor will help Singed create Oriana the way we know her - a full robot with some resemblance to her real self.
Here's a thing though:
I think Jayce saw the future, but not how it happened. I think him, and possibly Ekko, decided that, by killing Viktor, they can stop this future from happening, but I actually think they made it worse. I think the whole reason Viktor went insane is because of this event. It's a Greek Tragedy. While they thought killing Viktor will stop him, they actually created a monster instead.
I'll be sad to see Viktor be evil, but, in a way, it all makes sense. In a very tragic way, but it does.
What if the Hextech is actually something from the Void? It's purple.
Alternative theory would be that, while Jayce and Heimer and Ekko were trapped in the core, and while Viktor was actively messing around with it, Jayce witnessed what it does to people that Viktor has been 'fixing'. He does hallucinate some kind of zombies when he looks at the people that Viktor interracted with. Though, then I would not know how Jayce was the only person who got out. Maybe that rune in Jayce's wrist will explain all of it.
