"I had the shot." A thought on Arcane S2E3
So I've seen some discussion about whether or not Caitlyn could've made the shot to take out Jinx without hitting Isha.
"I had the shot."
"That was a kid, what if you missed?"
"I wasn't going to miss.
People have used this as a basis for arguing that Vi shouldn't thave stopped Caitlyn - that she shouldn't have gotten in the way becasue Vi had previously urged Cait to take the shot if she had the chance, and because she's such a consistent shot it's likely that she wouldn't have missed. "Her whole thing is not missing."
I'm not here to debate whether or not she could've made that, but I am here to say that I don't think it matters. (Personally, I think it was possible but pretty doubtful - she'd just had that nasty fight with Sevika and been electrocuted hex-lectrocuted, plus we see her firing recklessly later when she strikes Vi's gauntlet and again when Vi grabs the barrel of her gun. Plus all the trauma with Jinx that we'd been seeeing earlier with the strike team.)
I'm also not here to hate on Caitlyn. She was finally facing down Jinx, the source of a lot of her trauma, and was being influence by a wide range of factors and emotions. I think that the wider context of her situation makes her focus on killing Jinx, to the point she disregards Isha's wellbeing and Vi's pleading, not excusable, but perhaps understandable.
But... what if she didn't miss?
Let's say she had the shot. Her plan was to execute Jinx like... right under Isha. Isha was clinging to Jinx's shoulders and neck. If Caitlyn shot Jinx here:
Well, in this particular frame Isha's head is behind Jinx's, so a headshot would likely take them both out.
But even if Isha wasn't in the line of fire. The thought of Isha watching her "big sister" taking a relatively close-range, high-powered headshot is... harrowing, to say the least. Jinx’s head would not stay in one piece, and Isha would have a front row seat to that.
Whether Caitlyn was going to miss or not, when she realized a kid was involved, Vi was absolutely right to stand down and try to intervene, especially as someone who has seen so much violent, personal loss.
All this to say - this is why saying that Vi should've let Caitlyn take the shot due to Caitlyn's marksmanship doesn't hold water for me.
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