I binge watched arcane, loved it, so imma yap about it 💙🖤
Even tho this show has literal canon yuri and heavily implied doomed yaoi (what's up Jayvik nation) with a potential poly ship (Mel)... no, guess who i fixated on. Oh you guessed? That's right, on the Zaunites.
Champions of the underdog, Jinx, Silco, Victor and Sevika are my favs.
I adore how they showed Jinx's inner world and episodes, i would argue that she's one of the best bpd reps i've ever seen in media. As a queer older sister with daddy issues myself, i was screaming at Vi to do better for half of the show, also i have a strong dislike for cops so... love you Vi but, girl, that could never be me. And that's ok. I also always play long range gunslingers (guns, not shotguns) in games so, yeah, Jinx is my punk baby.
I love everything about Silco and how complex of a villain he is, and i love his and Jinx's (albeit toxic) father-daughter relationship.
Love her relationships with Ekko and Isha, too.
Victor is such a lovable character for me. I hc him as asexual bc there is no way he, in all those years, has not made a move on Jayce. Please. Viktor's sassy, assertive and has two functioning eyes. And don't even get me started on how Jayce is a dog on a leash for anyone and everyone, especially romantically with Mel. Viktor would walk him!!!! Anyways.
I like how Viktor is such an extreme rep of grit and determination in his own way - being from the undercity and of course - chronically ill, both things being outwardly visible/noticeable on him. The discrimination against him is blatant throught the show. Finally, I can't explain enough how much not only do I love him but truly find him intensely attractive for his witty, genius, stubborn personality (and looks too, that man is so beautiful). Gender envy is real, too.
(He got to meet Jayce in every timeline, so i guess he still won in the end ? 😭)
And last but not least, Sevika. That glorious bitch. I honestly thought she would just be a miniboss for Vi to flex against, but the Silco loyalty test was what's truly made me her fan. Jinx being her long range support was so satisfying to me! Towards the end it started to feel like they were true family.
I was thinking about how the four of them all had different approaches to fighting/leadership. Jinx did it with terrorism (fear), Silco with criminal endeavour (drugs), Viktor with magical power (technology) - all ways of manipulating and controlling others, and every one of them was stopped/saved by love in the end.
- think Silco dying instead of selling out Jinx, Viktor making Jayce stop him, Jinx taking Vander out with her as she relized her sister will never be truly free as long as they're there for Vi to keep trying to save.
In the end, it was Sevika's loyalty that finally put her at the chairmans table. It truly goes that the most stubborn bitch wins, and she deserved it.
Even after watching all the fanart for years i still had no idea where this show would take me, but i loved it every second of the way.
💙🖤