#justsilcothings

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I just made a thing and...

This is the tattoo Silco has on his shoulder. Right shoulder (for now unless I change my mind). It's one of Zaun's crests, with mining tools inside.

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Some notes about...

How my Silco in his main verse (post arcane) generally feels base line about other canon characters.

Vi: At this point he understands that trying to make Jinx choose between him and Vi is only going to hurt Jinx. As much as Silco has no positive feelings towards Vi at all he also has not put a bounty on her head, or anything because he knows that killing or having Vi killed will end up backfiring on him very badly indeed. If he had his way he and Vi would have a begrudging truce between them for Jinx’s benefit.

Caitlyn: He hates her pure, and simple. He has a lot of negative feelings about Vi, but the worst of them have gotten shuffled over onto Caitlyn because Caitlyn is a more viable/safer target than Vi with her not being Jinx's sister. However he’s logical enough to understand that hurting or killing Caitlyn will make things even harder when it comes to dealing with Vi so unless pushed to it he’s not going to deliberately try to harm her. That said if he came across her wounded in an alleyway, and helpless he would very much have to stop and contemplate if he wanted to help her, or let her suffer or die.

Ekko: A pest, but not a priority… at least not until/unless he finds out it was Ekko who got Jinx hurt on the bridge at which point he will want him dead.

Jayce: Arrogant Piltie who doesn’t understand things half as well as he thinks he does. Is however a genius with hextech and creating/inventing/building things. Was at least willing to try to work together which is a point in his favor, and Silco would be willing to try for that again if he thought there was any chance of it but with Jinx having bombed the Council Chamber he doesn’t think there is.

Chem barons in general: Parasites that he accepts he helped create. Silco hoped things would go differently, and they’d be more supportive of The Cause rather than as greedy as they are. He’s starting to want to restructure the whole thing, but isn’t entirely sure how to.

Vander: Doesn’t agree with what he did in terms of making a deal with Grayson, but has a better understanding of it now. Wishes he could have a sit down conversation with Vander, but what’s done is done. Kind of resents Vander for not being the man Silco thinks he could/should have been.

Sevika: One of the very few (as in, two maybe, counting Jinx) he trusts at all. I generally like the idea of them being close to each other and being lowkey friends after all the years working together and all. He very much depends on her, and values her.

Jinx: She’s perfect.

TLDR: Silco wants to rebuild, and fix things and is logical enough to understand that even if he might like the idea of certain people dying it's currently not worth the possible backlash.

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Random note about food habits.

Silco: If you are someone he knows and doesn't have any issues with and you try to take some of his food he'll probably raise an eyebrow at you, but let it happen. Not like he was going to eat all of it anyways. This is for people he's relatively close to like Sevika, Jinx, bodyguards and the like. If you some random person than that's going to cause problems.

Sevika: She will rarely share food and to make this simple/easy only with a significant other (or in a verse were she has someone she's raised as her child, them). Sevika does need to eat a good amount, and doesn't share with just anyone.

Jinx:

She will literally stab you with her fork if she has one, and bite you if she doesn't. She grew up with a lack of food, and even with Silco never lost the habit of being protective over her food (despite him doing his best to ensure she ate properly) so please just don't try. You try to take her food, she gets aggressive.

I think even Silco would get an unhappy growl and her pulling her plate or whatever else in close to herself before she muttered a little half hearted "sorry..." but still kept her food close to herself. It's her food.

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My Silco, and where he comes from.

First things first: This is solely about my Silco, and concerns details I saw in Arcane and personally latched onto. This is by no means the only interpretation nor is it the “correct” interpretation, or any other such thing. People latch onto different things, and explore different concepts and themes and ways of forming their muses and I love that. Whatever I post below is purely for the purposes of explaining my personal thought process, and trying to show how I got to the point I did nothing more.

Second: This is solely about my Silco. Do not reblog. Do not copy, or steal from. Thank you.

TLDR: I take a lot of inspiration from the comments Silco makes about the mines, what Jayce says about making something to help with the mining colonies in the fissures, and Jayce’s comment about Viktor growing up in the fissures. My Silco’s backstory has a heavy connection with mining, and in turn I’ve used a lot of inspiration from real world stuff about company towns and labor wars/coal wars. He also had a younger brother who passed away from a wasting sickness caused by living too close to a mine while dealing with the dust and everything else that came from it, and yes Silco very much places the blame for his brothers death at the feet of Piltover’s greed. My Silco is a fanatic because he’s seen the worst of what Piltover has done to Zaun, and full believes that Zaun deserves better and that Piltover will fundamentally never listen.

Side note: This is not an attempt to excuse what Silco does. He’s not a healthy person, not a good person, is a villain (although I would argue not the villain), and does some very bad things. This is simply my personal thoughts as to how mine ended up in the place he does.

~~~Cut for length.~~~

I feel like I need to start this off with an observation. Wealth does not come from nowhere. At the end of the day if there’s a large gap such as between Piltover, and Zaun that came about (generally speaking) from one taking advantage of the other and more specifically the resources the other has. To be clear I’m not talking about a house with an extra room, or a bigger TV. I’m talking about Piltover being nicer in every way possible, and the Enforcer’s gear, and Piltover being the city of progress and their nice buildings and university and well fed people and everything else. If you disagree than fine, but that’s the view point I’m starting with. That Piltover fundamentally exploited Zaun in order to obtain the wealth it has, and than shoved Zaun into the darkness and blamed them for their condition ignoring the issues that were caused by Piltover. In essence I’m working with the idea that Piltover dug deep, and ripped a lot of minerals and stone and the like out of Zaun taking as much of it as possible for their benefit without sharing any of the benefits. You don’t see a whole lot mentioned about this, but you do see a bit. One of the first mentions of the mines is with Jayce who says he wants to help the mining colonies work faster and without fatigue.

Now another thing to note is Jayce also says that he thinks Viktor’s health concerns stem from growing up in the fissures.

So between Jayce talking about mining, and the fissures, and Viktor being from Zaun there’s a picture developing. Piltover had to get resources from somewhere, and the nearest place is Zaun. The mining colonies in the fissures. All of that is something that caught my attention. Partially because of my interests about certain things in real life. Another thing that stood out to me is the attitude of the Enforcers. Every time you see the Enforcers except for the ones you need to see the face of so they stand out as a character they in full face masks with armor when dealing with Zaun, but not in Piltover. The Enforcers are not there to keep order, or to help.

They are there to enforce control. For all intents and purposes they are guards similar how Company Towns had guards in real life. Company towns being in essence enclosed living areas for workers and their families that was assembled cheaply by whatever company or corporation owned the nearby mine or other area they needed workers for. There were any number of tactics used to control these company towns, but for now let’s just say they aren’t a good thing and at best are exploitative and controlling. So it could very easily be argued that Zaun is in essence at best a company town that’s largely abandoned to itself so long as they don’t attract attention, and at worst a mostly open air prison for the undesirables. My point being this is what Silco grew up in. An environment were he watched everything his family, and his people produce get taken away from them and moved topside for the benefit of people that looked down upon Zaunites for no good reason other than an accident of birth resulting in them being born on the “nice side” of things. Why do I say this is were he grew up? Simple.

“Have you forgotten where we came from? The mines they had us in?” To me that’s a very specific statement particularly when you combine it with the other mentions of mining, and also Silco’s dream of a Free Nation of Zaun. My head canon is that Silco grew up in a mining community/colony/company town ran by Piltie overseers and guards. That he knows exactly how bad those mines were because his father worked in one, because he worked in one, and because his younger brother died far younger than he should have due to the pollution and toxins and dust caused by the nearby mine. Why is all of that important? Because miners have a history of fighting back. As some easy examples you have Paint Creek–Cabin Creek strike of 1912, Ludlow Massacre in 1914 as part of the 1913-1914 Colorado Coal War, and the Battle of Blair Mountain in 1921. All events in real life that are a part of what is called the Coal Wars that happened on, and off from 1890 to 1930. Side note that yes I understand this is American-centric, and I apologize for that. It’s what I know the most about however, and (although I should change this) I haven’t yet taken the time to look extensively at stuff in other countries. Regardless the point stands. Armed labor conflicts, strikes, and in a sense revolutions against the status quo or at least the oppression and exploitation of the companies that did their best to rule and control the miners happened multiple times through out history. Often with miners organizing into Unions to fight side by side, and to aid each other. For that matter they had to in order to push back against the companies while ensuring their wives and children stayed fed. Because a lot of those miners had full families living with them. Why is this important about them fighting side by side?

“Brothers and sisters back-to-back against whatever the world threw at us.”

Silco never really talks about himself. He talks about the mines. He talks about where “we came from”, brothers and sisters back-to-back, the sons and daughters of Zaun, loyalty, and with a consistency and fervor that I choose to believe indicates he is a true believer. His fault is not in that he wants to help his people his fault is in how far he goes. Of course I could write a whole post about current day media turning nearly every character that wants to change the status quo and challenge the system into a villain, but that’s another thing entirely. My point is that for me because of my personal interests, and because of the mentions of mines and Silco’s comments and my head going to the coal wars and everything else… my Silco is very heavily rooted in those concepts.

He grew up in a community of bleak poverty watching these guards, and “company people” ruling over everyone despite doing no real work. People speaking up got punished, and if they went too far they got arrested or worse. Attempts to organize were broken apart (see real life union busting) more often than not. Food wasn’t plentiful. There was no public schooling. He basically had to raise his younger brother himself because their parents despite doing their best were always working in one way or another. Not only that, but he got to go up to Piltover once or twice as a child and got a very good look at just how very different things are in each place as well as the fact that what Piltover has isn’t as far as the Piltie’s are concerned “for those dirty Zaunite’s” in essence. Everything around him taught him a couple of very important lessons.

Pilties see his people as fundamentally, literally, and metaphorically beneath them.

His people deserve better because they are literally dying around him.

Without violence nothing will change because Piltover will not listen.

You can argue about how correct or wrong any of those view points are, but Silco fully believes all three of them. He also believes the end justifies the means which is what allows him to do the things he does. Maybe he hurts Zaun a bit, but it’ll be for the best in the end. Now I could continue this for quite a bit longer talking about his feelings concerning what Zaun has become, the chem-barons, the full extent of how his younger brother dying effected him, and so on however that’s not really what this is about. This is about something much simpler. Where does my Silco come from?

My Silco comes from a small family in a company town surrounded by poverty, and miners. He comes from a life in which he’s never had someone else take care of him for any length of time, and he had to grow up too fast. He comes from a place that forced upon him over, and over, and over again the idea that people from Piltover would never care about nor understand Zaun. He grew up among hard men, violence, oppression, and death. The never ending belief that Zaun deserves better as well as his need to be able to control his own life forcing him forward down a road of blood and revolution.

Silco is a man that in another world might have been a Punk, a protester, someone well known in one leftist movement or another. He could have been arrested for being involved in riots, and telling cops to go fuck themselves, and cursing out TERFs and bigots and would punch a Nazi without a second thought. He’s a driven man with a hatred of those that think themselves better than others for no good reason. In another world he might have been a good man.

In Arcane? In Zaun? He’s not a good man. Even if there are good reasons behind his ideology, or at least understandable ones. He has been driven too far, and gone too deep into his obsession and fanaticism with nothing and no one to take the edges off. He's never chosen to take the time to rest, and take a breath, and heal from anything. He could have been someone else of course. Someone better, but he chose not to be. After all...

“The only way to defeat a superior enemy is to stop at nothing. To become what they fear.”

To put it another way, and to close this out for now if I might be excused the theft of a good line from another character. "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good."

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My Silco be like

Outwardly

While inside he's lowkey just

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Okay but Silco getting invited for whatever reason to some type of dance/ball/etc in Piltover and he shows up in a "phantom of the opera" isque mask but covers the "good side" of his face and leaves his scarred side open and without make up. So all night long the Pilties just get this view.

Because yes he keeps invading people's personal space because fuck the Piltie's that's why.

Bonus points for 1/2 of them getting turned on, and not knowing/admitting why.

More bonus points if Silco just takes {REDACTED} into a closet or something and {REDACTED} {REDACTED} then {REDACTED} them.

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For muns with multiple muses, past and present, on any blog.

Rules: Fill out the form according to which muse suits each title best. (The same muse can have multiple titles.) Repost and tag. Feel free to add more!

Favourite Muse: Look, look! I love all my children equally! Silco is the one it’s been hardest for me to figure out plots for lately though. Jinx you’re my favorite don’t tell the others.

Most Character Development: As of right now I’d say Silco actually. Considering he’s the only one I’ve made a permanent character update post for. Jinx is more a case of I’ve been figuring out what she’s like for me, and getting to a point in which she can start developing and changing.

Trash Muse: Not entirely sure what this means. Going off what the person that tagged me said. If using worse deeds probably Silco. If personality, much as I love her I think I’d say Jinx.

The Meme-Lord: I don’t know I’d call any of them a meme-lord? Maybe Jinx?

Most Likely to Start a War: On purpose, and deliberately Silco. By accident by killing the wrong person or something, Jinx.

Worst Personality: I’d say Jinx honestly. She can be so volatile and difficult. Silco is at least vaguely reasonable.

Best Singer: I’m going to say Silco. In order I think Silco, Sevika, Jinx. Jinx last because she has a tendency to go too loud, or off key because of all the explosions she’s been around.

Most Attractive Muse: Honestly that really comes down to personal taste /shrug. As far as I’m concerned they are all very attractive people.

Biggest Heart: Hmmm… I think… I’d go with Silco. His utterly unconditional love for Jinx, and than there’s my backstory for him with his younger brother and taking care of his sibling. Jinx does have a big heart, but there’s conditions on her love. Sevika is actually a reasonable person. If you want to go biggest heart in a HEALTHY way it’d be Sevika.

Falls in Love Quickest: I don’t think any of them are quick. Silco is paranoid, and stand offish. Jinx is either too loyal to Silco, or too traumatized and hurt after he dies. Sevika is stoic, and a workaholic. With that said if I have to pick one I’m going to say Sevika. She’s the healthiest emotionally.

Most Likely to Drop Their Phone in the Toilet: If in a verse with phones, I’m going to say Sevika actually as she has an accident juggling her phone forgetting her prosthetic can’t grip it the same way her organic hand can.

Ice Ruler: Silco’s the only one whose normally a ruler type so I guess Silco?

The Edgelord: Oh Silco absolutely. This gothic drama-queen ex theater-kid brat is absolutely the Edgelord. This asshole (affectionate) keeps his ex-lovers knife on his desk after nearly being murdered by said ex-lover.

Most Tragic Backstory: It’s a toss up between Jinx, and the angst I’ve given Silco. I’m not even sure which is more tragic TBH.

Best Case of Puberty: Jinx. I’m going to say it’s Jinx. At the same time she’s the only one we really see as a kid so could have been one of the others, but I’ma go with Jinx.

Most Awkward: Jinx. No doubt at all. Particularly my Jinx whose not the best at talking to people.

Busy Bee: Probably Silco. He never gets a break. At least Sevika can play cards, and vibe and Jinx has her projects.

Most Clueless: None of them are truly clueless, but if I had to pick one. Jinx. There’s some things she just doesn’t quite get.

Most Likely to Forget Their Wallet at Home: Hate to say it, but Jinx. She’d be distracted by something, and just head right out the door. That said she’s also aware of that fact, and so she always keeps her wallet in the same place close by the door or on a chain on her belt or something else so it’s hard for her to forget it.

Best Dressed: Silco. As much as I love both Sevika, and Jinx’s style I have to go with Silco. His entire outfit is designed to compliment his body in a way that sends a message, and he’s always dressed to the nines.

Biggest Flirt: Sevika. No doubt at all, it’s absolutely Sevika and it’s not even a competition. She enjoys the company of women entirely too much, and is confident and out going and entirely willing to put herself out there. It’s Sevika.

Most Dramatic: Silco with Jinx a very close second. Depending on the day, and mood it might actually be Jinx.

Least Likely to Show Up Late: Sevika. She hates being late. Silco might be late just as a “fuck you” and to prove a point. Jinx might be late just because she got distracted if it’s not something she views as Important for a person whose Important.

One with Weirdest Habit: Probably Jinx honestly. With her mental health issues, and quirks, and everything else I’d say it’s Jinx.

Most Likely to Be Caught at the Gym: No question at all it’s Sevika. Plain and simple. Do I even have to explain? It’s Sevika.

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