'Then a REAL MONSTER Showed Up...' - Vi | 1min Analysis #Arcane #shorts

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"Then a real monster showed up... and I ran away... I left her." The monster she's referring to is clearly Silco, since she's just now realizing Silco is responsible for corrupting Powder into Jinx. She just saw what her sister has become with her own eyes, Ekko explained what has happened since Vi was imprisoned, and Vi is about to redirect her efforts to fighting Silco to essentially "free" her sister. But Vi probably doesn't realize she's misstating what actually happened that night. She makes it sound like she ran away, but in reality, she left first, and THEN Silco showed up. But this is a hint as to how Vi thinks: there's only "fight" and "run away". Nothing else.

In Arcane's final scene, there's a devastating callback to Vi and Powder's childhood game. We see the monsters come again and this time, Vi doesn't even realize the role she's playing...

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[schnee]

I think it's really interesting to see people's interpretations about the identity of the "monster"! I wanted to mention why I concluded it was Silco in the vid, but it wouldn't have fit into 1min, so I'll leave my reasoning here:

The main reason is the context. When Vi first reunited with her sister, she saw the difference and was shocked by it, but didn't understand what had happened. Ekko filled her in, explaining that Silco is the cause of everything and that Jinx works for him voluntarily. Vi half-accepted that, deciding that Silco essentially corrupted Powder. Between this conversation and the bridge scene, she begins to realize that Powder isn't simply coming back to her unless she gets to the root of the problem: Silco. The bed scene shows her coming to terms with the fact that what happened to her sister is part of a much larger problem that she'll have to now fight, all revolving around Silco. After this scene, that's exactly what we see her do, at the council and then later at the shimmer factory.

The "referring to herself" is really interesting because would be accurate to the sequence of events, but even without the context of the build up to Silco, I'm not sure I see Vi speaking in such poetic terms like that. She's usually pretty direct in her speech, and she'd have even more reason to do so here when opening up to Caitlyn. She's already confessing her guilt, it would be strange to cover up what actually happened by not telling Caitlyn that the monster was herself (especially since Caitlyn will definitely think she's talking about Silco).

Anyway, I'm enjoying the discussion! Thanks for the thoughts, everyone! :D

[roguetrick]

Vi glorfies the past and powder is haunted by it

[MynicknameisViolet]

I'd like to add that Vi never saw how mentally gone Powder was. She never saw her crying hysterically for. Never saw her clinging to Silco. She never understood this because she was also a child going through trauma too.

[mathies]

Also, she sees caitlyn as a monster, as a threat to her relationship with Vi. So that's why she says "make her go away". She wanted Vi to chase the monster Caitlyn away.

[caseyjp]

I'm glad to see someone caught the bit where VI is naming their friends. It is clear to me that doing that was driving Jinx over the bend completely. Vi NOT understanding the damage she was doing was heartbreaking...and also realistic, as from her POV the people she was naming were "friends". To Jinx they were her greatest mistakes and ongoing mental torture. In the end, Vi's desire to help made things infinitely worse for her sister.

[haterreaction]

Now thinking about it maybe Vi was talking about herself, because she hit her litlle sister and called Jinx, what she was never meant to do. Scared about herself about what she did, she just run away. Maybe I'm streching a little to much, but is so fun.

[frostbraincell]

also people ignore that Vi was also a kid and she also deserves the same sympathy that people are giving to Jinx cause she was not mature enough to look after Jinx and when she came back Jinx was already a different person which was NOT her fault, they were both victims

[squeakycamp]

I think that Vi is telling herself that she ran away, even though that isn't true. Vander always told her that whatever happened, it was on her. After she was put in prison and Powder was taken by Silco, her perspective of the situation probably changed as well. She probably thought that she could have fought more and maybe could have had a chance to keep her sister, even though it wasn't really her fault because she was arrested by Marcus before she could run back to Powder.

[andreasschroder]

I don’t think she is referring to Silco, I think she is referring to herself. She slaps Powder, grabs her jar and calls her a jinx. Then she stops, looks at her own hand in terror and walks away. She can’t handle the situation, can’t handle that she herself turned in a monster for a short moment and because of that she walk/runs away.

[anarchyfork]

I think the monster she was referring to was herself. Because she has hit her sister in the past according to the Enemy vid, I think she thought she had gone too far this time, despite Powder killing everyone she loved and cared about. She punched her sister who was having a rough time and rubbed salt into the wound by calling her a Jinx. When she looked at her hand, I bet she remembered what Vander told her, but it also told her that this isn't what she's supposed to be doing to her sister. To calm herself down, she ran away. She wanted to go back but because she was caught, she was left with what Powder could have been thinking about her. 'My sister hit me, then she abandoned me.' Vi probably thought of a million ways it could have went better, therefore blaming it on herself, also backed up by Vander's words; "But whatever happens, its on you."

I'm tired so sorry if I repeated anything that was getting to the point you got to lol

[alteredalex]

she could have been referring to herself as the monster, god I love how deep these characters are. She definitely feels guilt because Vander thought it'd be a good idea to tell teenage Vi, who ain't so great at making rational decisions in the heat of the moment that anything and everything that happens to them is her fault, along with his death wish being for her to take care of Pow. DUDEEEE these characters are so deep and amazing and I feel like I need to understand them completely, love your little analysis's on them!

[eatandrun]

This is a great take and I have always been saying this: This is NOT a story between Vi and her problematic sister. This is a story between TWO problematic sisters. People can easily see Jinx's separation anxiety, identify crisis and mental unstableness. But a lot of them failed to realize that Vi also has issue with anger, impatience and hatred. Throughout the Act 1 it was Vi who constantly challenged Vender's idea of peace, who wanted to fight back and "make the topsiders pay". In Act 2, she wasted a perfect opportunity to follow and investigate Sevika with the help of Caitlyn, all because she was too mad to not go straight into a fist fight with Sevika. In Act 3, she was outraged solely because the council thought about talking to Silco first instead of starting a war; and left the conversation while it could've went much further. When she finally had an ally Jayce, she parted ways with him after only one attack - just because Jayce wanted to find a less destructive way for peace. Sure Vi always had a cool ass fight scene after each mistake she made, but let's not overlook her flawed personality because it is amazingly written! It makes sense too because she and Powder went through similar childhood and trauma. She suffered just as much as Powder did. And in this show, no one is perfect.

[omg]

Vi and Powder are equally traumatized and show it in very different ways.

[emerald]

The worst part about that one scene is Vi literally doesn’t realize she’s causing Jinx’s current psychotic episode. She thinks she’s helping and is instead actively making it worse because she doesn’t understand her sister’s triggers.

Edit: I’m not making an argument that Vi is really too much at fault for this, I’m just pointing it out. I know she’s fresh out of prison and hasn’t seen her sister in years and can’t be expected to know her triggers. It’s not her fault, it’s just an unfortunate thing preventing them from connecting.

[goose]

I think the monster Vi is referring to in this scene is Jinx. "We would pretend to be bigger and bigger monsters", but when Powder shows up as the monster Jinx, Vi didn't fight to get Powder back, she "left her"

[striderbob]

I don't think you can really put the blame on any one person for anything in this show. Arcane is too well written and characters too complex for that.

[greenlantern]

Great breakdown of fight/run away. Vi is telling a story here, not literally. She was Powder’s protector. But when the time came to protect Powder, Vi hurt her instead. “no monster’s going to get you when I’m here.” It was only a moment, but she ran away from the monster of her own failed plans and her own violence and hurt her little sister. It’s the wrong she wants to make right above all else

[valiantshadow]

I love that last scene so much, because while some people have suggested that Silco trying to shoot Vi was a selfish act, just him trying to keep Vi from turning Jinx, I always interpreted it as “You are traumatizing my daughter. I’m gonna shoot you in the face.”

[HyperFangGaming]

Vi is saying she is the real monster for the emotional outburst, i feel so bad for Vi.

[MrSalvorine]

I thought Vi talking about how Powder saw that situation. For the little one her sister left for good and never returned. Vi see monster in any threat that Powder must overcome when left alone