>>127254270Vander grabbing Silco.
>what hollywood taught me: "he's got the scrawny villain by the neck, now he'll get revenge for the dead kids!">reality: that's not a valid reason for things to become retarded, the villain is now more resilient because he already survived this scenario once before, plus the knife didn't magically disappear so he can just keep stabbing vanderSevika pushing Silco out of the way.
>what hollywood taught me: "bad guys have no concept of loyalty or camaraderie, even if one of them dies they'll just get left there on the spot">reality: the villain gets protected by his henchman because loyalty isn't something exclusive to good guys, and even though it's unclear whether she survives the others still carry her body out of respect for her actionsSilco finding Powder.
>what hollywood taught me: "bad guy will either cruelly treat her like a prisoner, beat her, or trick her simply because he's evil and can't be not evil"reality: silco's actions this episode were villainous but they were motivated mainly by his hatred of betrayal, so when he finds a traumatized and betrayed child he feels genuine sympathy for her, embraces and adopts her promising that they'll get revenge against the people who hurt them just like he got revenge today
For someone who was fed shitty hollywood logic allergic to gravitas and risks for most of his life, this kind of storytelling and sequence of events that refuses to follow stale tropes and formulas, that shows every character following their motivations and cause/effect with internal consistency was very refreshing to me. Arcane overall does this very well but episode 3 in particular felt like the moment when it did these things best.