>>127431945I didn't like it. I liked things about it, but on the whole I didn't like it.
I thought Jinx was great. Ekko and Silco were pretty good. Vi and Caitlin severely underdeveloped. And the rest of the cast s horrible waste of time, Jayce especially.
One of the biggest issues with the show however is that it lacks a core theme/ideological conflict that informs the character's actions and choices. S lot of the characters move according to how the plot needs them to: Vi and Jayce being perfect examples of this, which is why they're so fucking boring (and in the case of Jayce it's mostly cause every choice he makes reveals him to be a piece of shit). Jinx is one of the few characters who makes choices that informs us of who she is as a person, which is why she's one of the most interesting and entertaining characters.
However, none of the choices made by Jinx really carry any moral behind them.
The show frames the two sisters as the emotional crux of the story, but fails to deliver on this. Let's go back to Powder's first "wrong" decision, wherein she kills almost everyone she loves. What are we supposed to take away from this? Why is it ok for Vi to go on a suicidal rescue mission, but not for Powder? It's cute that things backfire on Powder earning her monicker, but it would be a lot better if those decisions carried a flawed belief that allowed both characters to learn from. What is it about Vi that makes her morally right, or wrong, or Jinx? What's the moral this story is trying to deliver here?
Take the original Spiderman film for example, the main theme there is one of embracing responsibility, and both Peter and Norman go through similar journeys but take opposite decisions informed by their beliefs, and when Peter triumphs over Normal, we as the audience learn why acting selflessly is better than acting selfishly.
None of this is present in Arcane, and thus it's difficult for me to care about the drama going on. There's no emotion here.
