Silco: The Nation of Zaun 

I know right, and it’s not just him, all the voice actors fit their characters so perfectly, the voice acting is truly wonderful

not villain at all actually

@@anon_148 he is a villain, he’s the type of villain that develops an attachment to jinx, even calling her his daughter at one point, and if I remember correctly he almost killed the undercitys version of the council to prove a point, he didn’t want to take responsibility for the death of a child laborer because he was focused on saving the undercity, his plans at first might have been to manipulate jinx and use her as a powerful weapon to take over Zaun, but overtime he’s come to cherish jinx and would do anything to keep her safe, so he’s actually the sympathetic and caring type of villain.

@@theblackswordsman5039 The child laborer was a chem barons son, so he was probably managing the shimmer production funnily enough. Jayce shot a child officer.

@@theblackswordsman5039 you are very naive, he literally explains that the only way to defeat a stronger oponent is to stop at nothing, all he did was for Zaun. He begins shutting down shimmer production the moment it stops being necessary for their independence.

Silco fought for the undercity Zaun's independence. To undercity people he's a evil mob boss, and to Piltover he's a terrorist. However, I know he's a hero. He fought to free his people.

@@superitgel1 Then he sacrificed everything for Jinx A Hero would sacrifice you to save the world, but a Villain would sacrifice the world to save you. He is a Villain, in the end

Who is the Hero? He Isn't the villain.

@@ekim4926 sometimes we need to look beyond good and evil

@@kingbaaka3D I didn't say that it was a bad thing, I just thought that by the quote that I read, he was the villain in the end, because he sacrificed the world for his daughter.

"Is there anything more undoing.... than a daughter" Rip king Silco🙏

Love can be more powerful than a city...

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@@pokimanefartcompilation theres no Pokimane fart compilations on your channels, I’m very disappointed

The reason that Silco wouldn't betray Jinx, because he's lived all his life knowing how it's feel to be betrayed. And Jinx is the only person who understand that as well, just like him. So his last words are what his really feel, not some last mojo to manipulating theory most people still believe in.

But his efforts to remove their weaknesses just damages them more. Jinx is very mentally ill and the people of Zaun suffer under more crime and worse than ever with many of it's people addicted Shimmer. He destroys what he claims to loves and can't see it. sm

@@mattwoodard2535 don't the season 2 will show that they'll be liberated

@@mattwoodard2535 Jinx and Zaun is ALREADY broken, he just salvaged the pieces. There's simply no way for Jinx to NOT be mentally ill after what she experienced. You aren't really paying attention to what happened in Zaun, cars are bustling about, people are wearing proper clothes, not filthy rags, some even sports jewelry, a topsider can even breathe without any assistance from a gas mask. Silco improved the air quality and there's rapid technological and economical improvement (mostly enjoyed by the few druglords, but it's still an improvement). Silco is known as "the Industrialist" by Piltover. Life for the average (non-substance abusing, of course) Zaunite is better under Silco. The undercity has already been completely destroyed by neglect and the Shimmer trade is only a mean to an end for him (that's the conflict between him and Finn). The show practically spells it all to you in the ending. Jinx, Silco, Zaun, they're all monsters Piltover created.

@@exu7325 No, you are missing the point. While the Undercity was bad and had major problems, it had some rules, some bright spots and some integrity. Under Silco things got worse in just about every way. More violent crime, betrayal, drug addiction and still very polluted. Yeah the Undercity has more money, but it's concentrated in the crime bosses and the general population is actually POORER then the were before. It's an illusion of wealth, not the real thing. Powder/Jinx had mental problems before, but she got much worse under Silco. He did nothing to help her and in many ways made things worse they they would have. Jinx now suffers from a major case of Anti-Social Personality Disorder where she didn't have before. A so called sociopath. That is NOT an improvement. sm

@@mattwoodard2535 What rules? What bright spots? What integrity? Seriously, you're not paying any attention and it's *you* who are missing the point. Children are beating each other up for scraps. Stealing, strong-arming, and swindling were common practices. Everyone was suspicious of each other and the mood was oppresive. We in fact, did NOT see more violent crime and betrayal, the undercity was ALWAYS a den of crime and poverty, that's Piltover's fault, not Silco's. Caitlyn (who has never stepped a single foot in the undercity) can breathe without a gas mask, so no, they are breathing clean air now. Again, the pollution is Piltover's fault in the first place. The general population are actually wearing proper clothes, where they didn't before, so no, they are NOT poorer than before. Proper clothes, cars, modern technology, that's all material, not an "illusion". Silco is known by the topsiders as "the Industrialist", is that an "illusion" too? You're literally just making stuff up and are working backwards from your preconceived conclusions, while I based everything I said on something concrete in the show. No, Jinx had mental problems before, but she got irreparably worse after she killed all her foster family and abandoned at the critical moment by her sister. It's incidental that this is also the moment that Silco adopted her. It's also doubtful that anybody can really help her after that point. The character literally spelled this all out for you.

I agree. The castle of cards represents Silco's dream of the Nation of Zaun, of him spending years building his own criminal empire to fight Piltover, and for him to deliberately destroy the castle symbolizes how willingly he will sacrifice all that for Jinx. Like a father with unconditional love who will sacrifice everything for their daughter. In the end, Silco became like his friend/brother, Vander.

"could you imagine being separated from your father?" ...oof

powder died on the bridge by suicide

Where can I watch this? I’ve never heard of it before.

I think that’s just coincidence. Jinx’s weapon has looked like that since she was released in the game

@@jdworkman1652 It stops being a coincidence when they make an animal to match it...

@@jdworkman1652 Sure, so, they purposefully retconned it into the plot to make it relevant

@@nonuvurbeeznus795 Wouldn't call it retcon, there was nothing changed. They just added a reason to why Jinx chose the look for her weapon. Most likely while designing her they just thought a shark as a rocket launcher would be cool, Arcane now added a meaning to it.

Looks like a Dunkleosteus.

and let's take a moment to appreciate Jamie Pine for bringing Spisak's incredible voice to notice.

it's often the voice character or actor that brings the character to life...

I just made a short film on my channel (The Lonely Horse), and it's narrated by Jason Spisak (Silco)!

I got the impression he never even wanted tae kill Vander. He felt he had to. Guilt can have a curious effect on people. He lost a brother but gained a daughter.

"Oh it all makes sense now, brother" is him referring to being unwilling to lose those you love to the cause. He still believes in that cause, but he's discovered that there is one price he will never pay.

@@optimisticnihilist3417 exactly, god I love this charecter man

What are you talking about, it wasn't war he gave up on, it's peace. Achieving independence through peace is what he gave up on for Jinx. Don't f*cking misinterpret things.

@@nviolet152 original commenter from different account here, no sh*t. and calm down this isn't twitter. No, what I said was correct, he understands not being able to go to war for a daughter because that's exactly what Vander wasn't doing because of his daughter. What I said was that He understands Vander's motives for not going to war

Thank you so much!

@@Daddynegan my pleasure

He truly loved her. She was his baby and he's do everything to protect her. You have to give him credit for that...

@@jonbaxter2254 he should give him credit for turning her into a terrorist aswell

@@ragnarstark5989 of course and to be fair the Piltover council isn't innocent

I hope not shatter. I see something.. shimmer in the muck.

we'll show them, we will show them all

"don't cry..... you're perfect" 😭😭

If Silco was born a topsider, I think he wouldn't have been so cruel.

To rise above monsters, you must abandon your humanity. Shinzou wo Sasageyo! Silco is what a middle-aged Eren Jaeger would be. XD

@@SebsterMS99 you're goddamn right

I think Silco had always known Jinx would likely be the cause of his death. He'd come to terms with it and his only concern at the end was reassuring her that he didn't blame her for it.

@@optimisticnihilist3417 i dont know how people say he did not truly love her. When silco was shot and dying what might have come into his head was that jinx chose vi instead of him, powder won over jinx, but even then all he said was ''you are perfect'', for the first time he did not say ''jinx is perfect'', what he truly meant was he loved her no matter who she chose to be.

@@oblivion9202 True but like you said that was a head-cannon. A reasonable one tho. I think something along those lines as well. I don't think he knew who she chose to be but said that as if to say "I support you regardless".

it call shimmer

For me it’s gotta be Vi and Jinx’s dynamic, but I like the strong parallels between Silco and Jinx as to where they stand with their respective sibling. In the end, Jinx ends up killing Silco as a instinctual response to save her sister, but is unable to “choose” Vi since Jinx is all she is now. It was the perfect conclusion that shows how dissonance and disorder is integral to her character, and that the initial “evil” of Silco has been brought down by an even greater threat (herself)

For me, it has to be the fact he loves Jinx even though she was broken. He wanted her to find herself through this broken version, a more empowered, evolved, form.

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The same result: Getting killed by Jinx

@@buddyb3165 💀💀

We relate to such things cause we are damaged

Yeah, was rooting for him the entire time.... btw, can you explain what the hell "optimistic" nihilism is? Nihilism is denying subjective artificial bullsh1t created by humans. How can it be "positive" or "negative"?

True. It could have been great if he wasn't so bad for her. By that, I mean enabling her violent behavior and being a little more than creepy. He was a loving father, not a good dad or role model.

It's a great show. Thank you so much!

Think we'll see him again. As one of Jinx's phantom images.

@@djsosonut We're also gonna get flashbacks. He's not gone yet.

Well there was that business with Vander at the beginning. But personally I like how his better ideals mix with his callous actions. It’s not easy to say he’s the villain, antagonist certainly but villain? No. The villain is the world they live in. The divide between the oppressed and the oppressors. The ignorance and apathy of Piltover to the plight of Zaun and the bitterness and cruelty that Zaun grew in Piltover’s muck. There is a cause for everything but in terms of the villain it’s never so petty or small as a single person. It’s the setting itself creating twisted monsters and broken people that collapse against one another because of cruel circumstance.

He IS the hero of the story in my book. The undercity was dealt a shit hand by Piltover, Silco just refused to fold.

Even the crossed eye guy in Silco's crew looks physically fit and fine and they use Shimmer on the daily for work and play. So I'm gonna go on a limb and say it's not as addictive as the rest of us think. Even the glasses addict guy in the slums said he became that way because he got carried away with it.

To be fair, what else could the Zaun offer? The poor nations absolutely have to use shady business to be able to face the stronger ones. We've seen that in Afghanistan, in Iraq and every other nation that fought alone against greater enemy (there are nations that fight without resolving to legalized crime but they do it as long as they recieve funding from more developed nations, like Vietnam did) To wage a war, to be free, you have to do things that nobody else is willing to do. Silco was a terrorist but that term only means that you oppose the current order. The so called "terrorists" that won are called partisans or freedom fighters by their own compatriots.

@@Murloc017 I think freedom fighters is more of a firelights thing rather than Silco seeing as he did awful things to anyone who disobeyed him. He showed no mercy and actually forced everyone to be addicted.

I don't think Silco is achieving peace and I also don't think not stopping for any cost is a heroic character trait. Doing what's best for others is heroic. Silco never did anything that was good for anyone else.

@@Xsomono Well in order for peace, one must have freedom and when one seeks freedom, you must have independence and when you want independence, blood is spilt and sacrifices are made.

@@dellcynsdevil9773 No, blood does not have to spilled. And especially one doesn't have to become a violent mob boss and distributing horrible harmful drugs. Less violent protests are always and option, for example most of the protests that lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union were largely bloodless. And especially no civil war was necessary. Physical violence against people should always be a last resort. Someone who readily embraces this violence without having considered any alternatives is not heroic.

@@Xsomono Idk man if youre a Zaunite youre status is nearly equivalent to a black man in 1700, radical change was the only way out theres no way a "Peaceful Protest" would make a speck of a difference to a govt that doesnt give a shit.

Thank you!

Thank you!

I hope so too) but it was fully revealed in season 1 (there is little chance that it will appear)

He'll be back in flashbacks with young powder for sure...

@@jonbaxter2254 He has to. I want to see more of their relationship :)

i want to see jinx going to the lake and inmerse herself while thinking abt her father

I guess his great beauty as character is his start, middle and eventual end His death united everything, the ironic comparation of him and Vander, to the twisted but genuine love he had for Jinx. The tragedy of his death, Jinxed by his own daughter, the same person he wouldnt sacrifice for anything, not even for the freedom of Zaun he so much fought for

Thank you so much!