Was Seraphine Supposed to be Piltover's Jinx?
I think it's really interesting that on a meta level, Jinx and Seraphine are near complete opposites. I'm not even talking about the punk/pop, blue hair-pink eyes and pink hair-blue eyes contrast they've got. Both champions follow similar development beats that led to very different results. Let's compare the debut of these two champions. Jinx releases with a music video, the first of its kind done by Riot/Fortiche for a champion, just because they could. Before Jinx's official release, her debut was teased a with a clever marketing campaign where she vandalized the pages of related champions like Vi with her graffiti. With Jinx’s release was also a cleaner introduction of Zaun's aesthetic shift into punk street fashion that later champions like Ekko and Zeri would take on as well, without it being too jarring. By now it's inarguable to say that Jinx has not just been well received as a flagship champion for the region, but through Arcane, has become critically acclaimed.
Seraphine has a much messier history. You can argue she was created to be an idol champion before a Piltovan champion, hence why her design doesn't really match with Piltover's aesthetics. Seraphine debuted as a part of KDA, a pre-existing LoL virtual band, and her release was marketed with a months long interactive social media campaign. In the end, all it did was give Seraphine's character more negative attention to how tone deaf Seraphine's story actually was. Seraphine as a champion had to have her story rehabbed and slowly gain more positive attention from lol fans over time.
Even on a narrative level Jinx and Seraphine are trying to accomplish two very different things coming from divergent backgrounds. Now that Arcane's canon, we can say that Jinx is an orphan whose parents died for better conditions for Zaun. Years later Jinx ensures the full separation of the two city-states by kickstarting the war between the two.
In Seraphine's original story, she's born in Piltover to Zaunite parents that sold everything to make sure their kid has a chance for a better life. Seraphine wants to use her music to unite the two cities, but to do what exactly? What does unity mean when it's not between equals? Zaun broke off from Piltover for a good reason, and I can't see many eager join hands with them.
After all these years Jinx's character and story became further elevated and enmeshed in Riot's lore and Zaun's worldbuilding, but Seraphine's in limbo as her story will have to be reworked again to account for Arcane (tho thay might be welcome because it wasn't that great to begin with).
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Ill-Omen's Game ~ Chapter 15 ~ A Note of Discord
A deal is struck. Lux can't sleep. Cait and Vi rally the troops. And Seraphine isn't alone…
New motifs enter the melody, and not everyone is playing the same tune, in Ill-Omen's Game Chapter 15: A Note of Discord.
C/W: Sexual content, horror themes.
“I want you to say,” Lux said softly, pinning pink eyes with blue, “That you won’t do that to me again.”
Jinx furrowed her brows, caught like a surprised cat in a cellar, a little dry catch in the back of her throat, “Wh-what?”
“I’m with you. I’m here. I’ve done questionable things for you, dangerous things for you, things I would never have considered doing before I met you. I don’t regret them.”
Lux reached her hands up and cupped Jinx’s cheeks. She soaked in her touch, her skin, cold and soft beneath Lux’s fingertips, the heart-shape of her face, the dirt smudged on her skin, her faintly crooked nose with its dusting of freckles…
It was hard. Not to kiss her. Not to hold her. Not to let her get away with it.
“But I’m not a piece on your board.”
Jinx’s eyes narrowed, “Chill, Blondie, just part of the Game, I was just screwing around-”
She moved to shrug Lux off – but Lux scowled and snapped her hands up to pin Jinx’s wrists to the wall.
“No, you weren’t.”
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Heads up this is after Vander becomes warwick when warwick is mentioned
Warwick: I haven't seen Vi and Jinx for fifteen minutes now.
*Outside a nearby window, a car without a driver inside is seen rolling down a driveway, with Vi and Jinx running after it in a panic. Warwick doesn't look outside at all.*
Warwick: That probably means they're getting into trouble.
Warwick: I hope you have an explanation for this.
Vi: We have three actually-
Jinx: Pick your favorite.
Vi, to Powder: If you see Mylo, give him this message *makes a neutral face*
Vi: He'll know what it means.
*later*
Powder: oh, and Vi said to give you a message.
Powder: *makes a neutral face*
Mylo: Oh no. The neutral face of displeasure.
Warwick: Is anyone going to tell me what's going on in here?!
Vi: It's kind of complicated, but Jinx-
Warwick: Got it. Forget I asked.
Jayce: Regular soda is too sweet!
Vi: Diet soda has a weird after taste!
Jayce: No! Ugh, oh my god. Diet soda is THE BEST! It doesn't have sugar! It's SPICY!
Vi: It has other weird stuff in it! I'll take REGULAR sugar in my REGULAR soda!
Jayce: It's SO SWEET like it's a dessert though! Diet feels more like a drink!
Vi: I'm going to physically attack you.
Jayce: Which is better, Caitlyn?
Caitlyn: Oh, I usually drink water!
Vi: Wha- NO!
Jayce: DISGUSTING!
Jinx: Onion rings are vegetable donuts.
Ekko, used to Jinx being dumb: Sure...
Jinx: Your stomach thinks all potatoes are mashed.
Ekko: Okay?
Jinx: Lasagna is spaghetti flavored cake.
Ekko:
Jinx: Lobsters are mermaid scorpio-
Ekko: Jesus, that one is a little-
Seraphine, interested: No, no, Jinx, keep going.
Caitlyn: Self care is stuff like taking a bubble bath or putting on a lot of make up if you like that, or taking a nice warm nap and stuff like that basically.
Vi: Self care is the burning heat when rage washes over you. self care is when you feel the bones crack under your powerful fists. self care is the fear in your enemies eyes.
Jinx: Self care is stealing someones birthday cake just to eat the frosting.
Vi: If you touch my birthday cake I’ll make you eat your hands.
Ekko: Ooh, somebody has a crush
Jinx: Pfft, I don’t have a crush on Seraphine I just think she's cool, it’s not like I stay up at night thinking about her.
*Later that night*
Jinx, very much awake: Uh oh.
Jinx, watching power lines fall down: Vi, Warwick! The town is exploding and it's very pretty!
Vi: What would Warwick think?
Jinx: Ok, that’s an interesting thought, but hear me out: what if… we ran an experiment where we spent the rest of our lives finding out what happened if we never told him?
Silco: Okay, what does A stand for?
Jinx: Arson.
Silco: Aw, you're so good. Okay! B! What does B stand for?
Jinx: Barson.
Sevika: *laughter*
Silco: What stands for C?
Jinx: Commit arson.
Sevika: Oooo.
Silco: D!
Jinx: Don't come near me, I'm going to commit arson.
Sevika: *more laughter*
Vi: Caitlyn won’t come out of her room!
Jayce: Just tell her I said something.
Vi: Like what?
Jayce: Anything factually incorrect.
Vi, shrugging: If you say so.
Caitlyn, arriving moments later: Did you just say the sun is a PLANET?
Jinx: I got us matching friendship bracelets, and you say I don't care about our relationship.
Ekko: These are handcuffs.
Jinx: Yeah, 'cause we're partners in crime!
Jinx: Hey, wanna help me commit arson?
Seraphine: What the hell!?
Jinx: Oh, sorry, my bad.
Jinx, whispering: Wanna help me commit arson?
Seraphine, whispering: Of course. What do you need?
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