I was reading the Q&A for Jhin when a Rioter brought up something that caught my eye. He noted that there is an underlying theme to some of Jhin's lines that imply that not only does he want to keep performing until the end, but he actually WANTS to get caught. So I decided to find these quotes and share them with you all so we can all get to know the Mind of the Virtuoso a little bit better.

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#"Until they stop me, I will keep going."

Now that's a little strange. Amongst all the talk of not being able to stop beauty and art being perfect, we have this little tidbit. He mentions being stopped, and that he will "keep going" until somebody else stops him. It almost seems as if Khada Jhin feels the need to keep going forever, tirelessly, until somebody puts him out of commission.

#"I swear each performance is the last, but I lie every time."

This one is much less subtle than the last. Jhin keeps promising himself "this is the last one," but he can't seem to. It's almost as if he WANTS to stop, but he absolutely cannot. It's like when you're eating a bag of your favorite potato chips and you keep saying "this is my last chip," fully aware you want to stop, but you grab another chip anyway. Jhin seems to be the same way, just wanting each performance to be its last.

"I am a slave to this passion."

Ok, ok. I know that this is a stereotypical "art is part of me" statement by Jhin, but what if he means it literally? What if instead of him controlling his work,** it controls him?** What if Jhin is constantly feeding an obsession that he cannot sate, but he just wants to stop? I'm pretty sure he wants recognition, as he proves himself to be wanting of praise time and again, so what if he just wants to prove that he is adept to the world? Being the intelligent man he is, he would have considered other options and found them more acceptable, but cannot stop himself on this path he set himself on.

"The moment before the shot... is painful."

This has to at least raise some red flags for some of you out there. The guy is literally telling us that he feels the pain of having the power to take a human life as he pulls the trigger. If this doesn't prove that Jhin wants it to stop, what does?

"My work asks questions, it never has answers."

This one might be a bit of a stretch, but hear me out. Every human being, even the ones who have gone absolutely insane, strive to find something in life. For Jhin, he strives to find answers to all his questions. What do people see me as? How can the audience ever love such a hideous face as mine? How can one achieve TRUE perfection? Questions like these drive Jhin to do what he does, and as he keeps doing his performances and delves deeper into madness, he questions more and more. But this endless cycle keeps raising more questions, never answering them. It is perhaps for this reason that Jhin wants it all to stop one day. To be captured. To go out with a bang.

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Tell me what you all think. Just a little bit of analysis on my part to confirm something I heard.