Theory: The inspiration for Jhin?
So there I was watching another episode of my favorite detective series based on the writings of a British author.
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No not him...
Hercule Poirot
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In the episode I was watching I was reminded gently at first and then rather loudly of the new character to hit League of Legends.
The title of this episode was...** The Big Four**
You see- Jhin is in fact a reference to the antagonist of this episode... and it is a reference most ingenious. http://45.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltse8rSRDT1r26k0yo9_400.gif
Now of course the plot of the book and the plot of the television adaptation are pretty different from what I can tell, and I honestly haven't read the book. **I am going to focus on the tv episode **and not the book at all.
So now here is my evidence (spoilers to the episode ahead):
In this episode there are a number of murders committed supposedly by an organization known as The Big** Four**. Poirot reveals at the end of the episode instead that the true murderer is a single man.** It is a man with obsession for theater and theatrics.** It this man himself who says something along the lines of "who is to know when the fantasy ends and the reality begins". In his final words with Poirot before someone literally drops the curtains on him.
Jhin also has an obsession with theater, and he also speaks with other champions as if everyone were characters in a play.
This villain kept up the rouse that there was some secret society called the Big Four by seeding the local press with rumors and tips about them. Someone is eventually found lying dead in theater clothes with 4 very different kinds of cards. Each card represented a member of the group. The fourth card denoted the only true member of the group and the mastermind behind it all.
The card was the tarot card of Death.
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it is a skeletal being, and one with some odd-looking limbs even for a skeleton. This skeleton is strange because it does not have only a skull, but rather the shape of a full head wearing a face mask. It is also not uncommon for death to wear a cloak as well.
Our villain also tells someone else something interesting in this final scene. To the actress he constantly sends flowers and a message signed "**4 **Kisses", he tells her how he strived all this time to be remembered. He had found a way.
He would be remembered for all time for the series of murders he committed.
Who does that remind you of?
Who has an obsession with theater? Who wants to remembered for having the greatest performance of all time? Who has the very visage of death? Who is themed entirely around the number four?
