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The other side of Jhin

gatchi·2/11/2016, 5:16:55 AM·4 votes·1,342 views

I noticed that on the cover art of Jhin (this is easier to see with the animated login screen) that the glass is cracked cause JHIN shot it. Maybe i'm reaching..... but what i got from that was Jhin losing composure cause he's not PERFECT enough. That this whole persona and his "art" is to get over feeling horrid and unwanted. And i dont feel like im reaching, cause, isnt that why this character is so creepy? We know theres an insecurity here, not being addressed. And dont tell me he's not creepy.

So my question is.... why dont we see more of this in his lines? I kinda wish we could have heard his angsty, fearful side come out here and there. Not a lot, but occasionally. Maybe every few deaths, or rarely when he takes damage. I always felt something about him was missing.... and i think this is it. The duality of his character. I dont really see it in Rift.

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GreenLore2/11/2016, 10:58:22 AM1 votes

There are lines that hint at this "I cannot be good. I must be perfection." "Perfection isn't good enough." he basically has the need to act perfect,he can't accept anything less from himself.

There are also lines that hint at him being more or less in a deep state of depression,where only killing can help him feel alive "I want to feel everything. The gun makes it so I do." "Happiness... is a warm gun." "I can't live without the euphoria of performance." "It is only when the gun fires that I am alive." "This art is a compulsion. I cannot resist it."