There are a million ways a story or a person can turn out and not all of them are great. Characters are driven not only by what happens to them, but also by how they are able to respond to those events.

Let's start by discovering their personality traits first.

Both Vi and Jinx come from the same place and situation and their earliest and most brutal memories are that of death and loss. In terms of opportunities and fate, there are not many differences - both have lost parents and are dealing with their unhealed trauma.

A major difference can be seen in the way both the sisters are capable. Vi is strong and highly skilled when it comes to fighting - she's street smart and possesses a knack for physically surviving all sorts of dangers.

Powder is highly skilled when it comes to learning - it's her brains and inventions she's got (a major reason why she couldn't flourish amid everyone else in this group). That's not to say she's exactly bad at those things - she's not as good as the rest of the group - something that later on changes once she becomes Jinx, leaving behind her identity as the little, scared girl Powder was.

Both Vi and Powder's coping revolves around their deep attachment with their remaining family, but the way it is achieved is quite different. Vi and Powder both want to protect their loved ones. Vi copes through fighting and assumes the role of protector in position of authority - she is willing to stay away from Powder for a while in order to keep her safe.

Powder on the other hand copes by getting anxiously attached to her sister in a way that she can find comfort only and only in Vi's presence - even if that presence is found amid dangers she can't fight.

It's their individual fears that end up making the biggest impact on Jinx and Vi's life. Vi's fear of getting Powder hurt in a showdown against Silco so overcame her that she couldn't look past it to understand the depth of Powder's sensitivity and fears of being left behind and its impact on her psyche.

On the other hand it's Powder's fear of losing her only source of comfort and love, Vi, that made her defy Vi's orders and go over to save her, ultimately resulting in unintended demise of everyone there.

Guilt is another, rather strong driving force in the choices made by Vi and Powder (as Jinx) after they've grown up. Vi feels guilty for how Powder had turned out and she does what she can to get back to her sister - but when you look closely, it's this very guilt that makes it impossible for Vi to accept Jinx, her sister's chaotic side - all because she's still too consumed by guilt to look past it and understand Powder's need for complete acceptance even though she's changed.

Powder, on the other hand, finds a very unhealthy coping mechanism to deal with the enormity of her own big mistake. She's so far gone into sorrow and self-loathing that it takes the form of psychosis. Unable to take responsibility, she takes refuge in Silco and allows him to shape her in whatever way he wants. If only she had found a healthy way to let go of her baggage, we might have still had Powder alive by the end of season one, not just Jinx.

Vi's motivations had been very clear from the get start - she wanted to keep Powder safe and give her a future she herself couldn't have. We can see this when Vi mentions to Vander on the bridge that she grew up knowing that she was less than the topsiders - but she didn't want that Powder. That's exactly why she considers Powder's safety first and leaves her behind when she goes to save Vander from Silco.

Powder has always been motivated to seek out the feeling of safety, emotional comfort and love. Vi is her person in the big wide world - her only source of love, safety and acceptance. Powder has never had to be alone during a crisis - Vi has always been there to protect her. Hence, for Powder, Vi is not only her sister whom she dearly loves, she's also the person with whom she's always safe.

Later on, Silco becomes that person - that source of comfort, safety and acceptance. What's worth noting is how both Vi and Silco had always kept her safe to a fault - never let her take responsibility for her mistakes and that's why both, at their own times, had been Powder/Jinx's persons.

The choices that Powder and Vi make are majorly driven by all the factors we've so far mentioned - their circumstances, the way they both cope with their problems and trauma, their abilities, fears, guilt, motivations and their choices. To understand their choices well, we need to understand why they couldn't have taken different decisions.

We'll cover those in the next post! Stay tuned to see how a person isn't made from lessons they're given through good heart and wisdom - but from the lessons they are capable of learning through life, without a fault of their own.

Consider Vi here: her roots and Undercity struggles had made her strong because she was the older one and always in the position to take responsibility for what she did. Used to taking risks, she dealt with her fears (external and internal) quite effectively on a daily basis - exactly opposite of Powder.

Powder had, from the very first scene, the habit and need of hiding behind her sister. From the fiasco at the first job to losing their haul in the first episode, she had always tried to escape consequences because she was never good at dealing with them - and Vi not only allowed, but in the love of a protective elder sister, even promoted it.

That's one contrary thing about the sisters we've gotten nailed down then: Owing to circumstances, Vi had always taken responsibility while Powder had escaped it - hence Vi is more capable of dealing with her guilt while Powder breaks down in the face of her unintended crime.

Next comes their fear - if you remember the scene well, how Vi and Powder deal with their fear has been captured beautifully in the third act when Vi and Caitlyn are talking in the bed. Vi recalls how she used to chase away her own monsters so that Powder doesn't feel scared - but what about Powder's monsters? They were lulled to sleep by her sister's love and care. Powder never learned to deal with her monsters because she was convinced there weren't any - and after all, Vi was there to protect her from all sorts of monsters, wasn't she?

So, down goes the next striking contrast between the sisters: Vi can deal with her own fears and Powder never learned how to.

Soon after Vi is put behind the bars while a very vulnerable Powder is taken in by Silco. This was an extremely sensitive moment for both Vi and Powder - but it's the external circumstances again that make one sister mentally strong while the other one weak.

Vi had years alone to herself behind the bars that could have broken her down but they didn't - again, because she was strong enough to take the responsibility of her words. She didn't try to escape her mistake, but accepted the punishment that the guilt of leaving Powder behind brought to her.

Powder, on the other hand, was again protected from taking responsibility - but this time it was different. Silco didn't just tell Powder that it was okay that she made a mistake - he instead brought her up telling her it wasn't a mistake in the first place. Now Powder wasn't a girl who could make a mistake and be forgiven for it without consequence - she was molded into a loose cannon that could blow up a town without even calling it a mistake. Jinx made no mistakes - she was perfect. She was perfect because the moral line existed no more.

We all know how it ended. Jinx presented Vi with a choice - to make Caitlyn "go away" in order to have her back as Powder. It wasn't an easy choice that Vi could make right away. But in the end, she didn't have to.

When Jinx kills Silco accidentally, she decides for herself that she can never go back to being who she once was - she had changed, Vi had changed. She sits down in the chair named "Jinx" and makes the final decision - or so it seems that it was her who made the final decision.

But in fact, it was Silco who had declared the ultimate result. Even in his death, his words won - she was Jinx. Whatever little traces of Powder remained, they died on the operation table of Singed. And whatever hope for her redemption remained, it died with Silco.

When Silco died, Jinx could have gone back to Vi and they could both just get away from Piltover together, leaving everything behind as Vi had earlier suggested. But Jinx chose her own path, one that took her further away from her sister.

This happened because to go with Vi, she has to become Powder again - but Powder didn't even exist anymore. After years with Silco, Jinx has learned to have her guardian figure wrapped around her little finger, forgiving whatever she did. But Vi wouldn't do that and Jinx knew it - she tested her sister.

Jinx asked Vi to kill Caitlyn - that was her condition to get back with her sister. Her insecurities had never been dealt with and although she wanted to be accepted as she was, as Jinx, she wasn't willing to extend the same courtesy to her sister.

Jinx could never accept Caitlyn - who is the biggest change in Vi's life. Jinx didn't just want her sister to leave Caitlyn - she wanted her to kill her. And that's why Jinx wouldn't go back to Vi - she isn't Silco who would have done anything, killed anyone for Jinx's trust and love.

Because even in his death, Silco accepts Jinx’s mistake (of shooting him) as a result of who she is - and calls her perfect, prompting her to discard her tears and accept her madness - which she does.

Some of you might wonder - wouldn't have Vi forgiven Jinx as well, had she been the one dying there? Yes, most likely would have. But would Vi kill Caitlyn? No. And that, dear friends, makes all the difference. Why? Let's see...

Because Caitlyn is the monster Jinx fears - not literally, but figuratively (remember the operation table scene?) And instead killing - or making Caitlyn go away - Vi was actually aligning with her. That, for Jinx, is the ultimate deal breaker.

No. Let's get this clear - Jinx and Powder are two different people in one body. They are two personalities falling at the opposite ends of the spectrum of madness.

Vi, when she came back looking for her sister, she was willing to pay any price to get her back - but when Jinx demanded Caitlyn's murder it wasn't a price that was Vi's (or wise) to pay.

How could she exchange the slightest possibility of getting one loved one back by killing another one. While for Jinx, Caitlyn was just a threat, for Vi, she was a friend and love interest. Consider this from Vi's perspective, she has faced repeated losses and survived through them all somehow - but how would she survive being the murderer of someone she loved?

Moreover, Powder would never make such demands - only Jinx could. So even if Vi killed Caitlyn and accepted Jinx - it wasn't Powder she would be welcoming back in her life. Jinx could have been "accepted" by Vi if the path to reach her didn't have to go through the certain death of Caitlyn.

That’s why Violet can’t accept her sister as Jinx - because that wouldn’t “change” Jinx into Powder - not anymore, not after Silco's death ensured Jinx’s survival in her most brutal form. If Vi is accepting Jinx, she’s accepting all the damage she brings with herself - if not to Vi, then definitely to the rest of the world. Vi believes she created Jinx - and hence it’s her responsibility to save the world from this toxic chaos. And that’s what she will do.

So ultimately, if you notice, the silent ( or maybe not so silent) catalyst who affected and created this new dynamic was Silco. It was his relationship with Jinx that determined a no-return path for her. Wouldn't it be fun to explore their relationship as a father and daughter? But before we do that, we must understand Silco.