Arcane Season 2 Theory: Caitlyn's Lip Scar As A Hint To A Turning Point

Arcane Season 2 Theory: Caitlyn's Lip Scar As a Hint to a Turning Point

Scrolling Tumblr posts after publication of Arcane Season 2 trailer I noticed not only that Caitlyn will get a scar on her lip like many other Arcane fans did, but also a bounch of other details around the scar those are possible hints to the certain way how story would develop.

Presumably, this is chonologically the fist scene was shown because here Caitlyn still wears her dress from Season 1 and later we see her only in an enforcer's uniform. No scar here.

Afterwards Caitlyn would become the Scheriff of Piltover what is 100% canon from League of Legends lore and would suit the Arcane story as well - Marcus is dead, her mother with high likelihood is also dead, and Caitlyn has a motivation to take the post in order to keep Piltover safe. In the scene where Caityn is giving orders we don't see the scar yet.

The same is for the teaser where Caitlyn and Vi stand shoulder to shoulder. Caitlyn still isn't hurt.

However, the trailer is hugely focused on a battle between enforcer Vi and Jinx that would take place somewhere probably in Zaun, in a place with stone columns and a plenty of Jinx's painting or splashes of paint on the walls.

So, the first part of my theory is that Caitlyn would take part in the same battle agains Jinx and would get the scar then. Why do I think so? In the trailer we see a scene where Caitlyn is between stone columns those remind a lot the identic place with fighting Vi and Jinx.

Later, Caitlyn is shown in the same location but tired and hurt. The wound on her lip coincides perfectly with the place of a future scar. Caitlyn seems to be confused and she lost concentration she had before the first shot. On the background there are also paint on the colomns that hints this is Jinx's shelter. But most I point out Caitlyn's lack of focus and even shock. In my opinion, she doesn't know what she must do and I remember only one moment in Season 1 when Caitlyn had a rifle in hands and wasn't sure to shoot or not - the final episode when Jinx took her and Vi hostages. The second part of my theory is that Jinx would do something to Vi or she would take any actions putting Vi into threat that wouldn't let Caitlyn to shoot in order not to hurt Vi.

Finally, we see Caitlyn with the lip scar and simultaniously we don't see Vi next to her as it was shown in the teaser. Instead of Vi, we can notice anger and a bit of grief on Caitlyn's face and in her eyes. The third part of my theory is that Jinx would do harm to Vi and Caitlyn would want to take revenge not only for her mother but for Vi as well. Confrontation with Jinx would become fundamental and even more personal for Caitlyn.

I would like to say it is just a theory that crossed my mind when I took a longer look on a bounch of scenes we have now. This theory could be the truth or a delusion, but Season 1 of Arcane was very attentive to the details, and this time the producers could leave us a hint in the trailer.