ARCANE SEASON 2 EPISODE 9 FINALE REACTION - GOODBYE ARCANE - 2X9 - FIRST TIME WATCHING - REVIEW
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- Опубліковано 23 лис 2024
- Welcome to our first-time watching as we react to the season finale of Arcane Season 2 Episode 9.
Arcane is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. It was produced by the French animation studio Fortiche under the supervision of Riot Games, and distributed by Netflix. Set in Riot's League of Legends universe, it primarily focuses on sisters Vi and Jinx. The second and final season is finally here and we cannot wait to catch up with Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Jace, Viktor, Heimerdinger, Ekko, Warwick aka Vander and more!
On episode 2x9 of Arcane this is the long awaited season finale and also show finale, we got to experience an absolute rollercoaster. The war between Piltover and Noxus, Jayce vs Viktor, Mel and Caitlyn vs Ambessa Medarda, Vi and Jinx working side by side as sisters once again and much much more.
Can't believe this show is over! We're still recovering from Jinx's death scene. We thought we were prepared to lose here...but we weren
We hope that you enjoy our reactions, commentary and review as we discuss the character dynamics especially between sisters Vi and Jinx, how Fortiche continues to deliver an amazing spectacle with it's animation and why Arcane and League of Legends are here to make an impact!
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It was amazing to watch this show with you guys ❤ and I’m glad to be here and I subscribe to yall channel
It been an honor to watch this series with you both its been a pleasure
i will always be here watching with you guys ❤ btw that bird at the end might be swains maybe this is a tease for the next series about noxus hmmm who knows 😏
@ that’s what I said I feel like it’s going to happen in the future
Am I the only one that feels kind of underwhelmed and disappointed to how they decided to end it? Along with the episode before this the moment Vi was having a breakdown in the cell she should've ripped Cait a new one and Cait then tells her how she feels and both have MAJOR development in that moment am I crazy !?!?😅😅 and to add a cherry on top literally nobody else had any resolution at all and because of this and how disappointed I AM I had to watch The Wild Robot TWICE along with BUMBLEBEE !!!!!!!!!
My man Ekko gave up the universe of his dreams so he could save everyone. He's the goat to me.
He is the GOAT and a true hero!
Yeah..
I believe he came to get the most impossible powder back to prove he is just that guy
The BOY WONDER
singed the goat
Yes and no. That universe belonged to a different person. An Ekko who hadn't spent more than a decade watching Powder murder his friends. That's why he led with "Can we pretend" before the kiss. He has those feelings for her, but this is not his world. He isn't this person, too much has happened.
@@ibrahimsurti4922the boy savior
In the very first episode of the show, Powder saw a blimp and said "One day, I'm gonna ride one of those things." I strongly believe she's still alive. That last shot is there for a reason.
My theory is that she purposely faked her death so she could leave and figure herself out while at the same time letting Vi be happy with Cait
I defo think shes gonna appear as a main character of a spin off show
What if it a symbolism of her passing? Like she dreamed to ride one of those things when she was little and she passed and her soul is passing on that ship
@@ΘΘΝΘ-β5ξ All the proof so far: Silcos speach about walking away to break a cycle - jinx says shes gonna do that / A litlle red line animation right before Vander explodes, for a second, why animate that single 1 line escaping the explosion? Its bcs its jinx escaping / Last 2-3 mins of the ep are about Caitlyn looking at the ventilation system exactly where Jinx fell, why waste last minutes of the show on Cait randomly looking at the vent ducts? / Jinx or "powder" in episode 1 saying one day shes gonna ride one of the blimps - showing a blimp at the end of the episode.
If you slow down the explosion, right at the start you can se a single streak of purple shimmer. Suspiciously looking like it is going towards the air vents that Caitlyn is looking into. (This is also why people suspect Caitlyn smirks as she looks at the blueprints and the bomb. She thinks she figured it out.)There is a genuine possibility, she survived and with the explosion. She faked her death, she outran it before the explosion went off.
What kills me is that If you think about it, you literally can t think of a timeline where Jayce and Viktor live happily. Viktor always dies of illness without meeting Jayce and inventing hextech, and Jayce always commits s*icide without meeting Viktor and inventing hextech (hence why they aint in the alternate universe without hextech)...
In a way we saw their "happiest" timeline, which is a tragedy in itself, coz if they dont meet they die, if they meet they cause death.
Damn
Damnnn
Except for the one where Viktor realizes he can just not mindwipe people
@@requiemlul3140 i believe that its not 100% victors decision to do that, he might be corrupted by the void or the hex core itself to do the things he does
Well now I need yet another drink, thanks
Not Singed getting a happy ending when he's the one that ruined lives the most 😭
LMAO RIGHT
That’s what i was saying like HOW DARE YOU
Daughter back safe... time to gas Ionia.
For real! Like what!? It makes sense though…we needed an explanation as to how Orianna came to be
singeds lore in league is too important, he has to survive for some fucked up shit later :D
Wherever Viktor and Jayce went, I'm glad they went together.❤
you actually made my breath hitch and start sobbing with this comment i hope you know that
im still so happy they became canon 😭
@@ash.1353 you can headcanon wtv you want, but, as long as we know, they are brothers more than anything
@@ash.1353they were always canon as friends who were brotherly. Don’t make it goofy.
@@ash.1353 wtf are u high on? they are friends bru
Just to be clear, Jinx is alive. When Cait was looking at the hexgate design and the piece of Jinx bomb, she smiled because she figured out that Jinx escaped through the air conducts that they showed us. The explosion was right below the tunnels.
Jinx found the way to walk away from everyone like Silco said, because she believed that everyone would be better without her. In the last scene we can see the shot of an airship with Jinx signature after. Powder said ,, One day i'm gonna ride one of those things'' in S1 E1
When she smiled it was because she heard Vi Singing.
Cait is fingering with a Jinx monkey toy head in that scene as well. Same with "The End" being in a Jinx font, It's all on purpose.
Also at the end, the last two notes of the music is the melody Jinx hummed on the bridge in season 1 as well!
I'm not gonna believe any of your hearsay until Riot themselves tells me Jinx is alive 😂
Also if we pay attention we see that right before the explosion there was a split-second purple streak that went in the direction of the tunnel, which should indicate that Jinx escaped.
‘The reward for Perfection is an end to Pursuit’.
The true tragedy.
What a line!!! The writing in this is just impeccable...
@@OfficialMediaKnights Just wait till you meet a guy who loves the number 4 and finds art and perfection in killing
The actual quote is "There is no prize to perfection. Only an end to pursuit."
He's basically saying that in eliminating all suffering he eliminated the need for existence. Everything was just peaceful solitude, and that's not living.
@@Pandamonium626Not just peaceful, but empty. Viktor admitted that he ripped out the meaning from peoples lives, and just left them as soulless husk. They had no "dreams," and ambitions. They were all under the thrall of Viktor's mind, so they didn't even have any true agency or consciousness. He bassically subjected them to a fate worse than death.
@@DLxxx Bingo.
Can’t even grief not be mad because this was pure cinema mesmerizing
That finale was insane!
Pure MCU trash finale.
@@AzulApe It felt like it but acctualy done right. Like Infinity war. It was the classic heros work togheter to defeat the big bad but characters acctualy died and it had risk to it so it was good for me.
edit: also the fact that singed basically the worst guy and true main villian gets the happiest ending is also bizzare, good way not "MCU heroes win" way
@@AzulApe take a break my dude, stop commenting and go outside.
@@K_Petar if you think turning your daughter into a cyborg zombie is a happy ending then you clearly didn’t understand much.
My new hobby for next week will be watching how Arcane destroy people
Oh my goodness, just editing this again was heartbreaking, how do people move on from this?!
@@OfficialMediaKnights of all the people i watch you were the 1st to post the ending reaction!!! TY
Ekko sitting alone there is just too much riot :I
He better figure out where she went…hoping they get a second chance.
@@OfficialMediaKnights He can just travel to a multiverse where he died and jinx is alive
@@Paolini_18that won’t be necessary because jinx is still alive.
Jinx really pulled a Megamind "PRESENTATION!" with that entrance
Jinx definitely lived. This show doesn't treat their audience as idiots so they didn't show it outright but left enough clues to pick up on it, which is awesome. When the explosion goes off, you can see the line of shimmer going out of the explosion, then later Caitlyn is looking at the blueprints of the shaft that Jinx fell into, showing you there's a vent in the same direction of where the line of shimmer went towards earlier, then the final shot is an unknown blip flying off away from Piltover, which in Season 1 Powder said she'd love to one day do, and then you get the Jinx-like "THE END" flash on the screen before the credits. Jinx is on the blip, leaving Piltover behind and both Vi & Cait are probably aware she's alive, but giving her time & space, just like Jinx said earlier "Always with you, even when we're worlds apart.".
Yeah, I definitely agree.
Like, maybe I could buy the blueprints and the airship as coping/a nice theory - but there is no way in hell Fortiche put in that shimmer trail there for no reason. The trail is what takes it from probable to certain for me.
it could also just be the producers way of leaving it up to your imagination, in my opinion it doesn't make sense she survived
I agree that Jinx is most likely alive, but I don't think Cait and Vi know.
Vi, just like Ekko, believes completely that she sacrificed herself in the explosion.
Cait wonders why the remains other than the top piece of the monkey bomb cannot be found and investigates the airduct system of the hextower in the Kirraman computer, but soon gets interrupted by Vi's humming.
Definitely agree, just like alternate timeline Silco and in episode 7, Jinx and Vi need time apart before they can rebuild their relationship.
@@JustCauseFan it does for Jinx's arc. In the cell, Jinx finally reach the conclusion that the only end to the cycle is to walk away. At first she sees this as dying, but Ekko puts her on another path. So she walked away from everything to maybe build something better somewhere else.
Ekko really is the true hero.
He really is, and he deserved so much better!
@ also I don’t think jinx is dead because last time she tried to blow herself up in season 1 she’s was still alive before being infused with shimmer.
The boy saviour
Mel too
Basically, Heimerdinger was right from the start: You don't mess with the arcane.
Yeah, and it's why I feel like they really messed up with the ending. Basically the entire show is introducing these awesome things, and then the entire point is how those things are actually terrible and we need to get rid of them. There was nothing satisfying or fun in this ending.
That hint at Swain with the Crow at the end is awesome, cant wait to see him
Since season 1 he was watching.. thats why he is the VISION of NOXUS
@@Yanukun1 Swain on power levels could have stop viktor in a fight, remember how little power was shown in this show, the stories that are to come are going to be more epic, maybe nowhere near as touching but will be a spectacle for sure.
I hate that this masterpiece is over, but this is as close to the best outcome we could get. Hex tech is gone, Ambessa and the Black Rose are gone, Jinx and Vander are at peace, Piltover and Zaun are finally united and at peace, and Vi and Cait are not only together and got a true happy ending.
Given what we know Black Rose aren't gone but I can't see them messing around with Mel since Ambessa is dead. If we follow the crow at the end into the next show he'll probably have some dealings with them if it's his rise to power.
One of Swain's crow got the hextech core
Kinda jarring that a warrior as strong as Ambessa dies from something as simple as thorns. Unlike the other victims, she wasn’t crushed by the thorns either as Mel was there to save her.
She kinda deserved to die after what she had done but we do understand why she did those acts.
Besides, she is the newly released champion lol. It’s wild that they killed her off. I don’t know which is canon anymore because Riot once said that Arcane universe is now canon.
Why do you think Hextech is gone? I thought only the Hexcore and the anomaly are gone with Jayce and Viktor
@@bismarck5537 i mean, LeBlanc sucked Ambessa's brains out, I guess that's enough to kill her, but yeah, her dying left me shocked
Poor Ekko
Saved everyone, Lost everything
yeah. his last scene was heart breaking. there's a part of me wanting him to be with Jinx, sailing to wherever. man deserves it, i think. but i guess Jinx needs a time-on-her-own too. huft.
Jinx is alive
@@Morbius975how and proof the body??
@@rockerojerez349 Jinx definitely lived. This show doesn't treat their audience as idiots so they didn't show it outright but left enough clues to pick up on it, which is awesome. When the explosion goes off, you can see the line of shimmer going out of the explosion, then later Caitlyn is looking at the blueprints of the shaft that Jinx fell into, showing you there's a vent in the same direction of where the line of shimmer went towards earlier, then the final shot is an unknown blip flying off away from Piltover, which in Season 1 Powder said she'd love to one day do, and then you get the Jinx-like "THE END" flash on the screen before the credits. Jinx is on the blip, leaving Piltover behind and both Vi & Cait are probably aware she's alive, but giving her time & space, just like Jinx said earlier "Always with you, even when we're worlds apart.".
@rockerojerez349 JINX IS STILL ALIVE and she escaped, you can see a trail of shimmer escaping before explosion just watch that careful moreover caitlyn was looking at the blueprints' airducts for a reason btw in Arcane
things don't happen by accident💙
That Jinx pull up with the Firelights is godly cinema
Right?! That whole segment was just iconic!!
People (including me) theorize that Jinx is alive, they gave us a lot of hints pointing to her survival. I can explain them if anyone is curious. Also it’s a good way to cope.
Now tell me im hopeless
Please tell me cause I’m also HOPING she’s alive
This is not a theory. Jinx is alive and well, it just left everything behind.
Even if Arcane doesn’t directly follow LoL lore, its incredibly unlikely Viktor, Jayce, Jinx, Warwick, and Ambessa are all dead for good considering they are still champions.
@@robertgandy9792 There's a shimmer trail running away right before the explosion + Cait looking at the vents right under where they fell + the sky ship Powder said she'd ride someday at the end
Ekko was the MVP of everything, he kissed Jinx and saved everyone
You do understand that they needed Jayce for this too real bad?
If Powder didnt help they both would do s..t since the device would not have been built and no one would stop Victor. So in the end Powder stopped the end times with helping Ekko and chaning his mind. Ekko failed to save Powder in s1 and kinda help her in s2 but still failed to save her.
@@Zibi21 what do you mean 'failed to save her' ?
She is Alive
But i think we need a special episode or somekind of animation movie , show jinx life after ep9 @roryasrorri701
@@staLkerhuYe i agree Jayce was really good, but you gotta understand Ekko could have stay with Powder, but instead he tried to save everyone with Jinx and lost everything. But Jayce was absolutely great
I just want to say thank you guys for the jorney, and Denise, your the MVP for pumping this vids so damn fast!!! Tgis show will forever be one of the greatest!
Thank you for tagging along man, it means so much to us. Denise absolutely killed it. Not only was she fast with the edits but it takes a different kind of editing beast to get these done with one hand while sobbing and sipping your tears with the other haha ❤️
The only champion from lol we see dying is Ambessa. Heimer,Jayce,Vik,Jinx,WW, we do not see any of their bodies. If the writters want them to be back, they can
Ambesa will become Urgot
Jinx is alive
I don't think Mel save Ambessa just to left her die, her soul might get imprisoned by Leblanc because if she wants to kill her she would be able to do so earlier. Heim just get back to bundle city because they are immortal.
heimer is a yordle, they can pretty much just say "he respawned back at bandle city because yordles cant die!" and it would be correct since yordles are extremely magical and weird lore wise xD
they did show heimerdinger exploding while testing the z drive but maybe his body dies but then his magic essence goes back to bandle,, or it doesnt, riot can do anything with yordles but, its nice to think he is still alive
same goes with jayce and viktor, u can just think they went to another dimension or ended up existing somewhere else far far away of reality but still together as friends,
ambessa can comeback as a leblanc puppet, its not happy but it can make sense as to how she can be alive in the canon
ww can just get experimented on again back to life by singed or someone for,, "a reason" but i doubt they would, his ending and story should be done.
and jinx can be theorized that she survived and escaped the explosion by leaping into the air vents that caitlyn was looking at at the end, for a few frames there was a pink line flash right before the explosion,, said pink dash was something always attributed to jinx's shimmer speed,,,
After this, Mel needs to become a champion
I think that’s the plan! We already got Ambessa, she’s definitely next.
Shielding support that stops dashes to counter both LeBlanc and Ambessa 😂
@@marcoslugo6132 As a LeBlanc Main and from what we have seen in Arcane my guess would be that she can break hard CC (seen with breaking LBs chains), reflect projectiles (skill shots) and something else. Reflecting skill shots was something I wrote years ago in some forum (new champion idea) and I would love to see it with her. Her ult is probably just a nuke made out of light.
I suspected her as a upcoming character ever since season 1. She had the aesthetics of a character but I always thought if she were a character, she had to be a AP caster just by her design. Looks more and more likely now.
@@OfficialMediaKnights Many people think Leblanc (already a champion) is Mel...
To whoever was responsible for the grinding that is putting the 3 reactions the next day after its premiere, my most sincere admiration for your hard work.
That would be our amazing in-house editor Denise. She’s been hard at work all day, now she’s crying in a corner because Arcane is over. Bought her pizza to make up for it ❤️😂
I bet whoever wrote this episode was like, “Let’s add a little montage to break the audiences hearts.” Still kinda wish this series was longer but damn probably one of the most beautiful and heartwarming animated shows I had ever seen my whole life. 🥺💗👏
Omg the montages man, those damn montages!!! They keep killing us with those 😭 This show is honestly unforgettable and we really don't know how we're gonna move on from this!
The end of the road for now, thank you guys so much for sharing this beautiful journey with all of us!❤️
Ah man, it's so bittersweet! Thank you for joining us for this beautiful journey, it wouldn't have been the same without y'all!
@@OfficialMediaKnights On the bright side, we all know it's a "see you later" rather than goodbye. We'll all be back here in 3-4 years for the Noxus show, I'm sure! No way are they leaving us with that open Black Rose+Mel+Raven ending and not continuing the journey there next.
*Ekko wakes up*
*Everything is bad*
*Rewinds time*
*Goes back to sleep*
I can’t help but believe that
Jinx made it out and survived she is just to clever and stubborn
After we had time to process we realized Caitlyn was also looking at plans of where the explosion went down…why? One can assume she was looking for a body. Jinx is out there.
@@OfficialMediaKnights before explosion u can see purple/pink flash and its jinx, she escaped right before explosion and final scene shows boat heading somewhere and its jinx inside cuz she wanted to leave this place, and let vi enjoy her life with cait
Plus she said in the 3 episode when she was fighting vi ,,no matter what I can't seem to die"
That crow teases the Noxus Storyline after Arcane. It's either the beginning of Swain or the birth of Fiddlesticks. Noxus probably the next story since Black Rose appearance and I feel like that was LeBlanc.
It's definitely Swain rather than Fiddlesticks; six eyes, it was looking to see if the Jayce/Viktor implosion left any artefacts and it flies with the Noxus fleet. It does grieve me that they left that character shadowed rather than just pulling the trigger for it to be Leblanc, it's not like non-league audience would be confused cause you're just introducing another character like they've already done previously..
@@Ejay669 Maybe Mel and Swain team up to defeat le blanc
It was definetly Leblanc because of the "power" we see in the show (chains and cloning and perhaps the teleportation Amara used is another hint) and also the marks/makeup under the eyes on Black rose antagonist its exactly like Leblanc chracter. And imo its 99% Swain his rise in Noxus.
@@mindslaver8658 let me give you another bullet for your gun: Mel called her "the Deceiver". that's Leblanc's title. literally.
I really hope we get proper background for Darius as well. he's more than a simple brute with an axe. Swain will be great for sure. not as emotional as Vi & Jinx, but clearly as entertaining.
@@mindslaver8658 I dont think it was Leblanc, but a high ranking agent of hers. Mel is definitely not more powerful than Leblanc.
I just noticed that the Balloon has big bunny ears on it. This is like a big "This one's for you Isha!" from Jinx
Ohhh those bunny ears 😭 Also definitely did not notice the shimmer dash, Jinx being alive would absolutely save my (Denise) day because I have been a wreck!
Not just Silco's advice, the talk with Ekko too
"What do all stories have in common dear wolf?"
*"They End!"*
Jinx Alive : Caitlyn smiling when she sees in kiramman archives that there are ventilation shafts where Jinx could have escaped because her body wasn't found, the explosion scene shows a trail of shimmer running away, and in the first episode of the first season powder says that one day she will fly in an airship, which is how the second season ends.
Jinx did not die in the explosion. Instead, after burying Vander with her own hands, she faked her own death and completely entrusted Vi to Caitlyn. In the dungeon, hearing Silco's whispers once again, she resolved to break free from the cycle of her fate in the twin cities. No matter her identity or original intentions, her actions only brought pain to herself and those around her. Ironically, she is the type who cares most deeply about her family.
Fortunately, Ekko stopped Jinx from following through with her thoughts of suicide. His emotional arc in another timeline wasn’t superfluous. His experience inventing the Z-Drive with Jinx helped him realize that her madness didn’t stem solely from familial tragedies or the twisted nature of the undercity. Instead, it came from the struggles she would face even in a relatively peaceful environment-balancing her pursuit of self-worth with her inability to let go of familial bonds.
“Some birds are not meant to be caged; their feathers shine with the light of freedom.” Or, in other words, Jinx is simply Jinx. Across all timelines, no matter what she endures-be it the warmth of a harmonious family or the agonizing distortions of causing loved ones’ deaths-her soul cannot be confined. She is destined to be a solitary figure.
After saving Vi, the one person she truly cared about, Jinx finally boarded the airship she always dreamed of flying, free to chase her true self without the weight of pain.
I think I fully understand Silco now-Jinx is perfect.
Beautiful
Don't think anyone has mentioned it here, and it took me a second watch to realise. The reason the bomb didn't go off, is because Maddie sabotaged it with the nail. She was carrying it the whole time. Should have been a clue on the first watch really.
Maddie has been a baddie the whole time
Goodbye Arcane. We’re always with you. Even when we’re worlds apart. We’ll see each other again one day… across the river.
she is alive first when the explosion happens before that u can see a purple line for a single frame ( same as jinx super speed )
second cat see the blueprint there will be lot of ventilation in that chamber where the bomb explode ( jinx escaped through that vent ) plus ekko said before these ventilation spread throughout underground city
third the last scene u can see a blimp ( powder said in first episode oneday she want to travel in that blimp ) and we can see jinx scribbles at the end of that scene means she is leaving piltover and zaun
fourth i believe jinx is going to noxus ( is a region the next arcane story will be focused i think so) because we saw swain's crow (sixeye) travel along with the jinx's blimp ( maybe to cure warwick/vander i dont know)
Realized the Cait thing as we were editing this! She’s definitely out there. We’re truly hoping the next show will be a continuation of sorts. Even if it’s not in the same region or have the same characters.
It may not be Swain, but Raum (the demon). Don't know if Swain got his new arm or not in this timeline... so it's just waiting until the next piece of media comes
@@USfuldoesn’t the triafex form after the ionian war where swain looses his arm and makes a deal with raum though? (I’m not the best with timeline lore so I could be wrong)
@@raiyano7436 Arcane is now the main lore, and they've shown that they will retcon things. So it'll be up for grabs
33:09 That three eyed raven , reminds me to Swain the one of the leaders of Noxus
It is Swain. He got the Power crystal now.
There was an idea I used to toy with, that anyting which would be perfect would necessarily be dead, in eternal pause, because for anything perfect, any change leads to loss of that perfect state.
Here, applied to this story, Viktor was doomed to fail in his attempt of perfection for humanity.
They never found Jinx's body. Note that Cate is looking at the air ducts of the tower while looking at the remains of the munky bomb. There was also a very short flash of pink just before the explosion. Next is the ending sean, which is in Jinx's style floating away on an air ship. So She may have gotten the chance to just walk away from it all.
For those who don't know, the raven that arrived at the end is one of Swain's ravens that probably took the Hextech sphere and went with Mel to Noxus, he is another member of the Black Rose. In the end it turns out that the mage they called the deceiver is LeBlanc, leader of the Black Rose. I guess the Black Rose won in the end.
Swain isnt a member of the Black Rose. They represent everything the hates
He is trying to bring them down, and they trying to kill him
Incorrect, Swain is one of the three grand leaders of Noxus, infact he was the one that overthrow the last emperor of Noxus (Who was being used by Le blanc), and the one that the Black Rose wants death the most, as his cunningness and intelligence constantily puts him two or three steps ahead of Le blanc, so the next stage of Arcane is probably going to be a spin off about Swain raise in power, Ionia and the Black Rose plans.
The last moment of explode, if u watch slowly ( 0.5 ) ,you can see the telltale pink line of jinx moving at shimmer speed as the explosion happens. we also see ww is also crying, i think he let her go and she was able to escape the explosion
the animation with viktor is the most beautiful things visually and emotionally in the whole season for me !! 💜 viktor was my favorite character and i never lost hope in his goodness. im glad 💜
Tiny piece of Lore Deep Dive: The Wolf is also the Noxian embodiment of death. Most Runeterrans cultures see death as a duality, on one side the Lamb and the other the Wolf.
Ambessa's Canon prequel music video strongly suggests that she made a literal deal with death while pregnant with Mel. She has always known Mel was special, but constantly challenged her as "not the wolf," and we took that as a metaphor, but Ambessa meant it. She didn't see the promise of the power of Death in her daughter.
When she looks at Mel as she's dying, she says "You ARE the Wolf," she's also literally seeing death.
Ain't gon lie...Mel's outfit❤❤.💯.
Ekko's new dread.💪💯.Jayce and Victor "alone" moment.
Jinx is alive, she goes away in that blimp just like she wanted to fly one of those in s1e1. When we see Vander blowing up the candle, before the explosion there is that pink shimmer line from the explosion towards top-right. Cate looked at the left overs of the bomb. The pieces remained yet not a piece of body, Cate looked into the tower schematics and saw ventilation pipes leading out. Meaning Jinx faked her death and left, Vi thinking Jinx is dead can move on with her life without constant worry or guilt, so now Vi will not rush to find her. Jinx left everyone behind so she can move forward.
Silco foreshadowed it ❤️ Glad she’s out there somewhere
Jinx is alive. Remember 1x1, she always wanted to fly that airship in the last scene. Cait is looking at Jinx's grenade and the schematics of the building where she "exploded" together with Warwick, theres several ducts leading out of the building. If u slow down the scene with the explosion you can see a shimmer trail leading out through those ducts, thats her. Jinx wanted to die, but Silco's "ghost" suggested she should run away and start fresh. After she actually managed to save someone from death for once she felt there were perhaps a place for her in this world afterall.
I don't think it was Silco's advice alone, Ekko also helped changed Jinx's decision of taking her own life.
I need the one you smoke
Man, this series was EPIC! Well, I'm happy that the two sides of the Utopia are together in peace, Vi and Caitlyn are together. Jinx is alive if you don't know, she is able to move quick with the Shimmer ability, so you can see when she bombs Warwick she escapes just before the explosion, and Caitlyn saw that Jinx is alive by looking at the escape routes she took. Apart from that, I think Riot games should make more LoL shows, cos this one was actually AMAZING!
And with that the emotional rollercoaster that is Arcane comes to an end... I haven't ugly cried so much as I have in the past 3 weeks. Thank you Riot, Fortiche and all the amazing VA's ...and thank you guys for always being one of the best reactors to Arcane!!
you're a crybaby.
Jinx is alive with the callback to ep 1 with her wanting to ride an airship and her finding the will to simply walk away. It could have been more explicit but I think this quiet and vague ending fits her really well imo
Can we just say Ekko was the MVP at the end 😭 Jayce certainly helped guide Viktor back to sanity. But maaaaan if Ekko hadn't had the will to go the distance, the world would be doomes. That boi saved the world. What a fuhkin' hero 🔥🔥🔥
I’m not gonna lie what they did to vander aka Warwick pretty horrifying and sad. Imagine seeing you dad already a monster and now driven more as a monster but his design was pretty dope
After all im glad victor and jayce were together to the very end.
Don't worry guys, there are 3 main details that point out to Jinx's survival. The first one is on the explosion itself, there's a frame during it where you can see a long purple flash (shimmer) indicating that jinx avoided the blast last minute, this is further confirmed by Caitlyn afterwards when she's lookin through the Kiramann files and looks at the place where explosion took place and there are bunch of tunnels there, this kinda resembles how Luke avoided his death in "Empire Strikes Back" using the vents as a way to get out. The final detail is on the very last shot of the episode where you can see a scene with a zappelin that mirrors perfectly the scene from episode 1 of season 1 where Powder says " Someday i will ride on one of those" so in the end all is well, Jinx is just taking a deserved vacation for everything that she's been through, also leaving Vi and Caitlyn alone like she said she would back when she talked to Vi in prison.
how about Warwick?
@@monakasan7486 Couldn't say exactly, champions are not fool proof as we could see with Ambessa, but WW came back after an explosion with 3 hextech balls, this last time he only had to deal with one. If they want to bring him back they could do so, although i'd imagine by then, that we wouldn't be able to see any traces left by Vander, he would just be the WW we know from League.
Nah she is dead
@@WozY-ne6ty Nah she ain't
This has gotta be the greatest writing and visuals I’ve ever seen, honestly I can’t think of a better story.
I'm pretty sure out of everyone who... "died" only one of them actually did. I go by the rule if you don't see the body, they're probably still alive. The only one for sure is Ambessa. And this isn't me "coping" I legit went through the episodes over and over again after thinking about them and seeing what other people thought.
Jinx, you clearly see a streak of purple/pink moving away just before the explosion. Couple that with Cait looking at the vents where she fell and then a shot of the blimp, the thing that Powder said she wanted to ride at the start of the show. She pulled a Loki and removed herself from the people she cared about.
Viktor & Jayce, these guys are literally magic now and probably teleported somewhere else the way there were just sucked into Jayce's gem, the gem that Future Viktor gave him then implanted into his arm.
Warwick, motherf*cker survived one explosion, a super charged one at that, and before that his head being split open. Doubt he's dead either.
Heimerdinger, again if he died I would have expected a body or dust left in his place. He probably teleported somewhere else after linking the time-machine.
Overall, amazing show. I'm expecting either cameos or crossovers to whatever new show takes over. I'm hoping to continue Mel's story and the Black Rose storyline.
We need a continuation…however that may come. They set too many great things with this season. And yes, we agree. If there’s no body there not dead. Thought about it while we were editing. That shot of Caitlyn looking at the plans plus everything else you mentioned makes it clear Jinx is out there. Silco foreshadowed it.
everyone hated jayce but him and ekko basically saved everyones ass
I think the hate died down a bit after this, I know some people are stll gonna hate him but Im glad some people have seen why he was so desperate
Jinx is in fact alive. The beautiful thing about it though, is that when she's leaving on that blimp (Which is a call back to the very first episode of Arcane), she actively ends the cycle by leaving it all behind. The reason she tells Vi that she'll support her, even if they're worlds apart, is because Jinx in that moment knows that she's going to leave her, and knowing that Vi will never rest comfortably, being torn between Zaun's hero and Piltover's greatest enemy, Jinx wants her sister to know that she'll always support Vi no matter what and fakes her death, so that Vi can let Jinx go, but the even more beautiful thing about it is that Cait also ends the cycle by letting Jinx go.
We see in the scene while Cait is looking at the schematics of the Hexgate of the vents, which Jinx used to escape. With the detective esc tone, and Cait's look, we know that she's more or less figured out that Jinx escaped alive. But she also doesn't tell Vi, because both Jinx and Cait both know that should Vi know, she'll never stop running after her sister and never have a peaceful day of rest. Thus, Cait lets Jinx go. In the end, the cycle is broken when both parties actively choose to end it, which is the most beautiful thing about Arcane's ending.
At least Singed got happy ending. Dont think he deserve it, but im still happy.
I feel so sory for Jayce, Ekko and Mel, Jayce especially.
The three eye crow is a crow that Swain is controling so Noxus is next. Hope Draven will be the main character or Urgot
Jinx lived btw she escaped in the air ducts that is what Cait was looking at in the end of the episode and that was her on the blimp at the end. She walked away like Silco told her too.
You know at the last moment, when Jinx drew out the monkey bomb, Vander could saw that and regain his mind for a second and shield her from the blast. The monkey bomb was what reminds him of Power when they first encountered, also the flashback of vander seeing the monkey bomb in Powder's room.
Vander was completely gone but Jinx survived tho
There's too many hints indicating she very probably survived. The flash of purple light when the blast happened, Cait looking at the scematics where you can see there's air ducts connecting the chamber, having a part of her monkey bomb, which clearly indicates they went there to search for her, but found no body, and the air ship flying away at the end, which is in line with her dream from S1 that she always wanted to fly one of those and also in line with what Silco said to her in her cell: Only way to end the cycle of death is, walk away. So, while it got me in the heart when it happened, after the episode was over, and I found out about these, this feeling immedately faded.
i cant even begin to express how awesome it is that you guys have consistently gotten these reactions out so fast AND make them such quality videos. Been subbed to the channel for a while now, you guys are among the top in my head when it comes to commentary and the vibe here is always great. Arcane has been a wonderful journey to share with you guys, cant wait till we get our next taste of what riot has to offer!
for the ones reading that want a bit more optimistic look over the champion character deaths:
Heimer is a yordle, they can pretty much just say "he respawned back at bandle city because yordles cant die!" and it would be correct since yordles are extremely magical and weird lore wise xD They did show Heimerdinger exploding while testing the z drive but maybe his body dies but then his magic essence goes back to bandle,, or it doesnt, riot can do anything with yordles but, its nice to think he is still alive
same goes with Jayce and Viktor, u can just think they went to another dimension or ended up existing somewhere else far far away of reality but still together as friends,
and Jinx can be theorized that she survived and escaped the explosion by leaping into the air vents that caitlyn was looking at at the end, for a few frames there was a pink line flash right before the explosion,, said pink dash was something always attributed to jinx's shimmer speed,,,
These 2 arent optimistic but it can explain them coming back to life:
Ambessa can comeback as a leblanc puppet, its not happy but it can make sense as to how she can be alive in the canon
WW(vander) can just get experimented on again back to life by singed or someone for,, "a reason" but i doubt they would, his ending and story should be done.
Thank you for posting these all on the same day
Our pleasure! ❤️
To people who say Jinx wouldnt escaped even if she had a chance, you are convinced that she had lost any hope or will to live, but the interesting detail that may be pointing to her still having something to hold to, is the design of her clothes after she makes an etrance on a balloon: after Isha's dead we see her top losing the X symbol, which may imply on the identity crisis even severer than the one of Powder\Jinx, but at the balloon scene we see it again present but painted on her clothes, to someone as me who really refuses to accept her death its a small but formidable hint of her having a reason and will to start anew
Ambessa reminds me of the Timothy Zahn Thrawn. Such a good villain.
I was sobbing during the final few minutes of the episode, but despite my heartbreak, I can't deny just how amazed I am. Hands down, Arcane is one of the BEST animated series that I've ever watched in my LIFE!!!!!
Jinx went through the vents, that’s why Caitlin was looking at the vents and you can see a stream before the explosion. She used shimmer and then road one of the airships as she said as a kid. Silco told her she would have to leave, this pointed to that.
After watching this episode I was both angry and crying (yes real men cry) and I was reading what other people thought and what they where feeling and the following observation, which I take no credit for, is spot on and brought a sense of relief to my fragile 💜.
If you slow down the explosion and look at the top right you will see a streak of purple quickly move out of frame. Also Caitlin puts two and two together showing emphasis on the tunnels that lead out of the hex gate. The show ends with a Zeppelin flying off which hints back to the beginning of the show with Powder saying how she wanted to fly in one. And the last frame of the show says "THE END" in Jinx's art style.
At the end, Caitlyn is looking at the venting systems of the hexgates. Indicating she knows Jinx escaped through one of them. She is also smiling so I have a strong feeling jinx survived. Also in the first episode, she says “one day I’m gonna fly one of those things” talking about the air ship.
The hardest thing about a good show is when it ends. But, as Dr Seuss said, don't cry because it ended, smile because it happened.
It's been a privilege sharing this journey with you. Goodbye, Arcane.
This is so true and made us cry all over again! Goodbye Arcane - it's been the most beautiful journey!
Just finished watching the finale. i cried like a baby. listened to some arcane songs and tried to calm down. watched your reaction. crying like a baby again.
Goated show goated reactions
Thank youu, goated show is the exact way to describe this! We're ruined, how do we say goodbye?? 😭
@@OfficialMediaKnights just cry
Thank you so much for the genuine reaction of the show. I really appreciate your efforts. You guys are amazing.
just here to say jinx is alive!!
Where?
This literally just made me (Denise) stop crying, there are apparently a bunch of clues and theories on it?!
@@OfficialMediaKnights here’s my list: during the explosion, we see her shimmer streak zoom away at the top a little to the right; cait is looking over the vents and sees the spot where she left and that’s while she smiles holding the monkey head, powder said in season 1 episode 1 that she wanted to ride in one of the air blimps that we see at the end and her scratches literally flash across the screen as the show ends because she’s riding in it!
jinx said that her sister deserved to be happy without her messing up her life so that’s what she did; left so they could have a shot at happiness apart. always together. 🥺💙
Hello League of Legends/Runeterra lore master and lore lover is back to work.
And I must say that even with my knowledge of Runeterra lore. I'm just overwhelmed by a big mental blow.
I'm also glad that Riot Games bought out Fortiche studios because it was confirmed that they are already working on something else and apparently it won't just be cinematics, series but probably also movies.
Well, I'll probably have to wait for some explanation from Necrit because this finale was simply heartbreaking.
When Necrit returns from America A.L. Arcane dernieru what he received as an invitation.
So I'm sure when he returns he will release Arcane season 2 explaination and hidden details
he will definitely release at least 2 videos.
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It was great that they showed us hints of Leblack, Swain, Oriana, the potential that Mel could become a new champion, parallel worlds and Silco in every scene he appeared he stole the spotlight.
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And the way Riot Games ended the stories by killing 6 champions is just wow.
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The new champion Ambesa Metard got extra love from Riot Games and the official IP team. Cinematic Blood sweat and tears, a story on the League website and after Arcane came out the Novel book Arcane Ambesa Chosen of the Wolf. And its ending is great.
Heimerdinger finally got a good story, not just some character description on the League website, a preview in the Jinx comic and the lore game Hextech Mayhem. And even though he is a Yordle, so he should return/reborn in Bandle City = Spirit Realm but I don't think that will happen.
Jace and Viktor are a big question, because I can't say for sure if they died or if they are ending the "timeloop" paradox of parallel universes (#blue stone with always a different Rune).
Warwick is still questionable, because he could possibly return in his more werewolf form from the Cinematics and games.
And Jinx = Powder her sacrificial death hit me the deepest in the heart. Her beginning with the Get Jinx Cinematic and her ending in Arcana created by the same French studio Fortiche, it's the greatest love story for art.
32:23 Well.... you never actually saw Jinx's body, did you? As well, Arcane has been confirmed as the official canon for LoL, and both Vi and Jinx are in the game.... ;) Also, there is Jinx's scribbly stuff right at the end, and why else would they show you a blimp departing? Jinx is okay, but she did break the cycle and is going on her way as neither Jinx or Powder, just a blue-haired girl out to explore the world
Technically the lore has no effect on the game. Heimer, Jayce, Viktor, Warwick and Ambessa are either gone or dead but are still in the game.
She legit escaped the explosion you can see it
@@icedcoffee-lf2nk Riot stated at some point that the lore of the game and the lore of Arcane exist in the same universe, and that Arcane lore supersedes original lore. So, Arcane is the origin story of Vi, Jinx, Caitlyn, Warwick, etc
Great analysis and awesome reactions! Good video guys! Thanks for a good watch!
I CALLED IT!!! I F-ING CALLED IT!!!!
Maddie and Ambessa working together!!!!
We should have knownnn omg!!! She was too nice, it was too obvious but we got hoodwinked!
I mean, Ambessa really spilled it during her scene with Vi in E6. She said something like she has filled a vacuum and distracted Cait or something. I was actually surprised barely anyone caught that, not the audience nor Vi. But I guess there was no moment for them to talk about this and connect the dots leading to Maddie.
@@fraker12 don't know where my initial reply went....but yeah, I was saying ALL WEEK that Ambessa used Maddie to "fill the vacuum" left by Vi. Vi just didn't realize it because she wasn't there. Ambessa supposedly "warned" Cait about professional entangelments....but I honestly think she CREATED them! Used Maddie as inside information to keep Cait going the direction she wanted her to.
Plus....the way Maddie said it before she fired..."I APPRECIATED your warmth." Not loved, not enjoyed....APPRECIATED!! It was a JOB for her...with a bonus!
I just want to thank you guys for your reactions, always so insightful and on point. Arcane is one of the greatest shows I've ever seen, I'm gonna miss it enormously :(
the sounds design on this episode in particular was PHENOMENAL
It's been a hell of a journey with you guys! Thank you so much for sharing your love for Arcane with us! Can't wait for the next journey in Runeterra with you!
Just seeing a crow... in everything we've seen of Arcane it's too much of a coincidence to theorize once and for all that "soon" we'll finally see Jericho Swain... This show has more than approved that they can be built incredible stories with great animation behind them within the Gaming industry.
I thank you for reacting to the entire Arcane saga... you are by far the best channel on the entire internet where your reactions are genuine and pure... I feel happy for everything you have achieved this year. A big hug and a kiss for both guys, you deserve it.
SHE IS ALIVE😢❤
Just see one frame before explosion
A purple light of SHIMMER
As many have commented, Jinx is alive and managed to escape through the air ducts. Remembering Silco's words, she chose to walk away, convinced that Vi and the others would be better off without her. She fulfilled her dream from the first episode of the show by getting to ride in an airship. After Cait figured out how Jinx managed to flee, she gave a faint smirk, seemingly ready to share the story with Vi to delight her.
BTW, I personally believe that Heimerdinger is the only one who has truly died. There's a possibility that the rest could somehow make a comeback.
Jinx is alive. Right b4 the explosion u can see pink line. That is jinx escaping. Another clue is when cait was watching escape routs when jinx used to escape and she used the same route. And jinx said that she one day will go trough wents . 😢 AMAZING ARCANE
I love the finale they made for Jinx. Death is a easy solution to her. Choosing to step away from the place that made her suffer so much, is a signal of healing. For the people that have doubts or straight up deny Jinx survival, there are more than three hints appointing to her survival. If the show wanted to make us think that Jinx is dead they wouldn't give so many clues that indicates her survival.
I think jinxs didnt die. At the finale Catheline was looking at the towers ventilation with one part of jinxes bomb and smiled. I think jinxs went through the ventilation because the monster was too big and couldnt go after her❤❤❤❤ This is my opinion so dont take it seriously🎉🎉❤❤
Thank you so much for this journey.
Arcane is over, but the creators said they wanted to work on more stories from the League of Legends universe. Based on the small hints we've gotten in Arcane, people are assuming that the next series they'll do is gonna be based around Noxus and a certain Noxian ruler named, "Jericho Swain." Arcane since season 1 has had tons of crows that are constantly watching the characters and what happens to them. The crows seemed to take a very big interest in Jinx (powder) especially. These crows more than likely belong to Jericho Swain. I don't know that much on the League of Legends universe so somebody who knows more can probs add on to my comment, but I think it's a pretty accurate guess on who the next series will be about or at least have in it as a potential villain since Jericho Swain apparently does a lot of stuff with crows. The crow with the three eyes at the end of this episode is what solidified it for me.
You the first reactor I see that finished the series, it really end of era, thank you
Jinx is defo alive, you can see a purple shimmer before the explosion, then caitlyn was looking blueprints for where she "died" and it zoomed in on some vents, then jinx saying she wanted to be in one of those blimps in season 1 and it ends with that shot along with "The End" text in the Jinx font
The way I understand it is that Mel mom's was being manipulated by the mage from the black rose, that's why she says to her I see you deceiver.
Also at the end I think it is Swain's crow
Thanks for getting it out quick. New subscriber. I needed somebody to cry with
This probably wont be the last show riot does, league of legends has a huge lore reserve that can be explored. I believe arcane only explores or shows about 7 or 8 out of the like 150+ playable characters in the game so keep that in mind for the future.
I don't know warwick but Jinx lives. Last scenes Caitlyn figured out how she escaped from air filters and then smiled. At the ending shot we see a balloon going, at very first season and very first episode of arcane Powder sees a balloon and says "one day i'm gonna ride one of those things".
ekko saved everyone and nobody knows, he really is the boy savior
For context on the Six-Eyed Raven, that's one of the familiars of Swain, the leader of Noxus, the nation Mel and Ambessa hail from.
Why does this show mess with my heart stings. I Just finished watching it myself. The Orianna reveal got me so hard. We get more back story to Ekko on how he got the device.
RIP Heimdinger! HE THE REAL MVP