The 200 IQ Singed Scene in Arcane

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  • Опубліковано 21 сер 2024
  • We Take a look at one of the most underrated characters in Arcane (League of Legends' Netflix Series). Singed has an interesting way of viewing things that makes him different from Heimerdinger, Jayce, and Viktor. We look at a 200 IQ scene and its implications.
    Music: Karl Casey ‪@WhiteBatAudio‬
    Ted-Ed Clip: • The philosophy of Stoi...
    #arcane
    Arcane review
    Singed saves jinx
    Singed Gives viktor shimmer reunite
    Silco Jinx Singed

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  • @WandersNowherre
    @WandersNowherre 2 роки тому +7513

    I absolutely love that game-Singed is this archetypical mad scientist. And show-Singed is.... still that, but portrayed with subtlety, gravitas and nuance in a very underplayed way. Watching his first few scenes, in any other show he would just be Background Scientist #1, he's so low key, but in this show... you can never imagine this guy going 'mwahahahaha!' whilst lightning flashes, and yet he still embodies everything that is dangerous and frightening about detaching ethics from discovery and he does it in a way that makes 100% sense.

    • @cheaptrick_8
      @cheaptrick_8 2 роки тому +158

      It's like the rift is the only place where he can goof off, no science over there so might as well ahah

    • @dificulttocure
      @dificulttocure 2 роки тому +145

      "you can never imagine this guy going 'mwahahahaha!' whilst lightning flashes"
      You mean like in game Viktor?

    • @zileantimekeeper7464
      @zileantimekeeper7464 2 роки тому +12

      @@cheaptrick_8 i mean if we take arcane as canon and it ain't the game singed well he's older and maybe even taken drugs he made in away like bane maybe that's why his mad but still smart. After all only a mad man would kill woman, men and children the same with gas and toxicity. Only a mad man would cut open someone well still alive. Canon singed is mad and smart maybe even more then Swain.

    • @randomname8616
      @randomname8616 2 роки тому +15

      @@dificulttocure or in-game Singed's laugh?

    • @derBruns1
      @derBruns1 2 роки тому +23

      @@zileantimekeeper7464 ''Only a mad man would cut open someone well still alive'' do you .... ever heard of doctors, chirurgs to be specific? and i dont remember him killing people with gas?

  • @trudeus-old
    @trudeus-old 2 роки тому +3560

    He feels like the only character that has finished his plot character development. Every other character is progressing, being challenged, and changing over the show. Singed is simple: he has his goal, and he's working towards it. He feels like he's years ahead of everyone else and it's phenomenal.

    • @jvukovic4
      @jvukovic4 2 роки тому +326

      perfrct example of a charachter who dosent need an arc to be good, singed knows who he is and what he stands for at this point

    • @manchinator97
      @manchinator97 2 роки тому +132

      "singed is simple" yep this also applies in game

    • @dektarey4024
      @dektarey4024 2 роки тому +86

      @@manchinator97 Now thats what i call a faithful adaptation!

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 2 роки тому +22

      Singe is Viktor's mentor after all and much more wise than the Yordle

    • @OtomostheCrazy
      @OtomostheCrazy Рік тому

      Can’t wait to see his development into the Mass Murderer role!

  • @skellymon1771
    @skellymon1771 2 роки тому +5657

    I love how when singed asked silco "are you prepared to lose her?" silco misunderstood the question and replied "She won't die" and singed allowed his misinterpretation

    • @Spherrum
      @Spherrum 2 роки тому +1310

      Singed interpreted it correctly, that Silco is _not_ prepared to lose her. Which is why he drugged him. Not only watching the process of her "recovery" would've been unbearable for Silco, and he would try to intervene, but in case something goes wrong - which it could've - Silco wouldn't be able to handle it.

    • @matejatomic3897
      @matejatomic3897 2 роки тому +761

      @@Spherrum Singed meant that Jinx won't be the same, that is why she is so crazy and a psycho

    • @Laroac
      @Laroac 2 роки тому +197

      @@matejatomic3897 She was like that before.

    • @rekaluiza1752
      @rekaluiza1752 2 роки тому +95

      @@Spherrum you misinterpreted the main comment

    • @jallybwan3767
      @jallybwan3767 2 роки тому +44

      @@rekaluiza1752 what they said is still right though

  • @savetheself8
    @savetheself8 2 роки тому +2228

    I appreciate how they didn't come out and straight up say "this is singed," the first moment he was shown to us. I didn't realize it was him until I saw him with his iconic scarf.

    • @gregallan4291
      @gregallan4291 2 роки тому +218

      Unfortunately the Netflix captions actually name him Singed despite him not having that name throughout the series so if you had those on, the surprise was lost

    • @jeremytewari3346
      @jeremytewari3346 2 роки тому +42

      Thing was, because of the way the parts were split, it was impossible for you to not know that if you watched it as it came out, because everyone was saying "this is singed!" before the scarf reveal

    • @notjinx3545
      @notjinx3545 2 роки тому +69

      Notice how they made him use the scarf. If powder didn't blow up the facility he won't wear the scarf to hide his burned scars

    • @CrystallizedBlackSkull
      @CrystallizedBlackSkull 2 роки тому +12

      @@gregallan4291 OUCH glad I didint have subtitiles

    • @TheDarkstar3601
      @TheDarkstar3601 2 роки тому +11

      @@notjinx3545 I believe he has just covering his exposed jaw. He probably don't have lips or something.

  • @AA-pw5ni
    @AA-pw5ni 2 роки тому +1301

    Singed in Arcane: 200 IQ Stoic
    Singed in LoL: FART GAS GO PTHHHFFFFTT!!!

    • @internetloy
      @internetloy  2 роки тому +72

      xD

    • @portalmanHUN
      @portalmanHUN 2 роки тому +118

      Arcane made me want to play Singed but then I remembered his gameplay is pressing Q and running around while spamming laugh.

    • @drep8840
      @drep8840 2 роки тому +25

      @@portalmanHUN yeah but no singed is easy to play hard to master ex the throw can do so much you can even cancel some animation to do crazy combo x)

    • @JV-km9xk
      @JV-km9xk 2 роки тому +7

      @@drep8840 he is one of the hardest champs to play too

    • @secretname2670
      @secretname2670 Рік тому +14

      Well singed in game is horrible mechanically, because mechanics don't interest him. Singed is there purely to succeed by winning the game, not defeating his foes. He is focused on Macro play like wave management, zoning, diversions, resource management and movement. The perfect mastermind.

  • @George_M_
    @George_M_ 2 роки тому +3696

    He appears to only have empathy for things he relates to, and none whatsoever otherwise. Much of his apparent warmth is not intended, people like young Viktor hear it the way they want to. I look forward to more of this character.

    • @biomutarist6832
      @biomutarist6832 2 роки тому +142

      Oh, Singed has barely gotten started. Not only will he probably play a bigger role in Season 2, but he might come back at least in the background of subsequent Arcane seasons (fingers crossed).

    • @isaacpianos5208
      @isaacpianos5208 2 роки тому +174

      I think he has a lot of empathy towards people but he will never stop doing what he does
      I like to think that he will try to help everybody that he can help, but if an important person tries to interfere in his inhuman experiments, he won't care and will just keep doing it
      That's a duality I really apreciate

    • @julieismeok
      @julieismeok 2 роки тому +141

      @@isaacpianos5208 i think it boils down to big picture before detail. His experiments have a price to them, but long term they might improve humanity. He will help a few people on the way when its available, but he also sees sacrifices as a necessary evil. its the price for progress in his mind.

    • @isaacpianos5208
      @isaacpianos5208 2 роки тому +43

      @@julieismeok yess
      He's a really complex character by far, I didn't expect him to be so well made in this show

    • @julieismeok
      @julieismeok 2 роки тому +33

      @@isaacpianos5208 i have to say i would have completely missed his brilliance if it wasn't for his interactions with Viktor who happens to be my favorite character. I'm glad I'm aware of him now

  • @AscendantStoic
    @AscendantStoic 2 роки тому +2963

    I love be how they changed him from a kooky mad scientist with a huge cartoon shield in-game (first time I saw his in-game model I was like "WTH!?") to a nuanced and interesting character who devoted his entire being to science and only works with Silco because he lets him do whatever he wants, very nice job by Riot Writers indeed.

    • @deinoswyrd
      @deinoswyrd 2 роки тому +94

      Singeds lore has been like this for a LONG time. his flavor stories have been some of the best.

    • @AscendantStoic
      @AscendantStoic 2 роки тому +41

      @@deinoswyrd Really!, that's interesting ... too bad the in-game model doesn't reflect that, hope they give him an Arcane skin or something and lose the shield.

    • @deinoswyrd
      @deinoswyrd 2 роки тому +15

      @@AscendantStoic he's definitely not getting an arcane skin, he's too close ot a visual update

    • @TheOzumat
      @TheOzumat 2 роки тому +58

      @@AscendantStoic Thing with Singed is that he is a very very very old champion. Released in 2009 and his latest visual update was in 2014.

    • @trantorfilms
      @trantorfilms 2 роки тому +11

      His old pasive was extra mana into hp, using His shield as a conduct

  • @quigsthevicious
    @quigsthevicious 2 роки тому +1473

    The writing for Singed must have had the most time spent at the keyboard per second of on screen dialogue. Almost every line out of the guy's mouth has a lie of omission; from telling his cat it's feeding time to telling Silco he saved Jinx'es life. I definitely wouldn't want to play poker with the writers. Also, put me in the camp of people who think Rio either is the daughter with a "changed nature" or is a vital part of a Frankenstein scheme to bring her back. Nobody the Dr treats seems to die. The body survives but he loses the human.

    • @werewolf4358
      @werewolf4358 2 роки тому +108

      There's some theories that he might have created Oriana in 'Arcane'.

    • @mathies3598
      @mathies3598 2 роки тому +88

      Look at the medaille he's holding in the last episode, it looks so much like Orianna that it just can't be a coïncidence.

    • @dificulttocure
      @dificulttocure 2 роки тому +38

      If Rio is his daughter, woah.. that must have been a really wild night.

    • @quigsthevicious
      @quigsthevicious 2 роки тому +66

      @@dificulttocure Haha, yeah. That guess is a distant long shot but it fits his obsession. Knowing that death is a mercy, what could be so important that the critter in the bacta tank MUST survive?

    • @derBruns1
      @derBruns1 2 роки тому +31

      @@dificulttocure well if he turned vander to warwick ...

  • @Nata-ch2bk
    @Nata-ch2bk 2 роки тому +796

    Singed is so interesting in Arcane. Just from such a small amount of screen time we get the depth and importance of this man

  • @jeremytewari3346
    @jeremytewari3346 2 роки тому +921

    I never even considered the fact that all Singed does in the show is defy death.
    Shimmer? Makes you almost unkillable
    The mutation? Must survive
    Viktor's sick? Here's the cure
    Jinx is dying? Not anymore
    Vander's dead??? No he's not I don't feel like it
    Saves the most lives in the show when you think about it

    • @nealeellis4455
      @nealeellis4455 2 роки тому +192

      he saved the most lives onscreen, however his contributions to the production of shimmer means that he killed/ruined many many more

    • @foxytoxic2624
      @foxytoxic2624 2 роки тому +102

      @@nealeellis4455 If the lore hasn't changed he is also behind the The bioweapons Noxus used against Ionia during the invasion

    • @ethanalspencer7294
      @ethanalspencer7294 2 роки тому +83

      @@foxytoxic2624 I'm almost certain that in Season 2 Mel's mom will be pressuring Piltover heavily to give them hextech weapons, only for them to ultimately refuse- only for Singed to step in through some form of deal to develop them more 'experimental' weapons in exchange for access to some of the demological magic stuff going on in Noxus in his increasing efforts. Would be a perfect way to marry his old lore to the new, as well as set up... pretty damn near every single Ionian champion lol since he's prominent in the backstory of all of them

    • @JV-km9xk
      @JV-km9xk 2 роки тому +16

      By this logic, kills and ruins the most lives too. How many have lives were affected negatively by shimmer? A lot. Let's go Singed!

    • @gggallin8279
      @gggallin8279 2 роки тому +23

      @@JV-km9xk singed is just the perfect scientist without empathy trope. While he saves people he never does it out of good or selfless intentions, he only saves people if it contributes to his own agenda like defying death and creating mutants

  • @AlmightySammich
    @AlmightySammich 2 роки тому +589

    One thing you didn't touch on is that Singed himself has put his money where his mouth is regarding his philosophy on life and death. He was a long exiled pupil of Heimerdinger even when Viktor was young, and his appearance didn't change between that event and when we see him in the first 3 episodes. Singed himself is easily the oldest human on the show, and remains so due to the results of his work. His work doesn't necessarily maintain a good quality of life, and it's noteworthy that that *includes* himself as a horrifically disfigured and scarred old man.

    • @austinkreulach9295
      @austinkreulach9295 2 роки тому +65

      Okay but, consider, when he first appears he's not that old. Just middle-aged and incredibly... banal. Could pass as an office worker. He's only disfigured and scarred because of Jinx's blast in episode 3. His medicine didn't cause the disfigurement.
      On the other hand in his early interactions with Viktor he looks basically the same as he does before Jinx blows him up(a gap of maybe ten, fifteen years?), so you may still be right about him aging slower/being really old.

    • @jaroslavsvaha6065
      @jaroslavsvaha6065 2 роки тому +9

      Didn't really think about that. Seems to me the jump between Viktors flashback and present is about 25 years, based on how young Viktor looked back then. Another point that adds weight to your argument - Singed used to work with Heimerdinger. I'd say anyone that works with the founder of the city and the dean of the academy is going to be somewhat well known, at least among the academy students and staff. So... maybe that was a long time ago. Like 100 years ago or something.

  • @mi12no
    @mi12no 2 роки тому +740

    Also, notice that Singed also says that “the mutation must *survive*” and not “the mutation must live.” I expected the writers to choose the word “live” because it’s a common trope. However, the fact that Singed says “survive” means that he acknowledges the struggle that everybody must face in life in order to keep themselves living. Unfortunately, this also means that he knows the mutation can never “live” like the ideal of “living” that many people want today. The concept of “living” has been broadened to “quality of life” and social experiences in the current world we live in. This creature can not “live,” so the writers must make the distinction that it must “survive.”

    • @a.morphous66
      @a.morphous66 2 роки тому +141

      That also relates to something Ekko says to Heimerdinger later: “It’s not enough to give people what they need to survive. You have to give them what they need to live.”

    • @whosthere8658
      @whosthere8658 2 роки тому +24

      @@a.morphous66 OMG great insight

    • @peterwarman4980
      @peterwarman4980 2 роки тому +55

      Also he says the *mutation* must survive. He doesn't care about the creature for its own value, but he needs the mutation to be around so he can use it.

    • @poutsamouni5483
      @poutsamouni5483 2 роки тому +1

      But he says rio will live afterwards

  • @povijestpovijest9569
    @povijestpovijest9569 2 роки тому +1862

    I hope he will do many more horrible things, but in the end his research will save the lives of everyone in the show, leaving us questioning if he was right all along.

    • @XE2X535
      @XE2X535 2 роки тому +53

      Your wish was granted my son

    • @bigidlagger7589
      @bigidlagger7589 2 роки тому +87

      Riot made a lot of stories about his experiments

    • @Itamar536.
      @Itamar536. 2 роки тому +24

      Kinda like bondrewd

    • @michelepellegrino6640
      @michelepellegrino6640 2 роки тому +2

      @@Itamar536. he doesn't really care about children doesn't he, he just wants their LOVE because he has discovered it being the fuel and then he just annihilates them loool

    • @Itamar536.
      @Itamar536. 2 роки тому +74

      @@michelepellegrino6640 the show and the author (in an interview) made it clear that he loved every single one of them like they were his kids, and he truly believes he can help humanity with his experiments.
      Him being twisted is the walking contradiction of his character.

  • @tongkaiyi
    @tongkaiyi 2 роки тому +924

    Good video. When Singed mentioned he once had a daughter I was reminded of Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist. "The mutation MUST survive."

    • @villekuronen6242
      @villekuronen6242 2 роки тому +89

      why you had to remind us of what shou tucker did

    • @internetloy
      @internetloy  2 роки тому +139

      I hope Rio isn't...

    • @Sebastian20745
      @Sebastian20745 2 роки тому +44

      @@internetloy OMG no you didn't just say that... Take it back🥺

    • @zangetsu1597
      @zangetsu1597 2 роки тому +4

      @@internetloy Omfg 😯😯😯

    • @daberberger6743
      @daberberger6743 2 роки тому +8

      @@internetloy i think it is, would fit the last scene pretty well

  • @xxlCortez
    @xxlCortez 2 роки тому +661

    The issue isn't his intelligence but his methods. Singed may have goals that he considers noble but he has absolutely no ethical boundaries.

    • @DarthVader-ch4um
      @DarthVader-ch4um 2 роки тому +30

      Those ethical boundaries are what have caused many more deaths though. Singed is determined to achieve his goals for some greater purpose. If somebody had discovered the way to heal any injury and disease, or even reverse death, wouldn't you use it, even if somebody had sacrificed thousands to invent it? Wouldn't their discovery save many more, and bring prosperity, even through the sacrifices?

    • @xxlCortez
      @xxlCortez 2 роки тому +62

      @@DarthVader-ch4umThere are real life examples of unethical, torturous experiments on captives for research. Would you sacrifice your own life or your family's, just to contribute to that progress? Or it's just the faceless people whom you never have to meet?

    • @DarthVader-ch4um
      @DarthVader-ch4um 2 роки тому +20

      @@xxlCortez It's the second, because naturally it's easy to sacrifice someone you have no ties to. I don't feel anything about knowing so many people die horribly every day. I wasn't always like that. But now that's just how it is. There are reasons of course, but I doubt anyone could care, which is also something I relate to somewhat. You didn't answer my question though. It's as if people want to make each other think that they care about each other's well being and if whether they die or not, as if they heard the neighbor died they would stop their routine to mourn? Of course not, unless it's family or friends. Also, yeah it's a given that those experiments that involve torturing human subjects aren't being facilitated in the name of greater good and saving humanity or something like that. But my answer wouldn't change either way.

    • @lwang2851
      @lwang2851 2 роки тому +6

      This reminds me of bondrewd from made in abyss

    • @newstrats9440
      @newstrats9440 2 роки тому +9

      Most of humanity progress of science, medicine are from unethical pratices. They are just not done publicly.

  • @nonamesorry7135
    @nonamesorry7135 2 роки тому +210

    I like how he's just a bro. Not some bloodthirsty evil sciencist, or a cold psychopath, but just some dude who lost everything, and his view on life drasticaly changed as a result. He feels pity for Silco, he wants to help Viktor, he doesn't care but he can relate to both of them, so he helps them. But in general he just wants funding and resources for whatever he is working on, and to be left to his projects.

    • @ManiyaVinas
      @ManiyaVinas 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah that's why he sold he developed chem weapons for noxus for cash, which was used against civilians

    • @UngovernableU
      @UngovernableU 2 роки тому +14

      @@ManiyaVinas Gotta get that bag

    • @qewiu830
      @qewiu830 2 роки тому +14

      @@UngovernableU my boy singed is on his grind

    • @christiandauz3742
      @christiandauz3742 2 роки тому +5

      Without Shimmer Zaun won't survive Piltover's genocide of them
      The Black Community wish they had Shimmer back in the 1800s up to today

    • @echorealtz2157
      @echorealtz2157 Рік тому +2

      Also commits genocide. Lmao

  • @tdl1315
    @tdl1315 2 роки тому +122

    1:59 : "singed dosent fear death or runs from it..."
    singed in game: I am speed

    • @luskarian4055
      @luskarian4055 2 роки тому +21

      "Death tried to chase me once. It suffocated"

    • @TheDreadedAssassin
      @TheDreadedAssassin Рік тому +4

      Singed totally pokes the bear and runs away. 😂

  • @MrJustonemorevoice
    @MrJustonemorevoice 2 роки тому +308

    0:11
    I'm disappointed that you didn't add Jinx to the list of brilliant minds.
    Not only did she replicate Jayce's technology (with his research notes) but she's basically the Diogenes of the series when it comes to approaching death.

    • @Tubejin
      @Tubejin 2 роки тому +150

      Don't forget she even repairs VIs broken guantlet, they don't mention it, but when she carries the tray to the table it's fixed with scribbles all over it. She's probably got the most potential of all of them, but she's got bats in the belfrey.

    • @MrJustonemorevoice
      @MrJustonemorevoice 2 роки тому +103

      @@Tubejin Oh, she's nuts. No question about that.
      But yeah, she's also brilliant. Viktor praised her engineering when looking at her explosive devices.

    • @internetloy
      @internetloy  2 роки тому +124

      Her and Ekko are also definitely up there. Unfortunately, in the series, they haven't done anything to the level of the other four yet (Founding cities, creating Hextech, creating shimmer). These are a bit higher level than explosives and hoverboards.

    • @MrJustonemorevoice
      @MrJustonemorevoice 2 роки тому +59

      @@internetloy Oh shit, I completely forgot about Ekko.
      He built his hoverboard, and will eventually make a time reset machine.

    • @Tubejin
      @Tubejin 2 роки тому +76

      @@internetloy if you notice when she fires the Super Mega Death Rocket at the end, it has activated runes doing their little floating magic circle when she puts the hextech crystal in. This means she deciphered and applied Jay es and Viktor's notes in a matter of days.

  • @cwilliams7630
    @cwilliams7630 2 роки тому +150

    Singed is definitely nuanced and interesting. Looking forward to seeing more of him later. As well as his involvement with noxus and ionia. He's a pretty profound character in the overall lore. Always scheming in the background during major events

    • @Nparalelo
      @Nparalelo 2 роки тому +8

      Can you imagine Mel's mother recruiting him for Noxus?

    • @Bobafett-bi8ht
      @Bobafett-bi8ht 2 роки тому +1

      Solid chance yes

  • @marcuscarana9240
    @marcuscarana9240 2 роки тому +100

    Everyone in Arcane is interesting, including Singed. Vander was such a good father figure character and back when he was alive, the children really did feel safe with him. Him coming back as Warwick would really be great.

  • @A.Scavenger.Thing.666
    @A.Scavenger.Thing.666 11 місяців тому +19

    I love that they kept him really neutral. Sure he's inarguably a mad scientist with little empathy for those he treats, but he really just keeps to himself and helps whoever is willing to let him. He keeps his word and doesn't necessarily lie to anyone, even warning Viktor of the effects of the shimmer, and has a decent amount of sympathy for Silco and his father/daughter relation with Jinx, but they still managed to keep him somewhat cruel and mysterious. He doesn't *want* to find a way to extend mortal survival, he *is* finding a way, even if that way must include loosing humanity and/or being able to really _live_ at this stage. Really excited abt their plans for him next season

  • @gouravdas7557
    @gouravdas7557 2 роки тому +67

    This is a masterpiece. Everything they approached they did it with care & love. From pre production to post production now that's inspiring.

  • @SonicBoyster
    @SonicBoyster 2 роки тому +84

    I don't think that line where he asked "are you willing to lose her?" was about her dying. I think it had to do with the shimmer changing her nature.

    • @derBruns1
      @derBruns1 2 роки тому +3

      nah, shimmer might kill the consumer if said consumer is too weak, the early versions leave the consumer quite weak after the effects run out

    • @mrknarf4438
      @mrknarf4438 2 роки тому +16

      I think it could imply both

  • @hellixodev
    @hellixodev 2 роки тому +14

    As someone who only knew Jinx and Ekko going in, I was shocked to find out he was a champion. They did an amazing job at keeping him and even developing him in the background. Very interesting to see more about what was happening with him from Viktor being a child, to Act I, and then to the time skip.

  • @ANGGELAful
    @ANGGELAful 2 роки тому +9

    This is the type of Singed that executes the proxy farming strat perfectly

  • @yohohoho971
    @yohohoho971 2 роки тому +61

    The list of Singed's crimes are long, but he's doing it for the science. Concepts of morality, decency and humanity don't concern him. He will do what the science requires.

    • @Ragnarra
      @Ragnarra 2 роки тому +1

      And that can be very terrifying in itself.

    • @zhentable
      @zhentable Рік тому +1

      THE RUMBLING OF SCIENTIFIC TRIUMPH

  • @EmmanuelMarin07
    @EmmanuelMarin07 2 роки тому +11

    I love how the video is almost as long as the overall screentime of Singed
    Short, but so very meaningful

  • @MichaelZesty
    @MichaelZesty 2 роки тому +11

    It's honestly impressive how layered and and interesting they make singed in his short time on screen, you did a great job of capturing and explaining those details my man :)

  • @Lancenuts
    @Lancenuts 2 роки тому +119

    Singed definitely fears death he just also accepts its inevitability in so many parts of life. I also would not call him a step above Heimer, Jayce and Viktor given they so far don't have much in common goal wise: the former pursue science as a means whereas singed pursues it as an end.

    • @mi12no
      @mi12no 2 роки тому +8

      That’s what it means to accept death. Most people fear death, but only a few will accept it for what it is. Even if you don’t fear death, it doesn’t mean you accept it, and vice versa.

  • @abura2980
    @abura2980 7 місяців тому +4

    this vid just got recommend after I watched Arcane season 2 trailer🤣you just predicted Warwick

    • @likeyeeah
      @likeyeeah 7 місяців тому +1

      Predicted? If you played the game, you already knew it was him.

    • @abura2980
      @abura2980 7 місяців тому +1

      @@likeyeeah I played the game (WildRift), I knew, I saw people making theories of Vander being Warwick 2 years ago, and it's still true they predicted it

  • @caIicomoon
    @caIicomoon 2 роки тому +34

    the way I gasped when you said “vander is back” LIKE I NEVER NOTICED THAT HOLY SHITE

    • @MiudmonDice
      @MiudmonDice 2 роки тому +4

      And it's like 99% certain that he'll become Warwick.

  • @luffywillbecomethekingofpi2242
    @luffywillbecomethekingofpi2242 2 роки тому +3

    "How about a drink?"

  • @darkfire1408
    @darkfire1408 2 роки тому +57

    Lots of people contrasting Singed's gameplay to his story in arcane. If I remember right, Singed joined the league for the opportunity to test his concoctions on limitless subjects. So his entire purpose in league is not to win, or even fight, but to experiment, to expose as many subjects to his gas as he can. So his gameplay matches pretty well. He's got to survive long enough to observe, so armor and a shield is practical, and the heavy cc helps him survive even longer.
    You can even consider his allies not suffering from it as evidence that there's a counter toxin that he gives his team before the match. It may be one half of a transformative formula without the stabilizing agent. So it causes those without the agent to die during the process of mutation, but he can examine the effects on their cells post-death. A dead subject may yield more information than a live one. It'd be interesting to see a Singed mini-rework to make him more supportive, making his poison buff allies standing in it during his ult. His kit is already zoning cc heavy, so he functions a lot like a support in teamfights already.

    • @darkfire1408
      @darkfire1408 2 роки тому +1

      @@hhjhj393 He's doing that because they're funding his research. In season two he'll probably have the gas weapons for the war with piltover.

  • @AlexWaff
    @AlexWaff 2 роки тому +19

    Singed in Arcane: Complex, misguided maybe, profound yet disturbing. Understands his actions are viewed as immoral, and why, but holds fast to his convictions.
    Singed in League: HeEHe HooHAaA WaRcRiMeS~ *ZOOOOOOOOOOMS*

  • @t3amoon
    @t3amoon 2 роки тому +8

    One of the better and more in depth arcane analysis I’ve seen! I’m glad u had soenthin original to say abt the show !!

    • @t3amoon
      @t3amoon 2 роки тому

      And I was totally waiting for the Vander scene mention LOL

  • @user-ov5nv1ff1b
    @user-ov5nv1ff1b Рік тому +3

    Singed was one of my favorite parts of arcane just because it’s so impressive how much they were able to cram in his character with the little screen time he has, I can’t wait to see more of him in season 2, I’m especially excited to see how he interacts with Machine Herald Viktor

  • @Axelovskji
    @Axelovskji 2 роки тому +4

    This was really well made, i appreciate that you made it. Both Viktor and singed were my favorite characters

  • @Pluveus
    @Pluveus 2 роки тому +4

    The thing about Singed in the show is that he's basically Rick Sanchez without the self loathing. Rick, on some level, knows that he's a monster and that Science can't actually fix everything. He overloads himself on coping mechanisms and experiences to run away from the crushing weight of his Trauma and whenever someone throws his actual psychology in his face he shuts down. He did it with the therapist, he's done it when Beth's called him out, he does it when the Morty called him out, and he did it when he met the shy pooper and that dude tried to actually connect and form community with him.

  • @nidiot7235
    @nidiot7235 2 роки тому +2

    And THIS is why squidward tentacles is the perfect anime antagonist

  • @3THREEIII
    @3THREEIII 2 роки тому +3

    Singed in Arcane:
    Singed in Game: How did that taste

  • @thestudentofficial5483
    @thestudentofficial5483 6 місяців тому +1

    I love how we have all scientists on the moral-progress spectrum on this show, each with their motivations and flaws.

  • @jaafarshili7869
    @jaafarshili7869 2 роки тому +6

    Bro vander is not back, just his husk on steroids and on electrocutions

  • @docfortune
    @docfortune Місяць тому

    "He's not someone who fears death or runs from it"
    It's kind of his entire gimmick.

  • @oaky2222
    @oaky2222 2 роки тому +6

    Singed is definitely the most uniqe and best character in Arcane. Very underated.

  • @spub1031
    @spub1031 2 роки тому +5

    no matter where singed is he (league or arcane) he always ends up being one of the most influential characters throughout runeterra. From saving everyone's' lives to making a horrible chemical for noxus to gas ionia

  • @andrewlehman1035
    @andrewlehman1035 9 місяців тому +1

    i always thought vander would become warwick since he was called the hound of the lanes

  • @linajurgensen4698
    @linajurgensen4698 2 роки тому +3

    I just love the fact that Vander isn’t dead❤️

  • @spoopyd.8910
    @spoopyd.8910 2 роки тому +2

    Singed literally just vibes at a frequency only he can hear and it scares everyone else.

  • @realdaggerman105
    @realdaggerman105 2 місяці тому

    Singed is so smart he’s proxying them all with his intellect.

  • @LordSerion
    @LordSerion 9 місяців тому +1

    Singed took on the biggest challenge: Death. He does it in a monomaniacal, headstrong but very calculating manner - and it seems his research has yielded at least some progress.

  • @whynotanyting
    @whynotanyting 2 роки тому +8

    Singed definitely had a troubled background. While it would be nice to see more of that I guess it's better to keep his past obscured. He seems to be more focused on fulfilling his future anyway.

  • @warren1078
    @warren1078 Рік тому +2

    As a singed otp since s2, it tickles my heart how awesome they portrayed my man. All of his scenes were fascinating because his view of the world and life is just incredibly unique

  • @Limits420
    @Limits420 7 місяців тому +1

    I love this final line! It's beautiful, but a complete opposite to my thought, Vander is not back nor will he ever be. Singed has changed his nature...

  • @minoarno7415
    @minoarno7415 Рік тому +1

    little detail: Yordles are immortal, when they die they will be reborn at bandle city

  • @dazeen9591
    @dazeen9591 Рік тому +1

    The Signed in my team who went 0/21 accepted that death is part of the game and that everyone will hate him

  • @panagram
    @panagram Рік тому +2

    Not as dark but Mordin Solus was written similarly with this detached “loner” vibe with strong convictions.
    “Had to be me, someone else might’ve gotten it wrong.”

  • @thatguy-js7ri
    @thatguy-js7ri Рік тому

    "not a mad scientist, just willing to do anything in the name of science" thats a mad scientist bro

  • @helenaeclipsae5710
    @helenaeclipsae5710 6 місяців тому

    It’s crazy bc even tho he really isn’t the villain in season 1, he is THE top dog anyway in the shadows hidden from everyone’s eyes, im super excited for his return in season 2 I can’t wait to see his character developing

  • @oligb1469
    @oligb1469 2 роки тому +3

    His research story in LoL is horrific the man is stoic on another level

  • @joanofarc9793
    @joanofarc9793 2 роки тому +1

    Ah yes the guy who farts and shits on the ground is the genius

  • @AllShimmery
    @AllShimmery Місяць тому

    this random ted ed in the middle of the video broke my immersion heavy

  • @niscent_
    @niscent_ Рік тому +2

    one thing you didn't mention about heimerdinger is that his long lifespan allowed him to live through the most traumatic times of his universe. in arcane they just call it magic, but what heimer is afraid of and lived through was the run war, runes being the most powerful, world altering form of magic. that is why heimer is concerned with safety and slow progress, he saw what happens when the world gets power crept, he saw the horrors of war cause just by magical knowledge progressing too fast, and is equally afraid of technology progressing too fast.

    • @nicholascrupi3101
      @nicholascrupi3101 7 місяців тому

      also one of the runes were what turned the Blessed Isles, the home of the Sentinels, Thresh, Yorick, and Ryze, into the Shadow Isles. Viego put Isolde into the Well of Ages, and it seems the magic within draws the soul from their resting place when the dead body is in contact with the water. Isolde stabbed Viego through the chest with Sanctity (his sword) and it seems the life-draining magic of his blade combined with the life-giving powers of the waters were in conflict with one another. Turns out, the mortal-made magic from the sword wasn't strong enough to combat the power of the ancient, all-powerful rune magic, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the entire island and cursed everyone caught in it.
      He may not know of THAT specifically, but the power of the Runes are nothing short of cataclysmic when put into the wrong hands, and it's the reason they built the city in the first place. As a refuge from magic, and the Rune Wars were one of the most destructive displays of that. Being scarred from that event, it makes sense why he was so hostile towards even the slight consideration of arcane influence in the city that he helped build as his one bastion of safety against it.

  • @brandon-9844
    @brandon-9844 2 роки тому +1

    I like the scene where he says "mix mix swirl mix" then dances under our top tower for 6 shots.

  • @Firefight_
    @Firefight_ 2 роки тому +4

    Gosh, I loved Singed. He was so intriguing

  • @felixsubakti6907
    @felixsubakti6907 2 роки тому +1

    Singed is the Oppenheimer of this storyline

  • @Blizz3112
    @Blizz3112 2 роки тому +1

    The great thing about him is that he doesn't seem to enjoy people suffering, he instead just sees it as a way for them to grow stronger IF they survive it...

  • @zakbradow1972
    @zakbradow1972 Рік тому

    Arcane: How to write a flawless show.

  • @nlb137
    @nlb137 6 місяців тому

    That line about "love and legacy are the sacrifices" is also directly at odds with Jace and Donger. Heimerdinger cares about legacy. Jace fights because he's kinda the "all loving hero" archetype.

  • @tigonstark1
    @tigonstark1 2 місяці тому

    Bro you predicted it 2 years ago and now it's very prominent that Vander really might be back this season

  • @M0rmagil
    @M0rmagil 2 роки тому

    Really insightful commentary. Singed is just one of the many impactful secondary characters, but you make him stand out.

  • @lordweird9948
    @lordweird9948 2 роки тому +14

    I don't think a difference in opinion on Death makes a character smarter or more brilliant than another.

    • @lordweird9948
      @lordweird9948 2 роки тому

      @taco trader uh, right. Like I said, different world views doesn't inherently mean a character is smarter than another. Take care.

  • @applepie1272
    @applepie1272 2 роки тому +1

    And his voice, is just so soothing

  • @josiebianchi3481
    @josiebianchi3481 2 роки тому +2

    Singed in Arcane is a great character, especially given the source material of a cracked out grandpa running at 600 mph carrying a surfboard.

  • @3xalin
    @3xalin Рік тому

    The theory of warwick being vander is so cool

  • @bramsturk619
    @bramsturk619 2 роки тому +1

    Great video man!! love it that you mentioned him being a stoic, makes your video different than the rest

  • @Milkiia
    @Milkiia 2 роки тому +4

    Never occurs to me until now that he heal/help saving 3 peoples and it always end with bad concequences

  • @Local_commentor
    @Local_commentor 2 роки тому +5

    For the guy who made the chemical weapons that destroyed the wuju village he's seems a bit nice

  • @SIMPLYDEVON
    @SIMPLYDEVON 2 місяці тому

    THE END IS LIKE SAYING YOURE MOM GAY ANND RUNNING AWAY LAUGHTING

  • @FrostyBidda
    @FrostyBidda Рік тому +2

    Singed strikes me as a character similar but not identical to that of Littlefinger in Game of Thrones.
    The man is his own entity outside of everything else going on in the world ( in Arcane ) and characters like those only pose to be a bigger problem for others down the line. I love how Singed is being portrayed as someone who is the catalyst to a lot of developing situations without being directly involved. He created Jinx, he is creating Warwick, I wouldn't be surprised if we see him involved in Mundo's origin. He is a living generator of trouble that nobody but maybe Viktor will realize its him.
    I just have this aching theory that Singed is going to be a major character as the series goes on and I would love to see a dialogue of ethics between him and Heimerdinger

  • @PrinceoftheAbyss
    @PrinceoftheAbyss 2 роки тому +1

    I kind of had a similar impression with him. His almost nihilistic nature intrigued me. I hope that they give him a bigger role next season.

  • @phoebe3122
    @phoebe3122 2 роки тому

    To shake or not to shake
    -Singed

  • @TheWTFsauce
    @TheWTFsauce 2 роки тому +1

    This show and the team that worked it has given so much depth of lore to characters In-game that they could do a spin off on rammus and it could easily be 2 seasons long

  • @itsunoshiyuga
    @itsunoshiyuga 2 роки тому +1

    one additional interesting insight. having in mind what might happen to vander-warvic i believe that that animal is his daughter. that would be in the line with "we loose love and legacy". his persistence for saving the mutation "SHE is dying-the creature" would reinforce that as well.

  • @gsgaming6976
    @gsgaming6976 Рік тому

    You left out Jinx in that chart of the geniuses in Arcane.

  • @CrazyWizza
    @CrazyWizza 2 роки тому +6

    If he can bring back Vander as that werewolf dude, can he bring back Silco?

    • @zynstein8059
      @zynstein8059 2 роки тому +4

      Vander was bleeding out in a pile of shimmer on the other side of the building to Singed, Silco is in some middle of nowhere type building gagged up with 20 bullet holes so I doubt he can be saved. More than that I dont think i want him to be saved. If every character in zaun just gets Singed then imho death starts to feel less important.

  • @-_-JJ
    @-_-JJ 2 роки тому

    this is the same man that has farting on people till they die as a game mechanic

  • @jab3020
    @jab3020 Місяць тому

    singed is sole reason not just in arcane but in league lore to many major things happening

  • @snw1993
    @snw1993 2 роки тому +1

    wow, I love the details you explained! I missed most of them.
    especially that once I had a daughter connection to his works

  • @ElJorro
    @ElJorro 2 місяці тому

    Singed is one of the most chilling characters.

  • @sigmundholt2313
    @sigmundholt2313 Рік тому

    When I realized he was singed Ingot hyped. Favorite champion back when I played…like a decade ago.

  • @aalperbayram
    @aalperbayram 7 місяців тому

    though Signed is missing the most important point: no invention or discovery is worth tormenting something alive.

  • @johncampbell631
    @johncampbell631 6 місяців тому +1

    The only thing Singed said in the entire show that seemed false was, "nature has made us intolerant to change."
    It seems that any living creature has a *staggering* capacity for change. Seagulls used to be predators. Axolotls' can survive otherwise lethal injuries and scavenge amputated limbs from other dead axolotls' and attach it to themselves. The only issue with Singed's expectations is to drastically change in an incredibly short span of time.
    Viktor's subjects 'wither and rot' because flesh isn't designed to withstand that sort of alteration in that timeframe. Only with artificial resistance (shimmer variant) can the body absorb the mutation without overloading and shutting down.

  • @jerryreece4356
    @jerryreece4356 2 роки тому

    this is a really good take that matches with lore-singed, in lore, he is a dying man, who was kicked out from the universities for using chemtech to try and extend his life, and currently he is kidnaping zaunites and experimenting on them, the most recent story with him told of a victim who was combined with another, with singe's ultimate goal to combine himself with a more healthy body to take over.

  • @whatsnewbois9814
    @whatsnewbois9814 2 роки тому +5

    4:05 No, he brought the hound back not the man. He achives the goal but not the ideal result. Yet still no matter what he will reach further than anyone else would dare to go. That makes him brilliant(not perfect)

  • @kirosmatavastros
    @kirosmatavastros 2 роки тому +4

    "runs from death" "solves the immortality problem"
    I don't see a difference. Glorious Evolution brings longevity one way or another.

    • @derBruns1
      @derBruns1 2 роки тому

      one fears a deadly outtcome (tries less possabilities) and the other accepts death as a possible outcome and has a wider variety of possabilities

  • @augustokkkjj9959
    @augustokkkjj9959 Рік тому

    singed in lol: haha bald man with poison go brrrr

  • @skave7228
    @skave7228 2 роки тому

    Vander will not come back, Vander is Dead, Warwick is Born...

  • @seity5587
    @seity5587 2 роки тому

    finally someone who dedicates a video to a character that seems to not exist for anyone ... he saved the life of his beloved Jinx, he was the creator of shimmer, he will create warwick

  • @dizknight
    @dizknight 2 роки тому

    "vanders back"
    >shows the back of vander

  • @dyldev0320
    @dyldev0320 2 роки тому

    Videos like this make me realise that I don't notice every little detail... but then again, that gives reason to see and interpret things again, in another way, I suppose