Nononoono you missed an essential point of Silco going to Vander's statue. Silco realizes that he is in the exact same position as vander was. Back then silco called Vander weak, and now he realized he can't do it either. Vander couldn't start a war and he couldn't sacrifice vi for peace. Silco hated him for that. And now, years later, jinx became his surogate daughter and he has to do the exact same thing too, and he realizes that he can't do it, the same way Vander couldn't. It's so poetic and sad. Makes you rly feel for silco. Not only does he know he is fucked, but he also knows he treated Vander wrong. Rio isn't dead yet. Singed for sure had a daughter. And I think his research stems from grief. It also leads me to believe he creates orianna later.
Read the lore of Orianna. It doesn't connect completely with Singed. Orianna even gave in her lore Corin(the name of her father) her heart so he wouldn't die. Ofcourse you can still change your name but if everything is on timeline Orianna is already there
@@thefinisher9025 i mean... he could have created her before he went to zaun. cause i dont think if i remember right,but i think orianna only got her hextech "heart" way later.
I actually got out of the Act thinking Sevika was Singed's daughter, since she mentioned she had a troubled relationship with her own father when talking with Silco about Jinx, and after Singed mentions he had a daughter when talking to Silco, it cuts to her. Might be wrong, but it just felt like hints for it.
@@NGBH in her lore she gave "Corin" her heart because he was dying and replaced her heart with hextech. Which can mean two things. Either this has nothing to do with Singed or Singed is dying.
If someone told me as a Viktor main back when I used to play league that he would be one of the best characters in a league adaption that's actually good, I probably would have looked at them like they were crazy.
14:25 I think you forgot to mention the point there. When we saw Viktor's childhood, we saw the scene where he made a toy boat and set it on a stream where he fell while trying to limp and keep up with the boat. And here he can finally do that, running with the boat in background. These two were the only moments where i shed a tear in the series.
Broooo I didn't think of that! I need to watch that again. You see, I had to rewind that scene for a while because I thought Viktor was running ON water. I'm sooooo fascinated.
@@AgentKing23 Yep, that's why he releases her ashes in that stream and asks for forgiveness because he didn't know where else she would have liked to be. This was the only place he could remember meeting her.
I never Thought a Character Like Silco could be this well Written The Fact That Riot created Vander / Silco just to show us That they both are Two Faces of the same coin Such beautiful Character creation
I really wonder if they'll show silcos past, like maybe he was against fighting and vander wanted to take piltover. Then after the fight vander became his normal self we see in the show and silco became like the old vander just to go full circle and return back to not wanting to sacrifices for war
when victor is running its such a beautiful scene. in the past his cripple made him unable to keep up with his toy steam boat, but with his hextech leg hes able to run faster then the boats in the background.
"Don't cry. You're perfect." - Silco I love him so much! Edit: People need to stop with the mentality that you shouldn't love fictional characters if they are bad people. Of course I know Silco is a bad person, but I still absolutely love him, love the character.
Wow. We're seeing so many parallels. Everyone's weakness was their daughters. Mel's Mom didn't want her daughter dragging her down, Vander and Silco couldn't sacrifice their daughters, Marcus's daughter being held hostage by Silco, Singed's past seemingly tied to his daughter.
@@Flutterblushie actually it’s the opposite. Vander was technically a monster and fought war, until he became a father and left that old man he used to be.
I would disagree that Jinx’s craziness came from Singed. She was showing symptoms of dissociation throughout the entire story. Singed simply stabilized it into a particularly destructive direction.
Same. She was shown to suffer from severe psychosis and panic attacks since act 2. I don't even think she changed much from Singed 'reviving' her, aside from some physical changes (her eyes, the way she moves etc). Honestly I loved that they kept her that way, the trope of going crazy from being experimented on is such a lazy and corny way of building a "crazy"/mentally unstable character IMO.
I get the impression Necrit has a really bad perception of mental illness. All his coverage of the series, both trailers and episodes. He is convinced, insistent, that jinx is “crazy” and that her madness has to have a “cause”. Despite how the show I think has an overall positive take on it. Jinx isn’t crazy, she is troubled, unwell. But her violent tendencies aren’t the result of some crazy juice. It’s a result of her whole life. It’s a complex issue and she’s a complex character. All the shimmer did was make her strong enough to kidnap everyone. “Jinx was made crazy by singed” is such a bad take. On every level.
Singed didn’t create jinx, he saved her life and gave her the ability too activate shimmer on command “the get excited”. Which is a minute part of her actual character
i absolutely love how they retconned her passive! before I just though "oh she's crazy. she gets a kill and it gets that adrenaline pumpin". But NOW it's that she uses the shimmer's power to let her do some crazy stuff (pun fully intended) necrit can say what he wants about the retconning of lore. if he just starts viewing the LCU as completely separate from the game lore, he'd have a better time. hell, I bet the game lore gets retconned right along side the shows/movies.
It does feel weird to retcon all your game lore, then set up a card game that's supposed to flesh out the world etc, and then retcon even some of the stuff you've put there. Runeterra is a massive world with so many stories and if theyre gonna do multiverse stuff or what if stories then that's cool but it makes it hard to establish continuity and a clear story if you don't specify that and act like everything lines up. I personally like all the retcons, I feel like they've been true to the characters. (except maybe Warwick. This story is definitely better but damn rip to a real one) and kept the core points of their stories but it's weird to open LoL and get one story line, open Lor and get a second, and now Arcane is giving a third
The psychological damage she went through growing up plus the torture of singed's operations without any class of anesthesia "obviously", undoubtedly made Jinx the full psycho she is, even when she fought Ekko she was still slightly sane and you could see a glimpse of Powder in her eyes, now she just fully embraced her pain and lost any trace of Powder that was left (tho it's kind of a personal opinion I might not be spot on)
4:36 Jinx isn't crazy for using a stapler to close her wound. That is an actual procedure and paramedics often have medical staplers to close wounds that are too big or complicated to stitch. She's crazy, but this scene mostly shows that she is crafty; resourceful in spite of being insane, unlike Mundo who is crazy and dumb.
@@defectivepikachu4582 it’s definitely cannon because normal lore did not confirm vi and jinx were sisters this is all back storys which was never revealed in the lore
@@Jangz_ yeah again if arcane is canon that means that there is some inconsistency. not a lot but especially with the cinematic lor i dont want it to be wasted
I just love how Singed was turned into a melancholy old man with unclear morals instead of an being an insane scientist - it makes his "insane" stories even more terrifying knowing that he can be so loving, so human. Also, my man really is behind most shit in zaun like shimmer, warwick, jinx, and YET, he acts like a background character... my man humble, he only cares about the grindset. chemillionaire grindset,
He really is unironically the shimmera male mindset Singed out here not giving a fuck about telling anyone his name, just stacking warcrimes like they're going out of style
One thing I noticed during the final scene is Councilor Medarda reacts to the rocket way before it even reaches the window and nobody else notices it. Then when the rocket crashes through the window a bright gold light comes out of the golden runes on her back. I'm pretty sure she's a Solari, so it's possible she actives a shield that might save the closest people to her, being like Jayce and Viktor since we know they aren't dead.
In the flashback of her as a young girl we see her wearing an outfit with the Sun on her chest. Her “mother” then brings in a Lunari prisoner and has her executed.
@@ZurilasZone the next support they're making is a zaunite chem baron that uses money and terrifying charisma. sounds familiar, doesn't sound like madarda though
The scene where Sevika didn't betray Silco felt so important to me. Silco knew that he had almost been betrayed and killed by his right hand woman, you can see by his eyes and his body language that he did not fully expect to live in that encounter. That was a scene that started the turnaround of Silco's character for me: from an evil, albeit logical and reasonable, villain, to a more human and likeable character.
It also makes his decision not to turn Jinx in in exchange for independence more complicated. If Sevika finds out that Jayce offered a more than acceptable terms for Zaun's independence and the only thing Zaun has to do is get rid of the 'problem' a.k.a Jinx, she's gonna be pissed and she might depose/kill Silco, take over the Undercity and then accept Jayce's proposal. And Silco knows that. Sevika already made it clear that if someone better comes along, someone who would do a better job than Silco in fighting for Zaun, she would not hesitate to betray him. Silco wasn't just sacrificing his dream, he was sacrificing his life.
You already know that you love a villain when you don't feel like celebrating on their demise. Silco was introduced as a monster, but went out as a father. He died realizing how freaking hard Vander's position actually was. No amount of "peace" was worth their daughters.
It's so hard finding a good charismatic mob boss villain or anti-hero depending where you stand in the larger plot. 😢 It's going to be hard to fill his shoes. Jinx is too chaotic, she only really cared about Silco and making the biggest boom. Not exactly a leader with goals. I definitely see her taking over but the organization will almost immediately falling apart.
I don't know what the general reaction was but I for one was super happy when Silco died. He was a really good character for sure, but was not redeemed one bit imo (nor should he have been honestly). He died telling jinx that 'she was perfect', which sounds like a positive fatherly sentiment (almost redeeming in some sense) until you step a bit back and try to put it in context. At that point Jinx was obviously over the top crazy (delusional even) AND MISERABLE as well. He was not looking out for jinx or he would have fought to help her mental health (not just in that sceen but also the years before), instead he was actively trying to push her towards the edge as if making jinx into a crazy monster was a personal project of his. This is something that did not really feel right btw, Silco seemed like a very rational and grounded character most of the time, yet somehow he acted as if jinx's behaviour was not a problem? Jinx's mental state was hurting everyone, including Jinx and also Silco's operations, yet he was clearly encouraging the carziness for some reason. It's not a major complaint, I understand that they did not have time to flash out this part of their relation ship (basically we only learn how Silco was raising Jinx from characters discussing the past, not much of this is shown to us). But it still leaves Silco in a position where a lot of his actions are somewhat justifiable, but over all he was a malicous and borderline insane villain, mainly because of the suffering he unnecessarily (!) inflicts on Jinx and everyone around her. His other dealings (his campaign against the topside, including the death of vander and threatening Marcus' family) were all in the gray area where some might even agree or sympathise with him. And I honestly like it this way, outside of fantasy stuff (like the void and ruination in the League universe) there aren't any true villains on the scale of nations (it all comes down to a matter of perspective). But there are villains on the level of the individuals. And Silco was definietly of that latter chategory, fuck that guy
@@uuamenator Does that mean he's a villain though, the man is a rebel leader fighting the systemic oppression and death he grew up with. He's done some bad things and killed many people. But so has most of cast, including Jinx who has the highest kill score on the show. Is she a villain? Piltover does nothing for the undercity except make their lives worse and lock up anyone actively trying to resist them.
@@Mazsi1201 I agree that Silco definitely was not a redeemed character at the end of the season, however I do believe that when all was said and done he genuinely cared about Jinx as a father. The final scenes with Silco and Vi at opposite ends of the dinner table really emphasized the separation of Jinx and Powder, with Jinx going back and forth between her identities as either character, ultimately deciding to take up the identity of Jinx. I think at the at the end of the day Silco did not love Powder, but loved Jinx, which explains why he disregards the mental state of Powder and seemed to encourage the behaviors that made her into Jinx. He was also willing to give up absolutely everything he has worked for, passing up the opportunity of bringing everything he has dreamed of into reality for the sake of Jinx. I don't think this is something he would do if Jinx was simply a 'personal project'.
@@uuamenator did he mean the worst though? He started and maintains the one of industries that keeps the undercity from a financial collapse. He's employed the poor masses who were rejected, and tossed to in the toxic water and filth of the under city. He even gives kids on the street the chance for decent wage for work where there isn't a social system to help anyone orphaned. He rewards loyalty, punishes decent and maintains a stable government among criminals instead of gangwar like the US. Even his recent actions, he didn't want to give his daughter up for peace with people who make them industrial slaves. He's also plans to improve and expand the undercity's influence because of the things he ask for in the truce. The people up top only really care their interests and have no idea how badly they're neglecting the undercity. The dude is bad guy but is he the bad guy responsible for all this?
Seeing powder go from Powder to Jinx over the course of nine episodes was amazing. And what's more is how beautifully handled it was. It's even more well done than Anakin to Vader and Joaquin's Joker from Arthur to Joker. A masterpiece. Powders change happened in stages and each stage was more intense than the last. There will be those that say Jinx was born during her time with Silco or when she got off that operating table. But for me Jinx was officially created when she sat down in her chair. Also really neat detail. If you look in the end credits it reads "Ella Purnell. Powder." It's like this up until episode nine when it reads "Ella Purnell. Jinx" Meaning that up until episode nine. Powder was still alive. She was still officially listed as POWDER up until the final episode. Episode nine was when Powder officially died.
The only bad part about knowing the Lore/playing League while watching Arcane is that when you know that He/She/It is a champion, there is the obvious plot armor that they won't Die/Be Killed
It gives a nice situation, or maybe a question. What led Viktor to what he is today? I thought by the end of the season, we would see him going down the path to his present self, the glory to machine self. But instead, we sees him letting this dream go, after the incident. What will happen?
@@biowbe4522 a lot can happen in the full next season ^^ but for me when the rocket lands everyone is indeed going to die, except for jayce that viktor will protect (also they may be a little further away from the explosion): he will be almost dead, but his new body may hold on a little. He will say goodbye to jayce and ask him the destroy the core, but jayce will use it to save him. And then viktor will soon be fully corrupted by the core, while also blaming jayce for this. So it may happen really early on
Silco’s death was so heartbreaking to watch. After he got shot by Jinx but at his last moments telling her that he still love her for who she is was so impactful. Honestly, his death was handled so well because he didn’t die defeated like a regular villain. He died accidentally by someone he cares about, and I just love how complex of a character he is.
goddamn it was so trueee. Silco is the bad guy and bla bla bla, but while dying, he still said that he wouldnt ever sold jinx out even to accomplish his goal. Silco sees himself in jinx, shit im still tearing out because of this scene
It's crazy looking back when the series was teased we were thinking oh he's gonna be the one who makes Jinx crazy, and we were right but not entirely. Not to mention the fact that Jinx gets her pink eyes and truly BECOMES Jinx after Silco begged Singed to SAVE HER. He genuinely loved her like his own daughter and it's crushing to see him killed by her accidentally. Especially since he was going to shoot Vi to PROTECT JINX. Silco and Vi genuinely love Jinx and because of the emotional scarring and fighting between them Jinx couldn't take it and killed him in a quick no thought reflex. They made me feel for him even though he's without a doubt one of the villains. He had his goals and convictions and he never once gave up on Jinx he genuinely wanted the best for her and in the end he never was mad at her. God it hurts so much this series!
I absolutely loved the parallel between Vander refusing to give up Vi to Piltover and Silco refusing to give up Jinx to Piltover. When Jayce said Silco could have everything he ever wanted but it would cost him Jinx he instantly knew it was a price he wasn't willing to pay. In that moment he finally understood why Vander was willing to give himself up to pay for Vi's actions and we saw Silco try to do the same for Jinx when he instantly tried to take the blame for her actions even though we know she did it of her own accord. So beautiful.
that's a good fricking insight.. both a good father refuses to give up their daughters. Both wanted to have peace. (Silco was willing to fight to have that Peace this is the time where he still did not have jinx and have nothing to lose. While Vander prefer to submit because he was not willing to lose his children) When Silco got Jinx He understand his brother's values as he was not also willing to give up Jinx for the cause they always dreamed of
The part that really broke me was the part where Viktor's attempt to save his own life ends up killing the woman who admire his work ethic. (And maybe have some sort of romantic view of him? Not sure about that one though), the scene with Viktor's reaction to the consequences of his actions were pure perfection!
also Vander & Vi vs Silco & Jinx. There are so many parallels with so many characters. It's pretty crazy how amazingly written, directed, animated and voice acted this series is, not to mention the great music which was always a staple of Riot :]
My favourite scene was the "Am I interrupting ?" scene where Jayce takes the place of Viktor, who was about to jump (The simetry with the scene in the beginning of the show where the situation was exactly opposite is an amazing detail).
If anyone from Arcane is becoming a Champion - then I would bet on Sevika. Her cliffhanger scene showed us that she is going to become the next leader of Zhaun and her fight scene with Vi just shows so much Champion potential. Like, that energy infused sword is so sick.
the scene with Victor running with big boats in the background was so emotional, especialy after we saw him try to run, trip and fall as a kid in an attempt to catch his small boat.
Yes, no doubt about that. However, you also realize that he is running in the opposite direction. Maybe it means nothing, but to me, it's like he is running the wrong way. He scraped his whole life to go to the "right" side (pun intended), but ruined all of them in just a moment of running to the left/wrong direction. The death of Sky is his absolute worst, his awakening call.
I finished it as soon as it came out and by the end I could not stop crying. The Arcane team really did a good job of reminding me why I love these characters. This show is so good and got to my core
@@olivia749 I legit couldn't take it at that point. We saw so many league champions beginnings and that was cool but the emotions tied to it. Everyone lost people Viktor gained his legs for a bit but lost Sky. Then this whole series made me feel for Silco I didn't think I would feel anything for him but he genuinely cared for Jinx. He loved her like Vander did for Vi. Silco and Vander were father's to each sister but both are tragically taken away. Jinx was first created as this crazy girl who likes explosions but I'm so happy she got fully fleshed out like this. My heart breaks for her she's been through so much. I just I could not stop crying when the emotions reached their climax. Despite all she's been through she's brilliant and capable of making incredible tech (Viktor and Jayce even acknowledge it) unfortunately everytime she gains something she also loses something. God it hurts it hurts so much this series is incredible.
@@kxinix6579 i didnt even hate him as he is the main antagonist, i couldnt hate anybody. these last 3 episodes just made me cry too much and just ship vi and cait way harder
During Jinx’s insanity scene where Vi is telling her to remember people, Claggor and Mylo are generic humanoid monsters. Vander has fangs and ears. Also, the beard on Warwick hanging from the ceiling matched with Vander’s.
Does it match tho? Vander's was grey and thrimmed, and had a small lock under the inferior lip. Imo it matches more with the character that was teased but never appeared on Season 1 (The one with the Top Hat), he has a morre similar beard.
@@PLKhataes The thing is, from the moment Vander "died" saving Vi, to the moment we see Warwick hanging from the ceiling, a couple of years passed. I don't think Singed would waste time properly trimming and caring for Vander's beard throughout roughly 4-6 years of experimenting on him. I'd imagine he'd cut his hair and beard to a reasonable length so it doesn't get in the way, but nothing outside of that.
@@quill9648 Yeah I also thought the same, then I thought about it for more than 5 seconds and realized Beards don't grow after dead💀 And according to everyone's theory, Vander was dead while Singed experimented on him, not semi-dead, not alive, *fully dead* Besides, wouldn't that mean Vander was kept under experiements for *MORE THAN 10 YEARS?* (From the end of Act I to the beginning of Act III). The guy hanging at Singed's lab is meant to be Subject 1088 (Warwick) for the Transmutation experiment, and I'm pretty sure Singed had better things to do than experimenting with a *dead* body for more than 10 years, as well as many other and better subjects to test on. Also, didn't Silco go to Vander's *Grave* ? Everything just seems a little too much off for Vander to be Warwick
@@PLKhataes What you fail to realise, Vander was on death's door and chugged a whole vial of Shimmer and turned into Hulk, He died because he cracked his skull open. Vi was on death's door and a literal DROP of shimmer brought her back. JInx was almost dead, and a single injection of Shimmer brought her back. What's stopping from bringing Vander back? Also Vander visibly took care of himself, his hair looked clean and he always had it swept back, his beard was trimmed and cared for. It's not impossible for his beard to go all curly and unruly once that care stops. Besides that was not Vander's grave. It was a MEMORIAL. Like that wall Ekko and his Firelights made in the Tree Hideout. Like the memorial on the Bridge. It would be weird to bury someone's dead body IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET, don't you think?
@@quill9648 Vi wasn't on Death's door, it was just a deep injury, yet nothing that could cause death. Caitlyn brought her shimmer because the injury couldn't let her move well. Jinx was injected with a more stable version of shimmer, one that didn't cause a severe mutation, but also one that leaves the user with bigger sequels. Vander drank it, yes, but he drank the first version of the shimmer, and unlike the version Vi, Jinx, and almost all of Zaun received, this one leaves you pretty weakened and almost dead once the effect passes (See Deckart who could barely stand by himself and Singed's lab rat that presumably passed away from Ep. 2 scene). The first version of the shimmer wasn't meant to be used for "medical" purposes, it was a one-time mega steroid that then weakened you, unlike the one we see in Act II. Leaving that aside, Vander's beard was grey, if you say his beard grew and got curlier because he wasn't dead, alright, that's not how hair grows but I can believe it. Why did it change color then? It's not a light-perspective issue, we can see the colors perfectly and they are dark-brownish, did Singed find a way to make a body go back in age? If so then what an asshole! He used it on a corpse from ~A decade and not on Rio.
This whole show just feels like being slapped in the face with a full deck of cards, every time you get a liking to a character they do something unexpected and then the next character does something worse, i love it
I agree with u, i ship Victor with skye because they are together since kid. But victor always ignore her tho (SigmaMale) haha. But i love this 2 then boom rito kille dskye
He is on par with zaheer and just a villain you hate to love. I truly felt for him and his love for Jinx. I seriously thought he was gonna give Jinx to Piltover. I was wrong about him cry
@Yari Vickiraytive Pantoja I’d kinda like to see it too Maybe they can incorporate a fun charge up mechanic for her arm too- have the shimmer gather up and an ability has new properties?
Interesting--the last time he tried (maybe), he was accidentally running towards singed, his first oracle/mentor. Now, he's running "towards" hextech--his next mentor.
man Silco's fate was just so sad. He turned out to be just like his brother, loving his daughter too much. His final words: "Don't be sad. You're perfect"....
It's how he reflects about it at Vander's statue memorial, how he finally realizes not only how hard it is to acheive what they both dreamed, and also how becoming a father does change you
@@Xendrick I think if his reactions weren't so stereotypical villain he might be a very complicated nothing-personal type of guy. However, his death was inevitable, because both caitlyn and vi would be hunting him with or without jinx
I really liked the scene with Skye being turned to dust to feed the Hex Core as a foreshadowing for Viktor's most recent passive, where he gains Hex Fragments when killing minions and monsters. ~It is kinda strange that he doesn't get them from killing champions, though...~ Edit: I did not read Viktor's passive all the way! He does get them from killing champions.
I'd expect season 2 to drop around November 2023. A lot of the framework development of the series has already happened so more seasons will be able to be made quicker. From the way they wrote the ending of season 1, they fully intended to make a season 2 from the very beginning so I have a feeling that the writing and story is already completed and they are currently working on the animation and production for it already. Depending on how much they were able to work on while season 1 was delayed we may even see it in 2022 which would be a cool surprise too.
The scene where Jinx shoots Silco and then runs to him apologizing was soooo powerful. It refrains the end of act I, as Jinx, once more, fucks up real bad, asks for forgiveness, but then Vi lashed out on her (even though she herself was partly at fault there, she wronged Powder in the exact way Vander warned her), while Silco forgave her right away, like a loving dad he was to her. Damn, of course she'd blow up Piltover for him. Silco was the only person ever to accept her whole.
I don’t think Jinx killed Silco on accident. I think she killed him cause he was pointing a gun at Vi. That also shows that Jinx still loves Vi but realizes that Vi can’t love Jinx the same way she loved powder.
On the contrary, I think Silco was going to kill Vi because he realized how Vi was harming Jinx. Vi not realizing that memories of Mylo, Clagger and Vander were the very things haunting Jinx naively told her to "remember them". So while maybe Jinx did shoot Silco to stop him from killing Vi, it was very much a 'mistake' on her part, since she didn't want to kill him.
The song at the end of episode 9 is such a good analogy for Jinx : what could’ve been if Vi didn’t walk out on her?(which she did many times) or if Ekko hadn’t interfered during their meetings?(which he also did more than once ) Although we all know Jinx is derailed by now, she is more a product of the actions of those around her than just plain evil, proved by the fact that even though she was so jealous of Cait she didn’t kill her when she had the opportunity
But we also shouldn't remove the accountability of Jinx's actions. Though she didn't ask to become this, at the end of the day, she pulled the trigger.
There's another important detail you missed in Jayce stopping Viktor's suicide. Back when Jayce was hopeless and had nothing left, he held in his hand, his rune, his dreams of hextech before almost stepping to his death. But now, it has come full circle with Jayce stopping VIktor's suicide only now, he wields his Hextech Hammer, his dreams finally accomplished, and now he is here for his friend, which wonderfully ties this all full circle. Arcane truly is a wonderful show with alot of depth in its storywriting.
Sky's story begins at the waterfall where she meets little Viktor with his mechanical boat, and she was curious about it. After that, her curiousity turns into admiration and followed Viktor to Piltover. Sky became a scientist because of Viktor, but he turned down her offer when he was working and didn't get a chance to say her feelings to him directly.
@@minhlong1066 seeing that made me realize how smart he was and how good of an inventor and mechanic he truly is. Like damn he took a few pieces of scrap and turned it into a toy like it was nothing. Give heimer an inch and he will create a goddamn city.
Silco is my favorite character in Arcane. If you can look at the perspective of being a father, he's literally a great father figure for Jinx. But if you look at him as someone who's manipulative, he's also great in that aspect as well. I love the parallel of Silco and Vander in episode 9. Where Vander doesn't want to give up the kids and the same thing happened to Silco. Such a terrifying villain too. Really complex character and that scene where he doesn't blame Jinx is just sad but also great because she treats Jinx as a real daughter rather than a tool for his own use.
He used Jinx as tool for his own use tho. He manipulated her. He drove her crazy. He told her that Vi did not love her, she abondened her. The reasons why Jinx went mad is because Silco told her that Vi did not love her.
"If you can look at the perspective of being a father, he's literally a great father figure for Jinx." Except for the fact that he lied about Vi and tried to keep Jinx from her.
@@yavuz9038 I do agree, Silco was manipulative. But no one is perfect. He did use her for his own devices but he also was there for Jinx/Powder and in that regard you really do feel for him. She became something more in his eyes, and he couldn't give that up for the world. That scene at the fountain, the scene at the table, and his end... it's tragic, truly. But Silco was as understanding as he could be, in the end. He grew, as a character. It pains me to say this but I sympathized with him, a villain. It's fantastic to see good writing within a show, and he was a character that truly grew on me. Definitely reminds me of another show with very similar presentation especially within its conflict (The Expanse). Funnily enough, one of the actors in that show voice acted for one of the enforcers in Act 1, Enforcer Grayson.
Are we not gonna talk about Jayce asking victor if he's interrupting when he's about to take his own life? The roles were reversed and to me that was such a powerful moment of two friends helping each other in ups and downs
Mel gonna survive that rocket. The last scene implied that she had some kind of power(?) like why would they show us her tattoos beneath her clothing and her looking at the rocket before it strike them.
I was actually surprised how much I liked SIlco's character. Was expecting him to be this typical pure evil and cold-hearted villain, but Riot did a good job humanizing and giving him flaws in Act 3. Loved the scene where he talked to Vander's statue especially. The irony is his dream of liberating Zaun was within arm's reach, but the price was to surrender his daughter, Jinx, which he refused to do. Hence him admitting to Vander that turns out they aren't so different after all. This show is a true masterpiece of tragedy.
When we see Vicktor run, there's numerous ships in the background. What I am wondering is if there is a bit of an allusion to the Ship of Theseus philosophical question there. Is Viktor still Viktor if he replaces bits of himself?
The part were sevica almost tried to kill silco while silco was praying she won't betray him was such a good scene. Silco panting afterwards coz he was terrified of dying was so funny to me lol
It was sooo well done him panting afterwards. He not being the typical all calculated mafia boss and having human emotions like being scared was 10/10.
Singed's daughter is Orianna, Look at the picture he's looking at on his heirloom when you mention Rio being his daughter. It's literally Orianna's haircut. It would make sense for Singed to be her father, her father was a ''doctor'' from Zaun and Singed does have that role somewhat in Arcane
thats interesting ! the story of orianna if i can remember correctly implies that she had an accident or something and had to be transformed into a machine by heimerdinger right ? it would be cool to see her in the show i like that character. Maybe she can even have some sort of friendship/romance with Viktor at some point
@@eloeden2056 That's old lore. The current lore states that her need for mechanical parts came from her going against Corin Reveck's (her father's) wishes and going to the underground during a time of crisis to save people's lives. The air damaged her lungs, and poisoned her body. Corin replaced EVERYTHING with mechanical parts until just her heart was left, which supposedly caused a huge falling out with him and the Piltover college (it doesn't state that this is the event that caused it, it only implies), and caused Orianna to become distant and near-emotionless. Corin was going to die himself, but Orianna, a gifted builder and physician in her own right, replaced her heart, the last thing about her that was human, with a mechanical one, and gave Corin her real one. She then left, and has yet to return to Piltover, or to see her father again. "Singed" could be an alias. The name everyone now knows him as. We're not sure what his real name is. If Singed IS his name, like a surname, then we're at least not sure what his full name is.
@@Rannulfus singed just means burnt bro. Its not his actual name. Its his champ name. No1 in the show calls him singed and they must have done that for a good reason. He def orianna dad. Edit: they prob retcon some stuff to allow it to fit in arcane. They mentioned way too many times about singeds daughtet.
I don't know if it is connected but at the "family" scene when Jinx is standing on the table and she starts seeing/hearing Mailo, Vander and Clagger, when they start transforming into "monsters", Vander really resembles a big wolf, so this also might be a nod to him being Warwick.
Go watch Act 1 Ep 3 again. When Vander transformed and Kill the other guy. If you've played League, you'll notice they added "Warwick" howl/snarl/growl when showing Vander. Plus Season 2 just got announced and the Ending Song is basically Warwick's Hunt theme.
The Ekko vs Jinx fight was really moving man. It looked like they both hesitated at some point: it looked like Jinx could have shot Ekko in that one moment but didn't and Ekko stopped hitting her at the end
not only that, but the fact that they showed that they fought when they were kids was so amazing. Ekko being able to learn fast and thisd being the reason why his hextech machinery works so well for him was explained then and there.
I don’t think Jinx held back. I feel like that would detract from the weight of Ekko finally besting Jinx. I believe the reason she pulled the grenade with no regard for her own life was the feeling of sadness, realizing that all of her past life had changed. And even the weakest of her old friends were stronger than her.
@@Firefight_ She did ditch some of her rounds and was taunted by Ekko to that game. But seeing their reactions, faces and the fact that she definitely underperformed compared to her previous fights with firelights I do think that she didn't do her 100%. She handled a group of them before. The granade was probably an attempt to end it all, a glimpse of Powder still there. I don't really see why that weakest friend being stronger would be a thing. What for? But again, it's just my interpretation. Might be wrong.
@@Manaphy0882 ok, yeah I phrased that wrong. Ekko used the watch to goad her into playing their game: She had four rounds, he had a sword. So yes she wasn’t 100%, but she still expected to win. And the thing about “her weakest friend besting her”? I was saying it was like a final straw for her. Like she says in the finale: “I thought you could love me the way you used to… even though I’m different now… but you’re different too.” She was hopeful that she could keep old aspects of her life, and Ekko beating her was just another reminder of all that had changed.
@@Manaphy0882 one thing I think we can all agree on: you know this show is amazing based solely on how much each scene invokes fans to think about symbolism and cause and effect.
When the council unanimously sued for peace and recognized zaun's sovereignty, at the same time a hextech modded, chemtech loaded, super mega death rocket was headed straight for their room was freakin' epic, and tragically ironic The fight scenes gave me goosebumps. Especially when Q sfx for Vi was used during her teammup with Jayce and her W shield was also used
Now warwicks in game interaction with jinx makes sense, the "You were there". That line doesn't foreshadow the end if act 1 where Vander "died" but actually when Jinx was being fixed by singed in his lab coz as we all know Warwick was teased at ep 9 on the lab's ceiling. And warwick oy acknowledges Jinx not powder and maybe that's the reason why he says "You were there" to Jinx in game, coz she was literally in the lab screaming Vi's name also. So just my thoughts sorry for errors
It also works for whoever Warwick is. It wouldn't need to be Vander for Warwick to recognize she was present and being also experimented on in the same lab where he's being experimented on.
And he put silco to sleep, I can only imagine the fucked up shit he went through that he literally doesnt want even a madman like silco to go through it
I don't think shimmer made Jinx less or more crazy. But it helped her to overcome her past trauma. First she was confused if she was 'powder' or 'Jinx' but now she has accepted that she is Jinx. Also her shooting Mylo's doll symbolises that she has left her past behind.
I enjoyed your reviews of acts 1-3. But even though there might be a lot of cliffhangers, I think the ending was just perfect. Jinx' journey is complete now, she left Powder and her old self behind. (Maybe, but only maybe she even got rid of the traumatic voices in her head with her newly found resolve.) Everybody loses, an overall tragedy, but the stage is set now for the next chapter. The cliffhangers make for an interesting setup of season 2.
Thank you for saying it, I was convinced she was genuine towards Jayce, but just about everybody was saying she was manipulating him and that Jayce was too naive to see it. That's so below this show and I could not see where that idea came from. What would she be manipulating him for anyways? And Jayce had always made his choices based on his own reasons (which did not always align with Mel's opinions). I noticed Necrit completely avoided talking about their relationship in this review, despite having such a strong opinion about it in his review of act 2. This act confirmed Mel never had any bad intentions towards Jayce or tried to 'manipulate' him into anything, in fact she defended him against her own mother (who was actually manipulating him) and took his side over and over again.
I think its both and we do get to see it in the show from her and other characters. With her conversation with her mom we do see that at the end she has decided that she is going to try her best for Piltover. But we cant forget her other actions earlier and how she was brought up and that is where we can understand her a bit more. I think from the beginning of the series we have seen a Mel that was struggling with what her mom had taught her and how she had thought things should be. We learn that her mother had taught her to be a fox to where one must manipulate and control people and we see this from both of them where both women had very similar mannerisms when dealing with Jayce and both instances worked. So we learn that Mel learned to use people from her family which is why Jayce actually snapped her out of it a bit from his passion and innocence. While they had sex she thought it would be just that but he came back to her and was emotionally vulnerable to her which she looks confused by this was when he was sad about viktor and she asked why her. From that scene her and us see that Jayce is pretty naive and that he actually thinks of Mel as a friend instead of a tool or asset which she had seen Jayce as. Think from that point on it reignited her struggle of using people to rise in power and secure oneself. We see her shifts on mentality because this whole time she has been using Jayce to create Hextech so she could benefit from it and from her benefit the upper class of piltover would benefit from it. She even pushes Jayce to make them into weapons which Viktor even questions why they would do that. Believe that was more from what she learned from her family but when she talks with her mom more and more it kind of reminds her of her old self and why she starts saying she doesn't want Piltover to go to war or make weapons when she had from the beginning of the series had Jayce set everything in motion which is why the title of the monsters we create was good because the Piltover upper class and Jayce cause themselves to be attacked and Mels eventual death by the thing she made. Think by the end she had realized where she had gone wrong and had actually hoped that the goodness of people that they could maybe amend the situation but by then just like Vi had said there had been countless bodies from Piltover and this was what she sowed. Overall i think she was most definitely using him but I think she did start caring for him at least like a friend because he even said that I don't care what anyone thinks of him except Mel so by the end she started to see Jayce as a person and someone that she could work with to go back to how she was as a kid and not have to be cutthroat and manipulative in order to make a better place but then she died. Again the Piltover had created the monster that they did.
So yes she was using him but she was raised like that so her mom actually created that monster and Noxus created her mom to be that way so it is a chain. Mel is a great character and maybe Zaun would have been made better if the council had started giving them resources and working to bettering things but have to accept that Piltover was the one to spill blood and create the many people like Silco, Vander, Jinx and Vi.
Favorite part of the ENTIRE series (it was so cute and it rlly stuck out): Jinx wearing the Atlas Gauntlets as oven mitts 😂😂😂😂😂 they’re so big and unwieldy on her, and she had a big ol serving dish in front of her hahahahahaha
I think Mel's mother is only there for plot points for later seasons, they have been hinting Swain with the ravens, and I wouldn't be surprised if he is the one that kills Mel's brother.
Man!, even though I hated Silco, the part where he told jinx that "Don't Cry. You're perfect", really hit me and began to like him more as a good villian in the story. It's like telling her that even though she Jinxes all the things she has done, regardless of the flaws, she will always remain flawless and perfect to him. Throughout the story, powder was an outcast, this is because she was not a fighter like her sister and her friends. That is why she always makes such a concerted effort to impress others, like how she tried to saved her friends even if Vi told her not to come and how she wants to show Silco that she is not weak, demonstrated how she really wants to fit in with them. This is why Silco's dialogue to jinx was really emotional because it shows how genuine father he really is to Jinx and was the only person who really saw her potential and the only one who really believed her despite her imperfections.
Slico talking with the Vander statue shows him realizing that he was not so differnt from his "brother" since both of them where willing to sacrifice eveything they could have ever wanted for their daughters since his drowning monologue in Episode 3 I have loved Silco but every time we got more information on his character and what her really values I just loved his character more, this all culminated in his admition that he really would have done anything for Jinx since to him she could never be less than perfect
I personally just really love Silco as a character, I think the fact that everyone is either adamant that he is a bad guy or is adamant that he is a good guy in a bad situation is fantastic.
I really love how you review Act 3. Details that are very useful for watchers and fans of the series. Can't wait for the next video where you explain what will happen in season 2
Viktor run is amazing because in the background you can see the boats getting left behind as a parallel to whe he was a kid and the boat he made was faster than him and left him behind.
Another great scene was when Viktor finally outruns the ship which is connected to his early days where he fell trying to outrun the toy he made which led him to Singed.
So Now we know that Singed is the most influential character in League. Man supplies shimmer to Viktor and Jinx, leading them into becoming who they are now (eventually), creates Warwick, has ties to Piltover through the university and Heimerdinger, supplies Noxus with weaponry for their invasion to Ionia, and also has some sort of connection to the Void through shimmer. All this and meanwhile in game he's running around trailing chemicals behind him and flipping people into goo while laughing maniacally. What a masterpiece
one could make a case for him always having being the most influential character in League i started playing at the end of Season 2, and the #1 rule of League has yet to change: never chase Singed
I think assuming that the shimmer is responsible for Jinx being crazy takes away from her character. Singed gave Viktor a different strain of Shimmer that appears to have not effected his mind. I assume that he used the same strain on Jinx. Therefore keeping intact the idea that the trauma and guilt is what broke her. Accidently killing Silco is what officially killed Powder and completed Jinx. Not Shimmer. All the shimmer did was enhance her physical capabilities and make her more dangerous. That's how I choose to see it at least
You're right, the scene where she quickly took down Caitlyn holding the minigun, resembled the speed and power of the chem-tank people, but she did that without the tank or an immense amount of shimmer.
Yes i also think that shimmer turning jinx crazy isn’t the truth, but if you look at Singed you could tell the fucker was enjoying his sweet revenge for getting burned indirectly by her, he also literately has no reason to give her the soft version of shimmer, he only wanted her to survive nothing else.
Also, I feel like heim was gonna be set up as a grey character who was keeping humans from going too far, but it seems like he's just gonna be a good mentor for echo. Hoping him and singed have a reunion in s2
Ever wondered what it’s like to drown? Story of opposites. There’s peace in water. Like it’s holding you, whispering in low tones to let it in. And every problem in the world will fade away.
I think the rewriting of the stories is done really well and humanizes the characters. Lots of the characters in league are sort of extravagant and stereotypes in some ways (especially champs that were created in the earlier days of league). I think Arcane makes them more believable, relatable, and shows the way they morph and change into the characters they end up being without the game (such as jayce becoming more and more uncaring about what others think and being hardened by the realities of his world). Also the fact that Warwick is teased at the end means it is still plausible that singed did get his injury from Warwick and the burns are from the shimmer explosion.
The original story of piltover and zaun was very black and white, clearly drawing inspiration from comic books. Hero’s with cool weapons fighting villains with unsymmetrical motivations. I think there is a time and a place for that but it’s not Arcane. If this story does continue I honestly wouldn’t be upset if victor nerves goes full machine and if he does he doesn’t become an antagonist. Viktor of arcane become viktor from in game would be nonsensical and unsatisfying even if both characters are cool in there own right.
@@mlp_firewind8129 But the moment between Jayce and Viktor when that change happens feels like it would be amazing. Yes it would complete the tragedy but thats the beauty of it
SPOILER ALERT If you look closely on EP 3 where Silco was sitting on the fountain talking to "Vander" . He was about to make the same decision as Vander and give himself up in place of Jinx.. Damn Silco's character was so great.
Also, i REALLY love the nod to Batman's death of the family with jinx at the table scene. Any Batman fans probably noticed that cool little nod as the two scenes were very similar, especially with the platter. She really is a joker esque character without actually being the joker or as crazy as the joker. Still hoping they save the actual joker for Shaco, whenever they decide to flesh out his lore...
You missed out on some key points about Silco. Silco even said he can't ever give up Jinx, not even for the nation of Zaun. He realized that immediately and he just couldn't "betray" her like so many have done to her and as he also knows what it feels like to be betrayed like this. So he knew he was in a bad spot so he went to talk to Vander's statue. The worst part of that is, from that point on, Silco's focus shifted to Jinx. He made Jinx into who she is today and he is VERY proud of her, and his dying words to her was "you're perfect". So at the table where they were tied up with Vi and Silco on opposite sides to help Jinx decide the outcome of her identity crisis, Silco was very much fighting for his legacy. He knew that his dream and vision for Zaun could have been achieved if he gave up Jinx, but since he couldn't bring himself to do that, that meant that what was at stake there in that final scene was Jinx becoming Jinx and sitting down on the Jinx chair. If Jinx reclaimed her identity as Powder, that would mean Silco is left with NOTHING for his legacy, and so he knew what he had to do was force Jinx to choose and that's why he picked up the pistol to point at Vi (albeit it could also be Jinx hallucinating that he had a gun due to all the pressure building up in intensity at that moment). Silco was willing to die to make Jinx come to the conclusion that he had, which is that she needed to be Jinx and that she is perfect, his daughter, his perfect creation of rebellion and anarchy against Piltover. Silco gave his life to cement his only legacy and that was the creation of Jinx, of protecting a girl who felt lost, weak, betrayed, useless and all the same feelings he felt at one point in his life events with Vander, whatever it may have been in the past. He had an insane amount of empathy for Jinx but not in the way of trying to coddle her or make her be at peace with her weakness or lack of effectiveness. Silco's line "We'll show them" is honestly the most emotionally impactful line in the entire show, bar none. It's that "we'll show them" attitude that made Jinx. Some might say it was Vi calling her sister "a jinx" and that's the challenge or problem that sets up the motivation behind "we'll show them". But I would say it's Silco's "We'll show them" that really made Jinx become who and what Jinx represents. That sentiment of "We'll show them" was Jinx's final tribute to her adoptive parent, Silco, who raised her to rebel against the injustices and inequalities of Piltover and Zaun. Jinx didn't "lash out" at the end at Piltover. Jinx didn't "make a mistake" like she did in episode 3. Jinx fired her rocket at the Council in Piltover, out of LOYALTY for Silco (which is something that was illustrated earlier with Sevika) and for the sentiment of "we'll show them". It was a tribute to her connection with Silco. It is also her first act as a fully realized and fully self accepted Jinx. She knew who she was. She was Jinx, and it wasn't just a label Vi slapped onto her anymore, this was who she chose after Silco's death, to honor the perfection he saw in her, the fact that she no longer felt useless as a person, that she is now feared and respected by everyone, and out of her sense of loyalty to Silco, and the line "we'll show them", she fires the rocket. Which of course makes her even more of a Jinx character because they were ratifying the peace treaty and giving Zaun their independence, which gets shattered by the rocket. The projected future is ironically that Jinx will likely accomplish the creation of Zaun (likely with the help of others, possibly Warwick and Singed, etc.) and fulfill Silco's true intentions and legacy. Jinx is likely also going to step into the power vaccuum after Silco's death as his successor, and with the way things are going, Jinx will likely be very much against Piltover in an all out war. Professor Heimerdinger and Ekko might make some brilliant efforts to find an alternative solution to the situation in Zaun. Viktor will likely have to put on his suit and go to battle due to the war that is now inevitable. Vi will have a soul crushing choice of having to choose Caitlyn and Piltover over her own sister but as it stands right now, Jinx has chosen to be Jinx and not Powder, so there's no sister left for Vi to really bring back, so she'll likely side with Piltover in the coming conflict, but she'll be a total wreck of emotions because she'll still try to protect Jinx, and her loyalties to Piltover may be challenged or come into question. It might be interesting to see what Noxus does as a response to this war, but at the moment it seems like they are mostly interested in the Hextech to fuel their own military power. With that incentive Noxus might actually step in and interfere in some big way... we might see Vi fighting Darius or some other Noxian general like Swain if it comes to a full intervention, which then could draw in Demacia/Ionia as well. I felt like the ending was epic... it was so epic that they just faded to black at the end leaving the audience to try to understand just how many layers of Jinxed Jinx actually is. She is now the one that is going to trigger a war and jinx the whole situation between Piltover and Zaun, making peace talks impossible. She might even learn about it and react to that in some way, like she killed Silco twice over, once to his body, and once more to his dream of Zaun's independence, which means she'll be even more dedicated to the cause of freedom and independence for Zaun in a very anarchic and rebellious fashion that is her style but all out of a sense of LOYALTY to Silco. It is also entirely possible she leaves all the politics to other people and she chooses to be a random loose cannon recluse after this. But given how the show has shown Jinx to be actually highly intelligent and know her way around people, she'll more than likely be the new Silco. Vi will have to full on fight Jinx to stop her as she will now have to choose to side with Piltover and Caitlyn as that would be the "right thing to do", and Ekko might be the only hope for Zaun in terms of a "peaceful alternative"... maybe rewinding time for Ekko comes from trying to reverse this act done by Jinx? Anyways, for me this show was a 10/10, ESPECIALLY for the ending scene. My mind was so blown I was frozen in place with goosebumps for a full minute after the end. PS. I want to acknowledge one thing here that Riot did right. Silco was a great villain character. He wasn't just a one dimensional bad guy that everyone hates. He was in his own way a parent who formed a deeper bond with his adopted daughter Jinx than even his own dreams and vision for Zaun. He gave up his own dream for Zaun in order to be a good parent to Jinx to help her embrace her own power and her own uniqueness rather than to betray her. Silco, despite being the big villain was a better father to Jinx than Vi was a sister to Jinx and in this way Silco is a very deeply emotionally impactful character and a very well portrayed villain.
While I'm way into the story, and the entire series was a banger for me, the Jayce + Vi Chemtank fight was one of the crowning points for me. It was just so surreal seeing their real in-game abilities being used, and context for some of the quotes they've had in game for a long time. Plus, there's nothing quite like the moment when the music kicks in as Vi absolutely WRECKS the first chemtank guy. The Piltover and Zaun characters have always been my favorite, but god DAMN this series solidifies that. Also Vi punching the pool table at Sevika is dope. Also Viktor bursting into full sprint was really moving. It's all just so good.
Silco's death really broke my heart. Last minutes on episode 9 has same impact as last minutes on episode 3. Brilliant main antagonist. Every character in Arcane is damn good, but Silco is my personal 1st favorite character, Jinx 2nd in this season.
not gonna lie but i cried when silco died. such a complex character, i can't really hate him. ironic how in the end he probably understood why vander decided to choose family over the cause. he couldn't give up jinx over the deal for nation of zaun.
Lowkey- Ekko vs Jinx is the highlight of Act 3 for me! The music, fight, visuals and foreshadowing is so well done! Really hyped for Season 2, indeed hopefully we can finally see Ekko, being the genius that he is with his hextech chrono inventions!
Ekko stopping and pulling his punches when he clrealy overpowered jinx is also a callback to how he likes jinx and that he was lying when he said "she's not powder anymore she's jinx" deep down ekko still believes the girl he liked is still there
i loved everything so much, I only wish Sky didnt have to die for nothing she deserved better, and also that Janna showed and saved that young boy or was just mentioned at least once by anyone. Its sad that she wasnt even mentioned as shes the avatar of hope for Zaun, at this point shes more mother theresa than Soraka even.
I don't think Jinx "accidentally" killed Silco - I doubt she wanted to, but she intentionally did it when Silco picked up the gun to fire on Vi - luckily his shot missed Vi but by that time Jinx had tried to protect her by shooting Silco. What I can't really see though is if Silco just missed or if he missed because of being shot by Jinx - it's hard to see in the sequence of frames whether Jinx's shots hit Silco before he fires or not but you can clearly see jinx realise Silco has pointed a gun at Vi and responds by shooting him.
It's definitely accidental, Vi brought up Jinx's (or rather Powder's) ghosts (monsters) of the past which brought her in a state of confusion and hallucination, and at that moment it was only her and her monsters. And Silco, wanting to shut up Vi, aimed the gun at Vi and shot, which made him a target to Jinx. If you look at the scene closely, you can see that Jinx, in fact did not look at Silco, but rather reacted to the sound of the gun being cocked. So rather than shooting to protect Vi, it was more of an instinctual act of self-preservation. I'm sure that had it been Vi who cocked the gun at that moment, Jinx would have shot her instead. Also, Silco definitely shot first, what I can't tell is if he shot as a warning or if he truly missed.
I just realized, when Jayce goes to commit the die he was just ruined, his research had become problematic/destructive after he was near a breakthrough, and going through tough times as well (Banished from campus). Then Viktor comes along and helps him, with Viktor being in the position of power holding the literal keys to his future. When Viktor goes to commit the die he was just ruined, his research had become problematic/destructive after he was near a breakthrough, and going through tough times as well (Sky). Then along comes Jayce, who is in the position of power. I love these writers.
Mel really won me over in act 3. She's a master manipulator because she'd rather get what she thinks is best without violence, and that's why she was abandoned. She keeps herself distant from people but when push comes to shove she does care about others and refused to bury heart heart completely. I hope and pray she lives, let the gold tattoos be some sort of magic or metalmancy to save her life. After such a last minute fringing with Skye I would hate for Mel to become a stepping stone in Jayce's character growth
I think Riot made the right choice by starting LoL series on Piltover/Zaun, because it ties to a bunch of different things, I mean, now that Singed "is Singed", he can make the toxine attack on Ionia vs Noxus war, taking the series to those places and creating Urgot in the process, and Swain losing his hand and making the deal as well as Irelia taking up her family's blades to fight for Ionia, then it could give context for Demacia (iirc, Demacia made a little alliance with Ionia to fight off Noxus, although it could've changed or I'm just remembering things wrong) and the inside mage war with Sylas, that could then tie to Freljord or just wait for Ruination, it just seems to "start" everything on Piltover and Zaun, and it's really incredible to be something like this
Nononoono you missed an essential point of Silco going to Vander's statue.
Silco realizes that he is in the exact same position as vander was. Back then silco called Vander weak, and now he realized he can't do it either.
Vander couldn't start a war and he couldn't sacrifice vi for peace. Silco hated him for that. And now, years later, jinx became his surogate daughter and he has to do the exact same thing too, and he realizes that he can't do it, the same way Vander couldn't.
It's so poetic and sad. Makes you rly feel for silco. Not only does he know he is fucked, but he also knows he treated Vander wrong.
Rio isn't dead yet. Singed for sure had a daughter. And I think his research stems from grief. It also leads me to believe he creates orianna later.
Read the lore of Orianna. It doesn't connect completely with Singed. Orianna even gave in her lore Corin(the name of her father) her heart so he wouldn't die. Ofcourse you can still change your name but if everything is on timeline Orianna is already there
@@thefinisher9025 i mean... he could have created her before he went to zaun. cause i dont think if i remember right,but i think orianna only got her hextech "heart" way later.
I actually got out of the Act thinking Sevika was Singed's daughter, since she mentioned she had a troubled relationship with her own father when talking with Silco about Jinx, and after Singed mentions he had a daughter when talking to Silco, it cuts to her. Might be wrong, but it just felt like hints for it.
@@NGBH in her lore she gave "Corin" her heart because he was dying and replaced her heart with hextech. Which can mean two things. Either this has nothing to do with Singed or Singed is dying.
@@thefinisher9025 i mean... Hes experimenting with prolonging life for a reasonnn
"We lost ourselves. Lost our dream. In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good"
Viktor is definitely my favorite character on the series.
I like how this comment does not even get replies, it's that good. But yeah Victor definitely my favorite character of the show.
Viktors Lore has some spoilers for the following Season(s), but it is really really worth reading. Necrit also covered Viktor (and Jayces) Lore
Viktor is a great character
He,Jinx and Silco are the best in the entire show
This is the best line of the entire series! This comment needs way more likes.
If someone told me as a Viktor main back when I used to play league that he would be one of the best characters in a league adaption that's actually good, I probably would have looked at them like they were crazy.
14:25 I think you forgot to mention the point there. When we saw Viktor's childhood, we saw the scene where he made a toy boat and set it on a stream where he fell while trying to limp and keep up with the boat. And here he can finally do that, running with the boat in background. These two were the only moments where i shed a tear in the series.
Right?!? I feel like no one noticed the boat’s significance or symbolic value. Kindred, much?
Also at that point, the little girl who looked at viktor, was that sky?
Broooo I didn't think of that! I need to watch that again.
You see, I had to rewind that scene for a while because I thought Viktor was running ON water.
I'm sooooo fascinated.
@@AgentKing23 it was definitely Sky
@@AgentKing23 Yep, that's why he releases her ashes in that stream and asks for forgiveness because he didn't know where else she would have liked to be. This was the only place he could remember meeting her.
I never Thought a Character Like Silco could be this well Written
The Fact That Riot created
Vander / Silco just to show us That they both are Two Faces of the same coin
Such beautiful Character creation
I really wonder if they'll show silcos past, like maybe he was against fighting and vander wanted to take piltover. Then after the fight vander became his normal self we see in the show and silco became like the old vander just to go full circle and return back to not wanting to sacrifices for war
vander is ww ryt
@@CannonAbuser you will have to wait to see ;)
when victor is running its such a beautiful scene. in the past his cripple made him unable to keep up with his toy steam boat, but with his hextech leg hes able to run faster then the boats in the background.
Damn
I think in that scene there is a big scale boat of the one Viktor made and then he is shown running. Scalable development
I was yelling at the screen telling Vik to run faster and faster until he fell down. The feeling of strength he felt must've been incredible.
Bro i nearly cried watching that scene
I love him, although I hate what they did to Sky but Viktor still a well-made character.
"Don't cry. You're perfect." - Silco
I love him so much!
Edit: People need to stop with the mentality that you shouldn't love fictional characters if they are bad people. Of course I know Silco is a bad person, but I still absolutely love him, love the character.
I love Riot so much for making Silco's final words to Jinx loving and supportive. She needed that.
in this one line riot make me care for guy i wanted to see dead for almost entire 9 episodes :D
@@alibabapirce9782 same. I really like Silco now seeing that he really unconditionally loves Jinx
@@tettagoat he was truly a great father like Vander to Vi. He really, really, REALLY loved Jinx.
@@AnhLe-dk3dg love is the death of duty. Silco would sacrifice all of his goals and dreams for his daughter. Best dad of the year, no CENTURY
Wow. We're seeing so many parallels. Everyone's weakness was their daughters. Mel's Mom didn't want her daughter dragging her down, Vander and Silco couldn't sacrifice their daughters, Marcus's daughter being held hostage by Silco, Singed's past seemingly tied to his daughter.
“Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?”
Silco was so FUCKING good. Holy shit, he starts as a monsterous villain, and ends as a father that I shed a goddamn tear for when he died.
And Vander starts off as a father and ends as a monster….
Fr he was one of my favorite characters
@@Flutterblushie actually it’s the opposite. Vander was technically a monster and fought war, until he became a father and left that old man he used to be.
@@rayinchrist1 yes but hes gonna become a monster again in s2
I would disagree that Jinx’s craziness came from Singed. She was showing symptoms of dissociation throughout the entire story. Singed simply stabilized it into a particularly destructive direction.
Same. She was shown to suffer from severe psychosis and panic attacks since act 2. I don't even think she changed much from Singed 'reviving' her, aside from some physical changes (her eyes, the way she moves etc). Honestly I loved that they kept her that way, the trope of going crazy from being experimented on is such a lazy and corny way of building a "crazy"/mentally unstable character IMO.
@@Samuel-th6fw We saw it in act 1, too.
I came here looking for such a comment
@@marmyeater You're right! Seemed more like anxiety in arc 1 though, and schizophrenia + PTSD in arc 2-3 (but I'm no psychiatrist).
I get the impression Necrit has a really bad perception of mental illness. All his coverage of the series, both trailers and episodes. He is convinced, insistent, that jinx is “crazy” and that her madness has to have a “cause”.
Despite how the show I think has an overall positive take on it. Jinx isn’t crazy, she is troubled, unwell. But her violent tendencies aren’t the result of some crazy juice. It’s a result of her whole life. It’s a complex issue and she’s a complex character. All the shimmer did was make her strong enough to kidnap everyone.
“Jinx was made crazy by singed” is such a bad take. On every level.
Singed didn’t create jinx, he saved her life and gave her the ability too activate shimmer on command “the get excited”. Which is a minute part of her actual character
i absolutely love how they retconned her passive! before I just though "oh she's crazy. she gets a kill and it gets that adrenaline pumpin". But NOW it's that she uses the shimmer's power to let her do some crazy stuff (pun fully intended)
necrit can say what he wants about the retconning of lore. if he just starts viewing the LCU as completely separate from the game lore, he'd have a better time.
hell, I bet the game lore gets retconned right along side the shows/movies.
It does feel weird to retcon all your game lore, then set up a card game that's supposed to flesh out the world etc, and then retcon even some of the stuff you've put there. Runeterra is a massive world with so many stories and if theyre gonna do multiverse stuff or what if stories then that's cool but it makes it hard to establish continuity and a clear story if you don't specify that and act like everything lines up. I personally like all the retcons, I feel like they've been true to the characters. (except maybe Warwick. This story is definitely better but damn rip to a real one) and kept the core points of their stories but it's weird to open LoL and get one story line, open Lor and get a second, and now Arcane is giving a third
The psychological damage she went through growing up plus the torture of singed's operations without any class of anesthesia "obviously", undoubtedly made Jinx the full psycho she is, even when she fought Ekko she was still slightly sane and you could see a glimpse of Powder in her eyes, now she just fully embraced her pain and lost any trace of Powder that was left (tho it's kind of a personal opinion I might not be spot on)
@@uuamenator yes it's foolish to want consistent story telling
@@HeroOfJusticeYT xD
4:36 Jinx isn't crazy for using a stapler to close her wound. That is an actual procedure and paramedics often have medical staplers to close wounds that are too big or complicated to stitch. She's crazy, but this scene mostly shows that she is crafty; resourceful in spite of being insane, unlike Mundo who is crazy and dumb.
ur mean, mundo isn't dumb, he is special :)
Mundo goes where he pleases!
Mundo would just renegerate
Well, she stapled her wound by stapling her pants with her skin.
don't talk about mundo like that xD
Sky dies, Viktor's heart is broken with regret
Necrit: It was amazing.
If Viktor knows how people celebrate his grief then for sure he would kill us
I love the Sadistic Necrit saga across these reviews.
Act 3 was so good. I really liked the friendship of Ekko and Heimerdinger.
but is it cannon tho cuz especially with the lor cinematic its kinda weird
@@defectivepikachu4582 This is pretty obviously a different canon, most backstories are different from the main LoL lore.
@@Hater900 yeah thats kinda my problem cuz i really want arcane to be canon but at the same time it seems like all the previous stuff IS canon
@@defectivepikachu4582 it’s definitely cannon because normal lore did not confirm vi and jinx were sisters this is all back storys which was never revealed in the lore
@@Jangz_ yeah again if arcane is canon that means that there is some inconsistency. not a lot but especially with the cinematic lor i dont want it to be wasted
I just love how Singed was turned into a melancholy old man with unclear morals instead of an being an insane scientist - it makes his "insane" stories even more terrifying knowing that he can be so loving, so human. Also, my man really is behind most shit in zaun like shimmer, warwick, jinx, and YET, he acts like a background character... my man humble, he only cares about the grindset. chemillionaire grindset,
Singed is a true sigma male
I think his daughter might be orianna, he is connected to everyone
You forget Victor
He really is unironically the shimmera male mindset
Singed out here not giving a fuck about telling anyone his name, just stacking warcrimes like they're going out of style
@@Speedy2619 Viktor ain't a sigma anymore. He stopped his hexcore grind just because it obliterated someone smh
One thing I noticed during the final scene is Councilor Medarda reacts to the rocket way before it even reaches the window and nobody else notices it. Then when the rocket crashes through the window a bright gold light comes out of the golden runes on her back. I'm pretty sure she's a Solari, so it's possible she actives a shield that might save the closest people to her, being like Jayce and Viktor since we know they aren't dead.
I was looking for this comment because I was too lazy to write it myself.
How can she be a solari since she is from a noble Noxian family then exiled in piltover?
In the flashback of her as a young girl we see her wearing an outfit with the Sun on her chest. Her “mother” then brings in a Lunari prisoner and has her executed.
Ye i think that Medarda will probably be a new champ. She even would fit the support role
@@ZurilasZone the next support they're making is a zaunite chem baron that uses money and terrifying charisma. sounds familiar, doesn't sound like madarda though
The scene where Sevika didn't betray Silco felt so important to me. Silco knew that he had almost been betrayed and killed by his right hand woman, you can see by his eyes and his body language that he did not fully expect to live in that encounter. That was a scene that started the turnaround of Silco's character for me: from an evil, albeit logical and reasonable, villain, to a more human and likeable character.
It also makes his decision not to turn Jinx in in exchange for independence more complicated.
If Sevika finds out that Jayce offered a more than acceptable terms for Zaun's independence and the only thing Zaun has to do is get rid of the 'problem' a.k.a Jinx, she's gonna be pissed and she might depose/kill Silco, take over the Undercity and then accept Jayce's proposal. And Silco knows that.
Sevika already made it clear that if someone better comes along, someone who would do a better job than Silco in fighting for Zaun, she would not hesitate to betray him.
Silco wasn't just sacrificing his dream, he was sacrificing his life.
You already know that you love a villain when you don't feel like celebrating on their demise. Silco was introduced as a monster, but went out as a father. He died realizing how freaking hard Vander's position actually was. No amount of "peace" was worth their daughters.
It's so hard finding a good charismatic mob boss villain or anti-hero depending where you stand in the larger plot. 😢 It's going to be hard to fill his shoes.
Jinx is too chaotic, she only really cared about Silco and making the biggest boom. Not exactly a leader with goals. I definitely see her taking over but the organization will almost immediately falling apart.
I don't know what the general reaction was but I for one was super happy when Silco died. He was a really good character for sure, but was not redeemed one bit imo (nor should he have been honestly).
He died telling jinx that 'she was perfect', which sounds like a positive fatherly sentiment (almost redeeming in some sense) until you step a bit back and try to put it in context. At that point Jinx was obviously over the top crazy (delusional even) AND MISERABLE as well. He was not looking out for jinx or he would have fought to help her mental health (not just in that sceen but also the years before), instead he was actively trying to push her towards the edge as if making jinx into a crazy monster was a personal project of his.
This is something that did not really feel right btw, Silco seemed like a very rational and grounded character most of the time, yet somehow he acted as if jinx's behaviour was not a problem? Jinx's mental state was hurting everyone, including Jinx and also Silco's operations, yet he was clearly encouraging the carziness for some reason. It's not a major complaint, I understand that they did not have time to flash out this part of their relation ship (basically we only learn how Silco was raising Jinx from characters discussing the past, not much of this is shown to us). But it still leaves Silco in a position where a lot of his actions are somewhat justifiable, but over all he was a malicous and borderline insane villain, mainly because of the suffering he unnecessarily (!) inflicts on Jinx and everyone around her.
His other dealings (his campaign against the topside, including the death of vander and threatening Marcus' family) were all in the gray area where some might even agree or sympathise with him. And I honestly like it this way, outside of fantasy stuff (like the void and ruination in the League universe) there aren't any true villains on the scale of nations (it all comes down to a matter of perspective). But there are villains on the level of the individuals. And Silco was definietly of that latter chategory, fuck that guy
@@uuamenator Does that mean he's a villain though, the man is a rebel leader fighting the systemic oppression and death he grew up with. He's done some bad things and killed many people. But so has most of cast, including Jinx who has the highest kill score on the show. Is she a villain?
Piltover does nothing for the undercity except make their lives worse and lock up anyone actively trying to resist them.
@@Mazsi1201 I agree that Silco definitely was not a redeemed character at the end of the season, however I do believe that when all was said and done he genuinely cared about Jinx as a father. The final scenes with Silco and Vi at opposite ends of the dinner table really emphasized the separation of Jinx and Powder, with Jinx going back and forth between her identities as either character, ultimately deciding to take up the identity of Jinx. I think at the at the end of the day Silco did not love Powder, but loved Jinx, which explains why he disregards the mental state of Powder and seemed to encourage the behaviors that made her into Jinx. He was also willing to give up absolutely everything he has worked for, passing up the opportunity of bringing everything he has dreamed of into reality for the sake of Jinx. I don't think this is something he would do if Jinx was simply a 'personal project'.
@@uuamenator did he mean the worst though? He started and maintains the one of industries that keeps the undercity from a financial collapse. He's employed the poor masses who were rejected, and tossed to in the toxic water and filth of the under city. He even gives kids on the street the chance for decent wage for work where there isn't a social system to help anyone orphaned. He rewards loyalty, punishes decent and maintains a stable government among criminals instead of gangwar like the US.
Even his recent actions, he didn't want to give his daughter up for peace with people who make them industrial slaves. He's also plans to improve and expand the undercity's influence because of the things he ask for in the truce. The people up top only really care their interests and have no idea how badly they're neglecting the undercity. The dude is bad guy but is he the bad guy responsible for all this?
Jinx didn't just accidently kill both her adoptive fathers. She killed them trying to save Vi.
Yes, very important detail that must be mentioned
@@XBitX Thank you
@@XBitX Also, maybe it’s just me, but once Jinx chose who she was, the voices disappeared and so did the visions.
@@XBitX he did shoot vi, you can see him fire and then you can see it singed her jacket, the bullet barely missed her
@@XBitX I mean she's still broke af... but she can manage it. Like schizophrenia in real life. It never gets better, _you_ get better at managing it.
Seeing powder go from Powder to Jinx over the course of nine episodes was amazing. And what's more is how beautifully handled it was.
It's even more well done than Anakin to Vader and Joaquin's Joker from Arthur to Joker.
A masterpiece. Powders change happened in stages and each stage was more intense than the last.
There will be those that say Jinx was born during her time with Silco or when she got off that operating table. But for me Jinx was officially created when she sat down in her chair.
Also really neat detail. If you look in the end credits it reads
"Ella Purnell. Powder."
It's like this up until episode nine when it reads
"Ella Purnell. Jinx"
Meaning that up until episode nine. Powder was still alive. She was still officially listed as POWDER up until the final episode. Episode nine was when Powder officially died.
I didn’t notice that… omg now I’m crying. That’s all it takes
The only bad part about knowing the Lore/playing League while watching Arcane
is that when you know that He/She/It is a champion, there is the obvious plot armor that they won't Die/Be Killed
truuue, the caitlyn decapitated scene was like 0 nervous for me, for others it mightve been
It gives a nice situation, or maybe a question. What led Viktor to what he is today? I thought by the end of the season, we would see him going down the path to his present self, the glory to machine self. But instead, we sees him letting this dream go, after the incident. What will happen?
@@biowbe4522 a lot can happen in the full next season ^^ but for me when the rocket lands everyone is indeed going to die, except for jayce that viktor will protect (also they may be a little further away from the explosion): he will be almost dead, but his new body may hold on a little. He will say goodbye to jayce and ask him the destroy the core, but jayce will use it to save him. And then viktor will soon be fully corrupted by the core, while also blaming jayce for this. So it may happen really early on
@@theobazeille-parey7013 that would be true, culd be real spoiler for s2
Yeah, also in the fight scene in the bridge. The plot armor is so thicc that only the enforcers died from the explosions lol 🤣
Silco’s death was so heartbreaking to watch. After he got shot by Jinx but at his last moments telling her that he still love her for who she is was so impactful. Honestly, his death was handled so well because he didn’t die defeated like a regular villain. He died accidentally by someone he cares about, and I just love how complex of a character he is.
not to mention, he admitted that he just know felt what Vander felt when he had the children. He feels that he isnt himself anymore and poured a drink
goddamn it was so trueee. Silco is the bad guy and bla bla bla, but while dying, he still said that he wouldnt ever sold jinx out even to accomplish his goal. Silco sees himself in jinx, shit im still tearing out because of this scene
It's crazy looking back when the series was teased we were thinking oh he's gonna be the one who makes Jinx crazy, and we were right but not entirely. Not to mention the fact that Jinx gets her pink eyes and truly BECOMES Jinx after Silco begged Singed to SAVE HER. He genuinely loved her like his own daughter and it's crushing to see him killed by her accidentally. Especially since he was going to shoot Vi to PROTECT JINX. Silco and Vi genuinely love Jinx and because of the emotional scarring and fighting between them Jinx couldn't take it and killed him in a quick no thought reflex. They made me feel for him even though he's without a doubt one of the villains. He had his goals and convictions and he never once gave up on Jinx he genuinely wanted the best for her and in the end he never was mad at her. God it hurts so much this series!
Just like said to my sister, "Silco is a bad person, but a great father"
The perfect word to what happened to Silco was he got Jinxed, lmao.
I absolutely loved the parallel between Vander refusing to give up Vi to Piltover and Silco refusing to give up Jinx to Piltover. When Jayce said Silco could have everything he ever wanted but it would cost him Jinx he instantly knew it was a price he wasn't willing to pay. In that moment he finally understood why Vander was willing to give himself up to pay for Vi's actions and we saw Silco try to do the same for Jinx when he instantly tried to take the blame for her actions even though we know she did it of her own accord. So beautiful.
Dont u feel bad for marcus the sheriff, he has a daughter 😢😢😢
@@imfunkingivincible886 Ya poor lil Ren :(
The papalism goes deeper. Jayce makes the same mistake as his predecessor by demanding a scape goat which sparked the whole mess.
@@imfunkingivincible886 i feel bad for the daughter, marcus deserved it.
that's a good fricking insight.. both a good father refuses to give up their daughters. Both wanted to have peace. (Silco was willing to fight to have that Peace this is the time where he still did not have jinx and have nothing to lose. While Vander prefer to submit because he was not willing to lose his children) When Silco got Jinx He understand his brother's values as he was not also willing to give up Jinx for the cause they always dreamed of
Silco: "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"
Silco gets Jinxed.
The part that really broke me was the part where Viktor's attempt to save his own life ends up killing the woman who admire his work ethic. (And maybe have some sort of romantic view of him? Not sure about that one though), the scene with Viktor's reaction to the consequences of his actions were pure perfection!
I notice the mirroring here:
- Vander and Silco = Vi and Jinx
- Heimer and Singed = Jayce and Viktor
also Vander & Vi vs Silco & Jinx. There are so many parallels with so many characters. It's pretty crazy how amazingly written, directed, animated and voice acted this series is, not to mention the great music which was always a staple of Riot :]
Me hearing Singed said he had a daughter: "WHAT!?!"
And me seeing his daughter looks like Orianna: "WTF!!!!!"
Oh God I just realized that
wait wasnt her father like a clockmaker or smth
@@defectivepikachu4582 we dont know what singed was before his experiments anyway, also he was holding a clock :)
It is daym
where can I see singed daughter?
My favourite scene was the "Am I interrupting ?" scene where Jayce takes the place of Viktor, who was about to jump (The simetry with the scene in the beginning of the show where the situation was exactly opposite is an amazing detail).
If anyone from Arcane is becoming a Champion - then I would bet on Sevika. Her cliffhanger scene showed us that she is going to become the next leader of Zhaun and her fight scene with Vi just shows so much Champion potential.
Like, that energy infused sword is so sick.
She’ll be like “If Vander can’t do it and Silco can’t do it, then I’ll lead Zaun myself”
Her or Mel
the scene with Victor running with big boats in the background was so emotional, especialy after we saw him try to run, trip and fall as a kid in an attempt to catch his small boat.
oh man, such details, i didn't even notice that. good catch
@@ValAllenSamonte so do I.
Yes, no doubt about that. However, you also realize that he is running in the opposite direction. Maybe it means nothing, but to me, it's like he is running the wrong way. He scraped his whole life to go to the "right" side (pun intended), but ruined all of them in just a moment of running to the left/wrong direction. The death of Sky is his absolute worst, his awakening call.
I finished it as soon as it came out and by the end I could not stop crying. The Arcane team really did a good job of reminding me why I love these characters. This show is so good and got to my core
Literally same. I was in tears. The part where Jinx heard Silco's voice after he died saying "we will show them all" just broke me.
@@olivia749 I legit couldn't take it at that point. We saw so many league champions beginnings and that was cool but the emotions tied to it. Everyone lost people Viktor gained his legs for a bit but lost Sky. Then this whole series made me feel for Silco I didn't think I would feel anything for him but he genuinely cared for Jinx. He loved her like Vander did for Vi. Silco and Vander were father's to each sister but both are tragically taken away. Jinx was first created as this crazy girl who likes explosions but I'm so happy she got fully fleshed out like this. My heart breaks for her she's been through so much. I just I could not stop crying when the emotions reached their climax. Despite all she's been through she's brilliant and capable of making incredible tech (Viktor and Jayce even acknowledge it) unfortunately everytime she gains something she also loses something. God it hurts it hurts so much this series is incredible.
@@olivia749 same man first when silco died i was already crying so hard and then we will show them all just hitted so hard
Welp... See yall again in 6 years :D
@@kxinix6579 i didnt even hate him as he is the main antagonist, i couldnt hate anybody. these last 3 episodes just made me cry too much and just ship vi and cait way harder
During Jinx’s insanity scene where Vi is telling her to remember people, Claggor and Mylo are generic humanoid monsters. Vander has fangs and ears. Also, the beard on Warwick hanging from the ceiling matched with Vander’s.
Does it match tho?
Vander's was grey and thrimmed, and had a small lock under the inferior lip.
Imo it matches more with the character that was teased but never appeared on Season 1 (The one with the Top Hat), he has a morre similar beard.
@@PLKhataes The thing is, from the moment Vander "died" saving Vi, to the moment we see Warwick hanging from the ceiling, a couple of years passed.
I don't think Singed would waste time properly trimming and caring for Vander's beard throughout roughly 4-6 years of experimenting on him.
I'd imagine he'd cut his hair and beard to a reasonable length so it doesn't get in the way, but nothing outside of that.
@@quill9648 Yeah I also thought the same, then I thought about it for more than 5 seconds and realized Beards don't grow after dead💀
And according to everyone's theory, Vander was dead while Singed experimented on him, not semi-dead, not alive, *fully dead*
Besides, wouldn't that mean Vander was kept under experiements for *MORE THAN 10 YEARS?* (From the end of Act I to the beginning of Act III). The guy hanging at Singed's lab is meant to be Subject 1088 (Warwick) for the Transmutation experiment, and I'm pretty sure Singed had better things to do than experimenting with a *dead* body for more than 10 years, as well as many other and better subjects to test on.
Also, didn't Silco go to Vander's *Grave* ? Everything just seems a little too much off for Vander to be Warwick
@@PLKhataes What you fail to realise, Vander was on death's door and chugged a whole vial of Shimmer and turned into Hulk, He died because he cracked his skull open.
Vi was on death's door and a literal DROP of shimmer brought her back.
JInx was almost dead, and a single injection of Shimmer brought her back.
What's stopping from bringing Vander back?
Also Vander visibly took care of himself, his hair looked clean and he always had it swept back, his beard was trimmed and cared for.
It's not impossible for his beard to go all curly and unruly once that care stops.
Besides that was not Vander's grave.
It was a MEMORIAL.
Like that wall Ekko and his Firelights made in the Tree Hideout.
Like the memorial on the Bridge.
It would be weird to bury someone's dead body IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET, don't you think?
@@quill9648 Vi wasn't on Death's door, it was just a deep injury, yet nothing that could cause death. Caitlyn brought her shimmer because the injury couldn't let her move well.
Jinx was injected with a more stable version of shimmer, one that didn't cause a severe mutation, but also one that leaves the user with bigger sequels.
Vander drank it, yes, but he drank the first version of the shimmer, and unlike the version Vi, Jinx, and almost all of Zaun received, this one leaves you pretty weakened and almost dead once the effect passes (See Deckart who could barely stand by himself and Singed's lab rat that presumably passed away from Ep. 2 scene). The first version of the shimmer wasn't meant to be used for "medical" purposes, it was a one-time mega steroid that then weakened you, unlike the one we see in Act II.
Leaving that aside, Vander's beard was grey, if you say his beard grew and got curlier because he wasn't dead, alright, that's not how hair grows but I can believe it. Why did it change color then? It's not a light-perspective issue, we can see the colors perfectly and they are dark-brownish, did Singed find a way to make a body go back in age? If so then what an asshole! He used it on a corpse from ~A decade and not on Rio.
I applaud Arcane for taking the often times vague and disconnected lore of characters and making them more defined and interconnected.
This whole show just feels like being slapped in the face with a full deck of cards, every time you get a liking to a character they do something unexpected and then the next character does something worse, i love it
Or they die
The really incredible part is that all the unexpected things perfectly fit the characters so their action feel believable
They showed the wolf hand in the episode lol i got hype
I agree with u, i ship Victor with skye because they are together since kid.
But victor always ignore her tho (SigmaMale) haha.
But i love this 2 then boom rito kille dskye
@@m.zainiisnan93 Silco too i thought he was just using jinx then these recent eps showd how much he love jinx as a daughter ;'(
Silco is a well-rounded character... the best villain that totally caught our hearts...
Yes, thank you. Such a good character I realized myself I was somehow rooting for him
Is it bad i was kinda hoping jinx shot vi or vandors chair.
Truth is Silco did nothing wrong
He is on par with zaheer and just a villain you hate to love. I truly felt for him and his love for Jinx. I seriously thought he was gonna give Jinx to Piltover. I was wrong about him cry
Bro you're sooo right you don't even know
“Faces fading in the flames, it was all her fault.”-swain when he takes jinx’s soul in game
"JINX! ALL YOUR FAULT! ALL YOUR FAULT!" - Fiddlesticks when he meets Jinx
The emotion portrayed during Silco's gamble on Loyalty was golden
He actually looked terrified when Sevika was about to swing.
The most badass fucking vibe check ever
@Yari Vickiraytive Pantoja I’d kinda like to see it too
Maybe they can incorporate a fun charge up mechanic for her arm too- have the shimmer gather up and an ability has new properties?
Gotta love Viktor's scene when he finally did his first run in his entire life♥️
He pulled some Forest Gump shit there
Interesting--the last time he tried (maybe), he was accidentally running towards singed, his first oracle/mentor. Now, he's running "towards" hextech--his next mentor.
I cried at that part
@@MsCraftGames avatar blue people shit
man Silco's fate was just so sad. He turned out to be just like his brother, loving his daughter too much.
His final words: "Don't be sad. You're perfect"....
It's how he reflects about it at Vander's statue memorial, how he finally realizes not only how hard it is to acheive what they both dreamed, and also how becoming a father does change you
@@Xendrick I think if his reactions weren't so stereotypical villain he might be a very complicated nothing-personal type of guy. However, his death was inevitable, because both caitlyn and vi would be hunting him with or without jinx
Surprised he died thought he was to good a character
I really liked the scene with Skye being turned to dust to feed the Hex Core as a foreshadowing for Viktor's most recent passive, where he gains Hex Fragments when killing minions and monsters.
~It is kinda strange that he doesn't get them from killing champions, though...~
Edit: I did not read Viktor's passive all the way! He does get them from killing champions.
he gets 25 from killing champions
Well Sky was kinda a minion. Great CS by Victor.
I'd expect season 2 to drop around November 2023. A lot of the framework development of the series has already happened so more seasons will be able to be made quicker. From the way they wrote the ending of season 1, they fully intended to make a season 2 from the very beginning so I have a feeling that the writing and story is already completed and they are currently working on the animation and production for it already. Depending on how much they were able to work on while season 1 was delayed we may even see it in 2022 which would be a cool surprise too.
Nope
The scene where Jinx shoots Silco and then runs to him apologizing was soooo powerful. It refrains the end of act I, as Jinx, once more, fucks up real bad, asks for forgiveness, but then Vi lashed out on her (even though she herself was partly at fault there, she wronged Powder in the exact way Vander warned her), while Silco forgave her right away, like a loving dad he was to her.
Damn, of course she'd blow up Piltover for him. Silco was the only person ever to accept her whole.
Shut up
@@JaevhonDouglas what
@@dominickvu4911 Hes just another typical ADC, just mute him.
@@YeapItsEdwardElric A what That make No sense I'm sick Of Everyone defending Silco
@@dominickvu4911 I'm sick Of Everyone defending Silco
I don’t think Jinx killed Silco on accident. I think she killed him cause he was pointing a gun at Vi. That also shows that Jinx still loves Vi but realizes that Vi can’t love Jinx the same way she loved powder.
I think she killed him cuz her instinct kicked in when she heard the click on the gun he was about to fire
@@user-uc6vi7dt7d He did fired tho
But was Silco really holding a gun, or was it just in her head? Like when Caitlyn was holding the syringe in the lab?
On the contrary, I think Silco was going to kill Vi because he realized how Vi was harming Jinx. Vi not realizing that memories of Mylo, Clagger and Vander were the very things haunting Jinx naively told her to "remember them". So while maybe Jinx did shoot Silco to stop him from killing Vi, it was very much a 'mistake' on her part, since she didn't want to kill him.
@@humanjukebox107 u can see silco picked it up before jinx went crazy and dropping it after jinx shot him
The song at the end of episode 9 is such a good analogy for Jinx : what could’ve been if Vi didn’t walk out on her?(which she did many times) or if Ekko hadn’t interfered during their meetings?(which he also did more than once )
Although we all know Jinx is derailed by now, she is more a product of the actions of those around her than just plain evil, proved by the fact that even though she was so jealous of Cait she didn’t kill her when she had the opportunity
But we also shouldn't remove the accountability of Jinx's actions. Though she didn't ask to become this, at the end of the day, she pulled the trigger.
I think its mostly that she is mentally insane.
There's another important detail you missed in Jayce stopping Viktor's suicide. Back when Jayce was hopeless and had nothing left, he held in his hand, his rune, his dreams of hextech before almost stepping to his death. But now, it has come full circle with Jayce stopping VIktor's suicide only now, he wields his Hextech Hammer, his dreams finally accomplished, and now he is here for his friend, which wonderfully ties this all full circle.
Arcane truly is a wonderful show with alot of depth in its storywriting.
Sky's death made my jaw drop. She was not that important, but i just can't help but relate to her struggle too. She was an angel ;-;
Almost shouted when it happened, it's all those smaller stories that made Arcane so good... her death made me cry too
Hard same! My jaw dropped for about a minute with that scene. She's insignificant but why did it hurt so badly...
Sky's story begins at the waterfall where she meets little Viktor with his mechanical boat, and she was curious about it. After that, her curiousity turns into admiration and followed Viktor to Piltover. Sky became a scientist because of Viktor, but he turned down her offer when he was working and didn't get a chance to say her feelings to him directly.
@@cye2310 STOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP NIONPH)OOOOOOOOOO
Sky was halting Viktor's sigma male hextillionaire grindset, that's why hex core took her out...
PS. This is a joke.
I just want to say that Heimer wearing the coat looks adorable
Yesssss when he playing with that little girl tho
Arcane Himer skin pls with the coat
Yuh
@@minhlong1066 So cute
@@minhlong1066 seeing that made me realize how smart he was and how good of an inventor and mechanic he truly is. Like damn he took a few pieces of scrap and turned it into a toy like it was nothing.
Give heimer an inch and he will create a goddamn city.
Vi and Caitlyn are a very good example of how to write a good relationship, there is no need to rush, just hint here and there and people will accept.
While the finale did not dissapoint and was truly amazing, I think that episode 3 is still the best
Silco is my favorite character in Arcane. If you can look at the perspective of being a father, he's literally a great father figure for Jinx. But if you look at him as someone who's manipulative, he's also great in that aspect as well. I love the parallel of Silco and Vander in episode 9. Where Vander doesn't want to give up the kids and the same thing happened to Silco. Such a terrifying villain too. Really complex character and that scene where he doesn't blame Jinx is just sad but also great because she treats Jinx as a real daughter rather than a tool for his own use.
Silco is the best character in Arcane, bar none.
He used Jinx as tool for his own use tho. He manipulated her. He drove her crazy. He told her that Vi did not love her, she abondened her. The reasons why Jinx went mad is because Silco told her that Vi did not love her.
"If you can look at the perspective of being a father, he's literally a great father figure for Jinx."
Except for the fact that he lied about Vi and tried to keep Jinx from her.
@@yavuz9038 I do agree, Silco was manipulative. But no one is perfect. He did use her for his own devices but he also was there for Jinx/Powder and in that regard you really do feel for him. She became something more in his eyes, and he couldn't give that up for the world. That scene at the fountain, the scene at the table, and his end... it's tragic, truly.
But Silco was as understanding as he could be, in the end. He grew, as a character. It pains me to say this but I sympathized with him, a villain. It's fantastic to see good writing within a show, and he was a character that truly grew on me. Definitely reminds me of another show with very similar presentation especially within its conflict (The Expanse). Funnily enough, one of the actors in that show voice acted for one of the enforcers in Act 1, Enforcer Grayson.
Nah, Silco is not a great father figure still. But we can say he did his best to be a father to Jinx.
Are we not gonna talk about Jayce asking victor if he's interrupting when he's about to take his own life?
The roles were reversed and to me that was such a powerful moment of two friends helping each other in ups and downs
Holy fuck you're right, there's so many mirrors in this act holy shit
I love it when stories have a "full circle" moment or two in in them.
wow u got the reference so proud of you
did u even watch the video he literally says just that
@@Finkka riiight? Lol
Mel gonna survive that rocket. The last scene implied that she had some kind of power(?) like why would they show us her tattoos beneath her clothing and her looking at the rocket before it strike them.
It's gold paint, it was shimmering.
Maybe she's Karma? :O
@@dusandsg she can't be karma, karma is not black. Karma is South Asian also why would karma be in piltover.
@@ghostiara yeah, in the lore karma is reincarnated many times..
@@dusandsg yes and in that many times reincarnation of karma has always been Asian of sort
I was actually surprised how much I liked SIlco's character. Was expecting him to be this typical pure evil and cold-hearted villain, but Riot did a good job humanizing and giving him flaws in Act 3. Loved the scene where he talked to Vander's statue especially. The irony is his dream of liberating Zaun was within arm's reach, but the price was to surrender his daughter, Jinx, which he refused to do. Hence him admitting to Vander that turns out they aren't so different after all. This show is a true masterpiece of tragedy.
When we see Vicktor run, there's numerous ships in the background. What I am wondering is if there is a bit of an allusion to the Ship of Theseus philosophical question there. Is Viktor still Viktor if he replaces bits of himself?
I thought it was also a reference to him chasing after his ship as a child.
@TheAestheticGamer thank you!
@@aliceerasmus403 damn both theories sound good but this one makes a bit more sense
I think the Hex core will take over his body, like they would not show that the Hex core can shut Viktor's body off without no reason.
That entire scene was just a Rocky reference hence why he was in the harbour
The part were sevica almost tried to kill silco while silco was praying she won't betray him was such a good scene. Silco panting afterwards coz he was terrified of dying was so funny to me lol
It was sooo well done him panting afterwards. He not being the typical all calculated mafia boss and having human emotions like being scared was 10/10.
@@vijarusummoner8824 he genuinely didn't know which side sevica was on, coz he knew she had the choice to betray him there
I love how quickly he composed himself after he realized what happened.
Maybe to become the greatest kingpin is to always go 50-50 on things, including your life!
It showed silco was actually more grounded and humane than he was portrayed to be. He gets scared. He loves. And he especially loves Jinx
Singed's daughter is Orianna, Look at the picture he's looking at on his heirloom when you mention Rio being his daughter. It's literally Orianna's haircut. It would make sense for Singed to be her father, her father was a ''doctor'' from Zaun and Singed does have that role somewhat in Arcane
thats interesting ! the story of orianna if i can remember correctly implies that she had an accident or something and had to be transformed into a machine by heimerdinger right ? it would be cool to see her in the show i like that character. Maybe she can even have some sort of friendship/romance with Viktor at some point
@@eloeden2056 That's old lore. The current lore states that her need for mechanical parts came from her going against Corin Reveck's (her father's) wishes and going to the underground during a time of crisis to save people's lives. The air damaged her lungs, and poisoned her body. Corin replaced EVERYTHING with mechanical parts until just her heart was left, which supposedly caused a huge falling out with him and the Piltover college (it doesn't state that this is the event that caused it, it only implies), and caused Orianna to become distant and near-emotionless. Corin was going to die himself, but Orianna, a gifted builder and physician in her own right, replaced her heart, the last thing about her that was human, with a mechanical one, and gave Corin her real one. She then left, and has yet to return to Piltover, or to see her father again.
"Singed" could be an alias. The name everyone now knows him as. We're not sure what his real name is. If Singed IS his name, like a surname, then we're at least not sure what his full name is.
@@Rannulfus singed just means burnt bro. Its not his actual name. Its his champ name. No1 in the show calls him singed and they must have done that for a good reason. He def orianna dad.
Edit: they prob retcon some stuff to allow it to fit in arcane. They mentioned way too many times about singeds daughtet.
"a love letter to the league of legends community", the best sum up of the show that could be said 👏
I don't know if it is connected but at the "family" scene when Jinx is standing on the table and she starts seeing/hearing Mailo, Vander and Clagger, when they start transforming into "monsters", Vander really resembles a big wolf, so this also might be a nod to him being Warwick.
bruh, his arm was shown so its definitely him
While the lore doesn't completely connect the two i would love if a quick retcon of the lore was made and it was vander who turns into him.
In the very end you can see WW arm in Singeds Lab, soooo yeah theres that.
Yeah Vander's hair and physique was seen dangling in Singed's lab
Go watch Act 1 Ep 3 again. When Vander transformed and Kill the other guy. If you've played League, you'll notice they added "Warwick" howl/snarl/growl when showing Vander.
Plus Season 2 just got announced and the Ending Song is basically Warwick's Hunt theme.
The Ekko vs Jinx fight was really moving man. It looked like they both hesitated at some point: it looked like Jinx could have shot Ekko in that one moment but didn't and Ekko stopped hitting her at the end
not only that, but the fact that they showed that they fought when they were kids was so amazing. Ekko being able to learn fast and thisd being the reason why his hextech machinery works so well for him was explained then and there.
I don’t think Jinx held back. I feel like that would detract from the weight of Ekko finally besting Jinx. I believe the reason she pulled the grenade with no regard for her own life was the feeling of sadness, realizing that all of her past life had changed. And even the weakest of her old friends were stronger than her.
@@Firefight_ She did ditch some of her rounds and was taunted by Ekko to that game. But seeing their reactions, faces and the fact that she definitely underperformed compared to her previous fights with firelights I do think that she didn't do her 100%. She handled a group of them before. The granade was probably an attempt to end it all, a glimpse of Powder still there. I don't really see why that weakest friend being stronger would be a thing. What for? But again, it's just my interpretation. Might be wrong.
@@Manaphy0882 ok, yeah I phrased that wrong. Ekko used the watch to goad her into playing their game: She had four rounds, he had a sword. So yes she wasn’t 100%, but she still expected to win. And the thing about “her weakest friend besting her”? I was saying it was like a final straw for her. Like she says in the finale: “I thought you could love me the way you used to… even though I’m different now… but you’re different too.” She was hopeful that she could keep old aspects of her life, and Ekko beating her was just another reminder of all that had changed.
@@Manaphy0882 one thing I think we can all agree on: you know this show is amazing based solely on how much each scene invokes fans to think about symbolism and cause and effect.
Can we all just acknowledge how great Jinx's aim is?
When the council unanimously sued for peace and recognized zaun's sovereignty, at the same time a hextech modded, chemtech loaded, super mega death rocket was headed straight for their room was freakin' epic, and tragically ironic
The fight scenes gave me goosebumps. Especially when Q sfx for Vi was used during her teammup with Jayce and her W shield was also used
Now warwicks in game interaction with jinx makes sense, the "You were there". That line doesn't foreshadow the end if act 1 where Vander "died" but actually when Jinx was being fixed by singed in his lab coz as we all know Warwick was teased at ep 9 on the lab's ceiling. And warwick oy acknowledges Jinx not powder and maybe that's the reason why he says "You were there" to Jinx in game, coz she was literally in the lab screaming Vi's name also. So just my thoughts sorry for errors
SHEESH
no no, you've got a point
It also works for whoever Warwick is. It wouldn't need to be Vander for Warwick to recognize she was present and being also experimented on in the same lab where he's being experimented on.
@@8BlackBart8 but he has interaction with Vi too.
@@wapzzz1714 "who taught you how to punch" and "I've seen that fear before" or whatever. Makes much sense after Arcane.
I feel like when Singed said "Are you prepared to lose her" (or something like that) he didn't actually mean death.
fuck ur right...
exactly i believe he meant it would have her be less "jinx"
And he put silco to sleep, I can only imagine the fucked up shit he went through that he literally doesnt want even a madman like silco to go through it
I don't think shimmer made Jinx less or more crazy. But it helped her to overcome her past trauma. First she was confused if she was 'powder' or 'Jinx' but now she has accepted that she is Jinx. Also her shooting Mylo's doll symbolises that she has left her past behind.
I enjoyed your reviews of acts 1-3. But even though there might be a lot of cliffhangers, I think the ending was just perfect. Jinx' journey is complete now, she left Powder and her old self behind. (Maybe, but only maybe she even got rid of the traumatic voices in her head with her newly found resolve.) Everybody loses, an overall tragedy, but the stage is set now for the next chapter. The cliffhangers make for an interesting setup of season 2.
Well looks like Mel wasn't just using Jayce after all.
Thank you for saying it, I was convinced she was genuine towards Jayce, but just about everybody was saying she was manipulating him and that Jayce was too naive to see it. That's so below this show and I could not see where that idea came from. What would she be manipulating him for anyways? And Jayce had always made his choices based on his own reasons (which did not always align with Mel's opinions). I noticed Necrit completely avoided talking about their relationship in this review, despite having such a strong opinion about it in his review of act 2. This act confirmed Mel never had any bad intentions towards Jayce or tried to 'manipulate' him into anything, in fact she defended him against her own mother (who was actually manipulating him) and took his side over and over again.
Of course, Jayce has acquired sextech after all
@@shibernyan2009 l honestly was also suspecting she was untill they banged
I think its both and we do get to see it in the show from her and other characters. With her conversation with her mom we do see that at the end she has decided that she is going to try her best for Piltover. But we cant forget her other actions earlier and how she was brought up and that is where we can understand her a bit more. I think from the beginning of the series we have seen a Mel that was struggling with what her mom had taught her and how she had thought things should be. We learn that her mother had taught her to be a fox to where one must manipulate and control people and we see this from both of them where both women had very similar mannerisms when dealing with Jayce and both instances worked. So we learn that Mel learned to use people from her family which is why Jayce actually snapped her out of it a bit from his passion and innocence. While they had sex she thought it would be just that but he came back to her and was emotionally vulnerable to her which she looks confused by this was when he was sad about viktor and she asked why her. From that scene her and us see that Jayce is pretty naive and that he actually thinks of Mel as a friend instead of a tool or asset which she had seen Jayce as. Think from that point on it reignited her struggle of using people to rise in power and secure oneself. We see her shifts on mentality because this whole time she has been using Jayce to create Hextech so she could benefit from it and from her benefit the upper class of piltover would benefit from it. She even pushes Jayce to make them into weapons which Viktor even questions why they would do that. Believe that was more from what she learned from her family but when she talks with her mom more and more it kind of reminds her of her old self and why she starts saying she doesn't want Piltover to go to war or make weapons when she had from the beginning of the series had Jayce set everything in motion which is why the title of the monsters we create was good because the Piltover upper class and Jayce cause themselves to be attacked and Mels eventual death by the thing she made. Think by the end she had realized where she had gone wrong and had actually hoped that the goodness of people that they could maybe amend the situation but by then just like Vi had said there had been countless bodies from Piltover and this was what she sowed. Overall i think she was most definitely using him but I think she did start caring for him at least like a friend because he even said that I don't care what anyone thinks of him except Mel so by the end she started to see Jayce as a person and someone that she could work with to go back to how she was as a kid and not have to be cutthroat and manipulative in order to make a better place but then she died. Again the Piltover had created the monster that they did.
So yes she was using him but she was raised like that so her mom actually created that monster and Noxus created her mom to be that way so it is a chain. Mel is a great character and maybe Zaun would have been made better if the council had started giving them resources and working to bettering things but have to accept that Piltover was the one to spill blood and create the many people like Silco, Vander, Jinx and Vi.
Favorite part of the ENTIRE series (it was so cute and it rlly stuck out):
Jinx wearing the Atlas Gauntlets as oven mitts 😂😂😂😂😂 they’re so big and unwieldy on her, and she had a big ol serving dish in front of her hahahahahaha
I'm not THAT crazy
So, now that Jinx has some shimmer inside her which can give her "boosts" do we rank her higher on the lore power level ?
I think Mel's mother is only there for plot points for later seasons, they have been hinting Swain with the ravens, and I wouldn't be surprised if he is the one that kills Mel's brother.
That’s what I was thinking too. I was kind of surprised Swain’s name was never brought up.
Jinx says: Sheeesh im not that crazy after revealing a cupcake
That was like breaking the 4th wall while not breaking it. I felt personally spoken to by her. For a moment I was convinced it was Caits head.
I 100 percent thought it would be her head haha. Even with Thornmail for plot armour I thought "omg she killed her".
@@niedermitderjagd1968 ig u dont play league
Man!, even though I hated Silco, the part where he told jinx that "Don't Cry. You're perfect", really hit me and began to like him more as a good villian in the story. It's like telling her that even though she Jinxes all the things she has done, regardless of the flaws, she will always remain flawless and perfect to him. Throughout the story, powder was an outcast, this is because she was not a fighter like her sister and her friends. That is why she always makes such a concerted effort to impress others, like how she tried to saved her friends even if Vi told her not to come and how she wants to show Silco that she is not weak, demonstrated how she really wants to fit in with them. This is why Silco's dialogue to jinx was really emotional because it shows how genuine father he really is to Jinx and was the only person who really saw her potential and the only one who really believed her despite her imperfections.
Slico talking with the Vander statue shows him realizing that he was not so differnt from his "brother" since both of them where willing to sacrifice eveything they could have ever wanted for their daughters
since his drowning monologue in Episode 3 I have loved Silco but every time we got more information on his character and what her really values I just loved his character more, this all culminated in his admition that he really would have done anything for Jinx since to him she could never be less than perfect
I personally just really love Silco as a character, I think the fact that everyone is either adamant that he is a bad guy or is adamant that he is a good guy in a bad situation is fantastic.
I really love how you review Act 3. Details that are very useful for watchers and fans of the series. Can't wait for the next video where you explain what will happen in season 2
Viktor run is amazing because in the background you can see the boats getting left behind as a parallel to whe he was a kid and the boat he made was faster than him and left him behind.
holy shit hadnt noticed that
Wow cool detail
Characters all feel so human, they really are like real people.
real parts of us.
Ik it reminds me of slugterra animation you can go check they use the same animation model
Except Heimerdinger, but he feels so Yordle
that episode 9 gave me the biggest chills of any anime ive ever watched, every fucking second in Arcane is so fucking goosebumping lol
Another great scene was when Viktor finally outruns the ship which is connected to his early days where he fell trying to outrun the toy he made which led him to Singed.
So
Now we know that Singed is the most influential character in League.
Man supplies shimmer to Viktor and Jinx, leading them into becoming who they are now (eventually), creates Warwick, has ties to Piltover through the university and Heimerdinger, supplies Noxus with weaponry for their invasion to Ionia, and also has some sort of connection to the Void through shimmer.
All this and meanwhile in game he's running around trailing chemicals behind him and flipping people into goo while laughing maniacally. What a masterpiece
one could make a case for him always having being the most influential character in League
i started playing at the end of Season 2, and the #1 rule of League has yet to change: never chase Singed
And he's now possibly Orianna's father. Riot loves their first champ 😌
He is also the first champion designed/created.
oohh and dont forget throwing his cum dump! xDD
I think assuming that the shimmer is responsible for Jinx being crazy takes away from her character. Singed gave Viktor a different strain of Shimmer that appears to have not effected his mind. I assume that he used the same strain on Jinx. Therefore keeping intact the idea that the trauma and guilt is what broke her. Accidently killing Silco is what officially killed Powder and completed Jinx. Not Shimmer. All the shimmer did was enhance her physical capabilities and make her more dangerous. That's how I choose to see it at least
You're right, the scene where she quickly took down Caitlyn holding the minigun, resembled the speed and power of the chem-tank people, but she did that without the tank or an immense amount of shimmer.
Yes i also think that shimmer turning jinx crazy isn’t the truth, but if you look at Singed you could tell the fucker was enjoying his sweet revenge for getting burned indirectly by her, he also literately has no reason to give her the soft version of shimmer, he only wanted her to survive nothing else.
@Lucky Salt that's actually Jinx's passive 😅z
@@johnedwardsobrepena9414 In game its called Get Excited. I was talking about the show though.
you're right.. she already showed signs of being crazy since Act 2
Also, I feel like heim was gonna be set up as a grey character who was keeping humans from going too far, but it seems like he's just gonna be a good mentor for echo. Hoping him and singed have a reunion in s2
Ever wondered what it’s like to drown? Story of opposites. There’s peace in water. Like it’s holding you, whispering in low tones to let it in. And every problem in the world will fade away.
I think the rewriting of the stories is done really well and humanizes the characters. Lots of the characters in league are sort of extravagant and stereotypes in some ways (especially champs that were created in the earlier days of league). I think Arcane makes them more believable, relatable, and shows the way they morph and change into the characters they end up being without the game (such as jayce becoming more and more uncaring about what others think and being hardened by the realities of his world). Also the fact that Warwick is teased at the end means it is still plausible that singed did get his injury from Warwick and the burns are from the shimmer explosion.
This helps a lot with Viktor since in-game self and lore self are almost 2 different people.
The original story of piltover and zaun was very black and white, clearly drawing inspiration from comic books. Hero’s with cool weapons fighting villains with unsymmetrical motivations. I think there is a time and a place for that but it’s not Arcane. If this story does continue I honestly wouldn’t be upset if victor nerves goes full machine and if he does he doesn’t become an antagonist. Viktor of arcane become viktor from in game would be nonsensical and unsatisfying even if both characters are cool in there own right.
@@mlp_firewind8129 yeah I agree. There are I think 3 versions of Victor rn. In game, lore and Arcane. The last 2 will probably combine.
@@mlp_firewind8129 But the moment between Jayce and Viktor when that change happens feels like it would be amazing. Yes it would complete the tragedy but thats the beauty of it
I'm curious how Viktor will change.
SPOILER ALERT
If you look closely on EP 3 where Silco was sitting on the fountain talking to "Vander" . He was about to make the same decision as Vander and give himself up in place of Jinx.. Damn Silco's character was so great.
Episode 3?? Hahahahahaha Vander is still alive in EP 3 what are you talking about and also EP 3 its still powder not jinx., Jinx introduced in EP 4
@@armandpaoloagustinvillaruz3493 I think he meant the 3rd episode of act 3 (which is episode 9)
@@armandpaoloagustinvillaruz3493 He meant act 3 ep 8 or 9 (prob 9)
@@armandpaoloagustinvillaruz3493 hes talking about act 3 ep3, since you know... The video is about act 3
Yeah when he’s talking to Jayce, u could tell he wanted to give himself up instead of Jinx. The parallels are kinda insane
When Victor started running.. my God I had goosebumps all over, beautiful scene
Also, i REALLY love the nod to Batman's death of the family with jinx at the table scene. Any Batman fans probably noticed that cool little nod as the two scenes were very similar, especially with the platter. She really is a joker esque character without actually being the joker or as crazy as the joker. Still hoping they save the actual joker for Shaco, whenever they decide to flesh out his lore...
"There was her entire FAMILY there.....And then there was Caitlyn"
Well, what a rude thing to say about your In-Laws :D
Jinx felt like caitlyn stole her sister away well you know jinx that's what marriage is you know what they say "it is what it is honey"
You missed out on some key points about Silco. Silco even said he can't ever give up Jinx, not even for the nation of Zaun. He realized that immediately and he just couldn't "betray" her like so many have done to her and as he also knows what it feels like to be betrayed like this. So he knew he was in a bad spot so he went to talk to Vander's statue. The worst part of that is, from that point on, Silco's focus shifted to Jinx. He made Jinx into who she is today and he is VERY proud of her, and his dying words to her was "you're perfect". So at the table where they were tied up with Vi and Silco on opposite sides to help Jinx decide the outcome of her identity crisis, Silco was very much fighting for his legacy. He knew that his dream and vision for Zaun could have been achieved if he gave up Jinx, but since he couldn't bring himself to do that, that meant that what was at stake there in that final scene was Jinx becoming Jinx and sitting down on the Jinx chair. If Jinx reclaimed her identity as Powder, that would mean Silco is left with NOTHING for his legacy, and so he knew what he had to do was force Jinx to choose and that's why he picked up the pistol to point at Vi (albeit it could also be Jinx hallucinating that he had a gun due to all the pressure building up in intensity at that moment). Silco was willing to die to make Jinx come to the conclusion that he had, which is that she needed to be Jinx and that she is perfect, his daughter, his perfect creation of rebellion and anarchy against Piltover.
Silco gave his life to cement his only legacy and that was the creation of Jinx, of protecting a girl who felt lost, weak, betrayed, useless and all the same feelings he felt at one point in his life events with Vander, whatever it may have been in the past. He had an insane amount of empathy for Jinx but not in the way of trying to coddle her or make her be at peace with her weakness or lack of effectiveness. Silco's line "We'll show them" is honestly the most emotionally impactful line in the entire show, bar none. It's that "we'll show them" attitude that made Jinx. Some might say it was Vi calling her sister "a jinx" and that's the challenge or problem that sets up the motivation behind "we'll show them". But I would say it's Silco's "We'll show them" that really made Jinx become who and what Jinx represents.
That sentiment of "We'll show them" was Jinx's final tribute to her adoptive parent, Silco, who raised her to rebel against the injustices and inequalities of Piltover and Zaun. Jinx didn't "lash out" at the end at Piltover. Jinx didn't "make a mistake" like she did in episode 3. Jinx fired her rocket at the Council in Piltover, out of LOYALTY for Silco (which is something that was illustrated earlier with Sevika) and for the sentiment of "we'll show them". It was a tribute to her connection with Silco. It is also her first act as a fully realized and fully self accepted Jinx. She knew who she was. She was Jinx, and it wasn't just a label Vi slapped onto her anymore, this was who she chose after Silco's death, to honor the perfection he saw in her, the fact that she no longer felt useless as a person, that she is now feared and respected by everyone, and out of her sense of loyalty to Silco, and the line "we'll show them", she fires the rocket. Which of course makes her even more of a Jinx character because they were ratifying the peace treaty and giving Zaun their independence, which gets shattered by the rocket.
The projected future is ironically that Jinx will likely accomplish the creation of Zaun (likely with the help of others, possibly Warwick and Singed, etc.) and fulfill Silco's true intentions and legacy. Jinx is likely also going to step into the power vaccuum after Silco's death as his successor, and with the way things are going, Jinx will likely be very much against Piltover in an all out war. Professor Heimerdinger and Ekko might make some brilliant efforts to find an alternative solution to the situation in Zaun. Viktor will likely have to put on his suit and go to battle due to the war that is now inevitable. Vi will have a soul crushing choice of having to choose Caitlyn and Piltover over her own sister but as it stands right now, Jinx has chosen to be Jinx and not Powder, so there's no sister left for Vi to really bring back, so she'll likely side with Piltover in the coming conflict, but she'll be a total wreck of emotions because she'll still try to protect Jinx, and her loyalties to Piltover may be challenged or come into question. It might be interesting to see what Noxus does as a response to this war, but at the moment it seems like they are mostly interested in the Hextech to fuel their own military power. With that incentive Noxus might actually step in and interfere in some big way... we might see Vi fighting Darius or some other Noxian general like Swain if it comes to a full intervention, which then could draw in Demacia/Ionia as well.
I felt like the ending was epic... it was so epic that they just faded to black at the end leaving the audience to try to understand just how many layers of Jinxed Jinx actually is. She is now the one that is going to trigger a war and jinx the whole situation between Piltover and Zaun, making peace talks impossible. She might even learn about it and react to that in some way, like she killed Silco twice over, once to his body, and once more to his dream of Zaun's independence, which means she'll be even more dedicated to the cause of freedom and independence for Zaun in a very anarchic and rebellious fashion that is her style but all out of a sense of LOYALTY to Silco. It is also entirely possible she leaves all the politics to other people and she chooses to be a random loose cannon recluse after this. But given how the show has shown Jinx to be actually highly intelligent and know her way around people, she'll more than likely be the new Silco. Vi will have to full on fight Jinx to stop her as she will now have to choose to side with Piltover and Caitlyn as that would be the "right thing to do", and Ekko might be the only hope for Zaun in terms of a "peaceful alternative"... maybe rewinding time for Ekko comes from trying to reverse this act done by Jinx?
Anyways, for me this show was a 10/10, ESPECIALLY for the ending scene. My mind was so blown I was frozen in place with goosebumps for a full minute after the end.
PS. I want to acknowledge one thing here that Riot did right. Silco was a great villain character. He wasn't just a one dimensional bad guy that everyone hates. He was in his own way a parent who formed a deeper bond with his adopted daughter Jinx than even his own dreams and vision for Zaun. He gave up his own dream for Zaun in order to be a good parent to Jinx to help her embrace her own power and her own uniqueness rather than to betray her. Silco, despite being the big villain was a better father to Jinx than Vi was a sister to Jinx and in this way Silco is a very deeply emotionally impactful character and a very well portrayed villain.
One of the ads I got before this video was the enemy music video, safe to say I didn’t skip, so good!
While I'm way into the story, and the entire series was a banger for me, the Jayce + Vi Chemtank fight was one of the crowning points for me. It was just so surreal seeing their real in-game abilities being used, and context for some of the quotes they've had in game for a long time. Plus, there's nothing quite like the moment when the music kicks in as Vi absolutely WRECKS the first chemtank guy. The Piltover and Zaun characters have always been my favorite, but god DAMN this series solidifies that.
Also Vi punching the pool table at Sevika is dope.
Also Viktor bursting into full sprint was really moving.
It's all just so good.
Silco's death really broke my heart. Last minutes on episode 9 has same impact as last minutes on episode 3.
Brilliant main antagonist. Every character in Arcane is damn good, but Silco is my personal 1st favorite character, Jinx 2nd in this season.
Silco realizing Vander's reason is a great scene.
Marcus: *DIES*
Necrit: "AWESOME!!"
me: FINALLY
At least a new champion will be born, lol
I'm not going to lie, I felt the same as Necrit. The way Jinx killed him was beautiful and brilliant. Jinx is a genius.
tell my..... tell my daughter
Might be mean to say this, but I KIND of hated Marcus -- he kidnapped/arrested Vi, tried to stop Caitlyn with her investigation, and SHOT EKKO
not gonna lie but i cried when silco died. such a complex character, i can't really hate him. ironic how in the end he probably understood why vander decided to choose family over the cause. he couldn't give up jinx over the deal for nation of zaun.
I amazed that Riot managed to make characters like Marcus or Sevika (sorry if I misspelled their names) likable
The fucking ending broke me. Silko's final words to Jinx were so full of love, all of them to comfort his daughter even after she shot him.
Felt like I got hit with a stray bullet hearing Silco's last words
Lowkey- Ekko vs Jinx is the highlight of Act 3 for me! The music, fight, visuals and foreshadowing is so well done! Really hyped for Season 2, indeed hopefully we can finally see Ekko, being the genius that he is with his hextech chrono inventions!
He already is a genius in my book. Creating a whole peaceful place for people that are struggling to live in. He was my favourite character in act 3
So true
Ekko stopping and pulling his punches when he clrealy overpowered jinx is also a callback to how he likes jinx and that he was lying when he said "she's not powder anymore she's jinx" deep down ekko still believes the girl he liked is still there
I liked it but the vi sevika fight was more sick imo
the ending is amazing, everyone worked so hard it finally comes to a peace and zaun is getting autonomy, and jinx just jinx it all! so in character
Silco wasn't gonna give her up so it wasn't happening either way
no bc silco was supposed to give up jinx for that to happen and he wouldn’t do it
i loved everything so much, I only wish Sky didnt have to die for nothing she deserved better, and also that Janna showed and saved that young boy or was just mentioned at least once by anyone. Its sad that she wasnt even mentioned as shes the avatar of hope for Zaun, at this point shes more mother theresa than Soraka even.
I don't think Jinx "accidentally" killed Silco - I doubt she wanted to, but she intentionally did it when Silco picked up the gun to fire on Vi - luckily his shot missed Vi but by that time Jinx had tried to protect her by shooting Silco. What I can't really see though is if Silco just missed or if he missed because of being shot by Jinx - it's hard to see in the sequence of frames whether Jinx's shots hit Silco before he fires or not but you can clearly see jinx realise Silco has pointed a gun at Vi and responds by shooting him.
Because she has part of Powder instinct in her before she fully transform into Jinx
In the end jix consciously prefers vi, that's why at the end of the scene jixn apologizes to silco. shimmer doesn't make a person crazy
It's definitely accidental, Vi brought up Jinx's (or rather Powder's) ghosts (monsters) of the past which brought her in a state of confusion and hallucination, and at that moment it was only her and her monsters.
And Silco, wanting to shut up Vi, aimed the gun at Vi and shot, which made him a target to Jinx. If you look at the scene closely, you can see that Jinx, in fact did not look at Silco, but rather reacted to the sound of the gun being cocked.
So rather than shooting to protect Vi, it was more of an instinctual act of self-preservation. I'm sure that had it been Vi who cocked the gun at that moment, Jinx would have shot her instead.
Also, Silco definitely shot first, what I can't tell is if he shot as a warning or if he truly missed.
I just realized, when Jayce goes to commit the die he was just ruined, his research had become problematic/destructive after he was near a breakthrough, and going through tough times as well (Banished from campus). Then Viktor comes along and helps him, with Viktor being in the position of power holding the literal keys to his future.
When Viktor goes to commit the die he was just ruined, his research had become problematic/destructive after he was near a breakthrough, and going through tough times as well (Sky). Then along comes Jayce, who is in the position of power.
I love these writers.
Mel really won me over in act 3. She's a master manipulator because she'd rather get what she thinks is best without violence, and that's why she was abandoned. She keeps herself distant from people but when push comes to shove she does care about others and refused to bury heart heart completely.
I hope and pray she lives, let the gold tattoos be some sort of magic or metalmancy to save her life. After such a last minute fringing with Skye I would hate for Mel to become a stepping stone in Jayce's character growth
I think Riot made the right choice by starting LoL series on Piltover/Zaun, because it ties to a bunch of different things, I mean, now that Singed "is Singed", he can make the toxine attack on Ionia vs Noxus war, taking the series to those places and creating Urgot in the process, and Swain losing his hand and making the deal as well as Irelia taking up her family's blades to fight for Ionia, then it could give context for Demacia (iirc, Demacia made a little alliance with Ionia to fight off Noxus, although it could've changed or I'm just remembering things wrong) and the inside mage war with Sylas, that could then tie to Freljord or just wait for Ruination, it just seems to "start" everything on Piltover and Zaun, and it's really incredible to be something like this