You know what else I loved about their childhood scene? Remember back in ep 3 how Powder jumped into Silco's arm and we all thought it was some kind of trauma response? The scene shows how he was there as an uncle figure for Jinx and Vi. Powder didn't jump in the arms of a stranger but in the arms of her uncle.
perfect reaction - I love it ! just for clarification : Vander did not turn out like that because Viktor died but because everyone else stormed out leaving Singed and Warwick alone so Singed was able to inject the serum he talked about. Ultimately we dont know if Viktor could have completely healed him and he would be fine or if he would have turned out like the other followers... we probably get an answer in Act III when we know more about Jayce's reasons and Viktor. I believe Viktor will survive or be "revived" by Singed since he said to Viktor that he needs to survive. He probably "heals" Viktor and uses the same technology to "revive" his daughter. Warwick is beyond saving now that he got injected by Singed. I am not sure if you noticed but they played the same score when Vander died the first time in S1 ep3. So I think he is gone for good now. Very tragic after coming so far in retrieving his conciousness and him being docile. He did not even react really to the blood anymore... Jinx has a very tough time now that she lost Vander again AND loosing her only friend Isha. Isha used 3 hex orbs , just like Powder used 3 hex crystals in ep3 of S1. She represented a badass Powder here - knowing her fate and going in nonetheless to save everyone else. Powder tried to save everyone and was almost the sole survivor while killing everyone by mistake. Isha showed her what could have been if Powder had better circumstances. There are a lot of revisits form S2 ep3 in this episode. Amazing writing that completely and utterly destoys your heart! RIP my heart.
@@alvinsmith3894 Depends on circumstances, in our world sure, but Powder was a kid left alone with no one if no one came back, in Powders case a lot wouldn't have happened if she was brought a long and under supervision from the others so it's not completely stupid to have her with them. Realistically Powder might have been the only casualty in that scenario and maybe Vander, the others might have escaped.
I love how Isha is just like: "Oh, the Enforcer lady that tried to kill my favorite person is her sister? Okay. Oh, the big bad wolfman that nearly killed us all is her dad? Okay." 😅
The Singed and Viktor dynamic is one of my favorite things about Arcane, it's written so incredibly well. This episode alone had so much symbolism between the two. First off, the whole theme of this episode was "Two sides of the same coin" which is why we see Viktor playing with the gear so much and flipping it over on its side. Singed and Viktor are two sides of the same coin: Viktor is willing to sacrifice himself to save the lives of people he doesn't even know, whereas Singed is willing to sacrifice anyone else to save the life of the person he loves most. Both want to save lives but have completely opposite viewpoints, hence the coin. The coin flipping onto the opposite side along with Viktor's monologue about the nature of humanity at the end could also suggest he has been flipped, like a coin, to the other side. He sees some truth in what Singed was saying. The other, very obvious but still masterful, symbolism in this episode is the biblical allegories. Viktor is very obviously a stand-in for Jesus. He's a savior with a bunch of disciples who were outcasts and he is being hunted down by the leaders of his nation. Ambessa and her soldiers even wear red, very symbolic of Rome. Jayce is Judas, a former best friend of Jesus who inevitably betrays him and kills him, and if this allegory follows through the implications for Jayce are not looking good next episode. Finally Singed is the Devil, tempting Jesus. Their talk is extremely reminiscent of Satan trying to tempt Jesus in the desert, even down to the same lines (The Devil calls Jesus mortal and thus says he will die and everyone he loves will die but tempts him with immortality) Singed pretty much does the exact same thing with Viktor saying the combination of Hextech and Shimmer could lead to immortality. Either way tons of layers to their relationship and they aren't even the main characters. The level of detail and writing in Arcane is unrivaled in modern media
That monologue between them was one of my favorite moments in the episode!! Thank you for explaining the symbolism :> Another thing I loved about it is the evolution of Synged and Viktor's relationship as teacher and student. In the beginning, Viktor learns how to harvest plants and showed him how shimmer is used to extend life, far beyond what it should be (cruelly at that). Then, he comes back to him, wiser and older to look for advice and here, he seems to be much more an equal to Singed. It reminds me of the 'student becomes the master' phrase. A conversation between intelectual giants. One believing in evolution, the other, in fate.
After finishing act 2 and going back to listen to "Remember Me" and "What have they done to us" hits so much harder and it caused me to break down sobbing uncontrollably
I literally had to fight to hold back the tears in the end. I adore and love these characers, but the expression on Jinx's face is equal to what i can only imagine is the nightmare of a parent losing its child the fucking artistry and emotions are so... real...
This guy who always been joyful, laughing and happy is crying, Riot just broke all people's hearts and made us all crying boys and girls for real.!! 😭😭😭😭😭
5:55 He summoned Warwick to give a small demonstration of what he is capable of. Since Silco died, he hasn't had access to a reliable source of resources, so he did this in the hopes that someone would be interested in his skills. After all, he needs a sponsor to continue searching for a cure for Orianna.
I think Singed just wanted to get this "job offer" from Ambessa, to get nearly unlimited resources for his work. And all this Warwick's break into prison was just showcase like: "Look what I can create"
I think it was a test run. He intended Warwick to cause chaos, giving him the opportunity to escape - except Warwick got sidetracked by Jinx, leaving Singed without an opening to run, and at that point he decided to make the best of the situation and cooperate with Ambessa. Remember in episode 4, he tells Isha "We won't be staying long," and seems sincere. Whatever his original plan, he had to adapt to the situation when he realized Warwick had gone "off script", so to speak.
it still bugs me what his original plan was if Jinx was not there. If Jinx weren't there, I suppose Warwick would kill everything in his blood trail, including Singed. So it's like a suicide plan from Singed? It's weird. Im not sure if he has a way to neutralize Warwick there, otherwise he would be dead too
@@tranductinh2742 Perhaps he has some kind of failsafe to prevent Warwick from attacking him? I don't know. He certainly seemed concerned enough to lock himself in his cell when Warwick approached - maybe he underestimated Warwick's bloodlust, or assumed the cell would be strong enough to prevent Warwick from reaching him? Maybe Jinx unlocking all the cells was the problem? There's all kinds of possibilities, but considering how much of a genius Singed is, it's pretty safe to assume there was some kind of plan.
@@LadyDoomsingerI think his original goal was to go to the rally, and he expected jinx to be there just unleash the beast to see if jinx was the catalyst to bring vanders mind back, but once the enforcers showed up his plans changed, even when things don't go his way he seems to be the guy to do anything for his goal, he got ambessas attention then figured she would use him, as silco did, but then he'd have more resources for his goal
Actually if you watch closely Vander didn't turn like that in the end because of Viktor's death, but because Singed achieved his goal while the girls were distracted by the screams
not really? We don't see him doing anything? You only see him standig up, to me the use of the serum it's just a theory. I do believe it was beacuse of Viktor, everyone who was linked, touched or "healed" by him, seem to perish or at least seems their will/soul has left them, why shouldn't it affect Vander (who is only alive mentally or spiritually) in a really horrible way since his body can regenarate but his mind/spirit left with Viktor. I think the reason we see Singed awake is maybe cuz he has some plan, but maybe this is also a theory, we'll see. EDIT: Other thing to support my theory is that the finger marks on Vander's face are also burning, or maybe those marks are the reason he is burning
FINALLYYY, someone who noticed too. If you rewatch the episode, there are so many hints that singed has something to do with his transformation. Especially his final shot where singed stands in the exact same place as vander after he threw the noxian guy out.
what you should have noticed was when salo went into the core and had a conversation with jayce last episode. the core was cold, but salo's breath was not visible, unlike jayce where his was visible. during episode 2, viktor answered when asked if he was cold, "Cold? No I don't think so. I feel a charge. A potential. A recursive impulse. Unpleasant, but 'cold' isn't its name." these people may not even be alive in the first place.
Depends on what you mean by alive. If you mean biologically functional as human beings, you might be right - but what about sentience? Even if they are a sort of undead-machine-resurrected people (which is speculative), if they still have the capacity to think and feel, are they not still alive in the sense that matters?
@@LadyDoomsinger they might have been able to think yes, but feel no they werent showing either fear or any sorta emotion or reaction especially when jayce almost killed that lil kid nobody actually reacted to it properly, they were stripped of their humanity even if they were living, they werent actually living
@@poggerinochampion eh... eastern philosophical enlightenment would agree and disagree with you. they've reached transcendence of the mind/soul from what we see which is arguably BETTER than normal life considering it's been a philosophical goal of humanity for thousands of years. depends on your personal perspective I suppose.
@@poggerinochampion That doesn't make sense. Viktor makes a big deal about not sacrificing Vander's humanity - and only concluded that humanity is a problem, at the very end after Jayce attacked him. Also, Huck certainly feels guilt about his past, and Salo expresses gratitude to Viktor for saving him. They are certainly calmer, less emotional - but to say they don't "show" emotion is untrue, and besides not a good reason to assume they don't feel emotions. At best we can say, that we cannot be certain, whether they feel emotion or not - which is not enough to condemn them, in my book. I'd also argue that any thinking creature - whether it has the capacity to feel emotions or not - has the right to exist. But that's just my philosophy.
yeah I think they have emotions, but like they are way calmer and more mature. It's like the state of enlightened mind. Like the monks in Buddha, they never over-react to things, doesn't mean they are senseless
Arcane can be such a cruel series. I honestly don’t know where we go from here. Ambessa will of course be herself, Jinx is going to go nuts, Vi and Cait are on the rocks, and Jayce just crashed out. Everything just fell apart so fast.
and remember we are only seeing one part in a colossal world. a world not counting the other dimensions like the void and the one afterlife type world. forget the name of it. then we got cosmic beings like the stardust dragon. or demonic beings like aatrox. the arcane is barely explored. hextech just started. only got 7 characters that were introduced so far out of over 100. I just hope it goes until the entire league of legends universe gets built.
@@jdogzerosilverblade299 I’m hoping that when the season comes to an end we follow Ambessa (if she doesn’t die) back to Noxus. I think that would be fun.
@jdogzerosilverblade299 I keep hearing people say that they could still die though? I don’t play league so I don’t know if it is possible for a character in media to be playable and then die.
The guy at the gate to Viktor´s place was the same guy that sold Vi and Caitlyn to Silco in s1, right after telling Caitlyn where to get medicine for Vi. He is also the same dude that was about to be scammed in Vander´s bar in s1 episode 1, the one with glasses.
I'm feeling every single one of your emotions right now, I haven't stopped sobbing ever since this came out 🥲 I am really counting on Ekko to turn back time and bring this family back... but idk if I should get my hopes up too much. Arcane has got to be one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. Not even animated, just shows full stop.
the very moment the episode ended and i see your eyes super watery made me cry all over again for this episode... To give a tiny context... The last part of the chinese song right after the explosion translates into "Im fine this way" or "im ok like this" which just broke me.. made me weak.. and it just hurts so much..... Isha was a real one... as real as it can get
Was it Jayce? Remember that Singed was still in the tent, he created a Serum to change Vander and not allow him to be cured, Jayce didn't cause Vander's death again, it was Singed, he created Shimmer, he experimented with Vander's body and modified him and he was the one that ended up giving him that last drop, the serum that turned him into a monster, but everyone is blaming Jayce for some reason. And I think it's clever writing, the clues are there but they want us to think that Jayce is the one at fault when, even in episode 5, you could see that Salo was already dead... if you look at Jayce and Salo's conversation Jayce was breathing and there was fog coming out of his mouth, same with heimer and Ekko in episode 3, but not Salo, they are just empty husks, but Viktor is having a God complex, good intentions, but he's just erasing the being out of those he "helps"
Because without singed its most likely that Vander would Just be dead. Victor got him Back. Slowly but steady. Singed could Not give Vander/warwick the shot he wanted to. Maybe all were dead already but Jayce ended it all.
Even if Vander transform because Singed, but Jayce is the one who help that experiment, if he didn't shoot Viktor and everyone was distract by scream, Singed have no chance to inject what he create
@@fateheraclesillya527 Nah, Jayce will have his motives clear, I think he did the right thing, everything is Singed's fault, he was just fulfilling his goal of destroying the hexcore
I had a very similar delayed reaction, I was so enthralled with the beauty of the scene I wasn't really emotional and was mostly filled with awe. And then the "what happened?" and broke down after the fact when my brain put it together.
We didn't get Vander back so that he could be saved. He was back to save his daughters... it was a seemingly impossible task but he did it. His arc is complete. Isha also did the impossible. Powder was seemingly gone forever, but Isha brought her back. Her arc is complete. Trust the writers, everything will make sense in the end. Christian Linke wouldn't allow it not to.
I think Isha solidified how jinx and powder thinks herself, she saw the beauty of what she once was and what could have been if she saved her family from that first successful bomb she made with hextect. Now she can be better jinx for the people.
I'm pretty sure Singed's plan was basically a product test. He got himself locked in a prison, where he knew he'd be surrounded by soldiers and lured Vander inside to see him in action and test his regeneration ability. Then he probably stayed to use Noxians to help him re-capture Vander, so he can use him to further his reasearch on immortality.
"That scene was a bit intense".. I love that you paused there to say that. I was tearing up too but then I actually laughed pretty hard because I knew what was coming next.
During pretty much this whole episode, but especially the glasses talk from Jinx to Isha and how Isha's role plays out. Silco's words kept playing on loop in my head: "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"
Yeah, I also love these artistic scenes full of symbolisms, it's so beautiful. That's a big part of what made Oshi no Ko so beautiful to me, just like you said, well put!
Oh boy, and we still have 3 more eps. I've watched so many animations, animes, and so... and never, NEVER, got so impacted and emotional like Arcane did to many of us. I hate and love this show, they did an exceptional job to turn this into a legend. How can someone make a chacter like Isha to be so memorable, so likeble, so important in just a few eps? I love creating stories, and I can asure everyone, it is really hard to kill an amazing character for the sake of the story. I've run some Pen and Paper RPG sessions in my life, and the experience of killing an important character got me on tears a few times because i knew what that character was thinking and feeling. I believe Arcanes writers must have felt the same. And Luke, I love how get so connected with some characters, man. Thank you for your reactions! You are amazing.
What Jayce did in the end can be summed up by what Viktor said about the Arcane singularity at the beginning of the episode: "It's simultaneously self-replicating and self-annihilating." Basically, by touching the Arcane, Viktor obtained the replicating property of it and Jayce obtained the annihilating property.
46:20 I would bet that she is most likely not all right, the opposite I would assume. Sevika was hit by one hexball from 30 feet and lost an arm, one single hexball manage to break through a metallic door them a shimmer mutant couldn't scratch and a single ball from miles away was capable of killing half of the chancellors.
5:46 the deal is to give Ambessa weapons in exchange for resources to revive his daughter. I think the reason why he stayed in the cell is to showcase to Ambessa what he could do, and also avoid Vanderwick.
i just realized the viktor camp was actually in the location of vis previous home. it is where she fell down with caitlyn and silco found them and they collapsed a tower to get away. after then the shimmer addicts camped there
iv watched the last scene a few times, iv watched it reacted too a few times, i even watch this with my mother who isnt into anime and defo has no idea about the game lore or whatever. i have yet to see a dry eye. bravo fortiche bravo
36:00 I love how happy and enthusiastic you are when you have no idea how wrong it's all about to turn. :D I have a theory about Jayce. I think this is a version of Jayce who saw the future of what Viktor would become and what he would do. We think he did something horrible here, but it may have prevented something unimaginably worse.
6:00 im pretty sure its beacuse things changed, Vander got emotions seeing Powder so maybe Singed couldnt control him so he stayed in cell for good, he closed it before so Vander could kill others before he leaves. i believe thats why he stayed, well it also could be that he wanted to get in contact with Ambessa by showcasing Warwick, he even said to her that he expected her to come to him. 16:30 by definition its considered Anime so dont worry about calling it that 28:00 the thing is, Singed was using his blood to create warwick, so warwick might react to this blood on another level, they have some sort of connection for sure
"... what happened???" Everyone who worked on this should have to watch this reaction T.T Break our hearts, sure, that's why we are here, but give us CLOSURE!!!!!
The doctor's psuedonym is Singed (as in his face has been singed by fire) but his real name is Corin Reveck (they merged Corin Reveck the character from the old lore with Singed in Arcane, which now makes this the new canon)
Viktor saying Glorious Evolution is simply the best. I would still recommend the lore behind Runeterra. Arcane: The Complete League of Legends Lore Timeline Explained I just found out the author has made a 2nd video. I would recommend that 1 as well Arcane: The Complete Timeline of Noxus & Black Rose Explained | League of Legends Lore
Vander is gone again now there will only be Warwick Isha is gone Jinx’s whole world is gonna be broken again and Victor’s speech at the end if he comes back he’s gonna commit genocide on humanity brooooo this series is brutal asl😭😭😭
All is not lost my man. A couple people have said things in the comments that I agree with. Firstly, who havent we seen yet in act 2? Notice how we see the scene with the gear wheel rolling multiple times? And notice how the explosion from Isha freezes at the end? And who in league do we know has the ability to freeze and reverse time? Secondly, as someone mentioned, in the room with the hextech machinery, we see Jayce breathing, but not Salo. Viktor isnt healing people, he's making them into void thralls. When he dies, they all die. Third, Viktor's death doesn't result in Vander going nuts, that was Singed 100%. Imma just say this, if we don't get boy savior in episode 7 coming in with an x-men quicksilver level save, im gonna die.
When it comes to the blood drop, I think Singed's blood is what essentially wakes him up. After he's turned red he'll chase any blood I believe. If you remember, he was like mixing his blood with Warwick when he was creating him. When Singed woke him up, he went from green to red.
Yeah, he chased the Trio and immediately went for Isha after catching the scent of Isha's blood yet at the blood drop shown this episode he didn't react at all
45:35 yep... basically all of our reactions to that scene lmao ... i was litt bawling on the couch with my mother when we watched isha's end there... And i am once again weeping over this haha😂🥲 46:23 nah fam, with the way they were showing her memories just to hurt us further its pretty clear she isnt. fucking peak.. arcane is just free depression in a pretty dress isnt it? lmaoo(ಥ﹏ಥ)
I spent all week brusting into tears several times every day of this past week. This episode hit me so much. I loved episode 5, but this one? oof. Season 2 changed the chemical balance in my brain and it's going to take me a while to recover.
singed locked himself cause no one is controlling warwick and he would have died, he just called it by triggering his instincts, he just chase who is bleeding
Im pretty sure Singed intensionaly hang around a gathering get arrested and summon warwick to the prison as a sort of portfolio to noxus. his goal clearly was to get hired by noxus. his previous sponsor is dead after all
Whelp. Jesus has been shot. On a more serious note- Everyone knew as soon as we met Isha that she wasn't gonna live to the end, yet after so many scenes where she made it, we still got hit HARD with this one 😭
I don't know about playing as Jinx in an InFAMOUS-style game, but only because there is a Cole MacGrath-type electricity user in Zaun. Her name is Zeri and she uses both a customized gun and her fingers to shoot electrical pulses/lightning magic at enemies. She even has an electric grind ability. I love Delsin so much better as a character, but if you want the more iconic (dare I say, infamous) ability set, you have to go with the OG. Zeri's story and personality seem closer to Delsin, but her powers are Cole's, if that makes sense. My thoughts on using Jinx in this hypothetical game would be that Jinx acts more like the neon light girl (Fetch) from Second Son. [Spoilers for a 10 year old game] Starting out trying to chase down a reported serial killer, only finding bodies with neon paint scrawled around them, then tracking the killer back to their lair and it turns out your perception of these murders are about to change. I'm not sure who would be a good Augustine-type villain though, but I think Ekko is supposed to be best friends with Zeri so he could be the Reggie/Zeke character.
All while Viktor was healing Vander, and Jayce was coming to kill him, I felt such a profound dread unlike anything I've felt watching anything before. All that unfolded after, was the greatest and most terrible release. After it passed, there was nothing left but the hollow void. I didn't cry, but I do not blame those that did...
I have a bad theory: Jace wanted to stop prophecy of future from happening, but by killing Victor he made a prophecy fullfilled. That's what You call a self-fullfilling prophecy.😂 By trying to stop it Jace f**ked up and when Victor might come back with the help of Singed it really will lead to Final Glorious Evolution.🤣 Great reaction!😃
That's EXACTLY what I fear and feel like is true, Victor a of now really wanted to help the people who experienced suffering and hardship similar as his own and has held up to his humanity; and even though the people he saved had their personality changed, I was a peaceful change, but with the last monologue of Victor it seemed like he had given up on humanity and with what Singed said to Victor he definitely knows something must have happened to Victor for the commune to come falling apart and will try to fuse Warwick's blood with his body. Victor had been raised in the undercity being disabled and diseases due to toxic air and bad conditions, fought tooth and nail to gain his place in the academia, helped Jayce develop hextech to help people and improve lives but when it did come to a point they could use it to help others they told him it elwas to early while Victor didn't have much time and wanted to see what he put his life into be used for good, and yet at the same time the council rushed to build weapons with hextech and ignored Victor's objections about it. He made hexcore to cure himself but it turned into disaster and he lost sky, he asked Jayce to destroy it but the next thing he new was that his own body was fused with the very thing he wanted destroyed and there were plans for making brand new hextech weapons on Jayce's desk yet again; so much left and managed to build a community but then it was again destroyed. I honestly can't blame him for whatever is to come🥲
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You know what else I loved about their childhood scene? Remember back in ep 3 how Powder jumped into Silco's arm and we all thought it was some kind of trauma response? The scene shows how he was there as an uncle figure for Jinx and Vi. Powder didn't jump in the arms of a stranger but in the arms of her uncle.
I told you you were not ready for ep 6 😭😭😭
his name is singed like singing. burning the edge of something. funny since that has nothing to do with his powers XD
@jdogzerosilverblade299 spoiler:
His name is DESIGN scrambled because he was the very first character designed by riot.
perfect reaction - I love it !
just for clarification : Vander did not turn out like that because Viktor died but because everyone else stormed out leaving Singed and Warwick alone so Singed was able to inject the serum he talked about.
Ultimately we dont know if Viktor could have completely healed him and he would be fine or if he would have turned out like the other followers... we probably get an answer in Act III when we know more about Jayce's reasons and Viktor.
I believe Viktor will survive or be "revived" by Singed since he said to Viktor that he needs to survive. He probably "heals" Viktor and uses the same technology to "revive" his daughter. Warwick is beyond saving now that he got injected by Singed. I am not sure if you noticed but they played the same score when Vander died the first time in S1 ep3. So I think he is gone for good now. Very tragic after coming so far in retrieving his conciousness and him being docile. He did not even react really to the blood anymore...
Jinx has a very tough time now that she lost Vander again AND loosing her only friend Isha. Isha used 3 hex orbs , just like Powder used 3 hex crystals in ep3 of S1. She represented a badass Powder here - knowing her fate and going in nonetheless to save everyone else. Powder tried to save everyone and was almost the sole survivor while killing everyone by mistake. Isha showed her what could have been if Powder had better circumstances.
There are a lot of revisits form S2 ep3 in this episode. Amazing writing that completely and utterly destoys your heart! RIP my heart.
44:05. Right there, Jinx suddenly knew why Vi told her to stay home when it came to rescuing Vander.
Perfection undoubtedly
I mean, you aren't wrong, but also: How Dare You
THIS is why people who kept blaming Vi for not including her sister are stupid.
😢
@@alvinsmith3894 Depends on circumstances, in our world sure, but Powder was a kid left alone with no one if no one came back, in Powders case a lot wouldn't have happened if she was brought a long and under supervision from the others so it's not completely stupid to have her with them. Realistically Powder might have been the only casualty in that scenario and maybe Vander, the others might have escaped.
I love how Isha is just like: "Oh, the Enforcer lady that tried to kill my favorite person is her sister? Okay. Oh, the big bad wolfman that nearly killed us all is her dad? Okay." 😅
She’s a kid, that’s kinda what they do. You tell a kid “nah this person is cool.” And the kid is generally gonna be like “whatever you say boss”
@@z34567890123456 I'm not complaining, just think it's funny.
😂 she's just loving her new weird family 😢
The Singed and Viktor dynamic is one of my favorite things about Arcane, it's written so incredibly well. This episode alone had so much symbolism between the two.
First off, the whole theme of this episode was "Two sides of the same coin" which is why we see Viktor playing with the gear so much and flipping it over on its side. Singed and Viktor are two sides of the same coin: Viktor is willing to sacrifice himself to save the lives of people he doesn't even know, whereas Singed is willing to sacrifice anyone else to save the life of the person he loves most. Both want to save lives but have completely opposite viewpoints, hence the coin. The coin flipping onto the opposite side along with Viktor's monologue about the nature of humanity at the end could also suggest he has been flipped, like a coin, to the other side. He sees some truth in what Singed was saying.
The other, very obvious but still masterful, symbolism in this episode is the biblical allegories. Viktor is very obviously a stand-in for Jesus. He's a savior with a bunch of disciples who were outcasts and he is being hunted down by the leaders of his nation. Ambessa and her soldiers even wear red, very symbolic of Rome. Jayce is Judas, a former best friend of Jesus who inevitably betrays him and kills him, and if this allegory follows through the implications for Jayce are not looking good next episode. Finally Singed is the Devil, tempting Jesus. Their talk is extremely reminiscent of Satan trying to tempt Jesus in the desert, even down to the same lines (The Devil calls Jesus mortal and thus says he will die and everyone he loves will die but tempts him with immortality) Singed pretty much does the exact same thing with Viktor saying the combination of Hextech and Shimmer could lead to immortality.
Either way tons of layers to their relationship and they aren't even the main characters. The level of detail and writing in Arcane is unrivaled in modern media
That monologue between them was one of my favorite moments in the episode!! Thank you for explaining the symbolism :>
Another thing I loved about it is the evolution of Synged and Viktor's relationship as teacher and student. In the beginning, Viktor learns how to harvest plants and showed him how shimmer is used to extend life, far beyond what it should be (cruelly at that). Then, he comes back to him, wiser and older to look for advice and here, he seems to be much more an equal to Singed. It reminds me of the 'student becomes the master' phrase.
A conversation between intelectual giants. One believing in evolution, the other, in fate.
OH... MY... VIKTOR. you.. that... huh... that makes a lot of sense!
that part when Isha and Jinx jumped in the flashback and the song goes crazy.... gets me every time 😭
When the flashbacks started and Isha run just remembering the good times with Jinx I just started sobbing, I knew.
After finishing act 2 and going back to listen to "Remember Me" and "What have they done to us" hits so much harder and it caused me to break down sobbing uncontrollably
I literally had to fight to hold back the tears in the end.
I adore and love these characers, but the expression on Jinx's face is equal to what i can only imagine is the nightmare of a parent losing its child
the fucking artistry and emotions are so... real...
This guy who always been joyful, laughing and happy is crying, Riot just broke all people's hearts and made us all crying boys and girls for real.!!
😭😭😭😭😭
5:55 He summoned Warwick to give a small demonstration of what he is capable of. Since Silco died, he hasn't had access to a reliable source of resources, so he did this in the hopes that someone would be interested in his skills. After all, he needs a sponsor to continue searching for a cure for Orianna.
One of the greatest statements I ever heard is “There is no such thing as a happy ending. Just completed stories.”
The blood-lust from Warwick/Vander is a passive ability in the game. When an opponent is low in health, Warwick can sense their location.
This is simultaneously the greatest and most emotionally painful series I’ve watched
Act 2 healed us only to then rip our hearts out and emotionally destroy us
well enoy act 3 when it will most likely happen again XD. its like a theme. pretty sure its done that ever act on both seasons.
I think Singed just wanted to get this "job offer" from Ambessa, to get nearly unlimited resources for his work. And all this Warwick's break into prison was just showcase like: "Look what I can create"
I think it was a test run. He intended Warwick to cause chaos, giving him the opportunity to escape - except Warwick got sidetracked by Jinx, leaving Singed without an opening to run, and at that point he decided to make the best of the situation and cooperate with Ambessa. Remember in episode 4, he tells Isha "We won't be staying long," and seems sincere. Whatever his original plan, he had to adapt to the situation when he realized Warwick had gone "off script", so to speak.
@@LadyDoomsinger He did not know jinx would free all the prisoners so yea there must have been a big off script there.
it still bugs me what his original plan was if Jinx was not there.
If Jinx weren't there, I suppose Warwick would kill everything in his blood trail, including Singed. So it's like a suicide plan from Singed? It's weird. Im not sure if he has a way to neutralize Warwick there, otherwise he would be dead too
@@tranductinh2742 Perhaps he has some kind of failsafe to prevent Warwick from attacking him? I don't know. He certainly seemed concerned enough to lock himself in his cell when Warwick approached - maybe he underestimated Warwick's bloodlust, or assumed the cell would be strong enough to prevent Warwick from reaching him? Maybe Jinx unlocking all the cells was the problem?
There's all kinds of possibilities, but considering how much of a genius Singed is, it's pretty safe to assume there was some kind of plan.
@@LadyDoomsingerI think his original goal was to go to the rally, and he expected jinx to be there just unleash the beast to see if jinx was the catalyst to bring vanders mind back, but once the enforcers showed up his plans changed, even when things don't go his way he seems to be the guy to do anything for his goal, he got ambessas attention then figured she would use him, as silco did, but then he'd have more resources for his goal
Actually if you watch closely Vander didn't turn like that in the end because of Viktor's death, but because Singed achieved his goal while the girls were distracted by the screams
really
Yes he used the sierum to stop the healing Viktor did to his mind and unleash the beast completely.
not really? We don't see him doing anything? You only see him standig up, to me the use of the serum it's just a theory. I do believe it was beacuse of Viktor, everyone who was linked, touched or "healed" by him, seem to perish or at least seems their will/soul has left them, why shouldn't it affect Vander (who is only alive mentally or spiritually) in a really horrible way since his body can regenarate but his mind/spirit left with Viktor. I think the reason we see Singed awake is maybe cuz he has some plan, but maybe this is also a theory, we'll see.
EDIT: Other thing to support my theory is that the finger marks on Vander's face are also burning, or maybe those marks are the reason he is burning
FINALLYYY, someone who noticed too. If you rewatch the episode, there are so many hints that singed has something to do with his transformation. Especially his final shot where singed stands in the exact same place as vander after he threw the noxian guy out.
@@ayron5766what were those hints? Would love to see what I missed
what you should have noticed was when salo went into the core and had a conversation with jayce last episode. the core was cold, but salo's breath was not visible, unlike jayce where his was visible. during episode 2, viktor answered when asked if he was cold, "Cold? No I don't think so. I feel a charge. A potential. A recursive impulse. Unpleasant, but 'cold' isn't its name."
these people may not even be alive in the first place.
Depends on what you mean by alive. If you mean biologically functional as human beings, you might be right - but what about sentience? Even if they are a sort of undead-machine-resurrected people (which is speculative), if they still have the capacity to think and feel, are they not still alive in the sense that matters?
@@LadyDoomsinger they might have been able to think yes, but feel no they werent showing either fear or any sorta emotion or reaction especially when jayce almost killed that lil kid nobody actually reacted to it properly, they were stripped of their humanity even if they were living, they werent actually living
@@poggerinochampion eh... eastern philosophical enlightenment would agree and disagree with you. they've reached transcendence of the mind/soul from what we see which is arguably BETTER than normal life considering it's been a philosophical goal of humanity for thousands of years. depends on your personal perspective I suppose.
@@poggerinochampion That doesn't make sense. Viktor makes a big deal about not sacrificing Vander's humanity - and only concluded that humanity is a problem, at the very end after Jayce attacked him.
Also, Huck certainly feels guilt about his past, and Salo expresses gratitude to Viktor for saving him. They are certainly calmer, less emotional - but to say they don't "show" emotion is untrue, and besides not a good reason to assume they don't feel emotions.
At best we can say, that we cannot be certain, whether they feel emotion or not - which is not enough to condemn them, in my book.
I'd also argue that any thinking creature - whether it has the capacity to feel emotions or not - has the right to exist. But that's just my philosophy.
yeah I think they have emotions, but like they are way calmer and more mature. It's like the state of enlightened mind. Like the monks in Buddha, they never over-react to things, doesn't mean they are senseless
Arcane can be such a cruel series. I honestly don’t know where we go from here. Ambessa will of course be herself, Jinx is going to go nuts, Vi and Cait are on the rocks, and Jayce just crashed out. Everything just fell apart so fast.
yeah man now only something related time wrap time travel can fix this mess now
and remember we are only seeing one part in a colossal world. a world not counting the other dimensions like the void and the one afterlife type world. forget the name of it. then we got cosmic beings like the stardust dragon. or demonic beings like aatrox. the arcane is barely explored. hextech just started. only got 7 characters that were introduced so far out of over 100. I just hope it goes until the entire league of legends universe gets built.
@@jdogzerosilverblade299 I’m hoping that when the season comes to an end we follow Ambessa (if she doesn’t die) back to Noxus. I think that would be fun.
@@debunkintheories922 she doesnt. shes a champion now so by default she stays alive.
@jdogzerosilverblade299 I keep hearing people say that they could still die though? I don’t play league so I don’t know if it is possible for a character in media to be playable and then die.
The guy at the gate to Viktor´s place was the same guy that sold Vi and Caitlyn to Silco in s1, right after telling Caitlyn where to get medicine for Vi. He is also the same dude that was about to be scammed in Vander´s bar in s1 episode 1, the one with glasses.
The song playing at the end was named "Isha's Song" (in English, at least). I think she's toast :(
@@snoozeshutter iirc the lyrics translated reference Janna - who has also been mentioned, I missed it the first time xP
Your reaction is real ❤
I'm feeling every single one of your emotions right now, I haven't stopped sobbing ever since this came out 🥲 I am really counting on Ekko to turn back time and bring this family back... but idk if I should get my hopes up too much.
Arcane has got to be one of the most amazing shows I've ever seen. Not even animated, just shows full stop.
5:09 "dick move" aka Guile, absent honor. Caitlyn learned well
Bro it's SINGED, like getting singed by fire, not signed XD
u can be signed by fire too
@@wolfval6825 in this case he has been both😅
the very moment the episode ended and i see your eyes super watery made me cry all over again for this episode...
To give a tiny context... The last part of the chinese song right after the explosion translates into "Im fine this way" or "im ok like this" which just broke me.. made me weak.. and it just hurts so much..... Isha was a real one... as real as it can get
Thank you for your emotions and thoughts. Literally can feel what you saying
the isha's scene with the song got me so much, when I heard the song I knew that she would die, and then the flashbacks, broooo
Was it Jayce? Remember that Singed was still in the tent, he created a Serum to change Vander and not allow him to be cured, Jayce didn't cause Vander's death again, it was Singed, he created Shimmer, he experimented with Vander's body and modified him and he was the one that ended up giving him that last drop, the serum that turned him into a monster, but everyone is blaming Jayce for some reason.
And I think it's clever writing, the clues are there but they want us to think that Jayce is the one at fault when, even in episode 5, you could see that Salo was already dead... if you look at Jayce and Salo's conversation Jayce was breathing and there was fog coming out of his mouth, same with heimer and Ekko in episode 3, but not Salo, they are just empty husks, but Viktor is having a God complex, good intentions, but he's just erasing the being out of those he "helps"
Because without singed its most likely that Vander would Just be dead. Victor got him Back. Slowly but steady. Singed could Not give Vander/warwick the shot he wanted to. Maybe all were dead already but Jayce ended it all.
Even if Vander transform because Singed, but Jayce is the one who help that experiment, if he didn't shoot Viktor and everyone was distract by scream, Singed have no chance to inject what he create
@@fateheraclesillya527 Nah, Jayce will have his motives clear, I think he did the right thing, everything is Singed's fault, he was just fulfilling his goal of destroying the hexcore
@@MaugriMGER I'm sure Vander would rather be dead than be Warwick.
@@RoxyArietis He think he do the right thing, but he doesn't care the consequences. Right thing with wrong doing is not that good
I had a very similar delayed reaction, I was so enthralled with the beauty of the scene I wasn't really emotional and was mostly filled with awe. And then the "what happened?" and broke down after the fact when my brain put it together.
We didn't get Vander back so that he could be saved. He was back to save his daughters... it was a seemingly impossible task but he did it. His arc is complete. Isha also did the impossible. Powder was seemingly gone forever, but Isha brought her back. Her arc is complete. Trust the writers, everything will make sense in the end. Christian Linke wouldn't allow it not to.
Or Isha brought Jinx back. That's possible too.
I think Isha solidified how jinx and powder thinks herself, she saw the beauty of what she once was and what could have been if she saved her family from that first successful bomb she made with hextect. Now she can be better jinx for the people.
😢
@@kimbryanjanubas i like that theory.
He brought them back together.
I'm pretty sure Singed's plan was basically a product test. He got himself locked in a prison, where he knew he'd be surrounded by soldiers and lured Vander inside to see him in action and test his regeneration ability. Then he probably stayed to use Noxians to help him re-capture Vander, so he can use him to further his reasearch on immortality.
They brought Vander back just to kill him again 💀
i don't think he's dead, in the game is still alive with his final form
@@natanfir3 I dont think that matters. the story of the game isnt the exact same as the story of arcane
Ww need die after it we will see him in his final wolf form,in his lore they said it
Yeah, Vander died, it’s just Warwick now
they changing lol lore to arcane@@RenderingUser
This is why I love your reactions...you think and fill the pain exactly like me
Arcane and Dandadan in the same week is brutal
I lost 70% of my body water this week.
past few weeks being a roller-coaster of emotions between these two
😢
"That scene was a bit intense".. I love that you paused there to say that. I was tearing up too but then I actually laughed pretty hard because I knew what was coming next.
During pretty much this whole episode, but especially the glasses talk from Jinx to Isha and how Isha's role plays out. Silco's words kept playing on loop in my head: "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"
Yeah, I also love these artistic scenes full of symbolisms, it's so beautiful. That's a big part of what made Oshi no Ko so beautiful to me, just like you said, well put!
Oh boy, and we still have 3 more eps. I've watched so many animations, animes, and so... and never, NEVER, got so impacted and emotional like Arcane did to many of us. I hate and love this show, they did an exceptional job to turn this into a legend. How can someone make a chacter like Isha to be so memorable, so likeble, so important in just a few eps? I love creating stories, and I can asure everyone, it is really hard to kill an amazing character for the sake of the story. I've run some Pen and Paper RPG sessions in my life, and the experience of killing an important character got me on tears a few times because i knew what that character was thinking and feeling. I believe Arcanes writers must have felt the same.
And Luke, I love how get so connected with some characters, man. Thank you for your reactions! You are amazing.
What Jayce did in the end can be summed up by what Viktor said about the Arcane singularity at the beginning of the episode: "It's simultaneously self-replicating and self-annihilating." Basically, by touching the Arcane, Viktor obtained the replicating property of it and Jayce obtained the annihilating property.
I had to rewatch that moment over and over because i couldn’t believe what just happened. I was crying for multiple damn days after that n
Such a visually stunning episode. Not to mention emotional torment.
Bro I just wanted to pass through the screen and hugh you. We all feel the same. What a show.
46:20 I would bet that she is most likely not all right, the opposite I would assume. Sevika was hit by one hexball from 30 feet and lost an arm, one single hexball manage to break through a metallic door them a shimmer mutant couldn't scratch and a single ball from miles away was capable of killing half of the chancellors.
GLORIOUS EVOLUTION!!!🦠🪱🦂🦈🐙🐸🦎🐒🐦
My boy was so happy with vander vi jinx reunion and all the happy things that he forgot that arcane kinda likes give ppl emotional damage😢😅
5:46 the deal is to give Ambessa weapons in exchange for resources to revive his daughter. I think the reason why he stayed in the cell is to showcase to Ambessa what he could do, and also avoid Vanderwick.
i just realized the viktor camp was actually in the location of vis previous home. it is where she fell down with caitlyn and silco found them and they collapsed a tower to get away. after then the shimmer addicts camped there
This “Pew” hit my heart like a hurricane!
iv watched the last scene a few times, iv watched it reacted too a few times, i even watch this with my mother who isnt into anime and defo has no idea about the game lore or whatever. i have yet to see a dry eye. bravo fortiche bravo
36:00 I love how happy and enthusiastic you are when you have no idea how wrong it's all about to turn. :D
I have a theory about Jayce. I think this is a version of Jayce who saw the future of what Viktor would become and what he would do. We think he did something horrible here, but it may have prevented something unimaginably worse.
best arcane react ,much love from brazil
this episode was too much for my heart i still cry to this day
8:27 watching your reaction, now I realized this moment. That's why she had 3 Hextech 🔵.
She took VI's 🔵🔵
Isha is my favourite character from season 2 there is a 0.0001% she is alive
Also funny thing you keep mentioning Infamous
Loved the reaction!!!
I love isha hugging vander because you know vander wouldve taken her in back in the day
6:00 im pretty sure its beacuse things changed, Vander got emotions seeing Powder so maybe Singed couldnt control him so he stayed in cell for good, he closed it before so Vander could kill others before he leaves. i believe thats why he stayed, well it also could be that he wanted to get in contact with Ambessa by showcasing Warwick, he even said to her that he expected her to come to him.
16:30 by definition its considered Anime so dont worry about calling it that
28:00 the thing is, Singed was using his blood to create warwick, so warwick might react to this blood on another level, they have some sort of connection for sure
"... what happened???" Everyone who worked on this should have to watch this reaction T.T
Break our hearts, sure, that's why we are here, but give us CLOSURE!!!!!
The doctor's psuedonym is Singed (as in his face has been singed by fire) but his real name is Corin Reveck (they merged Corin Reveck the character from the old lore with Singed in Arcane, which now makes this the new canon)
I wonder if we will be alive after the final act. 😅😅😅
I wonder if we'll even get to see the final act...
Viktor saying Glorious Evolution is simply the best.
I would still recommend the lore behind Runeterra.
Arcane: The Complete League of Legends Lore Timeline Explained
I just found out the author has made a 2nd video. I would recommend that 1 as well
Arcane: The Complete Timeline of Noxus & Black Rose Explained | League of Legends Lore
You typed “Revolution” instead of “Evolution” by the way.
@@z34567890123456 Ah, fixed now!
thats how u react to that last scene. bravo!
Remember how frightened Heimerdinger was of the Arcane? Great reaction! I cried myself.
November 2024 is goat !!! Dandadan eps 7 & Arcane S2 eps 6 very epic double sad in 1 week
One detail few people seemed to notice or mention.
Isha put 3 stones inside Jinx's gun.
In S01E03, Powder used 3 stones on the explosive monkey.
This one... holy crap, this one... yeah, it broke all of us...
Dude I just finished this episode like 2 mins ago!!! 😭😭😭
We are all crying right there with you 🥺😭😭
Vander is gone again now there will only be Warwick Isha is gone Jinx’s whole world is gonna be broken again and Victor’s speech at the end if he comes back he’s gonna commit genocide on humanity brooooo this series is brutal asl😭😭😭
Aaamm not right about Victor. I can at least tell you that to reassure you. Victor is not bad.
@@purple66666 I hope so I saw that Act 3 trailer makes me nervous about what he’s going to do
Forgot posting on patreon
Bro posted here before patreon 😭😭
New releases usually drop first on UA-cam just because of processing times
“I want Vander to get better. I know this series isn’t going to give it to me.” Literally every audience 😭😭
No bro attention there's a scene where you can see singed standing up so he could injected the serum that made him a beast
At this point, Riot is just toying with our emotions 😭
whats big with this episode is that they leaves couple of seconds in credits without any sound just for make sure u guys have some thinking time
All is not lost my man. A couple people have said things in the comments that I agree with.
Firstly, who havent we seen yet in act 2? Notice how we see the scene with the gear wheel rolling multiple times? And notice how the explosion from Isha freezes at the end? And who in league do we know has the ability to freeze and reverse time?
Secondly, as someone mentioned, in the room with the hextech machinery, we see Jayce breathing, but not Salo. Viktor isnt healing people, he's making them into void thralls. When he dies, they all die.
Third, Viktor's death doesn't result in Vander going nuts, that was Singed 100%.
Imma just say this, if we don't get boy savior in episode 7 coming in with an x-men quicksilver level save, im gonna die.
it'd be insanely hype if Ekko showed up and saved people honestly. that'd go SO HARD but idk if they'll do it.
When it comes to the blood drop, I think Singed's blood is what essentially wakes him up. After he's turned red he'll chase any blood I believe. If you remember, he was like mixing his blood with Warwick when he was creating him. When Singed woke him up, he went from green to red.
Yeah, he chased the Trio and immediately went for Isha after catching the scent of Isha's blood yet at the blood drop shown this episode he didn't react at all
I think Riot should unironically add the therapist hotline numbers after each episode at this point. God knows we all need them.
Luke making me cry once again
45:35 yep... basically all of our reactions to that scene lmao
... i was litt bawling on the couch with my mother when we watched isha's end there...
And i am once again weeping over this haha😂🥲
46:23 nah fam, with the way they were showing her memories just to hurt us further its pretty clear she isnt. fucking peak.. arcane is just free depression in a pretty dress isnt it? lmaoo(ಥ﹏ಥ)
your reaction is pretty much the same as mine, tears everywhere
41:00 Jayce is Christ
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The burden must be shared 😭
wheres the patreon post?
I spent all week brusting into tears several times every day of this past week. This episode hit me so much. I loved episode 5, but this one? oof. Season 2 changed the chemical balance in my brain and it's going to take me a while to recover.
Full on ugly cry every time I watch that last scene 😭And so many parallels to season 1 episode 3
It's like what Jayce did was based on Victor's wishes from the beginning. to end everything it will happening in future
Bro i Love your content, iam from germany
Glorious Evolution.
singed locked himself cause no one is controlling warwick and he would have died, he just called it by triggering his instincts, he just chase who is bleeding
Im pretty sure Singed intensionaly hang around a gathering get arrested and summon warwick to the prison as a sort of portfolio to noxus. his goal clearly was to get hired by noxus. his previous sponsor is dead after all
(Vander Dies)
*Pauses... get's emotional.... "Jesus Christ...."
Me: Oh bro.... buckle up
I think Viktor saw his own future too! But there's no way to know for sure. It's just very sus, that scene is not there for nothing.
I think Singed will have lost whatever control of Warwick he had when Warwick recognised Powder.
24:35 HOW CAN U not have any reaction to "Cupcake"!!??
Pink and blue makes bluish pink
Humans can smell rain is coming better than sharks can smell blood in the water. (Even the ones living in the UK 😅)
Whelp. Jesus has been shot.
On a more serious note- Everyone knew as soon as we met Isha that she wasn't gonna live to the end, yet after so many scenes where she made it, we still got hit HARD with this one 😭
I don't know about playing as Jinx in an InFAMOUS-style game, but only because there is a Cole MacGrath-type electricity user in Zaun. Her name is Zeri and she uses both a customized gun and her fingers to shoot electrical pulses/lightning magic at enemies. She even has an electric grind ability. I love Delsin so much better as a character, but if you want the more iconic (dare I say, infamous) ability set, you have to go with the OG. Zeri's story and personality seem closer to Delsin, but her powers are Cole's, if that makes sense.
My thoughts on using Jinx in this hypothetical game would be that Jinx acts more like the neon light girl (Fetch) from Second Son. [Spoilers for a 10 year old game] Starting out trying to chase down a reported serial killer, only finding bodies with neon paint scrawled around them, then tracking the killer back to their lair and it turns out your perception of these murders are about to change. I'm not sure who would be a good Augustine-type villain though, but I think Ekko is supposed to be best friends with Zeri so he could be the Reggie/Zeke character.
All while Viktor was healing Vander, and Jayce was coming to kill him, I felt such a profound dread unlike anything I've felt watching anything before. All that unfolded after, was the greatest and most terrible release. After it passed, there was nothing left but the hollow void.
I didn't cry, but I do not blame those that did...
I have a bad theory: Jace wanted to stop prophecy of future from happening, but by killing Victor he made a prophecy fullfilled. That's what You call a self-fullfilling prophecy.😂 By trying to stop it Jace f**ked up and when Victor might come back with the help of Singed it really will lead to Final Glorious Evolution.🤣 Great reaction!😃
That's EXACTLY what I fear and feel like is true, Victor a of now really wanted to help the people who experienced suffering and hardship similar as his own and has held up to his humanity; and even though the people he saved had their personality changed, I was a peaceful change, but with the last monologue of Victor it seemed like he had given up on humanity and with what Singed said to Victor he definitely knows something must have happened to Victor for the commune to come falling apart and will try to fuse Warwick's blood with his body.
Victor had been raised in the undercity being disabled and diseases due to toxic air and bad conditions, fought tooth and nail to gain his place in the academia, helped Jayce develop hextech to help people and improve lives but when it did come to a point they could use it to help others they told him it elwas to early while Victor didn't have much time and wanted to see what he put his life into be used for good, and yet at the same time the council rushed to build weapons with hextech and ignored Victor's objections about it. He made hexcore to cure himself but it turned into disaster and he lost sky, he asked Jayce to destroy it but the next thing he new was that his own body was fused with the very thing he wanted destroyed and there were plans for making brand new hextech weapons on Jayce's desk yet again; so much left and managed to build a community but then it was again destroyed. I honestly can't blame him for whatever is to come🥲
The issue with it is. Everyone forgets what a Shakespearean tragedy is 😂haha. This episode was rough. It wrecked me