What I find most heart breaking is that these are memories from Warwick, this was the happy life that lives inside the killing machine that is "the wrath of Zaun"...
The worst is to know that man is now gone. Warwick in the present is just a killing machine with no memories. He even tells vi in game "who teaches you to punch like this" (or smt like that). Damn idk why I had hope when I know all the lore 😂
Now without Viktor Vander's treatment he is even more buried inside and now his body is Warwick with very vague memories of Vi and Jinx (giving logic to the interactions in the game) The story of Vi, Jinx and Warwick in Arcane is tragic.
@@Kazuhiro-iSame when arcane first came out I thought when they gonna do warwick backstory it's gonna be tragic but also brutal, I'm not expecting it's gonna gut wrenching and make me thinking about life
@@hahayuck2169 Yeah, from context clues we basically understand what happened now. Felicia and her husband died on the bridge, and it broke both Vander and Silco. Silco vowed to continue the fight at any cost, Vander wanted it to stop for the sake of her children and blamed Silco for how the conflict had escalated. So in his grief, Vander goes after Silco - which is an awful betrayal. Silco barely manages to escape, and Vander regrets his actions. He leaves a letter at their old base, hoping that Silco can forgive him. But Silco never returns to the base, never reads the letter, and never forgives Vander - leading to the events of season 1. In the end, Silco has festered in his hatred, and has gotten radical enough that he's willing to kill Felicia's daughter and Vander to get what he wants. In the end, Vander dies and Silco takes over as head of the underground. He adopts Felicia's younger daughter as his own. He rules Zaun for 7-8 years and while his regime is ruthless, there is at least structure and a semblance of order. Until the entire ending of season 1 happens, where his adopted daughter straight up kills him. So every member of this found family of three well meaning souls had incredibly sad fates. One died in a riot - most likely thinking of her children, one died watching his adoptive children die - and was killed by his brother, and one died a corrupted shadow of his former self - cradled in the arms of his adopted daughter who'd just shot him. Fuuuuuck that's dark man....
@@father5946 Yes, yes. I know. But it's not like the continuation for the "survivor" is shaping up to be any happier, my man. The only good thing that's come out of this is that the sisters have at least gotten a little bit of closure. At least until Jayce blew it all up...
Watercolor was the PERFECT CHOICE. It's a style defined by faded colors, non-solid shapes and blank space. The blank space and lack of detail over much of the scenes is representative of Vander's fading mind, but the one thing that was still as clear and solid as ever: The faces of the people he loved.
Viktor pretty sums up the theme of the arcane series in one quote. “That which inspires us to the greatest good, is also the cause of our greatest evil”
The way this song shifts from happiness to nostalgia at 1:16 is just perfect. That’s life in it’s most sincere form: every beautiful moment will eventually become a hard hitting memory
Seeing Silco look so young, more smiley and less serious than in S1 was honestly so sad. He could've been Vi and Powder's uncle. He had a bright future ahead of him. They all had. What could've been.
Not only that. In the end of S1E3 when Silco looks on Vander when Powder says she hasn't got a sister anymore. He knew! He knew who she was. He hadn't seen the sisters since before the bridge! He heard that Vander had taken in some kids. But in his anger of Vander's betrayal he never looked into WHICH kids! A blue haired girl and a red haired girl! It all made sense now who's child he had in his arms!!😢😢😢
And watching their mom in the episode... she had the same painted nails as Jinx, and the same eyes as vi. An Jinx's way of speaking and mannerisms was all their mom, I am BAWLING
@@Nicolas-of6liconsidering the whole funeral sequence from episode 1 was confirmed to be hand drawn with charcoal, it doesn’t seem that crazy in comparison.
@rcq-d9m I understand what you're saying, but sometimes it's the choice that each individual thinks is best. In this case Vander, all the choices were to protect violet and powder (Not VI & Jinx), you can also consider that a stupid reason. In the end, I just see that he could have had a simpler and quicker ending. Don't light up a glimmer of hope, then extinguish it by erasing his reason 🫠
The fact that Vander actually knew Vi and Powders parents, completely recontextualises the opening scene of S1 Vander probably felt obligated to adopt the daughters of one of his oldest friends. That detail adds so much more depth to the series.
He mentioned it in the letter he wrote.Vander was broken and raged at Silco but it was already too late. You know what makes it sad the most, they are just two men who had an idea but different approaches to it
Now Ladybug discovered that Silco raised Powder and since Vi abandoned her sister, she decides to go back in time before it's too long and they lose their memories. Luckily bunnix helps ladybug travel in the future to find out how vi and powder separated And you will have to go back in time 😢
@@nosakhareanthony97you know what makes this sadder ? The then adopted daughters inherited that. They showed it while trying to save papa Vander. Same idea, different approaches. Shit was never the same after too. A cycle.
This is way harder to watch when you realize that if the bridge incident never happened. Vander and Silco would had been Uncle figures to Vi and Powder. They all would had been a loving family vs a very complicated family.
If Zaun didn't rebel, then Piltover could've grown even more confident in their oppression. Who knows what manner of horrors that would unleash? No matter which way you slice it, things always go wrong, and casualties fall. The increased delay in introducing Ekko's powers makes me think that they'll explore this concept in Act 3 with him. But then again, the Butterfly Effect story gimmick has been done many times before. Knowing the writers of Arcane, they'll be sure to include some horrifying twist that none of us see coming...
He is a testament to one of the shows core themes: How Unfair the world is. I think it's pretty obvious none of the main characters in this series deserve what they got, not even someone like Silco deserved to die so close to his dream because you get to see their human sides. Jinx didn't deserve the baggage of repeatedly killing her father figures and her siblings, but it happened anyway because the world is unfair. Vander was one of many characters dealt a complete shit hand in life and yet he still managed it pretty well up until the start and then later end of act 1. Vander was by no means perfect but he is the ideal of what a strong man should be, not just physically capable, but compassionate and willing to sacrifice everything in the name of what is right or what matters to him, in this case his family. {SPOILERS FOR S2) The scene where Vander's memories fade through the watercolors being washed away is still hard for me to watch. They had killed Vander so many times by this point but you knew this time it was permanent. They had killed his body many times and Warwick was killing his mind and ultimately it won when singed drained his blood and the last remnants of Vander with it.
The way that they just throw this single beautiful moment right in your face the second Victor breaks through to Vander’s psyche is so heartbreaking it’s borderline cruel. With this warm pleading song playing, and the impressionist watercolors of Silco and Felicia and all the kids at their happiest, his focus especially on Vi, like these are the core memories that make him Vander and keep him going. I can’t take it man
Really shows how much losing her broke them. Silco decided to fight evil with evil and made the fissures somehow worse than they are. While Vander’s priorities were making sure the Kids were alright at least but only maintained the status quo. They wanted to make Zaun better, but in their pursuit of great they failed to do good.
Vander did good, he was a father and a good one, he abandoned great Silco forgot to do good in the pursuit of great, and then Jinx happened to him and reversed it all for him, he chose to do good and be a father to jinx over having his nation of Zaun They both did good
It would have changed something, but not all. He already decided to take his own path, but it’s normal to think about “what could have been” when things like this happens.
so since silco knew jinx's mother, as she grew older he decided to give her her mother's braid(s), but also styled her bangs the way he had his own when he was younger since he raised her. he gave her a piece of her mother and a piece of him
@@pochiche6398 you guys are weird lol. I mean they're weird for copying info word for word but they also share it with people who don't stay on Twitter enough to see those comments
This song really hits hard. It felt like the song/lyrics had so many different layers It felt like Vander calling out from within the monster he’d become for people to remember it was still him and he was still trying to cling on and not be completely taken over. It felt like an internal message to himself to remember who he was It felt like a message to one another, for Vi to remember who Powder was to her, who they were to Vander and their connection to one another in a moment where they are ‘on their own’ through various circumstances. I think there’s also a little bit of it feeling like a message of Silco too, like “remember when I was also a part of the family and not the villainised enemy I later become to you all.”
A day after watching the scene in the episode, I'm listening to this song on repeat and suddenly my eyes start crying. This is art, in every aspect, angle and possible meaning. Arcane is truly one of a kind, a masterpiece
@@heyitsmeagain6897that’s the only thing bugging me, he told Decard to kill Vi in episode 3, and he was holding a knife while approaching powder when she was crying. It seems he lost any attachment he had to the girls after Vander betrayed him, but powder‘s hug changed that
@@Seedx Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I remember, both the charcoal and this scene are done traditionally; So yes, they did it with watercolor frame-by-frame.
@@DOUGHYINalso for me the watercolor art style is so fitting for this because this is vander memory and using watercolor it look like fading away just like what happened
I just realized the scene with Vander pouring Vi/Jinx’s mom the juice paralleled the scene where he poured the juice for Powder in the first season. Same cup and straw, only it’s covered with Powder’s doodles. And it’s the same cup and straw Jinx gets in Season 2 when the bartender poured her some juice. Arcane just keeps breaking my heart, putting it back together, and breaking it all over again with even the smallest details 😢
when jinx found the jackets of vander and silco hung up together THAT HURT SO BADLY. i spent a while thinking ''whose could those be'' from the letters on them but then i saw the style of silco's jacket and realized what it meant
I like how the song's emotional tone resonates with the experience of being forgotten, losing identity, or fearing that those significant to you might no longer recognize or remember you, which are symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's.
I can’t believe silco was there when Vander basically came up with Violets name… in another life they all would have been a family. Silco and Vander would have been like uncles to violet and jinx
@@jabberwockld4316 That's even worse than death. That's slowly, consciously and ineluctably dying. That's seeing yourself go away, bits by bits, until there is nothing but the empty shell. I've seen people I love suffering that fate. Alzheimer's. My mother is probably the next in line.
And you could tell he was still a person, just lost and confused by the "resurrection" Singed gave him. Everytime Warwick/Vander came on screen it would make me cry a little
I love how the mom wasnt ready for a daughter and doubted herself deeply, had the daughter and said yk what?...another one 😭 I'm glad she did. She gave us two beautiful characters
I love how d4vd was able to capture and put the emotion into the song so accurately. It was already a very emotional part of the show and the song just made it even better. When i tell you i cried to the point i was gasping for air. It was heart wrenching to see this scene.
It's sad to realize that the girls have no family left. No parents, no Vander, no Silco, no Benzo, no Milo, no Clagor. They are the only ones left with each other
Two emotional episodes in a row, seeing the family before it all goes to bad, and reunited only to happen the same again...theres no happy ending in Piltover nor Zaun.
What makes this so much harder is the fact that Powder and Vi are now going to have to mourn Vander's death for a second time. Like they didn't go through enough trauma already!
Vi had the easier end of the stick she not seeing their father dead twice with her own eyes but jinx literally saw it thrice 2 with vander and 1 with silco with her own eyes
@@Xygardsince day 1 of getting out of prison all Vi did was for jinx. Zaunites didn't even recognize her for all the efforts she made. Overall Vi went thru too much, not jinx
Dang, so Silco was in fact good friends with the parents of Vi and Jinx. Now that's heartbreaking. Looking at the attire in memories, it seems the men of that time were miners with gasmasks and goggles for seeing through poisonous smoke.
Silco did mention the air of the mines to the Chembarons, and he mentionned how before all they had was loyalty to each other. At the time, I thought he meant it in a "you frogot where we came from" way. Now it really seems like this was a happier simpler time for the guy.
Seem like most of the under city is made out from miner, worker, and people seeking another life in the city of progress. They dreamed that after all the living and working back breaking in the undercity, they would have a chance to rise up the the Piltover we know today, unfortunately, few made it and many more left stuck underground forgotten, resentful of the dream the people uptop basically lie to them, used them and ultimately forgotten about them, the people that mine the earth, that build the city of progress.
@@Xorkussyeah the feeling of brotherhood loyalty for Silco is him remembering the day when he just a miner with other like him, working, living together like a family, a time simpler and said loyalty is necessary compare to when in the meeting where he saw through all their false loyalty, he know that all of them don’t have that and are willing enough fight him for that throne if he weak, he gone or distracted. Situation change and he hated it, it also could be remembering the time before Vander betrayed him, almost killed him, Silco was broken to bits and he resent but still remember those times fondly.
Their mom's hair is purple, which is made up by pink and blue. her daughters were 2 parts of her. Vander loved the rough strong part that violet represented and he named her as well. Silco might have loved the smart trickster-y part that was found in powder. and he might also have named her. this really explains why he cared for her so much. side note but I like how the mom does the little swiggly V sign to powder that jinx did to ekko in season 1.
@@piotreus5631 who are you to say not much work or time was put into it, just because the person is skilled doesn't mean it's simple and easy, animating in watercolor is no easy task for anyone especially since watercolor is notorious for being hard to control, I can't imagine the type of precision that had to be put in to keep every frame consistent while still flowing and animating well. Have some respect.
@@piotreus5631tell me you're an idiot without telling me you're an idiot. You're a special kind of stupid if you think it's only 15 samples lmao. How can someone be so confidently wrong lol.
It kills me to see Viktor happy and healthy walking among the arcane with Sky trying to help Vander and look at all those precious memories, it just kills ms
@@Shivam_9g you just made me realize why Vander flipped out in the end, I was so confused why, and then i remember Singed having that orange serum...fuck dude these last 3 episodes are gonna be insane
Vi sparing with Vander, young Vander with young Silco, BABY VI LOOKING AT HER MOM PREGNANT WITH POWDER, Milo and Claggor turning to smile at the camera, teen Vi smiling, Vander talking with Benzo😭 This actually made me cry. I seriously cried. It's too much...and they're leaving us soon....forever..
Just got through act 2. This song's sequence now makes me realize that rewatching season one with the context with this moment would make its tragedies ache more than it already did. Wow;;
This Act and this song in particular had me sobbing. An absolute masterpiece from beginning to end. I’m so glad this reminisced about the early episode when they were still young street kids. It really highlights the love between the sisters and Vander. The Warwick scene had me broken
This song pared with the happy flashbacks made me break down. It made me wish we could just go back and fix everything, undo all of the pain. Power and Vi, Vander and Silco. It wouldn't have been paradise, but they would've been happy together.
I think its so powerful that they can evoke such an emotional response out of a show. cartoon, game adaptation, name it whatever u want. noone expected this from whatever it shouldve been
Funny that having long hair in Zaun that's clean and coifed like his was shows how much self care he has for his appearance and it ties in so well with how he used to put on concealer in season 1!!! Man arcane characters are so consistent it hurts
Nice little detail there, Silco's old hairstyle is the same as current Jinx's, shows how much Silco actually cared, gave her a hairstyle he used to rock.
Oh my goodness, these visuals are crazy and so sweet & emotional. I wasn't expecting young Silco at all. Also it was so sweet to see Vi's mom pregnant with Powder ❤ this song is making me cry so much, thanks Arcane for making me tear up so much 😭
I come back every day and see anyother 11k likes. Arcane will be known in history as one of the greatest. I'm so lucky to be around to have witnessed it.
Now Silco's actions and feelings towards Jinx make way more sense. He wasn't pretending she was his daughter, she WAS his daughter. God, this show is fucking good.
@selenophile5256 found family, he also would've basically been an uncle or a godfather along with Vander, since her blood (birth) parents died they became the children of their godparents which would be Vander and Silco
You will always be remembered, Vander May your memory Rest in Peace Once hero and leader of Zaun, Always hero and leader of Zaun. We all know some bits of your humanity and memories are inside the beast but you're still Vander to us even if you are now Warwick.
Bro what the hell this has made me cry 3 times. Literally tears streaming down my face rn. I can count on one hand the amount I've cried at fiction in the past 10 years. Arcane has two fingers. Poor Vander. He was a good man. A good father. Physically strong yet so gentle and loving. He doesn't deserve to live as a monster 💔💔💔
Thanks for Act II. It was full of pain but also full of hope. And here lies the beauty of the emotions we felt. These contrasts show how it could be and where it’s going
This feel hard when u know that vander was actually remembering vi and jinx and then they tryna help him to become together again but singed and victor ended up eareasing his memory for ever Imagine an old parent losing his memory and then it finally remember you to said his last word then it forgot you forever bro that shit hit so bad. Arcane fucking GOAT
The same pain season 1's goodbye song gave to me. I'm so blessed to be this series enjoyer. Good story, good animation and good music? Fuck they have everything
Imagine a game company producing more mature and right songs for their show then other milion budget tv shows, Arcane must be waking up call for every other Entertaintment company
@@father5946 like 70% is going for the animation anyway, i doubt they spending more than a regular music company to the musics, their writers are just talanted
the way the show made the "remember me" begin only when the original four kids were on the screen really got me. it's like they were vander's most precious memories, in a way. this could be a coincidence, but it still got me.
I think this are all the memories that was tapped by Viktor. The people that were healed by Viktor was unalived when Jayce shot him and I think these memories are all gone too. The ending of Act 2 is a perfect scenario of him leading to the full transformation of Warwick that we know, a beast driven by pure instinct. This is written in his lore: "But death proved to be the true catalyst needed for Warwick’s transformation. As he lay cooling atop the pile of corpses, the chemicals could finally complete their work. The chamber on his back began to pump. His body contorted unnaturally, bones bending and snapping, teeth growing, sinews tearing and then healing with a faint alchemical glow, dead flesh replaced by something new and powerful. By the time his heart started beating once again, the man Warwick had been and the lives he’d lived were gone." Vander is truly gone now, and all those memories shown in the video have faded away like echoes of a past that can never return. Rest in Peace, Vander & Isha
30 years old 6.2 feet tall Lifting heavy weights since i was 15 Sitting in the dark of my Apartment listening to this and crying a little ❤ Its so beautiful ❤
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What I find most heart breaking is that these are memories from Warwick, this was the happy life that lives inside the killing machine that is "the wrath of Zaun"...
The worst is to know that man is now gone. Warwick in the present is just a killing machine with no memories. He even tells vi in game "who teaches you to punch like this" (or smt like that). Damn idk why I had hope when I know all the lore 😂
@@Kazuhiro-i The writing in the show is so good that it still causes suspense and shock, despite us league players knowing everything, lol
Now without Viktor Vander's treatment he is even more buried inside and now his body is Warwick with very vague memories of Vi and Jinx (giving logic to the interactions in the game) The story of Vi, Jinx and Warwick in Arcane is tragic.
@@Kazuhiro-iSame when arcane first came out I thought when they gonna do warwick backstory it's gonna be tragic but also brutal, I'm not expecting it's gonna gut wrenching and make me thinking about life
@@Kazuhiro-i well there's still hope, since he tells jinx "let me forget" and tells vi "zaun needed you", so he has some memories still
They were all genuinely compassionate people who got dealt the worst hand by fate. But they decided to endure for these two girls.
I know! Even Silco, as much as I'd hate to admit it, he seemed pretty cool and happy too. Hated to them separate because of Felicia's death :(
@@hahayuck2169 Yeah, from context clues we basically understand what happened now. Felicia and her husband died on the bridge, and it broke both Vander and Silco. Silco vowed to continue the fight at any cost, Vander wanted it to stop for the sake of her children and blamed Silco for how the conflict had escalated.
So in his grief, Vander goes after Silco - which is an awful betrayal. Silco barely manages to escape, and Vander regrets his actions. He leaves a letter at their old base, hoping that Silco can forgive him. But Silco never returns to the base, never reads the letter, and never forgives Vander - leading to the events of season 1.
In the end, Silco has festered in his hatred, and has gotten radical enough that he's willing to kill Felicia's daughter and Vander to get what he wants. In the end, Vander dies and Silco takes over as head of the underground. He adopts Felicia's younger daughter as his own. He rules Zaun for 7-8 years and while his regime is ruthless, there is at least structure and a semblance of order. Until the entire ending of season 1 happens, where his adopted daughter straight up kills him.
So every member of this found family of three well meaning souls had incredibly sad fates. One died in a riot - most likely thinking of her children, one died watching his adoptive children die - and was killed by his brother, and one died a corrupted shadow of his former self - cradled in the arms of his adopted daughter who'd just shot him. Fuuuuuck that's dark man....
@@Kevster921 Well actually..
@@father5946 Yes, yes. I know. But it's not like the continuation for the "survivor" is shaping up to be any happier, my man.
The only good thing that's come out of this is that the sisters have at least gotten a little bit of closure. At least until Jayce blew it all up...
@@Kevster921 So you saying... Everything would be better if they just did not went Leeroy Jenkins over bridge?
Watercolor was the PERFECT CHOICE. It's a style defined by faded colors, non-solid shapes and blank space. The blank space and lack of detail over much of the scenes is representative of Vander's fading mind, but the one thing that was still as clear and solid as ever:
The faces of the people he loved.
Excellent observation. Take this 👑
Thanks Fortiche 🫡
Viktor pretty sums up the theme of the arcane series in one quote. “That which inspires us to the greatest good, is also the cause of our greatest evil”
Yeah, I keep thinking that this quote just resonates with Silco and Vander. Jinx and vi, too.
i always loved the proverd "The road to hell is paved with good intentions".
Viktor has the most beautiful quotes in the show.
Also his quote from season 1. “In our quest to do great, we failed to do good”
TNT is a good example
The way this song shifts from happiness to nostalgia at 1:16 is just perfect. That’s life in it’s most sincere form: every beautiful moment will eventually become a hard hitting memory
Your comment is defintely going to become one of my hard hitting moment looking back in a couple of years. Heck even 20 years from now. God bless you.
@@uu-kq6mnbless you, my friend💚
i know your comment isn't intentionally funny, but i read "hard hitting" as vi punched and it made me laugh
@pixwool it’s a funny coincidence, totally unintended 😂
Seeing Silco look so young, more smiley and less serious than in S1 was honestly so sad. He could've been Vi and Powder's uncle. He had a bright future ahead of him. They all had. What could've been.
The urge to write an AU where things could have been different.
@@Caitlyngrin do it please, I'm begging you
Not only that. In the end of S1E3 when Silco looks on Vander when Powder says she hasn't got a sister anymore. He knew! He knew who she was. He hadn't seen the sisters since before the bridge! He heard that Vander had taken in some kids. But in his anger of Vander's betrayal he never looked into WHICH kids! A blue haired girl and a red haired girl! It all made sense now who's child he had in his arms!!😢😢😢
@@FredrikHaugen That one look at Vanders corpse holds a different meaning now :"Oh god, those were Felicias kids....".
Think you mean Bozo 1
And watching their mom in the episode... she had the same painted nails as Jinx, and the same eyes as vi. An Jinx's way of speaking and mannerisms was all their mom, I am BAWLING
she also drank the same cup and straw as Jinx's one.
@@alexwang3282yes you’re right! There were just so many similarities between her and jinx, I wonder if violet noticed that too🥲
I think she even had Jinx's voice actor, just speaking more normal and less characterized.
And her haircolor is purple, combination of her daughter’s hairs
Kinda weird Vi likes a girl that looks like her mother
The fact this is animated completely in watercolor is actually insane
I love the use of mixed medium animation in s2. Episode 1 used charcoal for the funeral too. Fortiche never fails to impress.
It gives more of a "memory" vibe. Art is such a powerful tool to convey emotion!
Arcane surprises me more and more😮
probably just digital brushes rather than real watercolor
@@Nicolas-of6liconsidering the whole funeral sequence from episode 1 was confirmed to be hand drawn with charcoal, it doesn’t seem that crazy in comparison.
Arcane is not a series, it is a milestone in the history of animation.
this.
For me, Vander is a character who has truly sacrificed too much
100%
rien sacrifié du tout quand on voit la vie qu'il mène, il n'est pas a plaindre du tout!!!! juré ! il a mille fois pire !!!
@rcq-d9m I understand what you're saying, but sometimes it's the choice that each individual thinks is best. In this case Vander, all the choices were to protect violet and powder (Not VI & Jinx), you can also consider that a stupid reason.
In the end, I just see that he could have had a simpler and quicker ending. Don't light up a glimmer of hope, then extinguish it by erasing his reason 🫠
@rcq-d9m Anyway, just my personal opinion. Thanks riot for making Arcane. They are great filmmakers 🙏🙏
The fact that Vander actually knew Vi and Powders parents, completely recontextualises the opening scene of S1 Vander probably felt obligated to adopt the daughters of one of his oldest friends. That detail adds so much more depth to the series.
That also hints at why Vander tried to kill Silco. He must have been mad at letting Vi's parents be a part of the attack on the Bridge.
He mentioned it in the letter he wrote.Vander was broken and raged at Silco but it was already too late. You know what makes it sad the most, they are just two men who had an idea but different approaches to it
And also how far Silco had fallen if he was willing to kill Felicia's and Connel's daughters just to make Vander look bad.
Now Ladybug discovered that Silco raised Powder and since Vi abandoned her sister, she decides to go back in time before it's too long and they lose their memories. Luckily bunnix helps ladybug travel in the future to find out how vi and powder separated And you will have to go back in time 😢
@@nosakhareanthony97you know what makes this sadder ? The then adopted daughters inherited that. They showed it while trying to save papa Vander. Same idea, different approaches. Shit was never the same after too. A cycle.
Act 2 healed me and then broke me again... Well done Riot and Fortiche fr.
holy shit bro i was like... happy ending? then Isha happens.
Fr I was BAWLING @@shiv8060
@@shiv8060 actually jace happend
@@Luni-ew9qw taking all of it in me to not be a jayce hater
THIS, THIS
This is way harder to watch when you realize that if the bridge incident never happened. Vander and Silco would had been Uncle figures to Vi and Powder. They all would had been a loving family vs a very complicated family.
yeah but revolution runs in their blood so they would've fought for zaun together
What could have been
The sad part is, this is unavoidable, as Viktor said to himself.... They cooked hard ngl
speak of what revolution costs.
If Zaun didn't rebel, then Piltover could've grown even more confident in their oppression. Who knows what manner of horrors that would unleash? No matter which way you slice it, things always go wrong, and casualties fall. The increased delay in introducing Ekko's powers makes me think that they'll explore this concept in Act 3 with him. But then again, the Butterfly Effect story gimmick has been done many times before. Knowing the writers of Arcane, they'll be sure to include some horrifying twist that none of us see coming...
Poor little Isha. She thought she was saving her hero. She didn’t realize how important she was in her life
l'important c'est la rose l'important c'est HARRIET VIVE LE BALCON
"There is nothing more undoing, than a daughter" ~ Silco
OH GOD THE PICTURES ARE KILLING ME😭😭😭
pas les regarder surtout tout ias bien
@rcq-d9m It's too late😭😭😭
0:55 seeing silco and vander again and together was everything I needed.
What could have been😭
Yeah, but without vi lol.
Arcane is the definition of "you ARE a villian in someone else's story".
this whole anime is a big "if you were in my shoes!!!"
Everybody wants to be your enemy
@@kingbaaka3D it's not an anime
@@phantom-ic9zw look out for yourself
@@kingbaaka3D🥲🥲🥲🥲
If i could save 1 character in the entire series, that one will be Vander.
the most fair, gentle man in all zaun endured the worst hell possible.
He is a testament to one of the shows core themes: How Unfair the world is. I think it's pretty obvious none of the main characters in this series deserve what they got, not even someone like Silco deserved to die so close to his dream because you get to see their human sides. Jinx didn't deserve the baggage of repeatedly killing her father figures and her siblings, but it happened anyway because the world is unfair.
Vander was one of many characters dealt a complete shit hand in life and yet he still managed it pretty well up until the start and then later end of act 1. Vander was by no means perfect but he is the ideal of what a strong man should be, not just physically capable, but compassionate and willing to sacrifice everything in the name of what is right or what matters to him, in this case his family.
{SPOILERS FOR S2)
The scene where Vander's memories fade through the watercolors being washed away is still hard for me to watch. They had killed Vander so many times by this point but you knew this time it was permanent. They had killed his body many times and Warwick was killing his mind and ultimately it won when singed drained his blood and the last remnants of Vander with it.
The way that they just throw this single beautiful moment right in your face the second Victor breaks through to Vander’s psyche is so heartbreaking it’s borderline cruel. With this warm pleading song playing, and the impressionist watercolors of Silco and Felicia and all the kids at their happiest, his focus especially on Vi, like these are the core memories that make him Vander and keep him going. I can’t take it man
Pain is real, happiness is a dream.
Really shows how much losing her broke them. Silco decided to fight evil with evil and made the fissures somehow worse than they are. While Vander’s priorities were making sure the Kids were alright at least but only maintained the status quo. They wanted to make Zaun better, but in their pursuit of great they failed to do good.
nice viktor reference
This is so beautiful
Peak🙌
I absolutely loved that line from Viktor, there are so many amazing lines in this show like that
Vander did good, he was a father and a good one, he abandoned great
Silco forgot to do good in the pursuit of great, and then Jinx happened to him and reversed it all for him, he chose to do good and be a father to jinx over having his nation of Zaun
They both did good
if only Silco received that letter, If only...
It wouldn't have changed nothing. Silco said himself that what he was doing was not for revenge, he even asks vander to join him in s1 ep 3
@@schulz-xo8fz it would have change a lot
It would have changed something, but not all. He already decided to take his own path, but it’s normal to think about “what could have been” when things like this happens.
@@pierredupont1000 Yeah I agree but I still like to think after Vander's "betreyal" the tragedy couldn't be avoided
What could have been..
so since silco knew jinx's mother, as she grew older he decided to give her her mother's braid(s), but also styled her bangs the way he had his own when he was younger since he raised her. he gave her a piece of her mother and a piece of him
omg this s so true, i didn't noticed that, thanks I'm gonna cry more now 😭
you stole another person's tweet and didn't even bother to change the wording, huh
@@pochiche6398 LMFAOOO
this is so sweet. Also credit the tweet lol.
@@pochiche6398 you guys are weird lol. I mean they're weird for copying info word for word but they also share it with people who don't stay on Twitter enough to see those comments
This song really hits hard. It felt like the song/lyrics had so many different layers
It felt like Vander calling out from within the monster he’d become for people to remember it was still him and he was still trying to cling on and not be completely taken over.
It felt like an internal message to himself to remember who he was
It felt like a message to one another, for Vi to remember who Powder was to her, who they were to Vander and their connection to one another in a moment where they are ‘on their own’ through various circumstances.
I think there’s also a little bit of it feeling like a message of Silco too, like “remember when I was also a part of the family and not the villainised enemy I later become to you all.”
😖😖
YOU DID NOT JUST PUT THOSE MEANINGS IN MY HEAD NOW
A day after watching the scene in the episode, I'm listening to this song on repeat and suddenly my eyes start crying. This is art, in every aspect, angle and possible meaning. Arcane is truly one of a kind, a masterpiece
I feel you brother, am doing the same thing rn
Now I understand why Silco would've never given up Powder/Jinx
Yeah, to him she's both his mirror image and daughter..
I wonder of Marcus would not have caught Vi...Silco could probably take care of her as well.
There is a promise here to protect Vi and Jinx ...
@@heyitsmeagain6897 he did say he considered Vi to be the prize of Vander's family, so i guess he planned to take her in at first
I came here to comment that
@@heyitsmeagain6897that’s the only thing bugging me, he told Decard to kill Vi in episode 3, and he was holding a knife while approaching powder when she was crying. It seems he lost any attachment he had to the girls after Vander betrayed him, but powder‘s hug changed that
What the hell, this art style is insane. I cried like a baby
The artists at Fortiche are genuinely insane
Fr it looks like they drew it in watercolor
@@Seedx Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I remember, both the charcoal and this scene are done traditionally; So yes, they did it with watercolor frame-by-frame.
@@DOUGHYIN They are. Incredible artistic skill and expression I am so glad I get to watch this show.
@@DOUGHYINalso for me the watercolor art style is so fitting for this because this is vander memory and using watercolor it look like fading away just like what happened
I just realized the scene with Vander pouring Vi/Jinx’s mom the juice paralleled the scene where he poured the juice for Powder in the first season. Same cup and straw, only it’s covered with Powder’s doodles. And it’s the same cup and straw Jinx gets in Season 2 when the bartender poured her some juice. Arcane just keeps breaking my heart, putting it back together, and breaking it all over again with even the smallest details 😢
And the trio glass cups too, Silco still use the same glass cup but Vander left his at the mine 😢
I think they also used the same song in that scene.
when jinx found the jackets of vander and silco hung up together THAT HURT SO BADLY. i spent a while thinking ''whose could those be'' from the letters on them but then i saw the style of silco's jacket and realized what it meant
I like how the song's emotional tone resonates with the experience of being forgotten, losing identity, or fearing that those significant to you might no longer recognize or remember you, which are symptoms of dementia and Alzheimer's.
Stop, the visuals and images of young Silco, gander and Vi and Powder with their parents
This is acc making me tear up 😭
What's good for the Voose is good for the Vander.
Gander is my favorite character from Arbane by studio Forkiche
@@Bingo440omfg 😂😂
@@Bingo440broo comments like this kill me😂
@@Bingo440 studio forklift
Young Silco, I'm crying!!
omg and powder's motherr. she ứa not being told about her motherr :
What could have been😢
“i’m bozo 1” is STILL stuck in my head. they were so close to peace *so many times.*
They were all friends😢💔 damn it i cried seeing Silco and Vander, i miss them so damn much. No wonder they were both so protective to Vi and Powder.
I can’t believe silco was there when Vander basically came up with Violets name… in another life they all would have been a family. Silco and Vander would have been like uncles to violet and jinx
@@honinakecheta601 i really love that silco and vander did became father figure to one of Felicia child tho 😢, kinda heartwarming thinking abt it
Every time I hear the song, I remember poor Vander, he deserves better life...
Vander suffered a fate worse than death. He lost all of his memories and sense of being.
True and all cause he decided to take shimmer to save Vi,he's such a good character
That is dying
@@jabberwockld4316 That's even worse than death. That's slowly, consciously and ineluctably dying. That's seeing yourself go away, bits by bits, until there is nothing but the empty shell. I've seen people I love suffering that fate. Alzheimer's. My mother is probably the next in line.
And you could tell he was still a person, just lost and confused by the "resurrection" Singed gave him. Everytime Warwick/Vander came on screen it would make me cry a little
@@jabberwockld4316I meant his soul was reduced to literal nothing.
Ok, I wasn't ready for young Silco.
it just sad
@@cheemslord9917 and powder's motherr toooo
Hot Silco
ME TOO! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE! (the first thing I thought was: HE'S A PUNKER OR A ROCKER😭😭
He's hooootttt
0:15 oh my god... its Vi with her real parents, yup im crying
In a way, Jinx is there too
@@anime_ymri_blinLittle fetus Powder, lol. But yeah, you’re right!
As a baby powder who is gonna be birth
I love how the mom wasnt ready for a daughter and doubted herself deeply, had the daughter and said yk what?...another one 😭 I'm glad she did. She gave us two beautiful characters
The real father is nowhere to be found
Bro I know the rest of this season is gonna make me cry. . .
I love how d4vd was able to capture and put the emotion into the song so accurately. It was already a very emotional part of the show and the song just made it even better. When i tell you i cried to the point i was gasping for air. It was heart wrenching to see this scene.
It's sad to realize that the girls have no family left. No parents, no Vander, no Silco, no Benzo, no Milo, no Clagor. They are the only ones left with each other
Poor Echo forgotten ⏰
Riot cannot physically produce a bad song
This is so true
Their true calling is a music company. Like even the name riot sounds like a music company
@@kingkuro8317The games are just for marketing the songs obviously
Tbf Riot didn't make any of music, the artists they hired did
That Lil nas song was mid but wasn't bad.
What is this Arcane??? Why are you making me cry again, I won't emotionally recover from this...
That's exactly what I'm talking about 😭😭😭😭😭
Two emotional episodes in a row, seeing the family before it all goes to bad, and reunited only to happen the same again...theres no happy ending in Piltover nor Zaun.
What makes this so much harder is the fact that Powder and Vi are now going to have to mourn Vander's death for a second time. Like they didn't go through enough trauma already!
Some people never seem to be able to catch a break.
Vi had the easier end of the stick she not seeing their father dead twice with her own eyes but jinx literally saw it thrice 2 with vander and 1 with silco with her own eyes
Ahh fuck that's true!🥲
@@Xygardsince day 1 of getting out of prison all Vi did was for jinx. Zaunites didn't even recognize her for all the efforts she made. Overall Vi went thru too much, not jinx
@@Xygard Let's not make suffering a competition
Arc 2 broke me, man. The flashbacks, the "what-ifs", and the tragedies that surpassed the ones in Season 1. Everything just went downhill so fast.
Dang, so Silco was in fact good friends with the parents of Vi and Jinx. Now that's heartbreaking. Looking at the attire in memories, it seems the men of that time were miners with gasmasks and goggles for seeing through poisonous smoke.
Silco did mention the air of the mines to the Chembarons, and he mentionned how before all they had was loyalty to each other.
At the time, I thought he meant it in a "you frogot where we came from" way. Now it really seems like this was a happier simpler time for the guy.
this can also explain why silco wasn't affected by the grey when he gassed the barons out in s1
Seem like most of the under city is made out from miner, worker, and people seeking another life in the city of progress. They dreamed that after all the living and working back breaking in the undercity, they would have a chance to rise up the the Piltover we know today, unfortunately, few made it and many more left stuck underground forgotten, resentful of the dream the people uptop basically lie to them, used them and ultimately forgotten about them, the people that mine the earth, that build the city of progress.
@@Xorkussyeah the feeling of brotherhood loyalty for Silco is him remembering the day when he just a miner with other like him, working, living together like a family, a time simpler and said loyalty is necessary compare to when in the meeting where he saw through all their false loyalty, he know that all of them don’t have that and are willing enough fight him for that throne if he weak, he gone or distracted. Situation change and he hated it, it also could be remembering the time before Vander betrayed him, almost killed him, Silco was broken to bits and he resent but still remember those times fondly.
Not only the men i think, cs their mom gave her helmet to powder too like their das did as well
Really a “What could’ve been” moment
1:48 Warwick taunts vi in lol with the phrase "who taught you how to punch"
90 poercent of people know this already, smartass
😭🤚
Vi: "A great father...".
Vander was such a good guy to Vi and Jinx :(
Only Arcane has the ability to bring tears to my eyes from heartbreak alone.
My heart can't take this show. Nothing hits and nothing hurts like Arcane 😭
I can’t believe that this show keeps getting better.
Beautiful pfp ❤
Its ending soon
@@willg1088 Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened. Remember it
@@kingbaaka3D man too much shit happening . Couldve been 5 season easily
@@willg1088I agree, they are really kinda rushing all the plotpoints. I kinda feel overhwelmed by all that‘s already happened in these 6 episodes
Their mom's hair is purple, which is made up by pink and blue. her daughters were 2 parts of her. Vander loved the rough strong part that violet represented and he named her as well. Silco might have loved the smart trickster-y part that was found in powder. and he might also have named her. this really explains why he cared for her so much.
side note but I like how the mom does the little swiggly V sign to powder that jinx did to ekko in season 1.
This sequence is frankly unbelievable. If they really animated on watercolors, I can't imagine the work put into that
not much work? its literally 15 simple paintings each done in like 10 minutes by a skilled person??
@@piotreus5631 who are you to say not much work or time was put into it, just because the person is skilled doesn't mean it's simple and easy, animating in watercolor is no easy task for anyone especially since watercolor is notorious for being hard to control, I can't imagine the type of precision that had to be put in to keep every frame consistent while still flowing and animating well. Have some respect.
@@piotreus5631tell me you're an idiot without telling me you're an idiot. You're a special kind of stupid if you think it's only 15 samples lmao. How can someone be so confidently wrong lol.
@@viheart Computers exist?
@@KURENANI it was clearly done traditionally in watercolor... 🤦🏽♀
after watching season 2 my world will never be the same😢
It kills me to see Viktor happy and healthy walking among the arcane with Sky trying to help Vander and look at all those precious memories, it just kills ms
I don’t think I’ll ever physically function, the same as a human, being after listening and watching Arcane
Nope, me neither
This hurts more when you finish Act 2...
[SPOILERS] Isha sacrificing herself to stop Warwick killed me inside.
@@lemonlimebats4095 bro I thought Isha was going to be obliterated like a minced onion
@@lemonlimebats4095bro...I cried
@@lemonlimebats4095[SPOILERS] to stop Vander*, WARWICK is yet to come
@@Shivam_9g you just made me realize why Vander flipped out in the end, I was so confused why, and then i remember Singed having that orange serum...fuck dude these last 3 episodes are gonna be insane
The family theme is too insane this act
Vi sparing with Vander, young Vander with young Silco, BABY VI LOOKING AT HER MOM PREGNANT WITH POWDER, Milo and Claggor turning to smile at the camera, teen Vi smiling, Vander talking with Benzo😭
This actually made me cry. I seriously cried. It's too much...and they're leaving us soon....forever..
I never expected to see a better season than the first, which was already perfect...i have no words to describe how much i cried during this scene.
Just got through act 2. This song's sequence now makes me realize that rewatching season one with the context with this moment would make its tragedies ache more than it already did. Wow;;
Knowing what happened to these unfortunate souls, it's so sad seeing them this happy together 😢
This Act and this song in particular had me sobbing. An absolute masterpiece from beginning to end. I’m so glad this reminisced about the early episode when they were still young street kids. It really highlights the love between the sisters and Vander. The Warwick scene had me broken
Shocked to see d4vd made this masterpiece, proud of him growing more popular every music he releases 🙌
This song pared with the happy flashbacks made me break down. It made me wish we could just go back and fix everything, undo all of the pain. Power and Vi, Vander and Silco. It wouldn't have been paradise, but they would've been happy together.
What you done to us😖
I think its so powerful that they can evoke such an emotional response out of a show. cartoon, game adaptation, name it whatever u want. noone expected this from whatever it shouldve been
young silco with long hair AND manbun i'm- 😭😭❤❤
THE WAY I YELLED WHEN HE APPEARED ON SCREEN OH MY GIOD
he has the same hair as jinx its insane
@@morxsineYES😭
He's so hot
Funny that having long hair in Zaun that's clean and coifed like his was shows how much self care he has for his appearance and it ties in so well with how he used to put on concealer in season 1!!! Man arcane characters are so consistent it hurts
Nice little detail there, Silco's old hairstyle is the same as current Jinx's, shows how much Silco actually cared, gave her a hairstyle he used to rock.
This is my absolute favorite scene in the show, makes me tear up every time I watch it
This is the scene that puts me in my feelings pretty hard :(
Last week was To Ashes and Blood and now this... Peak music
Oh my goodness, these visuals are crazy and so sweet & emotional. I wasn't expecting young Silco at all. Also it was so sweet to see Vi's mom pregnant with Powder ❤ this song is making me cry so much, thanks Arcane for making me tear up so much 😭
arcane is an emotion
Vander’s memories… Beautiful song, beautiful visuals.
I come back every day and see anyother 11k likes. Arcane will be known in history as one of the greatest. I'm so lucky to be around to have witnessed it.
Now Silco's actions and feelings towards Jinx make way more sense.
He wasn't pretending she was his daughter, she WAS his daughter.
God, this show is fucking good.
Wait how ? Wasn't she his friend's daughter ??
@selenophile5256 found family, he also would've basically been an uncle or a godfather along with Vander, since her blood (birth) parents died they became the children of their godparents which would be Vander and Silco
no she wasn't.
i believe he was her uncle , so was Vander
but why is he trying to kill Vi, if she's also the daughter?
Those flashbacks were both beautiful and incredibly emotional.
Okay, I feel even more in love with Silco now... I miss him so much ! 😭
HIS HAIR😭
You will always be remembered, Vander
May your memory Rest in Peace
Once hero and leader of Zaun, Always hero and leader of Zaun.
We all know some bits of your humanity and memories are inside the beast but you're still Vander to us even if you are now Warwick.
Bro what the hell this has made me cry 3 times. Literally tears streaming down my face rn. I can count on one hand the amount I've cried at fiction in the past 10 years. Arcane has two fingers. Poor Vander. He was a good man. A good father. Physically strong yet so gentle and loving. He doesn't deserve to live as a monster 💔💔💔
Who’s cutting onions? 💔
Just finished ep6. I'm a grown man and i cried like a baby for 5 minutes...
same, brother, same ✋
Same here mate.
I'm sure Act 3 did not help with that problem :D. I bawled my eyes out
I'll never be the same again... 😭😭 it cuts deep.
Same.
This song fits Silco and Vander so well. Remember who they were, not what they became.
PLEASE THEY HAVE SUFFERED MORE THAN ENOUGH, LET THE PAIN STOP 😭😭😭😭
im so shocked after watching Act II 😭😭😭
dude.... the Isha scene. I couldn't. I just... broke.
@shiv8060 They're playing with our emotions
@@unoriginalusername5230 and this is the last season, possibly the last time we see these characters 🥲✌🏽
@@unoriginalusername5230bro this is so real,
FR I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE IIIACT 😭😭😭😭
Thanks for Act II. It was full of pain but also full of hope. And here lies the beauty of the emotions we felt. These contrasts show how it could be and where it’s going
This feel hard when u know that vander was actually remembering vi and jinx and then they tryna help him to become together again but singed and victor ended up eareasing his memory for ever
Imagine an old parent losing his memory and then it finally remember you to said his last word then it forgot you forever bro that shit hit so bad.
Arcane fucking GOAT
This hits even harder after watching Act 3, truly ABSOLUTELY CINEMA 🙌
The same pain season 1's goodbye song gave to me. I'm so blessed to be this series enjoyer. Good story, good animation and good music? Fuck they have everything
Imagine a game company producing more mature and right songs for their show then other milion budget tv shows, Arcane must be waking up call for every other Entertaintment company
But this show supposedly had a 250 million budget though lmao
@@father5946 like 70% is going for the animation anyway, i doubt they spending more than a regular music company to the musics, their writers are just talanted
@@ciberoyuncu7459 And one of the producers is a musik nerd who produce musik videos for riot for over 10 years
@@father5946and it's actually better than a movie with the same budget
"Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" Yes, two daughters.
This song is gonna haunt me for a while 😭
the way the show made the "remember me" begin only when the original four kids were on the screen really got me. it's like they were vander's most precious memories, in a way. this could be a coincidence, but it still got me.
The art style is so good and fits the track so well.
I think this are all the memories that was tapped by Viktor. The people that were healed by Viktor was unalived when Jayce shot him and I think these memories are all gone too. The ending of Act 2 is a perfect scenario of him leading to the full transformation of Warwick that we know, a beast driven by pure instinct. This is written in his lore:
"But death proved to be the true catalyst needed for Warwick’s transformation. As he lay cooling atop the pile of corpses, the chemicals could finally complete their work. The chamber on his back began to pump.
His body contorted unnaturally, bones bending and snapping, teeth growing, sinews tearing and then healing with a faint alchemical glow, dead flesh replaced by something new and powerful. By the time his heart started beating once again, the man Warwick had been and the lives he’d lived were gone."
Vander is truly gone now, and all those memories shown in the video have faded away like echoes of a past that can never return.
Rest in Peace, Vander & Isha
Jinx.. you're perfect.
Thank you Riot! 👏👏 Arcane was amazing
i'm crying, i love vander, i love all of them, i love arcane...
The wrath of zaun truly had such a sad backstory and now is only driven by his madness of blood.
we will remember you Vander.. Always
30 years old
6.2 feet tall
Lifting heavy weights since i was 15
Sitting in the dark of my Apartment listening to this and crying a little ❤
Its so beautiful ❤
Me too. Be well mate.