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Ekko and Heimerdinger went into the multiverse that the Hextech does not exist, while Jayce went into the multiverse where the Hextech's after effect. now i fully understand where Jace coming from, why he killed Viktor in the Ep.6.
The stop-motion dance, it might seem disturbing with how the rest of the animation is, but I'd like to think it's symbolic of how Ekko wants to savor every last frame of that moment with Powder. He's own "what could've been".
this became my favorite episode. that jinx and ekko scene is one of the greatest happiness that this show provided me. Even after the finale i am still smiling. I didn't think it was possible but this series made me smile at the end.
I didn't expect to burst into tears for Jayce's experience. Imagine getting sent to a horrible future - I mean, hello, the imagery!! Looked like he was all alone, surrounded by these horrible creatures who once were human, frozen in creepy positions. The surroundings, the streets etc destroyed and completely ruined, then falling into a deep dark pit with a broken leg, having to stay down there for god knows how long being forced to eat toxic stuff to stay alive. He must have felt terrified, so utterly alone and helpless, especially with a broken leg. Jesus, Jayce really got the worst end of the stick, like you guys said. What a horrible future to witness.
Jayce also possibly got sent to the exact same universe as Ekko & Heimerdinger, not just another alternative. That would align with Heimerdinger telling us he arrived 3 years earlier (so Jayce could be some years later) and Powder keeping the gemstones (that she can later experiment with)
My favorite episode of all. While everything's collapsing and getting heavy, the dancing scene make me feel like I can breath for a moment. It feels like you're stucked in the traffic for hours and you finally made it home. You stay in your car, take a 5 minute break before going back in the house. The guys behind Arcane are genius
First, the Powder and Echo scenes were just perfect. I literally cried when they danced. It's the life they both deserved. Secondly. Can we just appreciate just how much of a hard ass Jace is? Dude tanked falling off a cliff and shattering his leg. Then proceeded to climb the very same cliff face with a broken f'n leg!! Dude is next level tough as nails.
Jinx Had a lot of Hex-Crystals because in that version of the universe, Vi dies because of the initial Hex-Crystal explosion in Season 1. Powder never touches the crystals ever again after storing it as a memento of Vi. Powder then puts Ekko's gift inside the drawer as a memento too with the crystals signifying that the Ekko that gave her the necklace is dead(in that universe).
What's also sweet in retrospect is that Powder could've helped Ekko faster by just giving him those crystals, but decided to build the machine with the broken shards to spend more time with him
Jayce also didn't exist in that universe because after the explosion, he was banished because of that explosion as the season 1 showed during the trial. Victor assumed as dead also because they didn't develop the arcane.
Heimerdinger's song makes me so emotional, man. It sort of encapsulates all the hope and potential of that other universe and the pain of losing it at the same time.
I just finished the last episode and all I’ll say is… excuse my language, WELL. F*CKING. DONE. FORTICHE AND RIOT. Hopefully they’ll make more to expand this amazing world they’ve built with love and care. Love your guys reactions! Have a great weekend!
@@OfficialMediaKnights one of the producer said in an interview that another animated project has already been in development for one year, and in the next series they are focusing on Noxus, Ionia and Demacia.
I just wanted one thing ONE F*****G THING!!! to see powder happy, smiling, just a beautiful moment in joy at last a happy ending But look WHAT THEY DID WHAT THE HELL THEY DID😭.
Finishing act 3 I'm just a sobbing mess and have no words for how good Arcane as a whole is... it's hit me on so many emotions that I didn't even think possible since I usually do not cry or feel this bittersweet sadness
This is the ending Jinx and Ekko deserveed, to find peace and love with one another 😢❤ my hearts broken into a million pieces after this scene and the ending of the show 😭😭 atleast we got this satisfaction that in a different universe they got thier happy ending...after that heartbreaking series finale
This is also my theory when I finish ep 9 if they ever gonna make s3 Jinx better be there. For me the main character of arcane is Jinx freaking love her character.
Should have had it end with season 3 instead of season 2 because season 2 has moments of feeling rushed while episode 9 as whole feels that way. After watching all of Arcane season 1 was the better season
I've been refreshing your page since act 3 have been released. I'm so relieved right now. Still processing the finale and ı'm partially sad about all things. :( Love you guys! I hope you enjoyed Arcane journey with us here, im so glad that i've watched it with you here.
Omg THANK YOU for not not being hardcore Victor stans. Seen a few reactions by now and some of them are insufferable with their Jayce hate even though he´s CLEARLY right in defending his universe from Viktor.
Heimerdinger is a Yordle and as such can't die; his essence went back to Bandle city (Yordle's home) where time goes by a lot faster so after some Runeterra-years he may return to Piltover if he wants to
This is my favorite episode from Act 3. I'm sad to say I was unhappy where it went from here. Aside from that: Girlfriend-Material Jinx, and Bluegrass Heimerdinger made this episode iconic. edit: I just didnt like the ending, it was a bit lackluster, it wrapped up to fast.But I still loved everything that built up to it. I love this series.
This episode (Plus Paint the Town Blue) was by far my favourites of this season! It's a shame that the only care and chemistry Ekko receives is in an alternate universe, however. I wish he got closure at the end of the finale, other than his pain.
This is my favorite episode of the season, its so beautiful 😍🥺😭 I'm so happy to know that at least in one universe Ekko and Powder (Jinx) are happy together 😍⏳💣💚💙
I swear to god, this show plays with my emotions so much it’s bordering on emotional abuse. I absolutely get where Ekko is coming from, as much as I would’ve loved to stay behind in this perfect world, I would never rest or know true peace if I left behind everyone else behind knowing I could truly help save them.
I am so happy with how amazing this act 3 has been, i am just confused by some online reception saying pacing and motivations have been hard to follow when this episode and the start of 8 explains why everyone is doing everything.
The pacing criticism is valid, we only truly had that issue with the final episode but perhaps it’s due to the overall pace of act 3. That being said they wrapped everything quite nicely and we thought this season was still a banger overall.
Fair, I just noticed I was vague, and meant that Act 3 pacing felt fine especially episode 7/8. Act 1 and 2 were jarring at first as everything technically made sense, and they gave subetly hints at motivational changes and time gaps, but it didn't give you enough time to sink it in until a rewatch. Episode 9 didn't feel too rushed for me either. Unsure why. Everything kind of just fit into a place writing wise for me. @OfficialMediaKnights
The song that we hear and performed by the Belgian singer Stromae in duet with the French singer Pomme performing the song "Ma meilleure énnemie" (My best enemy) ❤
Y’all thinking her having the hex tech is sinister, but to me it’s beautiful. In that timeline Powder never used it to kill her family, instead it’s a symbol of her sisters passing. It’s a way to remember Vi.
It's only sinister because, like so much of the tech involved in the weapons we have in our actual world, it's capable of so much destruction. Something like that is impossible to use for good without someone, somewhere, taking it to use it for evil. AU Powder knows that, and that's why she keeps it hidden away.
correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like the kid in the wheelchair at 11:43 applauding heimerdinger is the one who almost got killed by Jayce and led him to viktor in episode 6
I didn't see this mentioned, but I think when Ekko, Heimerdinger, and Powder sit down at a table before they start working on the Z-Drive is when they reveal to Powder what's happening in their original timeline. That's why it cuts back to the Vi doll and Powder is now sad when they light the incense a 2nd time. It also explains the awkwardness when they go to kiss later.
the beautifull thing about this episode is the amount of details the animation and story gives. the scene where powder and ekko dancing is in 4frame persecond where ekko's ULTIMATE skill in the league of legends game is 4seconds time back duration. gottta give the animation a big thumbs up for that
An episode I wished for yet completely unexpected! I only wanted everything to stay the way it was the way Ekko saw it. I had way too many chills, way too many tears during this episode. Everytime 'this' Jinx'(Powder) was on screen it gave me indescribable chills!
This was the best episode of s2 for me I feel salty we didn't get a full arc with Ekko as the main lead. There was a very compelling story to be told here with Ekko. He could have been the one to invent Hextech in that universe and then be stuck with the choice of staying there happy with the people he has lost or going back to save the people he left behind. I really enjoyed s2 I still think it's really good like 7-8/10 good but there were a lot of rushed storylines. All the puzzle pieces don't quite fit together as well as s1 did it felt undercooked it just needed more time in the oven. I hope they really lock in and make it proper if they continue with other regions.
Thank you! You guys are some of the few reactors who understand Ekko’s love for Powder/Jinx was merely rekindled, he loves that woman and saving her was always the only way!
To answer your question about her with the hex gemstones at the end, my theory on that would be that she kept them as a keepsake to remember Vi by. She had them in her hand during the flashback. Since Vi died, the enforcers never had to find someone to blame in the underground, so the sheriff lady never died, and that means Silko never came to Marcus making a deal, etc etc. to the point where Powder never had to make the monkey bomb and therefor never realized they were the things that exploded in Jayces' apartment, like she did when she was left behind and had her temper tantrum. So, she just saw them as gem stones and also the last thing she was doing with Vi so she kept them as a way to remember her. Now why she, of all people, doesn't recognize the shards as being made of the same stuff as the bag of gemstones she has in Vi's little cigar box of memories, I'm still confused about. It also makes you think. What if Powder wasn't the jinx? what if Vi was? The whole world turned out better, because she died. She even says later "I pick wrong every time, and it's gotten everyone I ever loved killed." The show's implying Vi was the problem, which sort of mirrors the other part of the story where Viktor seems like the savior and Jayce seems like the bad guy, when in reality it was reversed.
you guys are honestly my favourite reaction channel you hit every emotional beat, you never seem to miss anything, and your analysis and breakdowns at the end are always so refreshing and interesting to hear :'] cant wait to see the rest of ur reactions to act 3 and, given how speedy ur uploads are, i dont think we'll be waiting long keep doing what ur doin
The reason this episode killed me the most, out of the entire season, is that it highlights in every sense how tragic everyone's lives are in the show's home timeline. There isn't a single person in the home timeline who is genuinely happy.
In case no one’s said it yet, the bag of extra hextech gems/shards in Powder’s drawer at the end of the episode is easy to explain. It’s the same bag of extras that she kept from the original first job, but since things went so badly they ended up losing Vi in this timeline, it traumatized Powder and put her off ever tinkering with or wanting to use those gems/shards ever again. So that bag has just been sitting in that drawer ever since, I would imagine.
One of my favorite details I noticed and loved in this episode was Powder's fingernail only painted in only one color, it didn't have blue that represents her crazy side ❤
Hey guys, just so you know, the french song when Ekko and Powder dance is the big and unexpected return of a mega Belgian singer known as Stromae. The lyrics fit so well that scene, it says basically "you are my best enemy"!
Ekko was in a universe where Hextech didn't got introduced to the underground, therefore nothing after episode 1 happened... Jayce ended in a universe where Hextech got used and totally took over the world.... In this two visions, we can understand why Jayce did what he did to Vitkor in S2 E6, he knew what the world would become...
A cool detail I didn't ser anyone talking about is the fact that powder had more hextech gem fragments, but didn't use them because she realized ekko was not from that timeline and wanted to spend more time with him. At least, this is how I interpreted the scene where she puts the pendant in the drawer.
This episode is so big brain cause it also explains at the same time that within runeterra there are also different universes and timelines so this show and all the skin lines in the game exist but aren’t cannon to the actual game’s story
I think the end shot of Powder having the hextech in storage is indicative of the choice that allowed this universe to flourish. Don't think we need to worry about her using it! ^_^
At the very end, I believe the hex crystals is for Powder remembering Vi and the other piece is what Ekko gave her so that's her way of remembering that version of Ekko now that he is gone.
I ugly cried so much during this episode, this theme of childhood friends to either destined lovers or star crossed lovers just killed me. it was so bitter sweet, heart wearming and heart wrenching at the same time, i legit couldnt handle it. Beautiful piece of art this episode was.
Turing point in the timeline was Powder stole fewer Hex cores. Resulting in a bigger explosion in the apartment killing Vi and possible Jayce because he was on the only side of the door. No Jayce, No hex tech. Victor most likely died from his disease/suicide. Heimerdinger took Ekko advice on people uniting the two cities since he had foreknowledge. I have to wonder if this timeline is truly for the best? They have fewer warriors or champions using hex tech based weapons.
My take away from the scene where Powder puts the pendant away and we see a bag full of Hex crystals is that she knows how destructive they can be so she keeps them all hidden away so that NOBODY can use them, because regardless of how much good they can do she knows they can do unimaginable bad as well. She's not touching them, even if they might be able to bring Vi back.
This is the episode that shows us .... that all it takes is Vi to be dead for everyone to be happy ..... :D ...... jokes aside tho my favorite episode. So many emotions. Seeing Powder living a happy life totally broke me down and this episode made me like Ekko as a character so much.
Powder understood with the incident that it's a dangerous power to ever use, so she limits herself to a bubble and never risks inventing their by changing the cycle.
We thought it was amazing! Does it have some flaws, yes and very minimal ones at that considering how much they nailed it in the animation/narrative department.
idk if anyone mentioned this but heimerdinger is a yordle!! they are immortal and just spawn back in bandle town! so he's out there somewhere being his goofy furball self
2 details I saw mentioned elsewhere: - In the alternate reality, Hextech was never invented either because Jayce saw someone die due to the crystals and gave up on it or he did go through with his suicide because of the difference that Vi dying made. - Heimmerdinger is very likely still alive! As far as I know his species, the Yordels, are sort of like spirits who can manifest a body but they are still spirits so he will probably just respawn eventually (I think). Also seeing the universe where Vi is dead made me feel really weird, I cant seem to put my hand on what feeling it is.
Powder from the alternate universe is just keeping the hex cores as a reminder of vi she’s not planning on using them. Also it means the reason hextech never became a reality in this dimension is because of her, since she’s been holding onto the crystals.
Ekko finally got his Z-Drive! What were your thoughts on this episode? Ready for the finale? Let's do this! If you enjoyed the video destroy the like button with your minigun and subscribe (It would truly mean the world to us!) www.youtube.com/@OfficialMediaKnights?sub_confirmation=1 and if you'd like to support the channel and gain access to the full length reaction become a member of our patreon bit.ly/3ICVrJ6
Ekko and Heimerdinger went into the multiverse that the Hextech does not exist, while Jayce went into the multiverse where the Hextech's after effect.
now i fully understand where Jace coming from, why he killed Viktor in the Ep.6.
after finishing act 3, i immediately go to watch reactions just to relive this moment again
we like suffer so we watch it again and again...
Man,i don't even think i can ever moved on
i would trade vi for powder...
@@ConcernPoodleShe was already ready to move on. It's just us who can't.
Im masochistic cause same…. Rewatching this is pain….
The stop-motion dance, it might seem disturbing with how the rest of the animation is, but I'd like to think it's symbolic of how Ekko wants to savor every last frame of that moment with Powder. He's own "what could've been".
That’s a beautiful way of perceiving it and definitely agree. He’s got that last chance to enjoy her company before heading back.
Its animated with 4 frames per second which is the maximum he can travel back
Thats why its so choppy
It's 4fps. Just like Ekkos time travel
Just like him i think we all had moments before we wish we could stay on for some more time
this became my favorite episode. that jinx and ekko scene is one of the greatest happiness that this show provided me. Even after the finale i am still smiling. I didn't think it was possible but this series made me smile at the end.
I was sad thinking jinx died but in the end they hinted that she made it out 😭
@@kartikeyamalik5488i hate you
@@kartikeyamalik5488she did say that one day she would ride one of those things.
@@kartikeyamalik5488 I'm still putting all the pieces together but I am more and more sure she just took Silcos advice...to just walk away
@@RenegadeSamurai I'm 90% sure she did.
jayce fighting for his live while ekko and heimer are chilling xdddd
Jayce got the bad end of it! But he was exactly where he was supposed to be ❤️
I saw someone describe it as 'Jayce was playing Elden Ring while Ekko & Heimerdinger were playing Life Is Strange' lol
I saw a comment wording it like: Jayce had to go through hell. But Ekko had to give up paradise.
I didn't expect to burst into tears for Jayce's experience.
Imagine getting sent to a horrible future - I mean, hello, the imagery!! Looked like he was all alone, surrounded by these horrible creatures who once were human, frozen in creepy positions. The surroundings, the streets etc destroyed and completely ruined, then falling into a deep dark pit with a broken leg, having to stay down there for god knows how long being forced to eat toxic stuff to stay alive.
He must have felt terrified, so utterly alone and helpless, especially with a broken leg.
Jesus, Jayce really got the worst end of the stick, like you guys said.
What a horrible future to witness.
He spirit to fight more resonates when we wanted to take hes own life in the first season
And people gave him shit for killing Salo and Viktor
and all of that because Viktor wanted Jayce to witness the real horrors of Hextech. cruel but necessary (?)
Jayce also possibly got sent to the exact same universe as Ekko & Heimerdinger, not just another alternative. That would align with Heimerdinger telling us he arrived 3 years earlier (so Jayce could be some years later) and Powder keeping the gemstones (that she can later experiment with)
My favorite episode of all. While everything's collapsing and getting heavy, the dancing scene make me feel like I can breath for a moment. It feels like you're stucked in the traffic for hours and you finally made it home. You stay in your car, take a 5 minute break before going back in the house. The guys behind Arcane are genius
episode 8 and 9 are 10/10 for me but this episode is 11/10
This scene broke me the most. To know there will never be this happiness between both in the "real" universe...
First, the Powder and Echo scenes were just perfect. I literally cried when they danced. It's the life they both deserved.
Secondly. Can we just appreciate just how much of a hard ass Jace is? Dude tanked falling off a cliff and shattering his leg. Then proceeded to climb the very same cliff face with a broken f'n leg!! Dude is next level tough as nails.
If I’m correct the translation of the song when their dancing says”i love you, im leaving” something like that
@Raindrop_sdow I think I heard something like that. I'm willing to accept it
Jinx Had a lot of Hex-Crystals because in that version of the universe, Vi dies because of the initial Hex-Crystal explosion in Season 1. Powder never touches the crystals ever again after storing it as a memento of Vi. Powder then puts Ekko's gift inside the drawer as a memento too with the crystals signifying that the Ekko that gave her the necklace is dead(in that universe).
Needed this explanation!
What's also sweet in retrospect is that Powder could've helped Ekko faster by just giving him those crystals, but decided to build the machine with the broken shards to spend more time with him
Jayce also didn't exist in that universe because after the explosion, he was banished because of that explosion as the season 1 showed during the trial. Victor assumed as dead also because they didn't develop the arcane.
What but ekko was alive there
@@Davinki651 To think our version of Ekko will never know that Powder hid the crystals.
You guys are so quick with it omggggg
Shoutout to Denise for getting these ready fast as lightning! ❤️
@@OfficialMediaKnights You rule!
Heimerdinger's song makes me so emotional, man. It sort of encapsulates all the hope and potential of that other universe and the pain of losing it at the same time.
I won’t say it’s the best soundtrack ever but it definitely relates to the show the best. Every song fits the scene its scoring SO perfectly
@@tepro1612 yeah there are other songs I like way more, but Heimer's song fits its moment so well.
HEIMERDINGER'S SONG WAS SO CUTE
Mick Wingert (who plays Heimerdinger) has a really incredible singing voice, he genuinely took us by surprise.
This episode was the literal definition of bittersweet to me
I just finished the last episode and all I’ll say is… excuse my language, WELL. F*CKING. DONE. FORTICHE AND RIOT. Hopefully they’ll make more to expand this amazing world they’ve built with love and care. Love your guys reactions! Have a great weekend!
Can’t wait to see what else they come up with in the future!
@@OfficialMediaKnights one of the producer said in an interview that another animated project has already been in development for one year, and in the next series they are focusing on Noxus, Ionia and Demacia.
21:05 “I had a crush, until you started talking to the gun.” 🥲
I just wanted one thing
ONE F*****G THING!!!
to see powder happy, smiling, just a beautiful moment in joy at last a happy ending
But look WHAT THEY DID
WHAT THE HELL THEY DID😭.
We did get a happy in love Powder
Ok it was in a different universe but still lol
@daz97 my heart was shattered to pieces when I saw powder like that, trying to end her life 😭.
@@SubratKrishna she is still alive, going on airship, caitlyn scene implies it
and her first line in show is someday she is going to ride that airship
@@voltrahul369 oh that would be a great relief.
@@voltrahul369 And then they punctuate that by having that Jinx glitch flicker on the end screen.
Why was it seeing Ekko reuniting with Benzo that made me cry? This poor boy. Honestly Ekko is best boy. He deserves nothing but love and happiness.
Show was a wild ride, there will never be a show quite like this one (except for possibly the upcoming animated show riots making)
Finishing act 3 I'm just a sobbing mess and have no words for how good Arcane as a whole is... it's hit me on so many emotions that I didn't even think possible since I usually do not cry or feel this bittersweet sadness
This is the ending Jinx and Ekko deserveed, to find peace and love with one another 😢❤ my hearts broken into a million pieces after this scene and the ending of the show 😭😭 atleast we got this satisfaction that in a different universe they got thier happy ending...after that heartbreaking series finale
Thank you for making me realize, the jinx in the alternate universe possess a lot of Hextech material hidden means, she can go to Ekko’s universe. 🙏🏻
Why did she never say she had those, tho?
@@taureffelle Because some literally killed Vi?
@@flowy3422 ah, makes sense then
This is also my theory when I finish ep 9 if they ever gonna make s3 Jinx better be there. For me the main character of arcane is Jinx freaking love her character.
It's not Jinx, she's Powder
I'm still processing this finale
Can’t wait to chat about it with you guys ❤️
Should have had it end with season 3 instead of season 2 because season 2 has moments of feeling rushed while episode 9 as whole feels that way. After watching all of Arcane season 1 was the better season
Yeah it was so trash
It's really sad that season 2 is the final season and there's not going to be a season 3
Emotional FUCKING roller coaster but worth every emotion 😢
I've been refreshing your page since act 3 have been released. I'm so relieved right now. Still processing the finale and ı'm partially sad about all things. :(
Love you guys! I hope you enjoyed Arcane journey with us here, im so glad that i've watched it with you here.
We’re still processing too…crying in a corner while we work on the thumbnail/edit. This story was everything we wanted it to be, brutal yet beautiful.
@@OfficialMediaKnights same as me you say.
This is my favorite episode of the entire season.
So many people saying the same thing, this episode was absolutely beautiful.
This is my favourite episode of the whole show
Omg THANK YOU for not not being hardcore Victor stans. Seen a few reactions by now and some of them are insufferable with their Jayce hate even though he´s CLEARLY right in defending his universe from Viktor.
i love that Ekko and Powder's dance is just them, there's no one else around them, just each other
Heimerdinger is a Yordle and as such can't die; his essence went back to Bandle city (Yordle's home) where time goes by a lot faster so after some Runeterra-years he may return to Piltover if he wants to
they... can actually die, they just are really long aged. but yordles can die by other conditions.
This is my favorite episode from Act 3. I'm sad to say I was unhappy where it went from here. Aside from that: Girlfriend-Material Jinx, and Bluegrass Heimerdinger made this episode iconic.
edit: I just didnt like the ending, it was a bit lackluster, it wrapped up to fast.But I still loved everything that built up to it. I love this series.
This episode (Plus Paint the Town Blue) was by far my favourites of this season! It's a shame that the only care and chemistry Ekko receives is in an alternate universe, however. I wish he got closure at the end of the finale, other than his pain.
SAME DUDE SAME! We needed 10 more minutes of that finale for some closure!
Seeing Ep. 7 was so moving for me. Seeing what could have been with the alternative timeline. And the Ekko x Jinx. Thanks for the reaction vid! 💙
This is my favorite episode of the season, its so beautiful 😍🥺😭 I'm so happy to know that at least in one universe Ekko and Powder (Jinx) are happy together 😍⏳💣💚💙
I swear to god, this show plays with my emotions so much it’s bordering on emotional abuse. I absolutely get where Ekko is coming from, as much as I would’ve loved to stay behind in this perfect world, I would never rest or know true peace if I left behind everyone else behind knowing I could truly help save them.
I am so happy with how amazing this act 3 has been, i am just confused by some online reception saying pacing and motivations have been hard to follow when this episode and the start of 8 explains why everyone is doing everything.
The pacing criticism is valid, we only truly had that issue with the final episode but perhaps it’s due to the overall pace of act 3. That being said they wrapped everything quite nicely and we thought this season was still a banger overall.
Fair, I just noticed I was vague, and meant that Act 3 pacing felt fine especially episode 7/8. Act 1 and 2 were jarring at first as everything technically made sense, and they gave subetly hints at motivational changes and time gaps, but it didn't give you enough time to sink it in until a rewatch. Episode 9 didn't feel too rushed for me either. Unsure why. Everything kind of just fit into a place writing wise for me.
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The song that we hear and performed by the Belgian singer Stromae in duet with the French singer Pomme performing the song "Ma meilleure énnemie" (My best enemy) ❤
last 3 episodes are definition of perfection ABSOLUTE CINEMA
Y’all thinking her having the hex tech is sinister, but to me it’s beautiful. In that timeline Powder never used it to kill her family, instead it’s a symbol of her sisters passing. It’s a way to remember Vi.
It's only sinister because, like so much of the tech involved in the weapons we have in our actual world, it's capable of so much destruction. Something like that is impossible to use for good without someone, somewhere, taking it to use it for evil. AU Powder knows that, and that's why she keeps it hidden away.
The scene where Ekko and Powder are dancing is filmed at 4 frames per second. Nice touch.
correct me if I'm wrong but it seems like the kid in the wheelchair at 11:43 applauding heimerdinger is the one who almost got killed by Jayce and led him to viktor in episode 6
I just learned that the flower on the pendant that ekko gives to powder symbolizes "the unattainable love" and now I'm crying again 😭😭😭
Sometime after season 1 ended. I was like in some other timeline Ekko is Vi's brother in law. ...and then this episode happened.
The subtle Japanese influence in Ekkos alternate universe are really cool, powders hair, Vi's shrine, the ponds, so beautiful.
It’s more than just Vi dying is the catalyst for this universe. Their are always more they just a single event
I didn't see this mentioned, but I think when Ekko, Heimerdinger, and Powder sit down at a table before they start working on the Z-Drive is when they reveal to Powder what's happening in their original timeline. That's why it cuts back to the Vi doll and Powder is now sad when they light the incense a 2nd time. It also explains the awkwardness when they go to kiss later.
easily the best episode of s2. Showing us what could have been... and what is not meant to be.
Remember how Heimerdinger's ultimate boosts abilities in the LoL? He did that with Ekko's Z-Drive here. Love such details
the beautifull thing about this episode is the amount of details the animation and story gives. the scene where powder and ekko dancing is in 4frame persecond where ekko's ULTIMATE skill in the league of legends game is 4seconds time back duration. gottta give the animation a big thumbs up for that
An episode I wished for yet completely unexpected! I only wanted everything to stay the way it was the way Ekko saw it. I had way too many chills, way too many tears during this episode. Everytime 'this' Jinx'(Powder) was on screen it gave me indescribable chills!
I'm still in heartbreak after watching all of Act 3 so I'm still processing it😭😭😭
Probably the only channel that does some theorizing and smart analysis at the end, thank you
Love the lil detail with the Dance Scene. Animated Four Frames a second. Symbolic as hell.
Those 4 frames per second in the dance is probably how Ekko saw it in his mind, wanting to be able to rewind that moment and stay there forever.
i love you for always uploading an act on the first day
Why Ekko is headstrong and never give up. "I've never seen you give up on anything, Ekko." -jinx. That's his motivation. T-T
This was the best episode of s2 for me I feel salty we didn't get a full arc with Ekko as the main lead. There was a very compelling story to be told here with Ekko. He could have been the one to invent Hextech in that universe and then be stuck with the choice of staying there happy with the people he has lost or going back to save the people he left behind. I really enjoyed s2 I still think it's really good like 7-8/10 good but there were a lot of rushed storylines. All the puzzle pieces don't quite fit together as well as s1 did it felt undercooked it just needed more time in the oven. I hope they really lock in and make it proper if they continue with other regions.
after last episode i’m broken
Thank you! You guys are some of the few reactors who understand Ekko’s love for Powder/Jinx was merely rekindled, he loves that woman and saving her was always the only way!
To answer your question about her with the hex gemstones at the end, my theory on that would be that she kept them as a keepsake to remember Vi by. She had them in her hand during the flashback. Since Vi died, the enforcers never had to find someone to blame in the underground, so the sheriff lady never died, and that means Silko never came to Marcus making a deal, etc etc. to the point where Powder never had to make the monkey bomb and therefor never realized they were the things that exploded in Jayces' apartment, like she did when she was left behind and had her temper tantrum. So, she just saw them as gem stones and also the last thing she was doing with Vi so she kept them as a way to remember her. Now why she, of all people, doesn't recognize the shards as being made of the same stuff as the bag of gemstones she has in Vi's little cigar box of memories, I'm still confused about. It also makes you think. What if Powder wasn't the jinx? what if Vi was? The whole world turned out better, because she died. She even says later "I pick wrong every time, and it's gotten everyone I ever loved killed." The show's implying Vi was the problem, which sort of mirrors the other part of the story where Viktor seems like the savior and Jayce seems like the bad guy, when in reality it was reversed.
After finishing the show I can confidently say this episode is my favourite of the whole series
This episode was simply fantastic. We got to see what could be and Ekko got that spark of hope he needed.
you guys are honestly my favourite reaction channel
you hit every emotional beat, you never seem to miss anything, and your analysis and breakdowns at the end are always so refreshing and interesting to hear :']
cant wait to see the rest of ur reactions to act 3 and, given how speedy ur uploads are, i dont think we'll be waiting long
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After watching act 3, time to begin my reaction journey
The reason this episode killed me the most, out of the entire season, is that it highlights in every sense how tragic everyone's lives are in the show's home timeline. There isn't a single person in the home timeline who is genuinely happy.
rewatching makes me cry even more! even when i thought i have no tears left 😭😭😭😭😭
In case no one’s said it yet, the bag of extra hextech gems/shards in Powder’s drawer at the end of the episode is easy to explain. It’s the same bag of extras that she kept from the original first job, but since things went so badly they ended up losing Vi in this timeline, it traumatized Powder and put her off ever tinkering with or wanting to use those gems/shards ever again. So that bag has just been sitting in that drawer ever since, I would imagine.
Hemeir and Ekko enjoying their time.
Jayce: *running for his life
Im so glad i found Your Channel You Always make me feel so comfortable watching it with you second time:)
One of my favorite details I noticed and loved in this episode was Powder's fingernail only painted in only one color, it didn't have blue that represents her crazy side ❤
Thanks for this reaction, and analysis. Great job, guys
Act 3 also broke me just like Act 2 did
Act 3 has us destroyed
Ekko and Heimerdinger: *A whole happy go lucky life.*
Jayce: *Dark Souls intensifies.*
Guys I don’t know if you see this but you are amazing. You are the best reactors and I love experiencing things for a second time with you!!🤗
Hey guys, just so you know, the french song when Ekko and Powder dance is the big and unexpected return of a mega Belgian singer known as Stromae. The lyrics fit so well that scene, it says basically "you are my best enemy"!
Ekko was in a universe where Hextech didn't got introduced to the underground, therefore nothing after episode 1 happened... Jayce ended in a universe where Hextech got used and totally took over the world.... In this two visions, we can understand why Jayce did what he did to Vitkor in S2 E6, he knew what the world would become...
A cool detail I didn't ser anyone talking about is the fact that powder had more hextech gem fragments, but didn't use them because she realized ekko was not from that timeline and wanted to spend more time with him. At least, this is how I interpreted the scene where she puts the pendant in the drawer.
This episode is so big brain cause it also explains at the same time that within runeterra there are also different universes and timelines so this show and all the skin lines in the game exist but aren’t cannon to the actual game’s story
This episode hurts me so bad. The way they show what could have been 😢😢
Your reactions are the best, actually the best. Keep it up, please!
the blue part of the Pendant has Eccho face while the white has Powder, facing away from each other... Love that cannot be.
I knew Jayce was in the right LOLLL
I think the end shot of Powder having the hextech in storage is indicative of the choice that allowed this universe to flourish. Don't think we need to worry about her using it! ^_^
Act 3 is one of the Best things I've seen in my life. The Power level Rose to Anime God level. Just insane
At the very end, I believe the hex crystals is for Powder remembering Vi and the other piece is what Ekko gave her so that's her way of remembering that version of Ekko now that he is gone.
The dancing is done in 4fps….just like his limit. I think I can watch this show a million times and still catch details
Just finished the rest of act 3, my heart it broken💔💔💔
I think a big part is Heimerdinger also fixing his mistakes, before he looked the other way to the problems in the undercity and let it sink.
Loved his arc as well! Such a shame he had to go…
Pretty sure that forgiveness line is foreshadowing... somebody else!
I ugly cried so much during this episode, this theme of childhood friends to either destined lovers or star crossed lovers just killed me. it was so bitter sweet, heart wearming and heart wrenching at the same time, i legit couldnt handle it. Beautiful piece of art this episode was.
Turing point in the timeline was Powder stole fewer Hex cores. Resulting in a bigger explosion in the apartment killing Vi and possible Jayce because he was on the only side of the door. No Jayce, No hex tech. Victor most likely died from his disease/suicide. Heimerdinger took Ekko advice on people uniting the two cities since he had foreknowledge. I have to wonder if this timeline is truly for the best? They have fewer warriors or champions using hex tech based weapons.
My take away from the scene where Powder puts the pendant away and we see a bag full of Hex crystals is that she knows how destructive they can be so she keeps them all hidden away so that NOBODY can use them, because regardless of how much good they can do she knows they can do unimaginable bad as well. She's not touching them, even if they might be able to bring Vi back.
That universes powder kept all the hextec so that it will never be used . Thats why that universe is happy
This is the episode that shows us .... that all it takes is Vi to be dead for everyone to be happy ..... :D ...... jokes aside tho my favorite episode. So many emotions. Seeing Powder living a happy life totally broke me down and this episode made me like Ekko as a character so much.
Powder understood with the incident that it's a dangerous power to ever use, so she limits herself to a bubble and never risks inventing their by changing the cycle.
i was SOOO glad to know my guess about jayce wasn't unfounded after last episode
Shame but predictable that this act has so many fans mixed but thank you guys for sharing your reactions❤
We thought it was amazing! Does it have some flaws, yes and very minimal ones at that considering how much they nailed it in the animation/narrative department.
Apparently, the dance scene is "shot" in 4 frames, as an allusion to how much Ekko can go back in time
21:12 Ya both gotta Admit She Looks So much Like her Mother
idk if anyone mentioned this but heimerdinger is a yordle!! they are immortal and just spawn back in bandle town! so he's out there somewhere being his goofy furball self
Love that Ekko fused with a alternate universe Ekko to experience a good (ish) timeline
Episode 6: Jayce, what the hell did you do?!
Episode 7: You did what you had to do.
2 details I saw mentioned elsewhere:
- In the alternate reality, Hextech was never invented either because Jayce saw someone die due to the crystals and gave up on it or he did go through with his suicide because of the difference that Vi dying made.
- Heimmerdinger is very likely still alive! As far as I know his species, the Yordels, are sort of like spirits who can manifest a body but they are still spirits so he will probably just respawn eventually (I think).
Also seeing the universe where Vi is dead made me feel really weird, I cant seem to put my hand on what feeling it is.
Powder from the alternate universe is just keeping the hex cores as a reminder of vi she’s not planning on using them. Also it means the reason hextech never became a reality in this dimension is because of her, since she’s been holding onto the crystals.