I remember a comment say this about the show: "Arcane is the definition of 'We are all the villain in someone else's story'. And I think that perfectly sums it all up.
You definitely should watch the making of: Arcane: Bridging the rift. Almost as good as the series itself. There are five episodes and I wish there were more!
I got as emotional watching that documentary as I got watching the series itself at times. Seeing all the people that worked so hard on this get rewarded felt so good.
I like that theme about the *"undoing as a daughter"* as Silco said presents itself as the vulnerability that comes from being a parental figure, as shown with multiple sets of characters - Silco with Jinx; Vander with Vi and Powder; Mama Medarda with Mel; Marcus with his daughter.
@@Lesak2 If you knew the history of how Piltover came to be and how Zaun was reduced to a crime-infested, impoverished and polluted undercity, you`d have a hard time dismissing people like Silco, Finn, Sevika, Singed and Jinx as "The bad guys".
one can also argue that when powder/jinx is having the psychotic break; is that it is vi that is causing it (even though vi thinks she's reminding her of the old, good times), its reminding her of killing her family, while silco is desperately trying to tell jinx not to listen because he knows her trauma and triggers. silco did care for jinx, as vi did for powder. there was only an ounce of powder left and that little bit of her killed silco to saved vi, but in turn it killed what was left of powder. masterfully written.
I see where you are coming from, but Silco is also urging Jinx to "finish it" - i.e. kill Vi and/or Caitlyn - Silco's version of care, however real, is deeply broken.
@@larawalker i wouldnt say he is that ruthless. Afterall, he spared young powder, he spared the chem lady even, only killing Fin. He didnt intend to kill Vander at first. If Vander agreed to his plan, he wouldn't have killed him. Silco only ended those who were an absolute threat to his Zaun plans. He is ruthless similar to Mel's mom... but not psychotic.
@@darkwillow1451 that's why I said ruthless, not psychotic, lol. Also he didn't kill Finn, sevika did. He only has a soft spot for jinx, he's pretty unforgiving to others. Also he did say "kill them" after the bomb explosions in episode 3, so I don't think he gives a hoot about vi or anyone trying to stand on his way.
i agree with the first half, but i dont agree with powder killing silco, i think it was jinx who in her trauma panic attack shot on instinct at the gun sound and as usual jinxed it, and ruined it yet again, but that despite that silco still thinks shes perfect as jinx, and thats why she accepts herself as jinx, doing it for him in a way aswell.
The world is so big as long as you avoid videos on Piltover and Zaun you won't really be spoiled. It's crazy how tiny these cities are on the grand scale of things.
They are pretty much the "afterthought" region, in a lot of ways. Almost insignificant compared to all the lower-tech, more medieval/early renaissance regions. I did notice they started giving more non-P&Z, non-Bilgewater champions guns, which is good, because it makes no sense for Piltover to have laser cannons while Demacian soldiers run around with spears and swords. Like, what the hell are you guys doing? One would think Noxus would've gone full rifle-bearing infantry by now, along with whatever magic they can get their hands on. For a competitive MOBA it's fine, because hardly anyone cares about the lore, but in other mediums, the titanic tech discrepancy makes no sense.
There is a reason for that. Noxus has access to gun power that is why they have guns (Although it's still limited. That is why most of the normal soldiers can't use it). Demacia on the other hand doesn't have any of that nor do they have the technology. They would still beat Piltover though. Their army is way more advanced in other areas.@@djx7134
@@djx7134 'Get Jinxed' should be safe as it doesn't really show anything Arcane doesn't. And the official "Enemy" video as well. "Bridging the Rift" series about the making of Arcane, yes 100x yes
@@djx7134 Noxus is one of the regions that actually does regularly use guns. It makes absolutely no sense for Demacia, though, who don't even use magic. I guess they have dragons, hypocrites that they are.
The music video for "Enemy" has some extra content scenes that are great. Watching the video for "Get Jinxed" should be ok to watch too, that's Jinx's song that is playing in the background in ep 4 when Silco comes into her room/shop.
I quite like that this episode shows how Vi doesn't really understand Jinx, even if she has good intentions. Telling her to remember Mylo, Clagger and Vander not realising that in her mind they are evil fantoms that haunted her all the years, quite the opposite from "Remember all the good times we had together!". Meanwhile Silco wanted her to forget about them and move on free from burdens of the past.
Vi only saw Jinx for a grand total of like 10 minutes since getting out, and maybe 2 of those were spent conversing on an even footing (ie, not strapped to a chair). Of course she couldn't understand. But Silco's the one who turned her into that creature. Could've sent her to the academy with all his drug money. She could've been the mafia princess in an ivory tower, instead of in the streets shooting people. Heimer would've loved to have another genius Zaunite under his wing. He was really proud of Viktor. But Silco had other ideas. I think he perceived Jinx as the personification of Zaun's beautiful chaos, because he certainly didn't promote the well-being of the actual person. It's not as though Silco is above using Piltover when it's convenient. He marched right up to the sheriff's house. Could've kept an apartment there easily.
@@djx7134 Good points, it's hard not to romanticize Silco a bit in context of the show but objectively he's far from father of the year and definitely is a bad influence on Jinx as a whole
@@NekoJet91 Yeah, it's fine to say he loved Jinx. In one way or another, that's clearly evident and irrefutable. But sooo many people turned that into "Silco was such a great dad". Which ... well, maybe that explains why there are so many maladjusted people roaming around in real life, if they think someone that toxic and clueless about parenting was great.
@@djx7134 the thing about Silco is that the reason behind his love for Jinx is also the reason why he ended up hurting her. As she said he thinks it's the same as when Vander left him, from his point of view his way of coping ("become what they fear" speech) is a good one because it benefited him. He managed to survive, amass power, get closer to his goal. He would never have sent Jinx to Piltover because the reason he cares about her is that he sees himself in her, and going to Piltover is not something he'd want for himself. I definitely believe Silco had this weird idealization of Jinx as if she were, as you said, the personification of Zaun but also a personification of his ideal. He said it himself, for him recklessness, the will to do anything to achieve power is far better than intelligence or strength. Jinx doesn't pursue power but she has no boundaries and he admires that. What's amazing about this show is the inevitability. All characters act according to the information they have, their past and the way their environment shaped them. The last episode highlights that; even if Vi had killed Cait, Jinx would never have become powder. To Vi understand Jinx, it'd have needed a completely different plot. To Silco being a good influence, it'd have needed an entirely different backstory. Even when Jinx chooses her chair, it sounds like fate. She didn't want to kill Silco, it was an accident, so that means that once again she jinxed everything. It's an emancipation and a tragedy.
@@jagartha Yes, he probably thought staying in Zaun while working as his enforcer (AKA, brute, bully, and assassin) was better for her, but only in the sense that he thinks being unhealthy and mentally decimated is the proper way to go through life. He had to realize that her mental health was completely shot. How could you not? It takes 3 whole minutes with the character from the start of episode 4 onward for the barely attentive viewer to understand that the girl is more miserable than ever before, barely hanging on by a thread. She literally tries to kill herself in episode 7. Even Silco had to know that this is not the sort of life anyone should want for themselves. Hell, even if he hates Piltover, send her to a neighboring institution. It's not like Piltover has the only academic facilities around, even if it's the best. Surely there are other options. He seemed to make zero attempts to procure a better life for her. IRL, mobsters send their kids to Ivy League schools. Rarely do they strap them down with guns and explosives and point them toward the enemy. BTW, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Silco's character writing. It makes perfect sense. I'm just saying that Silco's idea of love may be a lot different than the conventional IRL 21st century idea.
The sighing and face palming of 25:00 onward is so relatable, and probably 99% of the reason I watch Arcane reactions. Also, just so you guys know, re: 28:59 - they actually added a control slider on her 3d model to be able to animate her _between_ Jinx and Powder. Like at value 0, it's Powder (rounder, the chin is dimpled), and value 1 it's Jinx (sharper, longer, eyes disproportionately tilted), but the almost never like 'snap' it between the two points, instead choosing various points along its arc to define her journey between the two mental states. By the end, I don't even think it's 100% Jinx, but once Silco dies, it never seems to drop below 50%. It's _so clever_
A thing that a lot of people misses: When Viktor says "we have to destroy it" Jayce looks at the hammer and agrees before he says "the hexcore". Also I love that they waited the whole music to see if there was any post credit scene.
Congrats on finishing season one. You want a list of what to watch next, here you go. Must Watch/react: Enemy Music Video Bridging the Rift Twitter teaser and first teaser for season 2. If you want to watch/react: Any league cinematics or music videos Worth watching at some point: Any of Schnee's video essays on Arcane. They are amazing and will really grow your appreciation for the show.
@@bruh-bd3ll Arcane is top tier 100%. Blue Eye is closer in animation style to Arcane and has a phenomenal tale of revenge with a great supporting cast and interwoven stories. Scavengers Reign is SciFi with kind of a “basic” animation style but the mind fuckery they do with it is incredible. Worth watching if you look up into space and wonder what’d it could really be like out there. Great first season and hope it gets renewed.
This, totally this! Watching Bridging The Rift would make them appreciate even more the masterpiece that Arcane is. Such a care for details, love and hard work dedicated to create this show MUST be appreciated.
I think Savika is loyal to Zaun's Independance, not Silco specifically. Silco is just the path to that goal. That's why she betrayed Vander and why she didn't betray Silco.
She actually low-key threatened Silco after lighter dude (forgot his name) bit the dust. "... but he won't be the last". Implying that if someone better DOES come around, she would kill Silco no problemo. So yeah, your assessment of Sevika is obviously correct.
@@djx7134 His name was Finn, a Chem-Baron of Ionian descent and the leader of the Slickjaws gang in Zaun(Also, his VA Miyavi was the backup vocals on the song "Sharks.")
i think it was jinx who in her trauma panic attack shot on instinct at the gun sound and as usual jinxed it, and ruined it yet again, but that despite that silco still thinks shes perfect as jinx, and thats why she accepts herself as jinx, doing it for him in a way aswell. also the bigger fish line comes from ep 8 between finn and sevika
Watch cinematics! Not like Season 2 would show anything of those, and theyre incredible on their own. Thats how Arcane came to be after all, bc the cinematics were so good
I feel like its a misinterpretation of Jayce, alot of people side with Vi beginning this episode thinking he is trying to hide. He says that 'this is over' as in the method of taking down Silco through violence and aggression. He doesn't want more bloodshed, which cmon, no one can see his side? Vander's words for Vi just didn't ever sink in, "no one wins in war" , "who are you willing to lose". The parallels of this scene and real life politics are eerily similar. Its easy to side with the violent renegade.
Jayce gets held to a much higher standard of competence than Vi, as does Vi compared to Jinx and Silco. And Mel gets held to the highest standard of all - she's vilified for the heinous crime of, uh, being a clever politician who enjoys sex. But at least the fans are consistent in that the underprivileged characters are held to baby standards while the privileged can't do anything right. Oh, and Viktor was another one they make excuses for, even though he legit murdered someone, albeit by accident. Manslaughtered. He manslaughtered the girl.
@@N-Stormwood I also love Viktor. I like pretty much all the characters, even two-bit scumbags like Lighter Man, even though I can't remember his name at the moment. But I try not to let my enjoyment of the character blind me as to what they really are. For a lot of people, how much they like the character determines the validity/morality of their behaviors, not the other way around. It's a strange way to perceive the world, even fiction, but, hey, who am I to say they're wrong? It's just a TV show, not a court of law. Just strikes me as a bit strange and amusing.
@@djx7134 I was with until Victor. Most people don't hold it against someone for something that isn't their fault. She's not supposed to be their no one is it was just bad luck and manslaughter would imply he did something to cause her death. He didn't she ran to him and was absorbed by the core.
Concerning what you said in the beginning about watching "details " videos and stuff i dont think its a really good idea because their's a lot of spoilers what i would recommend tho and would love to see you react to is the mini series riot made called "bridging the rift " its a 5 episodes long documentary about the creation of the show and its extremely well made and interesting ❤
I think its pretty safe do dip into stuff like cinematics from the game and reveals of its characters. Riot wants to turn Arcane into *the* unified canon of the game but they are still *really*, like *really really*, far away from effectively making that happen. The closest you would come to actual spoiler territory from the base lore of the game would be by specifically getting into the backstories and lore of Piltover/Zaun characters and even then there are some sizeable differences when it comes to some of them and others are relatively similar. The conflicts of the 2 regions are at the very least, very thematically similar to the one presented in the show, as far as i know, though some of the specifics are different, and they are also way more, i guess "extra" would be a close word to what im thinking of (?). What i mean is there's a significantly bigger presence of "larger than life" characters even in these 2 specific regions in the game itself, so naturally the conflict also adopts a more "fantastical" element to it, than the more grounded approach you will see in the show. That being said, most of the cinematics onbly vaguely alude to some lore, and dont even quite fit into, at least new season cinematics, and they take the opportunity to show off the characters and what they are generally about in as spoiler free an environment as you can get. Think you guys would have a lot of fun reacting to those at least, if you ever felt like it. Then if any character peaked your interest all you'd have to ask is "Are they from Piltover/Zaun" and if the answer is no, you are good to go, since Arcane is focused on the conflict between the 2 cities specifically. There is a hint of outside interference through the presence of Mel's mom, but i vaguely remember hearing the writers clarify that Arcane is still gona be mostly self contained in these 2 cities, the conflict between them and the characters that inhabit them being very much the *core* of the story they are telling. TL;DR: Season cinematics are a really good place to start, as spoiler free an environment as possible to get to know some of the other characters that inhabit the world, maybe dip into specific character cinematics, hell even some of their soundtracks as well, some them will surprise you.
About Carson's thought of another bigger crime boss than Silco: It wasn't mentioned in this episode, but Finn (lighter guy) did say to Sevika that there are bigger fish than Silco. Whether that means outsiders or another crime boss we don't know.
Oh yeah, this cliffhanger is truely insane, I was audibly screaming first time watching it, especially since Mel is my favorite character. Now as for the "go read the lore", we don't actually know what's going to happen in season 2 ! We know the end point (or rather the middle) of a lot of these characters, with "current" in-game Vi, Cait or Jayce being closer to 30 than their age in the show, but we have no idea how exactly they got there ! Similarly, a lot of characters were introduced with Arcane, such as the Medarda family, Viktor's assistant or even Silko himself !
Poor Mel was really underrated. People got it into their heads that she was some evil conniving seductress, when really there was no evidence of any of that. Even the "she seduced Jayce!" claims were kinda ... why would she need to seduce Jayce for material gain? She is already the richest, most influential person in PO, and he was already doing everything she asked. She just wanted to get laid, that's it. But there are still so many viewers who never let go of that first impression, for whatever reason.
@@djx7134 Indeed. I think Arcane has layers, and it takes several re-watches and a lot of discussion to track them all down. Being willing to adjust your initial reaction to a character/situation is key.
@@djx7134 Her making a surprised Pikachu face when he opens up to her after sex kind of shows she absolutely was manipulating him at least until that point.
@@djx7134 What I love in fiction usually, is when expectations are subverted, and this is precisely what happened so often in Arcane. Mel is a perfect example of it. Started the show thinking she was gonna be the classic political antagonist manipulating our heroes (because of so many pieces of fiction overusing this trope, and because that's what Arcane tricks you into believing), but as the episodes advanced, I started realizing : "wait she hasn't done anything wrong yet tho ?" And instead of manipulating Jayce she opened up to him and actually she listened to *his* advice and demands in two different occasions, when he voted out Heimerdinger and at the end when he made a deal with Silco. Anyway Mel's great, an absolute pleasure to watch every single one of her scenes.
@@mrcroob8563 Or just thought it was more of a casual thing but suddenly realized that maybe it wasn't, actually. What would she be using him for? Sex? Okay, there's nothing wrong with that, unless it's coerced somehow. Which, it wasn't. They were at an equal level at that point. Money? No. Prestige? No. It's not as though he was being resistant to her advice in the first place. He followed her suggestions like she was his instructor for politics 101. So what's the incentive?
the best cinematic of the videogame is call "Annie Origins" but i suggest not watch it first because its the best of all, actually the group of people who made the serie are the group who made the most Videogames cinematics as well, they've been working together for years
1:50 I feel like Vi's criticism is valid towards the higher-ups in general but not so much towards Jayce in particular. He could have handled things better but still he's been on the council for like a week and he's already down here fighting Silco himself like, WTF you mean "stuck your head in the dirt"? 😶
Regarding Arcane/LoL videos, watch the Enemy music video, the Jinx reveal trailer, and the videos for The Call and Warriors. None of them should have spoilers unless you consider just knowing characters exist that may or may not show up in S2 as spoilers.
Time to watch bridging the rift with the rest of us to cope with the remaining wait time for next season. Don’t. Forget to check out both teaser trailers! 😅
Jinx: I made your girlfriend a snack. Vi: She's always a snack. Jinx: What? Vi: What? also, Jinx made a cupcake for Vi's "Cupcake" isn't Jinx such a good little sister.
I personally think Mel is gone, which is another perfect reason to tie her mother in so much in the story beforehand. Really would give some strong motivations for Jayce and her mother going forward, no matter where this will take them. Furthermore, I think Mel had a good character arc as she laid down her family ring to vote for peace for her true home Piltover, instead of supporting the warring ways of her old home Noxus. Where before she still dreamed of returning to Noxus (the motive of her paintings), having finally proven herself enough to be accepted back home and be accepted as a Merdada. She finally trust her merciful side as being correct. I am sad, though. I think Mel is an excellent Character.
There is a music video the animation studio released prior to this season premiere, u would like with no spoilers. One of the best first seasons of a show I’ve seen! Loved this series
Just adding to the group statement that you can watch anything, while the universe is united, it's still its own space that references the rest. As someone who was deep in lore prior to Arcane there was very very little I knew going in and could predict throughout. I knew who the characters were but it still felt like i was seeing actors I admired playing new roles, they were familiar but also so different. As for reccomending videos, watch all the music stuff, and honesty any of the videos from Riot themselves. The majority of the "impactful" lore is in the material you can read.
It feels like a crazy cliffhanger in the moment you watch it and leaves many questions open but I also think it was an amazing ending even if if there was only 1 season
So, I'm going to start with my recommendation and then get into the heavy part of my post XD My favorite Arcane "analyst" has been Schnee. His video on Ekko really drove home that character as just... my favorite character of the entire show. Either way, what's good about him is that he speaks from the perspective of someone watching the show, not from a League lore-fiend first and foremost. This episode is one that has... meant far more to me than I ever expected it to. A little over a year after this show came out, my wife and I were going through a lot of struggle and conflict, and when we finally got to the point where we agreed that we just needed to go our separate ways, Jinx's final line there of "I used to think that you could love me the way you did before, even though I'm different... but you changed, too" just... slammed into me like a ton of bricks. Not going to get into recriminations or politics with it, but... at the end of the day, neither one of us were really the person we thought the other person was. So, independent of whatever "changes" had taken place over the years, the real change was that we came to understand that neither one of us were the people we'd believed we were going into the relationship. Still, this scene is one that will always mean that little bit more to me as a result. Also... I still will never forgive them for _actually_ getting Sting to sing the final song... that was a dirty move on their part!
The ending, in addition to being a big cliffhanger, is also perfect narratively because it prevents the viewer from focusing on the least important thing. The important thing is the action, the meaning and the importance it will have for the city. It doesn't matter whether they all survive or die, because nothing would change.
This show was nearly perfectly executed, in the sense that every single new episode was better than the previous one. And this episode is the perfect culmination and pay off of all of the set up that's been done. So many incredibly great and creative imagery and symbolism in this episode, with Mel ruining the painting of her home and taking out her Family's seal from her hand, or even the devastating transition of Caitlyn's mother voting for peace into Caitlyn's pained and screaming face as he mother is about to explode...
It was extremely good, but the timeline was all over the place. Everything occurred in way too short a period, if we're to believe it all unfolded within a few days (from episode 4 onwards). Cait and Vi's side, I get, sort of, even if their relationship development moved at the speed of light. It happens when people experience multiple extreme situations together. But Jayce's storyline makes zero sense in that short of a timeframe. So, I hope they do a better job of that in season 2 (and beyond?). Otherwise, attention to detail was phenomenal in this show. Oh, and I also thought the dialogue was a bit weaker than it could've been in parts. But that's nitpicky, was really maybe a handful of scenes with questionable dialogue. The rest was adequate.
@@djx7134 " the timeline was all over the place. Everything occurred in way too short a period, if we're to believe it all unfolded within a few days (from episode 4 onwards)." People often say things like "so much is happening" or "there's so much story packed into a single season, it's great", which I think causes some confusion when it comes to serious discussion about it. Let me be the first to say it. The stuff that happened made perfect sense within the 6 days (144 hours) that act 2-3 took place in, because all of the characters are doing things at around the same times. The attack on progress day happened (day 1), so Caitlyn got Vi out of prison to help her find Jinx the next day (day 2). They went to the Undercity and got a tip to meet Sevika, Vi got stabbed in the fight that night and got help from Huck the next day. They ran into Silco, found Jinx, then got kidnapped by the Firelights that night (day 3 going to day 4). They were kept by the firelights overnight until Ekko reunited with Vi and they let Caitlyn out too, and the three of them came up with the plan to bring the gemstone to Piltover. They head across the bridge at night (Midnight, possibly?) and Marcus shoots Ekko when he shows the gemstone, and Jinx blows up the enforcers and has a fight with Ekko. The explosion, among other things, gets Silco's attention and he goes to the bridge and picks up Jinx after Vi gets Caitlyn to safety on the other side. When the sun is rising (Day 5), Jayce and Mel get up early when they hear the horn blaring and see the carnage, as Vi gets Caitlyn to her house. Vi meets Caitlyn's parents, Silco brings Jinx to Singed, and when the council finally has a meeting Vi and Jayce say that fighting is a good idea but Caitlyn and Mel disagree. While the sun is setting, Viktor starts using his newly fixed leg and kills Sky while trying to heal the rest of himself, and Vi finally finds Jayce (because as made clear in episode 7, his forge area isn't exactly close to the council chamber and she doesn't have a map), gives him a middle ground idea: "Attack the place where there are (supposedly) no innocent civilians, and take Silco down by killing his business instead of killing his people", which Jayce agrees to for obvious reasons. A few hours later (day 6, AM time?), when he's finished the hammer, Vi knows how to use the gauntlets, and they have an army of enforcers in the undercity, they attack the Shimmer factory, and Jayce accidentally kills a kid. Caitlyn then gets captured by Jinx. The two part ways and leave, with Jayce heading home to think then looking for Viktor and Vi going to find Sevika. Mel's talk with her mom happens somewhat early in the day while Viktor makes his way to the place with the dirty water to dump Sky's ashes, where Jayce finds him and talks to him about the Hexcore. Sevika kills Finn and Silco gets a message from Jayce about a peace agreement, and they meet in the afternoon. Ekko brings Heimerdinger to his place, and in the evening, Silco talks to Vander's statue about their situation. Vi fights Sevika then gets kidnapped by Jinx, and Jayce talks to the council about the agreement while the moon is coming up, where they vote in his favor and then get blown up. Sure, the fact that most of the scene with Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn, and Silco takes place before the meeting could've been more clear, but that doesn't cause the episode itself to be any less good because nobody notices anything. The fact that we don't know _why_ the characters might take hours to do something isn't a timeline issue, and whether it's an issue at all is subjective. Whatever the case, saying the timeline is "all over the place" when everything makes perfect sense outside of certain jumps is an extreme exaggeration. Also, if you are going to pretend that you are some kind of expert critic just because you think the show dropped the ball in some area while everyone else praises it, the very least you could do is pretend that you rewatched the show to back anything you said up.
@@smileyhappyface5864 It's more that the events of Jayce's storyline could never actually happen within a few days. Months at minimum. Anything less stretches suspension of disbelief to the breaking point. Also, please be a little more succinct. Time is precious. If my comments can be a little longwinded, and they're generally two brief paragraphs or less, imagine yours which is like 5x the size. 99% of people will never dedicate the time to read all that. And they're smart not to.
@@djx7134 "It's more that the events of Jayce's storyline could never actually happen within a few days. Months at minimum." Unless you are referring to how quickly the rich corrupt people responded to Jayce's measures to tighten security or Jayce getting "really good" at the political game, I don't understand what is so unbelievable about the time frame. It's clear that the way the government works in Piltover is different from most real governments and that, for better or for worse, they come to decisions way more quickly. The only reason some of it seems sudden is because, unlike the world we are currently living in, terrorist attacks were an active problem during the show and he had to make quick decisions to keep up.
Any of the cinematics from league you can watch and music videos too, most spoilers would probably be in the Champion voice lines from the game from certain characters that appeared in the show. When jayce was looking out in to the horizon the way he said the world outside of these walls, it really is a whole new ball game out there. lol
There's a lot of resignation in Jinx during her final scenes. You can see it in her eyes, her face, and her body language; if I had to guess, Jinx is likely thinking that Mylo and Vi were right, all those years ago on that terrible night: She's a jinx. And so, if she's going to be a jinx, she's going to the worst bad luck Piltover has ever experience. No truce. No negotiations. No peace. Jinx will show them all. And as for what happens next? I'm looking forward to finding out in Season 2. Thanks for the video.
Dont know if u guys so these kinds of videos but the behind the scenes docu series of Arcane its an amazing. If its not suited for the channel i'd definitely watch it in ur own time. Watching a group of artists pull everything they have into a project is really inspiring
It literally adds years to my life watching people react to Jynx bringing that platter out. What an insanely well written moment of tension, no one is safe from it.
Finn did say "There are bigger fish than Silco" which may be a reference to Renata Glasc who is a "League of Legends" champion with a similar design to Sevika and a similar philosophy and backstory to Silco, both being Chem-Barons and industrialists who use drugs and chemicals to control the underclass of Zaun and believe in loyalty and strongarming Piltover to accept the independence of Zaun. They also are amongst the few characters who see through Jinx`s "Crazy dumb girl" act. The main difference between the two is Silco conceals his criminal nature behind a philanthropist facade whilst Renata looks down on philanthropists and altruists like her pharmacist Piltie parents as weaklings in a similar vein to Ayn Rand.
As much as everyone says it is one : the ending is not a cliffhanger. We perfectly know what will happen. We know there will be war, we know Jinx is beyond saving, we know both Vi and Caitlyn will feel guilty for everything that happened, and most of all we know that the divide between Piltover and Zaun will never be greater than this. It looks like a cliffhanger but it really leaves no room for interpretation. No matter who dies and who doesn't on the council. To me it was the perfect conclusion of the season, every character ended their arc : Powder fully transitionned into Jinx, Vi finally let the past behind her and opens up to the future, Mel breaks her Medarda status once and for all, Jayce goes from following people to have actual agency and fight for the peace he always wanted deep down. It was fuckin brutal, but really good at the same time. Arcane is such a good show. Can't wait for season 2 (which is the final season by the way, they wrote the script of season 1 and 2 as one big script divided in 6 acts. If season 2 can touch season 1 level of quality, this is on track to be the best TV show ever created, and god knows I hate using superlatives)
to answer the LORE question, you guys can read and get to know whatever you want about whoever or the characters in ARCANE specifically. The game LORE will most probably be overwritten by the Show's LORE. It was kinda explained with a LORE UPDATE VIDEO that Riot made not too long ago where they pretty much said everything is CANON from the point of that LORE VIDEO... You could probably watch it on your own time to make sense of it, but in short... They want to make the SHOW LORE take charge above all their other media LOREWISE ((at least for pilt and zaun) not sure if that part was in the mentioned video but, I think... It's been a while)).
Going in blind to Arcane has become my most cherished TV cinematic experiences of my life! I'm actually a bit sad that people who are already familiar with LoL characters and lore would not be able to experience Arcane the way that I did. I'm avoiding most lore type videos regarding league and Arcane so personally I'm super excited to be going into Arcane Season 2 blind as well.
@@sofreshsogreen People used to ask if you need to play the game. No, it's better if you don't, in more ways than one (the game kinda sucks to play, it's a good game but extremely frustrating in nature, definite net negative for most personality types).
@@gizel4376 sure there are spoilers, but im making the point that it will get overwritten by the show at some point. (edit: WILL is a strong word so MIGHT is probably more suited, bcs no one but riot knows)
@@dariuspavlis4309character will still end becoming what they are in game, for some character it's minor spoil, for other it's massive. but more importantly is that considering how end the original bromance of Jayce and Viktor, it's very likelly that something similar will happen, the new version just gonna make it more hearthbreaking, that's the one story i wouldn't want to spoil anyone about
If you want "non spoiler" potential content Season Intros, Champion Teasers and Music videos are cool to watch, like "Get Jinxed", "Piltover and Zaun: True Genius", "Ekko: Seconds", "Target Practice: Caitlyn and Jayce", "Ekko's Arrival". If you consider "common lol knowledge" like stuff people who play the game know spoilers, (like the teaser at the end of this episode/the season 2 teaser trailer character) then stick to the characters you know. It won't spoil anything, they are just fun. Though If you don't care, I would suggest looking up the season 2 trailer and watching both (Wild Rift and League of Legends) his Champion Trailers, because they're very cool.
Jinx didntchose to shoot Silco, it was pure reflex,. Out of nowhere there is a massive threat to your sisters life, you have ili-seconds to act, you you dont think, you just act. Like putting you hand on a ho plate, you will remove your hand before you even realize you burned yourself. Instinct, straight up-
Lore comes in here when it comes to speculation: Victor is already a walking gem, who if attacked, can defend himself, as Jayce and Vi did in combat, creating a bubble. In Lore, Mel belongs to some family sagas that wield powers (I don't know which ones) but the shine of his golden armor, and the fact that he notices the presence of the rocket...who knows. Maybe Jayce is carrying a gem. And pay attention to the image of the laboratory by Singed. There is a great story there. But if they look for her in Lore, they will spoil one of the best surprises of the second season, if not the best. Better wait. In a few months they will release the second one. It will be a better reaction if they don't investigate.
Jinx didnt meant to end anyone. Vi was unknowingly summoning her demons (remember mylo, vander etc). Silco couldnt take the torture his daughter was put through and he wanted to stop that so he tried to shoot Vi, and Jinx acted out of reflex. Jinx carried out Silco's plan at the end. The series isnt trully a cliff hanger, its the end of a chapter. Its jinx origin story. All characters closed their arcs. Now the war will unfold.
Nah, Jinx did the opposite of what Silco wanted. He didn't want a war because he knew that Zaun would lose, 100%. And that was before Jayce started weaponizing hextech, which makes the power imbalance even worse. In fact, the only way Zaun achieves independence is via Noxus in the current state of things. And it's not great to be indebted to anyone from there ... Jinx was just lashing out at Piltover. She had no plan, and only thought of Silco in the context of revenge. She couldn't care less about Zaun or his dream.
Yeah, it was pretty interesting that she went along with Silco's complete abandonment of peace talks when he said "They can all BURN". A neat moment was when you recall the vague command Silco gave Jinx to "Complete the weapon" as she tearfully and reluctantly gave in after hurting Silco with the eye stabber. Then all these episodes later, after hurting Silco again, she tearfully complies in using the weapon. The writers are just SO good at planting these payoff seeds for people who pay attention and don't ramble on about bizarre tangents.
i really recommend the youtube series of the making of arcane, is super good and you can see all the authors have to do to make this amazing serie became a reality
I would check out the Imagine Dragons official video for Enemy, it sort of has like prequel like quality to it showing the characters before episode 1 ( but past the prologue). Shows better times before the tragedy starts.
I think it also gives an insight into how Powder actually thinks. In the music video, the "Jinx" we see doesn't seem like she's tortured and mentally ill - it's just "older Powder" who is confident and capable - i.e. it's what Powder wants to grow up to be. By the main timeline of the season, my thought is that she thinks of her Powder aspect as being weak and ineffective, and the Jinx aspect as strong and effective. Both have massive trauma and behavioural problems, which she'd prefer not to have, but I don't think it's their defining difference in her mind. Artists be arting, even in a music video.
Not really a lore vid but the BTS documentary Bridging the Rift that Riot produced is well worth watching, lots of cool stuff in there. It's a 5 part series on youtube.
While we don't know exactly what's coming in season 2, there are some plot points (regarding two characters' ultimate fate, specifically) that will get spoiled if you dig into the lore.
We do not know what happened to Vander's body. Why does Mel's back gold plates which are under her dress and blocked by the tall chair she's sitting on shine before impact?
If I could suggest a new series to watch I'd just LOVE to see your reaction to "The Apothecary Diaries" it's a wholesome and funny yet brutal anime set in 15th century China with cunning main character and many mysteries that I think you would love too
100% do not watch other material from League of Legends if you want to go in blind to character progressions. No spoilers of course, but for people who might disagree. If you look up anything about Ekko, you will be spoiled.
Vi and Sevika's fight caused such a ruckus, beams of light exploding out of the goddamn bar, I'm surprised Jinx was the only one to show up and a crowd didn't form Edit: Your reactions to Jinx's "I made her a snack" moment was PRICELESS
You could react to "Get Jinxed" it´s a music video for Jinx from her relase as a champion in league, it doesn´t have lore but it´s a really cool MV and portrays very well Jinx
arcane/league world is so big that you can watch lore videos without seeing a single spoiler for season 2. Also, season 1 really changed a lot of already established lore so even if you get "spoiled" with something that the game has, it's possible that is going to be different. They already said arcane is canon so they really want to fix all the lore inconsistencies, but maybe we still get a different story, which would mean that that would be the new canon story. I suggest shambits gaming lore playlist, it has videos on different regions, and none of them are piltover/zaun (yet), so you can avoid spoilers as long as the video isn't about piltover/zaun characters. But for example, the cinematics that has Jinx on them don't really spoil anything. Also check out both season 2teasers and the Behind the scenes miniseries, it's only 5 episodes on Riot games youtube channel, so don't need to worry about copyright issues (as far as I've seen from other reactors).
I don’t blame Jayce in the slightest for his first instinct being to put the weapons down and talk after accidentally killing a kid. If I accidentally killed a child, I’d probably immediately stop whatever I was doing and question everything I’d ever done in life - before probably ending my own. That’s a level of shame, guilt, and haunting that most of us will likely never experience.
Notice how all the disturbing voices in her head go completely silent after she kills Silicone. In accepting herself as Jinx all her inner conflict disappears.
I would watch the season cinematics and the legends of runeterra if you’re interested. Legends of runeterra and Arcane are the only things Riot has confirmed to be “the new canon”. You can read up on some of the champions and lore stories too if you want but all that is just lore and not to be considered canon anymore as Riot has come out and said they will start clearing up what’s canon and what’s not. And all the stuff they will now release starting with season 2 of arcane will all be considered canon so there is no more confusion on what’s canon and what’s not.
The main point about the peace treaty, which everyone somehow misses, is that Silko could ONLY complete the deal BY PUTTING JINX UNDER ARREST. And he said at the "dinner" that he wasn't going to do it. So the fact that Jinx fired at the council at the end only made the conflict grow more rapidly.
I'd say Silco could've weaseled his way into giving another concession over time. It might've taken a few weeks to iron out the details, but I'm sure he could've gotten what he wanted while keeping Jinx too, though there might be provisions to her caretaking, like consent to monitoring or something. He was a savvy guy, and Jayce is far from a shrewd negotiator while most the council just wants to wash hands of Zaun at the end of the day. I'd put money on Silco over them. Only Mel could rival him at the table, but she wasn't especially vengeful and would just side with Jayce. Jinx isn't worth an armed conflict. Jinx screwed Silco's plan and his dream completely.
I remember a comment say this about the show: "Arcane is the definition of 'We are all the villain in someone else's story'. And I think that perfectly sums it all up.
every single person is my enemy.
@@junaspalms everyone's my opp
Tbf the main villain would likely just be whoever is the villain to the most people
@@junaspalms”you have no enemies”
-Thors
@@jakefromstatefarm7527 the vikings are in Freljord bro
‘In the pursuit to do great, we failed to do good’
SUCH A FUCKIN BAR
You definitely should watch the making of: Arcane: Bridging the rift. Almost as good as the series itself. There are five episodes and I wish there were more!
Seconded. Brilliant companion piece to the show
I got as emotional watching that documentary as I got watching the series itself at times. Seeing all the people that worked so hard on this get rewarded felt so good.
Also shows how close Arcane came to never existing.
It is very well made, and eases withdrawal symptoms from Arcane itself.
OMG yes. The son and the dad? It's so beautiful! @@SmiIePIease
7:07 I really like this full circle moment from the 2nd episode where Victor stopped Jayce from killing himself after he was banned from researching
I like that theme about the *"undoing as a daughter"* as Silco said presents itself as the vulnerability that comes from being a parental figure, as shown with multiple sets of characters - Silco with Jinx; Vander with Vi and Powder; Mama Medarda with Mel; Marcus with his daughter.
man, silco talking to vander's statue broke my heart. doesnt excuse everything he did, but god damn.
That´s good writing
@@Lesak2 youre goddamn right
@@Lesak2 If you knew the history of how Piltover came to be and how Zaun was reduced to a crime-infested, impoverished and polluted undercity, you`d have a hard time dismissing people like Silco, Finn, Sevika, Singed and Jinx as "The bad guys".
one can also argue that when powder/jinx is having the psychotic break; is that it is vi that is causing it (even though vi thinks she's reminding her of the old, good times), its reminding her of killing her family, while silco is desperately trying to tell jinx not to listen because he knows her trauma and triggers. silco did care for jinx, as vi did for powder. there was only an ounce of powder left and that little bit of her killed silco to saved vi, but in turn it killed what was left of powder. masterfully written.
I see where you are coming from, but Silco is also urging Jinx to "finish it" - i.e. kill Vi and/or Caitlyn - Silco's version of care, however real, is deeply broken.
@@Hohum37 definitely, silco is ruthless.
@@larawalker i wouldnt say he is that ruthless. Afterall, he spared young powder, he spared the chem lady even, only killing Fin. He didnt intend to kill Vander at first. If Vander agreed to his plan, he wouldn't have killed him.
Silco only ended those who were an absolute threat to his Zaun plans. He is ruthless similar to Mel's mom... but not psychotic.
@@darkwillow1451 that's why I said ruthless, not psychotic, lol. Also he didn't kill Finn, sevika did. He only has a soft spot for jinx, he's pretty unforgiving to others. Also he did say "kill them" after the bomb explosions in episode 3, so I don't think he gives a hoot about vi or anyone trying to stand on his way.
i agree with the first half, but i dont agree with powder killing silco, i think it was jinx who in her trauma panic attack shot on instinct at the gun sound and as usual jinxed it, and ruined it yet again, but that despite that silco still thinks shes perfect as jinx, and thats why she accepts herself as jinx, doing it for him in a way aswell.
The world is so big as long as you avoid videos on Piltover and Zaun you won't really be spoiled. It's crazy how tiny these cities are on the grand scale of things.
They are pretty much the "afterthought" region, in a lot of ways. Almost insignificant compared to all the lower-tech, more medieval/early renaissance regions. I did notice they started giving more non-P&Z, non-Bilgewater champions guns, which is good, because it makes no sense for Piltover to have laser cannons while Demacian soldiers run around with spears and swords. Like, what the hell are you guys doing? One would think Noxus would've gone full rifle-bearing infantry by now, along with whatever magic they can get their hands on.
For a competitive MOBA it's fine, because hardly anyone cares about the lore, but in other mediums, the titanic tech discrepancy makes no sense.
There is a reason for that. Noxus has access to gun power that is why they have guns (Although it's still limited. That is why most of the normal soldiers can't use it). Demacia on the other hand doesn't have any of that nor do they have the technology. They would still beat Piltover though. Their army is way more advanced in other areas.@@djx7134
@@djx7134 'Get Jinxed' should be safe as it doesn't really show anything Arcane doesn't. And the official "Enemy" video as well. "Bridging the Rift" series about the making of Arcane, yes 100x yes
The show is meant for players of the game there are no spoilers technically, not to mention that the plot itself is all original..
@@djx7134 Noxus is one of the regions that actually does regularly use guns. It makes absolutely no sense for Demacia, though, who don't even use magic. I guess they have dragons, hypocrites that they are.
The music video for "Enemy" has some extra content scenes that are great. Watching the video for "Get Jinxed" should be ok to watch too, that's Jinx's song that is playing in the background in ep 4 when Silco comes into her room/shop.
Giants by True Damage is a great choice too.
I quite like that this episode shows how Vi doesn't really understand Jinx, even if she has good intentions. Telling her to remember Mylo, Clagger and Vander not realising that in her mind they are evil fantoms that haunted her all the years, quite the opposite from "Remember all the good times we had together!". Meanwhile Silco wanted her to forget about them and move on free from burdens of the past.
Vi only saw Jinx for a grand total of like 10 minutes since getting out, and maybe 2 of those were spent conversing on an even footing (ie, not strapped to a chair). Of course she couldn't understand. But Silco's the one who turned her into that creature. Could've sent her to the academy with all his drug money. She could've been the mafia princess in an ivory tower, instead of in the streets shooting people. Heimer would've loved to have another genius Zaunite under his wing. He was really proud of Viktor.
But Silco had other ideas. I think he perceived Jinx as the personification of Zaun's beautiful chaos, because he certainly didn't promote the well-being of the actual person. It's not as though Silco is above using Piltover when it's convenient. He marched right up to the sheriff's house. Could've kept an apartment there easily.
@@djx7134 Good points, it's hard not to romanticize Silco a bit in context of the show but objectively he's far from father of the year and definitely is a bad influence on Jinx as a whole
@@NekoJet91 Yeah, it's fine to say he loved Jinx. In one way or another, that's clearly evident and irrefutable. But sooo many people turned that into "Silco was such a great dad". Which ... well, maybe that explains why there are so many maladjusted people roaming around in real life, if they think someone that toxic and clueless about parenting was great.
@@djx7134 the thing about Silco is that the reason behind his love for Jinx is also the reason why he ended up hurting her. As she said he thinks it's the same as when Vander left him, from his point of view his way of coping ("become what they fear" speech) is a good one because it benefited him. He managed to survive, amass power, get closer to his goal. He would never have sent Jinx to Piltover because the reason he cares about her is that he sees himself in her, and going to Piltover is not something he'd want for himself. I definitely believe Silco had this weird idealization of Jinx as if she were, as you said, the personification of Zaun but also a personification of his ideal. He said it himself, for him recklessness, the will to do anything to achieve power is far better than intelligence or strength. Jinx doesn't pursue power but she has no boundaries and he admires that.
What's amazing about this show is the inevitability. All characters act according to the information they have, their past and the way their environment shaped them. The last episode highlights that; even if Vi had killed Cait, Jinx would never have become powder. To Vi understand Jinx, it'd have needed a completely different plot. To Silco being a good influence, it'd have needed an entirely different backstory. Even when Jinx chooses her chair, it sounds like fate. She didn't want to kill Silco, it was an accident, so that means that once again she jinxed everything. It's an emancipation and a tragedy.
@@jagartha Yes, he probably thought staying in Zaun while working as his enforcer (AKA, brute, bully, and assassin) was better for her, but only in the sense that he thinks being unhealthy and mentally decimated is the proper way to go through life. He had to realize that her mental health was completely shot. How could you not? It takes 3 whole minutes with the character from the start of episode 4 onward for the barely attentive viewer to understand that the girl is more miserable than ever before, barely hanging on by a thread. She literally tries to kill herself in episode 7. Even Silco had to know that this is not the sort of life anyone should want for themselves.
Hell, even if he hates Piltover, send her to a neighboring institution. It's not like Piltover has the only academic facilities around, even if it's the best. Surely there are other options. He seemed to make zero attempts to procure a better life for her. IRL, mobsters send their kids to Ivy League schools. Rarely do they strap them down with guns and explosives and point them toward the enemy.
BTW, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with Silco's character writing. It makes perfect sense. I'm just saying that Silco's idea of love may be a lot different than the conventional IRL 21st century idea.
Yeah to Powder, Caitlin was the monster she needed her big sister to scare away.
I highly recommend you guys also make reactions to "bridging the rift", its a documentary about arcane production
The sighing and face palming of 25:00 onward is so relatable, and probably 99% of the reason I watch Arcane reactions. Also, just so you guys know, re: 28:59 - they actually added a control slider on her 3d model to be able to animate her _between_ Jinx and Powder. Like at value 0, it's Powder (rounder, the chin is dimpled), and value 1 it's Jinx (sharper, longer, eyes disproportionately tilted), but the almost never like 'snap' it between the two points, instead choosing various points along its arc to define her journey between the two mental states.
By the end, I don't even think it's 100% Jinx, but once Silco dies, it never seems to drop below 50%. It's _so clever_
Sevika is loyal to no one, she's loyal to the cause
A thing that a lot of people misses: When Viktor says "we have to destroy it" Jayce looks at the hammer and agrees before he says "the hexcore". Also I love that they waited the whole music to see if there was any post credit scene.
"How does Jinx do to be batmanning everyone every two seconds?"
Jinx: "That's simple. I'm Batman!"
watch bridging the rift after this, it's a 5 part making of series that shows what went into making this show
3:52 "That was not... a very good child to kill" is definitely one of the phrases of all time
Congrats on finishing season one. You want a list of what to watch next, here you go.
Must Watch/react:
Enemy Music Video
Bridging the Rift
Twitter teaser and first teaser for season 2.
If you want to watch/react:
Any league cinematics or music videos
Worth watching at some point:
Any of Schnee's video essays on Arcane. They are amazing and will really grow your appreciation for the show.
Schnee is amazing
Enemy music video is a must have
Blue Eye Samurai, Scavengers Reign, Pantheon. All grade A animation and storytelling!
Scavenger's Reign was amazing. Blue Eye Samurai too. Animation has been on a roll for a while now
I *absolutely* agree on the first two, not seen the third - will look for it now though!
pantheon was good but nowhere near arcane tbh, as for the other two i have no idea
@@bruh-bd3ll Arcane is top tier 100%. Blue Eye is closer in animation style to Arcane and has a phenomenal tale of revenge with a great supporting cast and interwoven stories.
Scavengers Reign is SciFi with kind of a “basic” animation style but the mind fuckery they do with it is incredible. Worth watching if you look up into space and wonder what’d it could really be like out there. Great first season and hope it gets renewed.
@@KeangoDLuke It’s so wonderful to be experiencing this new Golden Age of animation.
Blue Eye Samurai, highly recommend
If you liked arcane - check out the series about making the series😅 it s called “Bridging the Rift” - it’s a great story of its own❤
This, totally this! Watching Bridging The Rift would make them appreciate even more the masterpiece that Arcane is. Such a care for details, love and hard work dedicated to create this show MUST be appreciated.
I think Savika is loyal to Zaun's Independance, not Silco specifically. Silco is just the path to that goal. That's why she betrayed Vander and why she didn't betray Silco.
She actually low-key threatened Silco after lighter dude (forgot his name) bit the dust. "... but he won't be the last". Implying that if someone better DOES come around, she would kill Silco no problemo.
So yeah, your assessment of Sevika is obviously correct.
@@djx7134 His name was Finn, a Chem-Baron of Ionian descent and the leader of the Slickjaws gang in Zaun(Also, his VA Miyavi was the backup vocals on the song "Sharks.")
i think it was jinx who in her trauma panic attack shot on instinct at the gun sound and as usual jinxed it, and ruined it yet again, but that despite that silco still thinks shes perfect as jinx, and thats why she accepts herself as jinx, doing it for him in a way aswell.
also the bigger fish line comes from ep 8 between finn and sevika
Watch cinematics! Not like Season 2 would show anything of those, and theyre incredible on their own. Thats how Arcane came to be after all, bc the cinematics were so good
I feel like its a misinterpretation of Jayce, alot of people side with Vi beginning this episode thinking he is trying to hide. He says that 'this is over' as in the method of taking down Silco through violence and aggression. He doesn't want more bloodshed, which cmon, no one can see his side? Vander's words for Vi just didn't ever sink in, "no one wins in war" , "who are you willing to lose". The parallels of this scene and real life politics are eerily similar. Its easy to side with the violent renegade.
Jayce gets held to a much higher standard of competence than Vi, as does Vi compared to Jinx and Silco. And Mel gets held to the highest standard of all - she's vilified for the heinous crime of, uh, being a clever politician who enjoys sex. But at least the fans are consistent in that the underprivileged characters are held to baby standards while the privileged can't do anything right.
Oh, and Viktor was another one they make excuses for, even though he legit murdered someone, albeit by accident. Manslaughtered. He manslaughtered the girl.
@@djx7134 makes you wonder if it was even reported, or just dump her ashes and dont tell, kinda deplorable, but do love Viktor in ways.
@@N-Stormwood I also love Viktor. I like pretty much all the characters, even two-bit scumbags like Lighter Man, even though I can't remember his name at the moment. But I try not to let my enjoyment of the character blind me as to what they really are. For a lot of people, how much they like the character determines the validity/morality of their behaviors, not the other way around. It's a strange way to perceive the world, even fiction, but, hey, who am I to say they're wrong? It's just a TV show, not a court of law. Just strikes me as a bit strange and amusing.
@@N-Stormwood I mean he was going to kill himself. I think wondering if he reported the accident is a little redundant.
@@djx7134 I was with until Victor. Most people don't hold it against someone for something that isn't their fault. She's not supposed to be their no one is it was just bad luck and manslaughter would imply he did something to cause her death. He didn't she ran to him and was absorbed by the core.
Concerning what you said in the beginning about watching "details " videos and stuff i dont think its a really good idea because their's a lot of spoilers what i would recommend tho and would love to see you react to is the mini series riot made called "bridging the rift " its a 5 episodes long documentary about the creation of the show and its extremely well made and interesting ❤
I think its pretty safe do dip into stuff like cinematics from the game and reveals of its characters. Riot wants to turn Arcane into *the* unified canon of the game but they are still *really*, like *really really*, far away from effectively making that happen. The closest you would come to actual spoiler territory from the base lore of the game would be by specifically getting into the backstories and lore of Piltover/Zaun characters and even then there are some sizeable differences when it comes to some of them and others are relatively similar. The conflicts of the 2 regions are at the very least, very thematically similar to the one presented in the show, as far as i know, though some of the specifics are different, and they are also way more, i guess "extra" would be a close word to what im thinking of (?). What i mean is there's a significantly bigger presence of "larger than life" characters even in these 2 specific regions in the game itself, so naturally the conflict also adopts a more "fantastical" element to it, than the more grounded approach you will see in the show.
That being said, most of the cinematics onbly vaguely alude to some lore, and dont even quite fit into, at least new season cinematics, and they take the opportunity to show off the characters and what they are generally about in as spoiler free an environment as you can get. Think you guys would have a lot of fun reacting to those at least, if you ever felt like it.
Then if any character peaked your interest all you'd have to ask is "Are they from Piltover/Zaun" and if the answer is no, you are good to go, since Arcane is focused on the conflict between the 2 cities specifically. There is a hint of outside interference through the presence of Mel's mom, but i vaguely remember hearing the writers clarify that Arcane is still gona be mostly self contained in these 2 cities, the conflict between them and the characters that inhabit them being very much the *core* of the story they are telling.
TL;DR: Season cinematics are a really good place to start, as spoiler free an environment as possible to get to know some of the other characters that inhabit the world, maybe dip into specific character cinematics, hell even some of their soundtracks as well, some them will surprise you.
About Carson's thought of another bigger crime boss than Silco: It wasn't mentioned in this episode, but Finn (lighter guy) did say to Sevika that there are bigger fish than Silco. Whether that means outsiders or another crime boss we don't know.
Oh yeah, this cliffhanger is truely insane, I was audibly screaming first time watching it, especially since Mel is my favorite character.
Now as for the "go read the lore", we don't actually know what's going to happen in season 2 ! We know the end point (or rather the middle) of a lot of these characters, with "current" in-game Vi, Cait or Jayce being closer to 30 than their age in the show, but we have no idea how exactly they got there !
Similarly, a lot of characters were introduced with Arcane, such as the Medarda family, Viktor's assistant or even Silko himself !
Poor Mel was really underrated. People got it into their heads that she was some evil conniving seductress, when really there was no evidence of any of that. Even the "she seduced Jayce!" claims were kinda ... why would she need to seduce Jayce for material gain? She is already the richest, most influential person in PO, and he was already doing everything she asked. She just wanted to get laid, that's it. But there are still so many viewers who never let go of that first impression, for whatever reason.
@@djx7134 Indeed. I think Arcane has layers, and it takes several re-watches and a lot of discussion to track them all down. Being willing to adjust your initial reaction to a character/situation is key.
@@djx7134 Her making a surprised Pikachu face when he opens up to her after sex kind of shows she absolutely was manipulating him at least until that point.
@@djx7134 What I love in fiction usually, is when expectations are subverted, and this is precisely what happened so often in Arcane.
Mel is a perfect example of it. Started the show thinking she was gonna be the classic political antagonist manipulating our heroes (because of so many pieces of fiction overusing this trope, and because that's what Arcane tricks you into believing), but as the episodes advanced, I started realizing : "wait she hasn't done anything wrong yet tho ?"
And instead of manipulating Jayce she opened up to him and actually she listened to *his* advice and demands in two different occasions, when he voted out Heimerdinger and at the end when he made a deal with Silco.
Anyway Mel's great, an absolute pleasure to watch every single one of her scenes.
@@mrcroob8563 Or just thought it was more of a casual thing but suddenly realized that maybe it wasn't, actually.
What would she be using him for? Sex? Okay, there's nothing wrong with that, unless it's coerced somehow. Which, it wasn't. They were at an equal level at that point. Money? No. Prestige? No. It's not as though he was being resistant to her advice in the first place. He followed her suggestions like she was his instructor for politics 101. So what's the incentive?
the best cinematic of the videogame is call "Annie Origins" but i suggest not watch it first because its the best of all, actually the group of people who made the serie are the group who made the most Videogames cinematics as well, they've been working together for years
1:50 I feel like Vi's criticism is valid towards the higher-ups in general but not so much towards Jayce in particular. He could have handled things better but still he's been on the council for like a week and he's already down here fighting Silco himself like, WTF you mean "stuck your head in the dirt"? 😶
Finallyy the last episode of arcane, now we only have to wait for the next part. I'm so excited for season two.
Watch "bridging the rift" from league of legends. Its a 5 episode documentary on how they made this show and its sooo good!! I love it to death
Most episodes ended like a cliff hanger and it still never prepared me for the end.
Вот она концовка, которая заставляет тебя молчать и смотреть с мурашками на теле
Концовка окрашена всеми красками наших эмоций
Благодарю за видос
Regarding Arcane/LoL videos, watch the Enemy music video, the Jinx reveal trailer, and the videos for The Call and Warriors. None of them should have spoilers unless you consider just knowing characters exist that may or may not show up in S2 as spoilers.
Time to watch bridging the rift with the rest of us to cope with the remaining wait time for next season. Don’t. Forget to check out both teaser trailers! 😅
Jinx: I made your girlfriend a snack.
Vi: She's always a snack.
Jinx: What?
Vi: What?
also, Jinx made a cupcake for Vi's "Cupcake" isn't Jinx such a good little sister.
I personally think Mel is gone, which is another perfect reason to tie her mother in so much in the story beforehand. Really would give some strong motivations for Jayce and her mother going forward, no matter where this will take them.
Furthermore, I think Mel had a good character arc as she laid down her family ring to vote for peace for her true home Piltover, instead of supporting the warring ways of her old home Noxus. Where before she still dreamed of returning to Noxus (the motive of her paintings), having finally proven herself enough to be accepted back home and be accepted as a Merdada. She finally trust her merciful side as being correct.
I am sad, though. I think Mel is an excellent Character.
There is a music video the animation studio released prior to this season premiere, u would like with no spoilers.
One of the best first seasons of a show I’ve seen! Loved this series
Just adding to the group statement that you can watch anything, while the universe is united, it's still its own space that references the rest. As someone who was deep in lore prior to Arcane there was very very little I knew going in and could predict throughout. I knew who the characters were but it still felt like i was seeing actors I admired playing new roles, they were familiar but also so different.
As for reccomending videos, watch all the music stuff, and honesty any of the videos from Riot themselves. The majority of the "impactful" lore is in the material you can read.
It feels like a crazy cliffhanger in the moment you watch it and leaves many questions open but I also think it was an amazing ending even if if there was only 1 season
So, I'm going to start with my recommendation and then get into the heavy part of my post XD My favorite Arcane "analyst" has been Schnee. His video on Ekko really drove home that character as just... my favorite character of the entire show. Either way, what's good about him is that he speaks from the perspective of someone watching the show, not from a League lore-fiend first and foremost.
This episode is one that has... meant far more to me than I ever expected it to. A little over a year after this show came out, my wife and I were going through a lot of struggle and conflict, and when we finally got to the point where we agreed that we just needed to go our separate ways, Jinx's final line there of "I used to think that you could love me the way you did before, even though I'm different... but you changed, too" just... slammed into me like a ton of bricks. Not going to get into recriminations or politics with it, but... at the end of the day, neither one of us were really the person we thought the other person was. So, independent of whatever "changes" had taken place over the years, the real change was that we came to understand that neither one of us were the people we'd believed we were going into the relationship. Still, this scene is one that will always mean that little bit more to me as a result. Also... I still will never forgive them for _actually_ getting Sting to sing the final song... that was a dirty move on their part!
i love how the studio made the exact time to everyone have time to ay something like "THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS HOW IT ENDS" before the credits go up
The ending, in addition to being a big cliffhanger, is also perfect narratively because it prevents the viewer from focusing on the least important thing. The important thing is the action, the meaning and the importance it will have for the city. It doesn't matter whether they all survive or die, because nothing would change.
This show was nearly perfectly executed, in the sense that every single new episode was better than the previous one.
And this episode is the perfect culmination and pay off of all of the set up that's been done.
So many incredibly great and creative imagery and symbolism in this episode, with Mel ruining the painting of her home and taking out her Family's seal from her hand, or even the devastating transition of Caitlyn's mother voting for peace into Caitlyn's pained and screaming face as he mother is about to explode...
It was extremely good, but the timeline was all over the place. Everything occurred in way too short a period, if we're to believe it all unfolded within a few days (from episode 4 onwards). Cait and Vi's side, I get, sort of, even if their relationship development moved at the speed of light. It happens when people experience multiple extreme situations together. But Jayce's storyline makes zero sense in that short of a timeframe.
So, I hope they do a better job of that in season 2 (and beyond?). Otherwise, attention to detail was phenomenal in this show.
Oh, and I also thought the dialogue was a bit weaker than it could've been in parts. But that's nitpicky, was really maybe a handful of scenes with questionable dialogue. The rest was adequate.
@@djx7134 " the timeline was all over the place. Everything occurred in way too short a period, if we're to believe it all unfolded within a few days (from episode 4 onwards)."
People often say things like "so much is happening" or "there's so much story packed into a single season, it's great", which I think causes some confusion when it comes to serious discussion about it. Let me be the first to say it. The stuff that happened made perfect sense within the 6 days (144 hours) that act 2-3 took place in, because all of the characters are doing things at around the same times.
The attack on progress day happened (day 1), so Caitlyn got Vi out of prison to help her find Jinx the next day (day 2). They went to the Undercity and got a tip to meet Sevika, Vi got stabbed in the fight that night and got help from Huck the next day. They ran into Silco, found Jinx, then got kidnapped by the Firelights that night (day 3 going to day 4). They were kept by the firelights overnight until Ekko reunited with Vi and they let Caitlyn out too, and the three of them came up with the plan to bring the gemstone to Piltover.
They head across the bridge at night (Midnight, possibly?) and Marcus shoots Ekko when he shows the gemstone, and Jinx blows up the enforcers and has a fight with Ekko. The explosion, among other things, gets Silco's attention and he goes to the bridge and picks up Jinx after Vi gets Caitlyn to safety on the other side. When the sun is rising (Day 5), Jayce and Mel get up early when they hear the horn blaring and see the carnage, as Vi gets Caitlyn to her house. Vi meets Caitlyn's parents, Silco brings Jinx to Singed, and when the council finally has a meeting Vi and Jayce say that fighting is a good idea but Caitlyn and Mel disagree.
While the sun is setting, Viktor starts using his newly fixed leg and kills Sky while trying to heal the rest of himself, and Vi finally finds Jayce (because as made clear in episode 7, his forge area isn't exactly close to the council chamber and she doesn't have a map), gives him a middle ground idea: "Attack the place where there are (supposedly) no innocent civilians, and take Silco down by killing his business instead of killing his people", which Jayce agrees to for obvious reasons. A few hours later (day 6, AM time?), when he's finished the hammer, Vi knows how to use the gauntlets, and they have an army of enforcers in the undercity, they attack the Shimmer factory, and Jayce accidentally kills a kid. Caitlyn then gets captured by Jinx.
The two part ways and leave, with Jayce heading home to think then looking for Viktor and Vi going to find Sevika. Mel's talk with her mom happens somewhat early in the day while Viktor makes his way to the place with the dirty water to dump Sky's ashes, where Jayce finds him and talks to him about the Hexcore. Sevika kills Finn and Silco gets a message from Jayce about a peace agreement, and they meet in the afternoon. Ekko brings Heimerdinger to his place, and in the evening, Silco talks to Vander's statue about their situation. Vi fights Sevika then gets kidnapped by Jinx, and Jayce talks to the council about the agreement while the moon is coming up, where they vote in his favor and then get blown up.
Sure, the fact that most of the scene with Jinx, Vi, Caitlyn, and Silco takes place before the meeting could've been more clear, but that doesn't cause the episode itself to be any less good because nobody notices anything. The fact that we don't know _why_ the characters might take hours to do something isn't a timeline issue, and whether it's an issue at all is subjective. Whatever the case, saying the timeline is "all over the place" when everything makes perfect sense outside of certain jumps is an extreme exaggeration. Also, if you are going to pretend that you are some kind of expert critic just because you think the show dropped the ball in some area while everyone else praises it, the very least you could do is pretend that you rewatched the show to back anything you said up.
@@smileyhappyface5864 It's more that the events of Jayce's storyline could never actually happen within a few days. Months at minimum. Anything less stretches suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.
Also, please be a little more succinct. Time is precious. If my comments can be a little longwinded, and they're generally two brief paragraphs or less, imagine yours which is like 5x the size. 99% of people will never dedicate the time to read all that. And they're smart not to.
@@smileyhappyface5864 lmao why are u so offended with someone's else respectful opinion. that's a lot of text my dude
@@djx7134 "It's more that the events of Jayce's storyline could never actually happen within a few days. Months at minimum."
Unless you are referring to how quickly the rich corrupt people responded to Jayce's measures to tighten security or Jayce getting "really good" at the political game, I don't understand what is so unbelievable about the time frame.
It's clear that the way the government works in Piltover is different from most real governments and that, for better or for worse, they come to decisions way more quickly. The only reason some of it seems sudden is because, unlike the world we are currently living in, terrorist attacks were an active problem during the show and he had to make quick decisions to keep up.
Blue eye samurai is really good too
Any of the cinematics from league you can watch and music videos too, most spoilers would probably be in the Champion voice lines from the game from certain characters that appeared in the show. When jayce was looking out in to the horizon the way he said the world outside of these walls, it really is a whole new ball game out there. lol
I would strongly recommend the behind the scenes called briding the rift, it's on yt. Of cause without spoilers
You should 100% check out the Arcane Enemy music video
There's a lot of resignation in Jinx during her final scenes. You can see it in her eyes, her face, and her body language; if I had to guess, Jinx is likely thinking that Mylo and Vi were right, all those years ago on that terrible night:
She's a jinx.
And so, if she's going to be a jinx, she's going to the worst bad luck Piltover has ever experience.
No truce. No negotiations. No peace.
Jinx will show them all. And as for what happens next? I'm looking forward to finding out in Season 2.
Thanks for the video.
People's reaction to how the season ends is always fucking beautiful.
I think you would really enjoy Apothecary diaries, would be cool to see your reaction.
If you can, please watch bridging the rift, it talks about how to show was made
Dont know if u guys so these kinds of videos but the behind the scenes docu series of Arcane its an amazing. If its not suited for the channel i'd definitely watch it in ur own time. Watching a group of artists pull everything they have into a project is really inspiring
I wonder why mel's gold armor glowed right before the bomb hit. seems like it activated to protect her or something,,
It literally adds years to my life watching people react to Jynx bringing that platter out. What an insanely well written moment of tension, no one is safe from it.
Finn did say "There are bigger fish than Silco" which may be a reference to Renata Glasc who is a "League of Legends" champion with a similar design to Sevika and a similar philosophy and backstory to Silco, both being Chem-Barons and industrialists who use drugs and chemicals to control the underclass of Zaun and believe in loyalty and strongarming Piltover to accept the independence of Zaun. They also are amongst the few characters who see through Jinx`s "Crazy dumb girl" act. The main difference between the two is Silco conceals his criminal nature behind a philanthropist facade whilst Renata looks down on philanthropists and altruists like her pharmacist Piltie parents as weaklings in a similar vein to Ayn Rand.
1 more thing that might happen in the council room - jayce does have his hammer on him, and we saw that it can generate some sort of force field
You should check out made in abyss or mob Pyscho 100.. both are great
they already reacted to mob 100
@@coolcat1824 oh thanks😊
Really enjoyed your reaction! Writing this before the discussion, but you should watch bridging the rift!
Catlyn is a cupecake XD and that was under the chef stuff
23:14 he said this when they met for the first time 😭
As much as everyone says it is one : the ending is not a cliffhanger.
We perfectly know what will happen. We know there will be war, we know Jinx is beyond saving, we know both Vi and Caitlyn will feel guilty for everything that happened, and most of all we know that the divide between Piltover and Zaun will never be greater than this.
It looks like a cliffhanger but it really leaves no room for interpretation. No matter who dies and who doesn't on the council. To me it was the perfect conclusion of the season, every character ended their arc : Powder fully transitionned into Jinx, Vi finally let the past behind her and opens up to the future, Mel breaks her Medarda status once and for all, Jayce goes from following people to have actual agency and fight for the peace he always wanted deep down.
It was fuckin brutal, but really good at the same time. Arcane is such a good show. Can't wait for season 2 (which is the final season by the way, they wrote the script of season 1 and 2 as one big script divided in 6 acts. If season 2 can touch season 1 level of quality, this is on track to be the best TV show ever created, and god knows I hate using superlatives)
Bridging the Rift docuseries on making the show is so good!
to answer the LORE question, you guys can read and get to know whatever you want about whoever or the characters in ARCANE specifically. The game LORE will most probably be overwritten by the Show's LORE. It was kinda explained with a LORE UPDATE VIDEO that Riot made not too long ago where they pretty much said everything is CANON from the point of that LORE VIDEO... You could probably watch it on your own time to make sense of it, but in short... They want to make the SHOW LORE take charge above all their other media LOREWISE ((at least for pilt and zaun) not sure if that part was in the mentioned video but, I think... It's been a while)).
Going in blind to Arcane has become my most cherished TV cinematic experiences of my life! I'm actually a bit sad that people who are already familiar with LoL characters and lore would not be able to experience Arcane the way that I did. I'm avoiding most lore type videos regarding league and Arcane so personally I'm super excited to be going into Arcane Season 2 blind as well.
@@sofreshsogreen People used to ask if you need to play the game. No, it's better if you don't, in more ways than one (the game kinda sucks to play, it's a good game but extremely frustrating in nature, definite net negative for most personality types).
i don't think that's true, the lore isn't completly rewritten, it's just adapted, and if you read about Jayce and Viktor, there's some massive spoil
@@gizel4376 sure there are spoilers, but im making the point that it will get overwritten by the show at some point. (edit: WILL is a strong word so MIGHT is probably more suited, bcs no one but riot knows)
@@dariuspavlis4309character will still end becoming what they are in game, for some character it's minor spoil, for other it's massive. but more importantly is that considering how end the original bromance of Jayce and Viktor, it's very likelly that something similar will happen, the new version just gonna make it more hearthbreaking, that's the one story i wouldn't want to spoil anyone about
Ahh yes... The famous 'silence and contemplation about life after the ending of arcane' syndrome... Love it every time I see it...
If you want "non spoiler" potential content Season Intros, Champion Teasers and Music videos are cool to watch, like "Get Jinxed", "Piltover and Zaun: True Genius", "Ekko: Seconds", "Target Practice: Caitlyn and Jayce", "Ekko's Arrival".
If you consider "common lol knowledge" like stuff people who play the game know spoilers, (like the teaser at the end of this episode/the season 2 teaser trailer character) then stick to the characters you know. It won't spoil anything, they are just fun. Though If you don't care, I would suggest looking up the season 2 trailer and watching both (Wild Rift and League of Legends) his Champion Trailers, because they're very cool.
Uhh, there's some Ekko spoilers in there. They are common knowledge for LoL players, but it sure as hell hasn't happened yet in Arcane
Blue Eye Samurai
Jinx didntchose to shoot Silco, it was pure reflex,.
Out of nowhere there is a massive threat to your sisters life, you have ili-seconds to act, you you dont think, you just act.
Like putting you hand on a ho plate, you will remove your hand before you even realize you burned yourself.
Instinct, straight up-
You can look at the season 2 trailer we got.
Lore comes in here when it comes to speculation: Victor is already a walking gem, who if attacked, can defend himself, as Jayce and Vi did in combat, creating a bubble. In Lore, Mel belongs to some family sagas that wield powers (I don't know which ones) but the shine of his golden armor, and the fact that he notices the presence of the rocket...who knows. Maybe Jayce is carrying a gem.
And pay attention to the image of the laboratory by Singed. There is a great story there. But if they look for her in Lore, they will spoil one of the best surprises of the second season, if not the best. Better wait. In a few months they will release the second one. It will be a better reaction if they don't investigate.
i love seeing reactions to the ending of season 1, such an incredible show
Highly recommend bridging the rift. Its basically behind the scenes of arcane
Jinx didnt meant to end anyone. Vi was unknowingly summoning her demons (remember mylo, vander etc). Silco couldnt take the torture his daughter was put through and he wanted to stop that so he tried to shoot Vi, and Jinx acted out of reflex.
Jinx carried out Silco's plan at the end.
The series isnt trully a cliff hanger, its the end of a chapter. Its jinx origin story. All characters closed their arcs. Now the war will unfold.
Nah, Jinx did the opposite of what Silco wanted. He didn't want a war because he knew that Zaun would lose, 100%. And that was before Jayce started weaponizing hextech, which makes the power imbalance even worse. In fact, the only way Zaun achieves independence is via Noxus in the current state of things. And it's not great to be indebted to anyone from there ...
Jinx was just lashing out at Piltover. She had no plan, and only thought of Silco in the context of revenge. She couldn't care less about Zaun or his dream.
Yeah, it was pretty interesting that she went along with Silco's complete abandonment of peace talks when he said "They can all BURN". A neat moment was when you recall the vague command Silco gave Jinx to "Complete the weapon" as she tearfully and reluctantly gave in after hurting Silco with the eye stabber. Then all these episodes later, after hurting Silco again, she tearfully complies in using the weapon. The writers are just SO good at planting these payoff seeds for people who pay attention and don't ramble on about bizarre tangents.
i really recommend the youtube series of the making of arcane, is super good and you can see all the authors have to do to make this amazing serie became a reality
I would check out the Imagine Dragons official video for Enemy, it sort of has like prequel like quality to it showing the characters before episode 1 ( but past the prologue). Shows better times before the tragedy starts.
I think it also gives an insight into how Powder actually thinks. In the music video, the "Jinx" we see doesn't seem like she's tortured and mentally ill - it's just "older Powder" who is confident and capable - i.e. it's what Powder wants to grow up to be. By the main timeline of the season, my thought is that she thinks of her Powder aspect as being weak and ineffective, and the Jinx aspect as strong and effective. Both have massive trauma and behavioural problems, which she'd prefer not to have, but I don't think it's their defining difference in her mind.
Artists be arting, even in a music video.
Not really a lore vid but the BTS documentary Bridging the Rift that Riot produced is well worth watching, lots of cool stuff in there. It's a 5 part series on youtube.
While we don't know exactly what's coming in season 2, there are some plot points (regarding two characters' ultimate fate, specifically) that will get spoiled if you dig into the lore.
We do not know what happened to Vander's body.
Why does Mel's back gold plates which are under her dress and blocked by the tall chair she's sitting on shine before impact?
This is my fave show. You don’t have to play the game or read the lore. But now you can watch Blue Eye Samurai, another great show
I love this show.
I love the ending even more. 😈
You can watch tales of runeterra safely. It just gives a glimps into the setting and doesn't spoil anything.
While waiting for season 2 you guys can watch the making of Arcane! it's soo good gives you a lot of insight and more appreciation to the show
If I could suggest a new series to watch I'd just LOVE to see your reaction to "The Apothecary Diaries" it's a wholesome and funny yet brutal anime set in 15th century China with cunning main character and many mysteries that I think you would love too
one of my favorites of all time
100% do not watch other material from League of Legends if you want to go in blind to character progressions. No spoilers of course, but for people who might disagree. If you look up anything about Ekko, you will be spoiled.
Vi and Sevika's fight caused such a ruckus, beams of light exploding out of the goddamn bar, I'm surprised Jinx was the only one to show up and a crowd didn't form
Edit: Your reactions to Jinx's "I made her a snack" moment was PRICELESS
You could react to "Get Jinxed" it´s a music video for Jinx from her relase as a champion in league, it doesn´t have lore but it´s a really cool MV and portrays very well Jinx
arcane/league world is so big that you can watch lore videos without seeing a single spoiler for season 2.
Also, season 1 really changed a lot of already established lore so even if you get "spoiled" with something that the game has, it's possible that is going to be different. They already said arcane is canon so they really want to fix all the lore inconsistencies, but maybe we still get a different story, which would mean that that would be the new canon story.
I suggest shambits gaming lore playlist, it has videos on different regions, and none of them are piltover/zaun (yet), so you can avoid spoilers as long as the video isn't about piltover/zaun characters. But for example, the cinematics that has Jinx on them don't really spoil anything.
Also check out both season 2teasers and the Behind the scenes miniseries, it's only 5 episodes on Riot games youtube channel, so don't need to worry about copyright issues (as far as I've seen from other reactors).
you should watch some of the cinematics
A scholar's explanation can be viewed Legend of legends Without burning
aye nice karma police at 7:58 w radiohead
POG its here, where is my popcorn?
I don’t blame Jayce in the slightest for his first instinct being to put the weapons down and talk after accidentally killing a kid.
If I accidentally killed a child, I’d probably immediately stop whatever I was doing and question everything I’d ever done in life - before probably ending my own.
That’s a level of shame, guilt, and haunting that most of us will likely never experience.
Notice how all the disturbing voices in her head go completely silent after she kills Silicone. In accepting herself as Jinx all her inner conflict disappears.
I assume it's auto correct, but "Silicone" has me laughing more than it should.
To your point, I agree. I doubt they are *entirely* gone though.
I think of it as Powder saved Vi sacrificed herself to do it.
I would watch the season cinematics and the legends of runeterra if you’re interested. Legends of runeterra and Arcane are the only things Riot has confirmed to be “the new canon”. You can read up on some of the champions and lore stories too if you want but all that is just lore and not to be considered canon anymore as Riot has come out and said they will start clearing up what’s canon and what’s not. And all the stuff they will now release starting with season 2 of arcane will all be considered canon so there is no more confusion on what’s canon and what’s not.
The main point about the peace treaty, which everyone somehow misses, is that Silko could ONLY complete the deal BY PUTTING JINX UNDER ARREST. And he said at the "dinner" that he wasn't going to do it.
So the fact that Jinx fired at the council at the end only made the conflict grow more rapidly.
I'd say Silco could've weaseled his way into giving another concession over time. It might've taken a few weeks to iron out the details, but I'm sure he could've gotten what he wanted while keeping Jinx too, though there might be provisions to her caretaking, like consent to monitoring or something. He was a savvy guy, and Jayce is far from a shrewd negotiator while most the council just wants to wash hands of Zaun at the end of the day. I'd put money on Silco over them. Only Mel could rival him at the table, but she wasn't especially vengeful and would just side with Jayce. Jinx isn't worth an armed conflict.
Jinx screwed Silco's plan and his dream completely.