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I don't think Echo going back is just heroic. I mean, in part sure, but also, as utopic as this timeline is, staying here would feel like erasing his past life and leaving everyone in it to live with their replacements. Even if he was selfish, he'd probably still have a sense of home that would draw him back to it.

oof, every time oof :C

Great analysis. I just wonder why nobody mentions the song (and line) on which season 1 ended. "What could have been." This was playing over and over in my head during E2.07. And if you look closely, you can see the question asked all over Jinx's arc in season 2, from multiple perspectives... what could have been? It's such a powerful set-up with that haunting tune that just stays in your head, and I don't think it's coincidence that they got one of the greatest voices of our time to sing it. There is such a vibrant thematical backbone to Jinx's story, that makes her really stand out among the many well written characters in Arcane. I wish there were more producers and writers with the ambition (and license) to aim this high.

dude you are amazing you explained everything really well loved the video

Oooh Oooh we're still here aren't we? These two really left a mark 😢

Absolutely fantastic analysis and commentary of the show - I feel like you verbalized so many of our (the viewers) thoughts we weren't able to and you've highlighted the epic and yet gut wrenching moments in the show in such a beautiful way, you've made us feel like we are rewatching them again and not just looking at clips, if that makes sense. Truly a fantastic video man, I watched it while I was eating and sufficient to say, it has been captivating.

This episode hit so hard for the reasons you explained. Truly such a standout episode in a series filled with them. At first I thought it seemed a weird direction for Ekko's episode to be in but as it progressed.... who knew happiness and beauty could become and make tragedy that much more painful? 😢😢😭😭 A fantastic explainer and analysis.

Dude this analysis is AMAZING. It's so difficult to find content creators in nerd-dom that that articulate nuance and frame popular escapist media (videogames, anime, etc.) in a way that DOESNT sound like someone that needs to touch grass. Also hilarious editting.

Purpose is more burden than glory, and sadly both our green heroes ended up alone, if ykyk😞

The only tragedy in season 2 is the horrid writing.

Great stuff!

The song mu milleure ennemie, my best enemy, is singing about how they are the are the light of each others lives but they can’t distinguish between the feelings of love and hate, and i think it works perfectly. For Ekko powder was his childhood friend turned enemy who killed people close to him and for AU Powder she still blames Ekko for Vi’s death in the apartment. it works perfectly because it’s also exactly how we feel watching it. The dance is beautiful and wonderful but heart wrenching and I think the song is also about how Ekko could be happy there and loves powder but hates more than anything the feeling of abandoning his own world and being an outsider there.

Ekko always regretted the loss of Powder. Even in season oen when he pulled his punch and sees Powder in Jinx, he felt remorse, fully realizing what she had been through to become the monster. He was always a main character imo. Just like most people in the show. Jinx only has like 25 minutes of dialogue throughout both seasons, which by traditional standard would not make her a main character, but that is the magic of Arcane. Even Skye, who seemed entirely insignificant turned out to have a pivotal role in the development of Viktor.

I have a channel that i also lost interest in. It's a tough place to be

Arcane is push us to think, inspiring to do comething. This vid did inspired me to go back and rewatch S02E07 of Arcane!

Damn jayce escaping his hell and ekko leaving his heaven just hits different

Great video

Well that Hurt this is a great video I constantly watching video who talking about my favorite episode of Arcane episode 7 of the Saison 2 in all the episode I cry when we saw what could have been it is for me the best episode of Arcane , all the bonding moment we get the luck to see of Ekko and Powder feel like a dream mean to just be a dream a breath of fresh air before returning to the main Timeline I thruly feel like I was with them , it was perfect but my man Ekko had to go back because even if it was his dream with almost everyone Alive ( Rip Vi) he had to go back and give up his Happiness who does not belong too him but to the Ekko of this Timeline and That the Powder of the other univers who give him the courage to do so after fall in love for the second time with Powder ( ma meilleure ennemie from Stromae and Pomme is perfect as a French I'm so proud of Fortich and Stromae and Pomme they cook so much with Timebomb) damn everytime I rewach the dance scene and the kiss I cry .My man Ekko go back in is own Univers Thanks to Hamdinger sacrifice, and Jinx and his efforts and The POWDER of this Timeline and Ekko and shared one last Look at each other,💔and he go back save his girl and he did damn what a boy, what a man what an hero, sadly we did get to see Ekko and JINX bonding Time before the final battle it was said that a great portion of the 60 min cut in the final episode of Arcane were with them , too bad anyway see him alone at the end Hurt so much. I hope they reunite one day in a Futur , Show or, SPin-off or movie center aroud them, anyway Timebomb for life and EKKO and JINx/Powder (Timebomb ship) best ship and best Character.

“No fatal flaw?” It’s rage. The Firelights are his way to lash out at the people who took everything from him. Yes, the Firelights are also supposed to be about hope, but Ekko definitely enjoys fucking shit up.

Arcane and The Penguin are two of the best series this year to me

His time reversal powers working like that is actually how it's always been in the lore. Ekko: Seconds, his champion trailer, shows him using it exactly like how it's used in the show. It's really only the games that mess with this (LoL has his ult work differently for gameplay reasons. It wouldn't be fun if Ekko could force your character back in time 4 seconds. And Convergence has his rewind reverse enemies AND restore health because in that game rewinds are basically just a healthbar but for cool people). It's not that fortiche did a good job re-inventing his power. It's that they did an amazing job recontextualizing his power and integrating it into the themes of the show.

Great video, looking forward to the next one. 👍👍👍

Arcane is a show where the true hero is not the main character.

this reminds me of Percy jackson when he got sent to Calypso’s island

Brother... you might've just introduced me to something very important. What is my Hamartia?

I don't think the whole story is a tragedy, but this is a tragic arch for sure! Thanks for making this video

3:09, It's no surprise that Ekko is the most traditionally heroic character in this show, the one who has the most positive and beneficial affect on the world in the end despite his link to the tragedies in the show, while the others are either villains/anti-villain or anti-heroes, individuals consumed by their flaws and egos, looking to the past for comfort or the future for answers, all at the expense of the present world around them. While others in the cast are defined by ambition, spite shame or grief, Ekko is defined by his focus on helping the people around him that are suffering at the hands of not just Piltover's neglect and cruelty, but also characters like Silco and his corrosive ambitions and exploitation of his fellow citizens. While others are completely shackled by what they want and what they lost, asking "what if?", Ekko is the one asking "what now?", the one who values the time he has specifically because of what he lost. It's that optimism and will to not just grief, but try to live in spite of it, that makes it fitting for him to the one to ultimately play a vital role in stopping Present Victor, who is unable to see beyond his ambitions, beyond the imperfections of the world, but above that, endure perhaps an even crueler experience of having to see the "what if" of his world and for it not to belong to him, but some other Ekko, that as much as he could try to pretend, it would have never been his world, his life would always be the one that was broken.

This was a very well structured video, nice!

The scene of EKKO sitting alone in the final episode was true heartbreak.

I think him ending the story is very fitting, since he was the catalyst to start the story of arcane. Of all the characters making mistakes that change the course of peoples lifes, "little man's" tip was the first mistake that changes everyones life in the story we see unfold. Ekko must've felt a lot of guilt over that. After the timeskip he spends his time building a refugee outside of everything. A world seemingly outside of the world his mistake has created. Therefore escaping reality. Then he experiments with time in an attempt to fix his mistake. Culminating in episode 7. A character usually strives for a want but later realizes the underlying need. He thought he wanted the alternate reality but comes to realize he needs to go back to the reality he helped create, face it and help build something from it. Ekko didn't get a lot of focus but he did get an arc. And the point where he abandons his want and realizes his need was dedicated a full episode, which I found very fitting. Those writers did a hell of a job.

this was so insightful! i appreciate arcane so much more now… choombasaur my goat 😍😍😍

If Ekko didn't leave the other universe, he would rob the "real" Ekko of his life. Powder was in love with the other Ekko, and she wouldn't appreciate our Ekko stealing his life like that. So it's not really an option to stay there forever.

Great video 🙏🏼

Amazing 💝

i was okay then i click on this now im sad...

Thanks for making me cry again😢

I would love to see more.

Loved your recollection of events so much. This was incredibly cathartic. Thank you 😊

“Jayce’s explorations to Leyndell” 😮 He dropped down to the Subterranean Shunning grounds and climbed out of it 😂

Framing Jayce and Ekko’s journeys in this episode as “escaping a hell of his own making” and “choosing to leave heaven even though he doesn’t have to.” Is just 👌👌👌

You broke my heart pointing out how much Ekko wins NOTHING. No wonder I keep looking for TimeBomb fix-it-fics, he deserves some love please TwT (in reality, it's truthful of his characterization even before Arcane and in all his stories. Ekko IS the one Zaunite that is just good. The kind of good boy who is willing to take damage if only to honor the memories of the dead, if only to save one person. Again and again, I find his character thé closest from his original LoL concept and I just... Know that his whole concept is never to be truely rewarded for the good he does.

The video turned out great! Thanks for featuring my cover ♥

Ekko’s beta abilities was him being able to rewind the game state with his r, it wasn’t implemented because it would’ve been broken and not everyone will remember nor constantly making sure were they’ll be placed, so we got this ult instead

12:10 it's almost impossible to make out in the episode, but if you pause at the right moment, you can see "der" written on the paper. It's not Jinx or Heimerdinger, he wrote down *Powder*. He's grieving the alternative version of Jinx and is finally letting her go. (he also didn't write down Jinx or Heimerdinger because they are not dead, i'm not coping, trust! We will see them again!)

7:59 absolute banger video

10:05 Game Ekko does feel the damage he takes after the rewinds, atleast you can see it in the "Ekko: seconds | new champion teaser" video on the league of legends youtube channel. I love that they included that detail in the show. It adds so much to his character.

First time watching. I dig it. Please continue.

great video, it is so interesting how Ekko the one who did it right and helped saved people got a tragic ending while Singed got a happy ending - which could make sense in that Singed was solely focused on helping himself while Ekko was focused on helping others so they both achieved their goals. Also, I think part of returning to his world is saving Jinx cause as he said he gave up on her but he realized he shouldn't have.

AU Powder said that Ekko had "another identity crisis again". Does it means many Ekko from other universes have come and gone from this reality?

MY GOAT IS BACK!!!!!!!!!