I was ugly crying throughout a good bit of this episode. this whole childhood friends to star crossed lovers / actual lovers in a different timeline absolutely demolished me emotionally. The icing on the cake was when i learned that the flower on the pendant that ekko gave to powder symbolizes "unattainable love" which has me sobbing as im writing this 😢
They havent watched next episodes yet so I wont spoil anything but I just say.....I wish that all people who feel depressed or have given up hope have someone like Ekko in their life.... he truly is a boy saviour
Jayce had the crystals in his apartment, so I believe he got saved, then the explosion happened, and because a child died before it got any results, Piltover gave up on developing hextech @@abdonagy612
@@abdonagy612 No. Since Vi died due to the hextech explosion (In the heist, and Poweder still has the remaining gems that didn't explode) it would mean that Jayce was still saved, he did create Hextech, but what's unsure is if he potentially also died in the explosion along with Vi (would also explain why Jayce wasn't sent to this reality).
Here’s things left up to viewers to put together…. VI’s death is the cataclysm to having Piltover and Zaun unite…Vi dying made it so that Jayce projects never took off due to it already having casualties before it even got to testing phase, Victor couldn’t endorse hextech bcz he was all about helping ppl & it killing a kid went against his beliefs… Powder kept the crystals as a reminder of Vi leading to Jayce never getting the opportunity to try creating it himself…+ he ends up most likely committing suicide since Victor this time around wasn’t present to stop him (hence why he could not be teleported in the same timeline as Ekko & Heimer)… VI’s death brought Silco & Vandor back together as both have failed to uphold their promise to VI’s mom, As both Vi & her mom died so their reason to fix Zaun quickly was shattered which most likely brought the two (Silco/Vandor) together to mourn VI’s death and Vandor most likely said what he tried to convey in the letter directly to Silco…they had to forgive each other to maintain the promise they made to VI’s mom by protecting Powder… Due to a child dying from Piltover invention the old sheriff who worked with Vandor probably put in a case that Mel & Caitlyn’s mom agreed upon along with Heimer to end the senseless hate and all assume their involvement in this hate, having them all take responsibility as adult to give the kids a better future. Vi was a worthy Sacrifice just like she wanted to be. The Symbol of Zaun & Piltover in that timeline 😢
I thought about how Jayce probably did commit suicide in that timeline, but I hadn't thought about how that's why he didn't go to that timeline in ep3. I also hadn't thought about Vander and Silco's promise to Powder's mom and that being the reason they reconnect. Good stuff!
Another thing is that without Jayve Heimer was likely still head of the council. With what he has lived and learn he would have been in position to do a lot of the above good in 3 years.
Similar idea, tho I assume Jayce gets prison or is exiled for this experiment as it claimed a life, which makes sure his and Viktor´s path never meet - which then results in them both basically dying - Jayce commits s*icide and Viktor dies of illness. At least this feels cleaner to me, as it aint like the initial blow up in episode 1 was harmless(Viktor does call Jayce and his work dangerous, rightfully so as the room is blown up) ... I do believe Viktor d be less inclined to help Jayce, but I d not bet an entire civilization on it, so to me it makes more sense that Jayce it locked up or exiled , prventing him from meeting Viktor and then ofc killing himself.
Honestly it's writers who owe him an apology: In episode 1 of the season we see Piltover builds a statue dedicated to the three incompetent council members who died in a terrorist attack but what does Jayce get for sacrificing himself to save the planet? His mom puts a piece of paper in a basket to be burned... no scene of Mel or Cait mourning him and no statue/plaque.
I think we all needed this after what our characters have been through. It was bittersweet of course - it's Arcane after all - so we know Ekko can't stay, and we end up losing Heimer in the process. But still, I needed this palette cleanser of Ekko and Powder just being happy for a little bit. And now we know Powder is out there somewhere being happy, no matter what happens to Jinx. That usually feels like a copout to me, but in this show, honestly? Healing, is the word I'd use.
The song "What could have been" is all that was going through my head this entire episode. My heart breaks for Ekko the most. Others may have dreamed and thought about what could have been, but Ekko. He saw and lived it. He had the chance to stay in a better world, yet he had the strength to let it go.
At the beginning of the episode, it is shown how Ekko's consciousness from the main timeline enters Ekkos's brain in the other timeline and takes control of him.
@@lextutor4682 what I never said it didn't all I'm saying is the original ekko body that our ekko went into was already dating before our ekko became him
The hextech stones powder has hidden away in the drawer at the end indicates that she is the reason hextech was never invented. That universe is thriving because no one ever got their hands on the gemstones after the accident because powder hid them away.
also jayce prolly got full exiled (prolly cause someone died) lol cause there were other crystals he just either gave up or never got the chance to work on it.
It's a sweet idea, but I'm afraid it doesn't make sense. In our canon universe Powder took gemstones from Jayce too, and they never got returned to him all the same. Yet he just continued, because he obviously has some source where he took them from. I think the point is Vi's death. With a child dead because of his experiment, council would probably not forgive him and banish him after all. More importantly, it would be a big mental hit on Jayce even if he wasn't banished (he probably was, or jailed, as his flat isn't fixed), because he would strongly regret meddling with hextech and stop. Why were gemstones shown to us?.. Well, it's either implying that all can still go bad in that universe (Powder has gemstones, everyone tells her to realize her potential and do inventions the whole episode, and she already knows how to work with hextech thanks to their escapade with Ekko), or it's a sly wink to us that it's better this way, because Ekko shouldn't take too much to not overdo it like Jayce and Vikor did. That it's a good thing that he could manage with just a shards - just enough to to do a little change and not destroy the world. Or maybe it is indeed about Jinx being a reason that this world is alright, but in a way that yes - she could work with them, but she chooses not to, which is a good decision on her part.
I think hextech was never invented because Viktor did not support Jayce after seeing a child die because of his research, and then after being pardoned by the council, Jayce yeeted himself from that building, since Viktor had no interest on him, there wasn't anyone to prevent him from yeeting himself.
I was literally bawling my eyes out about how beautiful and heart mending Ekko and Powder are when they’re dancing and connecting and then 💥BAAMMMM💥 the scene cuts to Jayce absolutely fighting for his life in the most dystopian desolated depressing alternate universe 😂😂
I cried the whole episode because of how happy everyone is and how happy Ekko would've been, since he's the person who probably was carrying the guilt cuz he told his own friends about a tip that lead to a lot of them dying, he could've chosen happiness, but he decided to go back to save everyone *sobs again*
Jayce: Sees literal hell and destruction of everything around him, lives alone in a pit for weeks (at minimum, no idea how long it was, months?), finally climbs out with a broken leg, hikes from Zaun, across the bridge, up to the Hexgates, has to daringly leap from one piece of floating to another (if he falls he dies), finally gets to the top and realizes it’s more or less his doing that leads to this outcome, then gets sent back to try to stop the end of the world from happening. Everyone: JAYCE YOU MONSTER I HATE YOU RAHHHHH!!! HOW COULD YOU, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!! 😂😂😂
I adore both Jayce and Viktor, (the latter even more than the former but they've always been my top two), and I still couldn't be onboard with the Jayce hate even after S1. Then S2A2 rolls around and the crowd is angry at him again, but it really never stuck for me. There had to be a reason he attacked the second most important person to him (after his mother), and we finally got the answer. Now they have eachother in whatever abyss they're stuck in away from that timeline.
23:50 she kept the things of person who are dead. She saw the other time line ekko n understood that other timeline ekko is gone forever. So kept the other timeline ekko's gift next to vii gift❤❤❤❤
hearing carlie say “where’s silco” brought me so much joy… i was thinking about him the whole time and when i almost lost hope, he popped up and i screamed. one of my favorite characters of all time, love when reactors appreciate him
Holy crap, that guitar cover was fantastic! The focus on the little drawer on Vi's shrine was to point out that Powder kept the hex crystals from her reality's accident. It also sort of implies that their Jayce either died in or was exiled after the explosion since no one pushed forward with development of hextech. No Jayce and Viktor team up, no hextech. On top of that, this Powder was wise enough to let Ekko just use the shards he found when she could have given him a wholly intact crystal. This is a Powder who is profoundly different and much wiser. This episode has some of the best subtext on how events have/could change the trajectory of a characters whole existence. It is also the first time I saw them address the fact that if Ekko hadn't give Vi that tip, then none of the terrible events of this series would have happened. Not that it is fault but that little flap of the butterfly's wings did start a tsunami which is threatening his whole reality.
I've been waiting for your reaction to this episode because I just knew you two would be heartbroken by this. Me and many others are devastated by what Ekko and Powder could've been 😭
Fun fact about Viktor's voice actor. If you've ever watched Game of Thrones you've heard/seen him before. He was the actor who played Prince Viserys Targaryen (the guy who gets head dunked in molten gold) in season one.
This episode was so god damn cute... i didn't want it to end! JInx is such a masterfuly written character in this show. Became one of my favourites of all time
@24:07, those were the unperfected gemstones that killed Vi in that universe. It's really a question of whether Powder (in that universe) will try and go back to try and save Vi or be content with what's occurred... Only time will tell if that Universe will see another "Jinx" ;)
I really really really love what the writers did with episode 7. I was afraid they would "save" Jinx with Ekko's love or something like that. But they didn't. Ekko could have the "good ending" but decided he needed to go forward and give up any hope she could be normal again. It's sad but so beautiful. I also like the implication that the sisters' relationship is cursed and that Powder is happy because Vi died, breaking the curse.
I think this episode should have been named ,,What could have been,, As homage to song form S1 ep9 Also , one of reasons Hextech dont exist in alt-reality , is because Jinx/Powder have all proto-Hexcore pieces. and research was most likely destroyed by explosion.
I have a feeling they didn’t call it that because both this timeline and the original are real. Ekko leaving doesn’t remove the timeline. In THIS timeline, Powder and Ekko live a happy life
The hex crystals Powder has at the end imply that Ekko may have inadvertently restarted the sequence of events. All the changes were (basically) because that world never got hextech, but now with the crystals (and the knowledge) Powder has, the ep 7 alternate universe may no longer have avoided the fate of our main universe. Some of the events in ep 9 definitely imply the "hextech crisis" ultimately can't be avoided.
Actually, it was the exact opposite. It is very purposefully meant to acknowledge the fact that the entire reason Hextech was never invented was because of Jinx and she was the savior of that timeline. She had the Hextech crystals in her hand when they show her holding Vi and she knew just how dangerous they were. The fact that she closes the drawer was the final indication in the episode that she had closed the chapter on it. (The writers make it abundantly clear in the next episode with Jinx's comment to Vi that this timeline would in fact have a happy ending for her...)
Vi dying and Powder keeping all of the Arcane Jayce had...kinda means Jayce was either sent to prison/exiled as his illegal experiments caused death, or even if he somehow avoided that without all the crystals he never creates Hextech, meaning....he most probably commits s*icide and Viktor dies of illness as without Hextech and Jayce he has no cure...hence we get the Arcane-less timeline.
You being surprised that Powder still had an Ekko, thus not getting shafted by life yet again, was hilarious and also very relateable. I was also expecting that to be another gut punch, but it was instead bitter sweet.
Interpretation but, the end shows the crystals in the drawer, I see it as Powder saved her timeline by hiding the arcane and hextech possibility from Jayce and the world. Ergo the moments where she is egged on to be more ambitious and don't live small.
You got me. Damn your guitar skills! I found myself having to wait and watch all my normal reactors' episode 7 at the same time, then 8 together, then 9. My psyche can't take the cycling of watching the 3 episodes from each person then going through it again. So thank you for dropping this early!
Ange, your cover was sublime. Thank you for gracing my ears with your gift of music. 💙 And thank you both once again for your reactions. I always look forward to seeing them.
That last scene shows that the reason they got to live like that is because Powder/Jinx kept and hid the stones used for Hex Tech, therefore it was never "invented". That's why she is told twice "what would they do without you?". She might have known all along what those stones could do yet decided to hide them and never use them.
The yordles are ancient (?)magical creature. They are tied tightly to magic. I think I heard/read something about: When a Yordle died, they just respawn/recreated/reborn in Bundle city(bandle?)/ Yordle realm. So I think heimer is fine.
This is my favorite episode of the season, its so beautiful 😍🥺😭 I'm so happy to know that at least in one universe Ekko and Powder (Jinx) are happy together 😍⏳💣💚💙
I wasn't gonna say it but then you guys did a full discussion on the pronunciation of Warwick; I had a bit of a laugh when you listed off "Vander, Isha, Victor" all ending with "Ah". Anyways.. Act 2 was probably my favorite act in the series, but this episode might be one of my all-time favorites. Also HOLY MOLY I didn't know you do guitar covers like this, never expected a guitar cover of Isha's song. That was really nice! On the end comments, Im glad you said what you did about wrapping up the Black Rose. I'm sort of assuming you guys have finished up the series by now, it felt incomplete but up until your comments there, I have faith they will use this as a vessel to move into the Black Rose in another series. It would make the most sense as a means to keep non-LoL-playing fans of Arcane in the loop to daisy-chain lore together.
A cool detail I didn't ser anyone talking about is the fact that powder had more hextech gem fragments, but didn't use them because she realized ekko was not from that timeline and wanted to spend more time with him. At least, this is how I interpreted the scene where she puts the pendant in the drawer.
I never thought I needed Ekko and Powder together until this episode. I also like how the scene was switched to different characters as if it’s a normal ep not some alternate timeline.
I appreciate the genuine reactions to the episodes throughout, certain episodes hit harder than others for people and having genuine criticisms is just a part of being human! It also is what makes watching different people react so interesting--everyone connects to different details. I’ll admit, arc 1 disappointed the hell out of ME due to pacing and lackluster lines, but I am so happy that the 2nd and 3rd hit for ME. Ekko in particular. I appreciate you both so much!
I like how we almost got the opposite to Ange's favorite scene this episode. In the first season he really enjoyed the Jynx and Ekko scene on the bridge. The dance scene and stuff with them in this is almost a direct contrast to that. Instead of them fighting, we get them embracing one another.
In league lore Yordles are a magical race that is immortal. When they die they just reappear on bandle city, their magical city. So its safe to assume that Heimerdinger is alive somewhere, we just dont know if he's on that timeline or the main one.
3 notes into the cover and i was crying Ekko has a line (in game i think) about having a crush on Powder until she started talking to her guns this episode is very bittersweet, because it shows us, and our Ekko, what could have been if Powder never became Jinx i am glad that the alternate reality Powder gets a happy ending about Heimerdinger, there are 2 possibilities, in the lore when Yordles die, they reapper in Bandle City; so maybe that happened to Heimerdinger, the other possibility, is because of the anomaly, it interfered with that and Heimerdinger is permanently dead. I think Heimer himself wasnt sure what would happen, which makes his sacrifice even more impactful for me
I like how you can tell that Silco was more inclined to forgive Vander in this universe primarily because, unlike the other one, his left eye didn't get infected by the river toxins
Here's a fun fact: In League of Legends lore, Yordles are beings that are "immortal". When they die, they just return/respawn to their spiritual home place called Bandle City. Heimerdinger is not dead, but he either respawned in that timeline's Bandle City, or his original timeline's Bandle City. Who knows.
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I was ugly crying throughout a good bit of this episode. this whole childhood friends to star crossed lovers / actual lovers in a different timeline absolutely demolished me emotionally. The icing on the cake was when i learned that the flower on the pendant that ekko gave to powder symbolizes "unattainable love" which has me sobbing as im writing this 😢
They havent watched next episodes yet so I wont spoil anything but I just say.....I wish that all people who feel depressed or have given up hope have someone like Ekko in their life.... he truly is a boy saviour
At least, I now have the comfort of knowing that in another universe, Powder is sane and happy
The death of Vi put an end to hex tech and Jayce’s project at list for a many years. Vander and Silco forgiving each other 😭 it’s just so bittersweet
@@kay-jay1581 isnt a world with no hextech means no one would help jayce and his mother when they were out in the cold?
Jayce had the crystals in his apartment, so I believe he got saved, then the explosion happened, and because a child died before it got any results, Piltover gave up on developing hextech @@abdonagy612
@@abdonagy612 No. Since Vi died due to the hextech explosion (In the heist, and Poweder still has the remaining gems that didn't explode) it would mean that Jayce was still saved, he did create Hextech, but what's unsure is if he potentially also died in the explosion along with Vi (would also explain why Jayce wasn't sent to this reality).
@@abdonagy612 Maybe thats why another version of Jayce doesnt exist there?
Arcane's very own "What if?" episode
"What if the writters didn't hate jinx"
But written good
notice how they focused on this version of jinx having alot of gem stones maybe she will do something with them in future shows who knows
Its about magic
@@Jungkithexactly, marvel what ifs are always awful.
Ange the guitar was on point. 🔥
I cried so much just listening to his cover... omg, what a moment 😭😭
and made me tear up all over again
Wasn’t he using a short-necked bass? Also no slapp.
Here’s things left up to viewers to put together….
VI’s death is the cataclysm to having Piltover and Zaun unite…Vi dying made it so that Jayce projects never took off due to it already having casualties before it even got to testing phase, Victor couldn’t endorse hextech bcz he was all about helping ppl & it killing a kid went against his beliefs…
Powder kept the crystals as a reminder of Vi leading to Jayce never getting the opportunity to try creating it himself…+ he ends up most likely committing suicide since Victor this time around wasn’t present to stop him (hence why he could not be teleported in the same timeline as Ekko & Heimer)…
VI’s death brought Silco & Vandor back together as both have failed to uphold their promise to VI’s mom, As both Vi & her mom died so their reason to fix Zaun quickly was shattered which most likely brought the two (Silco/Vandor) together to mourn VI’s death and Vandor most likely said what he tried to convey in the letter directly to Silco…they had to forgive each other to maintain the promise they made to VI’s mom by protecting Powder…
Due to a child dying from Piltover invention the old sheriff who worked with Vandor probably put in a case that Mel & Caitlyn’s mom agreed upon along with Heimer to end the senseless hate and all assume their involvement in this hate, having them all take responsibility as adult to give the kids a better future. Vi was a worthy Sacrifice just like she wanted to be. The Symbol of Zaun & Piltover in that timeline 😢
I thought about how Jayce probably did commit suicide in that timeline, but I hadn't thought about how that's why he didn't go to that timeline in ep3. I also hadn't thought about Vander and Silco's promise to Powder's mom and that being the reason they reconnect. Good stuff!
Another thing is that without Jayve Heimer was likely still head of the council. With what he has lived and learn he would have been in position to do a lot of the above good in 3 years.
I really like your theory !
Silco also probably read Vander's letter.
Similar idea, tho I assume Jayce gets prison or is exiled for this experiment as it claimed a life, which makes sure his and Viktor´s path never meet - which then results in them both basically dying - Jayce commits s*icide and Viktor dies of illness. At least this feels cleaner to me, as it aint like the initial blow up in episode 1 was harmless(Viktor does call Jayce and his work dangerous, rightfully so as the room is blown up) ... I do believe Viktor d be less inclined to help Jayce, but I d not bet an entire civilization on it, so to me it makes more sense that Jayce it locked up or exiled , prventing him from meeting Viktor and then ofc killing himself.
It's funny how this is Arcane's least tragic episode in comparison to the others, yet it's just as heartbreaking 💔
It‘s the best episode of the show imo despite neither Ekko nor Jinx being my favourite characters of the show. Fucking 11/10 man
Them showing us a timeline where the Piltover gang (minus Vi) are happy and thriving was both blissful and SUPER bittersweet
@@Reaz399even if I didn’t love the ending, this episode really just does it for me I can’t hate
I owe Jayce an apology. My guy went through literal hell.
universal karma for when Jayce was clapping Mel in season 1 while Viktor was dying xD.
@@Bluewolfzer 😂😂😂😂
Honestly it's writers who owe him an apology: In episode 1 of the season we see Piltover builds a statue dedicated to the three incompetent council members who died in a terrorist attack but what does Jayce get for sacrificing himself to save the planet? His mom puts a piece of paper in a basket to be burned... no scene of Mel or Cait mourning him and no statue/plaque.
Eh, still feel Jayce took the wrong path yet again. But that takes into account info not yet shown.
@@Ejay669 Viktor and Jayce can't be dead.
5:16 OMG your cover 😭
Perfect as always Ange. Brought me to tears again 🥹
This is the widest I've smiled on Arcane when watching the Ekko and Jinx scene 😭🔥 I was yelling "CINEMA" as well
Best episode of the series, period.
I think we all needed this after what our characters have been through. It was bittersweet of course - it's Arcane after all - so we know Ekko can't stay, and we end up losing Heimer in the process. But still, I needed this palette cleanser of Ekko and Powder just being happy for a little bit.
And now we know Powder is out there somewhere being happy, no matter what happens to Jinx. That usually feels like a copout to me, but in this show, honestly? Healing, is the word I'd use.
I smiled AND cried.
@@emanuellandrade3387lol me when I lie
The song "What could have been" is all that was going through my head this entire episode. My heart breaks for Ekko the most. Others may have dreamed and thought about what could have been, but Ekko. He saw and lived it. He had the chance to stay in a better world, yet he had the strength to let it go.
Your comment made me tear up. Put into words why this episode is so great yet heartbreaking.
People don't realized that ekko and jinx are together in that timeline that's why he told her lets do it like its the first time
Yeah i thought that was pretty obvious....
@ I swear it was so obvious but most reactors I've seen watch this episode seem to miss it
I mentioned Jinx and Ekko in another comment section regarding this episode, and I got flamed for not calling her Powder. LOL
At the beginning of the episode, it is shown how Ekko's consciousness from the main timeline enters Ekkos's brain in the other timeline and takes control of him.
@@lextutor4682 what I never said it didn't all I'm saying is the original ekko body that our ekko went into was already dating before our ekko became him
The hextech stones powder has hidden away in the drawer at the end indicates that she is the reason hextech was never invented. That universe is thriving because no one ever got their hands on the gemstones after the accident because powder hid them away.
Also begs to question wether or not hextech will inevitable be a thing in that timeline after all
also jayce prolly got full exiled (prolly cause someone died) lol cause there were other crystals he just either gave up or never got the chance to work on it.
It's a sweet idea, but I'm afraid it doesn't make sense. In our canon universe Powder took gemstones from Jayce too, and they never got returned to him all the same. Yet he just continued, because he obviously has some source where he took them from.
I think the point is Vi's death. With a child dead because of his experiment, council would probably not forgive him and banish him after all. More importantly, it would be a big mental hit on Jayce even if he wasn't banished (he probably was, or jailed, as his flat isn't fixed), because he would strongly regret meddling with hextech and stop.
Why were gemstones shown to us?.. Well, it's either implying that all can still go bad in that universe (Powder has gemstones, everyone tells her to realize her potential and do inventions the whole episode, and she already knows how to work with hextech thanks to their escapade with Ekko), or it's a sly wink to us that it's better this way, because Ekko shouldn't take too much to not overdo it like Jayce and Vikor did. That it's a good thing that he could manage with just a shards - just enough to to do a little change and not destroy the world.
Or maybe it is indeed about Jinx being a reason that this world is alright, but in a way that yes - she could work with them, but she chooses not to, which is a good decision on her part.
@@EragoTheOne I agree, with Jayce gone and the stones gone, and Viktor plus the council likely being less on board. It all contributed
I think hextech was never invented because Viktor did not support Jayce after seeing a child die because of his research, and then after being pardoned by the council, Jayce yeeted himself from that building, since Viktor had no interest on him, there wasn't anyone to prevent him from yeeting himself.
I was literally bawling my eyes out about how beautiful and heart mending Ekko and Powder are when they’re dancing and connecting and then 💥BAAMMMM💥 the scene cuts to Jayce absolutely fighting for his life in the most dystopian desolated depressing alternate universe 😂😂
I cried the whole episode because of how happy everyone is and how happy Ekko would've been, since he's the person who probably was carrying the guilt cuz he told his own friends about a tip that lead to a lot of them dying, he could've chosen happiness, but he decided to go back to save everyone *sobs again*
Jayce: Sees literal hell and destruction of everything around him, lives alone in a pit for weeks (at minimum, no idea how long it was, months?), finally climbs out with a broken leg, hikes from Zaun, across the bridge, up to the Hexgates, has to daringly leap from one piece of floating to another (if he falls he dies), finally gets to the top and realizes it’s more or less his doing that leads to this outcome, then gets sent back to try to stop the end of the world from happening.
Everyone: JAYCE YOU MONSTER I HATE YOU RAHHHHH!!! HOW COULD YOU, YOU ARE DEAD TO ME!!
😂😂😂
Jayce really doesn't get a single break in S2 lmfao
Jayce was trapped in the Arcane for a full year
I know, it's terrible to treat him like that !
I adore both Jayce and Viktor, (the latter even more than the former but they've always been my top two), and I still couldn't be onboard with the Jayce hate even after S1. Then S2A2 rolls around and the crowd is angry at him again, but it really never stuck for me. There had to be a reason he attacked the second most important person to him (after his mother), and we finally got the answer. Now they have eachother in whatever abyss they're stuck in away from that timeline.
Most people with half a brain had nothing against Jayce, unfortunatly most people has less then half a brain
Finally, I've been waiting for this reaction since ep. 7 dropped haha
23:50 she kept the things of person who are dead. She saw the other time line ekko n understood that other timeline ekko is gone forever. So kept the other timeline ekko's gift next to vii gift❤❤❤❤
I’m literally crying when I heard Ange’s cover of Isha’s song
hearing carlie say “where’s silco” brought me so much joy… i was thinking about him the whole time and when i almost lost hope, he popped up and i screamed. one of my favorite characters of all time, love when reactors appreciate him
r e a l. I've savored every Silco crumb we got in this season
Holy crap, that guitar cover was fantastic!
The focus on the little drawer on Vi's shrine was to point out that Powder kept the hex crystals from her reality's accident. It also sort of implies that their Jayce either died in or was exiled after the explosion since no one pushed forward with development of hextech. No Jayce and Viktor team up, no hextech. On top of that, this Powder was wise enough to let Ekko just use the shards he found when she could have given him a wholly intact crystal. This is a Powder who is profoundly different and much wiser.
This episode has some of the best subtext on how events have/could change the trajectory of a characters whole existence. It is also the first time I saw them address the fact that if Ekko hadn't give Vi that tip, then none of the terrible events of this series would have happened. Not that it is fault but that little flap of the butterfly's wings did start a tsunami which is threatening his whole reality.
I've been waiting for your reaction to this episode because I just knew you two would be heartbroken by this. Me and many others are devastated by what Ekko and Powder could've been 😭
4:33 as soon as i realized which song you made cover i started crying 😭😭challenge failed successfully
"The guy he saw in the desert"😂😂😂
There were nothing but snow there
Cracked me up
So ? still a desert 😅
@@SebastianMartyniak come on
You know there are snow deserts right? Like, it's actually a thing.
@@dumindahashan5568 ofc I do. But what matters is what she ment by desert
Possibly my favourite episode of the entire series, this was just perfect in every way 😊
The way they cut from Ekko and Powder dancing to Jayce Going Through It™ destroyed me. It was literally the "jayce's subplot" meme
Fun fact about Viktor's voice actor. If you've ever watched Game of Thrones you've heard/seen him before. He was the actor who played Prince Viserys Targaryen (the guy who gets head dunked in molten gold) in season one.
Just remember: Powder's and Ekko's reality is as real as any other!
At least we have some consolation that somewhere they’re happy and together 🥹
This episode was so god damn cute... i didn't want it to end! JInx is such a masterfuly written character in this show. Became one of my favourites of all time
@24:07, those were the unperfected gemstones that killed Vi in that universe. It's really a question of whether Powder (in that universe) will try and go back to try and save Vi or be content with what's occurred... Only time will tell if that Universe will see another "Jinx" ;)
Those gemstones are not glowing so it's probably fragments which lost its power so it's unlikely
I really really really love what the writers did with episode 7.
I was afraid they would "save" Jinx with Ekko's love or something like that. But they didn't. Ekko could have the "good ending" but decided he needed to go forward and give up any hope she could be normal again. It's sad but so beautiful.
I also like the implication that the sisters' relationship is cursed and that Powder is happy because Vi died, breaking the curse.
I think this episode should have been named ,,What could have been,,
As homage to song form S1 ep9
Also , one of reasons Hextech dont exist in alt-reality , is because Jinx/Powder have all proto-Hexcore pieces. and research was most likely destroyed by explosion.
I have a feeling they didn’t call it that because both this timeline and the original are real. Ekko leaving doesn’t remove the timeline. In THIS timeline, Powder and Ekko live a happy life
In season 1 she also has all the gems no? Its probably Vi's death that forces a complete stop on anything close to hextech imo
The sweetest Episode, its just nice to know they're happy somewhere
Harry Lloyd really did kill it as Viktor. His is a good actor all around, I even loved to hate him when as Viserys in GoT.
Sane and happy Powder is precious and must be protected at all costs 😭
The dance outfit? The blue eyeliner? I almost fell in love a little lol
act 3 just started and Carlie already got them wipes out😂… that wipe gonna finish before the end act 3 😭😭😭
The hex crystals Powder has at the end imply that Ekko may have inadvertently restarted the sequence of events. All the changes were (basically) because that world never got hextech, but now with the crystals (and the knowledge) Powder has, the ep 7 alternate universe may no longer have avoided the fate of our main universe.
Some of the events in ep 9 definitely imply the "hextech crisis" ultimately can't be avoided.
Actually, it was the exact opposite. It is very purposefully meant to acknowledge the fact that the entire reason Hextech was never invented was because of Jinx and she was the savior of that timeline. She had the Hextech crystals in her hand when they show her holding Vi and she knew just how dangerous they were. The fact that she closes the drawer was the final indication in the episode that she had closed the chapter on it. (The writers make it abundantly clear in the next episode with Jinx's comment to Vi that this timeline would in fact have a happy ending for her...)
Love the cover 💙
Vi dying and Powder keeping all of the Arcane Jayce had...kinda means Jayce was either sent to prison/exiled as his illegal experiments caused death, or even if he somehow avoided that without all the crystals he never creates Hextech, meaning....he most probably commits s*icide and Viktor dies of illness as without Hextech and Jayce he has no cure...hence we get the Arcane-less timeline.
If he was exiled he would kill himself...
"we dont pronounce the hard R we would say something like..." had me gasping for a sec lmao
You being surprised that Powder still had an Ekko, thus not getting shafted by life yet again, was hilarious and also very relateable. I was also expecting that to be another gut punch, but it was instead bitter sweet.
This episode perfectly encapsulates "what could have been," which is exactly what the song in the S1 ending is called.
Oh Ange, you got me bawling with your cover. That was amazing
6:35 great catch ange I didn’t see that!! It’s so subtle
Interpretation but, the end shows the crystals in the drawer, I see it as Powder saved her timeline by hiding the arcane and hextech possibility from Jayce and the world. Ergo the moments where she is egged on to be more ambitious and don't live small.
You got me. Damn your guitar skills!
I found myself having to wait and watch all my normal reactors' episode 7 at the same time, then 8 together, then 9. My psyche can't take the cycling of watching the 3 episodes from each person then going through it again. So thank you for dropping this early!
Came for the reaction and now Im stuck replaying the cover- so good, you’re crazy talented🔥
25:13 "Ambessa will obviously be on the next one" 😂😂😂
Ange, your cover was sublime. Thank you for gracing my ears with your gift of music. 💙
And thank you both once again for your reactions. I always look forward to seeing them.
Thanks legend! Glad you enjoy the videos
That last scene shows that the reason they got to live like that is because Powder/Jinx kept and hid the stones used for Hex Tech, therefore it was never "invented". That's why she is told twice "what would they do without you?". She might have known all along what those stones could do yet decided to hide them and never use them.
just wait for the last episode, carlie gonna be waterfalls
AAAAAANGE HOW DARE YOU😭😭😭 that cover was amazing😭😭😭
From a fellow guitarist to another, you nailed it. Great job Ange! 😎
Your first cover of arcane's ost was great, just like this one ! respect, keep up the good work ^^
cover is amazing one of my fav songs from this season good job ange
This episode had me in many different types of chills and tears! Chills everytime I saw Powder show up. Also thank you for your intro Ange
Just finished the show and this might be one of the greatest pieces of fiction that i've ever witnessed
Yo Carlie is so good with her predictions
Got insta goosebumps when the cover started, damn... beautiful
The flower on the pendant Ekko gave Powder means “Unattainable Love” btw 😢
I got EMOTIONAL DAMAGE after watching this episode LOL
Yowwww that intro got me teary eyed..... 🔥 Dayum perfect Ange!!
Not me crying because of the cover.. good job Angie this was magnificent
Ekko to Powder
This multidimensional space, the world’s farewell gift.
Untouchable love, the language of flowers 😢
Great choice for the song, and beautiful playing
amazing amazing cover, just like Arcane, I didn't expect that. thank you
The riff was so good! Perfect intro :-)
I have never felt as heartbroken and fulfilled watching this episode. Knowing they are okay in another universe just fills my heart.
OMG THE COVER ANGE. How could you even record that without crying. 😭
The yordles are ancient (?)magical creature.
They are tied tightly to magic. I think I heard/read something about: When a Yordle died, they just respawn/recreated/reborn in Bundle city(bandle?)/ Yordle realm.
So I think heimer is fine.
This is my favorite episode of the season, its so beautiful 😍🥺😭 I'm so happy to know that at least in one universe Ekko and Powder (Jinx) are happy together 😍⏳💣💚💙
"She gets a win, I'm always expecting her to loose" 😂😂😂
Woah, that cover of Isha's song was hearfelt! Thanks, Ange!
just like episode 4 and 5 with the jinx isha they give us something I would never expect or think about
Banger cover as always! I'm gonna miss this showso much 😭😭
I wasn't gonna say it but then you guys did a full discussion on the pronunciation of Warwick; I had a bit of a laugh when you listed off "Vander, Isha, Victor" all ending with "Ah".
Anyways.. Act 2 was probably my favorite act in the series, but this episode might be one of my all-time favorites.
Also HOLY MOLY I didn't know you do guitar covers like this, never expected a guitar cover of Isha's song. That was really nice!
On the end comments, Im glad you said what you did about wrapping up the Black Rose. I'm sort of assuming you guys have finished up the series by now, it felt incomplete but up until your comments there, I have faith they will use this as a vessel to move into the Black Rose in another series. It would make the most sense as a means to keep non-LoL-playing fans of Arcane in the loop to daisy-chain lore together.
That was a beautiful cover, Ange
she was keeping the Present our Ekko gave her after the Dance in this Drawer, which indecates she now has feelings for that version of Ekko.
Dude that guitar cover almost made me tear up. Good shit
A cool detail I didn't ser anyone talking about is the fact that powder had more hextech gem fragments, but didn't use them because she realized ekko was not from that timeline and wanted to spend more time with him. At least, this is how I interpreted the scene where she puts the pendant in the drawer.
That cover was absolutely beautiful
Didn't expect Heimerdinger to turn into Ed Sheeran in an alternate timeline
Bro that piece u did was siiiiiiiiick.. loved it man
YOOOOOO SICK COVER I CRIED
I never thought I needed Ekko and Powder together until this episode. I also like how the scene was switched to different characters as if it’s a normal ep not some alternate timeline.
I appreciate the genuine reactions to the episodes throughout, certain episodes hit harder than others for people and having genuine criticisms is just a part of being human! It also is what makes watching different people react so interesting--everyone connects to different details. I’ll admit, arc 1 disappointed the hell out of ME due to pacing and lackluster lines, but I am so happy that the 2nd and 3rd hit for ME. Ekko in particular. I appreciate you both so much!
I like how we almost got the opposite to Ange's favorite scene this episode. In the first season he really enjoyed the Jynx and Ekko scene on the bridge. The dance scene and stuff with them in this is almost a direct contrast to that. Instead of them fighting, we get them embracing one another.
In league lore Yordles are a magical race that is immortal. When they die they just reappear on bandle city, their magical city. So its safe to assume that Heimerdinger is alive somewhere, we just dont know if he's on that timeline or the main one.
Beautiful opening cover man
3 notes into the cover and i was crying
Ekko has a line (in game i think) about having a crush on Powder until she started talking to her guns
this episode is very bittersweet, because it shows us, and our Ekko, what could have been if Powder never became Jinx
i am glad that the alternate reality Powder gets a happy ending
about Heimerdinger, there are 2 possibilities, in the lore when Yordles die, they reapper in Bandle City; so maybe that happened to Heimerdinger, the other possibility, is because of the anomaly, it interfered with that and Heimerdinger is permanently dead. I think Heimer himself wasnt sure what would happen, which makes his sacrifice even more impactful for me
I like how you can tell that Silco was more inclined to forgive Vander in this universe primarily because, unlike the other one, his left eye didn't get infected by the river toxins
The cover is amazing, Ange. Carlie was right. This is your best cover yet.
seeing academy ekko/jinx was a glorious time q.q when i saw Clacker and Milo i was like yep thisi s what we are doing, and im going to sob my eyes out
The flower on the pendant he gives Jinx means "An Unattainable Love" and now I'm off to cry in a corner kbye.
Beautiful cover good job
THAT COVER WAS FANTASTIC!!!
Here's a fun fact: In League of Legends lore, Yordles are beings that are "immortal". When they die, they just return/respawn to their spiritual home place called Bandle City. Heimerdinger is not dead, but he either respawned in that timeline's Bandle City, or his original timeline's Bandle City. Who knows.
Crazy how the episode where the characters are the happiest left me most sad.
I decided to watch this while eating lunch and that Isha's song cover made me tear up on my lunch
She'll eternally be missed❤😢
Oh man what a great cover of Isha's Song!