Its only cause the team that made this care so much to include all the details! Without a doubt it’s one of my favorite cinematics now!Lot of love, sweat, and tears went into this so as a filmmaker if feel wrong to not pay attention and acknowledge it🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions a good idea would be to watch necrits "what's happening" in still here he's a huge lore nerd and would love to see you react to it
@@themantsang Do you think that would be an entertaining video though? I feel like I’d just be nodding my head to everything they say😂 but hey i’ll check it out and give it a shot🤙
@@ShatteredFocusProductions for your information, you are right on almost everything when it comes to aatrox. the one thing that you should know, is that aatrox IS the sword, that guy is a host that aatrox took over as his new body
@@ShatteredFocusProductions To add more. The sword, Aatrox, basically wants to kill everyone because he/it wants to die. Killing the body it controls won't do anything for it because it will just come back to life with a new hoste. There's a whole bunch of lore behind that too which is connected to an event, intrigue, etc. but that's enough context, haha.
I'm so amazed by your analysis skills, I've seen a lot (A LOT) of reactors watch this, and not a single one figured out that Kindred were a representation of death. 10/10 Extra points for nailing the "angels" relationship, and Yasuo's warrior gone pacifist gone back to warrior story. 12/10
Glad you enjoyed the video! The director of this project clearly cared a lot about it and brining the LoL world to new viewers by making the cinematic so detailed in a way new viewers understand whats going on!
What amazed me the most and tells me how good as a filmmaker you are is the fact that you clued down the whole story of these characters WITHOUT KNOWING THE LORE just whatching the video. I don't have words, trully impressive. GJ!
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe Awaken, Warriors, The Call, Still Here Cinematic are canon to Arcane Universe. Just like Riot Forge Games: Song of Nunu;.... But Ekko Convergence is not is the some Arcane continuity if you watch on TH-cam Convergence post credit scene you will know why. Ps Snow scenes of Frerjord parts from these cinematics are happening in present time as Riot Forge Song of Nunu.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head
Appreciate ya and glad you enjoyed🤠 Side note: Only reason I was able to notice so much was because the team that made this cinematic did an amazing job!
Spot on. On that fight scene the barbarian was basically fighting Death, which fits perfectly for the character because his most powerful ability allows him to continue fight on borrowed time, even at deaths door, basically a man too angry to die.
The fact that you were able to almost perfectly understand everything that's going on without knowing the lore of the game is the ultimate proof that this cinematic is insanely good! The 2 angels are sisters but the white one hates the purple one powers. The Lamb and Wolf are the Death itself. If you accept your death, you get shot by the lamb, but if you don't you get hunted by the wolf.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions And the explanation why the barbar doesnt die facing death is that his power allows him to stay zlive for some time but it stops after. And the archer coming to save him is his Wife.
The tilt in kindred's head was because she was confused of why tryndamere didnt die by the wolfs bites, which normally would bring death to anybody, also of how he could survive to wolfs death and still fight her at the same time.. But yeah, the general meaning is that she was not really there, in fact he was fighting those guys which almost killed him, and thats why when Ashe (the one in the final scene which killed those 2 guys behind him) took them out, he was not in danger anymore and death disappeared.. On a final note, when he saw Ashe, aka his wife, his rage ended
I should have picked up that it was his wife seeing as how they had back lit with golden light in the pov shot in the beginning. Oh well cant win them all🤷♂️ Thanks for the lore🤠
I've watched a ton of reactions to this video and there's always a little confusion about Kindreds little head tilt. I feel like everyone gets it wrong, eventhough it's quite obvious if you think about it (like when he mentioned the wolf is ethereal and she might not be). The wolf is the hunter, he represents the warriors attacking Tryndamere, but in the middle of the fight, Tryn attacks Kindred itself. In that short moment he doesn't attack the soldiers in the real world, he attacks death itself. Lamb is not representing a soldier, she's purely a depiction of death here and he can somehow sense and even attack her. That's why she tilts her head, she's confused, this is not something that normally can happen. You can also see, when she transitions to Ashe in the end, that in her place there is no soldier there.
Spot on analysis of Kindred (the lamb and wolf). They are manifestations of death. The legend goes that if you see the Kindred spirits, you have two choices. Accept Lamb's arrow and die a swift, clean death, or run from it, and be hunted by Wolf instead. Their lore is quite interesting! Also, Lamb is the narrator in the intro card. Kindred is present in the other scenes as well. You mentioned at the end of the angel scene that there's a figure in the fire, which is Lamb, and at the end scene of Yasuo's fight when the arrows are flying out of the forest and he accepts his fate, you can see Wolf's eyes in the forest watching him
And I would like to add smth on the Kindred's figure in the fire, she is here for Aatrox, the demonic looking guy. He was a mighty warrior, a god warrior but got corrupt and sealed in his weapon, he can't die, he just get back in the sword. But he despise being what he became and wish to die or kill everything so he will not be in this prison if the prison doesn't exist anymore. Kindred is here cuz he accepted death long ago but she can't claim him.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Also to add to that, the reason Lamb (The female in Kindred) tilts her head, which you mention a few times, is because Tryndamere's rage is called Undying Rage and actually prevents him from dying in game for a few seconds. Wolf's hunt is that of a fox hunt. The foxes aren't supposed to fight back. She isn't supposed to be dodging because it's not supposed to be a fight for her. It's supposed to be a sentence, so the head tilt was a tilt of confusion, a tilt of questioning, whats happening here, how is he able to repel us.
@@MathTeacherPlays To add even more, its not a real fight. Trinda is fighting the soldiers that were surrounding him at the start (most of them are already dead when Ashe arrow hit the last 2).
“Lamb, tell me a story!” “There was once a pale man with dark hair who was very lonely.” “Why was it lonely?” “All things must meet this man. So, they shunned him.” “Did he chase them all?” “He took an axe and split himself in two, right down the middle.” “So he would always have a friend?” “So he would always have a friend.”
You were absolutely right in almost everything. Yes the 2 angels are sisters, their mother is the aspect of justice and she split her sword in two and gave one half to morgana and one to kayle. This scene we're seeing happens way back in the past in the region of Demacia (even tho here it wasnt demacia just yet) while the two sisters were still working together, the reseason kayle(white) looks at morgana(purple) like that is because she chose to abandon their mother sword in order to use her magic, even tho is might look like morganas magic is "evil" because its purple its in fact still celestial in origin. Kayle venerated her mom as the Aspect of Justice, and came to associate the law with general goodness and safety, and took it very seriously while Morgana came to hate their Aspect mom for causing dad enough grief to force them all to leave, and developed a much more personable, empathetic attitude, including with those outcasted. So yeah Kayle is all about serving justice no matter what and Morgana is way more empatthetic so they separate from each other, morgana binds her wings so she cannot fly anymore and Kayle goes on as being the aspect of justice and Demacia becomes a region that basically doesnt allow any magic and will emprison everyone they find using it.
Ohh i didnt know this lead to them banning magic! I remember demacia from the warriors cinematic and its nice to know that their relationship was the snowball that caused that!
its amazing how you understood pretty much everything The 3 scenes depict past ( the sisters ) the future (old yasuo) and present the berserker (tryndamere), and the lamb and wolf are indeed death, where you can accept it and die peacefully with the arrow from the lamb, or try to fight it and get mauled by the wolf. Death (names kindred) apears in all scenes, the shillouete in the fire on the first one, arrow that kills yasuo, and fighting tryndamere. That head tilt was more like a curious reaction from it as tryndamere was using its "ultimate" where in the game he becomes immortal and cant be reduced bellow 1 hp. in the end his wife Ashe apears and saves him, escaping death, hence she disapears.
LMAO you nailed it, the sisters, the distain, the tragic aatrox, the whole yasuo scene even his death and kindred, death you even figured they are two peacefull/rough and noticed the shadow in the flames
I saw a lot of different film makers and specialist in scene design, music design and other stuff reacting to this masterpiece of a cinematic and no one spotted on all the details as good as you, it was jaw dropping, everytime I said that riot is amazing at storytelling but as I'm so into the lore of LOL sometimes I think I'm bias and as I have an understanding of what I'm seeing, it's maybe not as good as I'm thinking. This is the first video of you I'm seeing and got you one more sub. You are amazing
Really appreciate your comment and sub!🤠 Not surprised other filmmakers may have missed some things since “filmmaker” is a broad term as theres so many roles to play (you should see a call sheet😂) and that usually means they are really amazing at their specific field! For me my focus is directing so story direction, blocking (placement of actors and movement in the scene), shot composition, performance, etc etc are my cup of tea but directing jobs are competitive so i’ve had to work in other departments to pay the bills! You probably weren’t looking for a full back story but I love my job so I can’t help but share😂 Again thank you and glad you enjoyed🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions No, of course it is with all the respect for other filmarkers/content creators, i was just surprised how much of the story you conveyed from just seeing it. Kyle and Morgana are actually an equivalent of angels, they are daughters of the Aspect of Justice, and also you get that Aatrox, the demon like character is just the vesel for the sword whos a darkin, you also get that in the Yasuo story you see one of his possible ends and alos that he had tried a pacific life, and lastly that it is not clrear that if it is real of something in Tryndamere's (the barbarian King) mind but he is fighting against death itself embodied in the Kidred spirit, the peaceful death of the arrow of the lamb or the savage fight with the wolf, also he have a special power cause he have a llttle bit of a curse caused by Aatrox (the demon in the first third) that makes him inmortal for brief time, its called the inmortal rage. The Kindred, well the lamb is the one that appears in the fire transition, and also is the one that say the words at the beggining of the short. i hope this bit of the lore helps. Anyway, learning about the job of interesting creative people is very inspirational so you can share as much as you want, i studied a little of Photography but nothing else so hearing from experts about on how some shoots are composed its very helpful and knowing the backround of these people is very interesting so, the more of a reason to been a sub. Thanks again.
@@shiranui28 Appreciate the lore🙏 I love to hear about the lore and back stories of these cinematic. It’s almost like a game to see how close i hit the mark on each subject!
Great breakdown. you got pretty much all the lore right. Tryndamere (warrior with the big sword) was fighting off the bandits while seeing the personification of Death - Kindred (Lamb and Wolf). Lamb was confused as to why he doesn't die - correct, he has an ability, where he goes into a rage (the red eyes) and cannot die for a period of time. At the end when he was out of danger, they disappeared as his wife - Ashe, saved him with the arrows. The angels - Kayle (white) and Morgana (purple) you got right, you even caught the disdain in Kayle's eyes, using magic is a major no no in their society. They each had a sword that was gifted to them from their mother, Morgana left hers in the ground to use magic and Kayle picked it up to finish off Aatrox (the demon dude), whom you got pretty much exactly right, he's a cursed weapon that takes over a host that wields it. Yasuo, again, all correct. Old man who picks up the sword again to protect others.
Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the lore explanation🤠 Sad i missed the mark on the sword being morganas cause i assumed it to be kayle’s. Could have potentially reached the conclusion of the significance of the swords if I did.
Yasuo looking down at the sword is one of my favorite moments in all of media. He has slain SO MANY people with swords in his life, and in his old age he does not carry one. He has CHOSEN to put down that weapon and STOP killing. This is his JOHN WICK moment. He is unearthing the tools he has long since buried and he KNOWS that those tools do one thing; KILL.
Its the perfect moment for him and his scene it was handled with a lot of love and care! I’d happily watch a whole cinematic with him at this quality!🤠
Gotta love you just took that one bombastic side eye and was correct about pretty much everything between those two angels. Sisters, not very close, went separate paths.
This is immensely impressive. The demon is aatrox, a godwarrior who went mad and was imprisoned in his sword. He can take over anyone who wields him. The two angels are sisters, the swords are from their mother, who is a celestial. They dont like eachother, as the white one believes in following the rules, while the purple one believes in true justice. The look of disdain is because the purple one decided to her mother's sword to use magic instead.
Oh, and aatrox is indeed a tragic character, as he's going insane inside his sword. He cannot be killed or destroyed, and he hopes that if he can destroy everything else, maybe he can cease to exist as well.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsthat's not entirely clear, but we can assume that his current form is a normal soldier that was taken over, with the bodies of other soldiers he killed fused into him, as he can use blood magic to "build" his own body. This is also why the shot ends with his sword falling out of his hand, as he loses control over the body when he's not held.
More info about the barbarian fight: the barbarian is Tryndamere, and his opponents are Kindred, the Lamb and the Wolf. The Lamb is indeed peaceful death for those who accept their death, like Yasuo, and the Wolf is for those who run away from death, who put up a fight. For people from the Freljord, like Tryndamere, it's usually considered honorable for warriors to fight the Wolf, to die a warrior's death. Tryndamere however has some of the blood magic from Aatrox, who murdered Trynamere's tribe. The blood magic is activated when Tryndamere rages, rapidly healing him and causing him to be unable to die while he rages. You can also see this in the cinematic A Twist of Fate, where he fights Garen.
Oh, and also, the archer at the end is Ashe, Trynamere's wife. It was a political marriage at first, but it's pretty clear it's grown into something more.
If you do pause, a good rule of thumb is pressing left on the arrowkey once or twice, so you get the full context. When you paused on the Morgana scene it was already quiet so you didn't get to hear the music cut out for the epic reveal of her powers. I like the reaction, lots of valuable insight. Edit: Oh, and frame by frame view is the " , . " or " < > " keys.
honestly am soooooo impressed by how you are when deducting these scenes, cause you pretty much got everthing right. i usually skip through some of the talking parts of reactions becausem all of them are yapping without any substance, but i couldnt bring myself to skip through this one, honestly you are amazing and have such a good eye for scenery and hidden meanings. please react to kindred's (the lamb and the wolf) voicelines, it will show you that you got kindred right to a t. also the voice lines are amazing.
story time Fight one ( 1st scene + last scene) Tryndamere is a soldier who tapped into the powers of the darkin aatrox that causes him to survive death itself by raging and killing its opponents before they kill him before exhaustion. Kindred is the lamb + wolf the most known representation aroung runeterra. the lamb basically is killing everyone fast with her bow in one shot when dead people accept death while wolf hunts and plays around with his victims in case people dont accept their fate. in this scene u can see an awesome shot where lamb tilts her head out of curiosity cause he can resist them both. and when Ashe arrives to kill the last killing threats she has no option to kill tryndamere (for now). Fight two ( Morgana + Kayle vs Aatrox ) Morgana and Kayle are sisters who are basically the two sides of justice while the purple one called morgana represents forgiveness freedom and gratitude kayle is more the punishing side who uses every opportunity to use force and power to punish people. both despice each other especially shown in that look of disgust of kayle when morgana uses her magic that is strictly forbidden in this region. Aatrox actually is the sword a powerful once human person who was banished into this weapon all this person now can do is feel suffering pain and vengeance searching for a way to snuff his own life out once and for all. through picking up the sword aatrox ( and other darkin) manage to use these lifeforms as vessels. Fight three ( Yasuo and the bandits) In this fight is a vision of yasuo how he could die in the future yasuo would die by defending the innocent while trying to scare the bandits away without hitting a single kill. (in the whole fight scene there was no single blooddrop) he doesnt want to kill anymore so he only tries to deflect attacks and scare them away. while the finishing blow is shown as an arrow that probably came from kindred because yasuo accepted his fate.
The last scene is Tryndamere fighting Kindred. Kindred isn't really an inner demon, more of a grim reaper in the world of runeterra. Tryndamere's ultimate ability is called "Undying rage" which makes him impossible to kill for a couple of seconds. This scene sort of tells us each time we use his ultimate ability in game, he's fighting Kindred for his life and if he can hold his own for long enough he might survive. Meanwhile his body if fighting in pure rage and survival instinct with the actual enemies.
8:00 kayle (blondie) is looking at morgana (purple) with distain because she dared to abandon their mother's sword (each of them have 1) in favor of using magic
The whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head
Purple (Morgana) and Blondie (Kayle) are sister and at the time of the battle with the demon (Aatrox) they are both represent the Aspect of Justice, each wielding a half of their mother's sword (the original Aspect of Justice). Your read on the look Kayle gives is spot on, she hates the use of magic and her sister for using it so recklessly (in her view). She aslo see's placing their mothers sword in the ground as disrespect which is why she picks it up to deal the final blow. Later, but not shown in this cinematic, Morgana would bind her wings and exile herself to help others in her own way and leaving Kayle as the only Aspect of Justice as well as both halves of the sword. Also, Aatrox's sword is 100% alive and is actually Aatrox himself. He is a Darkin, a group of warriors corrupted by blood magic and sealed within various weapons. Once the weapons are picked up, the warrior inside takes over the mind of the wielder and usually morphs their body in some way. In life he was the general over these warriors and has taken the leadership over the Darkin as well.
Bro you smashed it for a first look and not being a big League lore nerd. Very impressive how many things were basically on point. Guess it shows how good the story is and how good of a read you are. Kudos to you
Purple and blondy are sisters, purple embrace her dark magic nature and thats why blondy look at her like "tha fk are you doing? They are the daughters of the Aspect of Justice, their mom is like a demi-god.
I've watched a ton of reactions to this video and there's always a little confusion about Kindreds little head tilt. I feel like everyone gets it wrong, eventhough it's quite obvious if you think about it (like when you mentioned the wolf is ethereal and she might not be). The wolf is the hunter, he represents the warriors attacking Tryndamere, but in the middle of the fight, Tryn attacks Kindred itself. In that short moment he doesn't attack the soldiers in the real world, he attacks death itself. Lamb is not representing a soldier, she's purely a depiction of death here and he can somehow sense and even attack her. That's why she tilts her head, she's confused, this is not something that normally can happen. You can also see, when she transitions to Ashe in the end, that in her place there is no soldier there.
Fair enough, and your insight does serve you quite well. Though I suppose I was a little unclear. I was meaning that he has a lore breakdown for the Still Here cinematic in particular (in addition to world-spanning lore breakdowns). There are a lot of lore layers to dig through if you're interested, though I can also respect enjoying the mysteriousness of the unknown.
I hate referring you to another's video on your channel but, Necrit does an amazing breakdown of this video from a lore perspective. And though you have been given some good feedback from you commenters. I do believe there is still much to be gained from watching his video. Highly recommend it. BTW frame by frame is the two < > symbols. or , and . but it is easier to think of it as < > but without needing to hold shift.
Thank you for the key binds! I might go watch his stuff after the videos but I’m hesitant cause I’m a lore addict and love world building so i might accidentally watch all their stuff. Big part of the fun for me is figuring it out through the visuals🤠
Holy cow it's been a minute since I've seen a breakdown from you and god, how much I missed them! Love your breakdowns so much, especially with how many storytelling details you can get without knowing the full lore of the videos you watch! Love it so much! Btws, you've probably remembered by now but just in case you havent the '' keys are your frame by frame shortcuts!
The way blonde angel look is confusing to you bcs you don’t know that in league lore, we learn that purple angel is her sister and their mother gives both of them a sword and purple angel leaves it and disappoints her sister. Thats why she looks that way.
It’s amazing talent from the team that made this cinematic. A person that perhaps has never played the game or know the background of the characters can pick up EXACTLY who these characters are and what they represent. That shows the care they put into producing this. For all the shit Riot gets for being a greedy company, they do know how to put out top notch stuff like this.
It is truely amazing whwt you picked up, i an so impressed even as a lore nerrd i okly picked jp on a few things on my 2nd or 3rd watch you realized by framing alone... and i agree witth a few commentors necrits vireo would be really nice to eflect what you aanlyzed,mlike aatrox beeing the weapon using bodys as bosts and the distain of the sisters.... as well as the Kindred the embodyment of death (they have great lore as well or lets say i love the concept how to handle death)and to see you reflect with your expertise on what he has to say with the lore would be cool imo And i think it would be really rewarding for you to see jow much you got correct
blew my mind with this reaction never in my life seen somebody figuring out that much just by the animation. Its crazy Aatrox (the demon) was possesed by the sword that is a so called "Darkin". It overtook his body, Kindred is the reincarnation of death. It was so lonely it split itself into 2 so it always has a friend around. Everything was perfectly interpreted by u. Also the 2 "angels" are sisters, they fight with the 2 blades of their mother, when Morgana (The purple) put her sword in the ground she droped the Hohnor of their mother. At least thats what kayle thought, thats why she looks like that at her once she passes her. Since than there relationship was never the same. The old yasou was living a peacefull life and sworn himself that he will never kill somebody again. Thats why he dosent cut them he just pushes them with the wind. In the end of his shot u can see him acctually pushing the enemy away from the arrow of death shot by kindred.
If youre curious, in the last scene the warrior is Tryndamere, he has special ability that he simply cannot die, in LoL its called "undying rage", and the hunter is Kindred, its basiically personification of death in league's lore, so imo this whole fight is something in his mind, where he fights death while he cannot die, while "irl" he fights those guys from the beginning. I think its not like Kindred is his imagination or something, he basically fights 2 fights at once, with these guys in reality, while death in other realm, where his ability fights literal death. Great vid tho!
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Kindred's personality is a duality: Lamb is calm, compassionate, and poetic, representing the gentle acceptance of death, while Wolf is wild, impulsive, and fierce, embodying its predatory inevitability. Together, they balance serenity and chaos, reflecting death’s multifaceted nature.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsthey have a LOT of personality while also having no personality of their own, you can actually watch a video on their voicelines and you’ll immediately get what i mean, Wolf is very angry, emotional and impatient and Lamb is very calm, serene but feels no emotions, so they constantly rely on each other to explain stuff to one another. for example Wolf will see someone crying and ask “i see water?” and Lamb replies “they are called tears” and Lamb will ask “what does hunger feel like?” and Wolf will reply “always there”. Wolf is very emotional but has no understanding of it while Lamb is very knowledgeable but doesn’t feel a thing. idk if its a video you would react to because it has no cinematic, its literally just a voicelines video but i think youd enjoy it even if you watched it on your own time.
The Man at the beginning and end is Tryndamere. In the game, his ultimate ability is Undying Rage in which he refuses to die. In the final scene it's showing what he sees during his undying rage, but the reality is that he fought off all of his foes in the first scene. The head tilt from Lamb is her wondering if it's truly his time because he's able to fight back.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Just to add some extra information. Tryndamere has been connected to Aatrox. Both being immortal. I think he got stabbed by the sword at one point. As the other person said. Kindred, the lamb and the wolf, aren't really 'real' here. They're just manifestations of being close to death for the most part. My head cannon is that lamb is getting tired of this bastard denying her. The second arrow especially was less a "die already" shot and more a "ready to go?" shot as well in my interpretation.
man just because you were SO CLOSE to a lot of details, i know it might not be your thing but for yourself watch. The Lore of "Still Here" Cinematic Explained by Necrit you will understand A LOT OF THINGS like why the sword was frame with the "angel" and the "demon", why the "demon"'s sword is alive ETC.
Also how they back lit here with golden light in the pov shot in the beginning! Surprised I missed the details implicating their relationship as I took it as more of a hope thing.
Takes a minute but I’ll get there eventually😂 na but kudos to the director if this cause their team and them took the time to put together this incredibly detailed cinematic!
Kindred is the grim reaper of the universe, she shows up and finishes the job when someone is about to die. Fun fact tryndamere can defy death with is undying rage. The grim reaper is fighting the unkillable, which is why shes so intrigued. Its impressive how you catch on!
really looking forward to watching your reaction/analysis to arcane, great insights as always ✌ Im curious on what format you will choose, I'd like to see a per episode reaction but thats up to you 🙂
As many have said you pretty much nailed the whole lore and caught on to every easter egg but if you want the full backstory there's a youtube video by necrit that explains all the lore packed into this cinematic, It's a great video to watch & I'd love to see your reaction to it, but if that's not your kind of reaction content I understand, highly recommend atleast checking it out on your own though! my jaws on the floor at the analysis keep up the great content
The shortcut to move frame by frame is dot and comma. Also, (just if you're interested) Necrit made a video explaining *every detail* in the cinematic about the lore.
Fantastic, great to see you back, love your analysis. I always find it so amazing how you are able to use the video to work out the story as you got pretty much everything spot on. Everyone's explained most of the video already, but a bit on Yasuo (the wind samurai). He has retired from fighting so your analysis of the "sage" dropping the stick to "lower himself to pick up the sword/fight" was spot on too! He disliked the violence which is why, if you look closely, he is using his wind powers to push and knock the bandit's off kilter, but never actually strike them. He also pushed the lead bandit out the way of the volley of arrows when he "attacked" him. I don't remember exactly, but his story is that he is the only person in the LoL universe who knows when he is going to die. It's why at the end the shot is of him accepting Lamb's arrow and why, though the wolf is seen in the background it does not attack. The Kindred Lore is around accepting death (Lamb's peaceful death) or fighting it (Wolf's aggressive fight to the death). Yasuo has accepted his so gets Lamb's arrow.
Spot on explanation. Just wanted to add a little detail that Yasuo never cuts anyone with his sword in the scene. the wind wraps his sword and he's basically knocking everyone out/down with the force of his swing
I kinda disagree on the part about Yasuo not killing anyone in the scene. It is just convention of these videos, we never see anyone actually killing anyone in any graphic way. And it honestly makes zero sense for Yasuo picking up the sword but remain pacifist in the same time. Its thematically jarring. So he kills or maims every bandit he hits in his scene. It is just censored.
@@CruelDwarf I think the point is that's trying to be made is that Yasuo doesn't want to kill, he's just trying to beat them back to save the remaining villagers assuming (based on the lead bandit's reaction) his reputation will help protect the villagers once they see who he actually is. I'm sure, push comes to shove, he will probably kill to protect the villagers, but he's trying to go another way first. And killing with a sword doesn't have to be graphic in these things, same as how Ashe killing the two at the end wasn't graphic so if they wanted to clearly show him killing, they could have done so.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Not sure if anyone's mentioned it before, but Necrit does great lore analysis for these cinematics: th-cam.com/video/blnpBRCr45M/w-d-xo.html
You don't need to make a reaction video to this (although you of course are very welcome to), but I would highly recommend that you listen to Kindred's quotes (the lamb and the wolf, Kindred - death). They tell a very interested and sad story about Kindred and for sure make you think about a few deep things actually.
I’ll check it out! A couple people have requested it so I’ll try to make it but if I feel like its not entertaining enough for youtube i’ll just throw it up on our discord🤠
If you want to dive a little deeper into the story of this (and other) cinematics, I recommend you watch Necrits Videos. He is commonly referred to as the league lore guy
I’ll be sure to check him out but I am hesitant since I’m a lore addict so I would probably binge everything😂 Big part of the fun for me is to discern the lore from the visuals of each cinematic so it would have to be after each video. Are his videos isolated to each cinematic so I can watch without worrying about spoilers?
To not spoil anything you don't want to see, I would recommend you just search for "Lore of (Cinematic) Explained". Yes, the videos are isolated for each Cinematic. I recommend you start with his Still Here Breakdown to get a view of how he designs those breakdowns and because it is the one you watched most recently.
the last 2 ur not that far off, Wolf represents the resistance of death, the Lamb represents a peaceful and accepting death. Wolf chases those that reject and fight death while Lamb would give you a painless and peaceful death. Ur also not that far off with the first part, the angels are twin sisters of the Aspect of Justice and are from a rising nation rejecting of magic so one of them using dark magic is not really a good look lol, hence the distained look of the other sister who is much more ruthless in their roles as aspects, as Kayle (the blonde one) represents the perfection of justice and Morgana (the purple one) represents the mercy of justice. So essentially, between the two, Morgana is the more forgiving one while Kayle just punishes all law breakers regerdless of their motivations or circumstances (no difference to when done by intention or survival, all law breakers will be punished)
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Blonde girl is Kayle, while the one in purple is Morgana. They're the daughters of a celestial, equivalent to angels. The swords they use were once their mother's sword, split into two for the two of them. That's part of why Kayle had that look for Morgana, after she "abandoned" her mother's sword in favor of magic. The battle was set long in the past, during the formative period of the country Demacia. At some point after that, the two had a complete falling out, where Kayle took both swords, while Morgana decided to accept her magic. Much drama ensues.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Pretty solidly, yeah. The Lamb and Wolf are called Kindred as a unit, and represent death, analogous to the Grim Reaper, and are the embodiment of either a peaceful or violent death, respectively. They take a few different forms in different areas of the world, but this particular version is the most recognizable relative to the game. (Aside: They also show up in another recent LoL video, but with a different look: Blood Sweat and Tears.) The barbarian guy's ultimate makes it so that he can't die for a certain amount of time, and this video revealed that every time he uses it, he is literally fighting Death in some alternate realm. Also, that image you saw in the fire in the transition between the first and second scenes was a kind of faint impression of the Lamb in her iconic pose, holding the bow and standing on one leg. And if you look at the woods in the background when the arrow comes for Yasuo, you can see the eyes of the Wolf, watching. Someone else posted about the angels, but a solid guess on them, too. Sisters have some drama between them.
@@David-id6jwThat barbarian is probably very vexing to them😂 Also THANK GOD i was right about the symbol, I thought it might have been a stretch and was thinking I looked a little off in the head😂
16:57 I am pretty sure Yasuo is heavily inspired by Kenshin. Both in Lore and Ability. So if you know that you might recognize it a bit. Once a "murderer". then tried to lay down his sword (and wind), then forced to fight again. The bandages moving is basically just him releasing his wind magic, covering his body with it, making him fast (he is able to dash around a lot in game) - which is also referencing Kenshin again and his speed. 18:04 Kindered is death. The lamb will offer a peaceful death (arrow, seen at the last shot with Yasuo) if you accept death and don't struggle. Or a violent death, if you don't accept it, delivered by the Wolf. (Spoilers, Tryndamere cannot die). So yes, he is lit. fighting death here. 20:06 im impressed. your the first reactor who got this (not knowing the lore), especially on first watch. good job 21:01 the sillhoutte (you thought was a symbol) in the flames on the transition you recognize (correctly! not many catch it) is the sillhoutte of the lamb. Whe lambs arrow comes towards yasuo, you can see the wolf (eyes) in the black shadows of the trees/forest. in all 3 storylines there is someone coming close o death, or should die but happens to be immortal etc. (First one, the Sword Aatrox, is immortal, cannot die, so the Lamb didn't do anything, because it can't claim him. Yasuo in turn seems to accept the peaceful arrow of death, while tryndamere also cannot and does not want to die (he is cused with the undying rage), so he will reject peaceful death and fight violent death (lamb and wolf). And eventually his wife Ashe comes to help him.
Hey man this is an amazing analysis, if you don't actually know the lore beforehand props to you, you're really really smart, my guy, please take the time analyze Blood Sweat and Tears, it's a music video from Riot, showing the raise of Ambessa, mother of Mel from Arcane, you won't regret it!
Great video i liked the analysis and theory crafting you did with what you where given so i will now give you some things that came to mind watching the video from the top of my mind some fun facts and some context so im sorry if its too disorganized i went adding things as they came to mind while writting and my first lenguage is not english so im not too good with grammar but i tried and it should be more than understandable even if there puntuation in the wrong places or something Spot on about that theory for the wolf and the lamb also the symbol u see in the fire in the first act is the Lamb's silluette just looking at the demon (Aatrox) as he is inmortal and his real body resides inside the sword and the physical body you can see is normally some poor person who was unlucky enough to grab the sword and got instantly took over by aatrox who then uses blood magic to modify and try to recreate his former body, so spot on also on the tragic character theory he was once a noble hero driven mad by the void for wich he was sealed in the sword and now wants to destroy the whole universe because maybe then he will be able to die and be free as nothing else is able to do more than just destroy his physical body and send him back to the sword. The angels are sisters, and the look of disgust on the blonde one (Kayle) is because the other one (Morgana) left her sword behind to fight using only her magic. The swords they have are a gift from their mother, the Aspect of Justice (aspects are kinda like some godly beings), and the blonde one is pretty much a zealot of their purpose as the now twin aspect of justice. Kayle would execute you for loitering, but Morgana is more lax and believes more in reforming and second chances, so Kayle is quite disgusted at the idea that Morgana would dare just toss aside her mother's sword, this holy relic that embodies their grand purpose as basically this twin gods of justice in the Yasuo scene. In the end, you can see in the treeline the wolf head silhouette looking at him but doing nothing as he embraces his death peacefully, and The Lamb's arrow takes him. This is confirmed to be a vision of the future granted to Yasuo about a possible way he could die. The third one, in my opinion, is also completely spot on about the hallucination. Kindred is the personification of death Lamb represents a swift death for those who accept their end and the Wolf hunting down and taking those who fight or try to escape it. but that does not mean that if you die in a fight a wolf just show up out of nowhere in the middle of the battlefield and eats you or if you peacefully die in your home with your loved ones arround Lamb doesnt just kick down your door to shoot you in the head as some people who take the whole concept too literal might believe, it is just the representation of death, a concept given face for us to comprehend also the barbarian (Tryndamere) and the one with the bow (Ashe) are married. another conection fact, the rage he got is the "undying rage" wich was caused by our demon boy aatrox showing up one day slapping the life out of trynda but he came back to life with this rage, we believe he was trying to modify tryndamere to make him a perfect vesel for him (most probably) or maybe just happened without aatrox even knowing (unlikely) idk but now trynda got his rage that makes him kinda of inmortal too, this might be the reason too why he is not surprise to see Kindred as this would not be the first time he has a close encounter with death
You pinned aatrox being a tragic character spot on. Maybe not the type of tragedy, but his lore is *rough* actually, on second thought, more spot on than I initially thought.
@@shilohmagic7173 By rough you mean disorganized? Would make sense since I’m sure theres multiple writers with their hand in the pot. Things tend to get muddled that way
@@ShatteredFocusProductions No, rough as in his *life* was terrible. he was a sun warrior(ancient shurima's version of a demigod), and everything went downhill from there. he is now a sentient sword that possesses humans.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Admittedly, still one of the most powerful characters in canon, but definitely an unsubtly written fallen angel type, and certainly the most direct example of it, among all the darkin.
It's a little sad that you have to be a filmmaker and/or a director nowadays to be able to have the media literacy necessary to appreciate a piece like this one, as most people just don't understand what they're looking at, and simply downgrade all of these events down to "cool fights". A billion reactors just keep watching stuff and never seem to realize how much care and thought is put into these cinematics, short films or even full length ones. It's always refreshing to see someone putting the effort in understanding the symbolism and cinematography behind a piece of media. I simply adore non-verbal & visual storytelling and RIOT does have a superb team behind these productions, they're always a treat to watch, even if I don't play League anymore. Anyway, props for getting almost every single detail about this cinematic correct. Great analysis, I'm gonna be checking out some of your other videos for sure.
@@observationduty I really appreciate and agree with this comment! Really happy you enjoyed the video🤠 Also I’m sure theres a quality drop when you go to older videos since I took almost a two year break because I was working back to back shows. Theres still some good ones but I’d look forward to the new ones coming in. I’ll be uploading at least three times a week and the next one drops tomorrow🤙
Gosh you deserve a comm! U nailed many thgs, hard to believe u didnt cheat 😂 Still there are many layers and details SO enjoyable for those who know lore. "Piece of art" is far too low, take my word when i say it's greatest masterpiece of at leeeast 2024 all art combined (u just have to dig more to have your jaw drop and your mind blown up multiple times - it worth it, dont wana spoil it ) Loved your analysis, you're skillful
The Awaken, Warriors, The Call, Still Here Cinematic are canon to Arcane Universe. Just like Riot Forge Games: Song of Nunu;.... But Ekko Convergence is not is the some Arcane continuity if you watch on TH-cam Convergence post credit scene you will know why. Ps Snow scenes of Frerjord parts from these cinematics are happening in present time as Riot Forge Song of Nunu.
I would love if you read the short lore of Ambessa Medarda on the official league site and then reacted to her music video to "Blood, Sweat & Tears." I bet it would make a great cinematic analysis video.
I just want to say, I know the lore, I have played the game for years, Tryndamere is one of my favorite characters and i've seen this video a few times. You explained a few things to me I had never noticed, like that Tryndamere was fighting the first 2 "foreground" enemies/bandits in reality while the kindred battle took place and when Ashe arrived all that's left is 2 background enemies she dispatches. Or the symbolism in him (Yasuo reaching down for the sword he'd sworn away. In return I"ll give you the short Summary of Kayle and Morgana (you are smart enough to guess which is which based on DnD and their names alone). Morgana. Both Kayle and are twin siblings, Kayle being the older of the two. During their living in Demacia, they were Winged Protectors and saved countless lives. Despite their differences, they always tried to work together and serve their noble goal. Kayle and Morgana aren't actually angels, they're the twin Aspects of Justice. Kayle is the dogmatic representation of ``no sin can be forgiven'' and Morgana represents the other extreme, ``no sin is too large to be forgiven''. Kayle is disgusted with the fact that Morgana dropped and left the half of their mother's sword in the ground in order to use Magic as a means of victory. Kayle is very stoic in her ways. She takes up both swords at the end and assist in finishing off Aatrox. She would die before she did what Morgana chose, and she resents it. Morgana is more willing to do what it takes to win, look at the gray areas and work with the world around her.
Okay so hear me out. This video if 100% legit (meaning not coming into it having known the plot) is 100% proof you know your shit. I wont explain how right you are, i'm sure the 50+ ppl below me who see someone has already explained it and decide to type the same stuff again will do so. But I will say that you made me appreciate the show that much more, especially noticing the head tilt. I'll give you just that one (as i dont think many others will have explained it), By now you know, yes They are Death. The head tilt can represent 2 things, 1) Confessed as to how someone can be fighting back both the wolf and the lamb. and 2) Realizes that Ashe is coming to the rescue and reconsiders that Tryndamere's time has not yet come to an end.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed🤠 To be I was only about 70-80% right with my guesses though😂 I missed some big details that others have pointed out! Thank you for the clarification as you’re the only one I think that brought up your second point about the head tilt!
@@ShatteredFocusProductions I would love for you to react to the introductions for Made in abyss season 1 and season 2 (ESPECIALLY SEASON 2) to see how much you notice. The thing about the intros is they aren't considered spoilers for how well the plot is hidden within them, however for you this may not hold true lol.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions I dont mean this as an exaggerated statement, it is one of the most amazing works of art I've come across and I have lived a long time and enjoyed many many arts. It would give you many many hours of content due to how high valued the storytelling is. There are a few questionable scenes but for it to be so highly rated in-spite of even that, is a flex. As if the author / producers said "its too perfect, give them something to grip about".
Bit of a plothole or that was actually his sword because in the Yasuo and Yone cinematic we see Yasuo pull out a specific blade to use his wind abilities
@@fanto860 i was wondering about that too but seeing as his power is emerging from his bandaged left arm I wonder if he was able to store some power there?
Btw we have a discord🤠
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it's crazy how many details you spotted and were right about without knowing the lore
Its only cause the team that made this care so much to include all the details!
Without a doubt it’s one of my favorite cinematics now!Lot of love, sweat, and tears went into this so as a filmmaker if feel wrong to not pay attention and acknowledge it🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions a good idea would be to watch necrits "what's happening" in still here he's a huge lore nerd and would love to see you react to it
Man put "reaching" on the screen. Reaching for the correct conclusion IG
He is like normie necrit.
@@themantsang Do you think that would be an entertaining video though? I feel like I’d just be nodding my head to everything they say😂 but hey i’ll check it out and give it a shot🤙
The man dismantelled Aatrox with a simple beat of the sword, impressive
Thank you🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions for your information, you are right on almost everything when it comes to aatrox. the one thing that you should know, is that aatrox IS the sword, that guy is a host that aatrox took over as his new body
@@ShatteredFocusProductions To add more.
The sword, Aatrox, basically wants to kill everyone because he/it wants to die. Killing the body it controls won't do anything for it because it will just come back to life with a new hoste.
There's a whole bunch of lore behind that too which is connected to an event, intrigue, etc. but that's enough context, haha.
@@LondronableTBF it's more "destroy everything" than "kill everyone"
He hopes that he gets destroyed as well if he destroys the world.
@@musabhussien2986 Played too much dnd to trust a sword with a heart beat😂
Bro analyzed 3 separate lores in 30 minutes without reading them and got em right
.Respect!!!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video🤠
I'm so amazed by your analysis skills, I've seen a lot (A LOT) of reactors watch this, and not a single one figured out that Kindred were a representation of death. 10/10
Extra points for nailing the "angels" relationship, and Yasuo's warrior gone pacifist gone back to warrior story. 12/10
Glad you enjoyed the video! The director of this project clearly cared a lot about it and brining the LoL world to new viewers by making the cinematic so detailed in a way new viewers understand whats going on!
What amazed me the most and tells me how good as a filmmaker you are is the fact that you clued down the whole story of these characters WITHOUT KNOWING THE LORE just whatching the video. I don't have words, trully impressive. GJ!
Thank you and glad you enjoyed🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe Awaken, Warriors, The Call, Still Here Cinematic are canon to Arcane Universe. Just like Riot Forge Games: Song of Nunu;....
But Ekko Convergence is not is the some Arcane continuity if you watch on TH-cam Convergence post credit scene you will know why.
Ps Snow scenes of Frerjord parts from these cinematics are happening in present time as Riot Forge Song of Nunu.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsThe whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head
Man you nailed it with all stories without now them previously! It's awesome!
Thank you and glad you enjoyed the video🤠
Your understanding of the deep lore of this video is absolutely ridiculously good. I’m genuinely floored
Appreciate ya and glad you enjoyed🤠
Side note: Only reason I was able to notice so much was because the team that made this cinematic did an amazing job!
"no, they are death" YES YYEEEEEEESSSSSS MY MAN!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!
Hahaha glad you enjoyed🤠
Incredible analysis, Surprised how well you understood the cinematic and characters based on filmmaking alone.
New sub you should do more!
I will be! Glad you enjoyed🤠
Spot on. On that fight scene the barbarian was basically fighting Death, which fits perfectly for the character because his most powerful ability allows him to continue fight on borrowed time, even at deaths door, basically a man too angry to die.
Love it😂
bro nailed Kindred's lore right on the head first try, you're too good sir
I try🤠 glad you enjoyed!
WOW, let me tell you, your deductive ability is really amazing, you deduced a lot of lore from that cinematic practically instantly.
Thank you🤠 The team that made the cinematic need the praise though since they did an amazing job of visually conveying the lore!
The fact that you were able to almost perfectly understand everything that's going on without knowing the lore of the game is the ultimate proof that this cinematic is insanely good!
The 2 angels are sisters but the white one hates the purple one powers.
The Lamb and Wolf are the Death itself. If you accept your death, you get shot by the lamb, but if you don't you get hunted by the wolf.
Absolutely🤠 The director and his team put a lot of love into this and it shows!
@@ShatteredFocusProductions And the explanation why the barbar doesnt die facing death is that his power allows him to stay zlive for some time but it stops after. And the archer coming to save him is his Wife.
@@Succombetv appreciate the lore! I’ll be showing his bit to new dnd players going forward to explain barbarian’s rage🤠
@ copy too angry to die😂
The tilt in kindred's head was because she was confused of why tryndamere didnt die by the wolfs bites, which normally would bring death to anybody, also of how he could survive to wolfs death and still fight her at the same time.. But yeah, the general meaning is that she was not really there, in fact he was fighting those guys which almost killed him, and thats why when Ashe (the one in the final scene which killed those 2 guys behind him) took them out, he was not in danger anymore and death disappeared.. On a final note, when he saw Ashe, aka his wife, his rage ended
I should have picked up that it was his wife seeing as how they had back lit with golden light in the pov shot in the beginning. Oh well cant win them all🤷♂️
Thanks for the lore🤠
I've watched a ton of reactions to this video and there's always a little confusion about Kindreds little head tilt. I feel like everyone gets it wrong, eventhough it's quite obvious if you think about it (like when he mentioned the wolf is ethereal and she might not be).
The wolf is the hunter, he represents the warriors attacking Tryndamere, but in the middle of the fight, Tryn attacks Kindred itself. In that short moment he doesn't attack the soldiers in the real world, he attacks death itself. Lamb is not representing a soldier, she's purely a depiction of death here and he can somehow sense and even attack her. That's why she tilts her head, she's confused, this is not something that normally can happen. You can also see, when she transitions to Ashe in the end, that in her place there is no soldier there.
Spot on analysis of Kindred (the lamb and wolf). They are manifestations of death. The legend goes that if you see the Kindred spirits, you have two choices. Accept Lamb's arrow and die a swift, clean death, or run from it, and be hunted by Wolf instead. Their lore is quite interesting!
Also, Lamb is the narrator in the intro card. Kindred is present in the other scenes as well. You mentioned at the end of the angel scene that there's a figure in the fire, which is Lamb, and at the end scene of Yasuo's fight when the arrows are flying out of the forest and he accepts his fate, you can see Wolf's eyes in the forest watching him
Oh yea that quote definitely makes sense for her character! Thanks for the lore🤠
And I would like to add smth on the Kindred's figure in the fire, she is here for Aatrox, the demonic looking guy. He was a mighty warrior, a god warrior but got corrupt and sealed in his weapon, he can't die, he just get back in the sword. But he despise being what he became and wish to die or kill everything so he will not be in this prison if the prison doesn't exist anymore. Kindred is here cuz he accepted death long ago but she can't claim him.
@@TheFlexanor wow thats a crazy detail to add also supper sad😬
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Also to add to that, the reason Lamb (The female in Kindred) tilts her head, which you mention a few times, is because Tryndamere's rage is called Undying Rage and actually prevents him from dying in game for a few seconds. Wolf's hunt is that of a fox hunt. The foxes aren't supposed to fight back. She isn't supposed to be dodging because it's not supposed to be a fight for her. It's supposed to be a sentence, so the head tilt was a tilt of confusion, a tilt of questioning, whats happening here, how is he able to repel us.
@@MathTeacherPlays To add even more, its not a real fight. Trinda is fighting the soldiers that were surrounding him at the start (most of them are already dead when Ashe arrow hit the last 2).
“Lamb, tell me a story!”
“There was once a pale man with dark hair who was very lonely.”
“Why was it lonely?”
“All things must meet this man. So, they shunned him.”
“Did he chase them all?”
“He took an axe and split himself in two, right down the middle.”
“So he would always have a friend?”
“So he would always have a friend.”
Oh is this from in game? Very lonely job they have. Thanks for the lore🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions this was the first release information of kindred (the sheep and the wolf), it's on youtube
You were absolutely right in almost everything. Yes the 2 angels are sisters, their mother is the aspect of justice and she split her sword in two and gave one half to morgana and one to kayle. This scene we're seeing happens way back in the past in the region of Demacia (even tho here it wasnt demacia just yet) while the two sisters were still working together, the reseason kayle(white) looks at morgana(purple) like that is because she chose to abandon their mother sword in order to use her magic, even tho is might look like morganas magic is "evil" because its purple its in fact still celestial in origin. Kayle venerated her mom as the Aspect of Justice, and came to associate the law with general goodness and safety, and took it very seriously while Morgana came to hate their Aspect mom for causing dad enough grief to force them all to leave, and developed a much more personable, empathetic attitude, including with those outcasted. So yeah Kayle is all about serving justice no matter what and Morgana is way more empatthetic so they separate from each other, morgana binds her wings so she cannot fly anymore and Kayle goes on as being the aspect of justice and Demacia becomes a region that basically doesnt allow any magic and will emprison everyone they find using it.
Ohh i didnt know this lead to them banning magic! I remember demacia from the warriors cinematic and its nice to know that their relationship was the snowball that caused that!
Brilliant analysis of Aatrox. He _is_ the sword. The wielder of the sword is just a hapless victim that got possessed.
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its amazing how you understood pretty much everything
The 3 scenes depict past ( the sisters ) the future (old yasuo) and present the berserker (tryndamere), and the lamb and wolf are indeed death, where you can accept it and die peacefully with the arrow from the lamb, or try to fight it and get mauled by the wolf.
Death (names kindred) apears in all scenes, the shillouete in the fire on the first one, arrow that kills yasuo, and fighting tryndamere. That head tilt was more like a curious reaction from it as tryndamere was using its "ultimate" where in the game he becomes immortal and cant be reduced bellow 1 hp. in the end his wife Ashe apears and saves him, escaping death, hence she disapears.
Appreciate the lore and explanation🤠
LMAO you nailed it, the sisters, the distain, the tragic aatrox, the whole yasuo scene even his death and kindred, death you even figured they are two peacefull/rough and noticed the shadow in the flames
Word!
I saw a lot of different film makers and specialist in scene design, music design and other stuff reacting to this masterpiece of a cinematic and no one spotted on all the details as good as you, it was jaw dropping, everytime I said that riot is amazing at storytelling but as I'm so into the lore of LOL sometimes I think I'm bias and as I have an understanding of what I'm seeing, it's maybe not as good as I'm thinking. This is the first video of you I'm seeing and got you one more sub. You are amazing
Really appreciate your comment and sub!🤠
Not surprised other filmmakers may have missed some things since “filmmaker” is a broad term as theres so many roles to play (you should see a call sheet😂) and that usually means they are really amazing at their specific field! For me my focus is directing so story direction, blocking (placement of actors and movement in the scene), shot composition, performance, etc etc are my cup of tea but directing jobs are competitive so i’ve had to work in other departments to pay the bills! You probably weren’t looking for a full back story but I love my job so I can’t help but share😂
Again thank you and glad you enjoyed🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions No, of course it is with all the respect for other filmarkers/content creators, i was just surprised how much of the story you conveyed from just seeing it. Kyle and Morgana are actually an equivalent of angels, they are daughters of the Aspect of Justice, and also you get that Aatrox, the demon like character is just the vesel for the sword whos a darkin, you also get that in the Yasuo story you see one of his possible ends and alos that he had tried a pacific life, and lastly that it is not clrear that if it is real of something in Tryndamere's (the barbarian King) mind but he is fighting against death itself embodied in the Kidred spirit, the peaceful death of the arrow of the lamb or the savage fight with the wolf, also he have a special power cause he have a llttle bit of a curse caused by Aatrox (the demon in the first third) that makes him inmortal for brief time, its called the inmortal rage. The Kindred, well the lamb is the one that appears in the fire transition, and also is the one that say the words at the beggining of the short. i hope this bit of the lore helps.
Anyway, learning about the job of interesting creative people is very inspirational so you can share as much as you want, i studied a little of Photography but nothing else so hearing from experts about on how some shoots are composed its very helpful and knowing the backround of these people is very interesting so, the more of a reason to been a sub. Thanks again.
@@shiranui28 Appreciate the lore🙏 I love to hear about the lore and back stories of these cinematic. It’s almost like a game to see how close i hit the mark on each subject!
Great breakdown. you got pretty much all the lore right. Tryndamere (warrior with the big sword) was fighting off the bandits while seeing the personification of Death - Kindred (Lamb and Wolf). Lamb was confused as to why he doesn't die - correct, he has an ability, where he goes into a rage (the red eyes) and cannot die for a period of time. At the end when he was out of danger, they disappeared as his wife - Ashe, saved him with the arrows. The angels - Kayle (white) and Morgana (purple) you got right, you even caught the disdain in Kayle's eyes, using magic is a major no no in their society. They each had a sword that was gifted to them from their mother, Morgana left hers in the ground to use magic and Kayle picked it up to finish off Aatrox (the demon dude), whom you got pretty much exactly right, he's a cursed weapon that takes over a host that wields it. Yasuo, again, all correct. Old man who picks up the sword again to protect others.
Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the lore explanation🤠
Sad i missed the mark on the sword being morganas cause i assumed it to be kayle’s. Could have potentially reached the conclusion of the significance of the swords if I did.
Yasuo looking down at the sword is one of my favorite moments in all of media. He has slain SO MANY people with swords in his life, and in his old age he does not carry one. He has CHOSEN to put down that weapon and STOP killing. This is his JOHN WICK moment. He is unearthing the tools he has long since buried and he KNOWS that those tools do one thing; KILL.
Its the perfect moment for him and his scene it was handled with a lot of love and care! I’d happily watch a whole cinematic with him at this quality!🤠
Gotta love you just took that one bombastic side eye and was correct about pretty much everything between those two angels.
Sisters, not very close, went separate paths.
Na that side eye was lethal😂
This is immensely impressive. The demon is aatrox, a godwarrior who went mad and was imprisoned in his sword. He can take over anyone who wields him. The two angels are sisters, the swords are from their mother, who is a celestial. They dont like eachother, as the white one believes in following the rules, while the purple one believes in true justice. The look of disdain is because the purple one decided to her mother's sword to use magic instead.
Oh, and aatrox is indeed a tragic character, as he's going insane inside his sword. He cannot be killed or destroyed, and he hopes that if he can destroy everything else, maybe he can cease to exist as well.
Ohhh family heirloom drama copy! Who’s the host for the sword in this video?
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsthat's not entirely clear, but we can assume that his current form is a normal soldier that was taken over, with the bodies of other soldiers he killed fused into him, as he can use blood magic to "build" his own body. This is also why the shot ends with his sword falling out of his hand, as he loses control over the body when he's not held.
More info about the barbarian fight: the barbarian is Tryndamere, and his opponents are Kindred, the Lamb and the Wolf. The Lamb is indeed peaceful death for those who accept their death, like Yasuo, and the Wolf is for those who run away from death, who put up a fight. For people from the Freljord, like Tryndamere, it's usually considered honorable for warriors to fight the Wolf, to die a warrior's death. Tryndamere however has some of the blood magic from Aatrox, who murdered Trynamere's tribe. The blood magic is activated when Tryndamere rages, rapidly healing him and causing him to be unable to die while he rages. You can also see this in the cinematic A Twist of Fate, where he fights Garen.
Oh, and also, the archer at the end is Ashe, Trynamere's wife. It was a political marriage at first, but it's pretty clear it's grown into something more.
Bro cooked the perfect meal, spot on analysis!
Glad you enjoyed🤠
If you do pause, a good rule of thumb is pressing left on the arrowkey once or twice, so you get the full context. When you paused on the Morgana scene it was already quiet so you didn't get to hear the music cut out for the epic reveal of her powers.
I like the reaction, lots of valuable insight.
Edit: Oh, and frame by frame view is the " , . " or " < > " keys.
Appreciate it🤠
honestly am soooooo impressed by how you are when deducting these scenes, cause you pretty much got everthing right. i usually skip through some of the talking parts of reactions becausem all of them are yapping without any substance, but i couldnt bring myself to skip through this one, honestly you are amazing and have such a good eye for scenery and hidden meanings.
please react to kindred's (the lamb and the wolf) voicelines, it will show you that you got kindred right to a t. also the voice lines are amazing.
Really appreciate the comment and glad you enjoyed🤠 I’ll be sure to check that out at some point!
If you haven't already you should definitely listen to kindred's quotes. Some of them are quite sad and some refrence the 'grey man'
I’ll check it out!🤠
Good to see you again!!!
Good to be back🤠 glad y’all are still around too!
story time
Fight one ( 1st scene + last scene) Tryndamere is a soldier who tapped into the powers of the darkin aatrox that causes him to survive death itself by raging and killing its opponents before they kill him before exhaustion. Kindred is the lamb + wolf the most known representation aroung runeterra. the lamb basically is killing everyone fast with her bow in one shot when dead people accept death while wolf hunts and plays around with his victims in case people dont accept their fate. in this scene u can see an awesome shot where lamb tilts her head out of curiosity cause he can resist them both. and when Ashe arrives to kill the last killing threats she has no option to kill tryndamere (for now).
Fight two ( Morgana + Kayle vs Aatrox ) Morgana and Kayle are sisters who are basically the two sides of justice while the purple one called morgana represents forgiveness freedom and gratitude kayle is more the punishing side who uses every opportunity to use force and power to punish people. both despice each other especially shown in that look of disgust of kayle when morgana uses her magic that is strictly forbidden in this region. Aatrox actually is the sword a powerful once human person who was banished into this weapon all this person now can do is feel suffering pain and vengeance searching for a way to snuff his own life out once and for all. through picking up the sword aatrox ( and other darkin) manage to use these lifeforms as vessels.
Fight three ( Yasuo and the bandits) In this fight is a vision of yasuo how he could die in the future yasuo would die by defending the innocent while trying to scare the bandits away without hitting a single kill. (in the whole fight scene there was no single blooddrop) he doesnt want to kill anymore so he only tries to deflect attacks and scare them away. while the finishing blow is shown as an arrow that probably came from kindred because yasuo accepted his fate.
Appreciate the lore dump🙏🤠
The last scene is Tryndamere fighting Kindred. Kindred isn't really an inner demon, more of a grim reaper in the world of runeterra. Tryndamere's ultimate ability is called "Undying rage" which makes him impossible to kill for a couple of seconds. This scene sort of tells us each time we use his ultimate ability in game, he's fighting Kindred for his life and if he can hold his own for long enough he might survive. Meanwhile his body if fighting in pure rage and survival instinct with the actual enemies.
Appreciate the lore🤠
8:00 kayle (blondie) is looking at morgana (purple) with distain because she dared to abandon their mother's sword (each of them have 1) in favor of using magic
Appreciate the lore🤠
Omfg you're so good at this cuz you told almost everything right about the cinematic without knowing anything about this universe
I could only do it since the director included all the amazing details🤠
This guys has 1000iq so much details cought and so much right conclusions without knowing nothing about the lore. Impressive!! ❤❤
Thank you and glad you enjoyed the video🤠
The whole theme is "Still Here", referencing Kindred who is Death Incarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana & Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (Old Man Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter what time it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of the Past destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, and Shooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in the head
Thank you for the insight🤙 after learning everything about Kindred from y’all I’d have to agree!
Purple (Morgana) and Blondie (Kayle) are sister and at the time of the battle with the demon (Aatrox) they are both represent the Aspect of Justice, each wielding a half of their mother's sword (the original Aspect of Justice). Your read on the look Kayle gives is spot on, she hates the use of magic and her sister for using it so recklessly (in her view). She aslo see's placing their mothers sword in the ground as disrespect which is why she picks it up to deal the final blow. Later, but not shown in this cinematic, Morgana would bind her wings and exile herself to help others in her own way and leaving Kayle as the only Aspect of Justice as well as both halves of the sword.
Also, Aatrox's sword is 100% alive and is actually Aatrox himself. He is a Darkin, a group of warriors corrupted by blood magic and sealed within various weapons. Once the weapons are picked up, the warrior inside takes over the mind of the wielder and usually morphs their body in some way. In life he was the general over these warriors and has taken the leadership over the Darkin as well.
Appreciate the explanation!🤠
Tipazo, sacó todo el lore de los personajes con solo el video... y aun así tiene sin activar el Windows, se siente muy lejano y cercano a la vez
I refuse to activate windows😂
Absolut best raw analysis of this video I have ever seen
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed🤠
Bro you smashed it for a first look and not being a big League lore nerd. Very impressive how many things were basically on point. Guess it shows how good the story is and how good of a read you are. Kudos to you
Thank you🤠 yea they knocked it out the park with this one! Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Glad you enjoyed it too, its number one on the list for me. Keep it up brother
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To get the frames use the "" keys after pausing. This is a useful feature for you especially to get accuracy.
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Purple and blondy are sisters, purple embrace her dark magic nature and thats why blondy look at her like "tha fk are you doing? They are the daughters of the Aspect of Justice, their mom is like a demi-god.
Appreciate the lore🤠
Respect for your skill in analyzing.
Appreciate ya🤠
Now that's a great reaction, dude mentioned some of the true events without knowing the lore
Glad you enjoyed the video🤠
TH-cam controls for video play back. use the "," and "." keys to move frame by frame while paused.
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If you are looking for a certain frame, you can use the , and . keys to move frames, instead of seconds.
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I've watched a ton of reactions to this video and there's always a little confusion about Kindreds little head tilt. I feel like everyone gets it wrong, eventhough it's quite obvious if you think about it (like when you mentioned the wolf is ethereal and she might not be).
The wolf is the hunter, he represents the warriors attacking Tryndamere, but in the middle of the fight, Tryn attacks Kindred itself. In that short moment he doesn't attack the soldiers in the real world, he attacks death itself. Lamb is not representing a soldier, she's purely a depiction of death here and he can somehow sense and even attack her. That's why she tilts her head, she's confused, this is not something that normally can happen. You can also see, when she transitions to Ashe in the end, that in her place there is no soldier there.
Good note! Appreciate ya🤠
If you really want an over-analysis of the lore, Necrit does a full lore breakdown on his channel.
Appreciate the recommendation but I really enjoy figuring it out through the visuals🤠
Fair enough, and your insight does serve you quite well. Though I suppose I was a little unclear. I was meaning that he has a lore breakdown for the Still Here cinematic in particular (in addition to world-spanning lore breakdowns). There are a lot of lore layers to dig through if you're interested, though I can also respect enjoying the mysteriousness of the unknown.
last scene is Kindred ( lamb and wolf) representives of calm peacefull and brutal death
Dope🤠
I hate referring you to another's video on your channel but, Necrit does an amazing breakdown of this video from a lore perspective. And though you have been given some good feedback from you commenters. I do believe there is still much to be gained from watching his video. Highly recommend it. BTW frame by frame is the two < > symbols. or , and . but it is easier to think of it as < > but without needing to hold shift.
Thank you for the key binds!
I might go watch his stuff after the videos but I’m hesitant cause I’m a lore addict and love world building so i might accidentally watch all their stuff. Big part of the fun for me is figuring it out through the visuals🤠
Holy cow it's been a minute since I've seen a breakdown from you and god, how much I missed them! Love your breakdowns so much, especially with how many storytelling details you can get without knowing the full lore of the videos you watch! Love it so much!
Btws, you've probably remembered by now but just in case you havent the '' keys are your frame by frame shortcuts!
Appreciate ya! Ecstatic to back doing this since it’s a great exercise for me. Glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the key binds🤠
The way blonde angel look is confusing to you bcs you don’t know that in league lore, we learn that purple angel is her sister and their mother gives both of them a sword and purple angel leaves it and disappoints her sister. Thats why she looks that way.
Word! Appreciate the lore🤠
It’s amazing talent from the team that made this cinematic. A person that perhaps has never played the game or know the background of the characters can pick up EXACTLY who these characters are and what they represent. That shows the care they put into producing this. For all the shit Riot gets for being a greedy company, they do know how to put out top notch stuff like this.
Oh no they are for sure only looking at numbers at the too but they were smart enough to hire a director & writer that truly care!
It is truely amazing whwt you picked up, i an so impressed even as a lore nerrd i okly picked jp on a few things on my 2nd or 3rd watch you realized by framing alone... and i agree witth a few commentors necrits vireo would be really nice to eflect what you aanlyzed,mlike aatrox beeing the weapon using bodys as bosts and the distain of the sisters.... as well as the Kindred the embodyment of death (they have great lore as well or lets say i love the concept how to handle death)and to see you reflect with your expertise on what he has to say with the lore would be cool imo
And i think it would be really rewarding for you to see jow much you got correct
I’ll check it out then🤠
You were 90% right each time
I try! The hard work the director and their team put into it made it very easy though🤠
blew my mind with this reaction never in my life seen somebody figuring out that much just by the animation. Its crazy Aatrox (the demon) was possesed by the sword that is a so called "Darkin". It overtook his body, Kindred is the reincarnation of death. It was so lonely it split itself into 2 so it always has a friend around. Everything was perfectly interpreted by u. Also the 2 "angels" are sisters, they fight with the 2 blades of their mother, when Morgana (The purple) put her sword in the ground she droped the Hohnor of their mother. At least thats what kayle thought, thats why she looks like that at her once she passes her. Since than there relationship was never the same. The old yasou was living a peacefull life and sworn himself that he will never kill somebody again. Thats why he dosent cut them he just pushes them with the wind. In the end of his shot u can see him acctually pushing the enemy away from the arrow of death shot by kindred.
Glad you enjoyed the video and appreciate the lore🤠
Quick TH-cam Hotkey tip: Use the , and . keys to move for- or backwarts frame by frame.
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If youre curious, in the last scene the warrior is Tryndamere, he has special ability that he simply cannot die, in LoL its called "undying rage", and the hunter is Kindred, its basiically personification of death in league's lore, so imo this whole fight is something in his mind, where he fights death while he cannot die, while "irl" he fights those guys from the beginning. I think its not like Kindred is his imagination or something, he basically fights 2 fights at once, with these guys in reality, while death in other realm, where his ability fights literal death. Great vid tho!
Appreciate the lore🤠 i feel like when finally dies they aren’t going to let him go peacefully😂 Does kindred have a personality or is she impassive?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Kindred's personality is a duality: Lamb is calm, compassionate, and poetic, representing the gentle acceptance of death, while Wolf is wild, impulsive, and fierce, embodying its predatory inevitability. Together, they balance serenity and chaos, reflecting death’s multifaceted nature.
@@ShatteredFocusProductionsthey have a LOT of personality while also having no personality of their own, you can actually watch a video on their voicelines and you’ll immediately get what i mean, Wolf is very angry, emotional and impatient and Lamb is very calm, serene but feels no emotions, so they constantly rely on each other to explain stuff to one another.
for example Wolf will see someone crying and ask “i see water?” and Lamb replies “they are called tears” and Lamb will ask “what does hunger feel like?” and Wolf will reply “always there”. Wolf is very emotional but has no understanding of it while Lamb is very knowledgeable but doesn’t feel a thing.
idk if its a video you would react to because it has no cinematic, its literally just a voicelines video but i think youd enjoy it even if you watched it on your own time.
@@Muadmh I love that! Captures most aspects of death with the split there🤠
@@schizzzzz8912 I might react to it and throw it on the discord at least!
The Man at the beginning and end is Tryndamere. In the game, his ultimate ability is Undying Rage in which he refuses to die. In the final scene it's showing what he sees during his undying rage, but the reality is that he fought off all of his foes in the first scene. The head tilt from Lamb is her wondering if it's truly his time because he's able to fight back.
Ah I like that interpretation of the head tilt! Thanks for sharing the lore🤠
The fact that he said at 18:26 just killed me. Casually call out the ability without knowing it
@ I was comparing to how barbarians rage in dnd😂
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Just to add some extra information.
Tryndamere has been connected to Aatrox. Both being immortal. I think he got stabbed by the sword at one point.
As the other person said. Kindred, the lamb and the wolf, aren't really 'real' here. They're just manifestations of being close to death for the most part.
My head cannon is that lamb is getting tired of this bastard denying her.
The second arrow especially was less a "die already" shot and more a "ready to go?" shot as well in my interpretation.
The head tilt is more of a surprise. Kindred in her trailer says everyone has to meet them. And you meet them when they come to take your life
man just because you were SO CLOSE to a lot of details, i know it might not be your thing but for yourself watch.
The Lore of "Still Here" Cinematic Explained
by Necrit
you will understand A LOT OF THINGS like why the sword was frame with the "angel" and the "demon", why the "demon"'s sword is alive ETC.
Appreciate the recommendation🤠
Character at the end is called Ashe and she is Tryndamere's wife. Love the detail when he sees her and his eyes turn back to normal
Also how they back lit here with golden light in the pov shot in the beginning! Surprised I missed the details implicating their relationship as I took it as more of a hope thing.
Please look up "Necrit", he lore dives into the whole thing. And you can see how often u where right
Might start doing that after each video but I’d rather not spoil other lore for me since its fun to try to figure it out with just the visuals🤠
No way he watched a expiation video about this before. :D joke a side yeah eventually he guessed almost everything right.
Takes a minute but I’ll get there eventually😂 na but kudos to the director if this cause their team and them took the time to put together this incredibly detailed cinematic!
Kindred is the grim reaper of the universe, she shows up and finishes the job when someone is about to die. Fun fact tryndamere can defy death with is undying rage. The grim reaper is fighting the unkillable, which is why shes so intrigued. Its impressive how you catch on!
Thank you and appreciate the lore🤠
really looking forward to watching your reaction/analysis to arcane, great insights as always ✌
Im curious on what format you will choose, I'd like to see a per episode reaction but thats up to you 🙂
Appreciate ya🤠 i’ll be doing a video per episode!
Good fucking luck.
This dude figured out Kindred, Trox, and Kae Morg in one video😂🙃 wtf
Glad you enjoyed🤠
@ keep up the vids man!
@@redline3573 will do!
As many have said you pretty much nailed the whole lore and caught on to every easter egg but if you want the full backstory there's a youtube video by necrit that explains all the lore packed into this cinematic, It's a great video to watch & I'd love to see your reaction to it, but if that's not your kind of reaction content I understand, highly recommend atleast checking it out on your own though! my jaws on the floor at the analysis keep up the great content
I’ll be sure to check it out!
The shortcut to move frame by frame is dot and comma.
Also, (just if you're interested) Necrit made a video explaining *every detail* in the cinematic about the lore.
Thank you for the key binds🤙
We've missed you!
I’ve missed y’all!🤠
Fantastic, great to see you back, love your analysis. I always find it so amazing how you are able to use the video to work out the story as you got pretty much everything spot on.
Everyone's explained most of the video already, but a bit on Yasuo (the wind samurai). He has retired from fighting so your analysis of the "sage" dropping the stick to "lower himself to pick up the sword/fight" was spot on too! He disliked the violence which is why, if you look closely, he is using his wind powers to push and knock the bandit's off kilter, but never actually strike them. He also pushed the lead bandit out the way of the volley of arrows when he "attacked" him. I don't remember exactly, but his story is that he is the only person in the LoL universe who knows when he is going to die. It's why at the end the shot is of him accepting Lamb's arrow and why, though the wolf is seen in the background it does not attack. The Kindred Lore is around accepting death (Lamb's peaceful death) or fighting it (Wolf's aggressive fight to the death). Yasuo has accepted his so gets Lamb's arrow.
Thanks for the lore🤠 No wonder Yasuo seems so calm! Hes had a long time to prepare for it.
Spot on explanation. Just wanted to add a little detail that Yasuo never cuts anyone with his sword in the scene. the wind wraps his sword and he's basically knocking everyone out/down with the force of his swing
I kinda disagree on the part about Yasuo not killing anyone in the scene. It is just convention of these videos, we never see anyone actually killing anyone in any graphic way. And it honestly makes zero sense for Yasuo picking up the sword but remain pacifist in the same time. Its thematically jarring. So he kills or maims every bandit he hits in his scene. It is just censored.
@@CruelDwarf I think the point is that's trying to be made is that Yasuo doesn't want to kill, he's just trying to beat them back to save the remaining villagers assuming (based on the lead bandit's reaction) his reputation will help protect the villagers once they see who he actually is. I'm sure, push comes to shove, he will probably kill to protect the villagers, but he's trying to go another way first. And killing with a sword doesn't have to be graphic in these things, same as how Ashe killing the two at the end wasn't graphic so if they wanted to clearly show him killing, they could have done so.
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Not sure if anyone's mentioned it before, but Necrit does great lore analysis for these cinematics: th-cam.com/video/blnpBRCr45M/w-d-xo.html
Please Desactivate that Windows sign xD there are a lot of tutorials in youtube. Nice reaction!!
Oh I know how and I also know how much it drives some people crazy! Its been a meme since my first video😂
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Oh!! ok ok! it gave me a little toc but i really enjoyed your reaction. Thanks for replying ❤
@@kmilita94 anytime! Glad you enjoyed the video🤠
What you said about Kayle(blonde) and Morgana(purple) is accurate. They are sister, and definitely a very rocky relationship last i read.
I bet the holiday dinners are great at their house😂
It is the comma and period keys that let you move frame by frame.
@@TehWarriorGecko Appreciate you🙏🤠
You don't need to make a reaction video to this (although you of course are very welcome to), but I would highly recommend that you listen to Kindred's quotes (the lamb and the wolf, Kindred - death). They tell a very interested and sad story about Kindred and for sure make you think about a few deep things actually.
I’ll check it out! A couple people have requested it so I’ll try to make it but if I feel like its not entertaining enough for youtube i’ll just throw it up on our discord🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions What's the DIscord my man? :-D
@ discord.gg/k4A4Ngq3
20:30 local grim ripper/death actually, cuz other regions have different "death" but they are all fam
Oh? I need a death family reunion cinematic now😂
If you want to dive a little deeper into the story of this (and other) cinematics, I recommend you watch Necrits Videos.
He is commonly referred to as the league lore guy
I’ll be sure to check him out but I am hesitant since I’m a lore addict so I would probably binge everything😂 Big part of the fun for me is to discern the lore from the visuals of each cinematic so it would have to be after each video. Are his videos isolated to each cinematic so I can watch without worrying about spoilers?
To not spoil anything you don't want to see, I would recommend you just search for "Lore of (Cinematic) Explained".
Yes, the videos are isolated for each Cinematic.
I recommend you start with his Still Here Breakdown to get a view of how he designs those breakdowns and because it is the one you watched most recently.
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@@ShatteredFocusProductions you're welcome
the last 2 ur not that far off, Wolf represents the resistance of death, the Lamb represents a peaceful and accepting death. Wolf chases those that reject and fight death while Lamb would give you a painless and peaceful death.
Ur also not that far off with the first part, the angels are twin sisters of the Aspect of Justice and are from a rising nation rejecting of magic so one of them using dark magic is not really a good look lol, hence the distained look of the other sister who is much more ruthless in their roles as aspects, as Kayle (the blonde one) represents the perfection of justice and Morgana (the purple one) represents the mercy of justice. So essentially, between the two, Morgana is the more forgiving one while Kayle just punishes all law breakers regerdless of their motivations or circumstances (no difference to when done by intention or survival, all law breakers will be punished)
Thank you for the lore dump!🤠 Love the dynamic between each pair of characters!
Love the reaction! I think it would be awesome if you reviewed some of the fight scenes from "Arcane", the league of legends show!
Glad you enjoyed🤠 I’ll be doing s2 of arcane next week!
damn you're cooking
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Great reaction and heads up since you talked about it in the vid: the shortcuts for moving frame my frame on YT are , and .
Thank you!🤠
Incredible. Hoping you will also react to arcane, bcs it has so much love to the details and story writing.
I will should be up next week🤠
Comma and period for frame rewind/advance.
And yeah, the angel ladies are sisters. But that look of disdain was real.
What the sisters names and are they angels or what?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Blonde girl is Kayle, while the one in purple is Morgana. They're the daughters of a celestial, equivalent to angels. The swords they use were once their mother's sword, split into two for the two of them. That's part of why Kayle had that look for Morgana, after she "abandoned" her mother's sword in favor of magic.
The battle was set long in the past, during the formative period of the country Demacia. At some point after that, the two had a complete falling out, where Kayle took both swords, while Morgana decided to accept her magic. Much drama ensues.
@ ah i see thats why the sword in the foreground of that pov shot! Thanks for the lore🤠
You hit almost everything 😳😳 A little hint of “” on the keyboard, allow you to move the video frame by frame.
@@ThymoRK thank you🤠
pretty impressive and accurate guesses
@@amu5823 Thank you🤠 how close was I on the angels relationship and hunter/wolf theory?
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Pretty solidly, yeah.
The Lamb and Wolf are called Kindred as a unit, and represent death, analogous to the Grim Reaper, and are the embodiment of either a peaceful or violent death, respectively. They take a few different forms in different areas of the world, but this particular version is the most recognizable relative to the game. (Aside: They also show up in another recent LoL video, but with a different look: Blood Sweat and Tears.)
The barbarian guy's ultimate makes it so that he can't die for a certain amount of time, and this video revealed that every time he uses it, he is literally fighting Death in some alternate realm.
Also, that image you saw in the fire in the transition between the first and second scenes was a kind of faint impression of the Lamb in her iconic pose, holding the bow and standing on one leg. And if you look at the woods in the background when the arrow comes for Yasuo, you can see the eyes of the Wolf, watching.
Someone else posted about the angels, but a solid guess on them, too. Sisters have some drama between them.
@@David-id6jwThat barbarian is probably very vexing to them😂
Also THANK GOD i was right about the symbol, I thought it might have been a stretch and was thinking I looked a little off in the head😂
16:57 I am pretty sure Yasuo is heavily inspired by Kenshin. Both in Lore and Ability. So if you know that you might recognize it a bit.
Once a "murderer". then tried to lay down his sword (and wind), then forced to fight again.
The bandages moving is basically just him releasing his wind magic, covering his body with it, making him fast (he is able to dash around a lot in game) - which is also referencing Kenshin again and his speed.
18:04 Kindered is death. The lamb will offer a peaceful death (arrow, seen at the last shot with Yasuo) if you accept death and don't struggle. Or a violent death, if you don't accept it, delivered by the Wolf. (Spoilers, Tryndamere cannot die). So yes, he is lit. fighting death here.
20:06 im impressed. your the first reactor who got this (not knowing the lore), especially on first watch. good job
21:01 the sillhoutte (you thought was a symbol) in the flames on the transition you recognize (correctly! not many catch it) is the sillhoutte of the lamb. Whe lambs arrow comes towards yasuo, you can see the wolf (eyes) in the black shadows of the trees/forest. in all 3 storylines there is someone coming close o death, or should die but happens to be immortal etc. (First one, the Sword Aatrox, is immortal, cannot die, so the Lamb didn't do anything, because it can't claim him. Yasuo in turn seems to accept the peaceful arrow of death, while tryndamere also cannot and does not want to die (he is cused with the undying rage), so he will reject peaceful death and fight violent death (lamb and wolf). And eventually his wife Ashe comes to help him.
Thanks for the lore and Yasuo’s inspiration🤠
Hey man this is an amazing analysis, if you don't actually know the lore beforehand props to you, you're really really smart, my guy, please take the time analyze Blood Sweat and Tears, it's a music video from Riot, showing the raise of Ambessa, mother of Mel from Arcane, you won't regret it!
Appreciate ya🤠 I’ll be sure to do that one this weekend!
Great video i liked the analysis and theory crafting you did with what you where given so i will now give you some things that came to mind watching the video from the top of my mind some fun facts and some context so im sorry if its too disorganized i went adding things as they came to mind while writting and my first lenguage is not english so im not too good with grammar but i tried and it should be more than understandable even if there puntuation in the wrong places or something
Spot on about that theory for the wolf and the lamb also the symbol u see in the fire in the first act is the Lamb's silluette just looking at the demon (Aatrox) as he is inmortal and his real body resides inside the sword and the physical body you can see is normally some poor person who was unlucky enough to grab the sword and got instantly took over by aatrox who then uses blood magic to modify and try to recreate his former body, so spot on also on the tragic character theory he was once a noble hero driven mad by the void for wich he was sealed in the sword and now wants to destroy the whole universe because maybe then he will be able to die and be free as nothing else is able to do more than just destroy his physical body and send him back to the sword.
The angels are sisters, and the look of disgust on the blonde one (Kayle) is because the other one (Morgana) left her sword behind to fight using only her magic. The swords they have are a gift from their mother, the Aspect of Justice (aspects are kinda like some godly beings), and the blonde one is pretty much a zealot of their purpose as the now twin aspect of justice. Kayle would execute you for loitering, but Morgana is more lax and believes more in reforming and second chances, so Kayle is quite disgusted at the idea that Morgana would dare just toss aside her mother's sword, this holy relic that embodies their grand purpose as basically this twin gods of justice
in the Yasuo scene. In the end, you can see in the treeline the wolf head silhouette looking at him but doing nothing as he embraces his death peacefully, and The Lamb's arrow takes him. This is confirmed to be a vision of the future granted to Yasuo about a possible way he could die.
The third one, in my opinion, is also completely spot on about the hallucination. Kindred is the personification of death Lamb represents a swift death for those who accept their end and the Wolf hunting down and taking those who fight or try to escape it. but that does not mean that if you die in a fight a wolf just show up out of nowhere in the middle of the battlefield and eats you or if you peacefully die in your home with your loved ones arround Lamb doesnt just kick down your door to shoot you in the head as some people who take the whole concept too literal might believe, it is just the representation of death, a concept given face for us to comprehend
also the barbarian (Tryndamere) and the one with the bow (Ashe) are married.
another conection fact, the rage he got is the "undying rage" wich was caused by our demon boy aatrox showing up one day slapping the life out of trynda but he came back to life with this rage, we believe he was trying to modify tryndamere to make him a perfect vesel for him (most probably) or maybe just happened without aatrox even knowing (unlikely) idk but now trynda got his rage that makes him kinda of inmortal too, this might be the reason too why he is not surprise to see Kindred as this would not be the first time he has a close encounter with death
Thank you for the information!
Can’t believe I missed the wolf head😅
Tryndamere’s ability makes him tanking the wolfs bite make sense.
< and > move the video by frame :)
Appreciate ya🤠
8:00 wait for you saying this 😮
Glad you enjoyed🤠
Any plans on checking out Arcane?
Absolutely!! Going to out next week🤠
You pinned aatrox being a tragic character spot on.
Maybe not the type of tragedy, but his lore is *rough*
actually, on second thought, more spot on than I initially thought.
@@shilohmagic7173 By rough you mean disorganized? Would make sense since I’m sure theres multiple writers with their hand in the pot. Things tend to get muddled that way
@@ShatteredFocusProductions No, rough as in his *life* was terrible. he was a sun warrior(ancient shurima's version of a demigod), and everything went downhill from there. he is now a sentient sword that possesses humans.
@@shilohmagic7173 That is rough😂
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Admittedly, still one of the most powerful characters in canon, but definitely an unsubtly written fallen angel type, and certainly the most direct example of it, among all the darkin.
It's a little sad that you have to be a filmmaker and/or a director nowadays to be able to have the media literacy necessary to appreciate a piece like this one, as most people just don't understand what they're looking at, and simply downgrade all of these events down to "cool fights". A billion reactors just keep watching stuff and never seem to realize how much care and thought is put into these cinematics, short films or even full length ones.
It's always refreshing to see someone putting the effort in understanding the symbolism and cinematography behind a piece of media. I simply adore non-verbal & visual storytelling and RIOT does have a superb team behind these productions, they're always a treat to watch, even if I don't play League anymore. Anyway, props for getting almost every single detail about this cinematic correct. Great analysis, I'm gonna be checking out some of your other videos for sure.
@@observationduty I really appreciate and agree with this comment! Really happy you enjoyed the video🤠
Also I’m sure theres a quality drop when you go to older videos since I took almost a two year break because I was working back to back shows. Theres still some good ones but I’d look forward to the new ones coming in. I’ll be uploading at least three times a week and the next one drops tomorrow🤙
Gosh you deserve a comm!
U nailed many thgs, hard to believe u didnt cheat 😂 Still there are many layers and details SO enjoyable for those who know lore.
"Piece of art" is far too low, take my word when i say it's greatest masterpiece of at leeeast 2024 all art combined (u just have to dig more to have your jaw drop and your mind blown up multiple times - it worth it, dont wana spoil it )
Loved your analysis, you're skillful
@@hakimbensouda5977 Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video🤠
The Awaken, Warriors, The Call, Still Here Cinematic are canon to Arcane Universe. Just like Riot Forge Games: Song of Nunu;....
But Ekko Convergence is not is the some Arcane continuity if you watch on TH-cam Convergence post credit scene you will know why.
Ps Snow scenes of Frerjord parts from these cinematics are happening in present time as Riot Forge Song of Nunu.
@@karolinask_cz Thanks for the timeline🤙🤠
I would love if you read the short lore of Ambessa Medarda on the official league site and then reacted to her music video to "Blood, Sweat & Tears." I bet it would make a great cinematic analysis video.
Especially now that you know who Kindred is.
I’ll react to it but i’ll refrain from reading up on it cause i want to see what i can pick up🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions Fair enough. I bet you will love it!
I just want to say, I know the lore, I have played the game for years, Tryndamere is one of my favorite characters and i've seen this video a few times. You explained a few things to me I had never noticed, like that Tryndamere was fighting the first 2 "foreground" enemies/bandits in reality while the kindred battle took place and when Ashe arrived all that's left is 2 background enemies she dispatches. Or the symbolism in him (Yasuo reaching down for the sword he'd sworn away.
In return I"ll give you the short Summary of Kayle and Morgana (you are smart enough to guess which is which based on DnD and their names alone).
Morgana. Both Kayle and are twin siblings, Kayle being the older of the two. During their living in Demacia, they were Winged Protectors and saved countless lives. Despite their differences, they always tried to work together and serve their noble goal.
Kayle and Morgana aren't actually angels, they're the twin Aspects of Justice. Kayle is the dogmatic representation of ``no sin can be forgiven'' and Morgana represents the other extreme, ``no sin is too large to be forgiven''.
Kayle is disgusted with the fact that Morgana dropped and left the half of their mother's sword in the ground in order to use Magic as a means of victory. Kayle is very stoic in her ways. She takes up both swords at the end and assist in finishing off Aatrox. She would die before she did what Morgana chose, and she resents it.
Morgana is more willing to do what it takes to win, look at the gray areas and work with the world around her.
Kindred is the best Duo ever. And yes Lamb is a "she" and Wolf is a "he"
Appreciate the confirmation🤠
Okay so hear me out. This video if 100% legit (meaning not coming into it having known the plot) is 100% proof you know your shit. I wont explain how right you are, i'm sure the 50+ ppl below me who see someone has already explained it and decide to type the same stuff again will do so. But I will say that you made me appreciate the show that much more, especially noticing the head tilt.
I'll give you just that one (as i dont think many others will have explained it), By now you know, yes They are Death. The head tilt can represent 2 things, 1) Confessed as to how someone can be fighting back both the wolf and the lamb. and 2) Realizes that Ashe is coming to the rescue and reconsiders that Tryndamere's time has not yet come to an end.
Thank you and glad you enjoyed🤠 To be I was only about 70-80% right with my guesses though😂 I missed some big details that others have pointed out!
Thank you for the clarification as you’re the only one I think that brought up your second point about the head tilt!
@@ShatteredFocusProductions I would love for you to react to the introductions for Made in abyss season 1 and season 2 (ESPECIALLY SEASON 2) to see how much you notice. The thing about the intros is they aren't considered spoilers for how well the plot is hidden within them, however for you this may not hold true lol.
@ I’ll add it to the list! Been meaning to check out that anime anyway🤠
@@ShatteredFocusProductions I dont mean this as an exaggerated statement, it is one of the most amazing works of art I've come across and I have lived a long time and enjoyed many many arts. It would give you many many hours of content due to how high valued the storytelling is. There are a few questionable scenes but for it to be so highly rated in-spite of even that, is a flex. As if the author / producers said "its too perfect, give them something to grip about".
You know i never actually paid attention but Yasuo doesnt have a sword anymore. The sword he used was from the first guy he shattered his stick with.
Pulled a kratos and buried it somewhere id guess🤷♂️
Bit of a plothole or that was actually his sword because in the Yasuo and Yone cinematic we see Yasuo pull out a specific blade to use his wind abilities
@@fanto860 i was wondering about that too but seeing as his power is emerging from his bandaged left arm I wonder if he was able to store some power there?