Sorry for the Watermark on this episode. We don't plan to make it a regular thing but this episode was beyond hard to keep from getting blocked and I ran out of ideas. Hopefully it's just cause this episode is so famous. ~ Love Chad
That little Arcane watermark? LOL go nuts. Slap a big old "I AM HERE TO AVOID COPYRIGHT ISSUES" paragraph on that sucker if you need to.. We have seen it and this is not a market substitute.
@@Diegesis So this scene with why powder did what she did with the bombs makes so much sense. Powder is 7 years old who lives in the undercity and is expected to jump off roof tops and stuff like that. In real life barley in kid could do this. She’s been pressured by Maylo and the gang to do better. Vi encourages her all the time. Vi is like her hero. And Vander was even stronger, like no one would mess with him. So when vi told them that a monster killed benzo and took vander, and powder saw how scared vi was, she thought this must’ve been a really scary monster. So she thought she needed to create a really big bomb to help them. And when vi ,her hero, said powder wasn’t ready, that just pushed powder more to live up to their standards. And the reason silco got to powder because, she was emotional, in pain, and she was 7 years old. She was angry at vi for leaving which in reality could happen with a 7 year old. Normally anger like that would past, but silco manipulated that emotion and made her focus on it more.
I have a buddy who absolutely loathes Powder, he does not like children at all generally, but especially doesn't like Powder and rants at length about how much she bothers him. Honestly it's made me slightly concerned for where his head's at.
Great reaction. I do think that Silco absolutely intended on killing Powder (he had the dagger ready in his hand), until he realised she was 'just like him'. Such a powerful moment.
Absolutely he was "Hey little girl... Where is your sister" just OOZES predator (The kind that hunt and kill just because) vibes. You can hear the very thinly veiled mockery in his voice. Its the eyes though. They animate facial expression in a way that seems far more human than humans do. You can tell his entire perspective changed before he said another word. And why not? Why can't an evil man empathize with someone else? Why can't an evil man show compassion to someone else?
I don’t think so. He obviously knew who Powder was; but he was looking for Vi. He had no idea what caused the massive explosion that just destroyed the Shimmer factory, burned away Sevika’s arm, and likely killed most of his people. He sees powder on the ground, next to Vander’s body, and is probably wondering, “is Vi alive or dead? What is her little sister doing here? Is this a trick?” Keep in mind that after the explosion, Deckard looks at Silco for orders, and Silco snarls “kill them.” Meaning his orders prior to this moment was specifically NOT to kill them. After Vander falls from the catwalk, Silco speaks to Deckard again, this time more calmly: “Find the girl.” Find. Not kill. Remember the look in Silco’s eyes as he watched Vi fighting? Remember how angry Vi was when she learned of Vander’s deal with Greyson? VI’s feelings about the topsiders are not that different from Silco’s. Vi was willing to fight for Zaun’s freedom, unlike Vander. I think Silco saw Vi as a future leader for the Lanes, one who wouldn’t make a separate peace as Vander had done. At the end of ep1, Vi says “one day this city’s gonna respect us.” When Vander asks Silco if he is doing all this for pride, what is Silco’s response? “For RESPECT.” Silco wanted Vi on his side.
They're not there yet in the narrative, but that's honestly what's so great about this show. Silco has emotions. Silco has feelings, and soft spots, and he genuinely cares about Jinx. Everyone in this show is a human being, in the main cast there are no shallow caricatures.
@@TofuBug24 Silco may be even by his own VA`s admission a sociopath but people forget even sociopaths often have family and pets they love, it doesn`t mean they won`t kill said family and pets if they have to to save their own skin but it`ll be harder for them than killing those they don`t give two shits about at all.
The last shot of *"Powder"* (/ first shot of Jinx) being a recreation of the fallen angel painting by alexandre cabanel is some of the most inspired villian-origin symbolism ive ever seen, its so gorgeous!!
What I love about young Vi fighting is that she's putting her entire body into each punch. She's experienced, would be if Vander was your teacher, but she's still young and is fighting fully grown adults. Plus those gauntlets can't be light to get that much blood on them. She's lucky to have been fighting on a walkway that's too narrow for more than one person to attack her. If not then she would have lost easily. You can also see her getting tired and she puts everything into one last attack but loses.
Marcus took Vi away because, as he said, "He'll kill you if he hears you". She would have ran in to save Powder and gotten herself killed. He came to investigate the explosion and removed her from the field for her own safety. No malicious intent there.
Marcus didnt give one shit about anyone from the undercity, he needed his "pound of flesh" to get this settled over with the counsel cuz he fucked up dealing with silco and silco wasnt about to give anyone up for that
He actively dislikes everyone in the undercity, yup. But, I do believe he didn't want Silco to kill a kid, and since that kid just so happened to ALSO be one of the prime suspects for the explosion, he saw an opportunity that was too good to pass up! @@TheMadirishgunner
@@TheMadirishgunnerexcept no, Marcus put Vi in Stillwater without anyone knowing, if he presented her to the council as the main culprit Silco would have just had someone kill her while she was serving her sentence, the end of episode 5 and the scene with Silco in Marcus’ house confirms he told Silco she was dead. Like it or not Marcus” legitimately saved Vi’s life
@@TheMadirishgunner It was probably guilt, he felt guilty about getting his partner killed and did the first good thing he could to try and clear his conscious and spite Silco, which explains why he just dumped her in prison after. He didn't actually care for her, it was self gratification. That's how I view it at least, it's a good deed done for selfish reasons fitting of a selfish character.
@@TheMadirishgunner Agreed. They probably shouldn't even have that line in there, it's just confusing. It's not like Vi doesn't know that's what he's doing as she rots in a cell for a decade.
This was, genuinely, a game-changing episode. Like, the show is heading down one path leading up to it, and through most of it, and then... _boom_... This is honestly one of my favorite shows of all time because it just takes you through one of the most satisfying emotional roller-coasters of an experience possible. Don't worry, no spoilers. One thing I'll say is that this show hits on a very personal emotional level for me, with a lot of the things I've experienced in the last few years. An example from this episode where Vander is challenging Silco, and he asks, "For what? Pride?" When Silco snaps back, "For respect," it is easy to... see that as being a minor difference. However, speaking as someone who has been starved of respect within their own household, I can unequivocally say that being denied respect the way that Silco and The Undercity have been denied respect is very much something that can drive someone berserk. Something that can drive people to fight for that respect the same way that a drowning person will fight for air. Now, to be clear, as much as I understand where Silco's desperation for respect comes from, it doesn't forgive what he does. He lets himself go too far... to the point where he is willing to use fear and conflict as his weapons... where he no longer cares about what lives his cause costs on either side. That makes what he does unforgivable, in my book... even if I understand what brought him to that point.
you can feel powder's hurt and fear at being abandoned while she was crying. even after being struck by vi, only the pain of being left behind registers with her and powder only breaks down when vi walks away.
It's really excellent writing in that moment that what she says is "don't leave me." That's what she's truly upset by, she doesn't want to be abandoned again. Such good writing.
So this scene with why powder did what she did with the bombs makes so much sense. Powder is 7 years old who lives in the undercity and is expected to jump off roof tops and stuff like that. In real life barley in kid could do this. She’s been pressured by Maylo and the gang to do better. Vi encourages her all the time. Vi is like her hero. And Vander was even stronger, like no one would mess with him. So when vi told them that a monster killed benzo and took vander, and powder saw how scared vi was, she thought this must’ve been a really scary monster. So she thought she needed to create a really big bomb to help them. And when vi ,her hero, said powder wasn’t ready, that just pushed powder more to live up to their standards. And the reason silco got to powder because, she was emotional, in pain, and she was 7 years old. She was angry at vi for leaving which in reality could happen with a 7 year old. Normally anger like that would past, but silco manipulated that emotion and made her focus on it more.
Not saying you're wrong about anything character-wise, but Powder/Jinx is 11-12 years old here, not 7. They have a whole dialogue in episode 1 about Vi being "twice the person at half her age". There's no way Vi was 3 and doing anything besides learning to walk lol.
@@tiberius704 vi says in later in episode 5 that powder could jump off roof tops when she was 7. Episode 1 vi told powder was ready when she got nervous of jumping accross a rooftop because she’s never done it before, and maylo said every time she comes along something’s goes wrong. So they probably have gone on piltover before but episode 1 is probably the first time powder has jumped off roof tops. Making her 7 years old.
@@Ts-lz1gj I can't post the link, but look up Amanda Overton. She's a staff writer on Arcane. She tweeted that Powder is around 11-12 during the events of Act 1 in Arcane. If you look at her supposed birth date and compare it to Jayce's (with him being 24 in Act 1), then her being 11-12 tracks.
The whole show is about people having to make shitty choices, limited by huge problems going back generations. Vi pushes Powder because she'll need to be tough enough to survive the undercity (see the whole 'negotiation' in Vander's bar in ep1). But Powder isn't a fighter, so she compensates with her bombs. Which are too indiscriminate to use when you're fighting as a team, even if she had access to enough knowledge and materials to make them reliable. Everybody's trying to do sensible things, but it's still a mess overall.
I love that they never explain what went down between Vander and Silco. As much as we like Vander from what we've seen of him, just one little tease is enough to make us wonder if Silco is actually justified in becoming who he is now.
I balled so hard watching this live... Vi and Powder being the first 2 champs I really played when I got into the game, and all of the lore build up over the years to FINALLY seeing this and not even expecting such a gut wrenching emotional punch of the part 1 finale just was too much for me
@@angeloalvarez5520 it probably can, it's on riotgames web page, or just google league of legends. I would advise to approach the game with the idea that it has a lot of stuff to learn and that you might get a bit flamed by some players but you can play vs bots for a bit to get the hang of it if you do
@@angeloalvarez5520 Sweet, sweet summer child, indulge in the lore, read about the world, watch the media, enjoy the world that Riot created, but DO NOT play the game unless you want to spend months learning and endure toxicity in EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH. Unless you play with 4 friends, then jusy mute all-chat, but otherwise just don't. It's better for your sanity that way. Just wait for the MMO in the works.
This was the episode that sealed the deal for me. This show went from good to great. Powder's voice actor is phenomenal! You can really feel the pain. More amazing things to come.
@@adamyoung6797 in some rare cases yea. but I would say most scientists are actually the most careful and cautious people on the planet. It's the people that do bad stuff with the innovations u have to worry about
@@Saje_Music If anything, scientists can be naive. 'I'm developing this thing that clearly has extremely deadly implications but let's just hope it won't be used for that'. That still puts at least some of the blame on them.
Powder's "I only wanted to help" x2 always gets me, she is unhealthily attached to Vi after their parents demise and always wanted to prover herself to them but to Vi most of all. In that one moment where Vi through all that grief and stress snaps at powder and needs a short time out to breath, they get seperated.
lol, I don't think you can call a little sister being clingy "unhealthy" after becoming an orphan. That's pretty bog standard child behavior to latch on to a parental figure. If anything's unhealthy in Powder's life it's living in a sewer system having to steal to eat.
This episode has one of the best examples I've ever seen of I-fucked-everything-up-and-see-no-hope crying. That scene is so hard for me to watch because I think everyone has had that moment.
Congratulations. You now get why this show is so highly praised. This is the episode where I realized Arcane was on an entirely different level, where all the build up suddenly made so much sense. The tension is relentless. The voice acting from the girls, especially Powder, is just unreal. And the sound of the punch as Vi hits Powder makes me wince every time. I've seen this so many times and it's still difficult not to well up with tears. Just magnificent all around.
What I really want to see is a show about Vander and Silco's childhoods where they become brothers, leaders of a rebellion, and eventually turn into enemies that hate each other. Their story just seems so compelling.
The thing is... there are so many compelling stories among the existing characters in the league of legends lore. After they announced season 2 and how they likely will end Arcane there, and start a new show after focusing on other characters, and knowing the other characters they could focus on, it is really unlikely they'll ever delve into Silco/Vander background. Vi/Jinx, basically Piltover, is only a fraction of the landscape available, and far from the most compelling, and look at what they've created with them. I can only imagine the show they would create if they focused on the turmoil in Freljord, Demacia, Noxus, hell, even the Void.
Such a smart way to lay out a streaming release too. It's a great idea. Lets them release big batches that people can binge AND lets them drag the releases out to keep people watching and keep the hype up. Plus on a narrative level it synergizes like crazy because it's a trilogy of trilogies, it's a three-act structure made of three-act structures.
This episode was really an emotional roller coaster. I truly was not expecting such a catastrophic but brilliant subversion of expectations. You could truly feel Vi’s disappointment and rage, and you couldn’t help but sympathize with powder’s desire to help and be useful only to have it truly and quite literally, blow up in her face. And the voice acting is truly out of this world. Kudos to the young actress that played young powder. She nailed it.
I never fail to tear up at the end of this episode. Powder just lost her entire family and got adopted by the worst person possible. Jayce and Viktor are starting a technology revolution and Vi is getting dragged off by a corrupt cop. The next chapter is going to be wild.
The ending of this episode seriously fucks me up, both for what Powder is obviously feeling but also for Vi. Powder’s entire world crumbles in such a few moments. From elation from what she saw as a victory, finally being “useful” to her family and friends, to complete depression as she realizes she destroyed everything. Also, I can only imagine the pain and regret Vi has for hitting Powder, her beloved 7 year old little sister. The end of this episode is just fucking rough.
Yup, Ep3 is probably the best example of setting up a timeskip I've seen in a show (it's like a 6/7 year jump), and they smartly don't even bother explaining what happened during that interval, since that info is ultimately unimportant to the rest of the story, and they included enough context clues to allow the audience to figure it out themselves.
People have disagreed with me about this, but when Powder is babbling at 22:10, it sounds like she says the word 'Mom' to Vi. Which shatters my whole goddamn heart.
It is always fascinating to me with reactions to Arcane that almost everyone views Jayce as pure and Victor as shady even though they really say similar things. Only difference seems to be that Jayce is handsome while Victor isn't.
Come on don't do my boy Viktor like that! He is handsome to me. It's probably the accent... Sounds vaguely... eastern European... (Hollywood and all its Russian villains lol)
The thing you are trying to remember that the spinning gem stone reminds you of is Atlantis, Disney's animated film from the early 2000's. Arcane's art style reminds me of Atlantis and Treasure Planet, which were both done by the same team at Disney.
This show is sensational, no negative critiques whatsoever, the music, acting, handling of mental illness, character dynamics, grey character development, everything was absolutely phenomenal
A lot of people immediately clock Viktor as a bad guy, and all the dude has is a limp, a vaguely eastern-european accent and looks kinda sickly, which are so often used to code for billains that eben while he has done nothing suspicious and actively tells you he wants to make the world a better place, people still don't believe him. Especially when Jayce is the exact opposite when it comes to his character design and is sharing a scene with him.
I always found that sorta understandable but also odd. When I 1st watched I thought Mel was sus asf right up until we got her backstory but I pretty much took Viktor at face value. The artists made the characters astoundingly expressive plus the VAs are brilliant, and Viktor struck me as purely genuine in both words and expressions from the get-go. I thought his 'science buds' relationship with Jayce was endearing and his disability was sad bc it'd clearly taken a toll on his health. It surprised me when I found out other people were wary of him in the 1st act
Stakes are high? Higher than a cow grazing in a mushroom patch. When you fire that first shot, start that war, you don't know who's going to die... You're lucky if it's you. And sometimes you come to realize that there are things worse than death, and worse yet is watching someone you love find that out because of you.
After you’ve watched the season watch the Imagine Dragons music video for “Enemy”, then the music video for “Get jinks’d” and finally then listen to the voice lines for Warwick from the LoL game. It’ll be a roller coaster for you.
Its ironic that Silco wanted to prove Vander was a monster by possible shimmer experiments, only for Vander to take it willingly and Silco to instantly regret his plan.
Hydrophobia actually is a symptom of rabies. But if you've seen clips of it, it's like, complete repulsion, they start thrashing around to avoid being given water, it's not just "not liking water." And I'm sure it applies to basically any drinkable fluid which is mostly water, so stuff like sodas and juices would be rejected too.
This is an all time great episode for any show IMO. Especially given the context of the rest of the show. Just fantastic. I definitely look forward to next episode's reaction.
"I hope something goes right for her." But she was wrong. Really wrong 🤣 The hex crystal exploded just one time, but we have a perspective of the explosion from the point of view of many characters. Many people think that Silco wanted to take advantage of Powder's vulnerability and recruit for his cause, but he really feel connected with her. Vander was his brother, and "left" him (betrayed him), so he sees himself in Powder. What a great episode. It totally broke my heart and I love it. Powder's voice actress performance was incredible
"Powder dead" "I think she's gonna be turned into a bad guy" you're both right. SIlco had no reason to try and manipulate a 10 year old. He was absolutely planning to murder her after getting her sister's whereabouts out of her. He only changed his mind when he saw the connection between him and Vander and Powder and Vi. And it's not just because of a similar situation, it's also because there was so much of Vander in Vi. "Please I hope something goes right for her" (SPOILER FOR THE WHOLE SEASON) - - - - - - - Way to Jinx it xD Nothing will ever go right for her.
And now, Silco sees himself in Powder. He sees a kinship in her.. Which can only be a good thing.. The REALLY sad thing about Powder acting when she did? A few more minutes, Claggor and Mylo would have had Vander out and they would have escaped...
Powder: Vi, it Worked! I had to pause the show for 10 minutes because I was so afraid of what was gonna happen, my anxiety was already through the roof with everything else from that episode, and I had to take time off because I was so scared 😭😭😭😭😭
I hope Arcane is the lead up to Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Its mind blowing how two video adaptations with completely different source material, story and art style can feel so much alike.
Not sure I'd really call League "kid-friendly." The game content itself might be, but the community is definitely not something I'd want to expose kids to.
Sweeet I just now watched the 2nd ep now straight into 3!! LFG 🔥 LEGENDARY, never been so invested in something I completely wrote off before " giving in " to watch and then...
There are no character here that is one dimensional. Every main and supporting character here have many layers to them, including Silco and even Mel Medarda.
LOTS OF REACTORS WHO DO THEMSELVES NO FAVORS BY HOW THEY EDIT THE SHOW TO AVOID A COPYRIGHT CLAIM...TO THE POINT OF IT BEING IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW THE SHOW....SO I WROTE THIS IN CAPS TO SAY....BRAVO!!! IF ONLY THE TON OF TERRIBLE REACTORS LEARNED FROM THE GOOD EDITORS LIKE YOU TWO...WELL...THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE MORE VIEWS AND FOLLOWING....SO YOUR WIN AND THERE LOSS. FANTASTIC VID!!!
So few stories in literature, film, or television have shown the courage that this show has to rip your heart out to tell a truly great story. Modern storytelling has largely left behind the art of tragedy that this show wields so well.
Don’t fall into the trap so many reactors have fallen into that see Silco as just a manipulator. He sees genuine kinship in Powder. He becomes everything to her that he wishes he had growing up. He’s not rubbing his hands together in evil excitement at the idea of someone he can twist and warp. He sees someone he can support and empower. He sees someone he can lift up and help reach their full potential, the best he can. He sees a daughter. Sure, as a third party observer we can tell that he’s definitely not the hero here, but in his mind he is doing what’s necessary to lift up his people, and sees himself as the only one willing to get the job done, by any means. And he sees in Powder someone who needs his guidance. Not in a manipulative way, but a fatherly one.
I love to see that you are wrong in many thoughts and also right in others. But I also love to see your face react like 😮😮😅 You need to see the psychological part of the series, not only the political logic part or the easy way like in other programs In this show all is connected, all dialogue, all future and past Family, politics, power, trauma…
This is a truly idiotic pet peeve - I hate when reactors say "Vee." I get if you've only ever read the name as "Vi." It's not an unreasonable mistake to make. But through the whole show, they are *constantly* calling her "Vie." Jinx even refers to her as "Violet," which tells you where the "Vie" nickname comes from. Like I said, it's absolutely no good reason to be irritated. I get that not everyone is great with names. It truly doesn't matter. But youtube lets me shout into the void, so I do. *old man yells at clouds.*
powder in a weird sense I view her like the tai lung situation. Your whole life you're told you're ready it's your time to all of a sudden get told No, you're not. You're gonna act out, in response to having been told yes your whole life. It sucks but like vander said. What ever you say goes, bc they follow and believe in you. he also said as his final words to Vi protect the family, when she was gonna give herself up and protect powder as his final breath. so What ever happens it's on you. It was an emotional distress extreme situation reaction to finding out what powder did but Vi did and by doing so she sealed her fate by doing so.
Sorry for the Watermark on this episode. We don't plan to make it a regular thing but this episode was beyond hard to keep from getting blocked and I ran out of ideas.
Hopefully it's just cause this episode is so famous.
~ Love Chad
Don't sweat it. I didn't even notice
Copyright just be trifling sometimes. Good editing regardless - wasn't a worry.
That little Arcane watermark? LOL go nuts. Slap a big old "I AM HERE TO AVOID COPYRIGHT ISSUES" paragraph on that sucker if you need to.. We have seen it and this is not a market substitute.
lol
@@Diegesis So this scene with why powder did what she did with the bombs makes so much sense. Powder is 7 years old who lives in the undercity and is expected to jump off roof tops and stuff like that. In real life barley in kid could do this. She’s been pressured by Maylo and the gang to do better. Vi encourages her all the time. Vi is like her hero. And Vander was even stronger, like no one would mess with him. So when vi told them that a monster killed benzo and took vander, and powder saw how scared vi was, she thought this must’ve been a really scary monster. So she thought she needed to create a really big bomb to help them. And when vi ,her hero, said powder wasn’t ready, that just pushed powder more to live up to their standards. And the reason silco got to powder because, she was emotional, in pain, and she was 7 years old. She was angry at vi for leaving which in reality could happen with a 7 year old. Normally anger like that would past, but silco manipulated that emotion and made her focus on it more.
Maple: "please I hope something goes right for her"
Everyone: 😬
Exactly my reaction. 😂
Yuuup! It's crazy how tense I still yet even though I've seen this scene like 20 times, this episode is so freaking powerful!
Voice acting was turned up to 11 with this show. They murdered this episode
Yeah, they murdered half the cast 😂
@@renzre2254 LMAO
I know they murdered ME
I had a funeral for this episode. And i even got a casket.
No one came :(
Yeah, that and half the cast
Edit: Damn, someone else made the joke before me
Powder crying “I only wanted to help,” really tears me up 🥺
Me too, every single time. The voice actors of Arcane are all amazing, but this performance from Mia Sinclair Jenness is something else.
Not me, she lucky vi didn't beat her more. I wanted vi to beat her more LOL
@@alexrrobles Oh, cool. Here's a cookie!
@@alexrrobles Careful not to cut yourself on that edge, buddy.
I have a buddy who absolutely loathes Powder, he does not like children at all generally, but especially doesn't like Powder and rants at length about how much she bothers him.
Honestly it's made me slightly concerned for where his head's at.
Great reaction. I do think that Silco absolutely intended on killing Powder (he had the dagger ready in his hand), until he realised she was 'just like him'. Such a powerful moment.
Absolutely he was "Hey little girl... Where is your sister" just OOZES predator (The kind that hunt and kill just because) vibes. You can hear the very thinly veiled mockery in his voice. Its the eyes though. They animate facial expression in a way that seems far more human than humans do. You can tell his entire perspective changed before he said another word. And why not? Why can't an evil man empathize with someone else? Why can't an evil man show compassion to someone else?
I don’t think so.
He obviously knew who Powder was; but he was looking for Vi.
He had no idea what caused the massive explosion that just destroyed the Shimmer factory, burned away Sevika’s arm, and likely killed most of his people.
He sees powder on the ground, next to Vander’s body, and is probably wondering, “is Vi alive or dead? What is her little sister doing here? Is this a trick?”
Keep in mind that after the explosion, Deckard looks at Silco for orders, and Silco snarls “kill them.”
Meaning his orders prior to this moment was specifically NOT to kill them.
After Vander falls from the catwalk, Silco speaks to Deckard again, this time more calmly: “Find the girl.”
Find. Not kill.
Remember the look in Silco’s eyes as he watched Vi fighting?
Remember how angry Vi was when she learned of Vander’s deal with Greyson?
VI’s feelings about the topsiders are not that different from Silco’s.
Vi was willing to fight for Zaun’s freedom, unlike Vander.
I think Silco saw Vi as a future leader for the Lanes, one who wouldn’t make a separate peace as Vander had done. At the end of ep1, Vi says “one day this city’s gonna respect us.”
When Vander asks Silco if he is doing all this for pride, what is Silco’s response?
“For RESPECT.”
Silco wanted Vi on his side.
@@robertwise2032 they mean he wanted kill POWDER not VI lol
They're not there yet in the narrative, but that's honestly what's so great about this show.
Silco has emotions. Silco has feelings, and soft spots, and he genuinely cares about Jinx. Everyone in this show is a human being, in the main cast there are no shallow caricatures.
@@TofuBug24 Silco may be even by his own VA`s admission a sociopath but people forget even sociopaths often have family and pets they love, it doesn`t mean they won`t kill said family and pets if they have to to save their own skin but it`ll be harder for them than killing those they don`t give two shits about at all.
I was enjoying the show up until this episode.
Then I fell in love with it.
Ain't gonna lie, you had me in the first half.
I felt the same
Same. I thought it was interesting and had potential, and then this episode absolutely floored me.
Same, but now I play league of legends 😞
@@Lathrok you got got
Man, Act 1 was just unexpected, we went from learning about what’s happening and then we quickly got to the darkness
The last shot of *"Powder"* (/ first shot of Jinx) being a recreation of the fallen angel painting by alexandre cabanel is some of the most inspired villian-origin symbolism ive ever seen, its so gorgeous!!
Good eye (pun not intended).
What I love about young Vi fighting is that she's putting her entire body into each punch. She's experienced, would be if Vander was your teacher, but she's still young and is fighting fully grown adults. Plus those gauntlets can't be light to get that much blood on them. She's lucky to have been fighting on a walkway that's too narrow for more than one person to attack her. If not then she would have lost easily. You can also see her getting tired and she puts everything into one last attack but loses.
The fight choreography is so good! I love these little details
Episodes 3,6,7,8,9 are all 10/10 for me. One of the best seasons of television ever.
I personally really like episode 2.
3, 6, 7, and 9 for me. The musical numbers in 6, 7, and 9 are unreal - best television ever except maybe Severance season finale.
All of them are a masterpiece except Episode 2, that one was the my least favorite and it’s not that rememberable
Jaces intro animation fucks so hard.
Jaces intro animation fucks so hard.
Marcus took Vi away because, as he said, "He'll kill you if he hears you".
She would have ran in to save Powder and gotten herself killed. He came to investigate the explosion and removed her from the field for her own safety. No malicious intent there.
Marcus didnt give one shit about anyone from the undercity, he needed his "pound of flesh" to get this settled over with the counsel cuz he fucked up dealing with silco and silco wasnt about to give anyone up for that
He actively dislikes everyone in the undercity, yup. But, I do believe he didn't want Silco to kill a kid, and since that kid just so happened to ALSO be one of the prime suspects for the explosion, he saw an opportunity that was too good to pass up! @@TheMadirishgunner
@@TheMadirishgunnerexcept no, Marcus put Vi in Stillwater without anyone knowing, if he presented her to the council as the main culprit Silco would have just had someone kill her while she was serving her sentence, the end of episode 5 and the scene with Silco in Marcus’ house confirms he told Silco she was dead. Like it or not Marcus” legitimately saved Vi’s life
@@TheMadirishgunner It was probably guilt, he felt guilty about getting his partner killed and did the first good thing he could to try and clear his conscious and spite Silco, which explains why he just dumped her in prison after. He didn't actually care for her, it was self gratification. That's how I view it at least, it's a good deed done for selfish reasons fitting of a selfish character.
@@TheMadirishgunner Agreed. They probably shouldn't even have that line in there, it's just confusing. It's not like Vi doesn't know that's what he's doing as she rots in a cell for a decade.
This was, genuinely, a game-changing episode. Like, the show is heading down one path leading up to it, and through most of it, and then... _boom_... This is honestly one of my favorite shows of all time because it just takes you through one of the most satisfying emotional roller-coasters of an experience possible. Don't worry, no spoilers. One thing I'll say is that this show hits on a very personal emotional level for me, with a lot of the things I've experienced in the last few years. An example from this episode where Vander is challenging Silco, and he asks, "For what? Pride?" When Silco snaps back, "For respect," it is easy to... see that as being a minor difference. However, speaking as someone who has been starved of respect within their own household, I can unequivocally say that being denied respect the way that Silco and The Undercity have been denied respect is very much something that can drive someone berserk. Something that can drive people to fight for that respect the same way that a drowning person will fight for air. Now, to be clear, as much as I understand where Silco's desperation for respect comes from, it doesn't forgive what he does. He lets himself go too far... to the point where he is willing to use fear and conflict as his weapons... where he no longer cares about what lives his cause costs on either side. That makes what he does unforgivable, in my book... even if I understand what brought him to that point.
Vander meant "brother in arms" when they started their conflict with Piltover.
@@CodeeXD Yeah, it's never really explained. The point is they had a brotherly bond, whether they were brothers by blood or by choice.
you can feel powder's hurt and fear at being abandoned while she was crying. even after being struck by vi, only the pain of being left behind registers with her and powder only breaks down when vi walks away.
It's really excellent writing in that moment that what she says is "don't leave me." That's what she's truly upset by, she doesn't want to be abandoned again. Such good writing.
@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat kudos to the voice actress as well as she nailed the tone of desperation and panic in 3 simple words
So this scene with why powder did what she did with the bombs makes so much sense. Powder is 7 years old who lives in the undercity and is expected to jump off roof tops and stuff like that. In real life barley in kid could do this. She’s been pressured by Maylo and the gang to do better. Vi encourages her all the time. Vi is like her hero. And Vander was even stronger, like no one would mess with him. So when vi told them that a monster killed benzo and took vander, and powder saw how scared vi was, she thought this must’ve been a really scary monster. So she thought she needed to create a really big bomb to help them. And when vi ,her hero, said powder wasn’t ready, that just pushed powder more to live up to their standards. And the reason silco got to powder because, she was emotional, in pain, and she was 7 years old. She was angry at vi for leaving which in reality could happen with a 7 year old. Normally anger like that would past, but silco manipulated that emotion and made her focus on it more.
Not saying you're wrong about anything character-wise, but Powder/Jinx is 11-12 years old here, not 7. They have a whole dialogue in episode 1 about Vi being "twice the person at half her age". There's no way Vi was 3 and doing anything besides learning to walk lol.
@@tiberius704 vi says in later in episode 5 that powder could jump off roof tops when she was 7. Episode 1 vi told powder was ready when she got nervous of jumping accross a rooftop because she’s never done it before, and maylo said every time she comes along something’s goes wrong. So they probably have gone on piltover before but episode 1 is probably the first time powder has jumped off roof tops. Making her 7 years old.
@@Ts-lz1gj I can't post the link, but look up Amanda Overton. She's a staff writer on Arcane. She tweeted that Powder is around 11-12 during the events of Act 1 in Arcane. If you look at her supposed birth date and compare it to Jayce's (with him being 24 in Act 1), then her being 11-12 tracks.
The whole show is about people having to make shitty choices, limited by huge problems going back generations.
Vi pushes Powder because she'll need to be tough enough to survive the undercity (see the whole 'negotiation' in Vander's bar in ep1). But Powder isn't a fighter, so she compensates with her bombs. Which are too indiscriminate to use when you're fighting as a team, even if she had access to enough knowledge and materials to make them reliable.
Everybody's trying to do sensible things, but it's still a mess overall.
@@morlock2012 absolutely
I love that they never explain what went down between Vander and Silco. As much as we like Vander from what we've seen of him, just one little tease is enough to make us wonder if Silco is actually justified in becoming who he is now.
I balled so hard watching this live... Vi and Powder being the first 2 champs I really played when I got into the game, and all of the lore build up over the years to FINALLY seeing this and not even expecting such a gut wrenching emotional punch of the part 1 finale just was too much for me
How do I play the game? I wonder if my laptop could run it?
@@angeloalvarez5520 it probably can, it's on riotgames web page, or just google league of legends.
I would advise to approach the game with the idea that it has a lot of stuff to learn and that you might get a bit flamed by some players but you can play vs bots for a bit to get the hang of it if you do
@@angeloalvarez5520 It is nothing at all like Arcane, if that's what you're hoping for.
@@rkstevenson5448 no im just open to try different games
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Sweet, sweet summer child, indulge in the lore, read about the world, watch the media, enjoy the world that Riot created, but DO NOT play the game unless you want to spend months learning and endure toxicity in EVERY. SINGLE. MATCH.
Unless you play with 4 friends, then jusy mute all-chat, but otherwise just don't. It's better for your sanity that way. Just wait for the MMO in the works.
This was the episode that sealed the deal for me. This show went from good to great. Powder's voice actor is phenomenal! You can really feel the pain. More amazing things to come.
I love the impression that scientists have uncontrollable curiosity. They cannot stop experimenting even when it is immoral or dangerous.
Well. It’s realistic
@@adamyoung6797 in some rare cases yea. but I would say most scientists are actually the most careful and cautious people on the planet. It's the people that do bad stuff with the innovations u have to worry about
@@Saje_Music If anything, scientists can be naive. 'I'm developing this thing that clearly has extremely deadly implications but let's just hope it won't be used for that'. That still puts at least some of the blame on them.
@@clarkmichaels822 I mean those are TV scientists.
A lot of times you cope. Convince yourself your intentions are pure and the best case scenario is the only possibility. Also, plot.
Powder's "I only wanted to help" x2 always gets me, she is unhealthily attached to Vi after their parents demise and always wanted to prover herself to them but to Vi most of all. In that one moment where Vi through all that grief and stress snaps at powder and needs a short time out to breath, they get seperated.
lol, I don't think you can call a little sister being clingy "unhealthy" after becoming an orphan. That's pretty bog standard child behavior to latch on to a parental figure.
If anything's unhealthy in Powder's life it's living in a sewer system having to steal to eat.
This episode has one of the best examples I've ever seen of I-fucked-everything-up-and-see-no-hope crying. That scene is so hard for me to watch because I think everyone has had that moment.
Man, I love this episode as a first look into who Silco is. Such a great, well-developed villain
Congratulations. You now get why this show is so highly praised. This is the episode where I realized Arcane was on an entirely different level, where all the build up suddenly made so much sense. The tension is relentless. The voice acting from the girls, especially Powder, is just unreal. And the sound of the punch as Vi hits Powder makes me wince every time. I've seen this so many times and it's still difficult not to well up with tears. Just magnificent all around.
What I really want to see is a show about Vander and Silco's childhoods where they become brothers, leaders of a rebellion, and eventually turn into enemies that hate each other. Their story just seems so compelling.
The thing is... there are so many compelling stories among the existing characters in the league of legends lore. After they announced season 2 and how they likely will end Arcane there, and start a new show after focusing on other characters, and knowing the other characters they could focus on, it is really unlikely they'll ever delve into Silco/Vander background. Vi/Jinx, basically Piltover, is only a fraction of the landscape available, and far from the most compelling, and look at what they've created with them. I can only imagine the show they would create if they focused on the turmoil in Freljord, Demacia, Noxus, hell, even the Void.
Such a quality series. Great reaction! The show is in 3 “arcs” of 3 episodes a piece. So good
Such a smart way to lay out a streaming release too. It's a great idea. Lets them release big batches that people can binge AND lets them drag the releases out to keep people watching and keep the hype up.
Plus on a narrative level it synergizes like crazy because it's a trilogy of trilogies, it's a three-act structure made of three-act structures.
This episode was really an emotional roller coaster. I truly was not expecting such a catastrophic but brilliant subversion of expectations. You could truly feel Vi’s disappointment and rage, and you couldn’t help but sympathize with powder’s desire to help and be useful only to have it truly and quite literally, blow up in her face. And the voice acting is truly out of this world. Kudos to the young actress that played young powder. She nailed it.
I never fail to tear up at the end of this episode. Powder just lost her entire family and got adopted by the worst person possible. Jayce and Viktor are starting a technology revolution and Vi is getting dragged off by a corrupt cop. The next chapter is going to be wild.
The ending of this episode seriously fucks me up, both for what Powder is obviously feeling but also for Vi. Powder’s entire world crumbles in such a few moments. From elation from what she saw as a victory, finally being “useful” to her family and friends, to complete depression as she realizes she destroyed everything. Also, I can only imagine the pain and regret Vi has for hitting Powder, her beloved 7 year old little sister. The end of this episode is just fucking rough.
Yup, Ep3 is probably the best example of setting up a timeskip I've seen in a show (it's like a 6/7 year jump), and they smartly don't even bother explaining what happened during that interval, since that info is ultimately unimportant to the rest of the story, and they included enough context clues to allow the audience to figure it out themselves.
This was the episode where shit really kicked off and I had a feeling this would be a great show.
Everything in this episode is so RAW - all the wounds are exposed.
The childhood trauma in this episode is palpable.
People have disagreed with me about this, but when Powder is babbling at 22:10, it sounds like she says the word 'Mom' to Vi. Which shatters my whole goddamn heart.
It is always fascinating to me with reactions to Arcane that almost everyone views Jayce as pure and Victor as shady even though they really say similar things. Only difference seems to be that Jayce is handsome while Victor isn't.
Come on don't do my boy Viktor like that! He is handsome to me.
It's probably the accent...
Sounds vaguely... eastern European... (Hollywood and all its Russian villains lol)
I mean, only one of them showed a backstory.
@@eloise2319 Bro doesn't have any slavic accent, it's a British voice actor, what are you yapping about? Ever heard an Eastern European talk English?
Fully agree. Pretty sure the show runners leaned heavily into typical tropes...pretty boy American accent = good....sickly looking with accent = bad
I think viktor is attractive, just a different kind of attractive.
The best single episode of TV in the last few years IMHO.
The thing you are trying to remember that the spinning gem stone reminds you of is Atlantis, Disney's animated film from the early 2000's. Arcane's art style reminds me of Atlantis and Treasure Planet, which were both done by the same team at Disney.
This show is sensational, no negative critiques whatsoever, the music, acting, handling of mental illness, character dynamics, grey character development, everything was absolutely phenomenal
When she said “Already? In episode 3?” only three minutes into the video, I just went “Oh no. Oh man.”
One of the greatest peices of art I've seen in ages, and it just gets better
A lot of people immediately clock Viktor as a bad guy, and all the dude has is a limp, a vaguely eastern-european accent and looks kinda sickly, which are so often used to code for billains that eben while he has done nothing suspicious and actively tells you he wants to make the world a better place, people still don't believe him. Especially when Jayce is the exact opposite when it comes to his character design and is sharing a scene with him.
I always found that sorta understandable but also odd. When I 1st watched I thought Mel was sus asf right up until we got her backstory but I pretty much took Viktor at face value. The artists made the characters astoundingly expressive plus the VAs are brilliant, and Viktor struck me as purely genuine in both words and expressions from the get-go. I thought his 'science buds' relationship with Jayce was endearing and his disability was sad bc it'd clearly taken a toll on his health. It surprised me when I found out other people were wary of him in the 1st act
Exactly right. He's villain coded like Asami in The Legend of Korra.
This always gets me in the feelings... And the ending song... its amazing
Stakes are high? Higher than a cow grazing in a mushroom patch. When you fire that first shot, start that war, you don't know who's going to die... You're lucky if it's you. And sometimes you come to realize that there are things worse than death, and worse yet is watching someone you love find that out because of you.
After you’ve watched the season watch the Imagine Dragons music video for “Enemy”, then the music video for “Get jinks’d” and finally then listen to the voice lines for Warwick from the LoL game. It’ll be a roller coaster for you.
"Bro, we are..we are not emoting the way we need to be right now" XD
"join the glorious evolution...consume!!, destroy... then improve!!" -viktor, 2011-
Its ironic that Silco wanted to prove Vander was a monster by possible shimmer experiments, only for Vander to take it willingly and Silco to instantly regret his plan.
That opening sequence for this video, though... So fun and funny!!
Everything that could go wrong . . . happens to our little UnderCity fam. 😢
Always impressed with how much they catch. 👍🏾 I missed a lot of stuff on my first watch through and I play LoL. Reminds me of LM Reactions.
I think this episode might have the best title of any TV episode ever.
Hydrophobia actually is a symptom of rabies. But if you've seen clips of it, it's like, complete repulsion, they start thrashing around to avoid being given water, it's not just "not liking water." And I'm sure it applies to basically any drinkable fluid which is mostly water, so stuff like sodas and juices would be rejected too.
I dunno how you guys can NOt binge through the whole thing in one go, i could not
This is an all time great episode for any show IMO. Especially given the context of the rest of the show. Just fantastic. I definitely look forward to next episode's reaction.
"I hope something goes right for her."
But she was wrong. Really wrong 🤣
The hex crystal exploded just one time, but we have a perspective of the explosion from the point of view of many characters.
Many people think that Silco wanted to take advantage of Powder's vulnerability and recruit for his cause, but he really feel connected with her. Vander was his brother, and "left" him (betrayed him), so he sees himself in Powder.
What a great episode. It totally broke my heart and I love it. Powder's voice actress performance was incredible
"Powder dead" "I think she's gonna be turned into a bad guy" you're both right. SIlco had no reason to try and manipulate a 10 year old. He was absolutely planning to murder her after getting her sister's whereabouts out of her. He only changed his mind when he saw the connection between him and Vander and Powder and Vi. And it's not just because of a similar situation, it's also because there was so much of Vander in Vi.
"Please I hope something goes right for her" (SPOILER FOR THE WHOLE SEASON)
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Way to Jinx it xD Nothing will ever go right for her.
And now, Silco sees himself in Powder. He sees a kinship in her.. Which can only be a good thing..
The REALLY sad thing about Powder acting when she did? A few more minutes, Claggor and Mylo would have had Vander out and they would have escaped...
Its funny how Vander sounds like an angry wolf after he transforms huh.
"I don't think Powder's coming back" oh girl
This is gonna be a big one...
One of the best voice actings ever
"I hope something goes right for her!" oh babe
This episode should be titled “Hook, Line and Sinker”, cus we all got GOT.
anything powder did in this episode was heartbraking
Powder: Vi, it Worked!
I had to pause the show for 10 minutes because I was so afraid of what was gonna happen, my anxiety was already through the roof with everything else from that episode, and I had to take time off because I was so scared 😭😭😭😭😭
Silco and Vander aren’t bio brothers. They just shared a powerful bond at one point.
I hope Arcane is the lead up to Cyberpunk Edgerunners. Its mind blowing how two video adaptations with completely different source material, story and art style can feel so much alike.
If you saw Scorsese's "Gangs of New York", Vander vs Silco seems a lot like Priest Vallon vs Bill the Butcher.
yeah... this episode is very much "it still can get worse!" have fun!
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You're right about the time jump. The next one takes pleace 7 years from this episode!
I don't think they've officially specified how long it was, but most estimates I've seen are between 5-8 years, which seems about right to me
Oh boy! Time for the heartbreak episode :3
Most teens in the Undercity have long black or brown hair and aren`t biologically related to eachother. They`re basically Piltover`s rejects.
9:57 omg...
these next episodes ouuuu i’m excited for you
Three acts, three episodes each act 😉
First act done 🙌
You managed to avoid becoming sobbing messes....you gals are stronger than I am...this episode destroyed me...
also Like Ock said in SP2. Intelligence isn't a gift, it's a privilege to be used for the betterment of mankind. Doesn't always happen that way tho.
Did you react to episode 2? I see episodes 1, 3, and 4 in the arcane playlist. EDIT: I see you did, its just missing from the arcane playlist.
Obligatory reminder that this show is based off a kid friendly video game where you blast magic rocks and fight little people in funny outfits.
Not sure I'd really call League "kid-friendly." The game content itself might be, but the community is definitely not something I'd want to expose kids to.
we need more arcaaaane love this show
I have been waiting for this one. I suspect many, many people have.
Welcome to the episode that both broke and hooked fans.
Buckle up and hold on tight...
Sweeet I just now watched the 2nd ep now straight into 3!! LFG 🔥 LEGENDARY, never been so invested in something I completely wrote off before " giving in " to watch and then...
There are no character here that is one dimensional. Every main and supporting character here have many layers to them, including Silco and even Mel Medarda.
yo it did give last mimzy vibes lol
Ok here we go to the hook episode of the show 😊
LOTS OF REACTORS WHO DO THEMSELVES NO FAVORS BY HOW THEY EDIT THE SHOW TO AVOID A COPYRIGHT CLAIM...TO THE POINT OF IT BEING IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW THE SHOW....SO I WROTE THIS IN CAPS TO SAY....BRAVO!!!
IF ONLY THE TON OF TERRIBLE REACTORS LEARNED FROM THE GOOD EDITORS LIKE YOU TWO...WELL...THEY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE MORE VIEWS AND FOLLOWING....SO YOUR WIN AND THERE LOSS.
FANTASTIC VID!!!
episodes are by 3 so 1-3 are part one 4-6 are a part 2 and 7-9 are the last past
and this is only the beginning XD
I need all the episodes left like tomorrow
Can wait for the rest
Vander will return.
So few stories in literature, film, or television have shown the courage that this show has to rip your heart out to tell a truly great story. Modern storytelling has largely left behind the art of tragedy that this show wields so well.
Don’t fall into the trap so many reactors have fallen into that see Silco as just a manipulator. He sees genuine kinship in Powder. He becomes everything to her that he wishes he had growing up. He’s not rubbing his hands together in evil excitement at the idea of someone he can twist and warp. He sees someone he can support and empower. He sees someone he can lift up and help reach their full potential, the best he can. He sees a daughter. Sure, as a third party observer we can tell that he’s definitely not the hero here, but in his mind he is doing what’s necessary to lift up his people, and sees himself as the only one willing to get the job done, by any means. And he sees in Powder someone who needs his guidance. Not in a manipulative way, but a fatherly one.
He definitely manipulates Jinx heavily throughout the show, but there’s obviously more to their dynamic.
Ready?
I love to see that you are wrong in many thoughts and also right in others.
But I also love to see your face react like 😮😮😅
You need to see the psychological part of the series, not only the political logic part or the easy way like in other programs
In this show all is connected, all dialogue, all future and past
Family, politics, power, trauma…
Did you guys change the video editing? The older editing was better, but maybe this was a YT thing?
what specifically are you referring to?
@@Diegesis seems like the smaller image is cut off more?
we have multiple editors that all mimic the same baseline style but they all have their own vision so you may be noticing those slight differences.
@@Diegesis Ah, ok. All good.
@@Diegesis that's cool
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSS 🥰🥰
I just watched your reaction to this video and I only have one comment. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Welcome aboard.
This is a truly idiotic pet peeve - I hate when reactors say "Vee." I get if you've only ever read the name as "Vi." It's not an unreasonable mistake to make. But through the whole show, they are *constantly* calling her "Vie." Jinx even refers to her as "Violet," which tells you where the "Vie" nickname comes from.
Like I said, it's absolutely no good reason to be irritated. I get that not everyone is great with names. It truly doesn't matter. But youtube lets me shout into the void, so I do. *old man yells at clouds.*
I play league :) 11 months to go...
powder in a weird sense I view her like the tai lung situation. Your whole life you're told you're ready it's your time to all of a sudden get told No, you're not. You're gonna act out, in response to having been told yes your whole life. It sucks but like vander said. What ever you say goes, bc they follow and believe in you. he also said as his final words to Vi protect the family, when she was gonna give herself up and protect powder as his final breath. so What ever happens it's on you. It was an emotional distress extreme situation reaction to finding out what powder did but Vi did and by doing so she sealed her fate by doing so.