For all intents, he basically succeeded too :D Sadly like others mentioned, we dont get to see the convo that ekko and jinx had after Must have been SO nice for her to hear, especially since he literally stopped her from killing herself, and changed her views enough for her to actually fight
to be fair, Powder fix Ekko, my boy didn't have a minute to rest and had already lost hope in Jinx, it was this hope that made him save Jinx and both of them save the day and that suits Ekko very well, he's the MVP for a reason.
Right,i genuinely don't get why she didn't try to find jinx right away after she literally hinted that she was gonna kill herself,it felt weird that the first thing she do after the prison gate is unlocked is have sex,i was like "really???right now???your sis is going to kill herself and you're getting freaky in the prison???" But i guess she didn't know that jinx was going to kill herself because that's the only logical explanation that i can come up with
@@Fearr_aXj Judging by the ending, she’s possibly alive. Cait in the ending was checking the pipes where Jinx fell in and saw there’s a possibility she survived through one of the holes, then she looked at Jinx’s old monkey as a hint that she most likely survived. And by the end we see a airplane flying, which indicates Jinx is riding it leaving Piltover, Powder’s first line in episode 1 is that she will ride one of those airplanes one day, and she did by the end. The show ends with her usual color paintings saying “The End” on screen.
@@aoto8897 also judging from the ending, at the explosion you see something purple going out before the explosion, indicating a possibility that she ran away before it exploded
yeah! and judging from the sparks around his feet, he returned mere seconds ago! SUCH a shift from a happy world and saying bye to your best friend and sharing a dance to this! He adapts instantly!!! :o
@@princessthyemisNah, he has those sparks every time he goes back. The steam is from the explosion. Which is bett3r, since Ekko coincidentally showing up at that exact moment would be incredibly contrived.
dawg Ekko has to be the most heroic and clutch character in the entire series. Same level of downfall as kid powder and violet had, but instead of crumbling, he built a sustainable community in Zaun from the ground up and became the leader. Got transported into a reality where everything was perfect and all he had to do was live his life there. Rejected that and went out of his way to come back because his people needed him. Also literally defied changed the future a God wanted, because he's the goat
In Jinx and Vi's defense. Unlike Ekko who had the freedom to do all this Vi was in prison praying for freedom and Jinx was being raised by Silco. Silco made Jinx believe what she was doing was the right thing and that she's strong as Jinx while isolating her. I'm sure if Vi didn't get arrested she would have been helping.
In Vi's defense, she literally got stuck in prison for 6+ years where she was getting physically hurt constantly. And Jinx has mental illness that wasn't treated and went unchecked You cant really compare the 3 so its no wonder Ekko came out more well adjusted
Both the "something new" she is building and the "someone worth building it for" are herself, IMO. It's a new cycle. He is saying it's never too late to build herself into someone she sees as worthwhile.
2:44 I love how her tears made an backwords "VI". I hope she is still alive. I am the type of person who can't be sure of someone's death until sees the body.
@@CamdenKaneakaNeptunesdaughter Yes. Finishing a series with so many doubtful deaths was not a good idea, in my opinion. Even if we're gonna see them in the future shows, it's a very long time and damages this show for the next ones.
@merdufer jinx has to stay alive in order for the game to even make sense or for her to even be a playable character in the game. dont forget the purpose of arcane in the first place
I really wished we witnessed the Jinx-Ekko conversation that must have happened after this scene. It must have been one heck of a conversation. Also, observe how Jinx notices Ekko's device after her *fifth attempt* to blow herself up. She sees something that looks familiar to her.
If Ekko grabbed a photo of an alternate universe of Milo, Claggar, and the group all grown up before he left that universe and shown it to Jinx would be give it an interesting reaction. It would give a Back to the Future vibe. Ekko wielding a prototype time stone was quite interesting.
@ kinda sucks they didn’t show more in depth kinda left us speculating what was said afterwards… When ekko saved jinx I’m sure something special at least happened 😭 my boi saved her 5 times
If you know how Ekko's powers works... Thats not actually it... She wont know those... You just have to cut the first part and the last sentence ekko says and thats what happened
@@kalsei1081 Powder's a very smart girl, she might not know what exactly Ekko is doing but she certainly knew something weird was going on. She was looking at the device she obviously built but didn't.
I do love that you can see the gears turning in Jinx's head when Ekko tells her if he can see if he can convince her to keep her from blowing BOTH of them up. She still wants to die in that moment but the last thing she wants to do is letting someone she cares even a fraction about dying to one of her explosions. So, she tries to limit the chances of him getting hurt by falling off the ledge with the bomb while also preventing him from being able to physically stop her.
@Tonangle Because she didn't even care enough to think about the possibility, she tunneled vision on ending things. Once it was pointed out to her, the chance of her attempt resulting in his harm, she changed tactics slightly.
i love that detail so much and how her finger slowly slides out of the string for the grenade as she realizes, not wanting to hurt ekko more than she already has and just wanted herself to be gone
Been scrolling to see if someone actually made an intellectual explanation about why jinx falls this time after hearing ekko’s concerns about getting blown up: Side quest completed
Especially when jinx said that one line back in act 2 “I just can’t seem to die “ Like she’s has been in multiple death scenarios but she still lucky to survive somehow The times she so close to death is when she had a “suicidal like” attempt (like the bridge bomb scene in s1 parallel to this scene) And her sacrifice in the end
@@journey9411 actually it was dark when she first pull the trigger but after a while Ekko try to stop her it was lowkey funny for the fifth time But again , she still pull the trigger after with no hesitation with 4 attempts
And we thought she was done with life before. Oh no. Apparently, there's something called depression reoccurrence. The more times you have depressive episodes, the more likely you are to get it again.
@@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic In case you're curious about the numbers, it's 60% chance of reoccurrence after you have one depressive episode, 70% for two, and three or more is 90% reoccurrence. 😢 Our baby's just hit 70%. One more, and she's toaster stroodle. 😭 Edit: Unless she had one when she was younger... Ah, she's fucked.
It really does make me salty that we didn't get the full convo and moments between her and ekko leading up them joining the battle. Whatever he said and did brought the light back to her eyes by the time they joined the fight.
Given that he’s still new to his time jumping powers, I’m kind of surprised that he didn’t say “would you stop doing that already!?” In at least one of those loops
I kinda wish he did get frustrated and just randomly (from Jinx's perspective at least) had this angry outburst at having to see someone he loved die again and again while he stood powerless to stop her. Still, it adds to his constant compassion and selfless nature (especially when it comes to Powder) that he doesn't get angry, but continues to patiently wade through each death to get the outcome he's looking for.
@@callmev3531 i think it also speaks to how powder in the alternative universe inspired him, saying ''you've never been one to give up on anything ekko'' so he couldnt give up on jinx, no matter what she did, making him even less selfless in that moment
@@callmev3531 that would not be different from how Vi tried to convince Jinx time and time again. I think what worked here is that Ekko wants Jinx to live for HER sake, while Vi couldn't bare losing a loved one, so her persuasions did not work for Jinx. Jinx cannot continue living for Vi, she needs to find a way to live for herself, to finally love herself. And Ekko tells her that it is possible...
@@Hamza2_7272 , While he may personally want her to live, he also specifically convinces her to find something new to live for, in this case fighting against Ambessa and helping her sister (which turns from something to live for to something better to die over than her own despair and loneliness, when she is put in a position to sacrifice herself to protect Vi).
As someone who's been as low as to feel suicidal, this scene just tugged at all the heartstrings. The song, Jinx's melancholy and Ekko doing everything he could to stop her. Absolute masterclass in storytelling.
i lost my brother to sucide so this scene felt hard for me, too. And the fragility of the singer's voice is nearly awfully painful. I'm glad you're still here. Stay strong.
@@elii_arrt for what it's worth, writing down your feelings on things and reading them over when you've vented is a good way to put things into perspective. Time marches forwards and things will get better.
Only noticed until now but the glass shards at 0:56 are shaped like a beast's mouth (Warwick...?). Dunno what to interpret out of it but its still a cool observation!
You honestly gave another hint foreshadowing that Jinx put the grenade in Warwick's mouth, and at the slip second, she shimmered out. She's 100% still alive.
Don't worry Ekko there are already good reasons to think Jinx is still alive : - There is a scene at the end where Cait is looking at hexgate designs and see ventilation ducts, about where Jinx were during the explosion. During this scene, Cait holds the top of Jinx grenade. Why put this scene if she's not alive ? - During the explosion scene, there is a pink trail on top of the rest of the animation (shimmer speed stuff?) - In a scene at the beginning of the first season, powder says she wants to ride a zeppelin one day, and the end scene is on a zeppelin. This scene ends with a "THE END" written in jinx style. - Make also sense she doesn't tell Vi since she wanted to walk away at some point, to end the violence cycle.
Yeah i agree. Im sure 100% is alive it's not a coincidence the last scene. She leave piltover to start a new life and also to break the cycle and offer to her sister a good life with cat. The showrunners said this season it's the end of the 2 sisters. But if there's another series of this univers, it's very possible that we will see jinx noxus or another place it's dépend what place they will make the serie.
I think she is alive. Her hallucination of Silco said that the way to break the cycle is to walk away. That's what she is doing. Kinda sad because I was hoping Vi and Jinx could have an on screen conversation about all that's happened. I like to imagine Ekko was with Jinx on that airship.
Dude left his perfect world and his perfect girl, and the first thing he sees is his childhood friend and crush trying to blow herself up, multiple times. Dude went through so much and still came in clutch at the end. Absolute GOAT Boy Savior.
This scene BROKE me. I had to pause and walk away for a minute. I knew since act 4 that Jinx was... done. Then she adopted Isha and I thought there was hope. And then came the end of act five and i knew she was going to be right back in that dark, self-destructive frame of mindset
has anyone else notice that when she was in jail, they had taken away everything of her accessories? like her neck laces, her white lace that was on her top, her belts, her shoes? just so she can't do anything with them to harm herself?
It could be. But I personally think it’s more likely he seeing it and thinking it was built with her in mind. In the end there’s no way to know these things for sure.
@@ajtcj1356 considering both the phrase ekko said was a thinking of her alternate version, meaning its her own words, AND the look, and ya kow the fact he instantly became toasted like he survived an explosion, Jinx being a genious did connect the dots
It’s even better if you listen to the whole song. It starts out with the singer begging her loved one to let her go, but it ends with her begging them to stay, changing the chorus to ‘don’t let me go’
Isha didn't. In fact, if she had the choice to make that sacrifice again, she would, because she BELIEVED in Jinx. Jinx just needed help in seeing that.
2:43 I wish they had used the end of the song here, where she sings "...go go, don't let me go", as in the song she has a change of heart and is begging for help, and that just fits jinx so much better in this scene after talking to Ekko.
the True MVP since s1, even after losing his adoptive father, friends, romantic interest and best friend, his teacher, he still stay true to his call, never led astray 😢. True MVP and A Hero
Ep 7 and 8 just cemented Ekko as such an enjoyable, compelling and interesting character. He truly didn't have much of a purpose in s1, and for most of this season. But man, these two eps really gave him his time to shine, I love how his time travel has its limits, and how he keeps his injuries. I'd honestly love an Ekko show, and his voice actor, chefs kiss, just absolutely knocked it outta the park. Hell every voice actor aced their role.
I disagree about him not having much purpose in S1! He's been my favourite character since then! But I do agree that they gave him a lot MORE this season.
@@essendossev362 Same, he's a character with such a strong sense of justice and heroic. He refused to play by the Topside nor the Under city rules, instead he built his own version of safe haven and tried to rescue as many as possible. I've been drawn to him since the very beginning.
I love the detail of the mark on his face disappearing as he uses the z drive. We only see him use it a few times but that along with his exhaustion possible allusion to the fact that he’s probably rewound that conversation a hell of a lot more. Because it’s Ekko. He has to get it EXACTLY right.
This whole ending, the good one, only happens because Viktor gives Jayce the acceleration rune, the one that later Ekko uses to invent his Z-drive, and thus save everyone from reching the same ending that we already saw (the one in Jayce's reality ep 7)
This is my favorite scene from this serie... The extreme sad song with the fire... And them Ekko, just saving her like the "boy savior"... It's so perfect
considering how calmly Vi was eating Cupcake minutes after talking about how much she loves Powder... while Powder literally just said she gonna commit suicide summarize the last episode
The scene just felt off like wtf they only had that scene to make the shippers fanbase happy but in a normal case vi would have run out as soon as caitlyn opened the door plus jinx lost isha ofc and she doesn't understand what jinx feeling like my guess is vi has no empathy
I get what you mean, them reconciling in such a wild way, may have worked "better" (as a scene) at a different point, but sometimes people do crazy things when under a lot of stress or in a crisis.
We shouldn’t pretend Vi wasn’t in a bad state of mind too, not to the degree that Jinx was, but you certainly shouldn’t dismiss the pain she’s also gone through. She needed something, anything, to make the pain go away for even a second, and I guess love from a cupcake was that thing. When Cait tries telling Vi she found someone in their time apart, Vi says she just doesn’t care, and I think that answer would apply no matter what Cait might have said. She needs this. At least that’s my reading of it.
Ekko being alone in the spot where they kissed actually broke something inside me Also her entrance into the party mirroring that scene on the bridge in season one with her footsteps 💔If you want, you can also rate my work, please🔥🥀🔥😭😭😭😭
The look in her eyes when he admits to be in love with her. It's seems like a mix of relief and sadness. Relief because she knows she's not alone and someone still cares. Sadness that things didn't turn out differently.
Ekko just witnessed her repeatedly blowing herself up-body parts flying and everything. He had to rewind time again and again, resetting his mind each time, so he could focus on talking to her without the haunting image of Jinx being torn to shreds lingering in his thoughts.
wish this version of the song was released. They posted a version but it doesn’t have the harsher snappier production you can hear here at like 0:48 onwards, and the version they posted ends on a more positive note (“don’t let me go”) whereas this song in this scene was just unrelenting in a way i like
I don't care about pacing or number of episodes or whatever This scene right here made me fucking cry. Because I felt her emotionally journey this whole season. That alone tells me the writers did a great job.
“No matter what happened in the past, it’s never too late to build something new: someone worth building it for.” The past can’t be undone, but she can start a new cycle and build herself into someone she sees as worthwhile. That is all Powder ever needed to hear 😢
He didn't go very willingly lol. I respect the show-writers for having it be that he's initially so deep in his (completely valid) distrust and fear towards Jinx that the first thing he does in the timeline when he's popped into the timeline where he's dating her is... sling a heavy metal object at her head. And I love that in that timeline she's so trusting towards him that after dodging that violent attack her response is a hesitant and genuinely disbelieving "Umm... did you just throw that...?" followed by her casually draping herself on his shoulders like 30 seconds later when saying that "Genius and madness" line to Benzo.
I do like how they kept the detail of Ekko retaining damage every time he rewinds, because it gives stakes to what other would be a pretty consequence free scene
I love how this scene also reflects their scene on the bridge in S1. They have a "dance", they both have this moment of rememberance and realize they still see that person they knew in the other, then in her pain she tries to kill both of them. Only this time Ekko has the power to rewind that moment as many times as he needs to save her. Beautiful
I can’t be the only one who just has the urge to cry or starts crying whenever you think about Jinx. She’s been through so much: tried to have a redemption arc, tried to have a family, but it’s never enough for the Jinx curse she has. Her only solution is to straight up die in her eyes, and that’s when you always see her at peace.
Crazy when you realize the real jinx is vi since in the alternate timeline everyone was happy when vi was dead since she's dead she wouldn't have made powder turn into jinx.
Ekko calls her Jinx. She doesnt even hesitate. Should've called her Powder there. He mentions how itll kill him too & so she jumps instead. Showing she cares about him. She saw the monkey on that time machine. Wish they had shown what happened. Guess Ekko told Jinx about Powder from another universe. It made her realize she can be happy & changed her mind. Wish Ekko had hugged her or kissed after that. They could use one & alot of therapy. They deserve to be together & happy.
I'm just now realizing that the music that plays during the opening montage plays in reverse every time ekko resets. my guy is so goated he's able to rewind the goddamn SOUNDTRACK.
Not to get all sappy but as someone who has attempted more than once this scene ripped my heart out, it's such a beautiful way of putting how it really feels into the most complex character in Arcane (not to mention the by far (to me) most relatable character in Arcane) :( Thanks for everything Arcane :) bye bye now ×͜×
@@manospd3351 honestly, it already rubs me the wrong way that Vi made out with Catilyn 5 minutes after Jinx ran off to kill herself. While people outside were dying
When Ekko rewinds time you can hear the background music rewinding as well -- especially the "where nothing can grow" part. The detail they put in this show!
Gotta imagine how fcking weird this was for Ekko after just falling in love with her joyous, lovely self in another universe to watch her commit suicide several times in a row in a completely dissociated and depressed state without even knowing why… And then he saves her from herself only to hear she died later in the fight he convinced her to join.
Years ago I lost my girlfriend to suicide, we were having trouble and we argued constantly. I blamed myself for so long Watching this scene made me relate to ekko a thousand times over, to the amount of times you try to get someone off the ledge, and the heartbreak you feel when the worse happens anyways. But seeing this scene soothed me, and I hope it soothed others as well. Lots of crying, but the good kind. Good job Fortiche❤
“Taking your life… interesting expression. Taking it from who? Once it’s over it’s not you who’ll miss it. Your death is something that happens to others. Your life is not your own, keep your hands off it.”
Did yall know that this song that plays in this and the final Jinx scene actually ends with theese lyrics: "I'm not ready to face it Don't go saying goodbye There's a beauty in changes And I wanna try" "This world is a wasteland where nothing can grow If it weren't for you, I'd be here all alone I know in my heart this is where we belong This world is a wasteland Don't let me go, go, go, go, go, go, go Don't let me go" And even though this part of the song was never used in the show, it's interesting that it's there. Gives me a bit of hope
Ekko trying all the different dialogue options to get the good ending.
He needed Speech 100 for the speech check, but he only had Speech 99 and Luck 1 in his S.P.E.C.I.A.L.
Now he becomes loki
And still
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Technicaly he is talking to lucy soo..
Ekko: "...without blowing us up"
Jinx jumps off so she won't blows Ekko up.
That's sad.
Até nessas horas ela usa seu humor
Yeah, that was a powerful add on.
She never killed outside of war. (Civil War)
She was not evil.
@@dasmaverick1063Silco
@@dasmaverick1063 she never was evil, just broken
Oh god, you made me laugh so hard
Ekko is the ultimate "i can fix her" guy of all time.
the boy saviour
And he actually kinda succeeded
For all intents, he basically succeeded too :D
Sadly like others mentioned, we dont get to see the convo that ekko and jinx had after
Must have been SO nice for her to hear, especially since he literally stopped her from killing herself, and changed her views enough for her to actually fight
Yap thats why he is the boy savior
to be fair, Powder fix Ekko, my boy didn't have a minute to rest and had already lost hope in Jinx, it was this hope that made him save Jinx and both of them save the day
and that suits Ekko very well, he's the MVP for a reason.
My man Ekko was STRESSED.
“WAIT”, “Always a dance with you” give this man more seconds to relax a bit to catch his breath
Bro went from please dont kill yourself to please don't kill me too
well she was tryna kill him too 😭
@@eebbaa5560 Then she stopped at 2:06 cause he mentioned blowing them both up so she opted for falling instead.
@@Scaryanimallgurl really wants to end it all.
I love how after he mentions she'll kill them both, she jumps instead so as to not take him with her
Ekko: this is an improvement lol
I did not notice
@@AverageGator I just notice in second watch and its the best detaik
man
I think she mightve thought he was a hallucination at first bc he literally popped out of nowhere and he was dead for all she knew
Ekko’s performance in Act 3 was generational 😭😭 he came clutch EVERY single episode
Literally!!!!!!
Ekko made up for his absence in act 2, and then some.
The boy savior!
@@ninetailedfox579121not like he has a choice
@@andregomes3317 He really lived up to his name
quick saving a suicide talk. never thought i'd see time travel do this.
And those are his abilities in the game, his Ult. A masterpiece.
I’m guessing you never played “Life is Strange”. 😂
@@kimiphillips8034 not really, thats the 1 moment where you cant go back with that trick, only way is alt f4 it
This zh1t in series or movies hurts me a lot, because I tried to do what Jinx try to did, and no one had time travelers
@@DieguitoGamer4341 eh... you still exists. that matters.
"Jinx, I've come to bargain."
Ekko in The Multiverse of Madness.
this is the best comment i've ever seen
@@ExtremeMadnessX yeah technically
Dang! You beat me to it.
Jinx: NOPE *proceed to blow herself up*
Meanwhile Vi having fun eating cupcake.
licking it too
Right,i genuinely don't get why she didn't try to find jinx right away after she literally hinted that she was gonna kill herself,it felt weird that the first thing she do after the prison gate is unlocked is have sex,i was like "really???right now???your sis is going to kill herself and you're getting freaky in the prison???"
But i guess she didn't know that jinx was going to kill herself because that's the only logical explanation that i can come up with
@@Henry_44how was she supposed to know jinx was gonna commit suicide? Quickly.
Yea that scene I wanted maddie to come in that bitch, could've half ruined her plan as well
@@vivilovesxan what does "i need to break the cycle revolves around myself" hinting to you?
Losing Isha was too much on her. That scene broke my heart 🥹🩷
She's happy with Isha and Vander now 🥹🥹😭😭
@@Fearr_aXj She´s alive
@@Fearr_aXj
Judging by the ending, she’s possibly alive. Cait in the ending was checking the pipes where Jinx fell in and saw there’s a possibility she survived through one of the holes, then she looked at Jinx’s old monkey as a hint that she most likely survived. And by the end we see a airplane flying, which indicates Jinx is riding it leaving Piltover, Powder’s first line in episode 1 is that she will ride one of those airplanes one day, and she did by the end. The show ends with her usual color paintings saying “The End” on screen.
@@aoto8897 Ye true jinx also always wanted to ride on one of those balloon things like she stated in s1!!
@@aoto8897 also judging from the ending, at the explosion you see something purple going out before the explosion, indicating a possibility that she ran away before it exploded
Bro kept reloading his save
My GOAT Ekko doesn't deserve this man, all he ever got was heart break yet he was arguably the most clutch person in the series
Yea, he literally chose to leave paradise to go save his home timeline.
All he ever did was carry this shit on his back and this was the thanks he got
Ikr, the ending implies that Jinx survived the explosion, but even if she did, Ekko doesn’t know that! What the fuck…
@@estheay3611How do we know that he isn't on the airship with her?
Girl I wish- 😭😭
The fact that he saw and experienced a world where Jinx( Powder) is happy just makes this 10x more painful....
yeah! and judging from the sparks around his feet, he returned mere seconds ago! SUCH a shift from a happy world and saying bye to your best friend and sharing a dance to this! He adapts instantly!!! :o
@@princessthyemisNah, he has those sparks every time he goes back. The steam is from the explosion.
Which is bett3r, since Ekko coincidentally showing up at that exact moment would be incredibly contrived.
dawg Ekko has to be the most heroic and clutch character in the entire series. Same level of downfall as kid powder and violet had, but instead of crumbling, he built a sustainable community in Zaun from the ground up and became the leader.
Got transported into a reality where everything was perfect and all he had to do was live his life there. Rejected that and went out of his way to come back because his people needed him. Also literally defied changed the future a God wanted, because he's the goat
In Jinx and Vi's defense. Unlike Ekko who had the freedom to do all this Vi was in prison praying for freedom and Jinx was being raised by Silco. Silco made Jinx believe what she was doing was the right thing and that she's strong as Jinx while isolating her. I'm sure if Vi didn't get arrested she would have been helping.
Wdym with the "the future a God wanted". Is this referring to Janna's and Jinx's relationship?
@@JassLJ True but Powder could have gone with Ekko. She rejected Ekko and choose to stay with Silco.
In Vi's defense, she literally got stuck in prison for 6+ years where she was getting physically hurt constantly. And Jinx has mental illness that wasn't treated and went unchecked
You cant really compare the 3 so its no wonder Ekko came out more well adjusted
@@ingenjannik im referring to Victor, who basically became a god, and he won, until ekko set the Z-drive on overtime
When Ekko said "Someone worth building it for", I think Jinx remembered Isha and decided to live so that her sacrifice would not be in vain 😭
YOU ARE SO RIGHT 😭
Both the "something new" she is building and the "someone worth building it for" are herself, IMO. It's a new cycle. He is saying it's never too late to build herself into someone she sees as worthwhile.
i also think that she wanted to help vi live in a safe piltover cuz she loves her and so vi is "someone worth building it for"
She even built her airship in Isha's image
2:44 I love how her tears made an backwords "VI".
I hope she is still alive. I am the type of person who can't be sure of someone's death until sees the body.
I’m the person who will never believe it without a body
@@CamdenKaneakaNeptunesdaughter Yes. Finishing a series with so many doubtful deaths was not a good idea, in my opinion. Even if we're gonna see them in the future shows, it's a very long time and damages this show for the next ones.
It's heavily implied she's alive in the scene of Caitlyn looking at the air vents in the hexgate diagram.
@merdufer jinx has to stay alive in order for the game to even make sense or for her to even be a playable character in the game. dont forget the purpose of arcane in the first place
@@merduferi hope that theory is true i need it to be true omg
I really wished we witnessed the Jinx-Ekko conversation that must have happened after this scene. It must have been one heck of a conversation.
Also, observe how Jinx notices Ekko's device after her *fifth attempt* to blow herself up. She sees something that looks familiar to her.
Yeah seriously did he tell her about the weird alternate universe lol or atleast his feelings 😂
Theres no good version of me’ she said. Well hes about to break it down
If Ekko grabbed a photo of an alternate universe of Milo, Claggar, and the group all grown up before he left that universe and shown it to Jinx would be give it an interesting reaction. It would give a Back to the Future vibe. Ekko wielding a prototype time stone was quite interesting.
@ kinda sucks they didn’t show more in depth kinda left us speculating what was said afterwards… When ekko saved jinx I’m sure something special at least happened 😭 my boi saved her 5 times
Jinx’s mind: *holy shit i made a time machine?* 😮
Jinx: *pulls the pin*
Ekko: *reload save*
The Detail is crazy. After Ekko told her about blowing them up, she falls down Like trying to protect him.
Absolutely! She does not want to harm any more people, she wants to end the circle, by taking herself out of the equation.
good catch!!
it feels like Jinx already realized something weird after that second time, and did the third time just to make sure xD
When you put it like that what if she was messing with him especially with that last one?😂
@@JassLJ oml this is hilarious. Does it 3 more times, first two was a test, the third was to fuck with him xD
If you know how Ekko's powers works... Thats not actually it... She wont know those... You just have to cut the first part and the last sentence ekko says and thats what happened
@@kalsei1081 Might've noticed him bleeding though, as well as his device.
@@kalsei1081 Powder's a very smart girl, she might not know what exactly Ekko is doing but she certainly knew something weird was going on.
She was looking at the device she obviously built but didn't.
I do love that you can see the gears turning in Jinx's head when Ekko tells her if he can see if he can convince her to keep her from blowing BOTH of them up.
She still wants to die in that moment but the last thing she wants to do is letting someone she cares even a fraction about dying to one of her explosions.
So, she tries to limit the chances of him getting hurt by falling off the ledge with the bomb while also preventing him from being able to physically stop her.
Hmm then why did she still blow Ekko up at first?
@Tonangle Because she didn't even care enough to think about the possibility, she tunneled vision on ending things. Once it was pointed out to her, the chance of her attempt resulting in his harm, she changed tactics slightly.
i love that detail so much and how her finger slowly slides out of the string for the grenade as she realizes, not wanting to hurt ekko more than she already has and just wanted herself to be gone
@@set9034 zamn that's deep~
Been scrolling to see if someone actually made an intellectual explanation about why jinx falls this time after hearing ekko’s concerns about getting blown up:
Side quest completed
Arcane is a really dark show, but this is probably the darkest moment in the entire series.
Especially when jinx said that one line back in act 2 “I just can’t seem to die “
Like she’s has been in multiple death scenarios but she still lucky to survive somehow
The times she so close to death is when she had a “suicidal like” attempt (like the bridge bomb scene in s1 parallel to this scene)
And her sacrifice in the end
Also when the zaun baroness go full leather face against the piltover guard
@@EllnememeAnd she still didn't die at rhe end
Actually, this is the most comedic moment for me ...But I always did have a dark sense of humor. 🫤
@@journey9411 actually it was dark when she first pull the trigger but after a while Ekko try to stop her it was lowkey funny for the fifth time
But again , she still pull the trigger after with no hesitation with 4 attempts
They really captured that, "Im done look"
There is actually zero joy in her eyes. All the hope completely drained.
And we thought she was done with life before. Oh no. Apparently, there's something called depression reoccurrence. The more times you have depressive episodes, the more likely you are to get it again.
@@journey9411damn, well I’m screwed then. Jinx was so relatable here.
1:38 perfectly shows what its like when someones made that decision.
No Hope. They know its the end. There is no joy in death, there is only rest.
@@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic In case you're curious about the numbers, it's 60% chance of reoccurrence after you have one depressive episode, 70% for two, and three or more is 90% reoccurrence. 😢 Our baby's just hit 70%. One more, and she's toaster stroodle. 😭
Edit: Unless she had one when she was younger...
Ah, she's fucked.
It really does make me salty that we didn't get the full convo and moments between her and ekko leading up them joining the battle.
Whatever he said and did brought the light back to her eyes by the time they joined the fight.
Given that he’s still new to his time jumping powers, I’m kind of surprised that he didn’t say “would you stop doing that already!?” In at least one of those loops
I kinda wish he did get frustrated and just randomly (from Jinx's perspective at least) had this angry outburst at having to see someone he loved die again and again while he stood powerless to stop her.
Still, it adds to his constant compassion and selfless nature (especially when it comes to Powder) that he doesn't get angry, but continues to patiently wade through each death to get the outcome he's looking for.
@@callmev3531 i think it also speaks to how powder in the alternative universe inspired him, saying ''you've never been one to give up on anything ekko'' so he couldnt give up on jinx, no matter what she did, making him even less selfless in that moment
@@callmev3531 that would not be different from how Vi tried to convince Jinx time and time again. I think what worked here is that Ekko wants Jinx to live for HER sake, while Vi couldn't bare losing a loved one, so her persuasions did not work for Jinx. Jinx cannot continue living for Vi, she needs to find a way to live for herself, to finally love herself. And Ekko tells her that it is possible...
@@TVHead003 Maybe he did? We only see a few attempts here, but who knows how many times he had to run this loop?
@@Hamza2_7272 , While he may personally want her to live, he also specifically convinces her to find something new to live for, in this case fighting against Ambessa and helping her sister (which turns from something to live for to something better to die over than her own despair and loneliness, when she is put in a position to sacrifice herself to protect Vi).
Ekko is so selfless and good hearted.
No
@@freeeggs3811 I can't help but laugh at how petty and silly this one 'No' is xD
Bro got camped in game
@@lalulali224🤣
As someone who's been as low as to feel suicidal, this scene just tugged at all the heartstrings. The song, Jinx's melancholy and Ekko doing everything he could to stop her. Absolute masterclass in storytelling.
I know right..? I wish i could have an Ekko in this world for me...
i lost my brother to sucide so this scene felt hard for me, too. And the fragility of the singer's voice is nearly awfully painful. I'm glad you're still here. Stay strong.
@@elii_arrt for what it's worth, writing down your feelings on things and reading them over when you've vented is a good way to put things into perspective. Time marches forwards and things will get better.
@@VangeistXIII also..thank you 🙂
Only noticed until now but the glass shards at 0:56 are shaped like a beast's mouth (Warwick...?). Dunno what to interpret out of it but its still a cool observation!
Warwick=vander
You honestly gave another hint foreshadowing that Jinx put the grenade in Warwick's mouth, and at the slip second, she shimmered out. She's 100% still alive.
mikoto pfp and arcane fan?? ily
Damn
@@zachumiii yessss u get it
"i learnt from someone... very special" my man went through EVERTHING dare i say he got the worst ending?
Viktor could've won, clearly it's only the SECOND worst ending
If you're talking about hiemer he isn't dead yordles don't die they are immortal. They just respawn in bandle city😂
i mean he’s completely alone again but at least he saved the word and he’s alive
@@xxjoebamaxx7782huh?
@@eebbaa5560 He's not alone, Ekko's got the best support group of all the cast. Remember the tree? The fireflies?
*fails romance dialogue option*
*quick load*
So brutal for Ekko to see Jinx actually blowing up, repeatedly
For anyone who's had to help someone they care about through suicidal ideation, this scene seriously punches you right in the heart.
Ikr it's the worst feeling
This is one of the most darkest and grim scenes in Arcane. Wow
This isn’t WoW it’s LoL
@@lazyriver298lol
this comment isn't lol its lmao @vizdrom
Don't worry Ekko there are already good reasons to think Jinx is still alive :
- There is a scene at the end where Cait is looking at hexgate designs and see ventilation ducts, about where Jinx were during the explosion. During this scene, Cait holds the top of Jinx grenade. Why put this scene if she's not alive ?
- During the explosion scene, there is a pink trail on top of the rest of the animation (shimmer speed stuff?)
- In a scene at the beginning of the first season, powder says she wants to ride a zeppelin one day, and the end scene is on a zeppelin. This scene ends with a "THE END" written in jinx style.
- Make also sense she doesn't tell Vi since she wanted to walk away at some point, to end the violence cycle.
arcane ep 1, Jinx want to ride a airship. arcane s2 ep 9, ending with a air ship leaving and the screen do a Jinx glitch.
man your right my friend 😮😮
Yeah i agree. Im sure 100% is alive it's not a coincidence the last scene. She leave piltover to start a new life and also to break the cycle and offer to her sister a good life with cat. The showrunners said this season it's the end of the 2 sisters. But if there's another series of this univers, it's very possible that we will see jinx noxus or another place it's dépend what place they will make the serie.
I think she is alive. Her hallucination of Silco said that the way to break the cycle is to walk away. That's what she is doing. Kinda sad because I was hoping Vi and Jinx could have an on screen conversation about all that's happened. I like to imagine Ekko was with Jinx on that airship.
@@AutumnRose1397 I do hope Ekko went with her, he lost many things and already saved the world- he deserves a happy ending too.
Jinx: keeps trying to blow herself up
Ekko: STOP BLOWING YOUR SELF UP! this time trave stuff is exhausting
Ekko is our true hero in Arcane to save jinx and the world itself.
Dude left his perfect world and his perfect girl, and the first thing he sees is his childhood friend and crush trying to blow herself up, multiple times.
Dude went through so much and still came in clutch at the end. Absolute GOAT Boy Savior.
This scene BROKE me. I had to pause and walk away for a minute. I knew since act 4 that Jinx was... done. Then she adopted Isha and I thought there was hope. And then came the end of act five and i knew she was going to be right back in that dark, self-destructive frame of mindset
has anyone else notice that when she was in jail, they had taken away everything of her accessories? like her neck laces, her white lace that was on her top, her belts, her shoes? just so she can't do anything with them to harm herself?
My gosh!!!! I wondered where the laces from her top and everything were. This makes so much sense. Wow :(((
2:34 was her glancing down at the Z-drive and seeing the monkeys her realizing that she helped him build it?
“Someone worth building it for”
It could be. But I personally think it’s more likely he seeing it and thinking it was built with her in mind.
In the end there’s no way to know these things for sure.
He was thinking about her when he built it. That was a part of their childhood
@@ajtcj1356 considering both the phrase ekko said was a thinking of her alternate version, meaning its her own words, AND the look, and ya kow the fact he instantly became toasted like he survived an explosion, Jinx being a genious did connect the dots
no way. she has no idea he went to an alternate reality so that would be a crazy leap in logic
This song is so perfect for jinx at this point, she’s lost everything she cared about and is just so tired, just let her rest man, let her go
It’s even better if you listen to the whole song. It starts out with the singer begging her loved one to let her go, but it ends with her begging them to stay, changing the chorus to ‘don’t let me go’
Life is strange stopping Kate be like
Lmao literally what I was thinking
bruh exactly, you need to pass those checks lol
@@normy6801😂ok😂😂
😂this comment made me die😂🤣
honestly their whole arc in the final act reminds me of Life is Strange ...🙂
This max caulfield ass scene I’m dying
Fr 😂😂
I love that kid
i was thinking of LiS the whole time lmao
Jinx deserved better. Everyone failed her and I hate it (except Ekko)
Isha didn't. In fact, if she had the choice to make that sacrifice again, she would, because she BELIEVED in Jinx. Jinx just needed help in seeing that.
FACTS!!
Only Ekko deserved her....
Nope he tried killing her before
@@freeeggs3811 but he couldn't he stoped.
@@freeeggs3811she kinda failled everyone too first
"Worst she can say is NO"
Lol she didn't even say no funny enough
2:43 I wish they had used the end of the song here, where she sings "...go go, don't let me go", as in the song she has a change of heart and is begging for help, and that just fits jinx so much better in this scene after talking to Ekko.
Man. To be honest, these two characters for me are the ones who deserved and needed something better in the end.
When she realises she’d take him too she jumps 🥲
This scene breaks my heart too much😢😢❤❤❤😢
You can actually feel the despair and emptiness that Jinx feels in this moment. Damn this show is amazing
the True MVP since s1, even after losing his adoptive father, friends, romantic interest and best friend, his teacher, he still stay true to his call, never led astray 😢. True MVP and A Hero
1:49 dang i paused at this moment and you can see her skeleton
HOLY YOU CAN HER BODY RIPPED IN HALF
1:48
Ep 7 and 8 just cemented Ekko as such an enjoyable, compelling and interesting character.
He truly didn't have much of a purpose in s1, and for most of this season. But man, these two eps really gave him his time to shine, I love how his time travel has its limits, and how he keeps his injuries. I'd honestly love an Ekko show, and his voice actor, chefs kiss, just absolutely knocked it outta the park. Hell every voice actor aced their role.
I disagree about him not having much purpose in S1! He's been my favourite character since then! But I do agree that they gave him a lot MORE this season.
@@essendossev362 Same, he's a character with such a strong sense of justice and heroic. He refused to play by the Topside nor the Under city rules, instead he built his own version of safe haven and tried to rescue as many as possible. I've been drawn to him since the very beginning.
6 times. she came from the other dimension and escape by the air vent cait zoom in . the airship at the end also let you know she s alive
If you count that as a suicide than you should count other attempts too.
When she said "it's too late Ekko".
Yeah... She was some kind waiting for him at some point 😢
Of what confession?
They say keep your dearst friends close
Keep your enemies closer
You are my greatest enemy..
The little detail of powders monkeys in Ekkos Z Drive....
I like how in one part Jinx realizes Blowing herself up will hurt ekko too so she jumps off
This is why you ALWAYS save and save FREQUENTLY
The split second of blood splatter coming from Jinx gave me chills
think what got me was it wasnt a reason for herself that kept her going but beeing able to do something for someone she loves
I love the detail of the mark on his face disappearing as he uses the z drive. We only see him use it a few times but that along with his exhaustion possible allusion to the fact that he’s probably rewound that conversation a hell of a lot more. Because it’s Ekko. He has to get it EXACTLY right.
Ekko: "Jinx I come to bargain"
Ekko: "I just want to talk to you"
Jinx 😐..Nope *pulls pin"
Ella did an amazing job voicing Jinx, especially here... And those details, you can see her bones during 3rd and 4th blast
This whole ending, the good one, only happens because Viktor gives Jayce the acceleration rune, the one that later Ekko uses to invent his Z-drive, and thus save everyone from reching the same ending that we already saw (the one in Jayce's reality ep 7)
This is my favorite scene from this serie... The extreme sad song with the fire... And them Ekko, just saving her like the "boy savior"... It's so perfect
considering how calmly Vi was eating Cupcake minutes after talking about how much she loves Powder... while Powder literally just said she gonna commit suicide summarize the last episode
The scene just felt off like wtf they only had that scene to make the shippers fanbase happy but in a normal case vi would have run out as soon as caitlyn opened the door plus jinx lost isha ofc and she doesn't understand what jinx feeling like my guess is vi has no empathy
I get what you mean, them reconciling in such a wild way, may have worked "better" (as a scene) at a different point, but sometimes people do crazy things when under a lot of stress or in a crisis.
We shouldn’t pretend Vi wasn’t in a bad state of mind too, not to the degree that Jinx was, but you certainly shouldn’t dismiss the pain she’s also gone through. She needed something, anything, to make the pain go away for even a second, and I guess love from a cupcake was that thing. When Cait tries telling Vi she found someone in their time apart, Vi says she just doesn’t care, and I think that answer would apply no matter what Cait might have said. She needs this. At least that’s my reading of it.
"calmly" Lol she was gobbling the icing aggressively
@@kutchiii9481 She ate and ate and ate and ate and ate. Until.
“Oh bother. Empty again, nothing left but the sticky parts.”
" i just want to talk pow....jinx"
"Yeaaaaaaaa try again i caught that"
Ekko being alone in the spot where they kissed actually broke something inside me Also her entrance into the party mirroring that scene on the bridge in season one with her footsteps 💔If you want, you can also rate my work, please🔥🥀🔥😭😭😭😭
The look in her eyes when he admits to be in love with her. It's seems like a mix of relief and sadness. Relief because she knows she's not alone and someone still cares. Sadness that things didn't turn out differently.
Ekko just witnessed her repeatedly blowing herself up-body parts flying and everything. He had to rewind time again and again, resetting his mind each time, so he could focus on talking to her without the haunting image of Jinx being torn to shreds lingering in his thoughts.
Ekko remembers everything, otherwise his first attempt would be his only attempt, forever
@@guildwarrior3232I think they mean is he has to pretend / act like he didn’t just see it
She deserved better and I really wish that they would have been a couple they would have been perfect if you agree put a thumbs up
wish this version of the song was released. They posted a version but it doesn’t have the harsher snappier production you can hear here at like 0:48 onwards, and the version they posted ends on a more positive note (“don’t let me go”) whereas this song in this scene was just unrelenting in a way i like
How deeply the characters are written, I'm just shocked. My respect to those who made this masterpiece
I don't care about pacing or number of episodes or whatever
This scene right here made me fucking cry. Because I felt her emotionally journey this whole season. That alone tells me the writers did a great job.
“No matter what happened in the past, it’s never too late to build something new: someone worth building it for.” The past can’t be undone, but she can start a new cycle and build herself into someone she sees as worthwhile. That is all Powder ever needed to hear 😢
I like how Ekko went from "Jinx is a lost cause" to trying to save and help Jinx.
He didn't go very willingly lol. I respect the show-writers for having it be that he's initially so deep in his (completely valid) distrust and fear towards Jinx that the first thing he does in the timeline when he's popped into the timeline where he's dating her is... sling a heavy metal object at her head. And I love that in that timeline she's so trusting towards him that after dodging that violent attack her response is a hesitant and genuinely disbelieving "Umm... did you just throw that...?" followed by her casually draping herself on his shoulders like 30 seconds later when saying that "Genius and madness" line to Benzo.
I do like how they kept the detail of Ekko retaining damage every time he rewinds, because it gives stakes to what other would be a pretty consequence free scene
I love how this scene also reflects their scene on the bridge in S1. They have a "dance", they both have this moment of rememberance and realize they still see that person they knew in the other, then in her pain she tries to kill both of them. Only this time Ekko has the power to rewind that moment as many times as he needs to save her. Beautiful
I can’t be the only one who just has the urge to cry or starts crying whenever you think about Jinx. She’s been through so much: tried to have a redemption arc, tried to have a family, but it’s never enough for the Jinx curse she has. Her only solution is to straight up die in her eyes, and that’s when you always see her at peace.
Crazy when you realize the real jinx is vi since in the alternate timeline everyone was happy when vi was dead since she's dead she wouldn't have made powder turn into jinx.
Ekko calls her Jinx. She doesnt even hesitate. Should've called her Powder there. He mentions how itll kill him too & so she jumps instead. Showing she cares about him. She saw the monkey on that time machine. Wish they had shown what happened. Guess Ekko told Jinx about Powder from another universe. It made her realize she can be happy & changed her mind. Wish Ekko had hugged her or kissed after that. They could use one & alot of therapy. They deserve to be together & happy.
Ekko is just a chill guy
I'm just now realizing that the music that plays during the opening montage plays in reverse every time ekko resets.
my guy is so goated he's able to rewind the goddamn SOUNDTRACK.
it rewinds because jinx herself is listening to the song. you can hear it in the background
This whole intro was the darkest most despairing moment of the series.
Not to get all sappy but as someone who has attempted more than once this scene ripped my heart out, it's such a beautiful way of putting how it really feels into the most complex character in Arcane (not to mention the by far (to me) most relatable character in Arcane) :(
Thanks for everything Arcane :) bye bye now ×͜×
I guess two characters having a s3x scene while a third one is about to die is just an Arcane thing
Atleast those scenes weren't played on top of eachother like last season's scenes of Jayce, Mel and Viktor 😭
@brodypl5804 that would've been WILD, showing her sister while doing the deed????? God no
@@brodypl5804 bruh that would be cruel. I think that would make everyone hate vi and caitlin and arcane team too. it would be just wrong...
@@manospd3351 honestly, it already rubs me the wrong way that Vi made out with Catilyn 5 minutes after Jinx ran off to kill herself. While people outside were dying
@@glorytoukraine5524 yeah i feel the same way
When Ekko rewinds time you can hear the background music rewinding as well -- especially the "where nothing can grow" part. The detail they put in this show!
Gotta imagine how fcking weird this was for Ekko after just falling in love with her joyous, lovely self in another universe to watch her commit suicide several times in a row in a completely dissociated and depressed state without even knowing why…
And then he saves her from herself only to hear she died later in the fight he convinced her to join.
Jinx is gorgeous with the haircut
Years ago I lost my girlfriend to suicide, we were having trouble and we argued constantly. I blamed myself for so long
Watching this scene made me relate to ekko a thousand times over, to the amount of times you try to get someone off the ledge, and the heartbreak you feel when the worse happens anyways.
But seeing this scene soothed me, and I hope it soothed others as well. Lots of crying, but the good kind.
Good job Fortiche❤
beautiful edit , i love the emotions jink is showing 💞
“Taking your life… interesting expression. Taking it from who? Once it’s over it’s not you who’ll miss it.
Your death is something that happens to others. Your life is not your own, keep your hands off it.”
Bro thought he was playing life is strange 💀
What are you talking about, he WAS playing Life is Strange
@@QuillWorksit's a reference of Max the main protagonist who can time travel in just seconds like making choices
0:01 - That's a lot of hair you got there Rapunzel
Did yall know that this song that plays in this and the final Jinx scene actually ends with theese lyrics:
"I'm not ready to face it
Don't go saying goodbye
There's a beauty in changes
And I wanna try"
"This world is a wasteland where nothing can grow
If it weren't for you, I'd be here all alone
I know in my heart this is where we belong
This world is a wasteland
Don't let me go, go, go, go, go, go, go
Don't let me go"
And even though this part of the song was never used in the show, it's interesting that it's there. Gives me a bit of hope
Ekko did more for jinx in this scene that Vi in two seasons
Her hair in this scene and the whole cinematography if that's the word.
Ekko being the thankless backbone of arcane this season
I love that they could take something so serious and get a chuckle out of us. I genuinely found this bit comical! 🤭
0:56 foreshadowing jinx ending will be with warwick. You can see her face inside of what look like a jaw
That actually a very genius detail!