Another commenter has pointed out that part of what makes this scene so unnerving is the completely clear blue sky without clouds. Crazy how such a subtle directional choice can have such a profound impact on a scene!
I knew something about the setting was adding to the mood, but I couldn't put a finger on this! You're completely right. I think on a metaphorical level it also suggests that Piltovers descent is happening "in broad daylight."
@@thetristan7391 it’s like they’re trying to be seen as a pillar of progress while internally they are corrupted and heading down a path of no return. It really is scary 😊
I've always hated a completely clear, blue sky. Something about those days just feels off to me. There is nothing, absolutely nothing for as far as you can see, like looking at the abyss of the ocean.
@ I think, in this context at least, it’s a metaphor for everyone’s mind being clear and set on one goal. Every other scene had at least a cloud or near rain clouds, symbolizing the imperfections of the situation. Now everything is clear, for better of for worse
@@joejoe0213 I think, in this context at least, it's a metaphor for everyone's mind being clear and set on one goal. Every other scene had at least a cloud or near rain clouds, symbolizing the imperfections of the situation. Now everything is clear, for better of for worse
To be honest, it's very sad to see Maddie beating her chest. She started doing it the very first of the inforces, and she does it with a smile. Maddie believes that Caitlyn and Ambessa will do everything right and there will be peace for everyone. It's just that she's never seen a real war.
Hands down my favorite Caitlyn scene in the whole show so far and one of the best scenes of this act. The music, the flashback reveal of Ambessa setting up the false flag attack, the chest thumping. Absolute chills.
Then when Cait walks up and Ambessa drapes her in her new cape, they cut the thumping until she turns around and she and we notice they’re still chest thumping. And in one final pound, Caitlyn accepts the title.
It wasn't a false flag attack. A false flag would've been if Ambessa's troops staged the attack posing as Renni's men. They tipped Renni off and set her up, but it was still a legitimate attack that she perpetrated against Piltover.
@@keiichi8191 I take your point, but I would still count it as a false flag because the point was to get Piltover to focus the blame entirely on Zaun when Ambessa is the one actually pulling the strings.
A desperate Noxian and a hate driven officer protecting a high and mighty city from the underworld. One can only guess how well that will go later in the season.
1:19-1:23 This is the best part of the scene to me. The swift change from the Caitlyn to Ambessa. Two woman driven and motivated by revenge for their lost family members. The pause before she says “ Come child. “ is superb. You can visualize them locking eyes in this moment. Caitlyn knowing what she wants to do both for herself and the city. Ambessa knowing what NEEDS to do to move her own plans forward. Then with just two words she brings her right along the path of revenge with her. Not in a demanding or harsh tone but a softer one. Just true manipulation in every sense of the word. Then the swift cut back to Caitlyn furrowing her brow and taking that true first step on her revenge tour. Holy shit this season is gonna be crazy! 👏🏾
@@shinsuiasura4232 No Anakin because Ambressa is going to try to make her into a daugther she never had and she will turn to the dark side, Although not sure Ambressa is smart enough to know what the rule of two is
Downsides of Caitler: bridges burn with Vi, will require a herculean type of work for them to come back together. Also became a puppet leader for Ambessa and Noxus to crush both Piltover and Zaun Upsides of Caitler: sick cape.
If I had a nickel for every animated character in 2024 whose desire for vengeance against a character whose primary colour is blue, and their lack of restraint caused them to break up with a character whose primary colours are Red and Blue, resulting in them becoming a violent dictator, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s just strange that it happened twice. Thanks Arcane and Transformers One
Ambessa, with her hair constructed in the shape of a halo, looks almost like a holy figure as she places the cloak over Caitlyn. It's a very powerful visualization of the fact that Caitlyn is being brought under Ambessa's wing and she is extremely powerful---there is a danger to being under Ambessa's wing. The way the cloak is giant, almost swallowing Caitlyn's silhouette, while the cloudless sky, blank and vast and an uninviting shade of muted greyish blue, also encompasses her. Caitlyn has ascended and grasped power but at what cost? She has power but she is now controlled by forces much greater than herself. I think the visualization of all of this is brilliant. This is her "I am Paul Muad'dib Atreides" moment: You can't help but feel a perverse pride for her as the chant is so overpowering and seeing her ascend is powerful, yet you know, this is the beginning of a possible downfall.
Absolutely favourite part of the whole show! The whole nazi feeling, the goosebumps and overall the deadness in Caitlyn the SECOND she gets on the cape.
From impressional idealistic soldier trying to make a difference, to a grief stricken , emotionally stunted military dictator with absolute power, and only counsel she has is from a warrior queen out to save her own people. Next Act is going to be insaaaaaane
yeah I was really enjoying the direction the show was going with this but (SPOILERS FOR ACT 2) I feel like the writers kinda pumped the brakes on it. I wanted to see the whole armies of enforcers and noxians marching through the streets. I wanted to see Zaunite resistance members defiantly trying to fight back, using their knowledge of the streets they grew up in to their advantage only to still lose due to the sheer might of the enforcers and noxians. I was expecting something raw and visceral like the intro to Season 1 Act 1 where we get a violent reminder of how Topside oppresses its Undercity. I wanted Caitlyn to walk the streets, KNOWING what she was doing but still complicit in all it because of her lust for revenge. Instead we kinda just got a montage of a few arrests and they added a checkpoint on the bridge :/ and oh look Caitlyn is banging someone else days after her breakup with Vi haha ://// What threw me off even more is how Vi and Caitlyn basically immediately become besties again when the see each other again in episode 6. Caitlyn even willingly teams up with Jinx.
im really surprised by people’s reception of maddie, everyone seems to think she’s this innocent cutie patootie but imo this scene shows what her character really is: a criticism of the idea of a “good cop”, someone who genuinely believes that the system is right and correct and the only flaws are due to individual bad eggs like marcus. it’s not that she’s oblivious to the fact that the enforcers hurt people in zaun, i mean she literally participated in cait’s operation unleashing the grey, it’s that maddie is 100% convinced hurting Bad People is Good, Actually, and of course all those radicals in zaun are Bad People. of course she’ll be the most trigger happy and ready to go full fash
What really is amazing is the fact that she has now become (at least in her newfound role) the same one of those who killed Vi's parents...she'll snap out of it, but it won't be easy
God, the tension in this scene gave me chills. That Noxian witch is playing the Sith Lord here. Whispering into Caitlyn’s ear like that, convincing everyone this is the right thing to do. Man, I am looking forward to seeing her choke on her own iron fist
Ambessa has been in the game for a while, (not in-game) but like war and stuff, she’s a tactician and I’m certain she isn’t going anywhere anytime soon
So. Noxus may be rolling up on their doorstep by the end of the season. Apparently Ambessa is doing all this independently of Noxus. And going by the amount of black birds id say Swain has been keeping an eye on her. The one who kidnapped Mel is a Noxus associated Champ named Le Blanc. Swain or as he was once known as the Crow Man by the old player base before his overhaul. Is the emperor of Noxus with untold and unmatched power. These are the two people you really dont wanna piss off. Its actually theorized that Medardas son crossed Swain or the other champs in Noxus and was forced to flee. Now Swain wouldnt bother going himself. Hed probably send either Sion, Draven or someone else that wouldnt hesitate to raise the entire nation or Piltover to the fucking ground. Its terrifying to think thats how everyone meets a Noxus Champion. Bc overall? Medarda is the most reasonable of them all.
actually swain is not in power at the time of the show nor does he control the black rose at the moment it should be Boram Darkwill who is the black roses puppet and the guy that leads the ionian invasion.
@@darius8214bruv we have darius in arcane it's gonna take the whole arcane cast to fight the fucker and hell probably still be standing coz he's been fed by the top laner 🤣
@@admiralpepper6933 Lmao I just see people on twitter acting like she's gonna murder half of zaun, when in reality she's probably gonna seal it and keep searching for jinx with the gas as she's been doing.
@@nebsam715 right!? Im glad Im not the only one lmao, my gf thought I was insane til I put the scene on and we compared the two, crazy how similar they actually are 😭
So much of this situation feels like a double edged sword. Caitlyn being elected as general should be a great honor, but everyone looks at her with the same shock as if she were accused of a crime. Hell, that's how Caitlyn herself reacts. Ambessa's stance at 0:27 is captivating. She is drumming out of respect. But with the angle she is standing at, it looks like she's physically ushering Caitlyn by her side.
Or drumming to pressure her. I mean Cait hasn't done anything remarkable by Noxian standards. Caitlyn looks like she wasn't even sure until the rest of the Enforcers drummed with the Noxians. It's like suddenly getting nominated by a teacher as class president and everybody's on board with it and you can't do anything about it lol. I'm excited to see how Caitlyn responds under pressure.
@pvrc1030 That's what I think btw, what could she say? With everyone drumming on their chests and looking at her... she always lived with the expectations of doing what was "right" and then what could she do in this scene? Reject and become a betrayer of Piltover and ruin her family ? she knows the weight of rejecting and accepting and has no choice for either
Silco to Jinx at the end of Season 1 Act 1: We will show them. We will show them all. Ambessa to Cait at the end of Season 2 Act 1: Your mother will have justice. I swear it. Interesting how both Acts end with a girl falling pray to a powerful and dangerous figures manipulations. Caitlyn's journey into the darkness promises to be one of the best arcs this season.
Act 2 just came out, interested what your thoughts on Caitlyn are now? The show kind of just montaged the whole Piltover invasion thing which honestly I'm not a big fan of. This scene was kind of hyping up a big, brutal invasion of the Undercity but all we really see are a few flashes of people getting arrested and a checkpoint. It didn't really feel like Topside launched a full-scale invasion...just increased the number of patrols there. I was expecting something more like the intro scene to S1 Act 1 with the enforcers and noxians vs some resistance members killing each other with civilians caught in the cross-fire. I felt like the writers got cold-feet with the direction Caitlyn's character was going and tried to pump the brakes on her being a ruthless dictator out for revenge. Hell (spoilers for Ep6) the moment she meets Vi again they immediately make amends and team up. Caitlyn even willingly works alongside Jinx.
Before S2, my initial theory was that everyone in the council would die except for Jayce, and Ambessa would use it to convince Jayce to go to war, being the main driver the grief for losing Mel. Now, I realize I was wrong but this is brilliant too. We were given way too many hints before this scene that Ambessa would appoint Cait. If you pay attention to previous chapters, Ambessa is always looking at her, and probably she fully decided when Cait showed the full determination to not propose, but impose to the council the raid plan to the under city. She likely saw grief and thirst for revenge in her eyes, and Ambessa likely thought she's the perfect candidate: A reason to stay in power, a fully committed to an objective soldier, and a weak point she can exploit on to manipulate her to her will (her grief for her mother), and with Jayce MIA and Mel kidnapped, there's nobody to stop this from happening, since the only council members left are the 2 that never had a major posture, and the local cuisine that is also heavily manipulated by Ambessa.
Maddie is too innocent for this, she just wants to serve for the good of Piltover. Steb is still in doubt but he'll follow Caitlyn and Maddie wherever they go. While Loris is experienced in all this and can smell a twisted plan, that's why he left.
i’m thinking about this scene compared to the scene where we see viktor turned messiah. we have one character, viktor healing a man from his ailments, seeing him harness his newfound power (from fusing with hexcore) to help his people in Zaun, underground. there is a small audience of impoverished victims of shimmer, ready to follow Viktor-turned-savior. then we have the other character, Caitlyn, who after witnessing her mother get killed, decided to cut ties with Vi and step into her newfound power to protect her people in Topside, above ground. there is large audience of wealthy family households and military personnel ready to follow Caitlyn-turned-dictator. these two powers are different. one was acquired accidentally through experimentation and happenstance (to save Viktor’s life) while the other one was inherited through revealed family secrets and manipulated anger/grief channeled through revenge (to protect Ambessa’s interest and encourage Caitlyn’s revenge)
@@Valeyardos lmao yeah Caitlyn deciding to get in bed with someone else immediately after her argument with Vi was a bit much. There was barely any chemistry between them and their relationship seemed more like naive rookie cop and badass veteran rather than anything romantic. Also kinda pushing the envelope with her character. I get she had become more hardened and her desire for revenge was starting to make her hateful but I still really can't picture her going off and just banging another person.
vi gets both her parents killed by enforcers but continues not to revenge and even help enforcers. cait gets one parent killed by jinx and is already trying to wage war against the entirety of zaun.
Vi in the early parts of the show is very hateful towards anything Piltover and very clearly would enjoy getting revenge against them. However, as the show progressed her hateful view towards Piltover starts to chip away as she's forced to work with Caitlyn, who at that point was an enforcer. On the other hand, Caitlyn looses her mother during the bombing and then has her memorial ruined by a terrorist attack by the chembarroness not a day a part. Even then she recognises that Jinx is the real problem and instead of waging all-out-war with the Undercity she forms and a strike team. The strike team is successful in neutralising most of the Undercity's organised crime syndicates but fails in capturing/killing Jinx because Vi stops her. This is what pushes her over the edge. Vi had time to reflect, heal and forgive Piltover for what they had done to her and her family. Vi had Vander to tell her to prioritise her family over revenge and Caitlyn to show her that while the Piltover *government * was their oppressor, there were still good people Topside. Caitlyn does not have time. Her mother's death followed by 2 terrorist attacks (memorial and the grey vent re-route), her desire for justice turning into a lust for revenge and the pressure of filling her mother's shoes as a council member during a time of crisis causes her to have tunnel vision.
Man guys when I tell you this scene had aura covered all over it. It had aura. To me the way Caitlyn’s cape billowed in the wind for a brief second was all it needed to show what we’re in store for.
I feel so bad for the piltover enforcers. They're so easily inspired especially Maddie, but Loris also lost some good teammates despite their short teamup.
![Woodkid - “To Ashes and Blood” (from Arcane Season 2) [Official Visualizer]](/img/n.gif)
When you fumble the situationship so bad you become a military dictator
THIS 😭😭
I see it as a complete win 😏
At least she got a new mommy, for now
Oh blyat I've done it again
@@zerotohero884, mommy P.E.K.K.A
When the breakup hurts so bad you skip therapy and just decide to start a dictatorship instead.
I support it
Anakin skywalker speedrun
Dictator Caitlyn skin 🎉 well She always the top and Vi bottom.
@@Punkini 😆
@@aloysiusprasetyo3737 Call her Caitler
Another commenter has pointed out that part of what makes this scene so unnerving is the completely clear blue sky without clouds. Crazy how such a subtle directional choice can have such a profound impact on a scene!
I knew something about the setting was adding to the mood, but I couldn't put a finger on this! You're completely right.
I think on a metaphorical level it also suggests that Piltovers descent is happening "in broad daylight."
@@thetristan7391 it’s like they’re trying to be seen as a pillar of progress while internally they are corrupted and heading down a path of no return. It really is scary 😊
I've always hated a completely clear, blue sky. Something about those days just feels off to me.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing for as far as you can see, like looking at the abyss of the ocean.
@ I think, in this context at least, it’s a metaphor for everyone’s mind being clear and set on one goal. Every other scene had at least a cloud or near rain clouds, symbolizing the imperfections of the situation. Now everything is clear, for better of for worse
@@joejoe0213
I think, in this context at least, it's a metaphor for everyone's mind being clear and set on one goal. Every other scene had at least a cloud or near rain clouds, symbolizing the imperfections of the situation. Now everything is clear, for better of for worse
1:33 Temu Vander wasn’t having any of that nonsense. Lol
lol
Temu i can’t - lamo
“TEMU” - please 😭😭💀
TEMU VANDER LMFAO
Does he have a name? I feel like like him, maddie, and the green dude will play a significant part later on
This one guy who leave is a true MVP
Vander from Wish
💀@@gues.t
His name was Robert Paulson
His name was Robert Paulson
His name was Robert Paulson
To be honest, it's very sad to see Maddie beating her chest. She started doing it the very first of the inforces, and she does it with a smile. Maddie believes that Caitlyn and Ambessa will do everything right and there will be peace for everyone. It's just that she's never seen a real war.
something's telling me she's a rose cheeked spy smoothly set in the environment to influence Caitlyn and others
Her combat during the ceremony attack and Zaun raid is motivation enough for her.
Shes not a child child 😂 what is this comment yapping bout
that girl is either gonna die horribly or be absolutely broken by the reality of war
Or a more tragic possibility is that she becomes the most zealous and violent of them all.
Hands down my favorite Caitlyn scene in the whole show so far and one of the best scenes of this act. The music, the flashback reveal of Ambessa setting up the false flag attack, the chest thumping. Absolute chills.
Then when Cait walks up and Ambessa drapes her in her new cape, they cut the thumping until she turns around and she and we notice they’re still chest thumping.
And in one final pound, Caitlyn accepts the title.
Yes, if you have 10 years old
@@JunkPhuJP you literally still hear it in the background
It wasn't a false flag attack. A false flag would've been if Ambessa's troops staged the attack posing as Renni's men. They tipped Renni off and set her up, but it was still a legitimate attack that she perpetrated against Piltover.
@@keiichi8191 I take your point, but I would still count it as a false flag because the point was to get Piltover to focus the blame entirely on Zaun when Ambessa is the one actually pulling the strings.
Caitlyn was rejected from art school 😭
“ This is why we have participation trophies people !!”
Caitlyn rejected Vi
@@emperortime2356someone didn't get the joke
This is the face of a viewer who passed history.
DIABOLICAL
Caitlyn has seen herself live long enough to see herself become the villain.
But she can still die a hero. It’s not too late. (I don’t want her to die. I don’t want anyone to die.)
She's not the villain. Not yet.
@@Skozerny It's just a saying. But she is most likely now an antagonist going forward
You were saying? @@kachosuffer7
here after caitlyn turned on ambessa after episode 6
My girl fumbled a 10/10 baddie to acquire the drip. Gotta respect the hustle.
so this is what c2 english looks like
@@shrektheswampless6102 honestly this is more like C3 English lmao
@@moonllew nah that's biden
I disagree, vi is a 11/10
The climax of this scene man!! 🤯 The music and cait finally making sasageyo… Insane
YES I THOUGHT THE SAME! Shinzou wo Sasageyo ✊🏻❤️👨🏻
@ She’s gonna be the Erwin of arcane 🫡
Don't get pregnant. Or something...
@@ziukal6758if anything Caitlyn matches more with Historia, with Ambessa playing Erwin
The music intensity reminds me of Jericho Swain's theme
Breaks up with girlfriend and becomes Mussolini.
Divorssolini
Blue meanie Mussolini
@@daniyarsadykov3385 XD
😭😭😭😭😭
@@daniyarsadykov3385 💀💀
Homegirl kissed Vi, Broke up with Vi and became Benito Mussolini all within 24hrs😂.
The only difference here, is cait won't be caught doing bungee jump upside down
A desperate Noxian and a hate driven officer protecting a high and mighty city from the underworld. One can only guess how well that will go later in the season.
Ten bucks it’s a word that begins and ends with genocide.
Hey, Zaun has a lot of champions. Warwick is… well, I think he’s gonna be a problem for Piltover
@ Oh I know. I’m just saying Piltover is gonna screw themselves up.
@@TempestGhost Probably. Let’s hope Caitlyn gets herself together before it all goes bad
Damn the Ost is soo spine chilling
And in case anyone is wondering whats the ost title its "Appointment of a General"
It felt so Star Wars, like an Empire Strikes Back.
Look up Rectifier from Tron Legacy, its a inspired track from that (also same type of moment, rise of a dictator)@pedrokantor3997
1:19-1:23 This is the best part of the scene to me. The swift change from the Caitlyn to Ambessa. Two woman driven and motivated by revenge for their lost family members. The pause before she says “ Come child. “ is superb. You can visualize them locking eyes in this moment. Caitlyn knowing what she wants to do both for herself and the city. Ambessa knowing what NEEDS to do to move her own plans forward. Then with just two words she brings her right along the path of revenge with her. Not in a demanding or harsh tone but a softer one. Just true manipulation in every sense of the word. Then the swift cut back to Caitlyn furrowing her brow and taking that true first step on her revenge tour. Holy shit this season is gonna be crazy! 👏🏾
Ambressa is the arcane version of Ragyō Kiryūin from kill la kill
Or the Palpatine of arcane , But that would make Caitlyn the Anakin ?
@@robert507 that means Vi is Luke?
The writing, the directing, the cinematography...this is so fing good
And when Caitlin is about to beat her chest the shot of Ambessa in the background watching
@@shinsuiasura4232 No Anakin because Ambressa is going to try to make her into a daugther she never had and she will turn to the dark side,
Although not sure Ambressa is smart enough to know what the rule of two is
i’m genuinely so excited for what the writers have in store for caitlyn, i was already fond of her but this season has added DIMENSIONS
Downsides of Caitler: bridges burn with Vi, will require a herculean type of work for them to come back together. Also became a puppet leader for Ambessa and Noxus to crush both Piltover and Zaun
Upsides of Caitler: sick cape.
I haven't watched s2 yet but im just going to blindly agree with you because... bird
Well summarized
Sick cape is always a win!
Caitler lmao
you're so right cuz when that scene was ending watching it the first time i was just staring at the cape fluttering a bit
If I had a nickel for every animated character in 2024 whose desire for vengeance against a character whose primary colour is blue, and their lack of restraint caused them to break up with a character whose primary colours are Red and Blue, resulting in them becoming a violent dictator, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s just strange that it happened twice.
Thanks Arcane and Transformers One
We need a crossovers memes and essays of Arcane x Transformers One!
*RISE UP!*
@@МаксимРасторгуев-ь2мRISE UP!!!!
Megatron's primary color isn't blue, though
@@thejallenator5722 He doesn't have any red
@@frenchsoldier8485 you should re learn literacy and reading comprehension
VI: Please don't change. 😥
Caitlyn: Nah, I don't think I will.👹
She forgot to say “sike” after that fr
I know this is bad but the Warhammer 40k fan in me is so stoked for a military dictatorship.
I was on board as soon as Maddie was.
Same here. Glory to our general. May she establish order to the treasonous undercity.
Every one knows that the underhives need a good purging every once in a while.
...And this comment explains very concisely why I am NOT a fan of Warhammer 40k.
@@77Night77Shade77 you are missing out
@@elgescherwerauchimmer700 No I'm not.
I need this skin for Ambessa. Mother looks royalty. They can even sell it as a TRIFARIX AMBESSA.
YES OMGGGG 😭
Vision, Strength, and Guile. Ambessa embodies all three qualities here
man the title sounds raw too, it's just a shame that the Trifarix isn't even a thing yet in Arcane
Ambessa, with her hair constructed in the shape of a halo, looks almost like a holy figure as she places the cloak over Caitlyn. It's a very powerful visualization of the fact that Caitlyn is being brought under Ambessa's wing and she is extremely powerful---there is a danger to being under Ambessa's wing. The way the cloak is giant, almost swallowing Caitlyn's silhouette, while the cloudless sky, blank and vast and an uninviting shade of muted greyish blue, also encompasses her. Caitlyn has ascended and grasped power but at what cost? She has power but she is now controlled by forces much greater than herself. I think the visualization of all of this is brilliant. This is her "I am Paul Muad'dib Atreides" moment: You can't help but feel a perverse pride for her as the chant is so overpowering and seeing her ascend is powerful, yet you know, this is the beginning of a possible downfall.
The chest beating has an addicting rhythm to it.
Also, I just wanted to know if anyone else felt like Ambessa is the Palpatine to Caitlyns Vader.
More like Ambessa is the Jar Jar because who else elected Palpatine as chancellor?
At the very moment? Yeah. Caitlyn will likely be easy to manipulate too
I love how most of the time Caitlyn's steps are synced to the rythm, make it more intense
"Come child... Besides we have this cool blue cape here, it matches your uniform.the best"
"This is how Liberty dies. With thunderous applause."
Absolutely favourite part of the whole show! The whole nazi feeling, the goosebumps and overall the deadness in Caitlyn the SECOND she gets on the cape.
Nothing about this feels German. Sincerly, a German.
@@moritzasbrand9656 history exists fam
@@moritzasbrand9656 lmao the denial
“german feeling” is crazy 😭
@@moritzasbrand9656You know as well as anyone of us what they mean.
That... is the sound of innocence dying.
Bro dipped when he saw how things were gonna go in this new way of ruling.
Thinking about that one Twitter or TikTok post that said Cait is the daughter Ambessa wanted while Mel is the daughter Cassandra wanted
1:11 whoever she is she’s so precious
No, that btch is a homewrecker LMFAOOO
@@Hotdog.gosling Vi and Caitlyn were together for 30 min. Such is life with Lesbian situationships.
@@arthurrebello919 lmfao
From impressional idealistic soldier trying to make a difference, to a grief stricken , emotionally stunted military dictator with absolute power, and only counsel she has is from a warrior queen out to save her own people. Next Act is going to be insaaaaaane
yeah I was really enjoying the direction the show was going with this but (SPOILERS FOR ACT 2)
I feel like the writers kinda pumped the brakes on it. I wanted to see the whole armies of enforcers and noxians marching through the streets. I wanted to see Zaunite resistance members defiantly trying to fight back, using their knowledge of the streets they grew up in to their advantage only to still lose due to the sheer might of the enforcers and noxians.
I was expecting something raw and visceral like the intro to Season 1 Act 1 where we get a violent reminder of how Topside oppresses its Undercity. I wanted Caitlyn to walk the streets, KNOWING what she was doing but still complicit in all it because of her lust for revenge.
Instead we kinda just got a montage of a few arrests and they added a checkpoint on the bridge :/ and oh look Caitlyn is banging someone else days after her breakup with Vi haha :////
What threw me off even more is how Vi and Caitlyn basically immediately become besties again when the see each other again in episode 6. Caitlyn even willingly teams up with Jinx.
Would've been awkward for Ambessa if Caitlyn was like "Nah, Let's pick more suitable candidate"
She knew she wont. Now Cait is easy to manage, because of her rage
That’s why she started thumping her chest, this isn’t a nomination of a position, Caitlyn has no choice.
@@mranima748 Exactly! good riddance, finally somebody who gets it.
My bro caitlyin truly putting the "gay" in sasageyo
This is literally giving me goosebumps
Caitlyn entering her Tatakae era
im really surprised by people’s reception of maddie, everyone seems to think she’s this innocent cutie patootie but imo this scene shows what her character really is: a criticism of the idea of a “good cop”, someone who genuinely believes that the system is right and correct and the only flaws are due to individual bad eggs like marcus. it’s not that she’s oblivious to the fact that the enforcers hurt people in zaun, i mean she literally participated in cait’s operation unleashing the grey, it’s that maddie is 100% convinced hurting Bad People is Good, Actually, and of course all those radicals in zaun are Bad People. of course she’ll be the most trigger happy and ready to go full fash
You'd be surprised. Maddie was pounding her chest because of Cait, not the Noxians or politics. She likes her that much, as you may see in act II
THE OST REALLY SETS THE VIBE SO WELL I WAS IN SHOCK AS WELL I WATCHED THIS FROM THE FIRST TIME
What really is amazing is the fact that she has now become (at least in her newfound role) the same one of those who killed Vi's parents...she'll snap out of it, but it won't be easy
0:07 "Unless you want full-body paralysis, you _better_ keep your mouth shut!!" 🔥💀
Unimportant detail but at 2x speed the way they slam fists on their chests has a similiar sound to a military parade
The music fits so well in this scene
God, the tension in this scene gave me chills. That Noxian witch is playing the Sith Lord here. Whispering into Caitlyn’s ear like that, convincing everyone this is the right thing to do. Man, I am looking forward to seeing her choke on her own iron fist
And she's right. it's just Caitlyn's situation that is fucked up
Ambessa has been in the game for a while, (not in-game) but like war and stuff, she’s a tactician and I’m certain she isn’t going anywhere anytime soon
@ there’s a downside to having that much experience: you start reaching too far
@@7480Foxmaster Caitlyn is struggling with her grief and Ambessa is taking advantage of it
@@TVHead003
Just like Anakin, lol
The moment Caitlyn becomes the "Arcane season 2 act 1" truly cinema
Ambessa’s design reminds of queen Ramonda from Black Panther but she has Killmonger’s personality
She's a fantastic and incredibly smart villain
Breakup was so bad that Vi become an Emo and Caith become a dictator
So. Noxus may be rolling up on their doorstep by the end of the season.
Apparently Ambessa is doing all this independently of Noxus. And going by the amount of black birds id say Swain has been keeping an eye on her.
The one who kidnapped Mel is a Noxus associated Champ named Le Blanc.
Swain or as he was once known as the Crow Man by the old player base before his overhaul. Is the emperor of Noxus with untold and unmatched power.
These are the two people you really dont wanna piss off.
Its actually theorized that Medardas son crossed Swain or the other champs in Noxus and was forced to flee.
Now Swain wouldnt bother going himself. Hed probably send either Sion, Draven or someone else that wouldnt hesitate to raise the entire nation or Piltover to the fucking ground.
Its terrifying to think thats how everyone meets a Noxus Champion. Bc overall? Medarda is the most reasonable of them all.
actually swain is not in power at the time of the show nor does he control the black rose at the moment it should be Boram Darkwill who is the black roses puppet and the guy that leads the ionian invasion.
Excited to see Darius and Draven
Darius should be the one to end it
@@darius8214bruv we have darius in arcane it's gonna take the whole arcane cast to fight the fucker and hell probably still be standing coz he's been fed by the top laner 🤣
Which black birds? If you're talking about the ones in the first season, those were crows, not ravens (which are associated with Swain).
from cupcake to commander to cupcake again
Early game Caitlyn be like
Hahahaha
Can't wait for caits "dictator arc" to be much more tame than people think, then are left wondering why they were even scared in the first place lmao.
Setting a waypoint here just to see how it'll go lol
@@admiralpepper6933 Lmao I just see people on twitter acting like she's gonna murder half of zaun, when in reality she's probably gonna seal it and keep searching for jinx with the gas as she's been doing.
@@SyphexG59
Either way, we eating good tonight!
@@admiralpepper6933 true
Fr I don’t even think she’s gonna reach Kuvira.
Don't know why, but I got 'All Hail Lelouch vi Britannia!' vibes the first time I watched this scene
I get why. This... this was power
Music, cinematography, visual art, expressions, masterpiece.
Scene somehow reminded me of Maximus' final scene in Fallout season 1. Reluctant yet willing and fully aware of the horrors to come
Ambessa is working this city over from both sides. Grinding them together for weapons development. Incredible.
She is warfare incarnate
@@Tbear995 I haven't seen the latest episode. Noxians are brutal and militant but also not dumb. They're devious.
THIS IS BADASS
Women: “why can’t men get over break ups?”
Also women:
That Lesbian Breakup hittin so hard you become a Dictator and Warlord.
I mean Viktor became Jesus… 😂
@@Pandorum-kwbeiw dictator and puppet
Laugh in Omnisiah Victor
When you lose the girl so hard you start the military dictatorship part without depression
The arming pounding sounds with the ost odd straight goosebumps. Caitlyn is about to become a menace
I’m team ZAUN but best believe I had to join in the chest thumping allegiance to Caitlin 😂
TEAM ZAUN RISE UP
There's not a single redeemable person alive in Zaun as of this moment beyond like Vi and Ekko.
@@Skozerny you don’t care about the many innocent and exploited kids who are forced to work as slaves ? Someone didn’t watch S1
@ rip literally everyone in the firelight base and all the poor, starving children
@@Skozernyjinx did nothing wrong as did Silco😂
0:19, Y'all ever see The Wolf of Wall Street
Ambessa: Mhmhmm, Mhmhmm, Mhmhmm...
The music in this scene immediately reminded me of the music in a scene from TRON: Legacy lmao, where clue was giving a speach to his army
Bro I was thinking that exactly
@@nebsam715 right!? Im glad Im not the only one lmao, my gf thought I was insane til I put the scene on and we compared the two, crazy how similar they actually are 😭
@jdakiller1017 your aren't crazy friend
Man this was such an awesome ending to this episode, I can't stop thinking about it
The OST for this scene is a banger.
Caitlyn went from bottom 10 to top 5 favorite characters.
This is top notch writing
This is my fav scene in all Act 1.
forget about therapy, become a military dictator and take away human rights from your enemies.
So much of this situation feels like a double edged sword. Caitlyn being elected as general should be a great honor, but everyone looks at her with the same shock as if she were accused of a crime. Hell, that's how Caitlyn herself reacts. Ambessa's stance at 0:27 is captivating. She is drumming out of respect. But with the angle she is standing at, it looks like she's physically ushering Caitlyn by her side.
Or drumming to pressure her. I mean Cait hasn't done anything remarkable by Noxian standards. Caitlyn looks like she wasn't even sure until the rest of the Enforcers drummed with the Noxians.
It's like suddenly getting nominated by a teacher as class president and everybody's on board with it and you can't do anything about it lol.
I'm excited to see how Caitlyn responds under pressure.
@pvrc1030 That's what I think btw, what could she say? With everyone drumming on their chests and looking at her... she always lived with the expectations of doing what was "right" and then what could she do in this scene? Reject and become a betrayer of Piltover and ruin her family ? she knows the weight of rejecting and accepting and has no choice for either
I love this background music 🎶
Silco to Jinx at the end of Season 1 Act 1: We will show them. We will show them all.
Ambessa to Cait at the end of Season 2 Act 1: Your mother will have justice. I swear it.
Interesting how both Acts end with a girl falling pray to a powerful and dangerous figures manipulations. Caitlyn's journey into the darkness promises to be one of the best arcs this season.
Act 2 just came out, interested what your thoughts on Caitlyn are now?
The show kind of just montaged the whole Piltover invasion thing which honestly I'm not a big fan of. This scene was kind of hyping up a big, brutal invasion of the Undercity but all we really see are a few flashes of people getting arrested and a checkpoint. It didn't really feel like Topside launched a full-scale invasion...just increased the number of patrols there. I was expecting something more like the intro scene to S1 Act 1 with the enforcers and noxians vs some resistance members killing each other with civilians caught in the cross-fire.
I felt like the writers got cold-feet with the direction Caitlyn's character was going and tried to pump the brakes on her being a ruthless dictator out for revenge. Hell (spoilers for Ep6) the moment she meets Vi again they immediately make amends and team up. Caitlyn even willingly works alongside Jinx.
Before S2, my initial theory was that everyone in the council would die except for Jayce, and Ambessa would use it to convince Jayce to go to war, being the main driver the grief for losing Mel.
Now, I realize I was wrong but this is brilliant too. We were given way too many hints before this scene that Ambessa would appoint Cait. If you pay attention to previous chapters, Ambessa is always looking at her, and probably she fully decided when Cait showed the full determination to not propose, but impose to the council the raid plan to the under city. She likely saw grief and thirst for revenge in her eyes, and Ambessa likely thought she's the perfect candidate: A reason to stay in power, a fully committed to an objective soldier, and a weak point she can exploit on to manipulate her to her will (her grief for her mother), and with Jayce MIA and Mel kidnapped, there's nobody to stop this from happening, since the only council members left are the 2 that never had a major posture, and the local cuisine that is also heavily manipulated by Ambessa.
Maddie is too innocent for this, she just wants to serve for the good of Piltover. Steb is still in doubt but he'll follow Caitlyn and Maddie wherever they go. While Loris is experienced in all this and can smell a twisted plan, that's why he left.
Caitlyn: Enforcers!!! Rise up!!!
I love the way cait walks by her and looks at the city view she’s looked at a few other times in the series first before turning around to accept
“So deep in piltover’s pockets, I can only see her hat”
i’m thinking about this scene compared to the scene where we see viktor turned messiah. we have one character, viktor healing a man from his ailments, seeing him harness his newfound power (from fusing with hexcore) to help his people in Zaun, underground. there is a small audience of impoverished victims of shimmer, ready to follow Viktor-turned-savior. then we have the other character, Caitlyn, who after witnessing her mother get killed, decided to cut ties with Vi and step into her newfound power to protect her people in Topside, above ground. there is large audience of wealthy family households and military personnel ready to follow Caitlyn-turned-dictator. these two powers are different. one was acquired accidentally through experimentation and happenstance (to save Viktor’s life) while the other one was inherited through revealed family secrets and manipulated anger/grief channeled through revenge (to protect Ambessa’s interest and encourage Caitlyn’s revenge)
coming from act 2, pls give cait a chance
I was shocked at the first scene of episode 4. I started to hate Caitlyn.
@@Valeyardos lmao yeah Caitlyn deciding to get in bed with someone else immediately after her argument with Vi was a bit much.
There was barely any chemistry between them and their relationship seemed more like naive rookie cop and badass veteran rather than anything romantic. Also kinda pushing the envelope with her character. I get she had become more hardened and her desire for revenge was starting to make her hateful but I still really can't picture her going off and just banging another person.
I must say Ambessa looks stunning in this scene
vi gets both her parents killed by enforcers but continues not to revenge and even help enforcers. cait gets one parent killed by jinx and is already trying to wage war against the entirety of zaun.
Vi in the early parts of the show is very hateful towards anything Piltover and very clearly would enjoy getting revenge against them. However, as the show progressed her hateful view towards Piltover starts to chip away as she's forced to work with Caitlyn, who at that point was an enforcer.
On the other hand, Caitlyn looses her mother during the bombing and then has her memorial ruined by a terrorist attack by the chembarroness not a day a part. Even then she recognises that Jinx is the real problem and instead of waging all-out-war with the Undercity she forms and a strike team. The strike team is successful in neutralising most of the Undercity's organised crime syndicates but fails in capturing/killing Jinx because Vi stops her. This is what pushes her over the edge.
Vi had time to reflect, heal and forgive Piltover for what they had done to her and her family. Vi had Vander to tell her to prioritise her family over revenge and Caitlyn to show her that while the Piltover *government * was their oppressor, there were still good people Topside.
Caitlyn does not have time. Her mother's death followed by 2 terrorist attacks (memorial and the grey vent re-route), her desire for justice turning into a lust for revenge and the pressure of filling her mother's shoes as a council member during a time of crisis causes her to have tunnel vision.
My fav part !!! THE MUSIC THE POSE HAIL CAITLYN KIRAMMAN
My dad lost his father around his 20s and he told me that for him was like aging 10 years in a blink of an eye.
I need the OST soo bad 😭
Appointment of a General
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@@Valeyardos thank you very much
Part 1 can be summed up by the following: “Ambessa is gangster AF”
Why I got the feeling Cait's gonna be a villain in act 2 and 3?
I mean... these villain vibes when she get elected, damn! Vi vs. Cait act 2 and 3? 😬
Elected is a strong word I feel 💀
Break up so bad she turns into erwin smith
the perfect example of a change of emotion
Man guys when I tell you this scene had aura covered all over it. It had aura. To me the way Caitlyn’s cape billowed in the wind for a brief second was all it needed to show what we’re in store for.
The Noxion salute reminds me a lot of the Sontarans doing their "Sontar HA!" chant. Am I the only one who thinks that?
Heh, didn’t expect a fellow DW fan here, but nice.(also I agree)
You can see how Cait didn't want to do it, but then Darth Maddie gave the signal to take the deal, and it was decided
“I will give you the world, child, if you prove you can take it”.
S2 Ep4 Spoiler
Me during this scene: Maddie is too innocent to notice the danger.
Start of Ep 4: NOT INNOCENT NOT INNOCENT NOT INNOCENT
turned into a known austria painter only because she couldn't hit it no more
Actually, she did hit it. Quite hard, in fact.
Nice@@ReptiliansRule
I didn't know Caitlyn failed in art school
Episode 3: I AM GONNA AVANGE YOU MOTHER
Episode 6: Screw it. My babe is the best
The soundtrack Is so fucking perfect in that scene
2:01 “hey there lil’ mama let me whisper in yo ear”
I feel so bad for the piltover enforcers. They're so easily inspired especially Maddie, but Loris also lost some good teammates despite their short teamup.
Lets also keep in mind we gotta worry about The Black Rose playing around in the background. I'm more worried about what THEY have planned.
Maddie no this is not a good thing 😭😭😭
1:32 mark my word this guy will become very important later
Vi's drinking buddy?? Lmfaoo 😂