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I like how they subverted the "Old Master" trope by having Heimerdinger the oldest character in the series, learning from Ekko, one of the youngest.
Heimerdinger have a hard time understanding people. He haven't just 300+ age, he is a yordle.
This race love humans and try to imitate our goals, affinities, issues. In Runeterra lore we have a yordle that seek a true hero to serve, and another that is a mastermind villan. But none of them is exactly what is trying to be...
Maybe Ekko can finally teach Heimer what mean to be human.
Well because Heimerdinger isn't on Engineer his a Scientist , even when you try bring up the age argument and that his a yordle.. and we know yordles are very mechanical and magical ! Two different fields yet two terms are used interchangeably... But their not the same :) so Heimer knows little of Engineering compared to Echo !
SCIENTIST
-Biology
-Chemistry
-Neurobiology
-Marine biology
-Geology
-Microbiology
-Physics
-Astronomy
ENGINEERING
-Agricultural
-Biomedical
-Civil
-Mechanical
-Aerospace
-Computer
-Chemical
-Environmental
The best way to understand Jinx's reasoning for firing the rocket is explicit in the lyrics that Sting sings. First she kills off Powder after killing Silco "And worst of all, for me to live, I gotta kill the part of me that saw that I needed you more." And when she fires the rocket it's not only because Silco said "We'll show them all," but also because Vi said "one day this city's gonna respect us" as well as the lyrics "I want you to hurt like you hurt me today," wanting to make Piltover hurt for all the pain in her life.
exactly
Yeah, the song really explain stuff but many reactor cannot understand the music since They have a hard time understand the story even though It's easy to understand
The fact that this show got me to listen to both a Sting song and an Imagine Dragons song and not cringe into oblivion is a testament to its narrative power.
@@hieronymusboss7705 Maybe the biggest accomplishment of em all.
@@hieronymusboss7705 What is wrong with STING?!
After a friend watched this last episode, they made a comment:
Killing Silco to save Vi was the last thing Powder ever did.
We've seen throughout this series, especially after the time jump, that Jinx has struggled with who she is and struggled against her madness. It all comes to a head in this episode, and while she kills Silco to save Vi, the act breaks her. You can see it in Jinx's expression, eyes, and body language: she's given up. She is Jinx.
And if she's going to be a jinx, then she will be the biggest, baddest, and worst Jinx the city has ever seen.
No bargains. No negotiations. No peace.
Let chaos reign, and unleash war...
Great analysis!
"They can all burn" - Jinx fires the rocket. (Also Silco loved sea monsters, that's why the rocket launcher is shark-shaped)
I also heard this one somewhere: "Powder's final act was killing Silco, Jinx first true act/opening act was avenging him"
I don't think she even thought about vi lol.
She clearly was not even in focus when she shot and after it took her seconds to even probably see infront of her and she didn't even check on vi.
Makes me wonder about season 2 though, cause Jinx probably can't be a major character in that, as she is set to be quite one-dimensional from now on
The ending is definitely a cliffhanger but i think it was very conclusive to the Jinx's arc.
It was conclusive to every arc.
Vi - Failed to get Powder back. There's no more Powder left to save.
Jinx - Finished her transformation into Jinx.
Jayce - Convinced the Council to create peace with the Undercity after finally coming to the conclusion that war would not end well.
Mel - Put down her family ring, showing she is leaving Noxus behind and becoming her own person. Doing things her own way.
Viktor - Started to do something great, while finally doing some good.
Piltover vs Zaun - There will be no peace.
The rocket hitting the glass neatly ties up the remaining arcs of Season 1, while at the same time being the instigating act that kicks off Season 2. We might not know the fates of all the characters, but we don’t need to right now. It’s a great way to keep people interested while still making this season feel complete.
'' In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good'' What a great line that was.
"Is it Caitlyn's head? Or Is It A Cake?"
In all seriousness though, this show is fantastic and it's been so much fun watching through it again with you guys. There's so many little details I could point out from this episode, but the one I love the most is that Jinx clearly originally made the rocket launcher for Silco. It was styled as a shark/sea monster, something he was shown to love, and had an X over it's left eye. In a way it's her final keepsake of him.
The shark detail!! I am crying! 😭
nah the design is on both eyes we just never get a clear view of the right side but you can view all the models on the designers artstation account and the plan for fishbones has been around since she was powder
I think showing how silco loved the sharks when powder also loved sharks was foreshadowing tbh
“Don’t cry, you’re perfect.”
Perfect perfect perfect show. Your reaction when the credits rolled was similar to mine though I yelled considerably more expletives at the TV in disbelief that it was over. So very excited for more chapters of this show.
“I wonder what my table would look like.” That may be one of the most incredible questions raised by anyone to this story, and I think it cuts so cleanly to the power of this entire work: through it all, there are so many times when, even at its most fantastical, there is that humanity that lets us connect and even wonder “what if me?” A great reaction series to a wonderful work of art.
Renni: "Let me guess, Jinx will take care of it."
We only get to see how these characters live for a few days, but I like how lines like this give us a deeper perspective on their dynamics, letting us know things like Silco always kept Jinx a crucial piece of their operations, this becomes even more important when we remember that one of Jinx's biggest fears/traumas is being seen as useless.
Its mind blowing how not a SINGLE WORD in this show is said without meaning, context and weight. These writers honestly need to do more, because there's something special about these two guys.
@@lockekappa500 Exactly!!
It feels weird to say it as a guy, but I saw a comment that really resonated with me on some other video - basically, one of the things I really appreciate about Arcane is that it has female characters kicking the shit out of each other. In other works of fiction the women who are good at combat are usually graceful, landing hits without ever taking one. Here, you get Vi spitting out teeth, blowing blood from her nose and taking punches that make her spit fly all over the place, and it's just this one fight with Sevika. It's really refreshing (not that there's anything wrong with graceful fights, but it can get a bit old).
10:45 This is the sort of thing that makes me sure that when Silco tells Jinx "It's only us" those are his genuine thoughts. He doesn't trust anyone entirely except Jinx.
The show ends where it does because the arc finishes there. The important thing that the events of the show were leading up to, just happened. If they waited, that would overshadow the important thing; that it is war. That it will not be politics at daggerpoint from this point. The explosion we do not see isn't a lacking ending to the current story, it's a teased beginning to the NEXT story. I think the ending of Arcane is perhaps the most perfect ending of any narrative I've ever seen.
Another little thing I wanna point out because a lot of people don't catch it - when Jinx asks Vi to choose between her and Caitlyn, she doesn't tell her to kill Caitlyn, she says "Make her go away. Please?" That's because of the game they played as kids, with bigger and bigger monsters. Jinx sees Caitlyn as a monster Vi created, and wants Vi to scare it away because the game isn't fun anymore. Vi even played into that in an unexpected and unwitting way, by offering to run away with her... the monster is too big and I can't scare it away, but we can run from it! In the end, though, I think Silco was right, though not for comfortable reasons. People keep saying, Vi even said it in the show, that Powder is "still in there", and she's right. But she's not like... a separate entity that can just emerge. She is the foundation, the core, that Jinx was built on. Sure she's in there, but she's inextricable from the person she is now - much like we all are. Your ten-year-old self still lives, buried under and fused with the years that have passed since you were that age. That's what Vi doesn't understand. I don't know that Silco fully UNDERSTANDS it either, but his advantage is that he knows who Jinx is NOW, and he accepts and loves her as she is. My interpretation is that he is not trying to tear loose, take the gun and shoot Vi to stop Vi from taking Jinx away. He fully expects that IF Jinx goes with her, she'll be back in a few days when Vi can't deal with what happens - he's just worried that like Vander, Vi will try to kill Jinx, and even if she doesn't she will hurt Jinx terribly on an emotional level before she's done... and he can't accept that. When he tells Jinx not to listen, he's not worried Vi will "reach" Powder inside - he's watching the trauma of Vi's words torment his daughter.
I guess it's fortunate he's a bad shot, because there is no way I can see him missing on purpose just to shut her up :P
"he is not trying to tear loose, take the gun and shoot Vi to stop Vi from taking Jinx away. He fully expects that IF Jinx goes with her, she'll be back in a few days when Vi can't deal with what happens - he's just worried that like Vander, Vi will try to kill Jinx, and even if she doesn't she will hurt Jinx terribly on an emotional level before she's done... and he can't accept that. When he tells Jinx not to listen, he's not worried Vi will "reach" Powder inside - he's watching the trauma of Vi's words torment his daughter." There really are no proofs for that interpretation.
@@mariebourgot4949 "Proofs"? Is this court, dear? I mean, are we presenting proof against Silco to get CPS on him or something? It was just a personal take on that matter, I think XD
She couldn't be both. Silco and Vi hated each other, weren't going to stop trying to kill each other and and Jinx wasn't going to stop faltering until one of them was dead. Silco loved Jinx, Vi loved Powder. Silco took her in for her chaotic side, Vi "abandoned" her because of it. Silco praises her violence, Vi is horrified by it. Her two gardians are essentially nemesis, guiding her in opposite directions. There was no middle ground for her, she had to choose. And that choice ultimately destroyed her.
There is a joke saying that the entire season is a hellish custody battle for Powder/Jinx between Vi and Silco, and it's both sad and hilariously true at the same time lol. It's no secret that vicious custody battles can be extremely harmful for the child's mental state.
Silco caused the deaths of Vi's family. Fuck him. His death should have been worse.
Very interesting. I've been thinking, too, about how the loss of her mom would mean Caitlin and Vi will have ongoing and escalated (at least for a while) conflict around Jinx as a result of this end. That'll be an interesting dynamic to watch unfold. I imagine Vi will be compelled to let go at least a little, accepting that Jinx is the reality ("love me like you used to... even though I'm different), preserving a thread of connection to her sister while starting a relationship with Cait. Anyway, those pulls are such legit drama in this show.
I think a good explanation too why she chose jinx over powder was 2 fold. 1) the realization that she isn’t that young carefree girl anymore and 2) her accidentally killing the one(s) she loved is what makes her jinx. She finished the series by attacking the council because she obviously still blames them for her troubles. In a very poignant way the trouble the council is in can be summed up to this. “You waited too long to do what was right that it’s now too late to stop what’s coming”
@@chipstarshine8150 That's excellent
I think the very notion of "choice" was just an illusion. Powder and Jinx dichotomy doesn't exist as two facets of a single individual. It's a metamorphosis akin to a caterpillar evolving into a butterfly.
I think a lot of people misunderstand Sevika. She isn't really loyal to Silco per se, she is loyal to the cause of independence. Vander gave up on that cause and that's why she left him. She was only loyal to Silco as long as he remained devoted to the cause. But his affection for Jinx was beginning to undermine that devotion, and so Sevika was very much on the fence about whether Silco was still fit to lead the cause. However, Finn and the other chembarons were even less devoted to the cause; they only cared about profits, and so long as profits were good, they were perfectly fine with the status quo. Sevika stuck with Silco simply because there was no one else to lead the cause, not because she was loyal to him personally.
Vi is more like Silco than Vander. That is why Powder/Jinx related so strongly to both of them. Listen to what Vi says in the first 4 episodes. VI said: We'll make this city respect us, I want more for Powder than Piltover's leftovers, If you won't fight then I will. Silco said: Respect Opportunity Everything the Topsiders have denied us, I am doing this for us Jinx The sons and daughters of the undercity deserve more that their runoff, You'll die for a cause but you won't fight for one?
Then you can also see that both of them have problems with letting go of betrayal.
That and/or you can say she's like Vander when he was younger.
The writers if this show understand people on a high level. Amazing
For the record, mel making her mother "weak" is a very real thing if theyre from noxus... being soft there gets you/your family killed or worse. You cannot be from a place of war, conquest and power and have too much empathy. Her mother seems like a very practical woman who comes from a very specific place and time which is fair but other places in the world are clearly quite different. Its easy to call her out as a bad guy or as wrong but if you think about where shes coming from that could change quickly (hope to see way more in season 2!!!)
Silco absolutely sees the situation clearly. He knows she was responsible once before for the death of a parent, vander and her adopted family.
It broke her and the main cause of her trauma because Vi couldn't separate intention from actions. Vi turned on powder for her accident, attacked her and turned her back on powder. Think about it as if a child accidentally ran over people trying to get to her family to save them. In law we separate Manslaughter from homicide making that distinction.
Silco knows Jinx loves vi and himself equally. That she would blame herself for killing another father in defense of her sister. His dreams and goals after he was shot doesn't mean more than his love for Jinx. He knew what she needed in that moment to not break even further. To know she's loved, she's not a mistake and that what she did to protect her sister was the right thing and not something cry over.
Silco, being a leader and manipulator has high Emotional intelligence where Vi doesn't. Thats why Jinx says " I thought you could love me like you used to but you changed too." Vi didn't love Jinx because she loved her idealize version of powder. Jinx got to know real love in Silco final moments, what it means to love someone for who they are not who we want them to be. Vi couldn't even love powder in her mistake in episode 3 but Silco, bleeding out, can not only reassure her of his love for her but that she's not broken or a mistake. He didn't call her a Jinx in those moments but who she is, in fact is perfect.
I love the writing for depth of characters and breaking from tropes and expectations.
Meg intensely searching for a post-credit scene in utter disbelief it's totally me when I watched this episode lmao.
2nd season early plot predictions. Mel dies, so momma medarda is gonna be on the warpath in a piltover that will be wanting war. Jayce and victor survive via hextech shenanigans. Jayce will feel betrayed and be lost in rage over losing mel, so him and momma medarda will be aligned.
Victor will be a wildcard as he goes further down the hex path, maybe involuntarily. The explosion leads to further corruption somehow.
Heimer and Ekko are trying to save the undercity from piltover's revenge.
Cait will be on full on vendetta against Jinx since her mom is killed, which will drive a wedge even further between her and Vi.
Vi and Jinx are sort of the wildcards I can't predict.
Sadly, showing empathy and mercy in Noxus is what gets you kicked off your high and mighty position. So ofcourse she'd see it as weakness, she'd litterally lose her power.
Sevika is very interesting to me because contrary to what it seems like, she's NOT unwaveringly loyal to Silco. She's loyal to the cause of independance, and as soon as she finds a better leader to achieve that goal, she'll follow them. Finn was just not more competent than Silco.
she would lose more than her power... she would probably be killed
Sevika's a very interesting character; it's just too bad that she's on the wrong side. That's kind of her function in the story -- she's the anti-Vi.
She's says as much when she tells him Finn is a worm but there will be "others". She's loyal to him merely because Silco at his 'weakest' is still better than the other schmucks. For now.
@@ariochiv you watched the Schnee video too, huh? She does have to be on the bad side, all she needs to do is employ more morally good methods to fight for independance.
They ended the first season this way because it not only concluded Jinx's origin story, but because it was beautiful and poignant to end it there. From both a storytelling and business perspective, it's fuckin' brilliant. Now people can't wait to see what happens next, but also have a bit of closure with the characters to discuss. They could never make a Season 2 and it would be a beautiful ending. But since a Season 2 is forthcoming, we get the best of both worlds.
They ended it the way they did to get us to contemplate: "What could have been?"
I don't see that ending as a cliffhanger - quite the opposite, in fact. All the character arcs have run their course and the overarching question of war or peace between Piltover and Zaun has been decided. It's a tragic ending, for sure, but a perfect one, and one that would work just as well even if there were no subsequent seasons ever made.
Main theory out there right now is Mel has some sort of magic armor that can create a shield that would atleast save Viktor, Jayce and probably Mel herself.
This is actually the best place to end it imo cuz it keeps the main focus on Jinx's decision. It makes the ending emotional and personal over grand and catastrophic.
Can't wait to see Jayce's face if it turns out his girlfriend has been a mage all along 😂😂
I'm glad you guys got the scene with Silco at Vander's statue, a lot of people seem to misunderstand it. He's come to Vander to mourn the death of everything he's fought for, all the horrible things he's done to achieve their independence, it's all been undone by the girl that jumped into his arms seven years ago.
It is always fun to watch someone go through the 5 stages of grief at the end of this episode. Eventually, coming to the conclusion that it was perfect.
Silco wanted a dissuasive weapon, just like Mel. He talks about this somehow in episode 3. I don't think he planned to use it if not needed. Jinx just killed another adoptive father and, as much wrong he's done, he really cared for her, until the point to spend his last seconds of life reassuring that he was proud of her and soothing her to not feel sorry and guilty for killing him. She obviously cared for him as well, she just misunderstood his monologue and thought to betray before being betrayed this time.
After messing things up again I think she just doubles down and embraces Jinx. To honor Silco, who didn't really want a war against Piltover, but now that the choice was peace or Jinx and he tells her that Jinx was out of the equation, the only possible outcome was war anyway, so she carries on his legacy and will. On the other hand, Vi was showing pretty clear that she doesn't understand how she feels anymore. Maybe that's why Jinx said that she changed too. Vi was bringing up her inner demons while trying to soothe her and acting like everything was finally over and fine when the current closest person to Jinx had just died in front of her. A very poor show of empathy from Vi. Understandable but true.
We'll see how season 2 starts. I'm quite sure that not everyone in the council is going to die but I hope we get a believable reason for it. We'll have to trust these wonderful writers. It's been a ride!
Silco is definitely not a good person but for a villain he seems, at least at this point, to try and avoid killing people. He makes his threats and all but this is the second time that he spared the baroness' life after conspiring against him. This time she was literally sitting in front of him, waiting for him to die and he just let her go with a mean comment about her son. We've seen it in other cases, as when he's mad at Jinx for unnecessarily killing people. In fact, it gets to a point where I non-ironically think he should start killing more because this baroness for example could be there trying to kill him again any moment now.
Just a few observations:
- Some people think that Powder's last act was shooting Silco and protecting her sister. And that Jinx was the one who avenged him at the end. I agree with that statement. You have to appreciate his last act was as a father telling his heartbroken daughter that she was loved and that she was everything 😢 Her Fishbones RL even had a unique eyepiece on one side, because even in it's design she knew her Dad Silco liked Sea Monsters 😢
- A particular character trait with Heimerdinger is that he does take for granted his damn near immortality (Idk if he actually is or not, so longevity maybe?) which is definitely something that was easy for Jayce to call him out on earlier. It's so easy for him to say stuff like "Give this project a decade" or his surprise at wat the Firelights did to make their home. It was something that annoyed me at first but overall it doesn't make the Professor a bad guy by any means. Just ignorant in some ways, no matter how old he is.
- A theory for S2: I would not be surprised if they started Season 2 with a time jump again, instead of showing immediately the aftermath of Jinx's Ultimate attack. The showrunners may take a risk and focus on other LOL characters altogether and have them cross paths with the S1 crew. Unfortunately , just my personal thoughts, I don't see Vi and Caitlyn getting together right away in S2.
- Look at it like this; Depending on how the attack landed, Caitlyn's mom was in that room, so unless its a miracle, Caitlyn's mom is for sure dead. Vi would hold herself accountable for Jinx's actions and feel guilt over Caitlyn losing a parent. Or in Caitlyn's mind its "This girl I've fallen for; her sister just killed a room full of people, including my mom, and started a war" and that could cause her to lash out at Vi. Or it's just a wall of pain and sadness. Or a combination of all. In any way, I do think that Jinx's attack will have turned Vi and Caitlyn away from each other like that, and Season 2 will be a long journey of healing and forgiveness for those 2 before we see them romantically. I do want them to get together but wat just happened is a lot to get past.
The two of them can’t understand how the other could have possibly grown close to their worst enemies.
The reactions sadly have been trash as of late. Hopefully more reactors, who won’t keep starting and stopping throughout, will react to the show in the future!
As someone that has played League of Legends since the early days and was active when Vi and Jinx came out as champions, this ending was perfect. In game, Jinx has always been this Harley Quinn happy-go-lucky terrorist type character with almost no backstory. So when this show started airing and we got to see her as Powder, for me and probably a lot of other League players, she really was the main character and this story should be all about her. The other characters are also incredibly important and do a lot to build out this world, but at the end of the day, this season would be about how this little girl turned into the character of Jinx that we've known for years. Having the last moments of this show be about the true turning point for her and her decision to shoot a rocket at the council that's about to vote for peace (very fitting to her name) instead of focusing on anything else was incredibly satisfying for me, since it puts a punctuation on (what I thought was) the main story arc of this season. Everything else will have its own time to come around in Season 2.
Lol, one of the most consistently insightful reactions to this series, spends 30 seconds talking about squeeze its. Perfect given the weight of this finale
I love Silco as a character in a show full of complex characters I think he is the most complex one, though Jinx is my favorite character, because they did such a wonderful job showing mental trauma in such a sad and disturbing way.
As for the weapon at the end, if you noticed it basically was just a big version of Jinx's bombs, when Victor opened one up to work on it the inside looked the same as the inside of the rocket, only the rocket was much larger and propelled by hexcore to give it likely insane range and accuracy. It was obvious this was the weapon Silco wanted, was this the target he had planned? maybe, but keep in mind this was before there was a chance at peace. he never got to talk to Jinx after there was a chance at peace, so perhaps this was one of two things.
1) take out the council then tell Piltover they have more rockets and force the same peace through, by way of fear.
2) like a nuke, leave us alone or we will destroy you, to again force peace.
Hard to say, Silco was ruthless but not heartless, he very much believed in the ends justify the means type person. Which makes it really hard to guess what his plan might have been.
For Jinx consider the song I think this was also about making others feel the pain she felt. Some of the lyrics is, I want you to hurt like I hurt. So I think this was just her lashing out in pain. I mean she once more killed her "family", once more going through the trauma of knowing your actions killed the ones you loved.
I do find it very interesting the difference between the end of episode 3 and this episode. In both she kills her family, but Vi lashes out at her, hits her, blames her and calls her a Jinx, then walks off leaving her. Yes I understand why Vi did it and I don't even blame her and she was going to come back but from Jinx's point of view that is how it happened.
Where as Silco as the one killed tries to comfort Jinx, knowing likely the trauma this is causing her with his dying breath he doesn't blame her but tells her she is perfect comforting her and letting her know he doesn't blame her. I found that very interesting seeing how the ends of those two episodes played out.
Anyways sorry for the long post but been waiting for a long time for you to finish this to talk about this.
Welp, you got me to rejoin membership to watch this lol, good job with that, incredible finale to the show, and an amazing reaction from you two as usual, excited for a few of those MCU reactions, but I'd personally love to see you guys tackle the early DCEU stuff sometimes, I know it gets a bad rap, but I love those early films to bits.
i love the dc animated shows and movies! theres a lot of amazing stories there
I'm sure I and anyone else who in your audience who have played the game could give you not just theories, but also confirmed answers to some of your questions and worries regarding some characters from this point. But I don't really want to do that unless explicitly asked.
TBH as someone who followed the lore of the characters from the game quite closely I would suggest you decide ahead of time, because just googling pictures of the characters or other League content on the TH-cam will give a lot of potential surprises away. Buuuut, I think this show is amazingly written for both newcomers to the world and long-time League "historians", so I don't think either crowd is missing out.
Kudos for your reactions.
"Just be both" - thank you someone who finally gets this like a mature adult. The lie is that there is a binary here - she is Powder AND she is Jinx, and she's ultimately just like everyone else; reconciling who she is today with who she's been throughout her life.
the girl is literally mentally unstable. she can't pack it all up and move on like everyone else lmaoo
The binary isn't a lie. Being and remembering Powder is fundamentally a source of pain for Jinx, and vice versa. Silco didn't try to kill Vi because Vi was stealing his daughter away, he tried to kill Vi because she was HURTING his daughter, forcing her back into the trauma that destroyed her. Jinx and Powder are irrevocably incompatible.
@@coreychaves9505 Except he was trying to kill Vi the instant he heard she was back, and hadn't even found her sister.
side note: In point of fact, Silco met Vi's sister originally while, knife in hand, trying to fucking kill Vi.
Silco was absolutely ambivalent to the psychological trauma his surrogate daughter lived with and his approach to "help" - having her fantasize 'killing off' her past - was just further harm. Problem is, it's hard for him to lead her to true reconciliation that her friends' death wasn't her fault without addressing the fact that it was actually *his*.
@@danh8804 Oh, I'm not arguing that Silco was a good father, and most especially not a healthy one, however I would absolutely argue that he was not ambivalent to the psychological trauma his adopted daughter lived with. The issue is that his every attempt to help was twisted through the lens of his own issues with Vander, and thus the only solution he can see for Jinx is the one he settled on for himself.
Also, you are correct in pointing out that Silco intended to kill Vi in both act one for interfering with his plans and in two/three for posing a risk to his relationship with Jinx. In those final moments, though, I truly believe that his lashing out was in defense of his daughter. Jinx shows no sign of being won over by Vi's words, only of being in agony from them.
If Silco really just wanted Vi dead for his own sake then he could have picked up the gun and shot her at any point once Caitlyn was disarmed. He didn't, though. He only acted when his daughter was being emotionally attacked and was overwhelmed with pain.
@@coreychaves9505 Conservation of momentum - he wants to kill Vi in the final moments of act III for the same reasons he's wanted to kill her throughout, none of which had anything to do with him (objectively the biggest obstacle to her mental health across nine chapters) considering her a threat to Jinx's mental health.
Vi, who had literally like 8 minutes of time to even try to connect with her sister as young adults - due, again, to Silco and Silco's flunkie Marcus - had absolutely no reasonable way of knowing how allusions to her childhood memories was painful to Jinx or even why. She had, though, already proven that she was a positive influence on her mental health back in 1.06; her insistence that she'd stay with her had visibly (for the audience's benefit anyway) stilled the psychotic symptoms she was experiencing, had broken through the hallucinations.
There's no evidence in offing that Silco *even cared* that she experienced these hallucinations other than insofar as her erratic behavior interfered with his plans. In fact, that's all the reason one needs infer he was bothered she was under strain in the moment - it was interfering with his commands to "finish" Caitlyn.
In Noxus you cannot show your emotions just like that. Their laws are if someone seems to doubt or show weakness they shoudn't be in command so any other soldier would be allowed to kill them and get the leadership. That's why Mel was casted out and that's why her mom couldn't show any feelings for her or other people.
TBH that is the only part of the lore that is never referenced in the show and is actually important to understand Mel's mom decisions. Maybe they'll talk about it in season 2?
Not really, you just have to be brutal when the situation calls for it and Mel wasn't.
No, look at darius he's the most fearsome soldier but he's also the heart of noxus, he loves his home town that he would conquer the other lands for resources just to keep the noxus alive.
Mommy Medarda just enjoying a Squeezit at 5:41
LMAO
I love the random "Squeezits" tangent at the beginning. 🤣
You guys don't understand Noxxus and what the people deal with there. Noxxus is very militaristic and a leader in noxxus, if they show weakness like Mel's mother was describing of her, someone else can literally just come up and stab you in the back to kill you.....and they become the new leader because that's them dealing with a weak link in the chain. That's how Noxxus is. So when Mel's mother is talking about Mel weakening her, making her second guess her decisions, there is a LITERAL reason why that can come back to bite them.
People seem to have this difficult time understanding how different cultures can result in different outlooks and different ways people view the world. This is one of those times. You don't have to agree with it or like it, but Mel's mom isn't being some snide evil for the sake of snide evil.
I really enjoyed your commentary on the show because you seem to be emotionally comnected. In this one, when you said "I wonder what my table would look like," I really felt it. Like hey, I never thought about that and it's so true. We all have a table like that set up with things that define us. Made me wonder what my table would be filled with too
My guess is that rando-councilers are dead (the ones that werent given backstory), that Mel is dead and that Jayce and Victor are still alive. That Jayce is enraged by Mel's death and that he allies with Mel's Mom to weaponize hex tech and take the fight to the lanes and that he splits with Victor over that.
I have seen a lot of reactions, i feel you guy bring one of the most wholesome.
My favorite detail from the end of this episode is how they contrasted the reactions of the family Jinx hurt. In episode 3, right after Powder's monkey bomb killed Claggor, Milo and Vander, Vi slaps her and calls her a jinx. After Jinx shoots Silco however, he tells her not to cry, that she's perfect.
Right before that also, the way they showed how Vi really doesn't understand anything about Jinx, how calling out the names of her dead family is hurting her and how Silco recognizes that and pleads with Jinx to not listen to her....
Well these differences come from the facts that Vi was a child when she said that while Silco was an adult, and also he had years to learn about Jinx traumas while Vi was away all this time. But also Vi is not really emotionally intelligent, while Silco projects his own traumas onto Jinx which lead both to misunderstand her.
So I know it feels like a cliffhanger but hear me out. I think it is not a cliffhanger because this entire season was a constantly escalating tragedy from start to finish. Consider episode 1 with its grand opening symphonic sound and how it progresses through heartbreak to end on a somber "what could have been."
What if the council did it's job from the start and didn't exploit the underground? What if hextech was actually put to use in the underground as Viktor wanted instead of pursuing more wealth for Piltover? What if Vander had lived? What if Vi had never taken the crew to Piltover following Vanders wishes? What if Powder had never lost her parents in the first place in Vanders disastrous rebellion?
Its easy to blame Jinx for everything that went wrong but all of those factors had to culminate in her trauma and the opportunities to creating this tragedies final form. This will result in war.
I believe that Jinx is the willful expression of extreme emotions of the unheard, underserved, and unhelped. Too little too late council. You failed too many times and wasted too much time in your hedonism and luxury built upon the suffering of others until someone with too much pain yelled "enough!"
She's not the villain though she does villainous things. She's the epitome of a victim. But she was shaped and molded by everything that happened to her that resulted in these expressions of violence. She likely wouldn't be this way if all the things that could have been just went right. I imagine it's how a lot of people in the world become radicalized. And it's tragic that lives could go so wrong for the door to open to something like that. It doesn't justify the violence, but it completely makes sense from a person that desperate that they can see nothing else.
I agree that , on reflection, this season is complete and it's not a massive cliffhanger. I think the reason for that is that the story arc of this season is how we get from Powder to Jinx. The path starts with the failed revolution, and ends when her missile hits the council. The result is not relevant to her story, just the act, so it doesn't need to go any further. On the other had, we need to see how far she's going, so the impact needs to be shown. The episode's length is perfect, like Jinx.
People have probably already pointed this out, but there is a very strong theory what Shimmer might be, based on actual LoL lore. There's... something... lurking underneath Zaun and all of Runeterra with a VERY similar color scheme. I wonder if this something has a bigger role in Season 2
Just been browsing some new reactions. You did ask "what sort of bomb that is" Well, to give a bit of an idea? Think about the power of those tiny glow bugs, or the grenades with the two chemicals that mix. Now imagine that the size of that rocket with the hextech booster (which might just be for the rocket engine?)
"To take this off me, you'll need to kill another person"
Vi says exactly what could break Jayce. Smart girl.
A lot of people missed this , Mel's back glowing sensing the rocket before it even hit and no it's not the reflection of light from the rocket because the only part of the rocket that is glowing is the back
Mel's mom (and Mel) are from Noxus. In Noxus, strength is law. If you show weakness, anyone has authority under the law to take you out. Compassion is practically outlawed. What Ambessa said about Mel weakening her was literally true. If she showed empathy, she and her family would have been killed.
Great reactions and comments/discussions/breakdowns. Wonderful just wonderful. Arcane back in 2024
it was their a-bomb, the diplomacy of violence Silco needed to compel Piltover to give Zaun independence. Fun fact, also Jinx's special move in the game (Super Mega Death Rocket)
i want there to be 10 arcanes that i can enjoy like, all the time lol. it truly is amazing and i really appreciate the depth and complexity of it. the cool thing is, Runeterra is a huge rich universe and there are stories in every corner of it, if Riot continues to expand on these projects.
1:40 They went to destroy the factory, why are you confused at Vi destroying the factory? xDD
Season 2 has no problem happening, there is no problem in continuity, if you were paying attention, remember that Mel said twice " Counter Mesures " who is to say that these mesures are not in place now? Remember the big suprise for Vi with mining glove that helped her kick Sevika's butt.
I think Mel , Jayce , Victor might live... Mel has glowing shoulder plates ... maybe that some type of shield that her mother put on her as a child so incase of incident she would survive?... Maybe she'll use that shield to save Jayce.... and victor will be left in the rubble.... and his hextech core might save him?
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can i say, first video of this channel that I see and I really love your analysis of the scene instasub
Enemy Music video and Get Jinxed are worth reacting too for sure
Amazing react series! I love your insight - ya'll one of my fav react channels now and I'll definitely be tuning in for more. :)
My personal theory for the end is that everyone in the council will die except for Jayce and Viktor, mostly to set up for Mommadarda to be furious about her daughter's death and wage war against the undercity, and maybe even Piltover. Season 2 can't come fast enough!
I dont know if you planing on doing something like that, but since you really struggle to understand mels mom, do a reaction or watch it in your own time, "Legends of Runterra: After Victory" it perfectly shows what Noxus(the place mel and her family are from) stand for and why mels mom is the way she is.
Also Silco loved jinx with his all as you can see in the last scene, he didnt want Jinx to get rid of powder because it made her weak or harder to control but all of her trauma was connected to powder not to Jinx, as you can see in the last scene with Silco when Jinx kills him and finally fully embraces Jinx all the voices disapper.
That denial at the end XD
Yes! Mel with her mum also is an unconscious manipulating parent thing. and 💯Mel could have helped her mum with empathy, but mistakenly is seen by her mum as a weakness. Tho obvly there is a nuance to it also, Noxus (where they come from) is a very unforgiving and violent place
also, sad, but as product of the long time since y'all seen the early episodes, but Jayce saying "am I interrupting" and saving Viktor is the exact thing Viktor did for Jayce
edit: it's great that you guys picked up on Silco not being sure Sevika wouldn't kill him. And yea kinda agree with some of his ppl Silco has more than just fear. But also, yea Sevika did stab Vander to join Silco when she saw him "weak". So I think she could do the same to him potentially
edit2: "there's no way..how could they have a show...?" xD join us in our suffering waiting for season 2
100% Silco just wanted Jinx to make the weapon as a show of force. Back in Act 1, he told Vander they didn't need to win a war. Just to show that they could put up an equal-ish fight, and the threat of the loss of topside lives at a large scale would be enough to be a negotiating force
but also, he didn't factor in that topside would come to him for negotiations and with relatively lax requirements (objectively. Handing jinx over was huge to him)
So I think Jinx was still working on the weapon he asked for, and then bcos everything happened so quickly
and also bcos of her more violent tendencies with no care for consequence. Rmb the episode she killed 6 enforcers and Silco was so mad at her for that wanton destructive behavior
that I think Jinx felt yea, I need to shoot this thing to send a msg or at the least to leave a mark for her father figure that he was someone that did smth
edit3: and hey, my nightmares are also ppl I love. and yea that table imagery sheesh. and lol Jowder and Pinx
I'm not positive everyone is dead in the council chamber. Jayce may have a shield in his hammer like Vi did in her gauntlets. Also, Mel is shown wearing that gold armor that flashed right before impact 24 hours a day, even when she sleeps, so it might have something magical about it.
Cait's mom is definitely a goner though. Too much character motivation if she dies.
I think the situation with Mel's mom is more complicated. She was born into a family that held power likely going back multiple generations, and in a society where complacency can get you killed (e.i. if you have any amount of influence or power you are considered a threat by somebody) . She sent Mel away because she made her feel too awful about having to do some pretty nasty things that were necessary to keep her family alive that she worried she might one day give in to doing "the right thing" and that could get her family massacred.
One of my favourite things about this show is how the women get the shit beat out of them too. It makes me feel empowered- Vi is amazing. If I get into a fight, I'll get crunched like a can. But if I work hard, train, and learn, I will still get the shit beat out of me, but I will be able to hold my own. I love it. I root for Vi who is gritty, realistic, and beautifully flawed over some polished shiny super hero who got everything handed to her on a silver plater and blabs about equality when she didn't break a sweat to earn anything.
You didn't noticed that full circle, guys.
"I'm interrupting?" Is the exact phrase Viktor said when Jayce was about to do (in ep 02) exactly what he is trying to do, in the exact same place. They literally saved the life of each other.
And when Viktor says "you need to destroy it", Jayce looked to his hammer at first, and agreed. And so Viktor had to make it clear that he is talking about the Hexcore.
Sevika has now been knocked unconscious and left upside down by both sisters. lol
A common theory is that Mel has armor that will shield them. The camera focused on her back plate and she was the only one who sensed the rocket coming even though Jace was looking in the direction it was coming from. Plus, unless they move away from the games (which I doubt), they wouldn't kill off 2 characters there, that I won't spoil, cuz they're in the game.
I couldn't just watch and leave you at 999 likes. So here's to 1000!
Arcane is the story of two girls so powerful that made two terrible brother gangsters become... Babysitters. 🙃
How to explain a show terribly~ 😂
@@gameraider100 I'm lying? Or losing the essence? :)
Of course is a joke, but I'm curious: how *you* explain the show with just one line (at funny way, please)? 🙃
I'm pretty sure the imagery during when Mel and Jayce slept together, and Viktor's blood fusing with the hexcore, alludes to Mel getting pregnant. There are many who think Mel survives because her armor shines at the end there, but I''d be convinced she does even if it didn't.
Thanx for really enjoyable watchalong. You are doing a great job and if you want to do more animation (if you didn’t watch it already) I would recommend Into the Spiderverse and both Lego movies, they are more than they seem on the surface.
There’s also Princess Mononoke and rest of Ghibly animation, but one step at a time.
Cheers!
Thanks, you were the first I saw to realize what Jayce said when he called Viktor a "Zaunite" he already recognized the Nation of Zaun, no matter what the council would say. For him this deal was already done.
Legends say, she's still waiting.
Because of the backstory of the characters in the game, we known that certain characters really can't have been killed. However, those that aren't in the game don't have that kind of plot armor.
I have to admit, even though I know that Caitlyn really couldn't die, that moment when Jinx plopped that covered platter on the table was _really_ tense.
The cupcake, by the way, is Caitlyn's symbol in the game. She can put down bear traps that are baited with cupcakes. "Care for a snack?"
Although I don't think they had the entire plot of Arcane worked out since the beginning, even older videos like "Get Jinxed" have very recognizable elements, like her monkey bombs and distinctive graffiti style.
If you haven't seen it yet, I recommend the "Enemy" music video. It's all new animation by the same studio, and it's bittersweet because it has a lot of scenes of Vi's crew as kids... I think Ekko has more screentime in this video than in the first two acts of the series.
Wepon was finished somwhere between 5th and 6th episodes. Jinx delayed a showcase cause of Vi.
My prediction for season 2 is, Mel is wearing Locket of Iron Solari, wich shields nearby people, wich is her moms gift to her. Because of that it saves council. And afterwards, Jace will get kicked of council, and Mel will move to Noxus with mom, giving Medarda clans place to some dude.
Victor will find a way to create hextek organs and start his way in to glorios evaluation, and hex core will start beef between Jace and him.
Vender, will be back but as a Warwick, cause of singed experamentations (evil scientist). And Jinx with sevika will be dominating Zaun.
Just a casual day in Jinx's life. Walking around, sneaking on people and kidnapping them.
honestly this French series is incredible🥰
If you want to watch more animated shows I'd suggest The Dragon Prince or Kipo. (Or Castlevania maybe?)And idk if you watch anime or not but Mob Psycho 100 is a great show, both the dub and sub. Highly recommend.
So here's some theory time for the show, partially based on the show partially on some (nonspoilery) info from the games. The story connected to the game isn't the exact same as the show so it's throwing stuff to the walls but:
- The rocket Jinx uses is her ultimate ability in League of Legends, a massive rocket that flies across the map and exploding wherever it hits. Considering it was powered with hextech, and chemtech/shimmer it's probably gonna be REAL destructive. (Also the rocket launcher is a fish called fishbones in honor of Silco which I think is real cute)
- Jayce didn't bring his hammer so the hextech shield he makes can't save them
- Viktor is connected to the spinning orb of evil purple, maybe something there could save some of them?
- But what MOST people think, is that Mel is actually gonna save them.
The gold pieces on Mel seems to not be clothing, or at least something she doesn't remove, because she has it on in bed with Jayce.
They also light up right before the rocket hits and Mel notices before anyone else.
The color and effect on the gold pieces looks a lot like an item in the game called "Zhonya's Hourglass" that briefly turns the person using the item invulnerable. So if we believe that there is no way they're just gonna kill of half of the main cast; theory is that the golden armory bits on Mel are either some fancy magical thing Mel acquired either before leaving Noxus or as she rose to power in Piltover, OR actually some type of magic ability she has. And that she is gonna use it so save some of the council members.
Saving the entire council or most of them would feel shallow, and it would completely ruin the impact of that final scene. Why have such a strong and amazing scene being undone just for the sake of plot armor? I don't get it.
This universe is just one part of the whole world they made.
Jace and Viktor won't die (plot armor as champions in LoL, just like how Cait was the only enforcer to survive Jinx's dynamite ambush). I'm betting Mel survives too. The missile could be good for the world once the dust settles, because it clears the dead wood from the council and whatever war happens between Piltover and the remains of Silco's faction can potentially make way for the Firelights to gain more influence in Zahn.
This ending is a gliffhanger for sure, but the storys that the show revolved around all came to an end. Powder chose Jinx, Vi lost Powder for good, Mel finally leavs her traumatic past at Noxus and family behind for the sake of Piltover's peace, Jayce and Victor realise the downside of Power and Progress and get back to there strive for peace. It is an episode of conclusion and of uncertain future.
What the fck are we supposed to do until 2023 :(((((((((((((((((((( Thanks for ur reactions .. its been a great ride !!!
I think its wrong to consider the ending a cliffhanger because the core story is compeltely resolved. Jinx and Vi's story is what we are following and that narrative has a fully realised arc. She's no longer Powder. She is Jinx.
The story is complete when the shot is made, the aftermath isn't part of her story. Its the commencement of the next one.
I don't get why some people call this a "cliffhanger" ending. To me, it's not at all. When I saw the series, season 2 was not yet announced and it still did not feel like a cliffhanger.
It's simply a brilliantly written tragic and sad ending to a tragic story.
Absolutelly perfect ending.
Now, of course, since there will be a season two, my guess is that some of the characters in the council will survive. Which will unfortunatelly lower the impact of this ending.
And of course I want more Mel, more Jayce, more Victor.
But even if the series would have been over after just this one season, this ending would have been absolutelly perfect to me.
It's a bold choice to go for a sad, tragic ending rather than some boring happy end. It just would not have been the right choice for this story.
If you haven't seen it yet, you should watch the official music video for Enemy by Imagine Dragons, it has a bunch of new scenes of Powder as a kid. I would also recommend watching the 'Get Jinxed' music video
Jinx just started the war between two sides Piltover and the Lanes
does any father really sees her daughters through neutral eyes? to them, they are perfect and they will try to create a world where their daughters can exist as they are.
Rocket goes boom!
Powder abandons Vi this time & disappears after firing a missile, leaving Kaitlyn alive for her sister’s Sake. However, I think Jinx has severed ties with Vi.
I do hope they have the mettle to do some *drastic* changes with Season 2. Wipe out the council, the whole thing, and let the chaos ensue in the aftermath.
We don't know that all of the council members die. I'm theorizing that either many of them survive, or the weapon may have proven ineffective or is rendered somewhat less than lethal. Either way I think we can expect Piltover and Zaun to be at war after this for certain. If the council is entirely killed off it will more than likely be an effort spearheaded by Mels mother, but I don't think the character made an impression enough for the writers to do that in all honesty. I would say however that Mel is toast. It would make things interesting between Jace and her mother on the subject of war, that's to be sure.
This is the best ending ever.
So happy you guys reacted to this. Such an amazing show.
If you guys enjoy something a little spooky, I'd recommend reacting to The Haunting of Hill House. It's a 10 episode miniseries that revolves around family drama with horror elements. From watching you guys react to Arcane, it seems like you really enjoy multi-faceted characters and Haunting of Hill House provides a similar experience with character development/backstory. Not everyone is a horror type but I personally LOVE watching people react to Haunting of Hill House because the storyline and the characters are so great, so thought I'd throw this recommendation out there!
Tips: if the Character in arcane is in the game then they automatically alive. To the character that not in the game isn't know their status alive.
Personally, I think s1 finale pretty much concluded the story of Vi and Jinx/Powder. I don't think its the intent of the creators to do another season with the same characters, just the "how" these characters got to where they are today. Its much more safer to assume that the next season will likely be another origin story for one of Riot Games' many, many characters on an entirely different region/city.