And it's so tragic that when they've finally decided, "Okay forget some idealistic solution, let's just *finally* do something good and negotiate." Jayce demands (unknowingly) the SINGLE THING that Silco would never give him.
One of the things I ask myself to ensure I am properly orienting my beliefs is asking "Does this belief require lies or exaggerations to maintain?" If you find yourself lying or stretching or bending the truth just to win arguments then perhaps you have started to slip towards tyranny or radicalism without even noticing.
The greatest show I have ever seen. Ever. I never even imagined a show could do what this show did to me. It permanently changed something in my head. I'm not sure it's a good thing. I cry over shit that never affected me before. I have watched this show so many times, I have watched so many reaction channels.........I have rewatched some reaction channels. Doesn't matter. It's the greatest show I have ever seen, because no show has ever crushed me like this. I never understood Catharsis before. Jinx is the greatest representation of a "broken toy" ever brought to screen. All of us are broken toys............I have never seen it like Arcane showed it........ 30 years ago I was the kid that other kids thought would do something crazy...........not fun crazy.....crazy crazy. Their parents usually thought worse. I did have a small group of friends and did prove to most of their parents I wasn't what many thought.
This show is a must _re-watch_. My first time through the stress of the situations gave me tunnel vision. There are so many brilliant details that are easy to lose in the distraction of wondering what's going to happen next. The dialogue and the actions of characters also hit different when the viewer replaces hope with lament. I think the story actually gets sadder with familiarity. Yay tragedy!
I rewatched the first episode a few days ago and just realizing that Powder was already mentally broken from the very first scene kind of caught me by surprise. The evil scratches over the enforcers faces showed right when that break was occurring. The show is not only consistent but it is so well thought out and planned. I can see why something took six years because there is so much effort being put into it
@@funnylilgalreacts yeah, coming from a casual and very occasional player of the game, but enjoying playing Jinx, I was already familiar with her character quotes, so I was looking for brokenness/insanity/depravity, or at least it's beginnings. I never noticed the bridge scene as it starts, so I need to look for that, but for me it was in ep.3 when she's crying out being left behind. That grief paired almost with a...hyperactivity?...was just unhinged.
The monster you created. I don't think it was just about that one moment when Vi left her, and I don't think Jinx lied when she said it. This whole show is about things not said and left for the viewer to interpret. I think it's also about that Vi carried a lot of anger and violence, and Vi brought her little sister into that world of violence. Children learn through mimicing and Vi was her parent as much as her sister. Vi showed her to survive on the street through brutality, Vi taught her how to hate the enforcers. But Vi also had temper control issues. While she loved her sister dearly, she also beat her up. And if we look at the music video for Enemy, and we look at her childhood trauma, we see that temper control issue again with her sister. Exposing Powder to her inner violence. Jinx is Powder gone feral, her survival mode. It's the Vi-version of Powder that protects Powder from the monsters in the absence of Vi. With all her flaws. The monster who chases the monsters away.
Exactly, Jinx is Powder's monster to guard herself with without Vi, but also because of Vi. And Vi is implied to have a lot of anger issues and resentment towards the unfair world and hand they were delt. Implied that Ep3 wasn't the first time she hit Powder, you see powder flinch in one of the earlier moments between them when Vi gets mad. As much as she loves and admires Vi she also kinda hated and resented her. In a way, Powder/Jinx is the protagonist of season 1, and that makes Vi in fact the antagonist; not Silco, her supportive father.
There is a moment i like to highlight in this episode. When Jinx brings out the tray, every single person i've seen react to this has the same reaction. They hold their breath and wait in stunned fear for the reveal. Even the people who play the game and know that Caitlyn can't die are still utterly terrified for a moment. The fact that we as an audience wholeheartedly believe that Jinx is capable and willing to present Cait's severed head on a platter is a testament to just how strong the writing is. Everything Jinx's has done up till that point primes us for that moment, her deterioating mental health, her theatrical violence, her willingness to kill and hatred of Cait. Every moment leads to this and it comes together so well that even people who logically know she has to survive are instinctively terrified she doesn't. It's a small moment amongst so many brilliant ones but it always stood out to me. Love your reactions :)
A couple of callbacks in this episode. "Am I interrupting?" between Jayce and Viktor when they're taking turns to save each other from themselves. "The boy didn't even haggle." Jayce never haggled for the illegal goods he bought from Ekko that he used in his experiments and he does not haggle with Silco to sue for peace.
This is honestly one of the best Arcane reactions ever. Like i’ve only seen this one, but i’m positive. I’m like obsessed with your energy? You’re kind of awkward but in the most lovable and positive way possible , and so emotionally invested in the characters? And honest and genuine In your reactions Idk you’re just great 😭 so glad I found your channel 💜💜💜
Another one of the powerful messages about family, especially parents & children... When Silco asks, "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" Essentially saying that I have everything I've ever wanted handed to me, and I'm going to give it up for Jinx... Same as Vander was willing to give himself up to protect Vi... Same as Marcus compromised everything about his job to protect his daughter... Same as Mel's mom had to send her away, because her daughter was the one thing that was preventing her from being as cruel as she needed to be... "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"...
@@funnylilgalreacts I actually noticed the Momma Madarda connection my fourth-or-fifth reaction video, and made a comment there. Someone else replied to my comment about Marcus, and I face-palmed for not noticing that one, too!
@@funnylilgalreacts I totally get it, too. I have three kids (all boys), and my wife always says that it's good that we never had a girl, because I was a push-over for the boys, and a little girl would have walked all over me!
I thought Silco’s offer was valid especially when Jayce told him “your people would be annihilated”. Silco knows this and sees Jayce is having difficulties handling killing one kid. Thus what is really getting traded there is Jayces sanity. Silco is thinking “Go ahead and annihilate us. You won’t be able to sleep well for the rest of your life if you do. But it’s either that or this.”
Ep 9. Silco, referring to Jayce: "All we ever wanted. The boy didn't even haggle." Ep 1. Ekko,. referring to Jayce: "He paid in gold and didn't even haggle. I charged him double price, sucker."
I also think Jayce was overselling it by a ton. Yes they have hextech and if they mass produced weapons maybe they would slaughter but mass production is a ways off and those enforcers with guns vs people on shimmer? They were demolished in seconds. Not that everyone on shimmer is that good but... I feel like it would be really bad for both sides if they went to war.
It has also been Silco's strategy all along. Back in ep 3, when Vander says that even with the shimmer monsters, Silco couldn't beat Piltover, Silco's response is that he doesn't have to... he just has to scare them. Silco has Piltover pegged. He knows exactly what their limits are, and Jayce is simply the embodiment of that.
One of the major themes in this is "is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" Vander and Vi, Marcus and his girl, Mel and her mother, Silco and Jinx. It's kind of crazy. But yeah, this is just a _brutal_ episode, but _so_ well done! I love it and hate it all at the same time. Go back and watch Sinjed in the final shot he's in, by the way. There's some interesting speculation around that shot. I won't necessarily recommend focusing on the clinical psychologists and their take on the show, but the creator Schnee has some really great deep dives on particular elements of the show that are really well done. He's actually the reason that Ekko is solidly my favorite character in the show. Also, I have not, and do not expect to ever truly forgive them for getting Sting to sing the final song. His haunting voice is just... devastating on that song, and they couldn't have picked a more powerful vocalist for that song. Lastly, though, I want to say that I've appreciated your vulnerability through this, and everything that you've been going through with it. This is a powerful and intense show, and it very much has the ability to hit like a meteor on emotional matters. For myself, it came out at a time where my family has been doing everything we could to help someone close to us who we had been away from for several years. During that time, they went through quite a lot of trauma, and we've been trying to help them recover from it. And now, unfortunately, we've had to come to terms with the fact that this person has, fundamentally, chosen the Jinx chair for themselves, and for the safety of our family's mental wellbeing, we've had to re-distance ourselves from them. I'm not going to say any more than that, but it has certainly made this show's impact far more intense for me (the rest of my family hasn't seen it, and I've suggested that they not watch it until we've got some mental/emotional distance on recent events). It's been a rough few years for us, but don't worry, things are in a place where they can start getting better again, and we've actually had moments recently where we are all able to see that... underneath all of the stress that we've been under, we're still, fundamentally, still ourselves, and I really do have hope that things will heal for us.
I can't begin to express how thrilled I was to hear you call out Heimerdinger for what he said. I love him as much as everyone but it's entirely true that the circumstances in the undercity were allowed to get out of hand cause they're an after thought to the council. And especially when he goes down there, and then shies away from all of the negativity and then has the gall to say he came to help. Like you said, he did absolutely nothing but get immediately discouraged and leave. No one ever points that out and it's bothered me to no end. The amount of time you spend considering these stories and characters is why you're one of my faves. I've actually waited this long to watch your Arcane reactions cause I've been wanting to join your patreon for the full length, but I just never have the time so I finally decided to just watch here. I'm glad I finally did.
I am so glad that I found your channel, because your reactions are some of the best I have seen, and I’ve found myself watching a lot of reaction videos for this series recently. Your in-depth analyses before and after the episodes have been very insightful. Also, I would never wish it on anyone, but the perspective that you were able to bring to the show because of having lost your sister is beautiful, and has allowed me to better understand what’s going on between Vi and Powder/Jinx, and many of their scenes have hit harder on this watch through than the have before because of that, despite having seen them several times already. Thank you for sharing this with us. Also, I have a couple of items that I want to share, either because I didn’t catch it the first few times through the show, or because it’s interesting information that I figure you’re probably not tracking. Also I have a recommendation for another show to try out sometime (don’t worry, it’s not as emotionally taxing as Arcane, I promise). 1) If you are still curious what League of Legends *can* be like, but don’t want to have to play it (a wise choice; the community of players is rather toxic), you can look up the League of Legends professional eSports scene. I think there’s currently an international competition going on, and you can follow it and maybe watch some games over at lolesports.com (I think) 2) I didn’t catch it my first several times through, but I think that the little girl who showed some interest in Victor during his backstory (she was on the rock and got called away by her friends) might be Skye. I’m going to have to watch back through it again at some point to confirm, but if that’s the case, then it makes her demise that much more tragic, because she was one of the only people who really saw him, even back then. 3) The rocket at the end of the episode is called a “Super-Mega-Death-Rocket”, and it is one of Jinx’s most iconic abilities in the game. It is also a call-back to the AMV that was released when Jinx was added to the game (and was animated by the same studio that created the show). Here is the url to where Riot Games first released that video 7 years ago: th-cam.com/video/0nlJuwO0GDs/w-d-xo.html 4) Show Recommendation: Sword Art Online - Abridged The best part about SAO:Abridged is that you don’t have to have seen the original show to understand and appreciate the abridged series. Sorry for the really long comment.
Never apologize for a long comment, I appreciate the time and energy it takes to even write it and spend time thinking about it. I have seen some thing on sword art online… I think some reactors I follow were reacting to it! I’ll put it on the list! This show and the people that have watched it with me and have commented about my sister and my emotions… No one has shamed me, I’ve only been supported. Thank you so much for your support. It’s a scary vulnerable thing to do but I’m so glad I did it because I’ve been able to connect with people like you on such a deeper level.
Thank you for doing these reaction videos. Glad you enjoy Arcane as much as lots of us did. Love your thoughts and comments too, very sincere and heartfelt, not superficial just to get views count like some others. See you back in season 2 !!!!
If you're interested in the "League Universe" as a whole there are tons of cinematics and music videos and stuff like that you can check out. If you wanna see more stuff with characters from the show you can check out the Warriors 2020 cinematic, Enemy music video, Welcome Aboard Odyssey, or Wild Rift: You Really Got Me. If you wanna see more of the cute poros (Heimerdinger's pet) you could watch Braum: Trials of the Poro. And if you just wanna watch cool stuff from elsewhere in the world there's other stuff like The Call, Awaken, KDA/True Damage music videos or the Tales of Runeterra cinematics. That's kinda just scratching the surface too, there is a TON of awesome videos that could keep you busy while we wait for season 2 lol
BTW, Riot has been releasing BTS and the making of ARCANE on TH-cam called "Arcane: Bridging the Rift" There are 3 parts out at this time and it's really cool. Everyone who loves Arcane should check it out.
Powder/Jinx was only really after one thing from the beginning, validation, and although Vi would always encourage her; when she finally "succeeded" Vi hit, put her down and walked away. At the end Jinx makes another mistake that leads to the death of another father figure, however this time Silco with his dying breath doesn't lash out but instead gives her that validation she needed. I think one of the best indicators of her mental state at any given time is the violin in the soundtrack, it's really fractured and broken during those times she loses control, slows down when she's sad etc and during the final scene the clear and powerful solo in Sting's song I think represents the most clear and determined she's been in the whole series, because of Silco's final words! As for a new series my vote goes to Avatar: The Last Airbender, I rewatched it myself only a couple of weeks ago and it's still as good as I remember.
I don't think it's a fair comparison. You're using 2 different situations between Vi and Silco. Vi is always supportive of Powder and will take the heat for her mistake. She doesn't mind if she's the one hurt by Powder. But it's different when the people Powder hurts were someone else (Vander, Mylo, and Clagger). Silco wasn't that supportive of Jinx either when she went off to blow up enforcers and stole the gem. If Jinx shot Vi, I'm sure Vi wouldn't be angry at Jinx either. It's a different story if she shot Caitlyn or Ekko. If Jinx shot Sevika in front of Silco, I'm sure he'll be angry too.
I'm so glad you watched this show. Hearing you talk about your experience, and how much you love this show has been the most fun. I kept checking every few days to see if a new episode was out. Even though arcane is over, I don't think I am going anywhere XD Also, if you are looking for something to reacts to I would suggest looking at Leverage. Its one of my favorite shows of all time! its not heartbreaking or heavy, but it is so much to watch and I don't think I have seen anyone watch it. There is a reboot of it airing right now, so it still definitely has a fanbase.
funnylilgalreacts You should check out Schee's channel, it captures and tells a lot about all arcane scenes and characters. Even though it's been 6 months since Arcane came out, I can still see that he has discovered a lot of new things. You should definitely check out Schee's new video titled "GRAND UNIFIED BUNNY THEORY". He discovered something really cool about the Arcane characters. And there really is something very interesting about the characters. A therapist on the georgia dow channel presents and examines some arcane characters very well. I suggest you watch especially the one about Silco&Jinx. As an Arcane therapist, he's my personal #1.
I think when Jinx was fighting Ekko on the bridge, Powder resurfaced her face softened, realized she was fighting her friend I think she wanted the pain to stop. So she pulled a grenade. Silco could not live without Jinx so he rushed her to Dr. Frankenstein carrying her himself in panic to save her life. The doctor said. “ I believe I could save her life, but the procedure will be demanding, death is sometimes is a mercy”. Silco said she can’t die and with the tenderness of a frightened father, kissed her on the forehead. That was the death of Powder. The mad tea party was a test for Vi, it was never Vi’s choice where Powder/Jinx was going to sit. It was a test to see if Vi would accept her how she is. When Jinx killed Silco. Well, Jinx knew exactly where to sit, and it was no longer Vi’s choice. Jinx Declares war on the world until all her pain stops. Season two finale, there will be the briefest moment of Powder brought back from the abyss of Jinx’s psyche saying goodbye to Her Sister before her death. It will be heart wrenching. I don’t want them to kill off Jinx however that’s the feeling I have.
The most poignant scene in this, for me, was when we hear Silco’s final words to Jinx. “Don’t cry. You’re perfect.” A few scenes prior to this, we see Silco having a heart-to-heart with a statue of his “brother” - having finally realized what Vander meant. How Vander could so willingly walk away from the cause once he became a father to the kids. Everything he could have ever wanted, an independent nation of Zaun in his fingertips, yet there was no reality where he’d sacrifice Jinx; sacrifice his daughter, for his life’s work. What adds further heartbreak is that Silco’s final words to Jinx were everything she could have wanted. Being told that she’d never be abandoned, for anything, and that she’s perfect the way she is. Silco is certainly a villain. He either directly or indirectly was the cause of so much death in the under-city. He flooded the streets with Shimmer, he fostered a drug epidemic, he employed children as laborers in his refineries, and he certainly raised Powder in an environment not conducive to her mental health. Still, he grew a parental love for her, the love of a father, and even in his final words…after he’s been maimed fatally by his own daughter…he still doesn’t blame her. He could have had hate or anger in his heart in his final moments but instead, upon seeing his crying daughter, he consoles her and tells her that’s she’s perfect. I’ve re-watched the series three times and I’ve seen so many reactions to the finale and I can’t see that final scene without some waterworks. It was great to go on this journey with you and I hope you, like so many including myself, fill this post-Arcane slump with further Riot content. Enjoy the brilliant cinematics, the music, and I cannot stress enough how massive the library of content there is. Riot kills it at everything they do.
The only thing I disagree with is the whole "He employed children in his factories." Is it explicitly stated that he demanded or even encouraged such things? I thought of it more as when families would work on a farm and every able-bodied member would work to help support the family.
My friend, you are presenting unproven and unconfirmed things in a bad way by vilifying and misrepresenting the Silco character. What you wrote is just a hypothesis, there is a lot we don't know in terms of details, and you misrepresent what we know. @@MaskedMass I agree What I want to add: How Silco's releasing the shimmer onto the streets might help his cause. All we see is that he has Shimmer used in his own bar, there is no logical explanation for Silco's involvement in this case. (In the Underground City Independence Case) It is also not a potion belonging to Shimmer Silco. We know the ChemBarons exist outside of Silco and we know that the ChemBarons don't like Silco that much, they will do anything to make money. (They don't care about Silco's case, they're after getting rich. That's why Sevika didn't choose Finn.) We know that in Zaun many children are orphans and Shimmer runs their factory in their Chembaron. We know that the son of a member of the ChemBarons works at the factory and that the boy activated the security alert. Maybe the responsibility of that factory belongs to him. It's not nice of you to vilify the Silco character by misrepresenting "Spuriusrex" obvious or not. I want to point out that there is no villain in this series. Each character created another character. Silco is the monster created by Vander. The underground city (Zaun) is a monster created by Piltover and Heimerdinger. Jinx is a monster created by the Piltover council and its Practitioners. And it is the beast that will bring the end of Piltover. (End of chapter example) I don't think it's right to apply the dictionary meaning of bad guy to Silco. Silco doesn't quite fulfill the meaning of the word "bad guy". As far as I understand from his story.
@@n0bleonline222 bro, chill. I love Silco. He’s my favorite character. Getting booty-bothered is not necessary. It’s true, maybe Silco has had no involvement in the rampant spread of Shimmer on the streets, there are ChemBarons we haven’t even met I believe (i.e. “bigger fish than Silco”)…I’m not trying to vilify my favorite character but it would be difficult to not label him, at least, as an antagonist. A complicated antagonist who certainly isn’t completely “bad” but an antagonist nonetheless. He did manipulate and use Jinx at times for his own personal gain. He did bear responsibility in the deaths of many under-city residents as pointed out by Cait and Ekko. Honestly he’s a goal-driven man who won’t hesitate to do whatever is necessary to free the under-city of Piltover’s control. But his methods; his approach, at times exude a villainous label.
last scene may look confusing .. but Arcane actually show us past filling holes in lore its 100% sure - jayce survive = he exists in lore even years later -he is never mentioned as city leader but we know he is rich .. respected and have alot of influence - victor will survive = he will be obsessed by upgrading people through hextech .. basically becoming feared anti-hero and living in undercity (he's still same kind person but people fear him because he's quite powerfull ... and exchange more and more of his body for artificial parts) we can also expect Caitlin's mom to survive (Cait parents are mentioned several times) .... also she don't lead clan .. but rather work as "detective" helped by VI who definitely can die is rest of council - especially Mel since shes created just for Arcane in lore her clan exists but led by different person .. and Mel is never mentioned =her death would also explain why is jayce less naive and way more grumpy (there are no hints about any romantic relationships for jayce) ... people even make fun he's in love with his hammer .. some even consider victor his ex
You should see the music video for "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons for Arcane, and "Get Jinxed", as well as the season 2 "trailer" or peek. They're all relatively short. ^^
Since you really enjoyed Arcane’s characters, I’d say to check out The Legend of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime. It’s based off Critical Role (a dungeons and dragons streaming show with famous voice actors) and their first campaign. It’s heavily character based and I think the storylines will resonate with you. Thank you for being honest and open with your reaction to Arcane!
Ooh, I second that. That show is amazing, with great moments. I didn't know anything about it, just saw it pop up as reactions on YT. I thought as a fantasy/RPG fan I might just check it out. That first minute though 😄 Was immediately sold.
I saw a video that studied the archetypical 'Hero's Journey' as a narrative device, and how the person it fits the best in Arcane season 1 is Jinx. Jinx is becoming her own hero, the person she always wanted to be. Capable, self-assured, smart, resourceful, and brave. But she's becoming everyone else's worst nightmare along the way.
Another popular animated and adult show that came out last year is Invincible. From the creator of The Walking Dead with a fantastic voice cast (Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Walton Goggins and many more great actors). If you love The Boys then this would definitely be up your alley.
I loved your reactions. In fact, I even got emotional with this last one hahaha. Something about Mel and Ambessa (her mother). They are originally from a country called Noxus, an ever-expanding empire. They value strength above all else. There is no room for sentimentality there. That is why Mel, by being compassionate as shown in the beginning of chapter 8, "weakened" Ambessa and was consequently "expelled" from the family. I recommend the video "After the Victory" from Legends of Runeterra, to understand the Noxian philosophy a bit more. The way I see it, Mel will not survive. Her mother will use that as an excuse for Noxus to intervene in the impending war between Piltover and Zaun. Regarding the "man who killed his brother", there are two possible candidates for that role: one is Darius, Noxus' Executor. He is a ruthless warrior, although according to his history, he never had much power and resources until he became better known. The other option is Swain, who in League of Legends is a Noxian general in charge of several campaigns, including the invasion of the Isles of Ionia. To me, he is the most likely candidate. On the other hand, Sevika, despite being a piece of shit with Jinx, is a loyal character. Silco and his dream of the Nation of Zaun represented an ideal that Sevika agreed with, which is why he remained loyal to him all those years. Now the doubt is if she will take Silco's place, or will she be someone else's lieutenant. In the videogame there is a champion (recently released) called Renata Glasc, from Zaun, who has certain physical similarities with Sevika, and there is a theory that they could be related. One last detail... I don't know if you paid attention to the crows that appear during the series. They have a symbolism related to Powder. The first one appears when Jinx returns to the place where he played with Vi and the others. Jinx shoots him. The second one appears during the reunion with Vi, but when Caitlyn arrives and Jinx is suspicious, the crow flies away. The third one appears during the duel with Ekko, as Jinx's background (and Ekko's is a firelight), and in the last chapter, when Jinx shoots Silco, all the crows that are in the place fly away, symbolizing that at that moment he stopped being Powder. It is a beautiful series, but very tragic. And season 2 has already been confirmed, there is a small teaser to watch.
I don't think its darius, swain maybe because he's the most powerful and influential in noxus, but i also think the brother just died on a random battle and is not really an important character. Renata Glasc isn't sevika, it has some proofs she isn't i just couldn't recall but due to story timeline and she is a Baroness of like a perfume or something, her abilities also doesn't fit her arcane fighting style. Here's my thought: Season 2 -explosion at the council meeting -mel dead, all council members alive -mama medarda inrage -viktor will research about the explosion caused by hex crystal -viktor will be forced to steal the hex stone from jayce -viktor will go back to zaun -Stanwick Pididly will comeback to zaun from noxus and steal viktor's 'hex core' and other research stuffs. -pididly will revive urgot with hexcore and present it back to noxus -noxian invasion will take place in piltover in attempt to claim their progress and weaponry -urgot vs vi cait ~~i don't have any idea whats next~~ (maybe) -singed will finish warwick -viktor will go villain mode but with his glorious evolution - -ryze aka rune magician will do/hint something in the end. It's a bit stretched but what are your prediction 😁
@@griefer1851 I didn't say Renata IS Sevika, just that they look alike. Black hair, dark complexion, both from Zaun? maybe they are related. And yes, Swain is the most likely option. But I don't think Mel's brother died in a random battle, remember Ambessa says "the man who killed your brother doesn't believe the debt is settled, and his resources far exceed ours".... I don't think they'd deliberately avoid naming him if he's going to be a non-game character. And yes, I don't think Mel will survive..... regarding Viktor... it's most likely what you mentioned, although considering they turned the "joker-style" funny Jinx into such a tragic character, maybe they'll do something similar with Viktor. I hope.
Everything happened becouse Jayce had to add that "give me Jinx", if not for that Silco would not had died, rocket would not fly. Vi failed to understand her sister as she had old image of Powder stuck in her memory, unable to accept that people change, that her sister changed over the years close to Silco along with the trauma "VI game Powder". No no Vi created Jinx, Powder loved her sister and looked up to her... but Vi smacked her and put ALL the blame of their friends and Vanders death on her, called her a Jinx, then left...even through Powder was appologizing, crying for her sister. That experience shapes kids personality, Jinx carried the blame and trauma all the time. Vi did not understand what Jinx went through and her fond memories of dead friends were good but for Powder it was torture/torment/trauma...she was making Jinx suffer...Silco knew that and tried to shut up Vi as she was hurting her. In the end Jinx understood that Vi changed and is unable to accept her as she is...this time Jinx left Vi behind and did the thing "Silco" wanted, the person who accepted her as she is. When Jinx sat on that chair broken inside...she said Vi her heart, all this time Jinx wanted Vi to love her like she used to in the past, but Vi could not respond back confirming that Vi changed to and her love for Jinx is not the same, its more like responsibility or past guilt than love.
Silco dies to his rules.. excellent character. And Jinx is so powerful that she is the only character that we see using both Shimmer and hextech gemstone at the same time. So good finale.
I've loved your reactions to this show it has very much become one of my all time favorite shows and it makes me cry every time I watch it, it's heartbreaking and brilliant. I don't really want to go into the lore of the show/game but something stuck with me when you said Mel taught her mother mercy/humanity and that isn't a weakness. If in season 2 when we will hopefully find out more about Noxus I think we will learn exactly why those traits are seen as a weakness and why Mel had to be sent away from there. I cannot wait for season 2 buuut 2023 is so far away! Silco was by far my favorite character because he was the perfect villain. It wasn't as simple as power for power's sake he grew up watching his people die, suffer and be treated as second class citizens. He saw the divide that though it was one city it was very much 2 different nations separated by a bridge. His history with Vander and his betrayal, the peace Vander made where his people were still treated as vermin by the upper class. He was a villain created by circumstance. The council created Silco, Heimerdinger for all his precautions and good will ignored the suffering of the undercity. Something Heimerdinger didn't even realise until he actually visited the place. Silco saw revoliton and war fail, he saw peace fail every attempt at equality was met with failure so he became the villain to secure Zaun's independence and what he did was evil and wrong but it was the only way he saw it being possible. None of this justifies his actions but you can relate and understand his motives and that's why I loved his character, I despised him for his actions but sympathized with his position and he believing that this was the only way. He wasn't could hearted his love for Jinx proved that and while I hated seeing his character die, what a perfect end to such a complex character "I never would of given you to them, not for anything. Don't cry, you're perfect" beautiful heartbreaking final words and even the people who genuinely hated him cried in that moment. I go on a bit of a rant because I always have to justify why I loved Silco's character but his design everything from his voice and style as well as who he was as a character was just so perfect. It's something that can be said for so many character in the show but his is the only one you feel you need to justify why he was so amazing. Thanks for the journey!
Silco is not a villain - he is antihero. He was at first presented as main, powerhungry antagonist but trough the show many details are added and changed in that picture. In final episode he is shown as person who has to choose between two noble causes: independence of Zaun and family - there is no power or even himself in this equation. He is ruthless, brutal, his personality is not so little twisted but still got some restraints and limits and he could be the best what Zaun can get at the moment. Silco is like darker version of Terry Prachet Patrician
Sevika really isn't loyal to Silco. She's loyal to the cause of the nation of Zaun and she pretty much says as much. When Silco asks her if she was tempted to join, she doesn't simply say no, she says she would never join someone like him, but there would be others and she leaves it opened ended if she would side with them if their vision more aligns with hers.
All silco had to do was give up jinx and he would have had EVERYTHING he wanted. But his daughter was...as he said...his undoing. He couldnt sacrifice her for that dream.
That scene where Silco speaks to Vander's statue is amazing! It really shows the story went full circle, Silco finally understands Vander and his choices.. I absolutely loved Silco in this show
No need to apologize missing Jinx in that last episode. It happens to a lot, plus you were so focused on Cait's doom so it's hard to see anything else.
Regarding Vander. Look again at the ending when the rocket is flying over, the part where you see Singed sitting on his stool in his lab. There's a lot of information in the background of that very short shot.
Since I saw the series, I only dedicated myself to seeing the reaction of people when they saw each episode, seeing the reviews and analysis of those who saw it and I agree that it is a masterpiece on all levels that it is evaluated. for me it is a roadmap for future productions and my appreciation of what I see from now on will be very critical, I cannot see Marvel movies in the same way as 10 years ago and that is a long time ago, generic villains and thugs without background they make one doubt whether they are really making an effort to write or simply selling the same product. (which in most cases is like that.) I can't see all the characters between good and bad here but they are gray. Piltober boasts of being the pioneer of progress but Sawn was left with fissures with toxic gases, poisoned creeks, no arable land or cattle and fishing in stagnant waters, while they have fields of varied crops that they export to other nations while in the winged city of starving. Piltober's ships teleport through the skies while Sawn's seem to go normal routes under the city and with ports controlled by enforcers that they must bribe to pass their contraband while those above can have "privileges" on their cargo . Vander seemed to be leading the district on the right track but the patience of the people was running out, that happened with their own children, while the enforcen exerted repression even looking under their beds under Vander's nose. With Silco the district only became more violent and marginality grew among addicts and orphans while some were content with the chemicals they sold, but the name of the title was "Violence is necessary for a change", perhaps the episode that most marked the series but the name says it all, it is not a justification for violence but passivity and inaction are just as bad in the long run. It is not a fantastic world of magic, it is fantasy in a realistic world.
I am SO glad you decided to take the Arcane journey!! (also glad you let us come along) I would love to recommend another anime series but Arcane was really my first foray into this world. I do have other shows I'd love to hear your thoughts/see your reactions on...but first...Obi-Wan? :-)
I'm glad you finally got this reaction cleared. :) Reacting first time, with so much going on in this episode, you see what you see. And keep up the blabby blab blab. ;)
Really enjoyed watching you take the journey, and certainly your analysis was engaging. And now, we wait. Harumph/Yay! NB: Vi didn't get a small vial of shimmer, IMO. To me, it looked as though the scary apothecary made a potion or tonic which was activated by a single dollop of shimmer. Minor point but, well, there it is.
oh and btw, about the ''don't play the game thing'' my advise would be its okay to play the game to see the characters and their abilities (they are correlated to the anime, so for example, jayce switches between hammer and gun form), but its best if you just play against bots and don't try to play against real players, because the community is really toxic, that's why everyone hates the game and doesn't suggest it also if you become competitive in this game, it will consume your life cuz the competitive side of the game is addictive so, playing against bots to check the champions abilities and try them out, or playing bots with friends, should be completely fine and fun edit: be careful! i forgot to mention that there are spoilers for viktor and kinda for ekko too in the game also, 100% i would recommend watching other content from riot games, from animation to music, most of them are close to arcane quality (i would suggest starting with Get jinxed song, maybe even make a reaction of it and tell us your thoughts, cuz its jinx's first appearance back in 2014) i'll tell you my personal review of everything music team: 10/10 experiencing music in the game: 0/10 animation team: 10/10 experiencing animation in the game: 3/10 characters / design team: 10/10 (you can find many different insanely cool characters) experiencing characters / design in the game: 6/10 stories: 10/10 experiencing the story in the game: 1/10 world building: 10/10 experiencing world building in the game: 0/10 gameplay: 7/10 (trying new champions and learning their abilities is cool, but also complicated at times) community: 0/10 (very toxic) would recommend: playing vs bots alone or with friends if you want to check the characters in game and try their abilities / watching animations or music videos from riot games / reading lore and stories on the league of legends' universe website (if you are into reading, personally im not but i still recommend it because i heard its very good) would not recommend: playing normal games, getting competitive in the game, or letting the game take over your life basically but again, be careful! i forgot to mention that there are spoilers for viktor and kinda for ekko too in the game
Love the scene at the table. Jinx constantly probing and testing Vi. Wanting to see if Vi understands that she is different and that she will not go back, that vi would need to love and accept the new her. Vi failing her questions because she, as the "hero", is trying to do the old "I know you are in there somewhere" trope. Honestly if we have a "hero" squad it’s Vi Catelyn and Ekko. And the show making them fail because of their strengths is sooooo good. People compare it to a Greek tragedy, but there characters fail because of their fatal flaws, here they fail because of their biggest strengths. Brilliant
Yeeeeess Vi: constant feeling of responsibility of everyone around her and a reckless and impulsive manner- good for fighting bad for making decisions Ekko: living in the present, willingness to protect and unite people and opposing anyone trying to take away from it- good for zaun bad for jinx Caitlin: willingness to believe the good in people, gullible, naive- good for freeing vi bad for leaving key people alive
If Zaun and Piltover were to become separate that would mean Jinx was a Soldier of the nation of Zaun. Piltover killed just as many if not vastly more people of Zaun due to having superior technology. Jayce in all of his good wasn't quite able to see that. Piltover needed one last blood sacrifice from Zaun.
Hello again. Due the time constraints at the moment, I can only give a brief reply.. so I'll just say as a recommendation for another series to watch I recommend the 2017 reboot of DuckTales, which is one of the few reboots to be successful in both honoring the original material and upgrading it. Also I will recommend Star Trek: Prodigy, which is literally Star Trek for kids. I found it very enjoyable looking forward to the second season and there is a very familiar voice actress in the cast. You will know it when you hear the voice! Now with Arcane. Yes I do recommend that you check out the character analysis videos by therapist Georgia Dow. Not only does she do very good analysis of the character she reviews she also cosplays as a character while she's doing it! Lastly, since the first season of the series is over, not watch the music video by now the following link is to the full video for the song Enemy. The video gives more background to the characters especially Powder and Ekko. And regarding what you said about Powder where Jinx came from, I think you should check this out. Enjoy. th-cam.com/video/D9G1VOjN_84/w-d-xo.html
So, the morale of the story is : don't trust Magic Vader Head, he's a liar. One little point I would like to mention : I've heard many interpret Jinx killing Silco as her saving Vi when she realizes he's about to shoot her. The way I see it, it was not Jinx's intention. There was no intention. She is not targetting Silco, or anyone else, she just shoots around without aim, and Vi is even very lucky to not get hit. When all this happens, she is barely aware of her environment. Before shooting, she's prostrated on the floor, harassed by her inner monsters, isolating herself; after shooting, she's looking down at nothing in particular, and it's not until her mind regains a bit of clarity, that she realizes what she's done. It was an accident. It's been established earlier in the series that when under heavy stress linked to her trauma, she's bound to shoot around without aim, in all directions, hitting friends and foes alike, which I think is her physical defense mechanism against this particular psychological/emotional stimulus. In episode 4, the trigger was being confronted to the sister she thought was dead. In episode 9, it would be the sound of the gun readying to fire (she does not see anything, she can only hear). A brief, vivid, chimey sound, almost the same as that of the monkey bomb detonation, bringing her back to the exact moment her life imploded; hence : defend yourself, barrage *everything* before *anything* reaches you. Now, I may be completely wrong, you never know :)
Jinx ALMOST went with Vi wholeheartedly, but Vi very clearly no longer thought of Jinx as she did Powder, demonstrated when at the bridge she went with Caitlyn instead of leaving her and going back to Jinx. Jinx even "solved" the threat of MArcus and the enforcers with her firelight bombs, there was no reason for Vi to go with Caitlyn at that moment, other than wanting to keep her safe OVER wanting to go back with Jinx as soon as possible. That was the pivotal point, the act of betrayal that really broke Jinx, thats why she snaps and shoots at them just before being harshly beaten by her childhood friend and trying to self-detonate with her grenades. That was literally enough to make her lose all hope. The thing with Vi for Jinx, is that Jinx has deep abandonement issues. Vi never gave signs that she would accept Jinx with all her deranged crazyness, she expressed a strong desire to "bring back Powder", but Jinx herself loathes Powder for killing her family. Jinx is self loathing, specially for her younger self. That is reflected in how she values more keeping the denigrating voice of Mylo rather than the reassuring voice of Vi or Vander or Silco. Vi wanted (or said she wanted) the part of Jinx that Jinx herself feared and hated for causing the greatest pain in her life. Vi also rejected the part of Jinx that gave her a sense of control and safety through violence. That is not to say that Vi had to be ok with her actions, but she outright treated Jinx like a false construction of Silco rather than a genuine part of Powder or even how Powder had to change to survive. She didn't understand how much pain she was in due to the deaths she had caused, because in Vi's mind Powder never killed anyone, it was an accident like always. But Powder very much blamed herself for that, something Vi never even considered (or Silco, for that matter)
Side thing that isn't talked about a lot: I really like the sad look that Jayce has after more or less saving Viktor. It's clear (to me, anyhow) that he fully understands the time he caught him at and is very troubled, but fundamentally can't give enough time to his friend (who he's failing) with everything he has going on. When people discuss what happens with Viktor later in the games, they frame it as a betrayal, but I think Arcane is going down a road where he feels alone because Jayce is about to have even more stuff on his plate while Viktor continues descending, and that look really exemplifies his feelings. He wants to be there for him but can't.
Suggestion: A Silent Voice. It's an amazing anime movie about a guy that bullied a deaf girl in his class. Due to the fallout of his actions, he developed social anxiety and now, years later, he's trying to make up with his victim by trying to build a friendship with her.
Shimmer isn't a "powerup" It's a mutagen. What it does, is it allows for molecular interactions that are not normally possible. Chemistry has rules that define how any given element or compound will behave or interact with any others. And its the overlap of those traits for every specific element that determine the results. It makes some combinations extremely common (water), and others almost impossible. Shimmer changes those rules, somehow. Depending on what else you put in it, the way it affects other chemicals will also change. How much Shimmer you need to use, depends on the scale of the changes you want to affect. Early Shimmer was very rough and inconsistent. It was entirely experimental, but Silco was willing to risk it because even its random effects were sufficient to change the balance of power between Piltover and Zaun. In its unrefined state, consumed by any random person, it essentially caused the body to temporarily physically break down and reform somewhat randomly...creating the "Hulk" effect. As the Shimmer would degrade inside the subject's body, the original physiological formats would reassert most of their dominance as normal chemistry took over again, and the person would return to normal. Excessive use of it, or the use of it by individuals with particular health problems or poor genetics, would quickly lead to the "tumors", deformities, and other problems seen in long-term Shimmer-users. Later versions of the stuff, used in more targeted ways, produce very different results, and don't seem to have any serious side-effects of long-term use. And using enough of it, apparently makes its effects permanent. That's why Viktor needed the Shimmer to make the Hexcore do what he wanted it to do. The problem is that the Hexcore was trying to rearrange a lifeform's physiology in a way that wasn't sustainable...it wasn't compatible with the chemical rules of how life operates. Life is just highly specialized, naturally-occurring, cooperative nanotechnology. The Hexcore was trying to force those structures and processes outside of their established capabilities and formats. So, the plants were dying. The Shimmer breaks down those rules sufficiently, and long enough, for the Hexcore to do its job, and for the body to properly maintain those alterations. Normally, the Shimmer would degrade after it's "used" by a body, but the Hexcore didn't just change Viktor's flesh or the contraptions bolted to him, it changed the Shimmer too, permanently establishing it as an intermediary for incompatible flesh and mechanical bits to maintain the new graft. Which is also how Sevika's arm works, but since the Shimmer isn't directly integrated into the molecular structure of either her or the arm, it instead has to be dosed in through those vials she uses, and its effects are only temporary. I doubt Jinx was injected with pure Shimmer, and it was almost certainly the most refined and specialized batch that Singed had yet produced.
I don't think Sky has been 'transported'. Teleportation is a way that Hextech can be used, but that is mainly because Jayce already Knew the spell for Teleportaion. It was the same one the Wizard useed on him and his mother. My guess is that Skys life was the 'Price' that Viktor had to pay, because he wasn't using shimmer. My understanding is that last time, the Hexcore took the shimmer out of his body and used it to transform him. What i find really interesting is that Skys Life seems to be less effective then the shimmer. With the shimmer he was able to trasnform his entire leg. Skys Sacrifice only seems to transform his hand. Now there _is_ a question whether some of Skys _consciousness_ has been implemented into the Hexcore. This is impossible to say, since we do not know enough about it. Right now it seems to have asort of ind of its own, punishing Viktor for trying to destroy it, but thre is as of yet no hint that there is a piece of Sky involved.
@@funnylilgalreacts Could be. She was on the fence after watching her parents die and needed Vi because her mind was so fragile. Everyone skips past the original trauma. Jinx was created as a coping mechanism for her split personalities. Vi was just a child and had no idea, she was creating a monster. But she was the author for Pow-Pow…
If you're curious of playing a league game, I'd try out Legends of Runeterra which is the Card game. If you like the league music and art, the card game has a lot of characters and art from the League world. A lot less of a skill ladder to climb and a lot less toxic since its a solo game.
Glad to have been on this journey with you Let's go Edit: btw if you want smth lighter, I suggest spy x family. Another animation. But familial wholesomeness wrapped in some intrigue and hijinks :) Btw what you caught about Mel when she was young, yea that's partly her being empathetic by nature But also her brother's influence. They talk about him and how he's the non aggressive type. And I think she looked up to him and had a good rel with him And why she became the softie that her mum felt wasn't fit to be in their home country On the Heimer situation, I think he meant he was trying to figure out how he could help and by "seems like I'm unwelcome" he means not that literally ppl rejected help he literally offered But more that the things going on were too deep for him to be able to get through and do smth about And so he felt defeated and lost. But Ekko gave him hope For Heimer he's unaccustomed to seeing that much violence and poverty and desperation that he read it as "this is the culture. And I'm not welcome here" So I'm glad that Ekko brought him back to the humanity of the undercity I'm soooo looking forward to S2 covering their escapades xD Edit2: I'm glad you saw smth in Viktor and Sky. A lot of ppl complain about how little we were given of Sky and "what are we supposed to care???" But like I think that was the point. Like the writers wanted us to feel her how Viktor did Like professionally I think they've worked tog for quite a bit But I don't think Viktor ever knew her more personally But yet he could feel the pain and lost And I think as viewers that we didn't get much 'screen time' of Sky we could also feel the pain and lost Esp also since Viktor reads her personal notes. And also we as viewers got her monologues about Viktor as her inspiration
"she knows that why she needed your help" yep! Also "go get Cait...oh god, Cait!" XD Edit: Mel's Mum-"I thought you better" "No you didn't" hahaha. Truuuue Mel's Mum- "it's where you belong" "It's not. She belongs in Piltover" yes! I love running defence for Mel any day. Her mum is so toxic. Somewhat understandably. If ever explore Noxus in Arcane, you may see why. They...don't exactly have the gap to breathe and think about mental health ^^" in a very very sad way But ofc doesn't excuse Mel's mum to not try to meet her daughter in the mid point "Did he bring heimerdinger to the tree?...aw he diiid" aww. That was such a sweet smile. Honestly same. Their interactions will be so wholesome I think it was what Jayce's and Heimer's could have been But they were torn apart first by magic, then by politics But what Ekko and Heimer will have will be pure mentor and eager student. And I'm all strapped in for it. S2 pls pls pls Edit2: "Jinx created Jinx" yea. Unfortunately. Not fully consciously. But she did. It was the choices she made. Not fully that also ofc. Circumstances outside her control. Outside of Vi's control. Victims of their circumstance for sure. But Powder did make the decision to take on that name. "It'd be a very diff show if he survived" yeah....
i doubt vi could accept jinx, we see her throughout the show wanting powder back and not accepting jinx as a part of her, in fact she even sees jinx as a different person from her sister
I think it’s the hope she would’ve accepted Jinx. Problem is she wants her to be Powder again, and Jinx wants to be Jinx. She wants to be loved as Jinx. That’s what Silco can do. One of the greatest flaws that most people have with someone they love, is not allowing that person to change. If you don’t allow somebody to change, they will eventually and I’ll do it without you
I watched your reaction when you posted it but haven't watched your review until now because I had to collect myself, your reaction hit me in my feelings as if i watched this episode for the first time. first of all I want to say thank u for reacting to arcane and all your thoughts I genuinely enjoyed it. your thoughts and analysis is really good and most of it mirror what I thought. special thanks for talking abt Jinx and Vi's sisterhood, people tend to talk negatively abt it or pick sides of blame one of them when it's not the case at all. as you said it's not how siblings love work and as an elder sister myself I can relate to it on deeply personal level. we don't know when s2 come out but I hope we'll see your reaction to it as well! wish you the best.
Arcane is genuinely one of the best character studies to come around in the past few years. I realise standards are pretty low these days but thankfully the writers put in the time to deliver a quality piece of art. Hopefully they can maintain these high standards for season 2. As for your channel, keep up the good work sister.
It would actually be cool if Sevika & Ambessa would be added into the game. The Council really is stupid, huh? Giving Zaun its independence is a good move but it really is their fault for abandoning them in the first place. They could've just provided them with things they need, like build more hospitals, provide doctors, give them clean water, build schools, etc. But nope. :/ At least in one of the official stories in LOL, *[SPOILERS I think]* Viktor tries to get the water in Zaun clean. Tried, until Piltover screwed him over.
@@funnylilgalreacts Definitely. The only therapy we all have is watching others take the journey like we did, in reaction videos. So thank you for that.
the council voting for peace with silco not knowing he's dead, jinx' hextech fueled rocket hurdling towards them and breaching their space underscored with sting singing "what could have been" roll credits... what a masterpiece.
Silco has "Freedom at any cost" mentality even if it means death of many innocent people and Vander had "Peace at any cost" mentality, even while the topside was exploiting and poisoning them. But in his last moments, when he had to protect his daughter, Vander gave up on his pacifist principles and was ready to smash some skulls, the same way Silco gave up on his principles when he had to give up his daughter, and independence of Zoan was suddenly no longer a priority. "Ohh it all makes sense now brother
This episode has two of my favorite storytelling tropes: 1) A character is offered exactly what they want most in the world, for the one price they're unwilling to pay. 2) As part part of a tragic ending: an alternate path which leads to a happier outcome is shown to the audience, but characters' choices have already made taking that path impossible.
It truly is an amazing storytelling. But the fact that they can do it with animation and still portray the emotions is stellar. It’s just unbelievable.
@@funnylilgalreacts Anime in the east has been there for a while now but hopefully it becomes more mainstream in the west that animation doesn’t automatically means that it’s not a rich medium to tell meaningful stories with and they don’t have to be just for kids. And if an animated show is for adults it doesn’t need to make low effort raunchy jokes in rapid succession because that is apparently what being adult means.
@@Mokikimoki well honestly "normal anime" rearly can hold up to arcane imo, yes they can make u emotional but arcanes animations are just way better in that way than the mostly over the top, or to generic.
@@Gandorhar I am not saying that every anime is top notch or aims for the same thing arcane did. My main point was that in the east animation is much more varied. There is a much bigger palette of different kinds of anime. For us in the west animation is generally regarded as for kids so most of the animated shows we get are either for kids or family guy type of shows that are adult themed because of the humor. But we don't get animated shows like Arcane that go beyond what we typically expect from animation. Not just from a visual but story telling standpoint. In anime those type of shows are much more common.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Arcane is a modern Greek tragedy. A story of people doing the best they can on a collision course with each other, a train wreck that we all see coming but can't look away from. Pure perfection.
@@matheussanthiago9685 Well, wherever this Cooper guy went, I hope he's OK. To expand on Shakespeare, I see Vi and Kait as a Romeo and Juliet (obvious), while Jayce and Viktor are more of a Prospero and Caliban, and Silco as a MacBeth, and Powder/Jynx is Halmet.
I actually really really love Silco as a "villain" because he has such depth to him. I mean, his ultimate aims, what really *drives* him, are things considered to be noble: freedom, equality, and independence. What makes him a villain is that he so completely subscribes to "the ends justify the means" as an ethos (Power is given to those willing to do *anything* in its pursuit) and is willing to do villainous and evil things in the pursuit of something that we would define as noble: a free and independent nation of Zaun. Silco really does love Jinx as a daughter. His love, attitude, and ethos have resulted in twisting her irrevocably, but he still was willing to sacrifice *everything* for her. Like others have said, this really is a modern-day Greek tragedy. There's hubris, mortal fallibility, and people's decisions which may make sense in the moment, but in reality have truly epic negative consequences... Euripides would be proud. One of the big pillars of that tragedy is that, despite what Vi wants to believe, Jinx really *IS* a "jinx" in the same way that someone in an actual ancient Greek play would be "cursed by the gods." Basically every thing she takes part in that's major goes horribly wrong. Think about it: the robbery, the monkey bomb trying to save Vi & Vander, the air ship in Ep4, the fight at the end of Ep6 when Vi gets taken and leaves her "abandoned" again, Ep7 where she nearly dies after fighting Ekko, and then at the end, when she fires off the rocket into the Piltover council right as they are voting to give Silco and Vaun everything they ever wanted. Every single time, the side she is supposedly on is on the verge of succeeding, only to have horrific results as the results of what she does.
Mel indicated she's done with her family. As shown by her removing her ring and also her mother looking upon her painting of home that Mel trashed. Great reactions throughout the series. One of my favorite shows ever.
Mel didn't trash the painting. She covered the fleet of Noxus in waves of Piltover gold. She was showing who she was now and was rejecting her mother's offer to come back to Noxus.
I adore Silco. Of course he's a terrible person but as a character he's fantastic, and I can't help but like him because of the pure love and affection he has for Jinx
That’s what made him so great, he’s such a dynamic character. He’s not one-sided he’s very three-dimensional. Just straight up one of the best characters in animation
@@funnylilgalreacts Silco was dominating that conversation up until Jayce mentioned Jinx. Then you can instantly see his change in demeanor from cool and collected to panic. Fantastic animation.
Another character like Silco is Kingpin from Daredevil Netflix. An evil man but with a noble goal and true love for a person. The final scene in Daredevil is like this too; Kingpin sacrifice his ambition for his loved one's freedom.
There's my favourite line in the entire show. "Make her go away. Please?" Because to Jinx, Vi is playing the game she described in episode 8. The game where they invent bigger and scarier monsters until Powder would get scared, and so Vi has to scare the monster away. Caitlyn is the biggest, scariest monster, that can take her sister away forever, so of course Jinx is scared of her... and asking Vi to scare her away. Chase away the monster you created. Vi fails to catch that, but she almost succeeds anyway, accidentally, by suggesting they run away from the scary monster. However... Vi clearly does not understand her sister throughout the tea party, and so she has no chance. She is still seeing who her sister is now as a mere... illness, or a veil over her true little sister, still the caring little ten-year-old she left behind all those years ago, and doesn't even entertain the notion that she is facing not just a mask, but who her sister has BECOME in the intervening time. That's why there was never a chance that she would sway Jinx, even though Jinx herself was TRYING to be swayed... because Vi was not prepared to do the ONLY important thing, which was to ACCEPT Jinx in her current stead.
If you watch closely, you could see the brief moment where Jinx is disappointed that Vi though she had decapitated Caitlyn and put her head on a plater. In that moment, Jinx was probably very hurt and disappointed that her sister think that lowly of her. Yeah, she shot at them at the bridge, but not to hurt them, but to separate them. If Jinx wanted Caitlyn dead, she would have done so at the bridge. Jinx may be crazy, but she isn't stupid and is smart enough to put things together be that inventions, weapons, people, and situations. Everyone that she has targeted directly has hurt her and/or Vi or Silco in some way. The firelights for attacking the shimmer. Marcus for taking away her sister and threatening Silco. Now, the council, because they have been a problem for years now as their inaction has allowed the problems to fester and become worse; and when the council decides to act, they attack the people of the undercity via the enforcers. This lead to the deaths of her parents, the fact she was forced to live a life where her talents were put towards building weapons to survive, taking her sister away from her, and probably some other things. Being how stealthy she is, she could be anywhere at anytime gathering info and overhearing conversations, so there's no telling how much she knows of things. In the end, after being heavily disappointed by her sister and losing Silco, she decides what she sees as a long time problem, the council, should be dealt with, she's doing it her way. After all, there will be no peace because even if she had not done anything, they would have attempted to come for her anyway. The main one crazy enough to start stuff and they couldn't let her be and let all of Zaun have a clean slate (her included). The whole table meeting, I think, was set up for Jinx to test loyalty, after all, that was one of Silco's major values, especially after what Vander did to him. Silco was completely loyal, but got killed because he attempted to shoot Vi during Jinx's mental breakdown. Vi was somewhat loyal but could bring herself to fully accept what Powder had become (Jinx), therefore Jinx finally settling into in person as she is now instead of the mental tug of war between her younger self and her adult self. She could never fully grow up until she faced her issues, which is what this last part was. On a side note: I don't think she had any intention of killing Cait. Jinx knew Vi cared about Cait and even called Cait "Vi's girlfriend", so her intent was to make sure that Vi would not get so enamored with Cait that she would forget her sister and give her up. Her line: "Im not that crazy."; I think said as much. After all, if she cares for her sister, why would she do something that would ultimately end up pushing her sister away for good? She wanted to see if Vi, despite their differences and changes, would still be there for her, but Vi only partially passed the test. "Here's to the new us." Jinx will probably still care for her sister. Now, I'm thinking that down the line, Jinx and Vi will probably have a battle or several battles leading up to a point where they come to an understanding. Now that Jinx has had a chance to work through a lot, probably not all, but a lot of her stuff; it's time for Vi to work her stuff out, which she has failed to do (because she's extremely hard headed and stubborn).
More details: Those monsters that Vi described in Ep 8. are visible as crayon drawings on the old walls at Ep. 6, with the colours showing which sister drew them.
I don't think she misunderstood. I think she physically and mentally can't accept what jinx has become. In her mind it's her own fault she's like that now and she hates it. She can't possibly say "jinx" to her face because SHE gave her that name. Like yeah that might be the most important thing for their reunion but let's be honest, aslong as Vi wants to... she wouldn't be able to.
Also telling her to remember who she is and all these things, VI sees it as seeing who she really is. For jinx it’s bringing up all her trauma which she can’t cope with and causes her to split
Instead of his usual "Jinx is perfect" in his final moments he tells her "You're perfect" Letting her know that she's perfect whether she chooses to be Jinx or Powder. Silco is the best kind of villain, absolutely evil and causes innocents to die but at the same time has depth, relatability, and redeeming qualities.
@@jaroslavsvaha6065 ^^ yeah this is it. i think him saying that was also one of the factors that pushed her to the jinx chair, because she remembered when he called jinx perfect.
Vi tells her it doesn't matter what she's done, how she's changed or who she is' Vi will still accept her and even after Vi, with no context, sees Powder try to murder her- Vi still is right there reaching out to help her sister. Nothing Powder says or does disuades Vi from trying to help her. Silco meanwhile does absolutely everything he can to force Powder to become what he thinks she should be. He lies to her about her families motives to manipulate her decision making, he feeds her fear and paranoia to manipulate who she trusts, he encourages her anger and even spends his last breaths trying to force her apart from her sister. Every action Silco takes is literally the opposite from "accepting her no matter what". He has an extremely narrow vision of who she should be and considers anything else wasteful and weak. The bizarre apologism for a character that is a truly horrific abuser of a mentally ill child is one of the strangest things I've seen in a fandom. Silco isn't just a villain; He's very much a monster and perpetuates the cycle of abuse through Powder.
I mean... no? He only said that to manipulate her further, even in his dying moments. He is an irredeemably evil, selfish master manipulator who cares for noone but himself.
Among the many heartbreaking aspects of this show and this episode, Jinx's final scenes haunt me. You can see the resignation inside of her after she kills Silco; it's in her expression, her eyes, her body language, and how she moves. As it turns out, Mylo was right, all those years ago: She's a jinx. And if she's a jinx, then she will be the biggest, baddest jinx Piltover and the undercity have ever seen. No truce. No negotiations. And no peace. She'll show them all. Let it all burn, and let chaos reign. War is coming...
I'm not so sure war is coming. From a storytelling standpoint they will (hopefully) likely want to keep it character driven, not combat/spectacle (event) driven. It's possible to do this, but constantly raising the stakes can be a trap best not fallen into. For an example of a background of war, but it's really all about characters, watch Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "Cyrano De Bergerac" (1990) - (in French, with subtitles, the English dub voice acting isn't good enough) - it's a masterpiece, on a level with Arcane imo - and I don't say that lightly.
@@Hohum37 Good points, but I also feel that war is inevitable, given Jinx's attack on the council. Another time skip perhaps? We could hear the characters talk about the war and see it in brief flashbacks.
@@Shax22132 I doubt that they want to have exposition dumps, so flashbacks would be more likely. I'm dubious about another time skip. Whatever they come up with, it will be better than any prediction I make.
On Shimmer... When singed gives shimmer to Viktor he describes it as "a variant". We can assume that there are a few variants. Street shimmer is likely the stuff that Vander, Deckard, and Huck took. Addictive and causes mutation. The shimmer that the apothecary sold to Caitlyn for her gun only had a single drop of shimmer mixed into a potion for healing.
If I had to pick out one single moment that created Jinx... it would be the opening scene of the entire series. Vi is leading her vulnerable little sister onto a bridge of death and carnage... (very bad decision.. but that's kind of Vi's thing... she is fearless, relentless, and impulsive, which makes us respect her, but also leads inevitably to consistently unwise decisions) We can see from the framing and the scribbles in the opening scene that Powder is actually seeing everything on that bridge.. she's peeking through her fingers. What is the first thing she sees in the smoke on the bridge? An explosion and a flying body... followed by a point-blank execution by firearm.... the beginning of Jinx is that moment... those are even her specific themes. Vi doesn't create Jinx with the slap.. she simply NAMES her with the slap. Powder is already unstable, as demonstrated by her freakout when the kids leave her behind, as well as her active efforts to murder people with her toys.... I mean, she creates literal nail bombs as toys. She lobs Mouser at the boy chasing her and stares expectantly.. hoping, needing, wishing to see.... exactly what she saw on that bridge in the opening scene.. an explosion and a flying body... she is seriously disappointed when he is not maimed by her toy. The angst she has comes ultimately from the fact that she lives in the undercity... EVERYONE in the undercity has an inferiority complex, other than just a few individuals at the top of the ladder. The enforcers remind them at every opportunity that they are dirty trencher trash that deserve to live their miserable lives in the muck. That has an effect on people. Vi even explicitly mentions it on the bridge in episode 2: "I've lived my whole life knowing I'm less than them.. that my place is down there" Vi passes her angst on to Milo.. she actually bullies him a bit.. his theme seems to be "humiliate Milo and physically remind him of his place"... even Claggor does it to him. You can tell by the expressions on Vi's face when she does this that it isn't just her messing with her little brother.. she has actual disgust and scowls of anger on her face when she smacks Milo or kicks him. She is passing her angst to him, because that is how bullying works.. she is bullied by the world, and hands it to Milo.. who hands it to Powder by constantly reminding her how much of a screwup she is. The look on Milo's face in episode 3 when Vander tells him "you can do it" is really rough for me. This kid isn't given one single word of encouragement for 3 episodes.. nothing but crap from everyone around him... and his response to that single encouragement from Vander.. his eyes open wide.. he doesn't quite know how to respond to actual encouragement... truly sad growing up like that. Just a horrible place to grow up, the Undercity. I loved all of the kids, and wished I could give them a big hug and a better childhood, even if they were make believe.
What's even worse is that poor Milo dies immediately afterwards. He can't even enjoy his moment of triumph, and lives on as a ghost tormenting his younger sister into deeper psychosis.
Great analysis. The episode 1 opening scene applies to Violet. Violet is following Vander's footsteps. The parallel that Vander showed at the end of Episode 3 tells everything. -Vander chokes Silco on the bridge. (Silco's reaction: eyes wide open, looking frightened at Vander. Violet pinches her crying sister's cheeks hard. And gives it a new name. (Powder's reaction: She's crying into her sister's face.) great parallel Parallel as more images I may not have expressed my explanation well.
I really do like that final line "What could have been." You have the immediate few little changes and there is peace of a kind, but you have as well the much broader could have been. Imagine a world where Piltover isn't grinding down the undercity under its heel, a world where people like Powder and Ekko can put their clear genius to work in that university, and fulfil that desire to help and be useful so evident in them as children in a safe and caring environment. Such a world where the massively valuable human capital of the undercity isn't so carelessly wasted is the real lost opportunity. It is unfortunate to think that this also applies to the real world, it is a tragic thing to wonder just how many geniuses have been squandered in the slums of the world.
By the way Sevika is loyal mostly to the cause... her saying "but he won't be the last" is saying the next guy competent enough and worthy... she'd get rid of him whenever aslong as she has more trust in them fighting for Zaun.
The whole Show can be summarized by viktor “in the pursuit of great we failed to do good”
That line hit so hard
So many GREAT lines like that in this series.
And it's so tragic that when they've finally decided, "Okay forget some idealistic solution, let's just *finally* do something good and negotiate." Jayce demands (unknowingly) the SINGLE THING that Silco would never give him.
One of the things I ask myself to ensure I am properly orienting my beliefs is asking "Does this belief require lies or exaggerations to maintain?" If you find yourself lying or stretching or bending the truth just to win arguments then perhaps you have started to slip towards tyranny or radicalism without even noticing.
@@funnylilgalreacts and yet you cut it. :( That was one of the main parts of your reaction I was looking forward to (it hits hard for everyone)
The greatest show I have ever seen. Ever. I never even imagined a show could do what this show did to me. It permanently changed something in my head. I'm not sure it's a good thing. I cry over shit that never affected me before. I have watched this show so many times, I have watched so many reaction channels.........I have rewatched some reaction channels. Doesn't matter.
It's the greatest show I have ever seen, because no show has ever crushed me like this. I never understood Catharsis before.
Jinx is the greatest representation of a "broken toy" ever brought to screen. All of us are broken toys............I have never seen it like Arcane showed it........
30 years ago I was the kid that other kids thought would do something crazy...........not fun crazy.....crazy crazy. Their parents usually thought worse. I did have a small group of friends and did prove to most of their parents I wasn't what many thought.
Same. I find more depth in things then before. I read the emotions in a movie more then I did before. Is that weird? lol
This show is a must _re-watch_. My first time through the stress of the situations gave me tunnel vision. There are so many brilliant details that are easy to lose in the distraction of wondering what's going to happen next. The dialogue and the actions of characters also hit different when the viewer replaces hope with lament. I think the story actually gets sadder with familiarity. Yay tragedy!
I rewatched the first episode a few days ago and just realizing that Powder was already mentally broken from the very first scene kind of caught me by surprise. The evil scratches over the enforcers faces showed right when that break was occurring. The show is not only consistent but it is so well thought out and planned. I can see why something took six years because there is so much effort being put into it
@@funnylilgalreacts yeah, coming from a casual and very occasional player of the game, but enjoying playing Jinx, I was already familiar with her character quotes, so I was looking for brokenness/insanity/depravity, or at least it's beginnings. I never noticed the bridge scene as it starts, so I need to look for that, but for me it was in ep.3 when she's crying out being left behind. That grief paired almost with a...hyperactivity?...was just unhinged.
The monster you created.
I don't think it was just about that one moment when Vi left her, and I don't think Jinx lied when she said it. This whole show is about things not said and left for the viewer to interpret.
I think it's also about that Vi carried a lot of anger and violence, and Vi brought her little sister into that world of violence. Children learn through mimicing and Vi was her parent as much as her sister.
Vi showed her to survive on the street through brutality, Vi taught her how to hate the enforcers. But Vi also had temper control issues. While she loved her sister dearly, she also beat her up. And if we look at the music video for Enemy, and we look at her childhood trauma, we see that temper control issue again with her sister. Exposing Powder to her inner violence.
Jinx is Powder gone feral, her survival mode. It's the Vi-version of Powder that protects Powder from the monsters in the absence of Vi.
With all her flaws.
The monster who chases the monsters away.
Exactly, Jinx is Powder's monster to guard herself with without Vi, but also because of Vi. And Vi is implied to have a lot of anger issues and resentment towards the unfair world and hand they were delt. Implied that Ep3 wasn't the first time she hit Powder, you see powder flinch in one of the earlier moments between them when Vi gets mad. As much as she loves and admires Vi she also kinda hated and resented her.
In a way, Powder/Jinx is the protagonist of season 1, and that makes Vi in fact the antagonist; not Silco, her supportive father.
"Don't Cry, You're perfect" Always make me cry 😢.
There is a moment i like to highlight in this episode. When Jinx brings out the tray, every single person i've seen react to this has the same reaction. They hold their breath and wait in stunned fear for the reveal. Even the people who play the game and know that Caitlyn can't die are still utterly terrified for a moment. The fact that we as an audience wholeheartedly believe that Jinx is capable and willing to present Cait's severed head on a platter is a testament to just how strong the writing is. Everything Jinx's has done up till that point primes us for that moment, her deterioating mental health, her theatrical violence, her willingness to kill and hatred of Cait. Every moment leads to this and it comes together so well that even people who logically know she has to survive are instinctively terrified she doesn't. It's a small moment amongst so many brilliant ones but it always stood out to me.
Love your reactions :)
A couple of callbacks in this episode.
"Am I interrupting?" between Jayce and Viktor when they're taking turns to save each other from themselves.
"The boy didn't even haggle." Jayce never haggled for the illegal goods he bought from Ekko that he used in his experiments and he does not haggle with Silco to sue for peace.
This is honestly one of the best Arcane reactions ever. Like i’ve only seen this one, but i’m positive.
I’m like obsessed with your energy? You’re kind of awkward but in the most lovable and positive way possible , and so emotionally invested in the characters? And honest and genuine In your reactions
Idk you’re just great 😭 so glad I found your channel 💜💜💜
I've been waiting for this for so long! Buckle up it's going to be an emotional roller coaster!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeee
Another one of the powerful messages about family, especially parents & children... When Silco asks, "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"
Essentially saying that I have everything I've ever wanted handed to me, and I'm going to give it up for Jinx...
Same as Vander was willing to give himself up to protect Vi...
Same as Marcus compromised everything about his job to protect his daughter...
Same as Mel's mom had to send her away, because her daughter was the one thing that was preventing her from being as cruel as she needed to be...
"Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?"...
Wow. I never really thought about Marcus or Mel’s mom when it came to protecting their daughters. It’s actually so beautiful
It's also very empowering, in an odd and roundabout way.
@@funnylilgalreacts I actually noticed the Momma Madarda connection my fourth-or-fifth reaction video, and made a comment there. Someone else replied to my comment about Marcus, and I face-palmed for not noticing that one, too!
@@funnylilgalreacts I totally get it, too. I have three kids (all boys), and my wife always says that it's good that we never had a girl, because I was a push-over for the boys, and a little girl would have walked all over me!
Also the last song 'the monster you created' is by Sting :D
I thought Silco’s offer was valid especially when Jayce told him “your people would be annihilated”. Silco knows this and sees Jayce is having difficulties handling killing one kid. Thus what is really getting traded there is Jayces sanity. Silco is thinking “Go ahead and annihilate us. You won’t be able to sleep well for the rest of your life if you do. But it’s either that or this.”
Silco is a very smart man and he had Jayce pegged immediately. He knew exactly why they were standing there, and it wasn’t out of goodwill.
Ep 9. Silco, referring to Jayce: "All we ever wanted. The boy didn't even haggle."
Ep 1. Ekko,. referring to Jayce: "He paid in gold and didn't even haggle. I charged him double price, sucker."
I also think Jayce was overselling it by a ton. Yes they have hextech and if they mass produced weapons maybe they would slaughter but mass production is a ways off and those enforcers with guns vs people on shimmer? They were demolished in seconds. Not that everyone on shimmer is that good but... I feel like it would be really bad for both sides if they went to war.
It has also been Silco's strategy all along. Back in ep 3, when Vander says that even with the shimmer monsters, Silco couldn't beat Piltover, Silco's response is that he doesn't have to... he just has to scare them.
Silco has Piltover pegged. He knows exactly what their limits are, and Jayce is simply the embodiment of that.
@@Hohum37 good call I totally spaced on that.
One of the major themes in this is "is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" Vander and Vi, Marcus and his girl, Mel and her mother, Silco and Jinx. It's kind of crazy. But yeah, this is just a _brutal_ episode, but _so_ well done! I love it and hate it all at the same time. Go back and watch Sinjed in the final shot he's in, by the way. There's some interesting speculation around that shot.
I won't necessarily recommend focusing on the clinical psychologists and their take on the show, but the creator Schnee has some really great deep dives on particular elements of the show that are really well done. He's actually the reason that Ekko is solidly my favorite character in the show.
Also, I have not, and do not expect to ever truly forgive them for getting Sting to sing the final song. His haunting voice is just... devastating on that song, and they couldn't have picked a more powerful vocalist for that song.
Lastly, though, I want to say that I've appreciated your vulnerability through this, and everything that you've been going through with it. This is a powerful and intense show, and it very much has the ability to hit like a meteor on emotional matters. For myself, it came out at a time where my family has been doing everything we could to help someone close to us who we had been away from for several years. During that time, they went through quite a lot of trauma, and we've been trying to help them recover from it. And now, unfortunately, we've had to come to terms with the fact that this person has, fundamentally, chosen the Jinx chair for themselves, and for the safety of our family's mental wellbeing, we've had to re-distance ourselves from them. I'm not going to say any more than that, but it has certainly made this show's impact far more intense for me (the rest of my family hasn't seen it, and I've suggested that they not watch it until we've got some mental/emotional distance on recent events). It's been a rough few years for us, but don't worry, things are in a place where they can start getting better again, and we've actually had moments recently where we are all able to see that... underneath all of the stress that we've been under, we're still, fundamentally, still ourselves, and I really do have hope that things will heal for us.
Oh Glob, yes! “Invincible” is outstanding! Haven’t looked at your full playlist but “Squid Game” and “Midnight Mass” are top picks
Suggestions, not as good as Arcane, but what is? Still, pretty damn good:
Animated: Invincible. ATLA
Live action: Severance, The Expanse
I can't begin to express how thrilled I was to hear you call out Heimerdinger for what he said. I love him as much as everyone but it's entirely true that the circumstances in the undercity were allowed to get out of hand cause they're an after thought to the council. And especially when he goes down there, and then shies away from all of the negativity and then has the gall to say he came to help. Like you said, he did absolutely nothing but get immediately discouraged and leave. No one ever points that out and it's bothered me to no end. The amount of time you spend considering these stories and characters is why you're one of my faves. I've actually waited this long to watch your Arcane reactions cause I've been wanting to join your patreon for the full length, but I just never have the time so I finally decided to just watch here. I'm glad I finally did.
I am so glad that I found your channel, because your reactions are some of the best I have seen, and I’ve found myself watching a lot of reaction videos for this series recently. Your in-depth analyses before and after the episodes have been very insightful. Also, I would never wish it on anyone, but the perspective that you were able to bring to the show because of having lost your sister is beautiful, and has allowed me to better understand what’s going on between Vi and Powder/Jinx, and many of their scenes have hit harder on this watch through than the have before because of that, despite having seen them several times already. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Also, I have a couple of items that I want to share, either because I didn’t catch it the first few times through the show, or because it’s interesting information that I figure you’re probably not tracking. Also I have a recommendation for another show to try out sometime (don’t worry, it’s not as emotionally taxing as Arcane, I promise).
1) If you are still curious what League of Legends *can* be like, but don’t want to have to play it (a wise choice; the community of players is rather toxic), you can look up the League of Legends professional eSports scene. I think there’s currently an international competition going on, and you can follow it and maybe watch some games over at lolesports.com (I think)
2) I didn’t catch it my first several times through, but I think that the little girl who showed some interest in Victor during his backstory (she was on the rock and got called away by her friends) might be Skye. I’m going to have to watch back through it again at some point to confirm, but if that’s the case, then it makes her demise that much more tragic, because she was one of the only people who really saw him, even back then.
3) The rocket at the end of the episode is called a “Super-Mega-Death-Rocket”, and it is one of Jinx’s most iconic abilities in the game. It is also a call-back to the AMV that was released when Jinx was added to the game (and was animated by the same studio that created the show). Here is the url to where Riot Games first released that video 7 years ago: th-cam.com/video/0nlJuwO0GDs/w-d-xo.html
4) Show Recommendation: Sword Art Online - Abridged
The best part about SAO:Abridged is that you don’t have to have seen the original show to understand and appreciate the abridged series.
Sorry for the really long comment.
Never apologize for a long comment, I appreciate the time and energy it takes to even write it and spend time thinking about it.
I have seen some thing on sword art online… I think some reactors I follow were reacting to it! I’ll put it on the list!
This show and the people that have watched it with me and have commented about my sister and my emotions… No one has shamed me, I’ve only been supported. Thank you so much for your support. It’s a scary vulnerable thing to do but I’m so glad I did it because I’ve been able to connect with people like you on such a deeper level.
Thank you for doing these reaction videos. Glad you enjoy Arcane as much as lots of us did. Love your thoughts and comments too, very sincere and heartfelt, not superficial just to get views count like some others. See you back in season 2 !!!!
If you're interested in the "League Universe" as a whole there are tons of cinematics and music videos and stuff like that you can check out.
If you wanna see more stuff with characters from the show you can check out the Warriors 2020 cinematic, Enemy music video, Welcome Aboard Odyssey, or Wild Rift: You Really Got Me.
If you wanna see more of the cute poros (Heimerdinger's pet) you could watch Braum: Trials of the Poro.
And if you just wanna watch cool stuff from elsewhere in the world there's other stuff like The Call, Awaken, KDA/True Damage music videos or the Tales of Runeterra cinematics.
That's kinda just scratching the surface too, there is a TON of awesome videos that could keep you busy while we wait for season 2 lol
BTW, Riot has been releasing BTS and the making of ARCANE on TH-cam called "Arcane: Bridging the Rift" There are 3 parts out at this time and it's really cool. Everyone who loves Arcane should check it out.
Ah arcane, the story of powder becoming jinx, and sky becoming powder... I am so sorry
Jesus Christ.
I laughed, but damn.
Powder/Jinx was only really after one thing from the beginning, validation, and although Vi would always encourage her; when she finally "succeeded" Vi hit, put her down and walked away.
At the end Jinx makes another mistake that leads to the death of another father figure, however this time Silco with his dying breath doesn't lash out but instead gives her that validation she needed.
I think one of the best indicators of her mental state at any given time is the violin in the soundtrack, it's really fractured and broken during those times she loses control, slows down when she's sad etc and during the final scene the clear and powerful solo in Sting's song I think represents the most clear and determined she's been in the whole series, because of Silco's final words!
As for a new series my vote goes to Avatar: The Last Airbender, I rewatched it myself only a couple of weeks ago and it's still as good as I remember.
I don't think it's a fair comparison. You're using 2 different situations between Vi and Silco. Vi is always supportive of Powder and will take the heat for her mistake. She doesn't mind if she's the one hurt by Powder. But it's different when the people Powder hurts were someone else (Vander, Mylo, and Clagger). Silco wasn't that supportive of Jinx either when she went off to blow up enforcers and stole the gem.
If Jinx shot Vi, I'm sure Vi wouldn't be angry at Jinx either. It's a different story if she shot Caitlyn or Ekko. If Jinx shot Sevika in front of Silco, I'm sure he'll be angry too.
I stumbled upon your channel when you reacted to the first Saw movie so I'm really glad you've kept the channel alive and growing
Omg please tell me everything is so much better now 🤦♀️🙈🤣
I'm so glad you watched this show. Hearing you talk about your experience, and how much you love this show has been the most fun. I kept checking every few days to see if a new episode was out.
Even though arcane is over, I don't think I am going anywhere XD
Also, if you are looking for something to reacts to I would suggest looking at Leverage. Its one of my favorite shows of all time! its not heartbreaking or heavy, but it is so much to watch and I don't think I have seen anyone watch it. There is a reboot of it airing right now, so it still definitely has a fanbase.
❤️❤️❤️
I appreciate you
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You should check out Schee's channel, it captures and tells a lot about all arcane scenes and characters. Even though it's been 6 months since Arcane came out, I can still see that he has discovered a lot of new things.
You should definitely check out Schee's new video titled "GRAND UNIFIED BUNNY THEORY". He discovered something really cool about the Arcane characters. And there really is something very interesting about the characters.
A therapist on the georgia dow channel presents and examines some arcane characters very well.
I suggest you watch especially the one about Silco&Jinx. As an Arcane therapist, he's my personal #1.
I think when Jinx was fighting Ekko on the bridge, Powder resurfaced her face softened, realized she was fighting her friend I think she wanted the pain to stop. So she pulled a grenade. Silco could not live without Jinx so he rushed her to Dr. Frankenstein carrying her himself in panic to save her life. The doctor said. “ I believe I could save her life, but the procedure will be demanding, death is sometimes is a mercy”. Silco said she can’t die and with the tenderness of a frightened father, kissed her on the forehead. That was the death of Powder. The mad tea party was a test for Vi, it was never Vi’s choice where Powder/Jinx was going to sit. It was a test to see if Vi would accept her how she is. When Jinx killed Silco. Well, Jinx knew exactly where to sit, and it was no longer Vi’s choice. Jinx Declares war on the world until all her pain stops. Season two finale, there will be the briefest moment of Powder brought back from the abyss of Jinx’s psyche saying goodbye to
Her Sister before her death. It will be heart wrenching. I don’t want them to kill off Jinx however that’s the feeling I have.
The most poignant scene in this, for me, was when we hear Silco’s final words to Jinx.
“Don’t cry. You’re perfect.”
A few scenes prior to this, we see Silco having a heart-to-heart with a statue of his “brother” - having finally realized what Vander meant. How Vander could so willingly walk away from the cause once he became a father to the kids.
Everything he could have ever wanted, an independent nation of Zaun in his fingertips, yet there was no reality where he’d sacrifice Jinx; sacrifice his daughter, for his life’s work.
What adds further heartbreak is that Silco’s final words to Jinx were everything she could have wanted. Being told that she’d never be abandoned, for anything, and that she’s perfect the way she is.
Silco is certainly a villain. He either directly or indirectly was the cause of so much death in the under-city. He flooded the streets with Shimmer, he fostered a drug epidemic, he employed children as laborers in his refineries, and he certainly raised Powder in an environment not conducive to her mental health. Still, he grew a parental love for her, the love of a father, and even in his final words…after he’s been maimed fatally by his own daughter…he still doesn’t blame her. He could have had hate or anger in his heart in his final moments but instead, upon seeing his crying daughter, he consoles her and tells her that’s she’s perfect.
I’ve re-watched the series three times and I’ve seen so many reactions to the finale and I can’t see that final scene without some waterworks.
It was great to go on this journey with you and I hope you, like so many including myself, fill this post-Arcane slump with further Riot content. Enjoy the brilliant cinematics, the music, and I cannot stress enough how massive the library of content there is. Riot kills it at everything they do.
He is one of the most brilliantly written villains I've ever seen.
The only thing I disagree with is the whole "He employed children in his factories." Is it explicitly stated that he demanded or even encouraged such things? I thought of it more as when families would work on a farm and every able-bodied member would work to help support the family.
@@MaskedMass a cocaine farm
My friend, you are presenting unproven and unconfirmed things in a bad way by vilifying and misrepresenting the Silco character.
What you wrote is just a hypothesis, there is a lot we don't know in terms of details, and you misrepresent what we know.
@@MaskedMass I agree
What I want to add:
How Silco's releasing the shimmer onto the streets might help his cause. All we see is that he has Shimmer used in his own bar, there is no logical explanation for Silco's involvement in this case. (In the Underground City Independence Case)
It is also not a potion belonging to Shimmer Silco.
We know the ChemBarons exist outside of Silco and we know that the ChemBarons don't like Silco that much, they will do anything to make money. (They don't care about Silco's case, they're after getting rich. That's why Sevika didn't choose Finn.)
We know that in Zaun many children are orphans and Shimmer runs their factory in their Chembaron.
We know that the son of a member of the ChemBarons works at the factory and that the boy activated the security alert. Maybe the responsibility of that factory belongs to him.
It's not nice of you to vilify the Silco character by misrepresenting "Spuriusrex" obvious or not.
I want to point out that there is no villain in this series.
Each character created another character.
Silco is the monster created by Vander.
The underground city (Zaun) is a monster created by Piltover and Heimerdinger.
Jinx is a monster created by the Piltover council and its Practitioners. And it is the beast that will bring the end of Piltover. (End of chapter example)
I don't think it's right to apply the dictionary meaning of bad guy to Silco. Silco doesn't quite fulfill the meaning of the word "bad guy". As far as I understand from his story.
@@n0bleonline222 bro, chill. I love Silco. He’s my favorite character. Getting booty-bothered is not necessary. It’s true, maybe Silco has had no involvement in the rampant spread of Shimmer on the streets, there are ChemBarons we haven’t even met I believe (i.e. “bigger fish than Silco”)…I’m not trying to vilify my favorite character but it would be difficult to not label him, at least, as an antagonist. A complicated antagonist who certainly isn’t completely “bad” but an antagonist nonetheless. He did manipulate and use Jinx at times for his own personal gain. He did bear responsibility in the deaths of many under-city residents as pointed out by Cait and Ekko.
Honestly he’s a goal-driven man who won’t hesitate to do whatever is necessary to free the under-city of Piltover’s control. But his methods; his approach, at times exude a villainous label.
last scene may look confusing .. but Arcane actually show us past filling holes in lore
its 100% sure
- jayce survive = he exists in lore even years later -he is never mentioned as city leader but we know he is rich .. respected and have alot of influence
- victor will survive = he will be obsessed by upgrading people through hextech .. basically becoming feared anti-hero and living in undercity (he's still same kind person but people fear him because he's quite powerfull ... and exchange more and more of his body for artificial parts)
we can also expect Caitlin's mom to survive (Cait parents are mentioned several times) .... also she don't lead clan .. but rather work as "detective" helped by VI
who definitely can die is rest of council - especially Mel since shes created just for Arcane
in lore her clan exists but led by different person .. and Mel is never mentioned =her death would also explain why is jayce less naive and way more grumpy (there are no hints about any romantic relationships for jayce)
... people even make fun he's in love with his hammer .. some even consider victor his ex
You should see the music video for "Enemy" by Imagine Dragons for Arcane, and "Get Jinxed", as well as the season 2 "trailer" or peek. They're all relatively short. ^^
Since you really enjoyed Arcane’s characters, I’d say to check out The Legend of Vox Machina on Amazon Prime. It’s based off Critical Role (a dungeons and dragons streaming show with famous voice actors) and their first campaign. It’s heavily character based and I think the storylines will resonate with you. Thank you for being honest and open with your reaction to Arcane!
Ooh, I second that. That show is amazing, with great moments.
I didn't know anything about it, just saw it pop up as reactions on YT. I thought as a fantasy/RPG fan I might just check it out. That first minute though 😄 Was immediately sold.
Arcane was so amazing! Thanks for all you do!
I've never seen anybody not get got by the "I made her a snack" scene
I saw a video that studied the archetypical 'Hero's Journey' as a narrative device, and how the person it fits the best in Arcane season 1 is Jinx.
Jinx is becoming her own hero, the person she always wanted to be. Capable, self-assured, smart, resourceful, and brave.
But she's becoming everyone else's worst nightmare along the way.
The problem about VI its that she doesn't know Jinx at all, it will never works, and Silco knows her very well.
Another popular animated and adult show that came out last year is Invincible. From the creator of The Walking Dead with a fantastic voice cast (Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh, Walton Goggins and many more great actors). If you love The Boys then this would definitely be up your alley.
I loved your reactions. In fact, I even got emotional with this last one hahaha.
Something about Mel and Ambessa (her mother). They are originally from a country called Noxus, an ever-expanding empire. They value strength above all else. There is no room for sentimentality there. That is why Mel, by being compassionate as shown in the beginning of chapter 8, "weakened" Ambessa and was consequently "expelled" from the family. I recommend the video "After the Victory" from Legends of Runeterra, to understand the Noxian philosophy a bit more.
The way I see it, Mel will not survive. Her mother will use that as an excuse for Noxus to intervene in the impending war between Piltover and Zaun.
Regarding the "man who killed his brother", there are two possible candidates for that role: one is Darius, Noxus' Executor. He is a ruthless warrior, although according to his history, he never had much power and resources until he became better known.
The other option is Swain, who in League of Legends is a Noxian general in charge of several campaigns, including the invasion of the Isles of Ionia. To me, he is the most likely candidate.
On the other hand, Sevika, despite being a piece of shit with Jinx, is a loyal character. Silco and his dream of the Nation of Zaun represented an ideal that Sevika agreed with, which is why he remained loyal to him all those years. Now the doubt is if she will take Silco's place, or will she be someone else's lieutenant.
In the videogame there is a champion (recently released) called Renata Glasc, from Zaun, who has certain physical similarities with Sevika, and there is a theory that they could be related.
One last detail... I don't know if you paid attention to the crows that appear during the series. They have a symbolism related to Powder. The first one appears when Jinx returns to the place where he played with Vi and the others. Jinx shoots him. The second one appears during the reunion with Vi, but when Caitlyn arrives and Jinx is suspicious, the crow flies away. The third one appears during the duel with Ekko, as Jinx's background (and Ekko's is a firelight), and in the last chapter, when Jinx shoots Silco, all the crows that are in the place fly away, symbolizing that at that moment he stopped being Powder.
It is a beautiful series, but very tragic. And season 2 has already been confirmed, there is a small teaser to watch.
I don't think its darius, swain maybe because he's the most powerful and influential in noxus, but i also think the brother just died on a random battle and is not really an important character.
Renata Glasc isn't sevika, it has some proofs she isn't i just couldn't recall but due to story timeline and she is a Baroness of like a perfume or something, her abilities also doesn't fit her arcane fighting style.
Here's my thought:
Season 2
-explosion at the council meeting
-mel dead, all council members alive
-mama medarda inrage
-viktor will research about the explosion caused by hex crystal
-viktor will be forced to steal the hex stone from jayce
-viktor will go back to zaun
-Stanwick Pididly will comeback to zaun from noxus and steal viktor's 'hex core' and other research stuffs.
-pididly will revive urgot with hexcore and present it back to noxus
-noxian invasion will take place in piltover in attempt to claim their progress and weaponry
-urgot vs vi cait
~~i don't have any idea whats next~~
(maybe)
-singed will finish warwick
-viktor will go villain mode but with his glorious evolution
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-ryze aka rune magician will do/hint something in the end.
It's a bit stretched but what are your prediction 😁
@@griefer1851 I didn't say Renata IS Sevika, just that they look alike. Black hair, dark complexion, both from Zaun? maybe they are related.
And yes, Swain is the most likely option. But I don't think Mel's brother died in a random battle, remember Ambessa says "the man who killed your brother doesn't believe the debt is settled, and his resources far exceed ours".... I don't think they'd deliberately avoid naming him if he's going to be a non-game character.
And yes, I don't think Mel will survive..... regarding Viktor... it's most likely what you mentioned, although considering they turned the "joker-style" funny Jinx into such a tragic character, maybe they'll do something similar with Viktor. I hope.
Just remember, if it weren't for these event, these characters wouldn't be the champions we know today. It was all meant to be.
Find someone who loves you as much as Silco loves Jinx.
Everything happened becouse Jayce had to add that "give me Jinx", if not for that Silco would not had died, rocket would not fly. Vi failed to understand her sister as she had old image of Powder stuck in her memory, unable to accept that people change, that her sister changed over the years close to Silco along with the trauma "VI game Powder". No no Vi created Jinx, Powder loved her sister and looked up to her... but Vi smacked her and put ALL the blame of their friends and Vanders death on her, called her a Jinx, then left...even through Powder was appologizing, crying for her sister. That experience shapes kids personality, Jinx carried the blame and trauma all the time. Vi did not understand what Jinx went through and her fond memories of dead friends were good but for Powder it was torture/torment/trauma...she was making Jinx suffer...Silco knew that and tried to shut up Vi as she was hurting her. In the end Jinx understood that Vi changed and is unable to accept her as she is...this time Jinx left Vi behind and did the thing "Silco" wanted, the person who accepted her as she is. When Jinx sat on that chair broken inside...she said Vi her heart, all this time Jinx wanted Vi to love her like she used to in the past, but Vi could not respond back confirming that Vi changed to and her love for Jinx is not the same, its more like responsibility or past guilt than love.
Silco dies to his rules.. excellent character.
And Jinx is so powerful that she is the only character that we see using both Shimmer and hextech gemstone at the same time. So good finale.
Victor uses Shimmer and the Adaptive Rune Matrix together though
@@wynq yeah..i totally forgot about him. But he don't turned it into weapons tho, not intentionally
I've loved your reactions to this show it has very much become one of my all time favorite shows and it makes me cry every time I watch it, it's heartbreaking and brilliant.
I don't really want to go into the lore of the show/game but something stuck with me when you said Mel taught her mother mercy/humanity and that isn't a weakness. If in season 2 when we will hopefully find out more about Noxus I think we will learn exactly why those traits are seen as a weakness and why Mel had to be sent away from there. I cannot wait for season 2 buuut 2023 is so far away!
Silco was by far my favorite character because he was the perfect villain. It wasn't as simple as power for power's sake he grew up watching his people die, suffer and be treated as second class citizens. He saw the divide that though it was one city it was very much 2 different nations separated by a bridge. His history with Vander and his betrayal, the peace Vander made where his people were still treated as vermin by the upper class. He was a villain created by circumstance. The council created Silco, Heimerdinger for all his precautions and good will ignored the suffering of the undercity. Something Heimerdinger didn't even realise until he actually visited the place.
Silco saw revoliton and war fail, he saw peace fail every attempt at equality was met with failure so he became the villain to secure Zaun's independence and what he did was evil and wrong but it was the only way he saw it being possible. None of this justifies his actions but you can relate and understand his motives and that's why I loved his character, I despised him for his actions but sympathized with his position and he believing that this was the only way. He wasn't could hearted his love for Jinx proved that and while I hated seeing his character die, what a perfect end to such a complex character "I never would of given you to them, not for anything. Don't cry, you're perfect" beautiful heartbreaking final words and even the people who genuinely hated him cried in that moment. I go on a bit of a rant because I always have to justify why I loved Silco's character but his design everything from his voice and style as well as who he was as a character was just so perfect.
It's something that can be said for so many character in the show but his is the only one you feel you need to justify why he was so amazing.
Thanks for the journey!
Was not expecting this reaction. Welp going to grab a few beers and watch powder grow up.
I bought the soundtrack. "The Monster You Created" leaves me in tears every single time.
EDIT: “What Could Have Been.”
Physical?
@@SteveNaranjo no, iTunes.
Silco is not a villain - he is antihero. He was at first presented as main, powerhungry antagonist but trough the show many details are added and changed in that picture. In final episode he is shown as person who has to choose between two noble causes: independence of Zaun and family - there is no power or even himself in this equation. He is ruthless, brutal, his personality is not so little twisted but still got some restraints and limits and he could be the best what Zaun can get at the moment. Silco is like darker version of Terry Prachet Patrician
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Sevika really isn't loyal to Silco. She's loyal to the cause of the nation of Zaun and she pretty much says as much. When Silco asks her if she was tempted to join, she doesn't simply say no, she says she would never join someone like him, but there would be others and she leaves it opened ended if she would side with them if their vision more aligns with hers.
41:59, Yeap, This is how it happens in real life, a single moment can break a person forever, especially if he has mental issues.
"Jinx has the Shimmers". Sounds like some kind of flu. I like it better. It's funny xDD
All silco had to do was give up jinx and he would have had EVERYTHING he wanted. But his daughter was...as he said...his undoing. He couldnt sacrifice her for that dream.
That scene where Silco speaks to Vander's statue is amazing! It really shows the story went full circle, Silco finally understands Vander and his choices.. I absolutely loved Silco in this show
No need to apologize missing Jinx in that last episode. It happens to a lot, plus you were so focused on Cait's doom so it's hard to see anything else.
Regarding Vander.
Look again at the ending when the rocket is flying over, the part where you see Singed sitting on his stool in his lab.
There's a lot of information in the background of that very short shot.
Since I saw the series, I only dedicated myself to seeing the reaction of people when they saw each episode, seeing the reviews and analysis of those who saw it and I agree that it is a masterpiece on all levels that it is evaluated. for me it is a roadmap for future productions and my appreciation of what I see from now on will be very critical, I cannot see Marvel movies in the same way as 10 years ago and that is a long time ago, generic villains and thugs without background they make one doubt whether they are really making an effort to write or simply selling the same product. (which in most cases is like that.) I can't see all the characters between good and bad here but they are gray. Piltober boasts of being the pioneer of progress but Sawn was left with fissures with toxic gases, poisoned creeks, no arable land or cattle and fishing in stagnant waters, while they have fields of varied crops that they export to other nations while in the winged city of starving. Piltober's ships teleport through the skies while Sawn's seem to go normal routes under the city and with ports controlled by enforcers that they must bribe to pass their contraband while those above can have "privileges" on their cargo . Vander seemed to be leading the district on the right track but the patience of the people was running out, that happened with their own children, while the enforcen exerted repression even looking under their beds under Vander's nose. With Silco the district only became more violent and marginality grew among addicts and orphans while some were content with the chemicals they sold, but the name of the title was "Violence is necessary for a change", perhaps the episode that most marked the series but the name says it all, it is not a justification for violence but passivity and inaction are just as bad in the long run. It is not a fantastic world of magic, it is fantasy in a realistic world.
“Todays the day you die Silco”
*dies at his daughter’s tea party later that day.
😳
I am SO glad you decided to take the Arcane journey!! (also glad you let us come along) I would love to recommend another anime series but Arcane was really my first foray into this world. I do have other shows I'd love to hear your thoughts/see your reactions on...but first...Obi-Wan? :-)
I'm glad you finally got this reaction cleared. :) Reacting first time, with so much going on in this episode, you see what you see. And keep up the blabby blab blab. ;)
The blabby blab blab happens no matter what 🤣 Couldn’t stop it if I tried
Really enjoyed watching you take the journey, and certainly your analysis was engaging. And now, we wait. Harumph/Yay!
NB: Vi didn't get a small vial of shimmer, IMO. To me, it looked as though the scary apothecary made a potion or tonic which was activated by a single dollop of shimmer. Minor point but, well, there it is.
oh and btw, about the ''don't play the game thing''
my advise would be
its okay to play the game to see the characters and their abilities (they are correlated to the anime, so for example, jayce switches between hammer and gun form), but its best if you just play against bots and don't try to play against real players, because the community is really toxic, that's why everyone hates the game and doesn't suggest it
also if you become competitive in this game, it will consume your life cuz the competitive side of the game is addictive
so, playing against bots to check the champions abilities and try them out, or playing bots with friends, should be completely fine and fun
edit: be careful! i forgot to mention that there are spoilers for viktor and kinda for ekko too in the game
also, 100% i would recommend watching other content from riot games, from animation to music, most of them are close to arcane quality (i would suggest starting with Get jinxed song, maybe even make a reaction of it and tell us your thoughts, cuz its jinx's first appearance back in 2014)
i'll tell you my personal review of everything
music team: 10/10
experiencing music in the game: 0/10
animation team: 10/10
experiencing animation in the game: 3/10
characters / design team: 10/10 (you can find many different insanely cool characters)
experiencing characters / design in the game: 6/10
stories: 10/10
experiencing the story in the game: 1/10
world building: 10/10
experiencing world building in the game: 0/10
gameplay: 7/10 (trying new champions and learning their abilities is cool, but also complicated at times)
community: 0/10 (very toxic)
would recommend: playing vs bots alone or with friends if you want to check the characters in game and try their abilities / watching animations or music videos from riot games / reading lore and stories on the league of legends' universe website (if you are into reading, personally im not but i still recommend it because i heard its very good)
would not recommend: playing normal games, getting competitive in the game, or letting the game take over your life basically
but again, be careful! i forgot to mention that there are spoilers for viktor and kinda for ekko too in the game
I love your reactions
Love the scene at the table. Jinx constantly probing and testing Vi. Wanting to see if Vi understands that she is different and that she will not go back, that vi would need to love and accept the new her. Vi failing her questions because she, as the "hero", is trying to do the old "I know you are in there somewhere" trope.
Honestly if we have a "hero" squad it’s Vi Catelyn and Ekko. And the show making them fail because of their strengths is sooooo good. People compare it to a Greek tragedy, but there characters fail because of their fatal flaws, here they fail because of their biggest strengths. Brilliant
Yeeeeess
Vi: constant feeling of responsibility of everyone around her and a reckless and impulsive manner- good for fighting bad for making decisions
Ekko: living in the present, willingness to protect and unite people and opposing anyone trying to take away from it- good for zaun bad for jinx
Caitlin: willingness to believe the good in people, gullible, naive- good for freeing vi bad for leaving key people alive
@@mlinxl9090 exactly
If Zaun and Piltover were to become separate that would mean Jinx was a Soldier of the nation of Zaun. Piltover killed just as many if not vastly more people of Zaun due to having superior technology.
Jayce in all of his good wasn't quite able to see that. Piltover needed one last blood sacrifice from Zaun.
Hello again.
Due the time constraints at the moment, I can only give a brief reply.. so I'll just say as a recommendation for another series to watch I recommend the 2017 reboot of DuckTales, which is one of the few reboots to be successful in both honoring the original material and upgrading it.
Also I will recommend Star Trek: Prodigy, which is literally Star Trek for kids. I found it very enjoyable looking forward to the second season and there is a very familiar voice actress in the cast. You will know it when you hear the voice!
Now with Arcane. Yes I do recommend that you check out the character analysis videos by therapist Georgia Dow. Not only does she do very good analysis of the character she reviews she also cosplays as a character while she's doing it!
Lastly, since the first season of the series is over, not watch the music video by now the following link is to the full video for the song Enemy. The video gives more background to the characters especially Powder and Ekko. And regarding what you said about Powder where Jinx came from, I think you should check this out. Enjoy.
th-cam.com/video/D9G1VOjN_84/w-d-xo.html
So, the morale of the story is : don't trust Magic Vader Head, he's a liar.
One little point I would like to mention : I've heard many interpret Jinx killing Silco as her saving Vi when she realizes he's about to shoot her.
The way I see it, it was not Jinx's intention. There was no intention.
She is not targetting Silco, or anyone else, she just shoots around without aim, and Vi is even very lucky to not get hit.
When all this happens, she is barely aware of her environment. Before shooting, she's prostrated on the floor, harassed by her inner monsters, isolating herself; after shooting, she's looking down at nothing in particular, and it's not until her mind regains a bit of clarity, that she realizes what she's done. It was an accident.
It's been established earlier in the series that when under heavy stress linked to her trauma, she's bound to shoot around without aim, in all directions, hitting friends and foes alike, which I think is her physical defense mechanism against this particular psychological/emotional stimulus.
In episode 4, the trigger was being confronted to the sister she thought was dead.
In episode 9, it would be the sound of the gun readying to fire (she does not see anything, she can only hear). A brief, vivid, chimey sound, almost the same as that of the monkey bomb detonation, bringing her back to the exact moment her life imploded; hence : defend yourself, barrage *everything* before *anything* reaches you.
Now, I may be completely wrong, you never know :)
Jinx ALMOST went with Vi wholeheartedly, but Vi very clearly no longer thought of Jinx as she did Powder, demonstrated when at the bridge she went with Caitlyn instead of leaving her and going back to Jinx. Jinx even "solved" the threat of MArcus and the enforcers with her firelight bombs, there was no reason for Vi to go with Caitlyn at that moment, other than wanting to keep her safe OVER wanting to go back with Jinx as soon as possible. That was the pivotal point, the act of betrayal that really broke Jinx, thats why she snaps and shoots at them just before being harshly beaten by her childhood friend and trying to self-detonate with her grenades. That was literally enough to make her lose all hope.
The thing with Vi for Jinx, is that Jinx has deep abandonement issues. Vi never gave signs that she would accept Jinx with all her deranged crazyness, she expressed a strong desire to "bring back Powder", but Jinx herself loathes Powder for killing her family. Jinx is self loathing, specially for her younger self. That is reflected in how she values more keeping the denigrating voice of Mylo rather than the reassuring voice of Vi or Vander or Silco. Vi wanted (or said she wanted) the part of Jinx that Jinx herself feared and hated for causing the greatest pain in her life. Vi also rejected the part of Jinx that gave her a sense of control and safety through violence. That is not to say that Vi had to be ok with her actions, but she outright treated Jinx like a false construction of Silco rather than a genuine part of Powder or even how Powder had to change to survive. She didn't understand how much pain she was in due to the deaths she had caused, because in Vi's mind Powder never killed anyone, it was an accident like always. But Powder very much blamed herself for that, something Vi never even considered (or Silco, for that matter)
Side thing that isn't talked about a lot: I really like the sad look that Jayce has after more or less saving Viktor. It's clear (to me, anyhow) that he fully understands the time he caught him at and is very troubled, but fundamentally can't give enough time to his friend (who he's failing) with everything he has going on. When people discuss what happens with Viktor later in the games, they frame it as a betrayal, but I think Arcane is going down a road where he feels alone because Jayce is about to have even more stuff on his plate while Viktor continues descending, and that look really exemplifies his feelings. He wants to be there for him but can't.
I said this before and I'll keep saying it: when the death of the bad guy makes you cry, that means the show is good
Suggestion: A Silent Voice. It's an amazing anime movie about a guy that bullied a deaf girl in his class. Due to the fallout of his actions, he developed social anxiety and now, years later, he's trying to make up with his victim by trying to build a friendship with her.
It wasn’t Cait’s head but a “cupcake.” “You know, because she’s so sweet” - ep5
🤦♀️ they literally thought of everything. I missed that and it’s perfect
Shimmer isn't a "powerup" It's a mutagen. What it does, is it allows for molecular interactions that are not normally possible. Chemistry has rules that define how any given element or compound will behave or interact with any others. And its the overlap of those traits for every specific element that determine the results. It makes some combinations extremely common (water), and others almost impossible. Shimmer changes those rules, somehow.
Depending on what else you put in it, the way it affects other chemicals will also change. How much Shimmer you need to use, depends on the scale of the changes you want to affect.
Early Shimmer was very rough and inconsistent. It was entirely experimental, but Silco was willing to risk it because even its random effects were sufficient to change the balance of power between Piltover and Zaun. In its unrefined state, consumed by any random person, it essentially caused the body to temporarily physically break down and reform somewhat randomly...creating the "Hulk" effect. As the Shimmer would degrade inside the subject's body, the original physiological formats would reassert most of their dominance as normal chemistry took over again, and the person would return to normal. Excessive use of it, or the use of it by individuals with particular health problems or poor genetics, would quickly lead to the "tumors", deformities, and other problems seen in long-term Shimmer-users. Later versions of the stuff, used in more targeted ways, produce very different results, and don't seem to have any serious side-effects of long-term use. And using enough of it, apparently makes its effects permanent.
That's why Viktor needed the Shimmer to make the Hexcore do what he wanted it to do. The problem is that the Hexcore was trying to rearrange a lifeform's physiology in a way that wasn't sustainable...it wasn't compatible with the chemical rules of how life operates. Life is just highly specialized, naturally-occurring, cooperative nanotechnology. The Hexcore was trying to force those structures and processes outside of their established capabilities and formats. So, the plants were dying. The Shimmer breaks down those rules sufficiently, and long enough, for the Hexcore to do its job, and for the body to properly maintain those alterations. Normally, the Shimmer would degrade after it's "used" by a body, but the Hexcore didn't just change Viktor's flesh or the contraptions bolted to him, it changed the Shimmer too, permanently establishing it as an intermediary for incompatible flesh and mechanical bits to maintain the new graft. Which is also how Sevika's arm works, but since the Shimmer isn't directly integrated into the molecular structure of either her or the arm, it instead has to be dosed in through those vials she uses, and its effects are only temporary.
I doubt Jinx was injected with pure Shimmer, and it was almost certainly the most refined and specialized batch that Singed had yet produced.
I don't think Sky has been 'transported'. Teleportation is a way that Hextech can be used, but that is mainly because Jayce already Knew the spell for Teleportaion. It was the same one the Wizard useed on him and his mother. My guess is that Skys life was the 'Price' that Viktor had to pay, because he wasn't using shimmer. My understanding is that last time, the Hexcore took the shimmer out of his body and used it to transform him.
What i find really interesting is that Skys Life seems to be less effective then the shimmer. With the shimmer he was able to trasnform his entire leg. Skys Sacrifice only seems to transform his hand.
Now there _is_ a question whether some of Skys _consciousness_ has been implemented into the Hexcore. This is impossible to say, since we do not know enough about it. Right now it seems to have asort of ind of its own, punishing Viktor for trying to destroy it, but thre is as of yet no hint that there is a piece of Sky involved.
Vi created Jinks with one punch. Not her intention, but the reality.
I would argue she was always that way
@@funnylilgalreacts Could be. She was on the fence after watching her parents die and needed Vi because her mind was so fragile. Everyone skips past the original trauma. Jinx was created as a coping mechanism for her split personalities. Vi was just a child and had no idea, she was creating a monster. But she was the author for Pow-Pow…
Haha I am obsessed with these uploads! Super excited to see this!
I don't think Singed would be able to help Silco. He's dead and Jinx was only injured.
It has probably been suggested already, but I'll throw it in here anyway: I recommend the music video "Imagine Dragons x J.I.D - Enemy".
At the end of the day, we are all the same. Are we not all human? Are we not all to blame?
If you're curious of playing a league game, I'd try out Legends of Runeterra which is the Card game. If you like the league music and art, the card game has a lot of characters and art from the League world. A lot less of a skill ladder to climb and a lot less toxic since its a solo game.
Hello, will you react to the official clip "my enemy" and "get jinxed" in a single video? Could be interesting :)
Glad to have been on this journey with you
Let's go
Edit: btw if you want smth lighter, I suggest spy x family. Another animation. But familial wholesomeness wrapped in some intrigue and hijinks :)
Btw what you caught about Mel when she was young, yea that's partly her being empathetic by nature
But also her brother's influence. They talk about him and how he's the non aggressive type. And I think she looked up to him and had a good rel with him
And why she became the softie that her mum felt wasn't fit to be in their home country
On the Heimer situation, I think he meant he was trying to figure out how he could help and by "seems like I'm unwelcome" he means not that literally ppl rejected help he literally offered
But more that the things going on were too deep for him to be able to get through and do smth about
And so he felt defeated and lost. But Ekko gave him hope
For Heimer he's unaccustomed to seeing that much violence and poverty and desperation that he read it as "this is the culture. And I'm not welcome here"
So I'm glad that Ekko brought him back to the humanity of the undercity
I'm soooo looking forward to S2 covering their escapades xD
Edit2: I'm glad you saw smth in Viktor and Sky. A lot of ppl complain about how little we were given of Sky and "what are we supposed to care???"
But like I think that was the point. Like the writers wanted us to feel her how Viktor did
Like professionally I think they've worked tog for quite a bit
But I don't think Viktor ever knew her more personally
But yet he could feel the pain and lost
And I think as viewers that we didn't get much 'screen time' of Sky we could also feel the pain and lost
Esp also since Viktor reads her personal notes. And also we as viewers got her monologues about Viktor as her inspiration
"she knows that why she needed your help" yep!
Also "go get Cait...oh god, Cait!" XD
Edit:
Mel's Mum-"I thought you better"
"No you didn't" hahaha. Truuuue
Mel's Mum- "it's where you belong"
"It's not. She belongs in Piltover" yes! I love running defence for Mel any day. Her mum is so toxic. Somewhat understandably. If ever explore Noxus in Arcane, you may see why. They...don't exactly have the gap to breathe and think about mental health ^^" in a very very sad way
But ofc doesn't excuse Mel's mum to not try to meet her daughter in the mid point
"Did he bring heimerdinger to the tree?...aw he diiid" aww. That was such a sweet smile. Honestly same. Their interactions will be so wholesome
I think it was what Jayce's and Heimer's could have been
But they were torn apart first by magic, then by politics
But what Ekko and Heimer will have will be pure mentor and eager student. And I'm all strapped in for it. S2 pls pls pls
Edit2: "Jinx created Jinx" yea. Unfortunately. Not fully consciously. But she did. It was the choices she made. Not fully that also ofc. Circumstances outside her control. Outside of Vi's control. Victims of their circumstance for sure.
But Powder did make the decision to take on that name.
"It'd be a very diff show if he survived" yeah....
Watch the Imagine Dragons video for Enemy. It really is like the end credits scene for the series. You will like it.
i doubt vi could accept jinx, we see her throughout the show wanting powder back and not accepting jinx as a part of her, in fact she even sees jinx as a different person from her sister
I think it’s the hope she would’ve accepted Jinx. Problem is she wants her to be Powder again, and Jinx wants to be Jinx. She wants to be loved as Jinx. That’s what Silco can do.
One of the greatest flaws that most people have with someone they love, is not allowing that person to change. If you don’t allow somebody to change, they will eventually and I’ll do it without you
@@funnylilgalreacts indeed. well said
I'd be very exited to see what you think of avatar the last airbender
I watched your reaction when you posted it but haven't watched your review until now because I had to collect myself, your reaction hit me in my feelings as if i watched this episode for the first time. first of all I want to say thank u for reacting to arcane and all your thoughts I genuinely enjoyed it. your thoughts and analysis is really good and most of it mirror what I thought. special thanks for talking abt Jinx and Vi's sisterhood, people tend to talk negatively abt it or pick sides of blame one of them when it's not the case at all. as you said it's not how siblings love work and as an elder sister myself I can relate to it on deeply personal level. we don't know when s2 come out but I hope we'll see your reaction to it as well! wish you the best.
nah man, the one that hurt the most was Silco saying to Jinx, "Don't cry, you're perfect" ... I died inside
Arcane is genuinely one of the best character studies to come around in the past few years. I realise standards are pretty low these days but thankfully the writers put in the time to deliver a quality piece of art. Hopefully they can maintain these high standards for season 2. As for your channel, keep up the good work sister.
It would actually be cool if Sevika & Ambessa would be added into the game.
The Council really is stupid, huh? Giving Zaun its independence is a good move but it really is their fault for abandoning them in the first place. They could've just provided them with things they need, like build more hospitals, provide doctors, give them clean water, build schools, etc. But nope. :/
At least in one of the official stories in LOL, *[SPOILERS I think]* Viktor tries to get the water in Zaun clean. Tried, until Piltover screwed him over.
I've never had post-season depression like I did after arcane. I need more.
We need a support group
@@funnylilgalreacts Definitely. The only therapy we all have is watching others take the journey like we did, in reaction videos. So thank you for that.
@@funnylilgalreacts True. BTW I've never watched a reaction series before but I have really enjoyed watching this from you
Sameeee😭
Omg, it was bad. It took like two weeks before I realized why I was so off. I'm doing better now, but damn...
the council voting for peace with silco not knowing he's dead, jinx' hextech fueled rocket hurdling towards them and breaching their space underscored with sting singing "what could have been" roll credits... what a masterpiece.
Silco has "Freedom at any cost" mentality even if it means death of many innocent people and Vander had "Peace at any cost" mentality, even while the topside was exploiting and poisoning them. But in his last moments, when he had to protect his daughter, Vander gave up on his pacifist principles and was ready to smash some skulls, the same way Silco gave up on his principles when he had to give up his daughter, and independence of Zoan was suddenly no longer a priority.
"Ohh it all makes sense now brother
This episode has two of my favorite storytelling tropes:
1) A character is offered exactly what they want most in the world, for the one price they're unwilling to pay.
2) As part part of a tragic ending: an alternate path which leads to a happier outcome is shown to the audience, but characters' choices have already made taking that path impossible.
It truly is an amazing storytelling. But the fact that they can do it with animation and still portray the emotions is stellar. It’s just unbelievable.
Well said.
@@funnylilgalreacts Anime in the east has been there for a while now but hopefully it becomes more mainstream in the west that animation doesn’t automatically means that it’s not a rich medium to tell meaningful stories with and they don’t have to be just for kids. And if an animated show is for adults it doesn’t need to make low effort raunchy jokes in rapid succession because that is apparently what being adult means.
@@Mokikimoki well honestly "normal anime" rearly can hold up to arcane imo, yes they can make u emotional but arcanes animations are just way better in that way than the mostly over the top, or to generic.
@@Gandorhar I am not saying that every anime is top notch or aims for the same thing arcane did. My main point was that in the east animation is much more varied. There is a much bigger palette of different kinds of anime.
For us in the west animation is generally regarded as for kids so most of the animated shows we get are either for kids or family guy type of shows that are adult themed because of the humor. But we don't get animated shows like Arcane that go beyond what we typically expect from animation. Not just from a visual but story telling standpoint.
In anime those type of shows are much more common.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Arcane is a modern Greek tragedy. A story of people doing the best they can on a collision course with each other, a train wreck that we all see coming but can't look away from. Pure perfection.
I went into Arcane expecting a mash-up of crazy video game characters and crazy anime abilities. I got fkn Shakespeare.
Well said
@@bskec2177''I was looking for cooper, I found gold, and blood, and hextec, and shimmer, and gunpowder, and tragedy, and ...''
@@matheussanthiago9685 Well, wherever this Cooper guy went, I hope he's OK.
To expand on Shakespeare, I see Vi and Kait as a Romeo and Juliet (obvious), while Jayce and Viktor are more of a Prospero and Caliban, and Silco as a MacBeth, and Powder/Jynx is Halmet.
@@coolbanana165 still, the writing is nonpareil in todays world. Most writing today is pathetic. This creates a 360 degree story.
I actually really really love Silco as a "villain" because he has such depth to him. I mean, his ultimate aims, what really *drives* him, are things considered to be noble: freedom, equality, and independence. What makes him a villain is that he so completely subscribes to "the ends justify the means" as an ethos (Power is given to those willing to do *anything* in its pursuit) and is willing to do villainous and evil things in the pursuit of something that we would define as noble: a free and independent nation of Zaun. Silco really does love Jinx as a daughter. His love, attitude, and ethos have resulted in twisting her irrevocably, but he still was willing to sacrifice *everything* for her.
Like others have said, this really is a modern-day Greek tragedy. There's hubris, mortal fallibility, and people's decisions which may make sense in the moment, but in reality have truly epic negative consequences... Euripides would be proud. One of the big pillars of that tragedy is that, despite what Vi wants to believe, Jinx really *IS* a "jinx" in the same way that someone in an actual ancient Greek play would be "cursed by the gods." Basically every thing she takes part in that's major goes horribly wrong. Think about it: the robbery, the monkey bomb trying to save Vi & Vander, the air ship in Ep4, the fight at the end of Ep6 when Vi gets taken and leaves her "abandoned" again, Ep7 where she nearly dies after fighting Ekko, and then at the end, when she fires off the rocket into the Piltover council right as they are voting to give Silco and Vaun everything they ever wanted. Every single time, the side she is supposedly on is on the verge of succeeding, only to have horrific results as the results of what she does.
I mean, this isn't even really true. He clearly doesn't care about the people of Zaun in any way, all he cares about is himself.
Powders little drawings on Silco's ashtray always hurt me
omg I hadn't noticed it? Thanks for pointing it out.
Mel indicated she's done with her family. As shown by her removing her ring and also her mother looking upon her painting of home that Mel trashed. Great reactions throughout the series. One of my favorite shows ever.
I wouldn't say trashed, more like overwrote.
Mel didn't trash the painting. She covered the fleet of Noxus in waves of Piltover gold. She was showing who she was now and was rejecting her mother's offer to come back to Noxus.
I adore Silco. Of course he's a terrible person but as a character he's fantastic, and I can't help but like him because of the pure love and affection he has for Jinx
That’s what made him so great, he’s such a dynamic character. He’s not one-sided he’s very three-dimensional. Just straight up one of the best characters in animation
@@funnylilgalreacts Silco was dominating that conversation up until Jayce mentioned Jinx. Then you can instantly see his change in demeanor from cool and collected to panic. Fantastic animation.
Another character like Silco is Kingpin from Daredevil Netflix. An evil man but with a noble goal and true love for a person. The final scene in Daredevil is like this too; Kingpin sacrifice his ambition for his loved one's freedom.
@@funnylilgalreacts i've seen video analyst Schnee call him a 4D character (rightfully) as is Jinx
There's my favourite line in the entire show. "Make her go away. Please?" Because to Jinx, Vi is playing the game she described in episode 8. The game where they invent bigger and scarier monsters until Powder would get scared, and so Vi has to scare the monster away. Caitlyn is the biggest, scariest monster, that can take her sister away forever, so of course Jinx is scared of her... and asking Vi to scare her away. Chase away the monster you created. Vi fails to catch that, but she almost succeeds anyway, accidentally, by suggesting they run away from the scary monster. However... Vi clearly does not understand her sister throughout the tea party, and so she has no chance. She is still seeing who her sister is now as a mere... illness, or a veil over her true little sister, still the caring little ten-year-old she left behind all those years ago, and doesn't even entertain the notion that she is facing not just a mask, but who her sister has BECOME in the intervening time. That's why there was never a chance that she would sway Jinx, even though Jinx herself was TRYING to be swayed... because Vi was not prepared to do the ONLY important thing, which was to ACCEPT Jinx in her current stead.
If you watch closely, you could see the brief moment where Jinx is disappointed that Vi though she had decapitated Caitlyn and put her head on a plater. In that moment, Jinx was probably very hurt and disappointed that her sister think that lowly of her. Yeah, she shot at them at the bridge, but not to hurt them, but to separate them. If Jinx wanted Caitlyn dead, she would have done so at the bridge. Jinx may be crazy, but she isn't stupid and is smart enough to put things together be that inventions, weapons, people, and situations. Everyone that she has targeted directly has hurt her and/or Vi or Silco in some way. The firelights for attacking the shimmer. Marcus for taking away her sister and threatening Silco. Now, the council, because they have been a problem for years now as their inaction has allowed the problems to fester and become worse; and when the council decides to act, they attack the people of the undercity via the enforcers. This lead to the deaths of her parents, the fact she was forced to live a life where her talents were put towards building weapons to survive, taking her sister away from her, and probably some other things. Being how stealthy she is, she could be anywhere at anytime gathering info and overhearing conversations, so there's no telling how much she knows of things. In the end, after being heavily disappointed by her sister and losing Silco, she decides what she sees as a long time problem, the council, should be dealt with, she's doing it her way. After all, there will be no peace because even if she had not done anything, they would have attempted to come for her anyway. The main one crazy enough to start stuff and they couldn't let her be and let all of Zaun have a clean slate (her included). The whole table meeting, I think, was set up for Jinx to test loyalty, after all, that was one of Silco's major values, especially after what Vander did to him. Silco was completely loyal, but got killed because he attempted to shoot Vi during Jinx's mental breakdown. Vi was somewhat loyal but could bring herself to fully accept what Powder had become (Jinx), therefore Jinx finally settling into in person as she is now instead of the mental tug of war between her younger self and her adult self. She could never fully grow up until she faced her issues, which is what this last part was. On a side note: I don't think she had any intention of killing Cait. Jinx knew Vi cared about Cait and even called Cait "Vi's girlfriend", so her intent was to make sure that Vi would not get so enamored with Cait that she would forget her sister and give her up. Her line: "Im not that crazy."; I think said as much. After all, if she cares for her sister, why would she do something that would ultimately end up pushing her sister away for good? She wanted to see if Vi, despite their differences and changes, would still be there for her, but Vi only partially passed the test. "Here's to the new us." Jinx will probably still care for her sister. Now, I'm thinking that down the line, Jinx and Vi will probably have a battle or several battles leading up to a point where they come to an understanding. Now that Jinx has had a chance to work through a lot, probably not all, but a lot of her stuff; it's time for Vi to work her stuff out, which she has failed to do (because she's extremely hard headed and stubborn).
More details: Those monsters that Vi described in Ep 8. are visible as crayon drawings on the old walls at Ep. 6, with the colours showing which sister drew them.
I don't think she misunderstood. I think she physically and mentally can't accept what jinx has become. In her mind it's her own fault she's like that now and she hates it. She can't possibly say "jinx" to her face because SHE gave her that name. Like yeah that might be the most important thing for their reunion but let's be honest, aslong as Vi wants to... she wouldn't be able to.
Also telling her to remember who she is and all these things, VI sees it as seeing who she really is. For jinx it’s bringing up all her trauma which she can’t cope with and causes her to split
This comment sums up most of the thoughts and analysis I had in my head. Truly a well said work of art. This is magnificent
Instead of his usual "Jinx is perfect" in his final moments he tells her
"You're perfect"
Letting her know that she's perfect whether she chooses to be Jinx or Powder.
Silco is the best kind of villain, absolutely evil and causes innocents to die but at the same time has depth, relatability, and redeeming qualities.
er... not really. He said "you're" as in Jinx -- not Powder. He definitely don't like Powder.
Yeah I also read that differently. He said "Jinx is perfect" at first, and then "You're perfect" meaning "You're jinx"
@@jaroslavsvaha6065 ^^ yeah this is it. i think him saying that was also one of the factors that pushed her to the jinx chair, because she remembered when he called jinx perfect.
Vi tells her it doesn't matter what she's done, how she's changed or who she is' Vi will still accept her and even after Vi, with no context, sees Powder try to murder her- Vi still is right there reaching out to help her sister. Nothing Powder says or does disuades Vi from trying to help her. Silco meanwhile does absolutely everything he can to force Powder to become what he thinks she should be. He lies to her about her families motives to manipulate her decision making, he feeds her fear and paranoia to manipulate who she trusts, he encourages her anger and even spends his last breaths trying to force her apart from her sister. Every action Silco takes is literally the opposite from "accepting her no matter what". He has an extremely narrow vision of who she should be and considers anything else wasteful and weak. The bizarre apologism for a character that is a truly horrific abuser of a mentally ill child is one of the strangest things I've seen in a fandom. Silco isn't just a villain; He's very much a monster and perpetuates the cycle of abuse through Powder.
I mean... no?
He only said that to manipulate her further, even in his dying moments. He is an irredeemably evil, selfish master manipulator who cares for noone but himself.
Among the many heartbreaking aspects of this show and this episode, Jinx's final scenes haunt me. You can see the resignation inside of her after she kills Silco; it's in her expression, her eyes, her body language, and how she moves. As it turns out, Mylo was right, all those years ago:
She's a jinx.
And if she's a jinx, then she will be the biggest, baddest jinx Piltover and the undercity have ever seen.
No truce. No negotiations. And no peace.
She'll show them all. Let it all burn, and let chaos reign.
War is coming...
I'm not so sure war is coming. From a storytelling standpoint they will (hopefully) likely want to keep it character driven, not combat/spectacle (event) driven. It's possible to do this, but constantly raising the stakes can be a trap best not fallen into. For an example of a background of war, but it's really all about characters, watch Jean-Paul Rappeneau's "Cyrano De Bergerac" (1990) - (in French, with subtitles, the English dub voice acting isn't good enough) - it's a masterpiece, on a level with Arcane imo - and I don't say that lightly.
@@Hohum37 Good points, but I also feel that war is inevitable, given Jinx's attack on the council. Another time skip perhaps? We could hear the characters talk about the war and see it in brief flashbacks.
@@Shax22132 I doubt that they want to have exposition dumps, so flashbacks would be more likely. I'm dubious about another time skip. Whatever they come up with, it will be better than any prediction I make.
@@Hohum37 we do know from LOL lore that a war is started...
We also know of the existence of zaun...
In the lore zaun isn't a dream no more.
On Shimmer... When singed gives shimmer to Viktor he describes it as "a variant". We can assume that there are a few variants. Street shimmer is likely the stuff that Vander, Deckard, and Huck took. Addictive and causes mutation. The shimmer that the apothecary sold to Caitlyn for her gun only had a single drop of shimmer mixed into a potion for healing.
If I had to pick out one single moment that created Jinx... it would be the opening scene of the entire series. Vi is leading her vulnerable little sister onto a bridge of death and carnage... (very bad decision.. but that's kind of Vi's thing... she is fearless, relentless, and impulsive, which makes us respect her, but also leads inevitably to consistently unwise decisions)
We can see from the framing and the scribbles in the opening scene that Powder is actually seeing everything on that bridge.. she's peeking through her fingers. What is the first thing she sees in the smoke on the bridge? An explosion and a flying body... followed by a point-blank execution by firearm.... the beginning of Jinx is that moment... those are even her specific themes.
Vi doesn't create Jinx with the slap.. she simply NAMES her with the slap. Powder is already unstable, as demonstrated by her freakout when the kids leave her behind, as well as her active efforts to murder people with her toys.... I mean, she creates literal nail bombs as toys. She lobs Mouser at the boy chasing her and stares expectantly.. hoping, needing, wishing to see.... exactly what she saw on that bridge in the opening scene.. an explosion and a flying body... she is seriously disappointed when he is not maimed by her toy.
The angst she has comes ultimately from the fact that she lives in the undercity... EVERYONE in the undercity has an inferiority complex, other than just a few individuals at the top of the ladder. The enforcers remind them at every opportunity that they are dirty trencher trash that deserve to live their miserable lives in the muck. That has an effect on people. Vi even explicitly mentions it on the bridge in episode 2: "I've lived my whole life knowing I'm less than them.. that my place is down there"
Vi passes her angst on to Milo.. she actually bullies him a bit.. his theme seems to be "humiliate Milo and physically remind him of his place"... even Claggor does it to him. You can tell by the expressions on Vi's face when she does this that it isn't just her messing with her little brother.. she has actual disgust and scowls of anger on her face when she smacks Milo or kicks him. She is passing her angst to him, because that is how bullying works.. she is bullied by the world, and hands it to Milo.. who hands it to Powder by constantly reminding her how much of a screwup she is.
The look on Milo's face in episode 3 when Vander tells him "you can do it" is really rough for me. This kid isn't given one single word of encouragement for 3 episodes.. nothing but crap from everyone around him... and his response to that single encouragement from Vander.. his eyes open wide.. he doesn't quite know how to respond to actual encouragement... truly sad growing up like that.
Just a horrible place to grow up, the Undercity. I loved all of the kids, and wished I could give them a big hug and a better childhood, even if they were make believe.
What's even worse is that poor Milo dies immediately afterwards. He can't even enjoy his moment of triumph, and lives on as a ghost tormenting his younger sister into deeper psychosis.
Great analysis.
The episode 1 opening scene applies to Violet.
Violet is following Vander's footsteps.
The parallel that Vander showed at the end of Episode 3 tells everything.
-Vander chokes Silco on the bridge. (Silco's reaction: eyes wide open, looking frightened at Vander.
Violet pinches her crying sister's cheeks hard. And gives it a new name. (Powder's reaction: She's crying into her sister's face.)
great parallel
Parallel as more images
I may not have expressed my explanation well.
I don't think Vi really had much of a choice. There was probably war all around the undercity. They were just trying to find their parents.
Huh? Vi doesn't bully Mylo wtf? What show were you watching?
Well said *Applause*. I saw that powder had that madness in her too from the bridge scene episode 1.
I really do like that final line "What could have been." You have the immediate few little changes and there is peace of a kind, but you have as well the much broader could have been. Imagine a world where Piltover isn't grinding down the undercity under its heel, a world where people like Powder and Ekko can put their clear genius to work in that university, and fulfil that desire to help and be useful so evident in them as children in a safe and caring environment. Such a world where the massively valuable human capital of the undercity isn't so carelessly wasted is the real lost opportunity.
It is unfortunate to think that this also applies to the real world, it is a tragic thing to wonder just how many geniuses have been squandered in the slums of the world.
By the way Sevika is loyal mostly to the cause... her saying "but he won't be the last" is saying the next guy competent enough and worthy... she'd get rid of him whenever aslong as she has more trust in them fighting for Zaun.
For sure. “Not for that worm” definitely meant someone deserving would get her loyalty. I actually admire that 😂
Silco’s final scene. Tears every time. Masterful storytelling. 😭
There aren't many stories that can make you upset when a morally bankrupt villain dies. Such good writing.