the fact that Silco spits at Vander for caring more for his adoptive daughters than Zaun and how Vander gave up fighting to get their own nation for his daughters and then 10 years later Silco is doing the same thing, and that *he acknowledges he's doing the same thing* because he said "is there anything as undoing as a daughter?" and that he knew right then and there he would never give up Jinx for Zaun even if he knows it's hypocritical, but that Jinx didn't understand the context so she misread it is all one huge messy beautiful tangle of emotion that really rips me up
The scene envolving Ekko and Powder is a masterpiece of emotions and storytelling, the hability to drive you back in memories *you didnt have* is astonishing.
The animations were incredible in that scene. I don't have the words to describe it. They just nailed it. The emotion it conveyed with the stylish flashbacks, creative shots amd music. It's just art
You know exactly what's happening and you understand what's going on so perfectly and it's all visual storytelling. You can see that both of the characters know what's about to happen, you can see it on their faces. It's so masterfully done.
This show has one of the best character developpements ever. When he was first introduced, Silco was mad at Vander for trying to stop him from waging war against Piltover, and denying "the Nation of Zaun" only because Vander cared too much about his supposed daughters. And ten years later Silco literally does the same thing. That's why he sat in front of Vander's statue when he was considering it. Also in the first episode Silco says "Power comes to those who would do anything to achieve it." and in the last episode he says he wouldn't have given up Jinx no matter what, not even to achieve the power he always dreamed and worked for. It's these details that make me truly admire a show.
This is a great contrast between Silco and Singed. Singed would sacrifice anything for progress, his line "I too once had a daughter" when he was saving Jinx sorta signifies that he is the ultimate extreme, willing to sacrifice anything
@@sineowl443 his locket looks like another character in the show. a kind of...... living magitech clockwork android, who used to be a very sick, living girl. but it is entirely possible that he could have put his dying daughter into the pink dragon thing as a means of preserving her. maybe it leads to magitech body?
@@taddad2641 Orianna never appeared in the show outside the possible image of her in the watch. Although it’d be very hard for Orianna to be Singed’s daughter as the father already had easy access to Hextech similar to what we have in current time period league lore, which isn’t a thing yet in Arcane.
"I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. Don't cry, you're perfect." Goddammit Silco made the whole world get in their feels with that shit.
what makes it better is that act 3 scene parallels the first meeting of the two, and that quote was the contradicting line of viktors "if you wnt to change the world dont ask permission"
@@itrymybest1 Don't even need to look that far, the show starts with Vi and Jinx's parents being slaughtered by the Piltover police force. We get Silco using chemical weapons, and the show ends with Jinx nuking the government. Plenty of war crimes to go around in Arcane.
@@SSD_Penumbra Nope, this show's timeline is set before that. That's why Noxus wants to weaponize the Hextech but probably won't get it so they'll turn to Zaun, find Singed, and ask him to weaponize Chemtech, which will bring us to Singed making a gas poison for the Noxus to use in Ionia.
"They don't want to kill any of their league characters" Knowing that didn't keep my heart from jumping out at the "I made her a snack" scene Also, it's probably for the better you don't know any of the league champions or the game because of this
It also gave fans of the game something to look forward to, like how their story will lead them to become the character we know from the game. (Aka Viktor and his “glorious evolution”)
@@jack90054 yeah, I'm incredibly excited and intrigued to see how the Viktor of now will come to spark the glorious evolution, and how his fall out with Jayce happens (especially since they are A LOT closer in arcane than in lore, as Jayce even calls him like a brother)
I wouldn't take for granted that they won't die some point in the future, but you can be sure that they won't die before they fulfill their final selves (how we know them in the game). Caitlyn isn't sheriff yet, Vi isn't an enforcer, Viktor isn't half robot, so they all still have a story to tell.
From studying boxing, kick boxing and muay thai. Jesus christ Vi's combos are so realistic and soo perfectly executed that it puts some amateur boxers to shame.
Exactly, Im a lifelong student of the sweet science and damn after the combo's she was making I was an instant fan, damn Vi was such a badass. The fight scenes are such a pleasure to watch that it puts live action movies to shame tbh. Plus they added emotional depth to it.
Oh, for such a company to have a life destroying game to have a series that is an absolute masterpiece especially on how they handled Silco and Singed.
i still think that league itself isn't the problem, as it's issues are inherent to online team games. riot is amazing at creating their world, and the game is a great way to bring interest into it
i sometimes play league of legends and i didn't destroyed my life. its about how much you care about things that doesn't deserve your attention. and i think games in general can be really dangerous in your low points so yeah show slaps anyways
Coming from someone who knows nothing about League and loves shows like ATLA and Clone Wars, this is the best show I've ever seen. Everything about it was a masterpiece.
@@sama2086 genuinely im not a league fan but omg its amazing the story telling the characters and tbe setting are genuinely top tier not for a video game show but just shows in general I really would reccomend it
One point that i think deserves more recognition is the voice acting. They did an amazing job, casting stanfield as Vi was on point but the true mvp is the VA for Jinx. I could feel jinx going insane trough her voice. 11/10
How has nobody mentioned Silco in this thread yet? Sure everyone else was amazing too, but for me Silco's voice acting was the best. His voice was so soothing and fitting in every scene.
Love how the show breaks character molds. Examples include: - Jinx being a genius that def needs some help instead of the typical chaotic villain always having a blast - Vi having streetsmarts and recognizing certain details to be clever which shows she's more than some hotheaded thug. And she has experienced lots of trauma and pressure meaning she is not just strong physically but also emotionally and mentally - Vander being practical and forward about the realities he, Vi, and the gang were facing rather than being the “I said so” type (credit to Mackie Lunkey in the replies btw) - Silco somewhat resembling a parental figure to Jinx in his own way with a high level of trust but also being conniving to the point where people argue on whether or not he was good for Jinx - Caitlyn's parents being understanding in some cases rather than following the typical rich snobby parents that only cares about image - People actually getting injured, bruised, bleeding but not overdoing it that way the fight scenes are somewhat realistic and it’s as if you can feel their pain Unrelated but honorable mention: The soundtrack, both songs with vocals and instrumental scores, are a work of art
Silco lived a life of struggle and projected that struggle onto Jinx, but he did so by being caring. He had a brother, and he betrayed him, so when he saw Jinx abandoned by her sister he saw himself, and taught her the lessons he learned by living. He was not a good father overall, but he was a good father for the city that is Zaun.
The thing that impressed me most about Arcane was that the show wasn't scared to be Visceral. There are moments that will and are designed to make you uncomfortable. From Powder's screaming fit in episode 3 to the child cracking on the ground in episode 8, this show is not afraid to turn it up to 11 when it needs too. It's been a hot moment since an animated show has had the balls to show me dark things to indicate something's fucked, and I'm really happy that Arcane is willing to go that extra mile to make the story impactful.
I'll disagree with you about "not afraid of turn it up to 11" because they made the show on a PG13 basis. Not saying that this is a problem, but that it could be a lot more bloody if they made it PG16.
@@RutraNickers There was enough blood. The show knows when to be visceral and when to restrain itself. You don't need piles and piles of blood to get a point across, it's just as impressive if you DON'T use piles of blood. We didn't get to see Craggor's head blow off but we certainly knew exactly what happened.
I finished Arcane today. Honestly I cannot even begin to explain how imaginative and amazing this show is. Top notch show and probably my favorite of all time.
@@JohnDoe-ry8sr not an insult. Arcane is good and all but the recency bias is showing. Its overhyped. Not saying its better than castlevania but it certainly isn't close to best shows.
@@manwithnoname8229 Sir, I do nothing but watch tv for like a decade. I've watched every DC and Marvel 2d superhero movie. This is easily the best animation I've ever seen. If Arcane was truly overhyped then the user review score should have a big disparity with critic score. Castlevania's first episode plot is just garbage. Vampire falls in love with a girl who's not like other girls. Church has her executed cos of course they do. Vampire gets school shooter mad and kills everyone. That's it. That's the plot for the first episode. You even comparing Castlevania to Arcane makes me vomit good sir.
I also appreciate that the villain felt like a clever manipulator and schemer without everything constantly going his way. In fact, he is constantly encountering problems and set backs, which makes sense with how huge an operation he’s running and what he’s trying to do.
Not only that but the very thing causing most of his setbacks is what he loves most, he can't bring himself to get rid of Jinx because he loves her, even if it would make things much easier.
His love and loyalty to his main problem was extremely believable and made him immeasurably relatable and idk almost anti-heroic in a way. I was rooting for Silco the moment I realised he would do anything for his people, even if he had to make shit choices.
The thing with the league characters not dying is that arcane IS actually tied to league lore, the updated one. It is very much a lore series and these characters just don't die in their stories (wich are available to read on the league universe site) but yeah arcane is a lore show but is a great lore show
Exactly my thoughts. The show is in its core an origin story of certain characters. It defends itself firmly even if we separate it from the game, but you cannot say it had nothing to do with it :)
Yeah, the first two seasons are probably going to be catching up to the current state of the world, and from there new things will be happening. But a lot of key moments are definitely pre-known right now.
Yeah I was confused when he said that and then I remember him saying he’s been sober from league for 3 years. Most people who play league don’t even know about the universe website so they don’t know about the lore being created and posted there. Common mistake but hope he reads this comment thread. 💀🤙🏻
I found the Vi/Caitlyn relationship pretty believable tbh. Caitlyn has demonstrated she is open to change and does care about the Lanes, and has helped Vi and saved her atleast once or twice (by freeing her from prison, and then saving her from Sevika and getting her medicine). Moreover in the talk with Ekko, Vi is visibly moved by Caitlyn’s admitting she was naive about the truth and her desire to help the Lanes. The whole relationship is about how two opposite sides of the conflict can work together and come to understand one another. By the end they have gone through some stuff and can depend on one another. The time period was short but it was packed with these moments of clarity and understanding so by Act 3, it felt realistic that both developed camaraderie and understanding for each other. Both learned that the other side wasn’t “bad” as they thought, and that they could at least depend on and trust each other.
I also thought too that at the end when theyre all around the table, Vi is also super concerned about keeping caitlyn safe because if she were to die that would make her see powder in as evil, and she for sure does not want to see that.
I know that the Cait / VI is a fan favorite and obvious lay up for a relationship. Though they have known each other for about a week and i want to see some of that trust / class issues to spring up to flesh them out a bit more as a couple or even just partners in piltover law enforcement ( ekko's in game line about her being a sell out for example). I also will be very disappointed if Cait's mother ends up dying due to what happens not creating some sort of tension or resentment.
Yeah. It only falls apart because the final six episodes happen over just a handful of days (and the first three happen in less than 48 hours). But it's easy to forget that while watching and your mind just fills in the gaps that technically aren't there, but still feel like they are. That's actually quite a masterful storytelling technique in itself. I was taken out of the suspension of disbelief once or twice while watching but they managed to fill the screentime they had with stort pretty well.
The emotion they expressed with just the animation of the eyes (the ways eyes dart around when someone is nervous or the way light distorts in them to create a life-like shimmer, no pun intended) is some elder god tier shit. I've watched a ton of animation in my life, but this is the first time animated characters felt so real to me (the great writing and voice acting was a big plus as well) despite being heavily stylized
@@darko1295 I really liked the subtle movements in faces. Like Jinx saying "Hi" or Powder mocking Mylo after shooting the targets. Caitlyn and her mom subtle signalling each other, stuff like that. It was all gorgeous, both when subtle or when exaggerated.
@@darko1295 Seriously. I can't get over how good their facial expressions were. During the first few episodes, before I had gotten used to it, I was just amazed at how emotionally effective practically every fucking expression was. It's the little things. Like, during the first two minutes of the show, I audibly noted how great that little gesture Powder does when she sees her dead parents is. It's so small, her sort of averting her eyes and clutching her big sister, retreating behind her a bit like she's almost hiding from the sight. And her eyes look up to Vi, like she's looking towards her for how to react, and her eyes glaze over. Then she starts crying as Vi sobs. That's SO fucking realistic. THAT is how a child reacts in such an overstimulating, traumatic environment. A thousand mediocre stories have does this exact same scene, a thousand great ones have too, but they'd have Powder start bawling immediately. It was so, so much more effective to show the mind-numbing shock and to show the subtleties of her reaction... _all without dialogue!_ Fucking incredible.
JINX. Never played League. Never read up on lore. Never did anything related to it. Watching her progression from act 1 to 3...like..Holy shit. And Silco thinking she was abandoned and taking her in and truly loving her and just FUCK I NEED MORE OF THIS SHOW
@@lucaspowell2980 I can't find anything that's as emotionally engaging. Nothing. Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, TH-cam...nothing even comes close and it's driving me a bit insane. Is this what addiction feels like? I'm on my third Arcane binge..
I actually though Caitlyn and Vi's progression was pretty believable. They started out (understandably) suspicious of each other but hardly outright enemies, then set out to accomplish a common goal and quickly went through some extremely dire and emotionally-charged situations together, both saving the other multiple times in the process and all around doing plenty to earn each other's trust. Add a pretty apparent romantic/physical attraction to that ("You're hot, cupcake" literally in like their fourth scene together, plus all the little cheek strokes, and the scene on the bed in ep 8) and it's not at all unreasonable that they could very quickly form a strong emotional bond. Just look at all the historical epidemics of overnight romances during wartime to see that times of crisis tend to speed things up a lot.
@@fdntrinity This, it very much felt to me that Mel was CONTROLLING Jayce for ulterior motives, even now mel is such a fucking wild card to me despite her cooperation with jayce at the end. It just feels soooo.....deceptive. the whole wolf and fox shpiel with her mother(?) Also makes me skeptical of her
@@fdntrinity jayce and mel, as RobbInn above me said, had FIVE years of time together, to build their relationship. Also, i am not good at explaining, so let me just point at one scene to show that she ACTUALLY cared for him. In the last episode, when he wzs presenting the peace agreement to the council, she contemplated agreeing with him, or refusing him, so they can start the war, and make the weapons that her mother needs so she can save thei country, so in the end, she would go back to her country, her family, by her mother's side. But she chose HIM, she took of her family's ring, and raised her hand to approve the peace, choosint HIM OVER her mother and country.
@@artursakis8668 It ended conclusively? That ending left so much open, they pretty much have to do a season 2. And yes, season 2 did get announced about a day ago.
In Arcane pay CAREFUL attention to the emotions and the eyes of the characters. They put PAINSTAKING ability into these emotions coming across as real. Some of the best facial expressions Ive seen in animation. Hats the fuck off to the team.
@@thealessi For real. The absolute terror and pain in her eyes felt so real and it made me feel so incredibly sorry for her. The emotion and motive behind every action of every character is so amazing and so well executed. They really went all out with this show and I’m so glad they didn’t hold anything back when it came to displaying emotion.
Absolutely true. In the scene when cait and Vi laying on the bed together, you can see minor drifting in cait's eyes while Vi's are steady, shows that in that moment they have different feeling and cait are focusing on Vi, then she actually touch Vi to comfort her.
The one thing everyone I've spoken to agrees on, whether they hate league or have never even played it, is that the animations and lore has always been phenomenal and far better than the game ever could be. I'm glad the people behind those finally got their time to shine in a long form medium.
Idk, league is a great game, regardless of all of the hate for it. There's a reason it's been so popular for 12 years. Yes there are games where you get stuck with toxic teammates, probably at an increased rate than most games, but it's all chat box (no hot mic) and can easily be muted! Each match is like a mini chess game so obviously people are going to have different outlooks on how to play that state of the game (which is often where to arguments stem from).
Man, these are two very specific replies to a thing I never said? I said the animations and lore are far better than the game, which is just objectively true. I never said the game was bad, I've been playing since like Season 3
Silco was one of the best villan characters I've ever seen. You don't like him, but you love him. Arcane does an incredible job of showcasing the most important rule of writing: Show don't Tell. The art style and animation really is incredible. I was hooked from the first minute and before I know it 6 hours or so passed lmao
@@tasya_nabila pathetic ending to his character is one of the main reasons. He's a stereotypical villain, having a girl who he sees as a adopted daughter which proves to be is ultimate weakness. His dialogue is rather cringe and clunky at times. Honestly the dialogue in the whole series was rather bad. Gave off an impression that it was meant for a younger audience, typically teenagers and young adults. Also the characters were mostly young as well. Lastly, if you compare Silco to some of the greatest fictional villains of all time, you'll find that Silco does not stand shoulder to shoulder with them. I mean y'all need to consume more better fiction if you're calling him one of the best.
@@KDA_SIMP they defined should explore more of that on Arcane, but a series focused on them individually in one specific story to each of them would be awesome
The series is called Arcane because of how Jayce & Viktor affect the world with hextech. Perhaps there will be some other series focusing on all of lore and even reworkijg some champion Lore, im looking at shaco, teemo and ig nocturne btw
Silco being scared, making mistakes, getting angry, mixed with his charisma and many successes kept him as competent and dangerous while humanizing him as the series went on. He's become one of my favourite villains ever incredibly quickly.
@@djomla9999 Yeah I was really surprised that the dude was breathing heavily, nearly pissing himself after Savika made her move. It made him human, a man using the cards he was dealt with.
I'll just say one thing: Episode 3 final climax is by far the most intense catharsis I've ever felt while watching a piece of media. Never, in my WHOLE LIFE I felt so deeply touched like I did in Arcane. Simply a masterpiece.
[SPOILERS] * * * When I saw Powder getting ready to help out I totally thought she was going to save the day and everyone would walk out happy and fine. Seeing her kill her best friends and being responsible for the death of her “father” is brutal. It’s not what I expected and I was literally in shock the rest of the day after watching that.
@@gf408 I know right and can we also mention the expressions and detail are glorious. I have cried how Powder cried. When she says "she is not my sister anymore" and we see her eyes bloodshot from all the sobbing. It's ugly, it's good, I love it!
Silco couldn't understand why Vander would stop his fight for Zaun over his kids. At the end of the show, he was given the choice to get Zaun but he had to give up his kid. Very poetic.
Yeah, he even said (while sitting in front of Vander's statue) that he finally understood him (Vander), while in the back of the statue there was Jinx, she heard all of it (Like silco killed vander stuff) and etc (Ep9)
The animation during Jinx's insanity moments peticularly stand out to me, with the scribbly chaotic images n' shit, they were genuinely stressful at times and really complemented her character.
Regarding the spoilers section, I thought Vi and Caitlyn's relationship was developed perfectly. They never hated each other, idk where that idea came from. Vi isn't the type of person to hate somebody just because they come from Piltover, especially someone who freed her after being imprisoned for years
Yeah I thought it was done well. It wasn’t rushed. From the start Vi is antagonistic but opens up when she realizes Caitlyn genuinely wants to help, and cares about the Lanes. Her life is also saved atleast twice by Caitlyn. There is a foundation of trust there. They only knew other for a short period, but in this short period they went through a ton of eye opening events that displayed both of their true chatacters and helped to facilitate that loyalty and camaraderie between the two.
i agree, they never hated each other, they just didn’t know each other and had bias towards the others identity. like of course vi wouldn’t like an enforcer after an enforcer killed her parents, and caitlin simply wasn’t taught right about the undercity. throughout their relationship, they had plenty of banter that eventually turned into friendly jabs. it wasn’t sudden at all to me.
They didn't really hate each other, they hated the idea of someone from the other side. Once they got to know each other a bit, they were able to see past the caricature of what they imagined the other to be like.
When you talked about the pacing and with vi and caitlyns relationship being rushed I was actually thinking of ekko and jinx’s friendship as kids, and overall everyone’s friendships as kids. I wish they had more of that
Hmm yeah. But i think putting flashbacks with him would lessen the reveal of Ekko being the Firelight leader. Plus there was almost a strict "rule" that we got no flashbacks at all from Jinx and Vi. I do hope we get that in s2. Ekko and powder flashbacks (from Ekko's perspective) And jinx and Silco flashbacks.. But hey, we got q bit of Ekko and Powder moments in the Enemy Music video!
@@Crystalitar I wasn’t even saying flashbacks, just saying in those first 2 episodes more of them being friends. It probably would’ve ruined the pacing tho. I just always find the enemy music video very interesting how much it shows them as kids
Bruh it really is a shame for powder and ekko cuz you can see more of their childhood together in the frickin imagine dragons music video of the show's theme song.
Yeah, I thought I will get some impact when they fight at bridge. If the kid phase Ekko and Jinx have few more screen time. maybe the scene itself that didn't work for me, it's amazing scene tho. Or I'm just stupid because vibing with the music and have no idea what happened
Dont want to sound like RIOT paid me or something. But there was scenes in this series after which I had bad time sleeping because i could not stop thinking about them.
spoiler but the ekko and jinx fight scene on the bridge was some of the coolest art shit i've ever seen in an animated show, there are other scenes that give the same vibe but that one really stands out
Victor was my favourite character by a mile, his story is so incredibly well built, started from nowhere to wanting to save the world at the top echelons of Pilt, with the ultimate goal of bringing good to the world rather than getting caught up in the glitz and glamour of the city and his character in the game in general is freaking cool. Also I feel he isn't appreciated enough, without him, Jayce couldn't have gotten his research off the ground and his research would have probably taken longer without him, honestly Victor is a legend.
Jayce worked on hextech for what probably years and couldn't even stabilize it, viktor chimes in and fix it in a matter of days Viktor is just a fucking chad
I don't see much people talk about it. But the cinematography should also get amazing credit. Almost every scene is a painting in it of itself. Alot of the big action song and tension scenes have the smoothest fucking transitions I've ever seen. Not to mention the composition and constant iconography and symbolism in each scene.
the CONSTANT play with eyes, the sides of people's faces that are showing, the "human" right eye and the "monster" left. Silco's scar out of sight when he holds Jinx. Vi turning and showing us her right side monster eye when we first see her in the cell. Jinx's one lock of hair hanging in the way of her "human" right eye. There are loads more examples - these are just off the top of my head.
Every scene is composition is at least shown twice, to give a constant reminder of what the specific character has gone through and experienced. Give for expample the jinx bar scene.
EXACTLY, couldn't agree more! Nearly every scene has a tear away, fade, burn or color matching transition. Seriously, for something animated to have camera awareness at this level is very rare 🔥🔥🔥
They're going to be using Arcane in classrooms for years to come, this series is a master class in writing and excellent animation. Bravo to studio Fortiche, they knocked it out of the fucking park.
Not just the villain. Honestly almost every recurring character in this show had depth to some degree. They all had motivations and they were all struggling with their own morality and principles.
even singed had enough sense of morality to sedate that one character before that one thing happened bc he himself had a daughter. was really insightful.
Even marcus who was a coward and corrupt thought about his daughter in his last moments. He was doing all these things so Silco wouldnt hurt his daughter
The only character that doesnt really have that much depth was sky. She was introduced for victor and killed as a plot device for Viktor. Even Marcus had a character development.
A fun thing about characters feeling "un-killable", during an event way back in 2015 (I think) League of Legends they actually killed a character named Gangplank and disabled him as a playable character in the game for a while. Makes me confident that there shouldn't be too much plot armor and excited to see what comes next.
gangplank doesn't die only mf thinks that he dies after she blasts his ship so only when u see from her pov hes dead but he survives and goes to illaoi to show him the truth of that sea god thing lol characters dont die and i think thats alright, it didn't ruin my fun from watching arcane
@@mrinchantubeI'm more-so referencing their bold decision making in 2015 directly in League itself when they decided to completely disable him from the game prior to what we know now (Ruined King and additional lore drops) about Gangplank's fate which we only learn about more years later. At the time, they had fully committed to the story they had woven, even if it meant messing with people that mained the champ! Riot themselves said "“Champion death is unprecedented in League of Legends and we do not take it lightly.”
one thing i absolutely loved about this show is how the characters are all basically morally grey. everyone’s got blood on their hands and it allows the viewer to relate better. riot did so good.
Over the last few years, Riot has really been sanitizing Jinx, toning down on her violence and the evil of her random crimes to make her a more palatable brand ambassador, so I was really impressed that Arcane is *not* afraid to have Jinx kill people. She kills a *lot* of people.
They aren’t killing the characters because the show is cannon, the show does lead into where the characters are current day in game so if a character dies in the show how would they be in the game, I did like how the gave decently valid reasons why the characters who should’ve died have not died, especially jinx, she’s alive but the process has completely pushed her over the edge and destroyed whatever was left of powder
Yeah that's why I'm not really upset league characters had plot armor in Arcane since it was all a prequel to current day lore. On the other hand though I hope with season 2 (if it's current day which I'm pretty confident it will be) they take risks and do kill off champs if it makes sense in the story.
@@herculet Killing off a character isn't viable because it would break all semblance of lore adaptation. They are covering a timeline where these characters are alive, they fill in some blanks and alter some aspects for creative expression / easier story telling, but the results will more than vaguely resemble the lore. So they can't kill of the main cast even if it was "viable" from a pure story driven perspective.
Not exactly "completely canon", but yeah - most of the stuff is on-point. Hextech wasn't invented by Jayce and Viktor in the original lore. It should have been invented a loooong time ago. Some other things were a bit different, like Jayce and Viktor's relationship. But generally speaking - Yeah, it's mostly canon.
@@barrel5168 What you said, yes. The lore was made when they were just starting out I'm pretty sure, so obviously wanting to make changes to lore would come with being such a long running franchise that wasn't expecting to be this big when they first started.
I’ve never felt so emotionally attached to fictional characters in the same way I got attached to every single character in this show. It really shows how much life the characters are given- their facial expressions, body language, voices, and their stories really make them all their own person and it shows. I finished watching arcane a few days ago now, but last night I saw something that reminded me of a particular character death brought me to tears again without even really trying, and without actually rewatching the death scene. I was reminded of the actual pain I felt knowing said character was really gone. This show is special. ( for those who’ve seen it, “don’t cry you’re perfect” for those who haven’t seen it…. You’ll know what I mean when you hear those words.)
dude me too ive been like ... emotionally affected by this show lmao i finished it days ago and i still think about the characters as if theyre real and those things actually happened to them
A relationship between Silco and Jinx is surprisingly heartbreaking. even tho there are some sort of manipulative and abusive behind the scene, but in some sense, This two still connected to each other.
Right?! I was genuinely surprised by that. Their closeness. It seemed they were both broken people who connected to one another - although in Powder/Jinx's case it was through manipulation on Silco's part. I think he probably developed some kind of fatherly protective feelings towards her that surprised even him. It's an interesting dynamic that first made me furious then I was kind of sad about how it ended?Only great writing/voice acting can do that.
@@EllawoodBlues I honestly feel like he didn’t try to manipulate her much at all, I think he saw himself in her, vander turned on Silco the same way vi turned on powder, she even says it wasn’t silco that made jinx it was vi, and especially in that last scene you see how much silco really cared for her. They built up this father-daughter relationship over like 5 episodes and I think it’s meant to show how genuine it was, despite the fucked up circumstance that started it all
@@mr.lolipopwithmustache5002 bro i read about that. The noxus invasion to ionia was fucking brutal lmao, like using kids so ionian soldiers sympathize and hold back. Crazy
@@PikaPiMC yes if you have only seen/read a couple of fictions you shouldn't be sayng such rubish as "hes on off the best villains"when there are so many better out there.
Vi and jinx were the real stars of the show for me. Both characters felt so real and seeing their relationship go up and down was so interesting. What an incredible show. I wasn't expecting this from riot.
SPOILER ALERT: I love how the ending is mirroring what happened in Act 1: We have someone who has worked all of his life for a cause and for his people, and the moment he can achieve his goals in exchange for his adoptive daughter he realizes he's unable to let her go (first Vander with Vi, then Silco with Jinx). At the same time, both deaths are Powder/Jinx's fault and both are important moments in defining Jinx's personality and identity. Apart from that, in both situations everything would have been ok without Jinx: The kids had freed Vander and were ready to go, but Jinx screwed it up, killing them, while at the end of act 3 the council had just agreed on going the peaceful route and everyone would have gotten what they wanted, but Jinx completely fucked it up. Jinx is destined to Jinx things up, it's almost poetic
There is one problem with your analysis, which is otherwise pretty good. The peaceful route the council agree to go with was dependent upon Silco handing Jinx over to Piltover, which we know he wasn't going to do. It was going to go south whether or not Jinx nuked the council voting chamber, because Silco backed out of the deal.
Vander was never going to sell out Vi. Vi knew about the deal with grayson cuz ekko told her so SHE HERSELF called the enforcer and she was going to turn herself in. Vander noticed it and went as fast as he could so vi wouldn't get taken.
The silco jinx relationship is so beautifully and toxically crafted. He's a Terrible man who used jinx for his purposes and grew feelings for her as a father. She shouldn't listen to his words but he was the only person "there for her".
Idk when she kept sitting on his lap it was weird. I dont understand because jinx doesnt really return that. It was digusting for me to watch it honestly I didnt like any of the scenes with them.
I don’t think there’s anything sexual between them. Jinx is just very childlike obviously, and hasn’t really mentally aged all that much from when he first found her. It’s likely shes just been keeping up her childlike tendencies, and he’s learned to accept it. Their relationship is anything but romantic.
silco never used her for his purposes the reason he adopted jinx was because he saw what happened between her and vi and it reminded him of what happened between him and vander
I love how they didn't just make him a goofy bad guy that wanted to take revenge on Vander for betraying him. He genuinely cares for his people, the people of Zaun. He's a revolutionist, he grew up in a fucked up environment where the people in charge, piltover, didn't care about them at all. He's trying to create a better future for Zaunites.
Thought he was a manipulative bastard , manipulating jinx to become a weapon . Instead he is also love jinx as her own daughter and Will do anything for her . Damn the end hit me hard
@@abcdefsuzu no he wanted revenge, he was a kingpin manipulating the others along with jinx. If he truly cared about the zauniens he would have stopped getting them addicted to shimmer, the rich people were no better but that doesn't justify silco's actions.
@@kiktik2413 I don't think revenge was his goal at any point. Protecting Jinx, Creating a soverign Zaun, and surviving those were his goals. Every action he takes seems to align with one of those 3 things.
For the whole “league characters don’t die” aspect - it’s supposed to be a backstory series to explain the characters currently in the game and to explore their lore. It actually does correspond with the lore, but some things have been tweaked
@@stratus- yea I mistook lux with Camille I haven't played league in years, I realised after I made the comment and was to lazy to change it I guess it also retcons some of Jayces lore since he never invented hextech in game but its pretty minor compared to Camilles retcon, although fortiche has said Arcane is not canon so I doubt it matters anyway
It's literally not possible for them to have killed off any League Champions in Arcane yet, this is a prequel. We already know who they became, this is just showing what shaped them.
Wrong about one thing: Arcane IS DIRECTLY tied in to League's lore. Everything that happens in the show is a precursor to who the characters finally end up being as we see them in the game, like Jinx getting her pink eyes, Vi getting her gloves, Singed experimenting on Vander to eventually become Warwick, so on and so on.
Vander becoming Warwick is heavily hinted at but not fully confirmed at any point. Additionally, the lore aspect is changed quite significantly since it's stated that in her original lore, Vi used Chem-Baron Mining Gauntlets to save trapped people in a mine before being noticed by Enforcers/Wardens from Piltover and had them upgraded. This is of course similar to what happens in Arcane but altered slightly.
@@lachlanwu2838 That's incorrect. Riot a few years ago had announced they were separating the lore of the rift from the lore of the world of Runeterra. If you go and read Vi's biography on their website, you'll see how closely Arcane follows it. Every champion is out in the world doing stuff, and aren't drawn into the League of Legends for one reason or another like in the OG lore.
The voice cast absolutely knocks it out of the park. Silco being the big standout but pretty much everyone does extremly well aided by the outstanding facial animations that take the voice actors lines to a new level.
"You can have powder back" that line hits, to be honest, and I think I actually for a second considered the conditions for getting powder back, real hard.
The only major problem I have with arcane is that whenever I tell somebody to watch it they think I’m a league player. Please god no don’t think of me like that
SPOILERS: Silco definitely was not your standard villain. Charlie is absolutely right when he says that Riot did an excellent job with him. The two scenes that really stand out to me are when Silco takes Jinx to be healed by Singed, and when Jinx is doing her Joker-level mind games in episode 9 when she "accidentally" shoots him. Both scenes show that he thinks of her as his actual daughter and not just another hireling or thug under his command like Sevika or the others.
Moreover...the narrative sort of validizes him. He was almost able to get zaunite sovereignty, without too much bloodshed, but at the cost of his daughter. He wouldn’t have been able to make that choice though.
@@36shadowboy Agreed! He really is an integral part of the story throughout the series. And that last line of "I never would have given you to them" definitely shows his inner conflict between the cause and his family.
@@7GamesUnlimited7 It's kind of in a moral grey area for me, since part of her snapped and I felt that part of her wanted to, while the other didn't mean to do it. I dunno, it's just kind of how I judged the scene.
@@36shadowboy and at that moment he finally realized why Vander stopped his revolution. That reaching your goals while everyone you love dies isn't worth it. He tought Vander was weak, but at the end he realized you need to be strong to make such a decision.
For me it was really tragic and jarring. They play that game like they did when they were kids having fun, but then we cut to reality where they're trying to kill each other. To put that into perspective imagine you and your sibling are playing cops and thieves or something, and this is the memory that plays along while you are literally trying to shoot and kill them.
The fight scene was incredible, I loved the stylization of the beginning and I loved how they represented Ekko's Ult in game instead as a memory he was learning from in a child like way, then immediately juxtapose with the real, gritty violence of actually trying to kill each other. I don't think there was a scene I didn't love in this show
I know exactly the scene Charlie is talking about, that scene with jinx and the firelight leader literally gave me goose bumps. The music and the scene together just absolutely blew my mind.
Ekko vs Jinx was my favorite fight scene but I'm a bit biased. Ekko's lore is what got me into reading the rest of leagues lore and them foreshadowing his ult was cheeky
As a non league of legends fan, I wasn’t really excited for arcane, but then I started watching it, and just now I finished the whole series and it is a MASTERPIECE of animation. If it doesn’t get a second season I will be very upset!
Big Dota 2 person, and I gotta admit, although dragon's blood wasn't the fuckfest I expected for a dota 2 show, Arcane just was on another level, it was amazing.
Im a dota player as well but i have a great disdain for League. I find the game incredibly boring but i gotta say, everything around it is genuinely great. Their Worlds Championship always has a great music video and song to accompany. I've only watched the first episode of Deagon's Blood and I wasn't immediately hooked, is it really worth watching? I was hoping it would get really good, but i didnt have the time to jump in and find out myself
@@BapiBoozle After watching Arcane. This show makes Dragon Blood look meh. At first it was interesting watching Dragon Blood , give it a 7/10 but Arcane is beyond the scale. So not worth watching it when there a masterpiece show right now.
Arcane is actually heavily based off of the lore, to the point that they only retconned/changed a few minor things. It's mainly just a large expansion of the story that details things we didn't know about before
yeah.. that's a lie right there, arcane it's reconecting tons of pieces of lore that league has been changing over the years, this is maybe the thirth remake of the lore. idk why people keep saying the same when the lore wasn't the focus of the game until recently and has change alot.
@@radielkill that barely made sense but Jinx and Vi’s lore has never been that in-depth… it has always just been “Vi works with Caitlyn as an enforcer and Jinx is crazy.” It has barely been explored, especially not their lives earlier on ( which this show is now filling in)
My favorite character was definitely Silco Spoilers : I thought in Act 1 he was gonna be your typical creepy one eyed villain but by Act 3 they added so much depth to his character that I wasn’t expecting. I love that he actually did love Jinx the way Vander did and wasn’t just using her.
The best part about this and other twists is, they all happen naturally. By the time the statue scene rolled around, I was completely on board with him making the decision that he did.
It was actually kind of ironic or poetic(idk what's the right word) that silco kinda ended up somewhat like vandar. Sacrificing his dream over someone that he thought of as his own daughter. That part actually surprised me
God dude that scene when he's talking to the statue of Vander, realizing that he couldn't give up Jinx just like Vander couldn't give up Vi. Absolutely brilliant.
With Vi and Caitlyn, I think the point of their sudden "closeness" is that even though they are oil and water in many circumstances, they both just wanted justice, peace, and literally just harmony. Just my opinion.
thats a warwick quote. which is either a very nice coincidence because warwick is basicaly announced for season 2 or you did it on purpose knowing what i just wrote
@@Pepsimaximo1 considering Ekko doesn’t have his time gadget and Vi isn’t an enforcer, Warwick doesn’t exist yet, among other things, it’s pretty confirmed.
@@MohammedKhal1d I know next to nothing about LoL, nothing about the lore or anything. I decided to give it a shot after watching this moist meter and I watched it all in pretty much one sitting. I knew nothing about any of the characters or who they were but like Charlie said the writing, visuals, and audio makes you feel a connection with a characters. 10/10 would recommend, even if you are like myself and aren’t interested in LoL.
They're making something like that, it was announced back in 2020 when they dropped all their other games. Not to mention an MMORPG as well. And Ruined King dropped a few weeks ago!
The Vander tease at the end just made me want more of this. Also would like Savika to become a champ, those laser slashes with her arm thing were dope and she'd be able to have a cool use of shimmer as an ability
@@SorakuteeYT Thats a theory about Vander being Warwick and at the end of season 1 we can see Warwick hanging from the ceiling. If its Vander or not is yet to be revealed (but its like 90% that its him)
@@dovade9988 I don’t think so, he can fight but what would he fight for? Zaun or Jinx? If he lose, Jinx will be handed over: but if he wins, he’s forced to give up Jinx in exchange for Zaun. It’s a gamble for him, and so he would rather see the world go up in flames than sacrifice Jinx. That’s why he talked to Vander’s statue, as a memoir of what Vander had done in the first three episodes.
Something i highly value is the fact that it's a really newcomer-friendly show. You don't need to know anything about the game and the lore to understand the story and enjoy it. I'm sure there is some easter eggs, but the series is self-sufficient ^^
Exactly. I haven't touched LoL and I understood everything in this show and it actually made me do more research on the characters. This is the best way to make an adaptation of a long lasting video game
Also easter eggs for league players and even lore we needed for characters such as jinx and vis backstory and can't wait to finally see Victor's endgame
cuz the show doesnt really focus on the fantasy part as much its more of the characters. you could take it and apply it into the real world and it would still feel the same
@@micah459 you should watch Warwick’s introduction cinematic to get hyped for season 2. If you look closely at the end of episode 9 there’s a shot with Silco’s evil scientist guy and above him you can see a wolf looking thing. Also at the end of the season 2 teaser video they put out, they played Warwick’s theme sound.
The sad thing is that people immediately turn down the show just because of the fast thats is an animation from a game. I gave it a try and it literally has NOTHING to do with the game, except the character from it. It wasnt made for solely fans of LoL and people who understand League, even if you never played games in your life you'd still LOVE Arcane, trust me. This show is one of a kind. There wouldve been problems if the show was called League or League of Legends or smthn
The show, Arcane, is following the actual lore of League of Legends. So, if the characters don't die in the lore, they won't die in the show. This is absolutely ok. The lore for League is insanely deep. See Necrits videos :D
its not actually extremely basic idea they basically rewrote jayces whole character and made is kind of friendship with victor into brotherhood victor is also pretty different than the lore singed lore is different is well theyre taking a lot of liberties with it which is good but its not following it
@@muhammadshaaf7178 Viktor, Jayce, and the history of Piltover and hextech was changed but Singed lore wasnt. It actually doesn't change anything from his lore, it just clarifies the sequence of events.
When Powder cries and sobs (both times) I felt that. The animation and the emotion in the expressions are so good. The fight scenes are good. Vi kicks ass, Jinx kicks ass. Even the baddies are cool and you can understand their plight.
The thing is, Riot has always released really high quality cinematics and animations, to the point where the community has been forever meming that "Wish the game looked like that". In fact, for almost a decade, with every cinematic release, it was "Wish riot made a movie or a series or something", and so, finally, they've done it, to nobody's disappointment
Silco is a crazy good written villain, his whole arc is perfect. He goes form a villain who doesn't understand his brother and feels betrayed, to someone who is also a father, and finally understands why Vander wasn't willing to give up his daughters for Zaun.
I thought I disliked the guy, and wouldn't cry if he died, but I'm suprised that I did. I really thought he was just using Jinx, and manipulating her, but in the end we could see that he was genuine. His last words hurt so much 'Don't cry, you're perfect'
I knew in the back of my head that Silco was the antagonist, but act 2 and 3 Silco made me forget about it. I couldn't pick sides at all. I was intrigued and invested in every main character.
Honestly SIlco is so well written that I honestly forgot he was the main villain. Everything is the show is never black or white, there's so much depth in every side of the show and they wrote it in a way that I could understand and almost sympathize with most of the characters.
Tbh it's better than the game despite Arcane not being a game at all. At first when I saw it on my page, I cringed. What made me watch it was the famous "you're hot cupcake" scene that got recommended to be on yt. I have no regrets at all, and I always find something to complain about. Arcane deserves more than 10/10
I didn’t touch Arcane until today, I let the hype die down and decided to watch when I’m ready because I was very sceptical. Wow I was so so wrong to be sceptical, I watched the whole thing in one sitting and blown away. I played from season 2 and this was such a service to long time fans. I just wish there was more. This is easily one of my favourite shows ever.
jinx’s portrayal was absolutely heart wrenching, i adore it. it was such a good way to show how her trauma effects her in her own specific way and how she refuses to grow up,, she’s trapped in a version of that person she was when everything with her friends happened and can’t move past it. plus the ending with the chairs was incredible. i just love how they visually showed her mentality. edit: woah hello thank you for all the likes ! as someone who’s been diagnosed with ptsd and has struggled with trauma and the idea of who i once was vs who i am now, abandonment, and how people remember who i used to be jinx’s portrayal spoke to me on a very deep level. even just down to the way she breaks down or her thought processes when her past is brought up,, how she regresses into powder and how it’s so obvious she’s built up this personality to protect herself now and still struggles deeply and goes back to just being a scared, irritable little kid when she faces something her mind isn’t ready to process yet,, it’s really a touching portrayal. obviously there’s a lot that’s different in her case, but i appreciate their portrayal of the effects traumatic experiences and guilt can have on someone.
@@visicircle yes !! i loved all of the small switches it showed from powder trying to be jinx and jinx trying to find some semblance of powder again,, and finally her giving in and saying that she thought vi could still love her in the way she did before but now she realizes she can’t,, just like. ouch.
Just started watching the show two nights ago, knowing nothing at all about LoL. Even though I'm still only halfway through the first eposode, the show is really well made. The way it's shot and the musical score are my favorite parts so far. That opening was amazing.
"3 years sober" - is the perfect, just so perfect wording. Nothing describes my craving for LoL (that I hated so much while playing) after years of being sober from it. The high of that epic win, the need for that epic win, it's literally like a drug.
Also "no abusive father." Yeah totally, Silco actually loved Jinx so the whole manipulating her into attaching to him and casting aside her most important relationships and doing whatever he says and weaponizing her mental illness.... Not fucked up at all
@@rileyjones6957 He never manipulated her into getting attached to him and in hindsight I kind of understand his reasons for putting so much pressure on Jinx and why he had to keep her away from Vi. All the things she pulled off on her heist in episode 4 were completely unexpected, but the consequences were clear to everyone involved. Zaun wasn't prepared for a revolution and Silco was already from the start against the idea of turning Jinx in which would've been a nonnegotiable demand by Piltover, due to her clear involvement in actual terrorism. The only way to keep Jinx and Zaun safe at the same time, was to trust in the weaponization of the gemstone which ironically only Jinx could achieve. So to keep Jinx safe he has to rely on her to save herself, which is impossible if she gets torn between Vi and Silco or - arguably even worse - getting arrested by Vi's enforcer friend Caitlyn who he knows nothing about except for the fact that she's eagerly investigating against his adoptive daughter.
@@Syorbic There's many, but from which medium? From books, I'd probably pick Judge Holden from Blood Meridian. From tv shows, Walter White or Lorne Malvo. From Movies, Hannibal Lecter or Heath Ledger's Joker. All I know is they and many others are all far better written than Silco who reminds of Askeladd, a great anime villain but a bootleg version of him.
[Spoilers] They won't kill the league characters because Arcane is canon to league lore. Scenery of Piltover are identical to 8 year old videos (get jinxed), and Arcane just built on the preexisting (although pretty sparce) Vi/Jinx lore. Since other RIOT shows have been in production for many years, we may see a show where a league champion dies, maybe one placed in the Shadow Isles, where a ton of undead champions live. Definitely excited for whatever they have in store though, they smashed it with Arcane.
Spoilers!! Canonically Warwick dies and comes back in his lore, and you see his corpse in Episode 9. Season 2 has been confirmed to have Warwick. My biggest theory is that Vander is Warwick, if you want to see some old lore become relevant from one of the oldest champions in league. Go check out Warwicks lore page, everything is lining up for Vander becoming Warwick in Season 2 and I'm hyped.
The worst bit about Arcane is that it makes me want to play League. I know I mustn’t, the temptation is strong though.
Wakes the gayness again right?
please dont
Play Legends of Runeterra instead, way more chill and fun!
NO
i have already fell into the trap
It's cool to see the perspective of a former addict who discovered his ex-lover was turned into an anime.
Lol wtf
The crossover we all need 😂
my man necrit
Can relate, my ex lover turned into a snake
Necrit the lore addict!
This art style and animation absolutely slaps. They should make a game out of this series
Okay
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So true bestie
no they shouldn't
God I hope they don’t
the fact that Silco spits at Vander for caring more for his adoptive daughters than Zaun and how Vander gave up fighting to get their own nation for his daughters and then 10 years later Silco is doing the same thing, and that *he acknowledges he's doing the same thing* because he said "is there anything as undoing as a daughter?" and that he knew right then and there he would never give up Jinx for Zaun even if he knows it's hypocritical, but that Jinx didn't understand the context so she misread it is all one huge messy beautiful tangle of emotion that really rips me up
This tbh. One can never quite understand how undoing family can be without any.
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@@platinum-or3y it's a youtube comment bro I'm not writing grammatically correct for a comment, this isn't college
@@ksc3495 Sad!
@@platinum-or3y big ratio
The scene envolving Ekko and Powder is a masterpiece of emotions and storytelling, the hability to drive you back in memories *you didnt have* is astonishing.
Also a great homage to ekkos in-game abilities
The animations were incredible in that scene. I don't have the words to describe it. They just nailed it. The emotion it conveyed with the stylish flashbacks, creative shots amd music. It's just art
You know exactly what's happening and you understand what's going on so perfectly and it's all visual storytelling. You can see that both of the characters know what's about to happen, you can see it on their faces. It's so masterfully done.
For sure
That scene i had a pog face the whole time. It was so damn epic
This show has one of the best character developpements ever. When he was first introduced, Silco was mad at Vander for trying to stop him from waging war against Piltover, and denying "the Nation of Zaun" only because Vander cared too much about his supposed daughters. And ten years later Silco literally does the same thing. That's why he sat in front of Vander's statue when he was considering it. Also in the first episode Silco says "Power comes to those who would do anything to achieve it." and in the last episode he says he wouldn't have given up Jinx no matter what, not even to achieve the power he always dreamed and worked for. It's these details that make me truly admire a show.
This is a great contrast between Silco and Singed. Singed would sacrifice anything for progress, his line "I too once had a daughter" when he was saving Jinx sorta signifies that he is the ultimate extreme, willing to sacrifice anything
@@AntonioMac3301 oh wait...was that pink dragon thing his daughter? if yes, then damn he pulled a Shou Tucker
@@sineowl443 his locket looks like another character in the show. a kind of...... living magitech clockwork android, who used to be a very sick, living girl.
but it is entirely possible that he could have put his dying daughter into the pink dragon thing as a means of preserving her. maybe it leads to magitech body?
@@taddad2641 Orianna never appeared in the show outside the possible image of her in the watch. Although it’d be very hard for Orianna to be Singed’s daughter as the father already had easy access to Hextech similar to what we have in current time period league lore, which isn’t a thing yet in Arcane.
@@Wildcat12 I thought it was said that Arcane is not canon
"I never would have given you to them. Not for anything. Don't cry, you're perfect."
Goddammit Silco made the whole world get in their feels with that shit.
I got you early lets goo
That's a spoiler...
@@lilscenechick1995 Not a spoiler if you dont know the context...
you again
@@lilscenechick1995 Okay? Show's been ended for almost a week. It's fair game now.
Riot developed a game for more than 10 years just to advertise this series. Absolute genius
you've commented this under so many videos
@@juliengaius6123 I guarantee you he's not the original person that came up with that comment.
Makes sense
Kinda sad how people go out of their way to steal others' comments for some youtube comment section clout
In that case they failed cuz the game is ass cheeks compared to the show
"In the pursuit of 'great', we failed to do 'good'."
Best line in the series.
:( . "we forgor" atleast jayce discovered sextech
I think it was "failed", but still mvp line
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@@Matkatamiba yeah, it's, "we failed to do good."
what makes it better is that act 3 scene parallels the first meeting of the two, and that quote was the contradicting line of viktors "if you wnt to change the world dont ask permission"
"You won't see any war crimes be committed"
uh... right...
Season 2 will lead more of Noxus, there will be a lot of war crimes
@@itrymybest1 Don't even need to look that far, the show starts with Vi and Jinx's parents being slaughtered by the Piltover police force. We get Silco using chemical weapons, and the show ends with Jinx nuking the government. Plenty of war crimes to go around in Arcane.
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Especially since Noxus might get involved yeah, Noxus is basically the Hitler of Runeterra
@@chriscausaren also Demacians since they are pretty much doing a genocide on mages
"It's not like they show warcrimes" - First scene is literally an enforcer executing wounded rebels
Also wait for what singed does to Ionia
@@EmenussGOamazing This is set after the Noxian invasion of Ionia. They've retconned Singed's involvement.
A prisoner of war is executed in Act III
@@MrRenanHappy Noxus
@@SSD_Penumbra Nope, this show's timeline is set before that. That's why Noxus wants to weaponize the Hextech but probably won't get it so they'll turn to Zaun, find Singed, and ask him to weaponize Chemtech, which will bring us to Singed making a gas poison for the Noxus to use in Ionia.
so no one's gonna talk about how viktor almost killed himself just to be saved by jayce the same way he saved jayce years ago? "am i interrupting? "
YES as soon as jayce said that i was like omg he said the same thing that viktor said..
I have literally only noticed it when watching arcane a second time
That scene made me want to burst out in tears it was so perfect and emotional and so yes
Honestly, this is just one of the many parallels that the show's writing had to offer. The writing is so fucking phenomenal.
It was absolutely fuckin beautiful.
"They don't want to kill any of their league characters"
Knowing that didn't keep my heart from jumping out at the "I made her a snack" scene
Also, it's probably for the better you don't know any of the league champions or the game because of this
It also gave fans of the game something to look forward to, like how their story will lead them to become the character we know from the game. (Aka Viktor and his “glorious evolution”)
@@jack90054 yeah, I'm incredibly excited and intrigued to see how the Viktor of now will come to spark the glorious evolution, and how his fall out with Jayce happens (especially since they are A LOT closer in arcane than in lore, as Jayce even calls him like a brother)
Bro I’ve never played league or knew anything about so when I was watching that scene I was shitting bricks
I wouldn't take for granted that they won't die some point in the future, but you can be sure that they won't die before they fulfill their final selves (how we know them in the game). Caitlyn isn't sheriff yet, Vi isn't an enforcer, Viktor isn't half robot, so they all still have a story to tell.
@@smlgd Jinx have her shark already.....
Jinx's death on second season confirmed, fellas
From studying boxing, kick boxing and muay thai. Jesus christ Vi's combos are so realistic and soo perfectly executed that it puts some amateur boxers to shame.
It’s nice to know the 6 years they spent was worth it as well as effective.
Exactly, Im a lifelong student of the sweet science and damn after the combo's she was making I was an instant fan, damn Vi was such a badass. The fight scenes are such a pleasure to watch that it puts live action movies to shame tbh. Plus they added emotional depth to it.
I dont even think its forced. She literally has to fight to survive.
Dude I liked the practice scene the most imo. Like damn, someone actually having a guard in an animation
Jake Paul vs Vi plz
Oh, for such a company to have a life destroying game to have a series that is an absolute masterpiece especially on how they handled Silco and Singed.
th-cam.com/video/JshoJbUqW6A/w-d-xo.html.
good, all that salt and toxicity in my teens didn't happen for nothing.
i still think that league itself isn't the problem, as it's issues are inherent to online team games. riot is amazing at creating their world, and the game is a great way to bring interest into it
And viktor
i sometimes play league of legends and i didn't destroyed my life. its about how much you care about things that doesn't deserve your attention. and i think games in general can be really dangerous in your low points so yeah show slaps anyways
Charlie: “You’re not going to like see any war crimes or anything”
Zaun: *Screams in multiple child soldiers and chemical warfare*
Child labour* and the death of children 🤣
yet
Does shimmer/turbo chemtanks count as chemical warfare? It feels like chemical warfare...
Translation: You are going to see MULTIPLE war crimes
The “what could have been” scene is definitely also a war crime
Coming from someone who knows nothing about League and loves shows like ATLA and Clone Wars, this is the best show I've ever seen. Everything about it was a masterpiece.
no way its better than ATLA man....
@@sama2086 it's an aggressive claim, but it's true
@@josiahpeterson17 this claim means I have to watch even as someone who isn't a fan of league or anime usually... I'm excited for it now though
@@sama2086 I have zero knowledge regarding LoL and I was blown away. Seriously amazing.
@@sama2086 genuinely im not a league fan but omg its amazing the story telling the characters and tbe setting are genuinely top tier not for a video game show but just shows in general I really would reccomend it
One point that i think deserves more recognition is the voice acting.
They did an amazing job, casting stanfield as Vi was on point but the true mvp is the VA for Jinx. I could feel jinx going insane trough her voice.
11/10
The kid that voice acted for powder in ep 3 was God tier
Am i the only one that thought jinx sounds exactly margot robbie?
@@dilano.a6866 Margot's Harley Queen, yes
That one episode where "get jinxed" gets played had me speechless, you can see how riot didnt forget their old theme songs/roots
How has nobody mentioned Silco in this thread yet? Sure everyone else was amazing too, but for me Silco's voice acting was the best. His voice was so soothing and fitting in every scene.
Love how the show breaks character molds. Examples include:
- Jinx being a genius that def needs some help instead of the typical chaotic villain always having a blast
- Vi having streetsmarts and recognizing certain details to be clever which shows she's more than some hotheaded thug. And she has experienced lots of trauma and pressure meaning she is not just strong physically but also emotionally and mentally
- Vander being practical and forward about the realities he, Vi, and the gang were facing rather than being the “I said so” type (credit to Mackie Lunkey in the replies btw)
- Silco somewhat resembling a parental figure to Jinx in his own way with a high level of trust but also being conniving to the point where people argue on whether or not he was good for Jinx
- Caitlyn's parents being understanding in some cases rather than following the typical rich snobby parents that only cares about image
- People actually getting injured, bruised, bleeding but not overdoing it that way the fight scenes are somewhat realistic and it’s as if you can feel their pain
Unrelated but honorable mention: The soundtrack, both songs with vocals and instrumental scores, are a work of art
Silco lived a life of struggle and projected that struggle onto Jinx, but he did so by being caring. He had a brother, and he betrayed him, so when he saw Jinx abandoned by her sister he saw himself, and taught her the lessons he learned by living.
He was not a good father overall, but he was a good father for the city that is Zaun.
Well, while Vander was a classical type of father figure for Powder, Silco had more of a DDlg going on with Jinx...
you know what was beautiful? Silco wanted to burn piltover down, but when he got a daughter (just like Vander got kids) he wanted peace
-Also, Vander expressing honesty to Vi and being frank with her rather than being the usual disapproving, stubborn "because I said so" dad archetype.
That Imagine Dragons song sucks mad dick tho, this is the first time I used that "skip intro" button on netflix
The thing that impressed me most about Arcane was that the show wasn't scared to be Visceral. There are moments that will and are designed to make you uncomfortable. From Powder's screaming fit in episode 3 to the child cracking on the ground in episode 8, this show is not afraid to turn it up to 11 when it needs too. It's been a hot moment since an animated show has had the balls to show me dark things to indicate something's fucked, and I'm really happy that Arcane is willing to go that extra mile to make the story impactful.
It all feels earned too, it isn't just played for shock value.
I agree with everything you've said but theres a lot of dark animation out there... Just look at anime. Check out marai Nikki
Invincible was also great for this! Maybe better at this specifically imo
I'll disagree with you about "not afraid of turn it up to 11" because they made the show on a PG13 basis. Not saying that this is a problem, but that it could be a lot more bloody if they made it PG16.
@@RutraNickers There was enough blood. The show knows when to be visceral and when to restrain itself. You don't need piles and piles of blood to get a point across, it's just as impressive if you DON'T use piles of blood. We didn't get to see Craggor's head blow off but we certainly knew exactly what happened.
I finished Arcane today. Honestly I cannot even begin to explain how imaginative and amazing this show is. Top notch show and probably my favorite of all time.
Even more impressive for a tragedy to be a favorite.
I think this show beats castlevania
@@burats3837 No offense but that's an insult to Arcane lumping them together as if it's a close competition
@@JohnDoe-ry8sr not an insult. Arcane is good and all but the recency bias is showing. Its overhyped. Not saying its better than castlevania but it certainly isn't close to best shows.
@@manwithnoname8229 Sir, I do nothing but watch tv for like a decade. I've watched every DC and Marvel 2d superhero movie. This is easily the best animation I've ever seen. If Arcane was truly overhyped then the user review score should have a big disparity with critic score.
Castlevania's first episode plot is just garbage. Vampire falls in love with a girl who's not like other girls. Church has her executed cos of course they do. Vampire gets school shooter mad and kills everyone. That's it. That's the plot for the first episode.
You even comparing Castlevania to Arcane makes me vomit good sir.
I also appreciate that the villain felt like a clever manipulator and schemer without everything constantly going his way. In fact, he is constantly encountering problems and set backs, which makes sense with how huge an operation he’s running and what he’s trying to do.
Not only that but the very thing causing most of his setbacks is what he loves most, he can't bring himself to get rid of Jinx because he loves her, even if it would make things much easier.
His love and loyalty to his main problem was extremely believable and made him immeasurably relatable and idk almost anti-heroic in a way. I was rooting for Silco the moment I realised he would do anything for his people, even if he had to make shit choices.
The thing with the league characters not dying is that arcane IS actually tied to league lore, the updated one. It is very much a lore series and these characters just don't die in their stories (wich are available to read on the league universe site) but yeah arcane is a lore show but is a great lore show
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Exactly my thoughts. The show is in its core an origin story of certain characters. It defends itself firmly even if we separate it from the game, but you cannot say it had nothing to do with it :)
That's exactly what I was thinking. I was so confused when he said they only took the characters from league and made an original story
Yeah, the first two seasons are probably going to be catching up to the current state of the world, and from there new things will be happening. But a lot of key moments are definitely pre-known right now.
Yeah I was confused when he said that and then I remember him saying he’s been sober from league for 3 years. Most people who play league don’t even know about the universe website so they don’t know about the lore being created and posted there. Common mistake but hope he reads this comment thread. 💀🤙🏻
I found the Vi/Caitlyn relationship pretty believable tbh. Caitlyn has demonstrated she is open to change and does care about the Lanes, and has helped Vi and saved her atleast once or twice (by freeing her from prison, and then saving her from Sevika and getting her medicine).
Moreover in the talk with Ekko, Vi is visibly moved by Caitlyn’s admitting she was naive about the truth and her desire to help the Lanes. The whole relationship is about how two opposite sides of the conflict can work together and come to understand one another.
By the end they have gone through some stuff and can depend on one another. The time period was short but it was packed with these moments of clarity and understanding so by Act 3, it felt realistic that both developed camaraderie and understanding for each other. Both learned that the other side wasn’t “bad” as they thought, and that they could at least depend on and trust each other.
Im 100% with you in this analysis.
Top notch enemies to lovers
I also thought too that at the end when theyre all around the table, Vi is also super concerned about keeping caitlyn safe because if she were to die that would make her see powder in as evil, and she for sure does not want to see that.
I know that the Cait / VI is a fan favorite and obvious lay up for a relationship. Though they have known each other for about a week and i want to see some of that trust / class issues to spring up to flesh them out a bit more as a couple or even just partners in piltover law enforcement ( ekko's in game line about her being a sell out for example). I also will be very disappointed if Cait's mother ends up dying due to what happens not creating some sort of tension or resentment.
Yeah. It only falls apart because the final six episodes happen over just a handful of days (and the first three happen in less than 48 hours). But it's easy to forget that while watching and your mind just fills in the gaps that technically aren't there, but still feel like they are. That's actually quite a masterful storytelling technique in itself. I was taken out of the suspension of disbelief once or twice while watching but they managed to fill the screentime they had with stort pretty well.
I loved the facial expressions and body language in this show a LOT.
The emotion they expressed with just the animation of the eyes (the ways eyes dart around when someone is nervous or the way light distorts in them to create a life-like shimmer, no pun intended) is some elder god tier shit. I've watched a ton of animation in my life, but this is the first time animated characters felt so real to me (the great writing and voice acting was a big plus as well) despite being heavily stylized
@@darko1295 I really liked the subtle movements in faces. Like Jinx saying "Hi" or Powder mocking Mylo after shooting the targets.
Caitlyn and her mom subtle signalling each other, stuff like that. It was all gorgeous, both when subtle or when exaggerated.
@@darko1295 I believe they must have used real people and then kinda stylized their faces... no way those facial animations are created from scratch
@@pingon55555 No motion capture was used if that's what you're implying
@@darko1295 Seriously. I can't get over how good their facial expressions were. During the first few episodes, before I had gotten used to it, I was just amazed at how emotionally effective practically every fucking expression was. It's the little things. Like, during the first two minutes of the show, I audibly noted how great that little gesture Powder does when she sees her dead parents is. It's so small, her sort of averting her eyes and clutching her big sister, retreating behind her a bit like she's almost hiding from the sight. And her eyes look up to Vi, like she's looking towards her for how to react, and her eyes glaze over. Then she starts crying as Vi sobs. That's SO fucking realistic. THAT is how a child reacts in such an overstimulating, traumatic environment. A thousand mediocre stories have does this exact same scene, a thousand great ones have too, but they'd have Powder start bawling immediately. It was so, so much more effective to show the mind-numbing shock and to show the subtleties of her reaction... _all without dialogue!_ Fucking incredible.
Whoever casted Silco did a masterful job! He carried that season. Exceptional stuff.
JINX.
Never played League. Never read up on lore. Never did anything related to it. Watching her progression from act 1 to 3...like..Holy shit. And Silco thinking she was abandoned and taking her in and truly loving her and just FUCK I NEED MORE OF THIS SHOW
I mean everyone carried. Not a single weak point in the series whatsoever
@@adamb2312 welcome to hell
im so hyped to see how ekko and heim develop
@@lucaspowell2980 I can't find anything that's as emotionally engaging. Nothing. Prime, Netflix, Hulu, Peacock, TH-cam...nothing even comes close and it's driving me a bit insane. Is this what addiction feels like? I'm on my third Arcane binge..
Finally I can experience league of legends without turning morbidly obese
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I actually though Caitlyn and Vi's progression was pretty believable. They started out (understandably) suspicious of each other but hardly outright enemies, then set out to accomplish a common goal and quickly went through some extremely dire and emotionally-charged situations together, both saving the other multiple times in the process and all around doing plenty to earn each other's trust. Add a pretty apparent romantic/physical attraction to that ("You're hot, cupcake" literally in like their fourth scene together, plus all the little cheek strokes, and the scene on the bed in ep 8) and it's not at all unreasonable that they could very quickly form a strong emotional bond. Just look at all the historical epidemics of overnight romances during wartime to see that times of crisis tend to speed things up a lot.
exactly, their relationship was way more believable and paced more better than jayce and mel’s imo
@@fdntrinity This, it very much felt to me that Mel was CONTROLLING Jayce for ulterior motives, even now mel is such a fucking wild card to me despite her cooperation with jayce at the end. It just feels soooo.....deceptive. the whole wolf and fox shpiel with her mother(?) Also makes me skeptical of her
same
@@fdntrinity just going to point out that Jayce and Mel had like 6 or 7 years off screen and we just happen to see it on episode 5 or whatever
@@fdntrinity jayce and mel, as RobbInn above me said, had FIVE years of time together, to build their relationship.
Also, i am not good at explaining, so let me just point at one scene to show that she ACTUALLY cared for him.
In the last episode, when he wzs presenting the peace agreement to the council, she contemplated agreeing with him, or refusing him, so they can start the war, and make the weapons that her mother needs so she can save thei country, so in the end, she would go back to her country, her family, by her mother's side.
But she chose HIM, she took of her family's ring, and raised her hand to approve the peace, choosint HIM OVER her mother and country.
The worst part about Arcane, for me, is the fact that it's only 9 eps and I'm gonna have to wait at least a year to watch more of it.
More of what? It ended pretty conclusively
@@artursakis8668 it was announced that season 2 is in production on the League of Legends TH-cam channel
@@ronsterdog2320 well shit I was wrong, it felt like it would be a one parter
@@artursakis8668 It ended conclusively? That ending left so much open, they pretty much have to do a season 2. And yes, season 2 did get announced about a day ago.
probably like 3 years lol
In Arcane pay CAREFUL attention to the emotions and the eyes of the characters.
They put PAINSTAKING ability into these emotions coming across as real. Some of the best facial expressions Ive seen in animation.
Hats the fuck off to the team.
SPOILER
Jinx's face when Ekko had her pinned down... Amazing facial emoting. Heartbreaking but gorgeous.
@@thealessi For real. The absolute terror and pain in her eyes felt so real and it made me feel so incredibly sorry for her. The emotion and motive behind every action of every character is so amazing and so well executed. They really went all out with this show and I’m so glad they didn’t hold anything back when it came to displaying emotion.
Literally holy fucking shit it’s so good
Absolutely true. In the scene when cait and Vi laying on the bed together, you can see minor drifting in cait's eyes while Vi's are steady, shows that in that moment they have different feeling and cait are focusing on Vi, then she actually touch Vi to comfort her.
Literally cried in the first 30 seconds after seeing VI crying, surprised me how much I felt the emotion of a character I didn't know.
The one thing everyone I've spoken to agrees on, whether they hate league or have never even played it, is that the animations and lore has always been phenomenal and far better than the game ever could be. I'm glad the people behind those finally got their time to shine in a long form medium.
Idk, league is a great game, regardless of all of the hate for it. There's a reason it's been so popular for 12 years.
Yes there are games where you get stuck with toxic teammates, probably at an increased rate than most games, but it's all chat box (no hot mic) and can easily be muted! Each match is like a mini chess game so obviously people are going to have different outlooks on how to play that state of the game (which is often where to arguments stem from).
League aint actually that bad , people just like to shit on it , Dota sea server or valorant sea server is 10x way more toxic than league of legends
Man, these are two very specific replies to a thing I never said? I said the animations and lore are far better than the game, which is just objectively true. I never said the game was bad, I've been playing since like Season 3
I'm addicted to the series, but now I forgot how to touch grass💀
@@shanks8681 right🏃♂️
Silco was one of the best villan characters I've ever seen. You don't like him, but you love him. Arcane does an incredible job of showcasing the most important rule of writing: Show don't Tell. The art style and animation really is incredible. I was hooked from the first minute and before I know it 6 hours or so passed lmao
Is there anything as undoing as a daughter…?
one of the worst villains more like
@@manwithnoname8229 nah
@@manwithnoname8229 Can you tell us what make Silco worst?
@@tasya_nabila pathetic ending to his character is one of the main reasons. He's a stereotypical villain, having a girl who he sees as a adopted daughter which proves to be is ultimate weakness. His dialogue is rather cringe and clunky at times. Honestly the dialogue in the whole series was rather bad. Gave off an impression that it was meant for a younger audience, typically teenagers and young adults. Also the characters were mostly young as well.
Lastly, if you compare Silco to some of the greatest fictional villains of all time, you'll find that Silco does not stand shoulder to shoulder with them. I mean y'all need to consume more better fiction if you're calling him one of the best.
“Doesn’t tackle any topics like war crimes.” Just you wait until they adapt what Singed (or all of Noxus for that matter) does to Ionia.
I hope they will show other regions like Ionia or Damacia in the next season/seasons (?).
@@KDA_SIMP they defined should explore more of that on Arcane, but a series focused on them individually in one specific story to each of them would be awesome
The series is called Arcane because of how Jayce & Viktor affect the world with hextech. Perhaps there will be some other series focusing on all of lore and even reworkijg some champion Lore, im looking at shaco, teemo and ig nocturne btw
They literally explored warcrimes in the first minute. Or does slaughtering civilians not count
@@ugh1230 i am hoping that each season will be set in a different region, would be awesome.
Silco being scared, making mistakes, getting angry, mixed with his charisma and many successes kept him as competent and dangerous while humanizing him as the series went on.
He's become one of my favourite villains ever incredibly quickly.
I love that he has weaknesses and strengths
and I love the fact that he wasn't sure if Savika would stay loyal or kill him in that scene
@@djomla9999 Yeah I was really surprised that the dude was breathing heavily, nearly pissing himself after Savika made her move. It made him human, a man using the cards he was dealt with.
you need to read more fiction if silco is one of you favorite villains
@@mineralwater6736 No he doesn't need to, he can have his own opinion
I'll just say one thing: Episode 3 final climax is by far the most intense catharsis I've ever felt while watching a piece of media. Never, in my WHOLE LIFE I felt so deeply touched like I did in Arcane.
Simply a masterpiece.
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When I saw Powder getting ready to help out I totally thought she was going to save the day and everyone would walk out happy and fine. Seeing her kill her best friends and being responsible for the death of her “father” is brutal. It’s not what I expected and I was literally in shock the rest of the day after watching that.
@@gf408 I know right and can we also mention the expressions and detail are glorious. I have cried how Powder cried. When she says "she is not my sister anymore" and we see her eyes bloodshot from all the sobbing. It's ugly, it's good, I love it!
U need to watch more shows then
Episode 3 was WILD
I don't even want to see their encounter after Jinx fucked everything up
Silco couldn't understand why Vander would stop his fight for Zaun over his kids. At the end of the show, he was given the choice to get Zaun but he had to give up his kid. Very poetic.
Yeah, he even said (while sitting in front of Vander's statue) that he finally understood him (Vander), while in the back of the statue there was Jinx, she heard all of it (Like silco killed vander stuff) and etc (Ep9)
The animation during Jinx's insanity moments peticularly stand out to me, with the scribbly chaotic images n' shit, they were genuinely stressful at times and really complemented her character.
Agreed! I felt some Joker's vibes from those scenes, which I thought was a really good movie too
@@phillakai321 it reminded me of spiderverse
When killing brings her pleasure
@@phillakai321 It's like Joker + Harley
I loved those
That Ekko/Jinx sequence should win an award on its own
Bro yes. One of the best scenes I've probably ever seen.
Wtf that scene was so fucking bad
@@ilikecows2789 there always gotta be a troll
The rap kinda ruined it for me
I loved the ending scene the most
Regarding the spoilers section, I thought Vi and Caitlyn's relationship was developed perfectly. They never hated each other, idk where that idea came from. Vi isn't the type of person to hate somebody just because they come from Piltover, especially someone who freed her after being imprisoned for years
Yeah I thought it was done well. It wasn’t rushed. From the start Vi is antagonistic but opens up when she realizes Caitlyn genuinely wants to help, and cares about the Lanes. Her life is also saved atleast twice by Caitlyn. There is a foundation of trust there.
They only knew other for a short period, but in this short period they went through a ton of eye opening events that displayed both of their true chatacters and helped to facilitate that loyalty and camaraderie between the two.
i agree, they never hated each other, they just didn’t know each other and had bias towards the others identity. like of course vi wouldn’t like an enforcer after an enforcer killed her parents, and caitlin simply wasn’t taught right about the undercity. throughout their relationship, they had plenty of banter that eventually turned into friendly jabs. it wasn’t sudden at all to me.
They didn't really hate each other, they hated the idea of someone from the other side.
Once they got to know each other a bit, they were able to see past the caricature of what they imagined the other to be like.
Well technically Vi did have a dislike/distrust for enforcers. but that quickly melted and they formed a very deep bond.
When you talked about the pacing and with vi and caitlyns relationship being rushed I was actually thinking of ekko and jinx’s friendship as kids, and overall everyone’s friendships as kids. I wish they had more of that
Yes i still can't over what happened to them on eps 3 and then boom time jump
Hmm yeah. But i think putting flashbacks with him would lessen the reveal of Ekko being the Firelight leader.
Plus there was almost a strict "rule" that we got no flashbacks at all from Jinx and Vi.
I do hope we get that in s2.
Ekko and powder flashbacks (from Ekko's perspective)
And jinx and Silco flashbacks..
But hey, we got q bit of Ekko and Powder moments in the Enemy Music video!
@@Crystalitar I wasn’t even saying flashbacks, just saying in those first 2 episodes more of them being friends. It probably would’ve ruined the pacing tho. I just always find the enemy music video very interesting how much it shows them as kids
Bruh it really is a shame for powder and ekko cuz you can see more of their childhood together in the frickin imagine dragons music video of the show's theme song.
Yeah, I thought I will get some impact when they fight at bridge. If the kid phase Ekko and Jinx have few more screen time.
maybe the scene itself that didn't work for me, it's amazing scene tho. Or I'm just stupid because vibing with the music and have no idea what happened
Dont want to sound like RIOT paid me or something. But there was scenes in this series after which I had bad time sleeping because i could not stop thinking about them.
All I heard is that you were paid by league.
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spoiler but the ekko and jinx fight scene on the bridge was some of the coolest art shit i've ever seen in an animated show, there are other scenes that give the same vibe but that one really stands out
Victor was my favourite character by a mile, his story is so incredibly well built, started from nowhere to wanting to save the world at the top echelons of Pilt, with the ultimate goal of bringing good to the world rather than getting caught up in the glitz and glamour of the city and his character in the game in general is freaking cool.
Also I feel he isn't appreciated enough, without him, Jayce couldn't have gotten his research off the ground and his research would have probably taken longer without him, honestly Victor is a legend.
Yah victor story is the shit
Hextech wouldn't be a thing without Vik... Jayce was going to suicide
Viktor MVP for that Sigma male grindset on Hextech and the upcoming Glorious Evolution
Jayce worked on hextech for what probably years and couldn't even stabilize it, viktor chimes in and fix it in a matter of days
Viktor is just a fucking chad
Without viktor jayce would have straight up killed himself, I feel like a lot of people forgot that happening lol
I don't see much people talk about it. But the cinematography should also get amazing credit. Almost every scene is a painting in it of itself.
Alot of the big action song and tension scenes have the smoothest fucking transitions I've ever seen.
Not to mention the composition and constant iconography and symbolism in each scene.
the CONSTANT play with eyes, the sides of people's faces that are showing, the "human" right eye and the "monster" left. Silco's scar out of sight when he holds Jinx. Vi turning and showing us her right side monster eye when we first see her in the cell. Jinx's one lock of hair hanging in the way of her "human" right eye. There are loads more examples - these are just off the top of my head.
Every scene is composition is at least shown twice, to give a constant reminder of what the specific character has gone through and experienced. Give for expample the jinx bar scene.
EXACTLY, couldn't agree more! Nearly every scene has a tear away, fade, burn or color matching transition. Seriously, for something animated to have camera awareness at this level is very rare 🔥🔥🔥
It's like the Spiderman film--every frame can be turned into a wallpaper.
I mean, everything about it should
They're going to be using Arcane in classrooms for years to come, this series is a master class in writing and excellent animation. Bravo to studio Fortiche, they knocked it out of the fucking park.
I love how people love each other and care for one another without being sexual.
You'd change your mind once you see Jayce and Mel.
@@petergent4942 That’s the only relationship like that tho in the first season.
Aannd there is Jayce
@@petergent4942 i think mel is using jace and its not a real relationship
@@mmilinkovic003 I think she does actually like Jayce, but yeah shes definitely using him.
Jinx steals every scene she’s in. And the show actually makes you sympathize with the villain. Not many shows can do that
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I sympathize with Jinx, but I still hate Powder with a burning passion
@@coalkingryan881 why because she was a screw up?
Not just the villain. Honestly almost every recurring character in this show had depth to some degree. They all had motivations and they were all struggling with their own morality and principles.
even singed had enough sense of morality to sedate that one character before that one thing happened bc he himself had a daughter. was really insightful.
Even marcus who was a coward and corrupt thought about his daughter in his last moments. He was doing all these things so Silco wouldnt hurt his daughter
The only character that doesnt really have that much depth was sky. She was introduced for victor and killed as a plot device for Viktor. Even Marcus had a character development.
@@833Rowan The only flaw I noticed while watching was Marcus getting killed off so easily without even paying the price of his actions.
@@833Rowan Marcus got put into a shitty situation trying to do the right thing, until his family got involved.
A fun thing about characters feeling "un-killable", during an event way back in 2015 (I think) League of Legends they actually killed a character named Gangplank and disabled him as a playable character in the game for a while. Makes me confident that there shouldn't be too much plot armor and excited to see what comes next.
Yeah they killed Aatrox off because he was way too broken
gangplank doesn't die
only mf thinks that he dies after she blasts his ship so only when u see from her pov hes dead
but he survives and goes to illaoi to show him the truth of that sea god thing
lol characters dont die and i think thats alright, it didn't ruin my fun from watching arcane
@@mrinchantubeI'm more-so referencing their bold decision making in 2015 directly in League itself when they decided to completely disable him from the game prior to what we know now (Ruined King and additional lore drops) about Gangplank's fate which we only learn about more years later. At the time, they had fully committed to the story they had woven, even if it meant messing with people that mained the champ! Riot themselves said "“Champion death is unprecedented in League of Legends and we do not take it lightly.”
@@Gummyworm320 yeah that's fair enough but like they just doubled back on it later making me feel like they really don't wanna kill their characters
@@mrinchantube cause it wouldn't make sense game wise
one thing i absolutely loved about this show is how the characters are all basically morally grey. everyone’s got blood on their hands and it allows the viewer to relate better. riot did so good.
That's something I love about LoL lore, no one is a good guy, they all just have very differing values and objectives.
@@PabAng There are definitely some characters that have pretty clean hands all things considered, Caitlyn and Ekko I would argue.
Over the last few years, Riot has really been sanitizing Jinx, toning down on her violence and the evil of her random crimes to make her a more palatable brand ambassador, so I was really impressed that Arcane is *not* afraid to have Jinx kill people. She kills a *lot* of people.
@@JumpingJoi wasn’t ekko the one who gave the tip for jayce’s house? a lot of shit happened because of him tbh
@@marcoscorrea1056 yeah but he was just helping his friends
I love how Silco slowly becomes Vander, in that he won't give up Jinx similarly to how Vander didnt give up Vi
That was a really nice part of the plot. And the scene where he goes to his statue, he realizes he cant do the exact same thing he killed Vander over.
And jinx kills him, just like she killed Vander. It's poetic.
@@jasonpeng5798 He shot Vi. Everything that happened after that was instinct for Jinx.
I understand now brother, there is nothing more undoing than a daughter.
Also Vander "kills" his own brother who turns out to be alive. Then Silco finally kills his brother. They have a few parallels
The league characters can't really die simply because this is pretty much a prequel
Also they just repawn in 20 seconds anyway
EXACTLY! This is an origin story of the league character.
Vander did die though and his body is used to make Warwick
@@SlashedDelta Yeah, but the champion is Warwick. Not Vander.
@@SlashedDelta And Warwick dies in his lore anyway
Arcane is a 10/10 show already, could potentially exceed past a 10 if the next seasons keep up what they’ve got going on
its a 7 at best.
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@@RAHULTMNT100 No
@@acapitala4936 how old are you
@@RAHULTMNT100 calling a show a 7/10 can be seen as good most of the time but for this show its a fucking insult
Its funny how netflix either releases the best show youve ever seen or the worst and most unapologetic hunk of shit to have ever come out.
For sure this was definitely a hunk shit moment from them. It was just so terrible
@@yourewrongabouteverything no
@@yourewrongabouteverything bro pls
@@yourewrongabouteverything explain
*cough*
Cowboy Bebop
They aren’t killing the characters because the show is cannon, the show does lead into where the characters are current day in game so if a character dies in the show how would they be in the game, I did like how the gave decently valid reasons why the characters who should’ve died have not died, especially jinx, she’s alive but the process has completely pushed her over the edge and destroyed whatever was left of powder
some league champions are dead in their lore tho, but yea the show is kinda introductory so killing off a character isnt a viable choice
@@herculet Who? I never heard of one or I just don't remember
@@Zagriel. hey vander died who will later become Warwick as it is teased in the season 1 ending
Yeah that's why I'm not really upset league characters had plot armor in Arcane since it was all a prequel to current day lore. On the other hand though I hope with season 2 (if it's current day which I'm pretty confident it will be) they take risks and do kill off champs if it makes sense in the story.
@@herculet Killing off a character isn't viable because it would break all semblance of lore adaptation. They are covering a timeline where these characters are alive, they fill in some blanks and alter some aspects for creative expression / easier story telling, but the results will more than vaguely resemble the lore. So they can't kill of the main cast even if it was "viable" from a pure story driven perspective.
Im into league and its lore. The show is completely canon. It's part of the lore. It does not only borrow characters from the game
Not exactly "completely canon", but yeah - most of the stuff is on-point. Hextech wasn't invented by Jayce and Viktor in the original lore. It should have been invented a loooong time ago. Some other things were a bit different, like Jayce and Viktor's relationship. But generally speaking - Yeah, it's mostly canon.
Is it I heard a rioter said it wasn’t cannon and it got me kinda scared
@@mojajaja yea they are "retconing" a lot of stuff rn since they've been wanting to change the lore for a lot of characters
@@mojajaja whatever happens in the show is now cannon so it is kinda completly cannon, right?
@@barrel5168 What you said, yes.
The lore was made when they were just starting out I'm pretty sure, so obviously wanting to make changes to lore would come with being such a long running franchise that wasn't expecting to be this big when they first started.
I’ve never felt so emotionally attached to fictional characters in the same way I got attached to every single character in this show. It really shows how much life the characters are given- their facial expressions, body language, voices, and their stories really make them all their own person and it shows. I finished watching arcane a few days ago now, but last night I saw something that reminded me of a particular character death brought me to tears again without even really trying, and without actually rewatching the death scene. I was reminded of the actual pain I felt knowing said character was really gone. This show is special.
( for those who’ve seen it, “don’t cry you’re perfect” for those who haven’t seen it…. You’ll know what I mean when you hear those words.)
dude me too ive been like ... emotionally affected by this show lmao i finished it days ago and i still think about the characters as if theyre real and those things actually happened to them
and ur so right ab silcos last words it hurt Deep man
A relationship between Silco and Jinx is surprisingly heartbreaking. even tho there are some sort of manipulative and abusive behind the scene, but in some sense, This two still connected to each other.
Right?! I was genuinely surprised by that. Their closeness. It seemed they were both broken people who connected to one another - although in Powder/Jinx's case it was through manipulation on Silco's part. I think he probably developed some kind of fatherly protective feelings towards her that surprised even him. It's an interesting dynamic that first made me furious then I was kind of sad about how it ended?Only great writing/voice acting can do that.
@@EllawoodBlues I honestly feel like he didn’t try to manipulate her much at all, I think he saw himself in her, vander turned on Silco the same way vi turned on powder, she even says it wasn’t silco that made jinx it was vi, and especially in that last scene you see how much silco really cared for her. They built up this father-daughter relationship over like 5 episodes and I think it’s meant to show how genuine it was, despite the fucked up circumstance that started it all
@@MFDALLY I went from DON'T TOUCH HER to in the last ep BRO OMFG VGWFYIUGWFHSWVFCFFG *sobs* (trying not to spoil but yee)
When you're an awful human being but surprisingly a good dad😔
@@bornwasabi couldn't have said it better 👊😔
"you're not gonna like see war crimes presented..."
Yes, that's in the next season. Only child killings in this one.
And enforcers executing POWs
And the whole thing culminating in a terrorist attack on Piltover's government.
Noxus using kids as the frontline of thier war*
@@mr.lolipopwithmustache5002 bro i read about that. The noxus invasion to ionia was fucking brutal lmao, like using kids so ionian soldiers sympathize and hold back. Crazy
@@Talltyronelite holy shit, that means when story focuses on Noxus, it's gonna be dark as shit. Sounds awesome 👌
Silco is unironically the best written villain I've seen in years. Well-deserving of the rare 95%, a show of this quality is that rare.
yup. I was legit almost tearing up on the last episode, when he was telling jinx how he would've never given her up for anything.
you need to read more fiction if silco is one of you favorite villains
@@mineralwater6736 always that one guy who has to shit on an opinion huh :|
@@PikaPiMC yes if you have only seen/read a couple of fictions you shouldn't be sayng such rubish as "hes on off the best villains"when there are so many better out there.
@@me56ize that was... Jesus Christ that was just heartwarming and heartbreaking, i really liked silco
Vi and jinx were the real stars of the show for me. Both characters felt so real and seeing their relationship go up and down was so interesting. What an incredible show. I wasn't expecting this from riot.
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I love how the ending is mirroring what happened in Act 1: We have someone who has worked all of his life for a cause and for his people, and the moment he can achieve his goals in exchange for his adoptive daughter he realizes he's unable to let her go (first Vander with Vi, then Silco with Jinx). At the same time, both deaths are Powder/Jinx's fault and both are important moments in defining Jinx's personality and identity.
Apart from that, in both situations everything would have been ok without Jinx: The kids had freed Vander and were ready to go, but Jinx screwed it up, killing them, while at the end of act 3 the council had just agreed on going the peaceful route and everyone would have gotten what they wanted, but Jinx completely fucked it up.
Jinx is destined to Jinx things up, it's almost poetic
Holy Shit, I nearly misses that, you are totally right!
There is one problem with your analysis, which is otherwise pretty good.
The peaceful route the council agree to go with was dependent upon Silco handing Jinx over to Piltover, which we know he wasn't going to do. It was going to go south whether or not Jinx nuked the council voting chamber, because Silco backed out of the deal.
@@ctlraltdestroy damn tru
Vander was never going to sell out Vi. Vi knew about the deal with grayson cuz ekko told her so SHE HERSELF called the enforcer and she was going to turn herself in. Vander noticed it and went as fast as he could so vi wouldn't get taken.
@@InfamousGameplaysPT yeah that's why he said that he realized he couldn't let her go?
The silco jinx relationship is so beautifully and toxically crafted. He's a Terrible man who used jinx for his purposes and grew feelings for her as a father. She shouldn't listen to his words but he was the only person "there for her".
Idk when she kept sitting on his lap it was weird. I dont understand because jinx doesnt really return that. It was digusting for me to watch it honestly I didnt like any of the scenes with them.
@@lunarsprinkle6580 it’s a father daughter relationship…
@@lunarsprinkle6580 wtf :// if you thought of it that way, maybe you should get yourself checked.
I don’t think there’s anything sexual between them. Jinx is just very childlike obviously, and hasn’t really mentally aged all that much from when he first found her. It’s likely shes just been keeping up her childlike tendencies, and he’s learned to accept it. Their relationship is anything but romantic.
silco never used her for his purposes
the reason he adopted jinx was because he saw what happened between her and vi and it reminded him of what happened between him and vander
silco was so well written i didnt even remember why he was a bad guy by the end. and that makes me moist.
I love how they didn't just make him a goofy bad guy that wanted to take revenge on Vander for betraying him. He genuinely cares for his people, the people of Zaun. He's a revolutionist, he grew up in a fucked up environment where the people in charge, piltover, didn't care about them at all. He's trying to create a better future for Zaunites.
Thought he was a manipulative bastard , manipulating jinx to become a weapon . Instead he is also love jinx as her own daughter and Will do anything for her . Damn the end hit me hard
@@abcdefsuzu no he wanted revenge, he was a kingpin manipulating the others along with jinx. If he truly cared about the zauniens he would have stopped getting them addicted to shimmer, the rich people were no better but that doesn't justify silco's actions.
@@kiktik2413 I don't think revenge was his goal at any point. Protecting Jinx, Creating a soverign Zaun, and surviving those were his goals. Every action he takes seems to align with one of those 3 things.
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For the whole “league characters don’t die” aspect - it’s supposed to be a backstory series to explain the characters currently in the game and to explore their lore. It actually does correspond with the lore, but some things have been tweaked
Also, some league characters died before becoming their things.
only major thing thats changed is arcane really messes up with the lore of Camille
@@KaiserDaChoom how so? lux is based in demacia, so the discovery of hextech in piltover shouldn't really affect her
@@stratus- yea I mistook lux with Camille
I haven't played league in years, I realised after I made the comment and was to lazy to change it
I guess it also retcons some of Jayces lore since he never invented hextech in game but its pretty minor compared to Camilles retcon, although fortiche has said Arcane is not canon so I doubt it matters anyway
It's literally not possible for them to have killed off any League Champions in Arcane yet, this is a prequel. We already know who they became, this is just showing what shaped them.
True I am 100 sure when they kill a character it would be soo impactful to the lore
Didn't Jayce get nuked with the council at the end though?
@@shaun4914 obviously he survives. He might be the ONLY survivor.
@@jordancantrell6598 He was like a meter away from where the bomb hits, man must be made of fucking vibranium
@@jordancantrell6598 Viktor also would need to survive
Wrong about one thing: Arcane IS DIRECTLY tied in to League's lore. Everything that happens in the show is a precursor to who the characters finally end up being as we see them in the game, like Jinx getting her pink eyes, Vi getting her gloves, Singed experimenting on Vander to eventually become Warwick, so on and so on.
Vander becoming Warwick is heavily hinted at but not fully confirmed at any point.
Additionally, the lore aspect is changed quite significantly since it's stated that in her original lore, Vi used Chem-Baron Mining Gauntlets to save trapped people in a mine before being noticed by Enforcers/Wardens from Piltover and had them upgraded. This is of course similar to what happens in Arcane but altered slightly.
@@lachlanwu2838 last shot of singed and vander def confirms vander is warwick
@@lachlanwu2838 They don't have to adapt the lore 1:1, just remaining faithful to it is all that matters.
@@lachlanwu2838 That's incorrect. Riot a few years ago had announced they were separating the lore of the rift from the lore of the world of Runeterra. If you go and read Vi's biography on their website, you'll see how closely Arcane follows it. Every champion is out in the world doing stuff, and aren't drawn into the League of Legends for one reason or another like in the OG lore.
@@lachlanwu2838 vander becoming Warwick is confirmed he was shown in the final episode with his green venom being injected into his body
The voice cast absolutely knocks it out of the park. Silco being the big standout but pretty much everyone does extremly well aided by the outstanding facial animations that take the voice actors lines to a new level.
"You can have powder back" that line hits, to be honest, and I think I actually for a second considered the conditions for getting powder back, real hard.
Fun fact Silcos voice actor voiced Kid Flash in Young Justice if you ever watched it
@@BigSenpai-vq7ub bro wtf, that’s the weirdest fact ever
Jason Spisak’s performance as Silco was perfect. The show wouldn’t be the same without him.
Spisak (Silco's VA) also voiced Vulpes from New Vegas
The only major problem I have with arcane is that whenever I tell somebody to watch it they think I’m a league player. Please god no don’t think of me like that
Oh god
force them to watch the show if you have to and prove them wrong
SPOILERS:
Silco definitely was not your standard villain. Charlie is absolutely right when he says that Riot did an excellent job with him. The two scenes that really stand out to me are when Silco takes Jinx to be healed by Singed, and when Jinx is doing her Joker-level mind games in episode 9 when she "accidentally" shoots him. Both scenes show that he thinks of her as his actual daughter and not just another hireling or thug under his command like Sevika or the others.
Moreover...the narrative sort of validizes him. He was almost able to get zaunite sovereignty, without too much bloodshed, but at the cost of his daughter. He wouldn’t have been able to make that choice though.
@@36shadowboy Agreed! He really is an integral part of the story throughout the series. And that last line of "I never would have given you to them" definitely shows his inner conflict between the cause and his family.
I mean it was an actual accident I don't know what's up with the quotes
@@7GamesUnlimited7 It's kind of in a moral grey area for me, since part of her snapped and I felt that part of her wanted to, while the other didn't mean to do it. I dunno, it's just kind of how I judged the scene.
@@36shadowboy and at that moment he finally realized why Vander stopped his revolution. That reaching your goals while everyone you love dies isn't worth it. He tought Vander was weak, but at the end he realized you need to be strong to make such a decision.
I really liked the Ekko and Jinx scene. The way they did the animation to me was amazing and I liked what they did
That was probably the exact part that made ekko my favorite character so far
For me it was really tragic and jarring. They play that game like they did when they were kids having fun, but then we cut to reality where they're trying to kill each other. To put that into perspective imagine you and your sibling are playing cops and thieves or something, and this is the memory that plays along while you are literally trying to shoot and kill them.
The fight scene was incredible, I loved the stylization of the beginning and I loved how they represented Ekko's Ult in game instead as a memory he was learning from in a child like way, then immediately juxtapose with the real, gritty violence of actually trying to kill each other. I don't think there was a scene I didn't love in this show
I know exactly the scene Charlie is talking about, that scene with jinx and the firelight leader literally gave me goose bumps. The music and the scene together just absolutely blew my mind.
I think it was the seggs scene
@Technophilius Pulcherax considering he talked about action, it probably was the fight between ekko and jinx.
Ekko vs Jinx was my favorite fight scene but I'm a bit biased. Ekko's lore is what got me into reading the rest of leagues lore and them foreshadowing his ult was cheeky
Firelight leader????!!?!!! He is called Ekko you normie
@@Bashyd ya man good job in giving out spoilers
As a non league of legends fan, I wasn’t really excited for arcane, but then I started watching it, and just now I finished the whole series and it is a MASTERPIECE of animation. If it doesn’t get a second season I will be very upset!
season 2 is already confirmed!
and now your pfp is VI lmao
Big Dota 2 person, and I gotta admit, although dragon's blood wasn't the fuckfest I expected for a dota 2 show, Arcane just was on another level, it was amazing.
Dragon's blood is good actually, but money doesn't lie. Animations and audio is like heaven and earth
Same, Dota 2 kinda guy, enjoyed Dragon's Blood a lot. But Riot really did something phenomenal here.
Im a dota player as well but i have a great disdain for League. I find the game incredibly boring but i gotta say, everything around it is genuinely great. Their Worlds Championship always has a great music video and song to accompany. I've only watched the first episode of Deagon's Blood and I wasn't immediately hooked, is it really worth watching? I was hoping it would get really good, but i didnt have the time to jump in and find out myself
@@BapiBoozle After watching Arcane. This show makes Dragon Blood look meh. At first it was interesting watching Dragon Blood , give it a 7/10 but Arcane is beyond the scale. So not worth watching it when there a masterpiece show right now.
same here, after finishing arcane, i was hella mad, decided not even check out book 2 whenever it comes out xd
Arcane is actually heavily based off of the lore, to the point that they only retconned/changed a few minor things. It's mainly just a large expansion of the story that details things we didn't know about before
yeah.. that's a lie right there, arcane it's reconecting tons of pieces of lore that league has been changing over the years, this is maybe the thirth remake of the lore. idk why people keep saying the same when the lore wasn't the focus of the game until recently and has change alot.
@@radielkill what he said ^^^
@@radielkill that barely made sense but Jinx and Vi’s lore has never been that in-depth… it has always just been “Vi works with Caitlyn as an enforcer and Jinx is crazy.” It has barely been explored, especially not their lives earlier on ( which this show is now filling in)
@@rocketrakkor9424 knew that they were sisters tho
@@sofaking1102 yeah although it wasn’t confirmed until like 2 years ago lol l
My favorite character was definitely Silco
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I thought in Act 1 he was gonna be your typical creepy one eyed villain but by Act 3 they added so much depth to his character that I wasn’t expecting. I love that he actually did love Jinx the way Vander did and wasn’t just using her.
The best part about this and other twists is, they all happen naturally. By the time the statue scene rolled around, I was completely on board with him making the decision that he did.
"how undoing is a daughter" literal chills
It was actually kind of ironic or poetic(idk what's the right word) that silco kinda ended up somewhat like vandar. Sacrificing his dream over someone that he thought of as his own daughter. That part actually surprised me
@@ra1lgunz268 It really is the best way he could've gone out.
God dude that scene when he's talking to the statue of Vander, realizing that he couldn't give up Jinx just like Vander couldn't give up Vi. Absolutely brilliant.
With Vi and Caitlyn, I think the point of their sudden "closeness" is that even though they are oil and water in many circumstances, they both just wanted justice, peace, and literally just harmony. Just my opinion.
Silco is almost a masterclass on villains. Eat your hearts out, writers.
I like how he doesn't have any abilities and didn't go berserk or turn into a purple druggie monster when he got shot
thats a warwick quote. which is either a very nice coincidence because warwick is basicaly announced for season 2 or you did it on purpose knowing what i just wrote
@@Patrick-ev5ye holy shit, what if Mundo=silco!?!?
/S
@@iiiivvvv9986 no.
The show is a prequel to the current lore, so it’s more like a Shakespearean tragedy where you already know the ending but not the journey.
It changes a lot tho, Jayce and Viktor lore have big differences. Still it makes me cream seeing Singed on screen.
@@minemino2 Yeah, a lot of the lore bits got reworked some time ago, I assume they're gonna rewrite Viktor's lore to reflect what happens in the show.
have Riot actually confirmed this? or are people just saying it because "it makes sense, so it has to be"?
@@Pepsimaximo1 they tweak things all the time so chances are high, like varus when they changed his lore to fit with visual rework.
@@Pepsimaximo1 considering Ekko doesn’t have his time gadget and Vi isn’t an enforcer, Warwick doesn’t exist yet, among other things, it’s pretty confirmed.
Never played League but the show is so GOOD and makes a grown man cry sometimes.
Yea episode 3 got me
Same here, it's balls to the walls good
But do you know about the lore or not
@@MohammedKhal1d I know next to nothing about LoL, nothing about the lore or anything. I decided to give it a shot after watching this moist meter and I watched it all in pretty much one sitting. I knew nothing about any of the characters or who they were but like Charlie said the writing, visuals, and audio makes you feel a connection with a characters. 10/10 would recommend, even if you are like myself and aren’t interested in LoL.
@@nckgrock ok thx
With Storytelling like this, Riot could release a complete story-driven game.
sucks that they only publish online games
Check out The Ruined King game lmao
They're making something like that, it was announced back in 2020 when they dropped all their other games. Not to mention an MMORPG as well. And Ruined King dropped a few weeks ago!
Look up "roit forge" they are doing exactly that
"The ruined king" go check it
The Vander tease at the end just made me want more of this. Also would like Savika to become a champ, those laser slashes with her arm thing were dope and she'd be able to have a cool use of shimmer as an ability
Me and one of my friends watched it together and we both agreed that she could be a really cool champ
Vander? Where?
@@SorakuteeYT when it's zooming out in singed's lab you see his arm
@@SorakuteeYT Thats a theory about Vander being Warwick and at the end of season 1 we can see Warwick hanging from the ceiling. If its Vander or not is yet to be revealed (but its like 90% that its him)
@@Permafrost1 it also partially shows the face, not yet fully wolfed, and it looks like Vander from episode 3
Silco's transition from the start to the end was art in motion.
I wished he didn’t die tho coz I wanted to see him fight
@@dovade9988 he was not a fighter he was an inspirer
@@dovade9988 I don’t think so, he can fight but what would he fight for? Zaun or Jinx? If he lose, Jinx will be handed over: but if he wins, he’s forced to give up Jinx in exchange for Zaun. It’s a gamble for him, and so he would rather see the world go up in flames than sacrifice Jinx. That’s why he talked to Vander’s statue, as a memoir of what Vander had done in the first three episodes.
@@Chrono_topher Did they explain whats up with his black eye ?
@@alimsgv6198 It's from when Vander "betrayed" him. Smashed his eye socket and dropped him into the heavy polluted water.
Something i highly value is the fact that it's a really newcomer-friendly show. You don't need to know anything about the game and the lore to understand the story and enjoy it. I'm sure there is some easter eggs, but the series is self-sufficient ^^
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Exactly. I haven't touched LoL and I understood everything in this show and it actually made me do more research on the characters. This is the best way to make an adaptation of a long lasting video game
Also easter eggs for league players and even lore we needed for characters such as jinx and vis backstory and can't wait to finally see Victor's endgame
cuz the show doesnt really focus on the fantasy part as much its more of the characters. you could take it and apply it into the real world and it would still feel the same
@@micah459 you should watch Warwick’s introduction cinematic to get hyped for season 2. If you look closely at the end of episode 9 there’s a shot with Silco’s evil scientist guy and above him you can see a wolf looking thing. Also at the end of the season 2 teaser video they put out, they played Warwick’s theme sound.
The sad thing is that people immediately turn down the show just because of the fast thats is an animation from a game.
I gave it a try and it literally has NOTHING to do with the game, except the character from it. It wasnt made for solely fans of LoL and people who understand League, even if you never played games in your life you'd still LOVE Arcane, trust me.
This show is one of a kind. There wouldve been problems if the show was called League or League of Legends or smthn
The show, Arcane, is following the actual lore of League of Legends. So, if the characters don't die in the lore, they won't die in the show. This is absolutely ok. The lore for League is insanely deep. See Necrits videos :D
the show is also rewritting a lot of the early, far more vague lore that didn't make a lot of sense.
its not actually
extremely basic idea
they basically rewrote jayces whole character and made is kind of friendship with victor into brotherhood
victor is also pretty different than the lore singed lore is different is well theyre taking a lot of liberties with it which is good but its not following it
@@muhammadshaaf7178 Viktor, Jayce, and the history of Piltover and hextech was changed but Singed lore wasnt. It actually doesn't change anything from his lore, it just clarifies the sequence of events.
@@psy_99 singed lore is that he left piltover because of hextech, in the show he's already left piltover because hextech
i doubt it. id prefer the writers in this show do this all alone by themselves because it works unlike the unconfident devs at the game itself
When Powder cries and sobs (both times) I felt that. The animation and the emotion in the expressions are so good. The fight scenes are good. Vi kicks ass, Jinx kicks ass. Even the baddies are cool and you can understand their plight.
Why am I getting recommended this after 2 years 😭
bec ause arcane s2 came out
The thing is, Riot has always released really high quality cinematics and animations, to the point where the community has been forever meming that "Wish the game looked like that". In fact, for almost a decade, with every cinematic release, it was "Wish riot made a movie or a series or something", and so, finally, they've done it, to nobody's disappointment
If only blizzard didn't fuck up their movie.
@@ernimuja6991 If only blizzard didn't fuck up their entire company lol
Silco is a crazy good written villain, his whole arc is perfect. He goes form a villain who doesn't understand his brother and feels betrayed, to someone who is also a father, and finally understands why Vander wasn't willing to give up his daughters for Zaun.
True
I thought I disliked the guy, and wouldn't cry if he died, but I'm suprised that I did. I really thought he was just using Jinx, and manipulating her, but in the end we could see that he was genuine. His last words hurt so much 'Don't cry, you're perfect'
I knew in the back of my head that Silco was the antagonist, but act 2 and 3 Silco made me forget about it. I couldn't pick sides at all. I was intrigued and invested in every main character.
@@jackwrath4845 what the actual fuck does this have to do with anything?
Honestly SIlco is so well written that I honestly forgot he was the main villain. Everything is the show is never black or white, there's so much depth in every side of the show and they wrote it in a way that I could understand and almost sympathize with most of the characters.
For those who won’t watch it due to League of Legends, you need to realize that League was just an advertisement for the masterpiece that is Arcane.
Tbh it's better than the game despite Arcane not being a game at all. At first when I saw it on my page, I cringed. What made me watch it was the famous "you're hot cupcake" scene that got recommended to be on yt. I have no regrets at all, and I always find something to complain about. Arcane deserves more than 10/10
I didn’t touch Arcane until today, I let the hype die down and decided to watch when I’m ready because I was very sceptical. Wow I was so so wrong to be sceptical, I watched the whole thing in one sitting and blown away. I played from season 2 and this was such a service to long time fans. I just wish there was more. This is easily one of my favourite shows ever.
I had the exact same situation last night
Had the same thing happen TODAY.
Outwaited all you mfs
jinx’s portrayal was absolutely heart wrenching, i adore it. it was such a good way to show how her trauma effects her in her own specific way and how she refuses to grow up,, she’s trapped in a version of that person she was when everything with her friends happened and can’t move past it. plus the ending with the chairs was incredible. i just love how they visually showed her mentality.
edit: woah hello thank you for all the likes ! as someone who’s been diagnosed with ptsd and has struggled with trauma and the idea of who i once was vs who i am now, abandonment, and how people remember who i used to be jinx’s portrayal spoke to me on a very deep level. even just down to the way she breaks down or her thought processes when her past is brought up,, how she regresses into powder and how it’s so obvious she’s built up this personality to protect herself now and still struggles deeply and goes back to just being a scared, irritable little kid when she faces something her mind isn’t ready to process yet,, it’s really a touching portrayal. obviously there’s a lot that’s different in her case, but i appreciate their portrayal of the effects traumatic experiences and guilt can have on someone.
The subtleties of how she tried to be Jinx early on, and failed, was seamless. It felt like I was watching a real person.
@@visicircle yes !! i loved all of the small switches it showed from powder trying to be jinx and jinx trying to find some semblance of powder again,, and finally her giving in and saying that she thought vi could still love her in the way she did before but now she realizes she can’t,, just like. ouch.
Damn you talk too much
@@scared7535 :-( awh .. not nice …
@@melmarimess6747 didn’t say shutup… I’m jealous tbh.
Powder’s final act was killing Jinx’s father.
Jinx’s opening act was avenging him.
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH
Just started watching the show two nights ago, knowing nothing at all about LoL. Even though I'm still only halfway through the first eposode, the show is really well made. The way it's shot and the musical score are my favorite parts so far. That opening was amazing.
th-cam.com/video/JshoJbUqW6A/w-d-xo.html.
It honestly gets better throughout the show. I was really impressed.
Same, except I watched all 9 episodes yesterday. 😅
MARKIPLIER'S NIECE IS IN H3LL AND I HAVE PROOF ON MY CHANNEL LMFAOO 😂😂🔥
Take the show, enjoy it and run. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT play League of Legends.
"3 years sober" - is the perfect, just so perfect wording. Nothing describes my craving for LoL (that I hated so much while playing) after years of being sober from it. The high of that epic win, the need for that epic win, it's literally like a drug.
"You won't see any war crimes be committed"
Literally a second into the show...
Yeah, 1st episode in: almost killed an adult, 2 episodes later: *yep, she just killed them*
Also: ‘no cum, yet’
Apparently Charlie closed his eyes during the Jayce sex scene
Also "no abusive father."
Yeah totally, Silco actually loved Jinx so the whole manipulating her into attaching to him and casting aside her most important relationships and doing whatever he says and weaponizing her mental illness.... Not fucked up at all
@@rileyjones6957 He never manipulated her into getting attached to him and in hindsight I kind of understand his reasons for putting so much pressure on Jinx and why he had to keep her away from Vi.
All the things she pulled off on her heist in episode 4 were completely unexpected, but the consequences were clear to everyone involved. Zaun wasn't prepared for a revolution and Silco was already from the start against the idea of turning Jinx in which would've been a nonnegotiable demand by Piltover, due to her clear involvement in actual terrorism. The only way to keep Jinx and Zaun safe at the same time, was to trust in the weaponization of the gemstone which ironically only Jinx could achieve.
So to keep Jinx safe he has to rely on her to save herself, which is impossible if she gets torn between Vi and Silco or - arguably even worse - getting arrested by Vi's enforcer friend Caitlyn who he knows nothing about except for the fact that she's eagerly investigating against his adoptive daughter.
@@SpyInDisguise1 He was much as a attached to Jinx as she's attached to him.
Silco has got to be one of the most well written villains I’ve seen in my life
He's shite compared to some of the actual most well-written villains.
@@manwithnoname8229 like who?
@@Syorbic There's many, but from which medium? From books, I'd probably pick Judge Holden from Blood Meridian. From tv shows, Walter White or Lorne Malvo. From Movies, Hannibal Lecter or Heath Ledger's Joker. All I know is they and many others are all far better written than Silco who reminds of Askeladd, a great anime villain but a bootleg version of him.
@@manwithnoname8229 They're all shite compared to some actual most well-written villians
@@Syorbic ok
THIS WAS AN EPIC SERIES HOLY SHIT, THE WRITING, MUSIC, ART, DIRECTION, EVERYTHING WENT WELL!
*chefs kiss ~
th-cam.com/video/JshoJbUqW6A/w-d-xo.html
😙👌🏼
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It almost makes me wanna play lol. almost
every scene is literally a painting, you can pause anytime and it's too freakin beautiful
Can't wait to hear what the moist meter scientists have to say about season 2.
[Spoilers]
They won't kill the league characters because Arcane is canon to league lore. Scenery of Piltover are identical to 8 year old videos (get jinxed), and Arcane just built on the preexisting (although pretty sparce) Vi/Jinx lore. Since other RIOT shows have been in production for many years, we may see a show where a league champion dies, maybe one placed in the Shadow Isles, where a ton of undead champions live. Definitely excited for whatever they have in store though, they smashed it with Arcane.
@Makima Someone wants attention they never got
Well to be fair this is an origin story. Would make no sense if the main characters died.
@@Rawrdesu- as expected from someone with a chainsaw man profile
Gangplank was killed off in lore once… and disabled in game for two weeks…. So I wouldnt say its not possible
Spoilers!! Canonically Warwick dies and comes back in his lore, and you see his corpse in Episode 9. Season 2 has been confirmed to have Warwick. My biggest theory is that Vander is Warwick, if you want to see some old lore become relevant from one of the oldest champions in league. Go check out Warwicks lore page, everything is lining up for Vander becoming Warwick in Season 2 and I'm hyped.