7:11 I just realized Ekko, charged at someone with a pipe, just like Benzo, and he was about to die just like Benzo did but the other Firelight literally saved him omg
I think that Ekko and Jinx had been interacting and quarreling often since the events of episode #3. "She's here" is spoken by one of the firelights in Ep.4 before Jinx blows him up. Jinx calls him "The boy savior" in ep.7 which hints at a history of Ekko having tried to get her away from Silco in the past. Ekko is quite certain that Vi can't "save" Jinx when he is talking to Vi after reuniting with her. It's as if he is speaking from experience.
A scene from episode 7 of season 1 got deleted, it was Ekko trying to save Powder unfortunately Powder said that she didn’t want to be saved. "It was quit a dramatic scene. The scene unfortunately didn’t make it" Christian Linke said. So yeah canon information.
Ekko doesn’t get much screen time but he feels so developed. Like, it feels like he’s always got something going on, he has so much unrevealed backstory. There’s so much intrigue, and so many questions I have about him. It’s such clever writing. He’s the protagonist, just in a different story. I can’t wait to see more of him in season 2
I remember being hyped when Ekko showed up in Act 3 It was my junior year at the time, and the whole first two acts, I was talking about League lore with two of my friends who didn't know any of it, and I was telling them "this dude in the opening is DEFINITELY Ekko" He's definitely one of my favorite characters in the show. I love his description as "Little Man" and "The Boy Saviour" he's not the strongest, he's one of the smarter characters in the series, but he has these HUGE shoes to fill, leading the Firelights to make Zaun a better place for everyone I love it
It seems like he's going to It'll be interesting to see the inevitable conflict between Jinx and her allies vs Ekko and the Firefights for leadership of Zaun while the whole Zaun vs Piltover thing is going on, with whatever the hell Noxus has planned, and the ARCANE tm
So I'm here after Arcane season 2 has wrapped, and.... (spoilers) Ekko has got to be one of the most selfless characters I have ever seen. Period. He lost everything as a child and still worked to build a sanctuary for people like him. AND THEN! He wound up in a world where he had everything he could have ever wanted, all his family, friends alive, his city thriving... and he STILL chose to go back to his world because his people needed him. Easily the greatest character in Arcane. No contest.
I mean she did literally drop a grenade next to him, so probably... Nah I mean, maybe? Who's to say we can't really infer because he never says anything about it, but it probably would've been talked about and maybe he would've put two and two together, but he might not know it was from Powder. I dunno, honestly, I didn't even think about this... oops
I don't think so, Ekko and Jayce follow the same path but at different trajectories, pretty much everything Ekko does will be hard won but it won't kill people, I don't think Ekko would pay that price for technology, or at least I hope not...
I doubt that there will be a multiverse style ending. The Z Drive in previous lore can only go back a minute or so. If you like Ekko, the have some cool stories on the riot website that may or may not be Canon anymore.
He's literally used the Z-drive(not intentionally) to see the multiverse in the original canon, so my guess that will probably happen again to an extent
i get the theory, counterpoint he has the same out come of time travel as the chick from fairy tail, or the clock dude in wakfu, it fails and everything goes more to shit, like he only sends them back by like a minute or something
I tought, based on lol lore, Yordles can't die? I don't see directly how he teams up with Jayce, as Jayce is kinda classist. I could rather see a teamup with Victor, or at least a confrontation, especially if they fit the "glorious evolution" thing in, which would be at the expense of Ekkos people.
Yeah in lol lore but we don't know how arcane differs to lol, it might be that they do die in Arcane, but we'll see, I could be wrong, but I kind of hope they're like biologically immortal than actually unkillable. Well that's the point and the struggle I hope happens between them, Jayce is classist and Ekko hates topsiders with an outright passion, it's a compelling narrative because they both represent similar ideals from different walks of life, trying to do what's right, but where Jayce fails because his ambition keeps leading him astray and he doesn't understand how dangerous things can be as he's always been bailed out and made it to the top without too much adversity, Ekko will succeed because he understands what it's like to be at the bottom and what the price of living actually is as for Viktor, no I don't think he's going to be teaming up with anyone and more than likely he's going to be a real big bad guy at the end of the show. The "glorious evolution" Viktor would piss a lot of people off unless done VERY well, but I guess they could make him corrupted by the Arcane and he sees that as evolution and becomes an arrogant sod about it, but I dunno... I think that'd be a bit too much character assassination, maybe it'd be better to have him be the conflicted anti-protagonist with decent motivations for survival than just a "muhhhh I represent the best" kind of villain, since he's been characterised as a gentle soul that's just trying to survive
@@Nomsynho I think one thing that would speak to Heimerdingers survival is that it would be strange if they showed us his death in a trailer in a bit of a flash. Something I think that is likely to happen is that several characters get catapulted into the "arcane", where Heimerdinger would be a candidate next to Jinx, Mel, Viktor and Jayce. I think they will explore the class divide further with Viktor and Jayce, as those have a repetoir from previous season and wouldn't have to start from scratch. While I do see Viktor getting a more villainous arc, I am not sure whether or not he will be the big bad. So far we haven't got hints about the glorious evolution in the trailer but people floating and being changed (enhanced?) by the arcane. Viktor could see that as a blessing, while the more sane people try to get out, and Jayce as well as Heimerdinger would have to try to approach him to at least convince him that not everyone wants to be "eaten by the arcane". Though I am really, really curious what the arcane stuff is about. I have dug into lol lore after I watched Arcane, but haven't come across anything like this in such a big style. Yet,... just as I write it,... maybe it is the spirit realm that Aurora connects to? Where thanks to the hextech shenannigans ppl got transfered in? Which would make Vi's arc even more akin to Korra XD
We know they can't die from old age, but they probably can be killed. Their lore gets retconned every couple of years, it's getting a bit out of hand. As far as I know, the only story that goes into detail is about a character who wants to die, and LoL usually isn't a property that discusses things like suicide (and definitely not in a context where it's coming off as dark humor from hamster people), so the whole story can still be taken as being about aging.
@@JenniferFuss It is, and yeah, I know League lore. I did get a sense that they were discussing natural death in her story, though. But again, who even knows what the deal with yordles is these days. Although now I feel like the yordle from Mageseeker really does mention something about not understanding death, but I might be misremembering.
Sadly I don't think the writers care that much about ekko. He will probably get the least amount of screentime again and we won't get to learn about his internal and external motivations(unlike the other characters). At least he'll get to do time stuff which is cool
I think a lot of his story is more implicit than explained, he might not have screen time but he absolutely has motivations that you can clearly see throughout season one
7:11
I just realized Ekko, charged at someone with a pipe, just like Benzo, and he was about to die just like Benzo did but the other Firelight literally saved him omg
Ohh yeah you're right, that's actually a really, REALLY interesting point
so many cool parallels in this show dude the writing is a masterclass
I think that Ekko and Jinx had been interacting and quarreling often since the events of episode #3. "She's here" is spoken by one of the firelights in Ep.4 before Jinx blows him up. Jinx calls him "The boy savior" in ep.7 which hints at a history of Ekko having tried to get her away from Silco in the past. Ekko is quite certain that Vi can't "save" Jinx when he is talking to Vi after reuniting with her. It's as if he is speaking from experience.
Hey yeah you're probably right actually, crazy detail actually
A scene from episode 7 of season 1 got deleted, it was Ekko trying to save Powder unfortunately Powder said that she didn’t want to be saved. "It was quit a dramatic scene. The scene unfortunately didn’t make it" Christian Linke said.
So yeah canon information.
The ekko vs jinx fight was so epic, it felt unreal the way they animated it and how they played with our emotions with that grenade🤧
Ekko doesn’t get much screen time but he feels so developed. Like, it feels like he’s always got something going on, he has so much unrevealed backstory. There’s so much intrigue, and so many questions I have about him. It’s such clever writing. He’s the protagonist, just in a different story. I can’t wait to see more of him in season 2
I remember being hyped when Ekko showed up in Act 3
It was my junior year at the time, and the whole first two acts, I was talking about League lore with two of my friends who didn't know any of it, and I was telling them "this dude in the opening is DEFINITELY Ekko"
He's definitely one of my favorite characters in the show. I love his description as "Little Man" and "The Boy Saviour" he's not the strongest, he's one of the smarter characters in the series, but he has these HUGE shoes to fill, leading the Firelights to make Zaun a better place for everyone
I love it
I am praying that Ekko has a bigger role in S2, I really love this character
Me too my friend, me too...
It seems like he's going to
It'll be interesting to see the inevitable conflict between Jinx and her allies vs Ekko and the Firefights for leadership of Zaun while the whole Zaun vs Piltover thing is going on, with whatever the hell Noxus has planned, and the ARCANE tm
Sidelined for 6 episodes so far 😔
@@MisterCynic18and got a whole episode to himself. The real MVP of the series
@@anmolbhutani784 he deserved more
So I'm here after Arcane season 2 has wrapped, and.... (spoilers)
Ekko has got to be one of the most selfless characters I have ever seen. Period. He lost everything as a child and still worked to build a sanctuary for people like him.
AND THEN! He wound up in a world where he had everything he could have ever wanted, all his family, friends alive, his city thriving... and he STILL chose to go back to his world because his people needed him.
Easily the greatest character in Arcane. No contest.
15:13 "Sister".... I am laughing so hard rn.
At least he got one episode I wished they focused on him much more
Time is a social construct to be shattered
Thank god we have ol' Ekko to do that for us
@@NomsynhoThey're not the best story
I do think that Ekko would have probably seen/heard the explosion that powder caused.
I mean she did literally drop a grenade next to him, so probably...
Nah I mean, maybe? Who's to say we can't really infer because he never says anything about it, but it probably would've been talked about and maybe he would've put two and two together, but he might not know it was from Powder. I dunno, honestly, I didn't even think about this... oops
@@Nomsynho Oh, I didn't mean the explosion of the council but the one in the building that blew up Vander and the rest of her family :)
@@JenniferFuss No I know, I just made a funny
The amount of time I felt you were about to call Jinx the B-word has me floored 😂😂😂💀
edit he went back to the bridge and saw jinx on the floor after the explosion
SEASON TWO SPOILER
man your prediction was damn good. pretty much spot on lmao
Nice recap, I enjoyed that. And ohhhh, I didn't know the next season of Arcane is coming out soon. I'll be watching that.
I predict a lot of flashbacks and flashsideways to introduce more characters.
What is this an episode of Naruto?
@@Nomsynho I was thinking more Lost 😂
The season 2 one is gonna be crazy
Yo some new type of content? sweeeeet
Trying to do some Arcane videos because I love that TV show
great as always ! 😌
oh no don't tell me he does what viktor's assistant does so the zdrive can do what the hexcore did.... i would be so sad
I don't think so, Ekko and Jayce follow the same path but at different trajectories, pretty much everything Ekko does will be hard won but it won't kill people, I don't think Ekko would pay that price for technology, or at least I hope not...
@@Nomsynho the first time was am accident
I doubt that there will be a multiverse style ending. The Z Drive in previous lore can only go back a minute or so. If you like Ekko, the have some cool stories on the riot website that may or may not be Canon anymore.
He's literally used the Z-drive(not intentionally) to see the multiverse in the original canon, so my guess that will probably happen again to an extent
thanks for thi and deep dive 🙂
you seem super chill
i get the theory, counterpoint he has the same out come of time travel as the chick from fairy tail, or the clock dude in wakfu, it fails and everything goes more to shit, like he only sends them back by like a minute or something
Thanks
Hey bro thank you! Wow... You're my first ever superlike, so thank you so much for being my first!
My theory, He is gonna shatter time to defeat the arcane thus ending with this time line thus the show.
Yeah that's pretty much what I said in my heimerdinger video lmao
I tought, based on lol lore, Yordles can't die?
I don't see directly how he teams up with Jayce, as Jayce is kinda classist. I could rather see a teamup with Victor, or at least a confrontation, especially if they fit the "glorious evolution" thing in, which would be at the expense of Ekkos people.
Yeah in lol lore but we don't know how arcane differs to lol, it might be that they do die in Arcane, but we'll see, I could be wrong, but I kind of hope they're like biologically immortal than actually unkillable.
Well that's the point and the struggle I hope happens between them, Jayce is classist and Ekko hates topsiders with an outright passion, it's a compelling narrative because they both represent similar ideals from different walks of life, trying to do what's right, but where Jayce fails because his ambition keeps leading him astray and he doesn't understand how dangerous things can be as he's always been bailed out and made it to the top without too much adversity, Ekko will succeed because he understands what it's like to be at the bottom and what the price of living actually is
as for Viktor, no I don't think he's going to be teaming up with anyone and more than likely he's going to be a real big bad guy at the end of the show. The "glorious evolution" Viktor would piss a lot of people off unless done VERY well, but I guess they could make him corrupted by the Arcane and he sees that as evolution and becomes an arrogant sod about it, but I dunno... I think that'd be a bit too much character assassination, maybe it'd be better to have him be the conflicted anti-protagonist with decent motivations for survival than just a "muhhhh I represent the best" kind of villain, since he's been characterised as a gentle soul that's just trying to survive
@@Nomsynho I think one thing that would speak to Heimerdingers survival is that it would be strange if they showed us his death in a trailer in a bit of a flash. Something I think that is likely to happen is that several characters get catapulted into the "arcane", where Heimerdinger would be a candidate next to Jinx, Mel, Viktor and Jayce.
I think they will explore the class divide further with Viktor and Jayce, as those have a repetoir from previous season and wouldn't have to start from scratch.
While I do see Viktor getting a more villainous arc, I am not sure whether or not he will be the big bad. So far we haven't got hints about the glorious evolution in the trailer but people floating and being changed (enhanced?) by the arcane. Viktor could see that as a blessing, while the more sane people try to get out, and Jayce as well as Heimerdinger would have to try to approach him to at least convince him that not everyone wants to be "eaten by the arcane".
Though I am really, really curious what the arcane stuff is about. I have dug into lol lore after I watched Arcane, but haven't come across anything like this in such a big style. Yet,... just as I write it,... maybe it is the spirit realm that Aurora connects to? Where thanks to the hextech shenannigans ppl got transfered in?
Which would make Vi's arc even more akin to Korra XD
We know they can't die from old age, but they probably can be killed. Their lore gets retconned every couple of years, it's getting a bit out of hand. As far as I know, the only story that goes into detail is about a character who wants to die, and LoL usually isn't a property that discusses things like suicide (and definitely not in a context where it's coming off as dark humor from hamster people), so the whole story can still be taken as being about aging.
@@ninjatoriumnova2483 I think the yordle you mean is Vex and she is way to young to die of old age. ^^;
Though she doesn't work towards her goal.
@@JenniferFuss It is, and yeah, I know League lore. I did get a sense that they were discussing natural death in her story, though. But again, who even knows what the deal with yordles is these days. Although now I feel like the yordle from Mageseeker really does mention something about not understanding death, but I might be misremembering.
What do you think the Ekko eats?
Sadly I don't think the writers care that much about ekko. He will probably get the least amount of screentime again and we won't get to learn about his internal and external motivations(unlike the other characters). At least he'll get to do time stuff which is cool
I think a lot of his story is more implicit than explained, he might not have screen time but he absolutely has motivations that you can clearly see throughout season one
i feel like youre severely underestimating RITO lol. He may not get screen time like jinx or Vi, but he is 100% essential and insanely thought out.
if you dont think writers care about Ekko you need to rewatch the show. Its not all about screen time
if Jayce can get screentime ekko can get screentime
@@clefchef1 jace needs screen time for substance... ecko has substance without ever having to show his face at this point.