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Watching Arcane Season 1 Episode 9: The Monster You Created. www.patreon.com/shadowcatreacts
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@ShockArcl1te 24 дня назад

Silco broke his one rule. He had given his speech in the first episode how power comes to those who will do anything to get it. He had no limits to how low he'd go, *except with Jinx.* He would never give her up. Everyone, from his second in command, to his rivals, to even Marcus was telling him what a liability Jinx was, and he refused to throw her away. He saw such potential in her and a kinship with someone also feeling abandoned by family. He saw her as perfect, flaws and all. And in the end, that love killed him. He couldn't get independence and be a father to Jinx at the same time. I'd like to think he went out glad that it was Jinx that killed him. Better her than some rival crime boss or an enforcer. She was strong and capable and fearless and she didn't need him anymore. He died not as a failed revolutionary, but as a proud (albeit definitely flawed) father.

@rathion2853 13 дней назад

And the best part of this is that it is the exact thing he criticized Vander for. Who abandoned the previous revolution attempt because of Vi and Powder.

@aranthur 24 дня назад

It's such a great touch to the writing that Vi misunderstands what Jinx is saying right up until the end. "You made Jinx" isn't an accusation. She's thanking her, because in Silco's world Powder would not have survived, but in the end she did live because Vi's voice was in the back of her head telling her to be strong, to fight back, to never back down. And now she just wants Vi to love her for the person her lessons forged her into, but Vi is struggling with that because she's had such an idealized version of her sister in her head for 7 years and that's not who she found But at the same time I can't blame Vi for the fact that she has never met Jinx as she is now and doesn't understandher yet. They spoke for all of a minute, and then Vi saw her go on multiple murderous rampages. She isn't wrong to be appalled by Jinx's actions, for wanting her sister to be a better person than what she has become. Maybe with time, they could have even found a middle ground and learned to love each other again?? But at the end Jinx essentially gives up on ever reconciling and instead of allowing Vi to leave her again like she assumes will happen, she destroys the relationship herself in the most dramatic fashion

@ericsanford536 23 дня назад

People tend to forget the things that lead to the conflict in this show. "What do they gain from governing the undercity"... the undercity is full of mines and workhouses that feed piltover's industry. remember silco just an episode before saying "Have you forgotten where we came from, the mines they had us working in". What they gain from governing them is immense wealth and power from exploiting cheap labor and resources.

@fattymatty9319 24 дня назад

7:40 don’t think your eyes could have rolled back any further hahaha and that “in pursuit of great, we failed to good” line, great reaction! That line always hits me so hard haha I’m so excited to see eko and himerdinger together!

@davidgalland3070 24 дня назад

16:10 The force shield isn't such a deus ex machina save as I first thought, like you, on my initial watch. The gloves designed for mining (and cave ins)... and throughout the show everyone teases Vi that she never blocks. She finally did.

@ericsanford536 23 дня назад

Also, we SEE that hextech can do this in the Jayce/Vi fight. He makes an identical shield with his hammer in that fight.

@Lorrin81 19 дней назад

The source of the shield is an unanswered question, but he's my take: The shield is NOT a designed feature of the Atlas Gauntlets. It's a feature of the Arcane. In other words, if you're carrying an arcane gem it will respond to the instinctual needs of the wielder. Vi was bracing herself right after Vander told her to focus on her guard, and shield suddenly appeared. A shield for mining makes no sense (the "it's-for-cave-ins" idea is silly). If it were a designed feature of the gauntlets, Jayce and Viktor would have shown it to Heimerdinger, especially since Heimerdinger is so focused on safety. And here's the rub: Jayce is under similar threat at the end of the season, and he wears an Arcane gem in his cuff. What might that do?

@ericsanford536 19 дней назад

@@Lorrin81 The shield is present in Jayce's hammer as well ( he uses it in the fight scene ) and he is aware of it because he uses it intentionally. Which to me indicates it is fully designed into the equipment he built.

@Lorrin81 19 дней назад

@@ericsanford536 But Jayce's hammer was specifically designed as a weapon. The Atlas Gaunlets were designed as a tool for mining.

@Crazy_Diamond_75 23 дня назад

"In pursuit of great, we failed to do good." I swear that line hits harder every time I hear it. There are so many great thematic and emotional payoffs in this show. It's definitely one of the most cohesive shows I've ever seen, which is very impressive considering how many characters we follow.

@pythonxz 21 день назад

This show clearly had people truly allowed to express themselves.

@rauliuxaa 21 день назад

I really like the part where heimerdinger enters the place where Eko lives and sees how much progress can people actually make when life depends on it, just shows him being to much safety focused and taking longer might not always be the play.

@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e 2 месяца назад

I fr cannot wait until season two drops.

@pythonxz 21 день назад

It is one of the most incredible animated shows I've seen since Avatar The Last Airbender. That's a very big deal.

@bryce4593 24 дня назад

Regarding what the council has to gain by having control over the undercity: It’s not exactly clear, although I’m sure they do gain something, or they might just be unwilling to relinquish something that they have. But what I find most compelling is what Caitlyn’s mom says immediately which is “Nonsense, we have procedures for this”. In other words, “who do you think you are, you’ve been a councillor for a matter of days and you’re going behind everyone’s back and making the largest deal of all time without any communication to anyone of any kind”. Which really does justify an immediate reaction of outburst.

@cthulhuwu_ 24 дня назад

Silco talks about "the mines they kept us in" and they often reference mining in the undercity and some relation to the poisonous vapors so presumably the undercity provides a source of cheap labor and accessibility to whatever minerals they're mining without any danger to Piltover citizens

@BoomorBust 24 дня назад

Pretty sure she said procedures for this.

@bryce4593 24 дня назад

@@BoomorBust yea, typo lol

@BoomorBust 24 дня назад

In regards to why keep control of the undercity... A mountain can't be a mountain unless it sits above something else.

@F1rstWorldNomaD 15 дней назад

11:00 Sevika is loyal only to the cause. To free the undercity from Piltover. Not to any one person. Her allegience lies with whoever is leading the cause and is not distracted. Vander gave up the cause for Vi and Powder, thats why Sevika left him and joined Silco. Silco still very much has the cause in mind but he is gradually giving up more and more in favor of Jinx. This is why this happened. Sevika did this as to reminder Silco what his priorities should be.

@MysteryQ007 24 дня назад

You always need someone to gather the raw materials and work in the mines.

@Fionalah 23 дня назад

Great reaction Ms Shadowcat! This is a hell of a show.

@cthulhuwu_ 24 дня назад

20:42 you hit the nail on the head and that, imo, is Vi's greatest failing as a character. Powder is more obviously trapped in the past by her hallucinations and traumatic flashbacks, but Vi is just as stuck in that moment. She can't reckon the sweet and innocent Powder she knew with the violent and unhinged Jinx. In response she freezes up and gets caught (ep 6), abandons her again to fight Ekko (ep 7), and lashes out at Silco causing a kid to get killed (ep 8). It's not until this episode that she's forced to confront the fact that Jinx is _her_ creation, her fault. And what does she do? She's legitimately scared of Jinx, she scrambles to come up with a plan, she lies to Jinx's face that everything can go back to normal when she's finally realizing that would be impossible. Although I think Vi is obviously much better for her sister's mental health and well-being, in this scene it's Silco who has a far more objective view of Jinx imho, even though he's obviously biased by his hatred and Vander's betrayal. He's right in that Jinx is no longer the helpless girl that Vi knew, and he's right in that Vi isn't prepared to deal with this development. Would Vi abandon Jinx? I'm not sure, I'd like to think not but what if Jinx was threatening to hurt someone? I love Vi but damn did she drop the ball with her little sister again and I can only hope she gets a third chance to patch things up in season 2.

@VeggieGamer 23 дня назад

Definitely look forward to your Arcane season 2 reactions, only half a year to go now!! Hahaha, your reaction at 9:40 was golden!! XD No way!! I am watching Buffy for the first time at the moment, too! XD Great show! From what I interpret, the council to a certain extent keep Piltover rich by keeping Zaun poor. If they wanted to, Zaun could have been made a much better and safer place long ago (hence why Powder and Vi's parents crossed the bridge with Vander), especially since the amount of money that Hextech has brought the city. As individuals, they are also very obsessed with 'the game of thrones' (not the tv show, but the metaphor of the power struggle XD), and never want to give up their power. I am sure others have already mentioned, but there is other League stuff to react to inbetween seasons if you want to, but either way, loved your series on this! :)

@F1rstWorldNomaD 15 дней назад

17:40 Free/slave labor, taxes, industrial/political/natural resource territory etc etc. Im kinda shocked how many people asks this question. Its like the most obvious thing ever. Its how literally every nation has always operated since the dawn of time to various degrees. Some absolutely horrendously (like DRNK) some almost fairly (like countries in northern Europe.) but none the less. Just subjugating an entire city for no reason is insanity. It would cost massive amounts of resources, man power, energy and focus for literally no reason. The gains must outweight the cost or no one who isnt literally the devil (or Sauron) would ever do it.

@narotic6133 24 дня назад

show is coming along nicely

@artboymoy 22 дня назад

Yup. There it is. The first season of Arcane. Amazing show and wonderful reaction although you got names mixed up a little bit. They did do some nice callback with Viktor ready to commit suicide and Jayce stopping him. Did you notice when Viktor says "You must destory it" Jayce looked at the hammer he made thinking Viktor was talking about that and not the Hexcore. Next season in my head cannon, Jayce, Mel and Viktor survive due to Hexcore stuff or even something that Mel has, although I don't know what. Piltover and the Undercity go into chaos with leaderless civil war. Mama Medarta siezes the opportunity and calls in the Noxus forces to take over Piltover and is set to eliminate the remaining council and Mel and Jayce escape to the undercity but Viktor is captured to work on the Hexcore. An alliance of Jayce, Mel, Heimerdinger, Vi, Ekko, and Sevika fight to keep the Noxus forces at bay while Jinx is off being chaotic and mainly fighting on her own against the Noxus forces but sometimes harming the undercity as well. But the man who killed Mel's brother shows up with his forces and then Noxus must join with the undercity or the new nation of Zaun to stand against him. I think after this season, we can move the war to across the seas and start to see new factions and countries. As far as I'm concerned, Jinx has cemented her status in "Legend" culture and can go out maybe doing some sort of self sacrifice for Vi by maybe saving Caitlyn or something like that. But this is all in my head.

@F1rstWorldNomaD 15 дней назад

I absolutely believe Mels mother. Theyre from Noxus, basically a warlord state where "might makes right" is *_literally_* the law. If you can take something, you do, if youre strong enough to keep it, you may. Soldeirs are executed if showing mercy and you quite literally keep what you kill. The only sin in Noxus is weakness, if youre murdered in broad daylight, thats your own fault for not being strong enough to fend off the attack. Even showing signs of weakness could be a death sentence for you and your entire family. Sending Mel away may absolutely, probably even, have saved their entire blood line. This world is not 2020s western, peace time on earth. Applying our values and standards to their world is neither appropriate nor realistic.

@djgizmoe 21 день назад

The only downside of Arcane Season One is it spoils you.

@pythonxz 21 день назад

Other shows never quite fill that hole.

@F1rstWorldNomaD 15 дней назад

4:00 I absolutely understand why Jayce feel what he feels and does what he does and I dont really blame him for it... But Vi is obviously 1000% in the right here. This didnt start now and the council have thousands of kids lives on their conscious, they just didnt care cuz they didnt have to see it. The fact that ONE actually fell by Jayce own hand means little to nothing and giving up on stopping Silco for THIS particular child is *_really_* hypocritical. It was ok to let thousands of kids die for no reason, just for simple money, but its not ok if one accidentally dies when trying to stop cycle of death causing it? That makes no fakking sense at all. Honestly, if Jayce hadnt backed out here, Piltover probably wouldve won and with Jayce and Viktor in leading positions would be in a prime position to actually turn the underworld around.

@user-vn5go1ko9w 17 дней назад

I knew you still had it in you...slight push off catwalk

@Lorrin81 19 дней назад

"Look what he's done to her." Silco gets so much undue hate. Silco didn't make Jinx, Vi did. Silco is a loving and supportive father to Jinx. Silco took her in when she was abandoned because he empathized with her. He trusts her, includes her, defends her, supports her, and is 100% loyal to her. Then when Jinx does things viewers blame HIM--Silco must have done something manipulative/dark/twisted in some way. He didn't. Just because he's the antagonist of the show, not everything he does is evil. Certainly not with regard to Jinx.

@shadowcatreacts 19 дней назад

I can understand that perspective, I guess I just don't agree with it. I don't think blaming Vi is fair when she didn't really abandon Jinx; not on purpose, anyway. She had a fit of rage wherein she probably didn't handle the situation the best, but considering the circumstances, I think her rage was understandable if not justifiable. After which, Vi tried to go back for Powder, but was held back by Marcus and subsequently jailed for years. I don't know if I can call that an abandoning because I think that the word "abandon" implies intent, and I think blaming Jinx's trajectory on Vi's momentary outburst is unfair. At the end of the day, Jinx, albeit accidentally, literally murdered her friends and family after Vi, who always stood up for her, expressly told her to stay tf away from the situation. Sure, in Jinx's naivety she thought she was helping, and so I have a tremendous amount of sympathy for her as it relates to episode 3, but the actions that set off this chain of events were her doing at the end of the day. I think then attributing Vi's very human reaction to such a horrifying event of your own making as the catalyst for what made you who you were, is misplaced. To give the benefit of the doubt, Jinx obviously isn't privy to any of this. It's not like Vi is in the position to explain any of it, as she's locked away. Silco, if I'm remembering correctly, thought Vi was dead, so fine, I can't blame him for her not knowing either. I don't deny that Silco loved and cared for Jinx very much, but that's not enough for me to say he was a "good" parent/ influence. After Vi finally is able to return to the undercity, Silco lies to Jinx about Vi coming back for Jinx, out of a fear of losing her (which I guess is up to interpretation, but one of the writers has confirmed this to be true), showing his further manipulation of Jinx. Loving for her and caring for her simply isn't enough for me to see him as a positive figure in her life. At the end of the day, it was a series of unfortunate events that, imo, Silco took full advantage of.

@Lorrin81 19 дней назад

@@shadowcatreacts And this is my point: When Vi does things to persuade Powder, it's fine. When Silco does things to persuade Jinx, it's labeled "manipulation." Why does Silco believe that Vi "abandoned" Powder? Because that's what Powder told him happened (end of Ep. 3: "She left me. She is NOT my sister anymore."). Why does Silco think that Vi was back for the crystal? Because that's what Sevika would have told him--that's what Sevika says to Jinx in Ep. 5. And from Silco's perspective this makes sense: somehow, Vi has been alive for years, and only appears--with an ENFORCER--right after Jinx steals the crystal? That's kind of strange. When Silco says "she and the enforcer are back for the crystal, not for you," (Ep. 6) Silco is correct regarding Caitlyn's motivations, just not regarding Vi's. And yes, he fears losing her--he doesn't want to lose his daughter to someone who he believes abandoned her. But what gets me most is: even when Jinx specifically says that Vi created Jinx, some viewers just don't believe her--it MUST, somehow, some way, be the "evil" Silco's doing. It's not.

@shadowcatreacts 19 дней назад

I think that the genius of this show is that the situation isn't black and white. No, I don't think Silco is all evil; no, I don't think Vi is all good. I think we might just have to agree to disagree because I'm not going to be convinced that Vi and Silco's wrongs were on the same level, nor that anything that Vi did to Jinx was objectively worse. To me Jinx thinking it's Vi's fault doesn't make it an objective truth since the foundation of Jinx was built on a misunderstanding that I don't think she had adequate time/ mental capability to process once the truth came to light. While I don't think Vi abandoned her, I absolutely think she suffered from abandonment issues due to the situation. You could say that those abandonment issues are the impetus of Jinx, and I wouldn't disagree, but I still have a hard time blaming Vi for that considering how the scene played out. Truthfully there are likely a lot of external factors that made Jinx Jinx, but if we're going to ascribe blame onto an individual, I think Silco did a metric ton more to make her who she is.

@Lorrin81 19 дней назад

@@shadowcatreacts We can agree to disagree. The genius of the show is indeed that it isn't black and white, but you're making things black and white when you place undue blame on Silco. Your claim is that Vi is "white" and Silco is "black" when it comes to Jinx (despite what Jinx herself says!). That's just not correct. No one intended to make Jinx. Vi certainly didn't abandon her on purpose; it happened because of an accident and Marcus's unknowing intervention. If Silco had anything but genuine love and care for Jinx--if indeed he was just "manipulating" her or using her--he would have given her up in exchange for everything he desired, strove for, and sacrificed for (Zaun). Instead, even after being mortally shot by Jinx, he tries to comfort her with his last breaths and tries to give her a smile. (Edit: spelling)