is this show TOO DARK? | *ARCANE* (S1 - FINALE) 

"In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good." I can't get over that line. It's beautiful and heartbreaking.

Silco was mad at Vander for giving up on their dream for his daughters. In the end he did the same thing, willing to give it all up for his daughter. Now he understands Vander. What a fucking phenomenal show

Nat in the last video: “I bet Jinx will redeem herself and do the right thing.” Arcane: “Well yes but actually no.”

Someone pointed out to me that Jinx's blue tattoos are not clouds.. they are the flare that Vi gave her to light up and be found.. She literally tattooed "Find me", ie cries for help, all over her body.. and that broke my heart all over again

14:43 I just realized that in Viktor's backstory he couldn't out walk his little boat and now he's out running a real boat. The parallels in this show man.. So Good

One of my favorite callbacks: Ekko says when Jayce came into Benzo's he paid full price and didn't even haggle. When Silco is talking to Vander's statue he says, " The boy didn't even haggle."

The "I made her a snack" scene put us all on the edge of our seats. Even those of us who have known the game for years and know that Cait is a playable character. It shows the level of mastery the screenwriters have to build such a solid story.

"She's gonna get fired from the Enforcers" Caitlin got fired back in episode 4 lol, everything she's done since meeting Vi is illegal

“Powder killed Silco to protect her sister. Jinx killed Powder to avenge her father.” Idk where I saw this from. Someone said it in a reaction video but, every time I watch episode 9 again, this just like… rings in my head. I’m willing to wait as long as it takes if season 2 is just as well done as season 1. The characters were all riveting and interesting, the season ended on such a cliff hanger and I NEED to see how the relationship between Vi and Caitlyn develops now.

To highlight Skye’s death with Viktor, he ran out of Shimmer to use as a catalyst in the experiments, so he risked doing another one without it, but Skye clung on and the thing used her instead.

I think part of Jayce's character is that he is so good at everything, yet when it comes down to it, he can make bad and impulsive decisions like the rest of us. I don't know if the show writers intended it like that, but it does show that you can be good at everything you do but that does not mean you know better than anyone else.

Viktor in Arcane: nooo don't fight Viktor in game: JOIN THE GLORIOUS EVOLUTION

The gloves gave her a little shield bubble because they're intended for miners, if the mine shaft were to collapse, they could protect themselves.

The ironic thing is Jinx wanted Vi to choose between her loved ones. It totally backfired and she ended up having to choose. Poetic, but tragic too.

This show really has a way telling things about the characters when you look closely. Like Mel for instants. Every time she’s appear the angles always appear like that she is looking down at someone. However, when her mother arrives the angle switch, making her the one that’s looked down upon. Shows how intimidating her mother can be. When she steps out of the bath naked, Jayce feel so embarrassed that it makes you feel like he’s the one that’s naked.

"Don't cry, you're perfect." Such a meaningful quote. He knows that she is not perfect. But he isn't either und nobody and nothing in this world is. So for him, she is everything and he does love her. And on the other hand, everybody hearing that quote is crying. :D Arcane on the other hand as a show is almost perfect. Animation, characters, world building, music... just brilliant!

In-game quote Ekko to Jinx: "I had a crush until you started talking to the gun" Which makes the mind blowing bridge fight between the two all the more heartbreaking. Masterpiece

Edit: Side note about Skye (Sky?) she was the little girl in Victors flashback that was looking down at him from the rock when he was finishing up his engineered boat, she has been admiring him for a LONG time. Been waiting for this! So glad you decided to watch this and sorry in advance for the end!

I really didn't see the final scene with Silco as him emotionally manipulating her, nor at any other point. I truly think that he believes it's them against the world. He was betrayed in the deepest way possible by the closest person to him in his life and I think that really fucked him up and made it basically impossible for him to trust anyone, Powder excluded, because he sees her as having gone through that same betrayal. I think he's simply doing exactly what Vi was, no malice behind it, but because he's our villain we perceive it in a negative way (at least initially). Yeah it's still a bad thing that he projected a lot of his issues onto her but what matters to me is that I don't think the intent was really there.

I think it's important to point out that Heimerdinger only went down to the undercity and was able to realize how bad things are, after he was voted out of the council. Before that, he was content preserving the status quo.

I'm so happy that you noticed the cupcake showing how much Jinx was listening. A lot of people seem to miss that.

The reason the finale is such a tragedy is that Vi does genuinely love her sister as both Powder *and* Jinx, but she just genuinely can't connect the Powder that barely kept up with Vi, Claggor and Mylo on their runs with the person that laughs while killing people. It's understandable why that shakes Jinx and makes her traumatized brain perceive that as Vi *not loving* her, but it's jarring to see actual audience members believe Vi doesn't love her sister when she just can't immediately get used to her sister being a murderer after only having that last memory of her while being locked up in jail for years.

Arcane has some of the best character development I've seen in a "TV show" in some time. What brilliant writing and beautiful animation. I appreciate the show not shying away from a darker story, but at the same time making it totally understandable why these characters walked these paths they're on right now

Viktor running for the first time definitely made me tear up the first time around. Something about him being able to express a part of him he'd never been able to before is really heartwarming and heartbreaking to see. Also, i love that he runs faster than the boat he let flow in the river when he was a child. This show is brilliant

the thing that i found most surprising and moving was VI's and Caitlyn's romance. it grew so spontaneously and dynamically you knew they were opposites attract long before they did; and in such an ugly and divisive world you cheered for them to find a bit of peace with each other. i hope they do in season 2. i also loved that Vi called her cupcake cuz she's so sweet, cuz she's not sweet at all outwardly; yet her core self practically overflows with love.

The Ekko x Jinx fight was one of the best sequences I've seen in 2022. Bold stylistic choices, amazing animation, sound design, overall writing quality. Simply outstanding.

I thought the doctor's marks may had been aftermath of making Shimmer (as people who make meth get affected too). But actually, the doctor we see working on Shimmer (who gave a vile of it to Vitkor), is the same doctor we see in the first three episodes working with Silco on making the Shimmer, and feeding it to the rat as the first experiment in the first episode. The marks he has on his body are burn marks and scars from the explosion caused by young Powder in episode three.

Arcane is simply a masterpiece. It REALLY has raised the bar for animated media.

Heimerdinger wasn't definitely in the right. He was incredibly out of touch. He told them to wait ten years to safeguard their tech, but Victor won't even live 10 years. He thought Ekkos hover board was built wrong, but it wasn't, it was designed for the fissures, which Heimerdinger didn't know because he never goes down there. And he was surprised at Ekkos progress despite his "short" lifespan. Heimerdinger literally founded the city and he's been there that whole 200 years it existed. And yet he didn't even know what the air was like in the undercity. At best, he was ridiculously negligent. And don't forget that Heimerdinger was the one so against magic. He told Jayce not to mention it during that trial thing, but after Jayce started talking, the counselors were listening until Heimerdinger interrupted him and out his foot down. It was HIS fear of magic. Heimerdinger keeps telling people not to do things but never presents an alternative. If I could describe him in three words I'd say paranoid, stagnant, and neglectful.

18:03 dude the way Nat's eyes shifted to see Jinx hiding in the corner with her pink eye had me CACKLING I DID THE SAME THING

That split second where Jinx is pinned and helpless and Echo looks down into the face of....Powder....that whole slow-mo scene leading up to that moment is so beautifully crafted...

It's worth noting that Caitlyn had actually already lost her job as an enforcer the day after she survived Jinx's explosion where she stole the gem. Her mother went to the sheriff and told him to fire her because the job was too dangerous. She lied about still being an enforcer to get into Stillwater and to see VI and then forged Jayce's signature to get her out. Jayce was caught off guard when Marcus mentioned it but didn't say anything to cover for her. Victor was also in the council room when Jinx fired the missile. He was the one that announced that Jayce had made the deal with Silco. That whole situation is a mess for the main characters. Jayce, Victor, and Mel were in that room. Caitlyn's mother was in that room and she was also close friends with Jayce. And it was all done by Vi's sister.

To be fair on Jayce, he just didn't think of the consequences. Vi actively justified that kid's death- which isn't exactly/entirely her fault, because she's been exposed to so much violence and suffering that she's been numbed to it.

I totally love the fact, that Natalie kept on calling Caitlyn „Kirraman“. Like it’s not inaccurate, but not accurate either😂

Not calling her Jinx is kinda whole problem with Vi. She just couldn't accept changes in her sister, new name and new everything, she was trying to reverse it, like it never happened. Of course it didn't work well

"I can't imagine punching him he is adorable" - *cutscene to Katarina slaying Heimer LMAO

There's a rift too between Vi and Caitlyn now too, Caitlyn had a chance to kill Jinx but stopped at Vi's insistence, which then ultimately lead to her mother on the council getting nuked

the showdown between Jinx and Ekko on the bridge has to be one of the most beatiul and creative scenes i've ever seen!

Honestly, 100% my favorite character in all of this is Silco. Not that I was ever rooting for him to win, but just the transformation he goes through is so deep. And even though his relationship with Powder/Jinx is so messed up I don't think he ever has lied to her. He really does see in her the same thing that drives him, and that they both share the feeling that the world has abandoned them. And I think the only reason Sevika is afraid when Jinx confronts her is that she knows if she hurts Jinx Silco won't forgive her. Because you know Sevika is ruthless enough otherwise not to care. Like, I think he truly loves her in the only twisted way he knows to love Jinx, and his motivations, and actions are some of the most well-defined, deepest depictions of a villain I've seen in any show. Now, who did I want to win? Of course, Vi, Ekko, and Caitlyn. I think at least Caitlyn and Ekko were the only "good" guys in the whole show trying to keep the power source away from Jinx and Silco. Anyway, I am looking forward to season 2 to see how the story advances. I don't think Jace and Viktor are dead, they've got to somehow make it through. But yeah I don't hold high hopes for any pf the councilors.

Her name is Vi, which is pronounced "VIE" like "DIE". It's short for Vi-olet and one of her voice lines in the game is "Vi is short for violence." Easy to remember in that context. Just think of her as Violet and shorten the name to Vi.

That edit of Katarina killing Heimerdinger just as you said you couldn't imagine anyone punching him had me laughing out loud 😂

Silco was much more loyal to Jinx than anyone else in her life. He accepted her with all her flaws and mental issues. Most of us can only dream of a person to love us like this.

The music in Arcane is so beautifully done. I can't believe they even managed to get Sting to do the final song (What could have been)

"Jayce, you really signed up for all of this without thinking it through." The story of Jayce's character arc.

"Jayce is good at everything." Except for decision-making.

The exploding mechanical firelights are Jinx's (painted with her colors/monkey face). You see her making them in several episodes. They are tuned to land on metal things, so armor and weapons. That's how Marcus' arm was entirely blown off. If Cait hadn't traded in her gun for the potion to save Vi, she likely would have been blown up as well. The doctor doesn't have a skin disease. He's the same doctor who made shimmer for Silco. Powder literally blew him up in episode 3. He's a burn victim. Curious why you blame only Jayce for the hit on Silco's facility, considering the entire thing was Vi's idea, Vi's instigation, and Vi's info used for it. The shield came from Vi's gauntlets. They're for mining, so it's natural to have some form of protection for the wearer in case there is a cave collapse. It didn't trigger until Sevika came at her from above when she leapt off the bar.

My favorite pain: VI says, "Remember Powder, what makes you different makes you strong. Always remember that." And then now, "I thought, maybe you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm... different."

9 episodes in and she still calls her "Vee", bless her heart. 😆

I've watched that scene so many times and seen almost every reaction to it on RU-vid, but I've never noticed Jinx's boots during the fight with Sevika. Thank you for that and for sharing your reaction!

It’s hilarious how she randomly starts calling Vi “V”

_Arcane_ is one of the most perfectly constructed tragedies of the last 400 years and I am *so here for it*

I like the character development of Silco. You can see how he talks to Vander’s statue because now Silco’s put in the same situation where he doesn’t want to give up his daughter, just like Vander. “Oh, it all makes sense now brother, Is there anything so undoing, as a daughter?” Shows how much he got attached to Powder and now he’s not willing to give it up for the dream he was trying to achieve his whole lifetime

Such a perfect 1st Season. 👏🏾. Love this show. Love your reaction PS. Heimerdinger had his faults also I think. He waited WAY too long to act. Failed to see the importance of the situation. Took things for granted and never even set foot down there until after he was expelled from the council. He’s also culpable.

Now that you've finished the show, and gone through it again on edits, I'm sure you also noticed how well each character's decisions relate directly to a conversation they had immediately prior. One can almost watch the show backwards, and see the chain of cause and effect that led the characters from where they started, to where they ended up. Mel plays a pivotal role in shaping events in the story, and her motivations at the start are a relative mystery. At the end, after the interactions with her mother, you see what her goals actually were, and so much clicks into place. Such tight writing.

Ecko's power in the game and lore is that he's able to rewind time, allowing him to always be where he needed to be in the nick of time, which is where his nickname 'Boy Savior' came from.

Arcane was super dark, and hit me way harder than I ever thought. I had known a small bit about Jinx and her story from LoL, and upon watching the music videos for “Enemy”, I knew I had to watch this show. The music video made me tear up, but Arcane made me sob and ugly cry, snot and all. I have no clue why it hit harder than even Pixar movies, but this show was perfect in every way I can think of. The animation department doesn’t get the credit they deserve, coming up with such a beautiful and sometimes really dark art style that is SO hard to replicate. The voice acting was phenomenal and my god the writers were genius. I’m not sure if they’ll make a season 2, but I would stop everything just to watch the whole thing.

An important thing that passes over some peoples head is Silco isn't being manipulative when he tells Jinx how its only them, everyone betrays them, Manipulation requires intent to deceive, Silco is so traumatized and hardened from life in the undercity and form all his experiences he truly believes they're alone, they can't trust anyone, and that if they let anyone close all they will do is hurt them, and it says so much for his love for Jinx that even with all his distrust and trauma he infinitely trusts Jinx to let her inject his medicine into his eye and to say that its only them, letting her into his life and directly saying he's the only one in his life he trusts will never betray him. And ironically in the end, she's they one who kills him, betraying him in a mental breakdown caused by Silco once again being unable to let her go and let her die and doing anything to save her.

Fun fact: Sky and Victor come from the same area. You see her as a young girl on top of the rock looking over young Victor at the start of his backstory.

I was astonished by how good this show was. I went into pretty much expecting nothing, barely even knowing it was a based on League of Legends, and now it's a top 3 favorite show ever. It's perfection.

This is definitely my all time favourite show. The depth and complexity to each and every detail, from items in the background of a shot, to characters, to the story itself is just astounding and it's created a completely new metric for what a show can be. The way the characters are written is beautiful, and it takes literally a single scene with each of them to become invested in them. I also love how the creators don't treat the viewer as idiots, and they don't spoonfeed us the solutions and answers. The ONLY thing I think could have been slightly more obvious was Jinx working on the mechanical firelights. Most reactors I've watched have not caught that until it was explained to them in the comments. My favourite character -by far- is Vi. She's such a badass, and the number of sad and hurtful experiences she's had makes me empathise with her so much. You could say the same about Jinx, but she was too young when the worst of it happened, so it scarred her so deeply that she's basically irredeemable. I CAN'T wait for the second season.

Notice how it's always Mylo that talks to her in her head being negative? That's because he was always the negative one towards her when he was alive. I love the detail this show has.

I think they did an amazing job with this series, especially with Powder/Jinx. Years ago when she first showed up she was kind of “what if Harley Quinn but different colors”, and here they REALLY dig into her characterization.

It's really weird how everyone keeps going "oh no Viktor's putting shimmer in his body" - you know, the thing that a lot of people have done and survived with minimal ill effects, including Vi - not "oh no Viktor is using the thing that makes plants grow huge, mutated forms then wither away into nothing immediately, on himself, trusting only this substance to keep himself alive". I mean, seriously... out of the things he's doing in that scene, it's absolutely insane to consider SHIMMER to be the scary one.

Her name is VI (V-I for Violet), NOT VEE. And, that's Vi's problem as well, she's obsessed with taking down Silco that she doesn't think about the consequences. Vander tried to make her realize that way back in episode 1 and 2.

Jayce's arc is so tragic to me. He genuinely believes he has the answers to all the world's problems, and he believes he can fix them. But after killing his first kid, he turns around and sees all those hungry kids down in the undercity, and he realizes for the first time that the socioeconomic problems are so much more complicated than he ever noticed before. The fact that children can go hungry if they don't work is something that never even occurred to him before, because for him he always felt like he was low class as he didn't belong to the 1% of Piltover. And what does he do with this new information? He runs away from the problem. He decides to make it Silco's problem instead.

The young ekko/jinx flashback combined with the music and animation in that scene is just so incredible.

I was so surprised at the erong end of the show. I binged this entire series in two days and I loved everything of it. I'm glad you love this series, Jinx is one of my favorite characters!!

This series came out on 2021 and become one of the greatest shows of all time...a truly masterpiece

4:18 Actually, nothing Silco said to Jinx in that scene is a lie, He may be wrong, but he believes what he tells her. Silco doesn't have access to the complete information that you as the viewer have. (Generally 80% reactors forget this and project all the evil and evil onto Silco. But he only says what he believes.) From his perspective (and remember, Ekko thought similar), Vi just showed up one day out of the blue, with an enforcer, right after Jinx stole the crystal. Also what Violet said to Ekko: "echo she believes what she's saying okay she she's not your enemy" Likewise, Silco tells Powder what he believes to be true. He called Vi "Vander's prodigy" - Vander who collaborated with the enforcers. It fits right into his world view that Vander's prodigy would do the same. This isn't helped by the fact that to him, he's the one fighting for freedom from the oppressor and Vi bursts in saying she's going to tear it all down. Silco projects his experience with Vander onto Vi. He may draw the wrong conclusion, but between the optics of her return with an enforcer, plus his past with Vander, the conclusion that Vi is working with the Enforcers is reasonable. Silco may be wrong, but from his perspective, he isn't lying. And from his perspective, he's protecting Jinx from a bad influence (Vi). Being wrong but believing what you say is not the same as lying. Every single character in this series is in shades of gray, no black and white. All of them have the characteristics of real-life people. Each character is the hero of their own story from their own perspective. All of them have features that can be understood, hated and empathized. When you watch the series again, you will realize that no character is completely good, angelic or legal. Including Caitlyn, Ekko and Vander.

Just to note something you seemed to have missed. Singed, the scientist guy who helped Viktor and Jinx, is the same scientist from the first three episodes in the underground/underwater lab that exploded. That's why his face is all messed up. He's also the one who created shimmer to begin with.

Most of the hate Jayce gets is totally unjustified. A lot of people miss what the show it trying to tell them, and when criticizing Jayce they often are showing their own hypocrisy without realizing it. Jayce raids the shimmer factory (which let's not forget is Vi's idea), kills the kid, and everyone calls him an idiot. Jayce realizes his fuck up and changes his mind again, then Vi argues with him. In that moment it's Jayce that has chosen peace, and it's Vi who wants to continue the violence. But because we all like Vi so much people don't want to see that she's totally wrong, and it's Jayce that right.

Theres a lot for shadowing in act 1 with each characters path, vi being a boxer when she's young, powder playing shooting games, and if you notice the firelights masks were also seen in benzo shop in episode 2 and 3.

The scene where Silco is talking to Vander's statue and pours one out for him, gets me everytime.

I’m really glad you watched this show. It definitely came out of nowhere for me but absolutely loved it. It’s just so well done. Can’t wait for season 2, hopefully late this year or early next year 🤞

Honestly, Jayce being good at everything is kind of his thing, and also creates his weakness. He's brilliant and driven enough to disregard rules, and because of that his lab gets blown up; he's charming, likable, and attractive, which gets him deep into political/popular arenas he doesn't really want to be in; he's idealistic and easily swayed by his emotions, leading to being manipulated easily by Mel, who does believe she's doing the right thing, but is much more emotionally guarded and has had her idealism tempered by grim reality; later also easily manipulated by Vi simply because her powerful emotions drive her right through the objections he knew should have been there. In-game, he can switch between close-range and long-range fighting, so that's mirrored in his character. He *could* do almost anything really, really well, but because of this, he doesn't really have the focus any of the others do (Vi - boxing, Cait - marksmanship/detective work, Mel - political maneuvering), he even needs *Viktor's* determination in order to stick to Hextech long enough to make it work. He's very capable, but because of that, he's frequently out of his depth and doesn't realize it or respect the work it takes to truly master something.

Arcane was a perfect show, top to bottom; the writing, pacing, the design, the animation, the acting, the story, the way it approached mental illness, good and evil! God damn it's been an absolute pleasuring rewatching the show with you :D

I can't believe you cut the Boy Savior fight scene!

Caitlyn's mom calls her Caitlyn and five seconds later Natalie is still calling her Kiramen. Let's watch more!

10:50 He was burned in the explosion from ep.03. he is the "scientist" who has been developing Shimmer for Silco. He was also there when Silco was introduced in ep.01.

That hammer is Jayce's hammer in game. There is a lot to unpack with this show and with this ending, and it only gets better with repeat viewings. I'll put a couple of things here for you to think on. Episode 2, Vi: "What makes you different makes you strong." Episode 9, Jinx: "I thought, maybe you could love me like you use to. Even though I'm.. different.." Heimerdinger was part of the problem, and all the things you mentioned about the issue, was only exaserbated by Heimerdinger as he never went down into the Undercity till he was kicked out. Silco wasn't manipulating Jinx, those were his true thoughts and he did indeed love her, even if he was toxic overall and not good for her.

When Vi was calling out to Jinx, she was actually making it worse, she asked her to remember her Friends, but Powder is the one who killed them and she never was able to overcome that guilt and trauma. Thats why the Girl Vi knew, ceased to exist a long time ago and she was chasing the girl she knew, but was not ready to accept the women she's become, something that Silco has done wholeheartedly. So ironicly, Silco was an better influence on Jinx than Vi could've been... Also the idiom "Hell is paved with Good intentions" really suits this show, everyone of them wanna do things for the Good, but their ways of doing it is not good. Like Viktor said "In our Pursuit of Being Great, we forgot to do Good, and now we need to make it Right" The character arcs are amazing, and thats why this show is beloved by nearly everyone watching it. This and CP 2077 Edgerunners where the best surprises of recent years.

17:10 Regarding everything being easy for Jayce. I would say there is _ONE_ thing that Jayce isn't good at and it's making good decisions. 😁😁

One of the most underrated lines in the whole series was in the first episode when Vander is talking to Vi, and he gestures at the scrapes on her hand and says, "That path, this? It won't solve your problems. It just makes more of them". At the beginning of the show, you had Vander as this voice for peace, moderation, and supporting your family. He used to be a violent revolutionary, but he changed. Vi wanted to fight back against the unjust system as a violent revolutionary, but was held back in part because she loved Powder, who just wanted a family. And in the shadows, Silco was a mirror to Vi, plotting a violent revolution, his dark ambition powered by his feeling of being betrayed by Vander. When Silco took Powder and killed Vander, Vi changed just like Vander did. She felt like she betrayed her sister, like Vander did his brother. And Silco used Powders anger at feeling abandoned by her sister to turn her into a weapon for a violent revolution. Just like he is. Just like Vi was. Just like Vander was once upon a time. Just as Silco learned that what he wanted was the love of his family, and rejected violent revolution, Powder killed him and started Silcos revolution. The seeds planted by Silco and Vander, and the violence that made Vi and Powder orphans in the first place, and pulled into the endless wheel of destruction. No one is good. No one is bad. They are all just people caught in a cycle of violence and generational trauma. Just like Vander said, violence only creates more problems. But when were they given any other choice?

Some of my thoughts and analysis: After Jinx shoots Silco, she's shown clearly in that triggered mindless instinctual state like in episode 4 on the ship. Then after a couple breaths you see the exact moment her brain kicks in to full awareness again and... instant regret. Jinx didn't chose to kill Silco, but in a triggered state she instinctually shot at the threat of the sound of the pin drop in Silco's gun. That's entirely the reason she then chooses the Jinx chair, yet again, she was a Jinx to her family. There is no Powder, Jinx situation there, nor is it a conscious decision. It's just tragedy. Once again, Powder unwittingly killed her family. But this time she killed someone who loved her perfectly. This is probably Jinx's breaking point. This comment, which many people misunderstood and shared as a comment under each video since this series came out: "Powder killed Silco, so Jinx killed Powder" is actually a wrong analysis. Jinx is Powder's evolution that grows over time. Powder and Jinx are not different people or split personalities, they are the same person. Silco's line: "don't cry you're perfect" = not Jinx, not Powder, you're perfect. I Like the post I saw in someone's comment earlier: Here is that comment: Jinx breaks my heart, more than usual, in her final scenes. There's such a sense of resignation and sadness to her; it's in her eyes, her expression, and her body language. I imagine that she's thinking that Mylo was right, all those years ago: She's a jinx. And if she's a jinx, she's going to be the worst bad luck Piltover has ever experienced. No truce. No negotiations. No peace. Jinx will show them all. Let it all burn, and chaos reign. War is coming...

I love Medarda. I think she's the most realistic depiction of a politician I have ever seen. And I'm a fan of both The West Wing and Battlestar Galactica but although they're good I never felt either Bartlet or Roslin had as much nuance as Medarda has. Every action she takes she's three steps ahead, like any real politician should be. She's shown to run circles around normal really clever people like Heimerdinger or Jayce. She's up there with Alexei Karenin for me as a thinker but she's also able to act unlike him, best politician ever.

Guys, I think she's ready... Natalie, I'd like to request you react to the following show next: Invincible on Amazon Prime.

Caitlyn is a monster in Powders head, that's why she asked Vi to make her go away, the same way she did when they were kids. She has major trust issues, she doesn't know who really cares about her or who is just trying to use her so that final scene is basically her trying to find out if either of them really care, she's looking for a grand gesture and Vi isn't able to prove her love to her. Then when she kills Silco accidently he immediately forgives and comforts her, which is something Vi wasn't able to do when she accidently killed her family before, this is proof to her that he truly loves her for who she is and that's the reason she sits in the Jinx chair.

“I thought… maybe you could love me like you used to” makes me tear up every time

Her full name is Violet, so maybe that will help with the pronunciation next season.

The ekko stopwatch thing is because of the character in league of legends and his abilities. Though I’m sure they will discuss that in season 2

"(Caitlyn) Kiramman is going to get fired/released from being an enforcer." Nono, that absolutely won't happen. Because it already did in episode 4. She WAS fired. She's not an Enforcer now. She's a vigilante. And she KNOWS this. She also forged a councilman's signature. She should pretty much be in jail, but of course, being the heir to a prominent house of nobles, for all intents and purposes, there's no risk of that ever happening. *about Singed working on Jinx* "This is not who he should have brought her to" Then pray tell, who? Who else had even a shot of saving her, and was within anything even optimistically reminiscent of reach? "It's not fair, how do you get to be good at everything?" That's Jayce's essential quality. He's a prodigy to whom EVERYTHING comes easily. Tech stuff? Solves stuff nobody has even imagined at 24 years old. Politics? Is told he's making mistakes, takes one look at the swamp, and swims it like a consummate professional. Being able to master ANYTHING at a glance, and being stupendously easy to manipulate, are his only defining characteristics. I agree with you on this, however. There is no being good at combat, certainly not close-quarters combat, without practice and experience, and we have seen him practice exactly never, nor any indication that he takes martial arts or combat training of any kind. The one thing that could bridge that gap is an utterly impenetrable armor of one kind or another, which it is clear he doesn't have. Jayce not being cut to ribbons in fractions of a second and bleeding out within ten seconds is the least believable single thing in this show, and I include in that the teleportation magic that whisks airships across continents. There is nothing his hammer can do that would save him from that unless it somehow renders him invulnerable, which it clearly doesn't since he gets cut. "He's just such a hothead." No he isn't, he's an easily led chump. Sure, he had an idea of what was wrong - which he got from Mel Medarda, Abessa Medarda and others, internalised without thinking it over, and acted on. Then Vi browbeat him into attacking, effortlessly, even though he should easily have been able to realise that one, she was talking bull and manipulating him, and two, it was a terrible idea. That's the key thing. The only action Jayce ever takes without someone pushing him to do it is "study blue crystals". Everything else, mediocre manipulators trick him into internalising as "his own idea". "I don't know if killing Silco helps." Oh, oh, I know! It's worse than doing nothing. The problem of Zaun isn't Silco. Silco is a symptom of the problem, which is that people have been left to die to sickness and deprivation in a toxic death slum in what can only be labelled a genocide. Until THAT is solved, revolutionaries will emerge with frightening regularity and hostility will fester into blood feuds and hatred, which Heimerdinger has already presided over for decades if not centuries. The only saving grace imaginable right now is that Finn died first, as he would have been IMMEASURABLY worse for absolutely everyone than Silco ever was. "Jinx and Caitlyn face off and you really don't know what's going to happen" Well... it's pretty obviuos. Jinx had her pistol trained on Caitlyn in less than the blink of an eye. Caitlyn STARTED FIRING, it took a pretty long time, and she never hit. If Jinx was FIGHTING at that moment, Caitlyn would be very, very dead. "Heimerdinger, the most empathetic and logical politicians" Nonono. Heimerdinger was THE WORST. He was a FOUNDING member of Piltover, and he's quite clearly been on the council all that time. As Viktor pointed out in episode 2, he was the HEAD of the council at the time of the events in the first 3 episodes. He is presented with ways in which the lives of those who live in the Undercity can be improved, and his eyes unfocus, and he sees the hovering mage over a burning city, he's afraid, and he refuses to deal with it, and we all nod and go "oh, he's seen this before, he's so wise, yupyup" and understand why he's so afraid. But then, when he sees the hex core, he sees an alien landscape of spiraling structures and the SAME FLYING MAGE and he's afraid, and he refuses to deal with it, and I go "wait a minute... Heimerdinger's just traumatised by something involving that flying wizard, so now he superimposes the image of the flying wizard over ANYTHING THAT SCARES HIM EVEN A LITTLE, and runs away from it, he's NOT wise, he's JUST traumatised". That's the thing. Heimerdinger is obsessed with safety that can't exist, and his refusal to embrace any kind of meaningful progress is the reason the people in Zaun live starved, poisoned lives. He's a monster. A well-meaning one, but a monster nonetheless. Negligence, complacency and a refusal to tackle the issues are understandable in a person, but UTTERLY UNFORGIVABLE in a ruler. Heimerdinger is a ruler, so this is something he cannot be forgiven for. Removing him from the council was justified and necessary. Favorite character? I like Jinx. I like Silco. I like Vi, I like Viktor, I like a whole bunch of characters. Favorite though? Sevika. She's solid, knows who she is. She's brave, bold, tough, and she treats the world with and appropriate degree of seriousness. She's well fleshed out, consistent and profoundly interesting. She shares that with a lot of people, but I just enjoy her more. She's also, probably, one of the most upstanding, honorable PEOPLE in the entire show. I mean I like Vi, but she's not a great PERSON in a lot of ways. She's a bully and a hustler, and while certainly enthusiastic she's about as good for achieving objectives as Jinx is... which is to say, not very. Throughout the show, I don't think she EVER achieves anything that helps her get to somewhere she wants to be, and as much stuff as she DOES, that's pretty impressive, and something she would judge herself harshly for, if she was the slightest bit introspective. That said, every bit of that rings true and makes her feel believable as a character. Still, when she and Sevika fought in episode 9, I was rooting for Sevika all the way, while fairly certain she wouldn't win, of course :/

Warning for this essay I have written here. I just want to try and explain why I find Silco so enthralling as a character. Silco is my favourite character in this series. He is not only a fantastic villain, but he is a villain with a wonderful amount of depth. You can understand why he does what he does, despite how terrible it may be. Flooding the underground with drugs, dealing with the enforcers, children working in factories - it is horrendous to watch these play out, but in the end he did create unity in suffering and was offered the independence the underground needed. The Kingdom of Zaun. You cringe away, but also watch with this sick sense of understanding. He is ruthless, he is manipulative. You forget sometimes, but you never do for long! The scene with the other mob bosses was absolutely freaking brutal, and this channel is brilliant at pointing out each one of his manipulations through speech. Silco is more than just brutality though. His fear when he discovers Vi is alive: he completely lost control, kicking and screaming, Yes he was afraid he would lose control of Jinx, but I also do honestly believe he was worried for Jinx herself too. Ultimately he was right - Vi would never accept her as she is now. He did. "You're perfect." His fear of abandonment and betrayal is another great aspect of his character. Was he right in how he raised Jinx? No. Was he projecting? Yes. Was he doing it just to use Jinx however? Definitely not. He is jaded and hurting. His fear to trust, to believe in another comes through in all he does. Silco rules with fear. He trusts Jinx because she was betrayed too. Whether Vi was going to come back or not, in the end she was unable to. For all intents and purposes, it certainly seemed like she did indeed abandon Jinx at the time to both Jinx and Silco. I see these speeches as moments of instability and vulnerability, a twisted way to try and connect with his surrogate daughter. I could go into the fantastic scene he shared with Sevika this episode on the topic of loyalty, but I won't. This is long enough already! The way he develops through Jinx however is my favourite thing about him. I could write an essay on this, but I'll just mention one comparison for the sake of this verrry long comment. At the start of the series when Jinx presents Silco with the gemstone, not once does he look at Jinx despite her desperation for approval. Even when she hugs him, he remains staring enthralled at the power she just placed in his hand. Now contrast this with the scene on the bridge. Damn is it amazing!! He rushes to his daughter in fear, her name leaving his mouth in a panic. He cradles her in his arms, bringing her head to his, cataloguing all her injuries. It is with this action that the gemstone Jinx retrieves is revealed. He only glances at it once, and then returns to cradling her gently! He has all the power in the world once more, but he only has eyes for Jinx. That's not even going into the way he stares in Vi's direction as she once again watches from afar as her sister is taken away. She could have gone to her this time, but she didn't. Whether Silco could see her or not, the symbology is unrivalled. His anger at the topsiders, at betrayal; everything comes through in the way he picks Jinx up like a child and stalks away. His desperation as he goes to get her healed is heart-wrenching. It all culminates in his conversation with Vander's statue. Vander abandoned Zaun for the girls and Silco hated him for it. Now he is prepared to do the same. "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" It is so poetic. I knew he would never betray Jinx. His end was fitting, and I cried for both him and Jinx in his final moments. By the end, he truly did love her. Silco went from a jaded individual who would do anything for independence to exactly the same thing, but a father on top of it. It was a development that I truly loved watching!! I suppose I love Silco because he is so human. Villains like this are rare nowadays. He is magnetic because of it. Thank you for reacting to Arcane. It was great to watch with you. It's nice to finally watch with someone who cries just as much as me! I connect with characters in media waaay too quickly too. ❤

I'm really curious to know how you would like 'the legend of korra' (if you're looking for a very different kind of animated show from Arcane)! I personally love this follow-up series about Aangs successor, with a bit more heavy themes (especially in the later seasons), yet still it is a very lighthearted show. I know there are people who didn't like it as much (mostly because it is often compared to 'avatar the last airbender', and it just is a different show, made for a differently aged audience), but there are way more people who do like it. Although the show does have some flaws, I would love to see your reactions (just as I really liked your 'avatar the last airbender' reaction-video's) to 'The legend of Korra'!

In a way, not having played League of Legends actually made this series better for me. Knowing who is and isn't a playable character in the game would make it much easier to figure out who would and wouldn't die. Like, when Jinx had the covered dish I wasn't sure if Caitlyn's head was going to be in there or not. If I was familiar with the game, her status as a playable character would have made me strongly doubt she could have been dead.

dont know if youd read this but your videos are literally therapy sessions for me, thank youu

It's been about 3 years since I've been so invested in something to warrant watching someone else's reactions to a series. By god you don't pull any punches, really intuitive, I've cried a few times with you and laughed my arse off when things caught you unawares! Keep up the good work

Silco wasn't manipulating her, he truly believed and meant everything he said to her. Silco may not have tried to help her psychologically, but he actually did love her as a daughter.

You almost managed to remember how to say Vi's name. Now you just need to almost manage to remember how to call Caitlyn "Caitlyn" instead of "KIramen" before season 2 comes around. XD Thanks for reacting to this. What a wild ride, huh?

Im just happy when new ppl get to experience this ... thanks for reacting and see ya in s2 !! :)

You probably didn't notice because a lot of people didn't but the little girl in Viktor's flashback watching with the boat was Sky. If you listen one of her playmates yells 'Sky' and she looks back and then runs back to them.