THE MOST HEARTBREAKING FINALE 🥺💔 Arcane 1x9 "THE MONSTER YOU CREATED" | Reaction & Review 

This Finale left us SPEECHLESS 😭, riding a rollercoaster of emotions. Can't deny it, this show's now a top favorite for us. Season 2, here we come! Get ready for more League of Legends fun 🌟 Stay tuned for 'Bridging The Rift' ;) 🔥 If you want early access, join here! We are excited to jump into the cinematics & more 😍 www.patreon.com/meeshanddee

You know it's a good show when it's only 9 episodes and I'm still obsessed a year later

Silco: Don't cry, you're perfect. Me: Alright, then I will.

The fact that I actually thought that Jinx decapitated Caitlin....... That was the writers flexing. They could deadass make me fall in love with a rock, for all I know.

You are 100% right, when Silco was yelling, “don’t listen to her”, he wasn’t trying to manipulate Jinx or anything nefarious, but rather he understood that in Vi’s attempt to get Powder to snap out of being Jinx all Vi was doing was triggering Jinx’s trauma. Most people don’t clock that.

The best part about Caitlin and Vi is that their relationship is REAL, it's about their individual and shared experiences, about their complimentary strengths and weaknesses, about coming to a mutual understanding and connecting powerfully, intimately with what they see in each other. It's NOT about being GAY!(tm). It's not a token relationship to inject 'representation', it's not a commentary on society's injustices towards people who are gay, not an in your face challenge to 'accept and embrace our gayness or be proven a bigot!'... it's just two girls - two people, two souls - finding one another in the chaos of life. It's not about gay, it's about love, and THAT is what the Earth moves for.

I think Silco was partly right in the final scene. Vi doesn't love Jinx, she loves Powder. She would be horrified to know the things Jinx has done, and in the scene she showed she's not able to control Jinx's outbursts. Vi starts to remind Jinx of her past trauma thinking it would help, because she remembers her family in a good way. This only increments Jinx's anxiety. Silco sees this clearly. "Shut up! (To Vi) Don't listen to her! (to Jinx)". He's been living with Jinx for years and he clearly knows what triggers her attacks. When calling out doesn't work, he tries to force his way out of the rope. Only then does he grab the gun and points at Vi. Silco would've killed Vi, obviously, and that's clearly not the right answer. But he's shown what kind of person he is throughout the series, and killing someone to protect Jinx would be nothing new to him. As the editor pointed out, Jinx didn't shoot AT Silco. She sprayed the entire left side of the room because she heard the clicking of the gun and instinctively fired. She didn't know it was Silco, and she wasn't trying to protect Vi either. In the end, it all went down the worst way possible for all of them.

Silco's first and last words to Powder were to comfort her after she killed one of her fathers.

Love how you pointed out the slow-burn development with Caitlyn and Vi. Too often in media, same-sex relationships are either unnaturally shoved in as token representation or remain eternally buried in subtext, which does not seem to be where Arcane is taking it

Wait i just realized something. In the show vi says powders good with her gadgets which are technology. And vi gift is fighting which is her physical strength. Vi is pink and jinx is blue. When vi gets hextech golves which are technology jinx gets shemer which inhances you're physical skills. Hextech is blue shemer is pink. A little bit of powder exist in vi and little bit of vi exists in power. Like yin and yang. Also vi wearing the hextech can remind vi how powder used to be and shemer can mean powder finally became strong like her hero.😊

As someone with a terminal disease, Viktor resonates with me so much. I adore him. I hardly cared about him in League or knew much about him. But Arcane made him my favorite character.

Now imagine hitting that credit roll and waiting since end of 2021. I didn't even know reaction channels where a thing until my Arcane withdrawal kicked in.

The fact jinx say "send her go away" and not kill her. Show how far she is gone death is just something to make people "go away" for her

ella pernell's jinx voice acting is insane. You can FEEL how broken she is palpably

I really love it when reactors actually get Silco and don't just write him off as ONLY manipulating Jinx, like if the characters were that 1 dimensional this show would've sucked it feels so clear that there's depth to all of these characters and it's both shown AND expressed but some people refuse to see it 😅😅 great reaction guys

I don't think I've ever wanted to hug two characters more than Vi and Jinx watching this show, even when I know Jinx would most likely throw a grenade at my face.

Silco is my favorite character, because I went from hating him, and loving him at the end. Such a complex character.

Another small but important point that many miss is when Jinx finally sits in her chair and says she thought Vi could still love her even though she's "different." Then she says that Vi has changed. At that precise moment, the shot switches to Caitlyn waking up from being knocked out. In Jinx's mind, Vi has made a choice, and she's chosen Caitlyn over Jinx. A big part of Jinx's motivation in the final three episodes is jealousy of Caitlyn, and now she finally gives up. "Here's to the new us" refers to this new dynamic. Incredibly well done!

The problem w Himerdinger is he is to head in the clouds, he understands the past and doesn’t want to repeat it and he wants to protect the future with safeguards, but he doesn’t give a shit about the present, and I think episode 8 made him realize that. Seeing the suffering and hate in the undercity while he was just having a great life without a care the day before. It goes back to the opera, he was mesmerized by the pretty thing happening in front of him, while all the work was happening behind him while his eyes were closed.

“Are we STILL sisters” “NOTHING is ever going to change that” Vi openly lied to Jinx there Jinx was asking if Vi accepted her even in her messed up state, but Vi only wanted the old her back It’s crazy but Vi was lying to Jinx the entire time in that last scene while Silco was FULLY telling the truth to her

also if vou notice in the past episode jinx is always on high alert trying to avoid death. But in the scene in episode 7 when ekkos is on top of her, her face relaxes and smiles. She doesn't move away from the bom she stays right under ekko, like she wanted to die. Jinx has been dealing with trama for years and by her self. Most people think about actually committing suicide. The fight between ekko and inx was the same play fight they did when they were kids so it must have been a nostalgic moment for her. So why not die in the arms of her childhood best friend? Plus in the game it was mentioned that ekko had a crush on powder when they were kids. And the arcane enemy music video shows there were a lot of scenes of ekko and powder together as kids.

6:51 Mom's spaghetti. 22:53 Episode 3, before Powder hugged him. He literally had the knife behind his back when he kneeled down. He only changed his mind when he was able to relate to her through Vander. 23:26 Look at Powder's face, right before she says "I made her a snack". She was actually disappointed in Vi thinking what we all thought as well. 24:06 Powder asking Vi to get rid of the monsters... 25:48 Didn't pull the trigger... 26:36 All monsters... Vi was definitely making it worse because everyone become like a ghost of the past that haunted her. 28:00 "What makes you different, makes you strong." - Vi, episode 2. Love the parallels and callbacks. In episode 3 they were just about to free Vander, but then... Jinxed. Here the council was literally about to give Silco what he wanted, but then... Jinxed. And yeah, in both cases she ends up murdering her father figure. It's also interesting that Powder did not kill Caitlyn, even though she had several opportunities to do so. It's like she still has so much love and respect for Vi that she still trusts her, despite of her psychotic views of Caitlyn. I suspect Jayce and Viktor will survive. Jayce because he's the one making the hex tech stuff, and Viktor because of the transformation and the hex core. It wouldn't make sense to have them go through this narrative development to then just die. I am very worried about Mel though, because I feel her death or mortal wounds could be a good plot device for Jayce to turn dark and invest into weapons - and not destroy the hex core. I think she's also an original character for the show, which would make her more expendable than a champion from the game. My favorite character is Powder for sure, followed by Silco. After that it gets hard for me to decide. There's a lot of very good characters in this show. Maybe Caitlyn, but Mel is very high for me too - even before the last couple episodes. Ella Purnell's voice acting in this show though, especially during the tea party, was so freaking good. All the emotions, the little voice cracks, it's hard to believe that this was her first voice acting job. I'm loving her in Fallout too.

A wild detail, among the many in this show, is that at 16:46 you can see Jinx in the picture behind the statue. It's just that there's so much going on and you're so enthralled by Silco conversing with the memory of Vander and the realizations that he's coming to--that you can easily overlook it. One of my favorites from the show is the first post-time jump argument between Marcus & Silco. Silco actually frames Marcus in a square during one of the scene's shots, giving a subtle visual aid to just how "trapped inside a box" he really was and how those willing to take any measures can hold your greatest strengths against you. EDIT: Even the small details, like the "force field" at 19:34 is in reference to--in any lesser show--a throwaway line about how those Atlas gauntlets were made for miners down in the fissures. So naturally, crossing your hands in front of your face to block activates the force field that would keep floating debris from landing on you and anyone nearby. The show is just so meticulous and treats nothing like filler.

I don't usually leave comments but girls did an amazing job reacting to this series (shout-out to you editor as well, you rock). So excited to see you advance in this lore and also for the new season!

His final thoughts and words, despite what she did is only about her well being. He even says You and not Jinx for the first time which would imply that he is saying that it does not matter who she chooses to be. She is perfect either way. Yes sometimes Silco does manipulate her but every time it is when he is afraid he's about to loose her. The only thing he's ever loved. Which is selfish yes but his love for her is still so incredibly strong. I really love this character. He is a really really bad person but there's so much more than just that. I watched this for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's not often you can say "well that was the best series or movie i have ever watched".

The gemstone isn't in the rocket. Its in the launcher. The gemstone is just a power source. The runes direct the function. You can see the tubes of different colored liquids when the rocket opens. The same basic design as Jinxs grenade we see when Victor opens it. Just orders of magnitude more. Sort of fitting that the topside technology of hextech is used to launch a massive bomb of underground chem tech at the council.

I love the irony here of Silco being mad at Vander for abandoning the dream of Zaun's independance for the sake of his kids, when he himself eventually does the same thing for jinx. "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter" is a quote that really shines through.

WHEN I TELL Y’ALL THAT WHEN I SAW THIS EP FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE ENDING😭….I literally threw my tv remote across my room and was yelling at the tv😭😭😭 bc why would they end it like that and then I’ve been waiting like 3 years I believe for s2😭(which so excited that it’s coming this November🙌🏽) also the scene with the platter, I really thought it was Caitlyn’s head, I was scared shit at that scene🤣

Now imagine having to wait 3 years for season 2

I funny to me how you were counting by Months while im counting by Years when waiting for season 2, so relatively its somewhat sooner for me

You gotta watch league of legends cinematics to fill the void arcane gave us

Vi and Jinx are both born from trauma. The only difference is in how they handle it. Vi's trauma made her stronger, while Jinx's trauma broke her.

"...and she's so loving and optimistic; everyone she meets she doesn't judge them right away..." Jericho: "say what now? wtf?"

Thank you editor

Be prepared for your schedule next week, FORTICHE is highly probably about to anonce S2 with a trailer at Annecy Awards in France the 11/06 or 12/06. I m hyped to the max. And now let's watch the episode :)

Now that the series is finally over you can do a reaction to Arcane Bridging the Rift to see what the team has gone through creating the series. I really hope you like this, to see the wonders and horrors of crafting a masterpiece😂

Okay, here we go... I believe part of Vi's pushing Caitlyn away is her realization that if Caitlyn stayed with her while she went after Powder, at some point she'd have to choose between the two or one would likely end up killing the other and it would be impossible for her to deal with either reality. Mel appears to have some sort of armor (that golden frame that she wears even when sleeping that gleams and seems to warn her of the incoming attack), so I am certain that she will be able to use that to protect herself and likely Jase and Victor as well, there's no way those two aren't alive next season. The shark cannon Jinx uses at the end if the 'weapon' Silco had mentioned earlier and is named 'Fishbones' in the game as her ultimate attack. It's meant to represent Silco (remember all those giant monster fish swimming around down around his lair?) and even has a scar carved into one eye, which is a wonderful Easter egg for LOL fans. If you pay attention, after she defeats Sevika, Vi gives the exact same sort of primal scream she gave after Vander's death. It's sub-textual, but Sevika is basically the person that Vi grew up wanting to be, a childhood hero of hers, and destroying her was essentially destroying who she had once wanted to grow up and become, and surrendering the entire world view that went with it. @29:09 - Almost everybody misses the significance of what they're seeing in that frame... that's Vander hanging there, certain to become the LOL Champion named Warwick. I have a whole dissertation on this subject, but Silco didn't love Jinx. He might have believed he did, but he is a consummate narcissist and the only thing he loves about her is how much of him he sees in her. Even at the end when he tells her that she's perfect, that's him using his dying breath to make sure she never goes back to who she was and stays what he thinks he made her, even if that would have made her happy or given her peace. Silco's question 'is there anything so undoing as a daughter' is actually a major theme throughout the entire season. Both Vander and Silco die because of Powder, that much is obvious, but think about it... Caitlyn's mother doesn't die in the council chamber if Caitlyn hadn't gotten involved. Ambessa (Mel's mother) exiled her because she was weakening her as a ruler. Marcus is forced to keep working for Silco due to the threat against his daughter and ultimately dies for it himself. I'm even fairly certain that Singed is looking at a picture of his daughter in the locket he's holding at the end. What I'm wondering is if that equation doesn't have a second, redeeming half to it, one that we will see in the next season. I'm so glad to have discovered you ladies - yet another gift from the creator's of Arcane. :)

Vi in the first 3 episodes hated topside and the enforcers as much if not more than Jinx does. THAT version of Vi might have been convinced to side with Jinx in her war against Piltover and love her without expecting her to become a better person, but she's changed too much by the finale to ever do that now, thanks to people like Vander and Cait And Jinx realizes this before Vi does, who is still living a little in denial because of how deep both her love and her guilt go. I think, if anything, the biggest change the Shimmer did to Jinx was forcing her to grow up. Until then, she was still a little bit trapped at the same age she was in episode 3, but in the finale all that childishness is burned out of her, and she starts to see the world more clearly

When Vi says "he knew what he signed for" about the kid Jayce killed, that's wild, you can truly see how hard the war with Silco has affected her, to the point she sometimes thinks as the enforcers she hates so much. My poor girl.

Whoever decided to add the "K.O." is awesome! I was not ready for that at all! Perfect, and I've not heard anything like that in any other reaction!

😂💀 Six months, when the rest of us had to wait 3 years

❤ man what a ride with you guys! I am so happy you guys loved it too. This is absolutely one of my favorite animations ever! I can’t wait to watch season 2 with you all.

You know the council doesnt even know what jinx looks like , this show shows concicuences soo good like vi didnt want to tell the council about jinx , but she did and thats how the council found out abput her .

Started watching yall for Arcane, specifically. It's potentially my favorite show of all time, and I love watching peoples reactions and perspectives, so I've seen MANY channels react. You both have had such thoughtful and engaging commentary on this series. I came for Arcane, but I'm definitely staying and subscribing for you two. You both have very calming auras and unique perspectives, and I can't wait to see more of yall. Great editing and setup, too! 11/10 will watch again ❤

Thanks so much for all your work to entertain us! Your reactions and comments are always excellent, and the editing is on point, too (thanks editor!)! Very happy to see an end of this season of Arcane with y'all, but looking forward to checking out your other stuff!

I like that Selvika is just Silko's henchman but she is shown to be her own character so in the scene even Silko did not know which way she was turning. In another show none would have bothered to create such a complex power dynamic between the villain and his primary henchman.

Silco realizing he is going to make the same decision that he criticized Vander for is a top tier arc. This show was amazing. Throughout it, the show asked us several questions and by the end, it answered all of them. Can there be peace? Can Jinx come back? Can Vi accept Jinx? Will Hextech be used for violence? There’s clearly more story to tell, but season 1 told the full story it wanted to. What a show!

Silco is broken man, in the broken world, trying to take care of broken girl. Sad AF

Loved your reactions, and yeah, unfortunately some commentors can't seem to allow people to take in the show and experience it, thinking they need to 'correct' them on things, like the Mel thing. You two were perfect. There are some great breakdowns of the series, from the lore perspective, even the psychological. They did an amazing portrayal with Jinx and the difficulties she had, when she claims that it wasn't Silco but Vi that made her, we have to remember this was just her feelings on it, but if we go back, even to the very first opening scene of the series, we see that same scratchy art style over the enforcer's face for a moment, something we later come to learn is how they show us Powder/Jinx's trauma, most likely some sort of imbalance which she bore from birth.

I'd like to appreciate you for acknowledging that Jinx has gone through so much shit and trauma enough to break anyone. I totally understand her and her actions, and I understand those who don't. Some things need experience to actually hit home. She's my favorite character ❤

2:13 "a big sad sister moment" yup!

One of the best reactions on this show that I watched! Thank you for reminding me how great this show is and how strong emotions it’s hiding under that spectacular visuals. I’m here for all the future LoL content of yours. If I can recommend some; of course the “Crossing the Rift” documentary of how was Arcane made. But then there is a video from my fellow Czech citizen; Necrit, about the world of Arcane (Runneterra). It’s made because if hype of new MMO game that is Riot making (I can’t wait to play it after we all will be in retirement house 😂), but I think it’s the best way how to get bigger picture of the world for the lore-masters beginners 😊 Once again, thanks you for the ride!!❤

You guys made my day by posting this before I had to go to work. I enjoyed this journey and I can't wait to see you guys in Season 2 and to see what you guys react to before then regarding League. I'm slowly sifting through a lot of your other content now while I wait lol. Also love that you shouted out your editor much love to him. Ok I got to go to work now. Glad to be here

For more League videos i recommend Necrit´s video called (The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done) While its made for the mmo game, in this specific video he goes over every major region and explains the background and lore of each region. Its a near perfect video to get a baseline understanding of the world or Runterra. U nailed it to what i belive is a major part of why she choose the Jinx chair and "abandones" VI at the end. Through out every episode after the 3rd when Jinx se memorys of her old life with Milo, Clagger and Vander she dosent see happy memorys but instead she sees them almost exclusivly as distorted nightmares and in the last few scenes VI not knowing what those old memorys does to Jinx VI forces those memorys onto Jinx and shes begging for them to stop. All she sees are haunting monsters but VI dosent know this and keeps on pushing. Silco knows exactly what this does to Jinx and the moment VI does this he goes absolutly berserk screaming at Jinx not to listen to her. Silco does anything he can to break free and the moment he gets the gun he tries to shoot VI and stop her from causing this pain to Jinx. At this point Jinx is out of control due to those haunting visions and just reacts to the gun which result in her killing Silco. Jinx is not all crazy and the show shows it with the cupcake when she says "I´m not that crazy" VI never learned what there past memorys does to Jinx and becouse of that she causes Jinx to directly kill her 2nd father figuer and the only person in her life that trully understands her. "I thought u could love me like u used to, but u changed to" In the end VI tried to get sweet young Powder back but that was never gonna be possable and in trying to do so she made her kill the only other person that cared for her.

26:39 In this moment I want you to realize that Silco really cares about Jinx. He knew that what Vi reminded Jinx was very painful and torturing for her.

The fact that Vi triggers jinx's PTSD without realizing shows how she doesn't understand her anymore. While Silco accepts her even if it kills him. She is perfect.

Hey guys, I just binged all your Arcane reactions. I've been obsessed with the show since it dropped and watched so many reactors do the show. But as it's been so long, I thought I had exhausted all the reactions to Arcane. Then I found your channel. Loved the reactions, love how hyped you guys are for the show, which is basically me. I subbed and cant wait for Season 2. Your channel was the last reaction channel I watched to season 1 but it's gonna be the first one I watch for season 2. LFG. 🤣

I'm so glad I got to watch this amazing show with you! It's great to go in blind and it is truly one of the best shows ever. And it's only a single season. Can't wait to watch season 2 with you! And shout out to your editor, you're awesome!

There's a special magic when the climax of a story has you mourning for all sides in a conflict. I feel so much for Vi, Jinx, and Silco because they were all going to lose a part of themselves in that scenario. I've been waiting for so long to see the aftermath of the attack on the council. With Mel in the direct path of the missile, I'm assuming that she won't make it and that might ignite a change in Jayce and Mel's mom.

I'd recommend Necrit's video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done", it gives a nice broad showcase of the entire world that Arcane is set in.

I love you both so much and thank you for all of your reactions! I cant wait to see if you watch the cinematics someday but I also love your Korra reactions! Love to both of you

Jinx saying "I'm sorry" after killing Silco is the first time in the show that she apologizes for anything. It shows just how much he mattered to her and how she truly regrets what she has just done.

So glad you guys enjoyed season 1~ Not sure if anyone's mentioned this, but regarding Vi x Cait, their adventure into Zaun only lasted a few days. The subtlety of their relationship is very realistic when you look at the timeframe of the season. There's yearning there, enhanced by their shared experiences, but they still barely know each other by Caitlin's abduction. I love the narrative decision to keep it subtle and more implied than directly stated. Even in the game, they have a long history as partners, but I don't think we've ever had any confirmation that they've been romantically involved. Yet.

Little man: the boy didn’t even haggle Silco: the boy didn’t even haggle

in my humble opinion. not only is this the greatest anime I've ever seen. but how they show the decent into madness and just how events in a person's life can permanently change someone is both breath taking and horrifying to watch as Jinx slips from powder to Jinx. truly the greatest show to show how madness is created in my opinion. i can't even begin to guess what the next season has instore for us. I've played league of legends since the first year and know just about all the lore. i hope for more of these characters but at the same time. i hope they go to a different set of characters for the next season. there is over 150 characters to build this anime world with.

I love how Viktor is so fucked up just showing his future League of Legends self is too much of a spoiler to even discuss LOL

Silco: I still believe in loyalty *Sevika flexes her sword arm* Silco's thoughts: ffuuuuuu I had no idea how this was gonna play out

@26:11 and also very noticeable at the end of her fight w Ekko when he pauses, the artists actually designed two different faces for Teen Jinx. She has a Powder face and a Jinx face which do have distinct features so you're not wrong in saying that. It's intentionally part of the artistry.

Glad you ladies felt the same.... phenomenal show Riot and Fortiche put together. Excited for season 2!!

Thanks for the warning of spoilers editor, I don't watch trailers, or anything for shows I know I'm going to watch anyway. Cheers

The fact that Silco even met with Jayce proves that hes not just a violent psychopath. He uses violence cuz its the only thing he think they will listen to, he even says as much in episode 3. The fact that he meet with Jayce show that he is villing to come to terms without violence if possible. Arcane is one of the best shows Ive ever seen. This is the exact reason. No one is 100% good, no one is 100% bad. Everyone is on a scale of gray, everyone is human and everyone us acting *_exactly_* as they would, no one ever acts out of character Silcos methods is what makes him the villain, not his cause. He was once a brother in arms with Vander, they both came from the same side and with the same motivations. Trauma, corruption and betrayal made him paranoid, cynical and ruthless. The most beautiful thing is that in a sense, Jinx saved Silco. A the show progress he regains more and more of his humanity, caring more about her than the cause. As he told Vander, "It all makes sense now, brother... is there anything as undoing as a daughter?" Thats literally what Jinx did to him, she stripped him of everything he was, his conviction, ambition, made his dreams and sacrifices secondary. By giving him back a little bit of his humanity, he was able to die a man and a father instead of a monster. Not a good father, a broken person trying to raise and even more broken person cant be anything but disasterous. But definitely a loving father and i 100% he actually wanted what was best for her. He was just not in a position to provide it, being a very damaged individual himself. His very last concern was to assure Jinx he did not blame her, that it wasnt her fault, that he loved her and that she was perfect. The ultimate villain died with love in his heart, not hatered. How is that not saving him? Good god, the writing in this show is on such unbelievable levels. Silco (paired with Jinx) is the greatest villain of all time.

You can see Vander at the end of the episode when Singed is looking at his locket. Vander is strapped to the roof with the monster claws already put in

35:08 "And Noxus is all war." Okay, if you don't want to be spoiled about Runeterra's lore, skip the rest, but... Yeah, Noxus is an expansionist Empire that wish to conquer the entire world, and they often (nearly always) rely on war. But as you learned in Arcane that nothing and nobody is fully good or bad in this world, remember that Noxus is also part of this world. Noxus is an empire founded after the Rune Wars, wich was massiv conflicts occuring between many civilizations centuries ago. At this time, some people were using extremely powerfull magical atrifacts to fight each other, wich resulted in ruining landscapes, erasing cities and civilizations, and having some places corrupted by residual magic (figure it as radioactivity after nuclear explosion, but magic). Note that Piltover and Demacia (you don't hear anything about the Demacian realm in Arcane) are also cities built by people who tried to escape and survive the Rune Wars, juste like Noxus. But during the Rune Wars, Noxians were harrased from every sides, and they had to fight to survive. They did both. Those people had to learn to constantly be ready to fight, and to stop at nothing. But the Rune War was still in everybody's mind, and to prevent their people (and the world) to face such a tragedy once again, they choose to conquer the world and reunite everybody under the Noxian banner. Their is no reason to fight another country if their is only one country. So no more war. Step by step, they turned into a pride civilization that value strength. Any kind of strength; intelligence, charisma, strategy, physical strength, magic, crafting ability... Noxians respect talents, and encourage people to cultivate it as much as possible. They don't give a shit about races, origins, wealth or social status; the only thing they value is what a person is capable of. Noxus has slaves, but even slaves can reach the highest sphere of the Noxian society if they proove they deserve it. Noxians are fierce, brutal, often mercyless, but they're clearly not as bad as many people portray them. Even Mel saying that "War is Noxus first and every recourse" is not entirely true. Noxus invade every region, but they always propose to the different countries to willingly join them first. If they refuse, Noxus will attack and take it by force, but if they accept, they'll become part of the Noxus empire, and will be treated like every other noxian citizen, all this without any kind of violence. Always go deeper than appearance, you might be surprised by what's hidding beneath.

I find it so very refreshing when characters in media can be gay but it's not THE defining characteristic but just one of their attributes. Like this always irks me that the romance part (especially gay romance) seem like this all defining thing when realistically if you were in a situation like VI, sure you're attracted to Caitlyn but also you got a lot of other things going through your mind as well. And I love how the show handled that 🥰

Now that you’ve watched the whole thing - go watch it again. If you pay close attention, the arcs of the 3 acts are almost identical. They start with a heist and a building/bridge blowing up and the gemstone being stolen, they and with vi and jinx being separated (acts 1-2 vi is taken from jinx, act 3 jinx walks away from vi), even down to the final fight being on a bridge/walkway in each act. It’s hard to see how closely they parallel each other until you know how they all go, but once you see it it is amazing how they pulled it off

There’s a 30 second teaser for season 2 out already and they put out the poster for it a few days ago 😁 I started this show a week after it released not thinking to much of it and I binged it all in one go and then rewatched it because my sister saw how much I loved it. Can’t wait for November 🫡

I've been hyped for S2 for so long. I'm excited to see if and how characters change towards their in-game selves. And also to see Warwick. Got my fingers crossed to see other P&Z characters like Dr. Mundo, Twitch, and Blitzcrank.

My theory on the Council: Jayce has his hammer, so if he's quick enough, he can use his bubble. Victor is standing right next to him, so he'll likely be inside the shield. Everybody else dies. Mel, Kait's mom, Jayce's mom, robot man. Everybody. Pretty sure.

One of the best descriptions for the ending scene is that Powder kills Silco to protect Vi, then Jinx "kills" Powder to avenge Silco, making her fully 100% Jinx now.

This universe is not a safe space for father figures. 😭 The Vander and Silco scenes in this episode always break me.

This episode makes me emotional every time, and I've probably watched 30 reactions to Arcane by this point.

to be honest, you could also say that vander betrayed sevika. he lost sight of the cause in order to protect his interests, the children. this show is so complex like that

Savika’s defining trait is loyalty, not to any one person but to the nation of Zaun. So when Vander gave up on Zaun and was content with the way things were she found the best way to continue that. So she did betray him, but she was following her code so was it betrayal?

Happy Thursday Meesh and Dee! I hope you two have a wonderful day. Stay safe, take care and stay amazing.

Jinx's VA is Ella Purnell who plays one of the main characters in Fallout. I highly recommend it.

A lot of people get confused when Jinx says “I thought maybe you could love me like you used to.” I think it’s a really important line. This is my interpretation: Vi loves Powder as Powder. She loves a girl that doesn’t exist anymore. Jinx was hoping that Vi could love her just like Silco does. Silco fully accepts the way Jinx is now, and even tells her she’s perfect with his dying breath. But Vi only knows and wants Powder. She never shows signs of accepting Jinx for the person she has become. Jinx wanted Vi to love her like she used to: accepting her for who she was. Remember how she always comforted Powder even when she messed up? Now that Jinx is an adult, Silco became the one to accept her like that instead, rather than Vi. Jinx was hoping Vi might be able to accept her again, too, but in the end, she couldn’t. Vi wanted someone else.

35:15 showrunners confirmed in an interview that this story will end with season 2 and explore other stories after that

Great reaction as always! Can't wait for season 2.

Fun fact: Lucy in Fallout voices Jinx.

I have a 30x40 canvas @28:00 in my ManCave. Love it. Love this show, loathe marcus.

Sad thing about this is silco was right in a lot of ways vi doesn’t love jinx she loves powder she is holding on to the idea of powder she hasn’t tried to accept jinx so in that sense silco is right and they reinforce this by showing just how out of touch vi is to jinx/powder when she started naming people that powder was attached to like vander Milo and what not jinx doesn’t see them as good memories she is tormented by them that’s why they used the imagery of monsters like things to show this jinx isn’t powder she is mentally wired differently and it shows vi hasn’t accepted that because she is still talking to jinx as if she was powder now in my opinion silco knew this and tried to stop vi so he tried to shoot her silco is the ONLY person in this show that accepted powder for who she was and who she becomes hence why he said “you are perfect” and I believe it was at that moment jinx did away with powder and accepted being silcos daughter jinx in the end and that’s why she also said I thought u would love me for who I am now even tho I’m different and vi saying I do love u maybe true but she loves powder not jinx jinx scares her jinx makes her uncomfortable u can tell when she fully slips like when she was fighting the firelights silco sadly was the only one who accepted jinx/powder for the broken person she is and didn’t try to force her to be her old self or anything vi would of tried to “fix” jinx and honestly jinx isn’t able to be fixed at least for the moment it would take something more than vi some one who understands jinx for who she is and powder and help bridge those two personalities vi isn’t holding on and haven’t shown she loved jinx she only loved powder it’s truly sad tbh

I Love everyone’s reaction when Jinx brings in the cloche. Even people that know Caitlyn is a champion are wondering if she has enough plot armor to survive or if that really is her head. I have listened to the last song over and over again it’s amazing. While your waiting for season 2 I highly recommend Bridging the Rift the documentary about the making of. All the KDA music videos. A super funny fan made animation Arcane in a nutshell. the League of Legends Cinematics and Necrits breakdowns. ❤ Enjoy and cant wait for season 2 🎉

35:07 There is a video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" by Necrit explains the entire world of Runeterra and all of it's regions (Noxus for example).

"We will show them" *_"We will show them all!"_*

Now you two understand the cliff hanger we have been hanging on for this long

28:58 I'm glad she is still alive tbh, her design is awesome and I really hope she becomes a champion (a playable character in League). Btw, Riot has confirmed that 2 characters from Arcane will become champions and they already revealed one of them, can you guys guess who it is? The current league champions featured in arcane are: Vi, Caitlyn, Jinx, Ekko, Heimerdinger, Viktor, Jayce and Singed (the shimmer doctor)

A lot of people misunderstand why Viktor keeps using the hexcore after his leg is fixed (in my opinion anyway) I've seen a lot of reactors be like "Why is he still using it, his leg is fixed" but the leg was never the main issue for his health, it was his lungs or something. They mention the gas from the fissures where he grew up causing his illness. That's why he had runes all over his chest. At least, that's how I interpreted it. Like the leg was a test run, and when that worked out he took the next step.

22:57 Yes- finally we are here. Been waiting since Day 1.

My theory about council room survivors: Jayce (100%) and maybe a few of the more politically radical councillors, I think Viktor will survive but be extremely injured, resulting in him or Jayce turning to the mutated Hex Core to fix his body, further pushing him down the dark biomechanical rabbit hole. I am almost certain about two people who will not survive, Mel and Cait's mom. Mel's death would be one hell of a motivator for Jayce and will make Mel's mom a PROBLEM in season 2. Similarly, Cait's mom's death would obviously be a compelling development for Cait going into the next season.

Loved y'alls reactions!! Can't wait for season 2! To the editor: great job as well! You mentioned Teemo. Does he count as being in the season too? 🤣(episode 6 in the book)