That is fantastic. I registered that when I watched it, but I had never really thought about it till now

...Which makes me think, if Ekko really tried to save her, she wouldn’t want it, she was fine with staying with Silco. That’s why she says “Savior” such irritatingly and somewhat sarcastically, and that’s why Ekko said multiple times that Jinx can’t be saved because she doesn’t want to, she chose working for Silco etc.

One other piece to this is that it implies they've had some kind of interaction before. Maybe he tried to convince her to join his cause. Maybe they had a discussion of what to do about the whole situation in Zaun, but they couldn't see eye to eye. Maybe he never chose the right words to convince her and that was a thing between the both of them. Maybe her "love" for Silco was getting it the way of either of them seeing eye to eye and they both knew it. Either way, that whole "Boy Savior" line is something between them that we, the audience, don't know about...yet. I hope they do flesh this out next season.

I dont think so. There is no clear evidence of what u said. Just theory

@@huss1836 interpretation is important in writing; /not everything/ can just be told as fact.

Yup. It's such a powerful moment that you aren't expecting

Yea when he embraced Powder I really wasn’t expecting that but it makes sense once you find out that Silco knew how Powder felt. Also that shot of Powder’s eye right after he says “we will show them all” i have no words for that shot like I literally gasped when I saw that moment.

@@cristinarancano471 I assume that feeling is why they made that shot the thumbnail for it on Netflix. Lol

jinx is silco’s attempt at healing his inner child

I feel like that's why this show is so good. It resists the urge to punctuate pivotal moments like this with exposition. A fun exercise with this show is taking a moment to realize how many of the major plot elements are never actually comprehensively explained. For example Shimmer, what is does and how it works are pretty much entirely conveyed by showing how people use and react to it and no characters ever sit someone else down and monologue on how it functions.

yessss it said so much abt her character. and so much abt silco's that he didn't lose his shit at her saying that. they have such an interesting tension that goes way deeper than the stereotypical villain/righthand man type loyalty. i'm EXTREMELY interested to see what she becomes in season 2 now that silco's dead. will she grab power from jinx? will jinx become an outcast from zaun? or will she hold the arcane weapons over sevika's head and say you're not getting anywhere without me? just. so many cool potentials

@@feyelsbells7839 sadly next arcane will focusing on noxus invasion on ionia (base on lore) ..and the title might not be arcane cuz arcane revolve around piltover and zaun..😢i hope we will get few piltover & zaun scene in league series season 2

@@cikkmanjaa5361 i didn't know season two would be about the ionia campain. this is going to be gruesome, riven and the other runic blade wielders, the chemical weapons made by singed, perhaps some screen time from swain since he makes his coup a few years later and get hsi arm cut off by irelia, also him fusing with raum, there's a whole battle at udyr and lee sin's monastery, there's the liberation of varus by the two gay guys, there's the destruction of wuju (except master yi), there's darius amputating the arm of his waifu, and i'm not even mentioning all the indirect events in the ionia campaign. like the yasuo and yone thing, all the freljord infighting and power struggle and so on.

She can't kill silco..... not anymore.

Sure right

Indeed

Every single frame could be a wallpaper

fr, Every frame is wallpaper worthy

Every episode is a 10/10 but the end of 3 and 7 togeheter with all of episode 9 can't be rated only a mere 10/10. It would be disrespectful to how good they are.

Yes

It's a common practice. Make a ton of low effort work, with the hopes that some of it hits, because that makes more money, rather than thinking about legacy, thinking about building a trusted reputation.

Good news is, Arcane Season 2 is confirmed, but they said it won't come out in 2022. They really are taking the time to work on this show rather than rushing it out to cash in on its popularity.

@@kamikeserpentail3778 thinking about keeping their company afloat (well in some cases)

@@punchforpound2808 What are you talking about? No Way Home was a fantastic movie. What would you have changed in it?

@@punchforpound2808 TRUE! I thought I was the only one who hated that movie, I also watched it alone at home, it was SO boring to me, I would never watch it again.

This. Exactly this.

Oh ye, that first scene with him yelled it silently loud! (That was redundant, ik anyway) Everyone in the Meeting Room is so pompous and "badass" until Silco puts them on their asses and makes it a point that they aren't all that. Even when Fin tries to start a "revolution", his reasoning and understanding of the situation is so childish and arrogant to the bigger picture of what Silco actually wants. He's way too young and compensating and the "revolution" feels more like kids arguing with their parents and being pissy when they don't get what they want/getting what they want. That's not even me being old, I just love writing and how actions and scenes can speak VOLUMES!

He's look like a tik-toker

This is perfect. Thanks for the comment and for pointing that out. It really does hammer home that scene

It really shows that he can only truly trust Jinx, everyone else is a ticking time bomb until betrayal.

That's one of the moments that I love Silco's character, for all that he embodies that "magnificent bastard" trope, even he doesn't always know how things will turn out. You can *see* the look in his eyes afterward that just screams "oh my god I had no idea that would actually work holy cRAP-" and I absolutely love that.

I think having Silco express that reaction in that situation adds more to how human Arcane characters are. They all feel so real. No matter they are good people, bad people, neutral people. These characters act real and that's beyond amazing.

@@prufan "everyone else betrays us. your my daughter. ill never forsake you."

You will like the next video then. 13 minutes dedicated to that scene. It's my favorite in the show

Silco didn’t just think Vander betrayed him, he was outright betrayed. Vander attempted to assassinate him, and for all of their respective flaws and virtues, Silco’s grudge was entirely vindicated.

@@fakename2926 as I said (admittedly my wording was ambiguous), Silco thinks that Vander betrayed him because he was giving up on the fight for a free Zaun, and he attributed that decision to weakness on Vander’s part because he wasn’t willing to do anything to make it happen. It’s in this scene Silco finally learns that Vander’s betrayal wasn’t about being unwilling to do anything for power, it’s about being unable to bear the human cost of the revolution and the risk of losing your family. Silco, from his new perspective being threatened with losing Jinx, can see that it’s actually impossible to choose between your righteous ambition, and the lives of your children. Suddenly he realises vander was no coward or weakling, but just a man who made a human decision, and he can respect him now. So I wouldn’t say the grudge was vindicated, I’d say in this scene he actually forgives Vander - albeit posthumously.

@@envysart797 it’s sad though cause if Silco had only seen it sooner he wouldn’t have turned out this way probably. I’m like yelling at the screen (not really) “This is what Vander felt! Y’all could have avoided all the drama sooner!” It’s too late because Vander is dead and jinx and vi are not on good terms anymore and now Silco is dead

@@SaraBethCox they are not only in no good terms. it is like really bad. But tbh to what happened everyone has fault. Silco not being able to make her forget her trauma and regretting it (my best faulure), Ekko giving up on Jinx because of the thought she died the day and moved on to Jinx probably not knowing what her fears and anxieties are, Vi by calling her a Jinx and later on not accepting Jinx for who she is, Cait just by being there, Vander for carring more to Vi seemingly (unknown relationship between Powder and Vander. they are ''family'' but they for example never talked together), Mylo for talking down to her every time and Pilt for not giving a shit about the undercity and especially Jayce by wanting Jinx and making Silco talking to Vanders statue because he cant give her up. I feel very bad for Jinx she has been through much and it seems to just not have an end. Killing Silco for example. She is i would say 100% the person to have the least fault on her own mental state. She wanted to come with Vi because she had a panic attack and was scared to be left alone. she could not have survived down there alone. All in all i feel very sad about Silcos death and about Jinx being alone... ''but im affraid it will only get worse'' - Singed on the surgery table, 2021.

Oh it will be much longer than a month for me

Avatar Last Airbender is still being talked about today 15 years later. I'm pretty sure Arcane is gonna live on longer than that

@@AFlyingWalrus I’m ready to binge the series again

It's not even paying rent but I don't care

I will never let it die in my heart

One of my favorite subtleties are actually Jinx's weapons. Her mini gun that is pink, and ears, and is whimsical is called Powpow. You know, the name her sister gave her when the were little. (When Vi called her Powpow my hear broke) And her rocket launcher "Fishbones" resembles the monsters Silco loved. Which makes sense, she made it for him. But with him now gone she uses it. So now she's literally caring around both Silco and Vi everywhere she goes.. just...wow

Or how her nail polish is blue / pink / blue / pink / blue. From their hair colors. Great catch on powder/jinx being a poor listener and jumping to conclusions after the first sentence. I do think Mr Fishbones (the rocket launcher) is mostly just a nod to the game.

2) Yeah she definitely cannot see why they are doing this. And in Enemy clip we can see that injustice really her deeply upset and unsettled. She does it only to prove Vi she is not some damsel in distress. So sad she was so excited she forgot her gun. Even with paintball bullets she would have made lots of havock

There are so many great details in this show it is impossible to spot them all but it is done so well that you can rewatch it a couple times and never get bored. The firelight bombs Jinx uses to kill the enforcers on the bridge seem to seek out and target guns. Caitlyn only survives the explosions because she traded her gun for a shimmer potion to save Vi earlier. There is a metal clang noise right before Jinx's grenade explodes at the end of her fight with Ekko, which implies that Ekko was able to hit the grenade away from them with his metal rod in the last second and therefore saving both their lifes aka the boy savior. You could probably go scene by scene and point minor details out that explain so much. One of the best written shows I have ever seen for sure.

@@jonesjeremiah HOLY SHIT THE GUN SEEKERS, I hadnt thought of that but it makes so much sense

That's interesting. I'd never thought about that

i dont think there is a that deep meaning in that, whe just wanted to hurt him and that was the closest thing

well, I sew the eye stabby thing as a medication os forts that he needs. like, I need to trust people should I have them handy MY meds, but shoudl they fuck up I couldn't trust them with my medication anymore.

@@kariissmol9172 yeah exactly, thats what makes those two scenes so significant. even when jinx plays around with silco's eye-stabber, he doesnt revoke her privilege to do so. supposedly they've done this medicine ritual many times. he knows and trusts that she can do it. they both understand that the reason why jinx was playing with it now was because she was angry at him, and this was the most direct and least consequential way for her to let him know that.

And that scene ends with jinx applying his medicine properly, as a way of saying she still trusts him

Yup. 100% this. Subtle storytelling that is full of set ups and pay offs

@@mackielunkey2205 But she did not. She just did for a minute and then Marcus kidnapped her

@@mackielunkey2205 What are you even on about? She realized almost immediately what she'd done after hitting Powder, which is why it overloaded her brain and she needed to walk away for a second to process it all. Vander just died moments ago as a monster in order to save her, along with the death of the childhood friends she was responsible for. She was in complete and utter shock. She walked off to give herself a moment to breathe, but the moment she saw Silco, she snapped out of it and her biggest priority--protecting Powder--snapped her back into reality. She'd have faced off against Silco right there in the street and died for Powder if Marcus hadn't chloroformed her. It's like you didn't even watch the series, lol. She had no idea Silco was nearby. She has no idea of anything because she was emotionally imploding. It's not everyday your entire life goes up in smoke right in front of your eyes so quickly and violently. Jayce killing that kid isn't on Vi at all. As she says, the kid's just one of many who have died because of the ignorance of the Council to let the underworld fall into such disarray that its best option was to serve or hide away from crime lords.

@@LockeNarshe yeah sorry about that. Totally misinterpreted lol

*"You say 'light a fire', they show up with oil."* -- Vander *"It wasn’t enough. Topside and bottom. Oil and water. That’s all there is."* -- Vi That is what Vander told her too. It's not just that Vi chose violence. In the preceeding scenes, Vander is trying to tell her not to be like him on the bridge and lead a revolution that will get everyone killed. That you have to understand when not to pick a fight. And she accepts it over several exchanges and she realizes what she must do. Give herself up to the police. She knows that to not lose Claggor, Mylo and Powder, she has to take the fall. Meanwhile, Powder has a parallel arc. Powder has an anxious attachment to Vi, but she doesn't have to brave it just once, but three times in a row. Vi leaves Powder behind with Vander, Mylo and Claggor, but Powder's brave, keeping Vi's secret. In spite of her insecurity, she's able to hold out emotionally. Then Vander has yet another parallel arc. He's trying to teach Vi a different path, but when she's about to take responsibility and give herself up (like what he subtly taught her), he flips and undoes her character progression (in a way that is good for the story), by undoing her sacrifice and taking the fall instead. Now Vi's arc is interrupted and she returns. Powder's arc is interrupted, because Vi's back. But then the two arcs continue again. Vi leaves Powder for a second time and Vi decides that this is a fight worth having, because Vander told her that you don't sacrifice family. Powder held it together well the first time, but Vi left the first time with confidence. The second time that Vi left, she was on the verge of tears and extremely distraught, so Powder is no longer reassured. Vi might not be coming back alive this time and Powder has to sit and wait, which, combined with the hint that she has dissociative episodes in the street brawl, isn't something that Powder can handle. So, these three arcs perfectly synchronize. Vander tells Vi that if he tells Mylo and Claggor to light a fire, Powder's going to show up with oil. Or, in Powder's case, with a tactical nuke. Echoing Vander's sentiment that even fighting the good fight, it may backfire in unexpected ways. A lesson that Vi, incidentally, can only partially integrate afterwards, because she can only see how close to success she was and how it was all almost worth it, if only those she cared about stayed away. As long as she light a fire without others showing up with oil. She needs to be like oil and water with those she loves to fight. As long as Caitlyn and Powder aren't there when they destroy the factory, nobody important can get hurt. Addendum to an already long rant: Movies have told us that explosions aren't dangerous to the protagonists, we just feel that they are risky. So when protagonists in movies use explosions in ways we know are unwise, we think they are geniuses for taking a huge risk that paid off (an effect that has been muted by overusing explosions). When Jinx uses an explosion that happens to kill everyone she loves, we have the opposite effect; We see that she's taking a huge risk and we see that it doesn't pay off, so our immediate reaction is to think she messed up. But we also immediately stop to reflect how, in any other series, characters could have taken this kind of risk without negative consequences. The contrast between judging someone as gloriously competent and harshly incompetent for taking the same gamble that pays off or doesn't respectively is called future-staking and they do not only employ it brilliantly to highlight how Vi and Powder can be so divided and distraught on Powder's choices, but it also illustrates perfectly why Arcane is not like other animated shows. In other animated shows, Powder would have saved the day, but in this 'reality', she kills everyone she loved, which prepares us for the kind of tragedy Arcane has in store. All the while tying perfectly and wordlessly into a single sentence of Vander and a single sentence of Vi. Fire, water and oil. It's hard to explain just how brilliant this show is.

I......I......Well..........Yeah I got nothing

Well someone gave the original sonic movie design a green light.

especially if they saw the original cowboy bepop

You are talking about a show that was defended as "wasn't supposed to be good". Nobody cared when making it. It was a lazy cash grab that deserved to crash and burn.

@@kamikeserpentail3778 you know the most disturbing thing about that design? I dont know who did greenlit that abomination sonic, it is so bad that it makes sonichu a passable copy of sonic

To me it showed the volatility of leadership in the undercities and Silco was actually the rock that held Zaun together while exploiting Piltover trade routes for their benefit. It established him more than a political leader. He had the loyalty of his soldiers from the heart.

And Silco panting in relief after the slash is such a great tell that yes, he was indeed putting on an act, hoping Sevika would side with him but truly not knowing until the moment came.

@@emlun He was talking about loyalty in his play hoping Sevika will remain loyal. He was speaking to Fin but I believe in reality he was talking to Sevika

It's fantasy, but with just enough reality to be relatable. We can easily see ourselves in these characters if we were pushed to those extreme and circumstances. It's wonderful to see

IKR. With the push for "representation" (superficial attributes you are supposed to relate to), things like these take a backseat. I guess I'd have to transition and dye my hair pink before I could like or relate to Vi. It tells us that content of character is what matters. Not how these characters look.

@@UltimateTobi that’s a really dumb take lmfaoo. Representation of different races, genders, sexualities, disabilities etc across a range of different genres is very important. Although obviously you shouldn’t make characters just for the sake of pandering and to tick the diversity box, but not give them any depth, nuance or any real character, that’s when it becomes a problem.

right. it's down-to-earth and relatable.

@@FirstnameLastname-zq8oy it's a good thing then that the company behind Arcane tries to do good representation with in depth characters.

Exactly

Unfortunate but true. It's somewhat of the result of western media constantly overexplaining everything that subtly tends to be lost

@@AFlyingWalrus Or they are brainrotten anime watchers Don't animes explain fight scenes? Why this character did this move?

what? Poeple really thought the pink haired girl was Vi? But... it's obvious it's not Vi...

@@ManiyaVinas I watch anime but I am able to understand visual cues. That's because I love watching movies and that includes anime. Plus, we get picky at what we watch too.

I hadn't thought about that, but that is an interesting parallel. Both love the sisters in different ways. But one helps one heal, while the other drives the other closer to isolation and insanity

@@AFlyingWalrus yeah, exactly. Another thing that makes this even more obvious is how each sister feels regarding them. What Vi thinks of Silco and what Jinx thinks of Caitlyn, and how both sisters are convinced that getting rid of the other sister's close companion would solve the rift between them.

@@loycos3648 🤝🤞 sad that Silco dies

@@AFlyingWalrus silco doesn't drive jinx towards isolation and insanity. Silco is not a good person but he is a good father. He cares about jinx a lot. He tries to help her deal with her demons and move on. A therapist made an amzing video analysing silco and jinx and the actual person that designed silco for the show shared it and said the analysis was perfect.

Therers alot of parallels in arcane, mommy mels "kill once" mentality can be seen in both hermidingers willingness to destroy the hexcore and condem Victor and Vander attempt on Silco to save the undercity from another war

Another point to this is when Jinx is baptized by Silco, she nails the toy up on the wall, crucified. Almost like sacrificing her old self, to be come the new J.nx.

Well I appreciate the high praise. The films and shows that stand the test of time are the ones that challenge their audience. And the ones that forces their audience to pay attention

Not really, even when reactors I've seen don't understand or misunderstand what is happening. Not once have I seen any of them accuse Arcane of bad writing. If anything they usually take it on themselves for not understanding correctly.

Yeah, some people are just stupid, unfortunately

One example of people misreading because they don't understand the metaphors is in Encanto (spoiler). I have seen so many critiscism about the movie because the miracle returns and say "they f*cked the lesson of the movie, they should learn to live like normal people", no, that was never the point, it was never o they need to be normal, it was never about the magic, the point was about the family, the house and miracle represented the family problems and it breaking was the physical representation of a broken family. The magic returned because they worked hard to repair the family relationship, and also the gifts were never the problem, the problem was in how they viewed them.

I've yet to come across a single person accusing Arcane of bad writing (Although TBSkyen did have some gripes, he overall said he thought it was excellent), the only major criticism of the show I've seen is how it handles disability, which I pretty much entirely agree with

Thanks my guy. Hope you're enjoying the ride

Very well said, and I am currently working on a Silco video. Focusing in on his relationship with Vander over the course of the show. And the parallels he has to many others in the show. Amoung other topics.

@@AFlyingWalrus Sounds like it will be a very enjoyable video to watch Especially with the whole debate over if Silco actually truly loved Jinx or just the idea of Jinx if at all

That will be addressed (at least from my perspective, which is yes, no, kind of lol)

@@Albertosn3 Silco did truly love Jinx, his voice actor confirmed it recently.

And I think the voice actor behind the character is the ultimate authority on this stuff, above the rest of us.

I've never noticed that. I'll have to keep an eye out for it next time

HOLY CRAP i never noticed this!! good eye, I love Arcane so much because I get more and more out of it the more I watch

Death is the theme of the four scientists in the series. Jaice wants to avoid deaths at all costs, willing to make a deal with the devil, just to ensure that no one else will die. Viktor is trying to escape his own death, and begins to question the price. Heimmerdinger doesn't understand death or mortality, his view of this aspect of existence ended up making him distant and oblivious to the struggles of those who have to live knowing they will die. Singed wants mastery over death, extension of life, and is willing to do anything to achieve that goal, to hell with ethics.

​@@vicentesantiago2681 I loved your comment, but I think you missed our two youngest two scientists. Ekko wants to enjoy life while he can, while avoiding pointless deaths. The weapons he makes for the Firelights are non-lethal (the ensnaring amber rock things), but he also makes toys/joy and helps cultivate life where he can (guarding the sanctuary where the tree is. There's enough death in the world, and not enough life to go around. When he eventually gains the abilities he has in the game, he uses it to perfect every moment where a loss is avoidable. Jinx is terrified of losing some people, and to that effort she will tear others from the world. Devices to keep people afraid of Silco. Guns to personally deal with things. Grand spectacles to get both the undercity to respect Silco, and Piltover to respect Zaun. She begins the series having lost her sister, two sets of parents, and is so ready to cling to someone else to have some kind of stability in her life. Silco becomes her keystone, if he's gone, she's alone in the world. She gives him his medication and kills his enemies, but when he gets distracted or is shown to possibly not be appreciating her, she is not ready for him to willingly leave her, or be taken from her. She reminds him that she needs him, so if anyone is going to make them separate, it's because she can move on, not because he can leave.

@@arzarcanum that was an interpretation I hadn't done yet. thanks for pointing it out. I totally agree with what you say about Ekko. But with regard to Jinx, if the theme of death applies to her, it would be more like the way she deals with - or fails to deal with - the deaths she herself has accidentally caused.

I thought that was the whole point of how that shot was framed and pretty obvious lol

@@AFlyingWalrus it's pretty obvious for people who actually know what a good story telling is. Obviously that not the case for UKposts reactors. Lmao. Edit: another thing that really annoys me too about the Arcane reviews is the fact that the only flaw they saw in Arcane is Vi and Cait's relationship are rushed. Like wth all they did the entire season was look at each other's eye and hold each other's hand and they thought their relationship was rushed? Completely ignoring the fact that hetero had a full sexual intercourse all of a sudden. 😐😐😐

Personally, I thought the relationship between those two was one of the better on-screen realizations of a relationship. Fast? Sure. But when you go through life and death situations you tend to become pretty attached to them. Also, as with the rest of the show, it was extremely believable and well written.

@@Vizible21 "it's pretty obvious for people who actually know what a good story telling is" Eh, I missed that jayce brought his hammer. I was focused on viktor since he just had a very impactful scene and wanted to see what he'd do now, what he'd say next. It didn't register to me that jayce would even bring the hammer to this meeting, I assumed he would leave it in his family's forge before finding viktor. The scene where jayce looks at the hammer, I was so focused on the expression on his face that I thought the hammer was the frame of the door they were in. So I thought that jayce, post killing the kid, was just referring to hex-tech weaponry in general after realizing how dangerous it was (a call back to heimerdinger telling him to put in safeguards before distributing the tech to common people) rather than specifically his hammer. Why don't you calm down a little and stop jacking yourself off for being the most observant viewer of arcane there ever was....Nobody cares how great of an analytical mind you have or how observant you are while watching entertainment media.

So much yes. I love how many examples of this concept there is

Agreed. It's nice to watch a show that rewards you for paying attention and keeping an eye out for the small things

I still remember Witcher Season 2 showing us multiple episodes of (SPOILERS!!!) Yennefer training Ciri with her magic, and at the end of the season, when its down to Ciri to save them all, Ciri whispers "Yennefer's training!" and acts like she had an epiphany of a lifetime. Like, yeah, you've been showing us Ciri and Yen training together the whole season, you don't need to explain to me that Ciri can now use her magic because of Yen.

Thank you for the wonderful comment. I'm honored that I could be a part of a source of motivation for someone. Never thought I'd be able to say that lol

This is different because this is animation “ visual storyline “ your fantasy writing requires “reading “ it’s a comprehensive “written “storyline. Unless you are an animator that’s shows a visual medium.

@@nR-nc8mb I'm an artist, and I've dabbled in/studied animation. I purposefully used my writing as an example because it's my strongest passion, and I wanted to put an emphasis on how these concepts can traverse mediums. I hope that makes sense!

It really is a magnificent scene

Sevika is such an underrated character and a worthy antagonist to Vi. I just love how the most physically badass characters in the show are women who have no qualms about beating the ever living shit out of each other.

Unfortunately yeah. But there are some people that are just beyond helping at that point lol. But a fair point as well. But I like that that went with the, if you are the audience that understands this show, then it's for you approach. Rather than making the show dumbed down for everyone

Oh and lets not forget the dreaded monkey bomb that exploded 4 times ........ LOL :) 8/10 reactors

@@carbuneskinny5797 God how could I forget that? Because clearly an explosion powerful enough to knock a man off his feet and blow someone's arm off 30 ft away would leave a little monkey toy at ground zero completely intact to keep banging away.

Most of the reactors are used mainstream media , shows spoon feeding information to then, it's no wonder they miss the point of the scenes, actions. But I've also seen some reactors clever enough to put things together from what happened previously and predict what might happen next.

Not to be offensive but most people running reaction channels arent the brightest of the bunch. In my experience people who have a decent critical thinking ability tend to do comentaries, analyses or breakdowns to a movie/show rather than just filming their funny facial expressions and cutting the video almost right after the episode ends. There are exceptions to the rule of course and its always a breath of fresh air when it does occur :D Also I must admit that it is a guilty pleasure of mine to watch cheap reactions anyways.

What

Perfectly summarised, thank you sir

The bridge scene is such a magnificent peice of art

The bridge scene hit me in my gut. It was so powerful.

Pretty much. But also a Villain commands a screen simply just by being on it. And he could be the calmest mother fucker in the room and you know he's the one to fear. So much is told in the subtle things

@@AFlyingWalrus reminds me of Barack Obama

A great example of a good villain is Judge Holden

A villain who surprisingly (but not randomly) gets louder can be used to create a feeling of unpredictability and danger around someone. I mean just look at Tywin Lannister.

It's the main reason I love the show so much

Perfect example, let your audience experience your story. Rather than shoving it in their face

Well that's good because the next video is on Silco. Unsure of how to write it though. Think I'm going to focus on his relationship between Vander and the parallels of Vander/Vi and Silco/Powder. As well as the context of it.... But he's so complex it's hard to say everything succinctly lol

I don't think I'm qualified to do a full video breakdown on the topic, but I will absolutely speak from an artistry perspective about it when I talk about Jinx in a future video

It's really brilliant!

Oh I just figured it was a collaborative effort of writing between riot and Fortiche. With Riot more so just handling the oversight and development of the show. But kudos are due to whomever was the writers. Which ever company they worked under lol

I think it's rather pointlessly pedantic to name companies instead of actual people who did the work. Giving accomplishments to a multimillionaire company for a work of a minuscule amount of their employees (which they have a record of not treating their best) is kinda odd imo.

Sort of. One of the writers from Riot commented about the brilliance of the folks at Fortiche, and offered a direct example. Amanda Overton wrote the scene when Caitlyn and Vi were in the brothel, and Vi walks by Cait flirting with the lady on the couch. In the Arcane scene, Vi goes through an entire mood shift, with a great facial realization filled with emotion.. you can almost hear doors of potential opening in her mind just from her visual reaction in the scene, realizing that Cait is into women, and all the possibilities that opened up. None of it had to be said, and was communicated only through the visual shift in Vi's demeanor. Amanda's comment about that scene: All I wrote in the script here was “Vi raises an eyebrow, curious.” And what I got was an emotional revelation. I’ll never get tired of watching this.

It's a great moment, and one of the better uses of the music video style sequences to tie everything together

Right now working on Silco. Why people love him, his parallels to others in Arcane. Etc.

Working on it currently. Only problem is there is so much to talk about with Silco that I'm having trouble writing the video lol

Well firstly. That is a really good detail that I forgot about. Secondo. I can speak on that, but Necrit has already covered the politics of Runeterra far better than I can. And thirdly. Well thank you, if you are interested I've made 1 other Arcane video so far about Viktors run that you can check out if you wish. And a lore nerd/player of league of legends for 10 years now I would love to cover the smaller characters. As I would argue that Ekko is actually the only hero of season 1

It was a dark baptism. She isn't exposed to love (symbolised by clean water) but to anxiety (dark toxic waters of Zaun).

I love this comment on so many levels. Thanks for the read my friend.

Everyone is looking to what they can to achieve what their good is. And Arcane captures that because there really isn't a BBEG, just broken characters doing what they think is right.

@@AFlyingWalrus That is why I see Arcane as the perfect example of a tragedy. At any given moment, anyone could have made a different decision and prevented so much pain, suffering, and loss of life. And yet, none of these characters could have made a different decision because it would go against their nature. The only possible outcome is this most tragic outcome because the characters are who they are.

I love the Dave Filoni example, it hits the nail on the head of doing more by being natural and using body language and context clues to tell your audience half of the story.

@@AFlyingWalrus thanks. Your video essay did the heavy lifting. Just remembered the Mandalorian's pilot. The other familiar case was "Fury Road", which wasn't animated film, however it wasn't written in the traditional way. They made based on story-boards. I think is important to left white holes during the storytelling, giving enough space for the audiance to fill with they own imagination. We don't need always explanations!

Duality and parallels are the hallmarks of the entire show, and it extends to the characters, design, the city, arcs, even movement of characters. It's just so satisfying

@@AFlyingWalrus Exactly. Fortiche had no business writing/producing such a damn good show. How dare they make me restless for season two after breaking me with season 1.

It really is something special. I'm so glad I watched it when it came out with unspoiled eyes

There is a lot to unpack with animation, and as time goes and more seasons are released I'm sure we will see even more small details from the first season when we look back at it

It's not clear what you're trying to say? I can't tell if you're saying that you're surprised people noticed stuff that you did or something else?

That's why this show is so rewatchable. It is in some way even better on a second viewing.

​@@NoMustang273 OP is surprised stupid people notice half of what he noticed but still feel superior for noticing more than most people (who are stupid)

@@Bubblegob Oh...

Thanks for the high praise

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Same

They’ve already dismissed it as CARTOON

I have friends and family that refuse to watch the show on the basis that its a "cartoon" After discussing it with them they straight up said, "any live action movie or show is better than cartoons because it's not acting." I had no words...

@@AFlyingWalrus They must have thought that the voice actresses' stellar performances with Jynx and Powder were not acting...

yeah......"voice acting, isn't acting."

I don’t think so, since watch mojo didn’t put squid game in first place in the top 10 series of 2021, they put Arcane. :) so they did have recognition

That is a good point that I haven't thought about. How the people around her became the monsters she was frightened by as a child. How that visual metaphor comes back full circle

Not only that - in Episode 6, when Cait and Vi take shelter in one of gang's old hiding places, you can see a quick flashback of Powder drawing the same monsters Vi describes in that bed scene 2 episodes later - and they are still there, on the wall. And while Cait tries to bring it down so they can escape, she is unable to - only when Vi uses her fists again does the tower with all the past memories come crumbling down, which is a theme with Vi and how her way of dealing with problems erodes her connection with Powder again and again. The details in this show seem endless, it's like every single scene is tied to something else in some other time and place.

Copy that

@@AFlyingWalrus and subbed!

Maybe. But the majority of people who don't vocally complain about things may be a good target it audience lol Which is what I think they went for with Arcane. But hey, maybe your right. Films like Blade Runner 2049 flop and the Eternals smashes at box offices. So what do I know

@@AFlyingWalrus Audience definitely notice though lots of them will not be able to put that into words. Let's take Skyfall for example. Visuals of intro suggest some big Chinese supervillain who is up to blow the whole world. So lots folks were upset. They mocked actor and story. If the intro song was Gun For Hire by Woodkid people would better immerse in the story.

Thanks for the compliment man. I've been wanting to make this style of content for awhile, but never felt qualified. I'm glad so many people disagree with that doubt.

But at least it's coming

even more examples of the dialog, design, animation, and music all coming together to make incredible scenes