*“Don’t cry. You’re perfect.”* The best and worst thing Silco could have ever said to Jinx. The reasurment that there was someone in her life who cared and loved her unconditionally despite her flaws. But also the confirmation that she didn’t need to change, that the violence, trauma and panic attacks were part of her, and that everything she had done until this moment was right. Silco sealed Jinx’s future with one sentence. After all if the person that most cared about you in their dying words said “you are perfect”, would you ever change?

The Shark Bazooka is her weapon in the game. But it's not just an easter egg for the gamers, it actually based on Silco's liking toward sea creature, and if you look closely, the shark bazooka has a scar in it's left eye just like Silco. She made it for him.

When Caitlyn looks up and sees the rocket she screams and her face transitions into her mother's face was such a great shot mind-blowing

"In the pursuit of great we failed to do good." so good :'(

"Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" is a huge theme in the series. Vi and Jinx's parents, Vander, Silco, Marcus, the Kiramanns, Mrs. Medarda, even Singed!

The saddest part is when you realize that Jinx's rocket Fishbones wasn't made for her. She made it for Silco. Thats why its a shark; Silco loves sea creatures.

Silco was everything Powder/Jinx wanted, someone who would accept her for what she was, flaws and all. He loved her unconditionally, for better and for worse. Vander was the father that they all needed: understanding and caring, but willing to put his foot down to make sure his children developed into well-rounded people. Vi has solved every one of her problems with her fists, so when it comes to Jinx's mental state, she has almost no experience to draw from. Jinx hoped Vi could understand that she is different now, that it's not possible to go back to exactly the way it was in the past. Vi continuously calls her Powder, reminding her of the past and all the trauma that comes with it. Vi's heart is in the right place, but it's not what Jinx needs to hear right at that moment. Silco finally understood why Vander made the decisions he did, all those years ago. He would do anything to achieve his dream of independence, but he would do even more to protect his daughter. Silco makes peace with his brother in arms, then spends his last breath comforting Jinx. Amazing series, well-developed characters, impeccable animation and flawless voice acting. Nothing is perfect, but damn does this masterpiece come close to it. P.S. also watch the music video for Enemy: Animated to the same style and quality. It includes scenes they didn't manage to fit into the show and hits different after finishing Arcane. P.P.S If anyone wants to just have a discussion about any part of the show, just reply. I could literally talk about this show for hours.

14:42 the cut to Eric facing the corner is freaking hilarious

The thing about this show that cannot be said for almost any other show is that not a single frame is wasted. At every possible moment you are getting spectacular art, or storytelling, or music, or action, or all of them at once.

9:58 Look closely. Jinx walks up wearing _both_ of the gauntlets. Remember that the right arm is broken and is SUPER heavy; even Vi couldn’t lift it. But Jinx can, and when she takes it off she shake her arm like “ouch, my arms sore now”. It’s a subtle detail that’s easy to miss, but its our first hint that shimmer has given her a considerable upgrade. What an incredible show!

Silco is the best. Episode 1, I was expecting a 2 dimensional villain. Episode 9, favorite "villain".

"Don't cry, you're perfect" Silco has so many good lines. At the fountain he says "Oh it all makes sense now brother". Remember, Vander used to have the same goal as Silco but stopped fighting after losing a lot of people and picking up Vi and Powder. And now Silco is doing the same thing.

14:45 what eric is doing was my exact same reaction after the episode ended😅

the realization of what Jinx's ult, her rocket at the end, is, was so stunninly beautiful and sad it was paralyzing

I love that last song the most. This show has the best OST I've ever heard for a show/movie. Hands-down. And hearing *STING* sing that weary, dreadful, and heartbreaking song is just the icing on the cake.

6:20 “in your brief lifespan?” Heimer is currently like 400 something years old. Part of his “negligence” stems from the fact that he sees a number of “human issues” as small, or trivial. Something he’s seen 20x over in his life already. There will always be a sense of “I know most”, when you outlive everyone around you by 4-5 lifetimes. It’s not Heimer being a “shitty guy”, it’s 100% in character for a genius yordle like himself.

13:36 Jinx pulls out shark rocket launcher Calvin: "oh..." Eric: *Jaw Drops* Aaron: hehehehehehehehe

This show is honest to God not just one of the best animated series ever made, it’s one of the best tv shows of all time! It has some of the best written characters I have ever seen, hell my heart even broke for Silco, SILCO!!! It’s so great that just like how Beauty and the Beast broke ground and became the first animated movie to be nominated at the Oscars for best picture, the Emmy’s should nominate this show for best drama series.

"Don't cry, you're perfect". Using his last strength to comfort her, gets me all the time

The rocket didnt really come out of left field tbh, Silco had been urging her to make a weapon with the hextech gemstone for the better part of the show, so she did

When the histories are written of 2021, if Arcane isn't mentioned as one of the few positives that year produced, it will be a tragedy.

"Don't cry, your perfect" Part of me really wants this to be a line from Fiddlesticks towards Jinx in game. Imagine how great it would sound in his voice.

Vi and Caitlyn’s relationship is definitely meant to be seen as romantic. With the amount of face touching and flirting they do, they’re definitely into each other haha.

Silco reaffirming his love and acceptance with his dying breath kills me every time. He truely adored his daughter.

The show is a masterpiece, no doubt. But the song on this episode just really take the cake for me, everytime I heard it I feels like crying.

Fun Fact: Each piece of music in Arcane. Every song and each score was written specifically for this show. Arcane is 100% original content from start to finish.

Regarding Jayce... Ekko (Episode 1): "He didn't even haggle. I charged him double." Silco (Episode 9): "The boy didn't even haggle." And Game of Thrones couldn't even remember Jaime's motives when becoming the King Slayer... Jaime: "To be honest, I never really cared for them, innocent or otherwise."

Arcane for me is a show that demonstrates what western animation can do if it applies itself, or rather is allowed to reach its full potential shame we see it so rarely

it's really crazy how Silco was mocking Vander because his attachment for kids and thats how he ended up, also the peace was never an option the key for it to complete was Jinx and Silco was never going to give her to them.

Not sure if they noticed, but if Caitlyn's mother dies in the explosion, that'll be a gigantic divide between Vi/Cait and Jinx next season. Your sister killing your girlfriend's mum is kind of awkward.

Don’t cry, Eric. You’re perfect.

Arcane has been renewed for another season, it was announced the same day Episode 9 aired. The writers have already said that they have about 4 seasons of story already planned.

not a lot of people talk about it, but Jinx using Vi's gaunlets as oven mitts was such a good gag it made me laugh in spite of the creepy undertones.

oh it all makes sense now brother - imo this is his best moment. people can say that it was his last moments, but this was it for me. all those thoughts in his head, he just understood vander too late.

The irony in Vi's rescue mission where she's trying to save Powder from Silco but the thing is that Silco didn't creat Jinx he just accept her and cared for her like a father/sibling should, and you can see that when Vi reminds Jinx of her family thinking that would help her it does the exact opposite thing and just makes her live in the past and never letting her overcome her trauma and Silco knows that, that's why he tell's her to not listen to Vi

I always see people react negatively to Silco's "You'll be with her one day before she realizes you aren't that girl anymore" line, but few seem to realize IT'S TRUE. Vi can't let go of Powder, Jinx can't go back to being that innocent(ish) little girl. He's not just manipulating her, he's being honest in these moments.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is the best show I've ever seen. Complete masterpiece. I'm not usually an emotional person when it comes to television, but nothing has made me more emotional than the final 10 minutes of this show. And man, "What Could Have Been" is the best song I've ever heard in any form of media. Masterful musical storytelling. It just tore me to shreads.

"It all makes sense now, Brother... Is there anything so undoing... As a daughter?" He called Vander a coward for not be willing to risk Vi and the kids for the cause as he deamed its worth any price. He didn't understand fatherhood. Now he is literally giving up everything he's been fighting for his entire life, for Jinx. His realization in this moment is so phenomenally heavy and real. Best God damn line, best God damn scene best God damn everything in the whole show.

“Don’t cry, you’re perfect” ruins me every time I watch it. I’m in tears at work right now. I’m so glad you guys loved it as much as I do. Now the long wait for season 2 begins.

14:44 “Eric come back” 🤣, yep it killed me again. I was laughing for a while. The cut was once again, perfect.

This is the best take Ive ever heard on Silco love for Jinx. Sooooo many people doubt he Loved her and think hes just manipulating her. Not a chance. Like you say, he gave up EVERYTHING for her. He absolutely loved her. People forget that Silco is, without a doubt, a very damaged individual as well and Jinx is literally the only person he relates to on a personal level. "Daughter" is a more accurate word than most realize, Jinx is basically a part of himself. Damn, Silco is a top tier villain ever. Top3 for sure.

I love how if you go back to their trailer reaction they don't know almost anything about this world and show, and now, only 9 episodes in, look at how invested they became.

God I love Silco's character, he's easily the best 'new' character because his character arc was the same one Vander went through when he found the kids during the war with Piltover. His design is badass from his clothing to the scar which he covered up after adopting Powder, that scar was a constant reminder of the disparity between the undercity and topside but he covered it up anyways likely to make Powder feel more comfortable around him. His voice actor is amazing, every word drips with malicious, second-meanings or affection. Also also actually actually, the music in Arcane is phenomenal, Goodbye, Playground, Guns for hire, Enemy etc etc etc, It's all AMAZING

at 48:07 Eric looks into the camera like "You guys gayder is non existent" 😂I feel Aaron and calvin never want to assume characters are attracted to eachother and miss subtext bc of that.

Pre-explosion, Vi had been only ever loving and encouraging of Powder, and after Vander dies, Vi lashes out harshly at Powder before she realizes what she's doing, and walks away to calm herself. Powder thinks that Vi is truly abandoning her, which devastates her; after this trauma, Powder's identity and foundation is shaken and she battles this identity crisis of being Powder or Jinx all her life. Powder/Jinx has only ever cared what Vi had thought about her. When she discovers vi is alive, she lights the flare off in a desperate attempt for things to go back the way it has been before the explosion, and for a moment, she gets exactly what she had always wanted; Vi showed up like she promised, apologized for leaving her and explained what happened , and in that moment Powder had her loving encouraging sister back until Caitlin showed up. The next time Jinx sees Vi after the tower is on the bridge, where, in Jinx' perspective, Vi abandons her again, despite promising never to leave her on the tower. This solidifies in Jinx' mind that Vi really does think she's a Jinx, and that she's not worthy of love. At the very end when Jinx kills Silco, it is the nail in the coffin for Powder; it's in this last moment that Jinx realizes, acquiesces and accepts that she really is a Jinx (Before that, Jinx had held this hope that she wasn't a Jinx, and that really was Powder, and in her mind, Powder is someone that deserves love).

Ekko episode 1: he didn't even haggle I charged him double price Silco episode 9: the boy didn't even haggle. amazing writing

Don't cry Eric.. You're perfect.

The most tragic thing about Powder/Jinx is that it's not about the choice wheter she is one or the other. Its the choice about beeing herself that tears her apart. Vi told her in Episode 2 that "What makes you different makes you strong." and she took that to her heart, fully embraced it and stayed alive because of it. On an emotional level she will always be this little girl, she will always be Powder because of the trauma that happend to her as a child which made it impossible for her to gro any further. And after years when shes more different than she was ever before, her sister doesnt't seem to truely recognize her any more and even seems to be afraid of her, of what she has become. Believe me its one of the worst experiences to be trurhfully feared by someone you love and who you admire just because of who you are. This pain will break you and it does though to Powder/Jinx finally. And in her shattered mind thats the ultimate betrayl. The idea of beeing different as a strength gets brutally reversed in its core and the only one who loved he unconditionally for exatclty that dies by her own hand in the end. . Srtill could cry on a daily becuase of that absolute phenomenal tragedy.

"I paid a Visit to your girlfriend earlier" Nothing says Jinx supports their relationship more than not re-enacting the movie Seven. *Proceeds to probably kill her mom with a rocket* Damn....it Jinx :P

Right after watching Arcane, I got an orphaned kitten (parents died, got separated from sibling, smaller of the two) and named her Powder. She’s never gonna become Jinx though. She’s so sweet. 💙

The most heartbreaking moments of Arcane are the ones not even spoken of. The ones you have to self realize to understand their impact. 1. Sky is the little girl that watches over Viktor as a child playing with the boat he made in episode 6. She's had an unrequited crush on him pretty much her entire life. Marvelling at his ingenuity. Then she died to save him from the hex core that he created. 2. Vi gave Powder a blue flare saying "Where ever you are. Light this up and I'l find you" Powder has blue clouds tattooed all over her arms and body. She's always been calling out to Vi to come save her.

This show has no right to be soo god dam good every episode

When I talk about this show to friends. I tell them. This is a Masterwork in visual and dialog driven storytelling. It's got everything and it deals with a lot. Social and civil unrest. Patriotism vs Terrorism. Political intrigue. Drug use and how it tears apart societies. Mental, physical, and emotional trauma. There is just a whole lot going on here. But fair warning. It will leave you a blubbering mess And Riot did not pull any punches.

At the dinner scene when vi tries to calm Jinx down with all her past memories and jinx just says "NO STOP IT" its a perfect line but I think it went over the head of most people that dont understand mental problems, Vi was tourturing her(not intentionally) at that moment with everything she fucked up"JINXED" her even more and Silco realised it and was trying to end her suffering by ending Vi's rant, with the gun. That scene already Imo is a singht of silcos love for her many ppl think he tried to do it bc he was just worried to lost jinx( his daugther) but I think he did it to protect her from even more trauma. and also the peace wouldve proably never come to past since silco wouldve never given up jinx and thats whats most of it was set up on not to mention he died before any of it actually happend.

Eric sinking into the post-Arcane depression right after the episode XD. Welcome to how we all feel buddy.

The pause and look that Vi gives Savika is amazing, I very much appreciate it.

Episode 1: Vi crying in front of her mother ,Vander dropped his gloves and took her in morning. Vi left powder becz violence not going to change anything Episode 3: powder crying in front of Vander, silco dropped his knife and took her in night. Powder left vi by causing explosion on council

The rocket launcher, I don't remember exactly what it's called in game But it was very clearly made for Silco. It's a sea monster, the leviathan whale type of thing that he said he liked so much And it's just saddd Why is this show so sad, I love it

Definitely don’t think Mels shoulders was the light of the rocket and she actually has some kind of power or defensive shield armor, maybe for assassination attempts

the smile on Aaron's face when he saw Jinx's ultimate is priceless 😂

Remember Vander's talk to VI on the bridge, it's what Silco figured out in this episode. Vi is saying how she's willing to fight and die for their freedom. Vander asks her: "What are you will to lose?" That's a huge morale stance the show takes. Violence may achieve your goal, but it will come at a huge price and asks the question, is the outcome worth it?

Silco, following his rebirth in the river, was the physical manifestation of the abuse, suffering and toxins Zaun suffered under Piltover. That alone was enough for me to love him and then they also made him the best father figure for Jinx, the only one who could give her the affirmation of love she always wanted.

i will never get over how much of a god damn masterpiece this show is. the characters, the dialogue, the action scenes, the animation (EVERYTHING ABOUT IT). it's just incredible!!!!!!!!!

Gotta argree with Eric, Cait & Vi are definitely implied to become a couple later. There were so many moments between them over the season, notably the scenes on the bed, Vi parting ways in the rain, Caitlyn's shower introspection, etc. It's refreshing that the showrunner's didn't put emphasis front & center onto it but sort of just foreshadowed and hinted at it. I'm no shipper 99.9% of the time, but it felt pretty intentional to me. I'll eat my words if this doesn't evolve somehow in one of the future seasons.

I just love that at the end Jinx fully accepted her identity as Jinx with Silco's affirmation and then she lives up to that name by blowing up the council just as they reach a unanimous decision of peace. And definitely react to Enemy music video if you haven't watched yet!

Really, guys? The romantic subtext between Caitlyn and Vi wasn't even subtext; it was just text.

I love watching that moment, seeing the realisation of what jinx is about to do cross the eyes of the people watching and the shocked silence that follows

3rd time watching through the series and I still get just as emotional as the 1st time. They've set their own bar so high I'm skeptical as to whether they'll be able to achieve the same perfection with season 2.

Silco comforting Jinx even though she pulled the trigger is heartbreaking

Her inner demons almost eating Jinx/Powder is such a great visual, so effective! What an amazing show!

I was on the brink of tears when I thought Katlyn died then made the biggest sigh of relief. That's how much I love these characters, I WAS READY TO WHEAP FOR THEM!

It kills me everytime the show ends and eric's just back there. 🤣

Season 2 is in the making, we all just have to wait

What a finale huh! And what an incredible show! So very happy with everything they accomplished with this piece of art. Best show of 2021 hands down.

As much as I wanted to see Jayce and Vi fight, I love even more that they didn't. It's so much more true to his character to back off. Far too few shows would have the balls to back off on that fight, it's so great to have a show willing to follow character rather than spectacle.

I really like the conversation at the statue. Cause he thought less of Vander for giving up on the fight, but now that he had his own surrogate daughter he couldn't do it either. I think it not only strengthens the connection with Jinx, but also puts his betrayal of Vander in a bad light from his own perspective, cause he would have done the same, now knowing what he knows.

Seeing the watery eyes from Eric after Jinx shoots Silco was what I was hoping for. Jason Spisak deserves so much love for his performance as Silco.

Love this show, im on episode 6 currently only started watching because of you guys. Thanks for the content and your hard work! ❤️💚

What I appreciate about the show is that in fact it doesn't feel as a game adaption at all. The use and developments of the characters abilities in the show are very true to the original characters in the game and feel very organic and not over the top in the story. In fact you wouldn't guess they are game characters if you didn't know this is in fact a game adaption. Because the show is not made to flex with the abilities but the plot line - and the abilities simply feel like a natural part of it. Other than that, the animation is not only awesome but the management of the microexpressions is top notch and gives it a lot of real(!)ness (especially the eye movements and the breathing motions). They could have done the same thing with overexpressions to flex about the animation but instead they kept it at a real life level. I really do appreciate that and I believe that the success of this show sets a new bar how to animate adult animations in the future and get more people into liking it. (for overexpressions I mean to stress out some expressions to an unnatural point so even a litlle kid understands the meaning of it - just like often seen in anime and other kid's animation movies- this is also often used to make it seem more funny because of the absurdity) your questions: *the rocket of Jinx is her ultimate ability in the game. The launcher is called "fishbones" and looks like a shark(Silco liked these creatures) and if you look closely she even designed the left eye of the launcher like Silco's *The tattoo on Vi's cheek is a pun on her prison number as well - it says "Vi" and is in roman numbers calculated as "6" as you pointed out but it also represents her prison number which was "516" * the shield Vi had is her ingame passive - you can clearly see that she activated this ability of the atlas gauntlets unconciously because she looked suprised as well. But Jayce has a shield as well (yellow like bubble in ep8)- it is in fact not surprising that a shield forms for the gauntlets as well since both are powered by hextech *Cait/Vi ship: the official name for the ship in the league fandom is "Piltover's Finest" or now after Arcane "Violyn". This ship has been hyped by the League comunity since the release of both characters (2012) but Riot has never officially confirmed it to this date. Although it is pretty obvious because the writers of Arcane twittered that this is a slow burn relationship- which is pretty obvious because Vi is emotionally unavailable for a relationship in S1 due to her mission to find her sister - she even ditched Caitlyn 3 times in S1 for that (1 time in the brothel-2nd time in ep8 "oil and water " and 3rd time indirectly in ep9 [as she proposes out of desperation and fear that Caitlyn could be killed] to go away with Jinx). But she cares a great deal about Caitlyn and doesn't want her sister back over Caitlyn's dead body. In the end, the last we see of them is arm in arm so...

insanely incredible show. every episode builds until its over and then you just need more

This was so good. Powder finally accepted who she was at the end there, there was no moment where she felt her name befitted her more. The first time was when she killed Vander, Mylo, and Klagger. This time it was ultimately solidified after she killed Silco. She accepted that she is someone who will always end up inadvertently hurting the people she loves. A walking contradiction. A tragedy. A jinx.

Cannot unsee this pattern. (Posting this comment just now because there's spoilers.) Last episode of Act 1: Vi gets knocked out and taken away by an enforcer (Marcus) Last episode of Act 2: Vi gets knocked out and taken away by a firelight (Ekko) Last episode of Act 3: Vi gets knocked out and taken away by her sister (Jinx)

Episode 1, creepy villain is killing cats. Episode 9, I'm crying as the villain uses his dying breath to reassure his adopted daughter. What a ride

Man i love how into it Eric really got, made me really happy that he appreciated this as much as i did!

This series has been amazing, just all around amazing. Can’t wait for season 2, hopefully it doesn’t take as many years

About the art on this and Into The Spider Verse. Anderson Gaveta, a brazilian artist, youtuber, editor, said, and it's the best definition I've seen so far is: what Spider Verse did for Comic Books, in terms of art and animation, this show did for Concept Art. Each frame, each screen shot is a Wallpaper and looks like a concept art. Prettiest animation I've ever seen.

"Don't cry, you're perfect." I cried.

Spider-Verse has really made the 3D with 2 textures and VFX style popular and I can't wait to see more of it. Avatar studios announced that they will be doing the same thing for some of their new animated stuff.

I love how the episode ended in the warehouse where Vander died. This was where Jinx "split" from Powder(or started to split). From then on as she grew up, there was a constant battle between the two "characters,"...that plus the trauma of killing her "brothers," led to her chaotic mind. So coming here again(the warehouse), allowing others to see a glimpse into her mind, having Mylo and Claggor being present. She was able to find a sense of "wholeness," after the battle of Jinx(silco) and Powder(vi) reached its conclusion. She was now satisfied with being Jinx...She first left that warehouse scattered, and now she left to a degree of feeling whole. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a psychologist or anything. Just thoughts I had watching. The show is ridiculous.

When Jinx brought out that food plate with the cover, I'm screaming "What's in the box??? WHAT's IN tHe BoX?"

One of my favorite things is that she really is a Jinx. She ruins everyone's plans. Killed Vander, Killed Silco, killed the council, stopped the peace and Zaun from happening, stole the hextech orb thing. Just about everything that went to shit was because of her. Jinxed everyone except maybe Ekko's plans for safe haven, tried to kill him though.

One great detail I like is how when Vi is shouting out the names of people they loved in hopes of helping Powder but in reality is actually hurting her because of her guilt. Vi doesn't realize what she's doing but I think Silco does and goes to do the one thing he can to stop her from inadvertently hurting his daughter.

The best thing I've watched on Netflix in years!

Jinx:Are we still sisters ?? Vi: nothing will ever going to change that Jinx killed Caitlyn's mom justlike these guys killed jinx's mom .Do you really think VI will go through this??

Eric being frozen for the last 3 minutes of the finale is classic.

Safe to say this show is a "masterpiece" In animation, story telling, character development, world building, art direction, and dialogue. It's one of those shows you wish you could watch for the first time again. Looking forward to new seasons.

It's been a pleasure to watch this show once again with Blind wave 👊

To be honest halfway through the series I was rooting for Silco, on one side he deserved better, but on the other it was a fitting end for him

What a great show and great reactions !!

Lo and behold two years later the second season of Arcane has been announced.