And as someone who's been playing for 8 years, I repeat that message myself :)

Playing with friends especially in game modes like urf and one for all is actually fun. Just avoid ranked games.

@@mascotwithadinosaur9353 Everything about League is good except for the main game itself. If you really want to explore the Runeterra universe more, Legends of Runeterra, Ruined King and online novels are much better

Tbh this is just one huge circlejerk. League can be toxic, addictive, ect., but so are many other online competitive games. Not a league shill, I haven't played in 5 years, but I'd say go for it if league looks fun to you. Enjoyment is subjective anyways.

It's fun as long as you stay away from ranked. But it also comes down to the fact that the game has nearly nothing to do with the series. If you expect a story based game, you're in the wrong place xd

woah you're right!! not only Vander and Silco but also Marcus, Caitlyn's mother, Singed, Medarda big lady and even Sevika's father(mentioned)

that line lives rent free in my head lmao, but yeah it definitely sums up one of the major themes running through the show. People grappling with their ideologies versus their love for their children. 'What are you willing to give up' indeed.

can you explain it to me a bit? English is not my native language. I kind of get it I think, but I feel like I'm missing something.

@@Zahlenteufel1 Silco, Vandar, the police chief, Singed and even Mel's mother are parents who struggle with their ideologies and their roles as parents. Vandar had one shot to kill Silco but he gave it up to save Vi. Silco was practically given his dreams on a silver platter but was willing to throw it all away to keep Jinx sage. And the police chief was Silco's inside man to protect his own little daughter. As for Singed...well, he has the look of someone with nothing left to lose.

@@kira-dk2mx yeah, I got that mostly, but how is this "undoing"? Just using that word as an adjective is trippin me up. Is the effect the daughters have on their parents undoing the potential things the parents were going to do? or what?

We don't see that often in entertainment industry anymore!

One of the co creators was one of those fans who got into work with riot cause he made the curse of the sad mummy, Christian linke

they understood the assignment, they understood the class, they understood the whole dang course

@@twentyonetortas5921 and they knew that they could only do it themselves

@@danzansandeev6033 Christian Linke was already the head of the music department at Riot for Curse of the Sad Mummy. Though his story is still interesting, since he started in player support and went on to build out their stellar music department and is now showrunning Arcane.

I think people are o lying saying that because of Powder's reaction to stepping away from her. VI knew she needed to cool herself down to not hurt her only family she has, but in Powder's mind the only person she looks up to and wants to show she can stand on her own is Vi. The fact that the writers wrote it that Vi basically gets taken away as Silco starts to take Powder under his wing was really smart showing her start into the decent of her madness.

People also aren't picking up that Powder showed mental instability from episode one Vi was her anchor.

Stop gatekeeping morality. Vi definitely did in a way "leave her behind". Ofc she intended to come back after cooling off, but in my opinion the whole situation is purely one of sorrow and not of anger, which is why it's bad enough that Vi hit her and then left her in a place that was still full of danger. I personally feel that the way the show had their cake and ate it too by making Vi both leave Powder and try and come back to be the good guy, weakened the scene. I think the scene would have been stronger if Vi actually left her there by choice and not through shenanigans.

@@lukasmedici31415 would've hit pretty hard, sure. but it makes no sense story and character wise- Vi was angry at Powder, but she still loved her. If they made her leave by her own choice it'd be purely for the show's benefit which is NOT at all how good shows are made. They follow what the character would do given their personality. Personally it hits harder that Powder thinks Vi abandoned her solely because she didn't see her trying to come back.

@@tobenamed610I think what happened in the show already went against Vi's character since she's so far been portrayed as someone with great empathy and moral righteousness. You are right however that my idea would go against her character even more. To fix my issue I think Vi's character would have to be changed from the ground up or the whole situation in which the tragedy happened would have to be changed in a way for things to make more sense. I love so much of the show with intensity that it just hurts me that there are some scenes that keep it from being a masterpiece in my eyes.

The show is written to make you think Powder is gonna save them, the girl who escapes and comes help anyways, the intense moment where she finally could make a bomb work and help her sister, it's written to play with your expectations from tropes

This is a great take

@@MrLebruleur There is beautiful irony in that scene - she finally succeeds, only to fail everything completely. As OP said, the story is setup in such a way (the three-step-trial) that the audience expects Jinx to finally succeed in what she failed before. And she does - the bomb works! But her success simultaneously destroys everything she loves. The setup is really what makes this scene so tragic. When the audience is put into the mindset that Jinx will succeed, the tragedy of the final failure becomes that more relatable to the audience. The one time she was supposed to succeed, everything is ruined because of her. This beautifully establishes Jinx's conflict in the future Arcs: will she ever succeed in anything if everything she creates only destroys things. This conflict combined with her need of acceptance make Jinx such an interesting character. This emotional void left by the tragedy is also the perfect space for Silco to step in and fill with his parenting and manipulation. The story in this show is so well crafted, it's really a joy to watch.

What can ya say, she is a jinx afterall lol

OMG! I just realized one thing: it is true Powder failed three times as a child. But when she is Jinx she succeed three time. She succeed to take the hex stabilised crystal at Jayce lab killing enforcers, secondly she succeed to get the hex crystal near water (instead of throwing the bag) and secondly she succeed to explode the Council (same when she killed Mylo and Claygor). It s like she lives once again her childhood

That's the exact same thing Silco's voice actor said in a interview: that Silco sees Jinx as an embodiment of zuan. Jinx is broken and betrayed just like zuan. Yet silco loves this broken city and jinx, and for his eyes they both are perfect.

I agree. I was certain that Silco would never consider turning Jinx over to Piltover. It just wasn't an option, as tempting as the thought of achieving his dream may be. His immediate reaction in terms of body language when Jayce asks for Jinx in exchange screams a congruous 'no'. His genuine care and concern for her has always been detailed in their interactions. I'm wondering if many people misread their relationship either because the camera often focused on the expressionless left side of his face, or were just clouded by the cinematic tools utilized to depict him as a villain - it's easier to process 1-dimensional characters that are seen in so many popular movies, after all. There's so many moments in the series where you can see he genuinely loves her. He's a chembaron actively using a cup and map in his office that Jinx doodled on, for goodness' sake. Even after the friendly fire incident with Sevika, Silco took the time to ask for Jinx's first-hand account. People who don't care wouldn't bother to do that. I'll also point out excerpts from Jinx's journal from the Council Archives: "Now I'm taken care of, too - the nice kind of taken care of. Silco trusts me. I have Silco now. He trusts me. He is there for me. He loves me." I even noticed Silco often covers up his injury with makeup post-timeskip, and I wouldn't be surprised if he started doing that for Jinx given that in the same journal it says, "Give Silco his medicine. It's not so scary anymore." Precious. Silco's voice actor even confirmed at the finale event that Silco genuinely cared for Jinx. Indeed, I'm often confused why people accuse Silco of creating the 'monster' in Jinx. Jinx is not a product of ~Silco's evil machinations~. Jinx said it herself in the show. It wasn't Silco; it was Vi and the people she considered her family. Sometimes I wonder if a lot of people who are haven't been through trauma themselves fail to understand how it impacts survivors throughout their lives. Trauma is generational and can be difficult to manage, and the Undercity certainly doesn't seem to have the resources for therapy or medical treatment. Given the limitations of the world they live in, I think Silco and Jinx truly did the best they can to survive and support each other. I'm thankful Silco gave Jinx the one thing she craved from her sister that her Vi couldn't give her - unconditional love. And no, I don't blame Vi for that. I couldn't do that either if I were in her shoes. Also, I find it genuinely interesting people seem to put Vander on such a pedestal when he literally tried to murder his 'brother' (albeit for reasons unknown as of yet) and refused to do what his people wanted from him as a leader of the lanes. That's not 'heroic' - but he is human, and that's why I love Vander's character too. Same with Vi. There is almost no character in Arcane who is guitless. Arcane is the epitome of fantastic character writing. I just wish people didn't read Silco's character and his relationship with Jinx with such a skewed or 1-dimensional perspective.

Silco's face fell the moment Jayce told him he had to hand Jinx over. That was when he realised that, no matter how close he was to having everything he'd ever wanted, he would have to give up his daughter to get to it- and that was the one price he could not pay. The first thing he does after the meeting is head to Vander's memorial- not because he has to choose, but because he is grieving the loss of his dream. Silco is presented here with the choice Vander faced all those years ago- between Zaun and their children. And after all these years... he realises that he and Vander were not so different after all.

I think the first episode of act 2, with the shimmer eye drop and first episode of act 3, with the same scene kinda shows the trust between them. You don't let someone who you don't trust put something that sharp and dangerous near your eye.

@@patrickma4220 He also makes the reference of how he was wrong when he confronted vander originally, such that he is also grieving the loss of his friend. This is shown when he says the line "I now understand" It was that he realized that he had simply not understood Vander's perspective that pushing them into that would entail losing Zaun, and he wasn't willing to sacrifice his people for it.

I think silco would be the big bad because his actions cause most of the conflict between the cities. His method of raising jinx and refusing to punish her when she bombed the fair also deeply escalated everything

Yeah, totally agree. Though Silco is a pretty clear big bad. He's understandable in his motivation, and his "love" for Jinx is a positive, but there's no question that the way he runs the undercity is immoral. He's not a gray character like Viktor, or Mel, or even Jinx.

"immorality" doesn't mean Big Bad in my book. If you go by that line of thinking, Mel's mother is also a Big Bad because she doesn't to hesitate killing children. To me it is logical that an oppressed people is pushed further and further in the ropes until they start having to rely on desperate mesures (drug production and dealing is a recurrent source of insurgency income throughout history), and the Undercity is clearly at that point by the time of the series, hence why Vander is abandonned by his comrade in profit of Silco.

@@LadCarmichael well I do see Mel's mother as a big bad too.

They all feel like actual people.

Hell one of the first things we see is the aftermath of the under-city uprising (I think that’s what it was) where Vi and Powder’s parents’ bodies are shown.

"Want to see how that ends?" God, talk about establishing character moments.

The show was ALWAYS dark from episode 1 and that fight and the grittiness of it all highlights that completely. Love the show for it ever scene I saw it.

that’s exactly what i always think about - they were both kids, and both had so much pressure put on them because of what world they got to live in

To me it seemed more like she felt ashamed for what she did, that she wanted to hide her face from her sister whom she promised to protect but ended up hurting.

What's the definition of "abandon?" Answer: to cease to support or look after (someone); desert. What happens when you walk away from someone, whether it's for your own good, or theirs? You have abandoned them. Temporarily. But you have abandoned them. You've separated yourself from them completely and cannot/will not give support during the time of separation. This is exactly what Vi did. It doesn't matter what Vi's intentions were by walking away. She walked away. That's the literal definition of what it means to "abandon" someone. You might want to actually understand the words that are central to your argument before presenting it as an argument next time.

@@TWDub But she wasn't going to leave her there.

@@TWDub we dont need too look at the definition of being abandoned, looking at the bigger picture would be much more jsut here, Vi had just seen her entire family getting killed at the fragile age of 16, (13)? if i was Vi, let me just say i wouldnt have stopped at just one punch. And i certainly wouldnt have gone back for her. But Vi did, honestly, considering her age and current trauma she handled the situation better than anyone else would

I like this one.

I also find interesting how Viktor is much more likely to take risks. From breaking into Heimerdinger's office to experimenting on himself. When he and Jayce are working together for the first time Jayce asks him if he knows what he's doing and he just shrugs. When working on the hexcore he's asked if he's sure it's safe and he answears "of course not". It makes a lot of sense when you consider his background. If you want to survive in Zaun you have to take any chances you are given. Not to mention his disability and how, despite all odds, he managed to get to the top. He's used to taking risks. It is pretty similar to how Singed pushes forward no matter the costs, as opposed to Heimer.

well said fam

@@alien5520 Everyone from Zaun is a chad.

Victor is one of the best downward arcs in modern cinema

One thing in that Arcane animators shone and nobody talks about it is the "ugly cry" faces. Damn that's heartbreaking

It sounds so simple, but this really is a huge part of what made the show work for me. I didn't hate anyone, even when I hated the results of their actions. There was no simplistic deranged psycho like Ramsay Bolton who existed for viewers to wish death upon. Every single character was complex and empathetic.

Even Jayce was handled pretty well, and I kinda see how he became who he is in the in-game lore, full of ego. He wants to leave his mark in the world by pumping out new inventions that will help both cities, mostly Piltover. In his childhood, he wanted to become a hero(when looking at a child drawing of a buff man, wielding a hammer), protecting people, especially those who are dear to him, like Caitlyn and Viktor.

Seriously. I can't watch a lot of shows because I just hate all the characters. Arcane's characters remaining as relatable people throughout kept it enjoyable

She didnt abandon her, but that's how it looks from the perspective of Silco and Powder, and based on that perspective its how their relationship begins, two little brothers abandoned by their big bros

im fairly sure Vi stepped away to control her own feelings, so she would refrain from hurting Powder again. She was most likely about to go back to Powder before Silco showed up.

@@El-de6nj yes, thats def what happened but when people say that vi abandoned jinx, i think they are talking specifically about jinx's perspective. at the end of the day, even if these weren't vi's intentions, this is what happened

While it's true Vi didn't really abandon her, from the perspective of Powder she did.

Functionally speaking she did. Jinx believed she did. For years. As far as anyone in a position to be affected could understand, Vi left Powder.

You say the show makes it clear, but I can't help but feel this video just "both sides"d the situation. The steward of progress oversaw the institution of terrible inequality. The enforcers enforce laws like the worst assumptions of what cops are. The oligarchs are rich but it is never established how and by what cost they achieve that. (Trading what? Selling to whom?). In Zaun we see addiction and gang skirmishesand pollution but it is under developed as to why people aren't/can't do anything about it. Anyway just my thoughts.

Jayce geniunely cares about Piltover's future and its people, that's why he went ahead and proposed the independence of Zaun. If they went to war with the Undercity, countless of bodies will drop, from both sides. I get why he wants power and fame, so that he could have a voice in important decisions within the Council. If he stayed a scientist like Viktor, the Councilors won't give a shit about him.

@@carnivoriousleaf I don't think stating that both sides have issues mutually excludes stating that one of the sides is the source of most of the problems. Like in that moment when Caitlyn asks if Piltover is to blame for everything and Vi just responds with "not everything". That being said, I do agree that the political and economical explanations for that are underdeveloped in the show, but I'm already surprised with what we got, considering it's funded by a multibillion corporation. I just wish they had dedicated a couple minutes to explaining the general history of the cities at least since the days of the Shuriman Empire. I feel like we're left to infer that the reasons for that are the same as in our world, something along the lines of inequality generating more inequality and violence (both between the cities, and inside of Zaun). Piltover is set on the path of progress while Zaun is struggling to survive against itself while immersed in toxic fumes.

@@eduardoserpa1682 So first off I think we have pretty similar views and opinions. I hear what you are saying in that we are left to infer. I just also feel that inference leaves Silco as a higher villain to the oligarchs of Piltover. The status quo is murderous and I don't think the show takes that seriously enough. Work was made into making the vibe of a suffering underclass, but the Zaunish people are dying due to the inequality. A part that really sticks with me is the show seems to show the Piltover council agrees to give up power to a new Zaun authority and it all happens off screen. To me it breaks my suspension of disbelief. anyway thanks for talking.

@@carnivoriousleaf think it happens off screen as its things we already know like if Jinx isn't handed over a key part of the peace deal Zaun has access to all of Piltover's trade secrets a key for their success. they are agreeing to indenpence as at the same time shimmer are major economic driver has to halted and Jinx who cracked their secrets has to be stopped its like saying your free but you have to cut your leg and arm off at the same time. council is agreeing because they have to not because of any moral reason.

*Spoilers for Metro 2033/34 games* Now that you lay it out like that, it reminds me of the "bad" ending in the "Metro" games, where you are just a few words away from peace and a chance at a new start on the destroyed surface of the earth but decide to shoot a nuclear missle at the "nest" of mutants that all this time tried to communicate with you and help humankind emerge from the tunnel system they made their home...

@@Srynan the difference is the player has control there and depending on what they want it may weigh less or more on them. in the case of the show beyond it being out of our control, it's kind of beyond everyones control. no one was there that could stop the rocket. silco, dead, vi and cait, injured and vander, a long dead ghost. peace was a hopeless ploy all along, all because of the existence of a girl that was a jinx and would ruin it all. p.s. i just realized the irony of jinx jinxing the peace between piltover and zaun. what a lovely show

and with jinx firing the shark, she jinxed it all over again

They were close to peace sure but the council or jayce more like, wanted jinx to pay for the crimes. That was the price of peace which silco wasn't gonna pay. So I don't think there was gonna be any peace between them.

I feel like you kinda missed the point It was too little too late Peace was impossible

Without jinx he couldnt achive much

Honestly, I was prety sold on him being unwilling to give up Jinx and loving her as a daughter when he had his moment at the statue of Vander. Silco could not understand why Vander would give up on the dream of a free Zaun, until he was told to choose between his dream and Jinx. It was at that moment that Silco finally realized why Vander did what he did, and why he would do the same.

Vi is the one who change Powder to Jinx... even Jinx herself said that... What Vi did after heard Vander's last words was the beginning. Silco is the one who actually save Jinx soul and keeping her from going completely insane.

You see, i disagree that he adopted her to make her into Jinx. Silco was a man driven by two goals. Revenge for Vanders betrayal and to gave Zaun's independence. And while he is very much in the school of "the ends justify the means" he is not absent emotions. I think when Powder clang to him and spoke of how she was abandoned, it rang with him. Reminded him of his own pain at Vanders betrayal and he genuinely whatd to help. As for making her a weapon i would add a slight caveat. You raise your children to be able to survive your environment. Silco saw Zaun as being as war, and in such a situation you teach your children to fight.

He truly was one of the best characters of the show and he ended up realizing he having more in common with Vander at the end than he realized. He was willing to give up his dream for his family. But its also worth questioning whether Silco wanted to gain respect for Piltover was truly through diplomatic means since he supported the riot in the past with Vander, utilized shimmer-induced minions, and pushed Jinx to create the mega death rocket. While the end goal might have been for Zaun to be its own independent nation with Piltover's respect, I feel Silco would be just as happy with giving Piltover elites the middle finger, via rocket missile.

YES. I mean, Imagine if we could all just be our true selves. The good, the bad, the ugly. Imagine if we could just bare it all.

To me it was difficult on several fronts. The pacing was not well done, some character decisions in terms of psychology were completely nonsensical. Dialogue/writing was college level at best. plenty of 4/10 scenes in the season, but overall I give it a 5-6 out of 10. I had a tough time making it all the way thru and had to force myself.

Same I’m just brainstorming my story but this show inspired me to consider more substance when creating or expanding my characters. Is just really well written narrative

@@fettmaneiii4439 ??? Did we watch the same show? I guess not.

@@fettmaneiii4439 got me a little confused since after watching hours of analysis videos i continue to adore the show. why do you think the was pacing bad? why do you think that way in general about the show? i’m curious.

Best dynamic of the series and development on Silco's side. An excellent call to do that whole sub plot.

That’s why he made such a good foil to vander. Plus just like vander we all know he’s not gone and will be back in season two. The only difference is that vander is in a tortured and monsterous state. Silco is in jinx mind as one of the voices to her tortured and monsterous mind.

His love for Jinx was toxic. It was the love of an enabler of ones worst vices. Beautiful yes, but tragically misguided and in many ways, he destroyed Powder for the worse both for herself and her ability to connect with others

who knew that in a year with movies like Dune and shows like squid game in the end everyone would just be mourning the loss of Silco and feeling for Jinx, a LoL champion

Sigh…. He loved her. He empathized with her. He protected her, even nurtured and stood by her. But he is the reason why she is so traumatized. People seem to gloss over that he tried to murder 3 children, and then Powder till he realized she was abandoned. He raised her on his own bitter and cynical worldview, to the point where her own beliefs about her past, Vi’s love and Ekko’s friendship, which were still there, were constantly plagued by self doubt. Her talent and obvious instability was turned into violence for a criminal empire that created who knows how many thousands of addicts and enshrined a drug lord oligarchy as the rulers of the Undercity. She is what, 14 years old and totally comfortable with murdering other people, including teens like her. She has deep insecurities and fears that he takes advantage of, whether he knows it or not. Every time he talks to her when she’s coming apart, it always ends with him saying that she can trust only him and no one else. This is incredibly toxic and self destructive for the both of them. The tragedy is not his death but the hell Jinx has fallen into because of misunderstandings, trauma and violence. Seeing it as a wholly wholesome relationship is such a fucked up thing. It’s a toxic relationship, and just because you sympathize with him or it’s not a typical abusive/ neglectful relationship doesn’t make it any less toxic. Pablo Escobar was a great Dad and he ordered the deaths of thousands of innocents, targeted children and flooded his community with drugs and crime, under the guise of a Robinhood figure. It’s human contradiction.

I think the show will somehow reconcile the sister's broken relationship after something big or major happens. The theme is duality but throughout the whole season 1, both vi and jinx have always had the mentality to never give up on each other. You could argue that jinx is way past it but somehow inside there, there's still a person longing to reunite with her sister. Look at vi and jinx when they first met after being separated, the eyes and animated drawn is different than any other scenes that you'd see after episode 3. The eye and face jinx made was genuinely the same powder whereas the puppy eye she makes in other scenes were literally jinx smirking sad face. Even the fight with ekko, the puppy eye she gave was a jinx face. I foresee the two sisters having been fighting out for some time and towards the end they choose to reconcile their difference but it would probably be too late cause both of them dies and the story ends. They are literally the start and end to the story. But they died remaining as sisters

I think Vi leaving Jinx on the bridge mirrors her decision as a kid to step away to think after hitting Powder. Vi stepped away on the bridge to find a new approach to get to her, which she resolved as taking down Silco who was confirmed to have a grip on her

They found gold and polished it to a mirror finish

Please come back and tell us your option here!!! Would be so stoked to hear it!

Arcane is the best animated show I've ever seen. The story is extremely impressive, but the part not mentioned above is, the artwork. Every single scene is a painting, moving and evolving to tell the visual story.

@@zzasserzz I second this! Replying to get notified :)

Yes! Let us know what you think! 😊

Weren’t you on another video saying the same thing or am I crazy?

And that all feed to that final line in the song at the end, ‘what could have been’ I think that is the greatest strength of Arcane, in every action and moment you see what could have been in different circumstances, if a different choice was made. So in the end you can see what could have been, and that makes it all the more tragic

@@CrackedPropane you’re not crazy, sorry if it comes off as repetitive.

saw this on another video and im not gonna write a whole essay again but the way this show teases you with Powder and Vi being close again only to rip it away from you is painful

@@tobenamed610 it is yes.

This is the new Avatar TLA/Korra, calling it

It probably will. And that fighting game got announced too

No but maybe project L

I stopped playing LoL 3 years ago and Arcane made me play it again. My friend so started playing LoL after watching it. Arcane did its job.

I am more inclined to read the lore than playing the game 😂 This is one of the few games were the fanbase bad rep actually makes me not playing. And I know for a fact I would freak out in multiplayer, reason why all games I play are solo 👌

It’s…. Too late for me gents… GO ON WITHOUT ME

His dad on Spider-Man 2

@@_Quzey_ yes, thank you, friend

@@TechNinjaSigma Anytime

Agreed.

Uh-huh! I remember watching Hawkeye a few days ago (and I like the MCU) and was just like... but it's not arcane. Riot/Fortiche pushed the bar to the sky with this one!

I actually feel the same way, it's strange, I've never felt this way after a show before.

RIGHT

This so much, when he took Jinx in ep 3 I was ready for the show to jump the shark on abuse and playing him as a comically evil villain who just uses her as a weapon. Instead we get a genuine father figure who loved his daughter despite all her flaws, and believed in her until the very end. The circustances of his death were singlehandely the most heartbreaking moment of the seires for me.

I love the way silco is straight up absolutely ruthless when it comes to keeping those around him in check except for jinx. The scene when she's stabbing him with the injector for example, or when she bombs piltover to steal the hex gem. Anyone else silco would have ended immediately but he loves and understands jinx to a degree that she becomes his main weakness. As for jinx they show her affection for him by her setting up fireworks for presenting a gift, on silco's desk there's a mug and ashtray doodled on by jinx as gifts. Even fishbone's jinx's rocket launcher which silco asked her to make for him she made in the fashion of something she knew he loved, sea monsters. She even added a black scar on its eye so he would know it was for him. It's the tiniest of details for me that elevate these relationships to such a believable level that you cannot help but feel something for them.

@@smiley4842 Amazing. I did not realised that details about fishbone. That is a rather cute little detail.

I think it’s all cemented through the way as an audience we can see what could have been, we see the misunderstandings, and how close somethings come to a kind of resolution, just to see it all ripped away again. It’s so heartbreaking

@@JelleBeans I definitely agree! The characters being more than caricatures controlled by the plot are what contribute as well; the narrative is developed not solely through external forces, but by the consequences of the characters actions; Vi constantly telling Powder she was ready when she clearly isn’t, Mylo reiterating the idea that Powder is a Jinx, Silco’s actions led to Vi and co. nearly dying in an attempt to free Vander, leading to Powder using three hex cores in her bomb to prove her worth because Vi basically proved that she believed powder to be a jinx (solidifying her unstable mental health), causing her and Vi’s family to die… Vi finally saying Powder was a jinx. And, you know the rest. Not only does it further pull the interest of the viewers into the characters, but it develops the story in a realistic way.

Some of the flashback wouldn't make sense probably because you're not familiar with the lore. Although they're not that important some of them are crucial for the understanding of the background of both of the city. But i think they did what they can with the amount of time needed for the story.

Pretty sure almost all of the flashbacks were placed at the beginning of the episode before the opening. They didn't feel out of place to me as they'd already established a consistent theme there.

I was curious if they were going to discuss where the hex crystals come from and how they were suddenly obtained. Have they always been easy to access but nobody touched them because they are unstable? Did Jayce find them himself? In Benzo's shop? If so Where did Benzo come across it - we know he has a sort of collectable shop. I really wanted more, but at the same time considereding how dense those 9 episodes were I'd understand if there wasn't time to delve into a few of the more finer details. All around though I went in expecting to have a good time and I left blown away from this show.

With respect: if you know of any better animated series, please disclose them. I’d be interested in looking into them.

It depend. GOTG 2 sometimes joke about Yondu and Peter relationship. But when it needs to be serious, like when Yondu confess to Rocket or when he sacrifice, they do treat it seriously

Yes, Arcane is absolutely amazing. One of my favorite shows now, and I barely play the game. Arcane is Avatar: The Last Airbender levels of good. And it's hard to come close to being that good.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Don't forget to mention the excellent work done by the voice actors. They brought the characters to live brilliantly.

dont forget about Garen vs Sylas in demacia

I'd argue Shen and Zed is more Passive vs Action

@@kiyoegg I'd also argue Garen vs Lux or even Garen vs Jarvan IV. Like Savage Books mentioned, characters can serve as foils to several other characters simultaneously and I feel Garen's a perfect example of that. Though most of his foils are laced with the same theme: his relationship to magic and people who use it

@@crablord7934 That makes sense

@@kiyoegg correction, it's Sylas vs Demacia.

It was produced by French animation studio Fortiche and written by Christian Linke Alex Yee. Riot just gave them the rights to do it.

@@elewis9180 Both Linke and Yee are longtime employees at Riot as creative directors. They pretty much been crafting the lore for the past decade.

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Realistically the deal was never on the table, while council might have agreed, Silco would not have done it.

I've already seen it but please add some spoiler warnings?

@@alekra3521 this whole video is a spoiler, it's clear that there will be a discussion of the ending in the comments

@@spacejasontodd Sure but it's also clear that not everyone who watches this has seen the show as this video can be called what it is and adress the things that it does, without revealing too much of the plot. So marking spoilers in the comments would be the considerate thing to do.

I got back to the game for the show xDD Couldn't help myself, every bit of Jinx's dialogue hits different now.

The CCP was born out of a violent revolution intended to do good. Fighting back with violence doesn't solve problems, it just makes more of them. 🤣 The only real way to change the world is the control of information. Hearts and minds and all that shit.

@@JohnDoe-ry8sr slavery in the US was ended through a violent civil war. It was violence by Zionists that caused the british to leave their mandate in Israel and Palestine. Violence is the reason why Vietnam is no longer a french colony. And even if peacefull means were always the better option (I'm sure pacifism would have worked great against the Axis in WWII) one cannot then consider the victims of oppression to be equivalent to the perpetrators just because they too resort to violence. Maybe it's an ineffective strategy, but violently fighting back against oppression is justified.

@@volodymyrboitchouk Revolutions that ended for the better wasn't just achieved through violence. it was sparked by the patriotic or progressive ideals of the revolutionary leaders and the public. Even if violence ended slavery, without popular public opinion slavery would have returned to the US eventually. The Axis may have won WWII by world pacifism but it would have crumbled just as quickly without worldwide majority indoctrination to the Nazi ideology. Something that would just be impossible without a fast chain of information control like what the CCP uses to keep it's territorial residents in line. Silco was willing to corrupt and enslave his own people he's trying to help just so he can have his dream while the councilors didn't give a damn as long as they got their money. That's why Ekko built his own community for he saw the two sides were just the same.

@@JohnDoe-ry8sr you do realize most americans didnt support abolition until late in the war. In fact, the emancipation proclamation was largely seen as a military strategy, which is why it didnt get much attention in the north. It was only after the end of the war that the republicans were strong enough to push for the true end of slavery. It also helped that the south were sore losers and gave the north plenty of reasons to be more punishing. Voting rights for black people and the 13th and 15th ammendments were largely a response to southern grand standing post war, meant to pit white southerners back on their place. It was violence and war that ended slavery, not "hearts and minds". Also, fascism loosing in the long run even if the rest of the world decided to be pacifists isnt some great gotya. Had it not been for the violent opposition to the Axis we might not have any European Jews left. Hell, we might not even have any Slavs or Roma. Sometimes violence is in fact the best and only option. And even when it's not, violence in opposition to oppression is never equivalent to oppression itself. Anybody who would use violence as an excuse to stay "neutral" in the face of oppression is clearly not all that interested in ending injustice in the first place.

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Seriously. I wish people would stop saying Vi abandoned Powder. She walked around the corner and literally just broke down, next to no time had passed. And still the moment Powder was even remotely in danger she tried to go back. This isn't a situation of her doing and Vi gets way too much flak for it.

If you shot someone dead, can you tell a police Ah! I'm just need a cool down everything will be alright? Sorry but you can't. Vi killed Powder with her own hand and reap out the consequences. There's something you did that'll never be able to get it back.

From Powder's perspective she did abandon her. Vi had just blamed her for the death of their family and knocked her to the ground. Why would she follow Vi for a second serving of knuckles with a bloodcoating? She only saw Vi walk away from her, she never saw Vi get kidnapped by Marcus trying to get back to her. Silco was the only one there for her. While a good idea Vi chose a poor location and a worse time to take a step back and cool off. She wasn't thinking straight and you can't expect her to either after what she just went through. This is baseless Silco slander, he was ruthless not heartless. He loved Jinx both as the ideal Zaunite and as his perfect daughter. He also never killed his own people if he could help it, showing the chembarons mercy despite conspiring against him and only had the leader of the coup killed after he was actually betrayed.

@@kirebub Not baseless at all. Silco knew what he was doing to her, lied to her and manipulated her. I'm not going to blame the children for making poor decisions, especially when they tried to fix them. I didn't see Silco do anything that wasn't for his own benefit no matter who had to suffer for it.

@@Phoenix5365 lol...Vi is actually the one who trying to manipulate Jinx for her own selfish goals. She didn't even trying to understand current Jinx, and through out entire S1, not once Vi consider Jinx feeling before do anything to her. Vi is the one who make Powder into Jinx and suddenly want to forcing Jinx to become Powder and in the process, almost make her crazy...twice Silco on the other hand, just sincerely ask Jinx to do jobs for him. He's let her do as she please and scold her when she's doing wrong (something like father should do) but never punish her even after she shot him. Silco is the one who save Jinx from become completely crazy. Think about the end of Ep3, if Silco isn't there. Jinx will be gone, if not by become crazy, it'll be from suicide. He's the one who accept Jinx as person who she is. "You're perfect" meant you can be yourself/I love you the way you are. Between the two, Vi is the only one who ever attack Jinx (punch). It's clear who is better parent.

Well, untyl the 3rd season.

@@i.cs.zamodits the 3rd season is still great (although, not as good as the other ones) and the 4rd is the BEST!!

@@julio.dealmeidabranconeto5831 The first two are ok. The third had a drop kn quality, and the last season is nonsensical.

@@i.cs.zamodits I don't know how you can think like that (specially with things like Isaac's arc to understand humanity in the 4rd season, Dracula's suicidal jorney in the first and second season and so much MORE), but it's your opinion, man

@@julio.dealmeidabranconeto5831 Just because it has ""deep"" themes, id doesn't became goid. Especially if they are executed badly and half of the things they introduce in s3 will not have a natural conclusion is s4. Plus that was the time when the designers got lazy.