Arcane really shows how impactful music can be. All too often, producers slap together a soundtrack with a bunch of pop music and call it a day because they don't think that music can tell a story. They see it as something to put on in the background and it often gets forgotten. And it is media like Arcane that goes to show that that is not true at all. As someone aspiring to get into the music industry, it is very heartening to see so much care and detail being given to an art form that has not been given proper credit in recent years. Love the content, and keep up the great work!

Howl 😂 24:09

When did that even happen??

What is this melody

Ok but can we talk about the emotional weight of the first line being "You're not alone, look at my shadow I'm behind you like a ghost" when Ekko comes out to support Jinx? What a nice touch

ight rq practically irrelevant but i love how each watch & portal is designed after the universe character its made from. all the main watches are designed for Miguel's world with the sci-fi & smooth design of the portal, compared Hobies one that not only looks to suit his World, but the portal also suits his world (considering parts of it are made from Miguels world). for an example a watch made from Gwen's world would look as if a watercolour painting & so would her portal. nothing related to this but its smt cool i feel i noticed

Something I love about the haircut and the design that no one points out. Her look makes me think a lot about Tank Girl. An OG character that encompasses a lot of what Jinx’s vibe became. I love how she went from Harley to Tank Girl

Pretty much all sex in Arcane and now I suspect Noxus is awkward and out of place to some degree.

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I thought your breakdown was wonderful. I'm sad you rdidn't cover the "You're not alone" lyric, with us seeing Echoi is here with Jinx in the fight. Like yea we know logically they have been together from previous scenes. But this is the first time we have seen the Firelights and Jinx team up. It goes so well with the music. Jinx isn't alone and the song and Echo's entrance just remind us of that.

"I AM THE HYPE!"

You are blowing my damn mind

9:55: One thing worth mentioning is Ekko at one point (S2E2 I think) laments how they got rid of Silco and fixed nothing, changed nothing.

What silco said to vander in one scene is that, i can forgive you for trying to kill me but i can never forgive you for not taking action for the freedom of zaun. Then in that timeline zaun is free which leads me to believe that after vi's death either jayce also died or got punished as his experiments got someone killed and also in the main timeline vander tried to take the blame for vi, which here after she died like someone paid the price too. So i think vander wasnt arrested and his daughter died so he had less to protect and finally did something for zaun's independence. That was silco's main goal anyway and he would do anything to get that. The reason he tried to get rid of vander was this sole reason that vander didnt do anything. so when he did, they started working together. Thats ny theory at least.

The fact that Jayce doesn’t haggle also demonstrates another aspect of his character, which is that he is easily influenced by others’ suggestions and doesn’t have a spine

I don’t think news spreads much in a high security concrete cell

Yknow it’s weird she doesn’t remember claggor as such. If you look, claggor isn’t very far behind Vi in the boxing arcade machine scores meaning he has enough skill to match close to her, as well as the massive strength to easily lift a skinny adult male and throw him rather easily.

I think i Know, what those two woman connect. they are mighty AND untrustworthy. Thats what make them so fucking creepy to us.

now schnee has to make a video about arcane's new gayest scene

I love it, great work! Keep it up!!

She's not a hero, nor a villain.... she's just....perfect

VI’s humor: threats

I mean thats kind of contradicted by adult jinx - her psychosis is in part triggered by the sheer amount of guilt she feels over the deaths she was responsible for. But i do agree that little Powder is exhibiting a lot of the issues that Jinx ends up showing in a far more unhinged way - abandonment issues and a strong desire to prove herself.

Alright this might get drowned out in the comments but if do see it, I would absolutely love to see analysis on Hogwarts legacys’s Sebastian’s storyline and why it (imo) is far superior as a story than the actual main quest - many people seem to share my opinion. Im done with this quest and even though I have the “climax” of the game to get to, I feel like I’m actually done with the game feelings wise because the Sebastian’s storyline is concluded. I’ve since read many comments that give great insights into why that is but I believe you can put it into words like no other person and give further insight in a way that reveals all the magic behind the writing in the best possible way!

i don't know if it has been mentioned but i've got some stuff to add to the young miko segment :). brilliant vid btw. i agree with the tomboy vibes and the lyricism you pointed, but i also see the choice of miko to represent jinx and ekko so accurate. she started out as a tattoo artist overall and then added rap, singing and songwriting to her catalog and fucking exploded (pun intended) to stardom. inspiring so many queer latin people and women in art, specially in latin rap, this is very notorious in a concert that shook the region when all fans help light up the stage with phones to let her do the concert the venue was shutting down for no valid reasons. she became a symbol! ringing any blue bells? finally i wanna say that i got to see her in concert, (i'm from costa rica and the show i went to and the other concert i mentioned both happened here), and the scenography and vibes where all graffiti and street-art-like, as well as mixing rap with rock, pop, reggaeton, electronic and trap music. it was chaotic at some points too. i definitely see the team picking her for many, many, many reasons for the soundtrack but these are the ones i caught. i loved the combination of her for jinx and SK for ekko. cheers :).

1. It is always less interesting to kill a character as a form of redemption. 2. Romanticizing suicide is gross. 3. We saw the end of Jinx and Powder, but exploring a new different third thing is super compelling.

If you could revist this with evidence from season 2 I think that would be awesome. You don't know how much you got right and established in this video that season 2 builds upon.

ok you want my honest opinion on "the best way" to bring jinx back? To do what you mentioned and not bring OUR jinx back but bring "Powder" back... specifically as a different person with their own champion. I mean the ending thing with powder opening the drawer filled with unrefined hex-cores, ESPECIALLY after Ekko showed her that mural of HIS Vi, the thing that helped her "Live" again. Plus the fact that she helped build the reality bridge, the time machine, and CLEARLY understands hex-tech better than Jayce if fishbones is anything to go by. A parallel to Ekko's "boy who broke time" with Powder's "Girl who broke dimensions" is WAY to good an opportunity to pass up IMO Not only are the story beats and paths you could make from that almost endless, from a narrative standpoint, the ways you could work with a "what if Jinx never became jinx" as an ENTIER CHAMPION has so many ways you can play with it, especially things like having "not our Powder" interacting with Vi and the other her in the games is interesting itself!, hell you could even go further with the "not Jinx" stuff by making her a Mage instead of a Marksmen, focusing more on the HEX in Hex-Tech. Generally the things you could do with AU Powder are pretty vast, AND it let's us leave jinx Dead, allowing her story to keep it's clean narrative end for HER specifically, PLUS Powder would still be invested in helping Vander just like Jinx would be, after all, if she's hopping realities chasing Vi, why would she not want to chase the rest of her family down for the "Perfect Reality" too? much in the Same way Ekko chases down a "Perfect Present"

If I remember correctly he grabbed a guy and beat on his head like he was asking if Mcfly was in there

I personally really dislike the whole jayvik ship, mainly from the perspective that it only negatively stereotypes men even further. The whole theme of men in this story seems to be about validation, but not necessarily sexual validation...Viktor and Jayce's platonic friendship isn't valued as just that, it has to be something more. I've personally witnessed so many friendships between guys that would automatically get titled 'gay asf' if portrayed in a piece of fiction, which isn't fair. Why can't two men share a tight bond without it being labeled as something sexual? Personally i don't think it's something the writers wanted for the characters, or the overall exploration of men and gender, and i also don't think it fits the narrative of Jayce or Viktor (especially Viktor). Idk, i could be wrong as i haven't done that much research, so yeah, thats my two-cents lmao

She did not kill Vander

Nah including the spider suit she has 64 outfits bc she not from 63rd

I will never, ever, EVER forget how Goodbye affected me in the scene where Powder was left behind

TWINK

Not another detail in Arcane that's making me deeply sob yet again😭

He was the Rickest Rick

Her son is Obsession

okay but… most of the men are.. *insert freaky emoji*

We have howl and sophie in arcane!

Fox & Lion, if you're actually channeling Machiavelli

Thanks, really thanks. I didn't like this entrance, nor the Sevika vs Smeech fight till I watch your analysis. Is just that I take the show in a serious way, but then Jinx apears with colours, fun music, all soo theatrical (almost like a circus) etc that I felted disruptive, uncomfortable. Like I knew the scenes were awesome, but I wasn't able to realy enjoy it. I get a different perspective now, is Jinx time and is on her mood.

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Fun essay!

The MUCH crazier thing IMO is that Jinx never heard about Vi??! The top crime boss has an untouchable loose cannon running around and no one ever talked about the pink haired girl with VI tattooed on her face who has been in prison for half of her life?? Make that make sense. Doubly so if you believe that Silco didn't know about Vi's continued existence (and therefore had no secret rules about not talking about Vi). Every single time Jinx brought up that Vi didn't come and rescue her from Silco it is everything I can do to not flip every table in the house while ranting about how Jinx never came for Vi.

20:24 I watched this video earlier today, and just now i rewatched ep 4 s2. I noticed that Jinx has let go of “Jinx” when Isha comes into her life. She mentions that “Jinx is dead” and refuses to fix the gun. She wants to be rid of both Powder and Jinx and to restart.

I hear what your saying- but I don't know if I find "suicidal person finally gets to die" to be the inherently most satisfying arc-conclusion lol

This made me realize Jayce and Ekko met years before Heimerdinger introduced them after Ekko grew up 😭😭😭

Great analysis 👏🏻👏🏻😃

Would love to see another video about the new season!!

9:00 We don't want a character exhibiting outer strength, we want outer strength to come from inner strength.