I love this break down, I will say that from what I have heard form folks men in particular, The Jayce and Victor thing hits so hard because they many men loved the idea and representation of male friendship with out any sexual innuendos, They also loved and needed the imagery of masculine men, especially those of fathers and what it meant to be a good father, Arcane one did such a good job of representing imagery of men and women very well. We had Marcus, who loved his daughter, Vander, even Silco in a toxic way, but he still thought it was important to be a father. Arcane one did an amazing job representing various types of women, with a beautiful dark skinned woman who was feminine, soft and intelligent who also got to get the handsome guy. A lot of people have a hard time seeing dark skinned Black women in that light, and that is why Mel is getting so much hate. I also love Ambessa, but I know much of the love for her is because that is the only way they want to see Black women. The reason so many people were rooting for Vi and Caitlyn was because their gay relationship wasn't thrown in peoples faces like it was in season two, I'm referring to the gay relationship. I wanted the same thing for Vi and Caitlyn that Mel and Jayce got with their love making scene, they deserved way better than that nasty prison sex scene. Season two writers seemed to have no respect for what was done in season one and it was heart breaking.. I have more thoughts but here is this for now

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Something that i really love about yordles Is that the yordles who live in different Places un runeterra adapt to become caricatures of the places they inhabit, that's how you get a gangster like Smeech, or a crazy inventor like heimmer

@38:00 "I'm not against Jayvik. I just personally really loved Jayce and Mel as a couple, and I am always going to be here for melanated queen getting the love she deserves on screen, thats where I am at" I mean Jayce got two hands though, so why should we be pitting bad bitches against each other. They are the "this is my boyfriend, Jayce, and this is Jayce's boyfriend, Viktor."

THERE’S A NEW LEAGUE OF LEGENDS CLIP ABOUT NOXUS WHERE MEL, KATARINA, DARIUS, VLADIMIR AND LEBLANC ARE PRESENT 🤩🤩 Im sorry Im so excited I just watched it and omg I hope you react to it I know you wanted more Katarina content 🚶🏾‍♀️

My unpopular opinion. Episode 7 and the whole alternate universe thing doesn't work. It feels like a whole different show we are in.... LIKE HOW DID A SHOW WHICH WAS ABOUT CLASS OPPRESSION AND TWO CITIES CHANGE INTO ALTERNATE UNIVERSE AND SHIT? I like both Ekko and Jinx but I would have never imagined them together (this is coming from someone who has never played the games) For me, timebomb does not work!!

My unpopular opinion is that even though ep7 in beautiful they could've cut the AU part around 15 min and continued with the og timelines maybe include a few scenes of Sevika finding out about isha and Cait taking care of Vi maybe a heart to heart talk

19:57 my problem with the writing of their relationship is that Amanda literally said that they added some of these shock factor moments for extra drama and nothing else. I think Caitlyn hitting Vi is just out of character because instead of that if she just told her not to come after her and blame her for that day when she didn't take the shot at Jinx and lost her mother would have the same effect in their relationship as Jinx blamed Vi for making her Jinx and now Cait is indirectly blaming her of her mothers passing

I really agree with what you say of Cait and Vi. I think it's understandable for Vi to have communication issues, but she's still hurt a lot (and I think that even in the final scene, she wants Catlin to be with her, but she is still badly hurt by her and don't know what to do with all of these). +Vi always blame herself (even for thinks she couldn't control), so I think that self har* and self hate is part of her storyark as well... And I don't want to talk about Caitlyn...

My unpopular opinion is that the second series is better than the first... 🤷‍♀️ And I actually really like the use of ,,music videos". I understand the criticism, but I still like it even more than the first one (and that's a lot).

Viktor: "I have one condition!" Jinx: "Looks like you got a couple!"

“Dirt under your nails” comes from a Spanish saying that alludes to two people that are inseparable. You would say “Oh, person A and person B are always together, they are like /uña y mugre/“ (or dirt under the nail). I hope my explanation makes sense lol

16:42 it's Love! Love possess' him to do everything

57:10 I'm glad someone said it. When Isha died, I honestly couldn't have cared less. What drove me to the next episode was concern for Jinx and Vi and the aftermath of the explosion. Don't get me wrong, it was a brilliant death scene. But I didn't feel like I was losing anyone. Because the show failed to endear me to the character....because there was no character. Isha was nothing but Jinx's fridge motivation.

Why is Jayce and Caitlyn disgusting? Not saying I think they work or anything. I just thought they were pretty close in age.

Jinx is my favorite character, but I personally don't like the Hero of Zoan angle. It wasn't handled well. She killed Silco, threw a manic tantrum, and blew up the council. She literally set fire to both sides and watched it all burn. Yes, emotionally, she suffered. She did end up losing Isha. But Jinx is the one that broke everything, then gets worshiped for fixing it. Reluctantly and poorly, I might add. In the court of public opinion in Zoan, Jinx received no consequence whatsoever.

Unpopular Opinion: Jinx doesn't have schizophrenia

You missed something with Caitlyn and Vi. When she was upset about Vi not wanting to be an enforcer, she tried to gaslight Vi by saying that now, she can relate to how Vi feels because her mom was killed. No, she does not relate. Jinx kidnapped her for a day. The enforcers kidnapped Vi for 7 years of her youth. On top of that, Vi wasn't asking Caitlyn to dress up and become like Jinx. Granted, she already has blue hair 🤪 but you get what I mean?

My unpopular opinion is Vegeta from Dragon Ball has better character development than 98% of Arcane characters. His journey to the side of good is the best in anime history.

Amanda Overton said Vi was reclaiming her prison trauma in the sex scene

VIOLYN, as Cait's and Vi's ship name sounds great. Tbh Caitvi, Violyn, and Piltover's finest are all great ship names, but for JayVik, I like for it to stay that way, especially if you're talking about the Arcane version, since with the ship name "JayVik", it gives distinction to its league counterpart, JayVik = Arcane version, VikJayce = League version. It might seem weird, but Giopara and MH have a different personality and dynamic compared to Talis and Viktor's dynamic. Imo it's like to paying my respects to the pre-arcane shippers of Jayce and Viktor since they primarily use and are using VikJayce as the ship name as a indication (especiallt after arcane) that it's the league version of these characters. Alternate ship name for them that I also like are Hextech Husbands (s1) and Cosmic lovers (s2). Also, damn (sorry) where are ya'll finding these toxic shippers. I've seen stories that some shippers are racist, homophobic ( towards both gay or lesbian ship), heterophobic, ableist, and full misunderstanding of the characters' personality (Jayce enjoyers I really feel sorry for ya'll cuz this has been happening since s1). I am primarily a JayVik shipper though, so I've seen complaints about CaitVi shippers making a drama about a Jayvik fic being the most Kudos-ed fic in AO3. And apparently, there's also CaitVi shipper being angry that TimeBomb won in a poll asking which arcane ship is your favorite. Tbh, I know that there are toxic parts, but it always amazes me with the amount of people are seeing that many toxic shippers. I thankfully haven't seen any first hand, cuz oh boy would that somewhat ruin my mood.

i definitely do not agree with everything you said, but thank you for saying you’re not gonna hate on caitvi beacuse YES. we absolutely have had enough😭 and my opinion on mel, i absolutely love her and i always have. i still honestly do think the black rose subplot was severely underdeveloped but i still do appreciate it in a way beacuse we got to have her becoming this god-like being was honestly awesome. and oh my god give vi more screentime.

This might be unpopular it might not be, I feel like a lot of these issues would’ve been solved if they’d just had a third season. They could’ve absolutely spread the story out across two seasons without stuffing it full of filler. Supposedly they had to cut a stupid amount of content from the final episode, splitting the story across two seasons would’ve allowed for certain parts of the story to be better explored and would’ve given the team working on it a chance to properly tie up all of those plot lines they just kinda forgot about lol Still, season 2 was a masterpiece. Was it better than season 1 as a whole? No. Were there some parts that were arguably better than season 1? Absolutely. So many of the visuals were so absolutely gorgeous especially in the finale. I don’t remember anything like that from season 1 (watch me get roasted). They both have their strengths and weaknesses, season 1 just didn’t have to be worrying about so many different stories all happening at once because of how things were grouped into mostly the piltover and the zaun conflict. Hence why having the series have 3 seasons would’ve been better.

Another piece of art in adult animation “Blue Eye Samurai”. Blending 2D & 3D makes for stunning backgrounds and beautifully crafted action sequences.

I'm sorry but you could never make me hate caitvi or timebomb knowing there's people who ship vi and isha...

What can I say after watching the series from two projects ... Honestly, the animation of the arcane may be the best Due to the colorfulness and style of the above, but the Avatar hooked me more and how the universe was more elaborate than the arcane. With the characters, of course, it's ambiguous who is the best of them, but friendship, cohesion and their personal problems are closer from avatar than from Arkane (of the worthy ones, I can single out Victor, Jinx and Silko). Unfortunately, the ending of the fleeting story and the untapped potentials and personal stories of the characters played a very cruel joke in season 2. Suddenly, they decided to focus on drama instead of the more consistently developed Story from season 1...and then either this drama will work For the viewer or it won't, in my case it didn't work. It's a pity that we couldn't bring it up to date at least until season 3. 😒

Technology allows people to upgrade their body with permanent or temporary implants. The chips are like additional mental perks you can add and remove at will. Like the MMA implant they talked about. I'm pretty sure theres also a "how do I do my taxes ?" implant. You can also use chips to relive certain event other people lived. David relived the last moments of the cyberpsycho who was killed at the start of the episode. Corn is also a big market, obviously. There are several scenes of nudity in the show. Nothings as graphic as the first episode IIRC. In my opinion, they are mostly used to illustrate how several taboos and boundaries became irrelevant with technology. It's also a representation of the decadance of Night City.

I just realized I forgot to comment on this video ! Cyberpunk was created as a tabletop by Mike Pondsmith in 1988. It became the inspiration for a game in 2020. David was created for the anime, but there's a lot in common with the game because it's the same setting. There are several characters that also appear in the game or are mentioned. But the story are largely separated.

Ekko is the least slandered character in the show. The only critique I've seen of him was in regards to his ship with Jinx, but that's neither here nor there... I hope they know that being against a ship won't stop it from happening if the writers choose to go that route. For example Miles × Gwen.

VAYCE and VIOLYN need to be the official ship names, rolls off the tongue easier

13:00 Freljord is one the best Runeterra's region. Great champions, lore and very important for the main LOL lore, I'm very excited for when animate them

As a league player + huge league lore fan knowing Isha was a setup character, still cried like a little baby...I can't wait til they fcuk us up more emotionally with the other factions...so many heart breaking tales in league =P

Were any extras included? A poster or something?

Hi! Love your reactions! Watching through the second time, in fact! Thanks for all of the excellent work to entertain us! Also, this episode (1x4) didn’t appear in your arcane playlist. Just a heads up in case that’s not the intent. Yours are among my favorite Arcane reactions. Thanks again.

So, actual response to the hot takes, with hot takes of my own in response: Take 1: Jinx's mental health and personality switched up too much between seasons. Nah, fam. Hard disagree. I called Jinx's voices going silent and her being a lot more stable moving forward back when I finished season 1 the first time. She got hit the last time she jinxed her family, and it broke her. So when she got re-affirmed the second time she did it, I knew that was exactly what she needed to start the healing process we see in season 2. Her character was quite consistent between seasons, but she was going through different stages of her mental health journey. Take 2: They should have leaned in more to Caitlyn being a secondary antagonist. 100% agree and covered this in more detail in my other comment on this video. Take 3: Vilyn was deserved but not earned. I don't know if I even agree it was deserved. Season 1 Vilyn was life for me. Season 2 Caitlyn lost my respect due to first asking Vi to become an enforcer, then striking her while in uniform. She was not given enough time to fall or redeem herself for me to go back to thinking she deserved the happily ever after she got. Also, the "make up sex scene" was uncomfortable to watch (and not just because it was comically long). Vi was abused by enforcers in a cage for years, then has make up sex with an enforcer while in a cage? Let's not forget Vi's sister just vaguely told her she was about to off herself. Nah, let's ignore all of that to have some fan service and then move on like none of that trauma or relationship drama happened. Not deserved, and *definitely* not earned. Sad, though. I really shipped them hard in season 1. Take 4: Mel felt like a very passive character in season 2. Girl, yes! Season 1 Mel stole the show ever scene she was in. I was always watching to see what she was cooking up. Yet her whole arc could have been cut from season 2 and the season probably would have been better for it. She was reduced to an info-dump vessel in season 2 - for events that won't even happen in Arcane itself, mind you - and I am still salty about it. Take 5(+): "CaitVi is toxic." Agreed. "Jinx is overrated." Blasphemy at it's finest. "Fan 'invented' Viktor-Jayce romance ship is absurd." Nah, the homo-erotic imagery was consistent throughout. It was definitely intentionally planted in fans' minds. I didn't ship them, BTW, so I am impartial in my opinion on this matter. "Mel is not an interesting character and steals screen time unnecessarily." Hard disagree for season 1, hard agree for season 2. "Sevika is underrated." This isn't even a hot take, but I agree. Sevika is great. "Fortiche hates Vi and loves Jinx." I can see it, and I ain't mad about it either. Take 6: Plotlines are set up then abandoned. Yup. I went into detail about this in my other comment on this video (and several others across KZbin). 100% agree. Take 7: New characters are introduced then relegated to background clutter. Agreed. Maddie randomly switched up, cause reasons. Loris exists then dies before we are ever given a chance to see him and Vi bond. Throw away characters, the lot of 'em. Take 8: Huge wow moments thrown in without benefiting the story. Oh, definitely. I was *so* mad when gassing the topside had zero impact on the story. We see a kid wearing a mask topside a little later as a subtle nod to it having happened and it's on to the next story beat. I was definitely hoping to see topside struggle to adjust to a taste of life in the undercity, to see that Jinx left a lasting mark on topside that rallies people behind her. But nope, just for a flashy scene. Vander being warrick was essential to the plot, so I don't know what they mean with that one specifically. That is how Jinx and Vi (and by extension, Vi and Caitlyn) get back on the same side. Viktor being the one who gave Jayce the stone was essential to the plot, also, and many people already saw it coming, so it wasn't wow for wow's sake, either. But yeah, there were a handful of spectacle over substance scenes in season 2, just not sure I agree with all of the examples chosen. Take 9: Season 2's "plot" is all over the place. Oh yeah. Too much going on and too few payoffs, let alone satisfying payoffs. Take 10: Character motivations were nuts by the end. Agreed. Viktor has complete control over his super soldiers, and has already expressed his intentions are not aligned with Ambessa's. So what does Ambessa do? She has Viktor turn her soldiers into his minions. What was the end game there?

I could watch a thousand of these videos from you, NGL. As for a room temperature but based take: Season 2 should have been 12 episodes (4 arcs). The new Act 2 would focus on things we needed to sit with longer to feel the full weight of the final act. Things like... Caitlyn's descent into fascism, with a much slower 'come to Jesus' moment. Reason: Gassing Zaunites was the worst thing we saw her do, and she did that *before* she "went evil." If that didn't wake her up she never would have because, as far as we know, that was the biggest wake up call she could have had and that was before she went evil. Vi's spiral into self-destruction with a closer look at specifics of what she is going through. Reason: Vi lost her family, then her found family? She snaps for all of a few seconds before realizing she was wrong. She was locked up and abused for years? She gets out and is still her, just a little rougher around the edges. She breaks up with her girlfriend? She spirals out of control to the point she isn't even recognizable anymore. What? Sure, we can assume it's a combination of all those things, a straw that broke the camel's back situation, but we shouldn't have to. We should have seen her hashing out at least some of what she was going through so we know what is happening with her. As it is, you could cut the emo pit fighter montage and her character has the same arc, so why was it included other than clickbait for the trailers? Jinx's whole arc needed more time to cook, but specifically her gaining a cult following being explained more, and the cult becoming relevant to the story at some point would have been nice. Reason: Like most of season 2's pitfalls, 'Jinx has a cult' and 'Jinx leads the revolution' was heavily suggested in the trailers only to go nowhere. Why her specifically? For all they know, Silco had her bomb the council to start the war. Maybe she killed him because he used her weapon on the council himself. She is wanted by the topside, but how does anyone know they have the right person? Why dress up like her in the first place? Why the religious murals? She isn't even fighting back during Caitlyn's fascism arc, so why are they glorifying the person that caused their heightened oppression, then turned tail and ran, in the first place? Note the one thing all three of these rushed concepts have in common: They all made the trailers great and the season worse (due to being rushed). Clickbait, the season.

It's kinda funny how you got roasted by your followers for predicting that Mel had protective enchantment at the end of season one when this was actually a common theory and was even spoiled by one of the music composers on their KZbin channel years ago when he timed the music to her "shimmering armor."

the new character one is so real. like i got chewed up on tiktok for not remembering a lot of their names but like... they barely spoke.

ngl, i completely see where you are coming from but mel was my favorite character from season 2. she's honestly my new favorite character as a whole. and i honestly can't explain why. one of my main issues with season was how league lore was expanded on, which sounds crazy but, i came to except that arcane would have only 2 seasons. one of my favorite shows of all times is gravity falls and it only has 2 seasons and they made t work so well. but i expected that they would wrap everything from season 1 one up and give us a satisfying conclusion on everything, like gravity falls did. but instead season two was more so for league fans. it expanded on leauge lore that i frankly didn't know much about. yet for some reason mel still stood out to me in subtle way. i think the fact that she spent majority of the season in backrooms is what made jayce's line so heartbreaking. mel is a force to be reckoned with. she is cunning and steadfast. yet time after time again she is forced into a helpless role where she has little control over her own life or anything around her tbh. from a child cast away from the only home she's ever known to forge a new path, to an adult snatched away from the future she helped built to endure an unbelievable amount of torture. yet despite all the trauma she's endured she will always break free and do what needed to be done. and yeah she's a magical girl now too. I LOOOOOOOOOVE magical girl anime sm. so seeing one of my favorite characters joining raster makes me so happy. im so excited to see more of her in the noxus series. i don't know lick about noxus but im very excited to see my girl again. -side note i also don't like how the creators threw away vi and sevika but i hate hate hate when people blame that on mel. she had less screen time in this season than in season 1 yet everything is her fault??? this for sticking up for her cuz this take always pmo

i can't get behind season 2 caitvi either. like don't get me wrong, im happy for them but it just ain't my cup of tea no more. it went from being a comfort ship to one that lowkey makes me scratch my head. but i think an even more unpopular opinion i have is that my favorite ship s actually meljay. it's always been pretty unpopular which makes sense considering that it contains two of the most unpopular characters in the show. but yeah i honestly loved the too sm and nobody else gets it.

ngl. i also agree with the second one. like don't get me wrong. im glad caitlyn didn't commmit to the dark side but the whole count fagular error was ambessa was cold af. i honestly would have loved her as a villan. like yes it was hurt to see her go down that path, but t also felt a bit jarring for her to switch back so quickly. i knew the writters would never commit to caitlyn being evil, which makes sense cause at her caitlyn is a caring individual but i dunno the way they handled it felt kinda like wasted potencial. i dunno if making any sense but uhhh...yeah

to be honest i never shiped vi and caitlyn something always felt off its just my opinion i watched a video called vi and caitlyn was always a bad ship maybe check it out he explains it very well why they dont work

As someone who loved S1 CaitVi and agrees with the first CaitVi critic mentioned in this video, I was also disappointed that neither of them ever addressed the fact that Vi left Cait in the rain in season one. Like S2E1 they’re suddenly all close again? We know Caitlyn isn’t very openly expressive with her emotions and I think the writers were trying to show that she trusted Vi enough to cry on her shoulder, but personally? I wouldn’t trust Vi that much after she walked away like that in S1. Just my opinion tho

Hi Aisha - Happy New Years ! Necrit has a new Vid out , explaining the Black Rose (fyi ... if interested) Have a great start to 2025 !

This is probably gonna get people in they feelings, but here goes nuthin'......TV and Movie characters are people, and just as in real life, there are parts of their story that we don't see. There is hurt, trauma, healing, circumstance, and work that may happen behind the scenes or just outside of our own sight. It doesn't mean that it doesn't happen and that the effects of these things aren't very real. Used the argument "Violyn's" happy ending doesn't feel earned or Mel story doesn't feel earned. There are literally months worth of activity that we are not privy to. Who is to say that Caitlyn and Vi didn't have the convo about laying hands on each other or Mel didn't practice and learn about her powers on her long trip home to Piltover? We don't know and we assume it didn't happen because we didn't see it. That is a very real problem. How many people in real life, cause trouble and create unnecessary havoc because they assume that they have the whole picture when they just don't! So much stuff happens that we don't see. We will have no evidence for something, one way or the other and yet we make these narratives in our mind based on how we FEEL! I need more people to realize a couple things. 1)How a person FEELS about a situation and what actually happened(the actual facts) are not the samething! You can feel betrayed when no one has betrayed you. It some cases, it's the person who feels the most betrayed who did the betraying. This is true for everyone. 2)More things happen that we are unaware of than what we are actually aware of. Again, this true for everyone. There will always be more that we don't know, than what we do know. As people we need to be better at being both patient and curious. We need to seek to find out what happened instead of assuming that already know. Violyn got their happy ending.....they're happy...THAT IS THE POINT!!! Why are we second guessing their relationship? If they were real people, this would be intrusive and rude! I'm not saying we should be vigilant about domestic abuse, but knowing how and when in intercede is key. In this case, it probably isn't warranted. Mel was kidnapped and was gone for months. I presumed she was taken to Noxus's capital, the Immortal Bastion. I'm absolutely positive she had been trying out her new found power and practicing her skills all the way home like a good little piggy. Mel is way to intelligent to have done otherwise. Would it have been nice to see it? Of course, but working in the time constraints that Riot/Fortiche had, it didn't make the cut, as is true for so many other things in S2 of this wonderful show.

im a longtime league casual who loves the lore and I wish they didnt try to make this show canon to the official lore. season one felt like a greek tragedy whereas season 2 felt like a marvel movie (derogatory) at times I loved watching this season but was still very disappointed and most of my biggest issues are a result of them trying to use this season of arcane as a launching point for other LoL stories The first season was it’s own perfect little-big story, using league IP as a vehicle for a thematically perfect singular story , there were for sure cool moments and references for LoL fans it was all in service of the main story, never the story in service of them. whereas the second season feels like the surgically precise character writing took a backseat to them desperately trying to make sure everything is in place by the end so that it connects to the current day League lore, (or at least what they plan for future league lore) as well as leave it open ended enough so that they can make more shows set in this specific universe. Heavy case of prequel-itis that i did not feel one bit in the first season The most frustrating part of this to me is that even in the core story and in official lore, a multiverse exists so like WHY DOES IT EVEN MATTER IF ITS OFFICIALLY CANON like they literally could both/all be canon it literally doesnt matter imo

Please go for the Mel body type with Vi's arms...😅

Silco and Vander are the some paralera to Powder and Vi. One was mind and Second was strength. They have a confrict. The power one attack/nearly killed the weaker one. And then the weacker one have mental breakdowm and use his mind to be better and powerfull.

This opinion is also a theory that you kind of need some understanding of league lore and champion knowledge.......I believe that Ambessa has another child! I think Mel being the child that the Black Rose was looking for, is kind of a red herring. I think Rell is the child LeBlanc wants. It's possible that Mel & Rell are twins, and the line where Ambessa says something about being forced to forsake one child for another, she isn't talking explicitly about Kino.