Oil and Water | Arcane Episode 8 Reaction

[@AlanaMisako]

thanks for the support everyone🤍 finale will be up on thursday

[@brianshepherd9740]

Hi, Alana.💘

[@FiendTheWhacked]

"She's ten and she has a better head on her shoulders than her mother-" Mel's mom: "Very poor choice of words."

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Haha that's what I was thinking :p

[@SinematicClips]

The shot of viktor outrunning the boat will always give me chills, especially when you think back to his backstory chasing the little boat and tripping up

[@michaelchristopher1426]

Do you remember when Viktor was a child he was struggling chasing his ship toy down the stream, and now he's running past through ships. Powder become Jinx, and Sky become powder 💀

[@madnessoverload7824]

Too soon 💀

[@markuman01]

More like Ashes 💀

[@OtakuProGamer]

ok dud

[@hazzenko_]

Mel and her mom are from a region named Noxus, literally a expansionist war-based culture, where the strong leads the weak. Maybe we will know more in season 2. The Vi and Jayce fight show some of their abilities from the game, imagine the reaction of the players to see it.

[@drew284]

as a league degenerate this show was like crack lol. Not only was it amazing even if you didn't play the game, but seeing the characters use their abilities from the game was so sick lol

[@Deimos620]

I mean it was cool but I just had flashbacks to laning against lethality Q spammers. At least he didn't touch his E. I haven't played League in 3 years lmao the frustration is just engrained in my bones. One thing that gave me chills was when Viktor referred to the device as the "Hex Core". Hearing him say his name alone was so cool to me, then the laser arm ALSO brought back some PTSD. I wonder if Viktor will be more like in-game and the lore by the end of s2. Would they go so far as to introduce Galio? Or some tiny prototype? I could remember wrong but Viktor created Galio, no?

[@LioTangg]

@@Deimos620 Galio is a demacian statue made from Petricite, a type of rock that absorbs magic and kinda becomes alive, using magic as carburant I think you meant Blitzcrank, who was created by Viktor(unless they changed it again)

[@VVhit3]

Mel's mother is from Noxus. A region that is currently at war. This story only touches like 5% of what League lore is and its crazy rich. I hope the creators dig into more in S2..

[@sevisavory]

not even 5 its just 1%

[@musf1k]

More like 1%. Don't forget Demacia, Ionia, Freljord, Shurima, The Void and their Champions.

[@danzansandeev6033]

I don’t. Focusing on one region was the right choice. Otherwise you would spread yourself too thin storywise and we wouldn’t get such a condensed storytelling that arcane had. I hope that with arcane success we will get multiple different shows

[@pviccs]

1%*

[@cobusvanderlinde6871]

"currently" at war... as If Noxus has ever been at peace for anything more than a few weeks after finishing of a war, if even that much.

[@KrillixKai]

"Do they teach military history at your Academy, Mr. Talis?" "The Alornian General Sonnem Parlec used to find ways to meet his enemies blindfolded. He said a man's mind hides behind his body." "Somehow, I doubt he ever tried this." *Currently blindfolded and naked body in front of Jayce.* "The Council is the problem. The mind hiding behind the body." ---- "But if you don't accept certain realities, I fear you'll end up like General Parlec." "Slaughtered with your eyes closed."

[@linamayela]

From what I'm getting Sky died because Viktor didn't have shimmer. Shimmer is basically a fuel source I guess to allow the transmutation, since there was none the Hexcore took the closest thing. Also she's the kid we saw looking at Viktor on the river which makes her death waaay more painful for Viktor since she's a childhood friend.

[@aeia7829]

It wasn't the shimmer i think, it's Sky not being Viktor as a subject. Remember when Viktor tried experimenting with plants to no avail? It was his blood that was fed to the core initially so it only accepts him. He went to Singed (burned doctor) and Singed suggested he should use himself as the subject. The shimmer is just there to physically fortify him through the process I think similar to how it was used with Jinx, Silco, and the machine hand lady.

[@joshgreiner2599]

@@aeia7829 Yeah, I think you're correct. The Hexcore treated Sky like a foreign body and had an immune response to her. I think Viktor not having shimmer resulted in a much smaller transformation this time, just his hand instead of his entire leg.

[@Heavensrun]

"She's 10 and she has a better head on her shoulders." "So speaking of heads on shoulders..."

[@japercefull]

"She has a better head on her shoulders..." SHHNK! Good timing.

[@TheBeelz3bub]

I do like that Singed understood how much Silco cared for Jinx, as he himself was a father, at least at one point, and knocked him out to prevent him from having to endure the sights and sounds of the pain during the surgery influcted upon her.

[@wynq]

Of course, Singed could have knocked out Jinx so that she didn't suffer at all, but I guess that's not really Singed's style.

[@Jukettaja]

2:31 "She's ten and she has a better head on her shoulders than her mother" What a poor choice of words.

[@otaca1317]

Just starting the vid, as for Marcus' wife, in a prior episode we see a picture drawn be his daughter with her and Marcus, if you look carefully, you'll see a woman with angel wings above them. Momma's dead

[@robertselagon4277]

there's a theory i've read that Marcus' wife probably killed by an Undercity criminal thus the reason why Marcus is so antagonistic towards them

[@troyshore5018]

I will never not mention the “your a victim” line when jayce and vi are talking. Cause I’m pretty sure she’s realizing where powder originally stole the gem stones from

[@pabloc8808]

Nah she was 100% being sarcastic since Jayce is part of the system that oppresses Zaun

[@Patogeno1000]

Not only that, she’s herself is probably remembering Jayce from the apartment

[@pabloc8808]

@@Patogeno1000 She never saw Jayce though, at least not onscreen

[@Patogeno1000]

@@pabloc8808 She did, in the part where he’s knocked unconscious from the explosion

[@AppleBaron]

Mel's family is from Noxus, a warmongering empire. Also, Piltover is not a part of any nation, it's independent city-state.

[@lfcreations902]

7:26 Idk if you guys noticed but this guy was working underground in Episode 5 when Vi and Caitlin were looking for information. You could see him Wearing a mask

[@markuman01]

Jayce with the children scene almost made me cry for some reason, might be the most heart-wrenching scene in the entire show

[@AppleBaron]

Understandably so. It's both hard to accept the fact, that such a kind-hearted person as Jayce just killed a child, as well as realize, how bad is situation in the Undercity, that Silco uses children as workers.

[@robertselagon4277]

wait till you see how China made this into a real life situation

[@darransmith32]

@@AppleBaron It has Historical precedent. Traditionaly, kids weren't allowed to roam free all day long until they became adults. They were put to work in the family business or somebody elses business for the day to keep them out of trouble, give them something to do and to learn basic skills that would serve them in adult life. In the cities this usually meant organized work houses where parents dropped them off in the morning and collected them again in the evening. After the Western cultures decided to mass educate their entire populace (not just the rich) and provide public schools for everyone, parents simply switched from dropping their kids off at the local work houses to the local schools instead, which pretty much covered the same ground (keeping them out of trouble, giving them something to do and giving them basic skills that would help in adult life). It's simply that the schools focused on working with your mind rather than your hands.......

[@QuangMinh-kd1bn]

Noxus in this series is finding weapons for the invasion of Ionia and they eventually found Singed, my guess is the Noxus-Ionia war happens in season 3

[@j.f.fisher5318]

I'm guessing that too, or something like that.

[@th3voice]

The children working in the shimmer production facility (and not ONLY children work there, by the way; several adults are run over with a train and have guns pointed at them as the Enforcers assault the plant) serve as an indicator of misplaced priorities. It's all well and good to be horrified at Silco for using child labour, nevermind that in the time in western history analogous to what we see in Arcane, the only kids this age that weren't working in factories were either nobility, working in farms, or off soldiering. The point of it, though, isn't that these young kids work, it's WHY they work. Because that's what there is to DO in Zaun. Seven to ten years prior to this, children in Zaun were running from police harassment, digging to garbage for scraps, and going on burglary raids in the nearby wealthy district - or robbing one another for the metal scraps from such an endeavour... is that better? There are no schools, no activities, and in the surrounding abject poverty, Powder, who HAS a father figure as well as essentially a mother (Vi) is hungry enough that even she, a tech-obsessed little tinkerer, finds the true treasure of Jayce's workshop to be the sandwiches Jayce has neglected there. If not THIS - what are the children to DO? They seem reasonably well fed, and unlike the kids their age in the British coal mines of comparable historical times, THESE kids seem to have reasonable safety equipment, even. Would we rather they starve? I have the same reaction when I hear people in the west be outraged that their T-shirts or whatever are made by children in south-east Asia. Sure, we'd all prefer children weren't relegated to factory jobs, but if all we ever do is go "these evil corporations must stop hiring children" while leaving these countries in abject poverty, exploited for their natural resources and the basically free labour costs, then all that does is ensure the children starve while to an even GREATER extent having no parental supervision or presence in their new unemployed status. What this raid shows is how pointless it is for Jayce and his armoured, uniformed thugs to trudge through this factory, rounding up the people in it at gunpoint - at this point, Zaun is under the political leadership and authority of the council of Piltover, and this is all these children HAVE. This is the opportunity they are left with. They do work, they get fed. This is what happens in a suppressed colony. Jayce has the power to address this issue - OR, you know, indulge his power fantasy by going into this place full of random people just trying to get by and shooting up the place with his sci-fi weapons. The people working there clearly aren't enslaved or FORCED to work there by anything other than their circumstances, and they (rightly) don't think anything good will come from the enforcers stomping in there with guns drawn. Basically - if you want to end child labour, reform the local economy until using child labour isn't the only sensible choice left to the people there. Demanding that it just END, without being prepared to pay the differential, is worse than tolerating its existence, in my not at all humble opinion.

[@n0bleonline222]

++ I agree with what you said. A few things I want to add: Probably every single child working there is the victim of a war/uprising that Vander started with the sole purpose of damaging the top, the outcome of which he didn't care about. (many of children orphaned by the death of many parents). (Insurgency not involving Silco) They are in a production facility full of orphans such as Powder, Violet, Mylo, Claggor, Ekko. And I personally would call their location safe. They are not exposed to the poisonous gas of the underground city, they all have masks in their mouths. And I think it's much better if the kids working at the shimmer facility aren't wandering around the area where Heimerdinger walked. Otherwise many orphans out there would be addicted to the shimmer and maybe even worse. At least Silco provides children with a safe job and It leaves a reason for them to support the independence cause. Silco does not harm children, on the contrary, it provides benefits for the future. Silco has never been on the attacking side, he has been on the defending side. That's the difference between Vander and Silco. Jinx herself does whatever she wants.

[@jamesliggins891]

that seems like a lot of words to excuse Silco for using child labor in dangerous conditions and turning his own people into addicts

[@n0bleonline222]

@@jamesliggins891 Silco has no reason to make its people addicted. For his cause, why make his people addicted. We hear this from Ekko's mouth, but apparently nothing. It's your fault to believe what a single character says. Shimmer is the only thing that brings wealth to the underground city, which is why its chembarons live so comfortably and oppose Silco. Silco won't gain anything by making his own people addicted. Chembarons will probably win, Silco doesn't want that. Silco doesn't live for money, he lives for the free independent city of zaun. He is not trying to destroy the underground city, to make it dependent. There is this independence case for everyone to live well in the future. Silco is not selfish. The line in which Ekko utters these words does not change anything. If you watch the Silco character for 9 episodes and can't understand what he is trying to do, that's your problem.

[@jamesliggins891]

@@n0bleonline222 We literally saw him handing out Shimmer to addicts in the underground. What are you talking about.

[@n0bleonline222]

@@jamesliggins891 Silco gives shimmers to already addicted people to stop Violet and Caitlyn. They went down to the pit of addicts. I say it again, he has no contribution to his cause, he has no income. All apps and profits probably go to the Chembarons. You're trying to look for vulnerabilities. And you ignore everything else I wrote. It is clear that this discussion is going nowhere. You are biased towards the characters. And because of your prejudice, you are not trying to understand what I wrote.

[@Arkayjiya]

"she has a better head on her shoulder than her mother" I laughed out loud at that one xD

[@projecty145]

Vi calling cait cupcake while jinx seen the cupcake

[@rromano158]

13:55 Her name was Sky, then poof, now she's dust in the wind.

[@VictorDraculesti]

One thing i didn't see in the comments so i point it out. When Silco and Vander where young, kids worked in the chem mines. Silco remembered the chem barons at there meeting about that by bringing gas out of the chemmines. He told them that it was him who gave them a chance to live in better conditions and now they forgot about why they where fighting in the first place. Remember that the enforcer where wearing Masks in the undercity, even in the good area of the undercity. Silco still lives in the undercity and goes to all this places and this is why he can breath it without coughting the first minute he inhales it. (Mayby the shimmer helps here also) This is also something what Silco mentioned to Vander. Vander was caring for the lanes, minimizing the impact of the enforcer on the people there. Silco wanted all of the people of the undercity to profit not only the lanes. And yes he brought a bit of wealth to the undercity, as we where shown after the timejump and yes he gave the kids a opportunity to not work in the mines. But he also caused many casualtys with his method and the kids where now working in a shimmer factory. So here is the real dilemma, where the kids better of in the mines getting sick as victor is, or are they better of producing drugs who will cause other to suffer? Was Vander right with not helping the kids in the mines and concentrating at the "wealthier" zone of the Undercity, he didn't cause casualtys but he dind't help either this poorest of the poor. This is something the show make wonderfully, every coin has to sides and often choices are not like this is only doing good and this will one does evil. And to keep in mind this is grim dark so the bad consequnces even out of genuine willig to do good will be highlited and will often happen.

[@n0bleonline222]

++ nice analysis Great production, series (Arcane)

[@linamayela]

Silco using children to work is kinda good thing actually. Those kids that work get food and shelter, before Silco took over they probably would've died out in the streets.

[@rinray9685]

Stop justifying child labour you sick freak, literally nothing and I mean nothing could ever justify a grown ass man making child literally fight for him and getting poisoned working for him, and literally was it stated he gives them food?

[@-Zikade-]

Also, contrary what some people seem to believe, child labor is not a "Silco thing". Perhaps it wasn't used to this extent before (cuz they had nothing like these factories before) BUT I firmly believe they already had forms of child labor. It kinda comes with the environment (which is true irl as well). Zaun is a very poor and very harsh place so everyone "has to carry their weight", their kids don't go to school and instead are running errands. (E.g. Vi's gang and Ekko in Act 1.) It's a very "you work (or steal) so you can eat" type of world. For some orphans this factory work might even be a blessing. These kids don't look underfed and are wearing proper gear, none of them greets Jayce and Vi like they are their saviors or something. Also note how Vi doesn't even react to there being child workers. (Even Jayce pays more attention to the "parents who will get a message their kid isn't coming home" instead of being upset of there being children in the first place.) Thus I think it's pretty clear child labor is kind of a "cultural" thing, born out of the state the Undercity is thanks to Piltover.

[@sealofapproval637]

Child labour is never a 'good' thing, but I don't think child workers at the shimmer factories is evidence of Silco's evil as much as it is the reality of life in the under-city. They don't have clean air and all their wealth (with the exception of shimmer) goes to Piltover so I somehow doubt they have a school system or social services of any kind. Vi, Powder, Ekko and the rest were all working jobs in the opening episodes and that's before Silco took control of the underground, so child labour may well be the norm in the under-city. Yes child labour is horrible, but I think the blame for that lies more in Piltover having such an economic stranglehold on the underground that it makes child labour a necessity for the families that live there. Plus the workers reaction to Vi and Jayce's attack wasn't relief but fear, hence why the raised the alarm. These kids are no older than Vi and Powder were in EP1 and there the sisters were already expressing how much they hated Piltover and wanted to put one over on them - it's likely the kids in the Shimmer factory share that resentment (and I doubt the events of this episode improved their opinion of Piltover any) Hell shimmer, corrupting as it is, is the only reason the under city has experienced any kind of progress, being a revenue source they don't share with Piltover and a technology that allows some enhancements akin (albeit in a less potent form) to those Piltover hoards with it's access to hextech and everything else. I can see involvement in the Shimmer trade being seen as an act of quasi rebellion against Piltover by the denizens of the under-city, especially to it's more impressionable members, so maybe the kids share some of this sentiment and helping produce shimmer isn't just due to economic need but some political ideals as-well? Yes child labour is horrible, shimmer is horrible, the whole situation is, but I think it is fair to say that there is perhaps more going on here than: Evil man-use-kids-cos-evil-man-is-evil.

[@brackto8176]

"You dumb bitch." - That cracked me up.😂

[@blackshard641]

"She's ten and she has a better head on her shoulders than her mom." ☠️ OMFG THE TIMING!!

[@LOUDveigh]

Letss Go! my favorite react channel!!

[@stewart1555]

Vi is trying to save Powder's soul; Silco wants to restore the dignity of the Under-city's citizens and Jayce wants to make a change in the world. I feel like these were the main points leading into the finale for me.

[@jamesliggins891]

If Silco wanted to restore the dignity of the undercity he probably should not be using child soldiers and turning his people into addicts

[@stewart1555]

I think he would view it necessary, because he plans to go to war with topside for their independence.

[@halfeldianhere]

That cliffhanger brutal great thing the finale episode isn't 👁👄👁

[@drew284]

lmao right. at the beginning she said "I wonder how they're gonna wrap this up in 2 episodes." lmao hint hint they're not

[@SlyI42]

17:25 again this whole series summarized

[@Deimos620]

"How are they gonna wrap this up in two episodes?" Exactly. They don't.

[@AnaFox]

“Jayce… shut up.” 😂 sometimes he should.

[@heyitsmeagain6897]

Noxus is pretty much a nation of war. Where only the strong will survive. Love your reactions!

[@KrillixKai]

In Noxus, only conquerors survive.

[@dabo73]

Wow only one episode left

[@brianshepherd9740]

Alana, you're so sweet. Thanks so much for uploading this awesome reaction video. I love your content because it's so cool, and I really enjoy watching you react to different shows. You are so cute, and I love you very much because you're an amazing reactor.

[@overgroll]

you can enjoy a small video about Noxus if you look for "tales of runeterra: noxus after victory", its a small shortfilm about noxus defeating a small kingdom

[@raz644]

Zaun kids either have to choose to work in the mines, or shimmer production. Which is better?

[@johnstark8516]

IMO Silco offers work for these children, for some it might be the only income for their family

[@n0bleonline222]

Or their families may have died in the riot in the opening scene of episode 1 and become orphans. Rather than being on the streets where Heimerdinger walked. I think it is a much better option for them to be safe in a masked way, rather than working in mines where there are toxic gases.

[@powpowsupremacy1319]

My boy Viktor is finally free of Jayce simp xD

[@keyronkathrynekathrynkeyron]

Watching

[@maevemurphy7902]

7:33 OMG IS THAT HOWL PENDRAGON?!?!

[@AlanaMisako]

my first thought was timothee chalamet 💀

[@gman7497]

@@AlanaMisako if you remember, when Vi and Cait went to the brothel there was a guy laying around smoking that many people suspect is the same person. Dude is a pretty popular male escort it seems lol

[@rromano158]

The problem with Vi's solution is that she, from a very young age, has always seen only revenge without thinking of the consequences.

[@emnacedin8785]

I just used jinx in the game recently and then this one notify me

[@Lianara]

Speaking of heads on other shoulders.... swooosh...

[@Shax22132]

I see some similarities between Mel's mother and Silco. Both are quick to resort to violence, both are willing to harm children, and both have a daughter that they care about, even as they manipulate them.

[@carbuneskinny5797]

Was watching your eyes at the end there to see if u notice Jinx hehe :))

[@JasperAyeee]

you know, Alana, i finished watching your FMA:B reactions a couple weeks ago, and i'm only NOW seeing the similarities between Viktor (and Skye) and the Elric brothers 🧐

[@_Keil_]

Love your videos

[@blakartist2000]

It's always nice to start off the week with your beautiful smile while giving a good reaction to this masterpiece of an animation.

[@JessYapping]

Alana I would love to see you react to invincible it was my favorite show of last year!!❤️Also skye got dusted cause she didn’t have the shimmer in her and maybe the runes too she had a crush on him and just wanted to help POOR Viktor😫😢

[@Citizen88020120820]

Think Vi left Caitlin to protect her, oops

[@KZ-ub9bg]

Noxus is p much inspired by the Roman Empire

[@zengy87]

try watch Komi Can't Communication i think you'll like

[@godserena5571]

"better head on her shoulder's than her mother" and the other girl doesn't have one anymore

[@ThomasMaiens]

I kinda hate it when reactors talk over important dialog.. literaly before singed sedated silco, he told him this was for hes own sanity, but instead u missed it and sits there dumbfounded.

[@jefferymojo3761]

Viktor had the runes on him and the girl didn't.. It used her organic material to fix Viktor's leg

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hehehe, you have still seen nothing yet. Also, if you’re interested in learning more about the World? Then i suggest that you check out the Tales of Runeterra Mini-Series after you’re done with Arcane, it could give a better understanding of this World and it’s Characters, of course only if you’re interested.

[@sudonim7367]

Marcus's wife is dead. His daughter has a drawing where shes in heaven.

[@AyakaAkira31]

This is why no one wins in war

[@Jtownschannel]

You're the only person i've seen who also felt pity for Marcus. Everyone else seems to just write him off by saying he was completely bad with no redeeming qualities.

[@brouckayalew5361]

Did anyone notice that Alana said "'She has a better head on her shoulders" right before the girl was beheaded? Unfortunate choice of phrase.

[@LeonDractus]

Man, this is depressing. Good thing next episode is ten times worse.

[@foxtaco]

Ayo lol 😅😅

[@sojybojy]

This episode smashed. Not as hard as Jayce smashed that kid tho-

[@kadetade6575]

U are so cute and i like your reactions. If you ever had questions after ep.9 i can answer all of em. Bye

[@AlexanderForsman]

I really like it when shows make complex villains like VI. Regarding the children in the factory, it has more to do with how Piltover has treated Zaun as slave labor since the cities formation, rather than anything Slico has done. There everyone starts at the factory floor (or worse, going by what Slico showed is in ep7), you work so you can eat. It's part of the system Silco wants to get rid of by separating Zaun from Piltover.

[@Addam_]

Yeah it's one of the side affects, kids either have to turn to being criminals like Vi & Co. in act 1 or they have to work. Jayce is finally seeing what life is really like for people in the Undercity.

[@turquoise839]

Vi is a villain now? ... Did I miss something?

[@FulcanMal]

@@turquoise839 I think he was partially joking, or else making a point about the lack of 2 dimensionality of the characters. (Or both more like) Vi is not a villain, but alot of her decisions lead to bad ends. It's ironic, considering Jinx's whole identity is built on the premise that everything she does turns to ruin, but it's kind of true of Vi too. Not only does her walking away from her sister in Act 1 lead to her becoming Jinx, but when she tells the council Silco will never negotiate, this is straight up untrue. Silco wants the Nation of Zaun, and if the council is willing to give it to him then he'll negotiate.

[@AlexanderForsman]

​@@turquoise839 I hope you have seen the entire S1. She is working against and manipulating the protagonist(Jinx), while selfish and doesn't care about the consequences of her actions or who gets hurt. But with that basis, the studio was able to expand her character. She clearly believes she is doing the right thing, while also narcissistic enough to take everything that happens to her personally. We see that she care more for "the concept of Powder", the little girl that always needed her, than who her actual sister is now. At the same time it's har to blame her due to her traumatic childhood. So in s2: Will the Anger continue to grow? Will she be able to realize that Jinx made her decision or think it all about herself? Will she mature and support Caitlyn emotionally(if her mother dies)? Etc. Lot's of possibilities.

[@turquoise839]

@@AlexanderForsman "Working against and manipulating the protagonist" - I don't see it that way. Of course Arcane's characters are multi-dimensional and people see them differently but I don't think of Jinx as a protagonist for example, and think Vi's intentions are pure. She doesn't really understand Jinx's feelings and situation, but that doesn't make her narcissistic. 🤷 Agree to disagree I guess.

[@Linkiux]

She couldn't stand BIG WOMAN xd