Arcane "Blood, Sweat & Tears" Video and Ambessa Voice Lines Reaction (League of Legends)

[@YourBishMariaTeresa]

"it feels like she's trying to protect her innocence" you have no idea how proud of you that statement makes me. You started with Arcane, then everything around Arcane (Piltover and Zaun, Vi, Jinx etc.) and actually studied the lore of League of Legends, the lore of Runeterra, and it shows, and I love it❤

[@ranol602]

She was on point, that's exactly what they were going for with the lamb statue 🔥

[@YourBishMariaTeresa]

@@ranol602 yes, they showed it as a metaphor for her, trying to hold on to her peaceful, innocent side, then showing her choosing to sacrifice that part of her to become more ruthless, symbolized by the lamb toy getting destroyed and fed to the wolf trinket. Yet another masterpiece🤩

[@mathies3598]

To be fair, innocence being depicted as a lamb is visual storytelling that goes beyond RIOT, but still, yeah good catch

[@josh9782]

Nah, it’s difficult to see the lamb represent innocence. The first time we see her she’s pregnant and just fight in a battlefield. She has litteraly no "innocence" to protect. Lamb = his baby.

[@mathies3598]

@@josh9782 well first of all, the scene with the lamb in the desert appears to be a memory - by then she wasnt a warlord yet and still had her innocence. But also, her child would be innocent. The lamb would represent mels innocence anyway

[@klain9701]

You are one of the few ppl ive seen point out kindred coming for her (or even her unborn child) , the lamb representing the innocence (and its loss) and even the fact that she is pregnant in the video ! Honestly your insight must be commended!

[@StopMeOh]

Thank you, I appreciate it as we spent so much time educating me on the lore between when Arcane released and now, it feels like a whole new world right now knowing how much amazing stuff there is to know

[@adriankuban2904]

​@@StopMeOhNecrit has two videos on cinematic and her official lore.

[@kjqueen2582]

The respect I have for this woman is crazy

[@hungryrabbiddawg]

Love your take Ola! Thank you for the quick turnaround time on this one. This music has been so hype, I havent stopped listening to this song. The singer's voice and the message of this video are both so strong and inspiring.

[@ranol602]

Glad you reacted to this! A little info: That "Pantheon" looking warrior, was actually THE Wolf. She was fighting dead, same as Tryndamere on "Still here". Kindred look different in every region, because they're more like a "social construct". Of course they have some things in common (like the mask and symbols), but in Noxus, they don't worship Lamb: noxians believe that Lamb's duty is to guide people to Wolf (that's why Lamb offers Ambesa the statue with the wolves heads in the music video). They want to die fighting, since that's the only thing that will bring them honor. If you pay attention, the warrior has a wolf-shaped shield. They portrayed him to look like Pantheon because this is gonna be a skin line for the game, and it's gonna be an actual Pantheon skin, but lore-wise, he's dead itself :)

[@dzibanart8521]

No, that was not the wolf, that was Atreus, the aspect of war, Patheon is the human incarnation of Atreus, I think the metaphor here is that she was forged in war, and they (Noxians ) die by the wolf, they refuse the lamb (peaceful death). Kindred was coming for her but it was not her time yet.

[@abdul.rahman8552]

​@@dzibanart8521 It's a smart move by Riot. That is Pantheon's skin in league, but in the story you could see his shield looking like the wolf's face and he even had the mark. It was more like a trial from the wolf I believe. (I just watched Necrit's video while having some small knowledge)

[@Kidwaizer]

Tel me you saw Necrit's video without telling me you saw Necrit's video

[@mathies3598]

League of legends also released it btw. They're just promoting on several platforms

[@madpostman]

How I interpret the music video: In a near death state, it seems Ambessa's consciousness went to a type of Noxian mythos "Valhalla" (realm of honorably fallen warriors, from the past, present, and possible future), was tested, and was proven worthy of joining the pantheon of "Wolf's Chosen" in the afterlife. But then her unborn child, which appears to have magical powers, was able to subconsciously use its magic to resuscitate Ambessa and brought her back from her near death state / "Valhalla".

[@MrCerebroretorcido]

You are missing a just little detail, yes… ambessa is from noxus, but she was born in Shurima…

[@madpostman]

@@MrCerebroretorcido If you read her lore on the Universe website, Ambessa was born a Noxian, lol. Yes, the Medarda ancestry originated from Shurima as traders on the Shuriman coast, but they became a part of Noxus and a well-known Noxian family as time went on, before Ambessa was born.

[@mathies3598]

"Jericho swain, a raven will never kill a wolf!" Is that a hint towards Swain being the one after her family?? He killed to fox, kino, but not the wolf

[@riveevatera9263]

Sorry if I sound clueless, but who is the wolf❤

[@mathies3598]

@riveevatera9263 in this case, that would be ambessa herself

[@MonsieurKilo]

Based on the kindred's lore, the Kindred's appearance varies on what region they're depicted, on this case its in noxus. The wolf in the beginning is also kindred since Ambessa is dying. Noxians doesn't worship the lamb only the wolf. They believe the only way to die is to fight until death and not die in a peaceful way. I also noticed that right after the fetus shot, the scene where ambessa wakes up the soil around her is glowing red that slowly fades away. ambessa get rid of the arrow in her stomach. It looks like the soil around her has a mark of the "Lambs respite" the Kindred's ult in game which prevents anything inside to die.

[@anonym45]

4:23 First reaction I've seen who actually picked on that

[@digimonalvatrax2738]

I noticed how it went from lamb to wolf to survive

[@RaysaAkungooglesaya]

Our view on ambessa character is different after this video

[@riveevatera9263]

Literally I thought I was going to hate but after watching that, came to the realization that you can never hate a character in arcane completely❤

[@mathies3598]

Necrit said golden armor flashing represents a clash with death and surviving. Now back to the final shot of Arcane S1...

[@stansamilia]

You mean the one he had in the background of his video?

[@terror0earth]

You have so much emotion and realisation of what’s happening in the video. Good job!!

[@josh9782]

Ambessa is chosen by wolf (kindred)for being an incarnation "of the wolf" in a like Valhalla thing just like Panthéon, Katarina or Swain because all of them faced death at one moment in their life. But you need to sacrifice something for being accepted. Initialy when the video start Wolf came for the baby and not Ambessa and the lamb symbolise this baby in the vision. (The first Child of Ambessa is a boy called Kino if i remember correctly), that’s why you see a little boy hold the lamb and more interessant is, in the vision, the moment she chose to sacrifice the lamb she can face Panthéon and is finally chosen. But when she open his eyes, you see the Wolf leave because Ambessa has chose his Child. That’s why she has voicelines in Arcane and ingame Who say she’s gonna do everything for his family. She’s so fucking badass.

[@jackspratt7264]

Netflix has nothing to do with Arcane from the production end. They have no creative input or say so in the direction of the show. They simply host the production on their streaming service. In this case, just like with the "Enemy" video, Riot released the Ambessa video simultaneously on KZbin, Netflix and Vimeo to broaden the promotion of the show.

[@ILOVELAMBS]

It's amazing how you recognize Kindred, the innocence represented in the lamb and the fact that she's pregnant, almost no one notices that, great reaction!

[@AshuraGGEZ]

She was protecting the path of the Lamb that is the path of a peaceful life, where you accept death when it comes. She was forced to give up on it to join the path of the Wolf that is the path of the warrior, the ONE AND ONLY path allowed in Noxus. The Pantheon that she faced was in fact the Wolf disguised as the previous choosen of the Wolf, and now she became herself a part of the Wolf. That's why she's saying that she was raised by WOLF

[@babette5918]

When Embessa spoke to Mel she said "Your brother is gone". "Gone" isn't necessarily the same thing as "dead"... but it might be.

[@Unendarkened]

Episode 9 Ambessa tells Mel that the man who killed Kino does not consider the score is settled. Seems clear gone = killed.

[@babette5918]

@@Unendarkened mmm... forgot that part

[@McTerrox]

i love the reaction hola, the music video is absolutely fantastic.

[@greenin5537]

In the sentinels event, after it finished, they changed Gwen voicelines to reflect her entire adventure with her friends. So maybe when season 2 is done they'll probably add the rest of Ambessa's voicelines, since it's very odd that for now she doesn't interact a lot with piltover and Zaun champions. I saw the video on the league channel, and I think that's the one that has more views, didn't know Netflix also released it The child carrying the lamb when she cries is just her as a child. Kino dies in season one of arcane so that doesn't happen in a long time from this video. I think she's pregnant from Mel here because the golden glow of the fetus reminds me of last scene of season one when Mel glows Her voice in league sometimes sounds off idk why There's Jae medarda and Jago medarda in the lore, but because arcane is still in the past maybe Jae is still a kid. Medarda is a strong clan

[@TylPhumin]

0:26 they did. it was posted on both channels

[@isahmoon3227]

I must say, you are probably one of the few youtubers who have the best reactions and analysis, and who also doesn't pull the "pay to watch" bs. You are very underrated, I wish you the best!

[@StopMeOh]

@@isahmoon3227 thanks a lot, I really appreciate it :)

[@Mephzice]

keep in mind that voicelines can be patched and changed later. If there would be spoilers they would leave them out and patch in after the show releases

[@peacepham7838]

14:09, there are other Medarda, like in LoR cards there is an explorer in Plitover that's also a Medarda.

[@No1fan15]

I think it's so funny that her 'type' (the champs she will flirt with) are the two other huge muscle ladies (Illaoi and Shyvana) and a whole list of twinks 😂 (Hwei, Ezreal, Aphelios, Rakan, etc.)

[@StopMeOh]

@@No1fan15 😂

[@Hyp333R]

Fun fact, thanks to the leakers we know that apparently next champion after Ambessa is her daughter, one and only Mel.

[@alybadry203]

That means she has to survive in Arcane. Please put a spoiler alert 😭.

[@Hyp333R]

@alybadry203 it doesnt mean that bro XD There are champions in league that are dead in the lore

[@lezarddu87]

The trailer is here to promote a skin line (chosen of the wolf, with skins for Pantheon, Katarina, Swain, and Ambessa), and the clip is a vision that the wolf sends to Ambessa while she is dying, she offers her god power but she must loose her child (she is pregnant), but at the end she chooses to keep her child (good chances that the child isn't Mel but the son), and the skin Riot will release for Ambessa will be the path where she decides to loose her child to become a god, basically (you can see at the end the wolf going away cause Ambessa "refused" his offer). The clip is lore accurate, but in the version of the story we know in Arcane and in the clip she decided to refuse the wolf's proposition and to keep her child. By the way it's the same story that in the clip "Still here" where Kindred sends visions to Yasuo for exemple (a vision of himself when he is old).

[@estenoesraulo]

The music video is awesome. And your reaction 🥹

[@MooseMeus]

This is why Ambessa is so ruthless, and it still wasn't enough to save Mel. We're so close to release.

[@sightlybae]

wow mel actually survived

[@rubengonzalezosio3543]

Minuto 6:32 eso que viste que le estaba entregando a ambessa es el sacrificio y el que se lo estaba dando kindled es la muerte misma

[@creedsanada3466]

Your read on this spoiled other reactions for me. Your eye for detail and symbolism was fantastic, not to mention how quickly you pull lore/info out of your memory

[@StopMeOh]

@@creedsanada3466 thank you, I appreciate it a lot, did a lot of lore digging in the past 2 years 💜

[@LeonardoGPN]

Knowing League of Legends writers I wouldn't be so hopeful of Mel surviving because of those lines. She might as well be turned into a weapon (its more common in the lore than you think and maybe those gauntlets are named Mel and Kino?)

[@r21174]

my interpretation on this, is she more took on role of warrior than a mother.. The taking of the 3 headed wolf which made her transform into her true self???

[@tutunepan492]

😮is that Mel's mom?

[@StopMeOh]

@@tutunepan492 yes it is!

[@PaddyBaddie]

You know the video is kinda crazy cuz ambessa seems to be chosen by wolf and after watching act 1 of season 2 when you look at the rubble after the explosion in the councilor chamber theres a circular area that doesnt seem to have been affected by the explosion. like for example where mel and jayce where standing.... and in game kindred's ult is a circular area that doesnt let anyone inside die.... so is kindred like protecting mel for some reason? was ambessa taking the wolfs way of life given to mel? so she has to die a wolfs death instead of lambs? THE THEORIES!

[@rafaelgj3315]

I have seen like 20 reactions and this is the first one in witch i hear "she´s trying to protect her inocense (lamb)"... FINALLY xD

[@beastmonger4821]

Video was release by Legue official channel and NETFLIX at the same time... =)

[@donetajful]

Loved that u c the underlying meaning...and notice the pregnancy

[@StarmanAA42]

So my theory of the meaning of this... The wolf is death, death holds off in claiming her because it sees either a possible future in her or in her daughter mel. Then we see her challenged by pantheon. I bet this is pantheon the god, not atreus the man. Represents war testing her. Also swain and katarina makes sense cuz it was is possibly Katarina that killed her son. Also Swain represents the political environment that tests her. Then finally death itself tests her. Death is chosing to keep her alive because of a possible future where she could be chosen to be a new aspect or maybe Mel. 😉 The lamb might mean her sacrificing her innocence The whole ascension thing could also just be a medafor, which im leaning towards.

[@SilentTM]

My understanding is that the lamb is not quite innocence, but acceptance of death. While the wolf means 'fighting against death'. She had to abandon her child in the series as Mel represents a weakness in herself (in her culture).

[@13luearchive]

Arcane is coming, and they are just giving many hints

[@georgestavianis6202]

Draven's Brother is Darius, thought i'd answer since it didn't come up in the video.

[@masterofpuppets7586]

Riot is going James Bond themes now. Gorgeous song😍

[@QuangMinh-kd1bn]

they did in season 1, just listen to “Guns for hire”

[@BirSorunumuzVar]

I always felt that she is a bit too much in the first season. It looks like we will see "why" in the second season 😅 it will be very interesting for me, i dont play the games, infact i jave no idea about the games and characters in the games. So lets wait and see 😅 Thank you for the video, it was kinda illuminating for me 🫣

[@StopMeOh]

@@BirSorunumuzVar yeah I agree, she wasn't very likeable nor black and white in season 1, it feels like by focusing on her as future champion AND season 2 antagonist they added many layers to her to the point where she actually became so intriguing!

[@rusudenes8549]

@@StopMeOh I disagree, with the little scenes she had, she showed a lot of character, motives, mystery, and charm to make her very interesting. Plus she didn't feel rushed or out of place. She is desperate (good reason to appear in Pilltower) but tries to keep it cool. There is a reason she became a champion. ppl like her.

[@StopMeOh]

@@rusudenes8549 I can totally see that, I guess what I meant was she did not feel as vulnerable as some other characters nor as complex as let's say Silco but by building her lore the way they did she feels now like more than she was previously, in my opinion

[@BirSorunumuzVar]

@@StopMeOh She was interesting yes but she wasnt likeable at the same time i think 😅 Most likely because i didn't connect with her. People like me who didn't play the games don't know anything about her. And being mysterious does not always make the character likeable. But in the second season we will see her motives and reasons... Her past... And then i think i will change my mind about her 😅

[@jdogx211]

Something to remember, Demacians have a VERY defferent interpretation of Kindred, "?", on the BLACK SHEEPS HEAD (!), then others.

[@MooseMeus]

Jinx better watch the @#%! out. Mel's mom is a certified badass.

[@schematic_]

Draven's brother is Darius if you're still wondering

[@santasett3093]

draven brother is daruis haha

[@StopMeOh]

@@santasett3093 OHHHH

[@santasett3093]

@@StopMeOh draven is the show off while daruis is mister serious serious in a weird way they remind me of jinx and vi

[@1407renan]

she faced Pantheon, Pantheon is dead, Atreus is Alive, the lamb is her innocence in deed, and the baby is Mel, her daughter. The Kindred was there because she was about to die.

[@rubengonzalezosio3543]

Minuto 4:10 pantheon

[@bizudamarasengan]

Can't pronounce D,

[@Orwulf]

Idk if this leak you're talking about is real or not, but frankly I don't want to know if it's true or not, and while perhaps some people may know of this, not all of us are plugged into leaks and prefer staying that way 🫣 So it would be nice to at least give a bit of warning before discussing them! Thanks, I did enjoy the reaction otherwise!

[@StopMeOh]

@@Orwulf sure, for next time, sorry! I did see articles in media about it already so that is why I assumed it is already out there.