Arcane but it's just Mel Medarda | 𝑨𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝑺𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝟏 𝑺𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒄𝒌

[@simouniel867]

She's the most gorgeous animated character I've ever seen, I wish she was canon in the main universe.

[@johnathonclayton6964]

I'm sure she was canon, right before Jinx's cannon took her and the rest of those chamber members out.

[@kostadim7892]

@@johnathonclayton6964Its been established in the Ekko game that arcane and regular League are two separate universes

[@apollospyrol7168]

@@kostadim7892so is jinx origin not canon?

[@Shiruvi]

i can't tell if the gold shining on her back is meant to be symbolic of her war instincts kicking in at her impending doom, or if it's implying some new power is awakening within her. if the latter, maybe there's a chance she'll survive this attack, and be added as a champion to use them.

[@simouniel867]

Hi, me in the past. Your wish came true. Arcane is now the official canon. Mixed emotions honestly. P&Z had a lot of good stories.

[@cryoblaster8371]

I absolutely love how they decorated her braids. Her outfit is gorgeous and it compliments her intellect so well. I can't emphasize how much effort they put into every character

[@pandes9635]

She is a masterpiece, hopefully they keep her around for Season 2

[@donovan2723]

Now I'm not a man who knows much about make-up.. But damn she looks good with hers!

[@pandes9635]

She deserves the title of the best dressed Medarda :bow:

[@TheHawkssong]

@@pandes9635 Yes she does, just beautiful.

[@joshuasebsebe1047]

Mel sounds like Countess Cleo from Carmen Sandiego

[@chasemcnab7610]

Mel seducing Jayce was a Cleopatra level of genius power-play. She was already the richest person in Piltover but now she has the creator and owner of Hex-Tech wrapped around her finger. What makes the story better is she unintentionally catches feeling for him because despite also being a total HUNK, Jayce loves and admires her for who she is, whereas her mother banished her for it and left her feeling inadequate. He also demonstrates the moral conviction that she was banished for, which she seems to have put aside in favour of accumulating wealth and power as a subconscious way of proving herself to her mother. Him admiring her so much, and upholding his moral values, I think, contributes to her voting for peace with Zaun in Ep. 9, it’s not just her choosing the city over her homeland, it’s choosing Jayce and wanting to do right by him and live up to his ideal view of her over her mother and her desire for approval.

[@pandes9635]

Her dedication to her craft, oftentimes using love as an approach, shows just how far she's willing to go for success - but Jayce really changed that - the end really was no longer for her benefit but for the betterment of everyone. Sadly, it was jinxed in the end...

[@blacktigerpaw1]

People hate Mel for her getting in the way of the Jayce/Viktor relationship but you captured it well here. She started off manipulating him but eventually grew to love and admire Jayce.

[@Bigpussy.sloppp]

@@blacktigerpaw1 people always tend to hate the woman who gets in the way of the uncannon gay relationship. i wonder why this is so common

[@blacktigerpaw1]

@@Bigpussy.sloppp Misogyny. I mean the Jayvik pairing is cute but I won't lose sleep if they don't become canon. I honestly wouldn't mind if both were bi.

[@Bigpussy.sloppp]

@@blacktigerpaw1 ah misogyny.. i figured

[@rainespells1273]

1:33 “willing to risk exile for your endeavor. That’s quite the conviction.” Never realized this before but she’s assessing them by comparing them to herself since that’s what happened to her

[@amahlgrant]

Good catch!

[@jasminetea8519]

I love how she is beautiful but not dependent on men and she is powerful in her own right

[@the4universes207]

She is dependent on Hex Tech enterprise administrated by a man. You women will never be independent from men and neither do we.

[@jasminetea8519]

@@the4universes207 you mean the man who without her and her power would be rotting in prison????.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

​​​@@jasminetea8519As a man, that guy really did not think that comment through 😂. She literally rised to be the richest person in piltover before she even met Jayce and before hextech. So she really is not dependant on any men.

[@jasminetea8519]

@@itsgonnabeokay9341 thank you sir, you appreciated

[@justaghostinthesea]

​@@the4universes207 LOL! Sip your juice box, kiddo

[@Sherneo_Blightshade]

She has… one of THE MOST gorgeous character designs of all time. 🤍✨ She’s a gorgeously written character too. 👍

[@pandes9635]

Her presence in every scene and her ability to move the people around her like pieces was impeccable 🔥

[@karolinakuc4783]

It is black character with the best style of fashion

[@zivan6179]

Gold really suits her

[@moonstar1195]

@@zivan6179yeah I agreed

[@Hiro_Trevelyan]

6:59 "But let me ask you this... HUMANS ! It has to be unanimous".

[@blueraspberrycat1283]

HELP I'VE BEEN DYING LAUGHING ABOUT THIS FOR FIVE MINUTES

[@Doublevsound]

The way she looked at the first conselor so he could vote on her side was funny and manipulative. I thought she was going to do the same to Jayce 😂

[@pandes9635]

Truly an éminence grise, our dearest Mel. 🥰

[@ziachung4547]

I love this woman. I love everything about her

[@eg2159]

Agree 1000 percent

[@artsycandy9183]

I can't get enough of Mel she is gorgeous, intelligent and talented, compassionate and calculating. Her arch was just getting good at the end. I really hope that we get to see more of her in season 2!

[@pandes9635]

We hope, though I fear we won't be seeing her after the trailer for Season 2 ;-;

[@callmelio]

@@pandes9635 I‘ve heard she got Solari power and might be proctected by her golden shield

[@alejandrasanchez3022]

i agree in everything but she isnt compassionate, she is rational and understanding.

[@nasheeanjel9967]

Hope we see mel in season 2 alive. I wonder of she's preggo consider the parallel scene with creation with viktor

[@jamiehearts853]

Unless jinx blew her up 😭

[@nasheeanjel9967]

@@jamiehearts853 perish the thought

[@boltgamer7]

Unless she's dead😅

[@santiagogeringertueros7791]

i'm convinced they will survive the blast: mel's golden decorations she wears in the back shined and warned her before the glass broke, so it seems she has some magic going on in there. Golden magic, maybe solari, maybe shuriman

[@Katriiify]

@@santiagogeringertueros7791 IF SHES DEAD, I WILL DIE. She cannot die, she just can't. I'm scared. I love this character so much. I keep searching theories online to find out if she makes it and the reactions are so diverse. Some say she will, some won't. The waiting for season two is SO HARD.

[@zuhayrfoendoe5651]

She’s not a wolf or a fox she’s a golden jackal

[@pandes9635]

Nice comparison!

[@zuhayrfoendoe5651]

@@pandes9635 thanks

[@theeldestboy40]

she's so pretty 😍

[@pandes9635]

Our idol!

[@DiamondTheFairy]

“Wait a minute..this isn’t my bedroom! How did I even…” I can only think these words from Victor whenever I see Mel

[@pandes9635]

Mel: 👀

[@blacktigerpaw1]

She wasn't even phased lmao

[@The_Isaiahnator]

Mel is your classic scheming politician who's excellent at pulling strings from behind the scenes and being several steps ahead of everyone else. She inherited her mother's talent for strategy, but not for war, and so spends her time receiving kickbacks from her constituents and allies if she can remove political obstacles for them. For some reason, it took me a while to appreciate her importance to the story.

[@pandes9635]

If you think about it, she made Piltover for what it stands today - just not at the forefront but the player who moves the pieces. I really hope S1 isn't the end of her but chances are very slim...

[@Kvanefjeldet22]

I just watched that The Village parody scene from Scary Movie and now I can't unsee the similarity between Mel and Brenda 😵

[@pandes9635]

Ooh, would watch that!

[@astronyu]

my god her character is incredible... i know everyone keeps raving about season 2 but i feel like none of the complexity from season 1 carried over 😭

[@chickuwu518]

Yeah, it went too fast, it needed more season to have the same development season 1 had or at least longer or more episodes

[@JASilva-w9t]

1:32 quite the scene, it's shocking how close to reality this series is. Comparing the greedy, robotic, heartless rich from the top-side, and the human-rats, deformed, under fear bottom-side whose only choice is to obey to survive

[@eg2159]

I love Arcane and League of Legends art in general, but my goodness they did excellent work with her

[@pandes9635]

She will always be our favorite Medarda, nothing can beat the excellent work they did!

[@NicoleFlores-hq5nh]

Ugh, to be Jayce is such a goal, she's so pretyyy

[@palomasalvia6815]

I could hear her talk ALL DAY

[@oow1667]

I am so down for her guys, if she isn’t in season 2 WE RIOT‼️

[@pandes9635]

Bad feeling at the end of S1 fr T_T

[@huxugul6981]

I honestly think she survived cause if you slow the video down when her golden markings are glowing at the end, shes literally wearing no clothes. That dress she always wears covers her entire back but for this scene the animators really wanted us to see that her gold lights up clearly, that must be intentional. She probably used the locket item to protect jayce and viktor because hes sitting in the chair to her left, if she would have blown up then they cant have survived either. Im pretty sure they wouldnt kill of both jayce and viktor since theyre both in game characters.

[@pandes9635]

We can only hope :(

[@NicoleFlores-hq5nh]

I'm here from the future, how was season 2 for you?

[@dreamot7968]

i hope she didn’t die 😢

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

Well she isn’t in the game. From what I’ve been hearing. So she most likely did die.

[@orangecat13343]

​@@stellamariefanboy.6768 😡😡no don't lie she will not die she is my pookie 😭

[@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

Well... the teaser shows her mother's troops in Piltover. This seems to suggest that they are there to avenge her. So... well... things aren't looking good.

[@stellamariefanboy.6768]

@@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegelyeah true but I mean her voice hasnt gone fully crazy. Mel could just bein a coma or something because of it. I think if it was worse than the tone of the mothers voice would have been different ad well as what she says.

[@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

@@stellamariefanboy.6768 Maybe, but she might just be hiding it. You can't show weakness in Noxus.

[@zwasfounddead]

I absolutely love her

[@pandes9635]

Mel lovers unite! 😍

[@interrospire]

KZbin knows me so well 🥰

[@pandes9635]

Mel fanatics, rise!

[@Axeyouquestions]

But let me ask you this. . . HUMANS!!!!!!!!

[@pandes9635]

🗣🗣🗣

[@thriftedgem222]

thank you for doing god's work

[@humbleguy976]

You could have titled it the art of Arcane

[@pandes9635]

Great idea! She is indeed a work of art

[@EleatricaFoxx]

She’s soooo ✨b e a u t i f u l✨

[@pandes9635]

Perfect lady, oh Mel Medarda😍

[@blancag9757]

Ufff🥵🥵🥵

[@blancag9757]

Jiji

[@the4universes207]

Easy tiger

[@Blah528]

If Mel is dead in season 2 I’m crying, I really hope we can see her again 😢

[@pandes9635]

Boy do I have news for ya 😅

[@thesmilingmouth4491]

0:44 esperen.. no son los mismos dibujos que tenia la cueva donde fue aprisionada en la segunda temporada? Quiza en la ilusion de su prision con su hermano, estaba "dentro" de ese juguete

[@zenyattakawai3076]

That aren't all Mel scenes not even half of them.

[@pandes9635]

We try to make do with what KZbin allows us to

[@zenyattakawai3076]

@@pandes9635 KZbin doesn't allow you to put all Mel scenes?

[@pandes9635]

@@zenyattakawai3076 Some scenes are blocked by KZbin

[@_Dashun]

Can you also do Dagmar from disenchantment

[@lynonade13]

1) this is so good 😭😭 2) where did you get the scenes?

[@akhydesrois2716]

Damn

[@HaviBorson]

I still don’t get how she’s the poorest Merdada?

[@GipJo]

Her family is full of warlords, they control many kingdoms, they are very rich, meanwhile Mel despite her excellent skill, only does business in a city, how can one city compete in wealth against countries?

[@chizknowsdabizyeet7609]

goes to show how far she needs to go to impress her mother

[@leonardhollsten8145]

Late, but since her mother is Noxus, they might mean by Noxus standards.

[@ALookIntoTheEulenspiegel]

I can't believe they just let you upload porn to KZbin, like that!

[@pandes9635]

Nearly had a heart attack reading your comment xD

[@traveller2378]

lame

[@bluewing1744]

- 🤡

[@cryoblaster8371]

​@@bluewing1744lmao😂 fr

[@shikharsingh8173]

Ratio.

[@frozzytango9927]

She poisoned Jayce, led them to this road.