Arcane 2x07 'Pretend Like It's the First Time' | First Time Reaction

[@yonaeltamrat]

Jayce carrying his hammer just like it's his cross to bear.

[@nullunit]

This show has so much cool imagery like that. The artists at Riot and Fortiche are amazing. They put so much intention into the designs which in other features or shows are kinda phoned in. This show rewards the viewer for paying attention and all for anyone with like media literacy and a sense of art history.

[@emilianopalaciosjimenez5092]

Jayce escaped Hell. Ekko had to give up Heaven

[@nullunit]

They both had to see those worlds, those outcomes, so they could try to save their own.

[@sugarplumsoda]

Little Man is chilling on Dating Simulator Pretty Boy is speedrunning Silent Hill 2 remake

[@Ash95_12]

This is def the type of episode you guys should watch twice!! You'll notice so many things and a lot more will make sense 🙌🏾

[@dgcastroh]

So much energy in that reaction, wow!

[@ronalddepesa6221]

Lol

[@TJTroupe]

This is the first reaction I've seen where there wasn't an emotional reaction to Ekko and Powder...

[@nullunit]

They seemed kind of on tilt just trying to process everything. Being realistic that episode has a lot going on. Maple and Arianna are definitely more passive viewers in this show and there is a lot of subtext that is rewarding for those of us who are obsessed with this show. A more surface level experience for viewers that aren't deep diving on YT video essays, trying to learn lore, drawing lines between real world events and issues. One of the big successes of this show is the cross section of the shows viewership is wild. Some people just here for the hot animation, punching and explosions, some folks dissecting it and having an existential crisis in slow; and everything between.

[@tylerd80495]

I think the 4fps dance kinda took them out. I love the show and understand the point of it but to casual viewers that react to a lot of different shows all week it might be weird on first view.

[@fredwin]

Arcane is a great show but it's not a literary masterpiece, especially this season. We all know the decision to wrap up the story supposedly didn't jive with the show's vision, but there are plenty of issues people could have that have nothing to do with casual viewing. A couple of big ones this episode and some people just do not appreciate how trope-y the alternative universe stuff is.

[@nullunit]

@@fredwin That is true, I don't think anyone said it was some elevated masterpiece or that it has no flaws. Maple and Arianna aren't shy about their opinions typically, if they weren't having a good time with it I feel like they would say so. I have no doubt we'll hear some critique after act 3 but so far they seem to be just enjoying it on it's own merits and not getting too precious about it. I respect their more measured reaction in this case because it is easy to obsess about it and come off that it is some unattainable bar for quality when it is just a very good show overall.

[@Ziaotic]

​@@fredwin what are some of the tropes the alt universe follows?

[@therealneal3034]

This episode was cathartic and healing for Ekko (and the viewer) and I love it.

[@BrandonWestfall]

The reason the dance scene is choppy is because of the framerate. In the game his ultimate ability lets him go back in time 4 seconds. (like the show) That scene is set to a lower framerate to match his ability.

[@BurnDem101]

It also symbolizes him wanting to rewind time and remain in that moment forever

[@vincentkrommenhoek7431]

4 frames per second to be exactly.

[@nullunit]

It is also a call back to the Ekko and Jix fight in season 1. This episode has so many layers for both Ekko and Jayce's journey, its wild.

[@KlooKloo]

that doesn't make any sense. 4 fps doesn't equal 4 seconds, it equals 1 second

[@BrandonWestfall]

@@KlooKloo Frames Per Second, it’s in the name. Either you’re not understanding the statement or you’re trying to argue semantics. His ulti is 4 seconds. The scene is set to 4 FPS which makes it appear choppy/used for dramatic effect. The same is used in countless films. Into the Spiderverse is the first to come to mind.

[@Maxisamo1]

Jayce went to the future and existed the same as he was because there is no longer a living Jayce there, while Ekko and Heimerdinger took the consciousness of their alternate selves (Though since Heimerdinger is a Yordle, it might work slightly different for him)

[@PabloRGon]

the shaky movement from ekko and jinx dancing is because it's animated a 4 frames per second which is the time ekko can rewind and time travel

[@KlooKloo]

That doesn't make any sense. 4 frames a second doesn't have anything to do with 4 seconds. 4 frames per second x 4 seconds = 16 frames. Why isn't that the frame rate? 24fps is normal frame rate, divide that by 4, you get 6. Why isn't that the frame rate? You're just doing random "The Number 23"-type reaching for fake connections to feel smart. It's in 4fps because it's a callback to the Jinx/Ekko flashback fight in season 1, which also was in 4fps, because it _looked cool_

[@KlooKloo]

also 20 other people have said this already so you're just spreading fake information

[@kylemize7616]

@@KlooKloo Dude it's not that deep. It's just all about the number 4, which was tied into "4 seconds of rewinding time" and "4fps". Just a fun parallel, and the creators knew it in season 1 too

[@KlooKloo]

@@kylemize7616 no it's not

[@kylemize7616]

@@KlooKloo K

[@olivermohr417]

Please sleep before a reaction

[@mugetsux19]

yeah really bad reaction for one of the best episodes in the season

[@heheshshdbsjshjswkqfi]

yea this is such a cold, dead stare "reaction"

[@aflo2733]

Fully agree this was terrible

[@ronalddepesa6221]

💯 they even talked during the Powder & ekko working together on the hextech scene. Some incoherent jibnerish about who has what consciousness in different timelines. And the power reveal on the dance floor was the best thing IN THE WHOLE series and these two just sat there like they were on a morphine drip. Terrible resction from two KZbinrs who usually are great reacters

[@itheGuillen]

Jayce did nothing wrong!

[@touchoflight124]

I feel like you girls forgot a lot of info that passed by. A lot of your guesses were really off

[@ronalddepesa6221]

Yeah they SUCKED with this reaction. Usually they are on point but wow.... Terrible

[@ColinPoole]

Powder what happened? You were gone for 2 days, we invented time travel.

[@vincentkrommenhoek7431]

The song during the dance scene roughly translates to two lovers that can't be together because their enemies. The bleu rose on the necklace symbolises something simular: a combination that can never be. That's deep symbolism. Absulutely genius.

[@nullunit]

I felt it wasn't so much that they were literal enemies but they are best and worst things for each other. Maybe I read too much into it but it seem more metaphorical than literal.

[@colepalmer3128]

Extra genius because the word for 'friend' in french is 'ami', which rhymes with enemie/enemy, so the play on words works even better in the language that the song is sung in

[@shadowone01x99]

My favorite best episode of the already incredibly brilliant series. (1) That french song "Ma meilleure ennemie" lyrics PERFECTLY encapsulates the push-pull romance dynamic feelings between Ekko and Jinx/powder. This song skyrocketed in viewership numbers to highest views and replays on the Riot Games Music youtube channel after this episode 7 was released. (2) The slow mo dance scene was at 4 frames per second which hints at Ekko's time reversal limit of 4 seconds (3) Notice gorgeous Jinx/ Powder has the same natural dance moves like her mother. This probably explains how she noticed Ekko's moves because she got that dance instinct from her mama. (4) The NECKLACE Ekko leaves with Jinx/ Powder has a blue rose which is symbolic of unattainable love due to the fact that blue roses do not exist hinting at Ekko's love for THIS version of Jinx/ Powder but he can not stay with her no matter how much he wants to because he has to return to his own timeline. I heard that if you looked very closely at that necklace, you will see the faces of Jinx/ Powder and Ekko within the image of the blue rose. (5) This episode is EXTREMELY important towards events in Episode 9/ final episode of sn2. (6) On this episode 7, Ekko's story theme is "What could have been" while Jayce's story theme is "What should NOT be". (7) In this Ekko's alternate timeline, Silco "found the will to forgive" re-establishing his brotherhood with Vander because of the LETTER from Vander in Season 1. Bonus tidbit..... (8) Ekko has a owl inspired mask which he wore in season 1. Guess what?.... Owls have a narrow limited visual color spectrum so they usually mostly see color BLUE. Ding Ding Ding, Jinx/ Powder...her hair, she is the only one with blue hair.

[@ckhayne2]

and they played it last night at the Paris New Years Eve fireworks display.

[@ummm385]

Dont know why you are so critical of Jayce could just proccess it for 2 seconds

[@asmrhead1560]

They low key don't like masculine characters, it's a theme of their reactions. That plus the SSRI haze often makes their reactions hilariously off base.

[@hadar5510]

Love the channel but this reaction was disappointing

[@pbg2025]

The "shaky" frame rate is 4 frames per second because that's how far his z drive can go back. It's a masterpiece of detail by the animators.

[@KlooKloo]

no it's not, he goes back 4 seconds, not 4 frames

[@vizar1337]

The dancing scene was done in 4 fps, which is similar to theme with the 4 second time loop symbolic of how Ekko wishes to replay that moment over and over again.

[@KlooKloo]

No, it's calling back to the Jinx/Ekko sight in season 1, where the falshback/musical sequence part was in 4fps. 4 fps has nothing to do with 4 seconds

[@vizar1337]

@KlooKloo 🙄 lol tell me more how fps works. You really showed me didnt you! I will crucify myself for not having written my idea like a lawyer. A 4 beat then lol. It all has the same theme is the point. Very cool.

[@ronalddepesa6221]

​@@KlooKloothis didn't age well.

[@KlooKloo]

@ronalddepesa6221 I'm right

[@corsa180]

Jayce and Ekko/Heimerdinger basically saw the same thing: hex tech is bad. Jayce saw Piltover destroyed by hex tech, while Ekko/Heimerdinger saw how great Piltover would be had hex tech never been invented.

[@ViraL_FootprinT.ex.e]

I don't know if I'd be able to go back to my original reality if we could keep it a buck.

[@BurnDem101]

The pendant AU Powder has is a blue rose with both of their faces in the pattern. That flower is impossible in nature. Beautiful, but it cannot be.

[@Kosmisch1987]

lol you guys totally missed on this episode.... Jayce is the hero of the story not the villain. Yes his ideas did cause a lot of it, but he is actively fighting to stop whats coming. Ok updating this comment. You guys both redeemed yourselves in the next episode!

[@serenacide]

this is gonna be 10 years old next year i feel ill

[@ronalddepesa6221]

What?

[@aflo2733]

Most lackluster reactors ever lmao

[@saurabhsingh6227]

Idk I read it somewhere, the animation of the dance, seems choppy cuz its been animated at 4 frames, as a reference to the 4 second time limit which is the most Ekko can rewind, as if he is trying to rewind and relive that or maybe he wants to, so thats why the 4 frames and the choppy feel

[@KlooKloo]

don't believe everything you read online. It's just a reference to the ekko/jinx fight in season 1, where the musical flashback sequence was also in 4 fps

[@jefferymojo3761]

The dance scenes frame rate is 1:4 or 4sec.. Ekko living in the moment a little longer.

[@KlooKloo]

that doesn't make sense. 4 fps is 1 second, not 4. 4 fps x 4 seconds is 16 frames.

[@jefferymojo3761]

@@KlooKloo I was guessing and waiting for someone to "correcting me" lol. You made me 50 bucks on that bet..I said it would take 10hrs or less, I was starting to get worried the internet was going to let me down.. lol

[@KlooKloo]

@@jefferymojo3761 so you _knew_ you were just posting BS that other people had posted already? Weird.

[@trav_9830]

I used to like watching these ladies, but it's become much harder to put up with their awful takes. And I don't even mean Breaking Bad, which was fine IMO. But they managed to ruin The Penguin, The LOTR's and now Arcane. And it's mostly Maple, while Ariana for some reason, just agrees with every dumb thing Maple says. Does she just love Maple's dog so much that she puts up with her?.

[@ernestorodriguez791]

If only there were other reactors to watch on KZbin…

[@aflo2733]

@@ernestorodriguez791I see u defending them in several other comments but this reaction was absolutely terrible they seem barely interested do you not see that? Or are u just defending them regardless of this terrible reaction?

[@Wraiven22]

It’s so weird, watching this episode the first time I didn’t cry, but after finishing the rest of the show when I go watch a reaction to this ep I get SO emotional. Ugh this show.

[@JonathanJones-uv6dp]

Maple was so annoying in your Seven reaction that I'm glad that you don't have that many subs

[@ernestorodriguez791]

…what’s wrong bud?…

[@BPrimeTimeL]

no vi = perfect timeline

[@ernestorodriguez791]

👍🏾

[@cheetos1231000]

my crush is Maple