ARCANE 2x7 "Pretend Like It's The First Time" Reaction & Discussion! | League of Legends

[@itheGuillen]

Heartbroken for Ekko. In League he has a voice line where he talks about how he used to have a crush on Jinx before she went crazy. He got his alternate reality where he could be happy and left it to save everyone else.

[@chido3545]

that's the boy savior for you

[@IAmHavok]

Which is why I'm glad he was pivotal in them actually surviving. He gave Jayce the time he needed to reach through to Viktor.

[@greywarden5513]

Jinx now has a response to Ekko, teasing him over being jealous of a Gun 😉

[@DanGamingFan2406]

That scene with Jinx and Ekko dancing is just beautiful, one of the happiest moments from the show, and something we all needed after the last one.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

Jinx was never born here, since Vander, Mylo and Claggor were still alive. Its Powder.

[@Tripaloskiz]

Jinx no, its Powder

[@TheJackedOLantern]

I love the contrast of it with the other animation sequence with both of them from S1 Ep7. Both so emotionally charged. I love both Episode 7s of this series.

[@Stan-jq8jr]

it is also part of the globalist propaganda about race mixing. There is not one white on white couple in the entire show.

[@quangnguyentrung647]

Not Jinx. It's just Powder here.

[@denzelsmashsymptom4264]

When Ekko said can we pretend itsthe first time he ment their first kiss because this universe Ekko is already dating Powder. She understood it all when she saw him leave.

[@kingjames6948]

Also it was his first kiss 😂

[@matxanhchacha7310]

omg i thought he said that because he rewinded the kiss 🤡

[@kingjames6948]

@@matxanhchacha7310 I mean if you think about it. He's been fighting since he was like 8 or 10 whatever age he was so not much time for relationships 😂 also "She" isn't dead

[@yaboyrams9500]

@@kingjames6948 do we know that for sure?

[@kingjames6948]

@@yaboyrams9500 Do we know what for sure ? You mean it being his first kiss ?

[@XiaoJinx-G6]

Ekko's perspective this episode can be described with *"What could've been."*

[@Elite_Spartan_42]

"Why don't you love who I am"

[@mrmoodymule949]

Tbf theres alot of things that u can go "What could've been" but for this ekko perspective definitly was on the bigger scale of "What could've been"

[@rexperez6996]

With no vi tho

[@drakenfist]

and Jayce's is "What would've been".

[@decimace66]

and jayce’s perspective is “what cannot be”

[@crimsonghoul8983]

17:30 Silco must have read Vander's letter. Blisters and Bedrock😢😢

[@hoangvietnguyen949]

Or the death of his daughter finally gave him the courage to talk and apologise to his brother and to mend their relationship.

[@Brby1]

@@hoangvietnguyen949 He already wanted to do that after the failed revolution. He tried reaching out, but couldn't find Silco anywhere.

[@prodigous21]

this episode shows jinx basically saved that timeline by keeping the hextech cores in her drawer. Viktor and Jayce essentially never got them back and completed their work

[@terrenceojeda7172]

That and Jayce is most likely in jail. A child died in his apartment from his illegal research, they confiscated all his notes on the subject so Viktor never linked up with Jayce on this, Mel couldn't sway the counsel because a child was killed from this, so ... hextech was nipped in the bud.

[@attackfox]

It also shows in this timeline she wasn’t powered by vengeance. She let her sister’s death be what it was and did her best to move on.

[@peapod5629]

​@@terrenceojeda7172 Yep, Viktor probably dead, Jayce exiled and broke, unable to carve out a legacy which he promised his mom with, mel just chilling in the council and making zaun piltover ties better. OG heimerdinger probably also helped the undercity. Importantly without hextech, noxus wouldnt have come knocking the way they did

[@matxanhchacha7310]

how about the shimmer thing

[@sleepy_pommie]

@@attackfoxbecause she was around good people who helped her heal. Even if Silco in regular Arcane was taking care of her, he made her needs for revenge grow because he also wanted vengeance. In the other timeline I think Vander came to Silco after Vi death so they could forgive each other

[@lakshaythakur]

Jinx and Ekko together is such a core memory

[@charlespalacio5973]

Jinx wasn't born in that alternate timeline so I think Powder and Ekko

[@worminaround]

TimeBomb: Jinx x Ekko ❎ Ekko x Powder ✅

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I feel ya. Best scene in season two.

[@xooq_]

Also heim blowing up

[@SecretMagician]

​@worminaround, actually, it's about both Ekko and Jinx, along with Ekko and Powder.

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

Ekko and Jayce on two diverging paths forged by discovery. What could've been- The Boy Savior. What cannot be- The Wonder Boy

[@silkypnub]

Wander Boy now.

[@locoartsuu9607]

and now they're coming back as the boy who shattered time, and the defender of tomorrow

[@rocklobstar5654]

Nah bro its called defender of tomorrow

[@Brby1]

@@rocklobstar5654 Mel calls him the Wonder Boy in S1E4.

[@rocklobstar5654]

@@Brby1 defender of tommorow is Still goated

[@knaditya8228]

The end also implies that Powder and Ekko in this timeline must have tried something with those stones but unlike Jayce and Victor they decided against it, remember they are very different people compared to those two.. when she looked at the notes she saw the drawing of different realities in Ekko’s notes it meant she knew the Ekko right now is not the one she knew so she helped him return..

[@NeverKilledHillock]

Right? Powder is by far to smart to not understand what happened there and the moment she saw Ekko returning in his universe she got the confirmation.

[@jinzok]

she chose. Happy Ignorance.

[@knaditya8228]

@ yep that’s what it’s implying! I don’t know how so many reactors missed that..

[@jmserro5614]

Also, she puts it in a drawer where VI is written. Like it's some sort of place where she wants to put things that meant a lot to her. Especially since those crystals are the reason why vi died.

[@ceetee3370]

But now this version of Powder has all the neccessary tools to create a time rewind to get her Vi back. Ugh. They are horrible for calling it quits while leaving so many things hanging. It was perfect. Down to the last, minute detail.

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

From the carnage of Act 2, this episode was such a welcome relief. It was beautiful.

[@clvz7773]

and yet it still ended sad

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

@@clvz7773 SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!! Sad and beautiful at the same time. Hear me out. Jinx sacrificed herself to save her sister. So we got a tragedy and a happy ending at the same time. Perfect writing! Also when the ship flies away at the end and you pause at the right frame you get the words "THE END" with a backwards E, when that's shown it electrifies on screen in Jinx fashion, especially with the backwards E. Therefore it shows that Jinx has the final say. A great send off to an amazing character. Sorry if my spoiler alert didn't stop anyone reading this. But all in all, a great finale. I am balling my eyes out right now. What an amazing show.

[@clvz7773]

@@dongyschlontong-ck5xg I was only talking about this episode (s2 episode 7) how it ended kinda sad for Ekko experience the “what could’ve been” and then having to leave … It’s just sad that he and Powder could’ve been together but then I don’t think he would’ve been the badass he was lol

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

@@dongyschlontong-ck5xg I think she survived.

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

@@clvz7773 Ahh sorry dude! Oh off course dude I feel you! And at the end of the episode powder puts the trinket into the draw and closes it with the hextech crystals. In this universe she never used them and there's so many of them it shows she stole them all from Jayce so that that tech could never be advance which fucks up the whole future. It's absolutely heartbreaking knowing that this could have been the version of the world where everyone lived happily. Except for Vi offcourse who died in that alternate reality. But then I only think they wrote that in to make it not so perfect. This story is a tragedy so that would make sense.

[@Hiraethhh]

This is a theory: I believe Jinx didn't want to deal with the crystals because they contributed to Vi's death. She helped Ekko with his findings, knowing they might not work since the crystals were mostly broken. However, when she saw the glitches, she might have begun to doubt her choice to help. This could explain why she rushed in, worried she made a mistake, only to later find out the truth about the situation.

[@Karasuno86]

It's not a theory, it's a fact: she put those crystals in her VI drawer

[@terrenceojeda7172]

That and the only reason Jinx ever figured out hextech was because she had Jayce's notebook on what the crystals could actually do. I wouldn't doubt Powder on figuring it out herself in this timeline, but Jayce and Viktor were the real people behind Hextech and having those crystals be stable to be worked with. Jayce is most likely in jail because his research was illegal. Those hex crystals were illegally obtained and one blew up in his apartment and killed a child. The counsel in the main timeline weren't onboard with this magic stuff but Mel turned them to his favor but she most likely couldn't here because a child died from this so he must've been hauled to jail and his research and notes were all taken away and probably destroyed. Powder is too busy mourning Vi's death to even care about the crystals plus she probably doesn't know she caused that explosion in this timeline because she only realized that in episode 3 from her meltdown. Viktor is most likely dead too because he never got involved with the hexcore. He probably had a nice remainder of his like with Sky before passing though.

[@XiaoJinx-G6]

Ekko and Jinx being together: What could've been😢 *"In another life we would have been lovers."* Such a beautiful episode, truly.

[@luno-l9k]

I've never cried in movies or series, but damn, that was sad

[@blurrest]

this might be my favourite episode of Arcane.

[@attackfox]

I have to admit, same.

[@Stan-jq8jr]

it is also part of the globalist propaganda about race mixing. There is not one white on white couple in the entire show.

[@Cuunke]

100%

[@ElijahDawkins-yb1uc]

Absolutely.

[@IAmHavok]

It absolutely is mine

[@robin.nitwag9509]

Vi would sacrifice herself in a heartbeat, if she would have known that this would be the outcome of it. And I hate it

[@crimsonghoul8983]

Yeah.....😢😢

[@troikas3353]

I think the heavy implication is that its not just her death. It's Silco reconciling with Vander, its Shimmer never being invented, and likely its the Heimer from the main universe having taken a more active role on helping solve Undercities problems here as his entire arc was about him realizing he had to take a more active role and stop just passively observing.

[@oldestdreamdokja]

Oh...​@@troikas3353

[@JASilva-w9t]

@@troikas3353 That's a nice point of view, things actually did change for good. Most probably Heimer was responsible for not letting shimmer spread as well

[@kelato-by4px]

@@JASilva-w9t you could be right. If one takes into account the Heimerdinger of our timeline had been there for about 5 years that would be more than enough time to influence many things to the better.

[@paijwa]

God the song playing during the dancing scene is so beautiful

[@VVoude]

Stromae is such a hit maker....

[@mischr13]

@@VVoude that's who that was? thought I recognized the voice

[@eldaniels6730]

Actually, and the fact that it's french makes it even more romantic

[@loreyainclips]

I love how jayces hammer is simultaneously on his leg AND his hammer, trippy time paradox

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

This was honestly the best episode of the entire 2 seasons for me. Seeing Jinx so balanced and in her best form was just pure joy.

[@iamcage187]

23:14 like Caitlyn said Hex tech isn't what will save them. Without Hex tech they ended up saving themselves.

[@scarlletnull2811]

I like how while Ekko was there the scene cut from his pov. Made it all feel real. Which it is but it’s now our timeline. I also like how Jinx has a strand of pink hair.

[@GewalfofWivia]

Can we take a moment to appreciate our boy Heimer? He helped make this alternate reality better and sacrificed himself despite this beautiful reality, to send Ekko back to fix their own. Also the willpower of Ekko to be in this world and still steadfastly decide to go back? Hats off.

[@Swifter31]

The flower on the pendant he gives Jinx means "An Unattainable Love" and now I'm off to cry in a corner kbye.

[@hunteruk3967]

The implication of alternate powder keeping the necklace the original ekko gave her with those unprocessed gems is that just like she accepts Vi is gone and those gems are the reminder, she accepts the ekko is gone too and now the necklace is the reminder, both the gems and necklace working as the anchor that she uses to cherish the good memories she spent with each. She wouldn't give them up to someone else.

[@tuxedomask4masc]

Heimer probably fixed that other timeline and got Zaun and Piltover to work together, since you know, he got there with ALL his memories from the OG timeline.

[@localhobo5362]

3 years is not enough to fix shit, I dont think it is.

[@tuxedomask4masc]

​@@localhobo5362 he's probably still the head of piltover when he arrived there, 3 years is enough.

[@untrustingstatue]

@@localhobo5362he’s the founder of piltover. He can spare a couple centuries

[@prodigous21]

jinx saved that timeline, she still has the hexcores that viktor and jayce needed to progress hextech

[@ardel-4964]

@@localhobo5362 I think its Heimer setting stuff up like the invention competetion, making the bridge like a hub that got people more connected. plus small things like hextech not being there, and silco probably getting the letter from vander

[@jetplane2649]

I like that when jinx asked ekko if he wanted her to change, every reaction from other reactors immediately says "please dont" lmao

[@clauslarsen8971]

"That's the worst thing. THAT's the worst thing! It's getting worse and worse" Perfect quote to describe Arcane season 2 recently

[@craz3m4n101]

The last scene of powder having the hex crystals and her putting ekkos gift in her hiding draw also implies that she understood the ekko who gave it to her was from a different reality which is why she hides it from her ekko but at the same time keeps it to remember him.

[@lakshaythakur]

Jayce went from zero to hero pretty quick

[@killer3000ad]

And Viktor went from Jesus to Doombringer in a matter of two episodes.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

Well, it's all a matter of perspective.

[@zacharyjackson1829]

i knew what he was doing at the end of act 2 was the right thing, even if vander and the sisters caught the brunt end of that stick

[@snowlily6601]

Yea after the whole show wrapped up I feel a little different about his character cause I hated him since act 1 now I like him a little

[@crimsonghoul8983]

@@snowlily6601 Wait..what reason did you have for hating him before Act 2?

[@jalcome4201]

The drawer means she puts her time with alternative ekko in a drawer to be forgotten just as she chose to forget about the crystals. She did see what hextdch is and could recreate it, but i dont think she will act upon it.

[@locoartsuu9607]

i don't think she wants to forget alt ekko. she would've dumped the necklace into the giant vent in a heartbeat.

[@Kratos263]

To me this looks more like a "This is where this story ends, but I will not forget it."

[@jrcervincervin2782]

The last scene was implying that this Powder can cross through dimensions if she fixes the portal. For the portal to be created they needed Hextech cristals, but there weren't any (Powder hid them all) but Ekko found a few parts of it to help him creat the hexdrive. But he took the hexdrive (the mini time-machine he created) with him, that had the little cristals he found. BUT this Powder, had bigger, and better Hex cristals, so, in theory, with Hermerdinger expertise on the portal, and Powder's cristals, the portal can be fixed, maybe permanently.

[@itsgonnabeokay9341]

I think Powder understood what has happened, and understands that traveling to another dimension wouldn't be a good idea.

[@مجیدپیری-ي6ل]

Hiemendinger died my friend

[@Roflmao6173]

@@مجیدپیری-ي6ل Heimerdinger is a yordle, and yordles don't die. Unless he is wiped out from existence due to the magic he'll revive in bandle city

[@shadowone01x99]

Ekko + Jinx were soooo cute this season. My goodness!

[@kermitdafrog7186]

22:10 - I saw someone say "he left heaven to save hell" that quote is amazing and really shows how selfless Ekko is.

[@KlaSiKo4]

I like how Heimerdinger is probably the creator of "Innovator's Competition" in Zaun when he goes back in time. It basically showcase people of Zaun a chance to show their inventions or innovation. So not only topside people can showcase their inventions, people in Zaun too. And many Zaun people are good at inventing stuff. I mean it make sense when it is Heimerdinger who created the event since he's still at the council at this point so he has a power, and of course since Heimerdinger get a chance to be with Zaun people and recognizes that they have a talent.

[@SamuelaShannon]

Once I saw Silco I realized that this is the dimension in which Silco does find that letter as well

[@Iliasmadmad]

Heimerdinger is a Yordle and as such can't die; his essence went back to Bandle city (Yordle's home) where time goes by a lot faster so after some Runeterra-years he may return to Piltover if he wants to

[@Lord_Numpty]

In League lore, but I wonder if that’s something they’ve changed for Arcane’s setting.

[@jayfilms640]

This episode was rlly the one that made me the most emotionally sad this season, not from any character's death, but from knowing the alt universe where everything is perfect isn't ours... hits me a lil too deep personally🥲

[@ByteZeroOne]

you can find solace in knowing that this timeline is doomed, if you saw the 9th episode

[@jayfilms640]

@@ByteZeroOne I dont understand, you mean the alt one or ours? and what in episode 9? (without spoiling cuz others reading here prob havent seen it yet)

[@Ziaotic]

​@@ByteZeroOne❤ except the future Jayce sees is a result of Hextech, the timeline Ekko goes too Hextech is never invented. nice try, but they get their happy ending

[@jayfilms640]

@@Ziaotic I'm just glad powder didn't lose her ekko in the au because i need to see atleast one version of her happy. Do u think we'll ever see this timeline (or others) again in the future?

[@ByteZeroOne]

@@Ziaotic how you guys don't understand, why would Viktor give rune to Jayve in the first place. if he just didn't save him boom, happy ending, lol

[@rickymoranjr9609]

that was a cool move to show an alternate reality where the characters never became what they were, and seeing "Normal" Powder without Shimmer was a perfect touch to the episode

[@terrenceojeda7172]

The sad part of this reality is that Jayce in this timeline is in jail ( because a child died in his apartment from his illegal research and illegally obtained hex crystals ) and Viktor, having never met Jayce, is probably dead.

[@shannarong3475]

I'm glad that at least Ekko and Powder were happy in another life.

[@killer3000ad]

In the Japanese dub when Heimerdinger sings, they actually got the Japanese VA to sing the song in Japanese.

[@ZeroJump]

In almost every dub

[@notmarkreyes]

Just binged the last three episodes and all l gotta say is Perfection

[@isaacPc9]

Hmm. Personally I‘m still processing it, but I don‘t think I feel the same.

[@notmarkreyes]

​@@isaacPc9l am feelng empty though

[@attackfox]

I’m still sad but glad I got to witness it

[@notmarkreyes]

@@attackfox bro l gonna be feeling like this for some days 😢

[@darkwillow1451]

​@@notmarkreyes (@everyone else PLEASE DONT READ IF U HAVENT SEEN EPISODE 9) I know what you are on about on the ending scene.. but i have 1 hint to give you hope. "One of these days i will fly in one of those things" Think about it!

[@paopao.]

They really just made Ekko's ultimate in the game as is. It's even 4 seconds.

[@staLkerhu]

I mean, sure, but it is the URF version with no cooldown time. 🤣

[@xooq_]

​@@staLkerhubest version

[@notanargle918]

I can't even explain how happy it makes me seeing Ekko and Powder living their lives together after getting my heart broken by episode 6. At least, in another universe, I know they're happy.

[@agentapples2185]

Due to vi’s death, powder didn’t want people to get their hands on it. Thus, led to hex tech not being invented. Aside from that, this universe was when silco founded that letter from vander and they reconciled

[@fisheye375]

Heimer singing and stromae in the same episode?😂😂😂is this real life? Very nice heart warming episode…we are not used to it from Arcane but it was needed😂😂

[@mimic1984]

This series is the definition of a beautiful tragedy. 💜

[@snottyscotty252]

My theory about the good timeline is Jayce killed himself after facing judgement much more severe from the main timeline by the piltover council. He was already hopeless beig ostricized by his own community imagine living with the guilt of killing a zaunite kid.

[@iamcage187]

Heimer is still alive. They cant die and when a Yordle is killed they get sent back to bandle city. There is a very emo yordle named Vex who is depressed because they cant die

[@peapod5629]

I think the main reason why this world is so good is really because vi died. Vi dying probably made vander and silco rekindle their brotherhood and shared bonds. And with those two incredibly charismatic people leading zaun, and an empathetic mel and heimerdinger leading piltover, its no wonder the two cities become so united.

[@samy29987]

But many kids probably died before Vi's death. So I don't necessarily think she is the only catalyst. Certainly one of them, but not the ONLY one.

[@paaulk]

@@samy29987 With Vi’s death, enforcers never went down to Zaun, so Sevika doesn't lose his patience and reached Silco to change the Zaun-Piltover situation, Jayce couldn't reach his goal because of the consequences of having those Hextech crystals that in eyes of the council are an threat to citizens health, so he never met Viktor and never kicked Heimer out of the council.

[@Jorary209]

This episode was oh so bittersweet

[@CzarsSalad]

I love this episode. My favorite of the entire series.

[@vynatheros5234]

I think the sad thing is that this timeline Jayce had no proof before the council, so he was most likely exiled or expelled and probably jumped from his window like he tried to in season 1

[@binsusake]

funny how both my favorite episodes of season 1 and 2 both included ekko and jinx and "episode 7"

[@heino_]

this is such a beautiful ep. i’m gonna be living in it now

[@AlexanderForsman]

Choose universe: * Vi survives * Everyone*s happy

[@subject_of_ymir]

Vi would've chosen everyone's peace and happiness over her own survival.

[@crimsonghoul8983]

​@@subject_of_ymirIn a heartbeat if she knew.

[@MetalRaimon]

"1128 days" "I thought he'd say years" Yeah... I'm afraid that IS a few years haha

[@AnvilPictures]

That’s roughly 4-5 years because theirs only 365 days in a year.

[@MetalRaimon]

@@AnvilPictures its 3 years and a few days come on bruh... And anything above 2 is still a few years

[@WolfODonnelfan]

@@AnvilPictures Not sure if you understand how math works.

[@AnvilPictures]

@@WolfODonnelfan I do I was just throwing out a number sound right, without giving it much thought

[@broomhilda7822]

You can also tell heimerdinger changed a lot during his stay in that timeline where he improved a lot of lives and where he quotes those lines “How can I forsake another brilliant mind in need again”(referring to Jayce) “Whats the point of the device like this if you don’t enjoy the time you have”(referring to victor)

[@lordmagnezone]

17:42 here are the lyrics translated from Stromae " I love you, I'm leaving you " : - Robotic voice : I love you, I love you and I'm leaving you x4 - Ekko (Stromae) : You are the best thing that happened to me but also the worst thing that happened to me, that day when I met you, I would perhaps have preferred, that this day never came. The worst blessing, the most beautiful curse, I should get away from you, but as the saying goes, rather than being alone it is better to be poorly accompanied. - Ekko/Jinx : You know what they say, - Ekko : be close to your dearest friends, - Ekko/Jinx : but also, - Jinx (Pomme) : even closer to your opponents. - Ekko : But my best enemy is you, run away from me, the worst is you and me. - Jinx : But if you are still looking for my voice, forget me, the worst is you and me. Why does your name hurt me, when it hides, right there in space what emotion, is it hatred, or the sweetness when I hear your name ? I told you, don't look back the past that follows you, makes war on you. - Ekko/Jinx : but my best enemy is you, run away from me, the worst is you and me, but my best enemy is you, run away from me, the worst is you and me. - Robotic voice : I love you, I'm leaving you x10

[@Mr._Takovic]

My favourite episode from act 3. Beautiful, sad and happy at the same time.

[@jackl4wrence]

the french song is titled "Ma meilleure ennemie" which speaks WORDS on Ekko and Jinx

[@mimic1984]

-Season 2 Episode 7 Spin the Wheel Lyrics (Vocals by Mick Wingert/AKA the voice of Heimerdinger): [Verse 1] Go spin the wheel and see where it lands Join in the circus, stay for a dance, and Right when the war quiets down, ya strike up the band Keep marching on, my friends And do what you can [Verse 2] Wait 'til your brothers and your sisters, see where you been And if you loved the journey more than the end, go ahead Just turn that hourglass around and count to ten This ain't goodbye no more Nah, it just began [Bridge] March on, my friends Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-ooh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-ooh [Verse 3] Go and make some mistakes, you live and you learn And where the chips fall, it's not your concern, nah Like the wind gonna breeze, the fires'll burn Just let the gears, my friend Oh, just let the gears, my friend Let 'em turn 🧡 💜

[@destinycrosseyes3152]

this episode absolutely devestated me. Its so, so beautiful

[@unknownbenefactor8029]

Time/Bomb ship are the best!! I always want it. At least it's work in this dimensions.

[@songokui_]

18:17 I immediately remembered Miles and Gwen in the clock tower in the Spideverse

[@lvkzkndia8170]

yeah, we can see some Miles/Ekko parallels with the whole "stuck in another universe" stuff

[@Perfectt007]

Same

[@VVoude]

Hearing the song by Stromae (The dance scene) Broke me. Such a beautiful episode.

[@arunanandh2057]

How come Hailee Steinfeld is both in Spider-Verse movies and Arcane? Arguably one of the greatest animated movies and TV shows.

[@Guyfromtha619]

"I had a crush... til you started talking to the gun." - Ekko a voice line from the game.

[@michelle__ray]

For some reason this my favorite episode in s2😊

[@bleuemoone8710]

Ekko is such a hero. Seeing his dream effectively becoming reality and leaving that all behind for a low shot at success and saving what's left of his home.

[@thompozn6355]

When ekko meet powder in the reflection of the glass is jinx. Very nice.

[@19Mirat]

Heimerdinger is a Yordle and in the League of Legends Lore it is confirmed that Yordle cant die because they are basicly Magic that is alive and when their physical body gets destroyed the magic returns to Bandle City the home of all Yordle. I think he disapeared because in that moment they fiddled with the Arcane/Magic and his Magic got caught in the crossfire ... i mean i dont really know but i hope he is not dead ... yordle are my favorite creatures in Runeterra^^

[@S9staryu]

18:14 ecko's z-drive can turn back 4 seconds, the dance scene plays 4fps the parallels in this show are amazing

[@edu30089]

I think HexTech wasn't ever created because jayce was blamed for causing the death of a person with it. The research was alredy poihibited, imagine having a victim

[@dongyschlontong-ck5xg]

Also I'm 15 mins from the end. I keep going back to comments on youtube I've made, watching the new released songs on the riot page, commentating on those also. Anything to prolong this experience. This final act has taken me about 5 hours to watch lol. And the fans have not shared spoilers thank god because we are all invested in this masterpiece. Because this show is history, and I never want it to end. I'm making it last as long as possible. Because you only get to experience something for the first time, once.

[@ericorrin5748]

The attention to details in this series, the necklace represents in the shape of the petals of the blue rose the profiles of the faces of Ekko and Powder crossing each other.

[@albyjustme]

18:39 Did anybody notice that powder had a pink streak of hair on the underneath her blue hair in honor of Vi? Maybe it was a quick detail missed because of the movement and slower frame rate, but that's a nice attention to detail.

[@primal1233]

Act 3 broke me just like Act 2 did😭

[@kartikeyamalik5488]

I finished act 3 and was pretty satisfied with the ending but then i made a mistake by going on Twitter. All I'm seeing is how horrendous arcane act 3 was 😐

[@kartikeyamalik5488]

I'll agree it was a bit rushed but the did almost give a conclusion for every plot thread they had

[@nimnim431]

act 3 opened a hole in my heart...

[@aXand_]

​@@kartikeyamalik5488I'm glad I enjoyed it a lot, I guess all there are to league of legends players is be haters, specially on twitter

[@itsanurbanrebelable]

​@@kartikeyamalik5488 act 3 by itself was very good, but after seeing how good act 2 was, I guess people including me were expecting way more.

[@RedRiot914]

Another reason i believe that Zaun became so nice was that the enforcers that found Powder and the deceased Vi might’ve shown a lot of compassion to the kids that that resulted in the chain reaction of the two nations having a truce. And in a good world, Silco and Vander finally talked it out. 😢

[@KinsenkaAki]

If it helps, Heimerdinger is a Yordle and therefore he can't die because they don't die when they "die" they go to Bandle City. The only comfort in this show.

[@Water_Person_IRL]

The alternate reality Ekko is in, Powder and Ekko, are already together. So him asking "...just, pretend like its the first time..." hits hard.

[@Shax22132]

"For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.'" -John Greenleaf Whittier

[@AutumnRose1397]

Honestly this is probably one of my favorite episodes. Also this Jinx is pretty tall. In regular timeline she's like maybe 5'3. Apparently mental stress in childhood can stunt physical growth. Anyone else notice Jinx has a pink ribbon in her hair in honor of Vi? My heart.

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

I remember noticing that midway through her first scene and immediately guessing Vi died in this universe.

[@csk7769]

it makes perfect sense that Ekko would keep asking direct "obvious" questions about what's going on in this universe, the episode goes out of its way to show us repeatedly that it's all like a fake nightmare to him before he and Powder go see Vi's ofrenda. he has no reason to care about the consequences of his prodding until way later in the episode. Calling him mean is kinda silly

[@cadisafa]

You can see in her eyes that it wasn't her first run. She saw Ekko more than once before and he probably looked different each time.

[@schematic_]

I think Riot revealed that Yordles don't die, they like sent back to Bandle City (Yordles City) its just like they respawn and continue with their lives.

[@kristofferremmell]

This episode really racked my mind about what was the catalyst that caused life between Piltover and the Under City to get better. It couldn’t just be the lack of Hextech. That’s what caused a major industrial boost. What I think happened. This is the world where Silco found that letter Vander left behind. They patched things up and worked together to better the community. With Silco no longer funding Singed, there was no Shimmer. Jinx did ask what the world could have been like if Silco had read that note.

[@vincentvoillot6365]

Alternative Powder know she has a sister in our Ekko's verse. So, she have every reason to follow in this verse : A badass living sister and Ekko with whom she may be in love.

[@ipocrita4825]

It would mean leaving her own Ekko, and Vander, and her brothers, and even Silko(i think there his like her cool uncle)

[@_.npc0]

a lot of people might have missed the clues that powder already knew the ekko she met wasn’t her ekko. on her wall, there are notes that say “I love you” and a drawing of Ekko, hinting that they are dating in her universe. when ekko accidentally knocked over the book while grabbing the bag, it had a drawing made by powder of ekko surrounded by love hearts, showing how close they are. powder probably knew something was wrong because this ekko wasn’t acting like her boyfriend, he was asking strange questions and behaving differently. as for the hextech, powder definitely knew it wasn’t him because ekko never went on the mission when she stole the hextexh . but for ekko to know how the fragments work and what to do with them, while she had most of the fragments herself, made it clear he wasn’t her universe’s ekko. also when ekko saw the drawing, when he dropped the book he knew that powder and her hekko were dating, which is why he said, “Pretend it’s the first time,” during that scene on the balcony.

[@ScFxud]

I've been watching a bunch of reactions and you guys made me realize why Powder stayed at Vander's Bar and was hesitant in becoming her "full potential". Just my theory, since Vi's death was caused by the crystals, she sidelined herself from becoming an innovator as she mentioned Ekko is "youre the big idea guy" She seems to just helps him with it. Looking at her "lair" it seems so clean and full of art now(probably her alternative outlet). She had the crystals at the end and she most definitely knows the power it contains. It seems like the trauma caused her to be hesitant to move forward but it saved Piltover and Zaun from Hextech. Plus I think with the peaceful circumstances, she never needed to weaponize them. Again just a theory but I am so happy for her in that alternative universe.

[@Topher0523]

Yo one of the first ones here haha. Hope we are all prepared to get our hearts ripped out……again……

[@Lola_Lola222]

I’m broken

[@chance757]

she’s alive but i’m sad for the sisters having to live without each other 🥺

[@NickArsic]

@@chance757how would she be alive?

[@chance757]

@@NickArsic if you rewatch the explosion scene, you see her shimmer streak at the top near the right + we see cait smile holding jinx’s monkey as she looks over the channels and vents bc she knows there were escape routes for someone like her + we see one of the air blimps in the last scene that powder said she wanted ride in in s1 ep1. that doesn’t mean anything on it’s own but the jinx scratches before the scene goes dark hints that she could be on it. jinx said that vi deserved to be with cait without her messing anything up so i think that’s what she did; left so they could be happy even though they’re apart. always together. 💙

[@itssandreeew]

I BEG you to listen the song for the Ekko and Jinx dance scene (Ma Meilleure Ennemie) with some translation because it will hit THOUSAND times harder and it's beautiful

[@KryptonianEdge]

Vi is the true villian of the show . Her choices honestly is what leads Vander to his death and jinx going mad. Vi made jinx.

[@Elito35P]

Yordles (Heimerdinger races) are magical beings. They don't die, they just respawn in bundle city.

[@cyber_blue18]

It would make sense that Jayce died in Reality "B" that way since its an overlapping absorbtion there is no way of him being in there, making an anommaly that would shoot jayce from reality "A" into reality "C"

[@silkypnub]

Tears throughout this episode. You three are still my favorite reactors to this season. ❤

[@hevmadeit9354]

They had a cool 12 Monkeys reference in there for the time travel with Ekko's device

[@AnvilPictures]

Oh shit! Good catch

[@-MR-TEA-]

I LOVED THIS EPISODE. I watched it at 5 am this morning and I fucking SOBBED so hard. It was an incredible and beautiful and powerful episode. Really hits home because this is a metaphor for all of us and what can be and what it takes for all of us to make it happen, but also showing us what might happen and how we should strive to prevent it. There are so many messages in this season and it’s incredible

[@lucasferreira7420]

This is my favorite episode of the season, its so beautiful 😍🥺😭 I'm so happy to know that at least in one universe Ekko and Powder (Jinx) are happy together 😍⏳💣💚💙

[@raeveii]

9:10 "yeah he's basically Jinx" The way choked and cackled lmfaoo

[@SuperStrongAlien]

All of this can be prevented if Heimerdinger guided Jayce from the start just like what he did with Ekko. He rejected Jayce's ideas from the get go.

[@Dark__Thoughts]

My favorite episode for season 2. Seeing Powder and everyone so happy... I constantly had tears in my eyes while hearing that song from season 1 "What could've been" in my head... T_T

[@crimsonghoul8983]

5:19 That's 3 years and 1 month. Heimerdinger has been in this reality for that long. Give or take.