REACTING TO Tales of Runeterra Cinematics AFTER WATCHING ARCANE || Part 1

[@revendax2584]

Not gonna lie, the Noxus cinematic feels like a heavy handed PR job. This is Noxus we're talking about, their most popular saying is "kill them, until they are family."

[@astravisionstudios]

Thats a wild saying! 😂 Had to reread that three times lol

[@chainsawboy2388]

Except for the fact that literally every time they go to conquer new territory the first send a messenger offering them to instead join Noxus willingly and in turn all nobility will keep their positions of power and no blood needs to be spilt they just need to join the empire and I. Turn the empire helps and protects them. Their conquerors their whole thing is territory expansion.

[@Zeromortisimus]

Not sure about that "kill them, until they are family" part lmao. For me, their best saying is "Strength, in all its forms, determines an individual's worth" and that is what Noxus stands for. If you have power, and it doesnt matter what kind of power, so long as it is worth something for the benefit of all, Noxus will welcome you with open arms. Unlike Demacia who is racist towards their own people lul.

[@revendax2584]

@@chainsawboy2388 i mean yeah they prefer to just absorb smaller kingdoms without bloodshed but there are multiple cities/kingdoms that have declined their offer resulting in Noxus invading them and forcefully inducting them into the Empire. That's why they have that quote "kill them, until they are family" comes from. But that's just a saying about the absorption tactics they use. You're referring to their ideals where Strength is considered the most valuable characteristic for those in power/military. They also value loyalty to their country and anyone and everyone is welcome in Noxus. As long as you're contributing your talents to the Empire That's all thats asked of you.

[@chainsawboy2388]

@@revendax2584I mean yeah the violence kinda comes with the being conquerors thing but I think the fact the offer a peaceful absorption before each battle/Raid is a decent sign that they aren’t evil or bad people per say they just are expansionists.

[@maxiumlin6705]

3:08 "ecosystem ninjutsu" that couldn't be more accurate lmao

[@lolnoob5015]

For the piltover cinematic is to represent how the two cities need each other and built off each other. The hexcore was built by heimmerdinger in the first place, Jinx used it for a rocket, Ekko finds it, and utilizes the thrusters from the rocket to try and create a hoverboard. Heimmerdinger sees the hoverboard invention and improves on Ekko’s design to create a different type of hoverboard. (Ekko had the thruster on the side, heimmerdinger used the thrusters to propel the device upwards and make it fly). Tbh I can’t say Heimmerdinger even stole anything from Ekko and Jinx aside from the idea, his intention was a lot more complicated to do, and it’s not like he’s not capable of building things on his own. What Heimmerdinger got was the creative to even think of creating something like that. As we see in Arcane, Heimmerdinger asks Ekko about the fire light hoverboard, why use that when there are more safer methods of transportation. And Ekko replies. But the story represents the circle of ideas and how previous knowledge intuition and inventions build upon of each other, and it is this cycle that enables the twin cities to thrive. The sad part ofc is that Piltover often gets all the credit.

[@astravisionstudios]

This is exactly what i say at 35:35 😂😂 So i definately agree! Lol

[@jorgecorrea2762]

This Noxus cinematic is extremely well done. Show how much charismatic they are as antagonists. That girl would have lived a life of a slave, but instead she got the chance to become strong and fight as a soldier. That's an improvement in her point of view, but wouldn't apply for the life of millions of people of Runeterra, because Noxus believes that their meritocracy ideology is so superior that they must impose It Into all other regions. That's why the territory of Noxus is so big, they take territories. That's why they are, generally speaking, the antagonists of other region's stories. It's because of the several pain and death that their impositions create. When you do good things to people or bad things, the bad ones must go above.

[@Bootstoobig]

A nice thing to remember for Arcane keep in mind Medarda (Mel's Mom) is a warlord from Noxus. In After Victory the Noxus general is named Darius he is one of the 3 current leaders of Noxus as a whole. side note the Piltover Cinematic was lore accurate until they officially said that Arcane was canon.

[@michaelcarlson1208]

Some fun facts : On Demacia, it's a running joke that Garen is skinny in that cinematic. In all lore intestive purposes, art, and cinematics , Garen is a thick beefy boy(he's the soldier from the opening of Warriors and fights Sylas). Also, the guy with the ice shield is Bruamm. The voice actor for him is also the same voice actor for Vander. I think what I like most about each of your takes is that it really shows what resonates with some people vs. others, which is not bad by any means. One of you really didn't like Demacia, and 2 of you gave it a lower score(more than the 3), but the one dude gave it some praise. I think it just shows that each person is going to get something out of it, and that's fine. Not everybody is going to like everything equally. As I think many have mentioned, yes, the world of League and lore is VAST and epic. Quite amazingly, Riot Games is sitting on a gold mine of an IP, and I think the studio is timing perfectly to finally expand into bigger media. I respect them for only doing two seasons of Arcane as too many things get dragged on for no purpose and money, and it eventually dilutes the storytelling. It can still happen to League eventually, but i personally think we have 10-40 years before that happens. If season 1 of Arcane took 6 years to make, and Season 2 took 2 years. I think we will get a new show every few years as it takes time to make amazing animations and explore each region in long form media. Their season cinematics, the two you already watched plus the two more to go, they spend almost 9 months as a studio making it just for a 3-6 minute video to hype the community for the new season of league.

[@astravisionstudios]

I agree with what you said about Arcane and even though it's a great story i'm glad they're only doing two seasons as well and expanding to other parts of the world to keep the value and quality there!

[@Mrryn]

​@@astravisionstudiosHonestly, I think that's how a lot of fans of the League of Legends world are made: start with a character or two, learn about them, end up staying for the world and interconnected stories.

[@revendax2584]

@@astravisionstudios yes, they said that the second season finishes the story they had in mind and after arcane they plan on hitting a different story and region. Their strongest stories that I think would do well as a TV show are the ones in Freljord as well as Ionias war with Noxus

[@Shythalia]

Tiny corrections: *intents & purposes *Braum

[@astravisionstudios]

@@Mrryn Makes sense to me!

[@luciowong8590]

If you still have some doubts about how to tell where everyone is from, here's a little universal tip (it's not a rule, but it kind of works for the basic skin) - If they have asian looking clothing, they are from Ionia. - if they look like they are from an utopian/distopical cyberpunk, they are from piltover/zaun, respectively. - if they look like vikings and/or have white hair and ice looking weapons, they are from Freljord. - if they have an Egyptian look, they are from shurima. - if they have big, rounded armor with silver/white/blue/gold colours, they are from demacia. - if they have a big armor with notorious spikes/layers of armor and dark grey/red colours, they are from noxus. - if they look like pirates, they are from bilgewater. - if they have an elemental theme, they are from ixtal (the second younger place, we know shit about it) - if they are a violet monstrosity, they are from the void. - if they look like a green spirit, they are from the shadow island. - if they look like small magical squires or something like that, they are from bandle city. - if she look like a girl with a water whip with a notorious indian inspiration, she is from a country next to camavor (the newest continent, we literally know 2 people from there). - If they look demonic, they are demons, and they are everywhere. - if they look demonic with only red and black colours, they are darkin, and they don't have a unique place in particular. - if they don't get in any category, they are from mount targon, a place where weird shit happens (in an already world where weird shit happens everywhere, that means a lot)

[@astravisionstudios]

@@luciowong8590 I just read that whole list and it was actually really easy to lock in! Haha. Thanks Man!

[@Whysoshort]

​​@@astravisionstudios Targon is all about starts, dragons, circles, and biblically accurate angels.

[@Whysoshort]

Animal people are called Vastya and they live all over the world but like 95% of them are in Ionia so if you see an animal person it's probably from Ionia Except Minotaurs, those are from Noxus and Democia

[@ZALHERA666]

Piltover/Zaun is steampunk not cyberpunk

[@justinrice7416]

The woman in the Freljord cinematic had a weapon of true ice; magical never melting ice that was made by yetis after they were bestoyed with ice magic from the cryophoenix Anivia. Only Iceborn can wield True Ice.

[@nintyminutes2243]

heimerdinger is actually a genius name of two big scientist 'oppenHIEMER" and "Erwin SchröDINGER"

[@astravisionstudios]

Love that!

[@LeMonteQQ]

You guys are fire haha! I love how people actually learn more about League of Legends lore. This world is so immensely insanely rich

[@astravisionstudios]

😁🙏🏾

[@bryanmurilloespinoza5288]

ngl im already waiting for them to get in the targon lore with the Celestials and The watchers

[@adekunletaiwo1342]

To be fair you guys reacting to Netric's vids would be really cool. The cinematics are amazing but most of the law comes from reading the stories that Riot puts out for their characters. So sadly getting the story from the cinematics doesn't work so well. It is more about showing glimpses of the world and once you know the world and the characters they become so much cooler. But still great reactions guys. The big bold guy with the shield who saved the baby is called Braum and he is my boy. He is amazing in the Ruined King RPG game.

[@pharaohyami]

Hey, so I made my own ordered playlist, of all the League related videos Riot Games has produced, attached to the bottom. It's comprehensive with all things related to the game's champions. Generally, it has all short-form teasers, trailers, and cinematics they've created in there. Additionally, for the purpose of what you wanted, skin-related and esports-related contents have been omitted. Exception is only if they are a tie-in to an actual champion reveal/lore (ex: 🌸 _Spirit Blossom and Yone_ ). The playlist has a description as well! I've added extras in the playlist. Such as - 🗣[1] Some *BTS commentary from the creators* giving more details about champion cinematics further expanding on lore knowledge, concepts, & perspective. - 🎶[2] *Champion Themes* : Out of everything I'd say, the Champion Themes are the most skippable if that is not what you are looking for. (Music Videos are not the same as Champion Themes). As the ones with lyrics are specifically written to give more understanding about the champion's lore, in addition to some having art, skins, & other visuals about their (re-)development process, I would still say they are worth a watch/listen. - 🤖[3] Some *umbrella videos* that are about side mediums such as Arcane, other games (Legends of Runeterra, Riot Forge, etc.), & writings (comics/books) 📝Note: _At some point in the mid/late 2010s, Riot began incorporating the in-game engine into their champion teasers/trailers. They have been included because they give insight about who the champion is and their personal traits (abilities, ideals, voice lines, etc.) Even with this playlist, there are many champions that lack dedicated or are featured in official videos!_ kzbin.info/aero/PLjvHaArRR1jqhuVRHfhiVtolopeyhWphb

[@NapoleonSoares]

Homey said "sucked the soul out of that man" and then had to hold in his laughter for 10 straight seconds

[@astravisionstudios]

@@NapoleonSoares 😂😂

[@Topantoglows]

i just like that yalls reactions feel genuine

[@astravisionstudios]

@@Topantoglows Thanks man, we certainly try to be! 😁🙏🏾 Just have a bunch of different personalities haha

[@firecat4529]

excited for you to watch the "Tales of Runeterra: Targon | The Vaulted Road”, "Call of the Mountain" and "Call of Power | Ryze" cinematics

[@TheJerbol]

The Piltover/Zaun one emphasizes the fact that both cities are the pinnacle of ingenuity and invention. They just go about it through wildly different means. Normally hextech isn't controversial, you can see here Heimer talking like it was his own invention. In normal League hextech is just an invention like the circuit board. Arcane Season 2 is tying hextech and shimmer to something more it seems

[@aznuti7041]

yall dont get it i need the part 4 of this so bad i'm obsessed

[@lichtx5628]

highly recommend pantheon voice lines. yall would enjoy it for sure.

[@lichtx5628]

It’s the one video with the music in background.

[@TheJerbol]

'I'm Garen of Demacia!' 'Oh it's... that person'

[@emmanuelmartindale8309]

every time i watch u guys vidz i feel like i'm sitting with yall lol

[@astravisionstudios]

🤟🏾😁

[@55shyman]

If you haven't seen it already, I recommend watching "Kin of The Stained Blade".. That one will have you wanting more..

[@Lord_Ivoundy_Creood]

Noxus is where the Medardas are from... Demacia is their rival, but Demacia is very anti magic....

[@TheJerbol]

Ok you guys are hella fun, here's a sub. Don't even know what content you make lol

[@astravisionstudios]

lmao Welcome brother! lol

[@greenin5537]

dw about continuity, it's only a few of them that follow an specific order (like the path an ionian myth and kin of the stained blade, or the climb with senna's teasers, or the ruination events or the ruined king game teasers). skinlines teasers like project or star guardian follow a story in the release order but is nothing big you miss if you start with the wrong ones, like the last video you did. about the copyright with the music from riot, since riot produces most of their songs and only gets the artists to perform them, most of those songs you can watch it without trouble (there are a few like kda, that sometimes the autoflag feature of youtube flags it because someone else made a cover of that song and now youtube thinks you are stealing their cover lmao). Most known exceptions where the artist writes the song and keeps the full rights is imagine dragons songs and I think lil nas song too. hextech is the synthesized version of arcane magic that Jayce discovers in arcane, what you see in the freljord cinematic is arcane magic from the runes that her blade has, think of it as one is the natural and the other is artificial magic.

[@astravisionstudios]

@@greenin5537 Okay thats all good to know! Especially about the music 👌🏾😁 Thanks!

[@Rikent]

Legends of Alabama, hell yeah brother 😂

[@astravisionstudios]

"Legends of the Deep South" 😂

[@TheJerbol]

Season 2 is going to cook. I don't think y'all have read enough lore yet XD

[@astravisionstudios]

😂 Facts!!

[@LuxAbortera]

You have to remember, Ambessa Medarda and her daughter are from Noxus, It is a dark and complicated place where weak has no place. But they are not all bad guys. It is very complicated situation just as it is in Arcane. Nobody is he bad guy, nobody is all good nor all bad. That is the lore that Riot started to develop since half a decade and Arcane is a beatiful example of it.

[@astravisionstudios]

Facts!

[@kennguyen5319]

when reading lore about a champion from league of legends the names of the champions are followed by a form of title/epithet for example "Garren the might of Dermacia". These titles/epithets are hints about the champions' origins/characteristics.

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

Bruh who would have ever thought shen is OP at planting trees 😂

[@astravisionstudios]

@@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta Just watched Shen and Zed's orgin on Necrit's channel and i now know what you mean! 😂😂

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

@@astravisionstudios ohh necrits channel is the best for league stuff Make sure to watch the power ranking And age of the characters someday after you have better understanding of the world's and characters

[@CrazyLikeChris]

Longer videos please. especially for shorter cinematics

[@marlenesousa2402]

If u want to know more about this world of Runeterra, u should react to Necrit's videos about the supposed MMO. He talks about the regions, races and culture and stuff like that.

[@SlyI42]

I can't wait for the moment they watch Aatrox voice lines. Personally I prefer shorter videos like 10-30 minutes, not like an hour long. 8:11 LMAO

[@phoenixwing5133]

I hope they react to Tales of Runeterrs: Bilgewater in the next part lol, that one's a good one

[@warfaze2212]

have u guys watched Kin of the Stained Blade?

[@astravisionstudios]

No we haven't yet! Now that Arcane is over we can get back to cinematics and that is one of the first videos were doing!

[@sovietzane6856]

You guys should checkout the overwatch shorts after all the league stuff. its good content anyway yall are chill af and love watching yalls videos

[@astravisionstudios]

That actually sounds really cool! Ill bring it up to the team 👌🏾 Also thanks 🙏🏾😁

[@TylPhumin]

I recommend doing just the full group of something regardless of it's length. So for example, you could have done all the rune terra region trailers in one vid. then u can do all KDA in one vid.. etc so some would maybe be 30 min, some 70 min but it's easier for everyone, also easier to title. With that said, once you've seen all the videos, feel free to dive into Champion-Themes (Music) and Voice Lines~ (Riot allows reactions to it, so no copyright issues there)

[@Topantoglows]

24:35 they gentrified Hextech!

[@astravisionstudios]

@@Topantoglows Yeah unfortanetly 😅 But in heimerdinger's defense atleast it was innocent lol Not to sure about Jinx tho! 😂

[@Mimickolas]

NEED yall to react to KDA

[@LeMonteQQ]

My predictions for Arcane, which I don't know exactly (didn't research), is that we get the storyline of Camille (see "Camille Voice Lines", she's friggin BADASS. Coldblooded Vi), the robot chick that went in the theatre of Awakening with Attack of Titans rope gear. She has a rather cruel and sad story. With Vander being made as Warwick by Singed (Probably the cruelest lore ever made in almost any game. Saw meets Human Centipede kind of). Viktor and his lore, how Viktor came to be (Even if I think this will be at the end). And at the very end of Arcane Season 2, I have a feeling it will zoom out, showing the map. Then get a teaser of Noxus. So Arcane season 3 might go towards Noxus. Instead of Jinx/Vi we get Riven's story where Yasuo will be introduced later on. But that's just a theory... A gaaaaaaame theory haha :D

[@Shythalia]

*Awaken

[@TheJerbol]

Yeah Noxus isn't 'evil', they're just brutal

[@cye2310]

Noxus was built by it

[@ice_bucket]

😊✌

[@astravisionstudios]

@@ice_bucket ✌🏾😁

[@Shiftry87]

Becouse u guys are from the sound of it gonna look at alot of the League videos i would strongly recommend to put in 1 very specific video at the top of the list from the yt channel Necrit (league lore guy). The video is called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" Dont be tricked by the titel as he made this video around the time of the MMO announcement specifically for ppl to get a good basic understanding of how the world works and what group of ppl and races comes from where and what the different regions are like and what there backstory is. This 25min video is a must watch as its by far the best video that explains how the world works and imo should be a must watch before going to deep into riots own videos becouse they very rarely explain any lore in them atall.

[@astravisionstudios]

@@Shiftry87 We actually just reacted to that this week and that will be our next League video we release! 😃 It was fun watching the first four parts without knowing anything but now going into new content will be a whole new ball game like you said! 😁

[@Shiftry87]

@@astravisionstudios Looking forward to seing it.

[@Kumoii]

My ass watches 1-3 hour long Elden Ring playthrough videos LMAOO Watching an hour long League video of y'all taking a deeper dive into the lore or videos.. I'm all for it 🤣 Glad y'all are starting to slowly enjoy it more due to getting slightly more context to the things y'all are wanting. Also if no ones said it yet, Freljord can be pronounced " Frail yord " Lol Probably the easiest way to say it. And the mention of Necrit, definitely one of thee best sources of getting the TLDR lore behind certain things. And he does so in a way that it's fairly easy to follow if you haven't played the games & your knowledge is only that of Arcane. Similarly to how people were saying/would say you don't have to play League in order to understand or enjoy Arcane.

[@jonikalemasi3062]

U only really need to watch 1 video to get the general idea of the lore of the entire Leage of legends universe and how everything is connected. Where arcane takes places how all regions are connected and so on. Watch the video of :Necrit The world of lol MMO is already done. And will give u a general idea of each region where they are located and what they are about. If u don't wana read the entire lore yourself which can ez confuse you. Thats the vid for you

[@astravisionstudios]

@@jonikalemasi3062 We actually just reacted to that this past weekend! 😃 Video coming soon!

[@jonikalemasi3062]

@@astravisionstudios looking forward to it :)

[@astravisionstudios]

@@jonikalemasi3062 🙌🏾

[@jablotheflan]

Please react to necrit after youve done the cinematics. React to the voice lines as well please

[@dizzlebizzle8424]

i'm confused why they were confused by a cousin referring to his cousin as family... like what? incest wasn't even hinted at so it's all on you brother

[@mjeid4835]

League music videos do not get copyrighted.

[@astravisionstudios]

@@mjeid4835 I think warriors got partial copyright in our first video actually, Someone told me it's just certain riot works with.

[@makoshark40]

you still have so many videos left to go lol

[@astravisionstudios]

@@makoshark40 No seriously! Lol And were loving every second of it! 😃🙌🏾

[@Chuanese]

Leagues lore is hard to keep track since there are music video and ski promotion on riot youtube playlist. If you want to understand world of arcane i highly suggest you to watch " the world of riot's mmo is already done." By necrite. It will give you the running story line in each reagion like the class struggle of pitover. To people who have no understanding of the lore at all. It is a long video so i suggest you react to each region per video.

[@astravisionstudios]

We've actually already reacted to it and it will be releasing soon =D

[@zerodawn09]

the ionia one is kinda out of cannon even tho they say its cannon. there was a war between ionia and noxus, noxus used children fighters cause they thought ionia's would fight them. they were wrong. so this story doesnt make sense. the war maybe over but the hostility between the two are very high.

[@michaelcarlson1208]

Have they said it's out of cannon? I'm just curious. If anything, I figured it showed that some people from the land of Ionia can still show humility to Noxians, probably helps that he is a child also. Just because they had a war doesn't mean they can't be kind to Noxians, kids, or Noxian kids. I presume there's ton of hostility between Ionians and Noxians still. I think it would just depend on when the cinematic was made, granted you think they would take in account their own lore, story and universe. But just my take on why Akali is nice to the kid. Plus why hold hostility towards a kid who might've not even been around when the invasion happened? It's up to each character's perspective and demeanor how they approach the situation.

[@zerodawn09]

@@michaelcarlson1208 they have said the cinematics are cannon. remember noxus still controls part of ionia and there are "problems" there. also remember how akali was at the start when she saw a "noxus" person there cutting a tree? that wasnt a happy attitude. it changing cause its a kid is why its odd. i dont say its wrong just odd and off.

[@michaelcarlson1208]

​@zerodawn09 never said it was a happy attitude...doesn't mean you can't show humility still. And if anything, it might've opened up the child's eyes that everything he's been taught about Noxian culture, there's more than just the Noxian way of life. Again just depends how each person percieves each cinematic. They could've now changed that kids life trajectory and maybe he decides to leave Noxus and stay in Ionia? I totally understand that may be far fetch, but it's just the seed that could be planted. If ironically, just like the cinematic, planting a new seed starts new life.

[@zerodawn09]

@@michaelcarlson1208 dude are you trying to say that its not odd? thats my statement. at no point did i say it was wrong but you keep coming back like im saying it is. i am saying it doesnt really fit for what they said but havent said its wrong so why are you arguing with me? if you are not arguing what are you doing cause its not clear.

[@michaelcarlson1208]

​@zerodawn09 literally not trying to argue. I was curious of your interpretation and offering mine whether it is cannon or not cannon. I'll leave it at that since you are perceiving my comments as argumentative. Really was just curious if it was cannon or not cannon and whether it is or isn't, every one can percieve things differently. Have a good day or night!

[@heremorie]

heimerdonger invents hextech core, ekko "steals" it and creates skating board - you say nothing. skating board comes back to heimerdonger, he "steals" it and creates hover board - you get triggered. You can only see what you want to see while being blind to the true. And what do you mean by "there is history right there"? I hope you are not implying some bullshit stories from africocentrist movements? You guys would not be that stupid, right?

[@heremorie]

35:40, ok, this guy gets it.

[@astravisionstudios]

Im actually surprised you left the first comment you posted with confidence..

[@astravisionstudios]

I normally wouldn't even respond to comments such as this and probably wont in the future, but today i have a bit of time so i truly hope this helps give you insight. Everyone improved upon the design, as I said at 35:40 but all of us reactors came to the conclusion that there's a difference between "jinx physically stealing the invention" ekko "randomly finding a piece of tech in the junkyard and enhancing it for fun", and heimerdinger "doing what jinx and ekko did by enchancing an invention innocently, but then presenting it to the community as his own original idea"... At the end of the day its just an animated video so please relax.. But it's obvious you were triggered by a group of people drawing parallels between things that have actually happened in the world we live in. You're the only one who chose to take it to a level of insults and questioning people's intelligence etc. And incase you actually dont know, in real life history, enslaved and even some freed African Americans and their decendants were denied patents to inventions by the government because they claimed that they could not validate their citizenship nor swear to the patent oath. These are documented facts that you can easily research so im not going to go much deeper on that. But to wrap this up, in the future lets just respect eachother and our beliefs, in both the comment section or to the people in the video. Commenting on things such as the "Afro-centric" or "Afri-centric" movement just to call it bullshit or tear it or people down, let alone any other beliefs or people is just not the community were trying to build here. So in the future we'll just have to ban people from the page and move on. Thank you and hope that message was recieved well 🙏🏾