Rumination Analysis on Arcane S1E09: The Monster You Created

[@mrred773]

Can't wait for the next streamination to go live. It's gonna be bananas!

[@tee_es_bee]

Another reminder for those that missed it: Arcane Season 1 is getting a physical release! Thank you for the streamination, was a great excuse to watch the show _again_ . 🧡💛🧡

[@iapetes1]

The theme of like 'could you forgive your sibling if they did something monstrous' is obviously at the center of jinx and vi's story but what i like is how they parallel it elsewhere in the show- Vander and Silco of course but also i believe Jayce and Viktor are heading there which is why jayce always calls vik his brother... and the 2 cities. Piltover and Zaun, what can they forgive from each other

[@giantmastersword]

Oh, the irony. Everyone only votes for peace when it no longer matters

[@madamwinnifer4666]

I disagree that Arcane is misery porn, I find the story to be too principled for that. Its miserable moments have weight and purpose, its commentaries have appropriate magnitude, its outcomes are natural and cautionary. A cautionary tale can ultimately be a hopeful and even aspirational one, to see a situation and say "This shouldn't happen", to be born from the opposite of pessimism. To strive for a better world, a fight that continues to this day.

[@stardrifter2872]

Is there somewhere your show ratings are documented? Also I can't find your Andor reviews.

[@kevinmalone7167]

Let's see if this works. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/152S2RtFQ2SY2EkbPYzFCibY_wmarNlhD45jKowMyTHs/edit?gid=0#gid=0

[@maverickay5807]

Jinx was my favorite character ❤️

[@maxpower7113]

I think you let your disdain of Silco miss out and misinterpret many amazing things about this episode. First and foremost was Silco's last words. He wasn't trying to corrupt or "groom" her as your chatters said. He honestly believed she was perfect even though she was flawed, crazy, and had violet tendencies. That is something Vi had never and would never tell her. Secondly, I understand you didn't really like the storyline but Ekko and Heimerdinger are the glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel. They are the hope that peace and cooperation can occur. Lastly "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter," is a great line because it not only works for Silco and Vander but also many other characters. The two Undercity bosses choose their daughters over their ambitions. Marcus throws away what little morals he had for his daughter's safety. Ambessa goes the opposite way and banished her daughter so she can continue in Noxus. Finally, Cassandra tries to have it both ways and controls Caitlin to not harm her political career.

[@TheLPRnetwork]

I forgot which youtuber said it, but the OG Halo trilogy & Reach was and still is Darker than 40k. Warhammer, everything is at a stalemate. Anyone can win any battle, but no one can win any war. In Halo, Humanity is fucked, they cannot win the human-covenant war. If anything, it was the heretics (arguably the elites alone) won the war. Humanity was crub stomped the entire war but still never gave up. A real "I can do this all day" streched across this entre hopeless genocide. So in a weird way, 40k can better be described as Grim Hope. Because anyone can win, anyone can find victory and get what they want. But at what cost? At what twist? Congratulations on adding another genocide on the wiki list, but was it worth it?