The Hidden Details of Arcane 2 - Act 1

[@duduwt]

Necrit is on a mission to beat Arcane's duration time with his own videos and I'm here to support him

[@catalinedward]

i was thinking that... if the 3 episodes are longer in total than this 100 minute video

[@kielpogi8062]

Season 2 Episode 1-3 are 40:15, 39:30, and 40:05 long (with Netflix logo), so it would take 1:59:50 to beat Arcane S2A1's runtime.

[@kielpogi8062]

1:56:47 is the current collective Necrit Video Runtime

[@itsyou8582]

​@@kielpogi8062 But there is also totally 9 minutes of final credits. So Necrits videos are actually longer :D

[@kielpogi8062]

Welp

[@almontecindy]

40:43 I think you’re missing an important detail in this scene. When Sevika refuses Smeech’s offer to turn over Jinx, she says “We don’t hand over our own people.” That isn’t a Silco-ism, that’s something Vander said in the first arc, or atleast very similar to his sentiment to not hand over Vi to the enforcers. It’s ironic that Sevika is now mirroring Vander in so many ways, especially since we were introduced to her ragging on him for being too weak. Everyone seems to come around to understand why Vander did what he did lol

[@itzhen7032]

Isn't it crazy how all the characters who first opposed vander in act 1 all eventually come back around to mirror him perfectly later on

[@Viltzu-hk5wh]

​@@itzhen7032 Nothing is crazy in this show anymore. Fortiche is too good, it's all just casual gameplay for them. Even Jinx is no longer crazy, she is a nice fun person now!

[@alexwang3282]

interestingly enough, the first shot of act 2 teaser is Sevika staring at Vander's statue. similiar to Silco reached realization under Vander's statue.

[@shellfire6931]

@@itzhen7032 It's almost like Vander was the best character all along...

[@ralunix4612]

Can't wait for them all to meet Warwick. All the new characters who understand Vander :]

[@andrzejchlebak3574]

Fun fact sevikas arm is visual representation whos head of zaun at the time , having normal arm when vander was running everything, shimmer blade arm with silco , no arm when no one was ruling barons this may foreshadow jinx taking over zaun , also this makes smeech offering sevika new arm have a bit cooler meaning

[@ItsJustKaya]

Jinx casually hinted that she wont stay for long as the ruler. As she invented a arm with RNGgimmick. Funnily enough she created a Ranged ability gun with melee attacks (sort of how adcs play. Satire) Possibly sevika was meant for that fight game. Also she created that RNG arm that may or may not work in fight. Gettin x3 back to back no effect

[@ac2346]

You can say she's the #1 right hand woman

[@enatrage2083]

Underrated literary device analysis

[@ninetailedfox579121]

​@@ItsJustKayaThey could make it like TF where the "rng" is timing-based instead of being purely random. That would entirely defeat the point of the slot machine, but of course rng in any game like LoL would immediately make the character not viable in serious gameplay.

[@carpiioo.806]

oh my god, you are so right.

[@anonymouschase333]

Hold on Necrit. You better see this comment. At 1:16:04 during that conversation, Mel tells here this line "Everything with my mother is a calculated risk" AND SWAINNNN! Has a voice line that says "A calculated risk, is not risk at all" I am high on copium

[@NIDHOGG_99]

Me too, since Ambessa appeared in the series I'm hoping they'll show us a scene in Noxus and something related to Swain and the Noxian policies on Piltover. But now that they gave us LeBlanc I don't know what to think.

[@Roxar96]

Daddy Swain 🐦‍⬛

[@muhammied]

i just want to hear Kled CHAAAAAARGing to piltover

[@davidcoop8082]

The Corrupted Hextech in the Hexgate is the Blood that Viktor coughed into the Hexgate in season 1. That why it has the same pattern as viktors corrupted Hextech. thats why it is only that spot

[@mar_ko5930]

Yes !

[@blackroses96]

Ooooh, I was wondering where that came from, riiiight. This is such a logical but easily forgettable detail. Thanks for that! :D

[@Necrit]

Dayum... let me just screenshot this comment in case it becomes true.

[@death2able]

​@@Necrit its actually parallels to Singed line "the mutation must survive"

[@SkittleBombs]

@@Necritit’s a good find, however I think victor only used shimmer after he coughed that blood up. So unless them messing with the hextech “changes him” like heimerdinger noticed, it doesn’t make sense that it’s corrupted blood. However, if it because it’s viktors blood and he’s mutated “all” of him was mutated regardless of where the blood was

[@c4tull748]

I feel like what everybody forgets is the fact that Viktor finally achieved what he always wanted: To help the people from the undercity

[@jewn304]

it's so sad that everybody's a victim of circumstances, idk about ambessa though ik maybe she wanted to be involved in fear of black rose getting her daughter but she couldn't have done anything anyway on the other hand, I feel like she prolly just wants to take their land and more power. eek.

[@vigilantvigilante2582]

Crazy how you didn't mention that Vi being left on her knees crying being deserted by Caitlyn at the end of this act, mirrors Powder's scene - left on her knees crying after being deserted by Vi at the end of Act 1.

[@TheEvenstar1993]

Nah that’s a reach

[@TeatimeToad]

@@TheEvenstar1993 No, I also immediately thought of that. Its so similar and it happens at ep 3 of both seasons. Both crying because the one most important to them hit them and left them. And as we saw in act 2 teasers Vi goes through a design change just as Powder became jinx, so both are even more similar. Calling that a reach is insane

[@vigilantvigilante2582]

@@TeatimeToad i think they were being sarcastic lol, but i like ur passion

[@conniefan123]

​@@TheEvenstar1993 a reach??? It's literally the same shots, facial expressions, and positions xd

[@TeatimeToad]

@@vigilantvigilante2582 oh, my bad then XD

[@thepowerfulpaet4937]

Caitlyn's computer is actually more likely the Piltover version of what's called a "microfiche", an analogue device used to store vast amounts of information by magnifying documents that have been scaled down usually to 1/25th of their usual size.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

Awesome

[@raininghail4049]

This is what I was thinking too!

[@niksonrex88]

The scars on Sevikas face arent from shimmer, they are from the arcane explosion Jinx's monkey caused. I think thats why it started hurting her a lot.

[@Quantinuous]

yeah it was from the hextech explosion, that's why the scar also turns the same colours as the hextech stuff glitching out and it reacting to it

[@igorporfiirio4915]

Yeah, I also think it's because it was caused by hextech (they even have a blue color). But, when Sevika injects shimmer they get purple, so there's still a chance that hextech and the hecore react to shimmer for whatever reason.

[@Quantinuous]

true

[@Lmr_ArtsAndTattoos]

Nice 🎉

[@DamielBE]

I think the word on the invitation doesn't say "Caitlyn", mais plutôt "Citoyen", which means Citizen in French (and Fortiche is a French studio. Also, 'Citoyen' was a way to address people during and after the French Revolution.

[@Bgirl-1214]

This makes more sense. I’m commenting to boost.

[@Lebpnguyen]

Ohhh

[@kinkinibhattacharya8183]

Love this detail!

[@Kaiser0hmega]

So are you saying that if you were to try and translate the letter from French to English, you would be able to get a coherent message?

[@crysosisback7115]

Citoyen is also quite still used nowadays in French vocabulary, especially politics Concitoyen being a way to call someone, when you both are part of the same state, for added French

[@romenomas]

finaly another episode of my favorite show: necrit explaining why the roach in the frame 183829 is a teaser for a amumu appearance

[@worldeater2414]

You're wrong, the roach is a Reik'sa reference telling us that Cthulhu's cousin twice remove is going to invade Piltover 😤

[@ItsJustKaya]

That cthulhu is inhabitant of bilgewater.

[@slamdunk6739]

No it's obviously teasing the void event

[@4MonsterhunterStory]

Amumu though yes? Did you really just say: Amumu?

[@marioluigi911]

Also ekko says in the third episode “ when it rains the undercity gets wet” so it’s cool seeing the councillors shocked face when it starts to rain and he gets wet. Because for once, topside is getting wet. The damage is on topside for once

[@RedRhinestones]

Why doesnt it rain in piltover. I don't get it

[@zerrus8781]

@@RedRhinestones When it rains, the waters flows down, to the undercity. Trickle down economics moment.

[@marioluigi911]

@@RedRhinestones its a metaphor, when it rains topside, bottom side gets wet. it means when bad things happen topside usually the undercity is the one dealing with the consequences. But now for once topside is seeing the consequences of their actions. which is why the counselor being surprised by the rain works so well. both literally and metaphorically

[@RedRhinestones]

@@marioluigi911 ohh I got it

[@MercurySteel]

That place is above the clouds after all 19:37

[@SydneyPriolet]

1hours it's almost more than the act itself

[@frijolitoazul4343]

I think the act is 2 hours

[@dothienquan]

​@@frijolitoazul4343just ignore intro and outro, it's like 30 mins each

[@PainKiller1.6180]

​@@dothienquanEach episode is actually 36-37 minutes

[@stcy000]

Just imagine him doing this for every act. Necrit's schedule for the month of November is settled. and he has not even covered the jinx minigame yet

[@Paul20661]

XD

[@aliaz30]

I agree that Caitlyn most likely wouldn't have missed, but I think the point is even stronger portraying her going too far in her rage or in seeking revenge, she would've 100% shot Isha too if the bullet didn't conect with Vi's gauntlet, not only was Isha's arm right in the middle of the lens of the scope but even if she moved it towards jinx's head the bullet would have more than likely go through Jinx and hit Isha's head too which was right besides Jinx's head. And I think that's the point she was ready to shoot a completely inoccent kid if it meant finally killing Jinx. Showing how much is she willing to go just to have her revenge.

[@nana13833]

Thank you!!! So many people didn’t recognize this. She was ready to kill Isha along with Jinx.

[@Maotrix-RandomGameStuff]

Disagree, she could have missed, she shot jinx finger off because she missed her head

[@wowza1321]

I feel like Vi pulls out of character in that moment though. Given her reaction to Jace accidentally killing a child in S1E8 when they were on a mission to destroy Shimmer production, I don't fully understand why Vi cares if Isha dies or not given the threat level Jinx imposes. She was quite ready to see more Zaunites (even children) suffer/die if it meant removing the overall threat by the end of S1. Now in S2, after they've unleashed the harmful, poisonous Grey all over Zaun in pursuit of Jinx, Vi suddenly has a heart toward this unknown child who was a hair's breadth from putting a bullet in her forehead?

[@Arkanna96]

@@wowza1321 To be fair, destroying the Shimmer production had the greater purpose of helping all of Zaun, that thing was causing a lot of problems to people, whereas hunting down Jinx is more of a revenge plot. Vi is trying to do the right thing and fix the issues between Piltover and Zaun to avoid a full on war, just like Vander taught her. I don't think it's entirely out of character for her to draw the line at hurting Isha there, she was already unhappy with the plan, there were plenty of scenes where she shows how displeased she is with how Caitlyn's acting. I also think Vi is acting out of concern for Cait moreso that the kid. Caitlyn a few episodes ago would never dream of endangering/sacrificing an innocent person to achieve her goals.

[@Maotrix-RandomGameStuff]

@@wowza1321 also if you watch the scene where the kid dies in s1 it was the same as cait where her rage was clouding her judgment you can even see that after Jayce leaves she watches the kid and her expression changes.

[@z34567890123456]

1:31:03 Ambessa is clearly forcing a war but I think she’s surprised by Jinx every time. When Jinx blew up the council Ambessa ran in legitimately worried about Mel because that wasn’t part of her plan. Then when Jinx’s “Color Explosion” goes off her smile was almost like when you’re playing a game that you’ve played for a long time, and then you find something new to figure out. She’s confident in her abilities to be able to strategize around a threat, but hasn’t seen one as chaotic as Jinx and she’s excited by that.

[@Xendrick]

A seasoned war veteran tackling The Loose Cannon herself truly is smth

[@w7h8m9c2]

I think the smirk when the grey gets to Piltover is because the more chaos happens, the easier it is to control the government there

[@jackhilton4285]

Ambessa has no plan. She is just a family lover warrior that running in fear of a absolote powerful witch that killed her son and is after her too

[@z34567890123456]

@ so giving Renni an invite to the memorial to kill her to set herself up as the savior they need isn’t a plan to you? 😂😂 She very clearly has a plan if you’re actually paying attention

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

What would her plan be if he council didn't get blown up? We almost had peace.

[@szanisaw]

I am not a League of Legends player, and not much I know about the lore. BUT! I do love Arcane and I am more than happy to get more details, explanation, insights of the lore. So keep making long, detailed videos like this. :) Please.

[@kararaster6544]

13:35 Wasn't that the point, that the Rune of Inspiration never showed up in the hexcore? And one of Skye's last words was "Everything you do inspires me." She was the rune of inspiration that Victor lacked.

[@Mmuff]

insane but absolutely correct. i believe

[@shaggy387]

This is awesome, hope you're right 👏

[@itznani1509]

got chills reading this holyyyyy

[@WTF_IS_A_KILOMETER]

There's NO WAY he didn't mention how Vi's position after Caitlyn hit her was an EXACT parallel to how Powder was when Vi hit her back in S1 Act 1.

[@ya_boi16]

hold up that sick

[@BluegoesonGaming]

1:36:18 When Ambessa says "wrath must be met with wrath" that could be foreshadowing a possible fight with her and Warwick as Warwick is always referenced as "The Wrath of Zaun".

[@ItsJustKaya]

Tbf. Singed is creating mundo and warwick since season1 And they built both up for a reason. It will happen, it will happen probably at the momment when ambessa achieves her goals. Which then should allow renata do to her thing as the main villain as promised. Before the reveal of ambessa

[@TeatimeToad]

@@ItsJustKaya Do we have any implication of Mundo? As far as I know he was transformed in a sort of Insane asylum, not by Singed. And Renata is leagues Replacement for Silco, so I doubt she will just randomly appear in act 2, and she was definetly not promised as the main villain, idk where you got that from

[@danielg778c3]

​@@TeatimeToadrenata is a chembaron and idk maybe she will help in some way?

[@TeamLunacyReal]

@@ItsJustKaya Me when I make shit up for likes

[@TeatimeToad]

@@danielg778c3 She was created for league since Silco wasn't fit to be a champion, her appearance in the show would make no sense

[@aiuipapito]

just an observation necrit, at 1:24:24 you mention that the hextech anomaly is jumping to sevika's "shimmer scar" while in actuality, that scar was made at the hextech monkey incident, when powder exploded vander and the rest of the family, it took sevika's arm and made that scar too, this specific anomaly seems to interact only with hextech, while the hexcore in viktor is interacting with only shimmer.

[@HayaseMTSR]

17:30 in German they refer to Chipmunks because the German word for it is Streifenhörnchen, which can be translated into "Patrol squirrel." Its just a pun.

[@Anna-c9v1o]

"Ich mag Streifenhörnchen" 😂😂 this scene sounds even cuter in German

[@Creepy___]

"going on a patrol" can be translated to "auf Streife gehen" too

[@ItsJustKaya]

​@@Creepy___thats how the pun came to be

[@funkrat2030]

Also the car in which the Police drives is called "Streifenwagen" ^^

[@lol3xtrach3353]

it delights me when every localization takes care to preserve small joke/puns like this even though it doesn't affect me at all

[@jamesoverbuild9496]

Interesting to see how Viktor seems almost emotionless on every scene, the only times he shows any kind of emotion, like smiling and crying, is when he sees Sky's hallucinations.

[@Iliasmadmad]

Singed's burn mark was quite fresh; this is EXACTLY after episode 3, where he went AWOL for a while and when we saw him again he had sth like Ww already made.

[@ramadaniswara19]

Yeh that is definitely what happened. His sick mind is probably inspired to do that when he sees Vander's shimmer mutated corpse lying in the streets

[@richardwan4215]

dont think you need to shorten this type of video for Act 2 and 3 review. this is super details and i love every seconds of this video :)

[@crimsonvirgo]

you missed the bearded enforcer from cait's squad leaving when cait becomes general

[@garnsee2811]

Ong why is no one talking about that???

[@sebastit7d]

@@garnsee2811 Because it's very obvious? lol

[@TeatimeToad]

@@sebastit7d Some of the Other things he mentioned are also very obvious but this definitely holds some meaning for act 2 so I was confused as well as to why he didn't reference it. But tbf its easy to miss a detail like this when already searching for so many others

[@joedeza9646]

FR I was waiting on him to explain that part

[@NIDHOGG_99]

​@@joedeza9646We literally know nothing about this character, I hope they explain something about his past in act 2 or the individual introduction they gave him in chapter one wouldn't make sense. I don't think he's a filler character tho.

[@GoldenBerry33]

I think people enjoy long formats, at least I do, in the end it is an extensive discussion on a topic that we all love. Please don't make it shorter, it is so cool to hear you talk about this stuff! Great video, like always!

[@omgHeYa]

I also think Jinx saying "watch it all burn" could be a reference to Silco telling her "they can all burn" because he didn't want to give her to Piltover. Now, even though it's for a different reason, the deal with Piltover was not made, so what's left is to watch it all burn

[@jimlight5137]

1:30:27 I genuinely believe Jinx wanted to go out with Vi in one last glorious suicide attempt. But because of the interference and the bomb being set off when they were no longer in position on the alter, that’s why jinx shouts “it’s not ready yet.” Her suicide was interrupted. If they had both died. That would’ve been like the two of them finally getting revenge on Piltover.

[@Aashishkebab]

That makes no sense

[@jimlight5137]

@ why does it not make sense? You don’t hear her voice acting? How she’s closing her eyes waiting to die? She literally on top of the alter. If Sevika hadn’t triggered the bomb early, both of them would’ve been swept up into the grey explosion.

[@Aashishkebab]

@@jimlight5137 yeah how is dying and killing her sister "getting revenge on Piltover"? LMAO. And she never says "it's not ready yet". You literally made that up.

[@jimlight5137]

@ she says “it’s not supposed to happen like this” same thing. Jinx wants to die here. The scene literally mirrors her fight on the bridge with Ekko. Look at how she’s framed how she acts. She’s ready to go out in a blaze of glory. Sending off the grey into Piltover was her final act of vengeance. This is not hard to figure out. Why are you being so stubborn and rude?

[@Aashishkebab]

@jimlight5137 no, not that the things at all. LMAO. And your story doesn't add up. If Jinx actually wanted this, she wouldn't have brought Sevika and she wouldn't have automated the door opening.

[@wakkadakka9192]

Considering Victor's new powers and how he transformed the guy in the sewers Also considering that Singed's story will most likely be about his daughter And considering the strong connection between these characters.. ..I'm starting to see how exactly Arcane version of Orianna will be "created", and it's intriguing

[@TeatimeToad]

Especially since we know that Victor treasures Singed I can totally see Singed go to Victor and ask for something in return for the help he gave him. If Victor really goes down the Robotic route his metal/magnetic abilities imply this would be amzing

[@EmoryNester]

The Music Box is straight up foreshadowing for Orianna

[@ryder98307]

We might see a prototype Blitz or something, he's a Viktor creation

[@jayfeater]

Necrit, awesome video I totally missed the “kindred circle” in that scene. I’ll trade with something you didn’t mention, regarding “To ashes and blood” (the song playing during the fight at the end of ep3). They oddly have the lyrics mistranslated in the show where you mentioned “uncomfortable” he is actually saying “does it make you a god now”. This however isn’t the actual interesting thing going on with the song, the chanting is an ancient shuriman prayer to Jan’ahrem!! “Beyond these walls, the storms fury grows Over land and sea, the storms fury grows But I have nothing to fear! For the blue bird is with me”

[@m_6nus]

attention everyone 🗣 the arcane movie just dropped

[@leon53580]

Ambessa Toretto. Try change my mind 😆🚘

[@SoySauce9]

@@leon53580 Famly

[@Bgirl-1214]

@@leon53580 lmao. For Family. Definitely see the connection 😂

[@stephenclement3349]

Arcane movie part 1

[@EpicFroggz]

Great vid! Tho u missed Viktor’s cane immediately changing as soon as he picked it up + becoming more like a staff in the later scene with him. Cheers!

[@TheBlackDemon1996]

1:20:37 When Caitlyn lines up the shot on Jinx, you can see a purple petal floating down, representing her grief for her mother.

[@auro8236]

I feel like The Grey having a face like that is a reference to Fiddlesticks considering how much people fear it. It even looks like Fiddle's scarecrow face at points.

[@lukivan8]

This is quite a reach, there is nothing connecting them besides both being feared

[@Hawkido]

Caitlyn wasn't going to miss, Jinx was going to die, but Isha would have ALSO died, as her head was on the other side of Jinx's. Caitlyn was off the rails, blinded by rage and fueled by revenge. One of the First rules taught about firearms is "know what is behind your target". Bullets do not stop when they hit something, as we see with the 8+cm think steel plate Caitlyn just shot a hole clean through. Vi actually saved Caitlyn by stopping her, moreso than her sister. Vi wasn't as concerned about her sister as she was about Caitlyn going so dark as to be willing to deliberately fire knowing that collateral death to a 5(?)ish year old child would result. Caitlyn would never recover from that, and Vi would never be able to distinguish Caitlyn from the Enforcers who killed her parents.

[@merlin5662]

exactly, even then if you use a irl situation where a kid was involved in a police situation, would a police officer get reprimanded for being reckless with a kid involved? if so then there should be no debate that Vi saved cait from becoming a worse person.

[@sarusthelorevore523]

THIS

[@BRHency]

Caitlyn blinded. More Teemo references.

[@doxkowalski915]

Then why didn't Vi take the kid away? She has hands the size of her whole body. And she was already swinging down so very much ready to knock out Jinx at least. But then Isha flashes to body block.

[@merlin5662]

@doxkowalski915 BC the appearance of a kin in an environment like that was a surprise. It was in the heat of the moment and Vi tried to stop the potential murder of a kid.

[@itznyze]

Please keep the Videos this Long. I really enjoyed it and it's nice to learn more about the Lore of Runeterra. Great Job 👍🏻

[@blackroses96]

I do believe the Gray being pictured as alive is really just a metaphor. It's a monster that kills. It's just air, but not any kind of air. Pretty cool to foreshadow how bad the Gray is! And I object on the nobody cares about Finn's death. It takes them a split second to go ":o" but they do. Margot stops filing her nails, Ranni's eyes get a bit wider, and the yordle's hand also change their position so he can see better where Finn was. edit: People... The Grey is shown as a monster in the records, yes, but also, please consider that WE the audience are also seeing those same records. It's a perfect example of "show don't tell" directed to US. They show us that the Grey is a monster so that they don't have to tell us that it's deadly. It's not literal.

[@hieutran-24]

Some even said The Grey reminds them of Fiddlesticks which is interesting if you look at that shot.

[@vicarious_gaming]

the grey is zac duh

[@sorrii9754]

@@vicarious_gamingwould be cool, but zac is slime, not smoke

[@TeatimeToad]

@@vicarious_gaming Exactly my thought, I think they might at least hint to him like they did with the rat and twitch. Maybe the gray breaks into singeds Lab, which is what frees warwick and some of the gray gets mutated by something there to become Zac or something.

[@MRST0R]

@@hieutran-24that’s the first thing I thought about when I saw the smoke

[@zestyraccoon813]

14:17 is the first time we get to see the Arcane for real. Its no longer Viktor's cane, its Ourcane now.

[@danielhambalko7288]

Insane details. The place where Mel stood when the rocket hit, still intact... wow. And I barely started the video xD

[@deggedfoldov5998]

Why is everyone always going on about Zhonya's Hourglass when the Locket of the Iron Solari activates a spherical aura with subsequent shield layering?

[@SH1NK1R01]

Because the locket wouldn’t create the effect needed to protect her from a blast like that. She wasn’t just protected. She was entirely unaffected y the explosion. Literally only zhonyas is an item with an ability like this. Also the Locket is literally a locket. Something she isn’t wearing. And a noxian related woman having a religious artifact of another nation is weird. If it’s locket it becomes a plot hole. So that’s why no one guessed that. Because it actually doesn’t make sense

[@deggedfoldov5998]

@@SH1NK1R01 Wow! So Zhonya's item is actually Piltoverian! However, Zhonya only protects the wearer, not the surrounding area. The only thing is, Bard could have appeared and quickly ulted Mel and Jayce, but where would Bard have come from? The Locket could have been implanted in Mel's body either by her mother or her Black friend from the Council - Shoola, who has clear genetic links to Shurima.

[@RikTaa]

@@SH1NK1R01Mel COULD be a mage, just because someone from riot said we will get another arcane champ that’s a mage. Mel wasn’t all sunshines and rainbows growing up she had to have had at least some training, if it’s magic, maybe.. She looks too skinny to be a fighter like her moms..

[@deggedfoldov5998]

@@RikTaa Or, yeah, that's another possibility. Mel could be a mage, or even a Targonian chosen one. Either way, she's a potential champion, and leaks suggest she'll have a skill that temporarily uses Lux's W shield icon.

[@-B-HuynhTriNguyen]

Mel s ability should have some connection to the Ambessa cinematic. Considering Ambessa got hit in the stomach and Mel survived because of her ability and theres a baby mel frame where her eyes glow in the cinematic too

[@James-sr3uu]

Damn Necrit, 1h39min! The arcane Gods has really blessed us.

[@sacarymoviesamu]

Viktor has blessed us

[@AlecArtComics]

@@sacarymoviesamulisan Al Gaib!

[@Justalittlechogath]

⁠@@sacarymoviesamuFor the Omnissiah

[@shaggy387]

24:33 Rennie's red eye may actually be the result of choking. If you were choked and there's not enough oxygen, this is what your eye would look like after some time. Since Jayce destroyed her breathing mechanismz that would make more sense.

[@Suntensatsu21]

When you mentioned the Caitlyn's potential Ionian heritage, I was looking at the trees and thinking how much they looked similar to the trees frequently shown in Ionia with white bark and red leafs.

[@jimlight5137]

43:30 I like the very unsubtle “you’re ALIVE!” Jayce says which is a very clear reference to Frankenstein.

[@Cohrvo]

1:24:19 Sevika scars were made by the hextech crystal explosion, they were always blue so that's why the glitch is jumping to it

[@MRST0R]

The scars are made because of hextech, but the shimmer of her mechanical hand are what healed the scars

[@crispychicken9298]

You know Necrit is having a great time when he mentions "separate video" multiple times.

[@vinhdangquang1460]

40:07 If silco use the grey to threaten other chembaron, the scene just make him more badass that he was able to withstand the grey.

[@LowKeyJaded]

Those who grew up in the past have already “adapted” to the grey. These new barons came around after the ventilation was installed. And is why they don’t have any resistance to it.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

​@@LowKeyJadedIt makes sense, Vander and Silco were born and raised in Zaun, I don't know if you agree, but in the memory of Vander's betrayal, the two look like sailors, they were probably dockworkers before the whole technological advancement craze even arrive in Zaun. It's a shame we don't know more about these two great characters now that they are practically no longer "alive".

[@kexcz8276]

Wow Necrit! Not only did you cover every detail in english, but when describing the drunk Vi scene, you had covered english, our Czech amd other languages as well! Amazing work and really interesting results! 😃🧡

[@freudlichertyp6299]

But Ishas head was directly behind Jinxs head as Isha was hugging her. I think the hexttech weapon would have just killed them both. We can see impact holes the size of baby heads when Caitlyn used it. Also Vi is probably so hesitant bc of the child Jayce killed?

[@IIR0Z]

I don't know if it was intended, but the theme of drunk VI is reminding me of the jack sparrow drunk theme.

[@KarKalado]

You say at 48:20 the shimmer addicts think viktors body is valuable but is very cleary shown that it's the gold/metal staff that peaks their interest. There is a close-up on it and it shines and also the stomping of the staff on the ground makes them react as an audio cue as well

[@andychenoweth]

1:24:19 Sevika's scars are infused with the shards of the crystals used in the monkey bomb. I believe that was what was reacting with the hexgate core anomaly, much like the others' weapons.

[@meatypony141]

Maybe another cool detail: the leaves of the tree from ekko are similar to Gingko trees, the oldest trees on earth. They’re a very weird natural phenomenon where they’re neither normal leaf trees nor pine trees, they’re an entirely different thing. The Gingko trees are also the oldest tree species on earth. Maybe a cool detail! I really liked it.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

Nice detail, but the araucarias (South American trees) are older 👍

[@mullworm]

And the reference of the tree with the violet flowers are Jacaranda trees, I think.

[@porautun8590]

I think Smeech was attacked by Cait group at Margot's House, because he looked really absent in the meeting (like he is thinking about a certain deal with enforcers ) and ask for exactly what want cait with a wanted poster : jinx (which looks like the opening of ep 3 where they are interrogating with the wanted poster). It can highlights that cait is more and more brutal in his behaviour, and it is also the sentences of the song (making friends with my demons)

[@MarineBoiz-4623]

1:24:33 It’s actually the “hextech” scar caused by the “monkey incident” in season 1, you can see it’s still glowing blue on Sevika’s face ever since. The glitch affects the hextech weapons first because they are filled with hextech runes and gemstones, that’s why Vi and Cait’s weapons got affected immediately while Jinx’s weapon, which has less runes, got glitched a few minutes later. And finally the scar got affected bc there’s still some hextech magic left in it.

[@darklessian]

I think it's less that the arcane anomaly is specifically targeting shimmer, and more that the arcane anomaly is drawn to the fusion of magic with the organic. Shimmer is the only real example we have of this in Arcane, so it's what we see.

[@tomto8748]

Jayce's "man of progress" mug has quite a lot of screen time during the first act. First when Viktor is still in arcane cocoon, probably showing how he doesn't really feel like a man of progress anymore. And then when he teams up with Ekko next to all the tea cups he used. Note that he uses other cups than the mop mug, therefore he is leaving this ambition in the past focusing on heling Ekko.

[@carallaa]

bro this is so fun to watch thank you for the hard work of picking out the tiny frame moments and correlations :,) can't wait for the details on the next two acts

[@happyland9761]

crazy tiniy detail, I just linked now :the guys that embessa call the local cuisine is supposly seen with a lamb mask with a wolf masked person at his feet. Cute easter eggg, I also was in shock to hear the kindred champion music when she talk to mel before climbing on the ship with him for the first time. Now , that is some crazy foreshadowing haha

[@paradonas]

The art truly is insane in Arcane and I love Jinxs' madness and randomness in her creations contributing too the artfulness too. Decisions that before seems unserious, humorous and over dramatic make sense with this crazy genius with the clarity that you get from these details and in-depth vids. After this I can somewhat understand the hours long "Art of Arcane" vids from TB Skyen. Yet wholy hell thats a lot to consume and suffer through. Still can't decide if I wanna watch that?

[@JoaoHenrique-fq7nr]

1:29:41 if you pay attention, you will see that isha's head, and jinx's head are in the same spot, meaning that a headshot will land in a doble kill

[@kylebuonomo2557]

Honestly surprised he didn’t mention it :c also the “she won’t get away again!” In her clearly mentally strained voice as she aims at BOTH their heads… like so easily could’ve killed both as the best possible outcome the shot could have

[@doxkowalski915]

​@@kylebuonomo2557I was hoping for that. Isha seems mostly like a plot device/walking metaphor for the Powder from the past. It could be that they're gearing up for Jinx to at some point lose that innocent childe AGAIN and going crazy AGAIN. And I'm still annoyed Vi didn't just pick her up and away from Jinx to clear the shot or even arrest her.

[@prettygreenbud]

@@doxkowalski915because vi doesn’t actually want jinx dead or arrested. Using the child as an excuse

[@doxkowalski915]

@@prettygreenbud She was swinging down at her head, with the atlas gauntlet. If Isha did not teleport, that hit would have done serious damage. It seemed to me like Vi was determined to end Jinx for the sake of everyone, like it's her responsibility for putting her on that path, at least partially.

[@kylebuonomo2557]

@ I mean that’s my point tho, cait was so blinded by rage and completing her mission that she wouldn’t even register the child being there as a problem or complication so she wouldn’t give go any time to actually give her a clean shot 🫤

[@benjaminmartin1038]

1:24:30 those aren't shimmer scars they are scars from jinx's then powders monkey explosion where she also lost her arm. So maybe the anomaly latches on the hextech particles embedded in Sevikas skin

[@Rimaku0]

The circle in the council chamber is actually centered on where Jayce's position at the table was, which means Mel got to him very quickly. But it also makes me wonder how Viktor got hit since he was seated just behind and to left of Jayce, which is well within the circle of protection.

[@nierrx3714]

Yeah, that one detail bothers me too.

[@dazzad1539]

I thought he acted as a sort of magnet for the damage from the hextech weapon because he's infused with it

[@hieutran-24]

@@dazzad1539 I agree, with how the spoon move when Vik got out of the cocoon, maybe Vik's hand and leg somehow got hooked to the rocket and got out of the protection range. But I think that Vik want to end the pain so he ran towards the explosion, because when Vik is awake, he mentioned that he should have died.

[@aurweon]

One of the very first bottles on the ground in Vi's first scene under the bridge looks like a Jack Daniels bottle. Maybe the animators were inspired by real life bottle designs. 11:41 the one on the left

[@cliffyang7687]

There are also small easter eggs in the opening sequence for the show. Even though they are 99% the same for all three episodes, people have found that there are frames inserted in the flashing parts of it. These frames are different for each episode.

[@basilisk1997]

Still believe the gold flash is actually locket of the iron Solari. There are way too many references to the Solari in Ambessa and Mel's different pieces of jewelry, clothing etc. And it would make sense why Jayce was fine, because locket of the iron Solari shield nearby allies. Also it might be the reason Leblanc is after Ambessa, as she's hunting powerful artifacts to fight Mordekaiser with and Ambessa may have quite a few considering her guard also had the Kaenic Rookern

[@robertstorm5048]

kaenic is a good item into morde tbh

[@ryanworth4502]

Only thing is Mel's outfit doesn't leave much room for the locket. Her tattoos could be a variation on the Solari magic that the locket is based on

[@quincyarcher1798]

27:27 Back in season 1, Caitlyn mentioned her great grandmother was a pirate, and with all the ships in the background of the leftmost painting I'm inclined to believe that's indeed the kiramman matriarchs over the generations

[@princedretten3154]

Loving the video. Looking forward to future breakdowns. I just had a couple things to note, specifically in the last fight in Janna's temple. -You said Sevika had shimmer scars, but I'm pretty sure those were scars from the Monkey bomb explosion. She's the only one that took most of the blast face-on and survived. Wouldn't surprise me if it was hextech fragments responding to the glitch, not shimmer. -I agree I think Vi intentionally blocked Cait's shot on Jinx. But I don't think it was because Vi thought Caitlyn would miss. Vi never says she would miss, just that she'd hit the kid. We just saw a shot from that rifle tear through metal and flesh with ease. WIth how tightly Isha was holding on to Jinx, the collateral damage would easily off both of them, and Vi knew that. Vi knew that killing an innocent would affect Caitlyn, even if it meant Jinx was ended too. -It's not that Jinx's plan wasn't finished. She specifically says, "This isn't how it's supposed to..." It seems like something, or someone, else was supposed to trigger the Grey. With the use of the now-open Kiramman vents, and the fact this redirected the Grey all to Piltover, I believe Jinx wanted Vi or Caitlyn to trigger it. They've been using the Grey in the lanes, hurting many Zaunites in the process. Jinx wanted them to be responsible for the Grey in Piltover, as a way to make them live with the consequences of releasing the Grey in the first place. -Vi and Caitlyn were blown OUT of the temple. Sevika, Jinx, and Isha were inside. Caitlyn was desperately bashing against the face of Powder to try and get back in.

[@adelcipher5617]

Listening to Necrit gush about Arcane for over an hour is exactly what I needed today

[@avagriffiths1606]

I think Vi calls them the “peanut patrol” because ‘peanut’ is a word used for the lower class in English (‘peanut gallery’ in theatres being the cheap/worse seats, and many other phrases people make up including peanuts/peanut shells are meant to mock the poor people - like in the greatest showman lol); so the enforcers are the “peanut patrol” because they patrol the peanuts (poor people/zaunites)

[@Hawkido]

Isha was a child laborer for Chross, her hat is the same shape of Chross's goons. It was also Chross's goon that were rounding up their laborers after some off screen chaos presumably caused by Margot as there was a standoff between their goons, and Margot mentions it at the trio of chembarons meeting.

[@TeamLunacyReal]

I thought she was wearing teemos hat?

[@Hawkido]

@@TeamLunacyReal We see children's books and Games featuring Teemo in the arcade. Teemo is a notable figure, (probably more of a legend to most as yordles are not that common, and Teemo is stealthy). The girl probably decorated her hat in Teemo fashion. But now she is meeting a real-life contemporary legend. Jinx will become her new idol.

[@Hawkido]

@@TeamLunacyReal Would really be funny if it WAS Teemo wearing a glamour. (I don't believe that as Teemo didn't use glamours in Lore, but the Donger did)

[@-B-HuynhTriNguyen]

teemos mushrooms are related to zaun somewhere in the past if I remember correctly

[@Hawkido]

@@-B-HuynhTriNguyen I am sooo ready for Teemo to show up, but probably not in Arcane, perhaps when the do a Yordle season.

[@petazedrok]

Necrit is taking inspiration from TB Skyen with these long videos :D

[@evansingh]

All I want is for Viktor to build Blitzcrank. It’s probably not gonna happen though. There’s still hope for Zac or Ziggs to show up

[@EmoryNester]

Jinx's lil homie is either Ziggs or Teemo...When she saved Jinx the way she holds Vi at gunpoint is way to tactical for a child. Plus all the Teemo Easter egg they have to be preparing us for something..

[@Edujs23]

Legends of Runeterra made Ziggs related to Shurima rather than Zaun i believe

[@kushinasonlypans]

@@Edujs23 Zaun was Ancient Shurima in the past

[@alphaca66]

Im really mad that zeri doesn't appear They introduce new characters that add almost nothing like maddie but they can't add zeri that is very important to all the story

[@morokal]

@@alphaca66 Zeri is not important.

[@warhorseman8680]

You missed to mention. When the Enforcers show up to try and capture Jinx on episode 2, the Grey takes the shape of Fiddlesticks' face BECAUSE Jinx is afraid.

[@vovabars1234]

1:36:59 A fun tidbit is that the noxian salute seems to be a reference to Mordekaiser's W ability in LoL

[@FSUMercerian]

Which makes sense Morde has a lot of ties to Noxus.

[@ItsJustKaya]

​@@FSUMercerianbasically built noxus big castle thing. Godfather of noxus, before noxus??

[@80AM.]

@@FSUMercerian he IS the tie. champions have ties to him, he ties to no one.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

He reunited the Noxi tribes through conquest, for me he is like Julius Caesar, after his death the Roman Empire began, but in theory he was the first emperor.

[@ronie_6]

Such an incredible video Necrit! So many details, thank you so much for easing the wait every week with your incredible content!

[@aPhatPhoenix]

1:31:47 I know Caitlyn doesn’t think she would miss, but it’s possible to not miss and still hit isha, collateral damage since isha’s head was on the other side of jinx’s

[@Ahri--]

Not gonna lie, I would watch another hour and a half of explanation. I've never been interested in league lore before getting to know your channel and arcane gave me the push to be interested. Nice job, nice video and nice voiceover. Overall a great work! Keep it up

[@deadxsoldier8810]

technically 1:26:57 Misha's head was behind jinx (altho 1:27:11 kinda looks different from the shot/wide angle ) so it would be a double kill

[@mrhedgehog5493]

Yeah, it pretty clear that Cait was going to kill both of them.

[@waydromeda]

Since Fortiche is a french animation studio the Lobster on the bottle at 18:10 could be a reference to a famous brand of alcohol in france with a lobster on its label, called Duhomard. Also i do think Cait would have killed Jinx and Isha at the end as her shot are really penetrating and both their heads are aligned so i do think she would have killed them both and she might not have taken this into account because of her blindness rage against Jinx.

[@karamalmolki]

@Necrit I think it's the other way around. I think Mel's Ability saved her mother's life, because right after glowing in the womb her mother comes back to consciousness. The same happened with Jinx's rocket. Mel Glows and people are saved ;)

[@Dani2000T]

OMG I REALLY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, IT´S IMPRESSIVE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND WORK YOU PUT INTO THEM, THANK!

[@tossitupman]

I wish the father of Caitlin played a bigger role in her grief rather than just, "it's your legacy, go forth"

[@joshuafischer684]

Caitlyn's father is always shown to be an unassertive man. He's subservient to his wife, presumably because he married into the Kiramann family. In Cait's flashback, he's only briefly shown in the background showing off a rifle (coincidentally the only time he's seen happy). In S1E8, he stitches Caitlyn up but does not contribute to the conversation between her and Cassandra. He obviously cares for Caitlyn, but is not a very strong person.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

He is the kind of father who is your friend and is kind of funny, but when there are problems calls mom and doesn't know how to tolerate pressure.

[@NIDHOGG_99]

"Better ask mom"

[@peterg.j.macpherson2451]

"Me? Join the Peanut Patrol?" the Peanut Patrol is just a nickname the Zaunites have for the Enforcers, it's also slang used to refer to police officers in some regions.

[@rafaelpazosjacob2416]

In Brazil, calling someone a banana is the same to call them a clown

[@SpawnofOlympus]

Thank you for the long video!! It gives me something to listen to and watch! I also learn while enjoying the learning. Ahahha. Much appreciated 🌸💗

[@KrisKrisKrissy]

I call bullshit on "Issha wasn't in danger." Even if Caitlyn landed that perfect headshot on Jinx, Issha's head was right on the other side. She would have killed them both. She just didn't care.

[@terrablaze3387]

Nah, Caitlyn had a clean shot.

[@yuwi1783]

@@terrablaze3387 Yeah, clean shot on Jinx's head and then the bullet would pierce through Isha's head, unless you think that the bullet fired with Hextech technolgy would just magically stop at Jinx's head

[@loganswalk8621]

49:22 I actually think the head in the cloud is a reference to Fiddlesticks since many in Zaun fear the grey and Fiddlesticks is a demon of fear it’s a clever way of showing just how much people the choking smog that is the grey.

[@st3ff480]

9:17 pretty sure these sigils were used in the point and click Ornn game from a few months ago. THey appeared on the bookshelf puzzles

[@cynthiapucheanu34]

Wow this was so much work, thank you! Please explain it thoroughly like this, love it

[@Sotyka94]

Mel's back "tattoo" and the circle on the floor tells me it's more like a "Locket of the iron Solari" situation, rather than a Kindred ult.

[@Ivura895]

I appreciate the dedication to the craft, great background for my homework! ❤️

[@Maxell_0]

For some reason you're the channel i catch videos in less than a minute after upload. Nice recommendations :)

[@brownie-cx4dq]

Don't be more brief, we love the in depths stuff! In my opinion you can talk even more about the details xD

[@sandwick4147]

I’d like to share my theory on how the void and the wild arcane are connected To start, the idea that shimmer is made with the void I think makes a lot of sense, that can support why it’s so addictive, the void wants to spread, so once it’s in you it can almost take control of you, ofc this was toned back so it can be more of a drug. We also see organs being used to make shimmer in the first few episodes of season 1 which when shown, a kinda monstrous screeching sound is played, could just be for ambience but I imagine it isn’t. Also a big factor of course, it’s purple. Next, the organic look of the wild runes, it looks very very similar to the look of the void, and while I did wonder how that look got in the hexgate, I think the answer is this: we saw viktor coughing up blood there, and we know the hexgates have transported a lot of shimmer, who isn’t to say that effected them in so,e way? Now when it comes to viktor and the hexcore, I imagine once they were fused, the hexcore used sky as a way to get viktor to spread it across different people, leading it to those with shimmer (as necrit said) and I think the reason that the people he helps don’t look purple like him, is due to the arcane mixing with the void, it gives it a golden look. It could also be a reference to kintsugi, which is when people use gold to fix the cracks of broken pottery, to highlight its flaws in a beautiful way. Sorry if this is confusing I kinda just threw my thoughts onto this.

[@hieutran-24]

Could it possibly that the thing Ambessa stole from The Black Rose tie to the golden armaments on Mel's body? If we rule out Kindred's involvement in Jinx's attack at the beginning, Mel's armaments possibly create a barrier to protect her and Jayce which explains the golden line in the first frame you mentioned and it explains the detail you mentioned with Mel's armaments glow as she got kinapped by LeBlanc's spell. As we know Mel never want to deploy Hextech weapons, LeBlanc has no reason to kidnap her besides getting revenge for Ambessa killing one of her underlings than to retrieve LeBlanc missing "thing" which is Mel's armaments. We never actually see Mel's whole armaments, there could be some runes applied somewhere in it.

[@Shiby23]

i didn't realzie this was 1.5 hours. holy fuggggggg. I was expecting a banger sir, but i understand why this took a few more days than 2 or so. we're 2 days away from the next act. I wish the 5 people i watch arcane reaction videos of put time into watching your lore videos. I know it might break their perception of the show but i love knowing all these easter eggs if you wanna call them.

[@avg.player]

7:57 It's the great family of General Motors of course

[@isabellalopez6724]

I think caitlyn had the shot, my worry was if the hextech bullet would stop at Jinx. Isha's head was on the other side of Jinx's, if the bullet went through Jinx, it still has the possibility of hitting Isha. Also there's the possibility of if Jinx had died, I worry if that would ignite the cycle of hatred all over again, with Isha. Jinx looked so tired and ready to die, this act she seems to be going between giving up on everything and trying to find something else to "fix" or to try and be useful for. I wonder if she will find her new purpose by helping Sevika and Isha. Its sadly ironic how much she wants to make connections with people but knows that she's dangerous, so it feels like she is purposely trying to push away Isha and make her acts of giving Sevika her gift as "not a big deal". I think Vi did the right thing, I also think she was ready to let caitlyn take the shot like she said, but obviously the child wasn't something she could predict. So I think stopping her was the right choice for Vi, even though Caitlyn is angry and sees it as a betrayal, I hope she comes around to seeing that Vi just didn't want that blood on Caitlyn's hands if things do go wrong. Vi has given up a lot, including some of her personal morals just to help Caitlyn.

[@kseniap5078]

100% agree with you. Word to word.

[@7hkey]

Thank you for enriching Arcane with all the the lore that non-players couldn't know. Also I love long videos, that's why I watch youtube and not Tik Tok!