Time To say Goodbye... | Arcane 2x09 Reaction

[@J.montez20]

There was actually a few scenes left out in this finale. One being that Ekko showed Jinx the vigil/mural that he made in the firelights hideout and telling her that there was a GOOD version of her in an alternate timeline. Ekko truly was the boy savior in the end

[@psy_99]

Jinx seeing the mural is in the "jinx fixes everything" game on the league of legends client. It shows her making her new gun at the hideout

[@demopem]

I don't think Mel controlled the bullet that killed Maddie. She put up a shield "bubble" and it just bounced around in it.

[@WolfODonnelfan]

Less that she 'controlled' the bullet and more that by putting the shield to surround Maddie the bullet would ricochet to kill Maddie eventually, she trapped her.

[@dwnkaomwn3953]

All the same, Mel saved Caitlyn's life. I doubt anyone is going to lose sleep over the accidental killing of an enemy spy.

[@sqxbarto9229]

@@dwnkaomwn3953 It wasn't accidental. She is an empath, so she saw the real Maddie (the quick image of her smiling) so she made the bullet only kill Maddie.

[@frozenfirebat]

They added a lot of blink and you miss it moments. In the explosion that Jinx blows up with vander, you can see a pink bolt shoot off towards one of the walls. Then when Caitlyn is going over the records of the hexgate, it shows there were tunnels leading out of the hexgates. And at the end, you see a flying ship sail off, which is something Powder said she always wanted to go on when she was little. But my favorite is that during the memorial where everybody is burning scraps of paper, you can see a girl from an overhead shot that looks just like alternate universe powder. And if you pay close attention to the montage of ekko and jinx building the time machine, a split screen separates powder and ekko as if they were actually working on it at different times (like powder recreating the device after ekko left) and deceiver is the nickname of one of League's characters called LeBlanc... Who is a huge part of the story of Noxus. Same with the 3 eyed crows, which are powers related to another League character and leader of Noxus, Swain.

[@cristiancesargomes8864]

It's exciting to realize that Jinx tried to kill herself with the explosion, thinking that Ekko was one of the hallucinations, but when she realized it was really him, she tried to jump so as not to hurt him

[@quickie17]

@@cristiancesargomes8864 bro I dunno if exciting is the right word here

[@WolfODonnelfan]

@@quickie17 I would use the word exciting. Why wouldn't you?

[@budoshi-f2l]

@@WolfODonnelfan i would use interesting ,but hey why not i guess.

[@quickie17]

@@WolfODonnelfan suicide....

[@illustrated__man]

There are quite a few hints towards the end that Jinx is alive - and that she took the opportunity to do what "Silco" talked about.. walking away. One.. the shimmery reddish flash heading away from the explosion - two, Caitlyn examining the ventilation system of the area that Jinx "died" in.. they found the bomb fragments, but not any bodily remains apparently... and finally: in the very first episode Powder said that one day she'd fly in one of those blimp ships.. and a blimp heading away for parts unknown just happens to be the very last shot of the series. Hopefully we'll have that theory validated one day.

[@sqxbarto9229]

And "The End" was written in her style too :)

[@JohanaUhtreddottir]

A theory until confirmed in-world in a future series. Hope you're right 👍

[@christianschmid1440]

There is actually a pretty cool interpretation why Ekko was able to fight it: Viktor shows everyone a perfect, pieceful world (that's when the eyes turn yellow). Ekko saw his perfect world already in the alternate timeline, so he is much harder to control.

[@moritzmolle6609]

And there I thought he just dodged it. At first he was unconcious and then Jinx dodged one once, so there weren't enough tendrils left in that moment blahblah. But I like this interpretation with the AU very much!

[@Etticos.]

Jinx 100% is alive. When her bomb goes off you see a pink lightning streak shoot away from it, it shows Caitlin examining the tunnels where she fell because they never recovered her body, and the last shot of the show is the same exact airship Powder said she would “ride one day” with her first line of season 1 episode one + the Jinx font “The End” text right after. The creators are very deliberate with their details. There is no shot they would include all that if she was really dead.

[@TheBleZZt]

its likely but its not officially confirmed

[@BlinksTehShit]

@@TheBleZZt No but when the writers were asked by it(they confirmed heimer was alive because they felt they didn't fully expand on that and tbh they didnt lol), but when asked about jinx they said to "figure it out" implying you can (this wasn't a response to any other character). So while it's not confirmed, it's all BUT confirmed she's alive tbf.

[@Etticos.]

@ doesn’t really need to be confirmed. If you pay attention and analyze how the writers of the show have included details and built their arcs, it’s pretty obvious. Doesn’t really need to be spelt out with a confirmation. This isn’t like film where details can be overlooked or even accidental. This is animation where every detail is included intentionally frame by frame. The writers of this show have an absurd level of attention to detail while also using quiet details to add more context to their story. The fact they included all three of these details is confirmation enough to me. Jinx misunderstands the Silco hallucination at first and thinks she has to die to break the cycle. Echo stops her. Then Vi almost dies and for moment Jinx slides back into the suicidal ideation in order to save her. Then Jinx realizes she doesn’t need to die to break the cycle but can just leave, like Vi originally suggested in season one episode eight. She had to defeat Vander first, and she also thinks Vi won’t be able to be truly happy if she is still around, but when she came in with the fireflies to save the day she realized she can actually do good in the world and isn’t just a force for destruction.

[@JohanaUhtreddottir]

​@@Etticos.Once again, Not Confirmed tho. Sure you can come up with all the reasons in the world to justify it. But until it's confirmed in-world it's still just a theory. Don't get me wrong, would love her to be alive. But what we know for sure and what we believe are two entirely different things. We saw a potential death scene, whatever we theorize after that is just what we choose to read into.

[@k2kiddy942]

Could you give me (us) the article(s) that talk about Heimerdinger still alive? I can't seem to find it (them) ​@@BlinksTehShit

[@quickie17]

Its been confirmed that Maddie is from Noxus, shes been an Ambessa plant from the start. In regards to the " devicer" that would be Leblanc , one of the 3 powers of noxus, shes like thousands of years old, and nobody really knows what she looks like she has been appearing in the lore manipulating things behind the scenes for years. Its strongly hinted that the next show will be heavily focused on Noxus. With Mel going back after inheriting her mums forces. Leblanc being kinda shown. That raven at the end is from the high general of noxus too

[@WolfODonnelfan]

I'm looking forward to the Noxus show just to see Darius myself :3

[@MrNegron]

I’m glad you feel better, keep up the good work. Happy New Year.

[@SleepySloth2705]

29:09 the raven belongs to another LoL champion named Jericho Swain, who is the ruler of the nation of Noxus(where Mel and Ambessa are from) and is a practitioner of demon magic. His ravens are magical extensions of himself

[@cristiancesargomes8864]

you can see a single pink ray escaping from the explosion of jinx and vander at the end people think that jinx is on the ship left if piltove/zaun to break the cycle as silco said

[@KurisuEUW]

There is no prize to perfection, only and end to pursuit

[@kylebooker1987]

bullshit. there's no such thing as perfection. if u think ur perfect u are engaging in a illusion. viktor wasn't seeking perfection. he was seeking to enhance others not perfect them. " I am more than I ever was." Viktor said that in ep 9. He never said he was perfect. only that he was more capable than before in every way. he was simply aknowledging the improvement he had achieved.

[@KurisuEUW]

@kylebooker1987 not really sure what youre trying to say here pal. Im literally quoting viktor after he realises that his desire for the perfect world without pain wasnt possible as it wasnt life, it was just 'dreamless solitude' hes saying that perfection itself isnt the end goal. Its in the journey to improve where the real goal lies. I think its a beautiful quote. A quote from the viktor who had seen countless timelines and realised the true meaning of everything.

[@kylebooker1987]

@@KurisuEUW Nah that viktor u speak of was framed as someone who valued improvement rather than perfection. But what it wasn't improvement he was promoting. It was the acceptance of mediocrity that was the core of his message. It was just real subtle and hidden. OUR viktor prized improvement not perfection. And I guess another good synonym fro improvement would be greatness. That's all OUR viktor sought for both himself and everyone in the world. That's what I was trying to convey but i'm not always as comprehensive as I'd like to be when communicating with others. Sorry about that dude.

[@evilwelshman]

Regarding Maddie, it's been sorta foreshadowed somewhat. Firstly, back when Caitlyn was leading her strike team down in the Undercity, hunting Jinx, Salo briefly mentioned that all he was able to do to spend his day is to waiting for updates on Caitlyn's progress; which would mean someone within the strike team was leaking information to Ambessa and Salo. Likewise, when Vi and Caitlyn were arguing in Episode 8, Maddie could be seen eavesdropping on the conversation. While we might initially assume she was being jealous and wanting to find out about their relationship, that wasn't what the conversation turned out to be about. Instead, Vi and Caitlyn were talking about Jinx; with Maddie trying to work out whether Jinx was still in play.

[@CloroxBleach-rq3me]

9:33 to 11:30 was the most ADHD-ass stream of consciousnesses I've seen in one of these reactions lmao 17:07 - 'She died? Dammmmmn, that's crazy. Anyways.' love it. 23:13 - Put it on the *cat's* life??? I believe it. 30:35 - WokeProductions out here motivating the masses Ekko was mvp, viktor was buggin out, vi was kind of braindead for staying on that beam, this season was awesome Very good reaction!!!

[@WolfODonnelfan]

No shit that Viktor was bugging out, that usually happens when you give up on your humanity (Spirit-Sky is imo a representation of Viktor's emotions).

[@Kalakeiko]

+ Heimerdinger, Jayce and Viktor at the end. Viktor was the one who gave Jayce the acceleration rune that made it possible for Ekko and Heimerdinger to make the time manipulation device and Viktor and Jayce destroyed the anomaly. And to be fair, Viktor wanted to help people just like he wanted from the very start. His goal was to heal people and making a peaceful, warless and painless existence for humanity possible and it wasn't until Jayce almost killed him instead of trying to talk to him, that he came to the realisation that humanity will always be doomed by their emotions and that war, greed and suffering will never end because of that (not blaming Jayce here btw, they were both corrupted by the Hexcore).

[@Kalakeiko]

​@WolfODonnelfan Yeah, and Viktor was also most likely corrupted by the Hexcore, considering how he was literally connected to it after the explosion at the council and how his eye colour and personality changed after he woke up from his coma. Though, he did keep some of his humanity even after his transformation. He still held onto the blanked that Jayce gave him when he left, even in his Herald and godlike form, he was still glad to see Jayce when they met again and ultimately came to regret the evolution, even if his motivation was to help people and to give them better lives.

[@Jdon2121]

10:20 that’s actually not a bad idea but you gotta remember that ambessa still had those tailsmen on her arm. They probably would have deflected the bullet anyways. That bullet ricochet scene was still hype asf tho😭 Edit : I think that Jinx is alive ( I’m sniffing on pure copium)

[@psy_99]

The talisman is speculated to be "kaenic rookern" an item in the game that gives you resistance to magic damage. It only really works against hextech and arcane attacks since we see Caitlyn's bullet still graze her face. It just lessens the impact of the hextech powered bullet. Maddie's gun isn't powered by hextech so it should go through but I doubt Mel intentionally meant the trajectory of the bullet to begin with. She just made a spherical barrier around Maddie and eventually it'll hit her. There's isn't much thought behind it.

[@rockerctereo2851]

Thanks for the reactions

[@werock2785]

The current running theory about that magicians identity is that she is a person called LeBlanc, the leader of the Black Rose.

[@evilwelshman]

3:15 Regarding the possibility that there are many other League of Legends characters that they haven't touched on yet..... Hoo boy, that's not even the half of it. There are currently, *_169_* playable champions in the game. Riot has been busy, the universe is vast, and they have their work cut out for them if they wanna cover as many of those characters as they can. 😁😁

[@auric180]

Agree, love the Jackal series too. Haven’t seen anyone react to that show unfortunately. And I believe you’ve thought of Victor was the one. Suggestion if u don’t want to say it out live. Record and timestamp a video of it behind the scene. 🙇🏻‍♂️

[@Kaiserr15]

It was confirmed that ekko and jinx talked about the other world ekko went to and bonded over it about a hour jinx and ekko bonding something intimate was supposed to happen between them as well along with them painting eachother but they said it was too long and cut it all out

[@firecat4529]

5:25 Apparently their conversation was longer but got cut due to time. In an art book we see them both having painted each other which we might have seen in that scene as well.

[@kylebooker1987]

15:39 it's not about one individual subverting the will of others but instead others choosing to prioritize people in general rather than only specific individuals. It's a concept that entails choosing to embrace selflessness. Something that i'm sure is quite a foreign and incomprehensible idea to u.

[@LordHaragnok]

? You know her personally or smth bc that was a crazy personal attack out of nowhere with no evidence

[@cmm0120]

Man, i just wish someday they at least give us like some idea of what season 2 was gonna be before all the changes, like watch S1 again , its so obvious that was not Viktor, Also is so sad that Vi character has absolutely no dept whatsoever, like she lived all her childhood and young adulthood through Jinx, and now she will live al her life through Caitlyn

[@michaelgodwin6519]

I know it comes off cynical, but I love how emotional you get with the sad moments, but it’s refreshing to know that I’m not the only one 😅

[@psy_99]

Ekko going too far back doesn't damage him but everyone else around him. Thats why heimerdinger's head popped while he was fine. They consider it a season finale since it's the end of the story between Piltover and Zaun. The next story will be taking place somewhere else. It'll be weird to still call it Arcane when it's no longer gonna be the macguffin of the story. Keep in mind that the world of league of legends is pretty big and Piltover and Zaun is one of the smaller nations.

[@saedo9723]

the main characters stories are over, Vi, Jinx, Caitlin, Victor, Jayce, Piltover, Zaun. so yea, series finale. spinoffs are in other locations with other characters. maybe some crossover...

[@garzaaaa.j]

Already confirmed that there will be spin offs for certain arcane characters, jinx likely being one of them

[@patriziosailor]

@3:38 No, it's royal and the serpent

[@moritzmolle6609]

It's a so very devastating song.

[@zackwilcox3183]

Low-key the - Viktor was the mage at the start - angle was dumb , felt very ret con like. As someone who plays the game, the mage at the start showed various things that clearly painted him as Ryze (another in game character). Sure it could be argued to be a misdirection but like no.. the mage at the start having the world runes , casting exactly Ryzes ult , teleport , I may be incorrect in this and misremembering but I could have sworn we got a heavily shrouded face shown and beard shown which we know is Ryze; by shape and everything they just decided to give Viktor a beard to fix tht.

[@WolfODonnelfan]

No it didn't, I rewatched season 1 and the mage is too featureless to be determined, the only reason one could think it was Ryze was because Viktor and Ryze have similar bodystructure. You are breathing in that copium heavily huh?

[@zackwilcox3183]

@WolfODonnelfan I'm not going to go further than this reply but the world stones , the tribal esk tattoos on his fingers when first shown then later I believe gone on Viktor as a old mage, the clear teleport spell to place jayce and his mother in piltover. It's more than similar height person and in robes , all good to disagree but let's not be silly "copium". Again agree or disagree that's all good but let's not bring league toxicity here lmao. Edit: Yeah re-watching the scene of kid jayce meeting the mage for the first time it's painfully obvious the differences , there is a beard and partial face highlighted by the magic being cast, the motions of casting are wide and feel Ryze coded imo , Viktor mostly stands still when doing anything. In this scene the mage has long nails , Viktor in his scene with jayce in the other dimension or timeline what have you does not. Perhaps the above are editorial mistakes ? But to reply with the "copium", "the only reason ... Have similar body structure" are wild takes.

[@Kalakeiko]

​@@zackwilcox3183My guess is that Viktor knew of the blizzard and what happened to Jayce and his mother and ended up replacing the mage in the other timelines and gave him different runes each time until one of them made a difference, which ended up being the acceleration rune that made it possible for Ekko and Heimerdinger to make the time manipulation device and gave Jayce the chance to reach out to Viktor again.

[@zackwilcox3183]

@Kalakeiko see now this is a reasonable reply , yeah I agree with ya. Personally for me I am still not the biggest fan of that conclusion and did personally think it was dumb and an after thought or not thought out enough. I could be entirely wrong in however it went down in the creation of the story ofc but imo it felt like a ret con and I didn't enjoy it personally. I'd like to be clear as well I enjoy this channel and wasn't trying to sound like I was agreeing with the reaction as being a dumb idea / theory to "Viktor is the mage at the start" but that imo that was a dumb resolution to that whole thing.

[@AniMageNeBy]

11:27 True. You are.

[@cw1345]

I feel that Maddie was a spy from the very beginning.

[@rockerctereo2851]

What a show ,1 & 2❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MatzaMoney]

You think that little firework could kill Warwick? That's cute haha

[@NickyTannock]

There are currently 169 League of Legends champions. So, there is a lot of potential for spinoff shows.

[@sqxbarto9229]

Noxus, Ionia, and Demacia (and I think they mention Bilgewater too later) for the next spinoff locations. People theorize that Jinx could be headed to Demacia or Bilgewater. Maybe we will get a cameo or mention or something in the future.

[@shinra358]

since you didnt catch any of the secrets, you should review the video that reveals all the secrets within the show.

[@Alesana-dz1hi]

Yep 🥹🥹🥹

[@rockerctereo2851]

Sounds like your describing JFK Magic Bullet Sis.

[@mitchb24]

Where is Blue lock?

[@ike0072]

One of the most disinterested interesting reactors I've seen. doing great.

[@CloverKyng]

Episode was mid

[@kylebooker1987]

15:30 U assume that a hivemind is inherently deceptive and manipulative. In star wars legends, there was an insectoid species known as the killiks who shared a hivemind. Members of other species were welcome to join the hivemind as well if they wished to do so. The killiks had flaws if im not mistaken but those flaws were never intentional nor malevolent. The concept of a hivemind isn't inherently evil. So please stop acting as if it is.

[@Edvkak]

Are you reacting to DAY OF THE JACKAL? I finished it in one go, sooo good. No one's reacting to it tho.

[@lizardkirby1196]

DAMN!! this episode was outstandingly great! And 11:54 jinx looks IS OUTRAGEOUSLY FIRE !! ( and she is most likely became my most favorite cool female character , next to ruby rose from rwby ) And 9:23 maddie death was nice 👍! And the death of vander , isha , jayce and viktor was so BEAUTIFUL AND SAD at the same time!😔 and most of all, so is jinx 😢 . I wanted her to live , most of all , she was a cool and a great character! I'll miss her .😭 But overall this show is most certainly one of my favorite! And this ending was good imo.

[@JADTO]

Jinx lives

[@moritzmolle6609]

About "this is it"? Yes, there's still much open, but from a character perspective it's really done. The sisters and the hexbros. That's the story. The Jinx blowup at the end might seem a litthe short, but there's all the full circles in there: It began with Powder harming everyone trying to help. Now she tries to help and actually succeeds. But now she takes herself out instead of those she's trying to help. Also, there's the "Powder/Jinx falls and Vi catches her" again, just as in E1 on the roof. There are actually parallel shots: When Vi holds Warwicks face, Jinx looks down on her worriedly. That is a parallel to Powder looking down the roof in E1. It's the exact same shot. So she gets her redemtion. She goes from "not a fighter" to very much a fighter. She goes from jinxing everything to helping out her sister. She goes from needing protection to giving protection and she goes from being helped up on the roof (after the jump) to deciding to let go and fall. It's kind of the fullest circle I've ever seen ;)

[@garzaaaa.j]

shes alive tho

[@lixydead3665]

i believe the new show would be about noxus with everything around their moral codes why they act like that,hints for the older histroical events or full out a story from the stablishment of noxus comes from the black rose

[@lixydead3665]

Ummm was the one who commented a bot? Their @ was((@T.elegra.m with the name of this channel)) if that was you,i would apologize but it looked suspicious,i thought the comment came from bot

[@TamNguyen-zs3gc]

Jinx's death is just a fraud. U will soon see Jinx at the next Ss 😉😉

[@nachoolxs3906]

viva chileee

[@zeusofolimpus3559]

oh you say about latin texas

[@ilikeknives1000]

@29:54 .... most don't like to admit our tech has outpaced our evolutionary responses to certain things and we are still just barely out of the caves so to speak in the grand scheme our tribes are now unfathomably big to the point we will never meet half of them except online

[@Thunderworks]

This season 2 is a fvcking masterpiece, just like season 1.

[@CroncX6969]

Upload blue lock pls

[@thetotality7257]

In case you missed it. The Noxians honored Isha by giving her a warrior's Tombstone.

[@quickie17]

Wait I definitely missed that

[@Reaperherpderp]

No they didnt

[@thetotality7257]

@@Reaperherpderp ep 8. Ambessa standing on Rictus grave is one of easiest scene to see Isha's grave.

[@thetotality7257]

@@quickie17 ep 8 look for the tombstone scenes and find her hat.

[@demopem]

I just watched it, and I just see two other anonymous graves with Noxian spears on them. I don't see anything indicating that one of them would be Isha's.

[@agentofchaos7456]

29:54 It honestly feels like you are talking about the genocide in Gaza and how it parallels the Holocaust.

[@vazthianFTW]

Ambessa is the hero of the story

[@RicardoKoei]

I still cant believe that jayce left mel for his hex-boyfriend😂

[@christianschmid1440]

bros before empathic witches? 🤷🏻‍♀