Two of the CRAZIEST Side Quests?! | ARCANE Season 2 Episode 7 "Pretend Like It's The First Time"

[@ANGELINAA]

the chemistry though?!!?!?!?!?!??!

[@Luca_Talis]

I made a whole TikTok acc just to make their edits with no clue on how to whatsoever I love them together sm 💙♾️💚

[@kuivia]

Powders nail color in the party scene though :( I want that universe to be the real universe so damn bad it breaks my heart man

[@TONEKN]

What is the account nameeeeeeeeee​@@Luca_Talis

[@kristhomas4039]

you probably wont see this but I'd really appreciate if you could react to Ninja Assassin as your next movie reaction

[@saltator8565]

Ekko was in a slice of life anime, while Jayce was tryna speedrun Dark Souls

[@Bejeh3]

The whole franchise

[@Nyx__]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@tjarkschweizer]

The dark souls comparison works oddly well. A lone champion, a fallen world, comically oversized weapon, a prophecy.

[@ANGELINAA]

😂😂😂

[@handofdagoth3233]

More like Silent Hill lol

[@DanGamingFan2406]

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

[@samuelavetisyan1062]

our Jinx never experience's happiness so sad

[@HaryadFr]

guys she didn't die she escaped through the sewers we can see a scene at the end were there is a blimp as a reference to s1 ep1 where jinx said that she would ride one of those

[@Scaryanimall]

@@HaryadFr Theres also a shimmer trail leading away from the explosion when it goes off

[@-drey-202]

Actually one of the saddest for me 😢

[@alastorcorvus]

It hurt Ina good way... And then I read the lyrics of the song... I'm in fucking shambles.

[@slesh3752]

"I had a crush… until you started talking to the gun." - Ekko in game

[@MAGGNOT_]

"Powder... I.. miss you so much"

[@1wayroad935]

Jayce saw Vi die in his workshop and decided not to pursue Hextech. On top of that, Powder kept all the fragments to make sure no one else ever does.

[@renzre2254]

Not to mention what the council decided to do to punish him, and what he was about to do before Viktor stopped him

[@denestasinalis]

Pretty sure Jayce is in a jail cell in that universe.

[@bouboulroz]

​@@denestasinalisthat or he went through with his original plan of ending things.

[@japercefull]

@@bouboulroz Jayce-paste

[@sVieira151]

I wonder if Powder will start to use hextech now she has all the blueprints and science 🤔

[@ploidz]

That carrying the cross reference! Everyone was so mad at Jayce last week.

[@cryptidian3530]

I wasn't, lol. Viktor was acting all mighty and holier than thou.

[@kingjames6948]

I honestly didn't see any difference in Victor until AFTER Jayce shot him and he said " I understand the problem is human emotions" so he started becoming more robot. Kinda like a self fulfilling prophecy

[@Crownos619]

​@@kingjames6948it still makes sense for jayce to do what he did as victor was already under attack and would have died sooner or later and would still come to the same conclusion but with more than a thousand followers so jayce actually minimised the casualties

[@kingjames6948]

@@Crownos619 yea, I see your point but I believe it was supposed to happen because of jayce.

[@KennaBoBemma]

Bro after Jayce came outta the Hexgates looking like he just walked through a horror film, I KNEW something had happened to make him want to kill Viktor. But no one really gave him the chance to explain before blowing up at him. (P.S. I do think Jayce is SORTA at fault for all this happening in the first place, but he's also the one trying to right his wrongs, soooooo....🤷)

[@yuucassy]

These cuts to our boy Jayce fighting for his life were crazy lol😭 Also, Ekko is the goat of this show!

[@cryptidian3530]

He is also one of the main catalysts of the plot. Him and Powder. He gave them the tip on the hextech crystals back in episode 1, then saved everyone in the final episode.

[@OompaLoompa211]

My boy Ekko really had HIS perfect world. His mates were alive, he fell in love with Powder, the air was clean. No hextech. Dude left it all behind to come back to a completely fucked world in order to save it.

[@macxgames]

Ekko came back to truly claim the Boy Savior title

[@ANGELINAA]

that’s why we love him

[@Pro13Sab]

Unlike Heimer who conveniantly chose to stay in the happy place, despite he doesn't belong there. Not only he is not coming back to help his people from his own timeline, but he steals the identity and the life of himself in this universe

[@JeAlGoGu300]

​@@Pro13SabHe died/disapeared. He sacrificed himself so Ekko could go back. He didn't stay.

[@Pro13Sab]

@@JeAlGoGu300 But both ekkos lived. I mean if Ekko came back to his previous self in that universe, so it would happen with Heimer if he had left. I didn't catch that he died though, i thought he stayed there to live a peaceful life

[@aaronng413]

This is honestly my favorite episode of the entire season, maybe even the whole show.

[@Kenobeno]

Fully agree.

[@breadnyan4930]

That's understandable

[@tyresepitts7594]

In every universe Ekko falls for powder but in the og universe, it doesn't end well

[@EternalDensity]

I understood that reference!

[@ulisesmontoya9366]

Finally someone who realizes that Jayce is more of a hero than a villain.

[@LEP021085]

The hero they needed, not the one they deserve

[@Ver_Cae]

Fr, I get it we all love Viktor but goddamn some reactions are just unwatchable because they hate on Jayce constantly. Like think, people, THINK, Viktor isn´t the same guy he was in S1

[@nyorel]

Cool detail that when Ekko asks "Doesn't he try to kill you?" the one who answers about forgiveness is Silco because they both believe that he is referring to when Vander tried to kill Silco in that lake and not to the event that killed Vander that never happened here because Silco found the letter.

[@blove88]

This episode was both blissful and bittersweet at the same time

[@justjuniorjaw]

And 8 + 9 is just bittersweet to the end

[@thedarkknight2221]

Sadly we all know that Vi would absolutely give her life if it meant that this true utopia was the outcome.

[@silver9wolf6]

Thank you, this is the commentary I've been needing. Vi is my fav character and it's been a little heartbreaking seeing so many comments along the lines of, "Wow, everything is so much better without Vi."

[@LeonardoKlotz]

Powder is so full of life

[@staLkerhu]

Not gonna lie, probably this is why I feel like Episode 9 is the most tragic. Sure the opening was funny in a way, but if you think about it, man, she was just checked out, gone for good...

[@silverfox8920]

Ekko is the true hero of this show in my opinion. He could just live his life in a united city without the entire Zaun/Piltower war. He got Jinx there, Benzo and Vendor alive. Basically the life he ever wanted (well, except Vi) and he works his ass of to build a time machine and go back to his own world and jump into the middle of the war. Where his loved ones already dead and his crush is nuts 😅 *RESPECT*

[@Zombiesnyder13]

This Powder is essentially Spider-Gwen

[@warcatfurever101writeroffanfic]

That’s exactly what I thought when I looked at her. Same fashion style and hair highlight and everything.

[@ur_stonerbf]

crazy how they did that bc Vi’s VA plays spider gwen😂😂

[@Sam-wq9vi]

that’s what I thought when I saw her in the dress in the party!

[@thatonkgau5221]

16:14 Jayce just had his dark knight rises moment he has officially become the Defender of Tomorrow.

[@roidaudley5939]

This episode is the most chill among all of them. I really enjoyed watching this. This is more easily to live after the finale, knowing that there is the universe where everything is okay

[@Selkie_17]

The mini scream at the start is so relatable lmao.

[@_itsjaemi]

To make you feel better... Somewhere in those timeline Ekko and Powder probably raising Isha and live their lives Happily

[@beezyqueen]

the vander/silco happily ever after is a beautiful love story i didn’t know i needed

[@uselesskidd]

THIS SHOW MAN 😭😭 im telling you, this will forever be my favorite series ive ever seen. i can’t wait for the shows they make after :)

[@VortFX]

Do you play LoL? Asking because It's just fun seeing people outside of the game enjoying the universe

[@uselesskidd]

@@VortFXnever played a day in my life lol, i found the show early 2022 and been obsessed ever since. i’ve got BPD and jinx is a character that i so heavily relate to because she is theorized to have it too, and it’s portrayed so well

[@ethansou]

Bro, is that One Piece username? 😭

[@julio1148]

Also note that this alternate reality also never had a second insurrection, so reality is that a united Zaun would have thrived without violence. "No hextech" AND "Vander + Silco" AND "No Chemtech or Shimmer" is what would have lead to the happier timeline Also I THINK (I've been debating about this with people) that Silco did read the letter in this universe, I only say that because his eye does not have any shimmer on it, so he had to have made ammends before he ever would have recruited Singed. Plus his insurrection plan hinged on kidnapping Vander and his kids so I don't think he felt very fond of her by that time (and wanted her dead in S1Act2 after learning that Marcus lied about her death)

[@f1mbultyr]

@@TheFlyingBookworm The first insurrection happened, Vander tried to kill him, then Vander wrote the letter and Silco found the letter BEFORE Silco recruited Singed and started the SECOND insurrection. CAN YOU READ?

[@zellrang]

I think what probably happened is that because of Vi's death after trying to rob a house, people in piltover is more willingly trying to help the people in Zaun so that there would never be another kid who dies the same way... jayce in this world is probably arrested or kicked out due to lethal experiment...

[@135mikerules23]

Hemi was just strumming his banjo waiting for his Ekko to show up for 3 years, one month and 3 days.

[@brachypelmasmith]

that is the time passed between seasons 1 and 2

[@JayIngemar]

I think what brought everyone together in the other universe was the fact that a child died, when Vander was grieving, Silco found it within himself to forgive Vander. They could use Vi's death to a Piltovians invention as levrage which brought the two sides together and mended the schism. They could all rally around the death of Vi and realize the injustices of their different living situations which I find both beautiful and heartbreaking because I love Vi. I am kinda iffy on what I think about the last two episodes but season 2 episode 7 was my favorite of the entire show.

[@Zszeda]

13:51 that song by the Maestro aka Stromae is sooo good… I’m pretty sure you’d love it if you understood French!!

[@ethanmilton7083]

I love the way that in the last episode they make it seem like Jace became a villain, and then after this episode you realize he's the only person standing between the end of the world.

[@tommytommy7535]

gotta be the best song with the best scene of the season.

[@UmamiDeBoi]

acts 1 and 2 had SO many bangers, but i was NOT expecting a folk ballad sung by Heimerdinger to be one of my favorites. That song and entire sequence is so good. This show is peak.

[@kentinson1670]

Vi - dies and Piltover and Zaun unites Seems Powder wasn't the jinx after all

[@vanjazed7021]

It's more because Jayce and Viktor don't make hextech

[@JuanSolo9]

​​@@vanjazed7021 Vi's death served as the catalyst. Either the Council banished Jayce from Piltover for indirectly causing a kid to die, or Viktor deciding against giving Jayce's research a chance because of it (therefore not being there to stop Jayce from offing himself).

[@punz7777]

I am so empty... ep 7 was definitely needed for us to not have a breakdown.... but at the same time it made everything that much more painful.

[@chriscolombie4135]

Damn they really gave us the ekko/ powder ship after so many years

[@lucasferreira7420]

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

[@denzh6980]

Have seen it all today and 7 is my favourite episode... of Season 2

[@flywoodpaperplanes]

Did you know the blue poeony in the pendant Ekko gave Powder symbolizes eternal and unattainable love imma cry now

[@silver9wolf6]

Someone also pointed out that you can see Powder and Ekko's profile in the flower drawing

[@dáinsleif_the_bough_keeper]

I love how this episode Ekko is just playing dating simulator and Jayce just playing Getting Over It with Viktor

[@RomanNumerDos]

Part of me think that it was the letter or Vi dying was the catalysts for Vander and Silco making up.

[@Wraiven22]

A detail I didn’t catch until after is that Victor sent them to these timelines so that they would come back and do what needed to be done to save everyone. Jayce had to see the destruction, Ekko had to remember his love for Powder and create the Z-Drive. Ugh my heart.

[@Reavyn1]

I want a slice of life Arcane show of that timeline. You know, something happy...

[@ThatWeirddogFromArcane]

I’m sure we all do😢

[@rromano158]

Ekko found the shards of the crystal that exploded. If you look closely towards the end of the episode when Powder opens the drawer to put the necklace in, you can see the bag of crystals that she did take.

[@Sinvare]

Alternate Ekko has been trying to turn back time so Vi didn't die. That drove him crazy... Maybe Powder can help move past his craziness... Or there might there might enough stones there to go back in time and save Vi...

[@worldofjacas21]

Jayce fighting to live from the cave resonates when he wanted to die in the first Act of the first season

[@SwordTune]

First Isha's song, then the dance song by Stromae, Arcane has been catering to my particular slice of languages.

[@jayfizzle7483]

Favorite episode of the entire series. TimeBomb forever💚

[@virlinehonore9767]

the dance scene with powder and ekko was so cute 🥰🥰

[@IAmHavok]

Hands down my favorite episode of the series

[@primal1233]

Powder is happy and full of life. I'm happy for her❤️😊

[@hallnall1667]

Powder and Ekko is the best given they've known each since they were small children.

[@ItsErroneous]

I feel like I have compartmentalized this universe as canon in my mind to make up for the pain of act 3 😭

[@Bacolodcity535]

Take note that Heimer was around for 3 years … he was able to fix things in that timeline … with zaum and piltover …

[@ryuu5109]

A cool detail I didn't ser anyone talking about is the fact that powder had more hextech gem fragments, but didn't use them because she realized ekko was not from that timeline and wanted to spend more time with him. At least, this is how I interpreted the scene where she puts the pendant in the drawer.

[@JoelMulumba-bu3fl]

The song which was playing during the ekko and powder 's dance was a New song from stromae and pomme (strome x arcane i can't handle it😭)

[@davidpascuallopez8103]

Powder and Ekko 😍🥰😍

[@nintandao64]

we're only at the intro song and she's already shortcircuiting lmao

[@DavyDave123]

I know I am a month late with this comment. I usually have my kids explain the subtleties of a series because they read a lot and understand literature and plays and movies and series and such way more than me, but they were busy with schools and jobs so I went ahead and watched Arcane on my own without their help. I also finished the series and have watched a lot of reactions and even though I am two episodes ahead of you when you made this video and heard a lot comments on this episode, I really appreciate your interpretation. Thanks for pointing out things I missed the first time I watched it and helping me get more out of my Arcane season 2 experience.

[@boforuff]

The writers popped off with all these mottos and talk about writing ✍🏼 your title for this vid🔥🙌🏼 As I was watching this episode, I kept thinking of the season 1 finale last song with the lyrics “I was meant to be yours, what could have been”😭😭😭You’re the greatest singing the Enemy song🥰You are c👀king⭐️🌙🪐thx🤖🩵🫶🏼⌛️🤍

[@rougemer3533]

Hey, shoutout to Stromae, legendary French (Belge) artist for helping make the song for that dance between Ekko and Powder. Definitely will add it to my playlist!

[@moonman8450]

I knew it sounded familiar

[@Maxisamo1]

How tf did this show manage to make me cry multiple times over a character who was only around for 2 episodes in Season 1?

[@SinematicClips]

its such a huge sacrifice from ekko giving up a life where everything worked out almost perfectly to go back and help his people

[@Gicosaurus]

"Before he ruined everything" I think you meant before he tried to save everything xD

[@Febeean]

WHERE IS MY ARCANE EPISODE 8!!!??? ANGELINAAA you feed us the first 3 in one day, you can't change the pace like this at the end Girl! anxiety is crawling in my skin, like the Linkin Park lyrics. :V

[@tomwilby691]

season 1 episode 7's climax is ekko & jinx's fight on the bridge. season 2 episode 7's climax is their dance & kiss. 😭😭😭

[@BattleAngelFan99]

Get this on your playlist page! Just a reminder. I don't care. I'm watching them all now, so it doesn't matter to me. Ekko telling Vi and crew about "a job" does not make him automatically guilty for what happened. The fact that Jinx doesn't see it this way means she has a couple screws lose in this universe too. Don't get me wrong, I love Jinx as a character. I'm criticizing bad critical thinking skills and pointing out the consequences. Ekko becomes labeled as guilty when he isn't. It's a kind of injustice and these are harmful to the world. They can cascade and escalate. I'm going to go looking for videos explaining what exactly happened in this universe. 12:09 He still has Heimer-guts on him. :D Yeah, the fact that Ekko's "mind" from the "original" universe is hijacking Ekko's body from the alternate universe is disturbing to me. I as a writer would never do that. The universe doesn't have operators connecting minds to bodies that will see a mind and connect it with the corresponding body in this universe, even bumping the existing mind out of the way. It surely doesn't work like that. And it's obviously not right for the Ekko-mind from the alternate universe. I mean what was that mind doing the whole time? Just on pause? Meanwhile the body is still aging? It's just bad, wrong, and icky. This and a few other things in this season lead me to think that this season's writing suffered from a bit of a rush. It's still good, but there's just more one needs to overlook. Things that should have been rethought.

[@rickysolis66]

Anyone know the song from when ekko walks outside before the cut to the bridge and you see jinx on the floor? It goes like "Hold me right now" "To look back And I've disappeared"

[@mikeclarence68]

I feel like this isn’t talked about enough: the bag of gems that jinx kept was literally so she could spend more time with ekko. Had she given the gems to him when he first started the experiments, she wouldn’t have been able to spend nearly as much time with him. This episode is imo the best episode, even after watching ep9. It’s so bittersweet, showing everything that could have gone right in the story and then taking it all back.

[@locochoify]

I hope that you've looked the translation of the lyrics! If not, i really recommend it because they're beautiful, and the song enhances the moment, the sadness of Ekko's crush for Powder that died when she stayed with Silco.

[@colinfraser7150]

That song around 6:45 I think is Bob Dylan "The Times they are A'Changing"

[@jsreid04]

It's worth mentioning that Ekko vs Jinx in season 1 was also episode 7--flawless juxtaposition

[@ianhandsup]

2:13 NO IM NOT **literally crying because I've watched the episode**

[@RJLK0518]

I don't think it's possible to make a perfect piece of media, but this episode comes VERY close.

[@kka337]

Like I saw someone say that Ekko represents the present & living in the moment, so he needed this moment of the past to move forward. Idk if that makes sense 😅

[@notsjae]

if you think about it, Jayce probably didn't end up in the same universe as ekko and heimerdinger because it likely the Jayce in that universe committed suicide. H planned on it season 1, we can only assume that Vi's death in that universe would've pushed him over the edge

[@theodorefigueroa9339]

Small correction. Ekko didn't hate Jinx the most or maybe he did... but he was for sure hurt the worst by her betrayed even... "Betrayal, that pain that feels like it'll eat you from the inside out, can either break you or forge you into something greater..." -Silco Ekko needed this. He needed to see what he was fighting for even if it was unattainable. He needed hope. He may be the boy savior, but he was the one in need of saving here. A truly beautiful character circle. There is a very thin line between love and hate. The theme of season 2. The series honestly could've ended here...This was agonizingly beautiful.

[@daniellaaa24]

From friends to enemies to lovers♥ a triple trope

[@paulalexandredumasseauvan2357]

thank you for a GREAT REACTION! 👍😁

[@muhammedirfans4412]

Ekko chose to leave heaven just to save everyone in his universe . Even though this was the only happy moment in his life

[@rockero1313]

Ekko went to Heaven and Jayce went to Hell oh man, THIS is the Powder Vi wanted to see grown up. to bad she had to die to have her like this 😭😭😭😭

[@XxPanderosxX]

Huge Big up to our duo Stromae and Pomme for this dance musique

[@originzful]

Our boy ekko clutching as always🙏

[@darkgate33]

Angelina you have to listen to that song again with the lyrics!! it is SOO heartbreaking 😭😭😭

[@javelldunn3379]

This is one of my favorite episodes

[@aqelbangi]

My extra large copium is in AU after Main universe Ekko left, the AU powder is finally intrigued to tap into her potential like Vander always told her. She will get herself into hex tech. And probably build one that can travel into Main timeline Ekko Universe because she somewhat got the hint she’s still alive due to Ekko painting. But my schizo copium didn’t stop there. She will switch places with Jinx in main Universe, she will experience a life with Vi, and Jinx will experience a life where both of his fathers are alive, and both of his brothers too are there. It won’t be permanent they will go back to their own universebut but it will be a therapy session/fan service of a spin-off of a season if it exist in the near future 😂. Hey riot 👀 I’m not suggesting anything buttt…

[@griefer1851]

Dude you never knew how everyone has been shipping these two since like 10 years ago or so. As a league fan and I'm sure others who knows too, were waiting for ekko to say that line 😂 "I had a crush, until you started talking to the gun."

[@CyanSkyAnfall]

So this was awesome and beautiful, no doubt about that… but I do have some nitpicks, or rather questions I’m sure someone can answer. In the good alt timeline, Ekko “inhabited” his counterpart self, which makes sense. However Jayce, in the bad alt timeline, didn’t. Probably because his counterpart is dead. But the shouldn’t he have “spawned” where or near his corpse? You could argue he didn’t because his corpse was in a completely different area. However that would mean alt Ekko was right near VIs shrine, which is possible. But it also opens up the question how did Heimerdinger inhabit his counterpart(which I know is just assumed)? Not to mention that they arrived at different times. Kinda of a little plot holes but in the end the answers don’t make a difference. Just some things I noticed upon rewatching.

[@EternalDensity]

Did no one in the alt universe find it weird that Heimerdinger became a bard?

[@emptyasmrman]

He's just tapping into his Bandle City roots lol

[@mastermax5870]

Every single reactor i watch does not give a F that Heimerdinger died ...

[@SizzleRizz]

it happened so fast and we didnt really have time to process what happened. in league lore, heimerdinger's species cant die and they respawn where they were born in the bundle city. either it is in the og reality or the one he got sent to we will never know :[

[@NRG-REC]

​@@SizzleRizz Basically this. From what I've seen It's primarily split between people who know what his race is and thus aren't worried and those who think he was transported somewhere rather than straight up vaporized due to how quick it happened and the fact that it was shown at the same time as Jayce being transported back. Of course there are those who just don't give af one way or the other but I'd say they're the minority.

[@geoffdunn4912]

So, with the loss of Vi, they're able to make it a great community that thrives on innovation, there's no war, and Powder is having a great life? Wouldn't that mean Vi was unwittingly the main villain of the story?

[@watchmanga6977]

It's kinda sad that arcane season 2 has only 7 episodes and happy at the same time for ekko. RIP Vi tho. T-T

[@SizzleRizz]

bro is trying to be delulu.

[@hugozzz2728]

if you translate the lyrics of the music when they dance all things make sense

[@Wryyyyyyyyyyyyu]

5:00 Funny thing is….. it’s both 😂

[@danutghidia5820]

they somehow managed to do more justice to the Ekko and Powder ship in less than one episode worth of screentime, then CaitVi who they were working on for 2 season. Its crazy what you can do when you do it with care and respect

[@griefer1851]

Jinx is alive!

[@dquanissavage6287]

Angelina Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@VILLAGERGUN]

I am very interested, is it possible in future projects that a Powder from this reality will want to find an Ekko from another one? This would be quite possible, because she has a Hextack, Ekko records and drawings to create a displacement device, and she also knows that there is another Ekko.

[@KingApeiron]

Did you notice the faces on the record at the start? ;3

[@aooide]

Actual cinema

[@Elvinana]

This episode AU is going hard.

[@EthanSmith-uk4fj]

Never seen an intro so fast 😂😂

[@hakankaya236]

Jinx is not dead.Zeplyn scene,catlyn scene, a pink glow