VI VS JINX IS PURE CHAOS! | Arcane Season 2 Married Reaction | Ep 2x3, “Finally Got The Name Right”

[@LettsReact]

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[@The-Nexus-of-Creation]

The cool cat spy person Is named Lest and she’s a trans girl!😸 Her voice actress is also trans :3 (I haven’t done much lore research so I might be wrong) I’m pretty sure the furry-like characters are half human, half magical creature And they have the ability to change how they look over time, which is very convenient if you’re trans like Lest🏳️‍⚧️

[@bobbybean-gn9kp]

Do you also include the episode on the bottom of the screen in the patreon reactions?

[@LettsReact]

@ yep!

[@skylofter6840]

@@The-Nexus-of-Creation not to be that person but only certain vastaya have the ability to transform their appearance. Also creatures other fluffy creatures like heim and smeech are of a different race called yordles that are spirits and technically immortal but the vastaya (aka lest and like xayah, sett, rakan etc etc from the game) are people mostly from ionia but can be found all over that were born from well uh not fun things (lil bit of animal human breeding) but they are yes humans with animal traits. Some like neeko from the game can transform their appearance while others like nidalee can transform into a full animal while many others like sett and lest are just mostly normal humans with a few enhanced features like lests enhanced hearing.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

The shot of Vi on her knees crying as Caitlyn leaves is so reminiscent of Powder on her knees crying as Vi leaves. Absolutely heartbreaking.

[@The-Nexus-of-Creation]

I never noticed that😭😭😭

[@SS-hd5jx]

this show does a lot of parallels between scenes and characters. upon rewatching, a lot of it really comes together.

[@9TrixieTurner6]

Yeah it felt weirdly out of place like they really wanted to try and make that comparison but it comes off forced as hell. Still gives us all the funny cop wife beater memes though.

[@KyamaKira]

Fun fact the children singing in the background here 26:35 are actually singing prayers for fresh or clean air to the "wispy wind women" barely refrenced at about 24:11

[@toamszkozak8822]

And also it's in a language from Shurima ,the region that the "wind woman" is originally from

[@holee1341]

Janna

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Caitlin and Vi had their first kiss and broke up a second time in the same episode. I get why, Cailin nearly shooting a child was a traumatic betrayal for Vi, but it still hurts!😭 It hurts even more seeing Caitlin starting down a dark path.

[@watershipup7101]

Yeah, Amanda sure loves to rip our hearts out.

[@terra3426]

the thing about mel being able to shut down salo with that device is because it leaves marks on his body, those would then be evidence to prove that he is a shimmer addict. Also that spot on the ground that heimerdinger sees at the bottom of the hexgates is the blood that viktor coughed up in season 1 act 2 and the hextec interactes with organis matter in weird ways.

[@orionicstar]

That's crazy about the spot. The level of detail in this show is insane.

[@teslafreeman]

It's doubly tragic because he was a party boy meathead before his paralysis, but he only turned to shimmer because it was the only thing in Piltover/Zaun that might restore the function in his legs. It's why he has Lest do the tattoos instead of just drinking it. The shimmer laced into the linework screams Vastayan (Lest's species) healing magic combined with shimmer and chems. It's like radical holistic treatment by ANY means necessary.

[@TheJerbol]

I don't believe the blood part. There's only a small-ish hole directly above the dome-thing, it wouldn't be possible to get where it is. Plus stuff like that shows up all over the hexgate later on by itself

[@terra3426]

The pattern specifically emerges when the hextec and biological matter come into contact f.e. the hexcore of ekkos tree

[@Caitkiraa]

It probably doesnt help that youve not rewatched season one, Caitlyn was the hope, the all around KINDHEARTED one, she was incredibly kind to vi and fought for the undercitys independence. She has gone through horrible things, is grieving and has no doubtly done horrible things. In no way am i defending her actions but remember who she is at her core!!!! Like we remember who jinx is at her core, we remember powder, but jinx is also a terrorist, yet we dont call her a monster!

[@ariesdork5283]

I think there is another layer of separation between Caitlyn and Jinx of just classism being the reason that majority (including myself) are more sympathetic towards Jinx.

[@Ayla_Lopez]

Caitlyn was really blinded by revenge the same way jinx was. I think these two characters got a lot of things in common. I’m glad Ambessa chose Cait because Cait’s character is all about justice and trying to do the right thing so I wasn’t worried and knew she will come back around and try to fix the wrongs she did. Cait, Jinx and Mel are for sure my favorite characters in the show

[@lilokay1_6]

If you look close enough when Caitlyn hits vi, she does start to feel remorse! You can see it in her eyes/eyebrows but she quickly turns away and leaves before letting herself feel bad! And she hit vi in the place she’s been stabbed in season one (the knife wound that she gave her gun up to get the shimmer to heal vi). And to make the pain even worse, vi has been in so many fights and never cries, so it’s obviously not the physical hit that mad her sob like that. It’s the fact that it’s Caitlyn doing it. The last person she trusts in her life betraying her that makes her break down :( I love the detail in this show.

[@JanJan0019]

There’s also a deleted scene of Caitlyn walking away crying after that 😫 they should’ve left it in.

[@Caitkiraa]

Caitlyn felt bad, she was disassociating the whole of her "becoming a dictator" and there was a look of deep regret when she looks down at Vi.

[@bsommervold]

Does it matter that you feel bad if you hit someone and leave them without apologizing at the bare minimum?

[@mimic1984]

Y'know, what I realized on my 3rd time watching this episode?...Jinx was shooting that rocket at Vi pretty freaking close...I know she's been suicidal before, but I genuinely think she was trying to take both Vi and herself here. 💙 ❤️ 💜

[@zamcrowe]

Yep, she still hasn't changed since she tried to kill herself with Ekko

[@MRST0R]

She did say that she wanted to finish what’s left of her family… that includes herself

[@emanuellandrade3387]

jinx made the whole plan for the fight with 3 outcomes in mind: 1 - She kill's Vi and move on with her life 2 - Vi kills her and in the process in broken, mentally, to a point that she is a living corpse 3 - She and Vi die together If you notice the bomb is right above where they are fighting, and when sevika triggers it jinx says that it isn't going how it's supposed to.

[@alisinamobaraki8790]

I mean jinx also screams no when isha tries to shoot vi. I guess she thought vi would not hesitate to remove her but when she hesitated, jinx also regretted her actions against vi. After this she tries to move on and not be jinx anymore

[@Marta-uv4id]

I have no idea how both of the songs Woodkid made for this show, Guns for Hire back in episode 6 of season 1 and now To Ashes and Blood, manage to be so incredible that they stand out among all of the already amazing songs made for this show. The fact that both of the songs are placed in some of the most important scenes of the show definitely has something to do with it, but Woodkid just does something with his music that makes those scenes hit *that* much harder.

[@mimic1984]

Two of the top 5 songs in this show.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Oh shoot, it's the same guy?

[@LibbyisMid]

When you hear Woodkid come in on Arcane you know you're about to get some emotional and amazing

[@mimic1984]

@@HaydrogenBomb yep

[@emanuellandrade3387]

@@mimic1984 To ashes and blood is leagues ahead of guns for hire. Guns for hire is a pretty good song, but it is at least a tier bellow the top songs of arcane.

[@laylahzs]

Out of all the reactors in youtube, your cut is the best one, almost felt like there was none, good job.

[@kaylahere6789]

There's just so many themes paralleling off of one another in Arcane. In this show, the character's weapons reflect their personality and thought process. Caitlyn literally being a sniper and tunneling in on her emotions is so reflective of this. In Caitlyn hitting Vi, I would never forget but I can forgive because just in the span of a couple of days, her life has been flipped upside down. Everything with Jinx has been so personal to her. Jinx has tried to kill her mulitide of times, kidnapped her in the shower in a vulnerable state, almost forced Vi to kill her, and now has killed her mom. One can make the argument that the people of Zaun has had it worse, which is true. But the whole theme of Arcane is stopping this cycle of violence and using that reasoning to keep on adding to the violence is contradicting. I can't express how much I love this show and I'm excited to see the next couple of reactions, especially on episode 6!

[@alaynapetty6102]

I’m not sure if you noticed but the poses the characters do in the intro are based on tragedies or historical figures. The medardas sit like Cesar , Cait is Macbeth , victor is phantom of the opera etc

[@jonathanrobinson198]

Did Caitlyn miss her shots? She shot the hand that was striking Vi and then shot the gun that was pointed at Vi. If anything, the one thing we’ve seen her never screw up is shooting under pressure.

[@JNDReacts]

For me it wasn’t her stumbling that had me concerned, because we did immediately see her make two perfect shots after that. The reason I’m with Vi on this is because the kid was moving around and squirming so much that one wrong move at the moment Caitlyn pulls the trigger and Isha’s dead.

[@jonathanrobinson198]

@ That’s true, but we’ve also seen Caitlyn shoot the bolts off a charging enemy so it’s just my personal feeling that she wouldn’t cause the show gives us many examples of her making the craziest shots.😅

[@wtimmins]

It looked a LOT to me like Caitlyn would have shot Jinx in the head, and the bullet would continue into Isha's head. Isha was WRAPPED around Jinx, and those bullets were shown to have immense penetration.

[@popeyeschicken3535]

She shot Jinx’ hand when she was trying to kill her, so yes that’s a miss. “If you see the shot, take it” she hit something but it wasn’t her intended target.

[@derekmarshman6154]

Also, she didn't shoot VI's hand on purpose. She was trying to shoot Jinx past Vi's hand AND Isha's body. It's an irresponsible shot, and she was lucky to hit the armored gauntlet.

[@elheber]

2:35 I thought it looked like one of the ventilation shafts that Jinx used for her hideout... and then I saw it: That's Jinx to the right. Jinx lives in the Kiramman tunnels. Cait and Jinx are more connected than either of them realize.

[@connorh4391]

That life is strange music with the “these actions will have consequences” just heals something in me lol.

[@jonathanrobinson198]

I think it’s a bit of a disservice to not mention from Caitlyn’s perspective, Vi made her disband the task force, and multiple times reassured her she was good to help stop Jinx after murdering her mother; just to end up being the reason Jinx escapes. Cait has been very forward about wanting her dead and feeling guilty for not stopping her so to her, this is a betrayal. This is the second time Vi’s insistence to not shoot Jinx caused a terrorist attack. I’m not saying Cait was right to hit her, but the anger is.

[@popeyeschicken3535]

It was more so because the child was in line with Jinx’ head so she didn’t want Cait to shoot and kill both of them. Which is fair. I get why Cait is upset at that point tho and I understand why this happened.

[@SisDaKidProduction]

Yeah they went over that, s2 caitlyn is hated by the whole fandom but I do think that people literacy lack nuance... Arcane is not black and white...

[@derekmarshman6154]

That wasn't a" terrorist attack". Jinx simply rerouted the chemical weapon Cait was using against the undercity back up to topside.

[@TheBestPirateDrake]

When she said that Caitlyn was unredeemable, I remember her first impression of Zuko. I’m looking for her to watch the rest of the series.

[@Nick_silv22]

About the „never hitting a loved one“ comparison. Caitlin is an adult who got mad that vi didn’t wanna risk her killing a child. Vi was a child who just lost her father and both best friends with in a few minutes and finding out that the person responsible for that was told by you not to show up. And just saying that as a younger sibling, i would have taken that smack to the face without complaint.💀

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Forreal. NOT the same thing.

[@suzanneneilsen1680]

While Vi motivation was risk to the child. Caitlyn (fresh off a deadly combat situation) was angry about not taking the shot. She had self blame and self hatred over not taking it before. In Caitlyn's mind, the only way to make things right, was to take the shot. She had to take the shot. And Vi stopped her, again. So much drama could be avoided, if she would go see a therapist. And as the youngest sibling, I know I would complain. Unless you're in contact sports(and yeah, life threatening situations) don't hit people. I get that in kittens, puppies and humans, there's a lot of play fighting. But people need to learn violence is not good for relationships. It's like "killing is a cycle"

[@JanJan0019]

That was not the reason Cait hit her. You see how she was just gonna walk away upset about Vi stopping her, she hits her when Vi holds her back and compares her to the woman that killed her Mother.

[@hermionegranger6033]

Can I just say how much I love the timers. the "intro", the "conversation" timers, its just so nice for some reason

[@Teib_21]

I see how Caitlyn is at fault in that interaction and how Vi was right in stopping her however, I do not agree that what she did was unredeemable, her hitting VI was not domestic abuse or something like that, it was out of anger and rage. Caitlyn was on a revenge mindset in which she was trying to justify being with Vi as well, trying to see that they are different. That action of Vi stopping her, confirmed for Caitlyn that Vi is a Zaunite and is no different from Jinx in her eyes. This may not be correct, but to Caitlyn, this is what she sees.

[@Frost7486]

I get the unease at the phrase "it's her blood in your veins", but i don't think Caitlyn meant it as, "your blood is worse" or "tainted", or something like that, to me it was her saying that they share blood, like family, and she would never be able to choose Caitlyn over Jinx, even after everything. Which may or not be true, and everyone has its own reasons for everything that's happened so far and everything that's yet to happen, but... yeah, Vi was never going to be able to go through with this mission of "eliminating" Jinx. Anyway! Enjoying your reactions as usual, and looking forward to the next one ^^

[@Flarree_]

The music playing when Ambessa calls for Caitlyn to be appointed general is her theme song from the game, but composed differently to sound distorted and corrupted

[@benmoore8809]

The colored gas that Jinx sends to topside is a mixture of wind from the temple where they fought, the grey, and Jinx's special touch of color. Jinx had rigged the vents so that the wind would push the grey to the surface and then you saw she had set up a device that would release the colored gas when the wind passed over it.

[@suzanneneilsen1680]

Speaking about the prefrontal cortex, it's not fully developed until age 26. And how old is Caitlyn, just sayin. Caitlyn grew up up privileged and sheltered. Her life has been trauma free. So she never developed any tools to deal with it. And then in a short period of time, Jinx nearly kills her several times. And because she didn't take the shot, her mom died along with other councilors, in a city she swore to protect. Caitlyn blames herself and her arrogance for her mom dying. Caitlyn obsesses over taking the shot, so she can absolve herself over her self blame and self hatred. And Vi(I think rightly) stopped her from taking the shot. But Caitlyn is in a volatile state (nearly killed by Sevika and glitching hextech). And when Caitlyn goes to exit, Vi comes over and physically restrains her. So while Caitlyn shouldn't hit Vi, it's understandable. While Caitlyn is a guarded person, if you advance frame by frame, you do see regret. But this is Arcane, so it's going to be a dark, bumpy ride. And they do send Caitlyn through the crucible this season. Hopefully she will emerge, still Caitlyn but tempered.

[@Marta-uv4id]

Ambessa is so threatening and terrifying because she's such a strategic genius. She was able to basically take control of Piltover through tactics, manipulation and observation of the environment and people around her. She orchestrated an attack on Piltover to not only push things further to a boiling point, but also to get to *Caitlyn* specifically. That attack at the memorial is what pushed Caitlyn further on the path of revenge, and all Ambessa had to do after that point was wait for the perfect moment to take hold of Caitlyn herself. Suddenly springing the position of general to her in the middle of a meeting with the most powerful families of Piltover, calling her a child, and mentioning her mother after seeing the conflict on Caitlyn's face is just brilliant of her.

[@Staicha]

But didnt she want to secure the best scientists? Why would she sacrifice Jayce?

[@D34doneTTV]

The discussion you guys have about the parallels of Vi and Caitlyn vs Vi and Powder when hitting each other were so spot on, it's something I didn't notice on my watch through actually. Personally I was confused because Vi and Cait finally get a break in the fight, and Vi's instinct to protect the kid is strong but she doesnt just... remove the kid? It's a kid, pick them up! Haha, that kid is my biggest gripe with season 2, never been a huge fan of that trope in shows where a random kid inserted starts making huge and AVOIDABLE changes in actions. If Jinx wants a family, Vi tried SO many times. Why does a kid, who she seems kind of annoyed with at first, suddenly make the push? Vi doesnt want the kid dead, but still wants the mission done? IDK you're Vi, literally the strong fighter character capable of winning fights against guys much larger, want to use your fists/hands for things, pick the kid up. Hell stay on top of Jinx to keep her pinned. That whole sequence was just so frustrating to me (Oh also in response to one of the patreon questions, I dont think Cait was 1 for 3?, Shot Jinx reflection dead on, shot Jinx in the hand as the only part that was clear away from VI, Shot the gun out of the kids hand, then shot right where Jinx would have been but Vi was blocking, is how I interpreted that at least)

[@Marta-uv4id]

While both Jinx and Vi definitely aimed to hurt each other in the fight, I don't believe either of them would have killed each other if it came down to it. With Jinx it may be more obvious considering she couldn't bring herself to shoot Vi last episode, but with Vi, I think her actions and words this episode are more to convince herself that she'd be able to kill Jinx and that she isn't her sister, rather than actual conviction. Comparing her brutality while fighting the Chemtank soldiers in episode 8 of season 1 and her fighting Jinx is like day and night, and it becomes obvious she isn't truly aiming to kill Jinx. And when Isha protects Jinx, it almost seems like Vi pounces on the opportunity to save her sister, because she could have pried Isha away from Jinx and let Caitlyn get to her that way, but she didn't. Vi herself probably saw it as saving Isha's life, or at the very least sparing her the trauma of having to watch Jinx get shot right in front of her, but I think a part of her was glad she didn't have to kill her sister.

[@coldfury2652]

Well vi was definitely going to end it before the kid came in but during that fight they were both definitely jinx and vi having inner conflict

[@JNDReacts]

I’m pretty sure Jinx was. With how close she was standing when she attempted to bomb Vi, that shot would’ve taken both of them out.

[@cluster_f1575]

@@JNDReacts Agreed. People who say Jinx never intended to kill Vi seem to forget she fired a rocket at her.

[@roseyshades96]

I can't get upset at Caitlin considering in my opinion Vi was asking for it you can't expect the person you claim to love to do the back and forth dance with you and the literal person who killed her mother infront of a entire room of people. In hindsight Vi can only blame herself one moment it's "take the shot" the other is "nevermind don't do it" after going on and on saying how Powder is gone. Vi's own weakness is her hesitation and never sticking to a single path since unlike Jinx and Vi Caitlin never had time to get a Vander and grieve over her own family it was losing her mom and straight to a hunting mission for Jinx after with no break. That can really conflict with a building relationship.

[@Marta-uv4id]

You *should* expect someone you love to not shoot at a child. Sure, Caitlyn doesn't usually miss, but she's *incredibly* emotional at the moment and just the possibility of shooting at Isha should have made Caitlyn take a breath and not take the shot, like Caitlyn in season 1 would have. Also, Isha's head was right beside Jinx's, as well as her entire body, meaning Caitlyn would have *absolutely* shot Isha even if she managed to get a clear shot at Jinx's head. Also, her hitting Vi has no justification, especially with Cait knowing what enforcers did to Vi when she was in prison.

[@roseyshades96]

@ I doubt it if Vi is strong enough to break weapons and send people flying she could have just.. moved the child? I think she just didn’t want Caitlin to be the one to kill HER family the entire plan was just bad overall. Too many emotional ends and no strategy.

[@RhaenyraTargaryenTheFirst]

​@@roseyshades96Yes, Vi could literally move the girl, the same thing Jinx was trying to do. Also, Caitlyn didn't need a headshot, in the scene you can clearly see that Jinx's side is free. A hit to the heart from there would be quick if Vi had moved.

[@CrimsonCharan]

In terms of feels, Jinx vs Vi was just Zuko vs Azula on steroids.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

Not really, as Zuko and Azula NEVER had the good relationship Vi and Powder did. Still tragic, but not in the same way.

[@frost9681]

The "Absolute Cinema" edit was really funny

[@gregchezick7757]

If I had a nickel for every show that you guys have reacted to that involves a main character who becomes an authoritarian because they can't handle the grief over their mother dying, I would have 2 nickels but it is weird that it happened twice.

[@dugarcez]

omg the famous episode where we got the marriage and the divorce all together ;)

[@earlgreytuesday2454]

Waddles has gotten so big!! ❤

[@rageingmang]

the parallel between cait hitting vi and walking away and vi hitting powder in S1E3 and walking away leaving one of this sisters crying is to perfect

[@Caitkiraa]

Isha [the kid] is a girl, and yes she is mute. She is incredibly important to Jinxs story- we love her :))))

[@KyamaKira]

7:56 Kenny and his feet he always be noticing dem feet huh 😭

[@michaelcarlson1208]

😂😂

[@AdoraPye]

The phrasing at the end of the fight scene is SO good - Vi: She's just a child! Cait: She's not getting away again! Talking about two different people using the same pronoun without differentiating between them would be bad writing... so it seems likely that they are talking about the same person, whether Vi admits it or not. Cait never promises to not change, she just says "I won't." As in, Cait was likely meaning "I won't promise," but Vi heard "I won't change." Vi could have just picked Isha up and backed away if it was truly Isha's safety she was worried about. Vi was protecting Jinx, even if she refused to admit it, and Cait knew that. This is the second terrorist attack the Jinx has committed where Vi has stopped Cait from stopping Jinx, and Cait has NO way of knowing that it is only the Grey and paint that is being sent up to Piltover - it could easily have been a mass casualty event. So, with Cait's butt-end hit being unforgivable, I guess you are not Catradora fans anymore? Since Catra did way more and worse to Adora. ;) The obsession with the Shimmer brush was hilarious. It was just evidence that Salo was using illegal drugs, and would have made good blackmail material against him, if he had actually been Ambessa's choice for figurehead. No drive by poisoning, I don't think. Lest is a canonically trans character, voiced by a trans VA. She/her pronouns, I believe. I discovered you two when I was desperate for LoK content a couple of years ago, and watched your reactions of LoK, She-Ra, and Arcane. Then rewatched them, as those three reactions are my comfort reactions. So thanks!

[@FrostyTheSnowPickle]

Even if Cait wasn't shaky, even if she hit her target perfectly...that bullet blasted through metal like it was nothing. It left a baseball-sized hole in the standee she shot before. And the child's head was on the other side of Jinx's. So even if Cait made the shot perfectly, the bullet would just blast through Jinx's head and also kill the child. And even if it didn't, best case scenario, a child sees her mother figure's head explode in front of her.

[@darkanice7]

cait was not down shots... she did hit the reflection directly in the head she did hit the finger - and DID aim for the finger she did hit the gun, and wanted to disarm isha Vi did hurt Cait a lot directly bevor the hit - by comparing he to the monster that she sees in jinx, Cait did want to hurt her back...

[@chips9355]

Caitlyn has no reason to aim specifically for Jinx’s finger, especially one as unnecessary as the middle one. And even if she did for some unknown reason want to get rid of just Jinx’s middle finger, all circumstances pointed to taking the shot being a BAD idea. 1. Weapons glitching out 2. Tired and wobbly Caitlyn who clearly isnt thinking well (case in point shooting at a random target to take out anger in the hideout) 3. A child that would be likely killed if she shot

[@sanjalok4743]

Some of the best Arcane reactions and thoughtful, nuanced takes. 👏 Thanks

[@ruchagoddessofpurgatory8513]

The dude tied up upside down at the start mentioned Jinx had a plan involving the ventilation tunnels. That plan was to turn The Gray back and flood Piltover with it like "How do YOU like it?". If you rewatch you see its signature green color before it mixes with Jinx's paint, with different colors for each of the upwards vents. When Jinx was saying "it wasn't supposed to go like this" I believe she intended Sevika to start the explosion after Vi killed her, so she could get an explosive and colorful send-off death while cursing (Jinxing) all of Piltover.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Lol Montana being absolutely assaulted by all your pets so sweet and cute ❤

[@The-Nexus-of-Creation]

Caitlyn Is like the Anakin of Arcane And i guess Ambessa is Palpatine

[@CJDM310]

30:24 it's the Grey mixed with paint to give it the Jinx touch.

[@nothingwong]

I guess the one thing Vi shouldn't have done was falling in love with a Piltover princess because there's no way this won't cause a problem one way or another.... Talking about star-crossed lovers...

[@QTRemnant]

Y'know, I can't really blame you guys for thinking that Caitlyn might shoot the kid, but you can see that her focus is always on jinx whenever she aims. I think the only reason that she got her finger was cause she quick fired.

[@vahnvonhenheim8939]

dont know why but ur reactions are always a comfort :3

[@sothanatoasted]

Her body is literally infused with Shimmer. You saw how resilient the shimmer made Vander and Declan last season. And that was dosing. Jinx's is much more potent.

[@erick48104]

26:25 "What are you going to do Jinx?" If you watch the fight slower Jinx was actually winning against Vi, she had a good amount of solid hits to Vi's head, front and back, and also a kick to the back of her knee. Jinx was really exhausting Vi before Caitlyn shot her finger 😭

[@shalimj]

Bro I get to relive these scenes vicariously, hell yeah

[@elinatural2058]

i mean not to defend caitlyn because of course what she is doing is wrong and is framed as such by the show, but her sayng "it's her blood in your vein" is not her reducing Vi to "just another trencher", it's her saying basically "you promised that you were with me on that but in the end you couldn't do it because she is your sister", which is still fucked up but at least not as bad i guess ahah

[@rromano158]

15:33, My guess is that she could show Salo is using shimmer and discredit him as a council member.

[@mimic1984]

Anyone else hold their chest where their heart is during the Vi/Jinx fight? I wasn't worried about the sisters, I was deathly worried for Caitlyn. 💜

[@UncleMilo]

They showed you that Jinx had paint bombs set up to color "the grey" different colors in a very Jinx manner.

[@ositempest7867]

I think you would like "frieren beyond journey's end".

[@LettsReact]

We are watching it right now on Patreon! Coming to KZbin after jujutsu Kaisen ends!

[@UncleMilo]

They were talking about exposing Salo as using Shimmer.... a member of the Council making use of such drugs.

[@Umbra2079]

Here's the thing. Cait has not missed a shot for as long as we've known her. Not only that, she managed to get two perfect shots in while being wobbly and using a glitchy weapon. Also, Vi could've easily pulled the kid off and let Cait get the job done. Imagine if bin-ladan used a kid as a shield and soldiers went 'welp, time to go home I guess'

[@bluewolf6323]

It's not about doubting Cait's sharpshooter, it's about the situation in general. Isha is still there whether she's pulled off of Jinx or not. It's not the right call to just outright shoot a person in front of a child, especially one that shows that she'd do anything and step into danger for Jinx. Imagine the damage that little girl would do, she'd just become another Jinx so to speak. Vi knew that and couldn't put Isha in that same situation she and Jinx were in, that's not how you solve something. If Isha wasn't there, maybe Vi would've finished the job and Cait would help, but Isha is there, seeing the whole thing. Also, even if Vi were to get Isha off, how we know that Cait wouldn't just instantly shoot Jinx as soon as Isha was off? You know, still having the child in the crossfire...that situation was not safe in general, there's a lot of what ifs and could'ves but not a lot of should! And the answer is should not!

[@venomouswyverns8819]

she missed a few that scene like what? plus the guns were wonky due to the rune thing

[@Umbra2079]

@@venomouswyverns8819 Did she? I can't recall any. The show has made a point of showing how perfect of a shot she is.

[@MrErogl]

​@@Umbra2079 dude she literally shot Jinx finger, and don't start with "she was aiming at the finger" because that's dumb. if she wanted to stop Jinx, it was much easier to shoot palm of her hand than to aim at one finger, the loss of which Jinx might not even noticed given the shimmer in her

[@derekmarshman6154]

​@@MrErogldon't try to argue with Caitlin stans. They aren't really capable of logical discussion.

[@MissterClown]

"I think she might be going to a dark path" Oh boooy

[@dlweiss]

15:05 to answer your question: that vial was the same substance that Lest was painting all over Salo's body before Ambessa barged in. And Shimmer is still considered an illegal "undercity substance/drug" by Piltover, so a councilmember having Shimmer in his system and on his body would be a big enough scandal to get him removed from the Council.

[@HaydrogenBomb]

I love when we get champions from the game fighting in this show. Bot only are the fight scenes amazing, but it gives you that feeling: "Oh yeah, THIS is League of Legends."

[@palomaroggeri8680]

The grey DOES harm people. It causes lung and skin damage, it asfixiates people, makes the air denser and harder to breathe, its what killed so many miners like Silco and Vander, its the thing that caused Viktor's sickness. What (I think) Jinx's plan was was that she wanted to die, that was literally a suicidal mission, she wanted to kill both Vi and herself so she would stop suffering. And I think the plan was that after they died Sevika would set off the Grey as a final defience towards Piltover. It wasn't just paint or air, you can see the wall that they broke down was keeping the Grey in it, that's why Jinx was rerouting the vents, to take away all the gas that the enforces through in the undercity and bring it back up to Piltover, so they could have a taste of their own medicine. She put pigments in the gas for it to be clear that it was her who did it. The reason why she said "this isn't how it was supposed to-" when Sevika pushed the button was because she was supposed to be dead when it happened.

[@USful]

Fun little tidbit at 14:00, both Lest and their voice actor are a transwomen.

[@tinesess3521]

I get it caitlyn is definitely in the wrong, however.....she is still in the grieving process and if people think jinx is redeemable after all she has done then Caitlin is also potentially redeemable. Imo they are both 2 sides of the same coin ( order vs. Chaos and they terrible things they do in the name of those things)

[@chips9355]

There’s a difference between a girl hurt by a systematic and classist oppression by a government that doesnt care about her, and someone who literally has had nothing to any high degree of trauma happen to her until a week ago going on a power trip because she HAS power. Vi (and Powder) wanted to fight against the enforcers in s1, but Vander said it wouldnt fix problems, and that it would be too difficult anyway, fortunately for caitlyn she doesnt have to worry about her home being raided by the military when she used it to gas the underground. They both have their own poor actions, but the context is very important, which separates these to the oppressed and oppressor, one acting in relation of a lifetime of trauma, the other getting hurt ONCE and making it everyones problem

[@magicwitch4559]

"Is this a Jojo reference?" As a Jojo fan, I love you for this line 😭

[@UncleMilo]

Amara was in Season 1 - the first merchant Mel got Jayce to make deals with.

[@softly3359]

Honestly the ending of episode 3 really hammered home to me how little Piltover considers Zaun because since Piltover has like natural ventilation in the way of not being underground, the grey didn't even stick around. It's bad for the body obviously but they very easily could have built filtration that leads topside away from residential spaces. I know why they wouldn't, it's very obvious why they wouldn't but still. The only thing that stuck around from Jinx blowing the grey back up topside was the dye she added and the irritation that the undercity had already been dealing with, more so because the task force has been using it on civilians. The only difference there was that the gas meandered due to poor ventilation in the fissures

[@nicolasreveck7701]

25:39 IT IS A FKIN JOJO REFERENCE 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rhysfrechette7739]

Always two, there are. A Master and an Apprentice…

[@teslafreeman]

The gas Sevika and Jinx blew into topside was The Grey, mixed with Jinx's signature flair with the dyes. Not so fun fact also, whenever the grey amasses in large enough quantity and density it gain conciousness. Most things in Runeterra are like that. The arcane and other otherworldly forces tend toward gaining sentience or their own will. The eyes that appear on the Grey cloud in the start of the episode was meant to show that they quite literally released a living weapon into the lanes as a smokescreen. Caitlyn basically brought Cthulu in as a gaurd dog on their raids.

[@toamszkozak8822]

22:10 so fun fact but that wispy wind woman is actyally real ,she is called Janna and is a wind godess and also a playable champion that you can play in league

[@sofie8679]

46:17 I think Jinx yelling to the kid "get off me" can indeed be seen as a small act of affection/protection, she knows Caitlyn has the gun locked on them, and while Jinx doesn't know this kid, she doesn't need more people dead because of her. However, that does not mean that Jinx wanting the kid off is exclusivly an act of protection or resistance, it is both.

[@The_LightArrow]

its crazy to think that even if Vi or Cait had killed Jinx in that moment they would have created another cycle of revenge with Isha wanting to kill them

[@RazvanOgnean]

The chants you can hear in the song while they fight are prayers from children of the underground. They are praying to a lol godes for clean air because they can't breathe

[@alaynapetty6102]

JOJOS MENTIONED. I love jjba so much thx Kenny

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

9:50 - I mean. Piltover & Zaun and by extension the characters who are from there are not ones I would call "boring." I think the better way to phrase that is Piltover & Zaun are by far and away easily the most _mundane_ region that exists in the Runeterra IP. Most of the socio-political dynamics are ones we can understand because it's not a place of rampant magic. Their aesthetic and dynamics are much more post-Enlightenment than the rest of the world, which I think makes them more relatable and less outright fantastic, e.g. "mundane." Other regions in the world are like... Noxus, who you will get to know a little bit about by proxy in this season, which is a fantasy Roman Empire with meritocratic and capitalistic underpinnings or Demacia, which is traditional medieval fantasy meets X-men-style "anti-magic" prejudice. Mages, in general, almost destroyed these peoples' world in a bygone era, during a calamity they call the Rune Wars for reasons that even now are still kinda unclear. But yeah. Conquering, politically complicated, magic-friendly Noxus; Monarchy Neo-Fascistic racists from Demacia; the Freljord, the frozen northern lands with a race of "super-people" who are not strictly mages but are also not wholly human which are the primary leaders of a messy three-way war between three tribal groups one of which is pointedly evil but is actually keeping at bay a danger older than time itself; Bilgewater, the Serpent Isles and the Shadow Isles, a pirate town filled with gangsters, lowlifes, murderers and theives that makes the undercity look like a literal playground which shares its seas with an island full of the undead and demons, sea Monsters, and people who worship those same creatures and spirits; Shurima, which is fantasy Egypt that is slowly being invaded by --Tyranids-- creatures from an extradimensional reality called The Void; Ionia, which is fantasy-Asia, specifically strong influences from Korean and Japanese myth and folklore; and Mount Targon, which is an enormous mountain so tall it reaches all the way to space that was put there by cosmic aliens who did a booboo and enslaved an interdimensional Star Dragon to use as a weapon against the aforementioned void creatures who has now been released and seeks to take his Vengeance on them by destroying their favorite pet world. So. Not the most "boring." But maybe the most straightforward and mundane.

[@jimlight5137]

Vi doesn’t just slap Powder though… she punches her so hard she knocks her down, then grabs her face, and screams in her face that she’s a Jinx. No amount of “sibling roughhousing” excuses that behavior. That was more than just a slap, that was both physical AND psychological abuse. Caitlyn, meanwhile, is angry at Vi for stopping her and in her frustration and need to remove herself from the situation uses the back of her gun to jab Vi in the gut. Nowhere NEAR as bad as what Vi did to Powder. And you’re all screaming “domestic abuse!” I’m honestly disappointed, because while what Caitlyn did was wrong, trying to say it’s somehow worse than what Vi did to Powder is really troubling to me.

[@chips9355]

The dynamics are still extremely different which they discussed. Vi (as a teenager) is upset that Powder (unknowingly) killed their entire family, punches her then walks away to not harm her anymore, planning to come back but is then taken by Marcus. Caitlyn (an adult) hits her LOVER because “You won’t let me kill people and possibly get a civilian child harmed in the process.” and looks for only a moment before abandoning her completely and Spoiler: ||Makes no effort at all to find Vi, she just stumbles upon her, if she hadn’t she likely wouldn’t have ever gone for her at all. Not to mention in the Vi/Jinx reunion they both apologize Vi moreso for calling her a jinx and being away, Caitlyn never does||

[@jimlight5137]

@ if you’re one of those people who says “Caitlyn never apologized” then you get get out right now, because I know you’re not coming from an honest place.

[@chips9355]

@@jimlight5137 “One of those people.” arcane is very adamant about implying or flat out showing character moments like these, a sex scene is not an apology, Caitlyn was never implied to or explicitly shown to apologize and again never even THOUGHT to go look for Vi, and only was around her after random circumstance brought them together. Her privileged power trip and disregard for anything other than cold revenge is nowhere near comparable to Vi’s lashing out as a kid that she then tried to apologize to Jinx for and fix several years later as soon as she had the chance

[@defiantsnow6055]

Smeech was only one of the chem barons. They didn't design shimmer or the factories that produce them. Singed created shimmer and spread the technology thru Silco to the chem barons who then operated them. The factories could always be rebuilt with the right motivation.

[@CrazeeAdam]

Honestly a lot of the Vi/Powder fight was so sibling like. Very dirty and just pure emotional. Nothing tactical about it. On the Salo thing. I think the idea is either blackmail or expose Salo as a shimmer druggy to strip him of all power he may have. Not drug him really. Just present evidence he's not fit to be in power Also fun fact. The song that plays while Cait is going berserk and dismantling the Shimmer, the lyrics sound like they would be Jinx related. But the fact they play over Caitlyn shows she's slipping hard

[@serrano333]

to clarify, smeech didn't make shimmer, he was an addict and a distributor/ chem baron. Singed made shimmer

[@wtimmins]

The color clouds seem to me a lot like people throwing pies at figures.

[@mimic1984]

Just like the rest of this show, the segment that this song played in was nothing short of a piece of art: -Episode 3 To Ashes And Blood Lyrics (Vocals by Woodkid): [Verse 1] You walk along the edge of danger And it will change you Why would you let this voice set in your head? It is meant to destroy you You summon storms, you play with nature Now watch it hurt you Why would you want to shape the world in your hands? You will never make it through [Pre-Chorus] Shuriman Chants [Chorus] Catch the fire burning out your soul Just make it die or you will turn it all [Post-Chorus] To ashes and blood (Shuriman Chants) To ashes and blood (Shuriman Chants) [Verse 2] You waste your life to gain power You shift the game rules How does it feel to reach the line that no one ever got to cross? Does it make you a god now? Every sin will be forgiven If you lay down your weapons to the ground [Pre-Chorus] [Shuriman Chants] [Chorus] Catch the fire burning out your soul [Shuriman Chants] Just make it die or you will fall [Shuriman Chants] Catch the fire burning out your soul (Shuriman Chants] Just make it die or you will turn it all [Shuriman Chants] [Post-Chorus] To ashes and blood [Shuriman Chants] To ashes and blood [Shuriman Chants] To ashes and blood [Shuriman Chants] To ashes and blood [Shuriman Chants] To ashes and blood 💜

[@gregchezick7757]

I think that the ONE thing with Cait hitting Vi is that it is unclear if Cait actually meant to hit Vi. Vi is the one who initiates the contact and is alot physically stronger than Cait, pulling your arm away after someone who you are having a verbal argument grabs you is a totally valid response and the gun hitting Vi may be incidental contact. Cait not having any remorse is also a touchy subject. All I am saying is this isn't so cut and dry.

[@darianaharos8122]

Imean... catra and adora basically killed eachothee a few times

[@kiwitoonz9199]

I really don’t think Jayce was being rude to Ekko, he’s literally exhausted and trying to understand why they’re there. (Lest is a trans women btw)

[@defiantsnow6055]

How can you say there is no active powder present when the intelligence and gadgets were with her since she was a kid and she still actively uses that.

[@SeanBoyce-gp]

32:00 - Such a good point here. The "Dehumanization." And I'll be straight up with you, my personal viewpoint of this is that it's worse than that. Peep the positioning of Jinx when Cait takes her finger off (27:23 in the video time code). Vi is down low in front of Jinx. Jinx's hand is on the same plane, vertically, as her face. And it's a smaller target. There's two ways to read this. A.) Caitlyn *is* wobbly and so shooting *would* risk the kid's life. B.) Caitlyn *isn't* wobbly, and she pulled the kill shot on purpose. Why would she do that? Why does she hesitate on taking the shot when Vi has Jinx pinned? Why does she not just finish it as soon as she gets an opportunity each time, if she's that sure? I think, on some level, Cait wants the same thing Jinx wanted at the end of S1 ("Then why are you the one acting like her?") Jinx insisted that Vi make an impossible choice between them. Jinx wanted Vi to prove that she would pick her over Caitlyn, forever. Cait wants the same thing here. She gives Vi the badge as a way of proving she's different. And in this scene, when it comes to it, when Caitlyn could've taken the kill shot, she doesn't. She disarms Jinx instead. On some level, she wants Vi to do it to, maybe to prove her love, maybe to prove she's different, maybe just to make up for costing Cait her mother. It's not a rational thing, it's not something she planned. But boy howdy does it seem convenient to me that she loaded high-precision, high-penetration rounds and then attempts to disarm Jinx instead of take her out in that moment. It's also another way to read Caitlyn's initial objection to Vi saying "Take the shot" - she doesn't really want to. A third reading is that she doesn't believe Vi would ever forgive her and she doesn't want to lose Vi's love for her revenge (she's willing to lose Vi's trust and intimacy, but not her love). Still pretty dark. Either way, she's wrong. In the benign version, she hits the finger because her gun is freaking out and she's not steady on her feet, which means she can't trust the next shot she takes under these conditions. In the malign version, she hits the finger despite the fact that her gun is freaking out and she's unsteady on her feet, which means she can trust the next shot she takes under these conditions and she could have finished it without forcing Vi to go through confronting murdering her sister.

[@UncleMilo]

I strongly disagree with you that Caitlyn was unforgivable. Yes, she was in the wrong... but she is still suffering from the loss of her mother COMBINED with the attack on the memorial and you guys are so CONVENEINTLY forgetting that Jinx tortured her and threatened to kill her before BLOWEING UP HER MOTHER at the end of Season 1. Vi STOPPED Cait from shooting Jinx at the end of Season one and then after PROMISING HER that she would not hold back on taking her sister down, she held back on taking her sister down and let the Grey be used as an attack on Piltover. I think we can understand why Caitlyn did what she did, even if we all agree it was wrong. Unforgivable? Wow.

[@UncleMilo]

Mel told us she was from Noxus in Season 1

[@Acrillian]

28:06 Isha is mute

[@pineapple_the_turtle]

Noxus is an empire in the world of LoL that is known for its military strength and cruelty. (Sending children to war) The are generally considered ‘the bad guys’. The chest beating at the end is a Noxian solute. This is very bad.

[@OffisianO]

15:20 drugs are illegal salo a counselor is using them thats what they mean

[@comicclash1]

thing for me is, yes cait is a great shot, but after fighting, getting blown around, and the hextec messing up, she was wrong to take a shot with a kid wiggling around on someone. VI got her own kid like jacye had in season 1 episode 8, she was going to kill jinx infront of a kid in an enforcer uniform.

[@Macintosh1001]

Arcane gives❤,and then it takes...💔

[@eow4317]

Dictator arc for Caitlyn goes hard

[@Kxlsie]

Vi and Caitlyn broke up two times already and they weren’t even officially together 😔

[@nimnim431]

20:55 how was jayce rude?

[@skylofter6840]

10:07 I wonder if yall would be interested in watching some league lore videos? After arcane of course so no spoilers but the youtuber necrit makes plenty of great lore vids about the lore of league of legends. I highly recommend them if you are at all interesting in this world/universe plus theyd make some great reactions imo. Then you could also react to the animations they released around the lore if you wanted there is a whole world of potential reactions out there haha if you are interested.

[@emilefoy-legault1031]

43:58 Frankenstein's the doctor not the monster.

[@rhys9130]

"he's the one who makes the monsters, I don't think he'd become one himself" - they never said Frankenstein was a monster