WE CAN'T BELIEVE ITS OVER 🌌 Arcane Season 2 Ep 9 REACTION!

[@XxchuythegodxX]

The part where she jumps to not blow him up too after he said he’ll try to convince her not to blow them both up😢❤

[@MrAndyboo]

05:34 "He's just dead like that.... He was so cool, had a big nose and stuff and a brow." That is one of the funniest quotes.

[@nunavon8952]

She took silco's advice and hopped on the balloon for a fresh start

[@bluntbangs]

Wonder where she's headed. I don't follow league lore too closely so I'm not sure if there's any stories of her leaving Zaun/Piltover in the OG lore. Edit: maybe this is how she'll meet Ziggs 👀

[@nunavon8952]

@bluntbangs maybe to demacia to meet lux lmao

[@masaichen6968]

​@@bluntbangs perhaps it Ionia cuz demacia doesn't seem to fit het that much add with the reason she want to have fresh start i think ionia is better

[@2_Elaias_4]

Facts

[@dezaknar0]

Powder saying that she will ride a blimp one day in episode one hits harder.

[@donatszabo8300]

Ambessa said the 4th principle is the sacrifice. And caitlyn sacrificed her eye to take the runes. Viktor gave the rune to jayce (acceleration rune) to jayce, this was the only one where ekko reverse it and make the time travel Machine. The only thing that did damage Viktor, and Bring back his humanity and then jayce and Viktor used that rune in the end (maybe they time traveled) Ambessa fought her 2 girl xD Jinx escape in the wents. She said in thr first scene of arcane she will ride a skyship. In the end, she doing what silco told her. End the circle and walk away Ekko shitting alone in the spot where was the Kiss with powder

[@mbrentan]

Since you mentioned sugestions, Necrit's channel is pretty cool for lore/breakdown stuff

[@mlivraghi]

when Meddie shoots Caitlyn you can see a black flash, if you pause you can see her smiling in a psychopathic way as if she was enjoying having deceived and betrayed her You can also see a single pink ray escaping the Jinx/Vander esplosion in the end. People think, Jinx is on the ship leaving Piltover/Zaun for break the cycle as Silco said.

[@dezaknar0]

You should do a rewatch in your own time, the hidden details are crazy

[@tuszakt3575]

If you want any cool lore videos, definetly check out Necrit. He's like THE league lore guy

[@harleysonder4341]

YUP!! The video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" is technically about the mmo rpg they're making but everyone's watched it because it's an amazing starting point as a well rounded introduction to the League worlbuilding and lore.

[@gby139]

except every lore expert i know tell me he's quite not it, like he's ok but says a lot of bullshit too

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

@@gby139 I mean the biggest problem is how much he paraphrases and adds his own personal opinions on videos because there is a lack of lore in a lot of aspects, like he will say something that is only a vague theory and make it seem more concrete than it is. Then again, He is also a character in the league of legends lore novel and knows it better than anyone else in the world, so much so that devs of the game come to him to remember things.

[@harleysonder4341]

@@praisethefirstborn6226 It sounds weird for me to say as a person who likes to get things right, but we're talking about videogame lore that is VERY subject to change in the next decade, meaning the broader understanding is that the lore IS indeed not as solidified, hence making the conversations about lore more accessible for subjective interpretation. He gets the main beats of the lore correct, and that's all you really need to sell Leagues world/lore to people without setting them up for disappointment. Also yes. He is getting MAJOR collab opportunities from riot. I think they're VERY okay with how he covers their franchises.

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

@@harleysonder4341 Yeah I understand this. I an example of why people who really know the lore dont like him is because of things where he will say stuff like "anyways long story short they fell in love" when the story is about how they never fell in love, some specific things in the lore are very important which he glosses over. Obviously he does this because 99% of the people watching dont understand and he is simplifying it but I can see why a lot of people might think he is just talking BS.

[@AdorianDelmore]

I'm so READY for Noxus. The story of Swain has Begun!

[@bluntbangs]

One of the show runners talked about how the next shows will probably take place in Noxus, Ionia, or Demacia, and since Noxus is the obvious follow up to Arcane, most people think it's probably that. So it's pretty likely that Mel will at least show up at some point in the show. Without spoiling anything, that bird is a reference to a character in Noxus, so she might be even more integrated in the next season than we thought.

[@raec5426]

Hints that Jinx could have survived: A pink streak shown before the full impact of explosion for her shimmer enhanced speed. Caitlyn looking at Jinx's bomb shell and the schematics of the building having air vents as if she had caught on that she had a chance to survive. Showing an aircraft flying away as the last thing we see before "the end" flashing in signature Jinx style. Apparently Powder said before in S1 that she wanted to ride the aircraft one day. So things that point to her survival and what Ekko said before applies, "Taking a step forward means leaving a few things behind" and what Jinx said to Vi with, "I'm always with you. Even if we're worlds apart". So Jinx thinking it's best to leave the people she cares about in peace behind as her way of walking away to "break the cycle" as her vision of Silco mentioned. Before she thought of dying as the only way to end things, but this time, she saw another way she didn't have to. So it makes that interaction with Ekko even more pivotal for changing her perspective with giving herself another chance at life.

[@bluntbangs]

Also, I recommend checking out Necrit first. His League MMO and Story of League videos are good to get a baseline of the lore, but he also has specific lore videos for all the regions and characters. After that, definitely look at the League cinematics and music videos. They will hit better once you're more familiar with the characters. Not all the cinematics are lore based though, so keep that in mind. Some of them are just presentations basically.

[@wavemoon]

I would 100% watch you guys react to some league lore stuff. Necrit is kind of THE lore guy and was even immortalized as a character in the league universe. "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" and "Story of League of Legends Explained" are 2 great fairly general videos. A lot of league's cinematics are also great to show what all is out there.

[@tyresepitts7594]

Fun fact: During the chase scene where Ekko tries to reach Jayce they play Ekko's theme from the game

[@jhonreysumagaysay2667]

There are parts that are longer that they have to cut according to one of the creator. Like what happened after Ekko convinced Jinx to not end her life and help with the war and the steamy scene at the prison cell (Ekko suppose to tell Jinx about the other timeline). I think they have to cut it to comply with Netflix's requirements it is on Necrit's interview video with Arcane creator if you're interested to watch.

[@raec5426]

Unfortunate cut of Timebomb interactions 😕

[@ГеоргиСт-ю7ч]

You should definitely watch The Path, An Ionian Myth and Kin of the Stained Blade. These league videos have pretty good animation and tell a short story. You may also check out the Tales of Runeterra videos (around 3 min long each), that show a little bit of each major place in the league world.

[@williamvanderwalt1492]

the three eyed crow is a part of Swain he is a war tactician of Noxus

[@8KFlow]

Isha is an huge hint that Jinx will meet Teemo one day. There is an cinematic trailer where Jinx recruits champions from different parts of the world thru an hextech portal and one of them is Teemo. Also, that look on Caitlyn like she can't contain her smile was an dead giveaway she snuck inside the airship vents and is now moving into an area outside of Piltover. Also, Teemo is known for travelling around the world to collect badges so it is quite conceivable Jinx will run into him in one of the spinoff regions. (I am guessing Demacia since that is where her pal Lux resides.)

[@MemeRanks]

I don't know if you noticed but Jinx survived The Afterglow for Act 3 is a good place to start as well as the interview Linke (one of the creators) had with Necrit

[@harleysonder4341]

omg.. regarding your question on lore and potential videos.. If your interested in watching/reacting to a video that made the rounds on twitch and several big youtube channels about a year ago, Necrit's video called "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done" and more so than the upcoming game he's talking about, the reason it blew up so hard, is because it's an amazing well rounded overview of the main pieces of world building. Goes over the main continents, some of the greatest powers, concepts and characters, etc. fantastic way to start your journey if your interested in watching all the amazing cinematics that Riot has put out over the years. things like the black rose is mentioned along with some amazing stuff about Noxus, Piltover, etc. The video gives you the opportunity to sort of watch the future Fortiche/Riot shows as a comic book fan, because they ARE basing their shows of the league lore and worldbuilding, but it's also subject to change, just like how arcane has impacted the lore(yes, what happens in their shows will be canonical in the game). Big recommend.

[@waterchip9141]

a podcast about the ending would be pretty dope, you guys should check about the difference about this reality and the reality where viktor won, the main factor is ekko and the rune that jayce gave him

[@sirmcdust5572]

We do have 3 confirmed series in the work unfolding in different parts of the world and it's pretty clear to me that the characters and consequences of Arcane will have their role there too. Neither Vi, Cait or Jinx are going to be main characters obviously, but I could imagine them showing up here and there. Especially since Caitlyn gave up her council seat to Sevika there even is potential for her and Vi to go do shit together in different places. Jinx obviously (assuming she is alive which I do believe, the hints are too deliberate) has the freedom to be wherever and a guest appearance from her is a great tool to play with. A simple scenario might even be Caitlyn telling Vi she has reason to believe Jinx is alive (I'd personally rather not she do that, kinda undermines the whole breaking the cycle thing), so they try to find her and we get a guest appearance of Jinx one episode and Vi and Caitlyn drop by a bit later. Mel obviously will return for the Noxus series, that's a given.

[@halo5296]

Also viktor and jayce since the raven was looking for the Crystal that they both got sucked in

[@sirmcdust5572]

@halo5296 I mean, not strictly impossible. I do believe the implication is rather that whoever is controlling the Raven (depends on current timeline) is getting their hands on hextech, but that doesn't completely exclude them returning. Who knows

[@dempstick7]

You need to watch "The World of Riot's MMO is Already Done". Even if you don't care about the MMO, it is a great overview of the world lore. I highly recommend it.

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

Casual solo top laner vs Adc cait + mel support 😂

[@severedproxy]

In terms of maddie, I think she was a noxian spy to begin with. The first time we saw her she was new to the enforcers but she was able to secure positions no junior officers should be able to, like a spot in an elite task force, or as guard to important personel. Also, ambessa said to vi “I was able to fill the void with caitlin when you left” but maddie filled that void. When maddie kept urging cait to not listen to ambessa, I see that as their way of checking if cait is still useful. The moment she said yes was the moment ambessa kills her. But that’s just my interpretation of things.

[@hellmaestroosu792]

There are hints that the next show will be about Noxus. They already confirmed that they'll do 3 more shows about Demacia, Noxus and Ionia. Also that one was already in production for a year.

[@lukaszzylik4437]

I think that at the end of the day i liked Season 2 better. A lot of people feel like it was kinda rushed but i disegree. I just think the Mel storyline could have been handled a different way for pacing reasons but i liked everything else more.

[@budoshi-f2l]

I appreciated your warmth 😁

[@xxxxRouvenxxxx]

guys thank you :) ♥ I loved your arcane reactions.

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

Noxus war Demacia racism 😂 Ionia massacre XD

[@Guilherme-fg9lb]

I know you said on an earlier episode that you didn't watch any of the league of Legends cinematics/animations because you didn't want to get spoiled on the second season, now that there's no more arcane are you planning on watching other league stuff?

[@AdorianDelmore]

The reason it feel short is because it was meant to be 90 min long.

[@AccidentalInsomniac427]

Viktor, the first person in League history to secure the Nexus and still lose

[@phiz8092]

Remember guys I before E except after C

[@phantomix3956]

6:42 how tf you know that?😮 Howkeye😅

[@chunchunmaru1995]

Just wait for Necrit's last act detail video. U'll got more info about it.

[@nrgspike]

I wouldn't blame anyone who wanted Jinx sacrificing herself in order to save her big sister to be a beautiful send off of her character. However they left enough breadcrumbs indicating she survived to open a bakery. "One day, I'm going to ride in one of those things" - Powder "No matter what I do, I just can't seem to die" - Jinx

[@ShinubiMalquez]

I think victor and jayce going through powder version verse

[@Morbius975]

JINX IS ALIVE 💙

[@edralev7671]

I still don't understand why Loris is in the canon and not in the frontline with Vi.

[@-ACE.]

4:25 no that is actually an item that anyone can buy against magic in game.

[@kimalsegaminglife979]

I think next serie they might follow mel to noxus would be cool

[@shadowone01x99]

Tv series reaction recommendation= GANGS OF LONDON

[@ligh7ningx7]

you guys look like babies in the first season of arcane

[@torochavezshay]

yessss

[@cristiancesargomes8864]

didn't you notice that the jinx escaped through the ventilation, it even showed Caitlyn smiling looking at those plants and at the end there is the airship that the jinx talks about in the 1st episode of the 1st season that she wanted to get on one of those so it is implied that she left like the silco said for her in prison. if you pause at the right moment in the explosion there is a pink ray from the jinx's eyes escaping the explosion

[@blackshard641]

The NERV of you wearing that shirt...

[@halo5296]

Opinions on viktor? And Jayce?

[@seya_2]

Love them. Hated both at times but love them even more now❤

[@halo5296]

@ yeah me too i didn’t really care about them in s1 but s2 made me love them and after act3 they became my favs. Also After seeing all these details in twt and tiktok tht i didn’t notice about their relationship on my first watch i was flabbergasted (like the parallels between mel and viktor). They are really.. special

[@JunkoEnoshima.]

Not gonna lie. Not the biggest fan of this last arc. To me this season overall had some problems 1: This kinda comes with being a previous League player but Arcane champions and their League counterparts are so ''different'' despite League declaring that Arcane is canon to League. Wander does not look enough like Warwick, Viktor feels so different, and while this might feel weird to say since she got a lot deeper as a character but Jinx is a bit too ''sane''. Like Jinx is the iconic maniac threat of League, she is a menace on Piltover and someone Vi and Caitlyn is trying to capture for years in League lore but here there are so much Powder left that she doesn't feel like the same Jinx. Yes perhaps it is an improvement at many front so it might be good for this Jinx to be the new Jinx but there is still the ''not the same'' feeling there that is a bit bothering. I could forget this if Arcane and League lore were separate but since they declared they are canon to each other it feels weird to me 2: A lot of thing feels a bit too rushed, they could have benefited a lot from making this at least 10-12 episodes 3: It feels a bit cheap that the Piltover vs Zaun thing was kinda forgotten by making Noxus and Viktor be the threats. And so on Still i am glad that Arcane happened. As a person who has trouble watching new anime for years after watching hundreds of them it was a very satisfying experience to watch League lore in excellent animated form, it ignited the love for League lore i had many years ago

[@adamyoung6797]

For characters to have good arcs, they need to change. But a good champion is just one moment of a story. Jinx can’t stay that crazy the whole time or it wouldn’t be good.

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

@@adamyoung6797 It has nothing to do with the show tho. They are simply pointing out a very fair assessment which is that Arcane decided to ruin 10+ years of lore in a popular game because they made more money than they thought they would. Obviously we want the characters to have depth and growth and character arcs that shape their personality, but riot decided to say fk the millions of people that are already attached to these characters and now are just leaving us in the dark for the forseeable future.

[@raec5426]

I like how Jinx was this season. She is still emotionally imbalanced so she could still be unstable and still had moments of turmoil and suicidal. So I don’t think her mental issues were as switched up as you think just because wasn’t protrayed as anatagonistic as S1.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

S1 was better, S2 has better spectacle and the animation is 11/10 but the rushed story drags it down.

[@AdorianDelmore]

Please please see Necrit lore videos. I want reaction

[@DavidLyles]

I am unsatisfied with Ambessa's motivations. It seems to me that she knew what Viktors goal was and she still supported it and was maybe trying to do her weird third party for her own motivations which were??? Like I still don't understand. Maybe she didn't know the full extent, but Viktors plan just seems like something she would oppose rather than support. If Viktor had done like a little bit of brain washing and she busted out of it I would've been more satisfied with her willpower than her giving a speech about everyone being equal on the battlefield so she supports turning people into machines. I don't know, it felt off.

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

Spoilers for the lore but the black rose is one of the 3 branches of noxus. Only a few people know about this in noxus but the mages are actually a huge part of noxian principals. The black rose sees ambessa as part of their own country and that she would do ANYTHING to quench her thirst for legacy like the show said. I think what they were trying to show is how hypocritical ambessa was the entire time, despite saying over and over how she was protecting her family, she was ready to kill both her children for power. I think her giving into viktor's army shows even further how little ambessa cares for piltover and the people living there, only actually looking out for herself.

[@Kaiserr15]

It was confirmed that Ekko told her about the other world and they bonded over it. And apparently we were supposed to get something intimate between them along with them painting eachother. But there was at least a hour of content cut

[@reinerbraun9995]

They must give us the script if they will not animate it

[@gby139]

the hour thing is bullshit Christian Linke talked about that, i didn't hear anything about the intimate thing, and truly the only thing christian said is that jinx saw something in ekko's eyes when he talked to her, not confirmed that he told her; but anyway with the graffitis we can only assume they had a bonding moment together so it's not inconceivable that he told her.

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

Bro is just lying for fun. Where is this 'confirmed'? The creators of the show have said multiple times now that there was not an hour long cut.

[@gby139]

@@praisethefirstborn6226 people are so ungrateful to this show, it's one of the best things that happened to animation and they cry like bitches bc their fav character didn't have an extra second of screen time, they complain about things they'd never complain with another show. Like yes some script was probably cut, juste like any other show that exist, and how they managed to show us some of what was cut with little details was done marvelously

[@budoshi-f2l]

I mean only logical to think what the discussion between the both of them would have been while they are getting ready, it's just off screen sadly , I would guess ekko told jinx everything

[@GenuisSocietyNo83Herta]

VI didn't do sht this season propaganda is real 😂

[@andisea4006]

Unnecessary fake out death of Jinx for me honestly.

[@darkwillow1451]

I think its more about Vander's death.. as she had to kill him once again. Its clearly she survived.

[@andisea4006]

@darkwillow1451 if a three hextec gemstone can't kill him, what make you think Jinx bomb will kill him? And after he got an upgrade from Viktor?

[@darkwillow1451]

@@andisea4006 i dont know tbh... if i learned something from the Avengers is that logic and superheroes dont always aply. Its either that or she runs away with him at the end.

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

@@darkwillow1451 sorry to break it to you but warwick is still alive lol

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

I CALLED IT!!! I F-ING CALLED IT!!!! Maddie and Ambessa working together!!!! And I feel so vindicated now that it was also confirmed by the lead writer!!! Maddie was a plant all along!! - Maddie was the first to beat her chest - A junior officer put on the front line to protect Mel - Pulled from the car-thing during the memorial attack by huge Shimmer suit dude and NOT killed - Maddie was in bed (god that still makes me sick) trying to get Cait to see Ambessa is trying to “protect them” - Maddie was eaves dropping at the door when Cate & Vi had their argument about Powder - Maddie was carrying the bomb…and also sabotaged it - Maddie showed ZERO remorse or hesitation in pulling the trigger Then there is what Ambessa told Vi in Episode 6...."your absence provided a vacuum I was able to fill." She could have been meaning herself...but it is 100% confirmed now that she meant Maddie. Cait wasn’t anything to Maddie…she was a job.

[@Jakokokoroko]

Except Maddie was playing "anti-Ambessa" when she was in bed with her. Go and watch that scene back, she talks about wanting Cait to call the shots instead of Ambessa and to withdraw from Zaun. Of course, that's just a facade but it helps Cait to feel like she can trust Maddie with things she wouldn't say to Ambessa since she is opposing her. Thus if Cait ever "gave in" to Maddie trying to talk her out of invading the undercity then Ambessa would immediately know through Maddie.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

@@Jakokokoroko nope...its confirmed that she was working Cait the whole time. Telling her she could call off the invasion and reinstate the council was her testing Cait to see if she WOULD go against Ambessa so that they could get her back on "The Ambessa Agenda".

[@praisethefirstborn6226]

@@technewsfortechnoobs Thats exactly what he just said.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

@@praisethefirstborn6226 then i misread it....trying to do this on a phone sucks. lol

[@yaydy5801]

With most other stories you can point to some amazing character, event, relationship, etc but there is nothing memorable about Arcane except the animation. I'm glad it's over.

[@halo5296]

For real

[@EnzoPietro10]

Minor spelling mistqke. Dislike