WHAT A FINALE!!!!! - Arcane - S1 E9 - FIRST TIME WATCHING!!

Arcane - Season 1 Episode 9 "The Monster You Created" Season Finale first time reaction.
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[@MISTERBABAD00K]

Another thing to note: When Vi was telling Jinx to remember and she kept seeing monsters, you can hear Silco yelling "Stop! Don't listen to her!" A lot of people think he was doing that because he was afraid Jinx would switch sides, but in reality Silco is yelling to stop because he knows Jinx is being triggered by it and he is trying to protect her.

[@blackshard641]

It's both. They're codependent.

[@smileyhappyface5864]

@@blackshard641 It's not both. Silco knows that Vi screaming isn't going to make Jinx want to go with her, and that idea is barely even a possibility is his mind. Moreover, he didn't have a freak out when Vi literally said "We can just go, we'll leave and never go back", so there's no way that's a factor at the moment when he IS angry.

[@hmmthatsinterestinglol]

It really makes the whole situation unclear as to who is right or wrong. It’s impossible to tell if Jinx’s life would be better if Silco had shot Vi. Silco also spent almost equal number of years with Jinx as Vi did with Powder.

[@smileyhappyface5864]

@@hmmthatsinterestinglol Yeah. We can certainly make some guesses as to how Jinx would _react_ if Silco successfully shot Vi and how things would go in the undercity after that, but even ignoring the moral complexity, there's no real way to say that any decision made in that moment would make Jinx's life objectively better or worse.

[@blackshard641]

@@smileyhappyface5864 ahem. Vi: "We'll put this behind us, you'll never have to see him again, Powder." Silco: frantically says something, muffled. Jinx: "What do you have to say about that?" Silco, angrily: "Her name is Jinx!" If you don't understand how this is Silco attempting to reassert control over Jinx/Powder because Vi is a threat to their bond, I don't know what to tell you. Watch the show again. Watch it twenty more times if you have to. He doesn't stop being a manipulator just because he loves Jinx. He isn't just trying to protect her. He needs her. It's both.

[@MISTERBABAD00K]

The line Silco says to Vander's memorial: "The boy didn't even haggle." Ekko mentioned when he was a kid that when Jayce came by Benzo's shop that "He didn't even haggle." This show has a neat way of showing history repeating itself.

[@rabbiddawg7935]

There are so many paralleled quotes from different characters in this show too, I love going into these! That one isn't noticed as much and I'm so happy you mentioned it. I'll take what you said a step further and say that this reflects the drastic disparity between understanding things in Piltover and Zaun. We see Jayce, a Piltovan, grow as a character from between when he bought from Benzo's shop to his deal with Silco, sure, but we see that just as informed and 'educated' he is, there is still a serious gap in his level of understanding the larger situation with Zaun. He's changed his approach with handling Hextech and Zaun/Zaunites, and he's probably the most willing Council member to seek continued peace with Zaun by the end of Ep. 9, but despite offering this olive branch, it isn't enough. A Zaunite, be it Ekko or Silco, sees clearly through his attempts each time he tries.

[@_FirstLast_]

Every character in League has a descriptive title of sorts in the game. Jayce is known as "The Idealist". He never haggled, he meets people where they are. That is his curse. He is always willing to sacrifice his own resources in the place of his potential partners (think Mel as well). "He didn't even haggle" is an easter egg reinforcing this long standing title. The layers in this series is why I've watched it over 50 times. I still feel there are subtleties left for me to find. This is absolutely a masterpiece in multiple categories.

[@xUNLUCKYxSEVENx]

One that I feel goes unnoticed all the time is when heimerdinger looks at ekkos board. He says that the blades are improperly placed, and ekko tells him he is wrong, and that it's made for the fissures. I feel like this represents how as much as heimerdinger knows, he still has a big misunderstanding of how the undercity works and doesn't know how things work down there

[@KesinX]

This show’s primary theme is duality, and they pulled it off like a master. Everything has a level of duality. Every character can look at almost every other character and find their equal opposite in some way.

[@aaronhedlund8136]

Actually the first act and the 3rd act are literally the same. Starting with a fight on the bridge, a fight over the hextech gem, climaxing with a fight in the fishery where Jinx, once again, is in the middle of a showdown between Vi and Silco where she uses the hextech in a new weapon to blow something up ruining a situation that was actually resolving in the least worst way and ending up with Powder/Jinx cementing her path down the worst possible path. There are even more similarities in the arcs that match up if you go back and look for them. It’s literally the same arc - it’s AMAZING how they pulled it off

[@RickPat94]

I love the scene at Vander's statue. To me Vander is at his core a huge raging brawler, a force, a beast, he's a fighter. And Vander, this fighter, had to give up his dream by stopping to fight and accept peace in order to protect his children. Something that Silco couldn't understand that didn't make sense to him. "I hated you but you kept my respect, until you made peace with them." He knows that Vander still has the fighter in him and thereby despises when Vander "would die for the cause, but won't fight for one". But towards the end of the season Silco himself seems to be really tired of fighting. None of his plans worked out, Topside left them even further behind thanks to hextec, his double agent guy Marcus is dead, his shimer production is at least thrown back, his authority gets openly questioned and VI is back and on his ass aswell. Everytime the guy sits at his desk he comes off as tired of everything. And now suddenly he could peacefully get all he wants and get a rest but he can't go for it. Like Vander, he has to give up his dream for the very same reason but in the opposite way, by continuing this losing fight and rejecting peace in order to protect his child. His brothers actions make all sense now.

[@blackshard641]

He's a beast alright.

[@_FirstLast_]

​@@blackshard641hound of the underground. If you know, you know

[@fatmanjoeisfat]

its like a genie came to you and said i'll give you everything you ever wanted, but your only daughter gets to rot in hell for eternity; makes you think, do i really want it that much?

[@aranthur]

In a horrible but also kind of beautiful way, Arcane season 1 is a coming of age story. We see the trauma that in many ways locks Jinx in a very childlike mindset for almost a decade, then we see her facing her demons and the memories and attachments that have been holding her back, and by the end she has become an adult. Not a better person, but a more mature and certain one She's realized she isn't just a mini-Vi like she wanted when she was younger, and she isn't just a mini-Silco like he would often insist. She's Jinx. For better or worse And then the last thing we see is her greatest fear conquered and reversed, the power of it taken back. Instead of being left behind once again, this time she is the one who walks away from Vi

[@Sinewmire]

She accepts who she is, but in the worst possible way. She accepts all the bad things she's ever been told: that it's all her fault, that her family's death is her fault, that she's about as good for Silco's cause as she was for her family. She's not choosing the Jinx chair. She's resigned that she can't escape it.

[@user-fh9bt7gx8e]

Have you ever wondered what's wrong with Jinx's head? Or rather, with Powder. Because there are signs of this even before the appearance of Jinx. Jinx refers to characters of the sociopathic type. She is impulsive, unable to control outbursts of anger and other emotions, and lacks a sense of empathy. Think for yourself, which child will use their toys as bombs? The girl is self-centered. What would happen to an ordinary child who saw the one he thought was his father dead? Powder only cares about one thing, and that's herself. After what happened to the bomb, her condition worsens and she becomes an inveterate sociopath. Silko is kind of glad about this, because he sees his ideal. A completely independent personality. Jinx is impossible to control, she always comes from herself. The fate of the brothers and Vi worries her only because they have sunk into her soul due to childhood trauma. She would like to receive emotional nourishment from Vee, but nothing more. And Vi should belong only to her.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

I dont think Silco said that to enable her. He said that because he loved her and the last thing he wanted to do was make sure that she knew someone accepted her as she is, for who she is. There were nothing but truth and love in those words. No one can convince me of anything else. He may indeed have been enabling her with those words, but Im 10000% sure that was not why he said it. Silco was by no means a good father, how could he be? Many people overlook that Silco himself is a seriously damaged individual and I get it, he is so calm, sollected and calculating its easy to forget, but he has some *_massive_* trauma too. For such a person to raise another absolutely broken person will inevitably be a disaster. However, he was a *_loving_* father. He would never intentionally hurt Jinx, he would never give her up, like he said "not for anything". He gave up his dream, his ambition, all his sacrifices and hard work. For her. "Is there anything so undoing... as a daughter" Thats what Jinx did, she undid everything Silco was, everything he stood for. In a way, she saved him as she gave him a little bit of his humanity back and allowed him to die a man and a father, not a monster. Its god damn poetry, Jesus fakking Christ, the writing is so ridiculously good.

[@FredrikHaugen]

"He didn't even haggle" - Ecco, episode 1; "The boy didn't even haggle" - Silco, episode 9

[@morganwebber]

I never saw anybody mention it, but I think Jinx never "jinxed" anything, she just takes credit for the miss fortunes as if she jinxed it, it's a phycological thing. Yes she blew up the council but that didn't actually "jinx the peace" because Silco wasn't going to give up Jinx anyway. The Chem barons are only a matter of time away from overthrowing Silco even if the first attempt from Finn failed. Like Sevicka said "he won't be the last". Also even in EP. 3 she didn't actually "jinx" their escape, because Vander was already losing control of the Undercity. It didn't happen then, it would have just happened later by another means. Jinx just accelerates what's already happening, not jinxing it. At least that's my opinion, from watching the show. I really enjoyed watching you watch Arcane.

[@Hohum37]

Vi made Jinx. She certainly played a part... but Jinx wasn't *blaming* Vi, she was *thanking* her, and taking the credit away from Silco. I think we're expecting Jinx to be blaming Vi, and assume she is - despite the words Jinx says: "Wanna know a secret? Silco thinks he made Jinx ... But he didn't make Jinx. You did." "I'm sorry, Powder. I never meant to leave you." "You never left. I always heard you. Shadows in the streets, prickles on the back of my neck. Your voice. Pushing me. Picking me up when all the colors were black. You're the reason I'm still alive." imo - She doesn't think of the difference between her younger and older self as being innocent versus murderously violent, and mentally broken - but instead as weak and fearful versus strong and confident.

[@bynflew8552]

Vi in ep 2: what makes you different makes you strong. Always remember that Jinx in ep 9: I thought maybe you could love me like you used to. Even though I'm... different

[@InstantSilence]

Silco called Jinx perfect back in episode 5 too when he baptized her. I think to Silco, she's the personification of resilience that he values and seeks in his vision for Zaun. To quote him from the end of episode 1: "Power, real power, doesn't come to those who were born strongest, or fastest, or smartest. No. It comes to those who will do anything to achieve it." Jinx is the one true child of Zaun.

[@Drake844221]

This is an episode that will never lose its power for me. Before I get into the personal stuff, I'm going to talk about some of the more general things. First off, the fundamental themes of "In the pursuit of great, we failed to do good," and "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" are both... themes that echo back through the entire series. It is the struggle to cling to the parental bond of children who are forging their own path in life that is the thing that eats away at so many of the parental characters in the show. Also, I have never, and never will forgive them for getting Sting to sing The Monster You Created. His voice is exactly the right kind of haunting for it. On a significantly more personal note, the final lines from Jinx, of "I used to think that you could love me like you used to..." are a set of lines that came back to haunt me at the end of 2022. My wife and I had gone through several very rough years at that point, and... we just kept trying and trying to make things work, but in the end, we just kind of had to come to terms with the fact that it wasn't going to work because... on a very fundamental level, neither of us were the person that the other needed, and never truly had been. Still, those last lines echo very eerily for me, especially as I've bid "Here's to the new us."

[@minkalampinen9519]

Arcane is perfect. Truly one of a kind. There are other excellent shows of course but Arcane has everything, all the elements and nuances that together create a explosive killer cocktail.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

26:00 As Vi told Cait in episode7 (I think), When vi and Powder were younger they used to play monsters and they got bigger and bigger until Powder got scared and Vi told her not to worry. Vi told Powder that as long as she was there she would always "make the mosnters go away". Vi holds up Cait after Jinx bomb the bridge, riht before Echo comes in, we see Cait from Jinx perspective with the Scratches forming devil horns and fans on Caits face. In Jinx mind, Cait is a monster. Shes asking Vi to "make her go away". This is a test to see if Vi will hold true to her word. Its so subtle, its so deep, its so perfect. Im pretty sure this is also what Jinx means when she tells Vi "But you changed too". God damn, I love this show.

[@Morbacounet]

If you think about it, almost every character completes their arc. Jinx will never be Powder again. She accepts the role the world gave her. Vi has failed. She couldn't "save" her sister. Silco finally understands why Vander sacrificed everything for his children. And makes the same choice. Jayce decides to follow his own path. He draws lines He's not willing to cross. Mel never wanted violence but now she decided to completely cut her family out of her life. Caitlyn proved her worth to her mom and the whole city. She's not just the Kiraman daughter anymore. Heimerdinger finally found a new cause to help. He won't be passive anymore. Sevika lost her arm for the third time.

[@Krusesensei]

And Jinx lost her third parents. --- Not all arcs are completed. There is more to do. Singed, savica, Victor, vander....

[@Okini_Hasa]

As someone who's traumatized by the past myself I feel Jinx's pain so deeply. 💔 That rage, that anger, that sadness, the anxiety, the struggle to find some sort of self worth... it's all a bit too real to me. Of course I'd never kill or seriously hurt others but sometimes I feel SO DAMN RAGEFUL that I want nothing more than do some damage - just because of minor things like someone criticizing me. I know it's messed up. If I could I'd go to therapy but our health care system is already so broken and overburdened that I won't be able to unload my emotional baggage for a very long time in the future. Exploding one day like Jinx did doesn't feel too far fetched.

[@tarshnottrash1483]

💙

[@Simyonovich]

I love that the show doesn't shy away from it's message of class consciousness while also not allowing the narrative and character arcs to be overwhelmed with overt preaching on the subject. It rewards the viewer for engaging with the story from wherever they are, allowing the viewer to think and make up their own mind, or not. At the same time, I think that the show still has a definite point of view. Such a hard line to walk. Incredibly impressive balancing act from the writers.

[@dlweiss]

I feel so sorry for both Jinx and Vi in their final scene together, because Vi is genuinely saying what she thinks her sister needs to hear to "get better" - but Vi is operating from a fundamental misunderstanding about what's actually motivated the transformation from Powder to Jinx. In Vi's mind, the transformation happened because Powder got essentially "brainwashed" and has more or less *forgotten* who she used to be, and who her family was (remember Vi telling Silco she was gonna remove "whatever fucked-up delusions you put in her head"). But in reality, Jinx became who she is specifically *because* of her past experiences and memories - she forged her new identity as a direct response to that past trauma, and she *never* forgot a single thing about her old family and who she used to be. Which means, of course, that every time Vi tries to "remind" Jinx of her past life, all she's doing is re-triggering and re-traumatizing her all over again - and making her even more volatile as a result.

[@MysteryQ007]

I would like to point this out. In episode 4 right after she kills the enforcers, Silco is mad, but then she hangs the prize she got in front of him. It's not the violence, it's violence that doesn't serve some purpose he doesn't want. This may be me reading too much into a character, but there are so many layers too all the characters in this show.

[@kingad8869]

The base violence necessary for change.

[@TJWatkins-qm3cn]

There is no such thing as reading too much into an Arcane character. Whatever the case, it's really cool that they are consistent to this extent with his backstory. "As time passed, so did my hate, and I was left with an understanding. The only way to defeat a superior enemy is to stop at nothing, to become what they fear." - Silco talking about Vander trying to drown him, and him sealing Vander's knife to escape. He HEAVILY implies that, up until Vander's betrayal, he would never physically attack someone even to protect himself, and this experience made him realize how much he values his life and what he must be willing to do to achive his goals. Even with his lesson on making other people afraid of him, he makes it clear that he believes violence without a purpose is bad.

[@vel306]

sometimes i wonder if Vi just referred to jinx as jinx, like jinx it’s ok, i feel like jinx wouldn’t have spiraled like that, you were one of the only reactors who had the same reaction to Vi calling jinx by the name she doesn’t want to associate with anymore.

[@gustavgustav2670]

One thing i always find that gets glossed over in the ending scene, is how Jinx psychologically tortures Vi through both implying she's got Caitlyns head on a platter, and then trying to manipulate Vi into shooting her. And despite this Vi still tries to get her back.

[@bridgethaines7127]

I remain unconvinced Jinx was asking Vi to shoot Caitlyn to get Powder back. Part of me believes she was asking Vi to shoot JINX so Powder could find peace.

[@TJWatkins-qm3cn]

"Psychologically tortures" is a serious exaggeration lmao. Vi only believed that Jinx actually had Caitlyn's head there because she is scared of Jinx and assumes the worst of her. More importantly, Jinx does not manipulate Vi to kill Caitlyn. She is simply laying out what she thinks are the facts of the situation and there is no reason to believe there is any dishonesty going on here.

[@gustavgustav2670]

@TJWatkins-qm3cn "Sheesh, I'm not that crazy." That's shows Jinx knew exactly what she was doing - trying to get her sister to believe she'd killed cupcake, even though she knew she hadn't. That's psychological torture, especially when you are tied up and powerless.

[@shawnlopez2317]

Ok, I know there's a season 2 coming this year and I love to see more, but to be honest, Arcane is a Tragedy.. an absolute perfect Tragedy and if the story stopped right here and everyone in the Council room died, all the tragic arch's would be complete. Jayce and Viktor would fall to they're dream weaponized by the very people they're trying to help, Mel who turned her back on war for peace is killed by a declaration of war, Silco the survivor who forsake everything for power and the freedom of an entire nation loses everything for his love of one girl and becomes Vander in the process, and so on so forth with every character in this story, everyone in this series has reached their emotional tragic finality by episode 9 and all of this is brought about by the greatest tool of Melpomene (the Goddess of Tragedy) every conceived, Jinx, she is perfect, and she at last has also completed her journey of self. The story has no cliffhanger it is finished, it can stop right here and be perfect. That said I am still looking forward to watching season 2.

[@mercilessidioms]

Of course Jinx is a ghost. She's been haunted by ghosts so long it only feels normal to her to haunt people too. Especially herself. I've watched this show and its reactions a LOT, for the same reason an art student sketches studies of Rembrandts in a museum. But for some reason, Hailee's delivery of Vi's first lines really dug into my brain this time. Vi never sounds uncertain--that's central to the appeal of her character after all--yet the little stammers and pauses as she tries to justify Jayce's action to him really tell me she's trying to justify them to herself. That's why she shifts so quickly from variations on "he had it coming" to "one death is a tragedy, a million is a statistic." She's throwing things at the wall hoping one sticks. And too many reactors start fist-pumping along with her as if her meandering excuses are gospel truth. Glad you dodged that trap. The only character that's a source of capital T Truth in the show is Mel's mom Ambessa. Literally everything that comes out of her mouth is factually accurate, if wholly self-serving, even as the context often makes it deeply ironic as well ("Get hold of yourself, I taught you better" SLURP). So of COURSE they wrote and drew the character to maximize the discomfort of everyone around her. Great run of reaction and analysis!

[@mishan3168]

God I love this show so freaking much.

[@coxfire]

Aside from the fantastic character development for mainly Jinx and Silco (2 of the best written characters ever) that people will develop, there are little things I love about this episode that get drowned by the rest. One: Heimerdinger finally seeing that you can act and have to when you don't have a choice. His immortality made him complacent, Ekko showed him you can go forward when your back his against the wall. That's a massive wake up call for him. Two: Vi never guarded before ("you still block with your head", "your guard needs work"), and when she finally did, she triggered the gloves' shield. Jayce referring to Viktor as a "Zaunite", finally giving identity to the people of the Undercity. As i said, a million can be said about Arcane, but these little details are some of the many that make this show a masterpiece

[@tarshnottrash1483]

Trauma table!!! Such a perfect description… I knew it was but never thought of that. Something I have never seen any one comment on & hit me suddenly was this scene opens with the (I’m gonna stuff up the name) …Valdiani piece Powder picked up in the first ep. This means not only did Jinx collect all this memorabilia but she went back to the depths to get that bag back….that piece was lost in the bag of stolen items! She didn’t just collect the things around her she actively sort them out. My favourite & most relatable scene is the animation of the ‘monsters’ when vi was trying to convince her. I felt that….i feel that

[@fr8964]

The stunned silence. Yep. Yep.

[@DarthRayj]

Yeah, I think I sat in silence for about ten minutes just realizing how perfect the ending was, it felt inevitable. And there's still some part of me that's *proud* of Jinx for figuring out Hextech in vastly worse conditions, by herself, and in a fraction of the time it took both Viktor and Jayce together to work it out, even with their notes to work from. But also, for actually processing and coming to terms with her trauma, even if the resolution isn't the one we hoped for; think about it, she seems calm even while grieving, and she's now clearly acting from a place of agency rather than emotional reactivity as she'd been before. I'm excited to see how scary she'll be in Season 2!!

[@Fionalah]

Honestly 'Arcane' is a complete reimagining of League lore rather than a prequel. Jinx bears little resemblance to the goofy character from the games. But I enjoyed your reaction, and glad you loved the series! Your perspective as a writer has been excellent!

[@rabbiddawg7935]

Arcane is canon to League lore now so I'll be interested to see what they keep and don't keep from previous lore in game and leading into S2.

[@maddiefu1]

Thanks for a thoughtful ride! Arcane is so masterfully written, I can't wait for season 2 later this year! While we all wait, consider watching blue eye samurai, another incredible piece of animation and storytelling.

[@Steph.K.Z]

Always love to see the silence after every Arcane last episode reaction.

[@Manifibell]

Been a cool ride with you through your reaction to Arcane. Can't wait to see what you think of Bridging the Rift. It really gets your creative going and I don't do any creative work so its gonna be amazing for you I bet! Season two so close!

[@TylPhumin]

To me personally, what makes show that he "still has a heart" but is just willing to sacrifice a lot for what he want's to do, is when he talks about jayce. he refers to him as "the boy" and about he didn't even haggle. He doesn't call him dumb or something that makes it seem like he's looking down on him or anything. Not sure how to explain, but it feels like he took a liking to Jayce, it just happened that they were on different sides. maybe, i am slightly biased, for Jayce is my fav. Champion out of those appearing in Arcane.

[@AgonizingDemise]

Love your breakdown. I think you have a lot of insight in how the characters work and why they are who they are which makes it really nice to watch again alongside you. Can't wait for the next season and I'll certainly watch your bridging the rift reactions!

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

10:20 Yes... But Jayce has combat training, most nobel houses have martial arts training of some sort as a standard, Jayce is from a lower house but he is still a noble, his hammer is actually designed to be a weapon as opposed to Vis gauntlest which are mining toold and Jayce is s_*alot*_ stronger than Vi, physically speaking. I think it wouldve been a decently close fight and, gun to the head, I think Jayce wouldve won. The fact that his weapon is an actual weapon is, on its own, a massie advantage.

[@rromano158]

You could say this series shows that not everyone is bad and not everyone is good, but also that not everyone is good and not everyone is bad, if that makes sense.

[@KesinX]

Remember what Silco said about power in the first episode. It comes to those who will do anything to achieve it. When he found Jinx, he found the one thing he wouldn’t give up for power.

[@aaronhedlund8136]

Yes! This is what I keep saying as well! He failed because he found the ONE thing he wouldn’t do, and lost his power. He finally understood why Vander stopped fighting - because he had something he couldn’t lose, a line he couldn’t cross. He knew he was beat when he was talking to Vander’s statue - he was admitting defeat, that he’d NEVER get Zaun, his lifetime dream - because he couldn’t cross that final line. “Is there anything so undoing as a daughter”. Funny that for both of them it was the same daughter.

[@Morbacounet]

You should watch (and react ?) to "Bridging the Rift", the mini series RIOT made about creating Arcane.

[@gaara_of_the_desert1118]

If you do check out the behind the scenes documentary, don't forget to turn on subtitles, they often speak French because Fortiche is an animation studio in Paris.

[@FredrikHaugen]

What you want, isn't always what you need. Vand knew it, Silco got taught it

[@SinSiricheDu]

For Jinx, peace was never an option. Yes! Please watch the behind the scenes, bridging the rift! And the two teaser trailers! And for some laughs, the short animation Arcane in a nutshell. Also while your coping and waiting for the next season if your still interested in gaming, since you appreciate a good story I highly recommend playing the Mass Effect trilogy, (my personal favorite game of all time) Dragon age, Greedfall, and subnautica. Looking forward to your next videos.

[@LeahB31]

There are so many big character arcs in this show that are loud and in our face, so most people think and talk only about those characters(i.e. Jynx, Vi…etc). My favorite character is the most underrated rated character in this show that was quietly featured throughout and had a full arc that was less obvious. That is Mel. Mel is such a great character and because we only saw more of her motivations in the third act, so many people had already put her in a box and misunderstood her sadly. Mel never wanted war. She only asked that Piltover be prepared to DEFEND themselves because she grew up around war mongering. She never suggested offense. She was an outcast from her family, so she did want to prove herself abroad and put Piltover on the map, and that led her into manipulating Jayce. We then see her truly connect and care for Jayce and eventually not care about winning her family’s approval anymore.

[@gorzillak2793]

Glad u enjoy it. Welcome to the club ! 😅 Thx for making these videos for us to relive this tragedy drama 😆

[@LionlordEbonfire]

Twice you said that Mel wanted violence. She didn’t. She is a practical person that always wanted to improve and build the city. She plays the game of politics but in the end she wanted was a defense when she realized that a fight was coming. She knew first hand what happens if you loose a battle for the city. In fact we see that she is also a bit naive when her mother rightly points out once a weapon is made you can’t unmake it and they are always used. And the crazy part is that her end game was the most tragic in that she was right, they needed a defense. Boom. (May as well talk about something we don’t talk about too much. The many misunderstandings about Mel)

[@elf_gopnik]

Режим ожидания реакции на "Bridging the Rift" включен Очень интересно посмотреть на вашу реакцию, как писателя, ведь довольно много тонкостей вы можете подметить и просто хорошо понять, что имели ввиду создатели и через что им пришлось пройти

[@McTerrox]

Hey I loved all you’re arcane reactions, and I would love seeing you also react to „bridging the rift „ which is the documentation behind arcane it’s super well done and gives alot creative insight and is also super inspiring Edit I just saw you’re reaction, and I am hyped for you’re journey to come

[@darkwillow1451]

Silco isnt a villain, he is more of an anti-hero. Silco doesnt stand for power, or personal gain. Thats why Sevika didnt betray him. She's loyal to the cause, not to silco or vander or anyone else. Silco stands for the freedom of the undercity people. And his goal is all that matters right until the end, where he is put to chose between Jinx and the good of everyone else. He is ruined because he's in conflict. For the first time, his personal aspects are in opposition with the true purpose of it all. For everyone who didnt understand the sublte aspects, lets debunk some aspects. -> Silco is a murder. Yes, but only if necessary. Silco didnt want to kill Vander, he wanted him on his side. Vander chose not to and put himself between the goal of true freedom. Thats what got him killed. -> Silco flushed the lanes with shimmer. Thats a perspective, not a reality. The dialogue of "i wanted to be somebody, make other people affraid" means shimmer wasnt forced, just made available. Taking shimmer was a choice, and those who did, its on them, not on Silco. -> Silco exploited kids. Not true. Kids have always worked in the underground. As Vander said "you gotta earn a place in the world". The show is devious. They show you kids at the end of episode 8, to make u revolt, then they show you that even the chem baron kid worked there.. and i doubt he was forced. -> Undercity is worse. No it is not remember what kind of slump the last drop was and how it looked in episode 4. The undercity is richer overall, because money come illegaly through the smuggling of shimmer to external markets. The councilor said "you've seen their ingenuity over the years, body modifications" -> Silco manipulates jinx. Not true. He trully didnt knew Vi was alive and has always let jinx make her own decisions. He trully believes what he says and he manipulates her the same way any parent does when he gives his personal advice, that ofc might be bias. People need to understand that Silco isnt trully a villain. His moral compass is unscrupulously right. Freedom, regardless of cost. At the end of the day, the Vander solution of keeping your head down while slowly decaying into oblivion isnt good. With that mentality, in the real world, we would still have slavery. Since when "freedom or die trying" is viewed as bad mentality? The only thing villainous about silco is his aesthetics. He is deliberately presented that way to screw with the viewers perception. None of the characters of arcane are trully a villain.

[@count4045]

Sevika won by the way, Vi just got lucky. Also, very refreshing to see someone finallye getting that Vi's reactions are not... well... great. It's all grey out there, everything blows. And it blows fucking hard.

[@aranthur]

It's like Jayce said, Vi won't make it alone. She wouldn't have survived her first fight with Sevika if not for Cait, and she wouldn't have survived her second without Jayce's gauntlets. I think that's going to be a lesson she'll really have to learn in season 2, and then we'll finally get Cait and Vi as true partners

[@smileyhappyface5864]

No, actually. Vi got back up of her own free will, and beat Sevika by blocking a hit, causing the shield to come out. Unless you're admitting that Sevika never would've had a chance without HER arm, Vi using the Hetech is entirely fair game in that fight. Vi is simply a more skilled fighter.

[@rabbiddawg7935]

I've really enjoyed your insight and comments on this show - thank you again for watching and reacting! You offer such a detailed breakdown of your thoughts and your predictions throughout the show and it was nice to see them come to fruition. We might not have gotten a clear view of where Jinx shot, but I'm determined to believe we had one bullet strike Silco right through his heart. I haven't been too emotional when it comes to other series, but that last scene had me tear up with Silco's last words. He loved her with as much as he had the capacity to love. There is an abyss of lore when it comes to the League of Legends universe, it's a goldmine of reaction content with just their cinematics (easily over 100 videos). I'm helping out another channel currently reacting to Arcane with their League lore dive so I know it looks daunting, but I promise it's worth it! I will echo what folks have said here that watching the Bridging the Rift documentary would be a natural step forward, but if you're interested in a lore dive, I would gladly give you some playlists to follow and guides to help your journey into it. I've helped a couple reactions channels too with this, let me know if I can lend a hand!

[@TheMedievalman9]

"OH, JESUS CHRI--" Heh. Told ya.

[@jaykanuck82]

Arcane is pretty much about Silco's journey on becoming his brother. Silco ma have had an impact on her,however Powder changed Silco. His "Do anything to achieve it" mentality was shattered because Jinx meant more to him than the Nation of Zuan similar to Vander realizing that Vi and Powder were more important than fighting to see The Nation of Zuan come true,Was Vander and Silco the perfect Fathers, No. But they did parent the best way they knew how. Silco really loved Jinx and was frightened of losing her to Vi. Silco is a great Anti-Hero

[@user-fh9bt7gx8e]

In fact, many of the characters in the series are more complicated than they seem. Who killed Vai and Powder's parents? Powder believes that the security forces did it. Look at the very beginning and you will see who is doing it. Vander has already negotiated with the security forces to end the war. Where does Silko's hatred of Vander come from? It's not just that Vander tried to kill Silko. The fact is that Vander killed those who were with him and Silko. At first, Silko attributed it to Vander's cowardice and weakness. He told about it the day Jinx was born. At the end of the series, Silko is already able to understand Wander. He's going to negotiate with James himself. And James puts forward Jinx's betrayal as a condition. The circle has closed.

[@hawke5311]

Season 1 could be titled "ARCANE: The Tragedy of Powder"

[@williamklett6660]

3 years, we've waited, 3 years watching reactors, and now, 3 years almost to the day we'll get season 2. #RuinedbyArcane

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Manipulating is purposely misleading someone for personal gain. I dont think Silco ever really does that to Jinx. Alot of what he tells and teach her is not true... But he *_think_* it is. Thats not manipulation, thats just being wrong.

[@blackshard641]

Love your analysis, man. It's been spot on for the last few episodes. Silco wasn't the healthiest parent for Jinx, and was terrible at setting boundaries, but he definitely loved her. "Powder" is haunted by her guilt and punishes herself for it, while "Jinx" accepts that she seems fated to be an agent of chaos and suffering. Silco knew in a way that he was holding her back, which is why his last words were radical acceptance. "Don't cry, you're perfect" was "Don't let your guilt over me prevent you from being what you need to be." And so she cut ties with Vi and everyone else by firing the rocket. Arcane, especially for only having nine episodes, has some of the best written characters I've ever seen. Silco and Xanatos are my all time favorite villains, and it took two long seasons for Gargoyles to develop its characters to a remotely similar point. To think that my first impression of Silco was just another mustache-twirling caricature, and I ended up shedding tears for him by the end. I can't wait for Season 2. I know exactly where at least a couple of characters are going (as they haven't caught up with how they appear in the game), I have some theories about a couple more, but the rest? It will be interesting to see.

[@Sinewmire]

"Make her go away" Jinx is talking about Cait as if she's the monsters Vi would chase away when they were little. In my opinion the two main themes are cyclical history, and living in the past. Silco follows Vander's path exactly, down to who kills him. Marcus followed Grayson's path, and now Jayce is following his - idealistic list for retibutive justice, horror at the consequences resulting in the death of the sherrif, and a realisation for the necessity of making deals with the undercity to keep the peace. Meanwhile, Heimerdinger, Vander, especially Vi, are all living in the psst, trying to turn back time to how things used to be. But in the city of progress, that's not how it is. Even Jinx mocks Silco for giving advice as if everything is the way it was when Silco left him, treating the chem-barons like the rebels of old instead of the criminal businessmen they are. This show is a masterpiece.

[@larawalker]

loved your reactions, though, given the last episode, i dunno that the music post show fit well. just a suggestion.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

When you get everything you're expecting, and still aren't ready for it. I don't even feel like it's a cliffhanger, it's the climactic expression of her arc. Part of the hate Silco gets is reaction to another population of "Silco is such a great dad!" people - because OMG no. If you ever want a week of commentary, psyculturists is a channel by a psycologist that unpacks really well over a few hours per episode. Also Schnee has like 90 videos of various lengths analyzing Arcane. You're pretty good at figuring stuff out - you might want to look at that scene at the end where you wondered what we were looking at. Or maybe don't spoil yourself and just wait until November. Cheers!

[@smileyhappyface5864]

I mean, the idea that Silco is a _bad_ dad can't be justified without making wild accusations based on things we've seen and unfounded assumptions about the things we haven't. Nothing we've seen Silco do has ever negatively affected her, so he's at least the third best parent in Arcane.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

@@smileyhappyface5864 what Silco told Jinx in episode 7 was a 100% purely selfish deflection so he didn't have to admit he'd screwed up by being completely selfish in trying to kill Vi instead of giving the sisters a chance to talk. And it was damaging to her self esteem and directly contributed to how badly things got screwed up on on the bridge later that episode, which in turn nearly got Jinx killed. Silco is absolute garbage as a dad.

[@smileyhappyface5864]

@@j.f.fisher5318 "what Silco told Jinx in episode 7 was a 100% purely selfish deflection so he didn't have to admit he'd screwed up by being completely selfish in trying to kill Vi instead of giving the sisters a chance to talk." 1: It wasn't a deflection. Honest or not, he didn't avoid any questions or shift the blame to her in any way in that scene. This one is more nitpicky, though. 2: Saying it was "purely selfish" is a ridiculous exaggeration. The only things Silco knows about Vi are that she's a strong enemy that wants to kill him, she looks up to Vander and actively tries to be like him in certain ways, and she punched Jinx in the face and abandoned her. None of these things got proven wrong in his encounter with Vi in episode 6, as what _she_ said was "I'm gonna find her, and erase whatever fucked up delusions you put in her head. But first, I'm gonna bring your bullshit empire down all around you", indicating to him that not only is she only concerned about Jinx because she thinks she's "brainwashed", but getting her sister back is not even her top priority. Are these things true? Not really, but Vi never says or does anything in Silco's presence that indicates otherwise, and he can't read minds. Allowing Jinx and Vi a "chance to talk" would be a *big* step more dangerous for both of them than letting her protect shimmer on missions. As I said, you can't justify the idea that he was being purely selfish without huge assumptions about what we've seen.

[@smileyhappyface5864]

@@j.f.fisher5318 "And it was damaging to her self esteem and directly contributed to how badly things got screwed up on on the bridge later that episode, which in turn nearly got Jinx killed." False. Jinx didn't even believe him lmao. She went right to waiting for Vi at the bridge after this conversation with Silco, and in case her dialog with phantom Mylo doesn't make it clear that she still believes Vi is there for her ("Shut up! It's just a goodbye hug. She wouldn't do that, not again."), she outright says in episode 9 that she knows Vi was there to get her back. Jinx didn't believe a word Silco said in episode 7, meaning it didn't affect her decisions later on at all. The only reason she stopped stabbing him with the eye injector is because she knows _why_ he was saying it (he didn't want to lose her), and couldn't bring herself to hurt him for that.

[@tarshnottrash1483]

Since you liked arcane so much can I suggest BLUE EYE SAMURAI to you. Honestly the next best animated story since arcane & I think you will love it.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

Arcane is the best show ever made. Silco is possibly the best villain ever, top3 for sure. Breaking bad is no2. Then it gets muddy.

[@Offoda]

(i have that exact same dresser and its freakin' me out...) O.O

[@Naugur]

Silco is my favorite charater of the show as well. Btw I love the term, "assembled a table of trauma" xD I might just steal it. Edit: If you liked Arcane, and if you haven't seen it yet, I can recommend Blue Eye Samurai as your next watch.

[@Hecarim420]

Jayce know how to fight. He learnt it in ACADEMY ツ ==> It's not 21 century. Just saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@user-vn5go1ko9w]

I knew you still had it in you... slight push off catwalk...

[@sowitapid]

please do me one favor: don't read up on any League of Legends lore. You have already been spoiled once, try to stay away from any content relating to the game.