The Message Hidden Within the Pattern | Arcane S2 Ep 6 Reaction

[@YaBoyRoshi]

What an annoying cliff hanger lol

[@ataldr4802]

@@YaBoyRoshi can’t wait for tomorrow

[@TheAfricanGrey]

That’s the Arcane Special right there 🤣

[@CruxusAshbourne]

Yep! They really made that episode saying "Y'all about to sit on this for a week!".

[@JP11999]

I feel like theres too many loose ends to tie up this season so I expect another cliff hanger to end the show lol

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

Sky was killed when Viktor attempted to transform more while she was absorbed. Check ep 8. After her death the arcane fought back when he tried to destroy it. It never reacted that way beforehand. Remember it 'adapts'.

[@christopheralvarez1551]

Jayce when it comes to killing children: "I got one more in me"

[@fanto860]

It's singed's fault not jayce's

[@therealneal3034]

@@fanto860Who killed Viktor that removed his influence on Vander?

[@bell1578]

@@christopheralvarez1551 LMFAOOOOO

[@vettu407]

@@therealneal3034 Who woke up and injected the serum into Vander? And that we can literally see standing in the greenhouse after the fact?

[@fanto860]

@@therealneal3034 Buddy Vander was not affected like the others. He didn't get half of his body replaced with Hexcore. His treatment on vander was trying to separate the psyche of the beast from Vander. How did you miss Singed mentioning a serum that can oppose Vic's treatment and a scene of him standing in the house Vander was in? SInged injected Vander with the serum when everyone walked out. That's why he's throwing up and crying "lava"

[@More-than-oKei]

Jayce saw a family reuniting happily and had to lock tf in

[@fanto860]

It's singed's fault not jayce's

[@therealneal3034]

@@fanto860Who put Viktor in the Hexcore that turned him into the Herald?

[@fanto860]

@@therealneal3034 He saved his life wdym

[@poke3534]

​@@fanto860 you could say in a way singed saved vanders life. Being that any form of reunion wouldn't be possible if the man was still a corpse

[@kmn9568]

singed injected WW, that wasn't bc viktor died. bro never had lava dripping out his eyes

[@Pyred89]

Girl heard her nickname, "cupcake," and immediately switched sides like the Winter Soldier.

[@sorendds7337]

bruh

[@gustavgustav2670]

That's not true at all, it was foreshadowed since ep4 it was going to happen.

[@ThePenpachi]

It sure does feel that way, huh?

[@JessieBalls]

@@Pyred89 that’s the power of lesbianism

[@DrJayTimeFix]

That buttercream icing start rolling out

[@plebbutter3811]

Jayce sipping from his "Man of Progress" mug after meeting his "get a child killed" quota for this season

[@OneSmolMistyBoi]

Nah that was all Singed

[@everforward5561]

@@OneSmolMistyBoi But I'm sure the healing getting reversed didn't HELP.

[@OneSmolMistyBoi]

@everforward5561 For sure it didn't help but Singed didn't know Viktor was going to be killed. He created that orange liquid to intend to do that to begin with

[@fanto860]

It's singed's fault not jayce's

[@kmn9568]

@@everforward5561 If singed makes a serum to fuck you up it don't matter what helps or don't help.

[@madman7753]

Ciaitlyn : Listen Vi you gotta spit on me, trust me its part of the plan

[@Johnin3D_]

Just an unprovoked freak 😂

[@aaronmgriffin]

Notice that she wipes it TOWARD her mouth, not away from it

[@Abii140]

And it's canon that she tried to catch it with her mouth but remembered Ambessa was behind her at the last second

[@HellJumper99]

​@@Abii140to think Ambessa being the normal one in that scene lma9

[@ChampionOfHammerfell]

This is definitely going to show up on the next episode 🤣🤣

[@DanGamingFan2406]

One thing I noticed was the symbolism Isha carries with her being mute. Ever since Jinx met isha, she stopped hearing the voices in her head. Isha represented those voices being muted and finally bringing peace to jinx’s head.

[@MariaKryvohub]

Also, because Isha is mute, she symbolically can only speak through action. And with her having a rebels heart, speaking through action, she is basically THE Heroic Jinx that Zaun needs. But tragically... too little to actually be that :(

[@zissoulander]

Right, Jinx doesn't need more voices in her life. She needs love, support, and family/community.

[@kfsrt558]

I think she stopped hearing them since the last episode of the first season after she offed silco

[@KitsuneMasku]

And now she can't hear her voice because she's mute 😢

[@ybg9769]

This was an amazing and very introspective take, poetically done Bravo.

[@svgftw351]

lupa didn't even wanna talk the whole end of the reaction he was too sad. his character arc with jinx is completed

[@Pleboss-pp2sh]

he was so sad

[@Tabnito]

I appreciate that Jinx never fucked with the cult and actively makes fun of it the entire time

[@Abii140]

No matter how "crazy" she gets she still knows what type of crazy to stay tf away from😂

[@aptx-ew8gq]

​@@Abii140 this took me tf out 😭

[@Real_Genji]

She makes fun of Viktor constantly, even saying that she hates him

[@Sleepys._.]

Is it really a cult if they all got saved by him if anything it was a new religion

[@broccolipurseos4920]

@@Sleepys._. a religion is just a type of highly supported cult though. Those terms aren't mutually exclusive.

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Even when Vander lost control, he tried not to hurt Jinx and Vi. So heartbreaking. Rule one of Arcane: If there's even a hint of happiness, it's only so they will take it away later.

[@grayprincezote57preceptsag51]

Most shows will give you found family. Arcane only takes it away 😭

[@sharkgirling]

in conclusion, WHO READY TO GET THEIR HEARTS WRENCHED OUTTA THEY CHEST TOMORROW!!

[@caffeineman4584]

This is exactly why i cried at just the end of ep 4 I just knew they were gonna take it all away

[@pla9galctrl75]

​@@sharkgirling man I'm not ready, a main character is definitely gonna die, or we are gonna get a cliffhanger, I just don't want a sad and depressing ending 🤧😞

[@SuryaGupta-te7fq]

after finishing Act 2 i went back to rewatch season 1, highly recommend. It made me realize how goated season 1 was compared to season 2. Second season is animated better but if you watch the entire thing through you realize its being used to mask a weaker story. Season 1 was literally the perfect mix of storytelling and animation

[@DanGamingFan2406]

Never has that intro song been more accurate. "Oh the misery" indeed.😭

[@toadlord8594]

It’s learned from Attack on Titan and Jujutsu Kaisen.

[@nabkill0134]

​@@toadlord8594aot and JJK is just a comedy.

[@toadlord8594]

@@nabkill0134 You don’t like either of them? Cause yeah they’re not comedy

[@EmmarainePink]

​@@nabkill0134Calling AOT, one of the best pieces of fiction, as a "comedy" lmaooo someone didn't get it

[@nabkill0134]

@@EmmarainePink peak fiction lmao. Anime only is wilding. How do you know it peak? Only Ymir know.

[@nofunnybusiness4631]

knew something was wrong when i was happy for more than 5 minutes watching arcane

[@NeoSpokenWorld]

Fr lol, I was like "nah this shit too wholesome for EP6 what's gonna happen"

[@1uplink169]

Literally the same moment Vander is hugging his girls, Jayce giving in to his intrusive thoughts and unleashes misery overwhelming.

[@MiLLz830]

Yeah just like when vi finally found jinx in s1 ep6. Only for it to go south

[@1uplink169]

@nofunnybusiness4631 I loved episode 7 8 and most of 9... but the ending had me feeling meh. Oh well at least Jinx gets her happy ending in an alternate timeliness is how I reconcile it.

[@eaGLeZFan97]

Lupa: I'm sorry you lost your father figure again, Jinx, now put your hands behind your back.

[@aptx-ew8gq]

😭😭😭😭

[@Kaltagstar96]

I have to be honest, I now need just a wacky spin off of Lupa, in live action, just chasing after Jinx to try and arrest her or something and it leads to all sorts of antics.

[@teemodauditore8215]

literally ep 8

[@comeatmebro8120]

Lupa be like “Your adopted sister just blew herself up with your dad? Tuff. You’re under arrest”

[@jonathanjohnson6727]

'Tunnels in your eyes. Lava in your Veins. Shadows in your heart.' -Ambessa, indirectly speaking on what becomes of Vander(Warwick)

[@jordyncrayton6993]

I was just rewatching that and heard the foreshadowing. It truly solidifies him as a combat weapon, since that's how she speaks of combat and triumph in the field

[@1uplink169]

Bingo!

[@akin4484]

24:00 The point Sheera is missing is Singed’s entire purpose is to figure out how to revive his daughter, and he also needs to figure out how to keep her mind intact in that process. Which is why he was excited when he realized Powder was the missing key to unlocking Vander’s mind, because now he knows a solution exists. If Viktor goes to Vander and fixes his mind and body with arcane, that ruins Singed’s experiment because now he can no longer figure out how to actually restore a mind scientifically (and whatever other experiments he needed to run) since it was all just done with magic. That’s why he needed Viktor to fail, to preserve his test subject

[@yeththirree4327]

100% agree. Didn't think about it until you mentioned it. It's about bringing back the dead. As far as we know Victor "cures" them but they aren't breathing. They are dead.

[@eaGLeZFan97]

That "Remember Me" montage was so well done. I thought it was incredibly moving.

[@jaylenharris343]

"Don't touch my daughter" Seeing tears coming out of Warwick/ Vander eyes just before he went beserk. I can't with this show...😢

[@josephcalkin4088]

I’m starting to think Sky is a representation of Viktors humanity, as well as what holds him back and makes him realize what is going to far. He may not die here, but sky will, and thus his emotions. And begin his emotionless path to Glorious Evolution from the lore

[@mieuxquevouse8685]

I agree, Jace made a hole in his chest like he removed his heart

[@ElijahDawkins-yb1uc]

Oh no. Please leave Sky alive. Viktor being somewhat happy was my one consolation for this episode.

[@danielm7274]

@@josephcalkin4088 i think you're definitely right, especially with that happens in the final act

[@alittlebirdi]

8:42 Poor Sheera tries to lean into the Huck/Ekko joke and gets sandbagged xD

[@aalayahadrianna3397]

Right

[@ecxstasy347]

@@alittlebirdi What do you mean sandbagge

[@Sched]

I saw that too

[@jordyncrayton6993]

It's okay. We rocked with it

[@Elonyson]

Caitlyn INSTANTLY switching sides upon hearing "cupcake" like some sleeper agent kills me everytime

[@marinauder]

A single word"cupcake" got Cait turned on like Winter Soldier 😭

[@majinvampire]

Deadasss

[@joaomatheus3346]

she was turned on, indeed...

[@tynamozapokemando2089]

Jayce must be playing 4D chess because whatever the fuck he saw in there that was so bad that he had to kill his best friend is WILD

[@highlander31527]

Jayce saw the void, and the unrestrained power capable of enslaving entire continents. I feel like Jayce fought that power wherever he was this last six months, and lost only to get pulled back home where the power of the void over humanity was just getting started. Whether or not Jayce's actions lead to the Void becoming what he fought, or Viktor was always going to be an unwilling participant in world domination is up for grabs until we get the last three episodes.

[@1uplink169]

He saw what Ambessa is searching for and the Black Rose fears

[@agssilv5919]

welp it was his best friend telling him to kill him apparently

[@heximiasmagaming3995]

And now Jinx's new look makes sense, it's gonna be an homage to Isha. Shark teeth around the head, pink under eye, the various scribbles on the outfit.

[@fanto860]

Short hair from people pulling it while fighting her

[@Kaeldra3]

Also the fact that twice this season she has gotten hit and nearly killed because someone's grabbed her by the braids

[@PSGameStation]

@@fanto860 Plus this is Isha hair at the end, She had two little braids.

[@TrueVixeus]

Warwick went nuts because Singed woke up inside the dome when Cait,Vi,Powder, and Isha went outside to see whats going on. He injected him with that serum he had in that disk injector thing.

[@BuffPomsky]

They should have made this clearer instead of a 2s scene. Hopefully it's more obvious next act

[@RaviPatel-lb7uc]

Is that confirmed? I assumed it was the same thing as what happened to everyone else on the commune. The best parts of their soul that Viktor brought out, died with him. Vander died with Viktor, and what's left is just Warwick

[@TrueVixeus]

@@RaviPatel-lb7uc they cut to Singed standing in the dome right before the shot of Ambessa standing over her boos body. He mentioned earlier that he was going in there to finish his work on him, which is what the serum was. Its also the only thing that can explain why there's literal lava flowing out of Vanders body. He has a totally different response than all of the others Viktor has touched, so one could assume that something else happened to him, especially with the way the cuts are shown.

[@TrueVixeus]

@@BuffPomsky i can agree with that. I think theres a lot going on to be able to do it in the moment. I wouldnt be surprised if we get dialogue in the next few episodes from Singed confirming it.

[@fanto860]

@@BuffPomsky It's very clear

[@error_biell_]

Sheera: Now you'll be conflicted Caitlyn actually switching sides immediately at the moment she heard that "Cupcake" 😂

[@KXdareK]

At least she was suspecting ambessa before

[@Ridiculous.]

I really like what arcane doing here with Vi, Jinx, Isha and Vander all living happily together in Viktor's cult commune as one new big family but in the end, Jinx lost the most important person in her life again 😢

[@lucylucian2564]

isha was powders humanity,now that shes gone the voices in her head will all come to surface,and shes gonna get past the point of no return.

[@blvcksabath2529]

@@lucylucian2564 I see it differently, Isha and Vander both helped calm the voices in her head and just let her have powder back, but most importantly they helped her and Vi get back together. I think Vi is going to help keep her sane, and they’re going to be able to be there for eachother in a way they couldn’t have been before

[@scorcher444]

​@@blvcksabath2529 Gonna return to this comment tomorrow 👀

[@blvcksabath2529]

@@scorcher444 lmao listen man if it all ends super tragically and jinx’s character regresses I’m gonna end it all so you’ll be here by yourself 😂😂😂

[@oscargonzalez347]

@@blvcksabath2529 lol, please dont

[@alexwang3282]

one thing I think people overlooked is that when Vander/Warwick got spooked by the sizzling noise and start to growling. those people reacted to him way too calm and chill. they barely made a flinch. Even Rictus, a well trained soldier got scared at Vander/Warwick.

[@Kaeldra3]

Mood, just like how the man at the front gate (blanking on his name) didn't react at all to the Noctus soldiers essentially preparing to kill him for entry... they are all so unnaturally calm in the face of danger

[@chieffridge5588]

​@@Kaeldra3 His name is ekko

[@lucifer1809]

@@chieffridge5588hes not talking about ekko hes talking about the guy viktor fixed first

[@jordyncrayton6993]

​@@chieffridge5588lmfaooo

[@saltator8565]

​@@lucifer1809He knows. He's referencing how Sheera referred to Huck as Ekko

[@XxPhantomLegacyxX]

What I feel with Isha is that she fully understood what she was doing. She had already witnessed Vander being resistant to hextech and she spends every waking moment with a genius that reverse engineered hextech in weeks with next to no resources. She figured if she overcharged the weapon with multiple hexcores she'd die but she'd free Vander as well cause nothing can be that resistant to hextech. Like it wasn't the actions of a naive child. Like she knew it was the only way

[@1uplink169]

Just because a child can't talk doesn't mean there isn't a wonderful intellect behind their eyes. I wish everyone would understand. Some brains are just wired different. We have to stop trying to make them behave a certain way, and instead try and see the world from their perspective. Or we're gonna miss out on so much time and love and instead incur frustration and suffering.

[@Hulk_Be_Smashin]

That @18:29 "I understand now" killed me lmfao

[@romanjack8901]

No Shit 😂😂😂

[@jaeloc1217]

Shit had me crying for a min 😂😂😂

[@DilanMoreira22]

As a League lore fan, I’ve spent years bracing myself for possible disappointment, thinking nothing could live up to Season 1. But here we are… THEY SURPASSED IT (in my opinion). I can’t even process what Act 3 is going to do to me emotionally... Arcane is pure art. It's all just perfection. A narrative that heals us before it destroys us. It’s storytelling at its finest. I deeply think I have never seen characters (especially female characters) written in such a way, with such depth, flaws, and raw realism. Massive respect to the French Studio Fortiche and Riot's writers, you’ve created one of the most breathtaking works of fiction EVER. Bravo!

[@amonshin756]

4:24 "ekko" Became a chill guy

[@nunavon8952]

Hopping from that kendrick album straight to peak arcane reactions. My Friday is set

[@rebbyking2823]

Luther is 🔥

[@unnamed6650]

Skye’s energy got absorbed by the hex core and her body was turned to ash. She became one with the core. When victor was dying Jayce place the core on him and the core (maybe even skye chose to fuse with him and his body. Last time victor was about to fuse with it, he pulled away. Now he has the core and Skye’s soul.

[@fanto860]

Eh skye's dead. The hexcore is using her persona to manipulate Victor

[@garrydimasa1964]

It could be either way tbh

[@artyom-ovsepyan]

@@fanto860 considering what we’ve seen, that’s unlikely. Otherwise “Sky” would want to exploit Vander to get more power. She clearly serves as a moral compass for Victor which now most likely is gone after Jayce made a hole in Victor’s body.

[@XC11301991]

I fear Jayce is geting crazy over a self-fulfilling vision, his actions are what jump starts everything.

[@kfsrt558]

That's what I've been thinking too

[@nicolezamudio7690]

that's my thought process too like I think Viktor would've been OK but now it seems like Jayce killed the humanity in him & now he'll want to get rid of it to "help" people 😬

[@HairFIip]

I don't know, I feel like he might be the only one (besides Heimer and Ekko) who sees the threat of the Arcane or at least whatever Viktor is tampering with. More people need to realize how the commune and Viktor's healing is a bit nefarious or sinister even if Viktor himself doesn't realize it. I mean how much free will does the commune even have if Viktor can take them over on a whim and their life is basically tied to Viktor, so are they even really alive? It's just a shame that Vander, Vi, and Jinx got mixed up in all of it. Just my thoughts.

[@kmn9568]

salo wasn't breathing in the hextech room while heimer jayce ekko all visibly were, probably not alive

[@vivannet231]

Your pfp is crazy

[@ericjohnson6120]

Viktor was making significant progress with Vander. The Noxians tried using blood to lure Vander out, but he resisted.

[@zenzenitha]

Viktor was actively calming Vander down inside, that's why he was too distracted and only see Jayce on the last second. He definitely made progress but I think it would still need quite a while for Vander to have stable condition via Viktor magic

[@poxelus]

Sadly, the biggest flaw of Viktor's method is the hivemind element. If whatever happens to Viktor everyone is fucked, not to mention that we don't know if there are other limitations, such as range.

[@davidforde2507]

​@@poxelusthe hive mind sucks,but the fact is theres no cure for the things he is curing. Treatment maybe,but no cure. As for range,most people un leaguebnever leave there ciry state and we know his range is great enough to go from the lowest point of zaun,all the way to the top of piltover.

[@jojofoofoo4427]

18:30 This fuckng editor I'm crying 😭

[@Chanksss]

Jayce saw the Future and said: "Nah i'd impeach"

[@ataldr4802]

Jayce just couldn’t go this season without killing another child 🤦 (I’m including the kids who died when victor did for anyone asking who)

[@penguin50279]

isha did that of her own accord and warwick went crazy cuz of singed. don’t blame jayce.

[@chriswashere6969]

Who asked isha to do that??? Def not Jayce so tf is u talking about

[@versati1eceo]

Didn’t literally said Jayce Wasn’t even Sane here?

[@GrimsVids-g3g]

@@penguin50279 I feel like Jayce killing victor also caused Warwicks Freak out which contributed to Isha’s death but I see your point

[@TheyCallmeTheDrink12]

Don’t ever talk about my king Jayce like that he’s a hero you’ll see this Saturday

[@anthonyroberts7486]

To answer Sheera's question. Yes Singed did see that Viktor can restore someone's mind which is something he wants for his daughter but he pointed out that Viktors power was finite meaning it wouldn't last. So by combining Viktor with Warwicks blood(the regenerative qualities) it would become infinite. Viktor and everyone he has marked would live forever... as a hivemind under Viktors control but still immortal. The question should be is immortality worth the loss of free will.

[@1uplink169]

Free will or humanity. It's being played out in real time. We already have AI making art and music, usually something reserved to self concious beings with the breathe of the creator. If Viktor survives he will change his mind now.

[@Am-jb8yp]

The Doc injected Vander while everyone was outside, GGs

[@1uplink169]

I totally missed this. No wonder his reaction was different to the other people Viktor had healed.

[@Tpm12luv]

Caitlyn folded like a lawn chair after being called her nickname a single time

[@Orapac4142]

First, it was 100% a deliberate decision that Cait wiped the spit right towards her mouth. Second, Jayce out here menacingly lurking with his new found schizophrenia.

[@kingr1239]

I'm with Jayce he went to the future and saw something terrible he saw something we didn't and came back to the past fully prepared to do what's necessary to prevent that future from coming true, killing Viktor was to defend the tomorrow of Zaun and Piltover he is the Defender of Tomorrow.

[@mod7065]

Someone pointed out that the hexcore evolves and destroys itself constantly. Viktor was evolving and “helping” people. Whatever change he made we see through Jayce’s eyes in quick bursts. Jayce is the destructive side of the hexcore. Whatever was shown to him was the opposite of what was shown to Viktor. They both might just be pawns. We see Skye guiding and encouraging Viktor, but what’s guiding Jayce?

[@GewalfofWivia]

He made a promise to not fail and that's the name of the next episode. Killing Viktor might not have fixed everything but it was probably damage control.

[@tink6225]

end ekko was the one who brought them to the future and past. Walk with me!

[@GewalfofWivia]

@@mod7065 We see "Skye". We also see Kino who turned out not Kino. This "Skye" guided Viktor to this Gate, encouraged him to "help" people, and is never shown to have her glasses, a sign of human imperfection (even though she had glasses in Viktor's first vision of her after awakening). Something hijacked his memory of her and has been using it to manipulate him, the very thing that killed her.

[@Bionickpunk]

Bruh saw the Watchers and tried to revert that catastrophe.

[@OttoVibes_]

4:01 nah not The Griffith smiling 💀

[@1uplink169]

Jayce did nothing wrong?

[@FeliciaWilson-m5i]

I like that Jinx actively ridiculed the cult the entire time and never played with it.

[@alwaysbam]

Jinx was thier for her father. Period

[@Tabnito]

"oh you saved me, that's great, hands behind your back"

[@zeirra.]

Cait: oh we're getting revenge! Vi: bla bla bla Cupcake. Cait: okay so there are 2 guards here, personal guard there, don't underestimate Ambessa, oh and spit on my face.

[@higorximenes9034]

If I'm not mistaken, Vander became Warwick again because Singed used his invention after Viktor got donuted.

[@MsAdbright]

I was thinking that, must be why he was glowing orange

[@narikogabiosa799]

You are correct, Singed/Dr. Reveck was standing with the vial in his hands. The only problem was that with Viktor currently dying, everyone who is connected to him is experiencing it, so Vander/Warwick was preoccupied. (Ngl if it weren't for the League Lore, I would have loved to see Jinx or Caitly pop a bullet in his head)

[@NamiTheAlpha]

Can't lie that episode made me tear up. Little girl was so ready to die to protect Jinx. One person's villain is another's hero. So many parallels in this episode, beautifully done as always.

[@TealVelvet]

Cait choked out Singed, but when the commune started to die and they stepped out to see wtf was going on, they left Singed inside with Vander. The laval thingy is probably the serum he mentioned, but there's also a chance that he was affected too by Viktor dying

[@chinkyboy12]

You can see the Doctor standing in the rubble after Warwick went crazy so it was the doctor that injected the serum that caused warwick to turn, so it wasn't jayce's fault entirely

[@XiaoJinx-G6]

Watched all of Act 2 and my heart still aches afterwards. Act 2 will heal you up and then break you down again and watching edits of this episode on social media doesn't make it any better😭 Well done Riot well done. R.I.P. to Isha & Vander.

[@dramasoldier8669]

The fkn chill guy man this editor I swear 😂

[@thedarkknight2221]

It’s both beautiful and absolutely tragic that Victor is literally connected to all of the people he has healed. Beautiful because it gives them all a strong and nurturing bond with Victor tragic because they all equally feel how painful physical and spiritually his loss is.

[@xbigcity367]

There just corpses controlled by void energy it seems

[@alenptir]

I think the whole sky thing is a manipulation tactic from the arcane itself. A personification of it by picking familiar person to enhance viktor's own decision

[@OldieOdie]

"Vi trust me, you need to spit in my face. It's the only way to trick Ambessa" - Caitlyn

[@naomi7918]

Jayce really loved Viktor as a friend. We’ve seen him trying to help or save him numerous times before. For him to Want to kill Victor, truly means that he’s seen something crazy. Cause the old Jayce would NEVER purposefully hurt his friend like that.

[@VanagloriaVT]

Animated shows do be making me emotional this year, DanDaDan Episode 7 and all of Act 2 of Arcane just made me sob bruh

[@avamin.s]

Lupa looking distraught during the talk at the end shshejse SAME BRO

[@1uplink169]

Yea man I'm like, you don't have to jump into instant intellectual breakdown. You gotta just chill sometimes

[@daniellaaa24]

I just remembered in season 1 when both Jayce and Viktor tried to off themeselves the SAME way. But BOTH ended up saving one another.

[@Kev.NTheLich]

I know theyre gonna love the next ep, lupa especially

[@pawi271]

11:54 the sync 😭

[@jdogx211]

Three Stones; just like POWDER`S Monkey Bomb.

[@LordInsidious]

YOOOOOO

[@danielruiz8259]

18:06 Glad that Lupa caught that Vander was crying, he was conscious but unable to stop himself and he knew that would mean hurting his daughters

[@yourmememaam8978]

11:54 the insync “oh shit” got me 😂😂😂

[@XxGlopez22xX]

It was a good parallel but Isha didn’t make the same mistake Powder did. Powder accidentally killed her friends because she didn’t know what raw hexcores could do. Isha knew she was going to take out Vander and kill herself in the process in order to save Jinx and end Vander’s suffering

[@1uplink169]

Beautiful child. Makes me think of all the little kids that try to step in when their parents are fighting.

[@Googleflax]

Jayce and killing children, name a more iconic duo

[@alizehasghar4643]

bro

[@fanto860]

It's singed's fault not jayce's

[@abed2076]

@@fanto860 Bro you're Jayce's strongest defender in these comments 😭

[@Abii140]

Jayce and Vi being dumb and dumber😂

[@hecrosegreat3943]

​It's true tho

[@akdrzllol1698]

How they keep managing to better each episode is beyond me. They just don’t miss😭

[@LockeNarshe]

[POTENTIAL SPOILER THEORY] . . . . . . I have a theory that Ekko just stopped time at the end of the episode with the 'Z' Drive. We know the Wild Rune spit out Jayce and a lot of time had passed. I imagine that gave Ekko time to perfect the few seconds (up to a minute) of rewind potential he has. The screen at the end of the episode pauses at the end... not just fades out. I noticed that on the second watchthrough. And in the intro title credits, we see that Ekko's shadow ticking on the floor like a clock, but counter-clockwise, i.e. reversing time. It's gonna be used at some point and I can't think of a another, more perfect time to rewind things. I would think Viktor/Skye are the only ones that are going to know that time was run back and that the "Voice" in the portal he and Skye saw was Ekko coming through it.

[@1uplink169]

Kudos I have to rewatch now.

[@M2JoyBoy]

22:50 Vander didn't die he passed out giving the elusion of death and after all the mayhem Singed, just like he did with Jinx, brought Vander back from the brink of death with shimmer, the green Chem Fluid, and parts from beasts.

[@josephg3462]

My take on what happened with Vander is this: Viktor was using his powers to help bring him back, and in doing so, was infusing his bio metal within Vander (The same metal stuff seen on all the other followers). Singed used some sort of serum to enhance Vander's healing even further and extract some of it for experiments. The healing factor saw the bio metal and tried to burn it out, but since it's a part of his body, it would constantly be healed. Thus, Vander was essentially melting and healing himself constantly, causing molten metal to literally pour from his veins. As much as it hurt to see Isha die, Vander had to be in enormous agony and sadly needed to be put down out of mercy.

[@oteliadavid7507]

How you explain things is unmatched!

[@4c_aperture]

the editor slipping in the “viktor’s dying” right after roshi saying ‘imma let jayce cooked’ is HILARIOUS

[@AsasDePrata]

Viktor: Hola, amigo! Jayce: KAAAA..MEEEEE...HAAAAA..MEEEE

[@1uplink169]

HAAAAaaa hahaha man thanks for the laugh

[@bottlefox]

LUPA WITH THE: "I understand it now" omfg 😭 I cannot with this man

[@BaraahaMalatov-t8p]

Seriously, this video brightened my mood!

[@timotfenyvesi9863]

Seeing vander in pain and literally struggling is the exact same level of emotion when powder was crying after ep3. 2 of the most emotional scenes in all of arcane

[@lukeclayton6695]

I think Skye is the hex stuff trying to manipulate victor and I think the reason vander lost control is because when they left the room it was vander and singed were alone together he probably did sum shit cause the lava stuff coming out from him can only be from singed

[@lugenhauser]

"Knowledge is a paradox. The more one understands, the more one realizes the vastness of his ignorance." Awesome line

[@ddaannn200]

I wanna mention something i saw someone post about on reddit; apparently, in that room where Jayce killed Salo, you could always see the characters' breaths (Heimerdinger, Ekko, Jayce). Every single time they talked, there was a chill to their breath to show it was cold. The only character you couldn't see a breath coming from was Salo, which would seem to indicate that he's not really alive. He's just a puppet or something that's mimicking being alive with memories, which is even more tragic. It also makes sense since Viktor himself couldn't feel cold when jayce covered him up.

[@fanto860]

Viktor's healing includes fusing bodies with machine, so the breath is not a good point. He was alive. It's just clear he takes away their souls maybe? Changes their personalities? No clue since Riot said Arcane is the new canon. So no information we have from Runeterra lore can help us figure out what the hexcore actually is and what direction it's gonna go.

[@Zoidberryable]

@@fanto860 I agree with your point on this. I've been hesitant to jump on the 'not alive' theory people are throwing around when they could just be cyborgs that are resistant to cold or something similar. The drastic changes in personality could possibly be due to their connection with Viktor (gestalt? hivemind? idk)

[@Kirionlol]

​@@Zoidberryable still kinda FUCKED UP "oh yeah i cure you but If i die you die with me and i can take Control of your body anytime EVEN If you're dead, sounds Fun right? Right let's Begin." "Wait what-"

[@1uplink169]

Yes being integrated into a hive mind would discard personalities and also would make them impervious to some affects. Being cold is an indicator to the mind, but if you are a part of a vast network with a central core conciousness, then if the core itself was under duress, would the others connected to it feel something... hypothetically.

[@gamainku]

Isha is goated. That sequence made me bawled

[@joshwilson6134]

3:11 I see you Lupa with that cool runnings reference 💯💯🔥🔥

[@21DarkAngelz]

The Arcane ABSORBED SKY, and Viktor ABSORBED the Arcane and thus Sky along with it.

[@__Oku__]

You know, Jayce really has a unique talent for making everything worse. It's honestly impressive.

[@fanto860]

It's singed's fault not jayce's

[@Crispifordthe3rd515]

Literally not his fault 💀 You Jayce haters are honestly the most braindead and annoying people. - Victor had a cult of dead people, he controlled them like a hive mind and planned on forceful evolution. - Isha went back and did that herself. She wasn't killed, she made her own sacrifice. - Singed injected Warwick with that vile making him crazy again. - Jayce literally went to the future and saw something terrible. So this desperation is justified if what he saw IS that bad (spoiler alert, it is).

[@shayasims]

@@Crispifordthe3rd515you’re wrong about the victor part lol he didnt control anyone and he didnt raise anyone from the dead im pretty sure these are all just sick , cripples and drug addicts lol like where did you get deceased people from ?🤨 everyone willingly went to him to be healed .. like sure this most likely will lead to bad things but viktor is coming from a good and selfless place (at the moment)

[@__Oku__]

@@fanto860 Regardless of what singed did, Jayce still undid everything that Viktor did for Vander. Vander would've been agitated by blood and we'd have the same outcome because of Jayce.

[@narikogabiosa799]

Yea, if it weren't for the momentary dissonance that Viktor's death caused with those that were connected to him, Vander/Warwick might've been able to react to Singed, who recently woke up, creeping up behind him. Not to mention the fact that this might be what sets Viktor to become more disillusioned with keeping the humanity part in his path to glorious evolution.

[@jacktv3875]

With warwick losing his sanity, it's possible when Viktor died, he became beast fully, however there's a shot where Singed is standing above warwick so it can also imply he successfully gave him his serum

[@fanto860]

Thats's precisely what happened. It's singed's fault

[@idk-fh3hk]

If Isha didn't do what she did , Vander / Warwick would've literally murked every single person present there, including his daughters because he's pretty much immortal due to Apex shimmer, that's why he was crying cuz he was gonna lose his family once again and it would be his fault.

[@itzramone02]

21:30 she got absorbed by it... while victor became one with the arcane, which would make sense she is there.

[@thedarkknight2221]

How ironic that one of the brightest and most beautifully colorful shows of all time is also one of the darkest, most heartbreaking shows ever made.

[@Johnin3D_]

That’s most league of legends lore imo. So happy moments ruined by catastrophe. I’d honestly argue arcane is tame compared to some other stuff

[@fanto860]

Arcane ain't too colorful

[@zari77]

y’all are not ready for the final Act

[@justsomeguywithamustache2901]

Arcane is better than your favourite anime this year 😂

[@kingragnarok7302]

Nah man, sorry but this season is way worse than the first one. It sucks but it is what it is.

[@IanHilliker]

@@kingragnarok7302in what ways?

[@I_lik_cookies787]

@@kingragnarok7302 how?

[@ShadowMoon96]

Chill out with that comment 😂

[@KishyTheFishy52]

@@kingragnarok7302you are delusional

[@FlyBoyKhi]

Roshi: yay fascism! Roshi when he sees a utopia: "I don't like this place"

[@ramy8207]

Can't wait until Ekko and Heimer get outta the Backrooms

[@UnchainedPassion]

Jinx being ableist then immediately getting dead named by Viktor was so randomly funny to me.

[@lordmorklen5166]

Remember when Jayce told Ekko about the runes? Viktor touched the Hexcore Rune Arcane, Jayce touched the Wild Rune Arcane that formed as a response of their use of the Hexcore. Viktor is serving Order side of Arcane. Jayce is serving Chaos. As much order humanity tries to establish, Arcane responds with Chaos. There is only one thing they can do to stop the inevitable nuclear blast of conflicting magic that Heimerdinger warned them about - stop. Destroy it all. That's what Jayce is trying to do. What Viktor told him originally, Destroy the Hexcore and Hextech.

[@Marqui91]

Lupa sitting,stewing, so mad

[@chunie_]

also, they used a very important word to explain what was happening with Vander. it was his "psyche". meaning the beast is Vander, Singed experimented on his body and turned him into the beast. Vander's mind (psyche) was just cooked and devoured by the beast's throughout those experiments and the Shimmer he took, and that's what Viktor was trying to heal. He also did in fact die, and Singed brought him back to life as the beast and that also contributed to his psyche being such a mess. In the end, Singed ended up injecting the serum into Vander (Warwick), you see a shot of him standing by the door after Warwick comes out. That's why he was crying lava and what inevitably caused him to fully lose his psyche. It wasn't Viktor's death that caused it because Viktor hadn't fully healed him yet

[@carlosgabrieltirado9160]

This created the rise of 3 kingdoms The anti Jayce kingdom The team Jayce kingdom And The neutral Jayce kingdom

[@Kirionlol]

I like the anti Jayce kingdom, They make me feel more smart than i am.

[@chieffridge5588]

Im probably neutral jayce, but i still think hes an L friend. Since season 1 and now this.

[@narikogabiosa799]

I'm in the neutral Jayce faction as well, but I can't help but dip into the anti-Jayce kingdom since his actions have indirectly caused shit to become even more fucked up. (i.e killing that one chembaron's kid, causing Caitlyn to hate the people of Zaun more when they attacked during the memorial, temporarily stunning everyone connected to Viktor which made the recently awoken Singed have an easier time to inject his serum to Vander, and maybe making his "best friend" remove the humanity from everyone he heals)

[@Kirionlol]

@@narikogabiosa799 love How y'all Just forget that as soon as he killed that One child he gave UP on the Idea on invade zaun, In fact, he doesn't have a crystal ball to guess that Vai's dead father had become a werewolf who only remained somewhat sane thanks to Victor, and unlike what you think, he didn't go crazy cuz Jayce shot vic but cuz the doc injected something on him during the chaos. AND he wasnt stable minded, y'all give Jinx a free pass but Jayce can't? MF was gone for only God knows How long and was on only God knows WHERE and WHEN, he Saw some real bad shit on that place, so bad that when HE came back he was Determined to kill the best friend he once showed he loved more than his own dream. Y'all Just hate him for the hate.

[@Kirionlol]

And If you don't find fucked up the fact that a Guy can cure you but in Exchange he can take Control over you when HE wants and If he dies you go with him, you have some SERIOUS problems.

[@Hydroparadox]

I think people forgot that viktor saw himself getting killed When doctor said "you need to survive" He responded "do you believe in fate" He knew he was going to die The other thing you guys missed was the coin It landed on the side where there was corrosion due to hextech Same pattern as the leaf one in the first episode

[@1uplink169]

This is why I read the comments... well one of the reasons, but the best reason!

[@StoickTheTired]

Everyone time I come and check on y'all I swear, Sheera is one of the showrunners in secret

[@funnelingspace9268]

Griffith at the start of the vid is atrocious 😭