it is part of the globalist propaganda about race mixing. There is not one white on white couple in the entire show. Of course you have to mix a white girl with a black guy, who is super smart and super nice and not a criminal at all... basically opposite of what we experience in real world. It's all disgusting
@@shallandavar6565 makes me scared for the other series they have cooking. but I guess I can keep feeding my bdsm tendencies after GOT/HotD hiatus. that scene when Jace and Haelena dance after Alicent and Rheynira made peace. just stab me deeper. especially since I knew what was coming.
but she's alive tho! you can see a pink line before the explosion and Kate is holding a grenade cap in her hand, that's all that's left of them, they didn't show us how she's buried and she sees in the projector a plan of the building where there is ventilation
@@SuryaGupta-te7fq She was always meant to be straight, Ekko has ingame quote to Jinx " I had a crush on you Jinx...before you started talkin to the gun"
@@SuryaGupta-te7fq 6/7 Are lesbian? You mean Vi, Caitlyn and Maddie? Are you forgetting about Mel, Ambessa, now Jinx and various other side characters. Dk why you're talking like they made everyone lesbian.
0:21 "la pire des bénédictions, la plus belle des malédictions" Pouah purée j'avais jamais écouté une si belle parole, elle est parfaite dans tous les aspects.
"Oh.... look who it is... the boy saviour" I can see why they saved Ekko for the final act. Such a great arc for him and Alternate Powder. One of the best episode in S2 by far.
It started and ended with Ekko. He was the one who gave them the tip on hextech goodies in that Piltover apartment in episode 1. Then he saved everyone in the final episode.
Period! Episode 7 of season 2 was my fav episode of the whole series! Seeing Ekko and Powder together was beyond heartbreaking but so fucking wholesome
Agreed, but it’s also the worst at the same time cuz now the song doesn’t want to leave my brain, constantly remembering me the sadness i felt watching this episode
I´m really happy to hear that, because for me it wasn´t but I really loved the show and specially ep. 5 this season. So I´m really happy that people with other opinions loved the 3rd act.
Yeah! Although that was my second option haha at first I was scared she would do something to try to help more, and then when the series ended I realized this haha 😅
@KarolosOroseira it kinda open ended with that scene, I read some theory on reddit said maybe with all the timeloop blueprint of Ekko and Heimer left behind, Powder might use that to do something with Vi in her timeline. My take is just more wholesome to me, that's just my headcanon, haha
To be honest, if she didn't hide all of these stones, everything would just be the same. Because Jayce and Viktor would start doing experiments on these and we'd just get the same exact events.
Spoiler Looks like her death was a pinpoint in time similar to Vander's, seems like they studied Marvel's What If... pretty well 😂 But I'm so happy to see what Powder could've been, even Claggor and Mylo. Not to mention that long-haired Vander lol 😊
I am a mid-aged man, with wife and kids. It's been nearly a decade I married my wife; before that we were a love birds like this scene. But after our marriage we slowly entered our individual lives, more busy working than with together, distance were growing. Then the kids were born. We still love each other, but feels like there is a vast distance between us. This song, this scene made me cry, made me go back in time where we still were some teenage love birds. It gave me a huge burst of passion to stand before my wife and before kissing tell her like Ekko, "Can we just pretend like it's the first time?"
i feel you on that one, not as deep tho'. when i was in highschool i've danced with a girl i like romanticly for the first time, and for me, everything is the same when i look back, the way i remember it it is the same as this scene, slow, sluggysh and deep. I don't know how they did this, but they managed to capture real feelings true a screen of a render, wich for me is true art. I feel sad about your current relationship with your wife, i hope everything gets better and sweeter.
They really showed us that music is an universal vehicle and can convey a lot of emotions and fit in a lot of different scenes, action, romance... such a great OST.
Arcane did it. They made a very diverse story that is also so good the usual haters won't have much to complain about. Arcane is modern storytelling done masterfully.
@@andrezdaz5696 Diversity is a problem when it is a character's whole persona. Every single character in Arcane has struggles, emotions, overcome challenges through personnal growth. Everyone relates to hardship, and that is why writing matters so much in today's very politicized and identity-driven mediatic environment.
@@neptune1247Quite possible...imaginary Silco told her to walk away...we just saw explosion never her body...and Cait stored data about vent system there in the building, she possibly used them to escape.
( ... Possible SPOILER below... ) possible given the last scene of Caitlyn with that bomb fragment in her hand and smiling slyly looking at the mapping of the ventilation ducts of where the scene took place with Vi, Jinx and Warwick who is also in a Hexportal. And also seen the airship (provided it is not Vi and Catlyn's)
Is no one going to mention that the scene was animated at 4 Frames per Second. The exact amount of time Ekko can rewind!? It's so beautiful. Absolutely stellar work. Edit: Yes I'm aware 4FPS doesn't equal 4 Seconds, but the parallels are clear, I may have worded it wrongly. Ultimately, the intention is to show that Ekko savors every single second. The boy who "makes every second count" (as stated in his original trailer) has an entire scene animated in 4 Frames per Second in order to convey the idea that he wants to live out this moment forever. Rewind it if he must / could, savor every single second, never escape this reality he's currently in. It's the very reason the scene which talks about him needing to "sacrifice" something to make a leap comes directly after and is shot PARALLEL to the dance scene. He simply doesn't want the moment to stop. My apologies if people got confused!
The fact that it's such a beautiful song, capable of representing sadness, memories, depression, and yearning when slowed down, while also evoking intense emotions like love, passion, hope, happiness, and a sense of seeing everything differently when sped up, gave me goosebumps the moment I realized it.
@@tmcnasty8447 Nah don't listen to this guy people. People have very different takes on where it went. I for one loved it and I can be very critical of shows
okay but is nobody going to talk about the line "la plus belle des malédiction" which is translated by everyone as "the most beautiful of curse" but it could totally be translated as " the most beautiful of jinx "... like ????? this is absolutely genius and you can't tell me otherwise
I was so happy to see her live a normal life, healthy, loved and cared for! I couldn't stop crying, she's so dear to me. This episode was such a breather.
I guess he wouldn't have accepted to take the other universe's Ekko's life, I think he was happy to know he's living this life in another dimension. I don't know why this scene and this song make me so emotional that's one of the best things I've seen on a screen ngl
@@oihano.officielfor me, it's because, once in this timeline, ekko had time to reflect on what he lost. In the main universe, there was never time for grief, it was a constant struggle. He basically got his old life back: benzo and vander alive, powder never becoming jinx, the undercity being habitable and even more, mylo and claggor alive... Although Vi was dead, Zaun happened. Piltover and the undercity became zaun once again and there was no war to fight. A proper life could exist. Ekko had a taste of what he fought so hard to achieve. Before he leaves, he realises he gave up on his dreams and chooses to endure, despite all the tragedy. And, in the end, victory came at a price. Cuz ekko gave up heaven and didn't truly win. He lost even more. He's the boy savior, the big hero, the one who took a leap forward and left heaven behind. That's why this song hits so hard
@@mag5256 went looking, and no. Yet there is an in-game line where he says "I HAD a crush... until you started talking to the gun" when fighting Jinx He also says "Second first time for everything" when respawning, kinda fitting too
This scene was exceptional, I am sorry for every non French speaker who saw this scene without understanding the lyrics, it goes 21 times harder when you do understand french
I think everybody who wants understand the lyrics will translate it now and watch ones again.The lyrics is not difficult to understand watching at this scene
@@KatarzynaMelania Yes, but understanding it for the first time by discovering the scene without the subtitles has a much greater effect and makes the scene even more powerful.
In case you didn't notice or didn't pay attention: Ekko and Powder's dance happens around 30 minute mark of episode 7 of season 2. This is exactly the time their fight happened in season 1 - around 30 minute mark of episode 7
For those non-french speakers, the harmonica sound that you hear at the start is in fact Pomme singing: "Je t'aime et je te hais" Meaning "I love you and i hate you"
@@lugulink9667 I also heard "je t'aime et je t'attends" but in the official lyrics it's written "je t'aime et je te quitte" (I love you and I'm leaving), which makes sense as well and fits better with that clear double consonant sound in the last three syllables of the harmonica line.
J'ai rarement été affecté par une scène, mais à elle seule, elle a tous fait trembler en moi, un mélange de joie intense et de peine profonde. Évidemment la musique dans ma langue fait beaucoup du job et me permet de profiter encore plus, honnêtement, j'ai versé une larme 😢. 0:36
J'ai cette horrible fierté en moi qui me dit à chaque fois devant une série ou un film : « Ne pleure pas devant cette scène, c'est ringard ; ne pleure pas là non plus, etc. » Mais devant Arcane, et en particulier cette scène, j'ai pleuré toutes les larmes que je n'avais pas pleurées dans ma vie. 🥹
The show writers are genius. Has anyone else noticed that this takes place on S2 Ep7 and a similar episode of Ekko and Powder occurs on S1 Ep7? With the dance being a parallel for the flashbacks seen during their fight scene. Absolutely genius
And I read a comment on another video of someone noticing the dance scene is animated with 4 frames per second, and 4 sec is the limit of his time loop. Pretty neat as well.. an incredible episode.
yeah, i believe this scene is a parallel to both their bridge fight and the "end the cycle" one which makes a pretty obvious reference to this one maybe also the scenes we got from the enemy video where both ekko and powder where doing stuff together we never actually got to see in the actual show
Powder's entrance was a parallel to her introduction to the main timeline, the dance was at 4 fps which is the same amount of time as game Ekko's ult, and Powder hiding the hextech gems to spend more time with Ekko fixing a broken one, if this isnt cinema i dont know what is
@@labranehit7687 To be honest, I don't think I would have been strong enough to go back to that shit hole either. That universe minus Vi being dead, is pretty much paradise
@@jairusjackson7799 he couldn't live his powder in his universe, back in time when there were little he was in love with her, so this moment with this powder remind him that he have a powder too.
@@guillaume2279 Jinx didnt die in the original timeline at the end though. They elude to her being alive when Cait's looking at the hexgate tunnels' blueprints at the end and the final shot of the flying ship which was foreshadowed in the very beginning by jinx, plus "The END" at the end is shown in her style. There's also a pink streak leaving right before the blast.
fuuuuuck, how are there amazing little details I've still not noticed after watching this season so many times now? Fortiche cooked so hard with this show I stg, I'm gonna be crying about it forever I think
I hope we get to see more of Jinx and Ekko in future projects. The scene where Caitlyn inspects Jinx's monkey bomb and the vents where she presumably died felt like a not so subtle hint that she might have actually survived. Also there was the air ship at the end that Jinx wanted to fly.
Spoiler: He really hated her, and grew to hate and fear her insanity, but in traveling to another world where vander never died, he got to know her as a normal girl and fell in love with her there. What makes this truly sad was how he took personal responsibility as a person of his world for the war that was going on, so he left even though he was happy there. This taught him about how the esscense of what makes us US, is still there for jinx, and she has qualities about herself that were prescent in the war-less world's powder.
@@edmerc92If he really hated her, Ekko wouldn't have gone through the trouble of using the Z-Drive several times to save her from bombing herself. Powder wasn't dead to him. What could have been gave him the reason to believe in her once again. And in turn, she kept his trust and fought with him.
@@edmerc92 IMO love and hate are really two sides of the same coin, and the opposite is indifference. To really _hate_ someone is, in itself, its own kind of intimacy not dissimilar to love - the idea that a single person and their entire being can so deeply impact your feelings, your thoughts, actions, emotions, good or bad. In spite of how much you dislike them, they still occupy a significant space in your mind.
Imagine it's 2019. An animated series was just announced for league and someone from the future tells you a dance scene would be one of the best scene in the series. I wouldn't have believed it.
@@Darklotsz she is clearly alive at the end tho, caitlyn playing with a piece of Jinx bomb + looking at where sh'e "exploded" and finding that there is evacuation conduit where she can clearly jump thx to her speed, and the last scene with the ship leaving and Jinx weird thing playing on screen is clearly an indicator that she is alive and leaving. Sorry for bad english.
I don't know if me getting older is making me more emotional, but this episode and this song did something to me. I rarely tear up for a movie or a TV show, but just thinking about Ekko hugging Benzo or Ekko and Powder dancing just makes me instantly teary eyed. Ekko didn't get too much screen time, but after everything, he is the main character of Arcane in my eyes.
Deserved way more screen time. His arc on heroism and the use of time is poignant and meaningful and incorporates his time ability beautifully. His personality is charismatic and attention-grabbing on screen. His character motivations are admirable and grounded-one of the few to recognize the gravity of Piltover’s oppression towards Zaun and is geared towards people-oriented solutions instead of mindless war. His character design is amazing. His dynamic with Jinx barely got any screentime but was utterly captivating. He has the best two scenes in the series. Would’ve definitely preferred him to have more screentime over characters like Caitlyn. Wish he was the MC too.
@@nyahcat1379 Yes, i loved the show and i dont dislike cait/vi at all, i loved them in s1, but ekko stole the whole thing in both seasons, such a great character.
@@Diego-pz9dp You get it 🤝 Caitvi disappointed me like crazy this season. Caitlyn’s descent into a dictator led me to believe she was being set up for Zuko levels of greatness. An oppressor redemption arc. But nothing. She didn’t even apologize. Shit’s crazy
The writing of Jinx's character is truly incredible. Her writing goes much further than a simple "Harley Quinn". And Fortiche managed to give her emotions in her face. Like all the other characters.
I don't underatand the Harley-Quin comparison. Harley's not even the same kind of crazy. She's just a simp for The Joker, blinded by love, obsessed, and would do anything for him, even if it means killing people.
@@Schwarzorn I think it's mostly because the initial LOL version of Jinx (before Arcane existed) was basically a cheap knock-off Harley Quinn. Obviously the character Fortiche has created here is completely different.
well, except for the fact that vi getting killed by the hex crystal’s explosion, henceforth outlawing any possibility of hextech being invented as the catalyst for this universe existing.
Jayce probably tested fall damage off that building, Viktor succumb to his illness, and now that Powder realizes hextech is a thing due to Ekko and Heimer, hextech is going to get invented at some point with Ekko and Powder being the Jayce and Viktor of that timeline. It's very subtle but shit's fucked.
I'm glad to know there's an alternate universe where the boys are alive, Silco and Vander made peace, Powder and Ekko are together and Zaun is thriving. I pick this universe, as much as I like Vi. She would pick it too, if only she knew. This episode was really cathartic for me.
Vi was ready to give up her chance at a normal life before vander stepped in… if she could have seen where they were in this episode, she would have done everything in her power to make sure she died in that explosion
@@MadBraxI cried when I saw this scene of Ekko and Powder dancing together, because I realized that Vi wasn't in the perfect world. She fights from the beginning to see everyone well and we didn't have the chance to see her there with everyone.
Thinking about it, If Vi died in that explosion that that would mean Jayce would have gone to prison because his illegal experiments killed someone and Victor probably be dead from his sickness. However, Those two probably would have agreed to accept this timeline since its seems better for everyone.
The level of resolve ekko has to give up everything he ever wanted just to save everyone else is crazy. He sacrificed his happy ending with powder, the girl he'd loved since childhood, to give everyone else a chance at a happy ending and although he succeeded, in the end, he lost everything in exchange, is all alone, and noone will ever know just what he sacrificed for all of them. Ekko is the true definition of a hero. Also, safe to assume we'll definitely be getting more official timebomb content from now on. Arcane just locked down Ekko&Jinx as one of their top pairings.
Just like Ambessa mentioned Sacrifice being the fourth symbol, we've seen a lot of sacrifices been made in the last episode. Ekko sacrificed his alternative happy future, Jinx sacrificed herself to save her sister, Jayce and Viktor became martyrs desintegrated by Arcane...
Followed by probably the most beautiful end meningful sentence in the whole show "I used to dream the undercity could be like this, but somewhere I got confused by all the ways it wasn't. I gave up on it, I gave up on you."
@@Python0904 The second season suffers from a lack of timing. But the creators decided to make a whole unnecessary episode! An absurd love story in a hideously beautiful and utopian world. Episode 7 is saved only by Jace's periodic suffering in the post-apocalypse. The storylines are jumping and not really disclosed, and they decided to spend precious timekeeping on a sugary teenage love story from American comedies in a whole series.
Did you guys notice that almost everyone who is alive in this alternate timeline is now dead in the other, and in this timeline its just Vi!! Ekko could've stayed and enjoyed this life but chose to go save his home universe. He is the true hero of Arcane
@@LBEfication That is debatable, Yordles are immortal from physical deaths like injuries and age, but Heimerdinger died from arcane magic. So idk man could be anyone's guess
@@bensarmchuqui7164 He didn't "die", the arcane teleported him again somewhere else, which could be like "dying" cause he would not respawn in Bandle City and would be lost forever, he could have end up in a devastated world, tortured for eternity even.
Huh Interestingly enough I interpreted it a bit different Even with the best of circumstances, even when shes as healthy as can be and she has friends and family supporting her She's still not happy, she won't let herself be She still Self Sabotages Were told several times, in both universes that Jinx has Incredible potential and is wasting it She was Made to Change the World
@@nidhogg8446 Interesting take, but I definitely don't think she's wasting any potential in this episode since she's the reason Ekko invents time travel and saves his world (along with Heimer of course)
@peterp.8642 yeah that's what makes it heroic. He could've stayed there forever, hiemerdinger had grabbed the second chance at life with both hands and lived a happy life playing music and enjoying a whimsical life. He didn't have to go back. No one knew he was imposter. No one from his world remembered. But he did. Then he saved his world while putting his life in danger. Lost "Jinx" after saving the world anyways.
Yh i also hear je t’aime je t’attends! But in any case i think its even better if hais and attend are meant to sound the same in the sound. It l fits the conflicting emotions ekko probably has right now Waiting for powder Hating Jinx Or it could be Ekko hating Jinx Powder waiting for her Ekko to comeback to his senses Anyway you take it its fitting
The fact that the only clear part is “Je t’aime” makes it even sadder. The second part could be “Je t’attends”, “Je te hais” or “Je te quitte” that doesn’t change the first part which shows that despite everything love is still here…
I keep repeating this song over and over again. I think the dance scene is the most beautiful scene in Act 3. For Ekko, maybe this is the happiest moment in his life.
Lyrics and translation : [Intro chorus] _Je t'aime, je te hais_ x8 [ _I love you, I hate you_ ] x8 [Stromae part :] T'es la meilleure chose qui m’est arrivée [You're the best thing that happened to me] Mais aussi la pire chose qui m’est arrivée [But also the worst thing that's happened to me] Ce jour où je t’ai rencontrée, j’aurais peut-être préféré [That day I met you, I would maybe preferred] Que ce jour ne soit jamais arrivé (Arrivé) [That day never to happened] La pire des bénédictions [The worst of blessings] La plus belle des malédictions [The most beautiful of curses] De toi je devrais m’éloigner [Of you I should get away] Mais comme dit le dicton [But as goes the saying] Plutôt qu’être seul mieux vaut être mal accompagné [Rather than being alone, better to have a bad mate] [refrain] Tu sais ce qu’on dit [You know what they say] Sois près d'tes amis les plus chers [Be close to your best friends] Mais aussi [But also] Encore plus près de tes advеrsaires [Even closer to your opponents] [refrain] Mais ma meilleurе ennemie c'est toi [But my best enemy is you] Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi [Run away from me, the worst is you and me] Mais si tu cherches encore ma voix [But if you search my voice again] Oublie-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi [Forget me, the worst is you and me] [Pomme part :] Pourquoi ton prénom me blesse [Why does your name hurt me] Quand il se cache juste là dans l'espace [When it hides just here in the void] C’est quelle émotion, la haine [Wich emotion is it : hate] Ou la douceur quand j’entends ton prénom ? [Or the sweetness when I hear your name ?] Je t'avais dit, ne regarde pas en arrière [I've told you, do not look back] Le passé qui te suit, te fait la guerre [Past is following you, makes war with you] Mais ma meilleure ennemie c'est toi [But my best enemy is you] Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi [Run away from me, the worst is you and me] Mais ma meilleure ennemie c'est toi [But my best enemy is you] Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi [Run away from me, the worst is you and me] [Outro chorus] _Je t'aime, je te hais_ x16 [ _I love you, I hate you_ ] x16 Ps : I'm French and not the best at English. Plz tell me if you see a mistake in the translation edit : dans la description de la vidéo les cœurs sont "je t'aime je te quitte" Même si vous entendez autre chose je laisse comme ça dans les paroles [edit : in the video's description chorus are "je t'aime, je te quitte" so even if you hear something else, I write it like that in lyrics]
Since the first time I heard this song in this scene I was like “holy shit how can this melody can be so damn romantic??” Is a sad lyrics but such a romantic melody omg I can imagine my mom and my dad dancing this smiling at each other in a family party if my father still was with us.…like the series, maybe in another life ….we miss you dad, specially my mom 😢
My condolences for you mate, sending virtuel 🫂 . Keep going in life and never give up, im sure that's what your parents wants for you and how they will always be proud of you
Dude... I'm NOT joking. You made my eyes tear reading this comment... I'm already very emotional from Arcane S2 as a whole and especially from Ekko & Power scene with this song... But realizing my dad also can't enjoy the simplicity of dancing with my mom is just.. (Ok I'm done crying) As I said, it just breaks my heart to think about him after almost 4 years after he passed away from cancer... As you said, maybe in another life... We all could reunite and be a happy family together again. Why am I crying again wtf :(((( Anyway, things never got better since he gone.. Don't think they will. I find myself drowning deep in myself and trying to get up every f***ing time but the cycle just repeats on itself. As soon as I'm showing a minor improvement I'm being pulled back. I'm sick of it. i wish I could find my dream universe too like Ekko did and enjoy it just for a while.../ I want a universe with my dad alive in it and not buried underground. I want just another chance to hug him one more time. I barely remember how does it feel anymore.. Damn, like,, Even Ekko got his chance to hug Benzo.. Condolences to you, buddy
People don't realise how incredible it is that Stromae made an Arcane song. This guy doesn't make that much music anymore. So him doing an Arcane song is an honor!
I dont know what they did but that scene is STUCK in my head. The slow frames, the blue and violet colors, the dancing, this song, I can picture all of it so clearly in my head. A masterpiece.
Quel bonheur...Et tout ça parce que l'animation a été faite par le studio français Fortiche et que Stromae est une star belge...et que j'aime toujours Pomme❤
Spoiler At least it’s confirmed that there are multiple timelines and universes. So that gives me comfort that deceased characters can be seen again in future adaptations.
@@honinakecheta601 God i hate it. This multiverse sht completely removes any form of emotion and immersion when a character dies imo. Cuz "welp, good there's infinite versions of the character so he/she can technically never die :D:D" It ruins television imo.
This hits really hard after watching bridge scene in Season 1 Ep 7... Ekko and Powder really deserves all this happiness in this universe instead of suffering at the hands of fate
C'est une pure dinguerie de faire revenir Stromae pour Arcane, vous montrez la puissance culturelle de la série vous êtes incroyables Riot ! Et qui de mieux que Pomme comme duo, si adaptée au thème, l'ancienne génération Steam Punk marié avec la nouvelle Pop !
E: Ever wish you could just stay in one moment? P: Sometimes taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind E: I promise I’ll never forget this P: You better not 😭😭😭 They look so good together man. My boy Ekko sitting alone, grieving at the end is just so sad 😢
Dang it Riot, they gave us a glimpse of hope of Ekko and Jinx, just like how the reunion of Vi, Jinx, Vander, and shattered it with the ending :((( Damn you Riot
![[ 30min ] Stromae Pomme "Ma Meilleure Ennemie" (from Arcane Season 2)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Rzght8k50kU/mqdefault.jpg)
![[ 30min ] Stromae Pomme "Ma Meilleure Ennemie" (from Arcane Season 2)](/img/tr.png)
Understanding 0%
Vibe 100%
Emotional damage 200%
Ich verstehe auch nicht aber wunderschön❤
*Emotional
@@fatum8573its from a skit
@@fatum8573 the tears blurred their eyes
@@fatum8573 done 😅
I will NEVER, EVER, EVER get this scene out of my mind. You've done it.
You better not.
I can't moveon from this Arcane Series ever in my life.
2 weeks later, Please youtube stop recommending this
@@shark_yvo8247 omg perfect reference
wont even charge a cent for living in my mind
Arcane creators giving us a glimpse at happiness before taking it away from us always hit hard
I mean they've been doing this since S1
it is part of the globalist propaganda about race mixing. There is not one white on white couple in the entire show. Of course you have to mix a white girl with a black guy, who is super smart and super nice and not a criminal at all... basically opposite of what we experience in real world. It's all disgusting
That their tradition lol
@@shallandavar6565 makes me scared for the other series they have cooking.
but I guess I can keep feeding my bdsm tendencies after GOT/HotD hiatus.
that scene when Jace and Haelena dance after Alicent and Rheynira made peace. just stab me deeper. especially since I knew what was coming.
but she's alive tho! you can see a pink line before the explosion and Kate is holding a grenade cap in her hand, that's all that's left of them, they didn't show us how she's buried and she sees in the projector a plan of the building where there is ventilation
This song just played for most of the 2025 New Year’s fireworks in Paris.
This is now THE French song
Don't expect less from Stromae's song
Played this for new years lmao
What are you doing here? Get back to the Enlisted basement!
It's a Belgian song actually.
@@maskassmario321 Pomme is french and stromae is belgian so no
A song sung in French for a scene about nostalgic romance. Sometimes tropes exist for a reason. Magnifique.
Makes sense considering it's animated by a French studio
Stromae is Belgian
@@lc4216 Fixed.
@@lc4216 still singing in French. + Pomme is French
@@lc4216 Who asked ?
Fortiche: We get a French song.
Riot: which scene you want?
Fortiche: The best one.
Agreed
@@ReverseFlash. really
I mean....facts. Jesus Christ this scene was beautiful.
but comeplay isnt in french
@@alejandrosand the animation company is
Ekko's perspective this episode can be described perfectly with *“what could've been”* , while Jayce's can be described with *“what cannot be”.*
both are what could have been, just one is more beautiful
ok this hits hard
I am honestly surprised they didnt make jinx sesbian, so far 6/7 girls in the show are lmao
@@SuryaGupta-te7fq She was always meant to be straight, Ekko has ingame quote to Jinx " I had a crush on you Jinx...before you started talkin to the gun"
@@SuryaGupta-te7fq 6/7 Are lesbian? You mean Vi, Caitlyn and Maddie? Are you forgetting about Mel, Ambessa, now Jinx and various other side characters. Dk why you're talking like they made everyone lesbian.
0:21 "la pire des bénédictions, la plus belle des malédictions"
Pouah purée j'avais jamais écouté une si belle parole, elle est parfaite dans tous les aspects.
"In another life we would have been lovers." 😭 This episode was totally beautiful and hit in the feels.
Powder would’ve been an awesome firelight
My boy(Ekko) also deserve this beautiful timeline😢
was the line "In another life we would have been lovers." said in the episode? i can't remember it and i just watched it.
Fr
@@IAmStaka i believe its an ingame interaction
"Oh.... look who it is... the boy saviour"
I can see why they saved Ekko for the final act. Such a great arc for him and Alternate Powder. One of the best episode in S2 by far.
Not one of the best... is the best one
You mean THE BEST episode.
this scene alone makes this the best episode of the season and the other episodes were amazing too
100% the best episode of season 2. The pace went insane in the last two episodes.
It started and ended with Ekko. He was the one who gave them the tip on hextech goodies in that Piltover apartment in episode 1. Then he saved everyone in the final episode.
Without a doubt in my eyes, this is the most beautiful episode in all of arcane.
Amen!!!
Period! Episode 7 of season 2 was my fav episode of the whole series! Seeing Ekko and Powder together was beyond heartbreaking but so fucking wholesome
Agreed, but it’s also the worst at the same time cuz now the song doesn’t want to leave my brain, constantly remembering me the sadness i felt watching this episode
I´m really happy to hear that, because for me it wasn´t but I really loved the show and specially ep. 5 this season. So I´m really happy that people with other opinions loved the 3rd act.
@@juliusw2719this comment sounds backhanded and shady
Help me... this song shattered the loop button and I can't stop listening to the song.
Vibe my friend, just vibe... there are worse way to go.
I love that Jinx has a box full of hextech but decide to hide it away to spend time fixing the broken one with Ekko
Yeah! Although that was my second option haha at first I was scared she would do something to try to help more, and then when the series ended I realized this haha 😅
@KarolosOroseira it kinda open ended with that scene, I read some theory on reddit said maybe with all the timeloop blueprint of Ekko and Heimer left behind, Powder might use that to do something with Vi in her timeline. My take is just more wholesome to me, that's just my headcanon, haha
its powder not jinx
To be honest, if she didn't hide all of these stones, everything would just be the same. Because Jayce and Viktor would start doing experiments on these and we'd just get the same exact events.
@@recep36 she hide them , and jayce got executed , viktor died from illness. Survior in main timeline must dead in that timeline
Man, this timeline was almost perfect.
VI 😢
Spoiler
Looks like her death was a pinpoint in time similar to Vander's, seems like they studied Marvel's What If... pretty well 😂 But I'm so happy to see what Powder could've been, even Claggor and Mylo. Not to mention that long-haired Vander lol 😊
Bro, if I were Ekko, I'd have stayed 😭
@ AND SILCO BRO 😭 sad that Vi didn’t get to see it but a cannon event needs a sacrifice, if you want to save one you gotta let another go 😔😔😔
SPOILER
This parallel universe is the only thing that gives me comfort after what happened to jinx and others.
I am a mid-aged man, with wife and kids. It's been nearly a decade I married my wife; before that we were a love birds like this scene. But after our marriage we slowly entered our individual lives, more busy working than with together, distance were growing. Then the kids were born. We still love each other, but feels like there is a vast distance between us. This song, this scene made me cry, made me go back in time where we still were some teenage love birds. It gave me a huge burst of passion to stand before my wife and before kissing tell her like Ekko, "Can we just pretend like it's the first time?"
THIS!
Try to reignite it take it
Gosh I need a love like this :(
i feel you on that one, not as deep tho'. when i was in highschool i've danced with a girl i like romanticly for the first time, and for me, everything is the same when i look back, the way i remember it it is the same as this scene, slow, sluggysh and deep. I don't know how they did this, but they managed to capture real feelings true a screen of a render, wich for me is true art. I feel sad about your current relationship with your wife, i hope everything gets better and sweeter.
Aww man... you gonna make me tear up...
Definitely the most memorable song this season.. DAMN this one hits!
Arcane’s wild diversity in the soundtrack is probably amongst the best the media has to offer!
I never thought this final season would have songs with different languages and they are amazing!
@@abigailaceves9230 true we got english song, A French, Chinese, Spanish and Korean or i missed a nother language
They really showed us that music is an universal vehicle and can convey a lot of emotions and fit in a lot of different scenes, action, romance... such a great OST.
Arcane did it. They made a very diverse story that is also so good the usual haters won't have much to complain about. Arcane is modern storytelling done masterfully.
@@andrezdaz5696 Diversity is a problem when it is a character's whole persona. Every single character in Arcane has struggles, emotions, overcome challenges through personnal growth. Everyone relates to hardship, and that is why writing matters so much in today's very politicized and identity-driven mediatic environment.
"Sometimes taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind"
Dude WAIT maybe this means she's alive and she left things behind ( faked her death ) to start again!!!!!!
@@neptune1247 yea
@@neptune1247Quite possible...imaginary Silco told her to walk away...we just saw explosion never her body...and Cait stored data about vent system there in the building, she possibly used them to escape.
( ... Possible SPOILER below... )
possible given the last scene of Caitlyn with that bomb fragment in her hand and smiling slyly looking at the mapping of the ventilation ducts of where the scene took place with Vi, Jinx and Warwick who is also in a Hexportal. And also seen the airship (provided it is not Vi and Catlyn's)
@@federicaciccolella8147FR
Is no one going to mention that the scene was animated at 4 Frames per Second. The exact amount of time Ekko can rewind!? It's so beautiful. Absolutely stellar work.
Edit: Yes I'm aware 4FPS doesn't equal 4 Seconds, but the parallels are clear, I may have worded it wrongly.
Ultimately, the intention is to show that Ekko savors every single second. The boy who "makes every second count" (as stated in his original trailer) has an entire scene animated in 4 Frames per Second in order to convey the idea that he wants to live out this moment forever. Rewind it if he must / could, savor every single second, never escape this reality he's currently in. It's the very reason the scene which talks about him needing to "sacrifice" something to make a leap comes directly after and is shot PARALLEL to the dance scene. He simply doesn't want the moment to stop.
My apologies if people got confused!
Another thing that Fortiche absolutely didn't have to do but their attention and love to detail meant they did.
Oh wow!
Wow, thank you for letting me know this info.
im gonn kms tx
@@thedusterbin.819I really hope you’re not serious. Please don’t do that. People do love you.
The fact that it's such a beautiful song, capable of representing sadness, memories, depression, and yearning when slowed down, while also evoking intense emotions like love, passion, hope, happiness, and a sense of seeing everything differently when sped up, gave me goosebumps the moment I realized it.
The fact that the got THE STROMAE on the soundtrack is a testament to the quality of this show
💯👌🏻
Oui, yes❤
And pomme! It's her that is singing
more like a testament to the budget they had😅
stromae, woodkid, twenty-one pilots, imagine dragons... sooo mannnyyyy
Here after the kiss
"Can we pretend like it's first time?"
Damn!😭❤
just stop watching after bro trust me.
@@tmcnasty8447i didnt love the ending too, but let people live It.
@@tmcnasty8447 good advice.
@@tmcnasty8447 Nah don't listen to this guy people. People have very different takes on where it went. I for one loved it and I can be very critical of shows
@@CasualLeague he meant the after this things get traumatizing. The ending was perfect
okay but is nobody going to talk about the line "la plus belle des malédiction" which is translated by everyone as "the most beautiful of curse" but it could totally be translated as " the most beautiful of jinx "... like ????? this is absolutely genius and you can't tell me otherwise
I'm french and I didn't realize that chapeau l'artiste
@@milhanou229 haha I'm french too dw it took me a while too 😂
Also the music (idk the instrument, the first one we hear) say "Je t'aime", idk if I'm the only one to hear it tho
Thank you sir!
@@Bonapartiste_Languedocien They're vocals, not an instrument, and they indeed say "Je t'aime, je te quitte"
I couldn't believe it when they played this song at the New Year's Eve celebration in Paris, Arcane's impact, Happy 2025 to all 🎉
Stromae and Pomme are huge names in francophone music. What surprises me more is that Arcane got them.
Bro arcane is french 😂
S1: Episode 7 - Ekko and Jinx enemies
S2: Episode 7 - Ekko and Jinx lovers
S1 ep7: Ekko vs Jinx
S2 ep7: Ekko and Jinx
S1 Episode 7 - Ekko and Jinx
S2 Episode 7- Ekko and Powder
S1: Episode 7 - wannabe Boy Savior
S2: Episode 7 - Lover
S2: Episode 9 - actual Boy Savior
oh my god.
I cant take this anymore 😭
Ekko needed to leave his heaven to save everyone from hell.
Man's an actual superhero.
Boy savior
not all heros wear capes i guess
His not selfish he cares about others more
That what man does...
best boy
I was so happy to see her live a normal life, healthy, loved and cared for! I couldn't stop crying, she's so dear to me. This episode was such a breather.
Jayce: Erm... hello? 😂
@RemizZ well. At least he became hotter after all that.
@@RemizZ i read that in bauss voice
For me the fact that in both universe the sisters simply CANNOT be together and be happy and it’s breaking me more than anything
Ela feliz me emocionou
ARCANE, a masterpiece in every sense, design, history, music, color,....
Yeah that right
I haven't felt a feeling like this in a long time.
i thought i was the only one.
check out cyberpunk edgerunners
This reminds me of her
For real man this show does things with your heart, feeling you have not felt in ages
We're thousands @@C4rrupted
Nous sommes mille mon ami..
Bro ekko had everything yet he chose to save his own universe, huge respect for The Boy Saviour
I guess he wouldn't have accepted to take the other universe's Ekko's life, I think he was happy to know he's living this life in another dimension. I don't know why this scene and this song make me so emotional that's one of the best things I've seen on a screen ngl
"he was in love with jinx before she start talking to her guns" (tha's the interactions in-game if i remember right)
@@oihano.officielfor me, it's because, once in this timeline, ekko had time to reflect on what he lost. In the main universe, there was never time for grief, it was a constant struggle. He basically got his old life back: benzo and vander alive, powder never becoming jinx, the undercity being habitable and even more, mylo and claggor alive...
Although Vi was dead, Zaun happened. Piltover and the undercity became zaun once again and there was no war to fight. A proper life could exist. Ekko had a taste of what he fought so hard to achieve. Before he leaves, he realises he gave up on his dreams and chooses to endure, despite all the tragedy. And, in the end, victory came at a price. Cuz ekko gave up heaven and didn't truly win. He lost even more. He's the boy savior, the big hero, the one who took a leap forward and left heaven behind. That's why this song hits so hard
On the other hand.....Heimerdinger.😂
@@NetterSR8459 i absolutely admire ur pov about this!
It is not healthy the amount of times I have played this song. The dance/kiss scene one of the best love scenes I've seen.
Yea i can't stop listening to this
Dude i checked my sound capsule im at 350 listens
fr, easily 10 hours on the song and over 500 reels on the same scene 😭😭
same
the song reminds me of something i really wish to have one day
MY FRENCH TEACHER STARTED PLAYING THIS IN CLASS-
My music teacher did same
*"Maybe in another universe if we were together"*
MY ROMAN EMPIRE😭😭
Is this line from the game?
@@mag5256 went looking, and no. Yet there is an in-game line where he says "I HAD a crush... until you started talking to the gun" when fighting Jinx
He also says "Second first time for everything" when respawning, kinda fitting too
I don’t understand this dialogue is for the game?
@@vikxo111 thank you ☺️
There was an opportunity in this universe too.
But jinx had to go
Pomme sounds so majestic and I've seen NOBODY point that out
The best she ever did in my opinion❤
Even in France it's not popular, it's a shame
apple you mean right?
Yeah !
Agreed, quite angelic...
This scene was exceptional, I am sorry for every non French speaker who saw this scene without understanding the lyrics, it goes 21 times harder when you do understand french
I think everybody who wants understand the lyrics will translate it now and watch ones again.The lyrics is not difficult to understand watching at this scene
@@KatarzynaMelania Yes, but understanding it for the first time by discovering the scene without the subtitles has a much greater effect and makes the scene even more powerful.
I will learn French, become fluent as f*ck, then come back to this song!!!🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
Yeah, the lyrics hit me like a truck. I'm devastated
Valla escena. Que regalo Riot
I can’t stop listening to this ever since Arcane dropped AGHHH
In case you didn't notice or didn't pay attention: Ekko and Powder's dance happens around 30 minute mark of episode 7 of season 2. This is exactly the time their fight happened in season 1 - around 30 minute mark of episode 7
It also plays in 4 FPS, which is the exact amount of time Ekko can rewind. Four seconds :)
@ellxur. Yes, I have already read this fact about 50 times. 25 of them specifically in the comments under this video
@@mr.Provoker Exactly like your comment bru.
@M0ri4r Never seen this one before. Even if you have, definitely not so many times as about 4 seconds
@@ellxur. 4 fps is not 4 sec tough. Its 4 frames per second.
For those non-french speakers, the harmonica sound that you hear at the start is in fact Pomme singing: "Je t'aime et je te hais" Meaning "I love you and i hate you"
Oh wow tq ~~ added a new understanding to the song 🎵
I heard "je t'aime et je t'attends" meaning " I love you and I wait you" but you seem to be right.
@@lugulink9667 I also heard "je t'aime et je t'attends" but in the official lyrics it's written "je t'aime et je te quitte" (I love you and I'm leaving), which makes sense as well and fits better with that clear double consonant sound in the last three syllables of the harmonica line.
@@goldenaxe7564both are correct in diferent parts❤
at the end too!!
Cant believe this song is the most played french song in 24h on spotify its #3 lets make it #1 LETS GO ARCANE!
we did it! #1
@@Naglfarius for real? lesgoooo
AYYYY!!
insane right , J'aime ma langue , tellement belle et compliqué.
@@jeromelasonde8672 People say French is the language of love. it's true
that scene got me tearing up. arcane is the closest thing to a perfect tv show. period.
LOSING my mind at Stromae being featured on the Arcane soundtrack. One of my all-time favourite artists in one of my all-time favourite series!
Truly a GOAT, Riot's music team or whoever decided to put him on a track has great taste in music.
@@HairFIipSay " Thank you" Riot Games that the animation was done in the FRENCH studio Fortiche
SAME! 😭
Found him through Papaoutai and Tous Le Meme. Insane I find him here.
ABSOLUTELY, i was never expecting Stromae to be featured, but my god, am I happy about it
❤️
Pomme!!♥
Faut pas nous faire pleurer comme ça !
Thank you so much, Pomme❤
Merci pour ce moment qui restera gravé dans la mémoire de beaucoup de monde.
Thank you for such a beautiful and heartbreaking song😢
J'ai rarement été affecté par une scène, mais à elle seule, elle a tous fait trembler en moi, un mélange de joie intense et de peine profonde. Évidemment la musique dans ma langue fait beaucoup du job et me permet de profiter encore plus, honnêtement, j'ai versé une larme 😢. 0:36
Honestly I thought I misheard when stromae started singing and then the lyrics hit me
On a tous versé une larme
Me too! I bawled my eyes out in this scene... their relationship could've been so beautiful... but only in another reality 😢
You're not the only one my friend💔. Sending hugs
J'ai cette horrible fierté en moi qui me dit à chaque fois devant une série ou un film : « Ne pleure pas devant cette scène, c'est ringard ; ne pleure pas là non plus, etc. » Mais devant Arcane, et en particulier cette scène, j'ai pleuré toutes les larmes que je n'avais pas pleurées dans ma vie. 🥹
I usually don't like these kinds of songs.
But so much emotion is mixed with this can't help but love it.
The show writers are genius. Has anyone else noticed that this takes place on S2 Ep7 and a similar episode of Ekko and Powder occurs on S1 Ep7? With the dance being a parallel for the flashbacks seen during their fight scene. Absolutely genius
"It's always a dance with you"
And I read a comment on another video of someone noticing the dance scene is animated with 4 frames per second, and 4 sec is the limit of his time loop. Pretty neat as well.. an incredible episode.
Ep names are the Boy Soldier & the boy Savior. definite parrels.
yeah, i believe this scene is a parallel to both their bridge fight and the "end the cycle" one which makes a pretty obvious reference to this one
maybe also the scenes we got from the enemy video where both ekko and powder where doing stuff together we never actually got to see in the actual show
Powder's entrance was a parallel to her introduction to the main timeline, the dance was at 4 fps which is the same amount of time as game Ekko's ult, and Powder hiding the hextech gems to spend more time with Ekko fixing a broken one, if this isnt cinema i dont know what is
I cried when he went
"can we pretend like it's the first time?" 😭💔
For him it was the first time, such a shame ,they teased us with what could have been
@@jairusjackson7799it really crushed me. I wouldn't have gone back if i was ekko.....
@@labranehit7687 To be honest, I don't think I would have been strong enough to go back to that shit hole either. That universe minus Vi being dead, is pretty much paradise
@@jairusjackson7799 he couldn't live his powder in his universe, back in time when there were little he was in love with her, so this moment with this powder remind him that he have a powder too.
Okay your comment made me cry T.T
Quel plaisir de réentendre Stromae 😍. Trop bien ce duo avec Pomme 👏🥰
il pause un classique innatendu
Une énorme surprise encore une fois cette série nous surprend d’épisodes en épisodes 🥰
Cette épisode mama 😭😭😭 et la fin
J'ai besoin d'un psy
La scène avec cette musique mais mon dieux qu'elle banner la chiale assurer ❤❤❤
the summer everyone learned french.
im devastated with the deaths but also happy knowing that there is a world where Jinx and Ekko did get the good ending
yeap but it did cost vi and jace and i gess victor
She still alive
@@tzar-platnum their absence is absolutely worth it for the peace that world had
*Spoiler* Jinx good ending involves Vi dying and Vi good ending Jinx to die ...
@@guillaume2279 Jinx didnt die in the original timeline at the end though.
They elude to her being alive when Cait's looking at the hexgate tunnels' blueprints at the end and the final shot of the flying ship which was foreshadowed in the very beginning by jinx, plus "The END" at the end is shown in her style. There's also a pink streak leaving right before the blast.
the fact shes dancing just like her mother is making me tear up
fuuuuuck, how are there amazing little details I've still not noticed after watching this season so many times now? Fortiche cooked so hard with this show I stg, I'm gonna be crying about it forever I think
Imo they just dance like basic white women in clubs 💀
@@asra8585 just like her mother 🥲
@@Hannah_Em i wanted to comment this xD
@@asra8585c’est quoi votre problème
At least one version of Ekko is happy, though bittersweet for ours, knowing such of "what could have been" is enough to bring a smile
I hope we get to see more of Jinx and Ekko in future projects. The scene where Caitlyn inspects Jinx's monkey bomb and the vents where she presumably died felt like a not so subtle hint that she might have actually survived. Also there was the air ship at the end that Jinx wanted to fly.
Un retour en force ❤️ j'aime tellement cette personne ❤❤❤❤
The day after the end of arcane, I wake up at 8 am on a Sunday, and I don't know what my day will be made of.
I feel so empty. I miss them..
Literally me right now lmao
word
theres always time to build something new... like the first step, one after another
rewatch it and then listen to podcasts about it XD
We're getting more shows. You just gotta be patient
This is literally "I love you in every universe" in its purest form. Just years of dedication, devotion, pure, selfless love in all its glory.
Well no, not literally. The song is about a love-hate relationship.
Spoiler: He really hated her, and grew to hate and fear her insanity, but in traveling to another world where vander never died, he got to know her as a normal girl and fell in love with her there. What makes this truly sad was how he took personal responsibility as a person of his world for the war that was going on, so he left even though he was happy there. This taught him about how the esscense of what makes us US, is still there for jinx, and she has qualities about herself that were prescent in the war-less world's powder.
@@edmerc92If he really hated her, Ekko wouldn't have gone through the trouble of using the Z-Drive several times to save her from bombing herself.
Powder wasn't dead to him. What could have been gave him the reason to believe in her once again. And in turn, she kept his trust and fought with him.
@@AsclepiusHoe He fell in love with alt powder
then realized that Jinx doesnt deserve his hate
then tried saving her
@@edmerc92 IMO love and hate are really two sides of the same coin, and the opposite is indifference. To really _hate_ someone is, in itself, its own kind of intimacy not dissimilar to love - the idea that a single person and their entire being can so deeply impact your feelings, your thoughts, actions, emotions, good or bad. In spite of how much you dislike them, they still occupy a significant space in your mind.
Thank you Riot Game, Stromae, Pomme and Studio Fortiche. I giggled like a little girl to Ekko and Jinx dance. That scene was so gorgeous.
yes ❤
Absolutely unforgettable.
YES
And Pomme !
SAME! I was kicking my feet like a little kid
I am so happy that Riot introduced more people to Stromae.
Imagine it's 2019. An animated series was just announced for league and someone from the future tells you a dance scene would be one of the best scene in the series.
I wouldn't have believed it.
2019: "bro this is *LITERALLY* a GAME SERIES, we dont need no romance bs in the scene wtf get lost lil bro🤣😭😭"
2024: 😭😭🥹
And someone tells you that Stromae and Pomme are gonna sing for this! :D
+ Between Jinx and Ekko on a Stromae music 🤯
I still cry everytime I see it on youtube... What's going on Ekko's mind... When he hugged Benzo I totally lost it...
Me neither. But man, this hit hard in ways i didn't expect.
Holy shitt that dance was everything. Our Powder looked so beautiful 😭😭😭😭
at least she still alive in one universe with ekko 🖤
@@Darklotsz she is clearly alive at the end tho, caitlyn playing with a piece of Jinx bomb + looking at where sh'e "exploded" and finding that there is evacuation conduit where she can clearly jump thx to her speed, and the last scene with the ship leaving and Jinx weird thing playing on screen is clearly an indicator that she is alive and leaving. Sorry for bad english.
Still waiting for the jinks and silvo time line
@@prislamaindansleslip9375Some people don’t understand that but that’s on them lol.
@@xdmaskednot just some, alot of people dont understand that 😂, its so obvious she still alive with all those hints
I’m so happy that this ship beat the “They’re basically siblings” allegations
They were never basically siblings, he had an official crush on her for a long time, it’s fandom who invented that
Meanwhile the fandom ships Jayce and Viktor even though Jayce said "He's like my brother" 😂
@ Yeah I know and it’s pretty annoying that they said that while ignoring Ekko’s feelings towards Powder
@@TheMaitoPulla Wait, in which ep was that?
@@TheMaitoPulla it's amazing how far fanon obsession can go
The thing I dislike about this song is that it ends.
Can't believe it's been a week since Arcane ended😭
I promise to never forget this song
"You better not"
@@souptikbanerjee1624CRYING 😭😭
@@souptikbanerjee1624 bro stop imma cry
I just started watching s1
No. You won t
I don't know if me getting older is making me more emotional, but this episode and this song did something to me. I rarely tear up for a movie or a TV show, but just thinking about Ekko hugging Benzo or Ekko and Powder dancing just makes me instantly teary eyed. Ekko didn't get too much screen time, but after everything, he is the main character of Arcane in my eyes.
Deserved way more screen time. His arc on heroism and the use of time is poignant and meaningful and incorporates his time ability beautifully. His personality is charismatic and attention-grabbing on screen. His character motivations are admirable and grounded-one of the few to recognize the gravity of Piltover’s oppression towards Zaun and is geared towards people-oriented solutions instead of mindless war. His character design is amazing. His dynamic with Jinx barely got any screentime but was utterly captivating. He has the best two scenes in the series. Would’ve definitely preferred him to have more screentime over characters like Caitlyn. Wish he was the MC too.
he is, indeed, the boy savior, my goat, my mvp.
@@nyahcat1379 Yes, i loved the show and i dont dislike cait/vi at all, i loved them in s1, but ekko stole the whole thing in both seasons, such a great character.
@@Diego-pz9dp You get it 🤝 Caitvi disappointed me like crazy this season. Caitlyn’s descent into a dictator led me to believe she was being set up for Zuko levels of greatness. An oppressor redemption arc. But nothing. She didn’t even apologize. Shit’s crazy
@@nyahcat1379 He doesn't need more, he used every second efficiently xD
The writing of Jinx's character is truly incredible. Her writing goes much further than a simple "Harley Quinn". And Fortiche managed to give her emotions in her face. Like all the other characters.
if anything she more well written than harley quinn. like harley quinn that actually makes sense
I don't underatand the Harley-Quin comparison. Harley's not even the same kind of crazy. She's just a simp for The Joker, blinded by love, obsessed, and would do anything for him, even if it means killing people.
@@Schwarzorn I think it's mostly because the initial LOL version of Jinx (before Arcane existed) was basically a cheap knock-off Harley Quinn. Obviously the character Fortiche has created here is completely different.
@rico_1617 True. But that gives even less points to argue ON her being a Harley-Quin rip-off. You can't call all crazy girls a Harley rip-off.
@@Schwarzorn
Reminds me of when Nintendo fanboys call every platform-fighter game a smash clone, which pisses me off
MASTERPIECE ! Stromae and Pomme did it so , soooooooo good. This song make me feel so sad, and i love it.
Ekko and jinx being lovers made that timeline perfect.
well, except for the fact that vi getting killed by the hex crystal’s explosion, henceforth outlawing any possibility of hextech being invented as the catalyst for this universe existing.
@@speedm222 Imo Silco is still alive worth
Ekko has a crush on jinx in this timeline. league lore.
Jayce probably tested fall damage off that building, Viktor succumb to his illness, and now that Powder realizes hextech is a thing due to Ekko and Heimer, hextech is going to get invented at some point with Ekko and Powder being the Jayce and Viktor of that timeline. It's very subtle but shit's fucked.
@@gyrozeppeli00tested fall damage off that building🙏🙏🙏🙏 nah please stop satan
I'm glad to know there's an alternate universe where the boys are alive, Silco and Vander made peace, Powder and Ekko are together and Zaun is thriving. I pick this universe, as much as I like Vi. She would pick it too, if only she knew. This episode was really cathartic for me.
Vi was ready to give up her chance at a normal life before vander stepped in… if she could have seen where they were in this episode, she would have done everything in her power to make sure she died in that explosion
@@MadBraxI cried when I saw this scene of Ekko and Powder dancing together, because I realized that Vi wasn't in the perfect world. She fights from the beginning to see everyone well and we didn't have the chance to see her there with everyone.
@ Powder crying with vi in her arms literally broke me, it hurt so much.
Thinking about it, If Vi died in that explosion that that would mean Jayce would have gone to prison because his illegal experiments killed someone and Victor probably be dead from his sickness. However, Those two probably would have agreed to accept this timeline since its seems better for everyone.
@@railgun676 Absolutely.
I hope that this song becomes a global hit, outside of the Arcane fan base. It deserves it.
good chance tbh, its Stromae
You're just in luck. It's entered the top 10 on global Spotify 😯
it absolutely will thanks to stromae influence lol
Number 12 on trending music on RUclips. Top 10 most listened on Spotify. Seems it has. Well deserved
It did 😂 Timebomb going worldwide
This song has been on repeat for me the past weeks!! Crazy good!
The level of resolve ekko has to give up everything he ever wanted just to save everyone else is crazy.
He sacrificed his happy ending with powder, the girl he'd loved since childhood, to give everyone else a chance at a happy ending and although he succeeded, in the end, he lost everything in exchange, is all alone, and noone will ever know just what he sacrificed for all of them.
Ekko is the true definition of a hero.
Also, safe to assume we'll definitely be getting more official timebomb content from now on.
Arcane just locked down Ekko&Jinx as one of their top pairings.
Truly he is, The Boy Savior
Just like Ambessa mentioned Sacrifice being the fourth symbol, we've seen a lot of sacrifices been made in the last episode. Ekko sacrificed his alternative happy future, Jinx sacrificed herself to save her sister, Jayce and Viktor became martyrs desintegrated by Arcane...
Ekko had to make that leap forward and leave everything behind
Ekko is the GOAT.
Not Ekko x Jinx, Ekko x Powder
Followed by probably the most beautiful end meningful sentence in the whole show "I used to dream the undercity could be like this, but somewhere I got confused by all the ways it wasn't. I gave up on it, I gave up on you."
"The worst of all blessings
The best of all curses" - they ate so much with these lyrics it ended world hunger
*created actually xd
and true
Worst of all blessings = this Au, cause it makes Ekko wants to stay in and not save his world
And the best of the curses = Powder
Fun Fact: The word "Curse" could also be translated as "The most beautiful Jinx". :')
Fun Fact: The word "Curse" could also be translated as "The most beautiful Jinx". :')
This song was played at the Paris 2025 New Years Celebration… Damn good job Fortiche, even your nation itself recognizes your brilliant song choices.
Episode 7 is my favorite episode of both seasons. Just wow
This was my fav scene
God.....What's wrong with you people?
Ekko gets the best episodes haha
@@WhiteGuardRUS What's wrong with you? Why are you upset
@@Python0904 The second season suffers from a lack of timing. But the creators decided to make a whole unnecessary episode! An absurd love story in a hideously beautiful and utopian world. Episode 7 is saved only by Jace's periodic suffering in the post-apocalypse.
The storylines are jumping and not really disclosed, and they decided to spend precious timekeeping on a sugary teenage love story from American comedies in a whole series.
Did you guys notice that almost everyone who is alive in this alternate timeline is now dead in the other, and in this timeline its just Vi!!
Ekko could've stayed and enjoyed this life but chose to go save his home universe. He is the true hero of Arcane
Put some respect on Heimendinger´s name, without his sacrifice Ekko d not be able to go back ;(
@@Kunoichi4ever4 Ye the professor sacrificed himself to make sure his pupil would go save the world.
@@bensarmchuqui7164 Very fun fact he just respawned in the Bandle City of that universe. He may come back someday
@@LBEfication That is debatable, Yordles are immortal from physical deaths like injuries and age, but Heimerdinger died from arcane magic. So idk man could be anyone's guess
@@bensarmchuqui7164 He didn't "die", the arcane teleported him again somewhere else, which could be like "dying" cause he would not respawn in Bandle City and would be lost forever, he could have end up in a devastated world, tortured for eternity even.
PowderEkko only needed 30 minutes to give us the best love story in Arcane ❤
Timebomb ⏳💣
Yes.. ❤😢
Damn😢
not the best love story, its actually Caitvi
@@llawlightss nah
I wish Ekko and Jinx would have actually dated in the normal timeline 😭😭😭
Maybe there's a timeline where nobody dies and everyone is happy
The tragedy of this scene isn't only the relationship that could have been between Ekko and Powder, it's also that Jinx could have been happy
Exactly that what make this scene even more powerful. It wouldn’t be with any other character
Right. This episode is about Jinx just as much as it's about Ekko (maybe even more so)
happy if Vi died ... Vi is the pb ...
Huh
Interestingly enough I interpreted it a bit different
Even with the best of circumstances, even when shes as healthy as can be and she has friends and family supporting her
She's still not happy, she won't let herself be
She still Self Sabotages
Were told several times, in both universes that Jinx has Incredible potential and is wasting it
She was Made to Change the World
@@nidhogg8446 Interesting take, but I definitely don't think she's wasting any potential in this episode since she's the reason Ekko invents time travel and saves his world (along with Heimer of course)
When someone asks how many times we hear this song, let's just pretend it's the first time
FUGGGGGGGGG U SURE DID COOK WITH THIS ONE BRO
hahaha. nice one.
BRO ATEE
This just made me cry thanks
Underrated comment of the year. ❤🎉
Arcane really proves how heartbreaking alternate universes can be when done right, episode 7 was beautiful.
这首歌的歌词充分的体现了我和代数学的关系，它让我又爱又恨😂
The boy saviour...
Saved his world by sacrificing his happiness
But That was the happiness of another Ekko.
@peterp.8642 yeah that's what makes it heroic.
He could've stayed there forever, hiemerdinger had grabbed the second chance at life with both hands and lived a happy life playing music and enjoying a whimsical life.
He didn't have to go back.
No one knew he was imposter.
No one from his world remembered.
But he did.
Then he saved his world while putting his life in danger.
Lost "Jinx" after saving the world anyways.
@@ArjunSidhan I uunderstand your point now. Thanks.
Indeed.He's a great example of how a man should make decisions.
“Je t’aime. Je te hais.” This part looping hurts so much 😭
la traduction officielle c’est « je t’aime, je t’attend »
@@biiloufdo2770 @Andraxela "Je t'aime, je te quitte" C'est marqué dans les lyrics dans la description ♥
"je t’aime, je te quitte", meaning "i love you, i leave you"
Yh i also hear je t’aime je t’attends!
But in any case i think its even better if hais and attend are meant to sound the same in the sound.
It l fits the conflicting emotions ekko probably has right now
Waiting for powder
Hating Jinx
Or it could be Ekko hating Jinx
Powder waiting for her Ekko to comeback to his senses
Anyway you take it its fitting
The fact that the only clear part is “Je t’aime” makes it even sadder. The second part could be “Je t’attends”, “Je te hais” or “Je te quitte” that doesn’t change the first part which shows that despite everything love is still here…
I keep repeating this song over and over again. I think the dance scene is the most beautiful scene in Act 3. For Ekko, maybe this is the happiest moment in his life.
same
Agreee!
Same
Agreed. Been playing this repeatedly and basking in such positive dreams AUs.
It was pretty but damn it gave me a headache.
50% understanding
1000%vibe
1000000% emotional connection
Lyrics and translation :
[Intro chorus]
_Je t'aime, je te hais_ x8
[ _I love you, I hate you_ ] x8
[Stromae part :]
T'es la meilleure chose qui m’est arrivée
[You're the best thing that happened to me]
Mais aussi la pire chose qui m’est arrivée
[But also the worst thing that's happened to me]
Ce jour où je t’ai rencontrée, j’aurais peut-être préféré
[That day I met you, I would maybe preferred]
Que ce jour ne soit jamais arrivé (Arrivé)
[That day never to happened]
La pire des bénédictions
[The worst of blessings]
La plus belle des malédictions
[The most beautiful of curses]
De toi je devrais m’éloigner
[Of you I should get away]
Mais comme dit le dicton
[But as goes the saying]
Plutôt qu’être seul mieux vaut être mal accompagné
[Rather than being alone, better to have a bad mate]
[refrain]
Tu sais ce qu’on dit
[You know what they say]
Sois près d'tes amis les plus chers
[Be close to your best friends]
Mais aussi
[But also]
Encore plus près de tes advеrsaires
[Even closer to your opponents]
[refrain]
Mais ma meilleurе ennemie c'est toi
[But my best enemy is you]
Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi
[Run away from me, the worst is you and me]
Mais si tu cherches encore ma voix
[But if you search my voice again]
Oublie-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi
[Forget me, the worst is you and me]
[Pomme part :]
Pourquoi ton prénom me blesse
[Why does your name hurt me]
Quand il se cache juste là dans l'espace
[When it hides just here in the void]
C’est quelle émotion, la haine
[Wich emotion is it : hate]
Ou la douceur quand j’entends ton prénom ?
[Or the sweetness when I hear your name ?]
Je t'avais dit, ne regarde pas en arrière
[I've told you, do not look back]
Le passé qui te suit, te fait la guerre
[Past is following you, makes war with you]
Mais ma meilleure ennemie c'est toi
[But my best enemy is you]
Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi
[Run away from me, the worst is you and me]
Mais ma meilleure ennemie c'est toi
[But my best enemy is you]
Fuis-moi, le pire c'est toi et moi
[Run away from me, the worst is you and me]
[Outro chorus]
_Je t'aime, je te hais_ x16
[ _I love you, I hate you_ ] x16
Ps : I'm French and not the best at English. Plz tell me if you see a mistake in the translation
edit : dans la description de la vidéo les cœurs sont "je t'aime je te quitte"
Même si vous entendez autre chose je laisse comme ça dans les paroles
[edit : in the video's description chorus are "je t'aime, je te quitte" so even if you hear something else, I write it like that in lyrics]
merci !!!
Gracias
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! omgggg I wish i saw this when I watched arcane
Thanks for helping me understand an amazing song!
That is deep
For a show that deals with super powers, conflicts, magic, multiverse and what not, the best scene is a dance.
Since the first time I heard this song in this scene I was like “holy shit how can this melody can be so damn romantic??”
Is a sad lyrics but such a romantic melody omg
I can imagine my mom and my dad dancing this smiling at each other in a family party if my father still was with us.…like the series, maybe in another life ….we miss you dad, specially my mom 😢
My condolences for you mate, sending virtuel 🫂 . Keep going in life and never give up, im sure that's what your parents wants for you and how they will always be proud of you
❤❤❤❤
Dude... I'm NOT joking. You made my eyes tear reading this comment...
I'm already very emotional from Arcane S2 as a whole and especially from Ekko & Power scene with this song... But realizing my dad also can't enjoy the simplicity of dancing with my mom is just..
(Ok I'm done crying)
As I said, it just breaks my heart to think about him after almost 4 years after he passed away from cancer...
As you said, maybe in another life... We all could reunite and be a happy family together again.
Why am I crying again wtf :((((
Anyway, things never got better since he gone.. Don't think they will.
I find myself drowning deep in myself and trying to get up every f***ing time but the cycle just repeats on itself.
As soon as I'm showing a minor improvement I'm being pulled back.
I'm sick of it.
i wish I could find my dream universe too like Ekko did and enjoy it just for a while.../
I want a universe with my dad alive in it and not buried underground.
I want just another chance to hug him one more time. I barely remember how does it feel anymore..
Damn, like,, Even Ekko got his chance to hug Benzo..
Condolences to you, buddy
U are all so sweet thank u so much for the lovely messages, I don’t know any of u, but I love u all 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
@@yuvalfadlon9084 Damn that's a lot of emotion in one comment. Best of luck to you, and my condolences.
People don't realise how incredible it is that Stromae made an Arcane song. This guy doesn't make that much music anymore. So him doing an Arcane song is an honor!
I dont know what they did but that scene is STUCK in my head. The slow frames, the blue and violet colors, the dancing, this song, I can picture all of it so clearly in my head. A masterpiece.
Same vibes 🥲
Slow frames, as in 4 frames per second, Ekko can only travel back 4 seconds with the Z-drive.. It's because he wanted that dance to last forever.
Mais j’ai pas rêver c’était bien Stromae avec Pomme ! Quel banger de mettre ces fantastiques artistes francophones dans une série internationale !
Quel bonheur...Et tout ça parce que l'animation a été faite par le studio français Fortiche et que Stromae est une star belge...et que j'aime toujours Pomme❤
J’étais pas prête à entendre Stromae c’est incroyable surtout sur l’une des meilleurs parties de la serie ahrg c’est si mignon 🥰🙏🫶🏻
@@Hasaelixxae c'est tellement vrai 😍
Durant la saison 1 nous avions eu woodkid un artiste lyonnais !
Woodkid est aussi dans la saison 2.
I’ve only had one episode of Powder and Ekko together but my god was their chemistry so palpable and sweet in those short moments
Heureux d'avoir pris des nouvelles de Stromae
Honestly my heart can’t handle this season…
I'm crying rn
Spoiler
At least it’s confirmed that there are multiple timelines and universes. So that gives me comfort that deceased characters can be seen again in future adaptations.
TRUE!
@@honinakecheta601 Not anytime soon, this storyline is finished. They will move to other characters
@@honinakecheta601 God i hate it. This multiverse sht completely removes any form of emotion and immersion when a character dies imo. Cuz "welp, good there's infinite versions of the character so he/she can technically never die :D:D" It ruins television imo.
This hits really hard after watching bridge scene in Season 1 Ep 7...
Ekko and Powder really deserves all this happiness in this universe instead of suffering at the hands of fate
season 2
@@paploox5404 I mean the bridge scene in season 1 when both wanted to kill each other in this scene
@@Lugaus042 mb
I think Powder stepping into the dance floor was very similar to Jinx stepping to Ekko on the bridge. I might be wrong tho!
@@Ejpon No you're absolutely right it was a direct call to that earlier scene
C'est une pure dinguerie de faire revenir Stromae pour Arcane, vous montrez la puissance culturelle de la série vous êtes incroyables Riot ! Et qui de mieux que Pomme comme duo, si adaptée au thème, l'ancienne génération Steam Punk marié avec la nouvelle Pop !
Please don’t let this song die 🤍
This is easily the best track of the season and probably the best of the show. WHAT. A. BOP.
To ashes and blood is also good 👍
Stromae is such a genius. I love that the producers chose him for making a bittersweet love song...that's just perfect.
He wrote insula futaiului cu cancer one of the best
@@edgetheedgy3418is this quand cest
Don't forget Pomme 🫠 she also wrote the song
E: Ever wish you could just stay in one moment?
P: Sometimes taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind
E: I promise I’ll never forget this
P: You better not
😭😭😭
They look so good together man. My boy Ekko sitting alone, grieving at the end is just so sad 😢
Dang it Riot, they gave us a glimpse of hope of Ekko and Jinx, just like how the reunion of Vi, Jinx, Vander, and shattered it with the ending :((( Damn you Riot
anyone think this forshadows jynx possibly leaving vi in the end
This episode broke my heart, because i loved seeing Powder happy...