I loved the ending! I’m so glad they get to live as a happy family! Man, the hug at the end between Isha and Jinx as she’s told they’ll live happily forever was so nice, I’m glad they ended on such a good note before credits rolled :)
Thought might wanna know that the song playing as isha is running is called Isha's Song, and the lyrics translation actually sounds like what she WANTS to tell jinx ;; ruclips.net/video/pYpB8yRcAJU/видео.html
Hey man, I just wanted to say that all of the songs and OST were made for the series, except for the Get Jinxed song that played when she was working with the Hexcrystal at S1 and played on Sevika's Bluetooth speaker arm
Well at least you get to enjoy Arcane Season 1 and 2 close to each other xD I watched the first Season when it came out, with THAT cliffhanger and waited for years to watch this. So NO we are not good 😅
Thank you for pointing out Piltover’s ableism! The lack of accessibility is only apparent to the council once it affects them! There’s SO much to talk about regarding disabilities & ableism in Arcane and it’s portrayed so well. It’s really nice to hear it brought up in this vid, as a disabled person myself!
It was in her mother’s montage but it’s also connected by economic status… Zaun started as mining town so it was mostly workers who lived there and then the factories above them pollute downwards (now, with arcane magic too in all likeliness since the hex gate was deliberately put down there so it wouldn’t effect the upper crust) Orianna’s original lore is that she gave up her breathing mask to a poor kid who couldn’t afford one (not that she could either but her father was a maker of them so she was wearing one) and that’s what slowly rots her body from the inside out like is shown in the slideshow Caitlyn ends up using as an inspirational moodboard for her future
As a lesbian, I agree XD I wouldn't turn down a single woman in the show, they're all incredible. I don't even know if I can pick a top 5, they're all so hot
Can we talk about the fact that Viktor kept the robe Jayce gave him even tho he doesnt feel cold ? Or that he kept the coin they used in episode 2 for their first Arcane teleportation? I m NOT okay....😭😭😭
That "coin" wasn't from episode 2 - it was a cog that came loose when he referred to Jinx as Powder, he picked it out of the water fountain and held on to it, to be a symbolic visualization of his speech at the end, about hate and compassion being two sides of the same coin of humanity.
2:57 Amanda, one of the writers, confirmed it's been 3 to 6 months. I think Caitlyn also has a line where she pretty much said they'd been fighting Zaun for months
yeah, based on a few context clues it was safe to assume somewhere between a handful of months and a year passed over the timeskip. Glad to see theres a somewhat confirmed range
Fun fact, the reason why ambessa didn't notice Jinx until later is because she was staring at Sevika, which is hint in the game that her type is basically pretty boys and buff/strong women
One thing that kind of gets overlooked in the Vander reveal: Not only does Vander (or Warwick) recognize Powder... But Jinx *recognized* Vander! Despite what he looks like, she knew the moment he said "Powder" - AND she just accepted it. No questions about how or why, this was just her father now, and he needs her help.
@ yep, thats correct. though the studio said they’d like to focus on other LOL characters in new series, so hopefully we’ll get to see some of these characters again (i have a feeling mel is gonna pop up a Lot 🤭)
@@charley5650 They also said they had no intention of creating an "MCU" and that these stories should be self-contained and not require lore knowledge. Act 2's Mel and Jayce B-plots seem likely to introduce other factions and characters that I can't see them properly exploring even if they used all of Act 3 to do it. I fear it's either going to be rushed and deus ex the plot or leave massive plot threads just dangling. This season is still great so far and I still have faith in their plan for the story but some of the writing choices in Act 2 definitely make me wonder how the hell they're going to wrap it up.
However this ends, I want for the creators of this to create so much more. It doesn't need to be more Arcane, or even in the LeagueOfLegends universe, but more from them - be it shorter animations, or feature length movies, or even full on series, but MORE! I'm a cis-het white male and I want more of this.
also, some stuff id like to point out to add to the pain: 1- isha screamed mama when she was being taken away by sevika to safety 2- isha can’t speak, so jinx won’t even be able to hear her voice in her head after her death 3- it was after vi held jinx back from saving isha that jinx finally understood why vi never wanted her to come save vander when they were teens 4- vi decided in that moment she would rather lose one sister than lose both sisters and despite barely being able to stand, she used all her energy to protect jinx 5- isha was the only one in a long time to love powder and jinx at the same time (yes even more than vi and silco who only wanted powder or jinx respectively) which is why jinx experienced a calmness in her head she hasnt in a long time 6- when jinx lit up the lighter in the cave to see what happened between vi and warwick, she was worried about vi, not vander, because she saw her let her guard down and trust her 7- also that scene shows that vi is also suicidal just like jinx as she was either ready to live knowing her dad is alive and her sis was telling the truth, or die with the betrayal bonus one about mel: her crying while holding her “brother’s” face was her accepting that hes dead and this is her last time seeing him before calling out the fact its not him.
@@guh-m4ui saw a video on instagram that removed the music and it was clear she spoke “mama”! but its fine if you can’t hear it, it’s devastating either way😭
@@bottomerenjaegershe still didn’t say mama 😭 it sounds like it but it’s just her making noise towards jinx. isha doesn’t speak, she uses sign language because of that
wow episode 5 was really the greatest series finale in all of cinema, it's really cool they managed to wrap everything up in just 5 episodes, peak show, can't wait to see what riot does next now that arcane season 2 finished at episode 5.
LETS GOOOOOO WHOO! My exact thought when first finishing this act was "10/10.. thanks I hate it" and that hasn't changed. And the messed up part is I have a feeling in act 3 we gonna see jayce had a very good reason for doing it which makes it hurt 10x more... let's all just collectively pretend the show ended at the hug ok? Ok
Okay but tbh I feel Cait was very aware of how Ambessa was trying to manipulate her, she was constantly questioning her. Especially questioning her when she brought innocents into the problem. Or at least she recognises this after the time skip during the season, otherwise she wouldn’t have turned around and betrayed her at the first possible opportunity. Also the time skip between act 1, to act 2 is like 6 months to a year.
@@gustavgustav2670 this. i have seen a lot of people mischaracterize caitlyn and maddie simply because they focus too much in them being together and then just simply tune out their entire conversation in that scene. people keep missing there's been a timeskip spanning months when caitlyn said she didn't think it would last that long (and that doesn't even include other hints throughout the episode). people keep saying caitlyn is disgusted by maddie and doesn't like her when she was just thinking about her concerns regarding noxus??? and i see people hating maddie so much to the point they wish she'll die when she has been nothing but sweet albeit naive and optimistic, and is actually grounding caitlyn and trying to be the voice of reason (as amanda said, she was meant to be the angel on caitlyn's shoulders as opposed to ambessa's devil)
I see people said it's weird how Cait suddenly betrayed ambessa and team up with vi in that short amount of time. I was thinking that too (I forget things easily and can't focus quite well) but after rewatching, meeting vi is just the perfect chance for her to go against ambessa! She's been waiting for this opportunity!
i love the fact that they show us the young silco and his relationship with his brother, and that make us like him more and understand him even more. His developement is very sad and very good
@ could viktor from even further in the future than we saw when hes healed? cause the preview for the last act shows that the doctor kept him so who knows!
what you said about his wheelchair crashing down steps bc they don't accomodate for disabilities in piltover OPENED MY THIRD EYE. of course!!!!! that's exactly it. that's the irony of it all. for a councillor to be that very thing. wow.
12:21 Did no one realize about the way Ekko is painted on the wall where they paint the "deceased" people? Pls we got no other information of him I hope that thats not true😭
Our love was my favorite song from season one and i didnt quite get its purpose BUT LET ME TELL YALL!!! I SOBBED WHEN I HEARD THAT INTRO AND FLASHBACK. IT WAS THOSE THREE AND THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THE FUTURE OF ZAUN😭😭😭😭😭
I think you need to go revsit a lot of Caitlyn stuff here, its very easy to miss first time through. Take the first scene with Maddie - Caitlyn shows her no affection whatsoever, and actively pulls away from her - especially when Maddie tries to kiss her. Its super clear its a rebound and she still loves Vi, its her version of coping compared to Vis fighting. Throught the Act she tells Ambessa she doesn't trust her, but Ambessa keeps stoking the flames. Caitlyn's body language throughout makes it clear she is not onboard - theres a lot of heavy animation work that goes on to show it which you only notice second time through, as Caitlyn doesnt actually say that much, and what she does say is butting heads with Ambessa. So once she meets Vi, its the final straw - building up to them getijng back together. Ambessa even says this outright, Caitlyn had to be kept away from Vi. Two more things: the change in caitlyn the moment she reconnects to Vi is huge - esepcially in the eyes. Second, caitlyn wipes Vi spits into her mouth like a freak. Caitlyn did a lot of wrong, no doubt, but she was alwsys on the path back because thats who she is - hence trying to arrest Singed. Vi was just the final thing she needed.
Both episode 4 and 5 openings show how Cait and Vi separately deal with heartbreak. One with a rebound relationship and the other with self loathing booze wallowing emo fighting.
Your reactions to Cait's arc are valid, and it was a rollercoaster of a ride with her this season. I'd encourage you to rewatch this act, knowing what you now know about where she's at by the end of it. People seem to be overlooking her scenes a LOT and don't catch her doubtful expressions, calculating eyes or they misinterpret (or don't look deeper into) her lines, like when talking to Maddie or Ambessa. You can see there's a lot of hesitation and thinking going on. She's definitely not redeemed, not by a long shot, by the end of Act 2. But the flip doesn't come out of nowhere. It's all there in her scenes from the start of ep 4.
Watching it back in the edit, I did notice more and more. That’s the issue with a first watch, I’m trying to entertain and give commentary which means I can miss things. But either way, we are starting to get our Cait back and that’s beautiful 😭🫶🏼
@@niallnochill Totally! This show is too insane to take it all in in just the first watch. I'm always finding something new even after 10 rewatched 😮💨🤯
LOL it is totally a shock to see Cait with Maddie so soon but it's actually been about 6 months between episodes 3 and 4 and Ambessa claims the affair is new
Ekko can save them with his z-drive...its just that it can only rewind time for a few seconds, so he actually have to be in the middle of this shit to actually be able to interact.
Oh best understand that Caitlyn _knows_ Ambessa is using her. And I reckon her plan was to also make use of Ambessa's authority and wisdom, but is just unable to overpower her, because she simply lacks experience no? Cait is smart, if not very emotionally driven at the start. But she started sobering up on ep 4, after some time has passed and things aren't exactly going as she'd hoped. So all this time she's been struggling on how to exactly make everything right. All alone. With all that power in her hands. We have to remember, under that cloak. She's just still Caitlyn.
the point you made about piltover's arrogance is so important bc at first i did feel like the infiltration went a bit too smoothly but then i thought about the overall lackadaisical nature of the enforcers (esp compared to the noxian soldiers) and how it just shows that they got caught lacking bc they don't expect to be challenged. another reason i love your reactions; u pick up on things that are not explicitly said also you're hilarious lol great vid as always!
i like him but he kept missing things that were in fact not explicitly said lmao (the timeskip for act 2 being a long time spanning months, lest talking about viktor, warwick being hostile against them bc of isha's bloody nose and not bc she looks like powder, etc.)
i had to cut it for timing, but in my full length reaction i know that he came for Isha because of the bloody nose as he was tracking the scent and i also cut out me asking how big of a time jump has there been when we start ACT 2… i say in this reaction it’s been a week for us. you get to sit and read up on the internet after watching the show and then get to rewatch it to spot everything. you’re seeing my FIRST reaction to it, all while also saying my immediate thoughts, trying to piece it all together and trying to entertain… it ain’t easy so gimme some grace damn
@@niallnochill oh cool. i'm sorry but i have just seen a lot of people on socmed still having no clue on a lot of things implied in the show even after days of the act being released (and even some scenes from the first season still) but i do understand that this is your first reaction to the show!
@@y___otaku honestly no worries, i can appreciate it can be frustrating watching people not understand things especially after time has passed, i just wanted to reiterate it’s my first time watching this so i’m not gonna pick up everything straight away 🫶🏼 no hard feelings, much love and thanks for the support friend 💗
New to your channel, but watching your reaction is actually enriching the actual show. Don’t know how you picked up in these tiny details, make sense and keep up the larger plot, get involved emotionally, and entertain viewers all in a first time viewing! Arcane is such a dense show, I just keep track of the plot and immerse myself in the story. Details, cinematography, and parallels and stuff are for rewatches. The recording session for this would’ve fried my braincells if I was in your position 😭
Here to tell you that with each episode the intro changes frames, placing almost imperceptible Easter eggs🥹🥹🥹hope you notice this😝 now we are all anxious about the last 3 episodes🥹I have no idea how it could end😭😭
i've been a cait lover since season 1 and i never swayed. they could never make me hate you cailtlyn. bc honestly, if i was even half as just as caitlyn was in season 1 only to lead it to me failing to catch the terrorist who has killed a lot of innocent people and then she proceeded to kill my mom when we still have a lot of things left unsaid??? and then i failed to catch/kill said terrorist for a second time??? i'm sorry but imma throw hands fr. i don't think a lot of people are getting this but caitlyn and jinx are literally two sides of the same coin now. it's literally the horseshoe theory. a.) mother has been killed by people from the other side b.) mentored by a terrible brutal person after the incident c.) became the leader of their people
I appreciated Season 1 SO MUCH MORE after watching these!! Episodes 4-6 are just way too close to home, the final one made me feel utterly hopeless so I'm hoping they pull a Twilight and say, "Psych! This was just a dream." Edit: Your reaciton to the end was so satisfying!! Thank you for being traumatized along with the rest of us. I watched with my husband and I was squealing and screaming like you were, but my husband just straight-faced watched it and I was SO frustrated lol
during the opening credits when jinx pulls the trigger at us it flashes to when isha does it to jinx during her big sacrifice. they foreshadowed it in the opening credits.🙂
25:30 Yes 42:44 No really, the Zaun dream was even before Vi. What's more heartbreaking is that he _knew_ their mother and still chose to do that to them at the factory. That's a testament of how far he fell off.
8:33 You clocked that too? After the comeback she immediately tried to "diffuse" the tension instead of continuing the staredown. The first to step forward to show a message of "Trust", almost placating. Idk how to explain it well, but I've definitely been there. It's not just plain fear on her part tho, she's cautious. Never underestimate Ambessa, of course.
There’s literally so much to talk about w arcane I feel like I could go on forever about it but I know one thing it’s that if they keep giving characters glow ups I will need to be put in a cage like emo Vi has not left my thoughts and Ekko being back next week may be the end for me. However I’m hoping Vi and Jinx keep this new relationship like it’s all I want by the end of the show I don’t even need Cait and Vi to get back together I just need the sister bond to continue. Vi has been so interesting this season like she literally is the heart of the show imo, the way she was still trying to help Jinx even when she didn’t want to because her heart is good I need to put a ring on her finger rn. Her character design having the red hair peak through to show she’s still got her heart despite her trying to ignore it makes me so insane like how are they so good at everything in this show. I’m rambling but it’s just so good.
Every arc of the first season had a lengthy absorption period, and every arc so far this season has been the same. I have no idea where it's going next, but I expect it to be good
sooooo, how we all feeling???? good???? great????????? FANTASTIC?????? hehe what a gorgeously happy next 3 episodes these were xoxoxox
kinda bummed that ep 6 ended a little short but at least everyone had a happy ending and nothing bad happened at all!!!!!!
I loved the ending! I’m so glad they get to live as a happy family! Man, the hug at the end between Isha and Jinx as she’s told they’ll live happily forever was so nice, I’m glad they ended on such a good note before credits rolled :)
Thought might wanna know that the song playing as isha is running is called Isha's Song, and the lyrics translation actually sounds like what she WANTS to tell jinx ;; ruclips.net/video/pYpB8yRcAJU/видео.html
Hey man, I just wanted to say that all of the songs and OST were made for the series, except for the Get Jinxed song that played when she was working with the Hexcrystal at S1 and played on Sevika's Bluetooth speaker arm
Well at least you get to enjoy Arcane Season 1 and 2 close to each other xD I watched the first Season when it came out, with THAT cliffhanger and waited for years to watch this. So NO we are not good 😅
IS THERE ANYTHING AS UNDOING AS A DAUGHTER. Vander. Silco. Ambessa. Singed. Jinx. Marcus. Vander again!
STAWPPPPP 😢 this quote has so much more wait when you break it down like thisss🙌
One of my favorite quotes from this series. I love
Having a daughter is a curse in this series. Like yo wth.
The fact that Isha’s name means “to protect” makes the pain even worse😭
DONT TELL ME THINGS LIKE THIS 😔
In a different language Isha means doctor, so in a way jinx finally got some therapy.
@@SinSiricheDu bro- thats crazy
Your reactions to Maddie and cait was SO REAL. I had the same gasp
genuinely shocked me to the core lmao
@ I was gooped and gaged NOT MY LESBIANS 😭
Meanwhile I’m over here like why can’t Cait just keep them both? 😅
@@SinSiricheDu poly representation confirmed?
maddie deserves BETTERRRR i cant even lie
Thank you for pointing out Piltover’s ableism! The lack of accessibility is only apparent to the council once it affects them! There’s SO much to talk about regarding disabilities & ableism in Arcane and it’s portrayed so well. It’s really nice to hear it brought up in this vid, as a disabled person myself!
It was in her mother’s montage but it’s also connected by economic status… Zaun started as mining town so it was mostly workers who lived there and then the factories above them pollute downwards (now, with arcane magic too in all likeliness since the hex gate was deliberately put down there so it wouldn’t effect the upper crust)
Orianna’s original lore is that she gave up her breathing mask to a poor kid who couldn’t afford one (not that she could either but her father was a maker of them so she was wearing one) and that’s what slowly rots her body from the inside out like is shown in the slideshow Caitlyn ends up using as an inspirational moodboard for her future
arcane writers are allergic to happiness
i'm about to storm the studio tbh
Literally in suffering waiting for this weekend
Isha is like a wild rune. No words but full of meaning and intent.
Awww that's a cute comparison 😊
Omg I didn't think of that, she actually is
10:21 NOT LEAGUE OF LESBIANS 😭😭😭 me twirling my hair n giggling the moment sevika appeared too SDKFJGSKDFG
As a lesbian, I agree XD I wouldn't turn down a single woman in the show, they're all incredible. I don't even know if I can pick a top 5, they're all so hot
Can we talk about the fact that Viktor kept the robe Jayce gave him even tho he doesnt feel cold ?
Or that he kept the coin they used in episode 2 for their first Arcane teleportation?
I m NOT okay....😭😭😭
I was curious about the significance of that cog. Thank you for the additional layer of pain. 💙
Crying in the Comment Section ✌️😭
That "coin" wasn't from episode 2 - it was a cog that came loose when he referred to Jinx as Powder, he picked it out of the water fountain and held on to it, to be a symbolic visualization of his speech at the end, about hate and compassion being two sides of the same coin of humanity.
I am in love with how you just simply refuse (or more likely forget) to call Heimerdinger by his real name.
I might say his name correct in the final Arcane video, just to say goodbye 😔🫡
Seeing Silco so happy changed my brain chemistry
2:57 Amanda, one of the writers, confirmed it's been 3 to 6 months. I think Caitlyn also has a line where she pretty much said they'd been fighting Zaun for months
yeah, based on a few context clues it was safe to assume somewhere between a handful of months and a year passed over the timeskip. Glad to see theres a somewhat confirmed range
This kinda just makes Isha's death more sad😭
30:04 “she’s too beautiful to look like she’s been drug through a bush backwards, a thorny bush, 😮 a rose bush” made me laugh harder than I should’ve
Fun fact, the reason why ambessa didn't notice Jinx until later is because she was staring at Sevika, which is hint in the game that her type is basically pretty boys and buff/strong women
Oooohhh, nice to know. I mean, who doesn't want Sevika lmaooo.
I need them to get freaky IMMEDIATELY
@@coladecocodrilo need the sex scene to involve ambessa, sevika, and a character who looks exactly like me getting passed around by the two of them
she likes prettyboys and buff women? hell yeah me too
Omg she’s just like fr fr 😫
the gays really don't handle any break up well, do they? Dictator, emo, homeless acid trip or Jesus
and they are all valid bar one
42:41 "I'm doing this for us, Jinx. The sons and daughters of Zaun deserve more than their run-off." - Silco, episode 4 :)
One thing that kind of gets overlooked in the Vander reveal: Not only does Vander (or Warwick) recognize Powder... But Jinx *recognized* Vander!
Despite what he looks like, she knew the moment he said "Powder" - AND she just accepted it. No questions about how or why, this was just her father now, and he needs her help.
“I am very excited” final words before suffering 😭😭
i am so terrified for the final three episodes, HOW THE HELL DOES THIS GET RESOLVED IN SUCH LITTLE TIME?!
omfg i know right ?? and from what ive read there's no season 3 🥹
@ yep, thats correct. though the studio said they’d like to focus on other LOL characters in new series, so hopefully we’ll get to see some of these characters again (i have a feeling mel is gonna pop up a Lot 🤭)
@@charley5650 They also said they had no intention of creating an "MCU" and that these stories should be self-contained and not require lore knowledge. Act 2's Mel and Jayce B-plots seem likely to introduce other factions and characters that I can't see them properly exploring even if they used all of Act 3 to do it. I fear it's either going to be rushed and deus ex the plot or leave massive plot threads just dangling.
This season is still great so far and I still have faith in their plan for the story but some of the writing choices in Act 2 definitely make me wonder how the hell they're going to wrap it up.
However this ends, I want for the creators of this to create so much more.
It doesn't need to be more Arcane, or even in the LeagueOfLegends universe, but more from them - be it shorter animations, or feature length movies, or even full on series, but MORE!
I'm a cis-het white male and I want more of this.
"Our paths diverged long ago, it was affection that kept us together"
Jayce killing Viktor is closeted gay behavior. You cannot convince me otherwise.
Tale as old as time.
also, some stuff id like to point out to add to the pain:
1- isha screamed mama when she was being taken away by sevika to safety
2- isha can’t speak, so jinx won’t even be able to hear her voice in her head after her death
3- it was after vi held jinx back from saving isha that jinx finally understood why vi never wanted her to come save vander when they were teens
4- vi decided in that moment she would rather lose one sister than lose both sisters and despite barely being able to stand, she used all her energy to protect jinx
5- isha was the only one in a long time to love powder and jinx at the same time (yes even more than vi and silco who only wanted powder or jinx respectively) which is why jinx experienced a calmness in her head she hasnt in a long time
6- when jinx lit up the lighter in the cave to see what happened between vi and warwick, she was worried about vi, not vander, because she saw her let her guard down and trust her
7- also that scene shows that vi is also suicidal just like jinx as she was either ready to live knowing her dad is alive and her sis was telling the truth, or die with the betrayal
bonus one about mel: her crying while holding her “brother’s” face was her accepting that hes dead and this is her last time seeing him before calling out the fact its not him.
thank you for the comment but how do i now erase it from my mind?
@@niallnochill if i had to suffer knowing these, so do you. we’re in this together, i fear!
isha didn’t scream mama, she’s mute. she was just making noise /nm
@@guh-m4ui saw a video on instagram that removed the music and it was clear she spoke “mama”! but its fine if you can’t hear it, it’s devastating either way😭
@@bottomerenjaegershe still didn’t say mama 😭 it sounds like it but it’s just her making noise towards jinx. isha doesn’t speak, she uses sign language because of that
wow episode 5 was really the greatest series finale in all of cinema, it's really cool they managed to wrap everything up in just 5 episodes, peak show, can't wait to see what riot does next now that arcane season 2 finished at episode 5.
It's so sad arcane ended so fast with so little episodes this season. But I really like the ending! They all live happily ever after
LETS GOOOOOO WHOO!
My exact thought when first finishing this act was "10/10.. thanks I hate it" and that hasn't changed. And the messed up part is I have a feeling in act 3 we gonna see jayce had a very good reason for doing it which makes it hurt 10x more... let's all just collectively pretend the show ended at the hug ok? Ok
The boy savior who shattered time PLEASE SAVE US!!! 😭
My favorite animal is you trying to remember Heimerdingers name. Humpumpumper, Rumpelstiltskin 😭
9:26 Super cool fact: this diva is a trans woman and is voiced by a trans woman!!!! :D 💖🤍💙
I was wondering! Thank you for telling us!
Okay but tbh I feel Cait was very aware of how Ambessa was trying to manipulate her, she was constantly questioning her. Especially questioning her when she brought innocents into the problem. Or at least she recognises this after the time skip during the season, otherwise she wouldn’t have turned around and betrayed her at the first possible opportunity. Also the time skip between act 1, to act 2 is like 6 months to a year.
Exactly. People just see Maddie, lose their shit without watching the scene then judge her all the way through.
@@gustavgustav2670 this. i have seen a lot of people mischaracterize caitlyn and maddie simply because they focus too much in them being together and then just simply tune out their entire conversation in that scene. people keep missing there's been a timeskip spanning months when caitlyn said she didn't think it would last that long (and that doesn't even include other hints throughout the episode). people keep saying caitlyn is disgusted by maddie and doesn't like her when she was just thinking about her concerns regarding noxus??? and i see people hating maddie so much to the point they wish she'll die when she has been nothing but sweet albeit naive and optimistic, and is actually grounding caitlyn and trying to be the voice of reason (as amanda said, she was meant to be the angel on caitlyn's shoulders as opposed to ambessa's devil)
I see people said it's weird how Cait suddenly betrayed ambessa and team up with vi in that short amount of time. I was thinking that too (I forget things easily and can't focus quite well) but after rewatching, meeting vi is just the perfect chance for her to go against ambessa! She's been waiting for this opportunity!
I don't know if you noticed, but in the chamber room you could see Jayce's breath when he was speaking but not Salo's
This Act is the definition of pain, trauma, sadness... All the emotions are in this Act and I teared up which does not happen often.
i love the fact that they show us the young silco and his relationship with his brother, and that make us like him more and understand him even more. His developement is very sad and very good
"NOOO! MY HAPPY ENDING!!" needs to be a gif and a meme.
OH ALSO theres a theory that the hoodied figure with the staff back in s1 who saved jayce as a kid is future viktor in a time loop
The figure that saved Jayce had normal hands not blue metal like Viktor
@ could viktor from even further in the future than we saw when hes healed? cause the preview for the last act shows that the doctor kept him so who knows!
DUDEE i did not piece together the hand print on salo that's so fucking smart
what you said about his wheelchair crashing down steps bc they don't accomodate for disabilities in piltover OPENED MY THIRD EYE. of course!!!!! that's exactly it. that's the irony of it all. for a councillor to be that very thing. wow.
Caitlyn heard 'cupcake' just once and immediately folded, the lesbianism of it all
tears streaming down my face at "he on the 'mones!"
12:21 Did no one realize about the way Ekko is painted on the wall where they paint the "deceased" people? Pls we got no other information of him I hope that thats not true😭
Our love was my favorite song from season one and i didnt quite get its purpose BUT LET ME TELL YALL!!! I SOBBED WHEN I HEARD THAT INTRO AND FLASHBACK. IT WAS THOSE THREE AND THEIR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER AND THE FUTURE OF ZAUN😭😭😭😭😭
"WHERE'S HUMMERPOMPER..?!😮"
Im dead
I think you need to go revsit a lot of Caitlyn stuff here, its very easy to miss first time through.
Take the first scene with Maddie - Caitlyn shows her no affection whatsoever, and actively pulls away from her - especially when Maddie tries to kiss her. Its super clear its a rebound and she still loves Vi, its her version of coping compared to Vis fighting.
Throught the Act she tells Ambessa she doesn't trust her, but Ambessa keeps stoking the flames. Caitlyn's body language throughout makes it clear she is not onboard - theres a lot of heavy animation work that goes on to show it which you only notice second time through, as Caitlyn doesnt actually say that much, and what she does say is butting heads with Ambessa.
So once she meets Vi, its the final straw - building up to them getijng back together. Ambessa even says this outright, Caitlyn had to be kept away from Vi.
Two more things: the change in caitlyn the moment she reconnects to Vi is huge - esepcially in the eyes.
Second, caitlyn wipes Vi spits into her mouth like a freak.
Caitlyn did a lot of wrong, no doubt, but she was alwsys on the path back because thats who she is - hence trying to arrest Singed.
Vi was just the final thing she needed.
VI "Cupcake".... Cait wakes up immediately 🤣 But oh my heart Isha 😭
The beautify of episode 5 is that it builds up this sliver of hope just to immediately mess with us in episode 6. We love to see it 😂
you know it's good writing when knowing spoilers doesn't make it any less shocking
42:11 SILCO HAVING THE JINX HAIR SWOOP AND THEIR MOM HAVING A MIX OF BOTH OF THEIR HAIR COLORS MAKES ME GO FERAAAAAL
The writers can never let us be happy bro wtf 😭😭😭
The writers really gave jinx a taste of happiness and decided to toy with her emotions by taking it all from her again
Both episode 4 and 5 openings show how Cait and Vi separately deal with heartbreak. One with a rebound relationship and the other with self loathing booze wallowing emo fighting.
bro, you don't understand how much i cried at that ending, what a way to close an act. i don't know what to expect from THE LAST EPISODES EVER
Your reactions to Cait's arc are valid, and it was a rollercoaster of a ride with her this season. I'd encourage you to rewatch this act, knowing what you now know about where she's at by the end of it. People seem to be overlooking her scenes a LOT and don't catch her doubtful expressions, calculating eyes or they misinterpret (or don't look deeper into) her lines, like when talking to Maddie or Ambessa. You can see there's a lot of hesitation and thinking going on. She's definitely not redeemed, not by a long shot, by the end of Act 2. But the flip doesn't come out of nowhere. It's all there in her scenes from the start of ep 4.
Watching it back in the edit, I did notice more and more. That’s the issue with a first watch, I’m trying to entertain and give commentary which means I can miss things. But either way, we are starting to get our Cait back and that’s beautiful 😭🫶🏼
@@niallnochill Totally! This show is too insane to take it all in in just the first watch. I'm always finding something new even after 10 rewatched 😮💨🤯
LOL it is totally a shock to see Cait with Maddie so soon but it's actually been about 6 months between episodes 3 and 4 and Ambessa claims the affair is new
26:42 Question of the century right there😭🤚
HELL YEAHHHHH IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSS
In the vander flashback, silco’s hairstyle with the bangs is basically jinx’s hair… I’m done
lesbian dictator daughter or gay jesus son sent me to the fkn moon oh my god 😭
Caitlyn saw Vi again, got called "cupcake" once and immediately switched sides. True lesbian behavior
girllll this act SHOOK me
not gonna lie... but i am so ready to forgive this new long hair and beard sexy jayce for assassinating our gay jesus icon
Ekko can save them with his z-drive...its just that it can only rewind time for a few seconds, so he actually have to be in the middle of this shit to actually be able to interact.
Ekko better pull out that back in time ULT.....
HAS NIALL JUST FORGOT ABOUT EPISODES 7 AND 8 FOR HEARTSTOPPER 😤😤😤
@@kels8689 me reading this comment while editing episodes 7 and 8 😵💫😵💫😵💫
Oh best understand that Caitlyn _knows_ Ambessa is using her. And I reckon her plan was to also make use of Ambessa's authority and wisdom, but is just unable to overpower her, because she simply lacks experience no? Cait is smart, if not very emotionally driven at the start. But she started sobering up on ep 4, after some time has passed and things aren't exactly going as she'd hoped. So all this time she's been struggling on how to exactly make everything right. All alone. With all that power in her hands. We have to remember, under that cloak. She's just still Caitlyn.
Why having siblings is the worst thing ever in the show OMG, Jinx and Vi, Jinx and Isha , Vander and Silco
I had a mental breakdown after part 2 and watching this--im not over it. IM IN PAIN OMG
One of my favorite parts of this is that the gear Victor was holding lands on the side corrupted with the arcane. They spared no details.
the point you made about piltover's arrogance is so important bc at first i did feel like the infiltration went a bit too smoothly but then i thought about the overall lackadaisical nature of the enforcers (esp compared to the noxian soldiers) and how it just shows that they got caught lacking bc they don't expect to be challenged.
another reason i love your reactions; u pick up on things that are not explicitly said also you're hilarious lol great vid as always!
i like him but he kept missing things that were in fact not explicitly said lmao (the timeskip for act 2 being a long time spanning months, lest talking about viktor, warwick being hostile against them bc of isha's bloody nose and not bc she looks like powder, etc.)
i had to cut it for timing, but in my full length reaction i know that he came for Isha because of the bloody nose as he was tracking the scent and i also cut out me asking how big of a time jump has there been when we start ACT 2… i say in this reaction it’s been a week for us. you get to sit and read up on the internet after watching the show and then get to rewatch it to spot everything. you’re seeing my FIRST reaction to it, all while also saying my immediate thoughts, trying to piece it all together and trying to entertain… it ain’t easy so gimme some grace damn
@@niallnochill oh cool. i'm sorry but i have just seen a lot of people on socmed still having no clue on a lot of things implied in the show even after days of the act being released (and even some scenes from the first season still) but i do understand that this is your first reaction to the show!
@@y___otaku honestly no worries, i can appreciate it can be frustrating watching people not understand things especially after time has passed, i just wanted to reiterate it’s my first time watching this so i’m not gonna pick up everything straight away 🫶🏼 no hard feelings, much love and thanks for the support friend 💗
New to your channel, but watching your reaction is actually enriching the actual show. Don’t know how you picked up in these tiny details, make sense and keep up the larger plot, get involved emotionally, and entertain viewers all in a first time viewing!
Arcane is such a dense show, I just keep track of the plot and immerse myself in the story. Details, cinematography, and parallels and stuff are for rewatches. The recording session for this would’ve fried my braincells if I was in your position 😭
To be fair, I usually record and go for a nap after because I’m exhausted from being so switched on 😂
Here to tell you that with each episode the intro changes frames, placing almost imperceptible Easter eggs🥹🥹🥹hope you notice this😝 now we are all anxious about the last 3 episodes🥹I have no idea how it could end😭😭
jayce and victor:
JESUS IS MY VIRTUE.....
BUT JUDAS IS THE DEMON I CLING TOOOOOO
i've been a cait lover since season 1 and i never swayed. they could never make me hate you cailtlyn. bc honestly, if i was even half as just as caitlyn was in season 1 only to lead it to me failing to catch the terrorist who has killed a lot of innocent people and then she proceeded to kill my mom when we still have a lot of things left unsaid??? and then i failed to catch/kill said terrorist for a second time??? i'm sorry but imma throw hands fr.
i don't think a lot of people are getting this but caitlyn and jinx are literally two sides of the same coin now. it's literally the horseshoe theory.
a.) mother has been killed by people from the other side
b.) mentored by a terrible brutal person after the incident
c.) became the leader of their people
34:12 PANCAKE IN THE BACKGROUND 😭😭😭
There are 3 characters that have appered on the show that none league players wont recognize.
1 Orianna
2 Le blanc
3 Janna
Look, Vi and Cait are both taking the breakup poorly and have decided to drown their sorrows in a strong Scotch
(...get it? Get it?)
34:12 cat!!!!!!! ❤
Nail I’ve been waiting for you to react to these episodes so I can cry again with my favorite emotional king
I’ve been waiting on this! I’m so excited but also terrified. Thank goodness you can bring humor to cut the tension. 💙❤️💜
I appreciated Season 1 SO MUCH MORE after watching these!! Episodes 4-6 are just way too close to home, the final one made me feel utterly hopeless so I'm hoping they pull a Twilight and say, "Psych! This was just a dream."
Edit: Your reaciton to the end was so satisfying!! Thank you for being traumatized along with the rest of us. I watched with my husband and I was squealing and screaming like you were, but my husband just straight-faced watched it and I was SO frustrated lol
had an anxiety attack today & your vid made me so happy. ur vids always do !! cant wait for the next 3 eps 🤞
during the opening credits when jinx pulls the trigger at us it flashes to when isha does it to jinx during her big sacrifice. they foreshadowed it in the opening credits.🙂
i got spoiled abt the maddie and cait bit but i was still as shocked as you and rethinking things my face literally the whole scene :0
10:20 also that reaction to sevika lmaoo same i was gagged
9:04 finally someone notice this
25:30 Yes
42:44 No really, the Zaun dream was even before Vi. What's more heartbreaking is that he _knew_ their mother and still chose to do that to them at the factory. That's a testament of how far he fell off.
2:42 THE WAY ME AND HIM WERE BOTH SHOCKED AND DRINKING COCA-COLA 😭 (I ALREADY WATCHED THE EPISODES AND AM STILL SHOCKED THAT HAPPENED.)
Dammit I was just about to start doing my assignments after procrastinating literally all day and then you upload this 😭💜
myyyyy badddddd
@@niallnochill now i have to watch and cry again with you 🥹
I’ve watched this arc twice. And both times I literally sobbed at the end
0:27 kitty!!!! Is Pancake your only cat?
Pancake is a kitty, but Salo is a pancake.
Every time i watch a Niall video my eyebrows cry in fear bc they know ill attempt yet another lil gay brow slit
Any character he calls hot - imma gonna be evil now 😂
5:59 maddie is that u
8:33 You clocked that too? After the comeback she immediately tried to "diffuse" the tension instead of continuing the staredown. The first to step forward to show a message of "Trust", almost placating. Idk how to explain it well, but I've definitely been there. It's not just plain fear on her part tho, she's cautious. Never underestimate Ambessa, of course.
Hoo, I feel honored to be here early to watch you SUFFER !
"This is all I want! It's not gonna last!" The actual title of the show
I just noticed that Vander’s eyes match silcos 😭😭 blue on the right and yellow on the left
There’s literally so much to talk about w arcane I feel like I could go on forever about it but I know one thing it’s that if they keep giving characters glow ups I will need to be put in a cage like emo Vi has not left my thoughts and Ekko being back next week may be the end for me. However I’m hoping Vi and Jinx keep this new relationship like it’s all I want by the end of the show I don’t even need Cait and Vi to get back together I just need the sister bond to continue. Vi has been so interesting this season like she literally is the heart of the show imo, the way she was still trying to help Jinx even when she didn’t want to because her heart is good I need to put a ring on her finger rn. Her character design having the red hair peak through to show she’s still got her heart despite her trying to ignore it makes me so insane like how are they so good at everything in this show. I’m rambling but it’s just so good.
Absolutely heartbroken and I WANT EKKOOOOOOOO
Been waiting all week for your Maddie reaction 😂😂😂 i'm so mad!!! Loved your reaction 😂
Your reaction was literally me I watched it in my living room and genuinely couldn't sit still I was pacing and screaming all over the room
34:26 your cat is just chilling back there 😂
I’m so glad you pause to talk. When reactors literally rant over scenes playing grinds my gears. Like bih you missin it
I had to sit down and just absorb that ending bro
Majorly looking forward to the finale
Every arc of the first season had a lengthy absorption period, and every arc so far this season has been the same. I have no idea where it's going next, but I expect it to be good
Your reaction is the sweatiest and saddest thing in the world!!! I'm crying for the 3rd time at that ending!