This object signifies the moment Jayce becomes corrupted by Piltover politics
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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2024
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This moment also further emphasizes the difference between Heimerdinger and the other councilors. Everyone else is in the shadows at the back of the room, elevated high above the crowd where they can make back room deals. Heimerdinger, meanwhile, is in the front row, illuminated by the stage lights as he simply enjoys the performance. He is the only councilor who isn’t corrupt (not saying he’s perfect, he absolutely was out of touch with the situation in Zaun)
him being out of touch is part of whats being shown by him simply enjoying the performance, unaware of what everyone else is doing.
heimer was a perfect councilor if piltover and zaun where as perfect as he imagined they were
Sure, but I felt like this was pretty obvious
Not corrupt, sure, but also delusional/naive enough to not make a difference.
Him being out of touch is represented not only by him being away from the other councilors but also by having his eyes closed, literally blind to some of the problems going on.
I'd argue Heimerdinger's closed eyes place him as blind to those dynamics presented on the scene
100%
Everything about the scene, he is in the front row enjoying the show, while the others pull strings at the shadows.
And Heimerdinger ist just blindly enjoying the music haha. Very fitting
Not corrupt, but out of touch, very true to his character
“Enforce the law, which is inconvenient to politics”
That made me chuckle
Justice is either blind, or a scale that another can put things on to change the decision in their favor.
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I love the shows perspective on how power corrupts. It’s not that Jayce gains political power and suddenly becomes a megalomaniac. In fact, he never really stops being an idealist trying to help people. The problem is that always sticking to his principles is going to cut him off from the power he needs to better the world in the long run. In order to achieve a theoretical “greater good” Jayce needs to compromise his morals by allowing small “necessary” evils. Unfortunately, he learns how far his morals can bend until they break, when he kills a child in Zaun.
Wait, what child? I don't remember this. I probably need to rewatch the series to see it.
@@artemiswolfe4308 Jayce accidentally shoots a child with a blast from his hammer when Jayce and Vi shut down the Shimmer factory that was using child workers.
@@matthewwatson5029 Oh yeah, that's right. I remember understanding both perspectives. Vi didn't care much because she's used to it and the boy worked for silco. Jayce was messed up, calling the boy an "it" before immediately after saying "him", so he was a bit traumatized at what he'd just done. I think it was good writing in the whole show showing different emotions and animation that conveyed different themes. Really connected the audience to the impact of certain events.
If anything the whole Zaun moment was him lashing out at realizing he was becoming corrupt and it still not changing anything, he already did the conservative route Heimer taught him, made deals like Medarda adviced him and now all thats left is going ham like Vi is telling him.
Him killing the kid probably sobered him up to the fact that he went off into the deep end so much he is basically a thug beating on people who don't deserve it due to finally separating Zaun from its problems.
Hell if you add in LoL as his future he also added a requirement/limit to his shockblast since it doesn't get the huge explosion until the shot passes a Hex Gate in the game
He's also out of touch with what people need. The workers need more than better mining equipment etc.
That scene is an masterpiece. I think that what I love about Theater scenes is that they have a way to communicate the mood and bring a natural moment of diegetic music into a scene, which is an absolute delight.
Have you ever heard the Tragery of Darth Plagues the Wise?
Heimerdinger in this scene is interesting to me. When I first watched, something felt off about him, but couldn't put my finger on it. Rewatches made me realize this whole thing shows just how oblivious he is. While everyone is scheming behind him, he's blissfully enjoying the show, a metaphor for his lack of awareness of both the corruption of the council, and of the state of Zaun
Not only his lack of awareness, but willing and willful dismissal of things that agree with his worldview and comfort zone.
Jayce is being forced to cut deals, deal with criminality, explore dangerous applications of Hextech and eventually go to war against Zaun (who's rebelling over their immense poverty and Piltover's elitist tyranny)... because Heimerdinger refused to acknowledge, look into these uncomfortable situations and act accordingly. The storm is happening right around him, but he's blind to it and enjoying a distracting performance while the world darkens around him. Jayce did his best, but realistically NO ONE can handle every single issue in a city or country's administration and social structure. Mel is not a bad person, but it's Heimerdinger, the oldest and most experienced being in Piltover, that should have been the one guiding and helping Jayce, vouching his actions in front of the other councilors, putting order in the house. As an immortal/long-lived creature, he dismisses all issues as "temporary", with no care about HOW things develop for us poor mortal beings. Every issue and problem is an "unfortunate tragedy or incident" that he never has to fully experience or resolve.
This is even more poignant when he'd expelled from the council. He makes his grand righteous speech, eyes closed, thinking everything will play out as he thinks things should... and then Jayce ends the character and throws every single thing wrong in Piltover and Zaun right at his face, and Heimerdinger can't come up with a single rebuttal or justification. He can't even muster up a parting warning or protest.
the day/episode jayce became a real gamer
The writing is crazyyyy
Heimer, as the music crescendos, sitting there, listening to the marvelous music, not realizing that the time of his reign, the high time of his life has ended, and he is about to be disposed. Oblivious, or blinded by the spectacle.
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Heimerdinger's separation from the politicians shows not only his innocence contrasting their corruption, but also his ignorance and blindness, eyes literally shut as deals are struck behind his back
season 2 is gonna be another hit out of the ballpark.
Hopefully you don't Jinx it
@@doornumbhopefully he does :)
Mel is an underrated character. She's too smart.
Mel isn't really threatening him. She is telling him the truth and warning him. The council members hated him and were too suspicious of him for being so unyielding. She knew that thier distaste toward him would have eventually gotten in the way of his goals and she knew it would get in her way as well since she chose to defend and back him. They are doing what is necessary as council members.
Teaching and advising him on how to play the Game of Politricks.
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"Politricks". Love this world. Perfectly conveys that *Politics* is a world full of *Pricks with Tricks.*
she’s not really threatening him so much as she is informing him. we’ve seen what mel looks like when she’s actually mad.
Every time I think I see all the symbolism and beauty of this show, it just hits me again.
I love this analysis! I used to watch Schnee's videos, in one of which he talked about Mel's gold representing mercy as opposed to Noxian red violence. With this perspective, we could say that Mel's commitment to not violently getting her way necessitates her underhanded political machinations if she will wants to hoard power. Therefore the color that symbolized her merciful nature in childhood is is the same color that symbolizes her corruption as a politician when she's grown up.
one thing that "filling the glass with -literal gold-" on the cup can just be white wine
I miss so much when just enjoying a show that to go back and have it explained to me why its so good is quite amusing.
Man your keen eye increases my grey matter by 5% because of your vids keep it up
The subtext throughout this entire series was next level. Amazing narrative form
The analysis of this is out of this world! Skyen, how did you become so good at understanding and analysing media?
I mean... practise
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@@martinkaufmann294"Practise" is the UK/European spelling of the verb form of Practice, while the US uses "practice" for all forms of the word. Skyen didn't misuse an S in his spelling, you're just ignorant.
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this is something i'd never even think to notice im so impressed
And how he holds it like he would hold a tool with his huge hands! :O
I just realized I am Heimerdinger. All the symbolism flew over my head 😢
All of your videos inspire me! I don't know a lot about media criticism or tropes and what not, but now I want to take a closer look at the Media I consume to see what I can find. 😊
this is the moment jayce became heisenberg
"bro let's animate it so they drink liquid gold! how badass is that"
I guess this is a sign for me to rewatch Arcane
dude the fact that he picks up on all of this and minds the meaning behind it all is insane to me.
My favourite example of this by FAR is Finn's lighter, such brilliant storytelling.
This is such an incredible analysis and I love how you reference Mel always being placed in the centre or above characters in a majority of scenes she shares, that's why it's so captivating when Ambessa is introduced because for the first time, Mel isn't elevated, in fact most, if not all of her scenes with her mother have her on the lower position (i.e.: when Ambessa arrives and Mel meets her, she is standing above her) or slightly shifted to the background (i.e.: the flashback where Ambessa is always seemingly in the foreground when she is sharing the scene with Mel).
Not to mention the performance of a boat entering the shadow of a storm signifying Jayce's dive into moral compromise.
I’m so glad these videos exist! I just found your channel randomly through the Jinx/Powder facial rigs short, and I’m so damn happy I did! I love people that analyze story and animation together, and I wish there were more of them, especially with Arcane, because there’s so much to unpack with this show.
Everything in this show’s deliberate.
I really want Mel in real league ngl. She's so mysterious and she'd feel like a champ who relies on items a lot, meaning that she likes to gather as much "gold". Get it?
Jayce is gonna bring balance to his new empire
While heimerdinger is completely oblivious to what's happening around him, listening only to the music.
"big video" is an understatement ^^
Heimwedinger, while at the front of the stage away from the dealings in the darkness behind him, is also absent of the golden chalice that all the other politicians have.
For a moment, i thought this was a Schnee video lol
And I was watching it like "haha pretty animation".
Man, I wanna watch Arcane again but i watched it for the 4th time like 2 weeks ago
Breathe Skyen, breathe. You need air.
Teachers be like: but why were the shades blue?
This guy:
I wonder how intentional is this because I can’t even comprehend even finding this out without someone else telling me that this is what it meant to be let alone the people in the animation figure out this is what it meant to be😢
I mean, symbolism here is pretty on the nose, small rituals that represent something
I think it's definitely intentional, believe it or not writers and artists are really encouraged to add these motifs and symbologies to stories. Keep in mind that these people have studied careers about how other people handle symbolism, motifs and visual hints in their own stories. It's not soemthing you're supposed to find out the first time you watch it, more like when you sit down to break down the show into bits and pieces, while you rewatch it or study it. That's what makes Arcane awesome: no matter how many times you watch it again, discovering things like this makes it rewarding, and that's something every artists strives for.
I totally get the skepticism of "maybe the curtains were just blue" But at the same time, I, as a writer myself, feel like it's pretty easy to inject symbolism into the things one creates. As an example, as I was writing a short story, I found myself fine-tuning the length of the sentences, the word choice, even the structure of the text to reflect the PoV character's state of mind. It's minute and inconsequential, which the majority of people would probably never notice, but it makes every detail feel intentional.
When you have such absolute control over the creation of something, it almost feels a waste to not make everything mean something.
I really hope that season 2 if it ever does come out we get to see heimer interact with the firelights and get to see him actually be able to better assist people who won’t take his work for granted and just respond with “what’s next”
another great thing about this scene is that Heimerdinger does not have a chalice in hand.
He is the only one there who came to the performance, but also, it shows that he is too trusting.
He believes people when they say something and he is too into the performance to notice the reality of his environment.
A notion that is only dispelled when he get thrown into the lower city by circumstances.
Nothing better than dreamfully respecting series that you somehow knew was this good, but couldn't quite know as to _why_ exactly.
Lets not forget she got sky rocketed by unfortunate event called tge jinx
i have not watched it as yet but from this could the fact that she held unto the cup until she got his undivided attention signify her using power and matter of politics (symbolizied by the cup) to keep him in order
No need analysis we got the picture by politic in every country at the planet
My phone is watching me. I literally just rewatched that exact episode of Arcane.
This is the moment Jayce became Heisenberg
That main channel video was great. Or rather, the parts I’ve seen are. Still watching through it
Swear this show is the best thing in the world
My English teacher would be proud of you
I wish I could get into this show but they did my mane singed so dirty
My brain is not able to process that many information that fast, i did not understood nothing, but it's interesting
I'd love future high schoolers to have Arcane as a subject of narrative and thematic exploration
this whole comment section is like my english class elaborations
yea jynx fired a huge rocket right into the place where they all sit and mingle
Beautiful análisis
Artists and writers being on the same page
I have no idea what I’d going on
Honestly sometimes i don't know if metaphors like that were intended or if the fans are just looking too much into it
I love how in every video i watch i realize more and more that all of this completely went over my head. Still enjoyed arcain though
We need at least 3 more seasons of Arcane
Alex yee said they have a story board for 30 years.
Or alternatively the golden liquid could represent mango nectar 🥰
Ahhh, yes. The power imbalance in every society. Like my grandfather always says: Greed is the source of all corruption. And boy was Piltover greedy.
The way they move reminds me of Monster high Gen 1
I love your videos
We grow up poor s arcane realy relates to me....
THE LONG AWAIT SEQUEL!!
Though im unsure how exactly itll play out this really goes into what happens in the last episode where Jayce throws away all possible chance of reelection by saying he doesnt gove a shit about wjat they think of him but also gives Zaun's offer and his full support and ask for a vote and it erupts with an explosion of the other councilors throwing paper or themselves upwards in a literal uproar over the proposal. Later near the end before league 9/11 ends the season they all calmly give approval. He calmly but formly makes his stance, willingly govong up his own power in declaration to thunderous backlash and later they do the same while Jinx ends it all with one final thunderous outrage to end the season with a shatter of glass.
I keep thinking how a writer would think of this and make it work and how the watcher would see and understand this. It must take multiple watchs to catch what they are implying 😮.
They want to denounce magic yet heim is right there he is a walking talking fluffy and where he is from his species use magic specfically veigar
Jayce sees himself as a champion of the people but he fails to see how out of touch he is with the public’s reality.
This is shown in his speech where he talks about how his family started from the bottom, by saying his family’s factory made simple tools. Not realizing that them owning a factory makes him upper class. He may have started on the lower end of the upper class be he is certainly a part of it.
Or maybe they just cheered to business and they have golden cups cause they’re filthy rich.
Arcane was a masterpiece
Mel's chalice in Piltover's palace?!?!
R.I.P haha.
casual Super Mega Death Rocket
Jayce is sort of newbie in the political world thus he still doesnt see the whole world as they see and Mel tries to show him that the world they are in now is totally different than the he lives in thus the tragic killing of the one child of the chem baron which ignistes the conflict between zaun and piltover. Even if Mel sees a peaceful coexistance between these two worlds she cannot create it without destroying one side or another and she uses Jayce as a meaning to do it
The amount of times o heard the words politics and chalice i became the president of USA as a european
Have you done a deep dive on that pretty boy that is seen with Mel's mother and in the brothel?
I remember there being theories he was a spy but I want to hear your thoughts on whether his appearances were significant
When he has a mask on he look directly at you for more then one second, it's definetly him, nothing is random in this series, I love it
I got goosebuuuuuumps ❤❤❤❤
Swear to god that you have to watch this series in 1 fps so you can catch all that details, shit have more hidden details than Sherlock
heimer doesn't stop the corruption because the chalice gives AP to adjacent allies
Makes me root for Viktor and Zaun. At least heimerdinger is starting to see the negative affects of piltover
She's corrupt and possibly evil but I like Mel
She is not corrupt, she just knows how to play the game of thrones
Mel is many things and may be morally gray but evil is not one of them imo. She cares about Zaun and is against war and in general in the third act it becomes pretty clear that she is not evil
@@xylypotatohead3947something is quite off about the statement. While yes, she might be against the "war", because it is too risky and might change the status quo. I highly doubt she would sacrifice her wealth for the cities to stop existing as they currently are: divided by all means. She just doesn't want to use her mom's methods of running things
if Mel was corrupt she wouldnt have helped jayce by giving him information and supporting him.
If she was evil, she would've helped Silco and fund his entire project
Also his outfit in that party is white well everyone else is red and blue and gold he stands out a lot
Thank you
Im eating this shit up
So far, loving arcane
I really hope the second season there is camille.
I rewatched Arcane recently and in second watch I really didn't like Mel, iy was a combination of trying to figure out her deeper meanings and her clashing ideals. She doesn't want a war but then brings the idea to Jayce that weapons as a safe guard are a good idea to have just in case.
Jinx is perfect