Imo, Jinx survived and chose to leave the source of her cycle of trauma. There's too much evidence, the streak of her shimmer flash just before Warwick(Vander) is blown up. During Caitlin's inspection of the Hexgates ventilation she smirks and in the midst of narration 'Our story is not over' the remnants of the monkey grenade is highlighted. In front of the fire she's conflicted when asking Vi if she's still in the fight, since she doesn't know whether or not it's best to inform her of what she knows. And there's influential scenes with Jinx where she listens even after stating they're too late. To Silco, while in the cell: 'I think the cycle only ends when one finds the will to walk away.' The known and unknown conversations between her and Ekko. 'No matter what happened in the past it's never too late to build something new.... Sometimes to make a leap forward you have to leave a few things behind.' Solidified with the final shot, being of a blimp Jinx imagined one day flying away on from the very beginning.
Most likely. Right before the explosion, you can see a pink streak, like when Jinx moves at Shimmer Speed. Cait is examining the Hexgate blueprints and sees air ducts from where Jinx was "killed" and the ship that sails away at the end is the same one that Powder said she'd ride on in the first episode of Season 1.
The one thing that actually proves that Jinx is alive is Cait seeing that there are vents that Jinx could've slipped through after the explosion. No point in showing that scene if Jinx really was gone.
@@yohohoho971 flash of shimmer was her bomb literally having shimmer in it, Cait smiling at blueprints could mean literally anything and you know it, and that ship is literally the ship cait and vi are on as they follow the rest to noxus to continue the fight maybe stop reaching mate
@@XiaoyuuuYT thats entirely your interpretation of that scene nothing else shes just looking at maps mate prolly in setup for the ship heading to noxus but lets be fair it equally could mean that as it could mean jinx escaping as none of us have answers.
bro. maddie not being shot while the other enforcer is, her being the one to hand out the bomb that ends up being planted on the viktor cocoon WITH the nail already being there. the shot on her when she hands it over and nods going on just slightly longer. her being at the back of the group so she could catch cait off guard. like watching it back theres some really subtile clues in the moment that point to her being a rat
@@MRST0R I think she was a spy from the beginning, professional entanglement was just the way Maddie spied on her to get the plans (like the whole bomb thing)
@@MRST0R She was a spy from the beginning. Remember, she was the first Enforcer to bang her chest when Ambessa voted Caitlyn as commander. She was also the one who pushed Vi to accept the Enforcer badge.
they gave us enough hints Jinx is alive based on Cait's looking at the exit tunnels draft and smiling as well as the airship in the end. I also personally believe Viktor and Jayce are together in some magic realm. Idk about Heimerdinger - his race is supposed to be almost immortal but they still can be killed so not sure. so we lost a few important characters which is good since the stakes were high but they didn't delve too hard into tragedy. I expected Black rose/Mel's plotline to not be finished since I think we're going to see more in the show about Noxus/Demacia. every new show will have new main characters from that region but we may see some cameo of old characters. my personal favorite plotline was Viktor and Jayce's one. the cosmic kind of bond in all the universes which became so essential on such a scale. their last scenes were just pure art.
technically from what we know from league lore like technically heim should just respawn in bandle city but whether or not thats the case now idk. My personal theory is he was sent further into the future literally into another show where i suspect he may show up again one day.
@@rillzy9637 i mean they got singed and hes heading to noxus with them so its a perfect setup for that to happen and i really hope in 3 years when it comes out they do lol
The Finale left me speechless. Arcane was a masterpiece, one of the best shows out there. I hope we will get some kind of continuation/spin-off. Thanks for the reaction. V5
it is confirmed there will be a next series in the world of league of legends arcane is just the beginning, I think the next series is about noxus since mel is going to noxus in the end
After this episode ended I stared at the screen for 10 minutes trying to process how godly this was, I couldn't have asked for more, from Ekko and Jinx entrance to the whole fight scene with Ambessa,Cait,Vi and Mel Victor and Jayce bromance reached cosmic levels literally. Ekko using every second to save everyone and jinx finally feeling like she saved someone she cared about instead of being the cause of their demise and finally breaking the cycle of her killing everyone around her made me bawl. Thank you Arcane for this masterpiece and thank you Studiogek for sharing your journey with us. edit: I love the Jinx theory and I really hope their next project is Ionia the scenery will go hard or maybe Demacia to show the cruelty and dehumanisation mages go through and honestly the whole scene between Jayce and Viktor about perfection and imperfection can be used for how you viewed the end of Arcane as rushed, nothings perfect if it was it wouldn't make us feel the way it does.
We 're 100% going to Noxus next. For those that know league lore they gave a HUUUGE hint of it. I do hope they will go the Ionia invasion route though.
I aggree that overall this last act was phenomenal and still think that arcane is downright a masterful show but i would be lying if i didn't admit that the last episode and arcane's whole conclusion left me a bit unsatisfied with how kind of rushed everything seems after the climax like half of the main casts' fates are completely left in the air (maybe except for jinx) as well as the political status of PnZ (it seems they are gonna try to reconcile since savika was made part of the council to represent Zaun), besides there's also the currently unknown status on the hextech which i consider a big deal since it is a very important element in the lore, I think my only serious gripe with how they decided to end things is that it they left it too open for my personal liking considering that this is supposed to be the end of the story for Piltover and Zaun and therefore it feels more like a prelude or preview to whatever next LoL show Riot might be planning in the future, hopefully those future projects will answer some of the questions arcane left. But all in all arcane has officially cemented itself as one of my favorite shows ever and it was definetely a great experience to watch from start to finish.
Jinx is alive. If you go frame by frame you’ll see a pink line(shimmer). Caitlyn is looking at the blueprints for Hexgate and see vents. The 1st episode of the first season Powder sees an airship and says one day she’ll ride on one. The airship at the end is Jinx leaving ,breaking the cycle.
her bomb is made of shimmer so ofc there's a streak of shimmer and the ship is literally the ship vi and cait are on as they are taking the fight to noxus. They literally say it pan out and show them leaving what's not to get? media illiteracy at its finest i swear.
Dude, I've been suspicious of the ravens/crows in this entire series, so when they revealed the three-eyed raven at the end, BRROOOOOO I ALMOST BROKE MY KEYBOARD.
It's safe to say, Arcane will forever be remembered as one of the perfect shows out there. There's nothing to not love about this series. A round of applause to the team that made this a reality. 👏👏 👏
@@-JokerIsYourFather Yeah I'd give the first season a 10/10. The production on S2 was godly, but I think the pacing holds it back from a perfect score. I think if they had 2-3 more episodes in between to flesh out the time-skips, we could have had a better final product. Still love it though.
I’m almost certain it’s implied that jinx is alive and she’s chosen to go live a life away from everything as she believes and has proven that anyone that’s close to her dies
Compared to the previous series' finale, it may seem a bit imperfect, but as Jess said to Victor, imperfection itself has its own beauty. In summary, the two seasons of 'Twin Cities' bring audiences a wonderful and unforgettable animation experience. Its creativity and production are groundbreaking and different from traditional animation works in the past. At the same time, I am also looking forward to the animations of different city states in the League of Legends that Fist will bring us in the future. Perhaps in these animations, we can still see the figure of the Battle of Two Cities
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@nutzor9594 so therefore Ishas alive? Same with Victor Jayce Heim ambessas technically never actually saw her fully go all the side characters we never saw die yup their alive too. Nah man they clearly don't show corpses in this show especially since she literally blew up what Corpse would there to show lmao. That rule only exists for copium heads who don't realize it changes the rating dramatically to show a corpse and really league relies on that clean rating so arcane can't go ahead and show bodies especially ones that just got blown up. The only real peice of evidence yall have aid a single pink streak since Cait smiling is confirmed to be because of vi humming in the background, the ship is confirmed to be Cait/vis as they continue the fight in noxus, so yeah with those two loose piece of evidence gone all your left with is a single piece of shimmer going off in a shimmer filled bomb. Tldr. They did not leave it ambiguous at all y'all are just reading way too far into a single pink streak in an all around pink explosion. And sure they'll probably bring her back cause shitty writers love their fake out deaths (tis why I'm done with this show I'll watch S3 up until she returns then I'm just done I'm so flipping done with fake out deaths) I'm just saying currently with the evidence yall give I just don't buy her somehow being alive.The tunnels Cait are looking at are also the ones she uses in that new ship heading to noxus or it also very much just could've been air looking at the designs jinx used to build her ship either way she's smiling because vi is humming in the next room that is confirmed. Then Cait says to vi "are you reading to continue the fight" and it pans out to a ship heading the same way as noxus. That's not a random af ship that's the two scenes making you out two and two together that Cait and vi are heading to noxus together to "continue the fight" whatever that means. And the end card being jinxs can easily be explained by the fact it's incredibly common practice to put the deceased end card at the end of a show especially if they just died in the last episode or arc of the movie. So yeah y'all's only evidence is the single streak of pink before the bomb and while sure they'll probably end up saying that's jinx cause this dumb af show loves it's fake out deaths but as of right now it makes no sense that she someone got out of a freefall where they've shown us she can't use her shimmer to create a fractional force lmao she can't use her speed while freefallung that's why she needed her guns during the scene with Viktor and the only time she uses it is to quickly only move her head away from the voidy tentacles. So she can't use her speed to escape a massive hungry beast who is hell bent on eating her as he has no humanity left since singed wiped it all away has two hands wrapped around her there's no world she managed to get out of his grasp while point blank explosion falling into the hex core pulling them all in. The only plausible way I will accept jinx living is if somehow they both fell into the hex core and that's how they survived cause nah her somehow getting away from all that just makes no sense. And ik I put the tldr in the middle lmao mb just yall keep sprouting the same nonsense points and I'm tired of people not understanding how much it just doesn't make sense how she got away at least by y'all's points
i think something really important about the viktor multiverse thing is that each crystal he gave jayve had a different rune, and therefore a different function. and in episode 7, ekko said something about using a reversal of the rune jayce had to make his time travel machine, which when i watched i took as the one in his bracelet, so its like... as you said, if this timeline is the only one where viktor fails in the end, its because he gave jayce the time rune and ekko used it to create something entirely unprecedented. thats how i took that anyways
I think the reason the top 3 was so hard was due to how good the writing was, everyone had a big importance in the finale and if one of them were to be absent the whole finale would fall apart. Jayce: talked sense into victor and never gave up on him speaking to his humanity while uniting Piltover & Zaun Vi: saw the good in Jinx and never gave up the only family she had left and was pivotal in stalling the raid and protecting those she loved by doing what she does best, punching Ekko: Used all the time he had to make the most of every second like his beloved quote "its not how much time you have, its how you use it" to turn the tides of battle and persuaded Jinx to live and fight on for those they lost on the way. Jinx: rallied Zaun alongside Ekko and did Aeisha proud by doing what she wanted from jinx from ep 4 and protecting her sister, also i feel like she wanted to die and would rather sacrifice herself to guarantee vis safety like she said in ep 3 i believe "everyone around me dies" which still held true to Vander in that scene and vi would never let go which would mean they would all die, she realised then and there what to do. Caitlyn: Even though the fight was near impossible she managed to strategize a plan that led to success, forgave Jinx but her differences aside and decided to create a Piltover where there would be no children to suffer the fate Aeisha faced and with the help of Mel took down Ambessa which is a feat on its own! Viktor: Wanted to create a world of perfection because he wanted to end the suffering he was subjected to and to create a world he thought would be best till Jayce showed him why imperfection was the best way for a brighter future. Heimer: found something worth dying for, his pupils. He let down Jayce he wasn't going to stand by and have Ekko meet the same fate also like cannon said he was right lol. Doubt anyone read this but if you did you're probably going through arcane withdrawal which honestly same and this is just a quick analysis from watching arcane like a min ago so let me know what you guys thought!
I didn't add all I thought it would be too long but she saved Caitlyn,saved her mother from the rose and took into account what Jayce said,she is not the passenger no one can control her which she proved and she is the reason we won noxus!@@LeahB31
Thx for this, I like the optimistic perspective here. However, the director confirmed Heim is alive and something about the lore of his species implies he basically respawned somehwere else
Well it'd be six-eyed as it has 3 each side. In game of thrones it's called the three eyed raven because it has one in the middle plus the regular two. We also don't know what time period they're going for so Swain might be on his way up in the ranks before the war with Ionia - if they do a tv show with him it'd be good to see him dealing with the Black Rose.
- Vision of Silco telling Jinx that the only way to break the cycle is to walk away, which she sees at first as dying hence her attempts - Ekko telling her that no matter what you do in the past, it is never too late to build something new - I am always with you, even when we're worlds apart - Jinx's words to Vi - Through entire episode we see multiple times Jinx's shimmer trail as she escapes an attack and just before the explosion, at the top right corner there is a shimmer shade line of escape - Caitlyn showing blueprints of Hexgates air ducts at that same location where Jinx was - Air ship which is * EXACT * model like the one in s1 where Powder said she will ride in of of those things - The End written in Jinx style So it is not a coping mechanism, it is a fact. Jinx is alive, walking away
Even IF. That's true. I personally, highly dislike that because it would kill her redemption arc. And all that's been built towards that character. Sometimes it's ok you know, for a main character to just die. That death has a lot of meaning, symbolism behind it. Her just.. trailing away, just seems like a very childish writing choice. And up to this point, Arcane didn't write things this way. So I can't ignore those signs obviously, but I refuse to believe that's actually the real case. Since it would ruin a lot of impactful symbolism, and an actual end of a redemption arc.
I have mixed feelings on the ending. I kinda felt like how Carter did. Overall, I love the show, it's one of my favorite shows to come out in recent years and I'm sad it's over. That being said, I think season 1 was executed much better writing and pacing wise than season 2. I still thought season 2 was pretty great, it was visually stunning and had some amazing moments, as well as episodes. All of Act 2, plus episode 7, might be some of my favorite episodes in the entire series, with Act 2 easily being the best part of this season, imo. The final episode though, didn't quite stick the landing for me. It's interesting, because I still felt emotional and I still thought the ending mostly worked, but I have issues with some things and one of them is it felt like it needed more time. I'll probably watch any spinoff series they do after this though, because I'd say the good definitely outweighs the bad.
Yeah, that's how I felt too. If season 1 was an 11/10, this season had 12/10 visuals and 8/10 storytelling imo. All the complaints I have are VERY minor, almost nitpicks, but there are so many of them that they really add up. Mostly pacing issues and how so many storylines could have had time to breathe and develop.
I actually feel the same way Carter feels. Phenomenal season/show but that last Act just left me feeling unsatisfied, maybe even just 10 more mins at the end of the aftermath could have helped, but also issues with pacing left it feeling disjointed at times. Everything in the story made sense, but it really is just a matter of pacing and not having more key moments to lead up to the big moments. All in all top 2 show. ❤
100% same. I felt so conflicted when it ended because there is a LOT of things to praise about the show, but the pacing was just too chaotic. It needed an act 4 for sure to draw a lot of things out more. A few of the things that stood out the most to me that seemed WAY too fast paced were: 1. Viktor leaving the second he wakes up after Jayce saves him with the hexcore 2. Mel getting kidnapped by the black rose and just has a very sudden and cheap feeling op power up with little to no explanation. 3. Cait siding with ambessa then suddenly betraying her within the blink of an eye, makes her character feel really wishy washy.
If each act had one extra episode, it would've been perfect. One episode in Act 1 to show caitlyn's strike team attacking zaun, instead of the montage we got. One episode in act 2 to show how cait and vi's breakup affected vi, ( again instead of the montage ), and give a bit more time for vi to react instead of immediately joining jinx, which felt off. And finally 1 more episdoe in act 4 to show the aftermath of the war.
@@seakiwiithose can all be explained though? 1. Viktor would rather die than have himself be revived and have the hexcore still alive. Jayce lied and disregarded his wishes and even had plans for more hextech weapons. 2. This is the weakest one but I wouldn’t be surprised if extreme trauma and/or access to that magical puzzle unleashed her powers. 3. She didn’t change in the blink of an eye, there was a time jump of 5+ months between the dictator arc and siding with Vi
yeah idk how to feel about it to be honest. I think up to ep 7 it was very good but the las two were all over the place. I'm trying to think of it as not an ending but a branch for other stories to build upon and go more in-depth on because it for sure left alot to be desired
Mel and Ekko, our 2 MVPs in the final episode 🫡🫡 "One day I'm going to fly one of those..." There's no way that shot's a coincidence, so I think Jinx is alive, she survived through the vents. In the end, she broke the cycle by walking away. Poor Vi and Jinx, why can't they have just one good ending for once in their life, where they both live happily together.
I think they left it up to imagination, right before the explosion at the top right you see a single shimmer streak🤷🏼♂️and the end was in her writing, she “walked away” like silco told her
@BiggyB1122 yeah I just didn’t feel like typing that all out sorry, also feels good for people to dive into it and piece by piece , made me so happy piecing it together and remembering as the show came to its end🥹
@@BiggyB1122 that line is in regards to her turning her base into an airship not that as that is very clearly the ship vi and cait are on as they fly towards noxus. While yes she could be alive idk the evidence yall are providing is just weak af. Sayings its weird to see a streak of shimmer from a bomb infused with shimmer is insane. Saying she escaped through tunnels when she exploded overtop of a core nowhere near anything is insane. And saying the ship they literally show and say seconds earlier is cait and vis is hers trying to escape is insane.
Now im just hoping next part of the series will focus on noxus, and we would see mel again. Would make sense since we saw swain's raven likely picking up the arcane gemstone
@@mctrickzboss1075 It's true that Arcane and this story of Piltover and Zaun is now over but there will be more shows and projects of the universe of league of legends that will possibly tie them together with Arcane.
If they want to be wild, they could focus the next story around Riven and Noxus Invasion of Ionia. Really cool stories, and so many champions involved,including quite a bit of extremely popular ones. Though it would take more than 2 season to get through. We could be introduced to it through Singed, since he is already set up and was involved in that story.
Jinx survived. If you look closely at the blast she shimmered out. A pink line shot out. And she's likely the one on the air ship in the end. Possibly going to Demacia or may meet go somewhere where she meets Ziggs
@@babc6394 cant wait for him to say the obvious that a shimmer infused bomb showing signs of shimmer while exploding is normal and saying someone escaped while falling through the air overtop nothing but a core is insane even with shimmer like speed how tf did she create her own gravitational force to get anywhere near the tunnels while freefalling lmao. She has speed not the ability to teleport lmao. Like its all insane takes and overreaching and no one seems to get it and i cant wait til necrit shuts it all down
@@skylofter6840 You have high expectations from the writers if you think they care about that. This last act was like throwing good writing out the window and just go full fan fiction with some marvel endgame sprinkled in.
@@skylofter6840 i mean, even if you think it doesnt really make sense (and i sort of agree that the logistics arent 100%adding up), its clearly what the writers intended. Because if they didnt, why show Caitlyn looking at the Hexgate Blueprints while holding the Monkeybomb Head and zooming in on the vents? What is the point of showing that if not to imply she escaped into there? Why animate that characteristic shimmerflash in the explosion, show the exact Airship from Season 1 to which Powder said she was "one day gonna ride one of those things", her Silco hallucination talking to her about the true freedom being finding the will to walk away from the cycle of violence (and this concept being hinted at for Jinx as early as S1Ep.9), the "The End" flash being in Jinxes Halo/Painting style, etc. etc. All this compounds to Jinx being alive and walking away being very clearly what the Writers wanted to imply and it makes thematic sense here. The writers definetly dropped the ball a couple of times this season, but they arent that incompetent to set all this up just to have the conclusion be the opposite.
Jinx isnt dead in the end She walked away from the cycle with the flying boat like what silco said Caitlyn was looking at the hexgate blueprints and there was a picure of the blueprints where several exhausts pipes are connected for sure jinx slid on that exhaust and lives and walked out of the cycle
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 Maybe he could teleport a short distance since in chapter 6 in the fight, if you notice, he literally falls and moves from one place to another and so on on several occasions.
@@skylofter6840 if you look carefully at when the explosion detonates, there's a single purple streak that flies off before the explosion that's very reminiscent of the purple streaks that appear when jinx moves really fast as a result of her shimmer. There's also the aforementioned scene of Caitlyn looking at the blueprints for the hexgates, specifically focusing on a ventilation shaft while holding a piece of the monkey bomb, so I really don't know what else that moment could be specifically highlighting. The final shot with the airship also closely mirrors the opening scene of s1 ep1 with both airships being viewed at a very similar angle and it moving in the same direction, and of course Powders first line being that she wants to ride one of them. It very well could be wrong, but I really don't see how all of these points lining up being a reach. I'm also not really sure where you're getting the idea of it being a shimmer infused bomb from, the explosion is the same as a hextech explosion with the blue lightning, colour and sound, and the pink-ish colour that's also part of the explosion is likely just colouring added by jinx, we know the explosives she makes can come out pink(not sure how that even works lmao), and I can't remember any instances of shimmer being used specifically to makes weapons/aid them, just as a performance enhancing drug and some kind of fuel like with Sevika's arm. It IS flammable as seen in ep3 but that doesn't really make it a useful thing to put in an explosive when regular explosives already exist.
It was a little rushed. Most things make sense, but if they had done an extra season and took their time... even if its 2 6 espiode seasons. But it was still good
For the love of god, they will have more seasons! Arcane isn't over lol they are just taking the series to a new location in their world. How many times do people have to keep saying this?!
They said they didn’t want to. That working on this story took like a decade like literally they were likely offered it but declined and I think that’s great instead of stretching things out and there are still more to come
I think the rush parts are about the black rose, mel, noxian parts etc... for sure it will elaborate more in the next series.. in canon timeline, next will be Noxian Conquest
I agree with the Vi causing Jinx death thing being kinda lame, BUT imo it fixed for me when I found out she's alive by walking away from it all like the Silco in her mind said she should do. Fixing it by not giving her a lame death and abiding by her goal, while simultaneously not ending herself with the nade.
The last scene, where Vi puts her head on Cailyn's shoulder, looks like Caitlyn has a parrot on her shoulder. Caitlyn looks like a pirate and the eye patch matches. and then I had to laugh again when that flying ship came at the end. Oh wow, I've never had such a flash of laughter😂😂
It's probably Jinx on that ship, you can see Jinx purple shimmer trail before the explosion if you slow it down + Caitlyn looking at the air vents just below the explosion on the tower blueprints whilst holding as piece of Jinx bomb, and its the same ship powder said she wants to fly on in episode 1 of the show
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 you can literally see a single perfect straight line of shimmer exiting before the explosion even turns purple and why would they bother focusing on the air ducts at all and some random Inconsequential ship as the final shot of the show if it's not linking to powder saying she wanted to ride one, its got character fake out death written all over it
@@skylofter6840 Bro ur just dumb then. The Shimmer trail happens before the explosion and its the shimmer trail thats just like the one from jinx. This exact style was only shown when jinx was goin fast in arcane and never when a shimmer explosion happend. In terms of momentum, she just pushed her from Warwick away. Also when the explosion would be so strong that it destorys there bodys why is the ape head in a good shape? Also if u overlay the Explosion Picture and the Blueprints that Caitlyn is looking at u see that it matches perfectly (Jinx going to the Top Right just where Caitly zoomed in to the Air Vent) U are the one who is coping. Everything points that jinx is alive.
@connorbuet4298 mate they literally show she's infused chomper with shimmer when she puts in the hexgems during the last episode and they freaking pull out the window to show they are in that ship like what? I'm the one that needs to buy a brain lmao yall just are overreaching insanely. Even if all y'all say is true there's still nothing changing my mind that even with her speed she was not getting out of a freefall while being held by WW while falling into a core pulling them down into it. Even with insane speed there's nothing that she could do to one escape WW firm grasp as it is still trying to eat her, two the giant hex core literally pulling everything into it hence why the sacrifice was needed in the first place, and three she's free falling so how tf does she get to the tunnels across the whole gap. If you can genuinely explain any of those I may believe ya but rn nah it's just way too much of a reach that she's alive.
@@connorbuet4298 I just think if she's comes back to life the show will go from a 9/10 to a 6/10 rq for me cause rn the reason it's so good is it has the balls to actually move the story along and kill characters instead of letting everything go stagnant. If jinx is still alive it's gonna make the entire ending and honestly the whole second season pointless as they were setting up her death with chomper the entire season so having a fakeout would honestly just make it all worthless. Yall can believe whatever you want long tho I'm just waiting for necrit to create a video very obviously disagreeing with the small and I mean very small proof yall have for it lmao.
In S01E01 around 05:22, Powder says "One day I'm gonna ride in one of those things", as a blimp passes overhead paralleling how the show ends with the same shot. We also see a shimmer streak moving away towards the top right of the screen just before the explosion goes off, suggesting Jinx cheated death so Vi would move on and wants to walk away to end the cycle like Silco says in S02E08 - 21:30, as we also see Cait is looking at the blueprint of the vents while holding the monkey bomb fragment, indicating the same.
25:49 it's like he said, this is the one were everything goes right, as Jayce was already on the pose were he died the last time, the only difference is that this time Viktor gave him the acceleration rune that Ekko uses to create his Z-drive It all changed because in this reality, Ekko can go back because Viktor gave Jayce a specific rune
As an absolute lover of season 1 it hurts me to say i am disappointed with Season 2. I love the Story they tell, but i just hate the way they tell it. It feels so rushed, the pacing is somehow off. There are so many things you dont get an explanation for and just happen to push to a rushed show finale.
I think a lot of people have a weird feeling aboutAct III, mainly because of the execution. In my opinion, the way each character ended was good, like Jayce and Viktor dying together because it started with them, jinx dying because it brings her character arc full circle, etc., but it was just the execution of the events that made it feel weird, like I feel jinx’s death could’ve been done way better and although it was sweet with Vander, it was still not as good as it could’ve been
about warwick being still alive after viktor and jayce were gone, so is singed's daughter. i think singed finally achieved immortality through warwick and viktor. he kept referring to warwick as the key to curing death, it was the goal behind the whole experiment. and then when ambessa inquired about it he said it all depends on viktor, so i imagine combining apex shimmer and apex hextech was the solution. once viktor transformed warwick he became immortal, albeit soulless, and singed was able to pass that on to his dead daughter
Im glad they left it like this. Remember this is the end of Arcane, but they plan on doing other projects, so it wouldnt make sense to kill anyone off. Ambessa was created as a champion for the show, so I can see why she is the only one with a confirmed death.
In my opinion, both seasons are pretty much equal. The overall construct of season 1 is better, more focused, better paced. But season 2 still has some of the best moments in the show for me. Episode 4 warwick reveal, episode 5 the reunion, episode 6 Isha's last moments, episode 7 Ekko and Powder dancing. Also the art of animation in season 2 is even better than in season 1 (which is crazy because season 1 Arcane is already far above anything else out there). To sum it up : Pace, overall story structure, consistency : Season 1 Singular moments, Art and animation : Season 2
Jinx is not dead, at the end an blimp literally appears leaving the city, Powder in the first episode of season 1 said that one day she would fly in one of those
i felt the rushed pace since act 1 of this season but i accepted it and adapted to it and still massively enjoyed the show and don't feel let down, although i get how it can be jarring for people. the original plan was to have 5 seasons. i think even one more season would have been great, not to pick up from where we left of, but to stretch out and pad what we got more, so it feels more organic and gradual, with fewer gaps we need to fill with our imagination. but i guess it wasn't feasible due to how long it takes to animate, how much it all costs and how many other stories, places and characters there are to explore in future shows. the constraint was necessary but it's understandable that it can leave some heads spinning. it's like if they put all remaining seasons after season 1 of attack on titan into the second season and that was it. but it's still a testament to superb writing that they had to compress that much story and tell it so quickly and it still didn't all fall apart. the character motivations made sense, the actions and choices felt impactful, the relationships felt meaningful, and the dialogue and monologue were really good and poignant, not just empty flowery speech. and it is fascinating how many callbacks and parallels there are, how interwoven it all is, and i think the more you rewatch it all and pick up on those things, the more connected and fluid the journey would feel. also there are some cool sneak peaks of league champions here and there, but especially in the end, subtle enough to not confuse the general audience, but noticeable enough for those who are familiar with the game/lore to pick up on
Jinx is actually alive, during the explosion u can see a pink shimmer line that happens when jinx zoom away, and previous episodes in the prison silco says to break the cycle by walking away, and during season 1 powder says she wants to ride the balloon one day so at the end they show us the balloon going away and closing the end in jinx style.
You gotta remember vanders/warwick new form was manipulated by both vicktor and Singed aka the dr the reason why he’s still aggro is because viktor burnt his awareness of the past and singed probably infused more rage
The animators hinting that Jinx is alive is quite obvious. A few scenes made little sense ot me toward the end, until I read the theory. Said theory is not sfool proof by itself, but gains strong credibility by solving the apparent non sense that are the final scenes (I am speaking about the animators loosing the little time they have for the epilogue showing Cait watching at the blueprints of the towers and air ducts,, and the final scene with the zeppelin over the ocean).
The animations are obvious in hindsight but honestly at that point of the episode I was so emotionally crushed that most of it just flew right over my head and only reading the theories later it made sense. Arcane have a massive rewatch value for sure.
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 i dodnt comment on the bomb scene. And as I say, by themselves these scenes are not sufficient, but explain there purpose in a very comptessed epilog
@@skylofter6840 It's not overreaching, it's media literacy. You dont add hints a character survived and end the show on a random flying ship and then flash that characters endcard. I dont care if she lived or died, but the show hints that she survived.
@@TheodoreBotman the show isnt tho its yall taking random things and stretching them to fit your narrative. The "random ship" is the one cait and vi are on as they go to "continue the fight" in noxus. The show showing a characters endcard that just died as respect is also an insanely common practice mate. The show isnt hinting yall are just coping as hard as you can because of a single streak of pink lmao
I think even if we choose to belive Jinx is alive, there is a reason why they put THAT song with her in this episode, it is coz whatever we choose to believe Powder/Jinx is done, she aint coming back. So for the story´s sake, they gave her the exit she deserves, coz it isnt important is she is or isnt alive as she wont be coming back.
Ekko is the biggest mvp and just goat overall, someone who genuinely wanted good and attempted to all he could, proabably the only character not morally grey, but still ended up alone..
Its sad how Cait and Vi, Jayce and Vikor (somewhat), Jinx (i think shes alive) all got somewhat happy endings but the undisputed MVP of Act 3 Ekko is left alone with like nothing
Since topside and bottom are now one, Ekko isn't lonely. He has his friends (Vi and Cait) which he can always visit and his firefly pals are still with him
In my opinion, animation-wise, Arcane Seasion 2 is absolutely stunning-arguably even better than Season 1. The visuals and attention to detail are top-notch. However, story-wise, I’m left feeling a bit underwhelmed. It feels like they tried to cram in too much, which left certain aspects underdeveloped. The pacing felt rushed compared to the smoother storytelling of Season 1. That said, it was still an incredible journey. The subtle hints at the end about potential future storylines have me intrigued and excited.
fun fact Jinx actually survived you can see her use shimmer before the explosion. she escaped through the vents edit: I forgot to mention Vander survived too!
I still think Avatar the Last Airbender is the best show on TV. This is a close second though. The pacing is a huge issue in season 2 and the writing not nearly as tight. But it was still enjoyable.
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
Nah, not only jinx didn't die, Warwick will not die either, the dude is mutation with hyper regenerative ability😂. But the writer is great At making people believe it looked to be.
My conspiracy theory is that jinx is alive and left on that blimp AND ekko knows because he only lit one paper which was for heimerdinger not jinx. We didnt see what they talked about leading up to the battle or after it so its possible she told him about her plan to leave and start over and similar to cait, he was able to piece it together. Just let me cope okay ekko was my favorite
The world without hextech jayce and victor doesn't exist, because jayce suicide without meeting victor, while victor died because of his disease not discovering hextech from jayce
There is the demon of secrets who formed a deal with one of the leaders of one of the three powers of Noxus. The demon gave him powers, including control of the crows. in the end noxus got more power
Personally I was disappointed. It ended almost exactly the way I guessed it would. It felt to rushed to me. My main complaints with the ending is- why did vander come back to life and attack when all the other robot things just went lifeless when victors influence left them? It’s like they put it in as an afterthought in order to kill jinx off in a “redeeming” way. The only thing that would even remotely make sense is the beast coming back to life I guess? But still felt like an afterthought imo. Then why did they wait so long to turn the hextech core off or destroy it if they knew it’s what victor was after? You’d think such smart ppl would destroy it/turn it off WAY BEFORE he gets to their front gate!! Sure you can say “oh they were using it to transport ppl and couldn’t turn it off till then” but that’s kinda stupid cuz if they had destroyed it earlier it would’ve made it much more difficult for victor to rebuild/restart it. Plus ppl could’ve still fled on ships or airships without hextech. Just seemed silly that they’d wait till the very last minute to turn it off and it felt like the only reason they left it on like that is cuz the story required them to. And for a city filled with smart ppl you’d think at least one of them would’ve expect a distraction…cuz why would(highly skilled experienced warriors) just pull their Trump card to the front door in such a big spectacle?!! One of em should’ve been like 🤔🤔this is odd & doesn’t make sense for em to expose their weapon to such danger..maybe it’s a trick to keep all our ppl focused here while victor goes to the hexcore? Then victors becomes a “higher being” that gets defeated by himself & talk jujutsu 😒predictable & happens way too much to OP characters imo. To me it felt like they started a great story then got bored half way through and just stuffed a fast ending for each storyline in just to end it & get it over with. Which is disappointing to me. I’m sure loads of ppl loved the ending and likes the usual run of the mill endings, which is fine, I just hoped this show would be different and do a unique ending to the story. The story was fine up till the point they got to victors little community then it just felt like it went..into standard stock ending mode that they do all the time to make everyone happy.😒 there’s nothing wrong with but it just feels like a cop out or something to me. The first season is still amazing and the second season is mid…& there should’ve been a 3rd season so the 2nd didn’t have to be so rushed & mid! But 🤷♀️
so lore wise the champions summoned in the summoners rift are basically clones of them in their peak form when they were at their most powerful and as for viktor why he looked so different maybe he doesn't want to use that power of his that's why he wears armor as to not accidentally do it cause he knows if everything is perfect then everything is boring.
Tbh I do think that they really screwed Viktor over by portraying him as villain and final boss when he isn't evil and only ever wanted to help people.
Coming from Patreon, Carter I agree with you SO HARD, the animation was great, I loved the music and I loved most of the characters but the narrative really suffered from pacing/lack of time/episodes. It no longer felt as character driven in the end and felt heavily reliant on the arcane plot! I still loved the show and its still top for me but as someone who only watched season 1 in the last few months rather than waited 3 years, it didn’t feel like a match. I was so upset with Jinx’s ending. I wanted this mentally traumatized girl that we’ve seen suffer and fight and grow for 18 episodes to get a better ending, it was a disservice to her character and especially her and Vi’s story together. And the fact that she might actually be alive in the end but far away feels cheap. Still loved the season and the show, but eh. I feel just as confused and mixed as you. It was all these little things building up on top of each other that knocked it down for me.
Jinx isn’t dead and on the scene with Caitlyn at the computer thing had jinx trinket and she was looking at the map where jinx and Warwick exploded at and laughed and at the end because Caitlyn was probably in disbelief that jinx survived and jinx was driving that ballon she wanted to drive since s1
most likely the zeppelin is jinx. first episode she said she always wanted to ride on one and in a few frames when the bomb went off you can see her pink flash of her dashing away. additionally, why would cost be looking at air vents randomly in the hexgate. jinx is a-ok👍🏻
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
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Imo, Jinx survived and chose to leave the source of her cycle of trauma. There's too much evidence, the streak of her shimmer flash just before Warwick(Vander) is blown up. During Caitlin's inspection of the Hexgates ventilation she smirks and in the midst of narration 'Our story is not over' the remnants of the monkey grenade is highlighted. In front of the fire she's conflicted when asking Vi if she's still in the fight, since she doesn't know whether or not it's best to inform her of what she knows. And there's influential scenes with Jinx where she listens even after stating they're too late. To Silco, while in the cell: 'I think the cycle only ends when one finds the will to walk away.' The known and unknown conversations between her and Ekko. 'No matter what happened in the past it's never too late to build something new.... Sometimes to make a leap forward you have to leave a few things behind.' Solidified with the final shot, being of a blimp Jinx imagined one day flying away on from the very beginning.
she literally tried to blow herself up with Ekko in S1 at point-blank range
and survived
why not just do that again? LOL
@@therearenoshortcuts9868 she was human then, and she pretty much died and was only saved by singed using his unique version shimmer
@therearenoshortcuts9868 tbf Ekko push the grenade a few feet's away so that's why she actually survived
very well put, 100% agree
Yeah, also, the final shot was the same shot of the airship when she says she is going to ride in one of those one day from the first season.
Jinx : How do I save my sister and still prank her all at once? 😊
Lmaoo 😂
fr, that pink bolt outward when the explosion happened was jinx and her 1st line was 'one day im going to ride one of those.' truly an amazing show.
@@sgoodel She's dead. face it.
@@mezza.7 she isn't, face it
@ prove it, I’ll wait…
I stand for the “JINX IS ALIVE” theory ! 🙋♂️
Most likely. Right before the explosion, you can see a pink streak, like when Jinx moves at Shimmer Speed. Cait is examining the Hexgate blueprints and sees air ducts from where Jinx was "killed" and the ship that sails away at the end is the same one that Powder said she'd ride on in the first episode of Season 1.
that’s true and, that’s what im gonna explain to somebody that said Jinx was dead anyway JINX IS ALIVE is true for me forever.🙌🥹
The one thing that actually proves that Jinx is alive is Cait seeing that there are vents that Jinx could've slipped through after the explosion. No point in showing that scene if Jinx really was gone.
@@yohohoho971 flash of shimmer was her bomb literally having shimmer in it, Cait smiling at blueprints could mean literally anything and you know it, and that ship is literally the ship cait and vi are on as they follow the rest to noxus to continue the fight maybe stop reaching mate
@@XiaoyuuuYT thats entirely your interpretation of that scene nothing else shes just looking at maps mate prolly in setup for the ship heading to noxus but lets be fair it equally could mean that as it could mean jinx escaping as none of us have answers.
bro. maddie not being shot while the other enforcer is, her being the one to hand out the bomb that ends up being planted on the viktor cocoon WITH the nail already being there. the shot on her when she hands it over and nods going on just slightly longer. her being at the back of the group so she could catch cait off guard. like watching it back theres some really subtile clues in the moment that point to her being a rat
And it all started when Vi came back with Caitlyn. Indeed, the hazards of professional entanglement
And when Caitlyn and Vi were fighting about Jinx, Maddie didn't close the door and was eavesdropping.
the nail wasnt the sabotage, the nail was just a hand for the timer
@@MRST0R I think she was a spy from the beginning, professional entanglement was just the way Maddie spied on her to get the plans (like the whole bomb thing)
@@MRST0R She was a spy from the beginning. Remember, she was the first Enforcer to bang her chest when Ambessa voted Caitlyn as commander. She was also the one who pushed Vi to accept the Enforcer badge.
they gave us enough hints Jinx is alive based on Cait's looking at the exit tunnels draft and smiling as well as the airship in the end. I also personally believe Viktor and Jayce are together in some magic realm. Idk about Heimerdinger - his race is supposed to be almost immortal but they still can be killed so not sure. so we lost a few important characters which is good since the stakes were high but they didn't delve too hard into tragedy.
I expected Black rose/Mel's plotline to not be finished since I think we're going to see more in the show about Noxus/Demacia. every new show will have new main characters from that region but we may see some cameo of old characters.
my personal favorite plotline was Viktor and Jayce's one. the cosmic kind of bond in all the universes which became so essential on such a scale. their last scenes were just pure art.
It’s confirmed the next show is about Noxus. Istg the invasion Ionia would be a sick overarching storyline.
technically from what we know from league lore like technically heim should just respawn in bandle city but whether or not thats the case now idk. My personal theory is he was sent further into the future literally into another show where i suspect he may show up again one day.
@@rillzy9637 i mean they got singed and hes heading to noxus with them so its a perfect setup for that to happen and i really hope in 3 years when it comes out they do lol
I thought she was smiling because she heard Vi humming
@@skylofter6840 + also you can see swains 🐦 at the end
The Finale left me speechless. Arcane was a masterpiece, one of the best shows out there. I hope we will get some kind of continuation/spin-off. Thanks for the reaction. V5
it is confirmed there will be a next series in the world of league of legends arcane is just the beginning, I think the next series is about noxus since mel is going to noxus in the end
@@DavidCruz-x6f The bird that steals the corrupted hexgem at the end is one of Swain's birds
@@DavidCruz-x6fnot only that
They already got Singed on Noxus. They teased Swain and the most probable is we will follow the noxian/Ionia war
@@Fabianationx123 All those who wanna see Singed do Even More War Crimes, sound off
@@Fabianationx123 Swain shouldn't have the power of Raum before the ionian war tho
After this episode ended I stared at the screen for 10 minutes trying to process how godly this was, I couldn't have asked for more, from Ekko and Jinx entrance to the whole fight scene with Ambessa,Cait,Vi and Mel Victor and Jayce bromance reached cosmic levels literally. Ekko using every second to save everyone and jinx finally feeling like she saved someone she cared about instead of being the cause of their demise and finally breaking the cycle of her killing everyone around her made me bawl. Thank you Arcane for this masterpiece and thank you Studiogek for sharing your journey with us.
edit: I love the Jinx theory and I really hope their next project is Ionia the scenery will go hard or maybe Demacia to show the cruelty and dehumanisation mages go through and honestly the whole scene between Jayce and Viktor about perfection and imperfection can be used for how you viewed the end of Arcane as rushed, nothings perfect if it was it wouldn't make us feel the way it does.
Jesus Christ you have low expectations
We 're 100% going to Noxus next. For those that know league lore they gave a HUUUGE hint of it. I do hope they will go the Ionia invasion route though.
I aggree that overall this last act was phenomenal and still think that arcane is downright a masterful show but i would be lying if i didn't admit that the last episode and arcane's whole conclusion left me a bit unsatisfied with how kind of rushed everything seems after the climax like half of the main casts' fates are completely left in the air (maybe except for jinx) as well as the political status of PnZ (it seems they are gonna try to reconcile since savika was made part of the council to represent Zaun), besides there's also the currently unknown status on the hextech which i consider a big deal since it is a very important element in the lore, I think my only serious gripe with how they decided to end things is that it they left it too open for my personal liking considering that this is supposed to be the end of the story for Piltover and Zaun and therefore it feels more like a prelude or preview to whatever next LoL show Riot might be planning in the future, hopefully those future projects will answer some of the questions arcane left.
But all in all arcane has officially cemented itself as one of my favorite shows ever and it was definetely a great experience to watch from start to finish.
@ ep 8 and 9 were NOT phenomenal don’t get it twisted
@@AidanDonnelly-x9i L opinion now, and in the future.
Jinx is alive. If you go frame by frame you’ll see a pink line(shimmer). Caitlyn is looking at the blueprints for Hexgate and see vents. The 1st episode of the first season Powder sees an airship and says one day she’ll ride on one. The airship at the end is Jinx leaving ,breaking the cycle.
Yeah! I kind of thought of that too
And I don't think vander's body is also gone because I think the noxians are going to use it for him to be able to finally become Warwick
her bomb is made of shimmer so ofc there's a streak of shimmer and the ship is literally the ship vi and cait are on as they are taking the fight to noxus. They literally say it pan out and show them leaving what's not to get? media illiteracy at its finest i swear.
@@skylofter6840let us cope the wound is fresh 😭
@@skylofter6840 talking about media illiteracy while simultaneously being a victim of media illiteracy is hypocrisy at its finest
Ekko sitting firing a paper for jinx on the same place he kissed powder in the other universe is heartbreaking ngl
I bet he finds her somehow
@@nyla_n123 we hope
Dude, I've been suspicious of the ravens/crows in this entire series, so when they revealed the three-eyed raven at the end, BRROOOOOO I ALMOST BROKE MY KEYBOARD.
Raum watches all
I don't reckon its Swain though, Just Raum.
It's safe to say, Arcane will forever be remembered as one of the perfect shows out there. There's nothing to not love about this series. A round of applause to the team that made this a reality. 👏👏 👏
Not even close to being perfect objectively it had many flaws however it was a really good show solid 8/10.
Loved arcane but definitely not perfect
@@-JokerIsYourFathertechnically k agree, but the emotional highs are unforgettable
@@-JokerIsYourFather Yeah I'd give the first season a 10/10. The production on S2 was godly, but I think the pacing holds it back from a perfect score. I think if they had 2-3 more episodes in between to flesh out the time-skips, we could have had a better final product. Still love it though.
@@-JokerIsYourFather”How can I be different today”
I’m almost certain it’s implied that jinx is alive and she’s chosen to go live a life away from everything as she believes and has proven that anyone that’s close to her dies
That’s so sad 😢 she isn’t a jinx
Compared to the previous series' finale, it may seem a bit imperfect, but as Jess said to Victor, imperfection itself has its own beauty. In summary, the two seasons of 'Twin Cities' bring audiences a wonderful and unforgettable animation experience. Its creativity and production are groundbreaking and different from traditional animation works in the past. At the same time, I am also looking forward to the animations of different city states in the League of Legends that Fist will bring us in the future. Perhaps in these animations, we can still see the figure of the Battle of Two Cities
24:02 at the first ep powder says shes gonna ride on one of those airships
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
She was already riding one in her introduction during episode 4 in season 1
@@skylofter6840 bro they left it so ambiguously open both can be true, no corpse no death.
@nutzor9594 so therefore Ishas alive? Same with Victor Jayce Heim ambessas technically never actually saw her fully go all the side characters we never saw die yup their alive too. Nah man they clearly don't show corpses in this show especially since she literally blew up what Corpse would there to show lmao. That rule only exists for copium heads who don't realize it changes the rating dramatically to show a corpse and really league relies on that clean rating so arcane can't go ahead and show bodies especially ones that just got blown up. The only real peice of evidence yall have aid a single pink streak since Cait smiling is confirmed to be because of vi humming in the background, the ship is confirmed to be Cait/vis as they continue the fight in noxus, so yeah with those two loose piece of evidence gone all your left with is a single piece of shimmer going off in a shimmer filled bomb. Tldr. They did not leave it ambiguous at all y'all are just reading way too far into a single pink streak in an all around pink explosion. And sure they'll probably bring her back cause shitty writers love their fake out deaths (tis why I'm done with this show I'll watch S3 up until she returns then I'm just done I'm so flipping done with fake out deaths) I'm just saying currently with the evidence yall give I just don't buy her somehow being alive.The tunnels Cait are looking at are also the ones she uses in that new ship heading to noxus or it also very much just could've been air looking at the designs jinx used to build her ship either way she's smiling because vi is humming in the next room that is confirmed. Then Cait says to vi "are you reading to continue the fight" and it pans out to a ship heading the same way as noxus. That's not a random af ship that's the two scenes making you out two and two together that Cait and vi are heading to noxus together to "continue the fight" whatever that means. And the end card being jinxs can easily be explained by the fact it's incredibly common practice to put the deceased end card at the end of a show especially if they just died in the last episode or arc of the movie. So yeah y'all's only evidence is the single streak of pink before the bomb and while sure they'll probably end up saying that's jinx cause this dumb af show loves it's fake out deaths but as of right now it makes no sense that she someone got out of a freefall where they've shown us she can't use her shimmer to create a fractional force lmao she can't use her speed while freefallung that's why she needed her guns during the scene with Viktor and the only time she uses it is to quickly only move her head away from the voidy tentacles. So she can't use her speed to escape a massive hungry beast who is hell bent on eating her as he has no humanity left since singed wiped it all away has two hands wrapped around her there's no world she managed to get out of his grasp while point blank explosion falling into the hex core pulling them all in. The only plausible way I will accept jinx living is if somehow they both fell into the hex core and that's how they survived cause nah her somehow getting away from all that just makes no sense. And ik I put the tldr in the middle lmao mb just yall keep sprouting the same nonsense points and I'm tired of people not understanding how much it just doesn't make sense how she got away at least by y'all's points
Jinx was on the ship at the end, she's not dead and that's what cait figured out on her computer like thing in the last scene.
Jinx and Ekko pull up was godly
i think something really important about the viktor multiverse thing is that each crystal he gave jayve had a different rune, and therefore a different function. and in episode 7, ekko said something about using a reversal of the rune jayce had to make his time travel machine, which when i watched i took as the one in his bracelet, so its like... as you said, if this timeline is the only one where viktor fails in the end, its because he gave jayce the time rune and ekko used it to create something entirely unprecedented. thats how i took that anyways
This comment needs more likes! Yes! Thank you. That makes so much sense.
I think the reason the top 3 was so hard was due to how good the writing was, everyone had a big importance in the finale and if one of them were to be absent the whole finale would fall apart.
Jayce: talked sense into victor and never gave up on him speaking to his humanity while uniting Piltover & Zaun
Vi: saw the good in Jinx and never gave up the only family she had left and was pivotal in stalling the raid and protecting those she loved by doing what she does best, punching
Ekko: Used all the time he had to make the most of every second like his beloved quote "its not how much time you have, its how you use it" to turn the tides of battle and persuaded Jinx to live and fight on for those they lost on the way.
Jinx: rallied Zaun alongside Ekko and did Aeisha proud by doing what she wanted from jinx from ep 4 and protecting her sister, also i feel like she wanted to die and would rather sacrifice herself to guarantee vis safety like she said in ep 3 i believe "everyone around me dies" which still held true to Vander in that scene and vi would never let go which would mean they would all die, she realised then and there what to do.
Caitlyn: Even though the fight was near impossible she managed to strategize a plan that led to success, forgave Jinx but her differences aside and decided to create a Piltover where there would be no children to suffer the fate Aeisha faced and with the help of Mel took down Ambessa which is a feat on its own!
Viktor: Wanted to create a world of perfection because he wanted to end the suffering he was subjected to and to create a world he thought would be best till Jayce showed him why imperfection was the best way for a brighter future.
Heimer: found something worth dying for, his pupils. He let down Jayce he wasn't going to stand by and have Ekko meet the same fate also like cannon said he was right lol.
Doubt anyone read this but if you did you're probably going through arcane withdrawal which honestly same and this is just a quick analysis from watching arcane like a min ago so let me know what you guys thought!
Beautifully said🤝🏼
Mel?
I didn't add all I thought it would be too long but she saved Caitlyn,saved her mother from the rose and took into account what Jayce said,she is not the passenger no one can control her which she proved and she is the reason we won noxus!@@LeahB31
@@Mrx.-.13thank you! I can delve into it more but i simplified it because it would take too long this show is like an onion lol
Thx for this, I like the optimistic perspective here. However, the director confirmed Heim is alive and something about the lore of his species implies he basically respawned somehwere else
Come play goes so hard for that entrance!
Frrr
SKZ for the win
For those asking about the three-eyed raven, it's Swain the general and leader of Noxus.
Well it'd be six-eyed as it has 3 each side. In game of thrones it's called the three eyed raven because it has one in the middle plus the regular two. We also don't know what time period they're going for so Swain might be on his way up in the ranks before the war with Ionia - if they do a tv show with him it'd be good to see him dealing with the Black Rose.
well I mean it could just be Raum, the actual demon having the powers Swain uses
if it happens to be the demon, then it doesn't even have to be swain
- Vision of Silco telling Jinx that the only way to break the cycle is to walk away, which she sees at first as dying hence her attempts
- Ekko telling her that no matter what you do in the past, it is never too late to build something new
- I am always with you, even when we're worlds apart - Jinx's words to Vi
- Through entire episode we see multiple times Jinx's shimmer trail as she escapes an attack and just before the explosion, at the top right corner there is a shimmer shade line of escape
- Caitlyn showing blueprints of Hexgates air ducts at that same location where Jinx was
- Air ship which is * EXACT * model like the one in s1 where Powder said she will ride in of of those things
- The End written in Jinx style
So it is not a coping mechanism, it is a fact. Jinx is alive, walking away
Yes, and don't forget about Cait holding the head of Jinx's bomb, implying that she was studying the air ducts of the hex gates for her.
Even IF. That's true. I personally, highly dislike that because it would kill her redemption arc. And all that's been built towards that character. Sometimes it's ok you know, for a main character to just die. That death has a lot of meaning, symbolism behind it. Her just.. trailing away, just seems like a very childish writing choice. And up to this point, Arcane didn't write things this way. So I can't ignore those signs obviously, but I refuse to believe that's actually the real case. Since it would ruin a lot of impactful symbolism, and an actual end of a redemption arc.
Most definitely alive.
I have mixed feelings on the ending. I kinda felt like how Carter did. Overall, I love the show, it's one of my favorite shows to come out in recent years and I'm sad it's over. That being said, I think season 1 was executed much better writing and pacing wise than season 2. I still thought season 2 was pretty great, it was visually stunning and had some amazing moments, as well as episodes. All of Act 2, plus episode 7, might be some of my favorite episodes in the entire series, with Act 2 easily being the best part of this season, imo. The final episode though, didn't quite stick the landing for me. It's interesting, because I still felt emotional and I still thought the ending mostly worked, but I have issues with some things and one of them is it felt like it needed more time. I'll probably watch any spinoff series they do after this though, because I'd say the good definitely outweighs the bad.
Yeah, that's how I felt too. If season 1 was an 11/10, this season had 12/10 visuals and 8/10 storytelling imo. All the complaints I have are VERY minor, almost nitpicks, but there are so many of them that they really add up. Mostly pacing issues and how so many storylines could have had time to breathe and develop.
I actually feel the same way Carter feels. Phenomenal season/show but that last Act just left me feeling unsatisfied, maybe even just 10 more mins at the end of the aftermath could have helped, but also issues with pacing left it feeling disjointed at times. Everything in the story made sense, but it really is just a matter of pacing and not having more key moments to lead up to the big moments. All in all top 2 show. ❤
Yeah, I felt the same as well.
100% same. I felt so conflicted when it ended because there is a LOT of things to praise about the show, but the pacing was just too chaotic. It needed an act 4 for sure to draw a lot of things out more. A few of the things that stood out the most to me that seemed WAY too fast paced were:
1. Viktor leaving the second he wakes up after Jayce saves him with the hexcore
2. Mel getting kidnapped by the black rose and just has a very sudden and cheap feeling op power up with little to no explanation.
3. Cait siding with ambessa then suddenly betraying her within the blink of an eye, makes her character feel really wishy washy.
If each act had one extra episode, it would've been perfect. One episode in Act 1 to show caitlyn's strike team attacking zaun, instead of the montage we got. One episode in act 2 to show how cait and vi's breakup affected vi, ( again instead of the montage ), and give a bit more time for vi to react instead of immediately joining jinx, which felt off. And finally 1 more episdoe in act 4 to show the aftermath of the war.
@@seakiwiithose can all be explained though? 1. Viktor would rather die than have himself be revived and have the hexcore still alive. Jayce lied and disregarded his wishes and even had plans for more hextech weapons. 2. This is the weakest one but I wouldn’t be surprised if extreme trauma and/or access to that magical puzzle unleashed her powers. 3. She didn’t change in the blink of an eye, there was a time jump of 5+ months between the dictator arc and siding with Vi
@@seakiwii i suspect number two will be explained by her story being expanded on in noxus next show but yeah the rest are very fair
Every rune that Viktor the mage gave Jayce, had a different symbol on it
yeah idk how to feel about it to be honest. I think up to ep 7 it was very good but the las two were all over the place. I'm trying to think of it as not an ending but a branch for other stories to build upon and go more in-depth on because it for sure left alot to be desired
Crazy to think that “ancient” voice Viktor said he heard talking to Jayce was his own
Mel and Ekko, our 2 MVPs in the final episode 🫡🫡
"One day I'm going to fly one of those..."
There's no way that shot's a coincidence, so I think Jinx is alive, she survived through the vents. In the end, she broke the cycle by walking away.
Poor Vi and Jinx, why can't they have just one good ending for once in their life, where they both live happily together.
I think they left it up to imagination, right before the explosion at the top right you see a single shimmer streak🤷🏼♂️and the end was in her writing, she “walked away” like silco told her
@@Preaxher21 also in episode 1 powder says how she always wanted to ride in an air ship. at the end we see one flying off away from piltover
@BiggyB1122 yeah I just didn’t feel like typing that all out sorry, also feels good for people to dive into it and piece by piece , made me so happy piecing it together and remembering as the show came to its end🥹
Singed was the MVP of the loosing side. Even tho he won...
@@BiggyB1122 that line is in regards to her turning her base into an airship not that as that is very clearly the ship vi and cait are on as they fly towards noxus. While yes she could be alive idk the evidence yall are providing is just weak af. Sayings its weird to see a streak of shimmer from a bomb infused with shimmer is insane. Saying she escaped through tunnels when she exploded overtop of a core nowhere near anything is insane. And saying the ship they literally show and say seconds earlier is cait and vis is hers trying to escape is insane.
Despite my gripes about s2, the time travel episode and the Jayce and Viktor storyline were definitely my favorites in the entire show.
Jinx is indeed alive. There’s a streak of pink that leaves the explosion just before it goes off.
"ISHA'S ALIVE!!" I screamed as they dragged me back inside the asylum.
its insane that the only one who mentioned anything abt Isha was Vi. Like hello i thought her death would hold more weight but i guess not
@@isaw9969 its why jinx was suicidle so it did have impact
Now im just hoping next part of the series will focus on noxus, and we would see mel again.
Would make sense since we saw swain's raven likely picking up the arcane gemstone
They are done with Arcane. We aren't getting anymore content
@@mctrickzboss1075 yeah but there are other shows in development
@@mctrickzboss1075 It's true that Arcane and this story of Piltover and Zaun is now over but there will be more shows and projects of the universe of league of legends that will possibly tie them together with Arcane.
If they want to be wild, they could focus the next story around Riven and Noxus Invasion of Ionia. Really cool stories, and so many champions involved,including quite a bit of extremely popular ones. Though it would take more than 2 season to get through. We could be introduced to it through Singed, since he is already set up and was involved in that story.
Jayce and Mel looking FINE the last few episodes
I couldnt stop crying after seeing the finale im still so upset abt it but ig everything has to end eventually.
Jinx survived. If you look closely at the blast she shimmered out. A pink line shot out. And she's likely the one on the air ship in the end. Possibly going to Demacia or may meet go somewhere where she meets Ziggs
We wait for Necrit to make video about jinx after Arcane...
@@babc6394 cant wait for him to say the obvious that a shimmer infused bomb showing signs of shimmer while exploding is normal and saying someone escaped while falling through the air overtop nothing but a core is insane even with shimmer like speed how tf did she create her own gravitational force to get anywhere near the tunnels while freefalling lmao. She has speed not the ability to teleport lmao. Like its all insane takes and overreaching and no one seems to get it and i cant wait til necrit shuts it all down
@@skylofter6840 You have high expectations from the writers if you think they care about that. This last act was like throwing good writing out the window and just go full fan fiction with some marvel endgame sprinkled in.
@@skylofter6840 i mean, even if you think it doesnt really make sense (and i sort of agree that the logistics arent 100%adding up), its clearly what the writers intended. Because if they didnt, why show Caitlyn looking at the Hexgate Blueprints while holding the Monkeybomb Head and zooming in on the vents? What is the point of showing that if not to imply she escaped into there? Why animate that characteristic shimmerflash in the explosion, show the exact Airship from Season 1 to which Powder said she was "one day gonna ride one of those things", her Silco hallucination talking to her about the true freedom being finding the will to walk away from the cycle of violence (and this concept being hinted at for Jinx as early as S1Ep.9), the "The End" flash being in Jinxes Halo/Painting style, etc. etc. All this compounds to Jinx being alive and walking away being very clearly what the Writers wanted to imply and it makes thematic sense here. The writers definetly dropped the ball a couple of times this season, but they arent that incompetent to set all this up just to have the conclusion be the opposite.
"If your not a champion your death means nothing."
-famous last words
you're and your are different words
Jinx isnt dead in the end
She walked away from the cycle with the flying boat like what silco said
Caitlyn was looking at the hexgate blueprints and there was a picure of the blueprints where several exhausts pipes are connected
for sure jinx slid on that exhaust and lives and walked out of the cycle
i hope arcane continues in the noxus region
@@liath2433 They have said they are done with Arcane, so they can make room for other series based in the League universe.
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 Maybe he could teleport a short distance since in chapter 6 in the fight, if you notice, he literally falls and moves from one place to another and so on on several occasions.
@@skylofter6840 if you look carefully at when the explosion detonates, there's a single purple streak that flies off before the explosion that's very reminiscent of the purple streaks that appear when jinx moves really fast as a result of her shimmer. There's also the aforementioned scene of Caitlyn looking at the blueprints for the hexgates, specifically focusing on a ventilation shaft while holding a piece of the monkey bomb, so I really don't know what else that moment could be specifically highlighting. The final shot with the airship also closely mirrors the opening scene of s1 ep1 with both airships being viewed at a very similar angle and it moving in the same direction, and of course Powders first line being that she wants to ride one of them. It very well could be wrong, but I really don't see how all of these points lining up being a reach.
I'm also not really sure where you're getting the idea of it being a shimmer infused bomb from, the explosion is the same as a hextech explosion with the blue lightning, colour and sound, and the pink-ish colour that's also part of the explosion is likely just colouring added by jinx, we know the explosives she makes can come out pink(not sure how that even works lmao), and I can't remember any instances of shimmer being used specifically to makes weapons/aid them, just as a performance enhancing drug and some kind of fuel like with Sevika's arm. It IS flammable as seen in ep3 but that doesn't really make it a useful thing to put in an explosive when regular explosives already exist.
It was a little rushed. Most things make sense, but if they had done an extra season and took their time... even if its 2 6 espiode seasons. But it was still good
For the love of god, they will have more seasons! Arcane isn't over lol they are just taking the series to a new location in their world. How many times do people have to keep saying this?!
They said they didn’t want to. That working on this story took like a decade like literally they were likely offered it but declined and I think that’s great instead of stretching things out and there are still more to come
I think the rush parts are about the black rose, mel, noxian parts etc... for sure it will elaborate more in the next series.. in canon timeline, next will be Noxian Conquest
@@quizzlybearyou’re so dumb 🤦. Who cares about more future seasons, we’re talking about having the Arcane story more fleshed out
@@quizzlybear ?? It is not that I miss the series. I just feel it was rushed...
Good work getting all three uploaded today!
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Those beginning predictions were GOLD 💀
I agree with the Vi causing Jinx death thing being kinda lame, BUT imo it fixed for me when I found out she's alive by walking away from it all like the Silco in her mind said she should do.
Fixing it by not giving her a lame death and abiding by her goal, while simultaneously not ending herself with the nade.
It's not confirmed that she's alive, it's all speculation. I'm so fucking tired of people saying this.
Btw Viktor tried all possibilities in all timelines and there was never a happy ending just like Eren in Aot
nobody noticed Viktor in the other dimension gave Jayce the means to kill him.
The last scene, where Vi puts her head on Cailyn's shoulder, looks like Caitlyn has a parrot on her shoulder. Caitlyn looks like a pirate and the eye patch matches. and then I had to laugh again when that flying ship came at the end. Oh wow, I've never had such a flash of laughter😂😂
It's probably Jinx on that ship, you can see Jinx purple shimmer trail before the explosion if you slow it down + Caitlyn looking at the air vents just below the explosion on the tower blueprints whilst holding as piece of Jinx bomb, and its the same ship powder said she wants to fly on in episode 1 of the show
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 you can literally see a single perfect straight line of shimmer exiting before the explosion even turns purple and why would they bother focusing on the air ducts at all and some random Inconsequential ship as the final shot of the show if it's not linking to powder saying she wanted to ride one, its got character fake out death written all over it
@@skylofter6840 Bro ur just dumb then. The Shimmer trail happens before the explosion and its the shimmer trail thats just like the one from jinx. This exact style was only shown when jinx was goin fast in arcane and never when a shimmer explosion happend. In terms of momentum, she just pushed her from Warwick away. Also when the explosion would be so strong that it destorys there bodys why is the ape head in a good shape? Also if u overlay the Explosion Picture and the Blueprints that Caitlyn is looking at u see that it matches perfectly (Jinx going to the Top Right just where Caitly zoomed in to the Air Vent) U are the one who is coping. Everything points that jinx is alive.
@connorbuet4298 mate they literally show she's infused chomper with shimmer when she puts in the hexgems during the last episode and they freaking pull out the window to show they are in that ship like what? I'm the one that needs to buy a brain lmao yall just are overreaching insanely. Even if all y'all say is true there's still nothing changing my mind that even with her speed she was not getting out of a freefall while being held by WW while falling into a core pulling them down into it. Even with insane speed there's nothing that she could do to one escape WW firm grasp as it is still trying to eat her, two the giant hex core literally pulling everything into it hence why the sacrifice was needed in the first place, and three she's free falling so how tf does she get to the tunnels across the whole gap. If you can genuinely explain any of those I may believe ya but rn nah it's just way too much of a reach that she's alive.
@@connorbuet4298 I just think if she's comes back to life the show will go from a 9/10 to a 6/10 rq for me cause rn the reason it's so good is it has the balls to actually move the story along and kill characters instead of letting everything go stagnant. If jinx is still alive it's gonna make the entire ending and honestly the whole second season pointless as they were setting up her death with chomper the entire season so having a fakeout would honestly just make it all worthless. Yall can believe whatever you want long tho I'm just waiting for necrit to create a video very obviously disagreeing with the small and I mean very small proof yall have for it lmao.
"vikwick" 😂 i know it's a play on warwick but that made my audibly say "like john wick"
Lol they be asking a million questions while a scene is happening. I know it's a reaction channel but sometimes I'm just like watch for a second! 🤣
I appreciate it, rather that than those overreactors lmfao
In S01E01 around 05:22, Powder says "One day I'm gonna ride in one of those things", as a blimp passes overhead paralleling how the show ends with the same shot. We also see a shimmer streak moving away towards the top right of the screen just before the explosion goes off, suggesting Jinx cheated death so Vi would move on and wants to walk away to end the cycle like Silco says in S02E08 - 21:30, as we also see Cait is looking at the blueprint of the vents while holding the monkey bomb fragment, indicating the same.
I don't care what anyone says.... Ekko is the real TRUE HERO of Arcane. 🙌🙌
Do you mean that in sense hes the focal point of the story? Because that's wrong
+ Heimerdinger, Jayce and Viktor
@@jamman9569he meant in the sense of being the true hero who saved the world from viktors future. Without him rewinding time viktor would have won
@musashi7070 That's Jayce, tho. He directly saved everyone. Ekko was the MVP and the only true hero in the story, tho.
@jamman9569 + Viktor who had warned Jayce of the future and went back in time multiple times and destroyed the anomaly with Jayce
First watch: Dang, Jinx went out with Bang
Second watch: Oh, that sneaky rat
25:49 it's like he said, this is the one were everything goes right, as Jayce was already on the pose were he died the last time, the only difference is that this time Viktor gave him the acceleration rune that Ekko uses to create his Z-drive
It all changed because in this reality, Ekko can go back because Viktor gave Jayce a specific rune
As an absolute lover of season 1 it hurts me to say i am disappointed with Season 2. I love the Story they tell, but i just hate the way they tell it. It feels so rushed, the pacing is somehow off. There are so many things you dont get an explanation for and just happen to push to a rushed show finale.
I think a lot of people have a weird feeling aboutAct III, mainly because of the execution. In my opinion, the way each character ended was good, like Jayce and Viktor dying together because it started with them, jinx dying because it brings her character arc full circle, etc., but it was just the execution of the events that made it feel weird, like I feel jinx’s death could’ve been done way better and although it was sweet with Vander, it was still not as good as it could’ve been
about warwick being still alive after viktor and jayce were gone, so is singed's daughter. i think singed finally achieved immortality through warwick and viktor. he kept referring to warwick as the key to curing death, it was the goal behind the whole experiment. and then when ambessa inquired about it he said it all depends on viktor, so i imagine combining apex shimmer and apex hextech was the solution. once viktor transformed warwick he became immortal, albeit soulless, and singed was able to pass that on to his dead daughter
guys its not just a "sacrifice", remember she's trying to off herself after the "learn to walk away" to end the cycle. that's her way of walking away.
Im glad they left it like this. Remember this is the end of Arcane, but they plan on doing other projects, so it wouldnt make sense to kill anyone off. Ambessa was created as a champion for the show, so I can see why she is the only one with a confirmed death.
In my opinion, both seasons are pretty much equal. The overall construct of season 1 is better, more focused, better paced.
But season 2 still has some of the best moments in the show for me. Episode 4 warwick reveal, episode 5 the reunion, episode 6 Isha's last moments, episode 7 Ekko and Powder dancing.
Also the art of animation in season 2 is even better than in season 1 (which is crazy because season 1 Arcane is already far above anything else out there).
To sum it up :
Pace, overall story structure, consistency : Season 1
Singular moments, Art and animation : Season 2
Its crazy how they said the outcome of everything that happens in the end fr
the prewatch allegations are real with this one eh🤣
Jinx is not dead, at the end an blimp literally appears leaving the city, Powder in the first episode of season 1 said that one day she would fly in one of those
i felt the rushed pace since act 1 of this season but i accepted it and adapted to it and still massively enjoyed the show and don't feel let down, although i get how it can be jarring for people. the original plan was to have 5 seasons. i think even one more season would have been great, not to pick up from where we left of, but to stretch out and pad what we got more, so it feels more organic and gradual, with fewer gaps we need to fill with our imagination. but i guess it wasn't feasible due to how long it takes to animate, how much it all costs and how many other stories, places and characters there are to explore in future shows. the constraint was necessary but it's understandable that it can leave some heads spinning. it's like if they put all remaining seasons after season 1 of attack on titan into the second season and that was it. but it's still a testament to superb writing that they had to compress that much story and tell it so quickly and it still didn't all fall apart. the character motivations made sense, the actions and choices felt impactful, the relationships felt meaningful, and the dialogue and monologue were really good and poignant, not just empty flowery speech. and it is fascinating how many callbacks and parallels there are, how interwoven it all is, and i think the more you rewatch it all and pick up on those things, the more connected and fluid the journey would feel. also there are some cool sneak peaks of league champions here and there, but especially in the end, subtle enough to not confuse the general audience, but noticeable enough for those who are familiar with the game/lore to pick up on
Jinx is actually alive, during the explosion u can see a pink shimmer line that happens when jinx zoom away, and previous episodes in the prison silco says to break the cycle by walking away, and during season 1 powder says she wants to ride the balloon one day so at the end they show us the balloon going away and closing the end in jinx style.
I think Vander threw Jinx, I think it's the last thing he did. Similar to what Ekko did with her on the bridge hitting the grenade away.
This show broke me :( especially Isha's death, can't blame powder it's depressing
You gotta remember vanders/warwick new form was manipulated by both vicktor and Singed aka the dr the reason why he’s still aggro is because viktor burnt his awareness of the past and singed probably infused more rage
Seeing Orianna at the end was the cherry on top for me. Arcane has just been probably THE best animated series of the past years
Jack and McKay were really cooking with those predictions
The animators hinting that Jinx is alive is quite obvious.
A few scenes made little sense ot me toward the end, until I read the theory. Said theory is not sfool proof by itself, but gains strong credibility by solving the apparent non sense that are the final scenes (I am speaking about the animators loosing the little time they have for the epilogue showing Cait watching at the blueprints of the towers and air ducts,, and the final scene with the zeppelin over the ocean).
The animations are obvious in hindsight but honestly at that point of the episode I was so emotionally crushed that most of it just flew right over my head and only reading the theories later it made sense. Arcane have a massive rewatch value for sure.
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
@@skylofter6840 i dodnt comment on the bomb scene.
And as I say, by themselves these scenes are not sufficient, but explain there purpose in a very comptessed epilog
@@skylofter6840 It's not overreaching, it's media literacy. You dont add hints a character survived and end the show on a random flying ship and then flash that characters endcard. I dont care if she lived or died, but the show hints that she survived.
@@TheodoreBotman the show isnt tho its yall taking random things and stretching them to fit your narrative. The "random ship" is the one cait and vi are on as they go to "continue the fight" in noxus. The show showing a characters endcard that just died as respect is also an insanely common practice mate. The show isnt hinting yall are just coping as hard as you can because of a single streak of pink lmao
If you don't see a character die so the character probably not died
I think even if we choose to belive Jinx is alive, there is a reason why they put THAT song with her in this episode, it is coz whatever we choose to believe Powder/Jinx is done, she aint coming back. So for the story´s sake, they gave her the exit she deserves, coz it isnt important is she is or isnt alive as she wont be coming back.
Ekko is the biggest mvp and just goat overall, someone who genuinely wanted good and attempted to all he could, proabably the only character not morally grey, but still ended up alone..
I just realized Maddie put the damn pin in the bomb. Took me a bit 😅
28:00 remember that warwick had the heart of the wolf... so it's not vander, viktor, nor warwick, but the beast
23:10 is the people who know vs people who don't know, moment 😂
The Noxian Grand General is coming boyss
ok now it's time for *studio gek ranking of songs from arcane season 2* (full songs)
They are very good
Sucker, To Ashes and Blood, Remember Me, and The Line are my favorites from this season.
The final was great but for me, its like SNK final : it needed those last 10 minutes to be PERFECT
Ekko is also called as "The Boy Who Shattered Time". He really did broke the cycle of Jayce and Viktor ending up in the same scenario.
Its sad how Cait and Vi, Jayce and Vikor (somewhat), Jinx (i think shes alive) all got somewhat happy endings but the undisputed MVP of Act 3 Ekko is left alone with like nothing
Since topside and bottom are now one, Ekko isn't lonely. He has his friends (Vi and Cait) which he can always visit and his firefly pals are still with him
I mean….at least he saved the tree
I hate the irrelevantly dragged sex scenes this season but apart from them, victor, ekko, jinx, mel and jayce etc it was a superb series.
On first watch i also thought Jinx was dead but there's way too much evidence supporting that she's not.
In my opinion, animation-wise, Arcane Seasion 2 is absolutely stunning-arguably even better than Season 1. The visuals and attention to detail are top-notch. However, story-wise, I’m left feeling a bit underwhelmed. It feels like they tried to cram in too much, which left certain aspects underdeveloped. The pacing felt rushed compared to the smoother storytelling of Season 1. That said, it was still an incredible journey. The subtle hints at the end about potential future storylines have me intrigued and excited.
He said "I'll bet you TWO-hundred bucks" 😂
fun fact Jinx actually survived you can see her use shimmer before the explosion. she escaped through the vents
edit: I forgot to mention Vander survived too!
I still think Avatar the Last Airbender is the best show on TV. This is a close second though. The pacing is a huge issue in season 2 and the writing not nearly as tight. But it was still enjoyable.
Jinx is alive and it's not just theory ❤
Jinx is alive the explosion has her shimmer pink flash and if you remember from s1 powder said she was going to ride an airship one day.
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
the pre-episode predictions were pretty good
Regardless if jinx is alive or not her death wasn't cheap. Did we all just forget that she tried k!ll!ng her self five freaking times
The 3 eye crow at the end omg im so excited to see him
Nah, not only jinx didn't die, Warwick will not die either, the dude is mutation with hyper regenerative ability😂. But the writer is great At making people believe it looked to be.
Reaction channels are a constant reminder of how low the common media literacy is lol.
are you referring to any specific moment during the reaction?
My conspiracy theory is that jinx is alive and left on that blimp AND ekko knows because he only lit one paper which was for heimerdinger not jinx. We didnt see what they talked about leading up to the battle or after it so its possible she told him about her plan to leave and start over and similar to cait, he was able to piece it together.
Just let me cope okay ekko was my favorite
The world without hextech jayce and victor doesn't exist, because jayce suicide without meeting victor, while victor died because of his disease not discovering hextech from jayce
There is the demon of secrets who formed a deal with one of the leaders of one of the three powers of Noxus. The demon gave him powers, including control of the crows.
in the end noxus got more power
Personally I was disappointed. It ended almost exactly the way I guessed it would. It felt to rushed to me. My main complaints with the ending is- why did vander come back to life and attack when all the other robot things just went lifeless when victors influence left them? It’s like they put it in as an afterthought in order to kill jinx off in a “redeeming” way. The only thing that would even remotely make sense is the beast coming back to life I guess? But still felt like an afterthought imo.
Then why did they wait so long to turn the hextech core off or destroy it if they knew it’s what victor was after? You’d think such smart ppl would destroy it/turn it off WAY BEFORE he gets to their front gate!! Sure you can say “oh they were using it to transport ppl and couldn’t turn it off till then” but that’s kinda stupid cuz if they had destroyed it earlier it would’ve made it much more difficult for victor to rebuild/restart it. Plus ppl could’ve still fled on ships or airships without hextech. Just seemed silly that they’d wait till the very last minute to turn it off and it felt like the only reason they left it on like that is cuz the story required them to. And for a city filled with smart ppl you’d think at least one of them would’ve expect a distraction…cuz why would(highly skilled experienced warriors) just pull their Trump card to the front door in such a big spectacle?!! One of em should’ve been like 🤔🤔this is odd & doesn’t make sense for em to expose their weapon to such danger..maybe it’s a trick to keep all our ppl focused here while victor goes to the hexcore?
Then victors becomes a “higher being” that gets defeated by himself & talk jujutsu 😒predictable & happens way too much to OP characters imo.
To me it felt like they started a great story then got bored half way through and just stuffed a fast ending for each storyline in just to end it & get it over with. Which is disappointing to me. I’m sure loads of ppl loved the ending and likes the usual run of the mill endings, which is fine, I just hoped this show would be different and do a unique ending to the story. The story was fine up till the point they got to victors little community then it just felt like it went..into standard stock ending mode that they do all the time to make everyone happy.😒
there’s nothing wrong with but it just feels like a cop out or something to me. The first season is still amazing and the second season is mid…& there should’ve been a 3rd season so the 2nd didn’t have to be so rushed & mid! But 🤷♀️
"it's not ourcane it's mycane" 😂😂😂
so lore wise the champions summoned in the summoners rift are basically clones of them in their peak form when they were at their most powerful and as for viktor why he looked so different maybe he doesn't want to use that power of his that's why he wears armor as to not accidentally do it cause he knows if everything is perfect then everything is boring.
Only cared about Jayce and Victor and their story end up great.
Tbh I do think that they really screwed Viktor over by portraying him as villain and final boss when he isn't evil and only ever wanted to help people.
Coming from Patreon, Carter I agree with you SO HARD, the animation was great, I loved the music and I loved most of the characters but the narrative really suffered from pacing/lack of time/episodes. It no longer felt as character driven in the end and felt heavily reliant on the arcane plot! I still loved the show and its still top for me but as someone who only watched season 1 in the last few months rather than waited 3 years, it didn’t feel like a match.
I was so upset with Jinx’s ending. I wanted this mentally traumatized girl that we’ve seen suffer and fight and grow for 18 episodes to get a better ending, it was a disservice to her character and especially her and Vi’s story together. And the fact that she might actually be alive in the end but far away feels cheap. Still loved the season and the show, but eh. I feel just as confused and mixed as you. It was all these little things building up on top of each other that knocked it down for me.
Jinx isn’t dead and on the scene with Caitlyn at the computer thing had jinx trinket and she was looking at the map where jinx and Warwick exploded at and laughed and at the end because Caitlyn was probably in disbelief that jinx survived and jinx was driving that ballon she wanted to drive since s1
most likely the zeppelin is jinx. first episode she said she always wanted to ride on one and in a few frames when the bomb went off you can see her pink flash of her dashing away. additionally, why would cost be looking at air vents randomly in the hexgate. jinx is a-ok👍🏻
it was a shimmer infused bomb so ofc it shot off shimmer while exploding cait was smiling over blueprints doesn't mean anything about jinx being alive, and jinx cant freaking teleport so her getting to the tunnels while freefalling and being held by Warwick just nah it aint real just overreaching at its finest
Truly Ekko the clutch up saviour, goated ASF