#1. the vi and jinx fight scene with that awesome song

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My ranking of Arcane S1 soundtrack

Because why the hell not?

(I don’t know if this counts as spoilers because season one was 3 years ago, but for newer viewers, I’ll put the cut here, just in case)

Snakes - ok, I am a sucker for punk rock, and this song, every time I hear it, makes me headbang and bounce. I always go back to it and loop it, it’s just that good! Also, Vi and Jayce kicked ass against those Chemtanks! It kinda went a bit far when Jayce shot that Chembaron’s kid… 😬

Dynasties and Dystopia - another scene I had on loop because of the song. Such a bop! And that scene in the bridge with Ekko and Jinx, absolute art. He may not have had his Z-Drive back then, but he used time and memory to his advantage. That’s our Boy Saviour!

Misfit Toys - the Firelights get their own anthem and mini MV. The lyrics perfectly layout their vibe and message. And that intro scene! I had that on loop because it was just so cool!

Playground - this song is hauntingly beautiful, and perfect for Act 1 Undercity. A place of mystery, commerce and underlying corruption. Bea Miller did a great job… 👏

Enemy - a synonymous classic. Great for the intro, great for the scene in Ep 5 and great MV. When people think of Arcane, they think of this song.

What Could Have Been - what a way to end the season. Sting knocked it out of the park!

Dirty Little Animals - what a way to reintroduce the Undercity after the death of the Hound of the Underground. Silco really changed everything. On the bright side, this rave music goes hard…

When Everything Went Wrong - a groovy country song to an awesome bar fight between the Undercity’s best fighters? Yes, yes and yes!

Our Love - after season 2, this song hits different. But in Ep 2 of season 1, this was a very groovy Motown song to a very moody ending…

Guns for Hire - the scene with the flare was so full of emotion. I almost cried… Woodkid knows how to tug our heartstrings.

Goodbye - man, I felt Powder’s sadness and anger through that one look. She definitely needed that hug…

Looking back, season 1 had less songs than season 2, which is fair, since it was just a low key greek tragedy style story, so it was focused more on the dialogue and themes, while season 2 was an all visual Shakespearean tragedy style story focused on feelings and spectacle…

Overall, this was a great soundtrack! ⭐���⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Was tagged by @nusi2004

Favorite girl: Jinx

Favorite boy: Ekko

Least favorite character: I find the enforcer trio pretty useless? Viktor if you force me (not because I dislke him, I just have issues with his writing)

Favorite ship: Zaundads

Least favorite ship: Lightcannon aka Jinx/Lux, ViJinx if it has to be show characters

Favorite side character: Isha

Favorite song: Enemy for all the awesome Ekko and Powder stuff and Powder & Jinx symbolism :) Musically, I guess Sucker and Ma Meilleure Ennemie are closest to what I'd actually listen to.

Favorite episode: 1x03

Least favorite episode: 2x09 (I also remmeber 1x02 as a bit boring, 1x06 as overrated, 2x08 as choppy and a lot of 2x01-2x03 as kind of "why though?" in retrospect)

Favorite duo: Jinx and Vi, particularly in 2x05

Favorite design: Jinx

Least favorite design: that accountant style guy from the chem barons? It's kind of bland and overwrought at the same time.

Favorite scene: Silco and Vander's conversation in 1x03 because that made me a shipper :) The Ekko/Jinx bridge fight for hype and the "dinner scene" at the end of season 1 for overall impressiveness. (I should probably do a "my 10 favorite Arcane scenes" post eventually, actually all of the good choices here are hard to choose and I have like at least 3 faves for most things)

Least favorite scene: Jayce's cheesy speech to Viktor in the finale

tagging, I dunno @just-doing-lesbian-things, @melmedarda or @embershroud108

On tiktok there was this arcane trend that was just about stating some basic arcane opinions of yours and I thought it would be fun to do something similar here! You can tag others and make it a tagging game or you can just answer the questions do what you want :)

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