#Ambessa is dead

[satin-polar]

We got everything

[tbhshaped]

the way literally nobody is talking about how fucking tragic Mel's entire situation is is genuinely heartbreaking

[belle-rosse]

“She’s a symbol of the old regime.” Ambessa says to a young Mel, before she decapitates an unarmed girl probably the same age as her daughter.

The vision of the girl’s head rolling off her body and her necklace, probably a direct representation of a specific culture foreign to Noxians, on the ground around her blood struck something in Mel.

In episode 01x08, we see she relives this moment in one of her nightmares, which causes her to wake up very frightened. Even years later, we can still see the lasting effect this girl had on Mel. Even outside of Noxus and far from her mother, even in the comfort of her mansion and specifically her own personal space, Mel has carried the image of this symbol. Not only in her mind but also by incorporating it into her art, perhaps the first thing that was ever hers, as we can see a painting reflecting the blood-soaked necklace mentioned earlier on her wall.

I find it fascinating to think that Ambessa killed this young woman, a promising figure, to prevent rebellious colonies from gaining hope. As she says, “Kill her now and only one must die, let her live and you’ll need to kill thousands.” However, she didn’t consider that it would all be for nothing, as her own daughter, born among the iron of swords, would choose the gold that hung from the neck of a defenseless civilian—that Mel would be the one to immortalize the symbol and carry it in her own fight against Noxus.

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

I am almost mentally incapable of processing the places Ambessa and Mel's relationship is about to go. Ambessa would do anything to protect her family. Including starting a Piltover/Zaun war to get weapons to protect her family. Including risking and letting Mel get hit in the face during a horrific battle. The way the carriage overturned with Mel inside. Why wasn't Mel shot on that stage? Luck? A deal with Ambessa? What would've happened if that giant shimmer soldier had stepped on the carriage? Mel definitely has magic armor but it is very obvious that she can't fight and is otherwise defenseless at close range. That's a level of risk-taking and ruthlessness befitting of a general for sure, but the way Ambessa seems to twist it into love is. A LOT. Mel already suspects her mother, sure, but she is going to find out for certain that Ambessa was responsible for all of it. And WHAT THEN

[imjustavenuxwithaboomerang]

i think i reached a new level of insanity watching this show...anyway here are my standout thoughts on the final act:

um....homosexuality saves the day i guess

i absolutely LOVED seeing everyone in episode 7 (why does mylo have a stupid mustache ?? i have no clue but loved seeing him alive and well)

^my favourite designs were probably powder, silco, and claggor

mel continues to be that bitch™ and i love her for it

maddie, you bitch, i knew i didn't like you

powder's party fit was giving very much marinette dupain-cheng

still hate that fuckass hammer

at one point, i wrote in my notes "so first he was jesus and now he is an embryo, when i say multi you say faceted" and i think that that's my best work yet

i also think that this is very funny:

my sister got a video talking about jinx's death on her fyp and then told me she got a spoiler, alluded that it was about a character dying, and then refused to elaborate so i was on edge for like the entire last half of the finale (so thanks for that, sis)

so is caitvi officially fully canon or??? (i'm gonna go with yes)

i think my heart quickened a bit too much throughout this season (and especially this act) but overall...it was great just not where i was expecting the show to go

speed round (mourning edition): sky you will be missed, maddie you will not be missed, heimer you will be missed, jinx you will be missed (EDIT: she's confirmed to be alive, let's all cheer), ambessa you will not be missed, loris you will be missed, vander you will be missed, isha you will be missed, jayvik you will be missed (????)

EDIT: jinx is like confirmed to be alive so i guess she'll no longer be missed in a death sense

[vitrall]

I don't think Jayce and Viktor literally died. They were kind of pulled into another dimension/astral plane/whatever you call it. We see older Viktor, and while it could be another Viktor, I think it would be more meaningful if it was our Viktor, finally free from the arcane, going through the universe with Jayce, fixing timelines together. Kind of like a cosmic mission.

[selvania]

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[everythingbrainrot]

broke: omg viktor and jayce and mel are dead what a cliffhanger

woke: actually viktor and jayce are established league champions with lore, so the writers wouldn't get rid of them, and mel seemed to have been about to use some sort of magic to save herself and maybe the boys too

bespoke: okay that seems to be a shot of viktor's wrist in the second trailer and ambessa is clearly talking to mel in the first trailer, but there's no sign of jayce so far and technically he doesnt have much lore from here compared to viktor so the writers could technically off him for shock value if they wanted...

[meownotgood]

good morning. in the spirit of being positive, here are some things I actually really liked about act 3 of arcane.

the line is a great song. don't even listen to anything else by top but I loved it. the lyrics are so fitting for viktor's character as well

despite the fact that I still think choosing to retcon viktor as the mage who saves jayce is pretty stupid, their final scene together was very good. like visually and the music was phenomenal. the only scene in act 3 that actually made me a little emotional, I almost teared up

episode 7 was great and getting to see that alternate timeline with jinx and ekko was awesome, plus ekko making the z drive actually made me giddy lmao

[mogomoago]

so ..., I just finished the act 3 of arcane and .....

Bro !!!! The fuck just happened ???????????

[bougiebutchbinch]

ambessa and sevika's eyes met once (1ce) in 2 seasons

me: wat if.... they 69'd...............w hile the world burn e d

[demi-denimzvamp]

To arcane

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[graythursday]

thinking about the pain of knowing there’s a place out there where things are different, but not having the power to make them that way in your own world. ultimately, these two have to live without the other. powder has her ekko but ekko lost his powder. she gets to live her life alongside him, but is burdened with the knowledge that there is another version of him out there alone, and this version herself destroyed. meanwhile ekko must live his life with everyone he cared about gone. all the people he grew up alongside have died or moved on; changed into people he no longer recognizes. he gave everything to save everyone, did what he could to reconcile with jinx, and managed to rekindle a spark in her, only to lose her again. and so he goes to the last place he got to be with her, in this other world, and tries to pretend that it’s the first time.

[infinitelystrangemachinex]

guys ambessa lied to mel about kino's death

either the circumstances surrounding his death were 100x worse than ambessa suggested, or he is alive

[mangosmoothies]

AMBESSA AND JAYCE U WILL GO TO HELL!!!