#Arcane Teaser Trailer

[lady-griffin]

I wanted to quickly write out my feelings/thoughts on the song in Arcane’s new teaser trailer.

It could just be trailer music, but I believe Arcane Season 1’s trailer used Dirty Little Animals; so, it doesn’t seem farfetched to say this song will be in Season 2.

I just really loved the song.

It fit with what we see in the trailer as well as certain things I want for S2.

The music has a religious quality to it, not so much it’s like a hymn but with the chanting or choir, it feels very much – invoking a bigger force than one’s self, a calling to something bigger.

I also love that it's children singing, because again, the vibe I'm getting is a calling of arms.

Piltover abandoned Zaun’s children and while we’re obviously not going to only see children fighting Piltover; we are going to see a lot of young people going against Piltover or fighting for Zaun.

Which shows the true power imbalance and the injustice of it all. Piltover might think they’re doing what’s right and acting in the name of justice, but they’re just doing what they’ve always done -

They're putting the Undercity back in its place, back in the ground where they belong, because how dare they think they can attack them. How dare they start a war unprovoked.

The thing is, they're not just fighting evil chembarons or scary chem-tanks; but innocent people as well who have every right to hate and distrust them.

I can imagine there being a scene of someone (Caitlyn being very likely) telling people that Jinx is lying to them and this is all because of her...

But they're not going to reach a single person.

I also doubt Jinx is going to lie or really go out of her way to be anyone’s icon. Most likely she’s just going to be Jinx and look whether or not people should look to her as a savior, is certainly a valid discussion, but not one Piltover gets to have any say in. Because yeah, of course people would look to Jinx; she hurt Piltover.

The trailer is very much in the vein of Piltover and Noxus going against Zaun, taking a stand against them (against tyranny... okay Jan), gathering their forces, and all that...

But this time, it won't be the same.

With the vibes the song is giving, Jinx being this icon of liberation, and just who Jinx is in general – they’re not prepared for Jinx and Zaun. Ambessa is not prepared for Jinx or Zaun. Heimerdinger is not prepared for Jinx.

Caitlyn and Vi might be... but I sense some friction between those two is going to arise from that.

And yeah, the music just gives all of those vibes to me and is invoking so many thoughts.

Plus, music is so integral to Zaun, in a way that it’s not to Piltover. It’s everywhere. All the soundtrack’s songs (lyrics) are focused on Zaun characters or in Zaun scenes. The first scene is Powder singing clearly a folk song of sort, that’s all about asking Piltover for something as small as a penny and now, they're tired of asking.

Jinx didn't start this war. Piltover did.

Excuse my ramblings, I just really liked the song and it was just fitting with what I thought or hoped would happen. I could be completely wrong about all of this, but either way I’m super excited.

[a-so-called-person]

Me personally I cannot wait till the first act of season 2 finnally drops then we will get to the very specific point where we will KNOW WHOS ALIVE AND DEAD AND WE WILL GET TEASERS WITH SHOTS OF THE MH OR THE DEFENDER OR THE FINAL LOOKS OF THE LOL CHAMPIONS FINNALLY START TO BEING SLOWLY PUT TOGHETER AND PPL WILL THEORIZE ABT MY FAVS AND-

[libralita]

Arcane Teaser Breakdown

[tleeaves]

This right here is how you do trailers, just by the way. I know this is only a teaser (ONLY A TEASER) but this is how you do a show and tease it right. I could rant on about the poster art, the "We've got a few surprises of our own" enforcers clip, and finally THIS but so many others have probably touched on it already and said it better than I could ever hope to.

But in a world where new originals are not prominent anymore, where every piece of popular media needs to be milked for profit, and trailers (even book advertisements, but that's another conversation) give away the entire story with an easily predictable ending - Arcane is a gem. With the context of having watched season one, this teaser alone gives us enough of a taste of what is to come, hints of possible character arcs, without telling us how this is all going to end, though of course we have our guesses. We don't even know yet who from the council is alive (if any), who is delivering what lines to who (again, there are guesses though), but we're given the basic plot through a quest of three objectives. Hell, we don't know if the enforcers will even succeed or what other storylines are going on/will continue from season one.

As brought up by Schnee (go check out his YouTube channel under the same name, he has such incredible insight into storytelling, and I absolutely admire his work), Arcane is a tragedy. While certainly many stories exist today that can be classified as a tragedy, or like Arcane are BUILT on structures of ancient Greek tragedy, there is something about the genre that makes it far less predictable compared to your typical action movie or rom-com. A tragedy is not defined by a "bad" ending, or simply by bad things happening to or around characters in a story. I wrote a case study on this a little while ago for a class, but essentially, a tragedy is something that does not have a clear definition because its nature is to be flexible, undefinable. We all know what a tragedy is when we see it, but to limit tragedy with words is not doing it justice.

Tragedies do not all end the same, they do not all have the precise same story arcs and elements, but they certainly have parts in common. You could say every genre is unpredictable to an unseasoned audience that does not know things like tropes, because not every romance is going to end with a happily ever after, an action movie could end with everyone dead, and the horror movie was all a nightmare caused by trauma or experiments. But a romance will always deal with topics of romantic love, an action movie will have fight p*rn, and horror has rules to stay within its genre and create that scary/unnerving horror atmosphere. Tragedy is not like that. Tragedy is not bound by rules, nor is it a genre exclusive to all others, as it often includes elements of other genres but twists them into tragedy. Not by making them end badly, but by way of things being lost and it's painful - either because it could have ended so many other ways but just didn't, or it was always going to end that way and the characters and audience are in denial the whole time because of the little strategic rays of hope in that growing storm. The ending could be bittersweet, it could be satisfying, it could leave you hanging.

Most trailers and teasers these days will either give you not nearly enough context to know what a new season or movie is going to be about, OR they will give the whole thing away and try to invite you in "for the experience", which many could pass because they've seen this story before and there's no demonstration of an interesting take on it. Arcane is a show executed so masterfully, at least in comparison to contemporary film. We're given the gist of things, we're rewarded as an audience for paying attention, we are made promises that historically are delivered and will continue to be by the looks of things. After being left hanging at season one, entirely uncertain of what direction the creators will take for an entire second season, teasers like this give us threads to follow but not clear answers/solutions that can tell us how every hanging plot point ends. There's the League lore, of course, but that too is used to encourage the audience and players to pay attention, dissect, build up hype, all to be eventually rewarded with answers when they watch the show. Not just from trailers.

At the end of the day, we just need to bring mystery back, no matter the genre. Stop telling the audience things. Treat them as intelligent, let them engage instead of passively consuming. A teaser/trailer should give us enough to go off without spoiling everything or even key plotlines/character arcs, and without giving us absolutely nothing but vague vibes.

I've probably explained this terribly but if you've watched that teaser, you likely get what I mean.

[arcanegifs]

Arcane: Season 2 | Official Trailer Time to turn things upside down. Arcane Season 2 Official Trailer, premiering on September 5 at 6am PT.

[maiaczy]

Sometimes taking a leap forward means leaving a few things behind.

[piltoversfinest-caitvi]

Arcane Season 2 Teaser Trailer is out now

[unknown-cold]

Ohh man that hurts..

[arcanescreencaps]

2500 x 4000 upscale of Arcane: Season 2 | "Come Play" | Series Trailer | Netflix for mobile wallpapers

[arcanefanpage]

[slasher-art]

>:3 <3

[bringthekaos]

JKJKJKJK THERE HE IS THE BOIIIIIIII. That’s his staff and a modified arm ahanfjjsavavshsnahags I’m THROWING UP

[astral-herald]

24 hours from now we may have reached euphoric heights unknown to most mortal men, or a rage that belongs in the deepest circles of hell alone.

viktor better be in the trailer. i'm so serious rn.

[rainofthetwilight]

drs2p2....where are you drs2p2.......

[tooth317]

I love how we as a fandom exclusively refer to this guy as Chuck even tho his first and up to this point only scene was literally about the fact that his name isn't Chuck

[arcanegifs]

Vi in Arcane: Season 2 | Official Trailer ↳ "You were right, Cait. My sister is gone. There's only Jinx now."