#HATE HEIMERDINGER

[burningfunobject]

Am I the only one worried for act III??

Like they have SO much to get through in just 3 episodes and with the way the other two acts have gone (leaving certain characters for just one big segment in one episode instead of spreading their scenes out) makes me kinda worried

Like how are we going to get through all the stuff with viktor and jayce, get mel back, find ekko and the rat, caitvi, vi becoming an enforcer proper, jinxs everything AND noxus in just THREE episodes

Maybe they'll be longer??? I kinda doubt that tho

[mollysunder]

The real sign of the inevitable dissolution of Jayce and Viktor's partnership/friendship really was the Progress Day Speech. I've seen people say this scene highlighted the growing shift in priorities between Jayce and Viktor. That Jayce was getting swept up in the limelight while Viktor wanted to keep it humble and stick to the work, and that's wrong.

First thing's first, Viktor does in fact want to go on stage (he was excited to just demonstrate the hexclaw), and Jayce is sincere in that he wants to share the spotlight and credit for hextech with Viktor. The problem in that scene is that for practically 7 years, Jayce has failed to see what's actually going on.

Jayce can't see that his face and only his face is on the mugs, the blimps, and the very banners that decorate the hall he's supposed to give a speech in. Jayce can't see that the Councilors direct all their questions on hextech to him while Viktor sits right next to him. Jayce doesn't notice that Mel, the most perceptive Councilor, still thought of Viktor as Heimerdinger's assistant (she didn't know they were close??!?!). He doesn't realize that the discussion on weaponizing hextech is centered on him rather than between him and his partner. Viktor isn't the one being invited to Piltover's parties for a reason.

Between Jayce and Viktor, they're partners on equal grounds, but to EVERYONE else in Piltover Viktor is practically a non-entity. The only person who doesn't get this is Jayce. It's a testament to Jayce's earnest naivette to think Viktor, as a Zaunite and visibly disabled, would be easily welcomed on stage by Piltover's elite to represent what Piltover has to offer. You'll notice this is the same crowd of people that attend Mel's Gala, the same Gala Viktor wasn't invited to.

This dynamic is insane!?!?! It's unsustainable!!!!! Obviously, Viktor is a grown man and could have mentioned something to Jayce, but also it's at least 7 years, how does someone miss this?!?!

By their last scene of the finale, Jayce was able to give Viktor a voice on the Council by literally standing by his side and giving him a seat at the table, but like peace treaty, the gesture has come far too late, and things cannot return to as they were.

[lowpolybread]

“My mom told me these stories all the time. I remember this. She said…” “What?” “She said this is what the gods are like to each other. This is the kind of family they are.” “Why didn’t you wanna say that just now?” “She was trying to keep me away from you guys. Maybe you were right. Maybe she should have been preparing me better.” “Maybe she was preparing you. So when you got to us, you’d be different than this.”

PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS 1x03 + 1x05

[freakyalex990]

I love arcane... Act 1 was so good Love Heimerdinger...

[crow-drawing-their-cards]

incredible rare opinion but I think Heimerdinger is the most complex character in all of Arcane and the biggest reason for that alone is that he isn't human and is 300+ years old.

other characters such as Jinx, Silco, Caitlyn, etc. really are complex don't get me wrong, but its mainly grief or psychotic behaviour and thinking due to quick horrible events that they haven't had the time or resources to heal from. Products of their environment and time.

Hiemerdinger however is such an interesting character to write and react about simply because of his life span and race. he has fucked up, he has had time to see things, meet people, etc. but those hundreds of years can really drain a person. Not to mention there aren't any yordles around him (which is what race he is in LOL and Arcane) from what we can see, or anyone close to that race. I mean look at the wiki on yordles!

he is simply a product of his environment like everyone else! He is probably so incredibly lonely. having to see people he's gotten close to die from age, see the counsel change and adapt, its why he wasn't as comforting to Victor as he could be. he's older and for that he knows how to distance himself like Vi. The only difference between him and the other humans characters is he's had far more years of that environment. I honestly find it unfair how you guys see him, because you guys can excuse or justify all the "bad" behaviour seen in other humans characters but not him.

[snakes-of-the-undercity]

HOLY FUCK JAYCE WHAT WAS TAHT?????!???!

[mistresscitrusslice]

Heimerdinger better be ready with a thousand and a half apologies because WHY THE FUCK would he like the weird spiderwebby arcane thing when they JUST ESTABLISHED that it’s weird and anomalous and dangerous and they don’t know what it’ll do??? Jayce and Ekko were investigating it safely and cautiously and HEIMERDINGER, who should be the cautious one, decides he just needs to know what it’ll do if he touches it. If all these three get stuck in a weird void dimension, it’s on him and they should cannibalize him first.

[eileen-crys]

One thing I hope to see in the next episodes of Arcane s2 is a meeting between Viktor and Heimerdinger. In s1 Viktor was introduced as Heimer's assistant and I loved the conversation the two had after Vik's prognosis, before he started tinkering with the Hexcore, before Heimer asked them to destroy it. Heimerdinger being exiled from the council was not only sad, but while it helped him connect with the same Zaun he neglected and Ekko, he didn't see Viktor anymore and literally has no idea of what happened to him (and Jayce).

The only one thing I was a bit disappointed with in the first act is how they handled Heimerdinger as a whole, mostly his return to the lab, how he simply asked "Where's Viktor?" and then brainstormed with Jayce and Ekko about the runes, about plants etc. I know cuts had to be made, but I feel Heimer always gets the short end of the stick because haha smol and funy...

I was hoping to see him a bit more unsettled by the fact Viktor fused with the same hexcore Heimer was SO desperate to destroy and is now errand god knows where, god knows doing what with a wild magic that could kill him or others in any moment. Viktor is a ticking bomb of Arcane right now, AND used to be Heimer's pupil too. So I know Heimer is too late to help (that's how his character is, something immortal and wise but still unable to do anything concrete), but I really hope to get any kind of reunion/meeting with Viktor before something drastic and ultimate happens to him, at least to close the circle that was opened with Viktor's introduction as Heimer's assistant.

[purpleshimmer]

I keep forgetting that at some point in the season Heimerdinger is going to sing a fucking song

[burningfunobject]

I hope viktor beats up heimerdinger

That's it I just need him to go splat and pop back into shape

Then get lazered

I know ekko hates viktor in the games soooo

Honestly viktor deserves it

[risetherivermoon]

Ekko and Heimerdinger ending up in a different reality, trying to figure out how to go home while Ekko bonds with alternate Powder:

Jayce:

[daphne-claws]

@anonymouscheeses @jasongotdrip @imaginingmoonlight @periwinklepookie

M O T H E R , MOM, SIBLINGS!!!! I HAVE A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

I FOUND THESE LIKE A FEW SECONDS AGO AND I LOST MY SHIT!!!

[arbesathejohnlockian]

Arcane Season 2 Arc 2 Spoilers!!

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Okay. I went through the scene where Jayce returns from the, well, Arcane or wherever. And it looks so damn impressive. Him hovering, multiples of himself rushing into his center self, combining. They all looks the same, the have the brace and the same clothes. And even after this inital combination of selves is done it seems to me every now and again another finds its way back to him? Those whooshes and him being almost toppled over?

I wonder if we'll have a timetravel or timeline thing going on. Maybe Jayce lived through many iterations of these events, of the year we missed in the timeskip between arc 1 and 2. The arcane showed him things and they made him so fucking afraid. At least that's how I interpret it.

And what about Ekko and Heimerdinger? Did the end up going through the same thing as Jayce? We haven't seen them yet. Have they returned during other points over the year? Are they still with the Arcane? Is this how Ekko might get his actual Time Powers?

I am still hurting. But the more I think about it, the more intrigued I am by what's to come.

[standsforjinxed]

how we feelin about the new season so far?

I love all of it—the art, the music, the story.

They somehow made the animation look even more striking which I didn’t know was possible. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack on repeat all week. And they have not disappointed in continuing to make all the characters feel like deeply complex people. Like you can resent the actions or decisions of certain characters but still fundamentally understand why they are acting that way. I love how beautifully complicated everything is even if it hurts.

But also everything is so intense that most of my week has just been spent processing and waiting in anticipation of the next act. No new posts until it’s over but man has it given me a lot to work with so expect them soon.

[arkhayn]

the council getting angry when j.ayce ( deja vu.... and again what the freak ) told them he made a deal with s.ilco offering the undercity independence was truly one of the most disgusting scenes. like, s.ilco aside. you guy literally wanted to just use them as your miners.... you reap all the benefits of their hard labor. you never took care of them, never cared about whether they lived or died, didnt care about what s.ilco was doing to them and im looking at you too h/eimerdinger ( he pisses me off the most, never changed a damn thing.. then decides when hes off the council he'll go see how he can help. bitch no. i hate that fuzzy bastard and i wish e.kko would have pushed him into the river. )

[myslooni]

The way I interact with media is so funny. I'll see silly media and write like a 5 page essay on the deep intricacies of the characters and get so so emotional about them.

But then I see serious media and I latch on to one (1) silly guy and go "Hehe, he's so silly. :) A silly guy who's just vibing!" And absolutely refuse to engage with deep emotional discussions about said media and character.