#Heimerdinger (League of Legends)

[tuxedoferret]

Arcane finale was good....but

Spoilers for the finale of Arcane season 2, Arc 3 in general.

I'm probably screaming into the void but I wanted to get these thoughts out and see what other people think.

In general, I liked the endings for most of the characters. Their arcs make sense.

Vi, Caitlyn, Ekko, Jayce, Mel, Singed, and Viktor's story conclusions, I think were ended beautifully! (And Jinx too but I'll circle back to her in a second). Their endings made sense and were executed very well! I'm content with how their stories end!

And MOST of the deaths make sense... most of them.

Of course most of the minor characters are dead, no surprise since a majority of them we don't even know the NAMES of unless you scour the credits in the VA section.

Ambessa's death was well done, with Mel finally getting her mothers approval through breaking free of her control and finally being able to decide her own life and Caitlyn becoming a true leader.

The only thing that really bothers me, is the deaths of Heimerdinger and Warwick/Vander. Out of all of the champions in the game they're the only non-humanoid ones that made it into the show. They're also the only (game first) champions to actually die and they barely get to do anything. (I am one of the believers that Jinx is alive because there's no fucking way they would kill off one of their chief money makers, also based on evidence in the show).

With Heimerdinger in season 1 we see him serve as an oppositional force against Jayce, and then a mentor working with him. He gets kicked off of the council as a result of his conservative viewpoint. And he reflects on this, he leaves to go help the Zaunites however he can but gets shunned away. Then the goes and helps Ekko with repairing his board and getting home. In season 2 this continues with Heimerdinger helping Ekko get into Jayce's lab and them having the discussion about wild runes before getting sucked up into the anomaly. His last episode is him in the alternate universe with helping Ekko build the Z-Drive to return to his own universe. He puts it in the amplifier, is about to go with Ekko, then runs out and puts a few more things together and just... dies. Thats it for him. MAYBE he'll come back since he's a Yordle but this is new canon and the man had flesh and blood squished out of him. But in general his death feels cheap and unnecessary. What was the point of his death? How did it impact the narrative and what did the story gain from it as a result? Not fucking much really. He's never mentioned again afterwards. I feel like his death had no impact on the story whatsoever. I honestly think it would've been better if he had survived and returned with Ekko to fight in the battle against Noxus and Viktor. I would've liked to see him, either returning to the council or not, atoning for his mistakes by trying to make things better in Zaun with his inventions.

With Vander/Warwick there was so much hype around the theory that Vander would be returning as Warwick. And we were all super excited when that came true! We love it when the narrative rewards us for paying attention! But we get like... 3 episodes with him before he becomes a Viktor automaton. He was also still very much alive even after Singed drained his blood, so Viktor was wrong about how that would kill him. Warwick's role in the end felt very lackluster, and it felt redundant to just, kill him off AGAIN. Maybe I'm just a little mad because I have read up on Warwick and I feel like he had more potential for the narrative than just... make Vi watch her dad die all over again. The fight scene with Warwick could've been replaced with any big evil bruiser really (coughBlitzcrankcough). In general Warwick felt more like a Vi and Jinx accessory than his own potential character. Which kind of sucks. And maybe I'm a bit salty that we didn't get a full wolf Warwick. I think the whole his mind was reset/erased bit could've still been done if the explosion damaged his head and it healed back wrong/if singed replaced his head with one of the wolves' heads to make him fully Warwick in the end.

Isha's death kind of feels... not impactful at all to the story afterwards aside from Jinx's spiral. I would've liked it if her death did more than just that (Like I said, permanently damaging Warwick/Vander would've been nice)

This is about the league of LEGENDS and you'd think that Warwick and Heimerdinger would have bigger roles than just being killed off to further another characters story after barely impacting the narrative.

Also I feel like Sevika being on the council is like... stupid. I think she wasn't handled well at all after episode 4. She just completely disappears after running away with Isha. Why do we never see her hanging with Jinx and Isha again? I would have LOVED to see how Sevika reacted to Vander not being as dead as previously thought, the man she betrayed and ultimately ended up mirroring in the end with her refusing to give up Jinx to Piltover. I think it would've been fun if Sevika was the one to tell Vi when she woke up that Jinx gave herself up, despite all of Sevika's protests, an inversion of what happened with Vi and Vander. Putting Sevika on the council in the end is just kind of weird for her character. I understand it's like, the idea of Zaun finally getting representation on the council, Sevika getting a say in what happens in the undercity. But I feel like that could've just as easily been accomplished with finally letting Zaun have its own independence with Sevika being the "Baron" of Zaun, being the new leader. Because we've seen she's a genuinely good leader! She has a good head on her shoulders. It would've been fun to see how she'd struggle with being the new leader of Zaun, struggling against the Chem Barons if future series ever decided to look into Zaun again.

In general I'm fine with the ending of Arcane. But I feel like the endings could've been written a different way for those 3 characters. I honestly feel like it would've been better if the show ended off where the game picks up, and I don't even play League, I just like the lore from what little I've been reading.

[melmedarda]

Question for Arcane Nation: who are your top three councilors? And who are your top three chembarons? Based on design and vibes.

[gregrulzok]

A small thing I find compelling about Ekko and Heimerdinger's relationship is the fact that Jayce and Viktor, who worked with him for years and years, always staunchly refer to him as "Professor Heimerdinger" and talk to him very formally, and take him as an authority figure (even if they disregard that authority). And then here comes Ekko, who's known him for, what, a few months? Casually calling him "Heimer", having no problems nudging and shushing him, making sarcastic little quips at him, etc... Ekko doesn't see him as an authority to resent, he sees him fully as an equal.

And you'd think, then, that Heimerdinger referring to Ekko as his "pupil" would upset him, especially as someone from Piltover - but no, Ekko takes it in stride.

The commonality between Ekko and Heimerdinger is that both have their prejudices, and both are fully willing to set them aside the moment someone proves themselves. Heimerdinger proved himself worthy of Ekko's respect - and thus friendship - not as an authority figure (Ekko doesn't respect authority), but as someone who respects him in turn.

So, sure, Ekko is Heimerdinger's pupil - in a lot of ways, Heimerdinger is Ekko's pupil - they're learning from each-other and Ekko, having seen his genuine effort to integrate with the Firelights and help them and teach them what he knows, fully trusts Heimerdinger, and fully trusts that he won't mind being treated as a casual friend.

And the best part is that he really, really doesn't.

[funnyscienceman]

ok but to be real the truest old man yaoi is singed x heimerdinger

[metalichotchoco]

Cecil is the best lawyer in all of runeterra despite what he may say

[q8qwertyuiop8p]

I want to see the correlation between fav and least fav characters, once I'm done I will analyze the data and post a chart!

[ambafaerie]

Piltover/Zaun Storyline: Everybody is traumatized and fighting to undermine and kill each other and take power.

Jayce, Ekko, and Heimerdinger investigating Hextech runes:

[spidertams]

Everybody wants to be—…

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x02 - “Watch It All Burn” ↳ "Do you drink tea, Ekko?"

[hel-unleashed]

And now, for my next trick I'll make your girlfriend disappear!

Arctober 11 - Magic

[sushiisiu]

Heimerdonger walks in based on this tweet

[melmedarda]

It's funny how Heimerdinger said to Jayce when he snuck into his lab, "Don't act like you've never done it before." Which is an obvious point back to when Jayce and Viktor snuck into Heimerdinger's lab/office to get the hextech notes.

[wpdarlingpan]

Just finished the last episode of Arcane.

I fear I will never recover.

This show was an absolute masterpiece. It included so many points of just human behavior that really made you stop and question the reason you’re making the choices you are.

It tied together so many points, nothing was just a coincidence but precise animations to add to the depth of the story.

It’s incredible how people can see the world to create the art style.

Thank you to all the creators of Arcane, the animators, the script writers, the game makers, the actors, everyone for making a story like that come to life.

It’s amazing how one tv show can incorporate so much fantasy, fiction, emotion, and real life messages to draw people in.

Guess I’m gonna have to write something to add to the story, make some progress and move forward. Even if to leave a few things behind (I had to put some Easter eggs in that paragraph)

Arcane, how wonderful you are.

“There is beauty in imperfections. They made you who you are. An inseparable piece of everything.”

[silkinsketch]

A miserable lesbian and a pathetic bissexual walk into a bar-

[nyxemisa]

i didn’t know if arcane could ever make someone more beautiful than mel but here comes lest

[metalichotchoco]

They are all dressed up for their little date ;]