#Renni arcane

[q8qwertyuiop8p]

Good analysis

[purpleshimmer]

more of these but only the chem barons bc I love them

[mollysunder]

Some gifs from TFT's new "Into the Arcane".

Some Sevika specs and Vi coming into the scene.

Renni comes in with a CHAINSAW! But Silco's not having any of that, and Ekko's not having any of Silco.

[landwriter]

what arcane characters interested you?

✨him✨

No I’m so serious though, burnt!Smeech in the five frames we saw him made me want an IP’s merch for the first time in my life. Look at him!! Little fucked up industrialist chem-baron with unintentionally hilarious prohibition-era-theme-party goons & paragon of unstoppable tenacity. I want a little one on my desk I can look at when I’m working.

Incidentally, Sevika also really grew on me. I obviously have a type (career women with crowsfeet who could bench press me) because the very first character I loved in Arcane was Sheriff Grayson. I thought she was going to be around for the whole show 🥲 She deserved better and she will always have my heart!!

Her and Sevika could’ve figured it all out if they’d been seeing each other on the down low, honestly. I am convinced of this.

I have a thing for characters who were competent, cool, and not saddled with too many bits of terrible dialogue or characterization narrative choices I personally did not understand, so it’s no surprise I loved Elora too. I shipped her with Mel from the moment I saw them on the balcony.

Honorable mention also to Renni, the chem-baron and grieving mum, who stole every scene and whose tragic Kill Bill style revenge attempt against Jayce I would watch as its own movie. Must reluctantly confess the moment the chainsaw came out I was cheering for her. Finn’s character design was also fabulous — this really was such a beautiful show, and I was so often struck how every frame could make a stunning spread in a graphic novel. The character design and background painting on this show went offffff. God. Loooook at them!

[melmedarda]

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

[yenntrash]

Arcane s2e1 spoiler: __________________________________________________ The way the uppercity treats the memorial's attack like an act of absolute evil. The way they built statues for people who at best never cared for Zaun and at worst harmed its inhabitant as much as they could. The way the attack's perpetrator was a woman aiming to avenge the death of her son, killed by one of Piltover's darling. And the way no one cares for her motives. The way no one cares for Zaunites. It mirrors the way they've always been treated: They've been starved and smothered and beat down for years upon years, but all it took was the death of three people the uppercity deemed important for them to declare war on their victims. So I ask you: Why is a mother's grief unimportant while Caitlyn's a tragedy? Why are Zaun's attacks unforgivable while Piltover's are justified? Why are some lives more worthy than others?

[anich17]

Today I bring you the most forgotten mother of the Arcane

I love you, Renni. I wish you killed Jayce

[alisha-on-arcane]

Whenever I try to write fic set in the time Vander had the kids, I am reminded quite how poor a parenting plan "send them out on the streets with vague instructions to come back with saleable valuables" is. Especially for a well-established pillar of the community! Like, either they're going to rob in Piltover (meaning trouble with Enforcers) or in Zaun (yay, robbing from people who are mostly poorer than Vander, while Vander himself upholds undercity contract law in The Last Drop).

Silco's parenting plan wasn't *great* but he at least tried to use Jinx's natural strengths in high-value roles in the family business. And supported her having a workshop for technical experiments. And told her to take time off when it wasn't working out. And probably knew what she was doing most days.

Benzo seems to have Ekko in hand: he works in the shop, presumably is getting a practical education in the shop's wares, and doesn't go on risky thieving missions himself. Renni had her son working in a factory with some safety measures. These seem like the more responsible end of the spectrum of undercity parenting, like, there's a potential not-petty-criminal career path there.

(I wrote this mostly as comedy in Stillwater Marriage, and this traumatised forced single parent of a pre-teen criminal gang is doing his best, but... the more you try to write Vander as a parent, the more this passivity stands out. Even by undercity standards!)

[tsukikonikushimi]

Page 78 - The Council and The Chem-Barons (1/3)

MASTERLIST

THIS PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Concept art and still for the Piltover Council; Mel's notes for her speech in Episode 201; Jayce's Progress Day speech; emblems for members of the Piltover Council; funeral invitation from Episode 201

What I can assume is a letter opener + Sigils/symbols of the council members

Letter with Jinx's doodles saying "Boring" and "Bla bla bla"

More Jinx doodles

THE COUNCIL & THE CHEM-BARONS

BOTH PILTOVER AND ZAUN FEATURE ELITE GROUPS that the more or less run the political show. On the topside, it's Council; in the underground city, it's a cartel of criminal individuals known as the chem-barons. Fortiche really went to town with these characters, who sport some of the most fanciful designs in the entire show. Amusingly, the two groups are like Bizarro versions of each other, further pushing the concept of dualities. This is most obvious in the characters of the Council member and eminent scientist Heimerdinger and his underworld counterpart, leads Smeech. Tellingly, Smeech the Scrap Hackers, which specialize in body modifications of all kinds. The chem-barons have very distinctive visuals, as if Clive Barker had decided to design Victorian narco-gangsters. According to Arnaud-Loris Baudry, Fortiche drew inspiration from various Batman villains. "We wanted them to be a bit cartoonish-not grotesque," he said. "We designed all of them to have goons that are connected to their fantasy." Director Bart Maunoury is an avowed fan of the chembarons, saying that "they are characters I'd love to use again if we ever do other projects in this universe. We don't do comedy much in Arcane, and they brought in a dose of fun and entertainment that was just great. When you see Smeech, with his mechanical arms that unfold every which way, you just want to film him with a short lens that will create crazy angles. Those are the scenes where we allowed ourselves to look toward anime, because it suited the character's design."

CENTER LEFT Emblems for members of the chem-barons

ABOVE Concept art for the chem-barons

(Jinx drew a crown on Silco's head and mustaches on everyone)

Chem-Barons' Emblems (with additional commentary from Jinx: "laaame"). In order (from the Official LoL Wiki): Margot, Finn and Chross

BELOW FROM LEFT Unused explorations for Zaun's vehicles; chem-barons' glass boardroom

Zaun's vehicles

We can see the final version in the background in S1EP4 (starting at 17:03) when Sevika is walking around the undercity towards the Last Drop.

And this is all for today!

Edit (forgot to add): We can assume this was the first sketch for Jinx's wanted poster in front of Mel.

[q8qwertyuiop8p]

AU Silco concept from artbook

[purpleshimmer]

I will now be petitioning for a chem baron spinoff show. I will personally go into millions of dollars of debt to fund it

and before you say “spinoff shows always suck!” this one won’t because I said so

[karakuli-by-ds]

For your son 💔

[vaseflowerstt]

yall hating on vi and jayce saying they can’t get shit done (they can’t) wait till you see the chembarons those motherfuckers can’t do anything without getting themselves killed

[srslylini]

the way season 2 is so far removed from its story that remembering Renni attacking the memorial for her son feels like it was from a whole other season/show

like do you all remember how this season started out cause.

[kupakaa]

I've forgotten to say it before now, but does anyone else think Renni is a bit hot?

Sorry for low res pictures, but idk that crazy look has me purring 🥴

[gavk0]