#Should've done Mel's hair different

[roninreverie]

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Testing the Waters

[vole-mon-amour]

2x09, part 1. (deep sigh. okay, I guess. here we go.)

what kind of Suicide Squad Joker nonsense is this? for just how long she arranger her hair to be like that?

and Silco was her strength and hope. my goodness.

yo, i'm sad. (i'm also mad about how they've butchered my babygirl.)

and Silco loved her SO much. the way she is.

listen, I didn't have HIGH hopes, but the fact that we didn't get a flashback to Silco braiding Jinx's hair before she just cuts it, trying to cut off Silco and let go of that grief and pain from his death? they truly decided to act as if Silco didn't have such a tremendous impact on her growth and character development.

but then again, if you throw all character development out of the window, I guess it's alright? or that's how I presume the writers think, anyway.

and there we go with shimmer again. :) for some reason it wasn't even discussed this season. where did it go? we have no idea. all those people that were depending on it for pain relief and purely for their addiction? nah, they don't know about any of those. never happened.

let's just ignore Silco ever existed, why don't we? ugh.

Maddie is a piece of shit. :) Ambessa is another thing entirely, truly. I am SO tired of her. what a wasted season. WHY did they feel the need to make it about Noxius. it wasn't supposed to be about that.

iiiiit's what you deserve :') what a shitty way to shoot someone, too. at least shoot then in the face instead of their back.

Jinx deserved fucking better than a 'redemption' arc to fight for Piltover after everything they've done to Zaun.

Mel's powers are really cool, I give them that. great character design and amazing abilities.

NOT MY GIRL!!! NOT SEVIKA!!! VIKTOR, STOP IT!!!

noooooo ;_____; first Silco, now Sevika, then fucking Jinx. they hate my fav characters. ;_;

u g h.

so we had to listen to Ambessa's nonsense the entire season, huh? coouldn't murder her at the beginning, hun?

so SIlco is TRULY forgotten this season, huh?

so you fucking UNDERSTAND now? do you? the way she watched Jinx crying on her knees in front of Silco. and now she's in this position where it hurts that much.

Silco...

this isn't fucking fair. Jinx deserved better. if only Silco could see them now. he'd hate this shit.

AND eventually Jinx still gets to kill herself. what the hell.

oh, screw this. i miss Silco. :(

i am SO glad Sevika is not only alive and okay, but also gets to make a real difference. it should've been Jinx, but at least Silco lived through Sevika, I guess.

oooh, this is very curious.

of COURSE Vi and Citlyn get to be happy together while Silco and Jinx are dead (even though we haven't seen Jinx's body, plus there are other universes). very dramatic and all but they deserved better.

and i'm VERY suspicious of that Jinx-like flashing at the very end.

[demidolll]

live reactions/annotations to episode 8 go!!

spoilérs!

MEL!!! :D oh mel :(

THE GOLDEN THING IS MAGIC?? I WAS RIGHT??

holy fuck girl are you good

oh you're different

but so pretty!!

where?

girl mel do not take that necklace do not join a cult. being manipulated by one person is not a reason to let yourself be manipulated by another

love how arcane seems to start and end with sisterhood. vi and powder, mel and the cult or whatever

mel reaching for the black rose in the intro should've given this away honestly idk how i didn't see this coming

WARWICK SAVED BY SINGED CONFIRMED??? MY PREDICTION!!!

"cait, she's changed," parallel to s1 ep9 jinx talking about how vi and jinx both changed. oh i am unwell

long hair jinx is pretty...?

"there won't be a trial" well fuck you too

note: i have been completely deprived of all social interactions for the last 4 hours to avoid spoilers. it's starting to have an effect

the way they mended the councilor table thing with gold is beautiful btw. it's an old japanese art (kintsugi) originally done with pots, and it's to celebrate history, even the bad parts (cracks). it's nice for the context of the city of progress (celebrating progress and hardships, rather than only the victories), especially because of mel's "paint everything in gold" vision she mentioned when she was younger

JAYCE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU DID YOU JUST TRY TO SHOOT MEL???

umm viktor i'm not sure that's a body

"the glorious evolution is destined," i'm pretty sure that's what the british/americans said when they conquered what's now the USA. and slavery i think

not viktor killing jayce?? jesus no!

viktor cried?? jayce is being corrupted??

oh my god jinx's hair is LONG.

SILCO???

THE HUGGG. I'M SOBBING. I'M HEALING. JINX AND VI ARE HUGGING. WHAT THE HELL JINX HELLO WHAT ARE YOU DOING I WAS HEALING BABY BLUE RAPUNZEL NO

IS SHE ABOUT TO KILL HERSELF???

ambessa 🤝 jayce

blaming all the deaths on their own enemies instead of being honest to the people

(seriously, amara dying being blamed on zaun. "this creature" dying being blamed on the noxians. have you ever heard of NOT manipulating the public?)

my piltover + zaun vs. noxus prediction is coming true??

the way the blue enforcer guy took his hat off for the zaunites coming through :(( i'm unwell

my caitvi fucks prediction is coming true!!! fuck yeah!!! (literal)

i predicted the "what have you done?" line coming from jayce's mom, but i never thought it'd be coming from mel to her mom

also holy shit all those bodies are so creepy

warwick is viktor??? what the fuck

NOOO VANDER IS DISAPPEARING

WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU

POOR VANDER

girl we is not pokemon why are we evoluting

viktor becomes furry? what is even going on

AND THAT'S THE END OF EPISODE 8. okay my thoughts

i didn't really loove this episode?

i feel like this episode was more functional than entertainment; more building foundation and maybe foreshadowing than anything

^ which is weird because it's the second to last episode but i'm sure it'll work

episode 7 remains my favourite for now, and i'm not sure what to expect of episode 9

starting episode 9 now, pray for me

30 minutes until arcane season 2 act 3!! i am not okay

predictions/bingo:

mel dies and/or loses autonomy (gets corrupted by black rose)

that golden thing on mel's back is magic

jinx starts doing shit again to honour isha

ambessa learns about communication & being truthful (but it's too late)

viktor lives (somehow)

warwick lives (somehow x2 maybe singed will save him?)

ONE (1) silly moment between vi and jinx. please just this crumb man arcane writers please

caitvi stick together again?

caitvi FUCKS (the buildup???)

uhhh what other characters exist

it'll be explained more thoroughly why jayce killed his boyfriend jesus

what other characters exist???

EKKO will reappear and save the day. boy saviour my beloved <333 i swear i have never seen a single hate comment on ekko he's so precious we all just universally love him

ekko will do something problematic (just because the writers like spiting us and we've all been on his side all this time)

ekko time power thing upgrade

jesus!viktor is the magic man in jayce's memory or something (you can't deny the similarities idc)

i have no clue what'll happen to heimerdinger so I'll just say he dies

lol i'm looking through the arcane wiki character list and basically everyone is dead fuck you arcane writers

sevika gets +1 arm again?? pls dude that poor woman

piltover + zaun vs noxus/black rose?

why is the hexcore listed as a character.

jayce mom returns and goes "son wtf have you done why did you kill a ma— a jesus??"

ekko's tree dies. i'm sorry buddy i don't see it living. unless ekko uses his new time power to reverse the damage or something but i don't think that's how it works

something happens with caitvi and they never see each other again

act 3 breaks my heart

act 3 makes me want to never draw and write ever again but simultaneously makes me want to make so much art

i will need therapy after act 3

YOU will need therapy after act 3

^ that will be all of us, everyone who watches arcane act 3

okay i think that was all. nine minutes left. may the lord (viktor, and also the writers) have mercy on us. lighting a candle and surrounding it with crystals for good luck. i have 4 earrings in and they all have moonstone. pls jesus (viktor, and the writers) go easy on us