#also Jayce bby what the fuck hAPPENED TO YOU

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I love you Arcane Jesus, can't wait for your resurrection EDIT: Also uhm. I guess I needed to clarify that this is a PAINTINg

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So. That was Arcane. As a whole.

Best episode of the season was episode 7. I might be a bit biased thanks to Silco and Vander living it up as their older selves but also, Ekko is truly the mvp of the show.

I hmm. Well. Victor. I see what was going on there. I see the vision. I loved lot of it. I had the sudden realizations of "that's Victor, right" before it happened....dude looked more like Jesus than ever before too. But uhh. Hmm. Hmm. There is like a chapter missing between s1 and s2 with Victor. Or more like mid season 2 chapter. Love my boy still. I did not care for his Machine Herald look. I liked the idea of the face being split. It hmm. I feel like they said, instead of showed, a lot with Victor this season.

My controversial opinion: Isha was unnecessary. The black rose mage stuff was unnecessary. Same end result could've been achieved with other means. Vi was just there to experience things and be sad. Jinx can't have shit and should suffer all the time, I guess.

BUT

Nice

My man was a positive voice for Jinx. Uhhh in a way. Kinda made her go suicidal but like, he was trying. He is always trying. Even after death. Maybe after his hallucination talk people will understand that Silco wasn't just a evil dude with evil things to do, he was as trapped as everyone else in Zaun and wanted to break free.

Tho, I doubt it. The main enemy in Arcane is the class divide. In my eyes.

I do love the exploration of Hextech and how using magic in a technological way can be super dangerous and fuck shit up. I wanted to see that. And I did see that in season 1, when Jayce realizes how dangerous the hextech weapons are! Exploring the time loop and how abstract magic is, was great! I just.

I love this show. Very much. Season 1, no notes. It's made for me.

Season 2 seems like a people pleaser. And I am pleased! Yet I also wanted something different.

I am still happy because I got my vindication. Zaundads is canon, fuck yeah! No man looks at another man like that and is not in love with them!

I loved that they kept that Vander still tried to kill Silco. Silco went "yea ok that ass too good to quit. What is little murder between lovers, anyway. Come here bby"

Only thing. Silco should've interacted with Jinx in the alternative timeline. A simple "you look beautiful" when she has her entrance or "hey here's snack have fun building whatever you guys are building. Don't make too much noise, your father and I need to get up early tomorrow ok bye bye my perfect little genius"

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J Watches Arcane: Ep. 6, Random Thoughts/Play-By-Play

Aight, back into the fray we go. I'm under the impression that this episode either includes the Vi/Jinx reunion, or at least has the scene where Jinx lights the flare, so I might not be able to appreciate the animation through all of my tears.

Per usual, a quick disclaimer: These are just things I think about/notice while I watch (including "asdfhjkl I'm gay" and dumb jokes), and aren't intended to be taken as full on commentary. Taking notes like this helps me process parts of the show, and also makes it easier for me to deal with the sad parts by spreading it out (without requiring me to take a full-on break).

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(0:00) I am not ready for this. Why did I think watching this without being sleep deprived was a good idea?... Oh, right, because I want to read my friends' fanfics without worrying about spoilers

(0:22) that water is not kid friendly. or life friendly. might not even be water friendly, if we're being honest

(0:52. "Sky?") WAIT. THAT'S BABY SKY?... I didn't realize that Sky and Viktor met when they were kids. also just saying I did get spoiled on what happens to her and I am SO mad, especially because I managed to go MONTHS without any Arcane spoilers, only to get hit with several MAJOR ones right when I got back around to watching the show.

(1:34) bby me would have loved being friends with any of the Arcane cast (well. almost any of them). I woulda loved watching Viktor or Powder or Ekko tinker with things, even though I wouldn't really understand any of it. I loved to take things apart, too, to see how they worked inside. I can imagine taking scrap apart, then eagerly giving the pieces to the other munchkins, to see what they could end up doing with them, you know?...

(2:03) The subtitles here say "monster grumbles", and I would just like to say that Squishy here (the temporary name I have given them) is not a monster. They're a good squishy baby

(3:00~, "she's dying") SQUISHY NOOOOOOOO. okay, I mean, I am under the impression that Singed (do we know what his real name is?) does manage to keep Rio alive, though I guess I technically don't know how long that lasts. BUT SQUISHY NOOOOOOOO. Also, Viktor is such a good lad and I am preemptively crying about the future angst

(6:01) Ah, nice! I had heard a few mentions of Mel doing art, but not enough to know whether it was canon or just a popular HC (considering my time in the RE8 fandom, I know how easily the lines can be blurred). Also. Just. Thinking. 'bout how Mel herself is a work of art and asdfghjkkll;;; you get it

(6:17, "duty calls") there is going to be a major ouch incoming in 3, 2, 1... or at least I assume that Jayce will mention Viktor's health. But I kind of wonder how Mel could possibly be out of the loop? Unless Jayce left her room before he found out about Viktor. I had kind of assumed that someone came in to tell them, but I suppose that wouldn't really make sense, given that we see the moment Mel wakes up alone. Maybe someone knocked on the door, and Jayce woke up but Mel didn't, and he didn't wake her up before leaving? Idk

(8:54) giving people heart attacks really is Jinx's favorite pastime, isn't it? poor thieram Chuck

(9:53) Did they not have time to even do a basic wrap for Vi's wound? My poor blorbos :( I am not ready for this episode, and I am using ever chance to procrastinate

(10:25) hey Vi? hey babe? sweety-darling? what the fuck?

(10:54) like father, like daughter, dramatic chair spins for everybody

(11:06) THE FUCKING WAVE OH MY GOD. This is why Jinx is the best. Also everything else about her. Well. Almost everything. Let's be real, tho, I clearly have zero standards and a thing for women with no morals, stemming from the unfortunate idea that's ingrained in my brain, that my mistakes have made me inherently unlovable. But hey, this ain't therapy time! It's procrastination time!

(11:54) first off. girls with knives are pretty, so jot that down. second of all... knowing the vague direction that Jinx + Vi's relationship goes (as in the basics of what kinda destroys their already-crushed fragments of family), I have to wonder... would things have turned out differently if Sevika didn't say this? If Sevika didn't plant that first seed of "Vi replaced you with Caitlyn"? Somebody with trauma like Jinx's, with her sensitivity, is probably pretty susceptible to this kind of manipulation. I'm not saying that she wouldn't have reached the same conclusion eventually, but I just wonder if this single moment is what tips the scales in that direction

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(12:00~) hey sevika. bby I love you, but, like, hey fuck you. fuck you. not in a sexy way. fuck you for that one. I mean, okay, is it incredibly impressive that you're willing to say that sort of shit to someone with a knife... while you are tied up... and also you have literally just reminded yourself that she blows things up... like... okay, I get it, ya got ovaries of titanium and all that shite, but maybe tone it the fuck down, yeah?

(13:00) "this is the nightmare scenario, magnus Silco" so, apparently Jinx gets that whole "loves to give people heart attacks" from her dad, yeah? anyway, does Arcane just have, like, a shit ton of characters with R names? here's lil Ren, I think I heard one of Silco's goons is Ran, I've seen posts mention a Renata, and obviously it doesn't count but then there's my oc, who I suddenly wonder if I should have given a different name, lmao

(13:27, "she was about your age") that is factually incorrect, sir. is your eyesight that bad, sir? are you aware that your coat makes you look 10x cooler, sir?

(14:25) gay. gay gay gay, gay. what's that? gay. gaaaayyyy. also, isn't this Ran? I feel like this is the one that I've seen referred to as Ran. where do y'all get these names from? what context am I missing??? I know I've seen people mention storyboard stuff, but I've literally never seen any of the storyboards. Where did y'all get them?

(14:38) for a split second I thought Silco was just going to, ya know, fucking knock over the house of cards just to be a dick. it would have been so funny oh my god. like obviously he still makes it fall down, but I thought he was just going to literally push it over, or maybe even kick it. anyway he's a dick. I feel so bad for ren right now. and also all the time because her dad is marcus

(15:26) let me just jot this scene down as things to consider when I eventually make a post detailing my very bad, very fake, absolute crack theory that I will not define here.

(17:40, "I suppose topside is to blame for all your misfortunes") that's it! that's the whole show! Piltover is fucked! The very foundation is infected, and it corrupts everything it touches! Even the topsiders who want to do good, who want to make the right choices (like Jayce, like Caitlyn) are limited by the very city they are trying to help! People cannot make the right choice if the right choice was never an option to begin with!!!

(18:25) Real quick props to the animation team. Every scene progresses Viktor's illness, and it is heartbreaking. But it really shows the pressure he's under, really enforces the fact that he's working against the clock. Anyway, time for me to cry

(20:10, "I'm a friend") OH MY GOD. I KNEW I RECOGNIZED THAT VOICE. time to cry

(21:41) First off, how the fuck you wearing heels? Second of all, gay. Love you, you're gay for Vi, have a nice day, I am having feelings and am trying to ignore them

(25:27) We're just having a fucking blast making me feel things, aren't we? Huh? HUH? WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE J FEEL THINGS TODAY, IS THAT RIGHT???

(25:30) you know that Mel has played everyone on this council. you know that she has manipulated them, expertly, time and time again. and you have to wonder... if she hadn't been the first to raise her hand, would the others ever make that move? or are they the reverb to her performance?

(29:06) Sometimes you have to kill your past to save your future, yeah? Jinx drowned Powder to try and wipe that slate clean. Vi sends her old home tumbling to the ground to stop Silco, to survive another moment. But is it enough?

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(29:39) SOBBING CRYING SCREAMING DYING. THERE IS NOTHING BEYOND THE ACHE I FEEL RIGHT NOW- IT IS AS IF I WAS BORN IN THIS MOMENT, MADE TO EXIST ONLY TO WEEP WHEN THESE WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN, WATCHING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I HAVE EVER SEEN, FILLED WITH THE INATE KNOWLEDGE THAT IT CANNOT LAST

(33:45) hold up. hold up. wait a second. jinx's nails are blue and pink. blue and pink, pink and blue. is this. this is intentional, isn't it?... I know they've been those colors since the start of act 2. I just. I just finally got it. crying a little. maybe a lot. I wish this could have a happy ending. I wish that I could help. sometimes you see somebody hurt, and the worst part is knowing that there's nothing you can do. and maybe you're judging me, now, for saying that and crying while watching a tv show.

but maybe this ache is a little too familiar for comfort.

(34:45) don't do this to me. please. let me have this moment, for as long as it can last. please.

(35:58) ekko can you please not fuck this up. I know it was already fucked. I know that this wasn't going to end any other way. but I want to pretend for a little while longer, okay?

this is the first time Vi has ever seen Jinx fight. she's seen her use the toy gun at the arcade, seen her tinker and use traps, but this? this is everything she never wanted Jinx to be