#arcane 2x01

[akascow]

anyway i still think its very silly u can see jayce drew viktor's hair AND CHEEKBONES (and belly button :3) on the chalkboard diagram in the background during The Goop scene bc he literally Did Not need to do that at all HAHA

it doesnt really contribute to what the hexcore is changing and like, he was (presumably) the only one working on figuring out whats happening so, he would know the diagram is of viktor lmfao bro just added it for fun

like just in the midst of not knowing if his best friend is actively dying he decides to make a cute lil picture of him with his prominent features or whatever LMAO what a guy

and side tangent u can tell in this scene too from his VERY DARK undereyes that jayce hasnt slept in DAYS bc hes so clearly worried about viktor 👇🏻

but yeah 'jayce never cared about viktor' or wtvr yall say HAHA

alsoooo in the very next scene they look fine and back to normal (maybe even lighter too ?), so im wondering if he put makeup on to hide them 🤭

which yk isnt the first time we seen someone use makeup to cover up an impurity (silco does it in s1)

and bonus in the next episode theyre super dark again, and hes resting next to viktor... 🥹👍🏻

and jayce woke up very quickly when viktor emerged so i feel like he wasnt really sleeping maybe more like resting his eyes ? either way, bro is NOT getting his 8hrs lmao

[uservillanelle]

VI & CAITLYN ↳ S02E01 | HEAVY IS THE CROWN

[crownspeaksblog]

The fact caitlyn kept a calm, collected demeanor around everyone in episode 1 and the first time we saw her cry is when she was alone with vi, says so much not just about her but also her relationship with vi, vi is caitlyns only equal, just like caitlyn is vi's only equal. Caitlyn felt so comfortable around vi that she quite literally threw herself on vi, but caitlyn's moments of vulnerability are always cut short by caitlyn herself, now that could be because we don't have enough time in the episode, but i think it fits caitlyns character to collect herself and only give herself short moments of vulnerability even with the one person she feels the most comfortable with.

It was incredibly obvious to me how she quickly collected herself and wiped her tears, so i wonder if she'll have a full on break down, if in other episodes of act 1 or the other acts we'll see her completely let it all out..

[teradul]

Not enough people talk about how hot Renni looked with her chainsaw sword and murder in her eyes.

[fandom-hoarder]

Not Caitlyn and Vi talking about her mom's death leaving a hole she can't fill hahhhhh

[weak-hero]

they are babies and i want them to grow well

[terrapia]

Hey.

CAITLYN & VI in ARCANE 2x01

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ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x01 - “Heavy is the Crown”

[lottovalentino]

jayvik + fitzloved parallels

arcane 2x01 / fool's fate - robin hobb /arcane 2x06 / fool's assassin - robin hobb / arcane 2x09 / assassin's fate - robin hobb

[caitlynkirramman]

Arcane episodes 1x08 | 2x01 | 2x03 | 2x04 || Nona the Ninth

[olnesss]

vi x cait (arcane 2x01, 2024)

[lovecanbesostrange]

I don't wanna add to an existing AAA post (x), because it's long already and I started to think about a tiny detail, so here it is, mostly for @isagrimorie

I want to know why the MCU Sorcerers have such contempt for witches. The way both Wong and Strange say 'witch' in Dr. Strange 2 was not great.

The general contempt for witches, well, I don't think we have a good sample size overall for that. But I can see a certain rivalry, because magic is so fluid and it can work for people in such different ways. The mythic arts are so vast and not a science to pin down. Even though there is so much overlap (just think about Jane explaining Asgard in science terms). And so we have witches, all down with nature, conjuring, divining, using resources from earth, all in very small communities of a little coven. And there are the sorcerer monks on the other side, more structured, focused on discipline, studying the arcane on a wider plane. And neither can claim to have a grasp on all magic.

Sorceres and witches could be seen like splinter groups of the same religion. Same basis, different interpretations, being at odds. While outsiders just say "sorry, you both believe in the same god use magic" and then everybody is offended, because "no, it's totally different!!!!!".

The contempt for the Scarlet Witch specifically is clear through the Darkhold and what Agatha herself tells us: “The Scarlet Witch is not born, she is forged. She has no coven or need for incantation. Her power exceeds that of the Sorcerer Supreme. It is her destiny to destroy the world.”

We just watched a fabulous show that highlights the power of a coven, finding your people. And the Scarlet Witch isn't even bound by that in her power. She is as powerful alone. And she can make the Sorcerer Supreme look like a little child, because as a reality warper she is not strictly bound by any laws of magic. Yes, Agatha's runes held her, but we've also seen how she learns to escape very sophisticated magical prisons. She can rewrite reality itself in bigger ways than even the sorcerers do; I love the scenery bending stuff in DS1 but while that takes skill, it's a parlor trick in comparison to what Wanda can do. And it's so scary how much of her magic is inside Billy, who shouldn't even exist at all. But he just turned a lie into actual magic.

Personally I would love if the bigger result from AAA would be that the Witches' Road is absolutely real now. I mean, Jen doesn't know, to her it is. Billy formed it all based on his imagination and fed by every single idea they had along the way, all of the impromptu stuff Agatha made up is a thing. And it would be amazing if this still lingers in the fabric of magic, that now if a coven gathers to sing the ballad, it could open again. The Road building itself and reading the ones who enter to form trials. And the funny thing is, tell that to a sorcerer. "Hey, so we have this one witch who made up a total scam, but there was this other witch with almost unlimited power who made this come true and now it's a thing. Write that in one of your sacred books. Don't forget to mention some of the stuff was made real because of the internet." Of course sorcerers would scream about this.

(Remember Derry Girls 2x01 Across the Barricade, when our beloved Catholic girls had their little weekend with Protestant boys? Make that witches and sorcerers. Ghost!Agatha can be Sister Michael.)

[uservillanelle]

[crownspeaksblog]

Literally tearing up but smiling so hard watching cait cry in vi's arms while they hold eachother.. so painful but I'm so happy that I'm seeing them together again!

i really loved that scene. the way cait just couldn't hold her tears when she's alone with vi, the fact she has someone she can be this vulnerable with, that she literally threw her weight on vi, vi was the only thing keeping her from falling! God i love them!

[arcane-ish]

Very quick thoughts on Arcane 2x01 - 2x03

Some highly shallow, quick reaction thoughts. I kind of don't like the bits where they experimented with the normal style. Whether it was the black and white in the opening with Caitlyn, the hextech or the blood magic. It just looked kind of cheap and corner-cutting even though I could totally picture Fortiche wanting to experiment with their own style.

The directing in the battle scenes also felt different to me.

In my memory it took me a while to go completely gaga over the show back in season 1. My verdict for season 2 is that I see some structural weaknesses, but I still like these characters and wanna see where it goes.

Anyway, on to the episodes.

So happy that Mel is alive. Throughout the episodes I kept thinking that Mel is our heroic little princess traipsing around and being moral. I was highly amused that Jayce and Mel deal with Jayce having fridged Viktor in Jayce's lab.

It made me irrationally happy that Ekko comes so early in the opening credits.

I feel like structurally there are two things that make it weaker than season 2.

I miss the old structure with the childhood flashbacks. Season 1 made great use of this to give us depth or new perspectives on characters and that allowed them to really hook you with those twists. I'm not that sad that they abandoned the "there's always a twist" approach, I feel like that might have been hard to keep up and shows that force themselves to constantly do twists feel like they suffer for it. (the only twist was Ambessa at the end of ep 3, but I felt that was fairly predictable) I also feel like there are a lot fewer horror vibes (which is something that s1 played with to get their twists off)

I think season 1 really benefitted that we saw a lot more of the characters being normal and then slowly doom approaches. That allowed us to see a casual side to many characters and I think the relationships really benefitted from, that we got to see characters just being friends or just being siblings or just being bosses and then have it ripped away. Season 1 already established most of these places and characters and they are not all in drama, one darn thing happening after another mode.

Moments that didn't really land for me

I feel like I don't get why concretely Vi is so upset over Jinx. Like I feel like I have a really good handle on why Ekko was angry at Jinx. Jinx killed one of his firelights and he is really upset that she's working with Silco who's selling Shimmer. And Vi has a lot of reasons to be upset and okay with Jinx getting killed, but I feel like her being haunted by a flashback really would have helped. Is this going back to "she's working with the guy who killed Vander and I thought he was manipulating her but now I believe she wasn't so I hold it against her", is it that Jinx abducted Caitlyn, is it the death of Caitlyn's mom, is it just that Jinx has a body count? Maybe it will be handed in the next act.

Viktor instantly becoming Hextech Jesus after he wakes up just felt rushed. Again greatly would have benefitted from some more flashbacks because him just seeing Skye doesn't really explain. Again I get the basic motivation of him disapproving of Hextech being used and going home, but it still felt off.

Moments I liked a lot

Heimer being funny during the heist

Vi getting drunk and commenting on Cait's sense of humor

Jinx and Sevika's convo in Silco's office

Mel being sneaky talking to the lady with the big ears.

Moments that worked really well

Jayce and Viktor's convo. I'm a card carrying "It's absolutely lowest on my shipping totem pole", but I thought they carried the emotion off well (admittedly that might have been my "I wonder if Silco and Vander ever argued like that"), though Jayce seemed to be suspiciously fast back on to worrying about other things (and I don't really buy that he's that fasts at smithing, btw)

Ambessa's seduction by fascism of Cait at the ending of Act 3 (I kept wondering if Cait is Ambessa's type as per Ambessa's voice lines in the game).

The CaitVi breakup. Though mostly how rough it was. Like during it I was like instantly thinking I should check the internet to see if CaitVI fans are okay, sheesh that was tough.

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Acabo de ver: Arcane 2x01 "Heavy Is the Crown" #plex