#arcane s2 looks like a damn fanfic

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S I L C O AU — ARCANE 2

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“arcane s2 was rushed they sidelined vi’s trauma and isha’s death”

please stop talking NOW. idk what you want from the writers but no, they’re not going to devote scenes solely to resolving or exposing trauma for a character whose entire internal drive is to push past their issues because there’s always something “bigger” at hand. vi is at war. her world is at war. from the get go, she has been a stagnant force and the lens through which the viewer navigated the post-s1act1 world because she was in prison and therefore knew very little about it. she remains stagnant because she has no questions about who she is, and the struggles she faces don’t actually give her an identity crisis — she has always been a big sister who protects others at the cost of herself.

trauma resolution scenes come when characters face an identity crisis from them, and are written in as a necessity to justify the choices they will make because of that event. you don’t need that with vi because she just doesn’t change. arcane won’t give you a scene that the story doesn’t need (though i think they have too much faith in their fanbase to read between the lines). vi is always that young girl who protects her sister and wants to live up to expectations. vi isn’t an incredibly self-reflective character and the narrative extends that. she’s emotionally impulsive in many ways and follows her heart before anything else with very little doubt or confusion (she owns up to her own faults and does it vocally and often to great emotional strain); that’s what makes her a great fighter and a great sister. her actions speak for her more than anything else, and she certainly doesn’t need dialogue or a full out addressing of her struggles to be a strong character. people are too hung up on their own projected dream of getting their problems solved and trauma fixed by sweet loving words to understand that in real life, and in WAR, it can’t be that simple.

and regarding isha. she’s a tragedy, but arcane fans fail to understand that loris and isha were not actual “characters” in the sense that they’ll be acknowledged and developed by the narrative. they are people in their own right, but they serve as planks for vi and jinx as surrogates who provided what they so badly wanted — an opportunity to protect and be protected when those were taken away from them at a young age. there’s a reason both these characters share resemblances with people from the sisters’ past; their deaths symbolize change. nobody talked about loris or isha’s death after it happened, because YOU DIDNT HAVE TO. it was so clear how terribly jinx was changed because of isha’s sacrifice; it was her turning point. nobody needs to say “damn it sucks that isha’s dead, i bet you’re grieving huh” in order for the viewers to get the picture. both isha and loris were war casualties who died trying to protect others while initially starting off as signifiers of moral goodness (in the innocence of a child and a compassionate enforcer who left when his job turned fascist).

all this to say that no, arcane is not a fanfic, despite what s2ep7 looks like. and it certainly isn’t over — it isn’t a clean ending because 1) that isn’t realistic and 2) there’s other regions to cover and characters to explore and reuse. you’re not gonna get everything you wanted to see, you’ll only get what you need to see. the writers didn’t sideline anyone. in fact, the reason you see them as developed enough in the first place is because of the writers understanding how to handle what they’re working with.

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NO SPOILERS BUT REACTIONS TO EPISODE 9 ARCANE S2 BUT IM LIVE TWEETING (TUMBLING):

• her hair is so fucking long like ik it was but jesus christ is it even possible for hair to get that long even when ur malnutrished n sorta kinda living in poverty? like don’t get me wrong silco was definitely well off compared to most zaunites but we have to be realistic that extra money wasn’t. that much. like it WAS to them but it wasn’t. i’m sure they had more basic necessities than most tho? maybe i can expand on that in the fic or something.

• she’s so pretty i missed her so bad

• he’s so sick of her shit😭 LMAO I LOVE THEM BADDD

• “always a dance w u” UR SO FREAKING CUTE UGH

• take a shot everytime a main character in arcane tries to kill themselves or others unsuccessfully.

• the intro eats every single time.

• i love lesbians. that’s unimportant but i do.

• why is this ominous music playing… what’s going on… OH WHAT THE FUCK OH WHAT THE FUCK OH MY GOD WHAT RHE FUCK

• why did they bring the fucking trypophobia nightmare fuel 😭 ew

• i hate this bitch so fucking much i hate her i hate her i hate her i hate her i HATE—

• HOLY SHIT NO NO

• AHAHAHAHAHA SHE DIED AHAHAHAHAHA

• “still a fox” bitch u raised her

• WOOOOO HI QUEEN HU MY GLORIOUS BEAUTY HEYY HEY HEY she is my pretty princess i fear.

• heyyyty😍 welcome back king i missed u

• okay so he has his ears pierced by there’s no gold earrings which makes sense but still. he EATS up the gold jewellery.

• i really want a jayce and vi team up they would accomplish absolutely nothing but it would be entertaining anyway

•okay so the trypophobia nightmare fuel is gone thank god but i fear its not over

• oh my gods he looks so cool??? so cool and so odd and unsettling and definitely a poster child for eugenics

• LMAO CAITLYN IM SO PROUD OF YOU THIS TEAMUP WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED BUT VERY NEEDED a direct opposite of vi/jayce n that’s funny

• me when for once all the characters are on the same page: 😍

why did it take us 18 episodes for y’all to get here like omfg??

• “people deserve to choose their own fates” god the fanfic material is never ending i am SCREAMING

• mel is so badass AND i just won my arcane bingo card

• ignoring ekko lowkey crazy like damn???

• okay this season has been a trypophobia nightmare so unfortunately i will not be rewatching this season for nostalgia.

• SHE CALLED HIM DAD I AM NOT WELL AT ALL I MISS THEM I MISS THEM I MISS—

• ekko disappearing is so.

•. JAYCE U R SO LOVED. THEY COULD NEVER MAKE ME HATE U KING!

• okay SERIOUSLY trypophobia nightmare; i am so so glad i stopped smoking bc i would have tweaked.

• “you were never broken… there is beauty in imperfections.” STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT DOOMED GAYS ARE SO SAD STOP JT

• lol my glorious king ekko!!!!

• god i hate the trypophobia nightmare fuel. it IS the worst. like so bad. so so bad. anyway thank u ekko

• MAKE THEM CANON LEAGUE OF LEGENDS DONT BE A PUSSY

• oh they’re so precious aw. i need them happy in my fanfic. it’s the only way to find peace.

• okay this score is beautiful

•this is beautiful. when this show isn’t giving me nightmare fuel it is beautiful.

• HOLY AHIT I THOUGHT SHE BROKE HER NECK FUCK OKAY THAT WAS SCARY

• okay everything is fine there’s ten minutes left what could happen?

• Alright😐 okay thank you for that immediate karmic retribution you heartless assholes.

• no see i use the death is like falling asleep line in every single one of my fics so this is ESPECIALLY sick and twisted, actually. this song is bullshit.

• WOOO ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAV CHARACTERS HELL YES!!!

• “our story isn’t over” well obviously this is a prequel to the games i didn’t rlly think it was over.

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Arcane S2 E7 spoilers

am i tripping or can we see the model disparity between Powder and the reflection? 👀 im barely like a minute in but it had me backtrack and screengrab xDDD

DO MY EYES DECEIVE ME OR IS THAT BENZO - VANDER - SILCO UP ON THE WALL

also damn but this remind me of that one fanfic - The Day Time Shattered - except that Ekko is the one confused here instead of him being the direct cause of it xDDD

one: this is looking delicious

two: i love how it immediately follows a shot of jayce eating shit, hitting himself with his own hammer and pancaking on the bottom of some ravine 😭

those are always so gorgeoussssss

LMAOOOO they fr made the "show her with her hair down before they're cut!!" crowd dirty with this xDDD

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NO SPOILERS BUT REACTIONS TO EPISODE 8 ARCANE S2 BUT IM LIVE TWEETING (TUMBLING):

• honestly i believe anything someone says abt ambessa in a negative way. if u told me she killed a bunch of kids in a preschool in a enemies territory or village i would 100% believe u. if someone watched episode 9, came up to me, and said “ambessa killed everyone” i would believe it. like. i would 100% take that at face value.

• MEL😍 AWOOGA😍 age ain’t nothin but a number ur like 30-35? it don’t matter come home ma😍 im a little young but im mature for my age 18 ain’t that bad sweetheart

• MEL OHH LORDDDDDDD wish i was jayce. or mel. or viktor. i wish i was apart of their weird ass lowkey love triangle bullshit

• LOVE MY PEOPLE OF COLOR!! jayce, ekko, mel… ambessa is wvil but not including her feels racist somehow so im gonna say i appreciate her villainy, character design, and hotness.

• i hate ambessa so much so so so much

• trypophobia is so ugh like i can not look at half of these scenes. like i feel bad but it is freaking me out /gen.

• isha my baby i love you

• maddie back the ENTIRE fuck up deadass. caityln u don’t hate u but u did become a fascist which none of the other characters did. i can excuse murder but not fascism. the whole jesus cult thing w viktor CAN be debated but i wasn’t a huge fan of That either although it is definitely funnier than. yknow. gassing people.

• “can’t erase our mistakes” yeah we know😭 ur THEE prime example 😭

• jinx PLEASE please please. i miss h.

• i love the crow stuff w jinx like idk this isn’t important or a spoiler or anything but whenever i see a crow in this show i think of jinx immediately. this ALSO isn’t important but i love the owl = ekko and crow = jinx

• OKAY BUT JAYCE WHEWWWW UR SO FUCKING FINE GOOD LORD HAVE MY BABIES PLEASE PLEASE OLEASE PLEASE! YOU AND MEL! TAKE TURNS! OR BOTH! AT RHE SAME TIME! SMASH SMASH SMASH!! they aren’t even a hear me out these ppl are so fucking attractive i am so obsessed with them

• everyone: i hope neither of those two sex scenes is between jayce and mel…

me, hoping and begging and praying: 🧎🏽‍♀️‍➡️🤤

• okay the fearsome threesome r back in business!! woooooo. oh. maybe not. MAY BE NOT WOW OKAY

• so did they MEAN for viktor to be a dogwhistle for eugenics or… like ik his game character was. yknow. but uh. yeah.

• is jayvik back or…? oh nvm

• okay but jayce in the black and gold and mel in the white and damn🤤

• oh i needed this hug. i them needed OH WHAT NO NO NO DAMN IT

• jayce and mel height difference and coloring and voices and— guys i’m so sorry i need them (im asexual) i would have their babies (i would rather die than have a kid come out of me) i WANT TO BE IN THEIR BED (okay im real with this)

• 10 mins left in the episode guys what could possibly go wrong🤗

• OH MY GOD SEX OH MY GOD YES LAWD YES LAWD YOU HAVE ANSWERED MY SEASON ONE PRAYERS OH I CANT WAIT FOR THE FANFICS TO RECREATE THIS EXACT SCENE. the animators sure did have fun w this like u can tell u can just TELL

• had to pause a couple of times to scream into my pillow we r all good tho giggling a little (a lot i sound like a fucking WITCH) anyway song choice was great actually

• machine herald is so sexy it truly is a shame he is a poster child for eugenics. viktor this isn’t u baby.

• god u hate ambessa i hate her i hate her i hate her i hate her.

• MEL UGH BEAUTIFUL!!

• i hate that bullshit “i did it for YOU” excuse bc sure u did it for me but that’s not truth is it? u did it for YOU u did all this for YOU. if u really wanted to do it ‘for me’ u should have told me like this shit makes me want to rip my hair out from the fucking follicle. i GET IT i understand why friends or parents or lovers say ts to justify their actions but they HAVE to get how completely batshit it is to use that excuse like they have to😭

• okay seriously the trypophobia is killing me here why couldn’t they make stripes or swirls like why holes why why why why why why—

• OH MY GOD WARWICK NO NO NO ik the game lore i knew this would happen but it still sucks anyway.

• song IS eating tho so