#arcane theory

[sequenceofmind]

i need y'all to understand that this was a very biased rant, written minutes after watching act 2.

i do think jayce knows something that we don't. and i also believe that the people that viktor "healed" were serving him as vessels (meaning that he could take control over their bodies whenever). maybe he was doing more wrong than good (in the long run) and the arcane might have shown this to jayce.

doesn't mean i'm any less sad about what happend and how it happend. there are just theories anyway. i can only hope for the best when it comes to vi & jinx.

no fuck this. you can't give me my happy family with vander, vi, jinx, isha and EVEN cait, just to take them away from me.

isha literally healed jinx, brought back powder, showed her love and now jayce of all people ripped my family apart. vi literally had to hold her back, I NEED THERAPY.

[jkriordanverse]

the fact that Singed is more or less responsible for 90% of the problems in Arcane yet never really gets the blame for it absolutely baffles me.

Like you have Caitlyn going full dictator, Ambessa going full warlord, Viktor and Jayce getting divorced and Viktor transcending into Yaoi Jesus and then getting obliterated, Mel getting kidnapped, Jinx becoming a mom and supposedly loosing her child, Heimerdinger Ekko and Jayce playing Escape Room but with the Arcane and meanwhilst Singed, THE MAN WHO CREATED SHIMMER AND TURNED VANDER INTO WARWICK IN THE FIRST PLACE AND ALSO MENTORED VIKTOR JUST OUT THERE CHILLING WITH HIS PETS AND DOING SIDE QUESTS-

[blueyellow8green]

Everyone's saying Viktor might be the arcane wizard who Jayce met when he was a child because of the similarities (robe/staff/purple ish motif) but what I think is way more fun is if it was JAYCE who went back and saw his younger self, setting off the whole chain. We saw that arcane gem embedded in his wrist, and we know he's been in a time loop in the Hexcore. Wouldn't be beyond me to think he's got some cool powers now!!

Like look at the shot when Jayce hit the Hexcore in comparison to the shot from his childhood flashback???

[manonsghosts]

Arcane “theory”/something I noticed about Caitlyn

(spoilers if you’re not up to date)

I might be reading way too much into it but I’ve noticed something about Caitlyn and can’t get it out of my mind

Ever since season 1 up until act 1 of season 2, she’s always been aiming with her right eye

YET, I noticed in ep 6 and in the trailers for act 3 that she doesn’t aim from her right eye anymore - but her left (see the two pictures below)

I thought it could be link to the closeup shot we got of her eye after the attack at the memorial (pic 1 below), but the montage in Zaun and in the fight with Jinx after this she’s still seen using her right eye so surely it can’t have been affected so badly that she’d switch right?

I was wondering if it could be foreshadowing/plot convenience as, from the act 3 trailer (unless they inverted the scenes as they’ve done before), we can see Ambessa aiming to stab her left eye - the one she now aims with

I honestly don’t know whether i’m reading too much into it or if i’m missing something, but I’ve been stuck on that realization ever since Saturday and I can’t for the life of me figure out what it could mean (other than her potentially losing an eye)

What do you all think/am I reading too much into this/am I crazy?

I was indeed missing something

[rnadett]

I have an extremely wild theory about the ending...

So...

PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO >>>POTENTIALLY<<< SPOIL SOMETHING FROM THE FINALE!!!!

I WARNED YOU!!!

I'm not going into too much details, since I don't have too much time because of my work. 😭

So let's start with Ekko:

We already know that the key character of Act 3 is him, whose unique ability is to turn back time. From the previous part, we also know that Jayce has tried to kill Viktor before, but every time so far, he has failed.

I think what Jayce and Ekko are trying to do in ACT 3: comes from the same root, but in very different ways – much like how their characters have always been, with parallels to each other throughout the series from the beginning. (the poster above is also telling)

We’ve also seen countless scenes from Act 3 that were quite significant hints... I haven’t pieced all the anchor points together yet, but my theory is that many characters will die in the final ARC — including Ekko, who will most likely make one last attempt to rewind time so the sisters can succeed.

We already have this screenshot from Reed. And It's from s2ep9. Behind Ekko it's some kind of machine, I believe it's a time machine, but not for rewind seconds, but for more... So much more. And they built it with Heimerdinger together.

This environment and this machine also appears in these scenes from the trailers:

Also in the recent teaser Vi says this.

I mean c'mon, It can't be more obvious than this at this point.

Also I noticed something while I rewatched this trailer:

https://youtu.be/Sl-xmZTH6GE?si=rW5vFHJUWm0ECD6p

Parallels and flashbacks were deliberately included. I think those will be the key points for the time travel.

The fate of the characters from a dramaturgical perspective... Well, I think many main character will die, What will make the stakes of the siblings' success even more important.

Yeah... Almost ALL characters except the sisters.

For example:

Caitlyn... I think Caitlyn may not die by Ambessa's hands but there is a possibility. But either way she will die. But one thing for sure: her final act will paves the way for the siblings to succeed. This makes her redemption arc finalized. Ambessa also planted this idea in Caitlyn's mind. Sacrifice . (Maybe the only thing truly worth learning from Ambessa about leadership, though not in the way Ambessa intended it to be understood.)

And for Vi... Yeah, she will watch yet another person she loves and cares about die. The Arcane writers seem to enjoy making her suffer....

Since the story revolves around the two sisters, they will finish the story, as they started.

THE LAST DROP

So the final scene probably will be about the sisters and the final sacrificing. Many say, Jinx don't need a redemption, but I think everyone deserves one in one way or another.

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It has been hinted - or a fact from episode one that Jinx/powder ruins everything. She got her second name because of this. It's her character.

“Vi always used to say, I can fix anything... Before I broke everything.”

But why is it like this? What is it based on?

I think the 'last drop' will be foreshadowing of the first season, where she tried to save everyone, but nearly everyone ended up dying.

Why this would be any different?

I think what moslty form Jinx is how many people 'believe' in her.

Jinx and Powder, as appeared in a methaphore in Season 2, Episode 6, symbolize a coin with two sides. Both sides exist within her, but which side prevails depends on the events that unfold.

In Season 1, Episode 3, Vi allowed her heart to be influenced by the protective love she felt, which prevented her from trusting her sister.

That's why I believe that this will not just be Jinx's redemption, and not only will it rewrite her story, but also Vi’s. Vi, whose personality is so protective that she often doubts everyone else - (including Caitlyn), will have to learn to let go of this feeling and trust others, even if it means there's a chance her sister might die.

So what's my prediction?

So, if I wasn’t clear enough, (since English isn’t my native language and there are so many things in my head at all once that I want to express but I don't have time for more 😭)

My theory is that the siblings will eventually bring everyone back to life, but it will come at a cost, and I think Jinx will be the one to make that sacrifice.

But her death will not be a sad thing from her perspective, she will be finally free from the burden and suffering she felt, also she will be free from her demons as well.

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As for the fate of the other characters I mentioned here, I can’t say for certain. Unfortunately, due to the 10-image limit, I couldn’t attach more visuals, but I believe Ambessa will die at the hands of the Black Rose. This is foreshadowed quite well in the intro: first, we see Ambessa crushing the rose, then a petal falls, but we don’t actually see her destroy it completely. Later, we see her daughter stepping in to take her place, reaching for the same rose while petals are scattered on the right-hand side, symbolizing Ambessa.

I think this story arc will continue in future *Arcane* series.

As for Sevika, it’s pretty clear that Viktor will transform her after her death and bring her back to life. That’s how she’ll end up with another cool new arm. (The new Sevika poster is literally titled “Armed and Ready,” by the way.) She’ll probably try to incite the Undercity against Piltover again, which is why we see in the trailer that Piltover is fighting Zaunite civilians.

My other theory for Sevika (Or a continuation of the above, perhaps a combination of the two. ) is that Singed will make her a new prosthetic to her... And it’s also possible that through Singed Savika will side with Ambessa.. Since Ambessa is very good at seeing what people need and how to manipulate them, she might offer Zaun's independence in exchange for her help.

From Corin Reveck’s side – He will succeed in bringing his daughter back to life (Orianna), and I think this is no longer in question... After nearly everyone in the series has suffered the consequences of his actions, directly or indirectly... One might hate this character, but he is the perfect example of someone who would do anything, sacrifice everything, and set the whole world on fire (and does) for the love of his daughter. He is fully aware that he has become a monster, but he doesn’t care.

From Viktor's perspective... I'm not sure what his story will be. Perhaps the fact that they’ve saved each other’s lives multiple times with Jayce will become a symbol that ultimately, they will end up taking each other’s lives together. At some point, there was a possible foreshadowing of this when the creators depicted a "Memento Mori" between the two characters in season 1, when they were at the place where they tried to jump separately. A "Memento Mori" is an optical illusion where the combination of various elements forms the image of a skull, symbolizing death and the transience of life.

Overall, please take all of the above writing as just a theory; many parts may not turn out this way, and in fact, nothing might happen as I’ve suggested. Have fun!

And yes, I know my post turned out quite long despite saying I don’t have time, but believe me, if I did have time, it would be about six times longer, with all the references and every thread detailed in full.

[vamp1r3gf]

I’m really fearing for the aftermath of isha’s death on jinx.

Getting a taste of what bliss she could have had and immediately losing it in one clap. And she’ll blame herself for it.

We all know isha acted as a stabiliser for jinx and allowed her to finally start caring for her own inner child, helping her be tender. I also believe that the family reunion would have never taken place if isha wasn’t there with jinx.

It’s like she put on glasses!!! Her hallucinations disappeared until isha disappeared!!

If she returns to combat (probably will) she will likely try to kill herself again or spiral so hard she will be unrecognisable :((, I’m so sorry vi, you might lose your sister all over again

[arrow-jsy]

What if...isha doesnt die. Like genuinely what if? She has 3 *stabalized* hextech gems, its not like the monkey bomb where they were both unstanble and being irritated. And we dont see isha die, we assume she does, thar she overloads the gun and it explodes? Shoots really powerfully? Shoots warwick and then what? Warwick fall on her and crushes her with all his molten-ness?

What if... isha doesnt die. What if her body get picked up by Singed just like its theorized Viktor and Warwick will be? What if Singed gives her the warwick treatment and makes her into the little fox animal charcater so many people think her character references.

What if isha isnt dead? What if warwick isnt dead? What if viktor isnt dead?

[whitesheepwrites]

You know what just occurred to me that no one really talks about?

Jayce is a first-generation immigrant.

He appears (seemingly literally) in Piltover/Zaun with just whatever him and his mom could carry, which didn't seem to be much judging by his flashback

And when he is first mentioned, Ekko writes him off as just some rich dude who stopped by the shop and got duped into buying useless stuff, but season 1 indicates Benzo's shop is way deep within Zaun

And while it's not inconceivable that a piltie would know about it/stumble upon it, from how Marcus (and to some degree Greyson) acted, it feels like not a lot of people from Piltover would "risk" take a shopping trip all the way down there, just from the air quality alone.

I mean, why would they? Just shop in piltover, it's closer and "safer" anyway.

That is more like the behavior of someone who was, at least at some point, familiar with the region. Judging from his bedroom in his mother’s house/apartment, while not poor, pre-breakthrough the Talis family were more around middle-class than anything else

Also, he says "that's your mom's money" to Cait, so I think its safe to say he was living off from the sponsorship to some degree, to the point once he loses it he has to go back to his family's place.

Adding all that, buying stuff from Benzo seems less like "clueless rich boy being duped by local" and more like "I know this place that was cheap and sold quality stuff."

Obviously, Jayce gets obscenely rich later on (like 1% rich, but so does Viktor), but I found interesting there's the argument he could have reasonably lived in Zaun at some point. Or at least, a lot closer to the bridge than most people.

[lumina6076]

I love how Vi's entire identity is being stripped away in this new season, it's so juicy.

We know the idea was to explore Vi when she no longer has anyone to protect,but it's deeper than that,her whole identity unravels.

No wonder sis changed her whole look and went through a crisis.

First her identity as a zaunite is destroyed the moment she joins the enforcers,she is left in between two worlds,she doesn't belong anywhere anymore,the streets she once knew so well are now foreign.

Her identity as a protector is also gone,she is alone,she is the one that needs protection from that Loris dude.

So she clings to the only thing that she has left: fighting,she has been training all of her life,when people think of Vi,they think about boxing, it's her whole thing,she is the best,she is a fighter. But then she starts loosing fights as well and getting humbled.

And to put salt on the wound,Jinx teases her skills later on in the mines,her little sister, who has always needed her,who was always weaker,has surprassed her,she doesn't want to accept it so she challanges her to a fight. It wasnt a serious one ofc but whatever,I think by this point Jinx is a lot stronger than Vi because of the shimmer,which is another slap in the face (ha) because while Vi feels like she had to train everyday,her sister gained those abilities by accident.

She also sees in those mines that Jinx is a better older sister than her,and I think this is the moment when she gives up on her old idea of Vi and decides to trust Jinx more.

And then in the next episode she finds out even Caitlyn surpasses her combat skills,because she had the privilege to train with one of the best fighters,she learned in a few months,what would've taken Vi a whole life,because there simply wasn't any opportunity for Vi to learn those things in Zaun,which is why even her boxing style is very raw.

[one-chaotic-neautral]

Ok quick post before bed, but in s2 the reveal of Felicia (?) Vi and Powder's mother knowing and being friends with Silco and Vander adds a bit more complexity to Silco's relationship with them.

When I was rewatching s1 earlier I had a theory that Silco may have intended to try and recruit Vi (if she would be convinced, otherwise he probably would have killed her). It makes sense; she's a very strong fighter showcased by her taking down his big henchmen, she resembles a younger Vander, and her attitude toward piltover aligns moreso with Silco in that she wants to fight them. Then adding her mother into the equation maybe he wanted to give her a chance out of maybe old fondness or guilt for her.

What made me think this specifically was that scene in episode 3 where he tells deckard to 'find the girl' after the explosion.

At first it seems 'to kill her ofc' but he didn't mention mylo or claggor, who he had no way of knowing where dead at that point (for sure). So he had Vi in mind specifically, and said 'find' not 'kill' or 'deal with'.

But what more is in Episode 6, when Silco ambushes Vi and Caitlin at her childhood home. First off Huck was the one who gave up their location, but I think Silco also knew where she might go if he knew their parents, cause that's Vi's childhood home. Makes sense why he got there so quickly even if he got told by someone else.

When they're talking he calls her 'Vanders prodigy', so he was obviously aware of her skill as a fighter, likely before their encounter in ep 3 (cause I feel like it is an old title that would've come about from him being aware of her being trained by Vander beforehand)

(Contrary to some others theories, I don't believe he was involved at all in their childhoods, likely observing from afar.)

Then he reveals he 'thought she was the prize of their secondhand family', so he was obviously aware of her for a while before adopting Jinx.

This is the main reason why I believe he wanted to recruit Vi instead. If he was that aware of them already he was probably having them watched and likely knew about her disagreements with Vander over fighting topside.

So if this theory is correct, he likely never planned on outright killing Vi and Powder unless he had to. Which now know about his friendship with their mother makes even more sense.

On the other hand, if this isn't the case, then I think it would make arc 1 Silco even more evil as he was willing not only to kill Vander and some kids, but the kids he knew were the children of his old friend, who'd died in front of him, and made him promise to make a better future for.

[l0vagrend]

What is "arcane" and what happened to Jayce and Viktor ? [+Ekko]

[ aka an arcane theory ramble based on League of Legends lore and what we know from the show ]

I. Runes

We know runes are powerful symbols and magical energy that is / was used by mages a long time ago, but was banished and forgotten by Piltover, because of the influence of Heimerdinger. Who saw what magic can do and how it can lead to ruin.

Jayce was saved by a mage and arcane/magical energy [hence the crystal in his wrist].

In the game's lore, there exist the most powerful runes, the World Runes. These runes are speculated to be the creator of everything in Runeterra. Everything came from these runes. However since they hold this enormous power, they are very dangerous and in wrong hands can cause ruin and destruction. Posessing just one rune, a fracture of a rune even, is enough to corrupt its wielder's mind. [khm Lord of the Rings].

I believe "arcane" aka magic, comes from these runes, and is present all over the land.

II. Ryze, the rune mage

In the game, a character named Ryze wields the task of collecting the World Runes to keep away from civilizations. He witnessed the runes destructive powers first hand during the Rune Wars. Where nations posessing just even one rune made them hungry for power.

Ryze binds each rune in a secret location far away from the eyes of others.

The Runes and arcane surrounding Ryze transformed his body, extended his life span. He went from a human looking mage to a purple rune mage. [Viktor is purple as well where his body made contact with the Hexcore]

III. In Legends of Runeterra

Legends of Runeterra is another Riot Games game revolving around the world of LoL. In it 5 shards of the World Runes are mentioned : shard of madness, shard of betrayal, shard of violence, shard of hope, shard of reverence. However there are at least 9 runes we know of from both Ryze's lore and Runeterra's.

So there is a possibility that a 6th Rune is present in the Arcane storyline.

IV. Hextech, artificial magic

Jayce created artificial arcane energy based on his experience with a mage. Hextech merges ancient magical powers with technology and machines.

HEX LITERALLY MEANS CURSE.

RUNETERRA HAS THE WORD RUNE IN IT.

But back to being normal !

V. Wild runes

Wild runes could mean that the original form of runes and arcane is present beyond the artifical machinery. It evolves and corrupts the environment around itself [see Victor's followers, the Hexgate, Ekko's tree].

VI. But where did Jayce go ?

I have 2 ideas for the whole Hexgate mind-fuckery. 1) its just arcane and runes related, 2) its arcane AND time related.

Its possible that the Wild Runes showed Jayce through visions the foreseeable future of the arcane corruption getting really out of hand [Victor and his followers changing in huge ways mentally not just physically].

But also Jayce himself got corrupted by the Wild Rune. His mind is all over the place.

His new LoL skin has a voice line that goes like :

"Unmade, made again. I never know how much of me is left."

Which could imply that he was changed in a much deeper level. I mean hell he looks fucked up and fused with arcane energy.

VII. What will happen with Viktor ?

He will lose his humanity fully and turn to machinery, become against humans and what makes them humans overall. I mean that is just canon LoL lore so its most likely to happen.

He will most likely be reconstructed, because his conciousness is still active and well in some kind of aether.

But also, in the intro we can see Jayce's hand is the one putting the mask on Viktor, he is the reason, like a butterfly effect that caused Viktor to become who he is, the Machine Herald.

[there is a highly likely possibility that LoL Viktor will receive a rework after Arcane to fit the canon]

VIII. What will happen to Ekko ?

In the game he has time related abilities, so it would fit that when he comes back he gains these abilities. Rewinding time will be useful thats for sure ! [Idk about Heimerdinger tho]

BUT this is all i could come up with so far and these are just thoughts and theories ! :]]

posts/videos that inspired me to make this : 1, 2, where did jayce go ?, the cataclysm, ryze cinematic explained

[therealneilperry]

Act III Jinx Theory!

So, my last theory about Jinx going to get Vi for her help with Vander was correct! But where is Jinx and Vander/Warwick’s relationship supposed to go from here?

Short answer? I think Jinx will kill Warwick.

We know that Warwick is alive, we see singed reviving him in the act 3 teaser. However I think Vander is dead, as in, there’s nothing left of him but the beast Warwick, and Jinx will have to kill him to put him to rest. Or rather; by finishing what she started.

I think that the whole thing will be wrapped up in a sort of full circle narrative, because I think Jinx with end up killing Vander with the monkey bomb which almost killed him the first time. However I’m unsure and, honestly, not very confident on whether Jinx will survive it this time.

[thepixelatedbunny]

Why I don't believe the time loop theory:

I keep on seeing people saying that Jayce is stuck in a time loop but:

If it was a time loop, bro wouldn't look like a caveman.

He wouldn't have that leg brace if he was constantly being groundhog day-ed. He would have looked the same as we saw him in act 1 if it was a time loop.

Dude was genuinely surprised by Salo. If he was stuck in a time loop for 3-6 months, I would imagine he'd just go fuck it we ball and just kill Salo without hearing him out

It does not explain the visions he's seeing

Now, im still on the fence on my opinion for the Jayce and/or Ekko and Heimerdinger went to the future theory, but I personally feel that they went to an alternate universe because:

Why tf is ekko dressed like that in the s2 trailer?

Like this is him in the s2 Act 3 trailer:

Why would ekko dress like a prince/piltoverian?

Also, why does Jayce seem way younger and differently dressed here:

Like most promotional(his poster) and secondary media(i.e the survivor Jayce skin) has him looking like this:

Anyways, im probably wrong bc ekko=time shenanigans but I just think its interesting

[yolatirra]

Some Thoughts about Arcane Season 2, Especially Relating to Potential Time Travel

Pt 1: Isha

I think Isha has something to do with Ekko and time travel.

Something that keeps nagging at me about Isha is that we don't actually know anything about her. She showed up in S2E2 running from some guys and then literally dropped into Jinx's lap. We still don't know why she was running from them. We don't know where she came from. We have no idea who she is.

One analysis videos I watched, which I've now sadly lost track of, pointed out that there are a TON of Firelights symbols in that scene.

With this in mind, I combed through the entire six episodes of Acts 1 & 2, looking for any other green hourglasses. I didn't find them anywhere else. To be fair, I combed through the season pretty quickly, so I may have missed them. If I did, please point them out to me! But if I'm right that this is the only place we see them, that's VERY WEIRD and VERY INTENTIONAL.

Someone in a different analysis video also pointed out that Isha has some oddly fancy aspects to her outfit.

This could definitely be nothing, but something about that pattern on her vest seems out of place. Almost more like something you'd seen in Piltover than in Zaun.

My theory is that Isha was sent to this point in time by Ekko and we're going to see what led up to this moment in Act 3. Isha might be dead (I'm still sobbing about it), but we're going to learn more about her.

Will she stay dead? Honestly yeah, I think so.

I think that the version of events we're seeing is the version where time has already been changed, and I'm going to get into that more later.

Pt 2: The Letter

Actually I lied above about not finding any other green hourglasses in season 2. I found one more, in the scene where Jinx is reading Vander's letter to Silco in S2E5.

Note that this ISN'T the Firelights symbol. But it is definitely a green hourglass. Also note the gear in the center, which has been a recurring symbol this season that seems to have something to do with time.

This has to mean something, right? But I don't know what.

Pt 3: Gears-As-Clocks

There is one really notable instance of this. I really wish I had a GIF of this scene, but I don't know how to make GIFs and I don't feel like learning just for this, but here's a sequence of screenshots that hopefully show you what I mean.

Jinx turns clockwise, which transitions into the gear on Jayce's hammer also turning clockwise. Like a clock. The gear is a clock. Going forward in time.

And what shot do we get immediately after this?

Jayce is going forward in time.

I suspect there might be other instances of gears turning clockwise to symbolize a clock, but I've already spent too long on this post so if anyone finds another example, please share. Still, even if this is the only instance, it recontextualizes all gears in this season to be time-related.

Pt 4: Fortune Cookie

I kept wondering why Jinx calls Viktor a fortune cookie. I do think there are multiple parts to this and I'm missing some of it. Something about a cookie being sweet and Viktor being sweet? I dunno, I'm missing part of what this comparison means.

HOWEVER. Why a FORTUNE cookie, and not just any cookie?

Fortune cookies predict the future, but in silly, little ways that don't really mean anything. Maybe Viktor can see the future, but only glimpses. Tiny things that don't actually allow him to do anything about it.

Fortune cookies also hide their fortune inside a bland, mildly sweet cookie, and you have to break the cookie to get the fortune out...

OKAY WAIT I was gonna say I don't know what that means, but uh... you have to break the cookie to get the fortune.

You have to break Viktor to find the future.

Pt 5: Fate

I've rewatched Viktor's scenes several times, and I kept wondering why Viktor asks Singed whether he believes in fate. It seems to come out of nowhere.

My theory at this point in that Viktor knows something is manipulating events, but he can't see specifics. He just knows there is some invisible force guiding events, and maybe, he's wondering if Singed knows about it.

Pt 6: Singed's Plan

What is Singed's plan in Act 2?

He goes to the undercity rally and clearly wants to be arrested. He comes prepared with a knife and slits his hand, so he will leave a blood trail. He wants to be taken to prison, and he wants Warwick to follow him there.

When we see Singed in the prison, in the scene where Jinx finds Isha, he has the door to his cell partially open.

He could have left before that, but he wants to be there. Then the lights start flickering and he closes the door again, to protect him from Warwick.

When Caitlyn walks through the prison in S2E5, he's STILL THERE. The door is unlocked. He could have left after Warwick did. But he stayed.

He stays so he can talk to Ambessa. When Ambessa comes to see him alone in prison, the first thing he says is "I've been expecting you."

He wanted to show Ambessa what he was capable of (Warwick) so that Ambessa would hire him. And that's exactly what she does.

And what does he do? He convinces Ambessa they can use Warwick, and then tracks Warwick to Viktor's commune.

Now, there are some things worth mentioning. First, Singed likely didn't expect Jinx to be at the prison, and didn't expect Jinx to awaken Vander within Warwick. However, Jinx's presence didn't disrupt his plan to get Ambessa's attention. His plan remained intact.

Second, he wouldn't have had any way of predicting that Warwick would up in Victor's commune, but I suspect this is a happy coincidence for him. I'm guessing he wanted to use Ambessa to recapture Warwick, and then was planning to convince her that Viktor would also be useful.

We know from the scene early on in S2E4 where Ambessa is conducting hextec experiements that she wished she had captured the "scientists" aka Jayce and Viktor. Singed likely knew about Viktor's commune, just because word about it had been spreading around Zaun, and even to Piltover (Lest mentions Viktor to Salo), and we know Singed suspected that the Herald was Viktor.

Ambessa would have wanted to invade the commune to capture Viktor, even if Warwick hadn't been there.

But, it turns out, he is, so that allows Singed and Ambessa to capture two experimental subjects with one invasion. Singed wants to get in there, capture both Warwick and Viktor, and combine them into a perfect being. This is his ultimate goal on the path to "curing death".

Which leads us to my final topic.

Pt 7: Jayce

What is the thing no one expects in Act 2?

Jayce killing Viktor. This was not a part of Singed's plan. Jayce kills Viktor before Singed can get to him, and THAT is why killing Viktor was necessary.

So, I have a couple of theories of where things go from here regarding Viktor.

Option 1: While this didn't prevent Singed from getting ahold of Viktor, it did damage Viktor in some way that prevents him from being used the way Singed intended. Whatever Singed would have done with Viktor is now impossible, and the future isn't as bad as the one Jayce saw.

Option 2: Viktor is actually, fully dead, and the hints of him we see in the Act 3 preview are actually scenes from the future that Jayce saw and has now prevented. Viktor could still come back in some way in the main timeline, but... I honestly do think there's a chance that he's actually just dead, and we'll only see alternate timeline versions of him in Act 3.

Okay, I think that's everything. Sorry to end on a depressing note but uh... Arcane, right? It's good. It's really good.

I do hope Viktor isn't dead though, even if he comes back even more wrong than before.

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How are you feeling about act two? Specifically the Meljay storyline? 👀

HIHI im so sorry for replying so late ARGHHHH

I'm feeling everything and nothing at the same time. IM SAD, IM ANGRY, IM GIGGLY, IM SAD AGAIN, EVERYTHING AT ONCE I TELL YOU.. This act was SICK AND TWISTEDDDDDUH.

First of all, the Medarda lore had me seizure-ing on my ceiling, Jayces storyline had me jumping around on my walls, AND THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SCREENTIME TOO LIKE THATS NOT FAIR?!? I'M STILL PISSY OVER THE FACT THAT MEL APPEARED IN ONE EPISODE ONLY, THEY HUNG US ON A VERY TALL CLIFF AND LEFT US THERE FOR A WEEK. THEY'RE SO EVIL 😭

I've cried so many times at Mels storyline, the fact that it wasn't kino, the fact that Mel fell into that mess in general, I'm afraid i'll never get over or shut up about it i fear,,, The fact that Mel ISN'T her "father"s daughter? The theory that she could be patheons daughter instead?? What is LeBlanc going to do? What is MEL going to do?? Everything is coming from every single angle, its hard to clear anything out and its just SO GOOD.

the parallels with MelJay are so interesting aswell??? they're going through very similar things and it makes me wonder if they could take the same path, I'm desperate to know what happens to them, if they'll stick to eachother to the end or not, heart tells me they will because they're all they have left, without eachother they'll crumble. They're eachothers only source of sanity within this hellhole.

The fact that Jayce's life was saved by Mages TWICE, protecting him and his family and possibly SECOND family?? The theory that Mel is pregnant has me flipping all over my bed and I want to see if its actually true or not as well, the idea of both their reactions to that just makes me scream.

We're one day away from the last act, and im scared to see what they have for them, but im excited nonetheless!!

and I have no idea how to watch ir immediately becaude i don't have Netflix so if someone has any idea on how I can, I'd appreciate it

[adultemophase]

Theories / stuff I noticed in the act 3 teaser

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it looks like this scene is ambessa and caitlyn fighting 1 on 1 in a sort of organized gladiator match since the brief frames of the enforcers and noxian soldiers in the background show them all standing at attention in a circle. My theory is that Caitlyn agrees to this sort of “dick measuring contest” for control of piltover w ambessa as apart of a plan w the other members of the adjunct council / alphabet mafia ( jayce, vi mel) to catch the noxian’s off guard

These appear like they happen in the same scene as the previous image, I imagine there’s some sort of interference in the fight from jinx and or vi to prevent ambessa from killing Caitlyn and / or my other theory. I’m still not positive Caitlyn is gonna have both of her eyes by the end of the act though…

Viktor is not dead and is being kept alive by Singed. This most likely will lead to the real Machine Herold and Singed’s discovery of how to “save” Orianna.

Warwick is mostly likely being used to advance Viktor’s transformation. There’s that brief convo between Singed and Viktor where Singed tells him that he can essentially advance himself further if he “merged” with warwick. is he dead?? idk maybe