#atlas gauntlets

[garchankdefender]

*grab*

that's all i got this morning, nothing profound

[malakas-vihallas]

Hey Guys!

I have a question! We saw in Season 1 (E9.) that Vi's Atlas Gauntlet had a shield ability. Why couldn't she use that also in Season 2.? What are your thought about this?

Because this ability would have been quite useful in some situations.

Like in this scene, where it wouldn't have blown them away ( maybe).

Or here :

Or here. For example the shield could have pushed "Vander"/ Warwick down (maybe).

So I'm really curious about your opinions.

[arcanegifs]

Riot Store on Taobao Mall is selling these Vi Gauntlet stress balls lmao (link)

[backstabber128]

I'm bringing back this random crack genderbend idea from 2 years ago bc I can 👏👏

I love to see how much the Zaundads/moms parallel their daughters/sons like this lmao. It's also cool and cursed to imagine the story being focused on brotherhood more instead of sisters.

I also got inspired by other design ideas I found, so of course I couldn't resist drawing my own 👀✍️

I mainly had fun imagining the slightly different designs and how Vi would turn into the most basic ass male character ever 😭 (still a badass softie by heart though) + Jinx proceeds to completely obliterate male gender norms 👍

[bex-is-complex]

I realised I never posted this!

[thanakite]

So I know that in Arcane and League of Legends Vi's gauntlets were created by other people, but I also know that in League of Legends she fixes/supes up the first set of the gauntlets she owns and from there I can guess that she likely at least tinkers with her Atlas gauntlets in LoL, all of which implies some fairly high level technical and mechanical skill as she is actively improving them, something which I wish had been included in the Arcane canon as it shows that it's not that Jinx is the "smart" sister and Vi the "dumb" one (not so much dumb as impulsive and doesn't think things through but smart/dumb sibling dynamics show up often in media and enough that it is semi-implied by Arcane just by being as it is in our world where that is a trope that happens) it's that Vi is smart and Jinx is a genius (because that is different)

It also is what nags at me when Jinx makes the dig at Vi that she relies on the gauntlets and didn't even make them herself, is that, that is a deliberate move away from League of Legends canon that Arcane chose to do (to make her character less intelligent/mechanically inclined/etc.) that I disagree with and yet this scene is like kind of deliberately calling attention to it

And it's a choice I don't actually understand making, why can't Vi be smart and good with that kind of stuff? You can be all those things and still impulsive enough to not always think things through and punch first and ask questions later, those aren't mutually exclusive things, just like those things can be true while still making dumb choices

So yeah it's like a messed up thing to remove from her character and then like they are deliberately drawing attention to it, because realistically without that scene you could have just pretended that Vi was still messing with and suping up the gauntlets and they just weren't showing it or whatever, but instead they were like "No, she literally does nothing with these except fight with them, she doesn't have those skills despite A LOT of people in the Undercity displaying some level of skill with such things even if that isn't 100% in line with their characters because that's the kind of place the Undercity is"

And to be clear, it still could have easily fit with Vi's character even beyond the stuff I mentioned above as just like her fixing up certain things or whatever (like a mechanic or something)

[q8qwertyuiop8p]

Beautiful Official Arcane Metal Poster!

https://displate.com/lumino/7481455

[definitetly-not-an-arsonist]

Ok maybe it was just the heat of the forge and the stress of making a weapon but I swear to jesus (Viktor) that there was a serious look of pain on Jayce’e face as he’s shown forging Caitlyn’s rifle and fixing the Atlas Gauntlets. He hates using Hextech as a weapon, especially after the events of S1E8&9, but now he finds himself making the exact weaponry he feared. I’m not a Jayce stan but goddamn with that compared to Hexcore Jesus leaving him soon after, I do feel bad for the man.

[venator-signum]

the Atlas Gauntlets were built to help the miners of the Undercity

a miner's daughter wears them to fight for Zaun

[ben-talks-art]

Jayce really needs to teach Vi how to activate her freaking shield function cause I'm pretty sure that thing could have helped her out four or five times in the climax of episode 3 of season 2.

[garchankdefender]

Art by @anato-finnstark

The colours are ELECTRIC - and the smoke reminds me of her tats.

(Source - their tumblr hasn't been active for a while, but if they post there, I'll take this down)

[hel-unleashed]

Okay, but it looks like they're holding hands ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)

[kurootetsuroast]

I made enamel pins of Vi's Atlas Gauntlets from Arcane!! I love how they turned out!! So excited for season 2 next month ^^

Shop link here-

[backstabber128]

The Monster You Created.

....

[rotisseries]

vi arcane the only character ever. she has daddy issues she has a savior complex she is forgiving to a destructive degree she has puppydog eyes she's suffered more than jesus she's an alcoholic she's never been casual about anything in her life. and she's even butch

[kyndaris]

Chains of Oppression

By the time this blog post goes up, the US election will be done and dusted. The votes will have been tallied and we will know if the last great bastion for Western democracy will have fallen for the lies of a burgeoning billionaire autocrat or if the people will have chosen to forge a new path forward with Kamala Harris at the helm. Should it be the former, there will be many who fear the implementation of the so called Project 2025, which already looks like a page out of the communist playbook (when it comes to China and the USSR), and is certainly a manifesto for any would be dictator.

In Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand, you play as one of the Unnamed - a lowly slave of the highly religious totalitarian regime that dominates the world of Atlas. Like manty before it, at least in the real world, there is a hierarchy. At the top sits Thelos, the God of the world, with the Enlightened - religious zealots (and who have the most power) sitting just below. Then come the nobles, the merchants, the farmers and finally the Unnamed. And much like the slaves of yesteryear, the Unnamed are considered disposable tools that none would care for if they were killed.

One day, as part of an Essence caravan, two of your fellow Unnamed go missing. Fearing for their lives, you volunteer to head out of camp to search for them. Despite the threats of wraiths in the area. These wraiths, it should be known, are creatures born out of sand and utterly vicious. They are also a means for Thelos to control the movement of humans in his rigid order based society.

It isn't long, however, before your character stumbles upon a powerful gauntlet. It bonds with you, granting the playable character the ability to double jump, dash through the air and summon forth sand weapons to do battle.

As the Gauntlet Bearer, the player character rises to become the saviour of the oppressed and downtrodden. Along the way, they also uncover the secrets of the artefact they now wield, as well as come to learn more about the mysterious entity tied to it: Nyaal.

From a story perspective, Atlas Fallen retreads old familiar ground with its focus on the dichotomy between order and chaos. Thelos, with his panopticon-esque Watcher floating in the background, represents order. Nyaal, on the other hand, represents chaos and freewill. Much like Assassin's Creed and many other games that have explored similar themes, the playable character must throw off the chains suppressing humanity. To do this, they must target the ones in power with the help of a handful of allies. In this case, it is the 1000 Year Queen, so named after becoming Thelos' puppet in ruling the humans. Throw in some God-slaying and you have Atlas Fallen in a nutshell.

What I liked about the Reign of Sand downloadable content (which was free), is that it added additional context to the world of Atlas. While Thelos is still the antagonist of the series, through the trek through the Forgotten Realms in Source, we also learn Nyaal also had a hand in shaping the Atlas we encounter - including providing humans with Essence stones and the creation of the Wraiths. And though Nyaal only wished the best for the fledgling human race, they were also blind to ramifications of their actions. Something in which they must reckon with as they do battle with their own shadow.

It just goes to show that while strict and total control is untenable, unfettered freedom can also bring out the worst in our kind. Just look at the state of the world now with the war in the Middle East. Nor should we forget how Russia invaded Ukraine.

Then, of course, there are the infamous Twitter wars as public outrage takes new form. People can be cancelled because of one comment from a decade ago, films and movies are labelled 'woke' because a woman is a main character, and online communities are split into various tribal entities. There is no longer any nuance in the world. A centrist is considered part of the problem. And even when you don't try to insert politics into your content, you will be decried as a grifter playing both sides of the political spectrum.

It's enough for this lowly blogger to want to hit reset on the entire human race. A sentiment which is shared by many of the Earth-Trisolaris Organisation in the science-fiction novel: The Three-Body Problem (a novel I'm reading right now at time of writing up this post).

Gameplay-wise, Atlas Fallen brings in a traversal system that felt fun and refreshing. It also helped speed up the slow slog of running from one part of the map to another like another game I could name.

Then, of course, there is the combat. The Gauntlet Bearer can mix and match three different styles of weapons: the axe/ hammer, dust whip and a pair of knuckledusters. While all are viable depending on playstyle, I favoured using the axe/hammer with the dust whip because of the range it allowed me. Slotting in the essence stones that helped maximise my attacks, I was near unstoppable in taking down the enemies that crossed my path.

What was a little bit different, I found, was how player character level was tied to the armour one found. The game only has a maximum level of 11, which can only be reached by upgrading the armour one receives through the use of Essence. Additionally, by upgrading armour, one receives perks to put into passive upgrades including the ability to get more tribute (the currency within the game), essence, or having more momentum to pull off special attacks. These all blended quite well with each other although I didn't feel much need to experiment once I'd found my favourites.

Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand from developer Deck 13 is not a triple-A title. The controls are a little floaty and the story isn't something I would write home to. And yet, I did find myself enjoying the time I spent skimming across the sands and fighting off huge sand monsters. So many games coming out in the last few years have focused on being bigger than ever with little to no experimentation. But I have found the ones that stick in my mind are those trying to break the mould by telling their own fun little story. What's more, they don't try to follow trends by trying to have a huge sprawling open world or have huge budgets that can only be sustained through excessive monetisation of in-game items.

So, here's to more experimental AA games!

After all, when major game developers (and by extension, publishers) begin to crumble, they'll be the ones picking up the slack with fresh ideas and new IP. And maybe we can return to a time when games weren't politically weaponised. Or are seen by big corporations as a means to pad out their bottom line.

Time will tell who will win out when it comes to free will or oppression; anarchy and security.