#i feel bad for arcane
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do you ever think about the tapestry of percy and annabeth sitting in arcane’s cavern for almost a year waiting for annabeth to arrive? more specifically, do you ever think about how out of all the moments from annabeth’s life that aracne could’ve woven she chose to depict her at one of the happiest moments of her life—finally together with a living percy post-war? do you ever think about arachne, basically alone in this cavern for decades, cursed into monstrosity for daring to best a goddess, weaving this image of pure love? of a connection so strong that it would send the pair depicted through the crumbling floor to tartarus together rather than be separated ever again? even as that tapestry, that image of devotion, crumbled with them?
no? just me?
#percy jackson#percabeth#mark of athena#i feel bad for arcane#even though i am so afraid of spiders#moa#annabeth chase#percy jackon and the olympians#heroes of olympus#hoo#i had this thought while rereading the chapter and it wouldn’t leave me#i just think it’s insane she had THIS weaving of them#percy pjo#percy series
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Y'know, I think I figured out why the Hells still feel like a new low-level party to me, even though they're level 13 and almost 100 episodes in.
I don't quite think it's the lack of conversations, or the fact half the party's plot hooks are big ties to past campaigns - though that definitely plays a part.
... Bell's Hells still primarily rely on quest givers.
Most of their goals are given to them and do not feel organic to the party, and constantly remind us that the Hells are pretty much never the most powerful people in the room. Which is usually something you see with a low-level party.
NPCs offering jobs is not a bad thing; it's a very common plot hook. Matt has been extremely skilled with using NPC quest givers in those two campaigns. Not only do they provide an obvious plot thread, but they can put the party in the path of others (say, the Nein running into the Iron Shepherds while doing a job for the Gentleman and everything that came of that). And the Hells had a solid start with it too - Eshteross was an excellent quest giver!
The problem is that Bell's Hells have never really not had a quest giver.
Maybe it's a byproduct of the more plot-heavy structure of this campaign? But while prior parties have felt like they decided on their course of action and what they prioritized, Bell's Hells feels less like level 13 (13! Level 13!) experienced adventurers and more like an MMO group clicking on the exclamation point over an NPC's head. Where does the plot demand we go next? Who do we report back to?
They're level 13.
At level 13, Vox Machina had just defeated a necromantic city-state to clear their name and Percy's conscience. And, you know, the Conclave just destroyed Emon. No one was explicitly telling the group to gather Vestiges and save the world (though Matt guided them there), and they were usually among the most powerful people in the room. They chose which Vestiges to prioritize, which dragons to tackle when, even if the over-all plot was pretty clear.
At level 13, the Mighty Nein were celebrating Traveler Con (another PC goal, I'll note) after brokering peace between two nations, accidentally becoming pirates and heroes of the Dynasty. The Nein regularly chose what to do based on personal goals, not grand ones. Though definitely smaller fish than Vox Machina at this level, they were very independent and gaining solid political clout.
While we're at it: level 13 is one level lower than the Ring of Brass, who had a huge amount of sway over Avalir. They ended the world, and also saved it, while in the grand scheme of things being only a smidge more powerful than Bell's Hells are now.
Can you really see the Hells wielding that amount of influence, when they're constantly being told what to do next?
The god-eater might be unleashed, so Bell's Hells have no time to do anything but what is asked of them. No time for therapy unless stolen from Feywild time, no travel on foot and late-night watches. They haven't even had time to grieve FCG. Percy was grieved in the middle of the Conclave arc. Molly was grieved when half the party was still in irons.
Matt is in the very unfortunate spot of not being able to give the Hells the same agency as the other two parties. Not only because of the world-ending plot introduced so early on; they are surrounded by characters they know (and the cast knows) are stronger and wiser than them - the familiarity of the past PCs and NPCs is to their disadvantage.
Why would the party reasonably ignore Keyleth's task that will help save the world and go off on a romp? Why would the cast when they know well Keyleth has to be sensible and with the best intentions in mind? The stakes are just too high.
It means that the Hells still feel like they're running errands instead of pursuing their own destiny. Their accomplishments are diminished as just being parts of a to-do list, and any stakes feel padded by several level 20 PCs/NPCs standing 5 steps away ready to catch them.
This isn't Bell's Hell's fault, nor is it Matt's. It could be amended, I think, if the Hells are really left to their own devices for a long period of time without support and shortcuts (like during the party split)... which would be really tricky to pull off at this point in the campaign.
They're level 13. They're big fish, but they're stuck in a pond full of friendly sharks, so they don't feel big at all.
#critical role#campaign 3#bells hells#cr meta#critical role meta#the percy's conscience thing is half a joke. i love him but man he rlly went there just for the Vengeance. this isnt about him tho#to quote burr: we rlly spent the entire campaign on imogen and orym's backstories and everything else is sidequests#it's just. god. the constant hand-holding paired w the fact there's no TENSION from the fact they're taking the orders#the Nein were allergic to quest givers partially bc they rightfully didn't trust them. But the cast and audience trusts Keyleth and co 100%#it feels like you could put any other characters in this group and Of Course they'd still do roughly the same things on a macro scale#i love Orym and Liam's intent behind the character. but i. think it all boils down to his strong connection w Keyleth ;;#because of Course he'd reach out when things got bad. and of Course they would turn to her for advice.#the other three parties mentioned could Say Things and they would get Done. kinda iffy for the Nein but they could still boss ppl around#who can the Hells delegate smaller tasks to? ask to spy for them? deal with arcane batteries? no one! Because they ARE the small guys!
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I think it’s pretty interesting how small Jinx’s council attack actually was. Killed three councilors, crippled two others and left the other two untouched (though that’s probably magic). Jinx’s violence isn’t as chaotic as her League version. It’s been pretty targeted thus far. With it killing enforcers or councilors.
Even her big attack at the end of the season wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Caused some problems for top side, the toxic fissure gas probably isn’t good for them. But it was more or less non lethal. More about clearing out the gray Caitlyn weaponized against them.
So far her collateral has just been Viktor.
#jinx arcane#arcane#arcane s2 spoilers#made a similar analysis pre release#pretty happy it’s held up as accurate#I know we are supposed to not like jinx’s s1 attacks#but for the circumstances they don’t feel bad#at least not out of proportion for what Piltover does
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HEY RIOT??? WHAT THE FUCK DOES THIS MEAN???????
#WHY IS SHE SO DESPERATE#WHO IS SHE TRYING TO REACH#NOVEMBER IS SO FAR#FUCK#I NEED TO WATCH IT NOW#SHIT HIT THE FAN GUYS#SOMEONE IS DYING BAD I CAN FEEL IT#also why do the new designs go so hard man??? they are giving us a banquet frfr#arcane#vi#vi arcane#jinx#jinx arcane#caitlyn arcane
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Everyone always says silco looks like a rat but I've always thought he looked like a fish?
Like he has that dejected look, downturned mouth, long nose, wide oddly colored unblinking eye, dunkleosteus teeth, and he loves water. He also circles Marcus like a shark.
Don't tell me this doesn't look like an actual fish
Also not silco related but I'm now realizing how stupid most fish look now I can't look at one without smirking, like just imagine if a person looked at you like that
#silco#arcane silco#silco arcane#arcane#silco art#silco fanart#fish#fish art#fish silco#dunkleosteus#arcane art#arcane meme#original art#ibispaintx#character analysis#analysis arcane#silco analysis#arcane analysis#stupid#silco fish#flounder#goldfish#ugly fish#i feel bad for those goldfish with big eyes#it just looks so painful#are they okay?
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fortiche studios please make her a canon dyke please and thank u
Men DNI
#seeing her shipped with men disgusts me on another level#sorry not sorry this is a DYKE#first. eughhhh#saw her w s*lco#ew#and then someone was talking sbout viktor#EUWGH#get those scrawny rats away from her#the straights have mels mom#sevika is for the girls#‘but it’s harmless!! let people have fun!!’#no❤️#I am mentally unwell about this woman!! it DOES harm me seeing her w a man 👎#im gonna manifest#🕯🕯🕯🕯👩❤️💋👩Lesbian Sevika👩❤️💋👩🕯🕯🕯🕯#and before any whiny bitches get defensive#no i do not see her as a lesbian because she’s muscular#i see her as a lesbian because i really really love her and i like to self project onto my fav characters#sorry to rant but christ ik someone out there feels the same 😭#sevika#arcane#I need shimmer sev so bad omfg like#just look at her#meowwwwwwwww#meowmeowmeow
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again and again, fandoms do this same shit dude. points to my very large 'you can be pissed at a characters actions and not really like them as a person and still enjoy their character without having to excuse what they're doing' sign. like I was just dealing with this shit with Curly Mouthwashing and now its the same thing with Cait Arcane.
watching the first 3 eps, she was legitimately pissing me off. its supposed to. media is supposed to make you FEEL things and convey a message. I love Caits character a lot and really enjoy her writing, but people legitimately just going 'yass get ur revenge girl, reasonable crashout' is hurting my fucking brain.
Like do you not understand that Vi's parents dying due to unreconciled oppression from enforcers is not the same thing at all as Cait's parent (the. oppressor.) being killed in rebellion ?? and Cait comparing those two things and acting like how she is now is fucking ridiculous. and her trying to mold Vi into someone 'civil' because shes 'not like those other filthy stupid undercity dwellers' is fucked up and toxic.
Does it make sense for her character? Yes! Did I enjoy the writing? YES. And I hope they don't backtrack and just magically fix things because i love the tension and the angst. But its fucking stupid and she pisses me off. That doesn't mean I 'cant handle' her character. She's just becoming an antagonist. Like oh my god, can people stop just blindly standing by every single decision a character they like does and try to excuse it all? characters being morally grey makes them interesting, don't piss me off.
#it was the same thing with stanford too#people kept being like 'wow youre being so mean to him :( do you even like him?“#newsflash. hes a character and he cant hear me. he wont feel bad that im calling him a dick. like grow up#i love stanford more than anything he just is a dickbag#my head is going to explode#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane season 2#arcane season 2 spoilers#arcane s2#arcane s2 spoilers#vi arcane#caitlyn arcane#cait arcane
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thinking about jayce arcane and the way he manages to make completely fucked up decisions through nothing more than base instincts. like. he doesn’t want to lose funding for hextech so he leans into the council. he feels powerless and wants to defend his city so he winds up accidentally killing a kid. he doesn’t want to lose viktor so he turns him into a void aberration without a second thought. do you hear me. is this thing on
#there’s a more intelligent way of wording this but my brain is just brrrrr#anyway free my man he did all that but i love him#the point is that it’s not a case of him being a fundamentally bad or selfish person he’s just incredibly shortsighted#i’ve seen ppl say that what he did to viktor was selfish and just another way of using him and like! yeah that’s kind of true!#but it was never intentional! none of it was!#he acts from base instinct - love and protectiveness and duty - and doesn’t think twice#and that’s as much a weakness as it is a strength#god the absolute duality. bleeding heart scientist and the man who cannot feel anything anymore because of the consequences of love.#arcane#arcane s2 spoilers#jayvik#kinda#p
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IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!
There are actually 8 HEARTS!!!
#timebomb#ekkojinx#ekko x jinx#jinx x ekko#arcane#Jinx is so down bad for him omfg#love that i always wrote her having it as bad as Ekko. i feel vindicated
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i know i'm horrible but someone needs to make this image into a meme
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Guys I want her so bad it's not funny
#That montage did things to me I swear#my art#vi arcane#arcane vi#Vi#arcane fanart#arcane#artists on tumblr#OK it's atlas autism time#But I absolutely love when a character arc goes in this direction#Yknow a character that is strong but slowly falls apart due to anything#Stumbling unbelievably drunk to a bad apartment after the most mind numbing night#Only to rinse and repeat#And getting stuck in a loop of self destruction and self loathing only to have everything crumble more than it already has#Like I relate to that in some ways and feel like most people do#And while vi is an extreme I definitely have been there#Plus she's so hot guys PLSSSSS#Istg this season is gonna end me#Id do a face reveal just to show how much it will make me cry werrrrr#I could write an entire dissertation on her character
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I think it's cool Manni embroidered his message on a zombie and sent it to us. (yes I was attacked by it but it's still cool)
#tes#daggerfall#Soul of a Lich#king of worms#mannimarco#zombie#blood#tesblr#I didn't draw the entire message bc Manni wrote a lot for me and i got lazy. Here is the entire thing:#Dear Zahasa (that's me aka Player's name)#It would be an honor to have you visit me in my demense at your convenience. I have a small matter that you are ideally suited for.#As always. my servants will test your mettle. Feel free to dispense with them. They can always be raised again.#The King of Worms. Master of Scourg Barrow#<- these! he wrote all these on a zombie's back! he's a badass with class!!!#bc he's immortal? he got free time to write a massage stitch by stitch like that?#actually it kinda make me feel special bc the letter he wrote for the princess was so short and i have a whole paragraph#but the dead body kinda went bad when it arrived to me ^^'#but again that's badass! i wish crazy villain does these more often this is really cool#like abnur tharn use a banekin to send vestige a message#and arcane university use a dremora to give lex a note#manni should write more stuff for us via zombie. that would be cool#btw manni's right hand sleeve look weird is bc zombie don't have waist only spine in daggerfall#i don't know how to draw the cut section of belly and i'm trying to cover it with his sleeve
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funniest part of seeing someone react to arcane will always be "omg mylo is so annoying shut up kid" *mylo straight up dies* "😨"
#idk why i feel so bad for mylo specifically. maybe bc theres just not much to claggor#but mylo being an asshole is almost endearing in hindsight like thats just a teenager. thats some kid id know from school. and he just DIES#its so horrifying. its so like. episode 3 of arcane will always be my favorite fuck man#it feels like someone pouring ice cold water on you. wake up call. hey this isnt going to be a nice show look at the fucking reality of this#theres like a split second after mylo gets that piece of whatever stabbed into him where he grabs it and looks at claggor#before looking up and seeing the ceiling fall on him#and it makes me want to cry#arcane#mylo arcane
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Some friends and i were talking about this earlier and the conversation was pretty relevant to current expectations for S2 so I’m posting a general summary here!
So in this article from June we all heard that Arcane has “nearly six hours” of content. Due to the way this is worded many people (including myself) took this to mean that S2 would definitively be about 6 hours long, maybe a little less.
For context, Arcane S1 was 6.2 (370 minutes) long, clocking an average of a little over 41 minutes per episode.
It may have just been me, but I was lead to believe when people were discussing this that the article explicitly states that Arcane S2 will be roughly 6 hours long, period. But looking at it now…this portion of the article could also just be explaining where they were in production at the time of publication (June ‘24)—I mean the article section is even titled “Ongoing Production”.
The rest of this post is assuming that’s the case and using some math to try to predict how long the season may end up being.
S2’s production beginning was announced on November 20th, 2021.
We know from BtR that Arcane S1 and S2 were written in conjunction, so assuming the actual animation portion of production starts at the time of the announcement, the team has had about 550 days between Nov ‘21 and June ‘24 to create 6-ish hours of footage (roughly 360 minutes).
360 minutes of animation / 550 days = 0.65 minutes of animation created per day.
Assuming that trend continues and they wrap up animating sometime in September to allow time for final touches and fixes (iirc in BtR the team focused their efforts on final touches about two weeks before launch, so this provides a small cushion of time for hiccups in production), that gives Fortiche roughly 90 days between June and the end of September to complete the animation.
90 days x 0.65 minutes of animation a day = 58.5 minutes of new footage.
Combining 58.5 minutes with the (roughly) 360 minutes of animation they had during the publication of this article = 418.5 minutes or 7 (6.97) hours of footage.
So if we DO get 7 hours total of content by the end of production, that could either mean each episode clocks in at an average of ~47 minutes OR that the average hovers around the S1-typical 42-ish minutes and we get a whole extra episode to cap off the series.
I honestly don’t know what’s more likely, but I do know that Arcane’s finale season being “almost 6 hours” long is very unlikely given everything that has to happen.
TLDR; That one article noting that S2 is less than 6 hours long may be misinterpreted—it could be referring to how much completed footage they had back in June. I did the math and if they continued animating through September then we would be getting roughly 7 hours of total new footage, making a 10th episode a very real possibility.
#i did this at 11pm after work please feel free to double check my math and yell at me if it’s bad#but i did check it a few times#so it should be consistent given the information provided#arcane#arcane s2#arcane season 2#arcane league of legends#arcane hype#league of legends#arcane theory#arcane discussion#arcane speculation
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This part has provided and honestly confirmed an insight that's been implied occasionally, but never openly stated as much as this moment.
Arcanists are less durable.
It's mentioned a handful of times how it's important for combat between arcanists to be quick and efficient. While they can be physically strong even beyond human standards, their limits are far shorter in comparison. They're far more prone to taking physical and mental damage quicker with their quick healing/recovery to make up for it, but not change just how fragile they are.
This is very insightful too as to why arcanists would be more inclined to fight using arcanum instead of physically as much as possible. Their arcanum gives them an upper hand where their physical stamina is lacking.
#reverse 1999#reverse 1999 lore discussion#uluru games#arcanists are so mentally and physically weak like an actual mage in DnD y'all#i still think that spathodea jumped too conclusions on ezra's intentions and it's really rough to see how raw and real that is#for a topic about building friendships between two people with clearly problematic topic on oppression and prejudice hanging over them#they're just kids. and spathodea has the weight of keeping one of the few remaining arcane cultures alive on her shoulders#it's a lot of pressure and the fear of humans erasing or taking it must not feel good to her and that blinds her from ezra's kind intention#it's also tough to swallow seeing this is a really sensitive topic and an honestly well written expression to just how painful and awkward#it is because ezra needs to acknowledge just how bad it is and even if he's not participating in the system's oppression#he has to carry the weight of generations of it and take responsibility in order to make sure that change starts happening#they're kids. God they're fukin KIDS#i have many feelings about this man. this event is so good wtf
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