#mel says stuff

[karmelarts]

so much of the horror genre is informed by the metaphor of queer/transness as monstrousness. especially emphasizing the amount of horror that depends on the audience's repulsion at seeing a human body changing into a new, other body. I Saw the TV Glow is about the horror of NOT transitioning. the horror of static. the horror of looking into yourself and being terrified of what you see. the horror of seeing who you are and choosing to do nothing about it. the horror of looking away. and by god is it terrifying.

[brownfrogs]

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[codenamethebird]

Honestly, I'm kind of hoping we see Melinoe's relationships fall apart a bit. The Warsong update has given us some new dialouge that's quite interesting in this regard.

We actually have Melinoe questioning things a little bit, mostly in regards to Prometheus having a point. But the moment she admits this to Hecate, she gets swiftly shut down. Hecate tells herself to not even consider it and stay true to her beliefs. Which under different circumstances would be a pep talk, but considering the context of, 'are the gods wrong in their treatment of humanity', has kind of sinister implications.

Like don't get me wrong I don't think Hecate is some secret supervillian, but she's a Titan who is part of the order of the gods. When Mel asks her why she helped Athena punish Arachne, she doesn't really apologize and basically says Arachne deserved it. For all Hecate loves Melinoe, she raised her as living weapon (which oof when Ares calls Mel that, ahhhh). She can't have her weapon against Chronos having doubts about their mission. She can't risk the weapon turning against herself.

In a similar but different path, Odysseus has some new dialogue where he's acting funny and seeming to question things. And when Mel asks him about the whole the whole god mortal thing, he blatantly avoids the question like an extreme sport. It actually made me crack up how blatant he was. And when Mel presses him, he says a very non committal 'both gods and mortals are complicated", which says nothing and everything lol. The conversation ends with him promising that he would tell her if he thought she and Hecate were doing the wrong thing.

Which if we take him at his word, still is sooooo vague. He could very much be in my opinion that Chronos is bad and needs to be defeated, but also the gods suck and he's not lying to Mel.

There's also the other option that he's just lying lol. He is Odysseus. But even beyond that, his boss and literal titan is like 20 feet away. Said Titan, who I mentioned above, shuts down any bit of doubt in Mel. He's just a shade, he has very valid reasons to keep his mouth shut.

But yes, back to my first point of this post, Melinoe's relationships possibly falling apart. In a reversal of Zag's quest bringing him closer to his companions, Mels feels doomed to tear them apart.

The mortal (ish in some cases) characters in this story as possibly being dragged towards Prometheus and his ideology. Arachne and Heracles already have issues with the gods, [Pan]Dora was screwed over by them too + her connection to Prometheus, Odysseus seems to have his doubts, and even Icarus has some dialouge of him expressing confusion at Prometheus being their enemy.

On the other end, it looks like Mel is headed in a direction of also doubting her belief in the gods, which will put her in conflict with them and their allies. I don't know what Hecate will do if Melinoe tries to work with Prometheus.

But yeah, I think it would be very fun to have Melinoe's relationships start falling apart as she grows and changes throughout the story. Lots of angst potential, of course, but interesting story developments as well.

Also in a way to make this sort of plot work within the context of how Hades 2 is played, and a different fun reversal of Hades 1, Melinoe can start keeping secrets from the people in the crossroads. Like how Zag lied to the Olympians about why he was doing his runs (especially in the epilouge), Melinoe might have to start lying to Hecate/Moros/Nemesis/etc about the exact purpose of her runs.

But yeah that might me getting a little too crazy with plot ideas haha.

[giarossin]

mel [to viktor]: you're the professor's assistant jayce: NO, he's my partner

marcus: kiramman girl had a prisoner released on your order jayce: NO, we've got it covered viktor: you promised to destroy the hexcore jayce: NO,

[possible-eldritch-catboy]

rewatching s1 arcane and this is basically how this went right

[melissa-titanium]

REFERENCING THIS POST

[jayvikyuri]

viktor's cane is white and gold - famously mel's color scheme... which could mean nothing

[sarcasticbeanie]

Paces around in a circle. Something something erasure of women (and very apparent w women of color) within fandom spaces, relegating them to support roles, villainous roles, or even making them tools of the narrative or just forgetting about them. And then when people point that out fans start calling them homophobic for not shipping the gay guys. Please that’s not what this conversation is about I’m head in hands. Man I hate it here. Sometimes even canon does this! I’m going to explode.

[starry-kittens]

GLISTEN OPEN THE DOOR HES FREEZING TO DEATH!!!1!!1!!!!!!!!!!

[limonjarritos]

The way Ekko's the one to deliver the final blow to Viktor and Jayce. To become the antithesis of what they had wrought. Hextech was meant to help but it continued to oppress, it facilitated in eugenicist ideals.

The disparity in equality, the divorce of humanity.

Ekko had been in the community helping it, trying his best, unifying. I'm not sure where I'm going but I just really enjoy this scene.

[brown-bear-64]

Honestly the best way I can describe the 2nd season of Arcane is written by extremely competend writers who bit off way more than they could chew. Especially in that short of a timeframe.

It's possible that it was a higher up decision for future League shows, but the focus on the Black Rose & magic worldbuilding took away focus from the core cast and the narrative of 2 cities/sisters opposed to one another. They desperately needed at least 3 more episodes

The writers are competent, but they made some deliberate choices I don't like and pulled focus from things I believe they should've left in focus. It feels like the entire narrative of the show got changed between seasons, and maybe it was always the intention and I should rewatch the entire show front-to-back without a massive hiatus in-between them for me to get it, but from my current standing... It could've been more, and the things that they did focus on and give time to were really good. It's just that the show lost its priorities and primary narrative along the way

[karmelarts]

this isn’t normal. this isn’t how life is supposed to feel. if you don’t think about it it can’t hurt you. I found our hearts and they were still beating. there is still time.

[brownfrogs]

all those years of sexual repression hitting Hanzo like a semi truck and now he can’t hold hands with Cole without gettin a obvious boner

[mel-loly]

-Merry Christmas!💗✨

the tags (↓) are more important!!!

[nonspeakerlibrary]

https://cussinanddiscussin.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/emergency-speech-is-dangerous/

An article by Mel Baggs , about one type of unreliable speech and how dangerous it can be.

“Fluency is not the same thing as communication. You can be completely fluent, you can even sound as if what you have to say is a plausible response to a situation, and you can be saying nothing of what you intend to say.”

[icyblueroses]

Types of video games Arcane characters would play:

Caitlyn - First person shooters and detective based puzzle games, like Return of the Obra Dinn and The Case of the Golden Idol

Vi - Hack and slash games, used to be a pro at Smash Bros after playing it so much with her family, but she also has a secret soft spot for visual novels

Jinx - Tetris, bullet hell games, and first person shooters where she also stream snipes Cait for fun

Ekko - Puzzle platformers, like Neon White or Celeste where he’s definitely doing speedruns, and a Stardew Valley save with Jinx

Mel - Society simulation and strategy games, like Civilization or even Frostpunk, but she’ll also play fighting games like Guilty Gear to pull off insane combos

Jayce - Life simulation games, like PowerWash Simulator, narrative choice games with emotional endings, and Minecraft

Viktor - Completely modded out Sims, soulslike games for the challenge, and maybe chill exploration games like Season: A Letter to the Future

And Heimerdinger is playing League of Legends as Heimerdinger