#season 7 episode 1

[pixiedust111]

First episode of Young Sheldon - Season 7! (Spoiler Alert, since I'm not Sheldon! 😂)

That boy got real tall; it's getting creepier 😬!

Best part was Missy's being in charge of the house in absence of her mother ❤️!

And a fun fact....🙄!

[fictionalreads]

9-1-1 Season 7 Episode 1

Athena and Buddy

Athena? In therapy?

You’re gonna eat your words man. You don’t know their luck.

Awe! Bobby and Athena dancing. Enjoying their night.

NORMAN AND THE WIFE (I don’t know her name)

You really don’t have to. You could eat at the buffet.

Oh damn. Athena got deep.

Okay Norman and wife. Go away.

Athena don’t do this to Bobby.

Athena. Why are you sabotaging it?

Damn Athena you made the man go to an AA meeting.

You are not good at lying.

Oh her name is Lola.

Bobby pays attention to you.

ATHENA NOOO GO TO THE POOL

Bobby telling them to not encourage her.

Why couldn’t they just have a nice trip?

Maddie

Forever dating is a good idea!

But three times a week is a bit much.

A spreadsheet seems to be counterproductive.

Buck

Wow so you and Natalia broke up. Surprise. Note the sarcasm. I didn’t hate her, just didn’t like her for Buck.

Yes. Buck. You. You’re the one who’s best for the job.

Buck you suck at giving talks.

LMAO Chris. “They’re all special. It’s not a lie”

Oh. Oh Chris. Oh Chris, no.

Eddie

He’s still with Marisol, okay.

CHRIS IS DATING🥰🥰 He’s really growing up.

LMAO CHRIS HAS A ROSTER 😂😂

I’m with Chris. Pizza is always okay. I know that wasn’t the point of the scene but it’s what I focused on.

Hen

Of course Hen’s right. It only happens if you let it.

Emergencies

So he doesn’t know where he is? Great.

Lady why are you vacuuming when he’s sitting right there? That’s rude.

Damn it came in fast.

Abe really don’t like Edna.

The car was on fire sir. So black that I couldn’t tell you the original color. Yes it’s a total loss.

Uh. Bitch. Why would you throw the glass?

Uh. Eddie? Jello?

Okay it makes sense now.

Miscellaneous

IT’S BACK

Damn it’s already halfway over.

OH ITS EDDIE FROM THE FLASH! I just put that together.

THEY BROUGHT SHANNON BACK

[sleuthy-scientist]

Another quick little edit I made on my cellphone. Let me know what you think or if anyone has any requests.

[runwhileyoucan]

So this note reads：

BYE FOREVER YOU FOOLS

KISSES C

I mean, what a legend. I wont exit rooms with this line.

（Its from Season 7 Episode 1 btw）

[bbygirl-aemond]

one of my favorite things about hotd is how we get exposed to the differences in the dragons' personalities. one great way to see this is through how each dragon forms a bond with a new rider. when aemond claimed vhagar, she bucked around like a bull and tried to throw him off to make him prove his worth by staying in the saddle. when seasmoke claimed addam, he hunted addam down and basically claimed addam himself. when hugh claimed vermithor, he stood up to him and roared in his face. and when silverwing claimed ulf, she headbutted and sniffed him before deciding to take him for a joyride. each has such a distinct personality and you can see a clear dichotomy between dragons pursuing their riders and riders pursuing their dragons.

[liopleurodean]

Season 7, Episode 1: Meet The New Boss

Slow Ride!

I don't really need to watch this part

Oh, that's pretty

Stand off

Dean's face 😂

Bobby...

Yeah

Wow

Not yet

No, not really

Oh, Dean...

No wing flutter

No, he is not

I don't like this guy

This won't end well

Whoa!

New title card

BABY!!!!

Back problems

Look at my poor Baby 😭😭😭

Will he?

Good question

Wow. He is really beat up about this

That's a good plan

Sam!

What does he remember?

Oh boy

Sam is not okay

Cas, no

Um...

Cas do not

Wow. This show just got so blasphemous

Who is that?

CHUCK???

This episode is just freaky

Sam?

Yeah, he's not okay

Dang it, Cas

Oh great

I love that it's the sexy part that makes him turn it off

It's a trenchcoat, lady

Hey, that's alright with me! (and Dean)

Oh, Dean...

At least Baby is looking better!

Fair enough

Good song

Crowley?

Yup

Fat load of good those sigils did

Wow

Someone has to rule

Of course

Also true

Jimmy can't hold all of those souls

Whoa, what was that?

Is this even real?

Nope

Baby!!!

Absolutely

Dean...

He's definitely not

Yeah

Of course not

Oh, Dean...

What were they publishing?

Good question

Crowley won't be able to do much

That's true

He's got it on the nose

Where did he get that plan?

If anyone can do it

Okay, that's fair

You got him there

Pfft

Are you?

Jimmy is dying

Oh, it's the souls talking

Ew, no, I did not want to see that

I hate body horror

That's suspicious

HE PUT A STICKY NOTE ON IT

How do you get that?

That'll do it

Baby!!!!!!!!!

Okay Dean

It's pretty

That won't stop Dean

Right there?

Yeah. Right there, I guess

THE JUNK FOOD

Those poor people

Well, it's working

Hey!

Whoa

No, but it might help

No, actually

Because you're bound

I mean, that's always been true

Are you sure?

Mm, I don't think so

Leviathans!

So killing him is out of the question

Really?

Dean 💀

Whoa!

It's not gonna be a Winchester

Oh dear

Cas, this isn't helping

Pfft

You were kind of vague

That's helpful

Okay...

Yeah, fair

...Cas?

Wow, Dean

Dean...

At least he admits it

Again.

Sometimes just knowing helps

It was never a good bubble!

Hentai, you mean

I don't like that smile

I can't believe it's Sam doing this

He wasn't joking

Fair enough

Yeah, no kidding

It's giving the bunker

You're not gonna die, Cas

Eh...

Uh oh

Move, Sam

That's a horrible deception

...Sam?

Dean, stay next to him

...Cas?

Whoa

Is he okay?

They don't, but...

Oh, Dean...

Cas!

Yeah, no kidding

Oh, Cas...

The Leviathans

That's so weird

Yeah...

[a-for-apocalypse]

reposting my youtube comment onto here bc its literally all i can think about. caitvi may have been affecting each other's lives for far longer than they know (they may have been saving each other for far longer than they've realized too).

I've seen a lot of good theories about where the timeline divergence came from (damn the arcane fandom is so big brained sometimes, good job y'all), but this one consistently rots my brain from the inside out bc my god. i will never get over the underlying tragedy of ep 7. how one small difference could have changed it all.

arcane really is a story of what ifs, each more painful to think about than the last.

[deviousdevilx]

House and his observational skills knows Wilson wears the same five ties every week and that Wilson is now wearing a green tie and says

"You wanna look pretty at work"

Also countering Wilson's claim his wife bought it with "Julie hates green."

This man knows everything about Wilson, it's insane.

[delightedchips]

[most-normal-eccles-cake-ignorer]

while I was looking for gabriels in the intro, I noticed this redheaded person w dark clothing and lighthaired person w light clothing that appear to kiss in the theatre:

i'm making this about the 1941 kiss theory

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edit oct 7: a few kind people have mentioned that they remember a post from the official good omens account (possibly on twitter) that said the two people kissing are War & Pollution, and the shadow beside them is Famine. (If you have the link please send it this way! I have done a fair bit of searching but with no luck and it's haunting me bc it must be real but i can't find it)

@0owhatsamsays also pointed out that in the X-Ray bonus video "Title Sequence Easter Eggs" Peter Anderson says there are specific characters from season 1 in the highlighted boxes, and as you can see, the kissing booth (top level, far right) is one with a little trail of stars coming off of it.

[mimir-anoshe]

I love that ARCANE is using the MAJOR ARCANA for symbolism.

Chefs kiss.

These are Sevika's tarot cards from season 1.

The Magician (upright) overlapping Death (upright).

Foreshadowing? Oh hell yeah. But its only now after S2 Episode 6 do I understand what they might actually be foreshadowing. People may have talked about this before, so I apologise if this is similar to anyone else's meta. These are all my own thoughts, I usually just watch arcane and don't dabble into the meta but this season has me feral and I just rewatched season 1.

SPOILERS for Arcane S1/S2 below.

I just want to prologue this post with a note about how I've noticed even from season 1 there are thematic parallels and linear symbolism being afforded between Jinx and Viktor. Others in the community have too I'm sure. Its strange. I thought it was interesting in S1 but didn't deep dive into it, but S2 has driven headfirst into it and its making me go "oh... oh ok." Even Viktor in S1 noted Jinx's genius, and in another timeline perhaps Powder would've been a student of Viktors had fate not set them on parallel paths. Two children of Zaun, both mechanical/scientific geniuses. One physically disabled whilst the other mentally disabled. One who "escaped" and was given a chance, rising to the top only to create something that would be used for harm. Fighting that fate at every step. Whilst the other trapped at the bottom of the barrel, forced to use her gifts to become a weapon herself. Such GOOD story writing.

So now let's think about the art of the cards, because in tarot, even the symbolism of the specific art is important. Its why an artists interpretation of a major/minor can be so crucial to a reading.

Here's a figure map I made earlier.

Lets begin with Death.

Thirteenth of the Major Arcana, a "significant transformation and the end of a phase in life." There is death and rebirth symbolism all over arcane, but let's take a closer look at the symbolism mirroring the art.

Figure 7&8 - The one who has "died" a skeleton/skull laid down and being "imbued" with something as something else is taken away.

See that the imbuing focuses on the "chest" area.

It's quick, but it flashes briefly when Viktor is being imbued with the Hexcore. He canonically dies "the skull" and is reborn with the Hexcore on an "altar"/table.

Same with Jinx. Canonically "dies" and is reborn laying on an "altar"/table using shimmer. Purple being used as the visual thread between shimmer and the arcane of the hex; a colour imagery representation of "magical" alchemical/arcane power turning them into something beyond human.

Singed and Jayce. Two hands of death, giving and taking life as if they were a God. One using shimmer, the other Hextech thats imbued with shimmer. Messing with the balance of life and death.

With Viktor, the energy is transferred straight into his chest, just like on the card.

So now we've established the parallels to the death tarot, lets look at The Magician.

The First of the Major Arcana, "the connection between the physical and spiritual worlds, and the ability to manifest one's desires."

Viktor is the Magician. No doubt. He connects the physical and spiritual world of the arcane, he brings people back from the brink of death, as he was. He manifests his desires through the use of the hex, the arcane. And the dude just looks like a mecha wizard.

Though if you want it to be even more obvious.

Figure 3 - The Third Arm/Third Hand.

The image below is "The Machine Herald" Hero from League of Legends. This is the hero Viktor is based upon.

He canonically has three arms, same as the Magician in the card. The Magician is Viktor, Viktor is the Magician. The Magician is the Machine Herald.

The Magician overtakes/overlaps death. But Viktor by episode 6 still doesn't quite resemble the machine herald from the games. There's no third arm... Yet. So the Magician in the card isn't Viktor from episodes 1-6, this is the machine herald who comes after the one killed in episode 6. Another Rebirth is set to happen for Viktor.

Figures 1 &2 - White mask. Red/pinkish eyes.

Hmmm... Red/pinkish eyes are associated with shimmer. And a white mask, of the machine herald? The mask of a messiah. That the hextech Viktor will most likely also be imbued with shimmer like Jinx, to become the true "machine herald." Messiahs of the hex, monsters of the shimmer.

Its also worth noting that both Jinx and Viktor are framed as messianic figures of Zaun in this season. One the fighter who will rally together the undercity and free Zaun from its oppression. The other a healer and a saint like figure who will free the Zaunites of their suffering and lead them into a better future.

Jinx wanting peace - represented by Isha - and Viktor's dream of peace and healing for Zaun - represented by a lot of things including healing Vander - are metaphorically and literally killed in episode 6. Funnily enough, one symbol of peace killing the other (Isha and Vander - Child and Father). After all, peace and violence are two sides of the same coin, as are Viktor and Jinx. Or should I say, two sides of the same cog...

Figure 4&6 - The Cog shaped Hole in the Magicians chest/The Cog Coin and Jinx's cog.

"I understand now. The message hidden within the pattern. The reason for our failures in the commune. The doctor was right. Its inescapable. Humanity. Our very essence. Our emotions... Rage. Compassion. Hate. Two sides of the same coin. Inextricably bound."

In episode 6, whilst Viktor is explaining to Vi about what it will take to heal Vander, Jinx is sceptical. She doesn't even believe in herself as a messiah, so this "hero"? This "saviour" coming along to solve their problems? To fix things? When all she can do is break everything around her, jinx her own family, destroy? She's scoffing at Viktor sure, but she's also scoffing at herself. Mirroring. People treat her like they treat him, so to believe in him as a saviour means she would have to look into the water of that well and face her own reflection. And Viktor sees right through it, the pretence, and he sees her potential.

Knowledge is a paradox. Jinx wants to stick with what she knows, to destroy instead of to build, to "Watch it all burn." Or ignore the plight of Zaun, so she can live peacefully with Isha. Jinx - Powder - is choosing to remain ignorant to what's right in front of her. Right up until the moment Isha dies.

In the scene earlier in the episode, Jinx accidently destroys a bit of the well, releasing a cog that falls into water. Cogs have been symbolic of Viktor healing people throughout this season, using cogs to "Build."

Powder was thrown into water just like that cog by Silco, and reborn as Jinx. But its not Silco that picks up this cog. Its Viktor. He holds the potential of his creation in his hand, and in paradox, holds Jinx's destruction. Viktor holds Jinx's potential. He's literally holding the two sides of Jinx/Powder in his hand, her - their - fate. Just like Jinx, Viktor has the equal capacity to destroy, and if he is reborn as a weapon later on, perhaps that cog represents Jinx being reborn too. As a creator. A builder.

He holds onto Jinx's cog all the way through the rest of the episode, balancing that potential, that fate, of creation and destruction in his hand. Right up until the moment he dies, and the coin/the cog falls, sealing their fate. His death causing the deaths of Isha and Vander too.

So we've established that the story is viewing cogs/coins in a similar light. We've also established the show is linking Viktor and Jinx through the symbology of the cog.

This is reiterated in the symbolism surrounding the Tarot cards. Around the cards are coins that take the shape of cogs, the currency of Zaun. Fate - coin flips - and cogs, gods and machines. Deus Ex Machina, that is what Viktor is to become, and Jinx creates destruction using machines. She's an inventor, just like Viktor and Jayce. A creator and a destroyer. A god of the machine.

So how does Figure 6 - the coin cogs - relate to Figure 4? The hole in the Magician's chest.

On the Tarot Card, the Magician has a circle in the middle of his chest. A hole. Just like the hole Jayce puts through Viktors chest at the end of Episode 6. The one that kills him.

But if you look closely at the image above, it might be a stretch, but to me, the striations on the inner ring look very similar to those of a cog. The hole is what kills Viktor. Cogs have been given visual symbolism for healing, and are also associated with Jinx's potential for creation. Its a stretch, but it could potentially be foreshadowing Jinx using her abilities to heal Viktor; to build instead of destroy. We've already seen Jinx do it once with Sevika, by "building" her a new arm.

I also find it interesting that we're shown Jinx using her talents to build someone a new arm, and Viktor - the machine herald - still has yet to acquire his third arm. Perhaps he doesn't make it. Perhaps Jinx does?

Maybe, just maybe, Jinx - Powder - is the one to fix Viktor, and flip the cog of fate once again.

Now in Episode 6 we already get foreshadowing that it'll be singe - not Jinx - who saves Viktor by imbuing him with the ultimate shimmer from Warwick/Vander - stabilising him. He says it in the episode, but Viktor refuses to sacrifice Vander in the name of creating the ultimate weapon of destruction.

"It would destroy him."

Viktor's potential for destruction goes hand in hand with Jinx's.

Its even foreshadowed in both the cards. The red/pink eyes of the machine herald foreshadowing shimmer. And the shadow being imbued into the chest of the dead skeleton (Viktor) looks an awful lot like Warwick; the beast that traps Vander.

So why am I talking about Jinx saving Viktor if I'm so certain its Singe? Well I'm certain Singe will bring Viktor back to life, to be used as a weapon. That seems like the most likely outcome.

But like Viktor was saying about Vander "He's not a specimen, he's a man." Viktor was doing everything in his power to save Vander's humanity. So yes Singe will bring the machine herald back most likely - even if I think it'd be thematically cool for it to be Jinx - but I think Jinx will save Viktor. Save the man, the humanity. Be the big fat hero.

Jinx was a girl imbued with Shimmer, and despite having monstrous abilities and doing monstrous things, her humanity has still survived.

I could be wrong, I most likely am, but the the thing that's getting to me is this...

Figure 5 - The Broken Infinity.

At the centre of Viktor's chest, in the middle of Jayce's death blow and Jinx's cog of creation & destruction, is a symbol.

Now a diagonal infinity symbol is associated with the Firelights. Ekko. The boy who shattered time.

Broken Infinity? Shattered time? Seems to go hand in hand.

Though Ekko's symbol is a whole infinity, more akin to a Z than an ongoing X.

There are plenty of theories Ekko will play a role in Viktor's fate and the fate of everyone by rewinding time somehow. And the multiple shots of the coin rolling support that to an extend. Rewind time, change fate, change the flip of the cog. And I agree, I think Ekko is going to have a role to play. But there's also another character who fits with this symbol, who uses shimmer to move faster than humanly possible and defy fate time and time again. Who is the fulcrum of fate in the eyes of the story, the catalyst of everything. And only one character who has solely been associated with a broken infinity symbol before.

Jinx. That's Jinx's symbol. Her champion tag.

Jinx's symbol, right at the centre of Viktors chest. And this line to Jinx from Viktor...

"You have much to offer this commune, Powder. Your talents could be used to build instead of destroy."

And the line from Singe, about Viktor's fate being tied to the commune. Viktor IS the commune, he's the centre of it all. The one who can make the dream of Zaun - Vander's dream - a reality. And that line foreshadowed Jinx using her talents to help the commune. To help Viktor.

Hell, she was technically the reason he "died" in the first place. She fired the rocket that nearly killed him. Wouldn't it be poetic story telling if she was the one who saved him in the end?

I can't wait for Saturday.

I believe whatever happens, Viktor and Jinx's fates are inextricably bound.

[sunnoah]

old married couple LITERALLY

[dollopole]

Merlin should have worn this red jacket more often, he looks so… Edible.

[liar-or-lawyer]

[thenationofzaun]

"Vi was the real Jinx" "No Hextech was the real Jinx" "No Jayce and Viktor were the Jinx for creating Hextech"

Arcane fans are all so fucking stupid and y'all deserve this stupid ass show. If this show had even a modicum of intelligence its thesis statement would have been that institutional oppression enacted by Piltover against Zaun was the real jinx and rot of show, finally giving rise to a monster coming to Jinx them back and be the reckoning for all their sins. Instead they give us that fuckass idiotic episode 7 that attempts to pin all the blame on Hextech and pretends like the horrible conditions of Zaun and cruelty of Piltover didn't already exist long before Jayce and Viktor cranked that damn crystal. Not only that, they go and martyr Vi which just gave the lowest bottom of the barrel members of this fandom a chance to accuse her of being the "real" jinx. This show is unserious garbage and its moronic fans deserve it.

[bbygirl-aemond]

harwin you ARE the father