#warwick

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x09 - “The Dirt Under Your Nails.” ↳ "You can't save him!"

[bestwitchsam]

In this sequence, our artists skillfully capture the contrasting personalities of Vander and Warwick—Vander exuding a peaceful ambiance, while Warwick embodies wrath and chaos. Illustration by Fortiche artist Faustine DUMONTIER.

[the-whole-shebang]

This is totally how act 2 ended guys I don't know what you're talking about

The season ended right here btw nothing happened after this

[ianthedebonair]

thinking about arcane's plot

the plot:

[aurelion-solar]

Arcane Season 2 - Netflix France Promo Posters (sources: x, x, x)

[thenationofzaun]

I always hated the idea of Vander coming back as Warwick, as I felt it would cheapen the impact of his death in S1E3. I'm not a fan of characters coming back from the dead in general. But when I saw Warwick's video game voice lines, I was intrigued. I could definitely see how the show could find a way to make his return impactful and play a very interesting role in Vi's arc. Though I was still skeptical, the game dialogue gave me hope that the show could explore Vander's past and Vi's character in a cool way. Only for Season 2 to throw all that potential away.

"I became the monster I always was. Zaun gave me claws long before you did."

The monster he always was. Because as much as Season 2 contradicts itself and the show writers behind the scenes paint Vander as always having been a pacifist, it wasn't what was established in Season 1. This is told to us by the visuals (Vander attacking Silco in his youth and then killing enforcers on the bridge), Marcus ("You weren't always the peace keeper, were you?"), and Vander himself ("I'm not that man anymore"). All confirmation that Vander had a dark past, one where he was such a violent aggressive man to earn the nickname Hound of the Underground. After his devastating defeat and losses on the Day of Ash, he stamped that violent rage down and made peace with topside. Because he thought it was the only way to protect innocents and keep kids from being orphaned by Piltover. The present Vander we meet in Season 1 has already undergone massive character growth. Then there are his lines to Vi and Jinx.

With Jinx there's faint recognition and despair. And his lines to Vi are so juicy. His disappointment in her! The fact that he made a pact with the enforcers to minimize their crackdowns on Zaun and prevent bloodshed, only for Vi to join those same enforcers and aid in their crackdowns! Causing collateral damage to innocents, orphaning kids, and even getting kids themselves killed. What would make it even more juicy is if Vi's decision to join them was motivated by desire to avenge Vander! And if she excused her class treason by comparing it to Vander's pact with Grayson. Imagine thinking you're honouring your father's memory, then his literal reanimated corpse shows up and says "no girl wtf are you doing". Not to mention his last words to her was "take care of Powder". And now she'd be all uniformed up to arrest her sister for topsiders.

Vi could have come face to face with her demons in the form of Warwick. She could have recognized that she was becoming the rage-filled violent monster Vander used to be, and what he was eventually turned into after his death. Something he never would have wanted for her. She could have realized how much she lost herself. Warwick should have been her kill. Setting Vander free and at the same time killing her own demons and rage. Instead they don't use any of this rich material from the game. Vi gets no major character arc and no introspection. She doesn't even get to piece together Vander and Silco's past, because Season 2 makes the retcon that she apparently always knew Silco. So much potential wasted, and now I feel vindicated in my original assessment that Vander should have stayed dead. If they weren't going to do anything interesting with Warwick, then that furry could have just been omitted the way Camille and a bunch of other Piltover/Zaun champions were.

[cloudzyha]

YEAH. THEY ARE PERFECTLY FINE. WHAT ARE Y'ALL TALKIN ABOUT... THEY ARE FIIIIINNNNNNEEEEE

GUYS THEY ARE FINEEE LOOK!!…😿

[riversofmars]

I'm just thinking about the "Is there anything so undoing as a daughter?" quote and yes, Vander, Silco, Ambessa... they're the obvious examples, but also the way Cassandra's death was caused by Caitlyn's inaction and Isha's death being what completely broke Jinx... Oh I'm not ok.

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE LEAGUE OF LEGENDS: 2x09 - “The Dirt Under Your Nails.” "I'm not ready to face it Don't go saying goodbye There's a beauty in changes And I wanna try"

[chica-sinmiedo]

That's all it is, Vi. A leap of faith.

ARCANE | 2.05 Blisters and Bedrock

[drayce-el]

Art from the pdf version of the Arcane art book. Feel free to request anything you might want to see!

[arcane-hotties]

A couple of months ago I ran a Hottest Character in Arcane tournament. Now that season 2 is out, let's do it again! This is a preliminary poll that will help determine participants and match-ups. The bottom 4 will probably be cut. Propaganda and campaigning is strongly encouraged.

Vote in the women's poll here

[committingcrimes-2047]

GUYS!!!

you dont understand how badly i need more Vander Warwick x reader fics!!!

I need fluffy moments! Reader cuddling with him!!!

Imagine, after years, them both reuniting and just cuddling- reader whos beginning to fall asleep- laying ontop of him, lazily petting his fur and him just taking them in after everything that happened.

PLEASE 🙏

(I promise ill write down more of my ideas soon, but im suffering from my period and drawing my oc. But i promise to start posting normally again soon!!! LET ME COOK!!!)

He dont bite

[ito-itonomen]

I also think it highlights how ultimately the best choice jinx could make for herself was to leave piltover perminantly and remove herself from the situation, from VI. Bc in the end no matter what Vi's intentions are she tends to make selfish or emotionally driven choices that always seem to fall back on jinx in a very "every time it rains, we're always the ones who get wet" sort of way.

Jinx never had a chance in hell of truly healing or getting the fresh start she needs in piltover, with Vi. Kind like THEY'RE the real "oil and water" mix that just can't work out.

NO BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS??

The AU in which Vi dies is the happiest? Vi finally understand and says out loud that she always makes the wrong choices.

And then she does it again! She choses Vander's corpse over Jinx's suggestions. And Jinx has to sacrifice herself to save her life as a result.

Every time Vi makes a decision that impacts Jinx it goes wrong for them, it's crazy.

It's like... Vi is the real jinx.

Vi is literally the reason Jinx dies in the end. If she'd hussled and listened to Jinx, she could have escaped to safety, and WW may have fallen or chased them, but they would have had a chance.

It's whack. It's super whack that this is the ending they went for.

[junryou]

The Uncaged Wrath of Zaun

As a Warwick main, I was sorely disappointed in his Arcane design. I understand the changes were likely to contrast the man vs. the beast and to keep some semblance of Vander. Still, I really missed his fully-furred, toothy-muzzle and ears.

They totally got his frenetic savagery down, though—I'll give them that! (I also definitely cried just a little bit at the reunion scene. Just a little... weh.)

do not reupload/use

[cyborgnightcityninja]

art by @AlexineSkiba