#you’re telling me Singed of Arcane chose to bring back Vander over Silco?

[unholylevitation]

You can tell there was much more interference in this season in terms of those who control the IP because if this had been a true sequel to the first season rather than a quasi-sequel being held at gunpoint to push IP then Warwick wouldn’t have made an appearance.

Bringing Vander back is a cheap attempt to smooth over the fact that his death will rot between Vi and Jinx forever in Arcane and a cheaper ploy to introduce more IP.

If they were going to bring back Vander, they should’ve played a Cerberus and made it both Vander and Silco which would’ve driven natural conflict between sisters, the creature itself, and anyone’s decision on how to handle the creature. Or best of all; no one at all! Just leave it out! Let the haunting continue to be done by ghosts, as it should be.

The story of Arcane diverged from LoL’s existing canon to the point where Warwick existing had to be driven in tandem with empty plot device Isha to pull off something resembling movement.

Warwick existing does not satisfy exploring VI’s suffering the way they so desperately want it to. It certainly doesn’t address Jinx’s suffering. Episodes 4 through 6 could’ve been driven by character conflict and gotten the job done 1000% better. Right down to Vi and Cait having ACTUAL conflict driven by stunted conversations and flashbacks and attempts to reconcile that can’t penetrate their mutual hurt just yet.

Like something that Episode 7 does really well is impress upon the audience that loss doesn’t have to equal tragedy. And that the tragedy of the character’s current world is that the main players can’t let go of their loss enough to see or understand each other (even Ekko!!).

Warwick, especially as he was used, is like a bandaid over a grievous battle wound. He addresses nothing and is honestly insulting to the story.