#zdrive

[local-jawa]

I’m a proud timebomb shipper and no one will ever be able to stop me

[mvmnbnv]

People going on about vi possibly dying bc according to BtR notes ekko saves her at some point makes me ill

[littlebigmouse]

Something about AU Vander telling AU Powder she's "too smart to spend her life in a bar" vs telling AU Ekko (as far as he knows, anyway) that he thinks he'd be "running this place soon" makes the latter almost seem like an insult.

[southern--downpour]

i was expecting basically everything else in act 2. vander reunion going south. isha dying. i got that much i was prepared. but VIKTOR????

[mollysunder]

I'm noticing a funny pattern with Ekko and Arcane adjacent media. In the latest trailer for the game 2XKO (formerly Project L), Ekko not only makes resemble his Arcane version (canon?), but his Z-Drive is greenish-blue and shimmer pink.

Before that the Roit x Arcane released the Gilded au, for Piltover and Zaun characters in a world where Zaun and Piltover didn't (or at least had yet to) split. It makes me think that for season 2, Ekko will be forced to use shimmer when things get dire, and it could be the thing that helps him crack the z-drive.

Maybe Jinx made a better sales pitch the Silco ever did.

[eerna]

jesus. yeah thank god for preaching the truth about arcane season two. i mean it had its moments - really, REALLY good moments, and by hell it looked AMAZING - but holy FUCK. what a terrible time to be a fan of ekko. or mel. or jinx. or vi. or viktor. or ambessa. or sevika. and probably more i'm missing (ISHA!!!).

i completely agree with everything about the zaun vs. piltover situation ... just not happening this season? first with shimmer - listen i am not the biggest fan of the chembarons lol they look nice but their characters are. Fine. but if you're going to hype them up in the second episode make them WORTH something, right? and then if you're going to hype up the new jinxers, make THAT worth something too!! would it have been so hard to have a bunch of zaunites fly into piltover following jinx? i mean, that's what everyone THOUGHT that scene would be? you had sevika LEAVE the council meeting. why don't you have jinx convincing her to help. and ekko's with jinx. why wasn't he reunited with the firelights? you're telling the fucking firelights would leave zaun? no but it's just them i guess. and sevika and other zaunites enter the fray at essentially the same time so you would have to change nothing but whaaaatever who gives a fuck.

SPEAKING. OF. EKKO. WHAT THE HELL? his FINAL scene in this show is him mourning jinx and being completely alone. we can have that scene, OBVIOUSLY (given that jinx dies - or fake-dies - which i have my own problems with) but... can bro get a seat on the council? please? can we have like a scene with him and sevika walking in and he nods at sevika or something. i know people were complaining about it being mostly pilties and just sevika at the council meeting but i LOVE that. genuinely. shows us that progress is going to be slow (wow crazy. arcane having realistic class issues in their show about class issues), but can it not be just sevika? and can ekko get some fucking credit for SAVING PILTOVER? sure sure sure it was jayce and viktor but WHO THREW. THE GODDAMN ZDRIVE. AT VIKTOR'S HEAD? EKKO. jesus sorry i'm just crazy upset about that.

i wish they also didn't just have the council in piltover? if we're being given an independent zaun (ARE WE BEING GIVEN AN INDEPENDENT ZAUN??????????????) can we maybe have meetings in zaun too? one of those cute little transitions behind sevika's head where they're meeting in piltover's council room and then we go to the meeting room in zaun? like fucking what? or maybe zaun isn't fucking independent what were we watching this show for. if you're going to keep zaun as part of piltover and leave that part open can you maybe elaborate more than sevika like... sitting down. im a bitch for subtext but at some point it's not subtext it's being lazy??

and meljay. not sure what else to say here tbh like i don't even love them and i thought they were handled so poorly. at least they had chemistry in season one? the fuck was their reunion in act 3? negative chemistry. jayce is imagining viktor. why does he have more chemistry with viktor. big jayvik fan btw im a big fucking jayvik fan but can it NOT come at the expense of an established ship? porque no los dos? like hello? does meljayvik mean nothing to the writers? if you're going to have shippers putting the JayVik Agenda (which admittedly i think is very real of them) into the show can you COMPROMISE ABOUT IT. like considering mel's lonely ass ending and ekko's lonely ass ending there might be a goddamn pattern here.

wow. speaking of lonely ass endings. JINX. MY GIRL???????? breaking down her "death": we have jinx, safe, on a ledge. and we have vi and warwick about to fucking die. vi is faced with two options: try and save warwick (bring back vander) or go to jinx. vi isn't AWARE that trying to save warwick is going to come at the expense at jinx, but WE do, and the WRITERS do. the option of saving warwick or going to jinx is the SAME FUCKING OPTION as the jinx vs. powder question at the end of season one. does vi try and bring back a dead man (one who is GONE, who represents jinx and vi's past coming back to haunt them) or does vi try and accept her trauma and forge a new future with jinx?

...she chooses vander. like ok. yes. that makes sense given the amount of time vi has had to process that vander is alive. and a wolf. and then dead. and then back. and still a wolf. and then fighting them. and then not fighting them. im not expecting her in that situation to take jinx's hand and move on. but if that's the case can the arcane writers then.. give her time to process? because this isn't GOOD. this isn't good for vi. this isn't good for jinx. also do you know what also isn't good for vi OH MY GOD CAITLIN. CAITLIN ISN'T WHY DID THEY HAVE SEX AFTER JINX WAS LIKE "SORRY SIS GOING TO KILL MYSELF" LIKE HELLO VI YOU HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES THIS IS JUST LIKE WHEN YOU LEFT EKKO ON THE BRIDGE WHAT. HELLO. WHAT. WHAT. WHAT.

"im the dirt under your nails" no vi caitlin is the blood under yours.

sorry ok this isn't all my problems with arcane season two but i just realized i've been ranting in your inbox for what's probably over 100 words so maybe i should stop now. sorry bro i may or may not make my own post now mb

NO PROB it's big feelings and opinions time here on eerna dot tumblr~ It's just a terrible time to be a fan of the show methinks. I don't think a single character emerged on the other side of this season by having been done right.

I hated the way the Zaunites refusing to help Piltover was treated like some kind of a dramatic "Well, I guess THEY aren't joining US" scene. Usually we get to see both sides so you don't feel like either side is the main character, but that was such a horrible "You, the viewer, are a Piltie now, and the way Zaunites act will from now on be used as plot twists only" POV. Sevika showed up that way, Jinx and Ekko showed up that way - not as main characters, but as supports to Vi and Cait and Mel and Jayce, the Good Pilties.

"im the dirt under your nails" no vi caitlin is the blood under yours. is such a badass quote, bro!!! I have nothing to add, you've said it all, thanks for sharing~

[viwifey]

bear with me for a second yall but around 2 am after being awake for 23 hours combined with a couple drinks from being out with some friends, i was suddenly hit ideas of things that i thought could’ve helped season 2 to feel more satisfying for each character arc lmao 😭😭

definitely not saying this is perfect nor have i thought too much about if there would be any plot holes but i think it works for the most part

SEASON 1 CHANGES GOING INTO SEASON 2

-no ambessa introduction in season 1; or at least keep her in mel’s flashback or something so we still have a sense of why mel is against war

as much as i love ambessa, it feels like her arc got other character’s stories to be shortened. not having her play a role in season 2 really helps with allowing other characters to have more time on screen and with a couple changes they can still follow similar arcs they had a in season 2

-ending of season 1 plays out the same with jinx shooting the rocket at the council

ACT 1

-pretty much stays the same; no introduction of the black rose but instead after mel discovers that she could have powers, she leaves piltover to go on some journey to discover what it could be

-caitlyn still forms her strike team to try to catch jinx but after it fails she uses her power and status as a kiramman to place martial law on zaun

-basically everyone else still keeps their exact storyline from act 1

ACT 2

-jinx, who also agrees to be the symbol for the rebel group, is motivated by isha to mend her relationship with vi and discovers that she is pit fighting

no introduction of vander/warwick either; the time spent looking for him in episode 5 is instead focused on vi’s trauma and the sisters still end up on better terms

-cait is still inflicting martial law on zaun and starts to have a change of heart when something happens making her solely responsible for the killing of a mother in zaun, paralleling that to how she felt towards jinx killing cassandra. we begin to see her loosen her control of zaun in episode 6 while making efforts to try to atone for the damage she caused

-after helping vi, jinx has her work with the rebel group and they form a list of demands they find acceptable to produce to piltover that basically starts the process for zaun to become independent. vi is the one to bring these to cait with the hope that their relationship makes it more likely for it to be approved

-vi and cait make amends and cait apologizes

-jayce returns and still kills viktor at his cult

-singed is also present but instead of his experiments being on warwick, they’re on something else that is still intended to help his daughter; learns about viktor and his abilities and goes to him try to find a way to harness them for himself to use for oriana but isn’t able to figure it out before jayce kills viktor

-mel learns more about herself as a mage

ACT 3

-keep episode 7 the same

-episode 8 is preparation for war between piltover/zaun and viktor who is revived by singed like he was in the show

-zaun agrees to help fight viktor because they are on better terms with piltover after their proposal was accepted for their independence

-cait and jinx have a bit of a heart to heart moment and end their rift

-mel has returned from her self discovery journey and has her powers developed to where they were in act 3

-ekko returns with the zdrive and uses it to help win the fight

-final battle plays out but no jinx “death” since warwick isn’t present

-viktor and jayce scenes play out like it did in act 3

-cait steps down from her role in the kiramman house out of remorse for her actions and mel steps in to run piltover

-cait becomes a PI and we see her using her detective skills

-jinx, vi, and ekko help with rebuilding zaun to be a healthier place for its people

-caitvi are together and vi also helps cait with her investigative work sometimes

-singed could be successful with getting oriana back or not idk lol

THE END

[hatsukeii]

i’m crashing out rn so im gonna put the next 12:51 FM chapter aside for now (sorry akaashi!) and here are some things i’d like to just ramble about after arcane act three

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

- they were really feeding us jayvik stans I NEVER DOUBTED YOU JAYCE!!!! I DEFENDED HIM ALL ALONG!!!!

- parallels between jayvik fighting while levitating up to hexgate and their first discovery together as they levitated i am unwell

- parallel of caitlin finding vi in the cell again punching the wall and s1 ep3 was insane also THANK FUCK IT WASNT MADDY!!!

- soeaking of maddy im too fucked up to have any analytical thoughts about her rn so glad she died but i’ll probably regret saying that after some clear thought

- the parallels in thsi show are truly unmatched

- ekko amd zdrive was something i was so hyped for and i’m so glad it happened!!

- jayvik

- jayvik

- i miss my wife viktor

- the framing of jayce in the arcane was chef’s kiss omg so beautiful

- jinx hallucinating silco i’m unwell

- ekko the goat since day 1

- gonna rewatch it to catch more details but the entirety of season 2 has been so incredible genuinely the best TV i’ve watched in years

- one daughter watched vander die the first time and it began a chain of violence, the other daughter died with him to end it im dead done deceased

- there’s more that i’m not recalling and i’ll come back to this but! let me make one thing clear before i lose track of it: it all comes back to love and ambition and i’ll expand on that when i’m not fucked up

[jams-sims]

If IF it turns out jinxs is alive and just hoped to another dimension because of the explosion and Vi and Cati are looking for her but don't tell him. Im jumping someone- because Ekko the literal fucking GOAT.

Clutches the fuck up and saves everyone. Doesn't get a courtesy call about 'ay my sister may still be alive'. After he has to rebuild his own Zdrive again himself with NO ONE. Because lets be real Vi gonna be too tongue deep in her girlfriend to really spare him a thought as he rebuilds shit on his own.

[hexblooded]

he is putting a TINY ANOMALY inside the zdrive???? ekko the man that you are

[abacaxau]

Jinx tá tentando comprar na feira um negócio de uma velha que parece uma bruxa, mas a velha não quer baixar o preço da mercadoria. Jinx não quer pagar tão caro, e acaba irritando tanto a velha que a mulher agora parece querer fulminar ela com os olhos. Ao invés disso, ela faz um movimento no ar, um cajado aparece e ela dispara contra Jinx, que se abaixa bem rápido por causa dos reflexos bons.

O feitiço escapa de Jinx, mas termina atingindo a pessoa que tava na parte de trás de Jinx, comprando na outra barraca, Ekko. Ele diminui de tamanho na mesma hora e vira... um gatinho marrom com listras brancas. Jinx olha surpresa do gato pra a velha, mas agora a barraca tá VAZIA.

E todas as coisas pra vender SUMIRAM. Ela bate no balcão da barraca e xinga a velha de tudo que é nome. Quando termina, escuta o gatinho-ekko miando mexendo com as patinhas no zdrive caído no chão, ele quer voltar no tempo pra reverter o feitiço, mas como gatinho ele não consegue...

Ele está oficialmente a mercê de Jinx pra tentar voltar a ser humano. Ela coloca a alça do zdrive no ombro e pega gatinho-ekko, colocando ele bem na altura dos seus olhos. Ele não parece muito feliz. "Agora somos só você e eu, gatinho rabugento!" Ela pressiona a ponta do nariz dela no dele, feliz, e recebe um miado nada satisfeito. :D

[comoencasa]

ZYCLE lanza la nueva bicicleta indoor profesional ZBike FREE y actualiza su rodillo ZDrive MAX

El mundo del ciclismo profesional está de enhorabuena con el lanzamiento de los nuevos productos de ZYCLE, una increíble bicicleta de ciclismo indoor con sistema de piñón libre —para los que buscan las sensaciones de pedaleo más realistas— y la optimización de su rodillo de transmisión directa, el ZDrive MAX, que ahora ha mejorado su capacidad de frenada a baja cadencia, entre otras prestaciones. Estos dos nuevos productos enriquecen la gama de materiales deportivos de ZYCLE y ofrecen a los amantes del ciclismo la oportunidad de disfrutar de su deporte favorito con dos de las opciones más modernas y avanzadas que pueden encontrarse en el mercado.

Y es que ZYCLE es desde hace años una de las marcas más recomendadas por los ciclistas profesionales. Esta ha consolidado su reputación gracias a la calidad de sus productos y a la incorporación de los últimos avances tecnológicos en su catálogo, apostando por dispositivos 100% inteligentes, como sus dos más recientes novedades que, además, ya cuentan con gran aceptación, tal y como puede leerse en el portal referente online tuttotek.it.

¿Qué nos ofrece la ZBike FREE de piñón libre de ZYCLE?

La ZBike FREE es una bicicleta única en el mercado gracias a sus distintivas prestaciones que la hacen destacar entre las demás. En concreto, por incorporar un sistema de piñón libre que permite a los ciclistas que hacen uso de ella dejar de pedalear mientras la rueda de inercia sigue avanzando. Esta prestación es muy reciente y poco habitual en el mundo de las bicicletas indoor y destaca por lograr una sensación de pedaleo extremadamente realista e inmersiva, muy similar a las de las bicicletas de exterior. De hecho, supera el mecanismo de estas últimas al contar con la ventaja de no hacer ruido en el momento de dejar de pedalear. Esto se debe a que el sistema funciona con un avanzado y sofisticado rodamiento rodalibre que lo suprime de la fórmula para poder hacer uso de ella en cualquier lugar de la vivienda y a cualquier hora sin molestar a los vecinos. Además, por supuesto, a ello hay que sumarle su avanzado sistema de transmisión ultra silencioso con correas del tipo Poly-V, que hacen de ella una de las bicis indoor más silenciosas del mercado. 

La ZBike Free incorpora otras muchas prestaciones destacadas por las que aspira a convertirse en una de las opciones más populares entre los ciclistas profesionales en poco tiempo. Aparte de la novedad del piñón libre nos encontramos con su avanzado freno magnético que ofrece un control preciso y suave en cada pedalada. Esta resistencia es automática, lo que permite simular cualquier recorrido de manera cómoda y práctica, incluso la sensación de ir a rueda suelta sin que el usuario tenga que llevar a cabo ninguna acción. Hay que añadir, además, que la ZBike FREE es compatible con los principales simuladores de ciclismo y que se vincula perfectamente a ellos gracias a su estable y avanzada conectividad inalámbrica. Destaca, así mismo, su biela multiposición con 5 posiciones diferentes y su ajuste milimétrico de la altura del sillín y del manillar, así como la gran potencia que ofrece, el sistema de frenado de emergencia con botón electrónico, la medición de datos precisos en tiempo real y otras prestaciones más.

Qué cambios incorpora el rodillo ZDrive MAX

ZDrive MAX es el rodillo de transmisión directa de ZYCLE. Este tipo de rodillos son dispositivos utilizados para entrenamiento indoor con bicicleta. Emplean un sistema que sustituye la rueda trasera, conectando directamente la transmisión al rodillo, lo que proporciona una mayor precisión en la medición de potencia, menor desgaste de componentes y una experiencia de pedaleo más realista, ideal para ciclistas profesionales y aficionados. El modelo de ZYCLE es el compañero ideal para cada kilómetro, este ofrece una excelente compatibilidad con todo tipo de bicicletas — con independencia de que sean de carretera, MTB o gravel y con ruedas de 26’ a 29’—, conectividad de última generación —con tecnología del tipo Bluetooth FTMS y ANT+, además de funcionar con cable USB para PC— y compatibilidad con los principales simuladores de ciclismo, al igual que la ZBike FREE. En concreto, con Rouvy, BKOOL, BestCycling, Kinomap, MyWhoosh y FulGaz—.

Ahora bien, las últimas novedades con respecto a la optimización y actualización de este dispositivo las encontramos en la mejora de la capacidad de frenado a baja cadencia, lo que permite disfrutar de una experiencia de pedaleo más inmersiva al simular subidas más realistas y con desarrollos más cortos. El nuevo modelo, por otro lado, presenta una mejora de la calibración y resulta más fácil de montar. Esto garantiza datos precisos para un entrenamiento eficiente y no es necesario que el usuario realice ajustes adicionales. Además, su diseño Plug & Play facilita enormemente la instalación, permitiéndote configurarlo de forma sencilla y rápida en cuestión de minutos, sin necesidad de asistencia externa. Por último, destaca su reducción del peso a 16 kg y, por supuesto, sin afectar a la estabilidad del mismo. Esto permite al usuario poder transportarlo más cómodamente de un lugar a otro, por ejemplo, a las zonas de calentamiento previas a una competición. 

[fracturedtimee]

i think heimer and ekko got transported to an au, where hextech was never invented (or something along those lines) and ekko invents the zdrive there while jayce was sent to some sort of apocalyptic future where he saw the destructive capabilities of hextech (could be one of the reasons why he now wants to destroy it)

i cant find a picture but in the trailer for season 2 you can see heimer teleporting (?) back to the current universe, and you can also see ekko in piltover-esque clothing with his hair pulled back (both in separate scenes) so maybe your right

Ok, I see your time travel/time loop theories and I raise you my alternate universe travel theory:

First I want to talk about this scene

(Sorry its blurry)

My theory is that ekko and heimerdinge got transported to another alternate universe

Idk if its just me here, but this isnt current bearded Jayce. He seems to be a younger, less rugged version of him.

Another thing is the armor(?) he's wearing. The black, darker pallet is the opposite of Jayce's white suit.

Maybe Jayce got separated from heimerdinger and ekko?

Also idk if it fits into anything but Mel is also pregnant in this scene(??)

Anyways idk how does the time thing that ekko is known for fits into this.

[merkabici]

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[eerna]

I have so many thoughts from Arcane S2 (mostly negative) and I was so happy when I saw others had similar views on here! Sorry in advance. This is a bit of a rant 😅

Tbh i think one of my bigger issues with the act 3 would’ve been fixed if Isha lived. I haven’t read too far into your blog so idk your thoughts on Isha but I truthfully like her introduction as a catalyst for Jinx’s redemption this season. To give Jinx a role as both Silco and Vi to someone else and pretty much give her reason to survive and later live as seen in Act 2. It was rushed of course, like everything else this season, but I could see where they were going with Isha and I liked the vision.

But moving on - her living honestly would fix some of my issues with act 3. Mainly the Caitvi sex scene, Jinx reason for listening to Ekko and join the final battle, and her death scene.

For obvious reasons the horrible Caitvi jail scene was so weird!! Jinx just admits to her sister that she’s going to commit suicide and then you get it on, IN JAIL, with your dictator crush??! Ok? Like yay representation but there is a time and place??

They could’ve still have Jinx get arrested by Cait, cause it’s cait… still have Vi come in and free her and try to convince Jinx to help them in their war or whatever. But instead she escapes to find Isha. Then they can have their jail sex scene, which would still be a bit on the nose, but at least less out of place from Vi whose main motivation since forever has been her sister.

Everyone was already predicting that Ekko would save Isha with the ZDrive anyways, so if he did that would have gotten Jinx to trust in Ekko so much more than just a few out of context motivational speeches?? She had lost everyone! Why would Ekko, who was trying to kill her last time they saw each other, actually convince her to live? She doesn’t know what went down in the other universe? Like I love Timebomb, they are my OTP, but I’m still sceptical that he actually convinced Jinx to not kill herself. If Isha lives and Ekko saved her, then the reason Jinx decides to help out in the final battle is a mix of owing Ekko for saving Isha, a mix of still loving Vi and wanting to help her, and to save Isha from dying in Viktor glorious evolution.

And finally her death scene wouldn’t feel so gross. Like in the show the girl was suicidal! Why make the suicidal, semi-redeemed main character die at the end? After just convincing her to live?! I’m pretty sure she survived but honestly I could not see her motivation for trying to escape the explosion after seeing her mental state in the last 2 episodes. But if Isha survived… look at that! A motivator!

And it’s not like they actually need to give Isha much screen time either? She’s a child and the final episodes are a war. Just have a scene or a line about her going somewhere safe to ride out the battle.

And look at that! Now Isha is no longer a character just created for dramatic purposes! She’s still there only for Jinx’s development but now has the opportunity to grow into her own individual character cause she not, you know, dead?

Isha surviving wouldn’t fix a lot of my issues with Season 2. There are MANY more. but at least some of my problems surrounding Jinx’s characterisation in the final act would work a bit better for me in MY opinion.

Idk if any of this actually makes sense but I really needed to get my thoughts out before i go insane from the ending. Cause what the hell was that??

Feel free to rant, expel the demons before they expel you!! I don't think Isha was a good addition to the story, but I can totally see your point in how her survival could have lessened the issues plaguing arc 3 (and her characterization). Jinx' suicidal tendencies were definitely mishandled (even though she does choose to live in the end, just not in Piltover) and granting her at least some consistency in motivation could have gone a long way!

[ekko]

So how many souls did you sacrifice to cop the raw Ekko url

you won't believe what else i have. ekko rpers wish they were me