EARLY ACCESS: Arcane 2x7 Reaction & Discussion: "Pretend Like It's The First Time"
Added 2025-01-05 21:00:03 +0000 UTCI hope you guys are ready for lots of crying.
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I've already started lurking in the streams and will do my best to be there for the discussion stream. and now we also have the "Welcome to Noxus" cinematic hyping up the Arcane "sequels" even further. I see people saying it is a spoiler for upcoming shows but Riot made it clear earlier last year that all future content is canon/connected so all media from here on out is complimentary and not separate from League to Arcane. (this doesn't mean you should consume all League content but that everything that comes out now overwrites previous lore)
Patich
2025-01-07 17:48:46 +0000 UTCI’ve seen both music videos now! The first one years ago, the second one after I finished S2. And I really appreciate it and I’m sorry you’re sad about the reactions ending! We’ll be doing a full series discussion stream on Twitch after the last episode drops, feel free to come out to that or even just lurk and watch it!
Aleczander
2025-01-07 13:11:19 +0000 UTCCan’t begin to describe how much this episode moved me. Such a tragic story of what could’ve been but can never be. Ekko willingly gave up heaven for the sake of his people. He is the undisputed GOAT.
YYZHawk
2025-01-07 03:58:59 +0000 UTCReally excellent discussion AJ, was shocked to see the runtime on this one LOL but made a ton of sense once I saw your reaction. Was kinda crazy to hear you basically echo what I felt after finishing this ep for the first time: that acceptance that the rest of S2 Act 3 might not be able to close everything out perfectly, but it'd be *okay* because we got an episode like this. Really appreciative of your thoughts and perspective on S2 so far. You're vocal with your criticism, yet still effusive with praise, cognizant of the compromises that need to be made in order to create in the first place. Can't wait for the rest of Act 3 (or Act 6) 💜
harlaw
2025-01-06 17:55:43 +0000 UTCbeautiful additions!
R
2025-01-06 11:30:25 +0000 UTCOh god, i just realized the pattern of every character is that they end up fighting for the future of others, rather than their own ambitions.
Oliver W
2025-01-06 09:14:59 +0000 UTCAwesome takes Alecz!. They match a lot what i have been thinking myself. I'm of the opinion, that this episode is super important, to properly understand the show's ending. Some trivia: - The dance sequence is 4 frames per second. (Like Ekko's time invention) - Heimer's song was recorded in all the languages the show supports, 24 different languages i think. - In the game, Jayce has the title "Defender of Tomorrow", which i think fits his role this season. Some thoughts about Heimerdinger: - In episode 1x04 Heimer quotes: "Stanwick set his personal ambitions aside, and focused on something far more important, our future. He realized nothing he could accomplish, would compare to that of his students. That was his sacrifice". Which just fits this episode so nicely. - In season 1, when Heimer is booted off the counsel, he goes to try and correct his mistakes in the Undercity, but the people won't accept his help. He then meets Ekko and the firelight's base, where Heimer says: "How did you manage to accomplish something like this so quickly?". Now in this episode, Heimer has been sent to this AU world 3 years earlier. So i like to think he helped bringing the hopes and dreams of the firelights to the Undercity. He even says: "I have been able to accomplish wonderful things in this world. You will see.". We later then see the firelights weren't needed in this timeline, because the Undercity has what they need to survive and prosper.
Oliver W
2025-01-06 07:30:02 +0000 UTCSince people keep asking you to watch the Ambessa music video, I just wanted to make sure you’ve also seen the Enemy music video, in case you missed it when Season 1 aired. It features Ekko and Powder interacting as kids. (I can’t remember if you mentioned watching it then.) If you haven’t seen them yet, a reaction video to both after this reaction series ends would be amazing. I don’t want to add extra work for you, so even an unedited version on Patreon would be great. I also would have loved to see you explore locations from the series in the mini-game "Jinx Fixes Everything", but unfortunately, it seems it was only available for a short time during the season’s initial run. I had such a great time exploring Silco’s office as Jinx and taking in every little detail. Finally, I just want to say how much I’ve loved these reactions. I’ve looked forward to them ever since the first episode aired this season, and they’ve been a highlight of my week every week. Maybe that’s why I’m hoping for reactions to the music videos—I’m just sad the series will be ending in two weeks.
Patich
2025-01-06 02:11:59 +0000 UTCFiction has been peaked
Kyogln
2025-01-05 21:12:01 +0000 UTC
