Arcane 1x07 Full Length Reaction
Added 2023-09-05 09:33:09 +0000 UTCWe're back with Arcane...FINALLY!!! For the love of Hailee Steinfeld, what a relief!
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Alas, I just don't always notice everything, and Arcane seems to be a really weird show for me. I don't know if it's that I'm not used to watching animation, but as much as I'm genuinely enjoying it, I just don't seem to be catching as much as I normally do. It's odd for me too lol. I really appreciate you guys helping and pointing out everything I miss. I know how much this show means to all of you, so I'm glad I can watch it with an audience that cares so much! I'm probably going to re-read your analysis several times before I watch the next episode 😄
Movie Night
2023-09-07 23:39:48 +0000 UTCHi there, thanks for the intense reaction to an intense show. One little question thoguh: Are you watching your videos on a rather small screen or one with low contrast or light shining on it? Because every now and then you miss or wonder about things that are clear to see, like Jinx shooting a random Enforcer who survived the initial explosion and thinking she shot Caitlyn? It doesn't make me enjoy your reactions less, I really like them, I'm just asking because I noticed it before. Here are some of my thoughts: As if this show isn't briliant enough, no, let's throw in two completely different styles of animation and create another masterpiece. Together with the lyrics you learn everything there is to know about the firelights in a minute and the flashback to Jinx' and Ekkos childhood game is just heartbreaking! 😍😭 Jayce feels so much pressure from all sides. Victor wants him to help him, the Council waits for his decisions (being the new leader after kicking Heimerdinger out), the blockade he ordered lets the tension rise close to the boiling point and Mel tries to push him to build weapons. He is in way over his head and begins to realize it. Caitlyns speech hit Ekkos heart (and mine) and especially Vis (look at her eyes widen), probably everyones. This cements her being my number one character in this show.💘 (Though Vi and Ekko come in close.) If Vi was attracted to her before, now she is hooked. I think it is still to soon to talk about love, but now there is not only attraction, but also deep respect and outright admiration. Vis and Caitlyns goodbye at the bridge was so heartbreaking. And Vi herself confirmed what was hinted since they first met: "It was real, cupcake!" Even when she hugged Ekko she only had eyes for Caitlyn. She looked so sad and dejected, head and shoulders hanging, when she slowly walkes away from her. No trace of her usual energy. She gives up something possibly good to do the right thing. 💔 Unfortunately Caitlyns naivety came back and kicked her in the butt. Even after Ekko told her, she couldn't imagine that the sheriff himself is corrupt. Her picture of a sheriff was that of Grayson, a honorable and good person. Marcus did what he always does, trying to get out of his situation by making one bad decision after another. Then he realized that it was easier to kill some guy from the much hated undercity (Ekko), than it was to kill a young woman he knew since she was a teenager and he saw growing up to become an enforcer (Caitlyn). His hesitation and Jinx' bombs saved Caitlyns life. Now you know why Jinx was working on the mechanical butterflies since the fourth episode. 😨😭 You can still see them in her lab when she staples her leg. They probably fly into the light like real firelights and explode. Did you notice, when Jinx crosses the bridge, she hums the song she sang when she went on the bridge with Vi, looking for their parents in the first episode. "Dear friend, across the river..." Only now it is her carnage. 😭😭 When Jinx shoots at them, Caitlyn tries to throw herself over Vi, while Vi at the same time pushes them both out of the line of fire. It all happened so fast, even after several repeats of the scene it is hard to see. Caitlyn throws herself in the line of fire to protect the people she cares about and Vi doing the same by pushing them away. 😍 I'm sure Ekko and Jinx survived her grenade. You could see Ekko jump aside at the last moment and we saw during his duel with Jinx how fast he is. And we learned in the fourth episode, that Jinx' grenades need about five seconds until they explode. He is probably injured, but shurely not as severe as Jinx. 😨
silverarrow06
2023-09-07 07:20:44 +0000 UTCThat makes sense! I wasn't sure if it was a specific flashback, or just an "echo" of the last time they saw each other. Either way, it was really cool! And thank you! I've been dying to finish it! 😄
Movie Night
2023-09-06 00:44:54 +0000 UTCVery happy to see you back to finish Arcane. In case no one mentions it, the fight between Ekko and Jinx involved a flashback to when they played the same "game" as kids. As Powder, she used paintballs while Ekko had his wooden sword. I think Ekko was just flashing back because Jinx had a pattern that he avoided this time.
Soloydiver
2023-09-05 22:25:44 +0000 UTC
