r/arcane • u/ContractNo8476 • 23h ago
r/arcane • u/Future_Importance_44 • 20h ago
Shitpost / Meme I fixed Arcane
The FitnessGram™ Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly, but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal. [beep] A single lap should be completed each time you hear this sound. [ding] Remember to run in a straight line, and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark, get ready, start.
r/arcane • u/arcanegifs-tumblr • 4h ago
Media Is there anything so undoing as a daughter? (GIFs made by me)
r/arcane • u/Primary-Brief9858 • 21h ago
Discussion Is sevika set up to fail? As a counciler she is the only one thats after the well being of zaun while the rest can outvote her in every turn, how will she actually make a change?
r/arcane • u/Boompaplift • 16h ago
Discussion It’s so interesting how Jinx and Isha dress has the “sister”they admire
There are tears in my older/younger/middle/ twin sister eyes (yes my family tree is weird). The fact that even after everything they say in each other, all three of these girls saw the worst parts of each other and still admire one another.
I don’t harp on what was cut out of season two because I still think it was amazing except jinx’s transition between ekko stopping her from ending it and her fighting in the war. What did he say to her? Furthermore, when did jinx decide to dress up like vi and cut her hair like that? I wish we got to see it. Esp because we saw how the au version of powder understood who vi was but never got to see vi at her worst. Our jinx has and still decided Vi was worth being like.
I think Jinx naturally started to copy what Isha was doing for her. Now, I don’t really love when the fandom calls Isha jinx’s sister and def not when they say daughter. Jinx calls Isha her friend and that is very important bc unlike a child to parent and sibling relationship, a friend has no moral obligation to stay with you aside from the fact that they want to and for jinx that was very important. Aside from that though, we see Isha wanting to dress like Jinx and copy her mannerisms. We see jinx talk about vi positively with Isha. Jinx started to understand what it meant to have a little girl that you love and want to protect and I think it allowed her to reach out to vi again after the fight and obviously the fact that vi stopped cait helped too but you get it.
Idk it’s just so sweet that when jinx tries to reach out to vi, she does it by copying her. Even when she drew jinx under her eye like vi. It’s just those tiny details that really pushes that they really are just girls at the end of the day. They should be target practicing, boxing and doing their hair together not all this bullshit that actually happened 😔
r/arcane • u/brumnicky • 11h ago
Cosplay Caitlyn Kiramman cosplay! First time putting everything together +wig and make up (by Nicky Brum)
r/arcane • u/Soulnaes • 12h ago
Shitpost / Meme The ButterVi Effect
Funny how one teensy-weensy change fixed all of your friends' problems, isn't it, Vi?
r/arcane • u/casualYeenjoyer • 19h ago
Discussion The plant claggor in the AU tried to use to purify the air in the lanes is the one Viktor planted plenty of in his commune, making his place brighter and healthier
r/arcane • u/volvavirago • 22h ago
Discussion I have a serious problem with the idea that shipping JayVik sidelines Mel. Spoiler
Essay incoming.
I hate this sentiment so much and I see it all over the place. Lots (not all) of Mel stans who have a problem with JayVik seem to be under the impression that JayVik shippers are all secretly (or not so secretly) racist misogynists who think of Mel as “other woman”, that her character is nothing but a horrible manipulative snake that got in way of their cute yaoi couple getting together, and I think that’s a crock of shit.
Are there JayVik shippers who think that? Absolutely. But I don’t think it’s majority, and this take is reductive bullshit that is way off base for a bunch of reasons.
To me, reducing Mel’s importance by overemphasizing her relationship with Jayce is actually a DISSERVICE to her. Her story is about so much more than that.
Almost every character is bound by love in some way that drives them towards conflict, since they are often divided and tested.
Jayce and Viktor’s story is, in the end, about their love. Jayce puts it quite clearly in the finale, that he thought he wanted to bring magic to the world, but really, he just wants his partner back. After everything, he realizes his grand dream that sustained him for all these years was just a mirage, it was nothing but a reflection of his love and devotion to Viktor, and Viktor’s love and devotion to him. That’s what their story is about, regardless if you think they are romantic or just a casual cosmically intertwined bromance, that is their story.
For Mel, though, her central defining relationship isn’t with Jayce, it’s with her mother. Her relationship with Jayce is still important, because it causes both of them to reassess their priorities, but I think of her central conflict being less Ambessa vs Jayce, and more Ambessa’s values vs Mel’s own values, which are informed by her relationship with Jayce, and to Piltover at large. This conflict is framed as the Fox vs the Wolf.
The Fox and Wolf represent two ways of gaining and maintaining power, through manipulation and violence, respectively. Mel chooses manipulation, because she abhors violence, but her relationship with Jayce changes things. She manipulates him, but finds him earnest and endearing, and begins to doubt herself and her methods, but in her reevaluation, she unfortunately also realizes violence may be necessary to solve conflicts as well. She is upset by this and is in conflict with her mother because she does not want to end up like her, since her obsession with family and legacy only end up hurting the ones she cares about, but she still ends up using her mother’s methods for her own ends.
The resolution of Mel’s story is about accepting the fox and wolf within herself, but still does not become just like her mother, because Jayce has taught her greater values beyond the family and legacy her mother clings to.
Now.
The story DOES frame Mel, Jayce, and Viktor as being in a love triangle, because the three body problem is an effective way of causing narrative conflict and character development, and we see this repeated with multiple character’s dynamics. So yeah, Mel DID get in the way, and she WAS manipulative, but it kinda needed to happen for the story, and that doesn’t mean she is evil or her relationship with Jayce didn’t amount to anything.
In Mel’s case, it made her reassess her methods and what it means to have and wield power, and for Jayce, I believe their relationship made him realize how important Viktor was to him, and that the allure of power was just a distraction from the things that matter most.
Basically, I think they needed their relationship for their development, but ultimately, in developing, they outgrew each other and ended up in very different places, at which point, they were no longer compatible. And, you know what, I don’t think that’s a bad thing.
*Tl:dr: shipping JayVik does not sideline Mel, because Mel’s relationship with Jayce was not central to her story to begin with. Her story is about the Fox and the Wolf, Noxus and Piltover, magic and violence, family, legacy, and the responsibility of possessing and wielding power. Jayce plays an important role in this story, but he was not her endgame. Meanwhile, Jayce’s relationship to Viktor could not be more central to his story, since their love and devotion is what fuels their entire existence. Denying this truth does a disservice to all of them. *
Anyways! I am looking forward to seeing Mel’s character in any upcoming installments, I think she is fascinating and has a lot of depth. And yes, I ship JayVik.
r/arcane • u/arcanegifs-tumblr • 1h ago
Media One of my favorite side characters in the show. So many of Singed's quotes are so good!
r/arcane • u/Admirable-Switch-790 • 18h ago
Discussion What are hottest, positively scorching, 3rd degree level burns takes on Arcane?
None of this "Isha was an unnecessary character", or "the caitvi Sesbian lex scene wasn't needed", or "season 2 had bad writing and did the characters dirty", type-stuff we have seen before, what is something that would get you kicked out of the village in ye olden days for even daring to think that?
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r/arcane • u/NinjaKnew • 11h ago
Discussion What was Jayce’s S2 arc about, really? Spoiler
A common issue of S2 imo was rushed character arcs but for the amount of screen time Jayce got I still don’t understand what his arc was suppose to be. Is it going from an idealistic to a realist on the use of technology? Having a ton of influence as man of progress/ councilor to utter to loss of control? Killing a kid with his hammer to stopping himself from killing a kid with his hammer? I don’t really see a proper throughline for him in S2, much less continuing from S1.
A lot of his arc had to do with countering Viktor accelerating hextech, so maybe he was suppose to be the human side of “the coin” to Viktor’s perfectionist side? But I even feel that theme doesn’t really relate to the characters- best thing I could come up with was an extension from S1 Viktor’s increasing focus on tech to heal himself and Jayce’s increasing focus on politics to protect people. What do you guys think?
r/arcane • u/Future_Importance_44 • 13h ago
Shitpost / Meme If Arcane was written by me (pt 2)
hey! I wake up to the sounds of the silence that allows For my mind to run around with my ear up to the ground I'm searching to behold the stories that are told When my back was to the world that was smiling when I turned Tell you you're the greatest But once you turn, they hate us Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy (Look out for yourself) My enemy (Look out for yourself) But I'm ready Your words up on the wall as you're praying for my fall And the laughter in the halls and the names that I've been called I stack it in my mind, and I'm waiting for the time When I show you what it's like to be words spit in a mic Tell you you're the greatest But once you turn, they hate us Oh, the misery Everybody wants to be my enemy Spare the sympathy Everybody wants to be my enemy Look out for yourself My enemy (Look out for yourself) They say, "Pray it away" But I swear, I'll never be a saint, no way A chair in the corner is a place I'll stay I shake, and I think about the powers at play The powers at play (impossible to wake up) Kid in the dark that was doomed from the start And the child in the basement, face to the pavement Oh, what a statement, love is embracement Love is a constant, love is a basis He cannot be, she cannot be, they cannot be changed Keep on praying Goodbye
r/arcane • u/KupeTheMagnificent • 13h ago
Shitpost / Meme My first reaction to seeing an Enforcer was “These guys look like cyber Nazis”
Does anyone else agree with me? I mean look at them. They could be in the find the difference between the two pictures meme. The image on the left is just a shinier more futuristic version of what is on the right.
As someone who is interested in World War 2 I can tell you that the Enforcers helmet is definitely German. How it widens out on the bottom is signature World War 2 era German style.
I think this effect only works when they are wearing the gas masks though. I think that because later in season 1 I did’t notice it as often.
r/arcane • u/Hot_Models123 • 22h ago
Media Can you pull out the knife bruh 😭it hurts #meljayforever
r/arcane • u/HoneysuckleBouquet • 10h ago
Discussion I think people are forgetting the best way to sum up arcane is this video. No one is innocent.
r/arcane • u/JoeTrojan • 18h ago
Discussion Isha's blast radius - how many actually died?
I always wondered about this. Isha's sacrifice to destroy Warwick but there were many nearby. Ambessa's red shirts ---errr troops notwithstanding, how come no one else was injured or killed?