How Arcane Doesn't Insult Its Audience

Comments · 1.3K

• TR

  @TriXJester · 4 years ago

  Ekko vs Jinx is also interesting when you listen to how Jinx says "Look who it is! The Boy Savior!" with such a virtriol of familiarity and resentment, which to me means that Jinx knew Ekko was the leader of the Firelights, knew Ekko was trying to save people from Silco, but Ekko never came to save her. She uses the term to mock him while also failing to hide how hurt she is by him choosing others over her.

  10K

• KI

  @kirikakirikakirika · 4 years ago

  Afterwards, Silco says to Sevika, &quot;Were you tempted?&quot;<br>Sevika responds with, &quot;Not for a worm like him.&quot;<br>Meaning Sevika absolutely <i>would</i> kill Silco for the right person/ideal.

  1.8K

• PO

  @portsidedyldo2661 · 4 years ago

  One thing I love is in episode 3 when Powder says “my sister, she left me. She’s not my sister anymore” you see Silco look at a dead Vander because that’s how he felt towards his “brother” <br><br>Everything Powder said while hugging Silco resonated with him to the point he fully embraced her as if she was himself

  4K

• RA

  @rabies2800 · 4 years ago

  Another thing I like about the scene where the other mobster guys try and take over silco’s empire is that after sevikia had struck silco is visibly anxious, many shows would keep him calm and collected rather than frantic and out of breath as a “this character would never betray me” type of power play. Instead it shows silcos uncertainty of what side she&apos;s on, that she very much could have killed him right then and there, and she almost did.

  3.9K

• PI

  @pizzaguy4669 · 4 years ago

  One month later and Arcane still lives on in our hearts ;-;

  5.2K

• CO

  @corporalanonymous4589 · 4 years ago

  Can we just all agree that every seconds of Arcane is a masterpiece?

  7.5K

• DE

  @DeadlyLazer · 4 years ago

  Literally 2 seconds seeing Finn for the first time you can already understand what kind of character he is. He&apos;s a wannabe. His design is badass but it also looks like he needs people to know that he&apos;s badass. He&apos;s compensating. That&apos;s really most of Arcane. So much information out of so little on screen

  1.9K

• FE

  @feduckil9238 · 4 years ago

  A few more subtleties to note:<br><br>1) In the final scene Mel takes off her family heirloom ring before voting for peace, showing that she decided to turn her back on her blood family. Which also underlines the length the council is willing to go to repair the damage done to Zaun.<br><br>2) In the first episode, when Powder sees a sandwich, she is more excited about it than about any other treasure. A very ingenious and subtle way to show that she lives a difficult life with many scarcities.<br><br>3) We see multiple scenes of Powder (and then Jinx) being a bad listener and jumping to conclusions. First it happens as Powder is listening in on Vi’s and Milos’s conversation where Vi says that Powder can’t do certain things (like always complain and brag like Milo), but Powder hears only the first part. That ties in nicely to the reason why she misinterpreted Vi on the bridge and Silco in his final confession to Vander’s statue.<br><br>4) In the scene between Jace and Silco, when Jace gives his ultimatum, the sun disappears behind Silco’s face. I refuse to believe that it wasn’t intentional; a way to show how his willingness to fight has been snuffed out.<br><br>5) This is from other comments. The form of Jinx’s rocket launcher is a shark (with an eye motif) - to symbolize her love for Silco, since she was creating the weapon for him.<br><br>There are more, of course, but I can’t remember them all. One thing is certain, the show is masterful in its way of showing and not telling.

  1.5K

• MA

  @MashTayto · 4 years ago

  I think part of the reason Arcane was so good was how long it took to make. Too many companies are pushing out films and shows way too quickly, trying to make fast money and cutting corners on quality. Arcane really highlighted for me just how mediocre a lot of the stuff i&apos;ve watched in recent years has been. Nothing else is going to compare for a long while.

  2.7K

• EN

  @envysart797 · 4 years ago

  The confession scene where Silco visits the statue of Vander is my favourite. Silco is one of the best-written villains of all time.<br><br>Vander, the man that Silco thinks betrayed him because he gave up on the fight for a free &nbsp; Zaun, who Silco called a coward for not being willing to make the sacrifices necessary to attain power. And here is Silco, in the exact same position - unwilling to give up Jinx for the world. <br><br>Right before this, in his talk with Jayce, he tries to make the same sacrifice too, offering to take responsibility for Jinx’s actions the exact same way Vander tried to take Vi’s place in prison for her crime of breaking into Jayce’s apartment. Too late, he finally understood what it means to love someone, and he finally pours out his drink in a show of respect for his friend.

  1.6K

• ST

  @Stellmarine · 4 years ago

  One of my personal favorite five seconds in the show are when Vi lashes out at Powder and then looks down at her knuckles and... in my interpretation remembers how Vander told her that the path of violence leads nowhere. That&apos;s how I saw it, that it was the moment she realized the futility of using aggression, but she&apos;s too angry at Powder and chooses to withdraw from the scene to cool down. The beauty of it is, that only through that one glance at her hands and the emotions playing across the face, the audience can look back at this moment and interpret and reinterpret her thoughts and emotions, because it is such an important point in the story, but nothing is spelled out and every viewer can arrive at his or her own conclusion.

  1.4K

• BE

  @betternamepending9543 · 4 years ago

  Speaking of non-visual storytelling, I noticed the eye-stabby-thing near the end of the video. When Jinx is sad and doubts herself, Silco offers Jinx the eye-stabby-thing as a gesture of trust in her. Later on, when Jinx feels that Silco has betrayed her trust by hiding the truth about VI from her, she stabs Silco with that same eye-stabby-thing, betraying his trust as revenge.

  802