UNCUT Reaction | *ARCANE* | 2x9 | The Dirt Under Your Nails
Added 2025-08-30 13:01:05 +0000 UTCHere's our UNCUT reaction to ARCANE s02e09!
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100%. You catch stuff you missed on repeat, things that you forgot or were minor easter eggs from before became more important and make future events more meaningful, etc. The season definitely felt like 2-3 seasons crammed into 1, though i didn't mind it as much as others did.
Jay Willis
2025-09-03 22:22:21 +0000 UTCSo there's some popular theories out there that Jinx survived. The evidence i've seen definitely leaves it open as a strong possibility that she could pop up in the next Arcane series at some point, or maybe the one after that if they jump around with different areas of Rune Terra. 1. There's a quick pink/purple flash before the bomb explodes, indicating she may have dashed out. 2. Kaitlyn is reviewing the Hexgate architecture at the end while hold a piece of Jinx's bombs. She focuses on something about a ventilation shaft that Jinx may have escaped through. I think Kaitlyn could be looking into the possibility she survived, not telling Vi in case it's not true. 3. In the first episode of season 1 (I think), Powder says that one day she's going to fly a blimp. The last thing we see in the season is a blimp flying away from Piltover. 4. The flash at "The End" was in the style of Jinx and her craziness, perhaps a nod to her being alive. 5. Not really evidence, but some conjecture: Jinx wanted to "walk away" and "break the cycle". Had she survived and stuck around, that might not be breaking the cycle, but if she's able to leave and everything thinks she's dead (she was intending to kill herself before Ekko stopped her), perhaps she feels she'll succeed in breaking the cycle.
Jay Willis
2025-09-03 22:18:47 +0000 UTCI think the problem with season 2 is that the show tries to be fast pased and profound/though provoking at the same time, which in theory is good. The thing is that if you miss details then the payoff of storylines dont make sence in certain areas or you just have to accept them without understanding completely. The good part about how season 2 is written is that when you understand everything that is happening you start to love even more how the show is done, most people that explain in your comments what is going on with certain storylines have most likely whatched the show multiple times.
VictorConK
2025-08-30 18:37:27 +0000 UTCThe rune that Ekko used to create his time abilities is opposite to the rune Jayce and victor based a lot of the arcane they created. Ekko entire story is an anomaly to this timeline that's why victor couldn't understand why the anomaly existed twice or where it was created cause there should only be one. You guys are right without Ekko they lose the entire war. I love how important he is to the story and Jinx called him The Boy Savior during their fight foreshadowing him saving everyone in the end.
Imari
2025-08-30 14:48:38 +0000 UTCThe story of Piltover and Zaun is over the next series that they are doing for Arcane is about the noxian empire so big possibility Mel is now the ruler of the empire and is going to be a main character in that show.
Imari
2025-08-30 14:40:15 +0000 UTC
