Arcane 1x05 * FULL LENGTH REACTION
Added 2024-05-20 15:00:13 +0000 UTCSuch a fantastic episode!!
We get to learn more about Cait, and she gets to learn more about the undercity and the Lanes.
Also... Jinx is super smart! I have to say, seeing Jinx in any scene is a treat. Seeing her struggles and trying to deal with everything is so heartbreaking as well.
There is just so many things happening in each episode, it's remarkable how they've woven the stories so well together and showcase each one so well. Every episode, there are new and important things that happen and I can't wait to see how it all plays out. Viktor and the hex... thing? Jayce and politics? Jinx letting go of Powder?! VI AND SEVIKA, THEN SILCO's FINAL EXPRESSION?! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
I need more series like this in my life!
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- Vero 😁
Comments
Exactly! Vi and Caitlyn are so different, but they are both learning that it's not all black and white! There are some good people on all sides. I love this team up and hope they stick together!!! And yeah, the storytelling is not letting up, it just keeps getting better and better. I am in awe at how amazing it is!!! Jinx is a force to be feared, as long as her psychotic(?) breaks don't hinder her too much. She's smart, strong, crafty!! Every episode, I get more and more why you love this series so much! I bet you're so excited for season 2 later this year 😁
Verowak
2024-05-21 01:26:29 +0000 UTCThanx for another great reaction. 😊 Every time you think they reached the ceiling in terms of storytelling, they just lift the roof up a little more. 🤩 Yes, Jinx seems to be a genius with probably a very high IQ. She also had the advantage of not having to start from scratch like Viktor and Jayce, because she stole the book and the plans with their theoretical ground work. She "just" had to continue from there and Silco would give (or get) her everything she needs to do so. The parallel montage of Jayce and Mel having sex and VIktors blood merging with the hextech is so well done. Two entirely different ways that lead to the same result - creating new life. 🤔🙂 VIktors thesis was that Hextech thinks and adapts, because the old legends said that the Arcane speaks through the mage. Like you said - a magical AI. 🙂 The Flashback to teenage Caitlyn shows (besides her talent at sharp shooting) her sheltered and posh upbringing. She is so eager to win the trophy, because her parents denied her every opportunity to reach whatever goals she has on her own. For her it is totally believable that they paid the Sheriff of Piltover(!) to Iet her daughter win in a shooting contest. Her parents want to give her the best life possible (as every loving parent) and don't see how they're putting her in a golden cage. I love the fact that she chose Grayson for her role model and I love the lesson, Grayson (imo) taught her: There are far more important things to aim for than some trophy. Your self-worth doesn't come from the number of trophys you won, but how you use the talents that you're given and so it doesn't matter if she let her win or not, she is an excellent shot. Now it is on her to decide, what she wants to so with this talent. Marcus indeed put Vi in jail. He didn't want to kill her, but wanted her off the streets, so he put her in jail and threw away the key, so to speak. Then he told Silco Vi would be dead. Which she was, kinda. 😭🙈 Vi got beaten up on a regular basis for all these years. I love the instant chemistry between Vi and Caitlyn! It starts at their first encounter in the prison. You can see Vis surprise when the noises of the guard disappear and just the young Enforcer remains to take Vi with her. You can hear the music change in this moment from dark foreboding to a lighter, more positive mood, when she sees Caitlyn for the first time without any bars between them. Vi looks so beautiful and vulnerable in this moment. She was so baffled that Caitlyn actually bails her out, for a moment there she forgot to be angry. And Caitlyns look lingers on Vi for several seconds, too. In the brothel it becomes quiet obvious, especially when the leaving Vi sees how comfortable Caitlyn around women is. And at the end of the epsiode they're downright flirting with each other. Despite the differences in their upbringings, they're very similar at heart and complete each other. 💖 I love how Caitlyn crosses lines all the time: Figuratively when she talks to Jayce even though her parents forbade her to do so, when she investigates the attack at the hexgate even though she was on duty to guard her mothers tent at the fair and when she goes to Stillwater Hold Prison to investigate further even though she is not an enforcer anymore. Oh and when she forges Jayce signature and uses his position to get Vi out of prison. Literally she crosses a line when she crosses the red line to get closer to Vi's cell. Marcus' relationship with Silco is like the dark mirror image of the relationship of Vander and Grayson. Those two where on eye-level and respected and cared for each other, even when Grayson had the long end of the stick. Marcus on the other hand is simply Silcos puppet, his useful idiot. He is trapped in a relationship he can't get out of, unless he is willing to put his daughter's or his own life in danger. He didn't sacrifice himself with the grenade, because then his daughter would be alone in the world. You saw in the picture on his desk, that his daughter painted, that mommy is up in heaven. 💔😭 His situation is of his own making, so I don't feel much pity for him, but I feel really sorry for his little daughter, who is completely innocent, but will suffer the most when her fathers decisions come crushing back on him. The fight between Sevika and Vi is easily one of the best fight scenes I ever saw in movies or tv shows, animated or live action. The animators must have studied lots of boxing and mma fights, because every little detail is so believable and real. Both of them fight according to their characters: Vi angry and impatient, Sevika more controlled and aware of her defense. Vi got the upper hand because years and years of pent up hate and anger wanted out. In the end, Vi looses because she revealed her weak point (Powder) to Sevika and she used it, because she is very good at adapting to situations. 🤔 My favorite observations in this episode, besides the main story: - When Vis cell door opens and she hears the *tock*, *tock*, *tock* of the guards bat or pole or whatever it is, she fully expects to get beaten up, you see her rolling her right shoulder preparing for what she expects to happen. - Both young women have their prejudices: Caitlyn: "In what mad world would I trust someone like you?" and Vi: "You enforcers are all the same, criminal assholes in fancy uniforms." Makes the possible team-up a little more difficult...🤔 - When Vi starts her parcours down to the undercity, after running down the sloped pipe, you can see her look back up to Caitlyn and smile for a brief moment, when she sees that Caitlyn follows her. - The new "Last Drop" has Silcos symbol, an eye, over the entrance. - Caitlyns awkward little "Matilda"-monologue was the most adorable and funny moment in the show so far. 😂💖 - Vi seemed to be really happy that Caitlyns answer to her question "Man or woman?" is obviously "woman". 😊 - Caitlyn deliberately only shoots at Sevikas shimmer arm to destroy it and so to keep her from killing Vi, she doesn't kill if it's not necessary. You can see all three holes in the shoulder joint. - When the guy with the red jacket starts to mess with Vi I literally thought: "Dude, look at her muscles and her confidence, don't mess with this woman!" 🤣 We see this guy again later during the Imagine Dragons cameo - he sits behind the drummer, clad only in his shirt, inhaling Shimmer and probably commiserating the loss of his jacket...😅 - Imagine Dragons wasn't the only cameo in this episode. The violinist on stage is created after Ray Chen, the violinist who played the solo violin parts for the soundtrack of the show. This cameo was the "Thank You" of the creators of the show to him. 😊 Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to your next reaction...😊🙋🏻♂️
silverarrow06
2024-05-20 20:35:17 +0000 UTCI can't wait to watch this with you, your words below your video are engraved in my "Arcane" - fan heart -> you took them right out of my mouth...🤩😍☺️
silverarrow06
2024-05-20 16:36:55 +0000 UTC
