Ancestors

Written by Wu Evar 🇺🇦 on 2024-11-19 at 19:33

Holy shit. Just three more episodes left on this incredible masterpiece of both a TV and an animated show which is #Arcane.

Season one was great, but season two raises the bar for me to the highest level imaginable. Maybe a little too fast-paced and a little too confusing, but on a technical, animated and emotional level, this is a masterpiece the likes of which are rarely seen.

9.8/10 @ 10k votes for the latest episode alone on #imdb - totally agree.

Sad to see this end next Saturday. 🥲

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Written by Wu Evar 🇺🇦 on 2024-11-26 at 20:18

So this was #Arcane. The last three episodes weren’t THAT incredibly good to me (well, besides the very last one which was a grand finale) but I think I realized what is a bit lacking: behind the superb animations and the super high technical standard, the emotional characters and the music - some „bigger picture“ and reasoning was lacking to me.

See next post (spoilers)

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Toot

Written by Wu Evar 🇺🇦 on 2024-11-26 at 20:23

I mean I really missed the intention of some developments. Mel’s mother was advisor to the city, then marching against Victor, then marching with Victor against the city. The whole „trapped in time“ thingie (Jayce, Echo, Heimerdinger) was hard to decrypt, especially the actions of Jayce against Victor in the second act of season 2. I felt a bit lost on the „why?“ part.

[#]Arcane

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Descendants

Written by Wu Evar 🇺🇦 on 2024-11-26 at 20:28

It felt a bit rushed and „fast forward“. Perhaps the "final season" was decided early (and too late at the same time) so that everything had to be crammed into just 9 episodes?

#Arcane

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Written by Joakim Fors on 2024-11-26 at 20:31

@maschinentraum It is all there but sometimes subtle. There is almost no "tell" only "show" in the whole show. And S2 went at breakneck speed to tell its story. I understand that some feel it was rushed but I don't agree. It felt very complete to me and I'm amazed that they pulled it off.

I've found a lot of value in rewatching and also reading/watching some discussion about each act where more knowledgable people have pointed things out.

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Written by Joakim Fors on 2024-11-26 at 20:32

@maschinentraum All the more deep interviews with Amanda Overton (writer) and Christian Linke (creator) have been good at bringing some perspective.

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Written by Joakim Fors on 2024-11-27 at 07:20

@maschinentraum Ambessa didn't march against Victor, she was after Vander/Warwick and he happened to be in Victors commune. Then Victor offered her the "robot" army and access to hextech (which she was after since S1) as a weapon against The Black Rose.

Jayce's alternative journey was needed for him to see the big picture and negatives of his creation and Ekko saw what could be; ha was always very dedicated to his community.

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