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Arcane Season 1 Episode 7 Reaction Edited (Patreon)

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2025-07-18 19:00:04
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Ekko is finally back, and the bridge scene with him and Jinx was just amazing!! It's really nice to see Caitlyin slowly get a new perspective on what's happening in the undercity, but after what happened in this episode, it feels like tensions are about to explode...

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Cayl McCarron

I absolutely love your take on the relationship between the arcane and nature as well as those slight changes in Mel's attitude and demeanor towards hextech and making weapons after receiving that letter. So keen to see you finish this series and hear what you take away from each episode

DenFoze

And so we begin the final arc. Despite the quality of everything thus far, these episodes are easily my favourites of the season. Jinx is (still) losing it, perhaps even more so than earlier. Briefly seeing Vi only to lose her again didn't exactly do good for her mental health. She's a mess while stapling her wound. Trying to focus on Caitlyn, who she is and why she was there, while actively distracted by her mental Mylo and the physical pain of the wound. Considering her mental state, she did admirable job in reasoning that Vi hugging Caitlyn was just a goodbye hug, not another sign of replacing her. Of course that all went down the drain when she saw the gemstone, essentially confirming that it's what they were there for. Silco is still stressing out, willing to weaken his hold of Zaun by finding Jinx instead of meeting with the chembarons. Sevika talks some sense into him, affirming the father daughter relation between Silco and Jinx and getting him to go to the meeting anyway. The chembarons aren't exactly the council of Zaun. They are druglords who each manage parts of the Undercity with absolutely no interest on anything that isn't profitable for them (not unlike Piltover's council). Silco or even Sevika can't be everywhere so he instead maintains control through them much like Palpatine with his moffs. Like any drug or crime organization, the relations are shaky at best and the recent developments have them on edge. Finn is trying to gather support among the others to pressure Silco into resolving the situation if not straight up turning on him. I love how Silco handles them. Subduing them with the thick air from the fissures, reminding them at once that he could just let them die right then and there, while also lecturing them about his motivations, perhaps in hopes that some of them might see more than their profits. All the while he's just breathing it in without issues. The man has experienced those mines with toxic air first hand and still lives in the lanes despite having the option of moving high above the gases like their meeting room was. On Piltover's side, we got Mel going from patient and supportive to pushing for hextech weaponry. The news from over the seas, especially the letter with her family crest, really got to her and lead to a drastic change. I really dislike how during her meeting with Jayce and Viktor she seems to only talk to Jayce, practically ignoring Viktor and his objections. Sure, Jayce has the political power but come on. They invented hextech together to help people and now Mel and Jayce are discussing weaponizing it next to Viktor like he doesn't exist. Then Viktor triggers Jinx's bomb, ponders a bit before disabling it and says "We always have a choice". Such a powerful moment. The only people on the impact zone for that bomb were Viktor and Jayce, the two people known to have cracked the secrets of hextech. From Viktor's point of view, since he found it unlikely Jinx could do it, this was an opportunity to prevent weaponization of hextech, the bastardization of their invention, by letting the bomb go off. Yet he chose not to, whether due to caring too much for Jayce, having enough faith in him, or something else entirely. Regardless, it was a choice, further cementing his point about there always being one. Loved Viktor's scene with the Doctor. It's clear there is respect between them despite their falling out long ago. Both are men of science above all and Viktor is now desperate enough to understand and accept the sacrifices required to keep furthering his science. We find out that the Doctor had parted ways with Heimerdinger due to differing views on the matter, which I think marks the first character we know to have moved from Piltover to the Undercity. Loved your take on the relation of magic and nature. We see the rift between Jayce and Viktor grow as the political situation is causing hatred toward the Undercity to build within Jayce while he still tries to care for Viktor, leading him to mentally disassociate Viktor from the Undercity entirely. Poor Viktor, leaving the Doctor's place he had high hopes that Jayce would be understanding, only to be met with a closed bridge and Jayce spewing anti-undercity sentiment to his face as soon as he gets back. No wonder he ended up doing his thing in secret. Now Ekko... Yeah we didn't much explore his relationship with Jinx in act 1 but Riot Games released a music video of the song "Enemy" (the intro) before the series and it showed Powder and Ekko practicing and hanging out as kids. That just adds to what this episode was already telling us: They were close during those times which makes sense as they are about the same age while Mylo, Vi and Clagger were all notably older. Now, the fight scene. They took a huge risk in making such a tense fight into a musical number with a new art style and it really paid off. Showing us almost the exact same fight as a flashback from their time practicing as kids with Powder winning, and then showing us the re-enactment of that fight in current time, this time with Ekko coming out on top. If one wanted to read too much into it, it might be that the this fight was like Maul and Kenobi in Rebels. Ekko/Kenobi baiting their opponents into using the same exact moves they used to win before, allowing Ekko/Kenobi to adapt and win.

Ben Spiller
>>180923780

Glad your like my thoughts 😁 I’m having so much fun just thinking about everything this show is doing and the world building in general with the Arcane stuff, and then Mel has to be one of the most interesting and mysterious characters to me so far, she feels like a mastermind who’s pulling all the stings and then this letter shows up shaking her to her core so I cannot wait to see what’s got her so rattle!!

Ben Spiller
>>180984473

I have to agree! These later episodes were just exceptional and it really is a testament to the show that basically every episode is just amazing. Jinx basically relieved the night everything was taken from her, getting separated form Vi again would make her spiral so much and it’s so impressive that she was still able to rationalise that the hug was only a goodbye hug; but then seeing the gemstone, the only thing left in her head is that her sister is with the Enforcers, trying to retake the power she stole. It’s so heartbreaking seeing all these small details which all add up to Jinx’s distrust and misunderstanding of the situation. Ahh so these were basically all crime lords who have control over different parts of the Undercities industries and Silco being in control of Shimmer, puts him at the head. Loved watching him put them in their place and how quickly he did it, it’s so clear that he still sees it as a chore and simply doesn’t care about the meeting and only wants to find Jinx; goes to show how clearly his priorities have changed. Sevika is definitely holding things together for him, but this means she’s in the same situation she was in with Vander, where her boss is trying to protect his daughter over prioritizing the Undercity, so I’d say Fin has chosen the perfect time to try and cause some instability. Silco’s method of taking them down so amazing to watch! The lecture was brilliant and was the perfect capture of his motivation to go against Piltover, it was such a great way of telling the audience the history of the Undercity as well and then just seeing Silco breathe it in without issue was so insane, the dude is just on another level! Mel’s turn is so interesting and I think how she only focused on Jayce points to how much she’s been shaken up by the letter, normally she’s very sly when it comes to pushing people to do what she wants, she’s very smart and knows that Hextech is both of their creation. Focusing only on Jayce tells me she’s directing her manipulation on the one she knows it will be most effective on in a short amount of time; she simply doesn’t have a strong enough relationship with Viktor to get him on board, so she has to focus all of her attention and effort on Jayce who has a much higher chance of listening to her. It’s quite awful for her to do and feels quite demeaning to Viktor by treating him like he isn’t important to Hextech, but I think it really adds to how desperate that letter made her. Oh this scene with Jinx’s grenade was just awesome!! It’s all so subtle where Viktor gets caught up in emotion, sets it off, but then manages to disarm it. It’s a clear metaphor for what’s going on in that room, Mel and Jayce are getting emotional over thinking about weaponizing Hextech, something has ignited within Jayce, but now this could point to Viktor disarming him. It’s so powerful since Viktor could have just ended it there, ended the possibility of his invention being weaponized, ended his own suffering from his illness, but knows there is more work to be done, they have a duty to continue and ensure their creations aren’t misused. Viktor and the Doctor have such an interesting relationship, it’s so awesome seeing someone as pure as Viktor even consider something like this and broaden his mind in this sense, as far as character development goes it’s certainly something when Viktor has been one of the most steadfast characters. Then the details we’ve gotten on the Doctor were awesome, having a relationship with Heimerdinger is so interesting as these two couldn’t feel more different, and then the idea that he’s from Piltover originally and then moved to the Undercity is fascinating, what could the Undercity offer that Piltover doesn’t, I have to assume it’s how they view things as the Undercity feels like they’d be more open to the Doctor’s ‘science’. I honestly can’t blame Viktor at all for what he’s doing, he’s scared of dying and he feels so alone with Jayce being drawn away with politics; he’s also seeing a great change in Jayce which comes with the new position he’s in which has to be heartbreaking. Watching your best friend slowly become someone you no longer recognise when you need them so much has to be awful, he literally has no one to steer him away from Shimmer and the Hexcore so what else can he do other than turn to self-preservation. Ohh I wish this was included in the first Arc, knowing it now it adds so much more to this fight and the overall story of Ekko in this episode; he’s basically trying to convince himself that she’s not the same person so he can move past it, he’s lying to himself as it’s easier than thinking this person you were so close with has become an enemy. This scene was just insane!!! 🤩 🤩 The music was such a great accompaniment, and then the animation style changing is so cool, it makes this entire scene feel almost separate where these two characters are in their own little world, like nothing lese matters but the fight between these two in this moment. Having it combine with a flash back adds yet another amazing level to this where we get to see the fight happen twice and see Ekko essentially learn from his past mistake and come out on top. This is an awesome way to look at it and it lines up perfectly, the moment Ekko uses the watch he baited Jinx into doing the same thing they did as children, all the while he knew what she’d do and how to counter it!