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Arcane Season 1 Episode 8 Reaction Edited (Patreon)

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2025-07-22 19:00:04
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This episode was just plain awesome! It seems like every character got something added to them, and we finally got some history on Mel, including meeting her interesting Mother. Jayce and Viktor's parallels continue to amaze me, and now I'm beyond terrified of what Jinx might have turned into!

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Marta Kira Ayanami

I'm in the middle of watching your reaction, so perhaps you remember later, but: the leg isn't Vik's biggest problem, he's got a terminal disease. That's what he was trying to fix there. And being desperate and also exhilarated by having run prolly for the first time in his life, he went ahead with fixing even though he's just run put of shimmer - which, without Sky Young's intervention, would likely end in Viktor's death on the spot.

DenFoze

Just keeps getting better. A quick note that Ekko noticed and reacted to the grenade in the end of last episode and ended up with a strained ankle so I assume he jumped off the bridge to avoid the blast. We get a LOT more on Mel, meet her lovely mother and witness the presence she commands. Through her and Mel's nightmare we get properly introduced to Noxus which until now had only been referred in a throw of line in the council. Mel really describes the place best: "Piltover isn't like Noxus. War isn't our first and every recourse." I love how clear her visual design makes it that she's a warrior, from her build to the scars on her face. And yet the way she speaks doesn't come off as brutish or in any way simple, quite the opposite. She really is both the fox and the wolf, the ideal she tried to sell Mel. We get the sweet scene of Vi telling Caitlyn more of Powder and their childhood. Ending with the heartbreaking line "and then a real monster showed up... and I just ran away." That's how Vi sees it. In reality she took a bit of distance to cool off and was ambushed by Marcus, but she clearly blames herself for it. Caitlyn manages to get her hopeful for a while. Hopeful that things could change and that Piltover doesn't always have to be the enemy. Only for the council to crush that hope in moments, ironically by voting against attacking the Undercity. Now Viktor... He had two separate issues: the leg that was already crippled when he was a child, and the terminal condition that is actively killing him. Sensibly, he chose to test the medical capabilities of the Hexcore + shimmer with his leg first, as this was unlikely to cost him more than the leg if it failed. Turns out it was a resounding success. He fixed his leg and could, probably the first time in his life, walk properly and even run (loved the emotion displayed in that scene). Encouraged by this success and fueled by adrenaline he returns to his lab to treat his condition, which by everything we've seen appears to be lung related. He has run out of shimmer but decides to attempt the procedure without it. Likely due to a combination of adrenaline and desperation since as far as he knows, the bridges are blockaded and he wont be able to get more. It seems shimmer was in fact a mandatory ingredient for the process to work and I suspect Viktor would have died if Skye didn't, by trying to pry Viktor off the Hexcore, inadvertently replace shimmer in this equation. The fact that with Skye's (unwilling) sacrifice only his hand got changed despite the runes covering his entire torso suggests that whatever purpose Skye served in the procedure couldn't match that of shimmer, leading to only a partial success. In the Undercity we learn a bit more about the Doctor, get further confirmation of Silco caring about Jinx and see that Silco's shimmer factories are utilizing child labour. Finn also makes a play at Sevika, smartly pointing out the similarity of the situation to what caused her to ditch Vander. We get the unlikely but frankly very fitting team up from Vi and Jayce, both driven by anger, and as you might have guessed, the gauntlets and the hammer are their weapons in the game.

Ben Spiller
>>181325193

Ah I figured it might have been his leg causing his issues like muscle death or something so thanks for clarifying that it is a terminal illness and he’s essentially only cured one part of himself but is still dying. It’s so crazy to think he’d have died here on the spot if Sky hadn’t intervened, and I’m starting to think the Hexcore has some kind of Will of its own. It almost feels like it chose for Sky to die here, sparing Viktor as it wants him to keep going, knowing that without Shimmer, the process would have killed him.

Ben Spiller
>>181334501

Ekko seriously has some fast reflexes to pull this off, it’s so impressive but makes a lot of sense considering what we’ve seen of him and just knowing where he’s grown up. Plus I think his practice with Powder as a kid probably prepared him to think quickly like this. Mother Medarda here is absolutely terrifying and I love it!! Her design is so brilliant in how it conveys power and dominance while her voice and lines elevate her to that fox qualities; so often I feel like when something related to war or fighting is portrayed, it’s always seen as brutish when here does it best as can throw a punch while also being able to manipulate situations and formulate strategy. I can’t wait to see more of her and her fight against Mel, she’s such an imposing threat and I really can’t think of how she can be beaten when she has the same qualities as Mel, being the Fox, while also having more to go with it! Vi and Caitlyn’s side of things were so depressing, it was so sweet to hear more childhood stories about Vi and Powder only for their little game to become much more real, and we get such a clear idea that Vi truly blames herself for everything that happened. And then the council prove to be continually useless by not going after Silco, which completely destroys what little faith Vi has in them and creates an even greater rift between her and anything from Piltover. Oh I absolutely love the detail in all this!! It makes the entire sequence make more sense now that Viktor’s shimmer was only temporary and the change that it created only allowed for his leg to be fixed; the scene of him running was so fantastic!! And then since he was so close to dying, he rushed back, thinking he had the answer. It’s insane to think if Sky hadn’t shown up, Viktor would be dead as no change was happening in him to allow the Hexcore to do its thing, but it’s clear than humans just aren’t enough to fuel this thing so if Viktor does want to cure his lungs, he'll need more Shimmer. But I am glad that Sky’s death does seem to have made him aware of the dangers of this thing, now it all comes down to whether or not he’ll want to continue this thing or if this has horrified him enough to accept the cards Fate has dealt him. As for everything in the Undercity, it’s just so chaotic! The scene with Silco taking Jinx to the Doctor was the perfect way to show off their relationship and shut down any questions I had against it. The Doctor kind of terrifies me since he seems insanely influential and we’ve only just started to get some details on him. Finn was very smart to go after Sevika at this time, I have no idea if he’ll be successful but at the very least it will allow Sevika to analyse her own situation and think about what she’s actually fighting for. Then Jayce and Vi’s fight scene was so awesome, they definitely make a great duo and their weapons are amazing! But of course this scene had to end in the death of a child, really hoping now this will wake Jayce up from the corruption he’s been influenced by and he can finally get back on the right track.