The Second Wall - Arcane Season 2, Ep 7-9: "Not Living Up To Your Potential"
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Join us as we discuss topics such as:
Almost all of our predictions did come through
Drew wants to be love knifed
Not as strong as season 1
Pacing issues, but unsure how to tweak specifically
Lots on "Music video" shots
Season, episode - Same thing right?
Good effort to wrap up what should have been 2 seasons worth of content
Arcs not linked causing things to feel cohesive
Cait is so dissatisfying
How should the Vander/Vi/Jinx fight have played out?
Too much story that the audience knows, but not the characters
Naruto tangent
Don't play League of Legends, not even once
But why time travel? And Multiverses
Why did we have to stop the fights to have the Jayce/Viktor fight
Why was this the big climactic fight? Jayce and Viktor were NOT the emotional climax the show was set up for
Something Something crappy Snyder cut
We talk ourselves out of how satisfying the ending was. Too much spectacle
Ambessa, Viktor, Vi feel resolved; Mel, Jayce and Jinx not as much
Animation quality dropped or stylization?
Honestly thought the stream froze with some of the choices....
Great album. but more songs than Carol and Tuesday
But why sex scene?
Scenes should always be changing, if no dramatic change, the scene isn't needed
If this scene was continued, we should have been seeing the scars Vi built up and contrasting to Cait
Drew has no expectations
There is no fall damage in league of legends
Vi:
Can't give up on her family
Was Vi right about Powder actually there?
Jinx:
Was she making the right decision to end the cycle?
Nice to see what could have been with Powder
Would have been nice to see more of the impact from losing Isha
Conversation with Silco was fantastic
Nice to see the organized Chaos Jinx brought to the fight
She did cut her hair
Cait:
She was ther I guess
Best conversation/characterization was with Jinx
Seems like there might have been some consequence with her crimes, but no
I guess she lost an eye, but that just makes her cool I guess?
There is no reason to believe Cait has changed
SHOW DON'T TELL!!
Dev gives a TED talk on Cait's (lack of) character
She was important for Vi
Jayce:
The leg break made Dev thing Jayce was the sorcerer
Never felt like the main story
Mel:
The Black Rose feels incomplete
The story feels like a setup for a different season
Ekko:
Payoff not great, cause we didn't see it
Nice to see him saving Jinx, but not developed
Should that have been the real Hemdinger?
Ekko's time powers didn't really have any impact (outside of saving Jinx)
Viktor:
Interference in the fights was a disappointment
Glad he was the bad guy, but also the sorcerer/good guy?
If Viktor never went back in time to save Jayce, he would have solved his own problem..
The mind tap seemed forced, previously everything was tied to Shimmer
Ambessa should have been using Viktor, not the other way around
But why not care about Skye? She was such a great character
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Number FIIIVVE; a long winded analogy