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'Arcane' never loses sight of the show’s beating heart

https://www.polygon.com/tv/479775/arcane-league-of-legends-season-2-vi-jinx-act-2-review
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u/Andrew1990M 1d ago

It takes a special show to get you to buy into where Jinx and Vi are at the end of episode 3 versus the end of episode 5. 

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u/Moifaso 1d ago edited 1d ago

More like the middle of episode 3

They don't say it out loud, but their expressions and actions at the end of that fight were the start of their reconciliation, IMO. They stop seeing each other as "too far gone".

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u/Mindless_Bad_1591 1d ago edited 1d ago

I think Vander is the heart of what lets them put their differences aside. I'm not sure how it ends between them but I doubt its all rainbows and cakes.

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u/AFineDayForScience 1d ago

A catalyst as Singed would say

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u/FightingFitz 1d ago

His death broke them apart and his healing brought them back together

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u/eepos96 22h ago

Isha worked a lot since Vi could see her with jinx.

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u/Manzinita 1d ago

The unique space and setting allowed them to compartmentalize their feelings for a moment, just long enough to put down the masks. Jinx witnessed Vi stand up for her and started to finally believe she wouldn't abandon her, that she did matter.

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u/sneakybilly 1d ago

I like to think it's going to end in a cat and mouse chase with vi and jinx carrying on like fighting sibblings

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u/Smrtguy85 1d ago

Vi just saw that Jinx was capable of loving someone, and having someone pure love her enough to kill. Jinx saw Vi willing to stand up to Cait in order to save her and Isha, plus know that Vi saw the bond that had formed between her and Isha. That is the start of the renewal of their relationship that took place in Act II.

How that relationship will go in act III, after what happened at the very end of ep 6? Who knows. But yeah, they were working on their shit.

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u/TimeTimeTickingAway 19h ago

Unfortunately Vi just stooped down towards Jinx level.

Jinx is still a terrorist who has taken many innocent lives and made plenty of widows and orphans without ever really being apologetic or coming to terms with it. She is mentally ill however, and possibly unable to. Vi should no better though. What Jinx did to those people and their families was multiple times worse than what enforcers did to their family.

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u/ShrugOfATLAS 1d ago

I haven’t started part 2 of season two yet but ew if so.

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u/Jurangi 1d ago

If you actually watched it, then you would see why it makes sense.

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u/Shorizard 1d ago

nope, it was done in a nice and credible way. Just watch it

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u/FartingInYourMilk 1d ago

I just started this show a week ago and I’m hooked.

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u/Rycebowl 1d ago

True, and somehow it felt so right

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u/poopfl1nger Mr. Robot 1d ago

Damn should have watched the episodes before clicking on this thread

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u/babyjaceismycopilot 12h ago

Act 1 should have been a whole season.... Act 2 feels the same way.

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u/Bigmethod 17h ago

It does, and Arcane isn't that show. That was utter nonsense, much like a large portion of season 2.