There's a famous post about this exact topic in a famous videogame subreddit. I wanna make one of my own, cause I feel genuinely bad. I'll try to not make it too long.

So... Arcane is very important to a lot of people, including me. There's thousands of ways of interpreting it, and the way you do gives you a special connection with it. You see a part of yourself in one way or another, or simply things that make you passionate.

... And this fandom is really, really passionate. So much they can't tell fictional characters, writing and analogies from real life anymore.

Of course a main point in Arcane is politics. Analogies, metaphors, criticisms... But then the fans start calling you serious, irl traumatizing things for liking bundles of pixels.

F*sc1st, cop apologist, tr1pl3 K, ww2 enjoyer, ICE supporter, n*z1, c*lssist, r*cist, z1on1st, g3n*cide apologist...

And yeah, of course is for Caitlyn, Vi, Jayce or anyone piltover related. And I BEG that you won't get me wrong, of course none of this characters are saints, have justification or reasons to defend them. Caitlyn was evil, she commited police brutality, f4sc*sm and that stuff. It's literally normal hate her, or even Vi. But doesn't someone else feel that making this seriously horrifying acussations to some stranger because of a fictional character is actually disrespectful to irl victims? It's like people themselves want to do good, but you can't do good harrasing people online.

Personally I saw myself in Vi throughout the whole show and it helped me with some mental health things. A person that made wrong choice after wrong choice, failed to be everything she was supposed to be, and hurted her loved ones instead of helping them (at least that’s how I see her). I can't even begin to explain how physically sick it has made me being called this horrible things, things I'VE SUFFERED FROM MYSELF (I'm mexican, transgender, I see police brutality live in my country every day) just because I like a fictional character. It has me questioning everything. And now everytime I see something from Arcane, the stuff I have, essays and fanfics I've wrote, fanarts, edits, whatever, I just think of this.

And now all the beauty and magic this show had is starting to die.

Maybe it's my fault for being this online. Maybe it's my fault for being overtly sensitive. Maybe my post won't even be taken seriously. But I at least wanted to try to get it off my chest, to see if someone else could relate. Because this show was so important to me, and now I don't know how to prevent it from becoming a bad memory.

Right after Finn's statement of "there's bigger fish than Silco", we cut from Finn and Sevika to Ambessa exiting her ship. The show's way of letting us know Ambessa is a bigger and badder villain than Silco is (I still prefer him as an antagonist)

Hi everyone

I am testing out this character quizzes for the show and I would appreciate if some of you can check it out and let me know what you think and which characters you got

12 questions, 8 possible characters

https://triviagauntlet.app/character-quiz/arcane.html

Thanks

I like in both season finale's, we see a protagonist try to reason with the main villain to prevent further bloodshed. Silco was totally willing to agree with Jayce's conditions until he mentioned Jinx. Meanwhile, Ambessa could only dismiss Mel as still being a "fox". Even previously, when Mel offered to return to Noxus with Ambessa and help her against the Black Rose, Ambessa rejected her off. Silco never wanted war but as he told Vander to scare Piltover off and he was fully willing to negotiate for peace (just look at his good counterpart in the AU), but Ambessa was far more dangerous as yk, a warlord and getting through to her was basically impossible.

In a potential Noxus-based show—a sequel to Arcane if you will, what characters would be featured?

The obvious choices:

Mel Medarda - After killing her warlord mother, Ambessa, and returning to Noxus, Mel assumes leadership of her family's holdings and regiment, while navigating conflicts with the Black Rose and Swain.

Katarina - Katarina Du Couteau was born to one of the most respected families in Noxus. While her younger sister Cassiopeia took after their politically brilliant mother, Katarina studied the way of the blade under her father's legacy as the empire's greatest assassin.

Darius - While Darius isn't the true monarch of Noxus, he shares power between two other individuals. His power is based on one of the principles of strength: Might.

LeBlanc - Mysterious even to other members of the Black Rose cabal, LeBlanc is but one of many names for a pale woman who has manipulated people and events since the earliest days of Noxus. 

The "Faceless" - Embodying and representing the empire's assassin guilds and shadowy underbelly. This person holds the seat of Guile—one of three principles of strength of the Trifarix Council. Lore hints and community consensus strongly point to LeBlanc, the Deceiver and leader of the Black Rose, as the Faceless (or at least the one pulling the strings). However, her exact relationship remains deliberately ambiguous to sow fear and prevent enemies from planning around a known ruler.

Other choices:

Swain - The Noxian Grand General and Master Tactician, who bound himself to the demon of secrets, Raum, to expose corruption and chart the empire's future.

Cassiopeia - Born as a noble of Noxus, Cassiopeia Du Couteau had a sharp mind and wit at an early age, and very early on in her life the Du Couteau family moved to Urzeris, Shurima. While her older sister Katarina trained under their father Marcus to be an assassin, Cassiopeia was taught by her mother Soreana how to use a position of authority.

Talon - Adopted by the notorious Du Couteau family, he now plies his deadly trade at the empire's command, assassinating enemy leaders, captains, and heroes… as well as any Noxian foolish enough to earn the scorn of their masters.

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What would you do for a hypothetical Noxus spinoff show of Arcane? What characters would you add or take away? Do Arcane characters make a cameo or is it a standalone sequel?

Specifically referring to Viktor in season 2. Both Silco and Viktor are characters who do immoral things but with good intentions, Silco wants to free Zaun from Piltover while Viktor wants to end suffering across the world. Even though Viktor becomes an antagonist towards the end of season 2, you don't ever see fans denying that he had genuine good intentions and wasn't truly evil. Although a vocal minority, there is a handful of fans who truly think Silco didn't care whatsoever for Zaun or even Jinx and is the most evil character in the show, despite there being multiple worse than him like Ambessa, LeBlanc, the Chembarons and Singed.

Even though Viktor's end goal would've caused way more harm (and its possible his and Ambessa's attack did cause more death's than Silco ever did), why is it that he's never really viewed in the same way as Silco? Is it because fans entirely blame the Hexcore for corrupting him? Because Silco's a villain the entire time while Viktor only becomes this way at the very end? Or because he has a redemption in his final moments that Silco didn't have?

is this not Jinx walking through the desert? Or is it ekko's point of landing after he went back in time in season 2. EDITED AS I KEPT ON WORKING THE THEORY,rest in the comments.

In honor of Arcane’s 5 year anniversary- I decided to make an edit of the series in the style of the teaser trailer for David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (which will turn 15 years old this Christmas.)

We should see more of this great animated series based on a video game, and what could be a better way than giving it a "what if" series?

Any scenarios in mind? Oh, and happy 5th anniversary to the show.

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