#arcane 2

[honey-tongued-devil]

“I found this picture in a old textbook. It’s kinda consumed, I swear that whoever took it was in love with the young man in the picture”

Implied Jayvik. Implied Season 2 spoiler.

[leagueoflasagnas]

🔥Arcane Season 2 confirmed for Winter 2024🔥

(Translated with Google Translator)

[liz-thinks-too-much]

Season 2 headcannon

Vander: W-would you still love me if I was a furry?

Jinx and Vi:

[tetsuooooooooooo]

my single biggest wish for season 2 is as many flashbacks of jinxies life with silco as possible because i still cant help but feel like its honestly impossible to accurately judge their relationship from what weve got now and its such a crying shame to me at least, that we got nothing but those couple of days (and first meeting) to go off of. its so infuriating, fun and interesting and worthwhile but infuriating to be witnessing this infinitelayered schism between people seeing silco as the abuser and the ones seeing him as a dad who stepped up as best he could with what he had and what he was himself, all without really knowing what it was like inbetween the beginning and the end. what was he like with her. did they talk. did he take her places. did he allow her to be seen with him publically. was she just there doing her own thing with him just keeping her alive. idk it just might be me being marvel pilled no media analysis comprehension "i dun wanna think about stuff give me answers show dont tell the curtains are fucking blue" but like. yeah i wish

my Second wish is that jayce has to be the one to save viktor with hextech and doom him💕

[space-blue]

Will there be a war in Arcane season 2? I assume replacement councillors and Ambessa will be pushing for war, while maybe Jayce and Mel oppose them and push only for Jinx to be apprehended? What about the undercity's reaction? Is war really inevitable and immediate after what Jinx did?

Anon, I appreciate that you clearly value my opinion, but this sounds like you think I'm on the writing team!

Sadly your guess is as good as mine, and I generally don't enjoy projection of future canon. I like shows to surprise me, and I don't want to set myself up for disappointment.

The last time I wrote a fic based on "what I think will happen on the show", I ended up writing a Book of Boba Fett fic that was 10x better than the garbage Disney served us. It wasn't as great a feeling as one might expect.

Idk if there'll be a war. In the sense that Zaun has no army. Maybe one with outside forces like Noxus. Who knows. For sure there'll be retribution... We know Warwick enters the picture, Cait allies with Vi, presumably to hunt Jinx and potentially WW... And we have strong evidence Cait's mom dies. Viktor will go full Machine Herald and divorce Jayce fully to the tune of thousands of screaming fans in denial.

But the rest? I don't even want to speculate. Sorry. I like to play with what we have, but not make up season 2 material.

[arcanegifs]

A nightmarish augmentation. Brace yourself for Arcane Season 2, coming this November.

[aurelion-solar]

ARCANE Season 2 - coming November 2024

[hyuckonia]

very first 10 seconds of the tsum event and Kalim getting beaned by his tsum and lilia was like "oh guess i wasnt fast enough to stop it myb bro" SHUT UPPPDNAHAAJHA KALIMS SCREAM HAD ME LAUGHING SO HARD I WAS GUNNA CRY whatever i love them so badLMAOOOOO

[honey-tongued-devil]

*taps on a mic* uhm... I need to tell yall the truth. I....

Oh Satan, I can do it.

I...

miss Silco.

What's the point of a man if he isn’t a bit sick, broken, wet and pathetic?? Why other media don't have a lil sick fancy drug lord dilf?? How am I suppose to live laugh love in this economy???

[leagueoflasagnas]

ARCANE S2 SPOILER! 💥

What a day to be a Silco enjoyer 😍

[bringthekaos]

So Bryn made a good point over on Twitter, and uh. Yeah.

[koifee]

Arcane doodles~

[arcanedaily]

Arcane (2021 - ) 1x04 | Happy Progress Day!

[oxenfreeao3]

I need Caitlyn “if I cannot become ungovernable I will become the government” Kiramman to have a full-on Machiavellian anti-hero arc so that The General Public finally takes her seriously.

Analysis:

I've mentioned it before, but Caitlyn's character embodies nearly all the traits of a Machiavellian with high cognitive empathy.

Firstly and most obviously, she manipulates systems and people to accomplish her goals. Vi would still be in Stillwater and much of Act II and III would not have happened if Caitlyn weren't willing to cleverly and unscrupulously lie and forge her way to success.

We can argue she's not a very good liar. I argue that doesn't really matter. One, her lies work. Two, she is clearly ready and willing to deceive so long as she thinks it's for a good reason. The inclination is what matters. I think the important question to ask is, "What is this character willing do to?"

Secondly, she's huge on agency. It's one of the main features of her character. She demonstrates (from the five-factor model): achievement-striving, assertiveness, self-confidence, emotional invulnerability, activity, and competence.

Regarding emotional invulnerability. I want to touch on this because I think it's missed. Caitlyn is an extremely guarded character. She reveals almost no personal information about herself, even to Vi. During high-stress situations, she flinches from her own vulnerability, tries to play it off, or compartmentalizes heavily.

Vi is the bleeding heart, the open book, the one who can't guard worth a damn (it's not even subtext, other characters say this to her face and I believe it has a dual meaning).

Meanwhile, Caitlyn waits until Vi is vulnerable with her and shows her respect before even giving Vi her name. (I have more to say about the "Cupcake" scene but that's for another time).

Other aspects of a Machiavellian character include:

Cynicism, selfishness, callousness, arrogance, deliberation and orderliness.

I argue that Caitlyn's character hints at the first one, gets away with the next three because she's "sweet," and blatantly embodies the last two.

Caitlyn in S1 is a sharp edge sheathed in kindness. We like what she's currently doing and think she's a Good Person because her trajectory aligns with our own sense of right and wrong. But Caitlyn is doing what she wants. What she thinks is right. Again, it's not subtext.

Marcus: "She does whatever she wants, I can't control her!"

And in S2, I think the same behaviors we currently love in her could easily be used to spin her down a corruption arc that leaves us a bit aghast -- but shouldn't leave us surprised.

I argue such an arc would be squarely in character.

Paraphrasing from the AMA:

"Everyone is a little bit opposite of who they are in Season One."

What will that mean for Caitlyn?

I don't know, but the recipe for a very interesting time is written all over her character.

[strawberrybound]

my breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert <3

[arcanegifs]

ARCANE: BRIDGING THE RIFT Part 2 - "Persistence (Or When Your Best Still Sucks)" ↳ "You're, like, always trying to get into the heads of the characters in any way you can. "