I like to doodle (very fast) when I watch series. I keep a Ryman sketchbook and BIC color ballpen near my TV. So here are the last three pages. I did not get to draw Act III because I was already too hooked to pay attention to anything else :P
Jinx shooting the rocket at the council is her saying goodbye to powder for good, because that’s where ‘jinx’ started, that’s where she killed vander, claggor and mylo, that’s where she thinks vi left her, everything that was tied to powder ‘died’ there, and her choosing jinx because vi wouldn’t choose between caitlyn or her and shooting the rocket off is her saying a final goodbye to powder, in the place where powder accidentally ruined everything.
people read Viktor as this purely altruistic character whose core drive is helping “the people”. But like, it’s muddied by his urgent, pressing self-interest, to save his own life and survive. Which is understandable, but still self-interest.
And my first reaction, yeah but isn’t that a good thing? I tend do think that pure unselfishness is a pretty boring character driver/trait.
Now don’t get me wrong, I think as a society we are pretty fascinated with “goodness” and altruism. And even I think shows and characters that can really make you believe in their goodness are still really touching (and the reason why I think we are fascinated by goodness is because most people do feel some inner drive towards altruism personally).
Anyway, Arance gets a lot of praise for “nobody is just one note evil”, but I would argue the more interesting thing about Arcane is more about how even the most “goodish” people aren’t really one note good. Almost everybody has at least one additional personal drive.
Viktor has this element of self preservation, Jayce potentially wants to be a hero and fame, Caitlyn wants to rebel against her mom, Ekko has arguably revenge and even with him the show through that line about the hoverboard shows that there is also an element of wanting to have fun/wanting to look cool
“Good heart” Vi also wants to assuage her guilt and arguably get revenge and maybe prove daddy Vander right?
Almost all of the characters who want to do good make terrible mistakes, have lapses in judgment, are just plain wrong about things (Caitlyn is wrong about the enforcers not being corrupt, Jayce accidentally kills a kid, Vi goes on a mostly illfated anti-Silco crusade, Viktor gets Sky killed, Ekko whether almost kills or spares the wrong person).
But at the same time, Arcane doesn’t really feel cynical about goodness. Like it’s all “haha, all the people who pretend to be good are actually awful, you should root for the bad guys, because they aren’t hypocrites and they actually do less damage”. To me it feels like the show still appreciates people trying to do/be good even if it sets up a world where doing/being good runs into a lot of obstacles.
(my personal theory is that within Arcane the strongest element of “goodness” is actually all about nurturing. That’s why Silco moves us because is capable of some nurturing. That’s why Ekko moves us because he is one example of not cleanly familial nurturing. Vi’s entire quest is about her failed/disrupted attempt of being nurturing to Powder. It’s what endears Vander to us and what is shown to leave a legacy. Vi and Cait arguably bond strongest when Cait is nurturing to Vi. Heimerdinger is not very likable because his nurturing of Jayce and Viktor feels fairly distant and he becomes more likable when it becomes more believable with Ekko.
By comparison, I think Viktor and arguably also Mel’s more cleanly cut, but also more distant way of altruism doesn’t hit as hard because again it feels to me like nurturing is the topic the show is most passionate about)
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And this is it ! After more than 25 hours of working on it, tons of stories where you were able te see the work in progress, I can finally show you the result !
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@arcaneshow is an AMAZING show that I looooved and if you still dont watched it yet I HIGHLY recommend it !
@fortiche_prod you ARE ON FIRE !! Can’t wait to see the season 2 ! And if you need some designer I’m right here
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Ireally hope you like it as much as I enjoyed doing it ✨
