Arcane 1x8 "Oil and Water" | Reaction & Review (UNCUT)

Sorry, I just wanted to add that I think what it is about you two is the fact that you two are what I imagine Cait and Vi to be like if they were reacting to Arcane. And it is everything I hoped it would be!

OMG…one of the best reactions to episode 8 I’ve ever seen! (And I’ve seen more than I’m willing to admit to…) The reaction to them breaking into her room and her mom calling her a “friend” was everything.

Before I forget. If you go back to the beginning of ep. 6, you can see Vi rembering or halluzinating Powder painting the "Slug Monster" and the "Slug eating Crab" on the wall of their old home...😱😍😊

Such a great reaction! Also, the way I see it when Vi talks about running away from the real monster, she is talking about herself, hitting her sister in anger. She knows that hitting her was wrong, but she still was a kid with impulse issues. She sees herself as the true monster of what happened to Powder when she hit her and called her a jinx. It is her response to what Caitlyn said about it not being her fault. I cannot wait for your reaction to the finale!!!

As always great reaction to a great TV-show...😊 - Oh my god, Caitlyn! 😨😭 The last picture of this episode hit me like a punch from Vi with her new gauntlets. I was so sure we would see Caitlyn leaving home and looking for Vi, instead... Why do I care so much for an animated character? These writers and animators are so damn good. 😍😅🙈 - Mel is not a wolf (at least not yet), this one of the reasons she was banished for. She seemingly was looking up to her brother, who preferred a diplomativ solution. Her mother brought her on a battlefield to let her see war, because that was what hardened her and made her the successful military leader she is, but it had the opposite effect on her daughter, who only got more determined to not resort to war as long as possible. It only traumatized her daughter to see a young princess (I guess?) her age getting decapitated in front of her. (You saw the painting behind beautiful open haired Mel when she woke up from her nightmare, a way to process her trauma 😨). She firmly detests being a wolf, but her mother is trying to teach her the way Silco already lives by: Use "The base violence necessary for change". By the way, her brother was killed by a "wolf", thinking he could outsmart him as "fox"...🙁 - Did you notice the resemblance to Jayce, when young Mel described the future monarch of the conquered nation? "A kind face", "clever so she (he) can charm her (his) subjects, but pliable, so we can mold her (him)". She learned that particular lesson well. 🤔🙂 - Sky was the catalyst for his hand to merge with the hexcore. He needed the Shimmer variant to dampen the side affects of the merging with the hexcore, to stay alive. He had no Shimmer the second time and tried it anyway. Sky was "replacing" the Shimmer and absorbed the surplus power of the hexcore, what lead to her death... Poor Sky...💔😭 - It never occurred to me before, but watching it now with you again I noticed for the first time, how much damage Vi is causing with her anger and rage and her tendency to solve her problems with her fists. A negotiation with Silco would definitely have been the better option. Vi was wrong, Silco would have been ready to negotiate, you remember? He just wanted to scare the council into negotiations, because he knew he could never win a war against the topside. And if you go in, you never do so without proper reconnaissance. They didn't know about the alarm, about the Shimmer fueled fighters, about the many people (lots of them minors) working in these factorys...🙈 Jayce and his hammer, Vi and her gauntlets (yeah, they're officially Jayces, but I doubt she will give them back)! And what a spectacular hammer/blast gun it is. The fight at the shimmer factory shows perfectly, how much hextech is superior to shimmer-tech. On the other hand, this fight was a horrible reality check for him. The accidentally killed kid, all the other kids working in the factory alongside the grown-ups, not because Silco is exeptionally gruesome (well, he is), but because their life down there left them no choice. When all this sinks in, he begins to understand that Mel was right, what horrors a war would cause. 😨🙈 Caitlyn prefers a diplomatic solution, you can see her shock, when Vi and Jayce talk about going in by force. At the firelights she said, the city needs healing and war certainly heals nothing. As much as I like Vi (and believe me, I really do like her) this was a stupid Vi thing to do, just like the break-in all those years ago. And Jayce can easily be convinced of anything. That's what made him so attractive (in terms of politics) for Mel in the beginning (see above). - I love how Vi padded reassuringly Caitlyns knee after she sat her down. 💖 More wonderful little Vi/Cait moments at the council meeting: The way Vi looks at Caitlyn, while she talks or when she takes Caits hand for a second, to signalise "thank you, but it's okay". I love seeing those two together so much. 💖 - When Jinx brings the gemstone to Silco in ep. 4, he looks more at the gemstone than her. When he finds the gemstone in Jinx' hand at the bridge, he only gives it a short look and is far more concerned about the wellbeing of his foster-daughter. He loves her so much in his own twisted way. 😨 - The whole scene in the Kiramman mansion is my favorite of this episode. The look on both of the girls faces, when mom kickes the door in and points her rifle at them, is priceless. 🤣🤣 It is interesting that Caitlyn runs to her father for comfort instead of her mother. Vis eyes get bigger the longer Caitlyn talks to her parents and the fact sinks in, that Caitlyn isn't just from the topside, but from the top of the topside. I love that Caitlyn spoke her mind to her mother and her reaction to it. Caitlyns mother grew on me from episode to episode. She has a talent, that every parent should have - she actually listens to her daughter and looks out for her. She helps her to get an audition at the council, even if she doesn't really understand what her daughter and her "stray" friend are up to. She was the one looking for her daughter after the shooting competition, while Caitlyns dad was enjoying the party. She helps Jayce at his trial, after her daughter insists to help him, despite the fact that the dad thought otherwise. She is also over-protective, narrow minded and strict in her idea what her daughter should do with her life, but you can see the same self-confidence, beauty, determination, intelligence and kindness in her as well as in her daughter. Only Caitlyn also has the warmth and compassion of her dad. She had a really blessed childhood. Not because they are wealthy, but because she has those overall good parents. 😊 Did you notice Vis puppy-eyed look, when Caitlyn re-enters her room? Their talk on the bed and Vi opening up to Caitlyn was far more intimate than any kiss ever could have been. Vi let Cait touch her face to console her and even takes her hand and clings to it. 💖 (Though the writers later mentioned there might have been an offscreen kiss, since they spent the whole day in Caitlyns room. They arrived in the early morning and went to the council in the late afternoon. Caitlyn has also put on her Enforcer uniform again.) The break-up in the rain: Vi reacts as expected. She pushes away who she loves, to protect this person. She wants to fight, when Caitlyn doesn't and I could imagine, she already thinks about contacting Jayce, the only one in the council who wants to fight and she knew Caitlyn trusts. She probably thinks she protects Caitlyn the best, when they're seperated. The same (very understandable) mistake she made with Powder. She doesn't take the feelings of the people she leaves behind into account. They won't step back for a second, while she puts herself in danger. 🤔 - And finally the shower scene, my most loved moment of the episode, when Caitlyn bites her lip and shakes her head while reflecting her conversation with Vi and deciding to not give her up...💖😍 - ...followed by the most devastating moment in this episode, Jinx showing up behind a naked (and therefore extremely vulnerable) Caitlyn. (That purple glowing eye... 😱) I swear my heart skipped a beat when Jinx showed up in the mirror. 🙈 Once again, can't wait to re-watch the great finale along with you. 😊

So much to wrap up here.😂 Okay ... Caitlyn's mom wasn't shocked at all Cait brought a girl to her room. In fact we know from Amanda Overton (lead writer for CaitVi) that Caitlyn has been with girls before. Generally speaking this is nothing special in this world. The writers are quoted that they wanted to create a world were there is no "normal" or better everything is normal. This goes for "sexual preferences" as for "races" too. If there is no "normal" there is also no "unnormal". This also makes clear that Vi's "man or woman" (ep 5) was (although very direct) just an informative question really. I love this approach so much! Her mom still had a big problem with Vi coming from the Undercity. So it is just about class differences here... And in this episode the creators really loved to play the viewers. Giving us sth to hype us up and immediately burn it to the ground CaitVi's bed scene transitioning to Jinx' torture scene ?! I mean this was has hard as a drop could be imo. But they thought "hey, when it works once..". Hyping us to the max with the battle scene.. aaaaand Jayce kills the kid. Showing us Sky's love confession.... aaaand let the man she loves and admires kill her (by accident). Rollercoaster time!! Victor needed shimmer to survive the transition and don't end like the plants. When it worked for his leg he wanted more. He ran out of shimmer, but tried it anyway. In the end Sky worked as the shimmer should have by being catalysing the transition. She absolutely saved his life by her sacrifice. A horrible outcome Viktor will always be remembered about by his changed hand. I wonder what this does to someone... Finally "Here comes Vi"...😂 You don't even know the song that should have been played here, yet you name it...😂😂 I love Pvris's "Snakes" a lot, but it should have been "Here comes Vi" for real...🤩 Great reaction🧡🧡🧡 Hope for a double upload this week like last week. Will not be able to wait until next week..🥹

Was about to go to sleep but I had to stay up and watch this. Such a good episode, can't wait for the season finale! One of my favorite parts of this ep is seeing Victor run. It's probably the first time he's ever been able to run. Idk if you guys caught it, but, he's running on the dock past all the boats, referencing back to the beginning of episode 6 when he was trying to keep up with his toy boat he made but he couldn't and fell

Good morning! This is a much better time! 😊

Perfect morning.... Again!😍😍

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