Arcane Episode 5

Haha I had no clue you were a bonafide gamer Tim! That's awesome.

Violin was performed by Ray Chen.

I love how Silco felt betrayed by Vander for his negotiations with the Enforcers but now, having taken Vander’s position as a leader in the undercity, he’s forced to make the same sorts of deals with the new sheriff to protect Powder/Jinx. Nothing really changed from Vander’s reign to Silco’s, except for the escalated tensions and increase of violence.

Not gonna lie, with the subtitles thing, I have audio processing issues, so I tend to watch stuff with subtitles, but I completely understand people not wanting you to get spoilers via them. But if having no subtitles is making you a little bit more confused by not hearing things correctly, then I say do what you want lol!

uh oh you watched episode 6th ending music

1. The woman whose you like the voice, when you saw her with CAITLYN (Not Carmen)m it was a flashback from when Caitlyn was a young girl, that's why she was on a shooting competition, after that they show her as a grown up talking to Vi in prison. 2. The small child with the orange hair is the daughter of Grayson (The old woman you like the voice of). I know you figured it out by the end but the most times it's repeated, the easier to memorize (:

-The monkey graffiti Jinx leaves is her signature, but it's also the symbol of her trauma, as she used a wind-up monkey with the hextech to try and save Vi, Vander, Mylo and Claggor in episode 3, and you saw how that went. Originally, tho, the wind-up monkey first appeared in the Get Jinxed music video, representing the ticking of the bombs she so much loves to use. The monkey bomb is also her ultimate ability in the video game, something I'm also now learning with you. -Yes, I do listen to Imagine Dragons! I LOVE THEM, they're so good! I'll definitely request one of their songs, it's wild to me that none has been requested yet! 🤯 -28:39 we do know him, this is Marcus, he was the second in command of Grayson, the lead enforcer killed by the Shimmer monster in episode 3, she was seen in Caitlyn's flashback at the very start of the episode. Marcus has had a deal with Silco since then, and he was the one who took and imprisoned Vi. -The arcane is a kind of magic, it manipluates raw energy and the laws of reality. It requires the use of intellect and theoretic knowledge, like formulas, sigils and rituals. In League of Legends, the runes are the key to using the arcane, as is shown in the show, but it can also take physical form through materials like those blue gems. For your more technical questions: speaking for myself, I'm okay without subtitles, not only I know this show maniacally well by now, but I've been learning the language by watching English content since 2018, I understand spoken English with zero problems. I do understand both sides tho, you rightly worry other community members may not know the language so well. On the other hand, if people are saying that subtitles spoil some stuff, I think you should turn them off, after all, as many already told you, we know the show, we come here for your reaction and commentary! Which, btw, I loved this time around, that's what we want, for you to stop the show and let us know your thoughts in that specific moment! As for the group name, I'd suggest to make one called "Western Animation" for Arcane and the Hellaverse

I'm very happy to see you read comments that get you back up to speed. This show has a lot of moving parts and moves very fast. It will show a lot more than it tells. Exposition is rare and recaps are rarer. It takes several rewatches to catch a good number of the details. And at over $100 a frame, you can bet there are a ton of details (for perspective, most anime is $2-5 a frame). Pretty much every frame exists for a good reason. Hope you enjoy this Quarter Billion dollar masterpiece!

I vote yes for subtitles. Got impaired hearing on one ear and some of the voices make some dialogue impossible to understand.

I love the montage scene between Jayce and Viktor, it's a great way to narratively showcase the growing divergence between them. Where once they both were driven towards the same passions, we are seeing Jayce move towards politics with all the time he has. Meanwhile Viktor wants to help those in need, leave his legacy and positive mark on the world with the short time he has left. Cool side note: As an OG League of Legends player, it was such an interesting experience watching people who had never played before experience Arcane as it came out. While the League lore can be quite convoluted, has changed over time and not all lore is cannon in Arcane, there's actually quite a lot that could be infered for how things unfold in the show. Because of how much I knew including: icon skins and the character lore, I had a pretty good idea for where quite a few of the story arcs were heading, especially for specific characters. I very much had to hold my tongue while my non-gamer friends experienced the show because I did not want to ruin the surprise and it was very worth it! There's a league cinematic 'Warriors 2020 Cinematic' that would be cool to react to after s1 as it features a couple of the arcane folk. The song was written by Imagine Dragons, League Crew did an epic cover over an epic cinematic, very cool and might also have some iconic characters that may feature in future projects by the League of Legends team down the line!

Hi Tim! I am a bit late to the watch party, but I remember you saying in episode 2 reaction that you were interested in knowing more about the world of animation Here is some more info! The visual style that makes arcane so distinct is called hand painted. Basically, they hand paint the textures on the characters and environments allowing for a better control of shadow and colors, giving it this hand painted look at is so iconic of this series. It differs from more classic CGI style that relies immensely on the rendering calculations of the computer. Arcane is the most expensive animated series ever made, for more than 12 hours of content for the same level of quality and price of an expensive animated feature film. I will not spoil the making of if you wish to react to it as to how they made it doable. Let us know if you ever decide to watch it or not to know if I can info dump more if wished for. ;) A lot of us from the animation world love this show from how new and innovating it is and knowing how much it costs not sure we’ll ever get anything similar from any other studio. This series came out a little before the second spiderman into the spider verse movie, both "series" bringing impressive influence to the current 2D feel trend we are seeing in animation right now. Ps : I am cool with the subtitles; a little spoiler is worth a better experience for everyone involved

I cannot relate to the people who don't want commentary during a reaction. I'm the opposite. If someone just looks surprised or excited but doesn't say anything I'm just bored 😂 Here's the 548375th comment: The police / dark blue hair girl is CAITLYN Kiramman. It doesn't help you learn when Grayson calls her by her last name, Jayce just calls her Cait, or that Vi calls her cupcake😂 I LOVE how physically strong they made Vi. They were not afraid to beef her up. I also love Mel Medarda, incredible character. I know she's got some sketchy vibes as a politician, but we're starting to get some of her perspective, and it's more than just "use Jayce for money". She says "The Medardas usually only take from the world, but now I have the chance to give something back". Oh no you accidentally scrolled to the end of the NEXT episode to listen to the song. Spoilers! 😂 We're up for an incredible moment next week.

While the violin in the ”politics” scene was only a a ”normal” Violin, it was played by one of the music consultants for the Show, Ray Chen, and was performed by him on his stradivarius. There is a clip of him playing this piece in the Bridging the Rift mini series about the making of the music for Arcane

Hey Tim I think you went back and watched the next episodes credit song because we were on ep 5 today but at the end it said episode 6 when you did the credits