Arcane 1x05 Edited & Full

Every time you think they reached the ceiling in terms of storytelling, they just lift the roof up a little more...😊 For a little context - The time jump between the episodes 3 and 4 is about 7-8 years and the shooting contest between Caitlyn and Grayson took place shortly before Vi and her gang broke into Jayces lab, Cait looks the same both times (about 15/16 years old, just like Vi). The Flashback to teenage Caitlyn confirmes her sheltered and posh upbringing. She is so eager to win the trophy, because her parents denied her every opportunity to reach whatever goals she has on her own. For her it is totally believable that they paid the Sheriff of Piltover to Iet her daughter win in a shooting contest. Her parents want to give her the best life possible (as every loving parent) and don't see how they're putting her in a golden cage. I love the fact that she chose Grayson for her role model and I love the lesson, Grayson (imo) taught her: There are far more important things to aim for than some trophy. Your self-worth doesn't come from the number of trophys you won, but how you use the talents that you're given and so it doesn't matter if she let her win or not, she is an excellent shot. Now it is on her to decide, what she wants to so with this talent. I love how Caitlyn crosses lines all the time: Figuratively when she talks to Jayce even though her parents forbade her to do so, when she investigates the attack at the hexgate even though she was on duty to guard her mothers tent at the fair and when she goes to Stillwater Hold to investigate further even though she is not an enforcer anymore. Oh and when she forges Jayce signature and uses his position to get Vi out of prison. She literally crosses a line when she crosses the red line to get closer to Vi's cell. Vi got beaten up on a regular basis for all these years. When her cell door opens and she hears the *tock*, *tock*, *tock* of the guards bat or pole or whatever it is, she fully expects to get beaten up, you see her rolling her right shoulder preparing for what she expects to happen. You can see her surprise when the noises of the guard disappear and just the young enforcer remains to take her with her. You can hear the music change in this moment from dark foreboding to a lighter, more positive mood, when she sees Caitlyn for the first time without any bars between them. When Vi starts her parcours down to the undercity, after running down the sloped pipe, you can see her look back up to Caitlyn and smile for a brief moment, when she sees that Caitlyn follows her. The shot of Vi jumping in front of the beautiful wall painting of a woman is the most beautiful shot of this show so far - in a show that is filled with beautiful shots. I liked it so much I made this jump the background wallpaper on my PC...😍 When the guy with the red jacket starts to mess with Vi i literally thought: "Dude, look at her muscles and her confidence, don't mess with this girl!" xD The fight between Sevika and Vi is easlily one of the best fight scenes I've ever seen in movies or tv shows, animated or live action. The animators must have studied lots of boxing and mma fights, because every little detail is so believable and real. Both of them fight according to their characters: Vi angry and impatient, Sevika more controlled and aware of her defense. In the end, Vi loses because Sevika discovered and used her weak point, Powder. Caitlyn deliberately only shoots at Sevikas shimmer arm to destroy it and so to keep her from killing Vi, she doesn't kill if it's not necessary. You can see all three holes in the shoulder joint. I'm absolutely with you - Caitlyn and Vi are absolutely cute together in this episode. Let me summarize some moments: When Vi sees Caitlyn for the first time without bars between them, the music turns into a light, positive mood and both girls look at each other for some looong seconds; Vi is visibly blown away by what she sees; Vi looks back at the parcours scene to make sure the young enforcer(ess) follows her and smiles when she sees that she does; At the brothel Vi starts to ogle and flirt with Caitlyn and is quite happy when she later discoveres that the answer to the question "man or woman" is obviously "woman"; their cute moment at the end is full blown flirting from both of them. So there is a lot of mutual attraction crackling in the air...😉😅 Silco did indeed believe that Vi was dead - Marcus told him so. Another reason why Marcus didn't keep any records about Vi - So that Silco couldn't find out she is alive. He didn't want to kill her, but he couldn't let go either - so he locked her in and threw away the key...😭

Hi Juliette! I am neurodivergent and Arcane is my Hyper-fixation! I am always grateful to find reactors that have newly discovered the show and to be given another opportunity to watch it along with someone discovering it for the first time. At this point I have watched it 20 plus times and it has not waned my enjoyment of it in the slightest. Just wanted to let you know I'll be around and if you have any questions regarding the show I'm happy to address them (spoiler-free). Thanks!

I am so glad you seem to be liking the show. I was a little worried that you might not make it past the end of episode 3. I love the complexity of the story and the depth of the characters they are creating. I have re-watched a few times and notice different signs of events ahead, plus then I was not trying to learn names and roles along the way. Also, I have had the same thoughts as you on the look of the show. There are definitely times where I felt I could pause the show and just call it art. Hope you are having a great day!

Hi Juliette. I'm wondering, did you ever watch Cyberpunk Edgerunners? I think that's another animated show that you would really enjoy. (Sorry if you've mentioned it before and I've forgotten)

All of these characters are so complex and interesting. And the animation - simply stunning.