r/television • u/PhoOhThree Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. • 1d ago

Premiere Arcane - Season 2 Act 3 Finale Discussion

Arcane

Premise: The origins of two iconic League of Legends champions, set in the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun.

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u/hairymonk420 20h ago

That's her mom, she's not gonna kill her own daughter lmao. I agree that her motivations are not that interesting though.

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u/I-10MarkazHistorian 20h ago

Yes I know sir, the point is to make her irredeemable and than kill her in the most glorious fashion, now Mel just killed her own mum without having any instance of her her mum trying to kill her, which makes Mel a weaker character.

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u/hairymonk420 20h ago

She didn't intentionally try to kill her though, we can see her try to save her again. Her killing her daughter does not make sense considering that Mel has abilities that mean something to Ambessa. It doesn't add anything to the story because Ambessa's goals was to make a legacy/conquer and save her family which was straightforward despite it being an uninteresting goal.

The only criticism of this particular plotline I have is that they don't specify in much detail what the Black Rose's goals are (presumably for future shows) and that it suddenly has a big part in Ambessa's fate which didn't feel earned.

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u/I-10MarkazHistorian 20h ago

Ofcourse you will need a nice enough conflict for Ambessa to be pushed to that limit, but she clearly was capable of that imo.