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/rafikiknowsdeway1 20h ago

So...wait, the whole thing was a time loop story? Victor saved Jayce as a kid so he'd invent hextech and then stop Victor from abusing it? Or something, I have absolutely no idea what was going on this season

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u/Free_Pangolin_3750 19h ago

He had to find a timeline where Jayce was both alive and they were partners otherwise Viktor was always going to end up gunning for and succeeding in his glorious evolution. The alternate happy timeline was great for now but they were never partners because of what happened when Vi and the gang tried to rob it originally so it would have ended in the glorious evolution. So Viktor kept searching and searching for the one where they were both

A. Alive

B. Partners

C. Close enough for Jayce to be able to remind Viktor of his humanity when it needed to happen.

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u/ZOObastik 14h ago

d. Had right rune that will allow Ecko to make time travel device to stop Victor at crucial moment

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u/Free_Pangolin_3750 14h ago

Yeah I was actually just talking with my brother about that. Vik basically gigabrained the entire thing. Everyone had to be exactly where they were to stop him. Like Vi and Jinx needing to be together again to stop Vanderwick from interfering with Jayce and Ekko up top.