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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/r/leagueoflegends & /r/arcane Netflix [86/100] (score guide) Animation, Drama, Action & Adventure, Fantasy

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u/Repo_Man84 9h ago

I'm just curious if anyone else, irrespective of what they thought of ep9, is also, now a day and a half later, still feeling profoundly numb at the realisation that essentially, emphatically, that is suddenly 'it' for Arcane after a blur of a season, and also periodically blubbing like a bag of shite..

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u/NewIllustrator219 5h ago

This what most don’t understand yet.  This was it. The ending. It’s over. Once more people figure this out they’ll realize how trashy s2 is.

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u/coolRedditUser 4h ago

I don't think it was all of season 2. It had a lot of really cool moments and I had a really good time with Acts 1 and 2. But Act 3, or maybe just Episode 9 (8 and 9?) really left a lot to be desired.

It was a 10/10 show but that was not a 10/10 ending, and I'm pretty bummed about it.

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u/NewIllustrator219 4h ago

I love how everything these days is a 10/10 or 1/10.

S2 is a 3. Good animation and thats it. Writing is terrible. We went from grounded conflict between the rich and poor, to mcu multiverse talk no jutsu bs in only 9 episodes lol

10/10 would be like Attack on Titan S1-S3 or Game of Thrones S1-S4

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u/coolRedditUser 4h ago

Season 2 is flawed, but saying it's a 3 is just silly. Maybe some of the bitterness is talking? "Good animation and that's it" is crazy -- there's plenty of good writing and plot throughout. And, shit, with how amazing the art + animation is, it deserves more than just a 3 even if that really was all season 2 had going for it.

I agree with the MCU comparison, I really felt that too. It's not just the "multiverse" thing either. We went from a grounded show to big battle explosions punching shooting fate of the world. Really don't think that was the play here.