Arcane (Netflix)

Originally posted by cdtm
It seems so after looking at his reaction to progress.

The problem is

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He means well, but is the ultimate conservative because he's lived far too long and squash's all initiative. What he doesn't realize is risk is necessary for progress, and he simlly refuses any risk at all.

Yeah, that's true. But it's not just that.

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The elitism, the corruption within the Enforcers, the other council members abusing the Hex Gates for personal gain etc. also all happened while he was in charge. So, not only did his insistence on clinging to the past compromise his city's future, but his inability to keep things in order did even further damage.

Originally posted by cdtm
And I'm honestly debating whether

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Silco is evil or a misunderstood anti hero. His goals were perfectly reasonable, but if he wasn't willing to take the deal, what would he have done?

He

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probably would have gone to war. Because I really think he was being honest when he said he wouldn't give Jinx up. Both his reaction to Jinx nearly dying and his monologue at Vander's statue gave me that impression.

I'm not sure I'd call him an anti-hero though. He still did a lot of bad stuff, including having people killed and employing child labour in order to make drugs, as well as threatening to kill children as an intimidation/blackmail tactic. But he isn't wholly evil. He ultimately had good intentions but the way he went about it was bad.

It's actually an interesting parallel between Vander and Silco.

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Even though their ambitions were opposites to each other, with Vander wanting to lead a revolution and Silco wanting independence, they ultimately ended up very similar. In the end, both would have given up their dream to protect their family, even being willing to offer themselves up (Vander with the Enforcers and Silco with Jayce) instead. Silco even tells Vander's statue that he finally understands.

Some of the negative reviews I've seen for this show are just dumb. Don't get me wrong. While the show is really good IMO, there are some valid criticisms to be made. For example, one could argue that the final act almost had too much going on and could have done with another episode, and there are instances where characters behave kind of OOC, like

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Vi's rather flippant attitude towards Jayce when talking about the kid killed in the factory raid, for example.

But one really bad review I saw was literally a boomer complaining about "teenagers and their negative shows" and another one was just some idiot who was upset that he couldn't understand what was happening because the show didn't spoon feed him every detail, and then even went so far as to claim no one else will understand it either.

Personally, one of the things I really appreciated was the smaller details that foreshadowed things that would happen later.

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Like when Jinx is listening to "Get Jinxed", you see her messing about with the mechanical firelights, seemingly insignificant to the show's narrative. But then they're later used to attack the Enforcers on the bridge.

Shit last episode.

will start to watch next week

I just finished episode one and I’m enthralled.

Originally posted by Impediment
I just finished episode one and I’m enthralled.

It gets better.

And better.

Originally posted by Impediment
I just finished episode one and I’m enthralled.

I've never played the game this is based on, so I'm sure I missed a lot of fan-centric references, but it's a solid animation. really enjoyed it.

Season 2 is tentatively set for 2023.

Originally posted by Old Man Whirly!
Shit last episode.