WAKE UP WAKE UP OFFICIAL SCENE FROM ARCANE DROPPED ON A WILD RIFT PROMO

WAKE UP WAKE UP OFFICIAL SCENE FROM ARCANE DROPPED ON A WILD RIFT PROMO

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ARCANE SEASON 2 POSTER

I don't really love the idea of Viktor becoming horribly scarred/disfigured by Jinx's rocket. Mostly because I don't care for the fact that most of the characters given harsher scrutiny by the story are nearly all disabled one way or another. Characters like Silco, Singed, Jinx, Finn and the chembarons are all either physically disabled, mentally ill, scarred, or some combination of all three.

Obviously Viktor started off the show with a disability, it's just that his condition will worsen in a way that coincides with his morals becoming more dubious is a bad look. I know all the characters are supposed to be complex, but the narrative gives a light handed critique on Piltovan characters compared to it's Zaun cast, at least in the first season anyway.

The stupid little Heimer and Ekko scene has me grinning ear to ear because they’re just an adorable duo but it also raises a lot of questions?? I’m so curious about this whole thing.

What are they stealing?

Why are they stealing it?

When in the season does this take place?

Ekko has a legitimate point. Why are they sneaking around? It’s not like Heimer has been banished…which means Ekko has to be there. I’m not complaining because Ekko’s my second-favorite character in the show but nonetheless why is he there? It seems like he would only slow Heimer down, so whatever they’re smuggling out must be either heavy, hard to reach, or needs to be judged for merit by Ekko.

The hallway that the enforcer is shown walking down looks like the same hall that Sky was traversing when she was talking to herself about her research, so it may be that Heimer and Ekko are trying to get into Jayce and Viktor’s lab unseen. Why?

Are they trying to steal something more raw like the gemstones or research notes, or something more complex like the Hexclaw or Atlas Gauntlets?

Heimerdinger has a mask, here. Does that mean enough time has passed between S1’s finale and the present to allow for Heimer to be “initiated” as a real Firelight, or is it part of the silly gag of Heimer taking this way too seriously?

i also wonder if this shot from the trailer is going to take place in the lab after him and Ekko get wherever it is they’re looking for.

Sorry I’m going to be thinking about this 30-sec clip for hours I love it

GRINNING LIKE A FOOL HEIMER IS SO CUTE FOR NO REASON DOING ALL THE LITTLE HAND MOTIONS AND HIS LITTLE MASK AND AAAAAAA

PERSONALLY...

Do I think the poster was photoshoped and put together by someone who does not work at all in fortiche? Yeah, most likely just marketing material for the retailer

BUT they probably got the renders from the *actual* marketing team from either Fortiche or Netflix.

And I think that Viktor is from the * time skip* period. As you pointed out, his hair is mid point between acts 1 and 2. his hand is not hexcorized, and he looks slightly healthier than in act 2.

So I'm thinking that render comes specifically from a flashback segment in season 2

Oooooooo I did not think of that! It could definitely be a flashback. We know there will be a few, cuz I’m pretty sure I saw somewhere that Silco’s VA recorded some lines for S2.

And I actually have a little theory that could fit into this. I kinda feel like maybe Viktor has been smuggling Hextech projects into the Undercity for a while. Like… it probably became clear to him when Jayce became a councilor (if not sooner) that Hextech was being co-opted by the rich, and it was never going to help the people he set out to help. So he started working on smaller projects (water filters, air purifiers, things of that nature) and sneaking them into Zaun. And if this were to come to light somehow, (shown to us in saaaaay a flashback) it would be yet another nail in the coffin of his exile. Cuz the council could spin it, make it look like Viktor was colluding with Zaun the whole time, smuggling them Hextech weapons and aiding Jinx in her attack (which is of course a lie, but if they are able to prove he was smuggling Hextech into Zaun, he wouldn’t really have an answer for these accusations… not one they’d be inclined to believe, anyway.)

And I do have something to back it up: this. This right here. This look, when Jayce is actually floating the idea of building weapons to be used against Viktor’s people.

The wheels are turning. That is a look of realization, of determination. It says oh you’re not the man I thought you were. So it’s up to me now. I have to help them.