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I think what sucks is that he is both the worst leader and the only one with some resemblance of moral compass?

I mean the other members are horrible business people and there were no sign of that changing.

So kicking him out was harmful but not for the reasons the show focuses on. Without him they probably just accelerate the disparity and jayce alone would be unable to stop it. Heimer is the reason it got so bad and that should be better examined and he doesnt deserve to be in power, but at that moment he could have been at least semi useful?

Tho by saying this i think i already gave him too much credit.

And to be clear, I think all the council members suck and they should be replaced, they not leaders, they business people who exploit.

I honestly don't know which ending I would hate more:

He gets back into power and swears to do better now that he knows better, for realsies this time.

or

He refuses to get back into power while knowing better and actually having the ability to change things.

I'm just worried about how they gonna conclude the council problem in general, like there's a sense that the people on it shouldn't be there, but I dont think the show has the guts to meaningfully change the power structure at the end. And I think it won't even suggest a real solution to it that they can work towards.

I know Heimerdinger's Christian Linke's favorite character, and I sort of tolerated it in s1, but now it feels like things are a little too indulgent. Heimerdinger gets to team up with Ekko to launder his reputation through Ekko and the Firelights. Heimerdinger gets the first narrative game and second character teaser in the promotional cycl. Heimerdinger gets to SING A SONG that's included on the s2 Arcane soundtrack (Spin the Wheel).

Maybe I'd be less annoyed if the show at least did more to acknowledge Heimerdinger's failings as a leader, but his character description can't even do that. This is how the official Arcane website describes Heimerdinger:

"Heimerdinger warned the Piltover Council about the dangers of using magic without tangible solutions for safeguarding its use. Learning from his mistakes with Jayce, Heimerdinger inspires Ekko to keep looking for a solution and works with him to solve the problem, instead of just offering advice."

That's not Heimerdinger's main problem! The problem is the fact he's the person most singularly responsible for the state of Zaun and Piltover. It feels like the show and the cast are just dancing around the fact that Heimerdinger technically has the highest body count in the show (Day of Ash, pollution, extreme poverty, etc). The one time someone puts him to task (Jayce), the show makes it seem like Jayce is wrong or overstepped, and yeah he did do it for Viktor's sake, but Jayce was right! Heimerdinger's bad at his job, he shouldn't be in a leadership position if he's a bad leader.