Arcane 2x9: "The Dirt Under Your Nails" // Reaction and Discussion
Added 2026-02-28 00:10:49 +0000 UTC
Comments
You should listen to the full version of that song used in the pre-op scene with ekko and jinx - “Wasteland”. The lyrics are amazing, and I personally think they chose the wrong chorus to end the scene with (you’ll know once you listen).
Cablemonkey
2026-02-28 23:20:44 +0000 UTCI hope they watch it, i know that if we get another series down the line they might watch it or it might be included in it. But watching these cinematics after s2 just feels good that its not over and its only a part of a bigger world.
Vladi
2026-02-28 11:08:32 +0000 UTCVi catching Jinx's arm at the end is like how she kept catching her in episode 1 from falling off the roof. In the first episode, Powder would thank her for catching her, in this episode, powder would beg her to let her go. Fun fact: future viktor kept giving jayce different runes each time. It was this last rune, the ACCELERATION rune, the one used for the GATES, and it's the same one that Ekko was toying with in the alternate timeline. If it wasn't that rune, the "inverse" of that acceleration rune to rewind time would not have been created, to bring it to jayce right there, so that jayce can use the one that's engraved in his arm to invert viktor's existence and everything he's done with the arcane. The crow at the end is a symbol of Swain, one of the three pillars of noxus, one that goes against both the black rose LeBlanc AND Ambessa medarda. There's a theory indeed that jinx made it out using the duct exists of the gates, that's what caitlyn was confirming at hte end , but decided to let go of the chase of Jinx in favor of sitting with Vi. That's where the blimp/airship at the end is , with the graffity, implying jinx survived. Don't forget, she's hella fast,u can see a "swoosh" in the explosion scene right before it explodes on vander, and she's resillient because of her shimmer blood. She walked away, to break the cycle.
Cyber
2026-02-28 04:59:27 +0000 UTCPorbably my favourite thing that came out of Arcane S2 is the fact that Singed won. Dude got everything he wanted for and wasn't punished at all. People died, lost loved ones or were seriously injured, but Singed got a daughter.
Nossso
2026-02-28 01:18:34 +0000 UTCThere's cinematics that kind of serve as a follow up directly to the ending of Arcane. They're honestly kind of a post credit scene tbh. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I76wvt0aEE4&list=RDI76wvt0aEE4 https://youtu.be/mSoGkTxu_FY Idk if you guys want to react to these or not, but they lead into other stories of the league lore and were released after Arcane. There's no spoilers of any future content. There's way more videos but they go into other areas of league lore that you probably have 0 context of.
Blood Shot
2026-02-28 01:11:26 +0000 UTC
