u/DaMain-Man

Like I can't prove it but I can't help but feel like the creators of Arcane frequent too much of the fandom spaces. That's the only reason Jinx had a complete character reversal from season 1 to season 2.

They didn't just rewrite Jinx, they completely changed her character from the ground up. What happened to her mental issues from season 1? What happened to her unpredictable violent tendencies? They just sorta went away for some reason.

It's not even just that, the people of Zaun were terrified of her. And rightfully so, she may have been brainwashed but at some point she just really liked blowing things up. And the story just kinda forgot that and everyone just forgot that Ekko was the true hero of Zaun.

He has literally built a safe haven for the people and has fought the enforcers and Silco's thugs, but apparently he just lost all his members and he still never lost hope.

If Ekko is Malcom X, Jinx is King Von after blowing up the White House. There's no way you can try and rewrite history to make his(her) actions sound justifiable.

Like yes, we, the audience know she's a tragic character, but there's no in universe explanation as to why the people would think so.

How many orphans did Jinx help create? And how many orphans did Ekko save? Also she was unintentionally helping in child slavery. Again, this is what happens when the creators frequent too much of fandom spaces. Because that's the only explanation why they did this.

I also really hate how the fandom gives her so much grace and infantilizes her actions while demonizing the people trying to right her wrongs.

That's not to say I 100% support how Caitlyn went about trying to capture her, but an attempted assassination attempt and several terrorist bombings later we should be glad she didn't send the whole military after Zaun.

Tbf season 2 should've either have just had Ambessa and Noxus take over in episode 1 of season 2, or just not have had Noxus there at all. But they tried to have a little bit of everything and it surprisingly didn't work.

At the time I didn't see the issue, but after thinking on it for a while, the last season was just a bunch of interesting ideas cobbled together into a mess of a story

The first problem is they keep choosing to adapt the most boring subplots that just feel like padding. Like a lot of adaptations leave too much on the cutting room floor, and Invincible looked at that and said we'll remove a couple scenes and that's it. Now that's not the biggest issue with the show, but the second problem is far worse imo.

In the comic, Omni Man only kills The Guardians, beats Mark up, feels bad, flies away, does some soul searching, etc and comes back to earth to apologize and make up for his wrongdoings. Tbh his forgiveness was a little too swift in the comics, but the show is far worse.

They over did it. Having him commit a near genocide on an alien world, that psychotic scene where him and Debbie in Paris while that monster attacks. The train scene. The Chicago scene. All added together to establish him as a threat meant to be put down.

And then, they decided to just go back to the comics and try the redemption arc again. With only a few slight changes.

Now I'm not trying to gatekeep how redemption arcs tend to work, but I notice a lot of the times it happens in good stories 1. The villain didn't even want to be a bad person. They were a henchmen at best. 3. They weren't even a good villain. Always screwing up, letting their boss down. And they even felt like failures. 3. They had those human moments where it seems like they do have a good heart.

It is a lil weird some people refuse to think Nolan can be redeemed, but well...they did overdo it, so it's only fair for the audience to think that. I'm not sure if they're watching waiting for Mark vs Nolan round 2. Or if they think once the Vitrum war ends, they'll go back to trying to bring Nolan down. I'm just confused why they think it's going to happen, but they really butchered his character in season 1, it's only right the audience thinks that way.

Like you should've limited how bad he was if you wanted to have him be redeemed.

Also, just to nit-pick. I don't like how fans of Debbie describe her going back to Nolan as if she's "a consolation prize." "She's just now his fuck trophy." "This is so dehumanizing to her." Like...no one else said that about her...but you. I wasn't even thinking of her as just a prize for Nolan's hard work until her fans said that. I just saw her as many of the other important characters in the story going thru her own arc

I saw a black creator saying Harriet Tubman never existed...to another one saying she was freeing slaves from the south to bring them to be slaves in the north; to being a a spy for the evil government, etc. Then there was Rosa Parks was a paid actor and the Montgomery Bus Boycott was all actors. Don't get me started on MLK Jr was actually gay conspiracy or that he was a cheater.

Like...it's never any white history that turns out to be lies to them. Only black history. This isn't some white creators with a confederate flag in their background and a Trump t-shirt on. It's always someone who claims to be "pro black" but can never say one nice thing about the black community.

Like they can't fathom African Americans could band together in times of need or that racism was as bad as they say it was. If you tell them about the injustices caused by Ronald Reagan, they'd scratch their head, but as soon as you mentioned Martin Luther King Day, they'll tell you "did you know he was actually an FBI plant".

Also they can understand European exceptionalism, but draw the line at a black woman freeing slaves. It's just too unbelievable to them a woman could do things. You'd think they'd find her story inspirational, but they're hellbent on destroying anything remotely close to black power.

Maybe wait till you have a cast and crew and a director, maybe midway through production before any announcements. I understand it's too drum up hype but cancelling over half your projects doesn't make the audience excited for the future of your movies.

Also maybe stop releasing bad trailers to drum up negative criticism only to bring a much better second trailer. Like why can't both trailers be good?

I'm not sure if worded that correctly, but imagine this scenario: you develop a crush on someone. You asked them out and they rejected you. You now feel embarrassed, ashamed, you're kicking yourself mentally, etc. At least now, you know how they feel about you. At least now, you can move on to bigger and better things.

That will hurt far less than secretly pinning after someone for years and years being too afraid of their answers. That's just not healthy. You could've spent this time doing literally anything else.

Sure things may or may not work out, but isn't it worth doing? I'm not trying to do one of those motivational talks kinda thing. But the regret of not saying what needed to be said will hurt far more than doing the right thing and losing in the end. You can at least heal from that.

I'll give them props for trying to utilize the heroes of Milestone in the 90s, a bit in the 2000s, there was also that one time in New 52 with Static, and again in milestone returns...but they just kinda gave up.

I do wonder what Milestone would've looked like in the hands of more capable hands. I'm not sure if it would ever outplace DC or Marvel, but I'd bet money it could've been as big as Image and Dark horse. Both very respectable in their own.

Its just disappointing that Milestone never reached its truest potential. I feel like there's just so much more story there and it's a shame we'll only ever get crumbs.

Its not even the original creative teams fault. A lack of sales, and the market crashing during 1997, it's a miracle they still have a universe to at all?

Some people will throw away a good relationship because that honeymoon phase, that spark moment where you get all those butterflies ended. And keep chasing after new people to get that spark back.

And part of having a meaningful relationship is realizing that it will end eventually. And that's a good thing.

At some point couples will just quietly enjoy each others presence. Talking about taxes and brand new sales. Having conversations that seem boring and full but still meaningful.

Yes work was stressful but your partner enjoys you talking about it. Its quite nice just enjoying the mundane. The love is still there things are just more tranquil.