Spoilers ahead.
I plan to rewatch it in its full again soon however to let it cook over in my head, whence I do get all my thoughts in I could update this post again.
Now, first… I dont know much about league lore as I’ve never played it but eventually I might just to try it out (after all why shouldn’t I try something first before forming thought, like the first sin of man biting into the fruit of knowledge, they only understood then what they’ve done.) so I will look at arcane as by itself only.
On first viewing, I did not remember anyone’s names. I am not sure if they were mentioned and me in my brain fantasizing about being a merchant in this world, lost track of those details.
(That is one of the reasons I’d like to rewatch the show just to be sure)
It was strange to me how there were these characters who just showed up at one point without setup from season one like
the Chem Barons
Braum (which I dont think he was ever named?)
Singed (who I only knew was doctor reckert up until season two)
I do think it is difficult to make a series already established in lore and with designs themselves, the creators tried their best with what they were given.
anyway
SINGED WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A FIGHTER?? you tell me this guy, pale and so weak, wouldve been carrying this massive shield and a proper combatant THAN SILCO?
throughout the series he felt more like an other worldly further entity than an actual character, especially on season one being a chemist for silco.
he also felt like a deus ex machina like some kind of revive or boost to jinx at one point, maybe after rewatch my perspective would change.
and then braum, suddenly appearing, sleeping in the streets, at first I didnt notice his coat signifying how his actually an enforcer but then why was he sleeping in the street?
he is also a combatant but just never made sense, I guess when you have over a hundred characters in your game you would start using them as fodder at some point… I thought he was cool tho
I did really like the chem barons, it really showed a fair democracy between zaun and piltover. I love it when a series has small scale politics/trade economy like in mad max for example…
I think it really extends the world when you start introducing geopolitics into it and it shapes it amazingly, especially economics although we dont see it as much but if we consider hextech or shimmer being passed around as economy, its good enough.
that are my thoughts for now, I’d really like to learn more of the world (without having to play league or wait near 10 years to watch noxus)
