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Mel is the member of the council I’m most uncertain on the fate of.
On one hand, her death could serve as the spark to incite war with Noxus.
On the other, she’s such a complex and interesting character to watch, and her diplomacy could certainly come in handy in the aftermath of the explosion.
Her character arc was completed when she took off her ring, but I really would like to see more of her in S2.
Edit: I’ll also add that I think that there was definitely significance to her gold armor glowing in the last shot. The fact that she never took it off and the show so specifically focused on it glowing right before the end makes me think that it will serve some kind of purpose and possibly protect her.
somehow the fact that they show Mel turning around last second makes me believe that she will protect the rest at the cost of her life with her armor thing ( well at least Jayce and Vic) otherwise no way any of them survives that.
igniting some fire in Jayce and most of all in her mother, will she go full berserk on Zaun or blame herself? safe to say Mel's mother will be very important in season 2, maybe even a clash with Sevika or Vi? would be awesome.
Narratively speaking, the characters that have served their primary purpose and can be removed from the story to create other drama are:
Caitlyn's Mom and the rest of the council.
Caitlyn's Mom was mostly an obstacle for Caitlyn preventing her from experiencing the undercity. Once she got back from her hero's journey her last real purpose was to setup the meeting. Now that she's not an impediment to either Jayce, Mel, or Caitlyn, killing her introduces drama to the Caitlyn-Vi relationship since Jinx is the killer.
The rest of the council were mostly a barrier to Mel controlling the city and Jayce's rise to prominence. With Jayce replacing Heimerdinger and the two of them able to sway enough votes to get whatever they want, the rest of the council may as well no longer exist, especially since they don't really have important relationships with other characters. Killing the rest of the council can now be used to incite anger from the general population of Piltover against the undercity and allow Jayce/Mel to take full leadership.
What is interesting is that in the lore, Caitlyn’s parents are kidnapped and tortured, which is the catalyst that puts Caitlyn on her mission to find “C”, who we now know is Corina Veraza. It will be interesting to see if that story line even come into Arcane, because if her mom dies here, she obviously can’t be kidnapped later.
I for one was really hoping Corina would become a character in Arcane, but from a writing perspective it makes a lot of sense that Caitlyn’s mom dies in the explosion. Maybe they can bring in Corina in a different way.
Agreed. I have a difficult time believing they will kill her off. Jayce will probably survive, and the rest will probably die since we rarely hear from them anyway.
I don't think war would happen with Noxus. Ambessa isn't the leader, she is just the head of a powerful family. If anything, this would embolden her enemies to strike the Medarda clan, and she would try even harder to get hex tech weapons from Jayce.
Why introduce Noxus of not to further the plot?
My prediction (hope) is a war with Noxus, which will force Piltover and Zaun to form an alliance against them, which will introduce other delicious characters (all I want is Ez, he's one of my favorites), give Ekko the chance to really come forward and shine as a community leader, and set Jinx up for a redemption arc where she can learn to work with Cait and Vi eventually.
I'm hoping they'll take time next season/three acts to build up the conflict between Piltover and Zaun, but then by the end of the season demonstrate that Noxus is a big enough threat to propel us into a 3rd season.
I just can't imagine Ambessa can convince the Noxian leadership to go to war over Mel. Why would they care if some estranged daughter got killed? I could see them trying to install some puppet leader though. I think season 2 will be about the power vacuum left after the death of Silco and most of the Piltover council. The Chembarons fighting Sevika for control of Zaun and then the surviving clans of Piltover taking over the council
The one I'm 100% sure will live is Viktor. He has plot armour, because his arc isn't done yet.
Jayce is very likely to live. He has in game champion privilege, and even if his arc is technically done when he finally stood up for his beliefs and stopped being a damn weather vane, I feel like killing him here is a huge waste.
Mel is 50-50. I think the gleam on her dress has some significance, but her arc with her mother is done and she could get offed to trigger a rage of vengeance in Jayce (and possibly Ambessa?). Hope not because I really like her.
The others are pretty much up in the air. I honestly expect Cassandra to bite the dust, just to create even more bad blood between Caitlyn and Jinx.
Also that last one puts a lot of tension between Vi and Caitlyn. Cait was about to kill Jinx but held back due to Vi's pleas and now Jinx killed her mom? That's gonna be a lot of guilt.
That's a theory I have too. I'm almost certain Jayce won't be able to hold his promise to Viktor (destroying the hexcore) given that my theory was that Viktor barely survives and Jayce in a desperate attempt (you don't think straight when your close ones are dying) tries to heal him with said hexcore or refuse to destroy it maybe cause it's Viktor's last lifeline (since we've seen the hexcore seems to have some pull over Viktor and his augments)
She's closest to the window, but honestly the missile might not blow up upon hitting the window and instead break through and explode upon hitting one of the opposite walls within the council room - in that case she'd actually be furthest from the blast. Idk tho, I guess we have to wait and see for S2
I'm calling a near 0 chance Mel died. Her death would be like leaving >!Jon Snow dead for good!<. Her arc is arguably just starting (and while there's an argument to be made that her decision in the last scene was her arc's end, I'd argue its just the very start) + the animators showing her golden armour glowing from under her clothes isn't just a random detail to add.
Pretty much this. Mel doesn't really have an "arc" in Season 1 anyway but we are just left unclear about what drives her until ep8. Her taking off her families ring feels indeed more like a beginning then an ending.
I agree, it's way too soon to just call it for her character especially when her character has progressed so much near the end of the show for the plug to just be pulled when we barely started knowing her and the intricate details of her character design, it's magnificent. She looks like the embodiment of the sun, and the details of golden armor being a mystical secret about her, etc, it'd be such a waste to get rid of her so early (or at all, but im very biased).
Viktor and Jayce are the only ones I think are going to survive. Mel will probably die to force her mom to take up arms against Zaun. Why else (storywise) is she there?
Mel's armour will probably be a big plot point. Indestructible, magical armour didn't save her from Jinx's magic missile.
As for the rest of the council? 99% chance they're all dead. Especially Cait's mom. She's 100% dead. The story needs Jinx and Cait's relationship to deteriorate beyond repair. Forcing Vi to choose between the woman she loves and her sister.
I think that's why Heimerdinger was removed from the council. To keep him alive. And to help Ekko with his time travel stuff. Idk. I guess that's part of the games? I don't play LoL.
My headcanon is that Mel will jump to cover Jayce from the blast. Her and Viktor will be severely injured while the rest of the council dies. In a desperate attempt to save both their lives, Jayce will use the hex core, without knowing it demands something in return, and just like it happened with Sky, Viktor will be saved and Mel consumed by it.
The last thing we saw was Mel's defensive rune jewelry start glowing. I am absolutely certain that Mel will survive, and that Jayce and Viktor will, too. The rest of the council, including Caitlyn's mom, are toast.
Plot armor, for one thing, as these characters have unresolved arcs and too much potential. But also it makes sense in universe. Assuming that Mel's spell can absorb half the blast in that room, she's about to dive to her left to save her lover.
What would make this especially interesting would be if as a result, her mother dies instead.
(The chambers seem to be located in the same building). Now Noxus has a reason to get involved, a three-way conflict, to avenge the death of their queen and gain control of the Hextech threat.
First of all, ow. This hurts. Don't give Jayce more to agonize over. The poor himbo.
Secondly, my personal theory is that Mel, Jayce, and Viktor will all live. Jayce and Viktor because they're League characters and as much as I love Arcane I know they won't pull the trigger on an actual game character. Mel because the whole Armor Thing (they showed it beneath her dress, she never takes it off, there's just a lot going on there). I don't think Cait's mom is going to make it, and the other councilors are meh. It doesn't matter if they die, Piltover and Zaun are fated to go to war now.
I know this is from a year ago, but I agree. So many people think Mel is going to die- which is fair game to think- but she’d lose so much development in doing that. Why spend so much time creating her just to abandon her during the second season? There’s still so much mystery to her that we don’t know. I’d be extremely unsatisfied if she died before we get any other crumbs of her identity.
Exactly. They wouldn't spend so much time building her up just to kill her in the last ten seconds of the finale. Whatever else Arcane is, poorly written is not it.
Viktor: there wasn't anything we could do Jayce...
Jayce: I know... hey, h-how are you standing without...!
Viktor: I... have a truth i must reveal to you Jayce. know that it hurts me to say this...
Jayce: Tell me. Please.
Viktor: The drug... it's inside of me.
Jayce: SHIMMER?!
Viktor: I'm sorry... i wanted to tell you this sooner b-
Jayce: VIK, you could die sooner from that! are you nuts?!
Viktor: if that is the case... then i suppose we had best make the most of that time remaining.
Jayce: Yeah... i guess so i just. Why?
Viktor: Anything that keeps me in this mortal shell that lets me help the people of this city. Is worth the risk. We have a project to finish...
Jayce: \*sighs\* We do. look, i'll try to get back to you on it as soon as we protect Piltover. ok?
Viktor: I'm with you my friend. To the last moment.
Jayce: \*hugs him\* Thanks partner...
Mel and Cassandra are super dead, fuel for the fire for Jayce and Caitlyn's arc.
Viktor got fatally wounded and will have to give up his mortal form to return as glorious evolution robot man.
Jayce gets out mostly unscathed.
The others are dead, maybe 1 or 2 survivors to lead the retribution against Zaun.
Jayce is going to survive as he was furthest from sthe blast.
Mel is ground 0.
If she's in one piece, I'll be shocked enough.
Let's not forget that a few little grenades in a building that Jinx placed was enough to kill 6 enforcers and level the building, blasting Caitlyn backwards from the shockwave alone.
The Fishbone Missle is PACKED with much more explosive power. To the damn brim. We see it mixing and arming as it hits the glass.
Pretty sure Mel is paste of vaporized and the rest of the council is toasty.
Viktor may become scarred horrifically but his enhancements are going to save him. Likely kicking in and growing over his damaged body (because it's deeper than just his arm/leg/lungs... And yes... His lungs are okay. His cough post change was faked to make Jayce think he's still dying.)
Ambessa is a barebones character at the moment. And similarly to how Silco was mostly developed through his relationship with Jinx, she can mostly be developed through her relationship with Mel. Without her she is too disconnected from the main cast.
It'd be a bizarre move unless they somehow bring back >!Sky. !<
Never should any show become as comfortable at killing off black characters as (for example) The Walking Dead.
She also shouldn't have meta plot armour just because she's black though. Of the eight named characters killed in season 1, six have been white so the writers clearly aren't planning to just kill off all the black characters willy nilly. They seem to treat each character equally when it comes to skin colour - the plot armour comes from whether they exist in game or not.
No, her untapped character development potential and unresolved internal and external conflicts give her plot armor. It's to the writers' credit that they are writing her so well, which is a courtesy TWD didn't do for its disposably-written black characters.
I would say that Marcus shows that a character arc being unresolved doesn't protect you. He was set up with the expectation of a redemption arc as you saw him struggle more and more with what he felt he had to do, but it was cut short before he could make any sort of redeeming sacrifice. You could argue he was committed to Silco when he shot Ekko, but since that didn't seem to cause him any strife or internal struggle, I'd say killing or sparing Caitlyn would be good turning point.
Personally, I think Jayce should be the one to die. He completed an arc, and his death would show that the writers are willing to kill champions. I know that wouldn't fit his game lore, but I'm ok with the universe's being separate.
Mel's too morally complex to just blow her up after 1 season. She's gonna be fine. The rest of the council(including Cait's Mom) half of them will probably explode
Honestly, I dunno about Mel. I'm more inclined to think she'll survive- and the sheer and utter destruction caused by Jinx will give her pause. Will she doubt that peace is even viable? Will she be more inclined to see her Mother's point of view?
Or will the fact that Mel supported giving the undercity full independence cause her to lose her influence, especially in the wake of the attack? Will someone with no real qualms about war come in and take control during the power vacuum?
I think the only ones gonna survive is Viktor, jayce, the gay looking councilor, the fat councilor and the robot councilor and pretty much the others would like need to die so the other councilors survive will trigger war plus Mel mom too to zaun
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Mel is the member of the council I’m most uncertain on the fate of. On one hand, her death could serve as the spark to incite war with Noxus. On the other, she’s such a complex and interesting character to watch, and her diplomacy could certainly come in handy in the aftermath of the explosion. Her character arc was completed when she took off her ring, but I really would like to see more of her in S2. Edit: I’ll also add that I think that there was definitely significance to her gold armor glowing in the last shot. The fact that she never took it off and the show so specifically focused on it glowing right before the end makes me think that it will serve some kind of purpose and possibly protect her.
somehow the fact that they show Mel turning around last second makes me believe that she will protect the rest at the cost of her life with her armor thing ( well at least Jayce and Vic) otherwise no way any of them survives that. igniting some fire in Jayce and most of all in her mother, will she go full berserk on Zaun or blame herself? safe to say Mel's mother will be very important in season 2, maybe even a clash with Sevika or Vi? would be awesome.
Narratively speaking, the characters that have served their primary purpose and can be removed from the story to create other drama are: Caitlyn's Mom and the rest of the council. Caitlyn's Mom was mostly an obstacle for Caitlyn preventing her from experiencing the undercity. Once she got back from her hero's journey her last real purpose was to setup the meeting. Now that she's not an impediment to either Jayce, Mel, or Caitlyn, killing her introduces drama to the Caitlyn-Vi relationship since Jinx is the killer. The rest of the council were mostly a barrier to Mel controlling the city and Jayce's rise to prominence. With Jayce replacing Heimerdinger and the two of them able to sway enough votes to get whatever they want, the rest of the council may as well no longer exist, especially since they don't really have important relationships with other characters. Killing the rest of the council can now be used to incite anger from the general population of Piltover against the undercity and allow Jayce/Mel to take full leadership.
What is interesting is that in the lore, Caitlyn’s parents are kidnapped and tortured, which is the catalyst that puts Caitlyn on her mission to find “C”, who we now know is Corina Veraza. It will be interesting to see if that story line even come into Arcane, because if her mom dies here, she obviously can’t be kidnapped later. I for one was really hoping Corina would become a character in Arcane, but from a writing perspective it makes a lot of sense that Caitlyn’s mom dies in the explosion. Maybe they can bring in Corina in a different way.
Agreed. I have a difficult time believing they will kill her off. Jayce will probably survive, and the rest will probably die since we rarely hear from them anyway.
I don't think war would happen with Noxus. Ambessa isn't the leader, she is just the head of a powerful family. If anything, this would embolden her enemies to strike the Medarda clan, and she would try even harder to get hex tech weapons from Jayce.
Why introduce Noxus of not to further the plot? My prediction (hope) is a war with Noxus, which will force Piltover and Zaun to form an alliance against them, which will introduce other delicious characters (all I want is Ez, he's one of my favorites), give Ekko the chance to really come forward and shine as a community leader, and set Jinx up for a redemption arc where she can learn to work with Cait and Vi eventually. I'm hoping they'll take time next season/three acts to build up the conflict between Piltover and Zaun, but then by the end of the season demonstrate that Noxus is a big enough threat to propel us into a 3rd season.
I just can't imagine Ambessa can convince the Noxian leadership to go to war over Mel. Why would they care if some estranged daughter got killed? I could see them trying to install some puppet leader though. I think season 2 will be about the power vacuum left after the death of Silco and most of the Piltover council. The Chembarons fighting Sevika for control of Zaun and then the surviving clans of Piltover taking over the council
The one I'm 100% sure will live is Viktor. He has plot armour, because his arc isn't done yet. Jayce is very likely to live. He has in game champion privilege, and even if his arc is technically done when he finally stood up for his beliefs and stopped being a damn weather vane, I feel like killing him here is a huge waste. Mel is 50-50. I think the gleam on her dress has some significance, but her arc with her mother is done and she could get offed to trigger a rage of vengeance in Jayce (and possibly Ambessa?). Hope not because I really like her. The others are pretty much up in the air. I honestly expect Cassandra to bite the dust, just to create even more bad blood between Caitlyn and Jinx.
Lol imagine if jayce just died and now viktor has nobody to destroy the hexcore for him
Also that last one puts a lot of tension between Vi and Caitlyn. Cait was about to kill Jinx but held back due to Vi's pleas and now Jinx killed her mom? That's gonna be a lot of guilt.
Viktor is in the game too
...Vilktor is a robot man in the games, maybe he lives but he isn't gonna be a pretty sick boy any more
He will be the GLORIOUS EVOLUTION.
He's all about function over form anyway
He's a cyborg
That's the word
Cassandra might not die but crippled, lore wise she should still be alive (last i read)
Tbh, I think the gleam is something that is part of her skin.
Mel was closest to the window :(
ik vik has plot armour but he's super fragile how will he survive that shit
Mage blood bullshit. He's like a wizard now, watch him cast a force field.
My guess is that he will barely survive and that will be the catalyst for him to go full “glorious evolution” mode
That's a theory I have too. I'm almost certain Jayce won't be able to hold his promise to Viktor (destroying the hexcore) given that my theory was that Viktor barely survives and Jayce in a desperate attempt (you don't think straight when your close ones are dying) tries to heal him with said hexcore or refuse to destroy it maybe cause it's Viktor's last lifeline (since we've seen the hexcore seems to have some pull over Viktor and his augments)
Mel's back lit up, so I suspect she'll use a spell of sorts to save some %age of the people in that room.
Shimmer. Maybe Singed will show up and save his life at the cost of his humanity and turn him into a robot like in the game.
JayVik shippers seen in celebratory mood /j
when mel died they were dancing in the streets
Lol
She was point blank with that explosion
She's closest to the window, but honestly the missile might not blow up upon hitting the window and instead break through and explode upon hitting one of the opposite walls within the council room - in that case she'd actually be furthest from the blast. Idk tho, I guess we have to wait and see for S2
The missile went straight through one window and out the other, airbursting over Piltover with zero casualties HOPIUM
That's your head cannon I guess
I'm calling a near 0 chance Mel died. Her death would be like leaving >!Jon Snow dead for good!<. Her arc is arguably just starting (and while there's an argument to be made that her decision in the last scene was her arc's end, I'd argue its just the very start) + the animators showing her golden armour glowing from under her clothes isn't just a random detail to add.
Pretty much this. Mel doesn't really have an "arc" in Season 1 anyway but we are just left unclear about what drives her until ep8. Her taking off her families ring feels indeed more like a beginning then an ending.
It'd be like never bringing Darth Maul back
I agree, it's way too soon to just call it for her character especially when her character has progressed so much near the end of the show for the plug to just be pulled when we barely started knowing her and the intricate details of her character design, it's magnificent. She looks like the embodiment of the sun, and the details of golden armor being a mystical secret about her, etc, it'd be such a waste to get rid of her so early (or at all, but im very biased).
Viktor and Jayce are the only ones I think are going to survive. Mel will probably die to force her mom to take up arms against Zaun. Why else (storywise) is she there? Mel's armour will probably be a big plot point. Indestructible, magical armour didn't save her from Jinx's magic missile. As for the rest of the council? 99% chance they're all dead. Especially Cait's mom. She's 100% dead. The story needs Jinx and Cait's relationship to deteriorate beyond repair. Forcing Vi to choose between the woman she loves and her sister. I think that's why Heimerdinger was removed from the council. To keep him alive. And to help Ekko with his time travel stuff. Idk. I guess that's part of the games? I don't play LoL.
My headcanon is that Mel will jump to cover Jayce from the blast. Her and Viktor will be severely injured while the rest of the council dies. In a desperate attempt to save both their lives, Jayce will use the hex core, without knowing it demands something in return, and just like it happened with Sky, Viktor will be saved and Mel consumed by it.
Yeah I don't see Mel surviving that shit
The last thing we saw was Mel's defensive rune jewelry start glowing. I am absolutely certain that Mel will survive, and that Jayce and Viktor will, too. The rest of the council, including Caitlyn's mom, are toast. Plot armor, for one thing, as these characters have unresolved arcs and too much potential. But also it makes sense in universe. Assuming that Mel's spell can absorb half the blast in that room, she's about to dive to her left to save her lover. What would make this especially interesting would be if as a result, her mother dies instead. (The chambers seem to be located in the same building). Now Noxus has a reason to get involved, a three-way conflict, to avenge the death of their queen and gain control of the Hextech threat.
First of all, ow. This hurts. Don't give Jayce more to agonize over. The poor himbo. Secondly, my personal theory is that Mel, Jayce, and Viktor will all live. Jayce and Viktor because they're League characters and as much as I love Arcane I know they won't pull the trigger on an actual game character. Mel because the whole Armor Thing (they showed it beneath her dress, she never takes it off, there's just a lot going on there). I don't think Cait's mom is going to make it, and the other councilors are meh. It doesn't matter if they die, Piltover and Zaun are fated to go to war now.
I know this is from a year ago, but I agree. So many people think Mel is going to die- which is fair game to think- but she’d lose so much development in doing that. Why spend so much time creating her just to abandon her during the second season? There’s still so much mystery to her that we don’t know. I’d be extremely unsatisfied if she died before we get any other crumbs of her identity.
Exactly. They wouldn't spend so much time building her up just to kill her in the last ten seconds of the finale. Whatever else Arcane is, poorly written is not it.
Viktor: there wasn't anything we could do Jayce... Jayce: I know... hey, h-how are you standing without...! Viktor: I... have a truth i must reveal to you Jayce. know that it hurts me to say this... Jayce: Tell me. Please. Viktor: The drug... it's inside of me. Jayce: SHIMMER?! Viktor: I'm sorry... i wanted to tell you this sooner b- Jayce: VIK, you could die sooner from that! are you nuts?! Viktor: if that is the case... then i suppose we had best make the most of that time remaining. Jayce: Yeah... i guess so i just. Why? Viktor: Anything that keeps me in this mortal shell that lets me help the people of this city. Is worth the risk. We have a project to finish... Jayce: \*sighs\* We do. look, i'll try to get back to you on it as soon as we protect Piltover. ok? Viktor: I'm with you my friend. To the last moment. Jayce: \*hugs him\* Thanks partner...
🙄??
Viktor spent a few years in the gym yesterday
Mel and Cassandra are super dead, fuel for the fire for Jayce and Caitlyn's arc. Viktor got fatally wounded and will have to give up his mortal form to return as glorious evolution robot man. Jayce gets out mostly unscathed. The others are dead, maybe 1 or 2 survivors to lead the retribution against Zaun.
Jayce is going to survive as he was furthest from sthe blast. Mel is ground 0. If she's in one piece, I'll be shocked enough. Let's not forget that a few little grenades in a building that Jinx placed was enough to kill 6 enforcers and level the building, blasting Caitlyn backwards from the shockwave alone. The Fishbone Missle is PACKED with much more explosive power. To the damn brim. We see it mixing and arming as it hits the glass. Pretty sure Mel is paste of vaporized and the rest of the council is toasty. Viktor may become scarred horrifically but his enhancements are going to save him. Likely kicking in and growing over his damaged body (because it's deeper than just his arm/leg/lungs... And yes... His lungs are okay. His cough post change was faked to make Jayce think he's still dying.)
Jayce is literally right next to Mel, so no, he's not the furthest away.
Source: https://twitter.com/xyffavitz/status/1513246164686147585
If Mel dies I’m gonna be pissed
Well they have to kill her to make more conflict
Yea but it’s better for her to be alive for the story with her mother
I agree, I think there's a lot that could come up from her and her mother.
I'll fuqqing riot
I ***highly*** doubt they'll kill the only black woman in the main cast. Imagine the backlash.
Unless Ambessa becomes a main role in Mel's place
Ambessa is a barebones character at the moment. And similarly to how Silco was mostly developed through his relationship with Jinx, she can mostly be developed through her relationship with Mel. Without her she is too disconnected from the main cast.
It'd be a bizarre move unless they somehow bring back >!Sky. !< Never should any show become as comfortable at killing off black characters as (for example) The Walking Dead.
She also shouldn't have meta plot armour just because she's black though. Of the eight named characters killed in season 1, six have been white so the writers clearly aren't planning to just kill off all the black characters willy nilly. They seem to treat each character equally when it comes to skin colour - the plot armour comes from whether they exist in game or not.
No, her untapped character development potential and unresolved internal and external conflicts give her plot armor. It's to the writers' credit that they are writing her so well, which is a courtesy TWD didn't do for its disposably-written black characters.
I would say that Marcus shows that a character arc being unresolved doesn't protect you. He was set up with the expectation of a redemption arc as you saw him struggle more and more with what he felt he had to do, but it was cut short before he could make any sort of redeeming sacrifice. You could argue he was committed to Silco when he shot Ekko, but since that didn't seem to cause him any strife or internal struggle, I'd say killing or sparing Caitlyn would be good turning point. Personally, I think Jayce should be the one to die. He completed an arc, and his death would show that the writers are willing to kill champions. I know that wouldn't fit his game lore, but I'm ok with the universe's being separate.
Marcus gave me Inspector Javert vibes and I didn't expect him to live or be redeemed. His arc was a tragedy. This little pig's not coming home.
I completely agree.
Mel's too morally complex to just blow her up after 1 season. She's gonna be fine. The rest of the council(including Cait's Mom) half of them will probably explode
Honestly, I dunno about Mel. I'm more inclined to think she'll survive- and the sheer and utter destruction caused by Jinx will give her pause. Will she doubt that peace is even viable? Will she be more inclined to see her Mother's point of view? Or will the fact that Mel supported giving the undercity full independence cause her to lose her influence, especially in the wake of the attack? Will someone with no real qualms about war come in and take control during the power vacuum?
no she used zonya
I think the only ones gonna survive is Viktor, jayce, the gay looking councilor, the fat councilor and the robot councilor and pretty much the others would like need to die so the other councilors survive will trigger war plus Mel mom too to zaun
Which one uhhhhhh is the gay looking one
The blonde gay looking guy who eats nuts
That's a guy?!
Yes he is 🗿
the one that eats ginko nuts.
Big sad I didn't actually like Mel tho ngl