Arcane It may be over, but it still lives on in our hearts, especially because of some of the devastating deaths. Turns out Riot was more than okay with Fortiche killing whoever he wanted.
Major spoilers for Arcane ahead, so don't read on unless you've finished the show.
“Riot embraced any story we wanted to tell with any of the characters,” Arcane writer Amanda Overton tells us. “We were like, 'Can we kill Jayce and Viktor?' “Yes.” There were no limits to what we could do to make a good story, which, in my opinion, was absolutely the right choice for them, because we are adapting a game to a different medium, to television, and you want to be. free to make that version the best possible.
League of LegendsThe video game that Arcane is based on has a rich and deep collection of lore that Arcane's writers can draw upon, but it's been refreshing to see the amount of creative freedom that Riot has given them. Writers choose which story elements they want to stick to, and while may make the canon a bit inconsistentIt's a better show. Sometimes sticking to tradition leads to Interesting fan theories. being confirmed too.
“That support of [Riot’s] This side really allowed us to create characters like this (complicated, interesting, dark, vulnerable) who had destinies that we needed to decide which would be the most satisfying for the show, and not worry about what might or might not be interesting for a character. different. medium,” Overton explains. He also tells us how long they've had The final moments of the program. planned. “That Vi-Jinx scene, the last scene between them, is almost the same as when we wrote it six years ago.”
In a real League of Legends game, all the champions respawn and live to fight another day, but a TV show needs something at stake. We won't care about deaths unless they are permanent. I know we all want Jinx to be alive, and she might be if future League of Legends shows go the multiverse route, but it's nice to move on.
If you'd like to read more of our thoughts on the show, check out our Arcane Season 2 Review.