#cailtyn

"The Next Day..."

"A Few Weeks Later..."

"The Following Day..."

Things I actually disliked:

How the Hextech plot turned out, I though it was very badly executed especially in terms of Viktor's evolution through the whole show. Lack of proper explanation about what was actually happening, unnecessary and horribly executed twist at the end, clumsy established rules and dissapointing payoff for anyone involved in this plotline. Final battle was cool and I like the Commune's designs but dear god, was this storyline confusing...

Ekko's community plus the tree's state at the end of the show. You really couldn't put a 15 seconds shot of the community being well and tree being ok ?! Seriously I know you had to make choices given it's animation but come on now... It was like one of the main driving points to stop Hextech for him & one of the safe haven of Zaun & Piltover and it's completely shoved to the side but no, we have to see minutes of Loris, Steb and Sky being there just being a representation of our characters' inner conflicts as if them doing it and/or saying it out loud wasn't enough...

Ekko convincing Jinx to not kill herself by telling her what he experienced, Jinx rallying the undercity to protect Piltover & Zaun from Noxus & Viktor and a proper conclusion to Sevika's story regarding all of this. WHAT THE HELL ?! We needed to see this, this is so important & it's completely ignored. IN WHAT world, did anyone think cutting this was a good idea ?! We needed to get a proper closure & development about Ekko & Jinx's relationship which was already thin to begin with. We needed to see Sevika affirm what she truly thought about Jinx and a moment about Isha regarding the two of them even if Sevika wasn't super close to the kid, we needed to see Sevika get to see the Undercity finally rallied together after spending the ENTIRETY of the show trying to do that and see how that whole thing came about for them to fight with Piltover. It is ridiculous to that me that this was cut... It was so important!

Things I didn't necessarily dislike but I have mixed feelings about:

Jayce not getting a single scene with his mom. I know she was there at the end, in the crowd, mourning him but come on, not even one scene with her before the end where she could allow him a form of reflection and comfort before putting his life in danger or after, I don't know... DISSAPEARING FOR WEEKS IF NOT MONTHS! I know you could interpret it as Jayce being so lost on his mission that he forgets about her and her importance but she was one of the reasons they ended up in Piltover in the first place. It's of course not as vital to the story but it could have provided some breathing in this fast-paced season.

Vi's character arc this season. While there are some part that I like, I feel like it wasn't explored as deeply & as fully as it could have been. The foundations are there but aspects like her relationship with Vander, violence and Zaun could have been pushed far more than they were in this season.

Caitlyn's arc and how the most important bit happened off-screen, again, just like with Vi, the parts it would have been better to see or being more developped weren't as much as they could've been. I am not of the conclusion she didn't face any consequences or was let go by the narrative of the things she did, but her coming to terms with her actions happened mostly off-screen and that is a shame because it was one of the more interesting parts of Season 2.

The wink.

Jayce, defender of tomorrow, chilling and reading a book: Yeah, I just asked Viktor a pretty difficult question that should keep him occupied for at least two weeks. In that time he'll either calculate a solution or fuck the problem altogether.

Caitlyn, curious: What's the question?

Jayce: If we're both emotionless robots, how are we going to have sex?

Caitlyn:

Caitlyn: Couldn't he have just said no to sex?

Jayce, grins: Ikr. He still loves me. While he's busy with that, I have time to come up with a masterful plan to knock sense into that metal head of his and drag him back here. How about you? How's things with your girlfriend?

Caitlyn, laughs nervously: Oh it's fine. Everything is fine. Just us figuring out ways to deal with her homicidal, genocidal, homophobic but gay sister.... without killing her. Good times.

Jayce, looks up from his book.

Caitlyn sighs.

Jayce: Why couldn't we have fallen in love with normal people, Cait?

Are baby blocks. Are trying to eat the magic rocks. Are snax? are tasty? For baby blocks?

She gasps!

"NO POROS NO! YOU CAN'T EAT HEXTECH" She runs towards the block, putting her hand on the poro's maw and trying to take the gem out.