Isha and her dynamic with Jinx were both very undercooked. There was good set up, but the 2 bonding is sped run and then Isha dies after being in like what, 3 episodes? Which is emblematic of the quality in Arcane’s 2nd season as a whole. There’s a good set up, but the payoff is either nonexistent or executed poorly
It's not just undercooked- it's fuckin RAW. Like don't get me wrong, she was cute, but I had a feeling she wasn't gonna make it to the end, whether that was through death or some other thing. I'm sure there were ways she could've become her own person and had an entire relevant arc, but the way I see it, they never should've added her in the first place. She's a plot device, not a person. Which is a shame, because again, I LIKED her and her dynamic with Jinx.
But honestly? She feels more like a "happy ending epilogue" type character as she is, rather than an actual person with actual impact on the world around her (the story). But yeah, like you said, they set up a BUNCH of stuff and then just. Didn't do anything with it lmao. Like that whole Warwick thing? Unnecessary. He didn't have to be Vander. Noxus? Get rid of them. Also unnecessary. Half the storylines just fizzled out halfway through. We will never know what happened to Ekko's tree. And why did Mel need whatever the fuck was going on? Like don't get me wrong she served cunt, but she could've done that alongside the rest of the cast instead of spending half the season in a backrooms warehouse.
Ugh anyway all of this is to say you're so right and I hate this for us
