Spoilers for Arcane Season 2, Act II lie ahead, so read on at your own discretion. Arcane is easily one of the best shows on Netflix and, right now, its second season is airing weekly on the 2024 TV schedule in a unique format (three episode arcs, three Acts per season). Fans have eagerly been waiting for the second installment of the League of Legends adaptation since the first season released in 2021.
Now, after this most recent drop, I’m going to need more than a week to recover, and it mostly has to do with the heartbreaking parallels involving estranged sisters Jinx and Violet. Act II dives into their past and present, using the following instances to pull at the audience's heartstrings, and resulting in what is certain to go down as the hardest-hitting death of the show. Vander Served Powder The Same Exact Drink He Served Her Mom In Season 2, Act II, we finally see more of Vander and Silco’s backstory, including their relationship to Violet and Powder’s mother, Felicia.
In “Blisters and Bedrock,” viewers experience a flashback to when Vander and Silco were friends with big dreams for the Undercity. When Felicia reveals to the pair that she’s pregnant with a baby girl, Vander switches her liquor for a cup of juice, dropping a straw into the beverage. If this moment looks familiar to any fans, it’s because a similar interaction plays out on Season 1, Episode 2, when Vander pours little Powder a drink to try and cheer her up.
Same cup, same straw. Even the sa.