As Linke explains: “It was never an open concept. It was always like, “Hey, there’s a story to tell.” » There is a beginning and an end to the relationships between the characters we had in mind, particularly for Vi and Jinx and for Jayce and Viktor.

“Not so much the plot – I mean, certain parts – but there was definitely something specific here that I wanted to explore and say with this story. So that’s exactly what we decided to do.

“I think it’s also dangerous to stretch and hold something forever,” he continued. Yee explained that it was “difficult” even creating a second season for Esoteric.

“We knew where we wanted to go with the story but… you need the ambitions of your characters in the first season to really culminate in something that’s going to sort of take its own angle in the second season,” he said. he declared.

“It’s always about change. I think that’s why a lot of shows, you know, when they go on too long, they start to fall apart because you can only have big changes so many times before they start coming out. loose and vague.

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“The other thing is it comes from League of Legends where there are so many champions, so many other regions,” Yee added.

“Our original intention was always to bring this world to life and so I think being able to see more aspects of it and allowing more players to see their favorite parts was something that motivated us as well.”

If you didn’t already know, Arcane is just Riot Games’ first entry. planned cinematic universe of League of Legends.

So, Season 2 might be the end of this particular story, but it’s only the beginning of what’s to come.

Arcane Season 2 Part 1 releases on Netflix on November 9. For more Arcane content, check out the Season 2 soundtrackour ranking of most powerful arcane charactersand an overview of the “Vander is Warwick” theory.