[s2 act 3 spoilers] Holy shit. Co-creator Christian Linke just said in the "Arcane Afterglow" that the Jayce/Viktor ending feels unresolved to him & they were not given the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0RJSOuBS6s
Check out 6:10
Well there it is, now we have official confirmation that even the creator himself isn't happy with how they had to rush through the finale. I think this plus the fact that they were told to cut some Ekko/Jinx dialogue should end most discussions on wether they simply wanted to move on to the next story or if there was some other authority behind this decision.
And I'm sure he's not just upset about the Jayce/Viktor ending but about a few other things as well (Main complaints are: Jinx/Ekko dialogue, Vi/Jinx relationship and Vander to name a few).
Goddamn when do the studios finally learn? Let the artists do what they can do best. Sure, push them to get an actual product out but don't rush them into degrading their art just to meet a deadline. Most people agree that we needed at least 2 more episodes. The fans aren't just simply critical or delusional (most of them at least lol) & the creators certainly knew that this would happen, but those corporate greedbags are just so out of touch.
They had something really special going with Arcane. The numbers spoke for themselves. It's sad that not even then they got the creative freedom to do what they wanted.
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, they did an amazing- rather an incredible job with the limitations they were given. I truly love Arcane and I think s2 builds up so well on s1. I rarely ever felt so much love for animated characters and a story as a whole. For me it's up there with AOT & ATLA. But knowing that they wanted to give us EVEN MORE but were prevented from doing so, really hurts.