Ambessa truly is both the fox and the wolf

We got to see a bit of her more brutal "wolf" side in season one and now in season two, we get to see her "foxy" self-orchestrating events in Zaun and Piltover for her own benefit.

Double-crossing Salo and naming Caitlyn the commander of Piltover was an extremely smart move. Salo is a crippled man with no fighting experience at all; I bet he would command ZERO respect from the Enforcers and the topside elite would quickly figure out how much of a puppet the guy is.

Caitlyn is from a distinguished patrician family so we see how quickly the elite accepts her

And further, she is clever and clearly has the respect of the Enforcers given how quickly they started clapping with the Noxian soldiers.

And, despite all that and how qualified she is, Caitlyn is also young and grieving which makes her vulnerable to the manipulation of an older, more experienced woman.

This echoes a bit of that scene in season 1 in which Mel also tries to set up a puppet ruler on her childhood flashback. Ambessa is doing a similar thing but in a "harsher" way fitting her more militant nature.

Arcane S2 asking the real brave questions such as: catholic yaoi or fascist yuri

Watching TYBW and Ichigo saying Riruka is too weak to fight the quincies was kinda funny like bro you brought Ganju 😭

I really like how Yuji and Sukuna's dynamics in last week's chapter were basically an inversion of their talk in chapter 212:

Sukuna, who measures worthiness solely by strength, thinks the lives of the weak are worthless. He feels nothing about those he tramples over and his sheer lack of humanity enrages Yuji.

On chapter 265 its Yuji who enrages Sukuna by showing him true compassion

After Sukuna spent most of the series being this unstoppable force almost beyond comprehension it feels really cathartic that Yuji can rattle him this much.

Of all the characters in JJK, Yuji is the only one who can truly challenge Sukuna's philosophy.

Alicent is a traitor.

The thing Alicent (at least in season two because season one Alicent seemed cognizant of that fact), the showrunners and their defenders ignore and what makes her deal with Rhaenyra be nothing but pure is that the Dance of Dragons is a war of annihilation.

Rhaenyra is absolutely not going to forgive Aemond for murdering Luke and Rhaenys. Everyone in Rhaenyra's faction would turn against her if she did so.

Aemond has an army and rides Vhagar, the largest dragon in the world. Even if he is outnumbered, Aemond has no reason to kneel to Rhaenyra since he knows for a fact it is either winning or dying for him.

Rhaenyra cannot bring the peace she desires without getting rid of Aemond and his army. Cole and Gwayne, both who have been nothing but loyal to Alicent, are in that army.

The deal Alicent cut with Rhaenyra in S2E8 does not buy safety for her family. It doesn't guarantee that Aemond, Criston, and Gwayne will surrender, or that any attempt they make to surrender will be honored by the Blacks. It doesn't guarantee that Daeron and the Hightowers will stand aside and watch as Rhaenyra murders their King and crown prince.

Alicent didn't just sell Aegon to Rhaenyra. She sold her sons, her lover, her brother, her father, and her entire extended family.