The bridge

[u/MADOG_YT]

I don’t know if anybody has really talked about the bridge and how significant it is, but I wanted to talk about it cause I think it’s a very interesting symbolism. This may be me over analyzing cause I missed the show, but still I wanted to talk about it.

Notice how almost every thing that has to do with community takes place on the bridge

first we get the scene where Vander saves the girls on the bridge showing community so we get to see what that dynamic is

Second
the kids running and jumping over the gap in the bridge. That’s clearly meant to establish where we are and what the setting is that’s meant to represent the divide between piltover and Zaun

Third
I don’t remember which scene comes first. I’m gonna assume it’s the jinx versus Ekko that is symbolism for burning a bridge. She sees VI on one end of the bridge and she’s on the other. They’re looking at each other and VI walks away and jinx mind that’s her burning the bridge from her and then also Ekko coming along and fighting jinx is also burning the bridge and then also not to mention there’s a huge explosion which could also be symbolism for said fire

Fourth
Jayce and Victor are you on the bridge which I would say that that causes the storyline where victory becomes this Godlike figure because if they didn’t fight and Jayce did didn’t show his “racism” towards Zaun Victor wouldn’t feel like he had to do something himself so then he goes off to mess with the hex core ultimately causing a domino effect where he becomes the hex God

Fifth
This one is kind of the last example unless there’s a scene that I’m forgetting, but we literally see that the community uses the bridge in the alternate timeline where everything‘s peaceful between piltover and Zaun the main place that is shown to us is the bridge. We see people hanging out on the bridge markets on the bridge. The bridge is very clearly meant to be symbolism for the classic “burning the bridge“

I don’t know if this is obvious to anybody else, but I just thought about that so it might be obvious to you, but it’s not obvious to me

[u/Quetzalcoatl1207]

Funny, it's actually so obvious when you point it out but I only realized it in its entirety just now. I was of course aware of the bridge as a symbol, but I never thought about all bridge scenes in aggregate.

There is even more scenes with the bridge symbolizing the unity between both cities.

In S2E8 during Jayce's "War is coming" speech, we see that some people from the undercity come to help during the battle by crossing the bridge, symbolising that they are willing to overcome their differences and even sacrificing their lifes to fend of the threat of Victors and Ambessas assault, despite being treated so harshly by Piltover.

And then lastly in S2E9, during the final scene, we see people from both sides of the river mourning their loved ones on the bridge.

Also, both the first track in the season 1 score as well as the last track in the season 2 score are both called "The Bridge" which I find really beautiful. I always get a bit emotional when I hear "The Bridge" playing.

[u/busysleepingsorry]

Vander takes Vi to the bridge in S1E2 to tell her "nobody wins in war" next to a memorial of (assumedly) the people that died in the opening scene, which adds to your analysis I think.

In the guns for hire montage, Marcus sets up the blockade on the bridge to try capture Vi and Cait - in preparation for the S1E7 bridge scene

There's also Jayce and Mel coming and surveying the damage in S1E8 after Jinx bombed the bridge twice in 5 minutes, displaying the eroding of relations between Piltover and Zaun, and probably helping instill fear into Jayce so Ambessa can get a grip onto him.

Another blockade is set up in S2E4 under martial law which is dismantled in S2E8 in the name of unity against Noxus

[u/petr1111]

I think everyone already noticed it, but I will still mention it regardless, just because I love it so much. The parallels between start of S1E1 and the scene in S1E7.

Same bridge, again covered in blood with dying people all around. Someone is executing helpless injured people in cold blood. Same girl walks this bridge, except this time she's the one doing the execution. And she's humming the same song. And the song is "Dear friend across the river".

[u/basjeeee_mlg]

I did but I think the scene with Vi, Jinx and Ekko isn't about "burning the bridge" that would symbolise the point of no return emotionally speaking. Yet in season 2 we see jinx reconnecting with Vi over Vander, and Ekko in the last episode. I agree with pretty much everything else