According to ScreenRant, Christian Linke (Arcane: Bridging the Rift) showrunner of Netflix’s Arcane defends the series’s second season against criticism. Arcane is an animated series based on the hit game franchise League of Legends and it just concluded its second season. Although the second season was met with much praise by fans some fans believed the pacing was rushed. In an interview with Games Radar+ Linke explained how the creative direction for the second season was different from the first. He said  “It’s hard. We’re doing our best to include the right amount of story,” while trying to meet the audience’s demands.

In his full comment on the critism, Linke said, “When people watch season 1, there’s an aspect to the pacing… season 2 is a bit different in that regard. I respect that people express that opinion. You’re right – the vast majority of the audience seems to be happy. But there are people who say, ‘It’s rushed. What’s going on?'”

He continued, “We did approach season 2 a little bit differently in how we structured the episodes because we wanted, as creatives, to take these bets and take these swings. It seems like for most people that works really well. There’s some people who specifically wanted to see the continuation of season one in that regard and are disappointed. I’m not happy that they feel that way, but I respect that.”

Linke concluded, “Yeah, there are people who say it’s too rushed, too much going on. There’s also the flip side. I see like, ‘Where’s Camille? She’s part of Piltover. Where’s Blitzcrank? Where’s Twitch? Why didn’t you include them?’ On one side, you have people saying it’s too much. On the other, you have people saying we didn’t do enough and we did our best… It’s hard. We’re doing our best to include the right amount of story.”

Arcane is available to stream on Netflix.