For One Sister To Be Happy, The Other Has To Die

I love how Ekko and Jinx had screentime together post-timeskip for about 5 or so minutes, and yet Timebomb's one of the most popular ships in the show and is THE most popular straight ship (over the in-canon ones lmao).

Jinx and Ekko would bring out the worst and the best out of each other on that firelight base, those poor people would be seeing more of Ekko in the span of 2 days with Jinx than they've seen in the past 7 years, she's driving that man up the wall, to his wits end, to cloud 9 and to hell and she doesn't even try😭

Lowkey immature behaviour never seen before, pettiness, constant snarky comments between him and her, overly softie behaviour from Ekko worried about Jinx's mental state, puppy eyes at her when she's not looking cause he's got a staring problem, smiling throughout the day like the weight of war isn't on his shoulders(what are you smiling about bro), making jabs at her (like she isn't a terrorist who bombed Piltover), laughing with her and at her(bro that is Jinx), looking at her like a kicked puppy(BRO that is JINX), visibly sulking when he got into a spat with her when she got there initially. She's in his room, in his space, when he's not on duty he's with her or atleast mentally cause he's lost in thought and they know damn well it isn't about war plans he's sighing about

I can just imagine the collective bewilderment, everyone just agreeing to stay quiet and speak amongst themselves cause they don't know how to approach this, or if they should do so at all. Scar would have everyone on his ass asking questions cause they don't want to aproach Ekko directly or if/when they do, he doesn't give much information besides the strictly necessary to reassure them of their safety, "So u and Jinx?" "Idk what ur on about, anyway i got hoverboards to fix" "You two seem friendly" "yeah." "How's it going?" "fine." "Did you guys know each other all along?" "I guess you could say that." "She's a criminal" "I'll take full responsibility for her, i'd never put you in danger."

AND IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE GIRL ON THE MURAL WAS HER AND FOUND OUT? ¿IF THEY CONNECTED THE DOTS?

"Hey how long ago was that mural initially painted?"

"That? Oh Ekko started it years ago before the community got this big"

"So the people Ekko painted there are all dead people that he cared about right"

"I mean i'd hope so, no way he'd be painting people that are alive"

"Yeah, right... So who is that blue haired girl?"

"No idea, why are you getting so curious all of a sudden"

"Nothing.....just that.... doesn't Jinx have a tooth gap?"

"Why have you been staring at her teeth? Don't tell you too-"

"HELL NO. I mean she's prett- NO, Im just thinking, you know... her and Ekko clearly know each other much more personally than he's let on"

"Soooo? Get to the fucking point man im getting old here"

"Hear me out, blue hair, blue eyes, tooth gap, adopted daughter of Silco's, when did he paint that mural?"

"Oh...oh.... HOLD THE FUCK O-"

The possibilities are infinite i love the firelight community

I haven't seen this talked about much, but I just know Jinx probably wanted to crash tf out when the Firelights first came on the scene and started messing with Silco and the chem-barons. Like imagine cutting ties with your best friend—breaking his heart and your own in the process—in order to protect him from your rotten luck and Silco's wrath, and then instead of making a life somewhere safe, he starts a fucking resistance movement against your boss/father figure. Now you have to fight him on a regular basis and mean it because if you don't, he's never gonna give up on the memory of his childhood friend. And then, as the months and years and fights go by, you have to watch as he starts to hate you and pretend it doesn't hurt when your own feelings never changed.

Sick and TIRED of people claiming Ekko loved Alternate Universe Powder and not main universe Jinx. Throughout the series Ekko has continuously proven that he cares for Jinx dearly, through both canon actions and deleted scenes we know that Ekko cares deeply for Jinx.

Within the AU we're able to see an emotionally available Powder who was able to have a stable support system alongside a flourishing relationship. Which shows that Powder, Jinx, is fully able to be a good person. A normal human girl. Ekko is finally able to see this, that Powder is only so happy because she's lived so peacefully. He's always had a crush on her, it's lingering and it's never gone away. During the bridge scene, and Jinx's debut, we notice that Ekko freezes up both times when seeing jinx face to face. That she's able to draw out strong and violent reactions out of him that aren't exactly rational.

Usually people aren't able to do that to him, he's confrontational and stern because he's the Firelight leader, but we notice that most all of his decisions so far have been well thought out and responsible. In s1e4 we see him look at his stopwatch, see he has little time left before their crystals break, and he STILL goes to pursue Jinx. This is probably because he still harnesses strong feelings of hate towards Jinx, shock and frustration overwhelm him. Because it's Jinx who's done this, one of Silco's goons, but most importantly his childhood friend who's become so twisted. Scar is forced to grab Ekko and stop him before he goes too far, which shows off that Jinx does cause an especially strong emotional response for multiple reasons.

But the bridge scene shows that Ekko still does see the girls he's loved inside of Jinx. He hits her twice, neither time's does he get a good look at her face. But as he's winding up to hit her a third time, he pauses, he looks at her desperate face and he see's nothing more but an innocent girl. Which is why he stops, he still bears affection for her, clearly. The rest of the bridge scene is intimate enough but if I do have to mention anything, people who don't bear feelings for each other don't smirk at the other person like that.

When Ekko finds himself in the AU he's able to see Jinx/Powder in her most healthy form, finding ways of mourning and coping considered healthy. He see's pieces of Jinx inside of this Powder, her potential and what she could be. That's not something you do with someone you don't bear affection for. You don't look at the seemingly perfect version of someone and say that there's something missing; something missing that only versions that have gone through hell have. Pieces of herself that can't be replaced. Ekko doesn't just love Jinx.

He loves her entirety, he loves her innovative mind able of creating the worst war weapons. He loves that she's able to push herself to limits that he couldn't dream of, because he loves her for who she is. In both universes, what we notice is that they're both artists, they're both creators. Powder doesn't discard her love for gadgetry because she didn't experience atrocities, she's still unbelievably smart, being able to help Ekko create the anomaly. Being able to follow along while not knowing anything beforehand.

Jinx is able to crack hex tech with nothing more than Viktor's notes and some tinkering, this shows that no matter what universe, Jinx/Powder is an unbelievably talented and smart girl who could do so much.

Ekko is able to recognize that with Jinx's Genius it comes madness, and he simply would rather have her be both rather than an assistant. Not saying that he wouldn't love Alt Powder, I'm just saying that Arcane Ekko wouldn't be nearly as happy with her rather than Jinx. Because with Jinx comes crazy ideas and a leadership that matches his. That's the Jinx he never fell out of love with.

Even in both of these characters, Jinx and Powder have never been different. In each universe, they never got to blossom yet they're one bud. Two sides of a coin who'd never know the other existed if not for "what if's"

Powder is what Jinx is if she was happy, soft and delicate, she still holds the potential to create extraordinary devices, yet she doesn't because she never had the need to.

Jinx is what Powder would become if she was put under tremendous stress and trauma, devoid of a support system she turns to her gadgetry and weaponry, while slowly losing the part of herself that could be soft.

They both exist in one person, and Ekko is able to see both of them, and give them what they need in order to bloom. He's able to give Jinx unconditional yet not unhealthy amounts of support, and he's able to give Powder the push to expressing herself through her inventions more harshly.

Ekko realizes that Jinx is still Powder, no matter how many times she changes her name. Us as the audience is able to realize that Jinx is still able to love for Powder, because we've seen her interact with Isha. Isha is similar to Powder which is healing for Jinx. When Jinx loses Isha, we can see that she never truly let go of Powder, that Powder was never different from Jinx. That they're simply a part of herself she never wanted to accept until she saw it from another perspective.

But Ekko doesn't know this, yet he still has continuous faith in her that she's capable of change. We see Ekko actively pursue Jinx in order for her not to kill herself, because he loves her. He cares for her deeply and he wants to redeem himself by simply being there, even if he's late. Because what Jinx has needed all along was an unconditional companion. Which is what Ekko can be.

Being the support that someone needs, unconditionally.

If that's not love then I don't know what is.

You know that one ship that has the grumpy, pessimistic, traumatized and addictive person who wears 24/7 monotonous colours and then there's the other one who is a walking rainbow, always smiling, optimistic, but also traumatized?

I'll go first

Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket from Hunger Games

if yall hate on gwen stacy, yall can respectfully stay the fuck away from me

imagine hating on a 16 year old for doing the absolute best she can with the shitty cards shes been dealt

to yall haters

Damn Kya stole all her parents' pretty genes 😭 😂

Also i love how Kya got Aang's personality while Tenzin got Katara's personality!

A flash of what looks like Jinx’s face during the scene when Ekko is trying to escape Viktor’s drones

He was thinking of her to give himself strength 😭

timebomb nation can i offer you some low quality memes