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Maybe I’m just going insane at this point but Jinx saying “You’re too late, Ekko” upon seeing him arrive, right before detonating the bomb is something that really breaks my heart. It hurts, because there’s a familiarity to it; no more nicknames, no more games, she’s talking to him; as whatever they turned out to be in this timeline: old friends, flames or memories. Sworn enemies or simply two souls that have known each other for so long. She uses his name, and says “you’re too late” and it makes me think maybe a part of her always hoped deep down he’d turn back to her, even after everything that happened. Maybe she wished for him to give her an opportunity, even if it was senseless to hope for it, even if she didn’t deserve it.

But it was too late now that Isha was gone. Because now she was convinced there was no going back. Powder had died with Isha, and thus any possibility to be loved, to be saved by anyone. EVEN HIM. Her Boy Savior.

And it kills me. Because now he knew she didn’t need to go back to be Powder for him to know SHE was the person he loved, whatever iteration of herself she chose; he even starts off using her old name - Powder, but ends up finally calling her Jinx. Because in the end it doesn’t matter her name, it only matters its her. His person. And the only thing that matters to him is to give her another chance, to right the wrong he thinks he did by giving up on her to soon.

I’M NOT ALRIGHT, I COULD WRITE A THOUSAND PAGES ABOUT THEM AND NOT GET TIRED, PLEASE HUMOR ME

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The scene between Jinx and Ekko marking each other and preparing for their attack could have been so beautiful and I’m so UPSET we didn’t get it. Drawing on each other, doing each others hair and cutting clothes, putting mixtures of their symbols all over the place, and all the while deeply acknowledging what could have been and what never can be. It would have been heartbreaking I ache for it riot give it to me PLEASE!!!

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Jinx is an extremely touchy person. She wraps around like a coil around the person she loves, no matter what. It's most evident with Silco and her helping him with his daily injection—no matter what, Silco allows his daughter to curl and coil and wrap around him, giving no thought to her embrace. That's his child, why wouldn't he let her barge into his office while he's balancing books and lean against him whenever she feels like it.

We see this with Isha too. And Vi.

We also see this with Powder and Ekko.

In Benzo's workshop, Powder just wraps around Ekko like she belongs in his space. She leans into him, constantly getting in close because Ekko is the central focus of her affections here.

So when Ekko starts showing signs of discomfort around her, and he acts bizarrely throughout the day, she slowly pulls back. When they enter Vander's bar, she's dragging Ekko around without a care. By the end of that scene and as they enter Powder's place, visiting Vi's shrine, Powder has backed off. She knows something's up.

Even when Ekko apologizes with Vi's mural, Powder still knows something's different with Ekko and keeps a respectful distance. With Isha and Silco, and to an extent Warwick and Vi, she likes being in their spaces. Being all up in their faces.

It's when the episode implies that Powder has figured it out, checking through Ekko and Heimerdinger's notes that this Ekko has been pulled in by the Wild Rune from another dimension that she starts to close in just a bit more. She watches him, drinking in the fact that this Ekko is so much like the one she loves, but also so different. So new.

So she starts slow.

Watching him. Giving him her attention. The first time she finally, truly touches him again is when she plucks off Heimerdinger's hair off his face—and Ekko doesn't shy away this time.

We see this as well in the dance. Ekko and Powder, even as the world melts away around them, still have a respectful yet intimate distance between them. They dance around each other, before slowly but surely dancing into each other.

During their talk, Powder finally reclaims her spot beside him. Leaning into him. Breathing him in. And Ekko lets her.

We finally see this dynamic at play once more when Ekko asks her to "pretend like it's the first time."

She knows. She isn't pretending here. She knows she's giving Ekko his first kiss, their first kiss.

Powder has probably wanted to just touch Ekko these past few days, but she knew something was different. And when she watched Ekko leave for his universe, she felt relieved to have her Ekko back, while still cherishing those precious few moments she had with our Ekko, as seen when she tucks away his necklace.

It's such a subtle thing. Unspoken, but extremely prevalent.

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Powder & Ekko

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Act 1

Act 2

Act 3

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I could only see a better me in your eyes

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Fortiche please. Fortiche I’m begging-

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truly my comfort ship

no skull paint ver:

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I had a lot of fun with this work😖

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Isha: Don't worry, Jinx likes your butt and fancy hair. I know. I've read her diary.

Ekko: She thinks its fancy?!

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She became the Queen of Zaun

And god help anyone who disrespected her king

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A visual of my brain the past few days. Ekko and Powpow ily

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(SPOILERS FOR ARCANE)

Wanted to make a video for Viktor, and this beautiful song with its inscrutable lyrics seemed weirdly perfect.  Thanks for watching!

Series: Arcane Song: 715 - CR∑∑KS  -  cover by the Nor’ Easters, original by Bon Iver Edited in iMovie

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The King and Queen Of Zaun

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I hope riot drops arcane 2, the longer, not cut version of arcane. All deleted scenes, the originals of shortened scenes, extra episodes if need be. It's such an incredible world and it sucks they had to cut things down, especially since this may be the last we ever see of these characters.

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I hate buses so much. Trains are easy, reliable, straightforward. No nonsense. You can trust them. Buses are evil, deceitful creatures who delight in your suffering

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fiber crafts is like oh you think you know how to count? think again. also count again.