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Jinx turned away from the blast so Isha wouldnt get hit and Sevika shielded the two of them from the air

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i don’t know what i want more: to hug her, or for her to hug me.

i never doubted that she would’ve found something/someone else to fight for besides vi — for herself, because she wants isha to be good. she’s just full of love that she doesn’t know where to put it.

indeed, baby blue.

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I think part of what makes Jinx such a special character is how her story is shown as a hero’s story.

Her actions aren’t heroic, but they’re shown as part of her journey and not defining features. She isn’t a force to be taken down or conquered.

While many villains can be admired, it’s usually through the lens of fear of a depersonalized idea where they’re just viewed as an embodiment of vengeance and chaos. They’re viewed as something to be gawked at, regardless of if they’re likable.

Whether it’s a “you, a normal person, will never be a monster like them” or “you, a normal person, will never be the larger than life phenomena they are,” it’s putting them in the “other” category.

Jinx isn’t a symbol, although many may see her in that way (as we can expect through the trailer, the people of Zaun will distort her image in that way).

When people relate to her, it (usually) isn’t to be edgy or impressive, it’s vulnerable.

The joy she experiences doesn’t just have to be this liberating revenge. It can be serene.

What I mean is you don’t see villains smile like this. And you don’t see them looking tranquil in this way. When they’re happy, it’s used as a juxtaposition, something to be either horrified with (“how can they be happy in these horrible circumstances/with the destruction they’ve caused”) or impressed with (“wow they’re able to be so calm and collected in the chaos”).

We get to see her capable of being serene, and providing serenity. Her joy doesn’t have to be sardonic satisfaction at other’s expense, it can be liberating and peaceful and shared with her loved ones. Something she is probably only finding in herself in the next season and likely through her relationship with this new character Isha.

When people say that Jinx feels more human, it’s not just that we see the traumatic experiences that led to her becoming the way she was, because many villains have that. It’s that it’s not shallow. She’s not larger than life, she wasn’t stripped of her humanity to become an agent of chaos (as much as Silco and herself have tried). She’s not a spirit that inhabits Powder, she is Powder, just with a new experience and path. Powder and Jinx aren’t contracting identities, they’re just as real within her and she doesn’t have to abandon one to be self-realized in the other. She’s not above or below being a human.

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quick doodle with jinx and isha

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I think that Jinx and Isha's relationship will parallel three separate dynamics:

1) Sibling dynamic - Vi and Jinx. Obvious parallel with Jinx being an older sister this time around. Perhaps it will make Jinx reminisce about her childhood and make her understand how much Vi actually loved her.

2) Parent/child dynamic - Where do I start? Jinx and her mom, Jinx and Vander, Jinx and Silco, Jinx and... Vi (yes, if you didn't notice, Vi was also a motherly figure for Powder after their mother's death). It will possibly make Jinx not just take responsibility but finally realise why parents protect their children at all cost and are ready to give up anything, including their own life.

3) Old/young self dynamic - Jinx and Powder - basically Jinx accepting and loving her younger self through Isha. It is the most important lesson she may learn, actually!

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吹散乌云 Part the storm clouds

用一抹蓝色 with a splash of blue

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Jinx and the mystery child(◕‿◕✿)

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is there anything so undoing as a daughter?

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Ignore the plait tysm🙏

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May I offer up some korrasami during these trying times? 🤲

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korrasami quick doodle

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But I'm a girl, too

BRO IM ON AN ATLA ART SPREE WTF

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Can we talk about how Vi was cursed from the start?

She always believed she was worse than the ones from Piltovers, that's why she joins them, because if you believe you are worse than them, you don't have a chance to fight back, just to suffer or join them.

But she managed to never ingrain that into Powder, and that's why now, as Jinx, she is trying to fight against them because she sees them as equals. She sees them as humans.

A lot of people are confused about why Jinx is "painting the town blue" if she herself is less and less blue. That's because she isn't painting in for her. She's painting it for Powder, because she has the same goal as Vi in the first arc.

"I want Powder to have more than that, and I'm willing to fight for it." she wants Powder to know that she isn't any less than anyone from Piltover.

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He's never happy

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Avatar Kyoshi and her girlfriend!

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Happy Pride month to them 😌😌

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Morning cuddles 💞