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❝ Uh huh, my mistake — still cringe though. ❞

❝ Hey, man, it's okay, no need to get so defensive. ❞ The accusation of jealousy just makes him laugh. ❝ We all got work we're not proud of. Mostly. But you know being on top charts doesn't make it good, right? Arguing with numbers just makes it seem desperate. ❞

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“Okay FIRST of all, it’s ’YOU’RE my museum’—It’s pretty straight forward…The contraction is important! …Sounds kinda lame when you say it the other way…and SECOND, sh-shut up!! That song was on the top charts for like, EVER!!! And it’s STILL pretty popular—at least, that’s what Sett said, I haven’t really been…paying attention…A—ANYWAY, you’re just jealous, man!”

No, it was cringe, and he knows it was cringe. He’ll defend it anyway.

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Kayn looks like he's trying very hard not to insist that Ezreal's pop prince era wasn't bad. He looks like he's in pain.

a pop prince fanboy // @umbane

❝ You okay over there, Kayn? ❞

Squints. ❝ That isn't just because I said the Pop Prince thing was cringe, is it? Because it was. ❞

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“Hey, my Pop Star Prince Era wasn’t THAT bad!!! 😩 until it was and I almost lost my career BUT!! IT WASN’T CRINGE!!!”

an offended pop star prince // @essencefluxed

❝ Ehh, ❞ The wrinkled nose is disagreement enough on its own, but Ekko chooses to say it plainly anyway. ❝ It was pretty bad, man. ❞

❝ 'You Are My Museum'? Sorry to say, it was cringe. ❞

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i know i'm overthinking this but the fact they made these promo arts for real events including this one and have ek.ko and j.inx attend it for arcane soundtrack being nominated makes me think of arcane being like a show that exists in music/modern verse.. like ba and sg are manga series/anime? in some other verses

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i like to think he and vi and jinx still come from the same place and knew each other as children in tdmg verse though

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he loves kda. akali is his sister, eve is awesome, he's always 'wow' at ahri, kai'sa is very cool. he really likes them all, and i assume he's met them through akali.

heartsteel is neat too. i assume he knew yone through yasuo beforehand, and knew of ezreal and kayn. he likes yone a lot, is a big fan of k'sante's work in fashion, thinks sett is pretty cool, definitely admires aphelios, and admittedly likes ez's current work more than the pop prince era because that would've made him roll his eyes a bit. kayn he side eyes a bit sorry.

tdmg is his family ✌️

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i'm also pretty sure i wrote that somewhere before but while becoming a worldwide success with tdmg would obviously change his life and have a huge financial impact, ekko doesn't leave the neighborhood he lived in, nor does he stop working to improve his community (the change is that he is now able to sponsor a lot of stuff he wouldn't be able to before). he sure has material things he enjoys like clothes or even stuff for inventions, but for the most part his life remains fairly simple despite the money (but it ensured his parents don't have to kill themselves from overworking and definitely gave them a comfortable life).

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true damage ekko is a rapper and an actor and an artist and an inventor and someone who takes the lead to improve his community

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considering the mural with vi and the art style ekko definitely started the one at the firelight's hideout with vander benzo and the other kids. everyone added to it over time (like with everything there, I think ekko took the first step and others followed. it's a community, after all) but he started it to remember those he lost

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actually I'm gonna stick with them being alive and absent due to trying to make it in zaun and provide for ekko, and as a result benzo looked after him more than his parents did because narratively I feel that's more interesting both to him and the general universe. in the sense of, there are many orphans in zaun but there's also the families kept apart due to circumstance because they literally can't be together because they're doing their best to survive and give a better life to their children.

wondering if ekko's parents are alive in arcane timeline or benzo had adopted him kinda..

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wondering if ekko's parents are alive in arcane timeline or benzo had adopted him kinda..

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ekko reuniting with vi and not knowing what to believe or what to do because she was so important to him but that was so long ago and he's seen what happened to powder how could he possibly receive vi back with open arms and yet the moment she hugs him he's crying because she's back and she meant so much to him

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the fact ekko watched benzo die but also the fact he told vi where vander was taken and they all died (or were assumed dead) is so

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little ekko selling jayce junk for twice the price is so iconic actually

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can't stop thinking about how ekko was necessary to save the world. viktor needed to give that rune to jayce so ekko could invent time travel so jayce would have his chance to convince viktor to do the right thing

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Why does hearing your name hurt me When it hides right there in the vicinity? What kind of emotion, is it hatred Or pure sweetness when I hear your name?

this song is so perfect the feelings are so perfect the most ekko & jinx of all time

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ekko and jayce.... the brilliant inventor from piltover and the prodigy from zaun... the shared desire to create things to improve people's lives... the being completely different but not really