#and I also like to imagine Ekko being so very much love with Jinx but also so very very tired of her nonsense

[lady-griffin]

Jinx: Ekko, I love you so much that I would kill for you.

Ekko: Please, you’d kill for a piece of chocolate.

Jinx: Yeah... that’s literally what I just said.

Ekko: ... get out.

[space-blue]

Arcane 2 Trailer time!

Imagine this chick comes into your office and tells you what to do? What are you gonna do?? Tell her no?????

Overall Ambessa and Sevika are really making this season MILF o'clock.

It would seem that early season will focus on Jinx terrorist time...

This is sadly the only LoL skin she could afford...

If you like Cait AND you like your women in pain/getting squeeze like they're a pineapple in the werewolf fucking press, then it seems this season is going to be for you. But Cait isn't the only one having a bad time, seems like Heimerdinger losing his day job led to some relaxation of his principles:

Now focusing on Ekko, who we know is helping Heimer:

This has a chain to pull a mechanism, and we see some similar thing being pulled by an unknown character, just a much thicker chain.

These shots of the Firelights attacking AMBESSA's people lead me to believe that the story may look like > Councillors listen to Ambessa > The tensions with Zaun escalate > Jinx terrorism instead of resolution > Vi sees this as failure and returns to Zaun to try another way > Ambessa doesn't take no for an answer > everyone teams up against Noxus, bringing Zaun and Piltover together again.

By hair alone we can see a timeskip here. Love Ekko's outfit. Vi's simpler style with just a bit of Piltie chest armour gives me hope that she transitions away from being a Piltie Enforcer and more of a Vander style character, trying to mediate.

Notice how dark her roots are???? I am wondering because LOOK:

She has black hair!! With reddish tips?

SO THIS MEANS THIS IS VI'S NEW LOOK:

And this last shot confirms it! RHEA RIPPLEY makeover!!!!

PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLESAEPLEASE BE REAL please don't be an inforcer don't be a cop please be cool please have an arc learn progress return to your people don't be a class traitor I beg I begwaah

My only criticism of this is that we now have 2 options: Either Vi is entering her goth era and is actively dyeing everything sloppily so that bits of Pink remain, or she has always been black haired, and has been dyeing her hair AND eyebrows pink her whole life, even as a child.

I get that it could be a cultural thing parents do, as my friend En suggested. I'd like this, if it weren't for the fact she was in stillwater for YEARS and I don't see them providing pink dye and a nice setup to bleach and dye safely...

Curious to see how it goes.

At this I screamed "Silco????" But not sure now. Seems too far off to be a Jinx vision.

There's also fucky things going on with the Arcane. We're told it's "waking up", which is curious because I was assuming mages across Runeterra were using the Arcane lots for their own magic, so very happy to learn more about it.

Also very cool to see a return of the wizard guy from Jayce's backstory:

Very excited for these depictions of magic :

Free feet included.

I'm pretty amazed that we have seen Zero Mel and Zero Jayce, and just 2-3 frames of hinted Viktor. Nice to see he'll go through with the transformation, but I'm curious as to why they're keeping the jeyvik divorce era so out of promo. Some of my friends feeling very edged right now.

Wondering if this is baby Powder flashbacks, or if we're going to get little kids getting dyed blue in celebration as we see adults do when they team up with her. I suspect if this is a kiddo who wanted to be blue like Jinx, this will be used as a parrallel, with them being caught in an attack that harkens back to the bridge.

The visual effects look insanely gorgeous, and also Jinx's very bad time tm is always on the menu. Very exciting!

[idkwhatimdoingbutslay]

… I can’t imagine that we actually watched the same show. Like I REALLY AISNSOSNWKMEJDND

hold on I’m gonna need to calm down.

Let me just make a list of why I disagree and at least organize my anger. Long post incoming.

Vander was friends and had a deal with Grayson. The sheriff. Idk what else to even add to that

Caitlyn is more than a cop and Arcane isn’t copaganda. Genuinely don’t know what kind of progress some of these people are looking for. Real allies are a necessity for real progress.

SILCO IS A CLASS TRAITOR. HE FUNNELLED DRUGS INTO THE UNDERCITY AND PUT POOR KIDS IN FACTORIES FOR THAT DRUG FOR PROFIT!!! HE PAID THE ENFORCERS TO LET HIM DO IT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE

Vi is not as much as an activist as you would like to believe

WHY IS EKKO NEVER EVER BROUGHT UP IN THESE CONVERSATIONS????

Silco was not good for the Undercity

Silco was not a great guy. Ekko had to build an entire separate hidden community for the people he hurt and stepped on for his own benefit

Caitlyn is ignorant and naive. That’s ok. That’s what character development is for.

Loving imperfect characters like Silco and Jinx then hating characters like Vi and Caitlyn is peak media illiteracy to me

FOR THE LAST TIME: VI DIDNT ABANDON POWDER!!!!! Silco literally wanted Vi DEAD for trying to stop him from killing Vander??? How could you possibly say silco was there for jinx when Vi refused to be???? SHE WAS IN PRISON BECAUSE OF HIM???

Silco’s manipulation is working wonders on y’all

Embracing all the outrage without at all looking out for the people harmed by bigotry is not activism

SILCO IS A CLASS TRAITOR x929282929394

Caitlyn was the first person in years to show Vi kindness and care. She listened and stuck by her and took care of her after Vi was locked up for years and beat up by cops (i wonder what led her to be thrown in there?). Cait being a cop stopped being a point of contention once Vi recognized her naivety and genuineness.

NUANCE NUANCE NUANCE. ITS NEVER EVER BLACK AND WHITE

The only way I can see Vi touching ‘class traitor’ in season one was the shimmer raid. Guess who the hell put those kids in there in the first place.

Just hanging out with Caitlyn isn’t being a class traitor if Vander’s allowed to be friends with Grayson.

Critical thinking is very necessary for watching shows like Arcane

What the hell did Silco really do for the Undercity???? What changed over the 7(ish) years he was basically in power of the place? All I’ve heard was he made the air cleaner, which would be great except for, you know, shimmer and the child factory workers

Jinx is unwell and feeding into it like this in a fully serious manor would not help Arcane as a show at all

What do you want Arcane’s message as a full show to be? ‘Screw cops’? That’s a little boring and unproductive isn’t it?

CAN WE TALK ABOUT EKKO AND HIS IMPACT PLEASE???? x9382728283

Caitlyn is trying to make Piltover and Zaun a better place. Is that not allowed? Am I missing something?

Caitlyn and Vi’s arcs have only just started. Season one is basically fully set up except for characters like silco and Jinx. This is far from the end.

Genuinely think Vander would appreciate Vi for being friends (using this term loosely because they are in love) with Caitlyn considering he was the one who was opposed to war and Vi wasn’t.

Silco should NOT be your idea of Undercity independence and respect. He oppressed the Undercity the same way the Council and the Enforcers did. He helped no one but himself, his team (barely) and Jinx.

You’re allowed to like and dislike any character you want but pretending like Silco is better for the Undercity than others is just so ridiculous to me. Everyone is of course completely allowed to like Silco, but we can’t pretend like he’s this stand up guy. If you have to pretend like he was, maybe you don’t like him as much as you think.

“Because Cait’s pretty” is also incredibly incorrect. Go check point #14.

Vi never stopped loving and caring for Powder. Powder’s mental health issues were amplified and utilized by Silco because he couldn’t even heal himself.

If all of your opinions of Caitlyn and Vi start and end with “cops suck” and “class traitor” then you genuinely don’t respect Arcane as a show enough to show you nuance.

The misinterpretation of characters is just so … it’s like you go out of your way to love and/or hate characters no matter how much they show you who you are.

Your closed mindedness is clouding your judgement and making you out to seem like you don’t actually want the Undercity’s triumph, you want Silco and Jinx’s, even if it means ruining the Undercity. And that would be fine because father/daughter evil duo but trying to say you’re all for this duo because you want what’s better for the Undercity when they continue to hurt it is simply not correct and very harmful (to fictional characters in a fictional universe 😭)

Only being able to understand how Silco and Jinx were oppressed and therefore should be able to not just destroy Piltover but also Zaun is not the eat you think it is

Why is Viktor never called a class traitor? I think he's great (I also think Silco and Jinx are wonderfully written) but we hardly saw him in the Undercity/ interact with people from the Undercity plus he killed someone (Sky) from there (accidentally)

EDIT TO ADD ANOTHER POINT: Caitlyn has shown little to NO malicious intent and has no real negative impacts other than Jinx’s attachment issues and insecurities being amplified by her mere existence. Again, this is her story and development. Throughout the season she is exposed to reality and recognizes her and her peers/ families wrongs. I have no idea what you want from this character. Should Piltover just be gotten rid of in the story? Then what? Should Caitlyn have just never gotten involved and continued to embrace her privilege? Should she have left Vi in prison and stay ignorant?

[howlsofbloodhounds]

Delta anon here again and I am loving these most recent posts. I have many ideas now.

For one, if Color was distressed enough about not knowing how Killer is doing, I feel like Delta and Epic would let him call - under the exception that they are allowed to listen in. Color obviously protests this, but they refuse to budge. Because although they do want Color to recover from the abuse and manipulation he's going through with Killer, they also know how bad his panic attacks get when he thinks a loved one is dead. But the immediate minute Killer starts guilt tripping, one single word about it, one of them physically takes the phone away and hangs up while the other restrains Color from stopping him. No hesitation.

And if he sneaks out? Oh, buddy. You have an engineer for a friend. You bet your ASS that Delta somehow managed to put a location chip on him somehow - phone, hoodie, pocket, you name it. He managed to put it in - and incredibly well hidden. So if Color sneaks out? Once they wake up and realize he's gone, they follow Delta's tracker straight to him.

Obviously once they get Color back (and once Delta and Beta are allowed their time of beating the shit out of Killer and probably psychologically fucking him over a bit, too), they first check to make sure he's ok. Then they launch straight into scolding him for it. Because really, what the fuck? We understand that you're worried for him and that you miss him, but that wasn't ok. You need to be ok with not being able to peek over Killer's shoulder (hypervigilance) 24/7 to make sure he isn't doing anything wrong. You can live without him and he can live without you.

Now this is probably about when Color starts trying to defend Killer, or get out of it somehow. They shut that bullshit down instantly.

Delta calls it as it is. It's abusive, toxic and manipulative. And although Color hates it - deep down, he knows they're right. He won't ever admit it to himself, but he knows that if Delta or Epic were somehow in this situation, he would call it what it is, too.

Epic takes a gentler approach, knowing Delta can definitely speak for the both of them, so he focuses more on making sure Color is ok at the moment and isn't getting too upset. He steps in when needed, but let's Delta do the most of the talking. Because Beta is telling him exactly what to say and how it's abusive. Because unfortunately, poor Beta knows what an abusive relationship is like.

Color, of course, would probably try to flip it - he'd try to play therapist again, asking how Delta/Beta knew about abuse, why did they? Yeah, that wouldn't fly either. That also gets shut down very quickly.

The road trip would last a very long time. The bigger a fight Color puts up, the longer it lasts. And then some on the way back. Because like hell are they gonna be letting Killer near right now. They love Color way too much to just sit on the sidelines and watch him be abused and manipulated by a mass murderer.

Oh hello again delta anon so happy to see you!! /gen

Also may i propose some bits of Ekko vs Jinx for either Cross vs Killer or Delta vs Killer.

cuz like. the exhausted walk, the death glare and sneer, the unhinged giggle, and “ooohhh..look who it is! the boy SAVIOR!” either that or ekko can be murder/dust protecting color & delta all the possibilities. or just good old delta protecting color & epic.

(But for my own sanity im gonna say it doesnt manage to ever come to this type of confrontation. please i cant take it i need them to go back to being themselves!! 😭) (thats a lie i love the drama of it all lmao)

and of course delta put a tracker on color lmao. get chipped idiot.

and like..imagine that color has a hard time putting seeing himself as completely blameless simply because killer made him into a forced perpetrator. and hes like i said that or i did that and i hurt him and delta & beta have to remind him of not only the context surrounding all of it—how killer pushed and pushed and manipulated—but also point out that killer and chara and nightmare had this exact same shit going on.

if color can claim killer wasnt to blame for what chara and nightmare made him do, then how can he be to blame for what killer made him do. breaking that cycle baby hell yeah.

oh i wonder how itll all end. Will it keep escalating, will it just be a period of enforced no contact between color and killer until killers able to get it together. or will color and killer run off eventually.

aw god imagine colors interactions with stage 1. id imagine he didnt have a clue what’s going on really—what would he ever think this was okay? where did the logic come from?—and also id imagine hed have missing gaps between the memories of color comforting him and the memories of color punishing him—why? what happened? whywhy? this cant be real what did he do?

because through it all stage 1 would immediately jump to the conclusion that he did something. he cant say why—he doesnt understand, what was he thinking? he cant connect with his other stage’s logic—and yet theres also this sense of..fear. around color.

which is thinks is fucking stupid hes the reason it even happened at all. and the whole thing sets stage 1 back entire leaps and bounds in his process and he keeps his mouth fucking shut and tries force himself to deal with the guilt and shame and misguided fear and ooh all the drama.

hmm does anyone have any ideas for what happens with stage 1 or what just happens next 🤔

[letters-to-rosie]

another fic idea: the timebomb Howl's Moving Castle AU

Ekko's Moving Treehouse!

blatantly inspired by @redrum-alice's FANTASTIC artwork and developed in collaboration with @lullabyes22-blog, because I've been fawning over the art since it was posted and I just knew there had to be a way this could work because it was so cute and the potential just jumped off the page for me

(you've probably seen it but go look at it if you haven't it's so good)

me and Lullabyes have both read the book and seen the movie, so we combined a lot of ideas from both versions, and this is the result so far:

so Silco is the Witch of the Waste lol

Jinx's curse turns her eyes pink (and they stay that way, like Sophie's hair turning white!)

our girl is on a journey of ✨self-discovery✨ and to find her family. Silco does not understand why and just wants her to come home for dinner lol

instead of happening upon Ekko, Jinx goes looking for him because she heard there's a wizard wandering around who helps people

Ekko's castle is a treehouse, and the roots walk!

Jinx: "What a stupid way to treat a tree!" DX (a book line lol)

Jinx keeps arguing with the curse and it weirds Ekko out but she's just arguing with Silco lol

Ekko is a big grump because he gave his heart away to protect it after so much loss 😭

Jinx does not clean his house. she just redecorates. she draws on everything, including the Wall of the Fallen, and Ekko is thisssss close to strangling her at all times but he's promised to help

Jinx: "Ya gotta inject some levity into this narrative!" /casually breaks 4th wall

Silco's henchpeople keep showing up and Ekko fights them off but they're just trying to get Jinx to come back for dinner

Silco: "Discover? What are you discovering? Gold? Dinner's getting cold!"

at some point Jinx will have to cut up Ekko's clothes mwahaha

Ekko has the Slime Meltdown™ because Jinx breaks his hoverboard and he needs to be airborne and free or else there's no point in living

Heimerdinger is Madame Sullivan/Suliman, Ekko's old magic teacher who tells Jinx she's a witch like in the book 🪄

he even has the intro that makes him appear all spooky at first before his furball nature is revealed

maybe instead of giving life to things she animates machines???

they have a cute breakfast scene in Ekko's treehouse where Jinx eats real fruit the first time

Vi leaves a flare lit for Jinx all this time, and Ekko helps her find it

we didn't discuss this, but I think it would be interesting if Vi was Turnip Head, trying to communicate through Jinx throughout the story and maybe pushing her into situations that she doesn't really want (which has to do with how we're imagining the ending; Vander could also be Warwick instead and serve the same purpose???? wait I'm cooking here)

I also want Ajuna to be Michael/Markl lol

the end of the story sees Jinx decide to be true to herself; even though she knows that Silco and Vi both love her, she's gotta do her own thing

despite being super annoying lol she helps Ekko live in the moment and get his heart back, and they fall for each other and it's mushy as hell okay

"She's like very decorative lichen growing on his tree and he can't get rid of her, so by the story's end she's just become part of the natural treescape."

and at the end they keep traveling in the treehouse to see the world and help people and so Jinx can come into her witch powers

probably would be easy to insert all the war themes

Jinx coming into her own and being cute, Ekko learning to love again after this woman just barges into his life, family themes, romance, what more could we want???

[snakegentleman]

Arcane season 2 is not disappointed so far. Finally some good fucking food! Here are some of my messy thoughts:

(Spoilers below)

First: LETS GOOOOO CAITVI CANON KISS(followed by the most harrowing break up imaginable. Fraught lesbianism strikes again. Also, why is it alway the cop who's a lesbian? Not that important, just an observation I'm sure has been made before)

The parallels between this season's set up and oct. 7th, at least for me, were hitting pretty hard, and I was a little worried. But, the show has been very pointed in it's depiction of violence, which I've talked about before. I mean, Caitlyn's shadow in the into looks like Sauron, so the foreshadowing wasn't subtle. Grief permeates every facet of this first act. As Caitlyn says, she's trying to fill the hole her mother left, and she isn't the only one. Piltover lost half its leadership and Zaun lost Silco. The current that runs through everything is that emotions, specifically grief and fear, are clouding each of our major player's judgment in a variety of ways. Vi is stuck between her love for Caitlyn and her love of Zaun(and her sister, though she wants to deny it), Jace compromises his morals to save Victor, Ambessa has become desperate in her desire to protect what's left of her family, and it twists Caitlyn into leaning into her xenophobia, that was clear from the 'break up' scene between her and Vi. Caitlyn let her grief radicalize her, and a person with much more political experience than her, Ambessa, was able to manipulate that grief to push Piltover into a facism regime overnight.

Ironically, in teaming up with Sevika(and maybe adopting a child???) Jinx felt a lot more clear-headed than usual. Of course, Silco risked it all last season and lost, leaving Sevika and Jinx in a very precarious position that they now need to fill if they don't want everyone wiped out by all out civil war between the chem barons. Sevika seems to be planning to use her unite Zaun from the act 2 trailer, which I am excited to see tbh. I also wanna see more Isha, even if she probably shouldn't be hanging around Jinx. I specifically loved that scene of Sevika and jinx commiserating on how they were the backbone of Silco's operation.

Victor is maybe a Saint now? It seems? I think they are setting him up to be associated with Janna(idk an LoL lore, so the implications are lost on me there). However, Ekko's hypothesis about there being an equal and opposite reaction to runes makes me worried, and Viktor's creepy mentor just built a monster from scratch in some deep cavern. All very concerning.

On Mel and Jace making it out of the bombing unscathed: Mel's gold back plate flashes before it hits and they I don't think she's wearing it anymore in the aftermath scene. I was wondering if that was some sort of tech or it could be black rose related? Something weird is going on with that whole situation. They've drawn attention to it too many times.

Anyway, I am eagerly waiting for act two, this was a great start!

[bmbly17]

I told you @jinxcore that you would have the second part of my random idea on the 25th but let's just say that Santa Claus today has got his act together and unexpectedly has already finished it so here's my Christmas present!!!! 😊🎁

I hope you enjoy it more than Caitlyn and Jinx are enjoying it 🤣

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Definition of hatred: Deep and intense feeling of repulsion towards someone that provokes the desire to harm him or her or to cause some misfortune to happen to him or her. That was what Jinx was feeling for the woman in front of her, or so she thought.

I can't even remember her name, what it was? Think ,Jinx, think...Carla? Catherine? Katie? Clark? Caitlyn? That it's! Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn, Caitlyn.

Who did she think she was, oh yes, Vi's girlfriend, but other than that, what? Piltie, of course, just look at her. She gives herself away. Perfect hair, everything millimetrically well put in place, not a fucking strand out of place. Perfect eyes, neither too big nor too small, half round, half elongated, and blue. I've never seen this blue before. Not that I don't like my garish blue, of course I do, it's the best. But the blue of her eyes is lighter, brighter, like the blue of the sky, but purer. She doesn't have a single under-eye, and the makeup is light, but without being too much. And her full lips... will they be soft? Of course they'll be soft, you just look at her. I'm sure she uses the best of the best for her care. And that dress she's wearing... who in their fucking right mind would go to Zaun dressed like that? God, I can't even identify the brand of clothes she's wearing. Dior? Gucci? Ralph Lauren? Didn't Vi tell you where you were going? It's not like this is my wedding day, which of course I’m never, ever, ever getting married. I'm sure the two of them would love that cheesy stuff. I can just imagine what their wedding would be like. A big wedding, a Pilte wedding. Puagh, get out, get out. Focus Jinx, where you were going. Ah yes, that, this fucking lace on the top does honor to those boobs, and that the dress is open to show that leg... fuck, but this girl, how tall is she?

I'm getting fucking dizzy. Ekko, Ekko where are you? Here, come here. Like this, hold me, and now breathe, and breathe in the perfume he's wearing. That's it, very good. Fuck, I'm 10 feet away from her, and clearly, clearly her perfume is making me dizzy. I guess rich people must bathe in perfume because otherwise I can't explain it. And her voice, agh. "Hi I'm Caitlyn, Vi's girlfriend, it's a pleasure to be able to meet you guys, she's told me so much about you." Come on Piltie who are you kidding, you've got a lot to spare being here. Zaun is not for you. You don't like it and we don't like you.

How could Vi fall in love with a woman like her, look at her, what the fuck does she see in you?

How long had it been since Vi and Caitlyn had arrived? 1h or 2h maybe. They had been chatting about everything a bit, but without getting too specific. But it was enough for Jinx to reaffirm her hatred towards her. Jinx hated everything that had to do with Piltóver, and it wasn't that he didn't know anyone there. She knew Viktor, who, let's see, was technically from Zaun but was a professor at Piltóver University, and she also knew Heimerdinger, thanks to her boyfriend's fascination and adoration for that thing... What was Heimerdinger supposed to be?

Well, whatever, the thing is, Caitlyn is Piltóver. And she hates her. Deeply. Eyes fixed on her, as if she were a predator analyzing her prey, waiting for the best moment to pounce on her, and eat her whole. Wait, not eat her, kill her, that's it, kill her.

And not that during the whole course of the meal things got better, it could be summed up in Jinx attacking Caitlyn, and Caitlyn putting on her best face, just like Cassandra had taught her. And it is not that Ekko liked people like Caitlyn, but because of his friendship with Vi, he tried to stop the constant attacks of his girlfriend (which he did not succeed). And the meal ended and with it came the goodbyes. Obviously when it was time to say goodbye to Jinx, Caitlyn approached her to give her two kisses, but Jinx abruptly moved out of her way and spat in her face a:

I'd rather cut my braids than kiss you

And she simply turned on her heels and walked back inside the house, leaving Caitlyn with the word in her mouth.

I hate her. That was what Caitlyn had been thinking since they'd been on their way back to her house. Lucky that Vi would have offered to drive, because she didn't have the head, nor the strength to do anything but analyze what had happened that night. Vi had already pointed out to her that Jinx had a "peculiar" character, very much made to her own, different to others. Something Caitlyn was already used to, she had always been different from everyone in Piltóver. But she couldn't understand why these attacks. She hadn't even done anything wrong, Right? She hadn't, had she? She had even been kind enough to buy her favorite dessert, a chocolate cake filled with strawberry jam from one of the best bakeries in Piltóver. Everyone seemed to have been grateful for the detail. But Jinx didn't even try a bite. Maybe it was jealousy, jealousy that he was with his sister? That idea echoed loudly in Caitlyn's head, she even wanted to tell Vi, but she dismissed the idea, her girlfriend seemed so happy, she didn't want to be the one to wipe the smile off her lips.

The days passed and with it the weeks. She had not seen Jinx again, and she preferred it that way. The farther away from her, the better. Vi was still seeing her, and she was fine with this, she would never ever stop her girlfriend from seeing her sister, and even more after everything they had to live through. Sometimes Vi had offered to take the four of them out for a drink together in Zaun, but Caitlyn always excused herself behind work, there were times when she was grateful to be the "boss" of Kiramman Industries, she could always say that she had a meeting to attend, or had to review some reports, last minute trips. Anything to avoid Jinx. What she was sure was that the more they saw each other, sooner or later her patience would give out and that would only mean one thing, trouble with Vi.

I love him, but sometimes I don't know why I listen to him. Why did I let myself be convinced to do this? Oh yes, I remember, him and his strange fascination with Professor Heimer.

That's what Jinx kept repeating to himself, going back and forth reading the two admission letters.

It had been a few months since Ekko had told her that the University of Pilover was offering scholarships in search of new talents that were in Runeterra and that this also included Zaun. There were place for 10 all-expenses-paid scholarships and the possibility of an internship agreement with the best companies in Piltóver. All you had to do was fill in an application form, give your personal data, indicate the specialty you wanted to study at the university, and submit your project. The 10 projects that the jury liked the most, would get the place. Not that it was a difficult task for Jinx, but just the idea of crossing paths with...

No fuck, remove, remove, remove that image from your head.

That was what Jinx had thought when Ekko had told her about the scholarships, and now she was there, with the scholarship admission in her hands, and with her boyfriend jumping with joy because she could finally fulfill her dream. Living in Zaun there was no need for her to go live inside the dorm that the university had, she loved living in Zaun, she loved her house, her room, her lab, her things. But Ekko... he had accepted to go and live there, I want to live the experience 100%, just like my role model did. That was what he had answered her. Not that she minded, he was totally free to do what he wanted, besides they had already talked about it. Yes, they would study in the same place, but Ekko was determined to specialize in space-time physics, a specialty taught by Heimerdinger (obviously), and she wanted to specialize in Hextech technology, a spatiality taught by her acquaintance Viktor and a certain Jayce Talis. But their schedules didn't mesh, and living in different places made it difficult to see each other.

They had a peculiar relationship, oh, so different from the one her beloved sister had with her "cherished" sister-in-law, that typical relationship of soul mates, of two different worlds, destined to meet and fall in love, and have a house, with their Golden Retriever, and their wedding, and their 3 children... No, no way, nothing at all, that didn't go with her, never ever. That's why she liked the relationship she had with Ekko, a total and absolute freedom, but best friends above all, together, but with no strings attached. Without falling into those stupid sappy things. An open relationship you could call it. She could be with whomever she wanted, and so could he, of course. But at the end of the day the priority was the two of them. There were times when they had sex with people separately, and there were times when they had done it together with more people. They had some set rules, though. Like, for example, that they would always use protection in their sexual relations, that they would not have sex separately in places the two of them shared, not have jealous... But there were two, the most important ones.

The person you become sexually involved with cannot be a friend/acquaintance or close person that you both know.  

2. You will not fall in love with the other person.

I guess it won't be so bad, will it, this 180ª my life is taking, right?

That was what Jinx was thinking at that moment. What she didn't know, was that before accepting anything, whatever it is, she has to make sure which person she can find. And if the Jinx back then had known that she was literally running in the perfect direction to run into "a certain" person, would she still have accepted?

What the fuck good has it done me these past months to work overtime, to make excuses, to have to sleep for weeks in hotels, or friends' houses pretending to be traveling, basically, to lie to my girlfriend to avoid running into my sister-in-law, if now I have her inside here, in my fucking company, and in my fucking lab?

I'm going to kill him, when I finish going through these papers, I swear I'm going to kill Jayce first, and then Viktor. I'm going to revive them using Hextech and then I'm going to kill them again amidst terrible suffering.

Caitlyn was in her office when her secretary had brought her the resume of the person Jayce and Viktor had decided on and chosen with her mother's approval to intern at their company. The best of the best at the University, they had been told. She is one of our students and fits the profile you were looking for, they had assured her.

The internship would only last 3 months with the possibility of a part-time work contract so that the person chosen could validate her studies along with the job. Nothing they hadn't done before, that way Viktor had come to work at Kiramman Industries.

But of all the people out there, of all the people I could have chosen, not only to give her the scholarship (a scholarship that Kiramman Industries finances) but to come and do an internship at my company, it had to be her, of course, it had to be her.

The word pissed off was an understatement to describe what the young heiress was feeling at that moment. Heiress to what? She thought. What good did it do Caitlyn to be the heiress to that empire if even the easiest tasks had to pass through her mother's hands.

Hadn't she decided to take a break from work and go travel the world with Dad? Why won't she even let me do the simplest of tasks?

Her eyes roamed up and down the sheet in front of her, trying to look away from the picture covering the top right-hand corner. It fucked her up to admit it, but she had an impeccable resume. Top grades in the whole university, some fascinating ideas that really with some tinkering could fit what she was looking for, really with Jinx on the team she could give Kiramman Industries that turnaround she had in mind, there was only one problem, her mother, but if she was out of town she had free will didn't she?

She didn't realize how long it had been since Sky dropped the papers on her desk until soft knocks on the door brought her out of her thoughts.

Sorry to interrupt you Miss Kiramman, but Jinx is already here, shall I show her into your office or would you prefer to take a little more time?

Sky's voice sounded a little shaky, was she looking that bad right now for the young secretary to sound so slightly afraid?

Yes, yes sure, send her in, it's all more than read. Caitlyn said trying to fake a smile and calm voice to try to reassure her worker. She didn't know if she had succeeded as Sky quickly turned on her heels and set off in search of her "beloved sister-in-law".

And there she was, the person she had been avoiding all this time. Avoiding seeing her in person, of course, because she couldn't get that day out of his mind, the day they met. Those eyes that had been running up and down her face, her body, that crooked, and hesitant smile, with her full lips painted with that burgundy lipstick. She had spent so much time staring at her lips that she even noticed the cracks in them. Her words stinging, and attacking. If she hadn't been so fucking rude, and arrogant, and unfriendly, and blustering, and taunting, and insolent and agh everything bad that came to her mind, she'd left her the lip balm she had, sure they'd leave her with soft lips, perfect for... And she noticed her slim but toned body too, dressed in those suggestive clothes, revealing more skin than any woman in Piltóver would be willing to do, but strategically placed to leave you wanting more, her tattoos on the right side of her body, running down her shoulder, down her arm, down her chest, down her abdomen... and what was that supposed to be, smoke, clouds? Blue, blue swirls, blue to match the color of her hair, blue like the color of her eyes and those long braids that kept swinging back and forth. And here she was, again, and a shiver ran through her whole body. She was the same, just as he remembered her, let's see, it hadn't been that long since they last saw each other, 3 months? 4 maybe? 6 months, 6 months were the months that had passed since the first and the last time they saw each other.

It's a pleasure to see you again Jinx. Jayce and Viktor have spoken very highly of you. Your inventions and studies have been amazing. I am so glad you are joining Kiramman Industries for these 3 months, and who knows, maybe longer and all. Caitlyn said, sounding as professional and believable as she could. She was in charge now, she couldn't let an unfortunate encounter like the one the two of them had had ruin everything. Everything in the lab, in the company, in her relationship with Vi....

Come on Kiramman, stop pretending. This makes you as uncomfortable as it does me, and you know it. So let's get this done as quickly as possible, and then you go about your business and I'll go about mine. Jinx said, feeling again how those eyes penetrated even the smallest pore she could have.

How long would the internship? 3 months? Caitlyn thought as she came out from behind her desk walking in all her splendor, like a worthy Kiramman to stand in front of the young woman.

All right Caitlyn try to endure these 3 months as best you can and then when the period is over, out. It couldn't be possible that in all of Runeterra there wasn't someone equally brilliant to take the place of scientist and inventor for Kiramman Industries, right? Cailyn thought as she held out her hand to welcome her new and unexpected headache.

[letters-to-rosie]

oh man Sevika might be an even better fit for a scene like that. I'm just imagining Vi going into Stillwater, where she herself was incarcerated, looking into the face of a woman who nearly killed her, who helped kill her family, and having to get help because she's in over her head. I wouldn't be surprised if Jinx left messages with some of the killings to taunt her

with Ekko's family, what would be even more insane is if they lived with or near Ekko but have been so absent from his life due to having to work so much they have no idea what's going on. could be very surreal

I LOVE making Ekko worse. he's my favorite character but I like breaking him down and seeing what ticks. if you haven't read this fic, you should, just because I think it does a good job of depicting a version of him that is both methodical and totally unhinged

I also have a fic chapter I need to finish that is about Ekko methodically beating someone like half to death lol

When they’re done, they step back the appropriate distance, and Ekko taps the bat twice against the lower ribcage on Finn’s left side. “I hate to do this, you know? But here we are.” Finn gives him a bitter smile. “No, you don’t.” Ekko returns the gesture. “You’re right. I don’t.” And when he swings the bat and hears just the sound he anticipated, he doesn’t hate it, either. A clean crack that shouldn’t puncture anything—after all, Silco won’t be happy if he doesn’t get that chat.

so yeah I have thought a lot about Ekko being terrible. I love the face reveal at the end, because in my head I couldn't decide whether I thought he would wear it or not

Jinx is definitely used to using psychological terror, but I like to imagine Ekko would be very good at it, seeing he kinda tries his hand at it with Vi and Cait when he kidnaps them in the show, and what is baiting Jinx into a game if not messing with her head? I love him lol

Y'all wanna hear my most outta pocket Timebomb AU? Okay here it... Modern Arcane Timebomb Serial Killer AU.

Both Ekko and Jinx are Serial Killers but go about it in different ways. Ekko is more of a vigilant in a sense, by day is a community leader and social worker who is charismatic, charming and over all seen as a beacon of the community but by night he is slowly picking off the criminals that plague and hurt the community he cares about. He doesn't go after petty criminals mind you but members of gangs, crime lords, corrupt cops and certain Pilties that line their pockets. He is delivering his own sense of justice however he knows deep down he enjoys the thrill of it all. Jinx on the other hand is more spontaneous but just as deadly, after Silco's death and Sevika's arrest by taking the charges for Jinx. She is hunted down by rival gangs and crime lords for her previous destruction while working under Silco. So she decided to take the fight to them picking them off one by one and enjoying every minute of it. Eventually they both cross each other's paths and eventually end up spiraling into an endless cycle of Love, Lust, Carnage and Mayhem.

Caitlyn and Vi both being police officers know that both Ekko and Jinx are hiding something and Caitlyn is determined to bring them both in. VI on the other hand is struggling not wanting to lose the love of her life but also not wanting to put away the last remnants of a family she has left.

Look I know it sounds cheesy but hey it sounds interesting in my head😭

[theprettyarachnid]

arcane char reaction to the reader that falls asleep in their lap, pleaseeee

a/n: oh to fall asleep in viktor/jayce's lap... also this request made me think and have i written cuddling headcanons for these characters? i cant remember if i have or not

warnings: none(?)

characters: jinx, vi, caitlyn, ekko, viktor, jayce, silco, vander

Jinx

🕷 Probably wouldn't notice at first, she'd be rambling about something while working on one of her gadgets before checking to see if you're listening only to find you with your eyes closed

🕷 "hey sleepy head, are you listening?"

🕷 She'd probably lift one of your eyelids but would quickly pull away when she realized you were actually asleep

🕷 Jinx might get a little pouty because she was feeling chatty but would let you sleep

🕷 If she has a hand free, she plays with your hair

🕷 If you're still sleeping when she's finished with her stuff, she'll grab a marker and draw little doodles all over you

Vi

🕷 You two would be hanging out on the couch watching tv when she saw you asleep

🕷 She literally becomes stiff as a board because she doesn't want to wake you

🕷 lowkey forgets to breathe

🕷 Eventually Vi slowly relaxes when she's confident enough that she won't wake you up accidentally

🕷 Lowers the volume on the tv and will try and grab a blanket to cover you so you don't get cold

🕷 If there isn't a blanket close enough, she'll slip out of her jacket or sweatshirt and drape it over you

🕷 Honestly I can imagine Vi being very comfy

Caitlyn

🕷 Caitlyn purposely makes you lay in her lap and plays with your hair or caresses your face so you'll fall asleep

🕷 She turns the heat up a little and gets you all snuggled up with blankets while she's reviewing a case

🕷 You soon catch onto the fact that she does it on purpose but it's not like you really care

🕷 There have been a few times where you'll wake up with her asleep with her arms wrapped around you

Ekko

🕷 "... but i was cleaning up shop when i overheard—babe?"

🕷 Ekko always smirks when you fall asleep on his lap mainly because he just finds it very cute

🕷 He likes to take your hand and trace the lines in your palm

🕷 I feel like Ekko's body temperature is naturally just very warm

🕷 Sometimes he'll reposition you if he starts to get uncomfortable but he's a pro at not waking you up

🕷 Shoulder kisses <3

Viktor

🕷 He'll be reading a book, taking a break from work, but once he's ready to get back to it he sees you're asleep

🕷 Might question if you're faking it just so he doesn't leave but he stays put either way

🕷 Viktor will either continue reading or will put the book away and just admire you

🕷 His leg will eventually start to cramp so he'll gently lay you on his chest instead

🕷 "mmgh... viktor?"

🕷 "shh, my любимая, i'm right here" любимая (lyuBEEmaya): darling, love

Jayce

🕷 Jayce can be a little fidgety but if he doesn't have anywhere to be, he'll try to sit as still as possible

🕷 Might go on his phone and scroll through whatever while rubbing your arm

🕷 Depending on how late it is in the day, he might just pick you up and bring you to bed

🕷 If he tries to leave and you grab hold of him, he'll stay

🕷 Will bring you to his chest and just rub your back lulling you back to sleep

🕷 Might quietly tease you about wanting him to stay

🕷 "you must've really missed me today..."

Silco

🕷 It's a rare occasion that Silco actually lets you fall asleep on his lap

🕷 It's usually when he's doing paper work at his desk and you're sitting on his lap

🕷 Whenever he lets you sit on his lap, it usually means he's angry about something so most of the time he doesn't let you leave

🕷 Since he works late nights, you end up falling asleep on him

🕷 Silco would offer you some of his cigar just to see you asleep

🕷 I can't really imagine him caring that much but he'll rub your back occasionally while flipping through papers

🕷 Once he's finished with paper work, he'll wake you up by gently shaking you

🕷 This is only after he gives you a few hickeys

Vander

🕷 Literally how can you not fall asleep on this man? He's so comfortable

🕷 When he sees you asleep, he quietly chuckles to himself before putting you to bed

🕷 He's also a pro at not waking people up just because he's had plenty of nights where he's had to stay up with Powder/Jinx

🕷 Vander will usually put off whatever he has to do for tomorrow so he can stay with you

🕷 Will change you into comfier clothes

🕷 He usually falls asleep shortly after you

[arcane-ish]

The appeal of Vander x Silco for me

I have some complex feelings on what I think is appealing about Vander X Silco and there is a lot of cheesy, surface level stuff and I might make a post on this eventually and those are all fun and that. 

But I think the main reason why it really sticks with me is a very particular one. 

I have mused before that I really like Jinx x Ekko as well and how there are lot of similarities with the whole almost trying to kill each other and the intensity of emotions and the falling apart over morals. But despite the similarities they actually have very different positions in my brain. I like Timebomb of the big drama, high octane angst. 

While in a weird way, Zaundads is a comfort ship for me. Which, you know, kind of insane with the whole tried to kill each other/probably genuinely thought that they succeeded in killing the other/scarred each other for life/betrayed the joined dream etc. 

But the thing is, I really love Arcane. I just really love all the characters, even the villainous ones like Silco (naturally), Sevika and Singed. 

And Vander and Silco (still) loving each other feels like the best, the most natural way to get a real feeling “One Big Happy Weasley Family” ending. 

It’s not that having Vander in his life is like the only way I could ever picture Silco being happy. Like, I could picture like an AU where it’s just him and Jinx and her and the environment is just slightly more healthy and he gets genuine joy from her achievements. 

But at the same time, in my head, Vander loves Vi, Silco loves Jinx and Jinx and Vi love each other. Silco and Jinx against the world, I could picture making Silco happy. But it would leave Vi sad. Because I don’t think that Silco wants to share, he would hate sharing and if I could maybe with a lot of twisting around picture a version where he makes peace with sharing Jinx with Vi it would 1) likely be a compromised happiness 2.) it would still leave Vander out in the cold. 

Like, if I really force it like maybe I can picture a version where Silco is like with some OC who mellows him out and he has both kids and I dunno, Vander is dating Benzo and they are raising Ekko together so he is happy too? And Vander and Silco are at least cordial together? 

But to me Vander X Silco loving each other, whether platonically or more is just the easiest and most natural way I can imagine that would resolve the Gordian knot of relationships. And even though it is befitting of the kind of show it is that it is intentional that this knot cannot be resolved, that not everybody can be happy, that’s kind of what makes it a comfort ship. And even though the vast majority of Vander x Silco fic is appropriately tragic and flawed, what makes it special to me is that that taste of just how much better things could be if they got their shit together or if they had never had a falling out is still there, underneath it all. 

And it’s just fascinating to me to imagine in what ways the world of Arcane and/or their lives would be better off if they loved each other (again romantically or platonically) and how fascinating it would be for them to find a compromise between their positions on morality vs. action against Piltover. 

When I compare it to Timebomb, one thing that is different about Zaundads is that we know that they used to be “happy” together at some time in the past. And it’s also that in a lot of ways, both Vander and Silco are a lot more flexible characters. We know that The Drowning deeply changed Silco, we know fathering Jinx changed his outlook. With Vander we know that he changed from more violent to less violent and we know that as Warwick he will change fundamentally yet again. So trying to imagine a way how they could compromise feels like less of a betrayal. 

Like, I could imagine an older, hardened Ekko, who has a rougher, more cynical opinion on murder, but it feels like betrayal of a character who is so neatly positioned as being all about hope. So when I imagine happy timebomb to me it’s often easiest as an AU, where certain things just didn’t happen rather than the problem being more how they have to change their point of view. 

Another big thing about Zaundads to me is that Silco feels ... stuck. He’s hung up on that night. He cannot stop talking about Vander. He keeps going back to that night. 

And I perceive that trauma to be absolutely fundamentally essential to Silco’s character. 

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that that night is the reason why Silco is “evil”. He clearly had pre-existing traumas that made him hate Piltover. 

But to me the Vander trauma is so essential because I think it is what keeps him from trusting others, from making genuine connection with others. And as such it’s imo the biggest obstacle that keeps him from changing and becoming better (whether as a “better person” or as being less miserable). Because in the end this is how we change, by connecting to others, learning from others, accepting others. 

And that is what Silco’s paranoia closes him off from, why he is hyperfocused on Jinx, why he doesn’t want to share Jinx even though that might be good for Jinx. 

Don’t get me wrong, I think it is entirely possible that Silco was paranoid and had trust issues before meeting Vander (just like it’s possible that he had less of it when he talks about brothers and sisters), but he was clearly willing to open up to Vander and it was traumatizing to him when didn’t work out. 

And no, in real life you don’t resolve your trauma by hooking up with the person who tried to kill you and caused that trauma. But this is fiction and in fiction sex and romance and shipping are ways to resolve dramatic tension and lead it into different paths. For a way to have climax and release in a way that isn’t through violence and with love as a way to make it feel more lasting. 

But even outside of shipping I genuinely think that if Silco wanted to change as a person, he would have to properly, more healthily deal with his Vander trauma before he could ever move forward. (again no shade on the “Silco did nothing wrong, you go heavily amoral crime boss revolutionary” crowd, those are cool too) 

So the focus is more on imagining how a situation could ever arise where Silco would be willing to be open enough about his trauma and where Vander would be open enough to properly receive that openness so actual catharsis can happen. (again with shipping or without) Something that likely both of them are too stubborn and paranoid about, but that’s why it’s kind of the tantalizing, impossible dream. 

Which in my head looks kind of like them meeting on neutral ground and Silco being in essence: “I loved you so much and what you did really hurt me and it really fucked me up” and Vander just pulling him into the world’s biggest bearhug and going “I get it and I’m sorry” and then they both cry like babies and vow try better and to never hurt each other again. 

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Which again, would never happen, wouldn’t work for the show, it’s debatable whether it would be even deserved. But at the same time I can’t help but feel like it would just be *better* if it were possible, pretty much like I feel like “wow, wouldn’t it just be better if there were a world where Jinx and Ekko didn’t have to fight each other”. 

[hella1975]

You are the only fucking one with normal opinions about arcane and I Wish you were there to see when everyone’s tiktoks were full of nothing about arcane and everyone being feral over silco and his nasty ass and Viktor who is. Fine. The best of the topsiders but still involved in an overall boring plot unless it was about himself and his disability which were the only interesting parts on the top end. Or Vi and Cait and I Don’t Like Cait very much. Like she’s Fine but god she’s fucking dumb sometimes and doesn’t know when to shut up and I don’t like her in the game either. I wish we saw more Ekko in the show tho.

How do we feel about the thought of Ekko and Jinx’s fight feeling like Zuko and Azulas. Second part could you imagine if they interlaced the Zuko and Azula scene with them play fighting as kids like arcane did? I wouldn’t have survived that actually. Or the parallels of Jinx and Vi to Vander and Silco and the siblings who care for each other despite despite despite. Also! So many people were mad at Vi for hitting Jinx but that whole scene was a very human response? She (accidentally) killed like their whole family? She just had a big fight? I’m sure her adrenaline is through the fucking roof and people forget she’s also a child at this point. She immediately regretted it and walked away to calm down and then got picked up before she could come back and help or fix things. Like obv that’s not the best thing she could do but I don’t think she was in the head space to gentle parent her sister. I have so much to say about this show and everybody else had such different opinions on the whole thing 😩

OMG OMG YES EXACTLY okay i have several things to say about like. all of this so im bulletpointing lmao

silco - WAIT WERE WE SUPPOSED TO LIKE SILCO??? WHAT??? like even in a 'villain who was justified' or even 'villain you can sympathise with if not justify' i just genuinely wholeheartedly dont like him. looking at an incredibly mentally ill girl and saying she's perfect is not a redemption. putting drugs into your own streets and getting your own people addicted to the point of being loyal to you is not a redemption. there is literally nothing good about his character. im pretty sure i put in the tags the first time i really saw him that basically his anger towards topside was 100% justified and even his desire to use extreme measures after so long being ignored, but you totally lose that the moment you turn on your own people. like okay mr manipulating class traitor of the year respectfully i was not upset when you died

viktor - i was soooo disappointed by viktor's character bc i genuinely REALLY wanted to like him like i was so intrigued by his disability and i love that he's a nerd and an underdog and can be abrasive at times and i thought there was SO much potential with him being from the undercity, but he was just so so passive and half the time i was just angry at him and shouting at the screen. like he's watching these toffs who dont know anything about the undercity - and havent even been there - discuss the future of people JUST LIKE HIM and he just allowed it. he only cared about his inventions and maybe that will be explored in season 2 bc it seems like they're taking a narrative where it shows his obsession to the point of detriment (what happened to that assistant that fancied him) and he'll possibly change for the better but as of right now he's just completely forgotten his roots and only remembered the undercity when it benefited his inventions. he went off with 'in the pursuit of great, we forgot to do good' though like i'll allow him that much that quote fucks stupendously

cait - same hat as viktor i REALLY wanted to like her bc it seems like we might actually be getting queer rep and i dont want to hate 50% of the couple but my god is she ignorant. and actually ignorance isn't the problem it's not a crime to be oblivious and it's not her fault she was born into a better life than vi, but it was her insensitivity with her ignorance that bugged me like girl just SHUT UP SOMETIMES MAYBE???? like it's very easy to look at a situation you haven't been in and go 'i would never have said that in a million years' but i can still safely say that if i was in the slums surrounded by victims of horrific addiction who have been turned on by even their own people and now live in the most extreme clutches of poverty, and i was there with a girl raised in this environment who only knows how to fight and has been beaten down again and again and has spent the past few years in prison, something im intimately aware of as the person who BROKE HER OUT, then i wouldnt go 'i think this is a good time to be accusatory about her homelife actually'. like literally what the fuck was the thought process. and it wasn't a one time thing she did it ALL the time i genuinely dont know how vi didn't hit her she's so lucky she's hot

zuko and azula - WHY WOULD YOU SAY THIS TO ME MY GODDDD like that tiny snippet of them playing in the palace garden as kids except it's an entire scene of parallels to them in the agni kai. despicable

vi hitting jinx - i actually laughed out loud when i read that people are apparently getting aggy about the fact vi hit jinx. i have to assume people making those takes dont have siblings. i have hit my sister for far less and can guarantee if she accidentally killed all my loved ones then she'd be getting an awful lot more than a slap to the face. siblings fight. it's literally a universally accepted fact. it's not FUN or GOOD but it still happens and 99% of the time it's over shit much less serious than what these two were fighting over. touch grass

[blueyellow8green]

My ranking of the arcane soundtrack!

(because why not ʘ‿ʘ)

Guns For Hire - Woodkid. A cinematic *master piece* perfect for the scene the lyrics??? Omg "tuck your innocence goodnight you sold your friends for guns for hire". Unparalleled. The vocals. Heavenly.

Goodbye - Ramsey. I love songs that make me want to cry and this one hits it just right. A key theme of the show is loss and grief. And I can just feel it. "Where is my home. I don't recognise the faces anymore."

Dynasties and Dystopia - Denzel Curry, Gizzle & Ben Joy. The best of this song makes me want to run and move. It fits both Ekko and Jinx's vibes so well and of course goes with one of the best fight scenes of season 1.

What Could of Been - Sting. Like I said I love sad songs. Similar to Goodbye it hits some of the sadder themes of the show so well. The opening line just *chefs kiss* "I am the monster your created". That's it isn't it. Not just Jinx and Vi. Not just Silco and Vander. Or Viktor and Jayce and Mel. But Piltover and Zaun. They are the monsters they keep creating over and over. Plus the best violin section and a drop?? Dies.

Enemy - Imagine Dragons. Don't get me wrong love the opening song it's a banger and I love ID too however it doesn't hit as hard I think as any of the songs on the soundtrack however the beat slaps so hard it takes number five. Plus it's like the soundtrack mascot and it's music video is bomb.

Misfit Toys - Pusha T & Mako. Although I think it doesn't have as much of a beat as Snakes and DLA I think its lyrics add so much more to the story. It does feel like a mix of Silco and Jayces song with the opening lines being "I declare war... How could you ignore the voiceless, the screams of the poor". It mirrors what Silcos message is and what Jayce learns in the last episodes. It really hits on the personal aspects of the war between Topside and the Undercity with lines like "both sides go to war like a mosh pit... Our neighborhoods held hostage". I just really love the lyrics okay.

Snakes - PVRIS & MIYAVI. The song Slaps. Cannot deny it. Think it's a banger and also wants to get me fighting. It definitely feels like a Jinx song and really focuses on all the rage she has inside her that we do see but she doesn't articulate very well and often falls back on her childlike behaviour. This song is so so good I really wish it was further up but I think it did lack a little something something.

Everything Went Wrong - Fantastic Negrito. Gotta have some country music in there haven't we. I actually really do like the song and it lifts the whole soundtrack a lot with its different beat and style. It's very much needed to even things out. There's also some nice lyrics in there that pulls a more comical spin on things.

Our love - Curtis Harding & Jazmine Sullivan. This song also provides a lot of balance into the soundtrack which stops it from being all heavy beats and electronic. The scene this is in,,, I'm just saying Jayce and Viktor are there I am Just Saying. I do like the song not my typical style which is main reason it's low down but I get why people like it. The vocals are gorgeous.

Dirty Little Animals - BONES UK. Does kind of feel like a lesser version of Snakes as it lacks a lot of meaningful lyrics. I like the chorus but not my personal fave. Just kind of there on the track.

Playground - Bee Miller. I don't know why but this song bores me a little it's a nice song and it works fine in the scene but I usually skip it on the soundtrack. None of the lyrics really stick out as well they're kind of generic. But it is in the opening episodes when we didn't know the characters so I understand.

Was this pointless? Maybe! Does my opinion matter? Nope! Please don't take this to heart I just did it for fun. I would love to see if anyone agrees or disagrees and why I love seeing people's ranking list for this soundtrack I think it really highlights what they like about the show personally.

[goddessofroyalty]

I gotta ask BC I worry for her, how's Jinx/Powder doing in the Zaun family au? Obviously all of the worst trauma never took place but I imagine she's still mentally ill/socially withdrawn, like in act 1. How did the change from Powder to Jinx happen? Is it like an edgy teenage phase that everyone just accepts? Also who does she end up with, if anyone? She's a lot younger so it makes sense for her to be less settled than the other siblings by the time they're settling down/having kids. Fingers crossed for an Ekko/Jinx/Lux polycule, baby deserves all the love

Yeah she's obviously doing better than she is in the canon. But yeah still got some things going on in her head (which granted she does get a lot more accommodations than the average person in the city because of the wealth of he parents and fact they aren't going to tell their kid she's wrong for who she is). And I feel like she feels like she's living in the shadow of her family/siblings - they are so capable and successful in her eyes and she's the family fuck up (despite very much not being). So she tends to hang around Silco as much as she can because he won't let the others bully her and does somewhat spoil her and doesn't really dwell when she does mess up (not that Vander does either but a busy bar is a lot more fun for her siblings than a queit office).

It's been really frustrating to me this whole time because of the POV's I'm writing (and the position in the timeline) I couldn't include the Jinx part of her. Because here Jinx is the name she uses when she's working for Silco's not-legal business dealings. I don’t know who came up with it (it was possibly a 13 year old Powder’s edgy phase’s idea that Silco just went along with) but it’s to give a level of identity protection. Powder is the Zaun Representative’s youngest daughter who sometimes attends events but can often be found in his office; Jinx is a criminal menace who is often involved with the smuggling going on thoughout Zaun; nobody believes Marcus when he tries to tell them that those two are actually the same person. 

I don’t actually play League (or know it’s lore) so I don’t know Lux enough to comment (other then, yeah sure) but I do think Ekko/Jinx at least is the end relationship. Funnily enough almost copying her parents (Ekko focuses a lot more on building a better life for the people in Zaun through legal means and possibly ends up the next person considered in charge after Vander retires; Jinx ends up running the criminal side of Zaun after Silco retires - but she doesn’t play any political role in Piltover other than by who her partner is unlike Silco). 

[pinklikeroses]

My sibling sent me a link to the Arcane music video with imagine dragons and

Man I gotta say so much to love about it…

We got the kids having fun just being kids a small taste of what a typical day was like for them growing up in zhan . Loved seeing Ekko again too he and jinx looked close

Also small detail but we can see the toll not only being the eldest sibling but also raising her sister that Vi took on.

Even though there were many sweet moments in The show,I think this is an early indication that she had a bad habit of blowing up and snapping at jinx. It’s understandable but also heartbreaking, jinx looked so small and scared putting her head down.

Clear signs Vi had anger issues and wasn’t very good handling them. That she wasn’t always the sweet gentle sister we see in the first three episodes.

I feel Like aside from losing her family, and the trauma that came with it —this also took part with how soulless and hollow jinx looks at times…

[lady-griffin]

Cancer and Aquarius Love Compatibility:

Both Cancer man and Aquarius woman care for those around them and are extremely committed to their partner. 

Cancer will help Aquarius get in touch with his/her softer side through nothing but affection and compassion. Aquarius, in turn, will inspire the crab to care for its own self as much as it does for those around it. (x)

This just screamed Timebomb to me. 

Especially since I think Ekko in many ways “cares too much” for others and not enough for himself. I’ve noticed that our boy can be somewhat self-destructive when he doesn’t have someone else to protect. 

When he thought all his friends were dead on the airship (Scar was still alive) - Ekko just charged for Jinx with no plan nor any concern for himself, which is very unlike him and he only lived because Scar saved his ass. 

Jinx would’ve killed Ekko right then and there.

Ekko puts himself between Jinx and Vi (+Caitlyn), and when those two are safe - Ekko goes for the insane plan of getting Jinx to play their old game. It worked, but it’s not the smartest plan. I mean it was smart, but it definitely lacked common sense and basic sanity.

I mean one of the reasons why I love their fight so much, is because Ekko does the one thing no one else has been able to do with Jinx. He matches her chaotic, playful and downright crazy energy. He matches her crazy for that fight. 

He makes himself Jinx’s equal.

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On the one hand, maybe someone as potentially self-destructive as Ekko shouldn’t be with Jinx for obvious reasons. On the other and more important hand, Ekko seems to only be self-destructive when it comes to fighting Jinx - so dating her might be the safest option for him.

And this little blurb does give me hope for these two.

Let me explain.

I could think of million different reasons for why Jinx should be with Ekko – he’s great and would help her out in ways she needs help. But with Ekko, it feels like I’m throwing a rabid trash possum at him and because I love Jinx, I think he should love her too.

But I think the simple fact that Ekko would want to date Jinx is reason enough for him to date her. 

Ekko isn’t really a selfish person (imo), but wanting to be with Jinx is selfish for him. 

Being with Jinx doesn’t directly benefit the Firelights, Zaun, the potential peace between the two cities - in fact, just wanting to date her would cause more problems for Ekko. But for someone who puts others before himself so often, I just think there’s something potentially sweet in him wanting to be with Jinx, because she’s who he wants. We all need to be selfish at times. 

These two could definitely balance one another out when it comes to their selfish levels - Jinx being less and Ekko being more. 

The’re one main reason why I don’t think their relationship would be defined with Jinx always taking and Ekko always giving -

Basically, the two have been enemies.

I can definitely see Jinx being more willing to work on her relationship with Ekko than with someone else, because she knows she can push Ekko far enough away with her. She would have to work at them not becoming enemies again – she would have to try. Relationships take effort and work. 

Ekko does have a limit when it comes to Jinx and for that reason precisely is why II’m not concerned for Ekko if he was dating Jinx. She can push him too far. I know we joke about him not being able to, but he is willing to walk away from her. He has.

Also considering he’s survived her actually trying to murder him, Ekko might be better equipped surviving Jinx, when she “jinxes” a situation than most other people.

I can see, or at least I like to imagine, that as long as Jinx is sincerely trying to be ‘better’ that would be enough for Ekko to be committed and work on having a good relationship with Jinx and helping her. 

She honestly can’t help herself in many ways – she’s mentally ill. Her own mind is actively working against her, it literally prevents her from achieving what she actually wants. She needs someone who can help her help herself.

Jinx is also a steamroller, but Ekko is no pushover, he can stand up to her.

And Ekko needs someone who can confront him, but also have fun with and make him be a “kid” again, he had to grow up way to fast. Now maybe he does have a lot fun with the Firelights and can relax and just be friends with them – we don’t know.

But when he hugged Vi, it felt like it’s been a long time since he was allowed to just be Ekko and not Leader Ekko.  And since I can’t imagine Jinx taking his whole leader thing super seriously, I think she would give him a break from all that.

….

Okay this way too long.

Have I thought about these two way too much? No, not even close. Why would you say that?

Also, this was a lot of fun and reminded me of what me and my friends use to do in middle school – we would look up our crushes zodiac signs and then see if we were a compatible match and basically ignored all the sites that said we weren’t and cling onto the ones that said we were.

I just really liked that that the first site that said this zodiac match could work instead of saying they weren’t compatible basically described one of the reasons why I think these two could (and should) actually work.

Ekko’s compassion and kindness would do a lot for Jinx and Ekko could do with being a bit more selfish and putting himself above others.

✧*。Timebomb Zodiac compatibility ♒♋

[arcane-ish]

Starting a new thread because it’s getting too long again :) 

@embershroud108​

Hmmmm, it’s hard to say about season 2. I think they will definitely talk again, though I picture more the standard “Vi pleading with Jinx to stop as Jinx looms menacingly”.

I guess I just find it a bit hard to buy at this point that Vi might be good at the sensitive approach *at this point in the story* because:

- In general, the show has been pretty up front on Vi’s “less talking, more punching” attitude (her “you talk too much” while raising her fists with Silco comes to mind) - I think they need her very low and desperate to get her started on her journey towards enforcer-dom - Using the sensitive approach would require her putting herself heavily into Jinx’s shoes and that would entail a LOT of things that Vi probably doesn’t want to face. 

Basically, I think successfully talking Jinx out of a Silco voice would require a lot of subtle-ty that I think just doesn’t gell with Vi’s straightforward nature. Like if Jinx already is in a “nobody loves me” mode then telling her “Actually Silco (also) didn’t really love you, he just used and manipulated you, he was a monster” is just going to make things worse. Like if you were a hostage negotiator stuff like “I love you too” or “this isn’t what he would have wanted for you” would likely be more successful, but both would entail at least suggesting that Silco cared for her and I think Vi would probably rather stab her eye out than even just lie/pretend say that.

Heck even something comparatively neutral like “he wasn’t the man you think he was” has to admit that Jinx might have a positive opinion on him, which is already something Vi desperately doesn’t want/doesn’t want to be true/doesn’t want to think about. (even just realizing that Jinx is hearing Silco’s voice and why and what that voice would likely say requires a LOT of empathy and I think Vi would have still quite a journey to go through to better understand what the relationship dynamic of Silco and Jinx even was, because I think at this point, even after maybe seeing Jinx cry over his body it’s still completely alien to her) 

It’s kind of the irony of the situation that the people who care deeply about Jinx (Vi, Ekko) understandably hate Silco too much to apply the subtle talk that would likely be required and the people who would probably be good at the subtle talk or have enough distance to understand that that would be the right way to tackle it don’t care enough about Jinx. I genuinely think the next/first time they talk again will likely go either:

- backfire horribly if Vi uses a forceful approach - be terribly sad if it’s more about Vi trying to invoke their shared past I guess I could maybe picture Cait gently pointing out that Vi is being too tunnel-vision-y and she needs to do a more sensitive, subtle talk? But Cait also isn’t really much of a subtle manipulation type, her whole thing is that she is also very straight-laced.

I genuinely think that when Vi and Jinx have a good moment together in season 2 it will be with or facilitated by Vander/Warwick. I just don’t imagine Vi being in the head space where she can extract herself enough from her own pain and her own point of view to understand what kind of talk Jinx needs without outside help or outside factors. My totally blind and made up guess for the dynamics for season 2 is that it’s going to start horribly depressive and tragic and setback after setback for Vi (with Cait at her side as her support) and that Vi’s first emotional “reward” is going to be a close moment with Warwick which then can strengthen her for a slightly better result with Jinx the next time they meet. 

But I just don’t really read Vi as being at a “look at what she learned in season 1 and apply that to have a better conversation with Jinx the next time they meet” point in her frame of mind. So I think at least the first/next time will go really badly yet again. 

That said, I guess you didn’t mean it necessarily as Vi directly trying to counter the Silco voice. I guess I could see that working/her almost accidentally planting something. If that was the case, I think the best strategy would be if Vi struck to her straightforward nature. I actually think a more “tough love” and telling her “I care about you, but I’ll still stop you” and “you are an adult who is responsible for their actions” (because Jinx wants to be respected as Jinx and as an adult) would actually be more likely to work than any pleading or trying to invoke the past.