#fuck this timebomb ship forever

[whatdidtheydotomygirljinx]

Why Episode 7 is the worst episode in all of Season 2.

This fuckass Timebomb ship is the worst thing to ever happen to Jinx's character.

Ok so finally we're gonna talk about Boy Savior Complex and AU Girl Next Door Powder

This is gonna be long. Also, we're not only talking about Episode 7 and Timebomb, we're also discussing Jinx's suicide attempt and how her character's resolution is actually really sad.

First of all, Jinx never liked Ekko back. Season 1 makes it pretty clear that they're friends, and that Ekko has an unrequited crush on her. His feelings are clear, but she never shows any reciprocation. And, no, the art book that came out after season 2 concluded doesn't count. You can't just put "the boy with the unrequited crush" trope in your story and then retract it.

And now to get to the serious part... who the fuck is AU Powder?

Ekko gets transported into this alternate timeline where we the audience soon realize everyone is happy and none of the conflicts that plague the original story exist and everything is perfect and "as it should be". So this is the ideal world and the one where all these characters reach their highest form of happiness. Even Silco is back with Vander.

And in this ideal world Powder is... a waitress at The Last Drop? I rewatched this episode and I genuinely tried to pay attention to see what does she actually DO. Like what occupies her time in this universe. And between Vander's line about how she's "too smart to be spending her life in a bar" and the fact that she is at one point behind the counter (while Ekko is studying his books... imma get back to that) and the fact that we never see her in any other places besides the bar and her hideout and that one time Ekko takes her out... this seems to be it.

So in the perfect timeline, Powder has decided to stay back with her family once she's grown up, to remain with Vander and help him run his bar, and implicitly has no big ambitions of her own, and definitely no ideas that she would sacrifice her family life for.

Now... Powder/Jinx as a family person is not actually wrong characterization. This is pretty congruent with her character in season 1. Her entire story and literally everything revolves around her family and not much else. When she's Powder she's attached at the hip to Vi and when she's Jinx she doesn't seem too interested in the world outside of her hideout and Silco's office. So considering all we know, yes, Jinx does place family first.

And this is pretty assumed by the show. Now, I also characterized her like this in season 1! She is a family girl. And Jinx happens to have all these people with big revolutionary ideas around her, be it Vander or Vi or Silco or Sevika, but she herself never actually seems much interested in that. She has a small moment in arc 1 of season 1, which i think it's significant to mention comes right after Vi plants the idea in her head. It would've been one thing if these ideas stayed with her, but post time-skip she doesn't bring anything like that up again. She mostly acts like a bored teenager whenever Silco drags her to the river to tell her all about his tragic past that radicalized him. Overall, any time she exhibits any revolutionary spirit, it seems to actually be more of a personal vendetta for her.

So, okay, Jinx is a family girl and she's never really actually been about all these big ideas, I can agree with the writers that this represents her character.

It's just that... this much?

Man, COME ON. There were people making "Everything's Perfect" AUs since season 1, and they almost all had Powder be a student at the Academy. This girl was clearly passionate about her little inventions, her bombs didn't work but she kept and kept trying. You're telling me she would be completely uninterested in learning more about engineering, in getting a formal education in that, in doing anything with it? Since in this world, there's peace between Piltover and Zaun, we can't talk about any barriers to her becoming a student. And, for that matter, in League lore there's an academy in Zaun, too, that she could have attended.

Even Ekko points it out, man. Now, to the writers' credit, the story acknowledges quite clearly that Powder choosing to stay with Vander and help him run the bar is weird. It just... never explains it. Like why is she like this, though? Let's throw out some possibilies:

(1) in some scenes, there seems to be a little "jinxiness" in this Powder, too. maybe she's aware of that side of her, and doesn't like it, and fears that if she went off and did what she wanted, and was truly herself, it would ruin what she has, "things are good now" (in this case, this Powder is actually a tragic character. nowhere near ideal timeline stuff.)

(2) in act 1 of season 1, the reason Vi makes Powder stay back is because she fears losing her, after Vander tells her that she might lose Powder in a confrontation with Piltover. since Vi dies in this universe, on a job, maybe in that moment Powder internalizes that rocking the boat in any way is bad. Vi was spirited and had big ideas and wanted to be someone and it led to her death. so maybe this Powder gave up on all of that then. Vander seems like the type to give her a "look what happens" speech, too.

But these are just my theories. This doesn't ever get properly explained in the show. So then maybe Powder is actually content like this and likes this and maybe these people constantly pestering her that she could do and be more are just annoying nuisances to her, same as Sevika is an annoying nuisance to Jinx in the original timeline (although there it makes significantly more sense).

(Also, why is Vi even dead in this universe? They could've easily found another way for Piltover and Zaun to make peace. Guess Jinx doesn't even get to be happy in the Perfect Timeline, goddamn, girl really is cursed after all.)

If you're gonna spend an entire episode on fix-it fanfiction that is supposed to pander to fans and give them, on screen, what they always wanted to see, why didn't we get grown up Powder in a cute academy uniform, being a top student and working on school projects and being loved by her professors cause girl was a prodigy.

Instead... this is Ekko in this universe, actually.

Ekko is the "big idea guy" and he's working on an entry to the innovations fair and he gets to be Heimerdinger's pupil. To her credit, this Powder still seems to be very smart, Ekko comes to her for help cause he can't actually build his invention alone. But she only uses her intellect to help Ekko. I always thought it would be Powder who would be Heimerdinger's pupil. Instead, here, she's hanging off Ekko's arm, and being all cute, as he discusses Important Stuff with Heimerdinger, stuff that she doesn't get to be privy to, but that she is expected to help them with anyway.

So AU Powder is this very smart girl who is helping her boyfriend build his entry for a contest because he can't actually do it himself but it's okay she'll help him of course and no he can take all the credit she doesn't want to be recognized or anything or to go to like University that would be crazy she's doing it cause she loves him and she's sweet like that and she likes to help others and she doesn't have any character traits that make her difficult she's just a cute funny and relatable down-to-earth girl and she pokes fun at Ekko but like in a loving way and she likes being a waitress and she'd rather be recognized for her dancing skills and................ I'm sorry.....................

So you're telling me Ekko gets transported into an alternate timeline in which his childhood crush who never liked him back is stripped of all her personality, has no goals or ambitions of her own and has no interests besides being his supportive girlfriend, is devoid of all the traits that might have made a relationship with her difficult, and despite the fact that she never showed interest in him in the original world, here she is head over heels for him, always acting all lovey-dovey with him and being nothing but a cute and affectionate puppy.

This is every little boy's with an unrequited crush dream right here. Man, Ekko won more than any other character in this show. And she's mentally ill, too! He's hit the jackpot. Y'all what the fuck am I watching.

I'm sorry but literally ALL I COULD FUCKING SEE WHEN I WAS WATCHING THIS STUPID DANCE SCENE was that in this universe Powder is a good christian girl who stays home with her dad and loves her boyfriend and is always happy to help WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GOOD GIRL PROPAGANDA get this bullshit OFF my fucking screen I cannot fucking believe what I'm watching here

Moving on.

Ekko has hurt Jinx more than any other character in the show.

Physically speaking.

Ekko is the one who does this.

Which leads to this.

Which ultimately leads to this.

It has always confused me and it continues to confuse me why no one in this fandom treats Jinx being injected with shimmer as a big deal, when this is the worst thing that happens to her post episode 3. And it's a point of no return for her character, she can't undo this. And yeah I know everyone thought Shimmer Jinx was cool in season 2, but her being turned into a half-dead monster is not a good progression for her character. She also goes through agonizing pain in the process.

Singed agrees.

It's Ekko who forces Jinx between death and being turned into a half-dead corpse. It's actually insane to me that no one in the fandom considers this and that this is never brought up in the show. If they wanted Jinx and Ekko to be a thing, you'd think this would be a big deal in their relationship. Ekko has changed her irreparably, for the worse.

Idk, is the guy who beat you up and left you for dead really boyfriend material?

This is the first moment Jinx shows any interest in Ekko. Interesting timing.

I'm pretty sure she doesn't even mention his name post act 3 of season 1. She doesn't wonder about whether he's alright after the bridge fight (for that matter, neither does he). The first time when Jinx looks at him with any hint of affection is when she's standing on a ledge, ready to throw herself off.

Jinx has no one anymore at this point. Her old family is long gone. Silco is dead. Isha is dead. Vi has decided having a good time with Caitlyn is more important than her. This is Jinx at her lowest moment. Does she like him back or is he just the only one who showed up?

Ekko is a winner once again. His crush has been abandoned by everyone, and he is the only one left to comfort her. Luck like this is hard to come by. And of course, she's gonna be super impressed and touched by any sliver of affection now. Probably gonna look at him with big, grateful eyes, and see him as her savior. I'm disgusted.

By the way, this should have never been Ekko. If Vi was too busy with fucking Caitlyn, this should have been Sevika. Sevika is the only character who has known Jinx since she was a child, and who has been with her through every iteration. And she's the only character who has never cared whether she's Jinx or Powder or any other persona she decides to take up, to her she'll always just be an annoying kid. And to Jinx this might actually be comforting. Sevika is the only one who has a realistic perspective on Jinx, and recognizes her flaws, so her talking her down might have actually been very touching, and there are things she could tell her that neither Vi nor Silco could.

(The fuck could Ekko tell her, honestly? That he went off to an alternate universe where she was his perfect girlfriend, so she shouldn't kill herself actually? What the fuck.)

I also wanna talk a bit about Jinx's resolution as a character. Not her fake-out death, but her in the last episode. I think it's interesting that everyone who had a connection to Jinx is gone, namely Silco and Isha. Silco and Isha are both people she chooses, actively, and she is herself around. Instead, now, she's back to Vi and Ekko, the same people that were with her in her childhood. This is a full circle moment for her.

This is Powder right here, guys. Powder was a little girl who made a mistake and then she went off on this journey where she met new people and she was someone else and it was fun for a while but ultimately she realized what she was doing was bad and she came back to her family and is ready to be that little, sweet girl again. The problem with the Powder-Jinx dichotomy is that Jinx, as much as she represents all this bad stuff that the show has made clear, also represents Freedom and Power, two things that Powder definitively lacked. Her coming full circle, coming back to Powder, is not actually a good resolution for her. She's right back where she started, with Vi and Ekko. Her venturing off on her own and making her own decisions was ultimately a mistake that only lead to her suffering. We can take this all the way back to when she decides to venture off on her own with that bomb, despite Vi's disagreement, and the consequences plague her for the rest of the story.

I know everyone thought it looked super cool when she lifted off that hood, but I could only think it was tragic.

[ropes3amthoughts]

I just finished Arcane and holy shit

Ok so it took me forever to watch because I had work (idk if I need to clarify but I’m not allowed to like spend the money my parents put it in an account for college so it’s not really like my money so it kinda sucks) and when I got home my little brother was hogging the upstairs tv for forntite and my parents were binging their own tv show downstairs and when my brother finally got off forntite my little little sister was playing fortnite on the tv and she said she promised to turn it off after her game and it took like an hour and a half 😭 and then my brother wanted to watch with me but he hadn’t finished the first season so we started watching the first season but then he got bored and started playing Roblox so then I could finally watch the final episodes and I didn’t wanna go online until I finished them bc I was afraid to be spoiled lmao but I am now ready to face the spoilers

Anyways I’m fucking floored

Godddddd that shit fucked me up so bad I can’t believe so much stuff that happened like they killed all those guys and like shut the fuck uppoppp outhhhhhjj 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 dude Jinx and Vi being apart always is killing me like in the alternate universe Vi was dead and now Jinx is dead are you serious shut the fuvk up I’m killing myself (not actually don’t get worried about me) oughhhhbthe sisters they’re like doomed by the narrative sisters or whatever the fuck Ough dude

I’m surprised by how many things people predicted online like Timebomb being canon and Ekko saving the day and that Vi would lose someone and stuff like wow these people predicted everything also how did Timebomb get nicknamed Timebomb like Jinx is the bomb part obviously lmao but how did Ekko get time? The ship is even more fitting with the time travel shit Ekko can do now lmao so it makes me wonder like how did it even get called that in the beginning? Also I’m glad Ekko got more focus he was cast to the side so much and the happy universe destroyed me like it was so peaceful and nice and stuff Ough the fanfic authors are gonna go crazy with this one because Timebomb is canon and because the AU thing like there’s so many AU stories you could play with bro take those feelings from the end of the show and make them a fic I believe in you guys

Dude that dimension Jayce ended up in was creepy as shit when the things started moving I was like “ewwww” I would’ve pissed myself if I was Jayce those evolved people all metally and empty and shit are so creepy ick

Mel is so great I love Mel her having magic powers is badass she’s the best

Dude I can’t believe the CaitVi sex scene was real you were right lesbians tbh I didn’t think it would happen but I didn’t think the people saying it were like delusional and horny or anything I just didn’t expect them to be doing that in the show like with all the conflict happening I didn’t see where that would fit in but but boy they made time for it and like I’m sex repulsed asexual so usually I be skipping shit like that but holy balls you guys Vi is so sexy like her with the longer hair too aghhhh foaming at the mouth when she pulled her shirt off and it showed her tattooed back I started coughing so hard I nearly started choking lord Vi meow meow hey girl meowwww that should’ve been me like ok sorry guys this is unprofessional of me like this whole rant is not very organized but I am being inappropriate my bad gang

Also the Caitlyn being like “I saw someone” and Vi being like “I don’t fucking care” was so funny I think the way Maddie got treated was so funny like Vi didn’t give a fuck about her Caitlyn brushed her off like girl you were cooked and then she was evil to add salt to the wound and then they killed her off? Lmaooooo that’s one way to write her out of the relationship

The Vi and Jinx stuff fucked me up so bad I can’t with them the sisters stuff is fucking me up so bad ough

God the part where Jinx ran off to go kill herself and Ekko kept turning back time to save her floored me like what the fuck. What the fuck. Goddddd that scene was so fucked up but then he did save her but then she died later and like fuckkkkk Ough Jinx I love you Jinx she’s a great character I hate that she got killed in the end like why was Vander even still crazy didn’t the people turn back to normal after why was Vander still fucked up and evil and why didn’t Vi just jump away like he already died once girl it wasn’t meant to be dude what the fuck oh my god she like couldn’t leave Vander behind and she was stuck in the past and it cost her what she did have in the present which was Jinx fuck this show 😭😭😭😭

The art was immaculate once again I tried love reacting on discord as best as I could but there were times where I was just glued to the screen there were so many intense scenes and stuff and like woweee

Dude it is so fucked up how Vi lost like fucking everyone like she lost her parents and Claggor and Mylo and Vander and that guy I forget his name who was like a dad to her and he helped her out when she was sad and stuff and Jinx and Vander again and she was sort of friends with Jayce and she sort of knew Isha but like damn everybody fucking died she lost everybody except Caitlyn my poor girl

Speaking of Caitlyn she’s so badass I love her eyepatch

Dude who the Mage was tripped me up for so long and idk if it was intentional or not but I was tripping over myself trying to figure out if I was Jayce, Viktor, or Mel who did it and it was Viktor omfg dude the Viktor stuff was crazy he died and came back to life so many times and he like lost himself his new design was insane and him being the one to give Jayce the Arcane because he was the only one who could give him that experience and whatever dudeeeeee oh yeah during that scene where Jayce reaches out to him it’s all emotional and stuff but I got distracted making jokes about how Jayce is a disabled ally I mean he totally is but I was being like “#ally” just being a goof but it is sweet for him to say that I think the whole message was kind of sweet like humanity is flawed but if you make everything perfect what’s even left and like accepting loss and conflict and change and everything and oughhhh it’s truly a beautiful story

More about jokes though was it just me or did Silco in Jinx’s imagination look like Sans Undertale lmaooo like he had the pale face and the glowing blue eye he totally looked like Sans

All the shit with Jinx seeming like she died but then being alive only got her to die was fucked up that’s like I’m Scavenger’s Reign where I forget his name almost dies like 5 times only to end up actually dying like what was all that fight for? Why did you keep us on edge and let them live only to kill then later? That’s so cruel.

Mel was so cool dude she just gets magic and I love that for her wowee

Lord I really thought they wouldn’t kill any major characters but they did dude

I love the music it felt intense right at the right moments

I loved all the like parallels(?) to earlier moments like with Vi seeing the girl with the same color hair as her sister and freaking out kinda like how Jinx did and stuff

I think I talked about everything I wanted to talk about? Idk lmao but god that show is so fucking good I’m fucked up the Jinx death fucked me up the most like why can’t there be happy sisters ough I’m happy at least Vi and Cait are there together good for them

What a kickass show I would recommend it’s so good