#jinx/powder

[out-here-trying]

Update

I would like to amend my theory, just a little.

I have seen the theory all over the place that Jinx is still alive because you can see a little blur escape the explosion, and I want to believe that theory with all my being.

Sooo....

In the other world, she is just powder, not Jinx. In the real world, Jinx is no longer conflicted about who she is, firmly landing on Jinx.

So, one could argue that the identity of Powder is dead "Powder.. fell down a well" and that is who we are seeing in the other world.

spoilers for arcane act 3

guys, we should have know jinx was gonna die

Hear me out

so yk the perfect universe the Ekko is in for ep7??? Weeeeellllll

literally every one he interacts with in that universe is dead

Silco, Vander, Milo, Clager(Idk how to spell his name), even Benso showed up. What do they all have in common?

they dead.

our final clue is when Himerdinger (no way in hell I spelled that right) dies doing science shit right before Ekko leaves. He is the only other person in that universe that isn’t dead in the main one, but arcane writers made sure to clear that up.

[err0r4x]

Amy and Shadow would totally be Jinx/Powder worshipers and would love talk about her with each other XDDD

[sleepylittlesloth]

Okay here we go:

Jinx is Powders' ability to do something.

Powder; having grown up in the undercity, being unable to help her older family members, has always been forced to be the observer.

Despite her efforts to change this and cause change to help, it never worked and the attempt would often cause the situation to make things worse.

(A lot of this post will be about the music video "My enemy," so maybe watch that after as a refresher)

Anyways, when watching the MV, if you focus on just the clips of powder sitting alone at the bar with her monkey. She goes from melancholic to happy; laughing, head thrown back in glee, to subdued with a sad smile, all while sitting alone at the bar.

This hints at her early psychosis and also shows her reflecting on her memories of Vi and the group.

<sidenote, in the scenes of vi giving everyone a demonstration on some martial arts, the other crew that attacked them are there, showing them all being undercity kids and how they could've been friends if the circumstances werent so awful. Poverty pits them against one another.>

The firefly coming out've powders mouth, showing both her loss of childhood wonder and innocence, immediately followed by a flash of Jinx.

Losing the firefly, which also represents losing her childhood friend ekko, shows that in order to be Jinx, she had to let Ekko go, the last string tying her to everyone she'd known till that point.

The next flash of Jinx we see is when Powder pretends to shoot the enforcer. So first was Powder, who is helpless to do anything against the enforcers, followed by jinx, forshadowing that jinx has the ability to actually do damage. Jinx, who can do something against the evil enforcers who always walk through and hurt them, abuse them, intimidate them. Jinx has the power to change that when Powder couldn't.

Another moment that caught my eye was the scene of Powder standing by while two guys beat up Mylo. This might explain why Mylo is always so tough on Powder, because she's so young, she's looked over and not beaten up so much, unlike him, and she gets to be protected, unlike him. His anger comes from envy (maybe).

Anyways, powder in this scene is helpless, then they're running away from enforcers. This also makes me think that these two have been paired up before, and this situation mightve happened.

Eg, mylo takes powder for a walk to go somewhere but then theyre intervened by some guys who then take mylo into an ally to beat him up, maybe rob him, humiliating him in front of powder who is helpless to do anything but watch.

Then theres this scene with Powder standing alone surrounded by enforcers, she cant do anything about it, as she's poweless, but Jinx can, and there jinx appears, assessing, strong, confident, everything Powder isnt.

Yet Jinx can't do anything while Powders on the wheel, so Powder disappears, leaving Jinx to take out the enforcers. It's only once the dangers gone that powder returns.

This shows that powder is the one Jinx was created to protect since powders' main protector [Vi] left.

In the Projector clips of Powder lipsyncing, this feels like we're seeing into Powders mind. The clip of the freeze frame of jinx on the projector aka the one in control, shows Powder desperately trying to get rid of Jinx, trying to retake control of her body.

But Powder is trapped in the mind, forced to watch everything play out because Jinx has to protect Powder, but it's never safe now, with everything happening, so Powders never allowed out.

Jinx's trauma locked her in as that little girl

What does this all mean?

Jinx is Powders persona to protect herself

So everytime Powder was powerless, Jinx is there to be her power

Jinx's whole drive and purpose is to protect Powder

[lunarninja613]

Crosshair, about Wynnie and Jinx: They're good kids.

Wynnie and Jinx: *blowing stuff up in the background*

Everyone: *looks at Crosshair in shock and disbelief*

Crosshair, not the least bit concerned: They��re good kids.

[squishidoodles]

A few Arcane doodles

[lunarninja613]

Yes! Thank you! Girly needs a found family that can help her heal, but also accept her for her craziness and join her.

Listen I know she is unhinged, responsible for multiple atrocities, and a danger to herself and others. But have you ever considered that she is tiny and sad and I love her?

[alasion-art]

Unwilling revolutionary 💢

[eriochromatic]

blue, like the rooftops of the city over yonder blue, like the ghosts of brothers long gone

blue, like the crystalized hope of tomorrow blue, like my hair he'd braid gently when long

blue, like the ocean that drowned all my sorrows blue, like the smoke of my sister's last song

Day 8: Blue

[cruelcomfort]

- "Where'd you learn those moves?" - "I was just following your lead."

[bookish-cravings]

No because what do you mean they were best friends as kids and Ekko had a crush on her, and then he tries to ‘rescue’ her from Silco but she doesn’t want to go with him and they end up on opposing sides as enemies and he insists that ‘Powder is gone, only Jinx is left’ but he paints a mural for Powder as one of the people they’ve lost and when he has the chance to kill her he can’t bring himself to do it because he still cares about her and she tries to blow them both up because she views death as mercy and wants to die with him and then he gets sent to another universe where she’s still Powder and he falls in love with her all over again and he goes back to his universe convinced he can save her and he has to watch her kill herself over and over again before managing to convince her to live and join the fight and they do and he wears her paint and then she just… dies anyways and now he’s lost her for like, the NINTH TIME

Arcane writers you will start coughing in 10 days

[krussyarts]

So that act 2 huh

(original doodle + smth extra under cut)

The gang! "Huh", "wake me up inside by evanescence", "do yuo hav gamez on ur phobne" and "i brought a gun to the rave" anywayy i drew them together

[err0r4x]

NO WAY JINX/POWDER BDAY IS IN THE SAME DAY AS MINE

[my-hyperfixations]

Oh I’m gonna cry

[lunarninja613]

*The Bad Batch and Phee at Crosshair and company's hideout*

Echo: Whose kids are those wreaking havoc outside?

Hunter: What do they look like?

Tech: We are uncertain. There is too much fire caused by their explosions.

Crosshair, doesn't even have to look out the window to know who it is: *tired dad sigh* Yeah, those are my kids.

[unknown-cold]

This art is very sad and painful (and they say that Vi didn't suffer much in the show)

The artist: @jsnrksapphic on Twitter/X

[johnconn]

The fact that Ekko went back in time god knows how many times again and again to get jinx to not kill herself only to end up losing her again makes me INSANE