HIGHKEY don't want timebomb to ever become a thing
Everything they represent is the sacrifice Jinx made when she cast aside Powder. That's all their fight was about: Ekko realising that Powder is dead and all that's left is Jinx.
And on that note, Jinx can't possibly be redeemable. No fucking way. Not only would that be a terrible writing choice since her story is all about her descending into Jinx and we also know that this is what she is in league of legends (never played it though so I can't really talk!), but personally i think that redeemable villains are very overdone nowdays.
Back to my point, Ekko and Jinx just stand for different things fundamentally. Sure, they're both a symbol for the same people, the ones they grew up with. But Jinx has steered off that path. She's not doing anything out of the goodness of her heart or the fact that she wants what's best for them, but out of revenge and hatred. She's not looking toward a future, she's looking towards eradicating Piltover for what it's done to her. That simple.
Ekko is the leader of the Fireflies. They're the third party in the story. They're not driven by any of Zaun's (emphasis that it's not the same under city Ekko strives to protect) or Piltover's ideals. He recognises that both sides are harmful for the people. I think incorporating that into season 2 would be very interesting plot wise and politically.
In conclusion, I have steered from the point but it is that Ekkojinx isn't a romance story, it's the unraveling of a friendship. Sure, the romantic elements are very much there but I think they're for the strengthening of that argument and it makes it even more sad and tragic.
Not really important, but “how Jinx is in League of Legends” means nothing in terms of Arcane, for two reasons:
- Characters are extremely different between League Lore and Arcane. Vi hates cops more than anyone in Arcane, and she’s kinda just personified police brutality in League. It’s arguably worse with Jinx, she’s just a kooky crazy explosion addict with a vauge backstory in the game, not a heavily traumatized child who accidentally killed her family and developed psychosis to cope.
- All of League Lore is being retconed to match Arcane anyway, so you might as well stick with the main text.
Again, this doesn’t really matter, I agree with you overall, just wanted to clarify