History Characters / ArcaneJinx

* TheMadHatter: For all her flaws, Jinx seems to be ''well aware'' that she's insane. When Vi assumes she [[spoiler:cut off Caitlyn's head]], Jinx scoffs that she's "not ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards THAT]]'' crazy". On a more dramatic level, Jinx finally embodies her crazy and destructive tendencies in the first season finale when she [[spoiler:fires a rocket at the Council, destroying any chance of peace between Zaun and Piltover as well as any possible reconciliation with her sister]].
* MeaningfulAppearance: Her iconic ankle-level braids. It's shown that she never cut her hair since the day [[spoiler:she accidentally killed her family and Vi left her]]. Her hair, like her trauma, outgrew her.

* CorruptTheCutie: After Powder [[spoiler:accidentally gets her family killed with her monkey bomb and is hit and apparently abandoned by Vi]], she is found by Silco, who takes her in out of pity and raises her as his own, shaping her into a ruthless [[MadBomber bomb-throwing sociopath]] dependent on his love and approval by the time Act 2 starts.
* CradlingYourKill: Jinx gently holds [[spoiler: Silco]]'s face after she accidentally shoots him, then breaks down in tears into his lap after he dies.

* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Develops these between acts 1 and 2. [[spoiler:Her Shimmer surgery makes them even more prominent.]]

* TheCutie: There's no denying she's ''painfully'' endearing as a child, what with those PuppyDogEyes and sweet personality. Said personality ''completely'' turns on its head after Episode 3, though she remains [[CuteAndPsycho cute as a button]].

** The bridge scene in Episode 7 shows Jinx has fond memories of the times she played with Ekko as a kid. When they are fighting to the death and Ekko overpowers her, Jinx's pleading eyes to Ekko are grey, showcasing there is still Powder left in her. In a FreezeFrameBonus, her pupils are shown expending when she looks at Ekko, [[https://billingseyedocs.com/questions-about-your-eyes/why-your-eyes-dilate-when-you-see-someone-you-love/ which frequently happens when looking at someone you love.]] Despite the circumstances, Jinx still loves Ekko, but is too broken-up mentally, and once she realizes what they have become she attempts [[spoiler:suicide by detonating a grenade to [[TakingYouWithMe die with her former friend]]]].

* EyeColourChange: Powder initially has light grey eyes, in contrast to Jinx in the game. This changes over the course of the season, as "Powder" is further subsumed by "Jinx". The first sign comes from the final shots of Act 1, when Powder glares at the spot where [[spoiler:Vi had walked away from her]] and the surrounding flames reflected in her eye make it look purple. After the TimeSkip, Jinx retains blue eyes as a sign that there ''is'' still some trace of Powder in her... [[spoiler:Then her own grenade nearly kills her and she can only be saved by [[EmergencyTransformation a Shimmer infusion]]. From then on, Jinx is shown with glowing pink eyes (a side-effect of the operation) and she's at her most malicious and destructive.]]

** A sibling variant in Act I. As a child, Powder is desperate to prove her worth to her older siblings, which causes her to [[spoiler:follow them against Vi's wishes to rescue Vander and detonate a bomb that kills all of them but Vi]].

** In Episode 9, [[spoiler:Jinx shoots her minigun during a psychotic trance when she notices Silco was about to shoot Vi with her pistol]]. When she comes back to her senses, Jinx is ''horrified''.
* AchillesHeel: By Act 2, Vi is this to her. While she resents her sister for [[spoiler:seemingly abandoning her after she accidentally blew up their family]], Jinx goes into psychotic trances each time a memory of Vi triggers her past trauma. Despite it all, Jinx still hopes to reunite with her sister and have things go back to the way they were. Silco seems aware of this, and attempts to [[spoiler:shoot Vi when she tries to get Powder back to her senses (unknowingly making it worse for her)]]. This leads to [[spoiler:Jinx shooting Silco to protect Vi, which is the hammer in Powder's coffin and Jinx's full acceptal of her destructive identity when she understands that Vi wants ''Powder'' and not ''Jinx'']].

* RhymesOnADime: Briefly after [[spoiler:her and Vi's reunion crashes and burns. It helps convey how absolutely ''batshit'' she is now[[note]]To Vi, at least -- The audience doesn't need much (if any) reminder at this point[[/note]].]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Jinx:''' *[[DeathGlare Death Glaring]] at Vi* You're a class act, ''[[TermsOfEndangerment sister]]''. *[[MirthlessLaughter giggle]] through pissed-off ThousandYardStare* "Sister", thought I ''missed'' her! Bet ''you'' *shoves Pow-Pow in Vi's face* wouldn't miss her!]]

* SlasherSmile: Often breaks these out during fights, [[spoiler:much to Vi's horror.]]

* StepfordSmiler: Of the SlasherSmile variety, but Jinx hides her childhood trauma with a goofy and excitable personality. It's a thin paper mask that easily crumbles whenever a BerserkButton is activated and she unleashes destructive on her enemies and allies alike.

* TattooedCrook: Her right arm, side, and leg are tattooed with blue clouds.

* TookALevelInBadass: Powder was TheBabyOfTheBunch and pretty much useless in a fight, not even able to make her grenades explode. Jinx as a teenager is a MadBomber, a crack shot with a pistol, and can fight hand-to-hand well enough to nearly beat Vi's high score against the boxing robot. Takes another level following [[spoiler:the radical and traumatic surgery Singed performs on her to save her life in episode 8. When Caitlyn is holding her at gunpoint at the climax of the season, she reveals that [[EmpoweredBadassNormal thanks to the Shimmer infusion]] she can now [[FlashStep move almost faster than the eye can track]] and knocks Caitlyn out with one punch.]]

* TragicKeepsake: As of Act II, Jinx is revealed to have three: [[spoiler:Claggor's blood-stained goggles from the explosion she caused]], along with the stuffed bunny and the flare gun that Vi gave to her the last day they saw each other.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour:

* VillainousBSOD: Jinx has one when she mistakes a Fireflight for Vi in the sixth Episode.

** During her battle with the Firelights in Episode 6, she briefly freezes up when she knocks the mask off one of them and notices she resembles Vi. When she realizes it's not her, Jinx shoots the girl before firing her minigun in a craze, blowing up loads of shimmer and screaming like a madwoman.
** In the final Episode 9, Jinx is driven mad by hallucinations caused by Vi [[InnocentlyInsensitive trying to snap "Powder" out of it]]. It leads to Jinx [[spoiler:killing Silco when he attempted to shoot Vi. Upon killing her family ''a second time'', she fires a rocket at the Council in order to continue her father's legacy for an Independent Zaun]].

* WellDoneDaughterGal:

* AdaptationalModesty: Downplayed. Her outfit here is still pretty skimpy, but nowhere near as much as the bikini top, short-shorts and stocking she wears in the game. Justified, as she's still a teenager at present[[note]]She was somewhere between 9 and 12 in act 1, and acts 2 and 3 take place around 6 or 7 years later[[/note]].

* BeyondRedemption: Ekko believes this of Jinx in acts 2 and 3. [[spoiler:At the end of the season, Jinx [[ThenLetMeBeEvil agrees]], to Caitlyn and Vi's utter horror]].

* DistinctiveAppearances: By Act 2, she's the sole character with long hair that would make Rapunzel jealous, that Jinx sports in two braids that reach her ankles.

* EyeColourChange: Powder initially has light blue eyes, in contrast to Jinx in the game. This changes over the course of the season, as "Powder" is further subsumed by "Jinx". [[spoiler:The first sign comes from the final shots of Act 1, when Powder glares at the spot where Vi had walked away from her and the surrounding flames reflected in her eye make it look purple.]] After the TimeSkip, Jinx retains blue eyes as a sign that there ''is'' still some trace of Powder in her... [[spoiler:Then her own grenade nearly kills her and she can only be saved by [[EmergencyTransformation a Shimmer infusion]]. From then on, Jinx is shown with glowing pink eyes (a side-effect of the operation) and she's at her most malicious and destructive.]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation : While Powder wasn't always stable when Vi was not around, her [[SanitySlippage sanity starts deteriorating]] when she understands [[spoiler:Mylo, Claggor and Vander died because of ''her'' bomb, when Vi had told her to ''stay put''. It only gets worse for her when Vi leaves her to cool off, leading Powder to think she had abandoned her]].

* MeaningfulRename: Her changing her name to Jinx shows an acceptance of her destructive tendencies and distancing herself from her past as Powder.

* NeverBeHurtAgain: The reason she became Jinx in the first place: she associates her past identity, Powder, to nothing but pain and heartache considering [[spoiler:she unwillingly caused the deaths of her family when she was trying to help]] and how every single thing she tried to do as a kid only led to her "jinxing it up". Now older and stronger, Jinx accepts her role as an enforcer of chaos and destruction, but is still fueled by insecurities and fear of being perceived as "weak" or "useless" like she was in her childhood.

** Downplayed, however, that Jinx isn't saying it to Vi in an accusatory manner: she seems to be ''thanking Vi'' for "pushing her" to becoming strong in the present day. [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame Vi doesn't see it as a compliment, and is clearly guilt-ridden for her role in Jinx's creation]].

* SanitySlippage: After Act 1, her screws loosen further and further over the season [[spoiler:and pretty much come out altogether after Singed's "operation".]]

* PracticallyJoker: AxCrazy? LeanAndMean? Chaotic fighting style? Pale complexion? LaughingMad? TheDreaded? [[SecondaryColorNemesis Association with purple]]? Name that starts with "j"? Yeah, it becomes less subtle as the season goes on. Of all Joker incarnations, she bears the most resemblance to Arthur Fleck, another [[DeconstructedTrope realistic portrayal]] of a character whose insanity was originally just shorthand for [[InsaneEqualsViolent "I will commit crimes in the most eccentric way possible"]]. Both of them started out as psychologically tormented but decent people who had the misfortune of being born into a WretchedHive that the elitist jerks in power made sure never got any better. Over the course of their stories, their mental health deteriorates further due to a TraumaCongaLine until they finally snap and their "J" persona [[ThatManIsDead completely overtakes the person they once were]].
** Many fans have also noted that Ella Purnell's voice for Jinx sounds very similar to Creator/MargotRobbie's portrayal of Comicbook/HarleyQuinn, an influence Purnell has confirmed in interviews.

** In the next episode when she reunites with Vi, Jinx lampshades this moment by telling her "[[ThisWomanIsDead Powder fell down a well]]".

* PyschoPink: Jinx mainly uses bright pink colors in her MadArtist doodles, and by Episode 8 [[spoiler:her eyes permanently turn pink after Singed's operation]], which makes her look far more dangerous and deranged.

* MisplacedRetribution: Her abandonment issues with Vi and [[spoiler:the hallucinations caused by Singed infusing her with Shimmer to drag her back from the brink of death]] make her direct a lot of hatred towards Caitlyn, with whom she believes Vi has [[ReplacementGoldfish replaced her]].

* NeverBeHurtAgain: The reason she became Jinx in the first place: she associates her past identity, Powder, to nothing but pain and heartache considering [[spoiler:she unwillingly caused the deaths of her family when she was trying to help]] and how every single thing she tried to do only led to her "jinxing it up". Now older and stronger, Jinx accepts her role as enforcer of chaos and destruction, but is still fueled by insecurities and fear of being perceived as "weak" or "useless" like in her childhood.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:In episode 9 she claims that her current "Jinx" mindset is all on Vi, even though -- as Ekko points out -- Jinx has been making her own decisions ever since they were separated. In truth, Vi only played a very small, unintentional part, and even if Powder ''had'' been too young know any better, her actions are still ''way'' more on her than on Vi.]]

* TheParanoiac: As of Act II, one of her defining traits is thinking that those she cares about are plotting against her. Her {{hallucinations}} only add fuel to the fire and distorts her view of reality.

* ReestablishingCharacterMoment: In episode 4, [[spoiler:Ekko and the Firelights ambush one of Silco's airships to destroy the Shimmer on board. All seems to being going well until [[OhCrap they notice the dark-light monkey painted on the wall]], and then a swing goes over their heads to reveal a similar dark-light "BOOM" painted on its underside. Cue explosion. A pair of boots then [[MenacingStroll moseys into frame]], and an older Powder -- [[WalkingArmory armed to the teeth]] -- blows her fringe out of her face and announces herself with "Hi." She then draws a pair of grenades, pulls the pins with her teeth through a [[DeathGlare menacing glare]] and chucks them at her opponents, who are knocked over the side of the airship shortly before the explosions go off. The audience clearly understands that [[NiceGirl loving]], [[CuteClumsyGirl klutsy]] little Powder is now a [[TheDreaded deeply feared]] MadBomber who can [[DarkActionGirl more than hold her own]] and clearly isn't firing on all cylinders.]]

** At the end of Episode 3, [[spoiler:the flames from the burning cannery reflect in Powder's InnocentBlueEyes, turning them [[RedEyesTakeWarning Jinx's sinister reddish-pink]].]]

* CreepyBlueEyes: While Powder had greyish blue eyes [[InnocentBlueEyes that symbolized her innocence]], Jinx has bright blue eyes by Act 2, which makes her look far more menacing and insane. While her eyes occasionally turn grey [[RuleOfSymbolism to hint there's some hints of Powder left in her]], [[spoiler:they permanently turn pink after Singed performs an emergency surgery after Jinx's bomb almost kills her]].

* InnocentBlueEyes: They begin as a light gray, like her sister, but noticeably turn blue after her encounter with hextech. Either way, they highlight her youth and relative inexperience compared to the others. [[spoiler: She loses them permanently after being pumped full of Shimmer by Singed, which comes with the side effect of turning her eyes a [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red-pink]].]]

* SheWhoFightsMonsters: The series starts with a toddler named Powder losing her parents to Enforcers on the bridge. Twelve-ish years later, Powder has become become Jinx, a violent MadBomber who kills several Enforcers on the ''very same bridge'', leaving [[spoiler: Marcus']] daughter, and who knows how many other children, an orphan.

* TermsOfEndangerment: Upon reuniting with Ekko in Episode 7, Jinx sarcastically refers to him as "the Boy Savior", as a mockery to his past nickname "Little Man". It takes a sadder turn since it's hinted Ekko previously tried to save Powder from Silco in the past, but failed doing so and their friendship fell apart afterwards.

* TragicKeepsake: As of Act II, Jinx is revealed to have three: [[spoiler:Claggor's blood-stained goggles from the explosion she caused]], the stuffed bunny and the flare gun that Vi gave to her the last day they saw each other.

* VillainousBreakdown: During her battle with the Firelights, she briefly freezes up when she knocks the mask off one of them and notices she resembles Vi.

*** On top of that, [[spoiler:she actively hallucinates both his and Claggor's ghosts either whispering in the background during normal conversation or outright ''screaming'' at her during moments of extreme stress. It's clear that their deaths -- and [[ItsAllMyFault her responsibility for them]] -- hit her ''hard''.]]
** [[spoiler:She's moved to [[TearsOfJoy genuine tears]] when Vi comes for her after she sets off her flare, though it doesn't take long before Caitlyn turns up and Jinx assumes they were plotting against her.]]
** [[spoiler: After Jinx shoots Silco in the heat of the moment, he confirms that he loves her and thinks she's perfect the way she is as she weeps for him. As weird and unhealthy as their father-daughter bond may have been, it was still ''real''.]]

* TheMadHatter: For all her flaws, Jinx seems to be ''well aware'' that she's insane. When Vi assumes she [[spoiler:cut off Caitlyn's head]], Jinx scoffs that she's "not ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards THAT]]" crazy". On a more dramatic level, Jinx finally embodies her crazy and destructive tendencies in the first season finale when she [[spoiler:fires a rocket at the Council, destroying any chance of peace between Zaun and Piltover as well as any possible reconciliation with her sister]].

* VillainousBSOD: During her battle with the Firelights, she briefly freezes up when she knocks the mask off one of them and notices she resembles Vi.

* SlasherSmile: Often breaks these out during fights, [[spoiler:much to Vi's dismay.]]

[[Characters/ArcaneMainCharacters Main Characters]] ([[Characters/ArcaneVi Vi]], '''Jinx''', [[Characters/ArcaneSilco Silco]]) | [[Characters/ArcaneSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]]]]]-]

* AllTakeAndNoGive: How she behaves in acts 2 and 3: She expects anyone she likes to always be there for and support her, and to be completely devoted ''only'' to her. She may [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely care about]] her more [[SureLetsGoWithThat "positive"]] relations, but she's also ''violently'' possessive of them. This attitude is best shown when she [[spoiler:attempts to [[SadisticChoice force Vi to]] [[ShootYourMate shoot Caitlyn]], promising Vi she could have "Powder" back if she did]].

* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:After being nearly killed during her fight with Ekko, Silco brings her to Singed to save her, which he can only do by injecting her with massive doses of Shimmer. The procedure permanently lightens her skin and turns her eyes a [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning reddish-pink]].]]

* NiceGirl: Powder was absolutely this. She may have been [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour more than a little nuts]], but she obviously loved her (non-[[BigBrotherBully Mylo]]) family and wanted to help them however she could. Then [[spoiler:she accidentally blew them up]], her and Vi's relationship fell apart, and [[EvilMentor Silco]] took her in and [[TookALevelInJerkass raised her into a]] [[MadBomber complete]] {{Jerkass}}.

* FanDisservice: Jinx's [[BareYourMidriff midriff-bearing]], SideBoob-flashing outfit would normally be a case of FanService, if she wasn't so borderline-ghoulishly pale and scrawny.

* PracticallyJoker: AxCrazy? LeanAndMean? Chaotic fighting style? Pale complexion? LaughingMad? TheDreaded? [[SecondaryColorNemesis Association with purple]]? Name that starts with "j"? Yeah, it becomes less subtle as the season goes on. Of all Joker incarnations, she bears the most resemblance to [[Characters/Joker2019ArthurFleckJoker Arthur Fleck]], another [[DeconstructedTrope realistic portrayal]] of a character whose insanity was originally just shorthand for [[InsaneEqualsViolent "I will commit crimes in the most eccentric way possible"]]. Both of them started out as psychologically tormented but decent people who had the misfortune of being born into a WretchedHive that the elitist jerks in power made sure never got any better. Over the course of their stories, their mental health deteriorates further due to a TraumaCongaLine until they finally snap and their "J" persona [[ThatManIsDead completely overtakes the person they once were]].

** Jinx accidentally [[spoiler:shoots Silco in a psychotic panic when he tries to shoot Vi. Despite believing that he was going to sacrifice her to Piltover to ensure Zaun's independence, she tearfully runs to the only person who's cared about her for years, desperately apologizing to him as he's bleeding out. He uses his last words to assure her that he would ''never'' have done so, and asserts that he thinks she's perfect as she is.]] It obviously shatters whatever's left of her heart.

** JerkassFacade: However, it's clear that the "Jinx" persona is nothing but mask she puts on in order to protect Powder, her broken inner child, [[NeverBeHurtAgain from further harm.]] Even at her worst, Jinx never forgave herself for [[spoiler:accidentally killing her family]], is shown to fondly remember her time with Ekko as kids and genuinely wants to reconnect with her sister.

* SpoiledBrat: Her life isn't exactly rosy, but Silco caters to her every desire, scolds her a grand total of ''one time'', constantly validates her actions and protects her from any consequences, including taking the blame for her worst actions. While this keeps Jinx happy most of the time, it also makes her more easily agitated and angered when things don't go her way and more willing to hurt Silco's goons, his standing with Piltover and even Silco himself.

* AdaptationalBadass: She was never exactly a wimp in-game, but after [[spoiler:Singed pipes her full of Shimmer she's briefly shown moving as fast as the Turbo Chemtanks that Vi and Jayce fought earlier.]][[note]]Jinx's mobility in the game is actually rather poor compared to many other champions, relying more on CC from her attacks to escape than personal mobility -- Until she gets a takedown or destroys a tower, which causes her to "Get Excited!" and briefly move at intensely high speed. Shimmer is also known to [[MadeOfIron enhance the user's physical resistance]], while Jinx is -- per her class -- an extremely fragile GlassCannon in-game, even if she ''does'' have a slightly higher base health than many other Marksmen.[[/note]]

* AllTakeAndNoGive: How she behaves in acts 2 and 3: She expects anyone she likes to always be there for and support her, and to be completely devoted ''only'' to her. She may [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely care about]] her more[[SureLetsGoWithThat "positive"]] relations, but she's also ''violently'' possessive of them. This attitude is best shown when she [[spoiler:attempts to [[SadisticChoice force Vi to]] [[ShootYourMate shoot Caitlyn]], promising Vi she could have "Powder" back if she did]].

** She still has her association with monkeys from the game, though here it's more a case of [[ManiacMonkeys the maniacal version]] than [[MischiefMakingMonkey the mischievous]]: As a child, she puts together a bomb [[spoiler:that gets most of her adopted family killed]] using the stolen Hex crystal and a CymbalBangingMonkey toy, she leaves graffiti of a monkey's face as her calling card, and she has a tendency to perch in high places -- Usually the rafters in Silco's office or her hidey-hole mentioned in {{Foil}} below.

* BigBadSlippage: Season 1 details how the innocent Powder was shaped into the AxCrazy Jinx, as a disastrous accident from her youth and Silco's guidance build her into an uncontrollable psychopath. She subsequently serves as TheHeavy of the season, initially working on Silco's behalf before her growing instability drives her to acts of terrorism that worsen the relations between the two cities (culminating in her [[spoiler:bombing the Piltover Council at the end of the season finale]]).

* BreakTheCutie: Poor Powder gets absolutely ''shattered'' in Episode 3. [[spoiler: The explosion she causes at Silco's factory kills Claggor outright, kills Mylo a few seconds later, breaks Vi's arm and forces Vander to pull a HeroicSacrifice. Upon realizing this, Powder is so horrified that she can barely form a coherent apology before Vi snaps at her, further traumatizing the young girl. Vi then walks away to calm down and avoid hurting her further, but this only convinces Powder that Vi has abandoned her.]]
* BrokenBird: In the present day, Jinx is still haunted by her past, plagued by hallucinations of her deceased loved ones and crippled with self-doubt. By Episode 9, she's a shell of her former self [[spoiler:when she kills Silco by accident in a frenzy and severes ties with Vi, who cannot love her for who she is: a jinx]].

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Powder in Act I, despite the rough environment she has to grow up in, is a fairly happy little girl who tries hard to be useful to her sister. Her innocence ends up being her downfall when [[spoiler:she overloads her monkey bomb with Hex crystals, causing an explosion that kills her entire family except for Vi]].

* ConflictingLoyalty: After she reunites with Vi, Jinx is torn between her identity as Powder, Vi's little sister, and Jinx, Silco's daughter and second-in-command. [[spoiler:After she accidentally kills Silco to save Vi, Jinx accepts her new identity before going rogue and firing a missile at the council, in order to live her father's dream]].
* CorruptTheCutie: After Powder [[spoiler:gets her family killed by accident with her monkey bomb and is hit and abandoned by Vi]], she is then found by Silco, who takes her by pity and raises her like his own, shaping her into a ruthless MadBomber and sociopath depending on his love and approval by the time Act 2 starts.

* CuteAndPsycho: Jinx may be a baby-faced cute girl with large blue eyes, she's also an incredibly emotionally and mentally unstable psychopath, and knows how to use her sweet looks to let her opponent's guards down.

--> '''Jinx''': ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Stop!]]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Calling me that!]] It's Jinx, now! [[ThatWomanIsDead "Powder" fell down a well!]]
* DragonInChief: Downplayed; Jinx's boss Silco is plenty dangerous on his own. However, Jinx is only ''barely'' held in check by her need for approval, and his own attachment to her makes him unable to properly reprimand her for the trouble she causes him. Throughout the season, she continues to butt into his hunt for Vi to settle her insane jealousy of Caitlyn, develops a Hextech weapon to level the playing field with Piltover that far outclasses what Shimmer does to his army, [[spoiler:and officially upstages him as the main threat when she kidnaps him in the finale.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: In Episode 7, believing Vi to have "replaced her" with Caitlyn and being [[spoiler:pinned and beaten by her former best friend Ekko, she attempts to die as Powder, not Jinx, by blowing herself up with her old friend]]. Silco manages to save her and bring her to Singed for an emergency surgery in time.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: Jinx attempts this on the bridge on Episode 7, in order to finish her suffering as Jinx and die as Powder along with her former best friend Ekko. Unfortunately, she wakes up in Singed's operating room and goes through a lot of pain, sealing her identity as Jinx during Episode 9]].

** No matter how much chaos she causes, how many people she kills or lives she ruins, she does still on some level want things between her and her sister Vi to back to go back to the way they were when they were kids. [[spoiler: Even when she realizes they can never go back at being sisters because they changed too much, Jinx is still broken because she ''really'' wanted to catch things up with her sister.]]
** The bridge scene in Episode 7 shows Jinx has fond memories of the times she played with Ekko as a kid. When they are fighting to the death and Ekko overpowers her, Jinx's pleading eyes to Ekko are grey, showcasing there is still Powder left in her. In a FreezeFrameBonus, her pupils are shown expending when she looks at Ekko, [[https://billingseyedocs.com/questions-about-your-eyes/why-your-eyes-dilate-when-you-see-someone-you-love/ which is a reaction that occurs when looking at someone you love.]] Despite the circumstances, Jinx still loves Ekko, but is too broken up mentally, and once she realizes what they have become, she attempts [[spoiler:suicide by detonating a grenade to [[TakingYouWithMe die with her former friend]]]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: In Episode 9, when a terrified Vi [[spoiler:assumes she cut off Caitlyn's head and is about to serve it to her on a platter]], Jinx insists with some offense that "(she's) not ''that'' crazy!" While she ''would'' prefer to have Caitlyn dead, she's almost insulted her sister would think she'd go as far as to [[spoiler:decapitate someone]].
** A very notable inversion: In ''League'', she generally prefers ''not'' to get people hurt or killed with her antics -- Even if she isn't particularly broken up about it if it happens. Here, she's an unrepentantly vicious fighter whose lack of issue with killing is a repeated plot point all on its own.
* EvilFormerFriend: To Ekko. The two were best friends as children, but their friendship broke after Powder was taken in by Silco and grew into Jinx, a ruthless gunslinger, who killed ''many'' of his fellow Firelights.

* FanDisservice: Jinx's outfit would be a case of FanService, with the bare midriff and SideBoob, but the fact that she looks unhealthily pale and skinny turns it into this instead.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Jinx is usually pretty personable and goofy, and a barely-contained bottle of psychoses who causes even her friends and allies (often ''fatal'') harm.

** In Episode 3, Powder is turned into a sobbing and screaming mess after she has been left alone by Vi and her brothers while they rescue Vander from Silco.
** In Episode 4, when Jinx mistakes a Firelight for Vi, she is reminded of all her past trauma and blows a fuse, in more ways than one: she kills the girl, and shoots her minigun around maniacally, blowing up the entire load of Shimmer she was supposed to guard.
** Gets one in Episode 5 while she attempts to beat Vi's record on the arcade's boxing game.
** When she thinks Vi is abandoning her for Caitlyn in Episode 7, she gets taunted by a hallucination of Mylo which prompts her to send her butterfly bombs on the bridge and causes a ''carnage''.
** PlayedForDrama in the final episode of Season 1, where Jinx has a ConflictingLoyalty between Vi, her sister, and Silco, her adoptive father. She's seen desperately grabbing her head as her hallucinations get worse, and she finally snaps and shoots her minigun frantically [[spoiler:when Silco is about to shoot Vi, which accidentally kills him]].

* FromNobodyToNightmare: When introduced in Act I, she's a sweet-natured TagalongKid whose homemade bombs hardly ever work, and she frequently ends up as TheLoad during her siblings' heists. After the TimeSkip, she's become TheHeavy -- Not only have her bombs drastically improved in destructive power and functionality, but she's become a devastating fighter and [[TheDreaded feared throughout the Undercity]].

* HatesBeingAlone: Powder dissolves into a sobbing mess after Vi leaves her home while she, Mylo, and Claggor go to rescue Vander. She completely crumbles down [[spoiler:when Vi seemingly leaves her all alone after she accidentally gets their family killed]]. Post time-skip, Jinx is still heavily insecure at the idea of being alone. [[spoiler:After she gets Silco killed, and finding herself all alone once again, Jinx accepts her new identity and ''starts a war'' to make her deceased father's wish come true.]]

* HearingVoices: Following the time skip, her childhood tendency to talk to her weapons before setting them off has devolved into full conversations with inanimate objects (usually the effigies she made of her brothers). In high-stress situations, they develop into full-blown auditory and visual hallucinations that she either argues with or just [[BigShutUp yells at to shut up]].
* TheHeavy: Powder and Vi's relationship is the central focus of the first season, as the former devolves further into the psychotic Jinx and becomes a far more personal and dangerous enemy than Silco ever was. The increase in tensions between Piltover and Zaun largely stems from her unsanctioned attacks, Caitlyn frees Vi to help her track down the gemstone she stole -- to which Vi only agrees so she can reconcile with her sister -- and Silco tries to kill the two of them ''specifically'' to prevent Jinx from learning Vi is still alive. [[spoiler:It all comes to a head when she goes rogue in the finale, kidnapping Caitlyn, Vi, and even Silco. The season's climax ends with her embracing her "Jinx" identity and bombing the Piltover Council, literally blowing any chance at peace between the two cities to hell.]]
* HeelRealization: She seems to have one on the bridge during Episode 7 [[spoiler:when she gets beaten by Ekko, her former childhood friend, who is hesitant into finishing her off when he sees that there's still Powder in her. This prompts her to activate one of her grenades in an attempt to die with her best friend by her side]].

* InnocentBlueEyes: They begin as a light gray, like her sister, but noticeably turn blue after her encounter with hextech. They highlight her youth and relative inexperience compared to the others. [[spoiler: She loses them permanently after being pumped full of Shimmer by Singed, which comes with the side effect of turning her eyes a [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red-pink]].]]

* IronicNurseryRhyme: In the opening scene of the first episode, a young Powder sings a beggar song, "Dear Friend Across The River", a song that showcases the wage difference between the two cities where a Zaunite asks a Piltovian for a penny, "without envy" and with gratitude... [[SoundtrackDissonance all while Enforcers mercilessly guns down civilians]], including Powder's own parents. Come Episode 7, Powder, who has now grown into the terrorist Jinx, hums the same song she used to shield herself from violence as a kid, this time while being a perpretor of violence herself and asking for more than just a penny from her "friend across the river"...

** JerkassFacade: However, it's clear that the "Jinx" persona is nothing but mask she puts on in order to protect Powder, her broken inner child, [[NeverBeHurtAgain from further harm.]] Even at her worst, Jinx never forgave herself from [[spoiler:accidentally killing her family]], is shown to fondly remember her time with Ekko as kids and genuinely wants to reconnect with her sister.

** Tricking a squad of Enforcers into a bomb trap by [[spoiler: acting like a child trapped in a burning building]], especially when you consider that it was just a ''diversion'' -- Even if a distraction had been necessary (which itself is debatable) she could've come up with a ''non''-lethal one if she'd wanted to.

** [[spoiler: Kidnapping Caitlyn, and demanding Vi execute her before she'll forgive her "abandonment". Also, she ''really'' drags out the reveal that she did ''not'', in fact, [[DecapitationPresentation cut Caitlyn's head off to serve it to Vi on a plate]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[NeverMyFault She completely blames Vi for the way she turned out]], and ultimately fires a missile at the Council chambers out of misdirected spite.]]

* LaughingMad: In Episode 7, after [[spoiler: Vi was taken by the Firelights]] and Jinx gets injured, she limps back to her lair and [[WorstAid staples her wound shut]], all while cackling like a madwoman.

* MeaningfulAppearance: Her iconic ankle-level braids. It's shown that she never cut her hair as Powder since the day [[spoiler:she accidentally killed her family and Vi left her]]. Her hair, like her trauma, outgrew her.

** Her birth name, "Powder", might be a reference a powder keg -- An extremely tense and volatile situation that will devolve into complete chaos at the slightest provocation -- or a "powder monkey"[[note]]someone who works with explosives[[/note]], which also ties into her AnimalMotif. It could come from her hair color, powder blue (Sort of like how Vi's full name, Violet, matches ''her'' hair color).

* TheMentallyIll: As a teenager, Jinx suffers from severe anxiety and hallucinations, as a result of her past traumas that she never got past. No one else but Vi attempts to help her with it, either they enable her destructive behavior (Silco), have no sympathy and even ''taunt her'' (Sevika and Singed) or consider her too far gone (Ekko and Caitlyn).

** Jinx accidentally [[spoiler:shoots Silco in a psychotic panic when he tries to shoot Vi. Despite believing that spoiler:he was going to sacrifice her to Piltover to ensure Zaun's independence, she tearfully runs to the only person who's cared about her for years, desperately apologizing to him as he's bleeding out. He uses his last words to assure her that he would ''never'' have done so, and asserts that he thinks she's perfect as she is.]] It obviously shatters whatever's left of her heart.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:In episode 9 she claims that her current "Jinx" mindset is all on Vi, even though -- as Ekko points out -- Jinx has been making her own decisions ever since they were separated. In truth, Vi only played a very small, unintentional part, and even if Powder had been too young know any better her actions are still ''way'' more on her than on Vi.]]

* NiceGirl: Powder was absolutely this. She may have been [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour more than a little nuts]], but she obviously loved her (non-[[BigBrotherBully Mylo]]) family and wanted to help them however she could. Then [[spoiler:she accidentally blew them up]], her and Vi's relationship fell apart, [[EvilMentor Silco]] took her in and [[TookALevelInJerkass raised her into a]] [[MadBomber complete]] {{Jerkass}}.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The usually manic and perky Jinx is reduced to an EmptyShell with a broken, shaking voice after she [[spoiler:accidentally kills Silco and realizes that Vi and her can never go back at being sisters]].
* TheOphelia: Underneath her revealing wardrobe, PuppyDogEyes and excitable behavior, Jinx carries around some substantial trauma and [[AxCrazy a love of carnage and destruction]].

* PracticallyJoker: AxCrazy? LeanAndMean? Chaotic fighting style? Pale complexion? LaughingMad? TheDreaded? [[SecondaryColorNemesis Association with purple]]? Name that starts with "j"? Yeah, it becomes less subtle as the season goes on.
** Of all Joker incarnations, she bears the most resemblance to [[Characters/Joker2019ArthurFleckJoker Arthur Fleck]], another [[DeconstructedTrope realistic portrayal]] of a character whose insanity was originally just shorthand for [[InsaneEqualsViolent "I will commit crimes in the most eccentric way possible"]]. Both of them started out as psychologically tormented but decent people who had the misfortune of being born into a WretchedHive that elitist jerks made sure never got any better. Over the course of their stories, their mental health deteriorates further due to a TraumaCongaLine until they finally snap and their "J" persona [[ThatManIsDead completely overtakes the person they once were]].

* RaisedByRival: When her foster father and brothers were killed and her older sister Vi apparently abandoned her and dropped off the radar, Jinx was taken in by her father's nemesis the Undercity drug lord Silco, who had initially planned on killing her but changed his mind at the last second. She grows into a mentally unstable DaddysLittleVillain, but is rattled pretty hard when Vi resurfaces in Zaun. Vi desperately wants to be with her sister again, but [[spoiler:after killing Silco Jinx finally accepts that she and Vi are too different for that to be possible anymore.]]

* RhymesOnADime: Briefly after [[spoiler:her and Vi's reunion crashes and burns. It helps convey how absolutely ''batshit'' she is now[[note]]To Vi, at least -- The audience doesn't need much (if any) reminder by this point[[/note]].]]
-->[[spoiler: '''Jinx:''' *[[DeathGlare Death Glaring]] at Vi* You're a class act, ''[[TermsOfEndangerment sister]]''. *[[MirthlessLaugh giggle]] through pissed-off ThousandYardStare* "Sister", thought I ''missed'' her! Bet ''you'' *shoves Pow-Pow in Vi's face* wouldn't miss her!]]

* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler: ''Twice'': Powder set off the explosion that made it necessary for Vander to pull a HeroicSacrifice, and as a teenager Jinx unloads her minigun into Silco during a psychotic break.]]
* SheWhoFightsMonsters: The series start with a toddler named Powder losing her parents to Enforcers on the bridge. Skip a few years, Powder grew up to become Jinx, a violent MadBomber who kills many Enforcers on the ''very same bridge'', not without leaving [[spoiler: Marcus']] daughter an orphan, and who knows how many other children...
* ShippingTorpedo: Funnily enough, ''she's'' the one who's most vocal about there being something more than friendship going on between Vi and Caitlyn, and she ''[[GreenEyedMonster loathes it]]''. This is laid out when Jinx explicitly calls Caitlyn Vi's girlfriend (albeit in a mocking tone) and [[spoiler:immediately tries to force Vi to shoot her.]]

* SpoiledBrat: While her life is anything but rosy, Silco caters to her every need and want, actually scolds her a grand total of one time, validates all her actions and protects her from any consequences, including taking the blame for her worst actions. While this makes Jinx happy most of the time, this also makes her more easily agitated and angered when things don't go her way and more willing to hurt Silco's goons, his standing with Piltover and even Silco himself.
* StartOfDarkness: Powder gets hers in Episode 3, after [[spoiler:her Hex-Tech filled monkey bomb kills her brothers and leads to Vander's death. When Vi learns it was her doing, she slaps her, calls her a "jinx" and leaves her all alone]]. [[TheDon Silco]] finds the poor girl sobbing her heart out, and cannot bring himself to kill her when she hugs him for comfort and realizes [[CommonalityConnection how much they are alike]]. Once he decides to [[PetTheDog comfort her and take her as his own daughter]], from that moment forward, the future Loose Cannon is born.
* StoryboardBody: The right side of her body from her shoulder to her hip is tattooed with blue clouds of smoke. It symbolizes not only the Hex-Tech explosion [[spoiler:that killed her family]] and led to the birth of her Jinx persona, it's also meant to represent the smoke flare gun Vi gave to her before she left, showcasing Jinx's desire to reunite with her sister.

* TantrumThrowing: PlayedForDrama when [[spoiler: Vi refuses to let her go with her and their brothers to rescue Vander.]] She's so heartbroken and outraged that she throws a fit through her screaming and sobbing, even destroying her own inventions[[spoiler:, which ironically shows her the destructive potential of the crystals she stole]].

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: To further emphasize her [[SanitySlippage deteriorating mental state,]] whenever a scene changes to her perspective after act 2, they always feature multiple smash cuts between frames and flashes of past scenes with distorted drawings over characters' faces. And that's ''before'' [[spoiler:her constantly hearing and/or seeing Mylo and Claggor's corpses out of the corner of her eye.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Powder was TheBabyOfTheBunch and pretty much useless in a fight, not even able to make her grenades explode. Jinx as a teenager is a MadBomber, a crack shot with a pistol, and can fight hand-to-hand well enough to nearly beat Vi's high score against the boxing robot. Takes another level following [[spoiler:the radical and traumatic surgery Singed performs on her to save her life in episode 8. When Caitlyn is holding her at gunpoint at the climax of the season, she reveals that [[EmpoweredBadassNormal thanks to the Shimmer infusion]] she can now [[FlashStep move almost faster than the eye can see]] and knocks Caitlyn out with one blow.]]

* TragicKeepsake: As of Act II, Jinx is revealed to have three: [[spoiler:Claggor's blood-stained goggles from the explosion she caused]], the stuffed bunny and the flare gun that Vi gave to her the last day they saw eachother.
* TriggerHappy: While her minigun is used during tense moments in order for Jinx to vent, she is seen giggling with manic glee when she attempts to shoot the Firelights with it in Episode 6.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Powder started out as a [[TagAlongKid Tag-Along]] CheerfulChild who admired her older sister and just wanted to help her siblings during their heists. [[spoiler:Getting her family killed with her bomb while she only wanted to save them and (seeminly) being left by [[LivingEmotionalCrutch her only living family member left, Vi]]]], shattered her completely, and her StartOfDarkness was unavoidable after she was spared and taken in by BigBad [[TheDon Silco]], who raised and shaped her into the violent, destructive Jinx we know by Act 2.

* VillainousLegacy: As of Episode 9, with [[spoiler:Silco dead]], Piltover has one hell of a storm coming... and it comes in the form of Jinx, an unhinged, vengeful girl with deadly arsenal.

** A sibling variant in Act I. As a child, Powder is desperate to prove her worth to her older siblings, which causes her to [[spoiler: follow them against Vi's wishes to rescue Vander and detonate a bomb that kills all her family except for Vi]].

* WildCard: She's a "Loose Cannon" for a reason. Jinx is so unpredictable when she unleashes chaos, that both her enemies and allies alike are not safe from harm. It's prominent in Episode 9 when Jinx is torn between [[ConflictingLoyalty her love for both Vi and Silco]], which leads to a ''huge'' psychotic breakdown that ends up [[spoiler:killing Silco in order to save Vi, sealing her identity as Jinx for good]]. The first season ends with a rogue Jinx [[spoiler:firing a missile at the council and starting a war between Zaun and Piltover]].
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Powder was already traumatized by her parents' death when she was very young, and just a few years later [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom she herself made it happen all over again]]. Even between point A and point B, she grew up in a very harsh environment and was expected to prove herself during a dangerous heist. After all that she ended up under Silco's wing, whose goal of "vengeance against Piltover" wasn't much different from [[BigSisterWorship what Vi originally wanted]], only ''he'' was fully aware of [[WellIntentionedExtremist what it required]]. As much as Silco can be blamed for exploiting Powder's eagerness to prove herself, Vi is the reason it exists in the first place, so "Jinx" is ultimately the result of deep trauma and the influence of the two most important people in her life. Even as Jinx, her SanitySlippage is further accelerated by her haunting hallucinations, [[spoiler: near-death experience, being [[MeatgrinderSurgery operated on]] by resident MadScientist Singed, and killing Silco in a panic]]. Maybe she really ''was'' BornUnlucky.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: She recorded a message of a young girl begging for help to lure a squad of Enforcers into a trap and blow them up. [[spoiler:She also hits Ekko with PuppyDogEyes before he can finish her off, buying her enough time to try to blow them both up.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:When Jinx sees that Vi is willing to go back for Caitlyn after she seemingly abandoned Powder, she becomes both incredibly jealous and furious. Sevika's taunt that she's been replaced echoes loudly in her head, causing her to hallucinate Caitlyn shooting her [[SlasherSmile nightmarish mocking grins]] and making her all the more desperate to see Caitlyn dead, either by her own hand or by trying to force Vi to do it in exchange for "Powder".]]

* CuteAndPsycho: Jinx may be a cute-faced, blue-eyed GenkiGirl, she's still a vicious sociopath and MadBomber.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Powder unwillingly make heists with her siblings harder with her inoperable bombs and tendency to panic. While we only see one heist go wrong in the first episode, Mylo states it's not the first time she "jinxes" one of their jobs. For extra measure, she has a hard time doing parkour and almost falls multiple times.
* TheCutie: There's no denying she's ''painfully'' endearing as a child, what with those PuppyDogEyes and sweet personality. [[spoiler: Said personality ''completely'' turns on its head after Episode 3, though she remains [[CuteAndPsycho cute as a button]].]]

* DoNotCallMePaul: Lampshaded in Episode 7 when her reunion with Vi goes haywire.

* EvenBadWomenLoveTheirMamas: As bad as "Jinx" is, she's completely devoted to her adoptive father Silco, and treats him with more affection than she does almost anyone else. [[spoiler:Their relationship sours when she finds out he lied to her about Vi's death, and even more so when she misunderstands him [[TalkingToTheDead talking to Vander's statue]] about his deal with Jayce. Even so, she's immediately horrified when she realizes she shot him.]]

** No matter how much chaos she causes, how many people she kills or lives she ruins, she does still on some level want things between her and her sister back to go back to the way they were when they were kids. [[spoiler: Even when she realizes they can never go back at being sisters because they changed too much, Jinx is still broken because she ''really'' wanted her sister to love her like she used to.]]

* HateAtFirstSight: [[spoiler:She was already on edge when she and Caitlyn 'met' during her reunion with Vi, taking her presence to mean that Sevika was right about Vi bringing the Enforcers down on her, but after seeing how close Vi and Caitlyn are throughout Act III she becomes downright ''murderous'' towards her, believing her to be the main reason Vi won't truly return to her and hallucinating Caitlyn [[SlasherSmile smirking victoriously at her]] when Vi helps her to safety after Powder's bombs wound her on the bridge. While Singed is operating on her to save her life with Shimmer, she hallucinates that he's Caitlyn -- effectively blaming her for her current suffering -- and afterward goes out of her way to kidnap Caitlyn and drag her to her "dinner party" so she can make Vi shoot her to reaffirm that she won't ever "betray" her again. Essentially, she won't ever be able to trust and love Vi like she used to as long as Caitlyn's around]].
* HatesBeingAlone: Powder dissolves into a sobbing mess after Vi leaves her home while she, Mylo, and Claggor go to rescue Vander. She completely crumbles down [[spoiler:when Vi seemingly leaves her all alone after she accidentally gets their family killed]]. Post time-skip, Jinx is still heavily insecure at the idea of being alone. [[spoiler:After she gets Silco killed, Jinx accepts her new identity and ''starts a war'' to make her deceased father's wish come true.]]

* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler:She immediately understands Ekko's suggestion when he starts swinging his pocket watch at his side, and decides to humor him with an homage to their childhood game]].

* PerkyFemaleMinion: Is this to Silco, though she's [[DaddysLittleVillain his daughter]] rather than just an underling.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe:
** She ''shrieks'' for Vi to come back when she walks away [[spoiler:following the explosion that killed the rest of their family, already traumatized by the realization that she caused said explosion and Vi slapping and yelling at her.]]
** This becomes one of her primary character traits: She has ''all'' of the abandonment issues, likely stemming from finding her parents' corpses during the opening scene of the show.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Powder started out as a [[TagAlongKid Tag-Along]] NiceGirl who admired her older sister and just wanted to help her siblings during their heists.

!!Powder[=/=]Jinx

* TragicKeepsake: As of Act II, Jinx is revealed to have two: the bunny plush toy Vi gave to her, and [[spoiler:Claggor's blood-stained goggles from the explosion she caused]].
* TriggerHappy: While her Pow-Pow minigun is used during tense moments in order for Jinx to vent, she is seen giggling with manic glee when she attempts to shoot the Firelights in Episode 6.

-->'''Powder''': I d- I didn't... I was ''saving'' you!

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Season one tells the story of how a fairly innocent child became a psychotic anarchist.

* StartOfDarkness: Powder gets hers in Episode 3, after [[spoiler:her Hex-Tech filled monkey bomb kills her brothers and leads to Vander's death. When Vi learns it was her doing, she slaps her, calls her a "jinx" and leaves her all alone]]. [[TheDon Silco]] finds the poor girl sobbing her heart out, and cannot bring himself to kill her when she hugs him for comfort and realizes [[NotSoDifferent how much they are alike]] Once he decides to [[PetTheDog comfort her and take her as his own daughter]], from that moment forward, the future Loose Cannon is born.

* DontCallMePaul: Lampshaded in Episode 7 when her reunion with Vi goes haywire.

* ThatWomanIsDead: When Jinx finally reunites with Vi and sees her with Caitlyn, she angrily tells Vi to [[DontCallMePaul stop calling her Powder]], who she states "fell down a well". At the end of Act 3, after [[spoiler:accidentally killing Silco, she quietly sits at the seat labeled "Jinx" and tells Vi "Here's to the new us", showing that whatever traces of Powder were left in her are gone]].

* ThatManIsDead:When she finally reunites with Vi and sees her with Caitlyn, she angrily claims that she is now Jinx, and that "'Powder' fell down a well". At the end of Act 3, after [[spoiler:accidentally killing Silco, she quietly sits at the seat labeled "Jinx" and tells Vi "Here's to the new us", showing that whatever traces of Powder were left in her are gone]].

** A more subtle example is shown in Episode 3: [[spoiler:After getting caught in her own improvised bomb's explosion, Powder is shown mid-fall in slow motion, not shocked or fearful but ''awed and wonderstruck'' at the sheer destructive power of what she made. Made even more pronounced by the DissonantSoundtrack that plays as this happens.]]

* IronicNurseryRhyme: In the opening scene of the first episode, a young Powder sings a beggar song, "Dear Friend Across The River", a song that showcases the wage difference between the two sisters where a Zaunite asks a Piltovian for a penny, "without envy" and with gratitude... [[SoundtrackDissonance all while Enforcers mercilessly guns down civilians]], including Powder's own parents. Come Episode 7, Powder, who has now grown into the terrorist Jinx, hums the same song she used to shield herself from violence as a kid, this time while being a perpretor of violence herself and asking for more than just a penny from her "friend across the river"...