Arcane | Ekko vs. Jinx

He was ready to kill Jinx, he wasn’t ready to kill Powder…

Ekko remembering their routine when they use to play as kids and utilizing it to plot his advance on Jinx is a really solid way to hint at his future ability to time travel.

Realizing in retrospect that the reason he starts the timer is actually to time his dodges because he has memorized the intervals when Powder used to shoot. He's keeping track of that time so he can dodge properly. Powder never changed the intervals at which she shot. She's still stuck in the past. Ekko kept moving forward, so he is able to deal with her. She relapses back to her past. He can't afford to.

The beat down he unleashed on Jinx and her violent struggle felt so real. Without the music, it got ominous so quick.

Mfs really told an episode's worth of story in like 2 minutes. Absolute mastery.

The writers: "We don't have time to tell the rich history of these two character" The artists and writers: "Gonna need about 2 minutes"

The fact that the young Ekko's scene here was based on the animator's son just make this scene even more magical.

I really like how, once Ekko does close the gap, he overpowers Jinx easily. Really keeps up the continuity that her skills don't lie in hand-to-hand combat

My favorite part about this scene is the fact that it illustrates a key truth about both their characters. Jinx’s trauma meant she never really grew up. Ekko’s trauma meant he was forced to grow up. She immediately reverted back to what she did then. He learned from it.

The fact that Jinx remembered this as the game they played as kids just showed how not gone and yet gone she is.

Seeing Jynx turn into a young Powder always breaks my heart. It's such a gut wrenching reminder that these were, and still are in many ways, kids.

It’s scenes like this that confirms my opinion that movies and shows, especially fantasy, should remain animated. The artistic freedom to create scenes like this that aren’t bound to “realism” of live-action, the variety and the ability to tell a story within the story without saying a word is just PERFECTION.

Honestly the coolest scene in the whole show

When Jinx calls Ekko the boy savior it makes me think Ekko has tried to save her from Silco before, which just adds even more heartbreak.

two years later and this scene still has me in a chokehold.

One thing I love about this scene is how it subconsciously makes you more worried for Ekko once the flashback ends. Pay attention to how young Ekko reacts to losing. He’s visibly upset, that’s clear. However, the level of upset he is at—shown through his aggressive throwing of the pocket watch—is a very big reaction to what would be the first time they play, even if they were replaying for the first time that day. This is a play through many times attempted, and it’s clear that Ekko kept losing. Meanwhile, Powder seems so assured. Even at the start, it’s like she’s almost taunting him. At she end, she’s reacting like she knew she would win. Ekko’s frustration with losing and Powder’s self-assurance in winning subconsciously sets into you that Ekko could quite possibly fail this time, except now it isn’t a game anymore. Paintballs aren’t being shot onto a makeshift chestplate. There are bullets being fired and blood threatened to spill. If Ekko couldn’t ever win against Powder when it was just a children’s game, what’s say of his chances now when he’s up against Jinx, who’s more ruthless than Powder? Of course, he does win. They’ve both grown and honed their respective abilities. There’s been plenty of time for the winning favor to be tipped to either side, but even then you’re still seeded with that worry. What if Jinx wins?

I love how they incorporate Ekko's time rewind powers without actually giving him those powers.

The ekko jinx relationship might be my favourite. Two two best friends that grew up without their family with severe trauma, now finding themselves on opposite sides.

I just realized how much pain there was in jinx's voice when she said " look who it is , the boy saviour " I think she felt betrayed by the fact that he gave up on her " If the boy saviour thought she was beyond saving then it's probably true right " was probably one of her many trains of thought.

Ekko's scene being exactly 4 seconds just like his in game ultimate is Amazing