ekko loving jinx or powder is a meaningless argument cuz the entire point of episode 7 is for both ekko and you the viewer to learn "jinx" and "powder" are the same person and ekko loves that person— not their good side or their bad side, but the whole package.
that's why their love song is called my best enemy, and talks about the worst blessings and the best curses. and that's how he can talk jinx off the ledge. the contradiction of being in love with your enemy is the entire basis of their story.
powder at one point literally asks him point blank "so you want me to change?" and he flat out says no: cuz he knows everything that makes 'powder' powder given one favorable set of circumstances also makes 'jinx' jinx given another set of unfavorable circumstances.
there is no powder or jinx, it's just ekko and his blue-haired paramour, in every timeline.
*Margo and Miles just existing in the same room with many other spider-people*
Fans: "OMG! THE TENSION! LOOK! MILES JUST LOOKED AT HER FOR 0000,1 SECOND! THEY ARE SOOO ENDGAME!"
Pavitr: "What about Miles and Gw-"
Fans: "Don't bring that betraying jealous snowbunny into this!"
Pavitr, Hobie and literally everyone with mind: "...."
Athena: Odysseus is just a really good guy. He's so smart and brave and funny and--
Ares (sighing loudly): I get it!
Athena: If you got to know him, you'd like him too.
Ares: You've been talking about him for FIVE HOURS! At this point, I do know him!
Athena (crossing her arms): You'll see what I mean one day.
(After "one day")
Ares (beside Athena's infirmary bed): Oh my gosh, Athena! You should have been there! He started stabbing Poseidon like (acts it out) and Poseidon was all like "Stop! Ah!" and Odysseus was all like "You never stopped!"
Athena (smirking): Told you that you'd like him.
Ares (gently smooshing her with a pillow): You didn't say he was violent. You should've led with that.
Pretty much how that's gonna go, right?
I spent months working on this, glad it’s finished. I joined the TimeBomb fandom a few months ago, but it’s been around for 10 years. It’s amazing that Ekko can be with literally anyone, but he chooses to be with the Loose Cannon criminal of the Undercity, Jinx ⌛️💣❤️
— How The King Of Elfhame Learned To Hate Stories by Holly Black
It's them
Timebomb haters are actually just not literate at all “Ekko would never love Jinx!!!” DID WE WATCH THE SAME SHOW??? ARE YOU BLIND??? YOU CANT BE FR RN
“I ship him with Powder but not Jinx” THEYRE THE SAME FUCKING PERSON THAT WAS THE ENTIRE POINT OF EPISODE 7. IT WAS ABOUT HIM REALIZING THAT HE STILL LOVES JINX (and that he gave up on her too soon) BECAUSE THEYRE THE SAME FUCKING PERSON. JINX IS POWDER BUT WITH 10x MORE TRAUMA AND NO SUPPORT SYSTEM. You people take the whole Powder/Jinx thing too literally when it’s just about how your experiences shape who you are, she’s THE SAME PERSON EITHER WAY.
“Jinx isn’t mentally well enough to be in a relationship” Stop treating mentally ill characters like they cannot be loved or love others. THEY CAN. This hurts my soul as someone who has family members with schizophrenia and hallucinations and plenty of mental illness myself. Ekko wants her to be better, and it’s obvious she loves him too. THE SHOW SHOULDNT NEED TO SPELL IT OUT THE SUBTEXT IS THERE.
“Oh but Lux-” I will shove Ekko’s staff up your ass if you don’t stfu about Lux who isn’t even in Arcane. Idc if you ship them BUT LEAVE TIMEBOMB OUT OF THIS
It's me I'm girls
Miles loves to sneak up on Gwen when he's invisible and surprise her with a kiss
Gwen learns Spanish because she wants Rio to like her
Post BTSV, Gwen wears Miles' hoodie more than he does
Miles goes to every single one of the Mary Janes shows and he's the loudest one in the crowd
Miles learns all the lyrics to every song Gwen wrote (most of them are about him)
They have two weddings. One on Earth-65, the other on Earth-1610
Their movie nights are super long because they watch it twice. One version from Miles' dimension and the other from Gwen's
Gwen buys Miles sunflowers all the time.
Crime fighting becomes so much easier when they get together. It always feels like they're on a date
Their wedding rings keep them from glitching in other dimensions
They babysit Mayday for Peter B all the time
It's great practice for Charlotte and Max
Just like Peter B, they can't stop sharing pictures of their kids
Their mental connection gets stronger the longer they're together. It gets to the point where neither one can sleep when the other can't. Even if they're not in the same universe
After a long day, Gwen puts Miles' head in her lap to help him relax
Miles likes to be the big spoon so he can hold onto Gwen
Gwen doesn't care which one she is as long as she can touch him. No matter which one, she always holds onto his hands
Jinx is like if a teenage girl was a Greek tragedy