Ekko x Jinx + TV tropes requested <3

arcane stuff

YOUR EKKO SPIDERSONA IS DOPE AS SHIT YOU GOTTA RUN IT HERE TOOOOOO

Here you go ♡ Spider Ekko

Not used to drawing flashy pieces, but here we are lololol

Gonna do Jinxpool next hehehe

⋆｡𖦹°⭒ oh, look who it is. the boy savior

need this man

throw me in the sky, you would swear the sun shining

I honestly think that Ekko's trauma is often overlooked or outright pushed aside and ignored by a large section of the Arcane fandom.

Now this does make sense to some degree, Ekko is a side character so it makes sense why he's not as discussed as the main characters of the show but it feels like even as a side character he is often cast aside.

It feels like everyone analyzes every other character thoroughly and for good reason, these are very multi-layered characters but it also feels like with Ekko they barely even give him a side glance and when they do talk about his hurt it seems like they only extend to Jinx. While Jinx is a very large piece of it (seriously they have a whole other thing going on) she definitely is not the only thing lingering on in his mind. I mean he saw his basically uncle get killed in front of him, he is the leader of a resistance group and he also basically lost his entire family in one night, like have you seen the bags under his eyes, that boy is stressed out but it feels like these aspects of his character are ignored by the community.

Honestly his treatment within the fandom mirrors what a lot of black people go through our trauma and hurt is brought up. It is either brushed aside or outright ignored with it often being countered with "that was a long time ago" and this is especially seen with little black girls and boys. The fandom analyzes almost everything within the show from full blown characters to little background details but yet Ekko is often left out of the equation in these discussions and it just makes me a little bit annoyed.

Ekko also suffers from what a lot of other black characters in media do which is the almost bad faith criticisms or misinterpreted thrown them. It feels like a lot of black characters are held up to a standard that no other character gets held too and where their actions are taken in the most negative light on purpose. I haven't seen this that much but I have seen it a handful of times, where people will villainize Ekko and say that he is "getting in the way" of Zaun's liberation which is wild because Ekko out of everyone in the show is the only person that positively effects Zaun and it's people. You even see this in shipping where Ekko is label an abuser or aggressive.

Overall I know this probably doesn't really matter and most of the fandom probably likes Ekko but I just wanted to vent a little bit 😭 and I just hope in S2 they flesh out his character and that the fandom starts to take more notice of him.

Thanks to @letters-to-rosie for helping me think about this more.

"One condition. I'm the one who gives it to them."

Some ekko and vi again! I need to draw him more often😔

Double Date <3

league of legends is taking over my life! expect more fanart

Arcane + TV Tropes Act 3 episode 7 "The Boy Savior" (insp.)

We should stick together

You're my best friend

I'll love you forever

Finally finished it...

....and I just know it will flop lololol, who tf cares?

sleepin’ giants, sleepin’, sleepin’ giants

collab w @neonvioletlight 🎉🎉 we're not freaking out while waiting for arcane s2 I swear 😶‍🌫️😶‍🌫️

ekko: @neonvioletlight

jinx: me