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analysis on the season 2 trailer

the way i will never get over these shots of ekko and jinx from the trailer

ekko, seen as the symbol of resistance in zaun, especially with the firelights. only be followed right after by a wall mural of jinx, seen as another symbol of resistance. maybe it’s implying that they will work together at one point in the season. but also i think it’s a powerful statement on their different ways of helping zaun and how they contrast each other

they’re both rarely seen in the trailer. when ekko appears, he’s alone in the shot but he’s helping zaun by being present for his people. when the wall mural of jinx appears, she’s not there in person but that painting of her is surrounded by people who purposely look similar to powder. she’s working from the shadows and she’s still haunted by her past so she’s not completely present

and it makes perfect sense to me as to why jinx would be cherished by zaun and in turn, be demonized by piltover

jinx took down and killed the head council of piltover, who was doing absolutely nothing to address the severe living conditions of the undercity — dismantling the government entirely and destroying the stability of the upper class completely. and i think the trailer also implies that jinx is working with sevika to take down the chem barons too, who are also responsible for worsening the lives of the people in zaun

furthermore, it serves as a parallel to vi, who joins the enforcers and is more focused on taking down jinx than addressing the systemic oppression. they're both doing it for selfish reasons, yet it's their motives that are putting them on different sides of the war. jinx has always looked at the bigger picture, while vi has only looked at jinx. they won’t ever come to an understanding, despite vi’s desperate efforts to amend things. but ekko and jinx, on the other side of it, does despite their efforts to kill each other

two of the most important people to jinx, both on the opposite ends — vi reconciling with the realization that powder is gone vs ekko reconciling with the realization that powder is still there — and how it will ultimately clash with each other in the final season