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Killing off jinx was absolutely not the right answer. I hate the "Death as redemption trope". It's lazy, and the moral just kinda ended up being "If you do something you struggle with, and bad things happen to you, kill yourself." and that's so awful. Genuinely this ruined my favorite show for me. I don't think I can ever rewatch it again because her story, my want for her to have something better, was the main draw. It just felt so random. Like there was this whole thing of ekko saving her life. You think she's finally gonna turn for the better, and she just jumps off a fucking cliff, and then you barely get any acknowledgement of it. You don't see her legacy, the real impact of her sacrifice. And the only reason she died was because Vi just stood there. I understand she was grieving and possibly having ptsd, but it felt forced, honestly. I'm honestly ok with Jayce and viktor, though it took me a sec to realize what happened. I didn't even realize heimerdinger was dead until the end. And then I see some theories on jinx being alive but having a fakeout death or an unclear death just feels frustrating and contrived to get emotion without payoff.
I just want jinx to be her silly self and finally be with her fucking sister.
Edit: Sorry I was in my feelings lol, fresh off the shock of thinking she died, and then her maybe, maybe not being alive frustrated me, but I've decided to take it in my heart that she got her will to live back, escaped, and will fuck off for a while but find her peace and maybe reunite with vi finally.
