#matcharambles

[matchamilkorner]

you've seen how Jinx tend to stare unblinking in her appearance in TT03

and perhaps heard of "Jinx's eyes dilate like a cat" headcanon.

but let me give you another proposition :

the slow blinks. what if she subconsciously do the cat eyes language? hehe.

[matchamilkorner]

so, i got robbed last night

or dusk, actually, like 4-5am either when i was asleep or when i left my room to get something. i only realized something's missing 10-20 minutes after i woke up.

uh i don't feel safe here anymore, but idk where to go, nor have any cash left for a whole new flat... i just moved here a few months ago..

i lost my phone, i only had it for a few months, i haven't even cleared its credit yet. i'm gonna look for a new place to stay and to clear the credit for that lost phone so uh.

im open for comm, and ko-fi if you want anything else i guess... idk...

https://vgen.co/Milko

https://ko-fi.com/tartarmatcha/

[matchamilkorner]

I think its why Flinx intrigues me.

see, most ships i like, like almost all of them consist of canonical/universal fanon agreement of will-they-won't theys, slowburns to relationships, some even friends with benefits, but essentially lots of dangling carrots which ends with a kiss and them being together at the end in a neat little bow. heck I admit, I avoid established relationships tags because the conflict is always trying to separate them with cheap misunderstandings or miscommunication and such. (and i hated that, because its very soap opera-ish most of the time)

when TT03 ended, counting the companion comic, Flinx already got together for real, so if you're following canon closely as I am, you can either explore the build up to it or the aftermath after everything.

of course Flinx can do the slowburn, will-they-won't-they with the light enemies-to-lovers aspect, but what i find interesting is the aftermath. when they're together.

this is a type of ship that kinda goes against what I commonly favor because I used to believe "Whats the point if the ship's canon? There's nothing to explore anymore except just separating them for conflict"— oh how shallow i've been for the past decade in shipdoms because, at least with Flinx, theres soooo much to explore just through the characters as individuals alone and how they both would face those personal hurdles together, making their bond all the more stronger with it.

you can break them up, I guess, lots of fics who dgaf about them as individuals do that but the idea of them opening up, staying together despite everything, working things out, choosing to be vulnerable, and healing from pain together feels very comforting to explore. theres complexities in each of them you can deconstruct, common traits in other universes that KF has a rough home life and the weight of Flash/Speedforce legacy of it all, Jinx's experience with the HIVE or Brother Blood's cult and her bad luck upbringing that made her doubt her path in life, choices that lead to her redemption arc so on.

they're so different, from the surface theres as if no similarities between them, but they still try to understand each other, support each other, and find common grounds. this specifically is what I extract from how KF is characterized from TT03 alone, he's a listening ear, he offers other solutions, he'd help carry the weight together, same with Jinx in the companion comic being protective of him, would push aside her differences with Raven for his well-being, the vulnerability (i'd say even character development for her) that is claiming it's her fault he's hurt— god.

or if we're bringing the Darkseid or destiny or multiple consistent realities of it all, choosing to go against fate and work for their happy ending, its so powerful to me.

not counting the other things like growing up, secret identities, domestic lives, families, everything thats usually in timeskip or an epilogue in most other ships, I get to explore that with Flinx.

they're together, but its not the end of their story, there's more conflicts ahead and they face them hand-in-hand.

gotta admit, liking them even more for the past year make me tolerate the "established relationship" fic tag haha. its why I like them veery much, its why i'm disappointed people forgot about them, make them a filler/afterthought pair, or doesn't care much.

well I care very much, i'll help people remember them, fondly this time, with little to no mischaracterization/misinformation.

[matchamilkorner]

just revisiting a childhood game haha.

[matchamilkorner]

OH MY GOSH, AN OG!!!!

what an honor AHH

[matchamilkorner]

GUYS, GUESS WHAT

I GOT IT

THE PHYSICAL COPY OF ISSUE #53

IN MY HAND

HAPPY FLINX KISS MONTH + 5/20 (WO AI NI!), FLINX NATION!!!!

[matchamilkorner]

honorable mention to these pages too. the implication that Kid Flash may've put his T-Communicator on silent to go on a date with Jinx that Raven had to teleport her way to interrupt them SDKJKJKJF-

and the implication that Jinx, believing she gets the scoop first and acting as intelligence, confides to Wally directly before any other Titans.

which says a lot about their relationship with each other.

but how peculiar, during their private nightly stroll?

because, mind you, she (and Larry) confronted him before about this literally 4 issues ago (prioritizing duty over the night out), yet she's doing the same thing here lol.

i love to imagine theres some development here in-between hahha.

[matchamilkorner]

sometimes the villain IS redeemed and does want to be good and improve as a person, its okay, its still cool to like redeemed villains when the canon narrative support said decision omg, and especially rewards them after they make amends, letting them cope and heal from trauma, giving them bosom friends, and a much healthier environment.

no need to be peer pressured by the fandom at large to think bad guys should be "found families", sometimes they're just jerks to each other, being a part of a destructive and mentally taxing toxic environment, and mere coworkers out of convenience, and thus leaving them can be perceived as leaving a toxic and abusive household or friend group— ITS OKAY.

Not everything need narrative subversion, "good guys are actually bad and wrong actually" plots, i promise you'll live.