jay but its just arcane

Last week i saw a TikTok post comparing both of Jinx's hideout and Powder's ( from the alternative timeline ) are completely different while being in the same location, and it reminded me of Powder herself and how, despite being the same person, look completely different — mostly by looks, but also by personality somehow, keeping Powder's original enssence and not erasing her early trauma from losing her parents.

I don't think, nor like when people say Alternate Timeline Powder "isn't mentally ill" when she clearly still is, she still have trauma nonetheless, both from her parents death AND losing her sister. The reason of why Powder looks more "healed" is simple: Her environment ( aka support system )

And thats where the hideout's rails come in !! I might sound crazy but hear me out: Powder's hideout having railings could represent the safe environment she grew up in after Vi's death, Zaun being in a better condition is a big important part of that but I'd like to focus on her relationships with the people around her.

Powder grew up in a safe environment with lots of connections, she got closer to Mylo & Claggor and helped each other to deal with the grief of losing their sister, being raised by Vander ( and Silco ! ) who knew her mother and her sister before she was born, and obviously, her bestfriend and soon to be boyfriend Ekko. Basically everyone from her life were still there to support her and help her deal with the trauma and grief from her childhood, this also includes boundaries, safety, when Ekko starts acting weird towards her she says "just because you're having a bad day, don't take it out on me" meaning she KNOWS how to communicate and put limits, she knows how to regulate herself from those strong emotions without hurting her & others. Thats what ( to me ) the rails represent, there is a line that Powder can't cross, to her own and to others safety.

Now back to our canon timeline, Jinx. Her hideout have strong colors, all messy and sharp, representing her state of mind. The lack of rails and Jinx having absolute no problems in laying on the edge, basically acting like it's completely normal with no risks of falling. I feel this could represent how, just like she doesn't see a problem in staying so close to the edge, she doesn't see problem in crossing lines & boundaries, because she didn't HAVE any boundaries, and she didn't have any other connections to help her LEARN those boundaries due to Silco's isolation

I've already talked ( ... a lot ) about Jinx & Silco and how their relationship was completely unstable with no boundaries whatsoever, and how Silco isolated Jinx her whole life ever since he took her under his wings. If anyone is interested in reading it is on my page :)

In conclusion, i believe Jinx's hideout is a way to represent herself, and how she is influenced by her surroundings during her trauma but despite everything, it's still Jinx and it's still Powder. It'll always be her no matter how different.