#flinx headcanon

ah hello there, jay.

a rather boring answer from me though haha.

how Kid Flash feels about HIVE FIVE? well, similar to your perception, KF finds them a group nuisance overall but fun to mess with haha, however, if Jinx felt threatened or uncomfortable in any way (unlikely but just in case), he'd go up in arms and shield her.

this headcanon is based on Lightspeed where he said, "Let me worry about them" in response to Jinx's theatrical "What about the Hive Five? they'd come after me",

also this peculiar panel from issue 49 that implied Mammoth and Gizmo had been told to leave Jinx alone before, yet still tried to reach her, that she had to remind them about it.

notice that Kid Flash becomes uncharacteristically up in arms and serious before Jinx handwaves him away. i headcanon Mammoth/Gizmo had attempts (i imagine, the hard way) trying to get Jinx back to HIVE FIVE beforehand and they couldn't take a no, it seems.

i imagine in my Side-B AU, initially, post-Jinx leaving the team, the remaining HIVE FIVE tried to work as a team with Jinx's absence, but the lack of direction eventually made them work separately, thus, you'd see them alone instead of in team formations.

ultimately they disbanded but they still live together, though, since the database is still in the HIVE underground base and they need that to track and commit petty crimes. (peculiar wording detail, keyword : "you're making this team of five thing work", "the old hive gang"—yep, they disbanded haha. that also explains why See-More, Billy, and Wykkyd went separately instead of as a group)

i also like to think while See-More, Billy, and Wykkyd work alone or go AWOL, Gizmo and Mammoth would still be seen teaming up sometimes since they knew and worked with each other longer.

by this point, while there were once or twice they (or some of them) went to other regions to work with other villains (one of which was a collaboration with the Roguelites), they're still strictly Jump City villains, so they're still dealing with the Founding Titans.

long down the line, when Shimmer comes in the picture, renamed Neo HIVE works as a proper team again (perhaps with an additional ex-HIVE student, like Angel?).

although they would mostly be in Jump, they'd expand the range to Keystone as well for a "visit" sometimes. (because Mammoth missed Jinx and still wanted her to come back, of course still blames KF for her leaving instead of acknowledging his nor HIVE's faults).

how hairrowing

hellloo,

Jinx's powers? hmmm in TT03 universe at least i always just assume she's born with it haha. because unlike Raven, she doesn't cast spells when using her hexes, and she herself in Lightspeed claimed, "I'm bad luck, good was never an option for me"

as if she's imbued with it or its a part of her.

and as per issue 52, it seems to be something she's insecure about. (and even implied to be something she's still figuring out)

i wanted to say "well, the show is set in the early 2000s and they're teenagers at the time. that game would've come out when they're in their late 20s-early 30s!"

but i forgot my TT03 AU, Teen Titans : Side-B, is set in an alternate reality where the 2000s-2010s era exist simultaneously and MLP:FIM is a thing, so FNAF would be around when they're teens with that logic.

honestly what would they be like? y'know how the 2000s are goldmine of traumatizing yourself online from the unrestricted internet access?

probably par for the course, another Scary Maze-situation but its a whole gameplay of jumpscares after jumpscares haha.

continuity conflict aside, its safe to assume Madame Rouge followed up on her words of being in touch with Jinx (and subsequently, the rest of the HIVE FIVE) and got them on board with the Brotherhood of Evil.

also safe to assume that episode "Lightspeed" happens before "Homecoming part II"

(TT03's Fearsome Five fanservice before their companion comic "debut" lol)

now i personally have my own scenario around this detail alone, headcanon territory here,

Jinx and the rest of HIVE FIVE (six) eventually got the invitation, however it didn't happen overnight (just look at the huge villain roster. some were goners— did they ressurect them? well, it must've taken them days or weeks regardless),

so theres a hypothetical time gap in-between where Jinx would rethink of her life decisions up to that point and have some dilemma around her alignment. would she want to put up with peers who barely respect her as a person like Madame Rouge? perhaps Kid Flash still patrolling Jump City while the Titans's are still off town and thus more banter and development between Jinx and him.

and eventually lead to her having made up her mind and Jinx decided to not want to do the Brotherhood's dirty work anymore. however, to not rise suspicion (since Madame Rouge saw her setting Kid Flash free), she attended to get information and serve as intel.

she'd leak the info and what entailed in the meeting to Kid Flash later, a whole scene of trust, lead to her breaking his communicator so they wouldn't be tracked, and they run off to the night.

they probably did stuff behind the scene, maybe letting other Honorary Titans know or taking care of enemies that aren't on screen or something, and thats why they came in late.

i'd imagine for her to be in the Titans Together episode's big fight and fighting alongside the Titans, and Kid Flash referring to her as a "friend" (or girlfriend, if you watch in JP dub), there must've been big development off-screen for that to happen.

headcanon part over.

and yes, at the end of the day, season 5 was objectively rushed and they probably lack hindsight or didn't think much of the continuity errors when they worked on it.

but the best thing about fandom is to fill the gaps in-between, and personally instead of dismissing those errors just for things to make sense for oneself, like lots of dudebro theorists on reddit, i tend to go with the more whimsical "how can we make this work?" mindset.

oh anon, thats a cute and funny idea hahah. here's another cent, at least from episode Deception, it can be assumed that Jinx is also somewhat of a sapioromantic. she's into smarts.

so i imagine this scenario in my head :

also I feel he rants to jinx abt all the albums he owns from them (flex)

that is a very funny headcanon hahaha.

in my Side-B AU, Wally is a Sonic fan besides Flash, and as an actual Sonic fan myself, honestly the pivot from liking Sonic to subsequently liking hip-hop/MJ is a rather common and natural progression.

(since MJ helped created soundtrack for the game and his shoes are the main inspiration for Sonic's shoes, and Knuckles's levels on Adventure games have old school boombap rap)