Old Jinx, despite being argued to be Chaotic Neutral, was much closer to Chaotic Evil
This Jinx seems to want to cause havoc not for the sake of destruction but because she finds the mayhem and confusion fun. Her goal isn't to deal as much damage as possible anymore, she's basically the real life equivalent of an internet troll now.
Iz gud
Ralanr6 votesHelps that the lore points out how few deaths ever happened. Like it being very late when the bombs go off.
Placentas1 votesI appreciated that. It's also never said she uses her guns on people, except for maybe Vi/Wardens which I like.
Eternal7911 votesThat was just for the one instance. I'm sure quite a few people have been injured and killed by her antics, but not intentionally. If her wanted poster is still cannon, she is wanted for many murders.
The way I see it, Jinx wants to chase chaos for the fun of it, and if people get hurt in the process, why should she care? It's only going add to the chaos anyway.
Epicurus2 votesDidn't she write her own wanted poster though?
Eternal7911 votesWell one of the listed crimes was "Forging of Official Wanted Posters." Though I never thought it meant that one in particular was forged and even if it was she's still probably wanted for murder. I think its more likely she forged wanted posters for Vi and Caitlyn rather than her self.
Epicurus1 votesOther listed crimes are "murder", "murder again", "some more murder", "really petty larceny", "aggravated jaywalking" (does Piltover even have roads?) and "making fun of the peace". You can see it here.
I agree she's probably wanted for murder, but that wanted poster is definitely not genuine.
Eternal7911 votesYeah. Probably not. Though it could just be that way for comedic purposes.
Fasmodey6 votesAs I understood, she doesn't aim people, death of people are just accidents. Which I don't think she care though. But she created a mayhem in late night. Maybe she didn't what to hurt people? Maybe? A little bit? No? Okay.
She is still a whiny bitch that should be gunned down, but not even close to unbelievably malicious beings like Shaco, Mordekaiser, Thresh etc. She was always like this but It got more clear and undeniable.
Sharjo4 votesIn the end she just likes things being chaotic and uncontrolled, and so when things are that way she likes to mess it up. She seems almost apathetic towards people in general beyond what amusement she can derive from messing with them. If that happens to include death then whatever.
As a Rioter put it years ago, if she walked by you in the street, then she wouldn't bat an eye, but if you were standing by a crate of fireworks, then she's not really concerned about your safety, she's concerned about making those fireworks explode in a fantastical explosion.
Eternal7915 votesShe's always been that way. People tell me her bio changed slightly, but it seems 100% identical to her old lore to me.
EDIT: Scratch that. It was only showing up on internet explore and not google chrome which I usually use. So I have read the new bio.
Rebonack4 votesI find it interesting that Jinx' lore goes way out of its way to point out that she hasn't killed anyone.
Especially considering that most other lore pieces include plenty of killing, including fairly light-hearted champs like ZAC.
It feels like there was some pretty heavy disconnect between whoever wrote Jinx' VO lines and whoever was writing her lore. Even just her selection quote suggests that Jinx finds the breaking of people at least as, if not more, entertaining than breaking rules and buildings. That's not suggestive of a chaotic neutral character in the least.
No, Jinx isn't Chaotic Neutral in this latest take, either. She may or may not be Chaotic Evil.
But she is, however, a dead-ringer for Chaotic Stupid.
Craft Zeppelin2 votesI like Jinxs character because she is not centred upon being oversexualized and stuff. It just all about being Jinx.
phoinix1 votesI certainly agree she no longer fits the description of chaotic evil.However, I don't know if chaotic neutral is the best description either.Her new lore suggests that her destructive tendencies towards Piltover is no longer just about fun, rather an angst towards the apathy and superiority complex Piltovians have towards Zaunites. If anything she appears to be motivated by a very twisted, mad sense of empathy towards Zaunites ironically.
Here are some parts of her lore which reinforce my observations:
A few of the old timers in Zaun remember a young girl who might fit Jinx’s description, but the girl they speak of is a far cry from the one who became Piltover’s bane. This girl was sweet and innocent, a tinkerer with big ideas, who never quite fit in and came to a bad end.
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Jinx sashayed between the wedding guests, keeping her smile fixed and trying not to scream at the dead-eyed people surrounding her. It took an effort of will not to grab each one by the shoulder and try to shake them awake.
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Some even whisper that Jinx isn’t even human, that she is some kind of avenging spirit of mayhem, come to wreak havoc upon Piltover in revenge for the thousands who died when Zaun sank into the earth.
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The wardens attributed her crimes to chem-punk gangs, rounding up dozens of known troublemakers and sending them back down to Zaun. Having others get the credit for her manic schemes didn’t sit well with Jinx, and so she made sure to be seen at every future crime scene.
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Hexlumens fitted with rotating zoetropes and oddly-angled lenses projected spectral dancers onto the floor that pirouetted and spun to the delight of laughing children who’d never known a moment of hunger, pain, or loss.
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Pictures of Piltover’s bigwigs hung on walls paneled with oak and inlaid with geometric copper fretwork. The men and women in the portraits looked down on the people below with haughty disdain. Jinx stuck her tongue out at each and every one of them as she passed, grinning as they tutted and turned away
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Jinx skipped merrily over every bright square as she made her way to a table heaped with enough food to feed a hundred families in Zaun for a month.
After seeing all this I can't help but think she is doing all this because her life was impaired simply because she was born a Zaunite and now lives to wreak havoc on the ones responsible, Pilties. This doesn't exactly strike me as 'Chaotic Neutral'.
Eternal7911 votesI still think her primary goal is to have fun. Maybe there is some part of her that deep down, despises Piltover for all the reasons a Zaunite would. But this part of her is likely just a shadow of what she felt before losing her sanity.
"Jinx sashayed between the wedding guests, keeping her smile fixed and trying not to scream at the dead-eyed people surrounding her. It took an effort of will not to grab each one by the shoulder and try to shake them awake."
Picturing this makes me laugh. I can totally see Jinx doing this.
woodvsmurph1 voteshow much you wanna bet jinx and vi had a bad interaction when they were both gang members and that's why jinx is obsessed with vi?
