Talk:Jinx/@comment-30966389-20170106081142/@comment-31115377-20170122052744

The bit on this page does say that it can be involuntary. I think he's more of a jinx than jinxed, although it can be spun both ways depending upon perception. He's only got "bad luck" when the people he cares about suffer for his Semblance; when it applies to his enemies, suddenly he's lucky (at the expense of theirs, anyway).

It could even be spun as Probability Manipulation if you squint and spin it that way. The amount of bad luck he's "caused" and close shaves (like with Ruby) he's had a hand in preventing is pretty unreal. Sometimes I think he thinks it's bad luck because he's a cynic, not because it's entirely bad  luck.

Either way, for the purposes of this comment thread, he's more of a jinx than being jinxed himself. His only bad luck is what happens to those he gives a shit about.