Evelynn's Eventual VU

Linna Excel·2/18/2014, 8:46:44 AM·3 votes·110 views

Everyone knows that Evelynn needs a VU and is getting one, but what do everyone think that she needs? There's like a billion different directions to take her and maybe they'll go into her background as well.

So, what part of her look is important to you all and what needs to be changed?

(I'll be posting my own thoughts separately make the most use of how the CB works)

6 Comments

Linna Excel2/18/2014, 8:46:13 AM1 votes

My first thought: her hair needs to be changed big time. I like the spiky look and it does add to her silhouette, but purple Einstein just isn't doing anything for me.

Maybe it could be longer and go down behind her but still spiky. Think anime chicks (Ryoko from tenchi). It could be loose or tied in a ponytail but still full. For her colors, I know right now she's got a two tone thing going on, but maybe her hair could be a different color or at least a different shade of that hot-pink purple crossover color.

Linna Excel2/18/2014, 9:12:09 AM1 votes

About her outfit, this is probably going to be very polarizing but I like the overall theme and lack of clothing of her current outfit. I'd only change 2 things.

  1. Get rid of the spikes on her legs. Since there aren't any on the arms, I don't think there should be any on the legs. They also aren't adding much overall to her look. A little, but not a lot.
  2. Keep her stiletto heels in some fashion (maybe not literally though) but make her boots a little longer on the top part. At least up to the calves.
  3. Get rid of the dangly things on her arms/back. If she needs a short cape, that's one things, but those detract overall even if they add to the silhouette.
  4. Her hot pants and top should stay. Maybe add some features to them, but don't cover her up. I'd be fine if the top were turned into a small corset that showed her midriff though.
  5. I'd emphasize her gloves/armbands but at least let her fingers, if not whole hand be shown. Maybe her leg spikes could be moved to her armband.

Adding on to 5, if I was going to rework Evelynn, I'd put the gloves as the source of her power and make them look like such. She'd be a normal person when she takes them off. That's partly why blue-Evelynn is such a mystery, she reverts to normal Evelynn when she takes them off. I'd also give her a minor Jekyll and Hyde (or incredible hulk) personality or maybe a batman-like duality.

Basically I'd have her as a normal and well balanced human being, perhaps even on the nicer side when she's normal, but because of the power of the gloves, she gets a little sadistic when she puts them on. Maybe give them an origin not too unlike the One Ring. They come from the shadow isles and somehow feel into her possession. While she has them on she can use them to achieve her overall goals (probably decent ones) but in a flavor a sadistic ninja would. Namely murdering people in a sneaky surprise manner and enjoying it.

If you follow Rosewater's Magic the Gathering column, I'd make her a white purpose and goal champion, but black themed and motifed (reverse orzhav basically). They make her into a monster, but a monster committed to justice or helping orphans or whatever it is nice Evelynn does when no one is looking. If anything, becoming a monster reinforces her convictions, whatever they are.

I think that would make her more interesting than a bland vampire or a blue skinned mutant with magic powers.

Letler2/18/2014, 4:19:22 PM1 votes

I am hoping for a 100% complete overhaul and pushed in the direction of something really smoky or shadowy. Similar to the design of dota's spectre:

http://cloud-3.steampowered.com/ugc/558715579207631858/49FFA32803101903AFFE31916EE92F49A72574A2/

http://i877.photobucket.com/albums/ab340/fangblade94/Raven/ShadowDemon.jpg

Something dark, smoky.

Linna Excel2/26/2014, 10:16:05 PM1 votes

New idea I posted in the other forums.

You all know how riot doesn't know how to redo Evelyn? Well something about Vel'koz made me think of an explanation of what Evelyn is now. Vekkers (that's his official nickname) is a void creature that hungers for knowledge. Part of the problem with Evelyn now is how do you explain her current s3x-crazed theme.

One possible answer: the void.

Things from the void hunger for stuff. So what if hunger was redefined as a carnal hunger? In a PG-13 way of course. Maybe a hunger for sense-based experiences in general. That would explain her outfit at least. This would also explain her passive which is the ultimate perverted peeping tom power. Her skin color could be attributed to the void somehow too.

Either she could be something from the void that discovered the birds and the bees and wants more or she was a human who was changed by the void some how... an explorer, a someone who found a void-based artifact, etc. Or maybe she's a product of the mating of the two, like Vekkers got curious for some tentacle-on experimentation. (Had to go there)

So that's how she is who she is.

AbiwonKenabi3/4/2014, 7:41:56 AM1 votes

Here is an idea I was tinkering with in another thread:

She was once an innocent young normal woman who only wanted love

She had a horrible fiance who only wanted her for her money

Finance dumped her on a beach on their honeymoon, murdered her

The beach happens to be the beach of the Shadow Isles

She returns, transformed by the magics of the Isles to claim revenge on the fiance

She lives on, finally finding the one thing she loves: killing

The idea needs work, but that would help her be more cohesive with the Shadow Isles, but still make her seem aloof, like her current lore implies (more motivated by personal whims than other Shadow Isles champs, who seem to be a part of some huge conflict we don't know much about). Also, I'm picturing some super creepy but awesome stealth in the revenge process :D

As for her looks...I'm kind of attached to the heels, the cape things and the voice. I think one could work with that to attach it to her theme--she was once very docile, she's attracted to things that make her feel on top, less trampled. Heels could plausibly be one such style choice. And her voice compliments her theme of power and lust for blood (more lines ofc). The cape thingies...they just look cool? Using my story they could be some sort of wedding train or what's left of it...Ooo maybe she was starting to rot before the magic worked...That could be cool.