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Lack of creativity for female champs?

Fourward·8/23/2015, 1:45:41 AM·4 votes·2,357 views

Hey, I just couldn't help but notice there are absolutely no humanoid monster female champions in League, even if there are many for males. For males, there are:

  • Alistar
  • Azir
  • Galio
  • Gnar
  • Hecarim
  • Fizz
  • Kha'zix
  • Nasus
  • Brand
  • Renekton
  • Rumble
  • Tahm Kench
  • Teemo
  • Thresh
  • Twitch
  • Urgot
  • Volibear
  • Warwick
  • Rengar
  • Wukong
  • Xerath
  • Zac
  • Ziggs
  • Kennen

While for female champions, there are only:

  • Cassiopea
  • Soraka
  • Tristana
  • Nami

I did not count Anivia, Rek'sai, Cho'gath because they are full-on monster, and not even in a human form.

The thing is, League is not the only game where we see this. There are many games out there where if the character is a male, he is a lion, and if the character is a female, it is a human girl with cat ears and tail just pasted on they heads and butts.

I just want to discuss why this might be the case...In the end, does the game devs not care about the fantasy-like setting, and only care about sexual representation of women so guys will drool over them?

Anivia is my waifu

EDIT: Added Kennen and Fiddlestick in the male section because I forgot them. Edit 2: Removed Fiddlestick due to him being in my personal gray-zone. He looks more like an object, more than a man.

66 Comments

Ra1d8/23/2015, 1:49:14 AM3 votes

imagine a female tahm kench

Señor Karthus8/23/2015, 2:37:59 AM2 votes

Females in League have to be pretty, look young, wear ridiculous armors/outfits that reveal 90% of their skin and show some boobs (of course) or a big part of the Community would commit suicide for not having another sexist design to jerk off with.

GreenLore8/23/2015, 10:29:30 PM2 votes

I guess Lulu and Poppy are going to look a bit less human once they get updated.The lack of female yordles might also be because they were still figuring out what to do with female yordles in general,but thats just speculation.

However it also has a lot to do with archetypes. I mean Nami&Cassio are female because gorgons&mermaids are female.Ahri doesn't look that animal like because she is based on a gumiho. Likewise,Alistar,Azir,Renekton,Nasus,Wukong,Hecarim,Volibear are based on male figures(minotaur(the original was male),Ra,Anubis,sobek&Son-wukong,the rider of wa and Iorik Byrningson from the golden compass respectively). If they decide to do a harpy champ,the champ will almost definetly be female,simply because harpys are almost always female.

And in the case of Galio&Zac it is probably more because of gender stereotypes. These 2 are technically genderless(just like blitzcrank),but since "it" is dehumanizing,they are identified as male.

Anyway in the end I think there are 2 main reasons for that,which are pretty much the same why we don't have that many female inhuman monster champs either: 1.Fanservice,which mattered a bit more in the early days 2.That the male gender is usually seen as the standard gender.When looking at any kind of monster/animal,that isn't defined by being female,then it is usually seen as male.

stealthfox948/23/2015, 4:26:27 AM2 votes

IMO there's more female diversity in League then people give it credit for.

SEKAI8/23/2015, 2:35:04 AM1 votes

The problem isn't that we don't have more female monster hybrid characters, it's actually more of a problem associated with that fact people are just more fine with monsterising males instead of females in especially the western culture, believe it or not.

More female monsters is always a nice thing to see no doubt and I would pay to see that happening gradually, however I just personally think that you got the root of the problem slightly off-course here in this thread.

EDIT: Also, one of the other problem is that, if they are gonna make a female monster humanoid, they can only do so by avoiding the mammal category altogether, which is not great. Why? Well I am sure everyone knows why.

I say fix equality first before we attempt this. Currently A is demanded to be equal with B and not the other way around, fix that first then we do can this.

Laurënt8/23/2015, 8:46:11 PM1 votes

HERE IS AN ACTUAL LIST OF FEMALE CHAMPIONS:

Ahri Akali Annie Anivia Ashe Caitlyn Cassiopeia Diana Elise Evelyn Fiora Irelia Janna Jinx Kalista Karma Katarina Kayle LeBlanc Leona Lissandra LuLu Lux Miss Fortune Morgana Nami Nidalee Orianna Poppy Quinn Rek'Sai Riven Sejuani Shyvana Sivir Sona Soraka Syndra Tristana Vayne Vi Zyra

Pretty Dhizi8/23/2015, 8:57:29 PM1 votes

So..You conclude Anivia as one, but exclude Rek'sai?

Seems confusing.

P.S.

Why the fuck does gender even MATTER? This is a game, not actual life. It's just a digitally represented character. Pixels aren't going to suddenly go 'hey, i'm a dude, so i'd like it if you'd respect that even though i'm just made up of digitized shapes and colors'. Really, gender doesn't mean anything to anyone except those who're either sexist, feminist, or following this 'lost cause' known as 'Female characters are being sexualized, AH NUH'.

You're grasping at straws here. What YOU'RE viewing as sexual representation may not be considered the same for others. It's..Just a game, man. Just a game. Just because something's 'pretty' or 'handsome' doesn't mean they're in it to draw you solely into this game by that fact.

If you want to imagine, just flip the identities of some champions. Make Ahri the opposite of attractive. Then try to read over her background/bio, and try to imagine how that could be possible when you're the opposite of attractive. YES, there are some characters that are sexualized -- but that's solely because of their background story that builds the character. Sure, Cassiopeia is a good example as well, too..

RogueWill8/23/2015, 3:38:40 AM1 votes

how is ziggs a monster lol?

What about Nidalee Elise Ahri Poppy Evelynn Kalista Kayle Kennen Lulu Morgana Orianna Shyvana Zyra ? How come none of them made to the list when clearly they aren't human?