ITT: a memorial for lore event drive by victims

MrSc0tty·9/17/2014, 11:58:04 AM·18 votes·1,173 views

RIP in pepperonis, oh you innocent champs deemed not actually important enough to rewrite into a "main character" but who were just loose-end enough to shoehorn into a lore event, destroying any backstory they had.

Today we remember:

Skarner. His mission, his motivation, his very kind, now just dust in the winds of the desert.

Jax. The competitive ambitious champion of nothing, soon to be rewritten as a lamppost fetishist who travels the land looking to defeat people to prove he's the champ in his own sad little world, listening to the empty cheers inside his own head.

Anivia. Relegated to the Freljord for the crime of being blue and ice themed, Anivia now exists only as a category.

Amumu. His emotions, his effects on others, his search for companionship...rip in peace little zomble.

Rammus. Given nothing for years but nerfs, not even a proper joke animation, Rammus is now bereft even of his simple quest for discovery, an empty shell containing nothing but memories and nostalgia. Yup.

Gragas. They took his brewery, they took his companionship, they left him with a bit part in other characters' story and a hollow feeling in the pit of his much reworked stomach.

It's almost too much to bear. I...I feel like we knew them so briefly, yet... They were all so close to our hearts. I'm sorry, friends, we may have dreamed that some day you may have been put on the same level as other champions, but you've been left out in the cold, friendless and alone.

27 Comments

Pryotra9/17/2014, 4:56:28 PM6 votes

RIP Trundle. You were an awesome character, it's a shame they deleted you for a brute.

ModCaptainMårvelous9/17/2014, 4:47:41 PM5 votes

Jax...will probably still be the champ. Just instead of League matches he'll be an unbeatable force of nature wandering the land who eventually got bored of winning fights with every weapon and instead opts for a lamppost.

I mean feel free to get upset about changes, but don't get upset about something when you don't even know the plan for him/her/it/etc.

sp4419/17/2014, 7:03:41 PM3 votes

What? No Trundle? Turned from a fallen hero, somebody who could have been the Messiah for his people, but rejected such fate and willingly became a monster out for himself due to years of constant abuse to a generic brute who's "smart", even though he sounds and acts like a stereotypical Power Rangers villain?

Willahelm Fulber9/17/2014, 12:47:53 PM2 votes

If you care about lore, go read/write some fanfiction. You can choose how the story is to you. I'm not saying everyone will say "remember that time Nasus and Renekton were bros?" But that doesn't mean that they weren't, not according to the old lore, not according to you. They're looking to phase out the Institute of War so that means lore rewrites for literally everyone whose lore mentions them.