I mean Taric is probably gay, but i don't wanna be a judgmental dick, he could be transgender or simply fabulous. We need a champ who is loud and proud about his same sex love. Maybe a female champ that isn't about being a mans definition of beauty but loves to show her strength and dive a few muffs in her free time. W/E guys, run with it.
Ironclad Dragon7 votesOkay, why? Champions need a lot more going for them than to fill a niche. A new niche is always a good starting-off point, but you need a lot more to create a quality character. And having your starting off point be that character's sexuality doesn't quite fly with me.
slippykitten1 votesThe question is why? Champions need a lot more going for them than to fill a niche. It's a good jumping-off point, but you can't cling to it.
While i suppose you could get a little offensive if you get too cliche with it, but theres a lot of gay themes that seem fun. Rainbow attacks and such.
Ironclad Dragon6 votesLux uses rainbow attacks. And yes, that could and would offend people. Again, having your starting off point be that character's sexuality doesn't quite fly with me.
Thanotos Omega2 votesI agree, it would be better to have an existing champion with no established sexual leanings, be revealed in a simple way, Showing them hitting on a memeber of the same sex or having someone mention it in an honest but casual manner, Like have Darius give a once over to a Soldier then have Draven note that Darius would kill the poor kid, things like that,
also OP is probably trolling, given that he wants a sterotype, and mocks people who don't like offending others,
MohawkBird4 votesWhat is the point of this? I am not homophobic by any means but I just don't see the point in a champion being openly gay especially when no other champion is so open about their sexuality, simply because it's not necessary.
Poptart Evelynn4 votesDo you realize you are asking for a champion to openly throw in other peoples faces their sexuality? That's disgusting. Let me phrase this the other way around so you can understand.
"Omg I'm so wet," says a champion interaction with a chick champion towards a dude champion. We don't need that k thanks.
TeemoJenkins3 votes. . . or just not have any champs that throw their sexuality in other peoples faces and operate under the simple philosophy of "To Each His Own".
slippykitten1 votes. . . or just not have any champs that throw their sexuality in other peoples faces and operate under the simple philosophy of "To Each His Own".
Kinda like "don't ask, don't tell"? i thought that was about keeping the gays in the closet?
Rueian4 votesNo its about, people dont care about other's preferences as long as you dont shove it in their face.
IcyPepper1 votesYou're not wrong.
We don't even get told about the heterosexual champions' love lives. Even Ezreal's hinted crush toward Lux is kept under wraps, so it's not like discrimination is going on.
Huh. Even het romance isn't being shoved in our faces. Go figure.
Z Statistic1 votesLet's replace "I'm a gay" with "I'm a vampire". Mr. Tuomas Yirvik, a new champion, is a vampire.
Ok, Mr. Yirvik, what do you have going for you? "I'm a totally badass vampire, bitch." :O That's awesome! How do you do your vampire things? Do you lure people into a false sense of security before draining them or just go in teeth bared and to hell with the consequences or something else badass entirely? "I'm a totally badass vampire, bitch." Um, ok, that doesn't really any my question but it's still awesome. Are you fighting here for a serious reason or are you more or less just here for the blood and lulz? "I'm a totally badass vampire, bitch." Uh, is your favorite color red? "I'm a totally badass vampire, bitch." Do you have any personality whatsoever? "I'm a totally badass vampire, bitch."
Not everything has to be serious. For fucking sake, Storm Spirit exists and is loved, but that said, it is refreshing to have a gay character like Kanji from Persona instead of assuming that the only way to have an openly gay character is to portray them like a Family Guy gag.
There's nothing wrong with that inherently, but if your goal is to increase diversity to set a precedent then, damn it, the character should carry themselves with more respect and the designer should respect the group. That's just common sense and common decency.
Wannabe Doom Bot3 votesRegional issues aside...
I don't think it needs to be such a big deal. Loud and proud? Rainbow attacks? Sure, it'd be nice, but just think about it: only one canonically queer champ and they'd be playing into a stereotype. Believe me, as an openly queer person myself I totally want more representation. Yes. But I want it done right. We aren't just some theme to slap on characters. I wouldn't want a champ who's DEFINING TRAIT is their sexuality! Make it canon, make it indisputable, give queer people representation, but make them a well-rounded, realistic, and interesting character when you do it. Personally I think the best way to do it is involve it in their lore, say hey this chick has a wife or this dude has a husband. Because its really no big deal. You can work it in and just treat them like any other character. Maybe if pride themes really needed to be worked in then maybe involve it in their dance, joke, or taunt or something, but even then I don't think its necessary. I don't want there to be just one champ who's canonically queer, and only there for the sake of lgbtqa+ pride. Queer people are normal people too. You can have representation without treating them differently.
The Queen Viper2 votesNever?
What does IRL politics have to do with LoL? Yup, absolutely nothing.
GreenLore1 votesWell Graves Cigar was removed because some countries had a problem with it and karthus was made to look less like a skeleton because human skeletons are banned in china.
So yeah,I'd say that real life politics have an impact on the game.
Colonel Lapoose2 votesWhat about my homeboy Taric? He is quite fabulous
BeatzBoyFTW2 votesSo OP thinks gay theme is considered a legal & PG rated thing in Lol, but Graves cant have a cigar.....
Cant tell if legit.
IcyPepper1 votesKeep in mind it's probably not legal in other countries and regions quite yet, it was just legalized in America.
And it's too early for it anyway. People are still going to be touchy about this issue, I mean come on Graves can't even have a cigar!
Who knows? Maybe a year down the road, Caitlyn and Vi will get married or something. Maybe a Rioter will mention (Word of God) that a champion is gay but it doesn't really come up.
Nilinor1 votesKeep in mind it's probably not legal in other countries and regions quite yet, it was just legalized in America.
And it's too early for it anyway. People are still going to be touchy about this issue, I mean come on Graves can't even have a cigar!
Who knows? Maybe a year down the road, Caitlyn and Vi will get married or something. Maybe a Rioter will mention (Word of God) that a champion is gay but it doesn't really come up.
This right here, is why there will never be an openly gay, character in LoL. People can barely handle scantily clad women and someone smoking a cigar, what makes you think they could handle a gay/lesbian character flaunting it in the rift?
IcyPepper1 votesWell, to be fair I doubt a gay character would be flaunting except for maybe a few flirty lines, just like the straight characters do from time to time.
If anything, it'd probably be like Vi's lines to Caitlyn, "Cupcake" and all. Not saying Vi's into the sheriff, but it'd probably sound like that.
But yeah, probably not going to happen too soon. If an entire region legalizes it (I believe parts of Mexico are left for the NA region), there might be a word of God (the creator of a champion might briefly mention a champion is gay but not make a big deal out of it, kind of like JK Rowling did with Dumbledore).
ElementLlama1 votesSame Sex marriage is legal in a lot of places but it still isn't in a lot more, since League of Legends is a played around the world there still is a lot of places that will have issues with Riot for making an openly homosexual champion.
GreenLore1 votesIts still not legal in several other countries and so I doubt that they will ever make an openly homosexual champ.(like others here pointed out,they couldn't even give graves a cigar in his splash art and can't make a human skeleton champ,because of the rules in other countries. at best we'd get a clarification from a rioter that a certain champ is homosexual.
Also if anything,the homosexuality of the character shouldn't be the defining trait of the champ,I mean Lucian also doesn't run around as "The champ who is confirmed to be heterosexual"(ok he could also be bisexual).
Puri Puri Taric1 votesby calling him gay you are already judgemental.
Wind Whistler1 votes