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Big Brother Braum and Thought Police Twisted Fate

Enkidusmurf·4/9/2015, 3:01:44 PM·3 votes·978 views

So, I realize I'm a bit more of a literature geek than the average armored bear, but I thought it'd be really cool to have 1984-themed Legendary skins.

The ideas I have so far are Big Brother Braum and Thought Police Twisted Fate.

Big Brother Braum: The main thing here is the mustache. You could dress him up like a stereotypical dictator. His Q tag could be a drab-red mustache, and maybe some other stuff. The thing that'd make the skin, though, is the dialogue. Braum could have a new voice-over. Maybe with the same actor, or maybe one with a British accent, for thematic consistency. And his dialogue (taunts and stuff) could be borrowed and sometimes parodied quotes from 1984.

Thought Police Twisted Fate: Honestly, in terms of art, I'm not sure what this would look like, since the Thought Police were so much more frightening as a mystery than as an image. Maybe just ordinary spy stuff; 3 piece suit, glasses, hat and such. The big thing here would be Twisted Fate's ultimate. Again, quotes or parodies of quotes from the book could be amazing, here. Something like, "I can get inside you," or just "I see what you're thinking," globally transmitted when Destiny is activated, would be amazing. You could also do something like "Sanity is statistical when he hits with stacked deck or pick a card.

I know it's still kind of fuzzy, but I'd love to have your thoughts on this. And art, if you feel so inclined.

5 Comments

coeurloyal4/9/2015, 10:25:44 PM1 votes

Yeah... I think most of the player base either a) Is too young for the reference or b) Didn't take a lit class that covered that book.

That being said, I think it's an awesome environment to work in. Legendary is a bit much for me, though... every Legendary skin needs to be completely unique from everything else in the store or they'll lose their luster. If two dunkmaster skins existed, I'd probably be fairly uninterested at that price because they wouldn't stand out anymore.

9baksQuJhb4/10/2015, 12:14:43 AM1 votes

The quotes are pretty cool, but:

The Braum skin would be wholly inconsistent with his identity. He's like the really protective uncle who loves those under his care, has great stories, and could DEFINITELY kick your bully's ass. This theme remains across all his skins, and having him as a dictator just seems totally wrong and untrue to his character. Whimsical deviations (eg. Lolipoppy), can work just fine, but ones that are intended to be serious, but have the same flaw, can really backfire.

The Twisted Fate falls victim to the flaw of the whole idea: it's not cohesive enough and is too narrow to work well. You can throw in a few neat things here and there, but it will feel gimmicky and like way too much of a stretch to fit a theme.

I could see a dictatorship theme working with other champions, but it would need to be more expansive than 1984, for starters.