[SKIN CONCEPT] Actual Star Guardian Urgot Possibility; HEAR ME OUT

Ah, Star Guardian Urgot. The curious representation of ironic thematic clashing at its finest. Urgot, the disgusting gut pile that looked kind of liked he pissed himself when he died. Star Guardian, the most weeb and kawaii skin theme. Together they became a meme as hilariously ridiculous as it was omnipresent when Phreak's infamous utterance first graced our ears. I mean the one about Star Guardian Urgot, not any of the other countless infamous utterances from Phreak.

Now, with Urgot reworked into a shotgun-kneed Bane-esque Ruler by Domination, it seems the new serious take on his persona has silenced the possibility of the meme ever coming to fruition. Unlike the case of Devil Teemo, Star Guardian Urgot seems as if it truly is out of the running. Devil Teemo got his in tandem with the new Teemoing game mode, but with the extant Invasion game mode using the Star Guardian roster, Star Guardian skins would have to be some level of serious (at least in their own contexts).

Seems like we'll have to give up hope. Or will we? See, we just have to be smart about it. While the pink-clad, pony-tailed gut pile we've all come to dream of probably isn't going to happen, Urgot can still be implemented into the Star Guardian canon. And I don't mean as a bad guy like the void champs and Skarner, I mean as an actual protector-of-the-light. "But Orx," you say, assuming you even realized that was my name, "that's [insert any number of phrases synonymous to "indicative of your failing mental capacity"]" As true as that may be, sir, I implore you to give me the benefit of the doubt, because I would see Star Guardian Urgot not only come to light, but also become an actually neat skin, not just a joke one.

Fitting it into the Theme As I'm sure we all know very well, the Star Guardian line revolves around hyper-weeb. In particular, magical girl anime tropes. Though it's not all stereotypical or anything, there is certainly a pattern in those champions represented in it: they're all cute girls. Except/Including Ezreal.

If there's one thing Urgot's not it's easy on the eyes. If there's two things Urgot's not they're easy on the eyes and kawaii in any sense of the term. Is that enough to deny the skin? Kind of. UNLESS we approach it from a different angle.

Besides mere magical girl, Star Guardian draws from other anime in lesser doses. Would it be too much to employ the "old badass" character into the trope? Again, kind of. So we must try and make a sort of addition to the concept.

Perhaps in addition to the Star Guardians there are three or four higher beings that act directly on the order of the First Star at an executive level, like generals where the Star Guardians are soldiers. They could either be ancient embodiments of the First Star's original creation or myth-level legendary Star Guardians, or some mix of both. To differentiate them they could be called something like Star Senseis. Or if you wanted something less blunt you could try Star Vanguard, Nova Guardian, or something else respectably form-fitting.

If Urgot were such a being he could be a gruff person that takes it into his own hands to keep the First Star's existence from the untouched public a secret, carrying out all the morally-grey actions necessary to do so. Alternatively, he might be in charge of finding and killing Guardians that run away with their power for selfish reasons instead of serving the First Star. Something adequately grim and yet fitting to the notion of Service to a Cosmic Ball of Gas.

Fitting it into the Lore Yes, the Star Guardian canon is a separate canon with its own lore. I'm not making that up. To briefly touch on the important points: =The First Star chooses persons to become Star Guardians and grants them power =The Guardians protect the light from monsters 'n' things =The Guardians assimilate into a planet's culture to walk among the inhabitants and better protect them =Each Guardian has a medium for his or her power, either in the form of a vaguely poro-esque ball of saccharine cuteness or a wing-decalled, star-themed weapon =Guardians evidently don't immediately recognize one another on sight through their disguises =Not every Guardian automatically knows every other =There are "veteran" Guardians who have served for a long time (how long is up to speculation) =Guardians can and do die in the line of duty

Now, how can Urgot fit into this? Very easily, actually.

As much love and compassion Guardians are supposed to have for the people they protect, they obviously have no qualms about smashing the monsters into lurid green paste. Urgot's violent behaviors and tendencies can be representative of an especially twisted Guardian, who brings to bear all his sadistic urges on the monsters in the name of justice. He could be the only remnant of an extremely old team who holds the monsters responsible for all the suffering he has endured through the death of his teammates, similarly to Star Guardian Miss Fortune but cranked up to 11. Make that 12.

As a magical medium, Urgot could have a large, stocky thing with the sort of flat-toothed, blank-eyed expression that conjures dual notions of silly and unnerving, with six rotund, sausage-like legs. A name like Bodojogo or Torpituri or something else strange and sing-song would be great. A creature placid as a stupid beast and just as unyielding in its destructive tendencies. An embodiment of Urgot's singular and unerring drive, blind and yet hideously directed. It combines with Urgot in battle, fusing to his legs and becoming the shotgun platform we all know and have love(?). Fusion with the medium is not unheard of: Ezreal, another male, also fuses with his. And not every medium is a ball of fun, Soraka's is actually kind of an ass hole. Urgot's might be rather large, but that can just go to accentuate his power and age. Unfortunately, every medium only as up to four legs, so this one would have to be an exception. Hopefully that's not a deal breaker.

Fitting it into the Look Okay this is what a lot of you were looking for. Unfortunately for all of us I have neither the time nor the talent to draw such a thing. So you'll have to turn your imagination on. Make sure don't start it in gear, remember.

Anyways, how does one make URGOT, of all things, into something visually-consistent with the likes of the Star Guardians? With a hell of a lot of bending the meaning of the concept, that's how.

We can't have pink Urgot with ponytails. Yes, I know, you can truss me up and burn me afterwards for having so dared to raise your hopes at all, but hear me out first because I have an interesting alternative notion. Instead of an anime character what if we tried for a satire of an anime viewer? The failed edgelord kind, not the weeb kind.

Yes, this is where we start all the sorts of stereotypical memes of an entirely different sort. I'm talking a fedora. I'm talking a black trench coat. I'm even talking a neckbeard, although I think for the sake of his facelessness he should wear a bandanna or something over his mouth. Imagine if you will a stocky man in a black tench coat, a black fedora, and sunglasses with a bandanna pulled over his mouth and black hair flowing out of behind his head down to his shoulders (maybe in a ponytail after all). Keeping with the star theme, his shirt under the coat is impacted with star patterns, but where others have a bright color as their theme, Urgot could use grey light with a color pallete focused on black and white. He could have grey star-shaped pauldrons on his coat and a star-shaped belt-buckle where his body joins the medium (I'll just refer to the medium as Bodojogo because it's as fun to type as it is to say). Perhaps even a grey star perched on the front of his fedora and bandanna? I think star-shaped sunglasses might be a little much, but maybe give his some bling in the form of a star-pendant.

His normal arm is in the sleeve of his coat and ends in a glove. His other arm is contained in a bulky contraption angled to fit into the same design as Poppy's hammer, with stylized wings of particularly-faded white at the elbow and a large faded star on its face that he shoots out of. If anyone asks it's some sort of arm cannon with a handle inside and it's not actually his arm cut off at the elbow. Yeah, let's go with that.

From the waste down he is the angular, toy-like body of mechanized Bodojogo, whose blank eyes flank the belt buckle. The platform is not fuzzy, instead appearing to be of the same material as the arm cannon. Each of the six legs appears to be something between mammal and machine, with a large star at the knee. These stars can either all be grey or, if the designers think they're dangerously close to fifty shades of that color, they can make them red, green, blue, purple, yellow, and orange. Particularly faded versions of those colors, mind. Urgot's coat flows behind his torso and hangs down to the platform as he moves. He also has a sheathed katana strapped to his back (that'll come into play in the next section).

Fitting it into the Game Look, we can put lipstick on Kha'Zix all day long but at the end of the day nothing about his kit will every make him a heartseeker. Unless he's one of those ones that doesn't sweat the "consent" thing. At the end of the day Urgot can look the part but he's still pulling you into a meat grinder and throwing you over his shoulder. How do we remedy that? Unfortunately, it takes enough changes to warrant the skin being at least Legendary quality, and blowing that much effort on this strange venture may be too much to expect of Riot, no matter how much I assure them I will buy it, and buy it for all my friends, and buy it for every Urgot-owning degenerate I ever cue with or against.

Firstly, it needs a different voice over. Not totally redone, but with some things not Starry chopped out and some things more Starry added in. Like, maybe cut out the Zaun references, but everything else can stay if it needs to. In particular, it would be nice to have some new lines on some of the abilities. Anyway, here are those abilities.

Echoing Flames Urgot's passive can be an opportunity for a splash of color by changing his knees to six of the seven colors of the rainbow. Otherwise it would look much the same as usual, except with grey starry particles and a sparkly sound effect. While I'm on the matter, by the way, his autos would just be nondescript grey stars as well. That's good enough, right?

Corrosive Charge Just a large, more solid grey star that slaps onto the ground for a moment before detonating. The Purge Mark left on enemies can be obviously star-shaped. "You cannot hide from the light." "Burn in the starlight!"

Purge Star patterns along the edges of the effect radius, maybe make the autos a barrage of small stars a random color from the six on the legs as they fire for that splash of color to remind you he's still operating under the First Star and is still a good guy. "Kill all the dwellers of darkness!" "A rainbow of pain." "Searing lights." "Cut down the shadows!"

Disdain Maybe a faint, faded rainbow trail when he dashes. Possibly a similar such trail tracing a rainbow above him when he throws someone over his head. "Nothing escapes starlight." "Do not run from me."

Fear Beyond Death Urgot reaches behind his back and throws his katana forward, impaling the target it hits. Urgot's body raises upward as his medium Bodojogo opens its flat-toothed maw and begins rhythmically clanging its square teeth together, blank eyes staring. On reactivation, Bodojogo's long tongue shoots out and grabs the katana to pull the victim in before rapidly clanging its teeth as the victim is torn apart, leaving a spray of bright multicolored particles. Bodojogo then closes its mouth again. =when firing first part "Boomerang Blade!" "The sword that will pierce the hells!" =when tagging an enemy with the first part "Open up, Bodojogo." "The First Star demands your insolent light snuffed out." "Should've dodged." =executing an enemy "Return to stardust!" "Your light joins ours." "Die as you lived. Alone and miserable in the darkness." "Heh. Nothing personal, kid."

Other Star Sensei Possibilities It might be a bit much for Urgot to have such a bombad title all to himself. There should be two or three others who also have the title and who can exemplify different personas inherent within. Possibilities include: =Aurelion Sol= OBVIOUSLY. He can embody lofty patience and general superiority. He can represent a strange figure indeed since all the Guardians are humanoid, but maybe for variety's sake? He can look like a rainbow dragon or else draw inspiration from Dragon Ball's Shenron. In the latter case, his mediums (the obvious choice for his stars) could be orange like dragon balls. =Some other female champion= Like they can't all three be dudes if there's only one dude Guardian. An older woman who also asymetrically fits the theme, like Fiora or Illaoi could work (the tentacles could be warped long-necked fuzz creatures a la Meowkai's long cats). Another possibility is Kindred, as Wolf offers an obvious choice for medium. =Some other cosmic being= Kindred fits here too, but the possibility of Bard (whose meeps are obvious mediums and whose temperament fits the bill) also exists.

In Conclusion Just thought I'd share because I know that even though much of this is grossly unusable, some of it may yet be cannibalized by more creative and productive persons for something actually worth looking at. And if that is ever the case, I will have achieved what I set out to do. Anyways, good day, lads.

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