Lesbians Exist in Runeterra

TBakes·12/2/2016, 5:58:19 PM·90 votes·8,808 views

Tamara passes through the square, avoiding sprinting pneuma-tube runners as they race to bear messages to their destinations. A promenade courtier, Noami Kimba, waves to her and blows her a kiss. They have met three times in the sultry air of evening, and each time Kimba has offered her a chance to spend the night in her arms. Tamara has refused each time, too busy for any diversions, but if she is able to stay longer than today, she may take her up on the next offer.

Neither of these characters are champions yet, but it is the first canon homosexual reference I'm aware of. Just thought that might be significant to someone out there. [slayer-jinx-wink]

254 Comments

Sharjo12/2/2016, 6:01:45 PM58 votes

Well I guess Noxus and Piltover aren't all that uptight about who you dig.

I thought it was a nice touch. It's subtle enough to be just a totally natural thing, not blown out of proportion or anything. I dig it.

stone the blacks12/2/2016, 7:29:46 PM36 votes

Well we cant ignore the most famous couple Draven with Draven

Laughing Fish12/2/2016, 7:24:25 PM29 votes

So Caitlyn x can still happen in lore.... http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/07/herman-cain-smile.gif

Takatsuki Yayoi12/2/2016, 7:48:25 PM29 votes

I'm happy about this, super happy about it actually, but some of the comments in this thread are kind of getting to me, I think.

In regards to it being shoved down peoples throats, or being made overt, I just want to say that when people say this it seriously sucks. As a gay man, my relationship with my boyfriend is exactly the same as a straight person's relationship with their partner. As such, in a story when a character mentions that they find another character of the same sex attractive, or when a character is hinted at being gay/bi, it really isn't any different than a straight character saying they find someone of the opposite gender hot and it sucks that even when a character's same gender attraction is hinted at in even the SLIGHTEST, all these people talk about how it's being shoved down their throats and it shouldn't be a big deal.

If Darius was confirmed to be gay in an offhand line, he would still be the same character. If Nidalee was confirmed to be a lesbian in a side comic, she would still be Nidalee. If Garen was confirmed to be bisexual and even stated plain as day, "I'm bisexual.", he would still be the Demacian Justice after the fact.

Representation of gay characters (and lgbt characters in general) IS a big deal to a lot of players who fall under that label (including myself), because if you look at media that portrays us, we tend to be stereotyped, or treated as a joke, or the character's ENTIRE personality is that they are queer. Stuff like this matters a lot to us because it normalizes lgbt people as just being....regular people.

kitcat30012/2/2016, 6:23:15 PM24 votes

What I like about it was that it was treated so casually, instead of making it a big deal. Not saying a would object to a story that made it the central conflict, but this was a nice change of pace.

HalfTangible12/2/2016, 8:29:11 PM15 votes

Most ships I'm okay with, but Graves x TwistedFate strikes me as weird and creepy. There's a lot of animosity between the two which would make a sudden relationship strange, and honestly I see them more like brothers.

Also I liked Evelynn x TwistedFate in the old lore. Sue me.

HalfTangible12/2/2016, 7:29:13 PM7 votes

Why is this worth celebrating?

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No really, why? It's just a character trait.