Should GP stay dead lore-wise? (not necessarily gamewise)

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65·Jul 30, 2015·3 votes·1,798 views

I believe keeping him dead is the better option as it would establish true character development. What about you? What do you think?

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NemeBroJul 30, 20154 votes

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I believe keeping him dead is the better option as it would establish true character development. What about you? What do you think?

Dying isn't character development.

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65Jul 30, 20152 votes

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Dying isn't character development.

Not for GP certainly but it sure is for characters like MF and other potential Bilgewatian champs down the road...

NemeBroJul 30, 20151 votes

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Not for GP certainly but it sure is for characters like MF and other potential Bilgewatian champs down the road...

Which is why he shouldn't stay dead.

We only just barely met this new GP, and then he's killed offscreen? That's bad writing, and is probably why his death won't stick, lol.

Valaran NaraJul 30, 20151 votes

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Which is why he shouldn't stay dead.

We only just barely met this new GP, and then he's killed offscreen? That's bad writing, and is probably why his death won't stick, lol.

Not bad writing is suppose to stick as the main central focus.

There's also development in Flashbacks. Like, how he became the King and the likes.

Dr PoroJul 30, 20152 votes

Flashback would be a nice way to narrate about GP. Maybe even better than a return/escape from death. I didn't really expect champions to die as it felt like it was over, and you'd be playing dead champs... But since the League (and thus the game we play) isn't canon it doesn't really matter. This way, they can tell stories and actually CLOSE them. Not everyone has to stay alive. Probably the main reason Game of Thrones got so popular was because it's the first series where everyone can die. No main character is immune to death and that adds a lot of tension to the story. Maybe the writers at Riot are trying to simulate this effect.

GreenLoreJul 30, 20151 votes

They'd still go through character development and then when GP returns it'll cause another development. Will MF go back trying to get her revenge?Or will she have realized that revenge won't satisfy her?Or something else entirely?

BlkGolemJul 30, 20153 votes

No, explaining his death would probably take up most of the three lines of text delegated in the in client lore section.

sp441Jul 30, 20153 votes

No. At least not yet. I think the story of him barely surviving the destruction of the dead pool and having to claw his way back to the top after losing his crew, his ship, and his reputation is much more interesting than him just being dead. Killing a character off when there are still good stories to tell with them is bad form.

GreenLoreJul 30, 20152 votes

I think he should return.We barely got to know him,so I think such an early death won't stick.

However I think that Riot should know that they can't do the same trick twice,so next time a character appears to be dead,he/she should be really dead.

Melancholy ExileJul 30, 20151 votes

Personally I think there's a lot of potential in having him return as a ghost pirate during the Harrowing, as the Black Mist rolls into Bilgewater, to continue his feud with Miss Fortune from beyond the grave.

Tesla EffectJul 30, 20151 votes

He wont die, its like Sivir situation all over again.

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65Jul 30, 20151 votes

I'm amazed to see the number of people who want to see him return...

It's cool to read all your reasons.

I personally want him to stay dead so we can remember him as he is in his prime. A Legend of the league.

OuttaControl56Jul 30, 20151 votes

I don't think so. It could work but here's the one problem I have with it:

If Gangplank dies Miss Fortune is basically going to spend her story killing off non-champions and characters. This is fine and dandy if it were a book.... But its league.

The power void is a bit much: Graves and TF are out, leaving Miss Fortune, Fizz, Nami and maybe Tahm Kench. None of these characters other than Miss Fortune have a real reason to fight, kill, or seize power. They seem to have their own stories that are a bit removed from Bilgewater, and don't really care what MF is doing to the populace.

Gangplank could be kept alive as an eventual challenger, an a method to keep Bilgewater feeling like a hotly contested area and not some PVE environment where Miss Fortune slowly takes on all challengers and cements her position as tyrant/Gangplank-Purger in charge.

One argument is that the shadow Isles and the harrowing can come a-knocking and provide the antagonism that Miss Fortune needs, but its not exactly what she wants. She's out for vengeance, not really survival. She willingly threw Bilgewater into chaos, well aware of how bad a position she's putting the Blue Flame Isles in relation to the threat of the Harrowing.

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65Jul 31, 20151 votes

The way they removed the League though means that stories can actually have endings now and we can just remember them for the Legends that they were, right?

of course GP can still be fleshed out even if he's technically not a player in Bilgewater anymore. His influence can still mold others and the like.

Of course this is just my own wishful thinking :)

nice points btw

DecritJul 31, 20151 votes

I find this question a bit pointless: even a death can bring further development of the champion, if trated properly, by uncovering stories of his past that have an impact on the untold

IS1c1d21220aa58ffe97d65Jul 31, 20151 votes

The point of the question is to see how many want him not to die. it's not about deciding it's a survey on how people feel about GP dying. I'm not imposing anything jeez.

Learn the purpose of these boards.

DreamspitterJul 31, 20151 votes

#Next Harrowing....

Spooky Gangplank will sail again! This time for the Shadow Isles

XulsigaeJul 31, 20151 votes

I think he should live, and I think he will live regardless. If he didn't, it would feel very odd to play him in game knowing he's dead. Also would cut off any further interactions with characters.