The Last Varus Post, and Why The Retcon Still Matters

JacctheInsomniac·2/18/2019, 10:15:11 PM·16 votes·6,162 views

So I've been working on this on and off since for over a year, since Day 1 of the retcon.

If you're currently rolling your eyes that this is YET ANOTHER post about Varus, especially when today's hot topic is regarding Kayle and Morgana please hear me out.

I'm talking significantly about Varus, but you can replace many of the nouns with some of your favorite characters who've undergone their own retcons. I firmly believe this video is pertinent to all fans of all lore in League, and for what it's worth I'm super proud of it.

Kayle and Morgana are just the most recent expression of the phenomenon I describe in the latter third of this video.

8 Comments

Oleandervine2/18/2019, 10:21:55 PM5 votes

I would rather you have written out your topic, since you know, we're on forums and not the comment section of Youtube.

Rebonack2/19/2019, 7:16:06 AM3 votes

I knew it was probably coming.

Turning Pallis into a Darkin, I mean.

I didn't like that it was looming, but I knew it was probably going to happen.

I've always had a soft spot for otherworldly creatures that aren't necessarily malevolent, but rather alien. Their idea of 'good' might be far detached from our own, but they try anyway. Sometimes with disastrous results.

That was the impression I got from Pallis. It didn't understand the weird nonsense forms or reasons for being that material folks had. It was lonely. It was hurt. And when it was finally freed, it tried to help. Maybe it got sealed away in the first place because it was trying to help, and it simply didn't understand enough to comprehend that its helping maybe wasn't so helpful after all.

We didn't just lose Varus with the update. We lost Pallis, too. And that was a real shame. I saw Pallis as a glimmer of, maybe, some side of the Void that is something beyond dark malevolent hunger and really hoped it would be expanded on. Instead it got scrubbed.

It's hard to get invested in characters if you know they might vanish with the next Lore update. I used to follow the lore of League pretty closely but... not so much anymore. So many things that I enjoyed, both mechanically and thematically, are gone now.

Neokilljoy2/19/2019, 9:33:18 AM3 votes

I wholeheartedly agree. The Varus retcon is by far the biggest gripe with LoL's lore that I've had in years, which I hate to say considering that I do think plenty of the recent lore is pretty great.

The world of opportunity that was Varus the human, his tragedy, downfall, lust for vengeance, and the mystery of Pallas all being tossed away in favor of new Darkin lore and characters really stung.

Speak or Die2/19/2019, 5:21:05 AM2 votes

I disagree with pretty much all of this but I love this content! Do more!!!