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I'm getting tired of the lore updates changing grey, unique characters into evil bitches.

Gosh Darn·11/29/2017, 6:09:52 PM·3 votes·457 views

First, Vayne goes from a force that seeks out and destroys evil, to some bitch that hates people who use magic. (Vayne is Malygos confirmed)

Then, Varus goes from a desperate guardian who sacrificed himself to bring justice on the people who slaughtered his people, to a carbon copy of Thresh except that he's a darkin. Also he's basically Rhaast.

Now, Morgana is going from being forsaken for defying the laws of her people, an iconic example of free will vs oppressively strict law, to being an evil bitch that is just pure evil.

If Riot wants more 100% evil characters and fewer grey characters, fine, but they need to be creating new characters with that kind of lore, not ruining old characters. I realize these are only the short summaries of their lore and it will be expanded on, but no amount of expanding can change the fact that these good/grey characters are now just pure evil, and a lot of people are not happy with that.

I just don't understand why they are shifting unique characters into evil characters that are similar to other champions already in League.

3 Comments

KuroCaliber11/29/2017, 6:28:20 PM6 votes

I'm tired of people thinking that EVERY character with lore that was full of gaps was intentionally grey. Players tend to fill in the gaps to justify actions and make their characters more likeable. Some, like Mordekaiser, are likeable even though they are full black. When Riot finally goes back to fill in the gaps or paint over the original lore so it fits the universe better, there is no doubt thousands of players will get upset. However, I haven't been disappointed yet by the Lore team. So I'm waiting until the full lore is released. I mean, if all someone had to judge me was this paragraph I have just written, I'm not sure it would tell you my moral alignment.

Stupafly11/29/2017, 6:32:51 PM5 votes

'no amount of expanding can change the fact that these good/grey characters are now just pure evil'

I don't agree. A good story teller can do just about anything in their story.

SEKAI11/29/2017, 6:29:20 PM4 votes

I thought the complaint a while back was that now every character is grey, ambiguous, and/or anti-hero or tragic-villain, and that people wanted more morally distinguished character.

Though I do have some issues with changing Varus into the Darkin, and the man just lost all of his story and motive just like that.