Male characters have cool features and reasonable, fitting stories
Female characters lately all rely on relationships, like Miss Fortune and the hundreds of her sex partners, Fiora and the wedding, Illaoi and Gangplank
When will this meme end and when will there be an asexual female champion with a strong appearence like Illaoi?
And the most satisfying post of this discussion by Raoul :
{quoted} Hey, you have to understand: Writing female characters like male characters is very hard. That would force the lore team to actually look at women as people who can live without men.
He is right, Riot. I really hope that you notice this. And my response:
Get all my upvotes man (sadly I have only 1). I just don't get it, why is it so hard though? I'm not a writer, but even I could do it. The only purpose of these threads that I'm creating now is that Riot would actually notice this idea and put it into consideration, like they did with the other ones. I know it sucks to be me and to be disappointed, but guys, if you are glad with what came about all of this, be happy and just support those people who want to see something interesting for them. No one will complain then if everyone gets what he wants.
I'm surely ready for the next 100 downvotes, but still, this is a thing. If it bothers somebody like me, I'm sure it bothers someone else as well. They just don't write it here.
My main concern is that such rare thing as Illaoi (and I mean her appearence) wasn't meant to have relationships from the start. The thing is, Riot went by the safe routine so people wouldn't call Illaoi "a man", because the fact that she has relationships with a man automatically makes her look more feminine, despite having such appearance. SO they tried to satisfy both people who wanted strong female character AND people who wanted "women in need". But I didn't like it and it wasn't necessary. This is my point.
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stories are revolved entirely around one another.
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revolve around each other.
Is actally what you are looking for, she doesn't have a bulky body but she is strong, with strong values and fights like a boss.
is not defined by her relationship to Gangplank, it is a factor to her character, but only by her choice in the relationship rather than the relationship itself. She left Gangplank (romantically, I think they still bumped uglies from time to time, but it sounds like she was the one who decided when and where) to pursue her religion more and because Gangplank was no longer the man she had feelings for. He had become stagnant, and she regretted not testing him when she was younger.
- She has no friends what so ever, male or female, and hates everyone who won't accept the power of the moon, so basically everyone.
- Just a lot of spiders.
- Doesn't care about anything that doesn't explode. The only thing closest to a friendly relationship is the fact that she wants to hug Ziggs, and hes terrified of her.
And then here's just a bunch more I don't feel like explaining:
Honestly, even more than I expected when I was putting this together.
A fox transformed human by a dying mage. The transformation is incomplete and she is forced to steal the life essence from others to survive (she finds men most easy to charm.) She realizes that its wrong and seeks help from the greatest wizards in Runeterra. Not at all defined by her "relationships" but rather her moral struggle to balance her need to steal life essence and her desire to live.
Became the leader of one of the many tribes of the Freljord at the age of 15. Her story parallels that of King Arthur with her discovering the legendary bow of Avarosa and uniting the tribes peacefully under her rule. No mention of any relationships though her old lore did say she married Tryndamere to help unite the tribes.
Short lore discussing how she became half woman, half snake. No mention of any relationships save that she's the youngest daughter of an influential family in Noxus.
Rebelled against the status quo, trading dolls for sabers. When she was forced into an arranged marriage she rebelled against that as well. To restore her house's honor she killed her father and took over their house rather than her brothers, breaking tradition yet again. Her entire life she defied stereotypes of women and became one of the most feared duelists in the world. Not at all dependent on anyone, let alone a man.
Deadly assassin who cares only for the glory of her house. No mention of any relationships.
