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There's no "but actually!" , Zoe is a child.

Rodsquad·4/15/2019, 8:40:52 AM·49 votes·19,375 views
Zoe - Biography - Universe of League of Legends

It's written clear in her lore.

"Her Lunari teachers reported Zoe to be an imaginative child, but willful, lazy, easily distracted, and mischievous." "It observed as the young girl playfully mocked the angry cries of the Lunari priests chasing her" "Returning home after millennia, Zoe has aged barely a year. Though Runeterra has changed little from her perspective, she arrives full of teenage curiosity for humans and her fellow Aspects."

I've just seen a lot of posts like "actually Zoe is "legal" " and it always bugged me like "how she looks like shes 12." and reading her story finally cemented that oh no she is a child people who use the term "loli" are just being creeps again. Lots of adult women in League look younger than they are. making her stand out less as an actual young person but still. Her eyes are half the size of her head and she skips and plays jumprope when she runs, blows raspberries , has silly kid crushes, its just. She's a kid being a kid.

Ezreals "cradle robber " quote certainly doesnt help but Ezreals not the smartest is he.

136 Comments

Myrmiron4/15/2019, 8:53:47 AM48 votes

Pretty sure you're taking the memes too seriously and should probably loosen up a bit. No one is actually talking about fucking children, they're all just memeing Riot for introducing the stereotypical hentai trope of "looks 12 but is actually totally 18 because the author said so, double, triple swear!". (-> Zoe looks 12 but is actually 308273497216340 because Riot said so.)

Zero Shingetsu4/15/2019, 9:39:55 AM16 votes

I think I just learned things about Zoe's fanbase I didn't ever need to know.

If we're getting into technicalities, she was there for "millennia", so technically she's however many thousands of years old. In Japan, we generally write these characters as having the wisdom of those gained years, regardless of their appearance. But Riot seems to have favored the physiology = mental capacity angle. Which is logical, since certain elements of the brain don't fully develop until around 30.

So if I were calling it (and I can't believe it's something that even has to be called...), I'd agree with OP here. Riot clearly intended for Zoe to be a "young" character, for all intents and purposes. Why in a game with Ahri anyone even considers looking at Zoe is beyond me, but since it has to be said, I'll throw my voice in to: This is not the waifu you're looking for.

The Ecdysiast4/15/2019, 8:58:45 AM16 votes

That's like saying someone's a child just because they're short and immature. That just isn't how it works.

There is a way you'd be right though. And that's if she had been traveling near the speed of light the entire time, making it so she only experienced a year while in fact millennia had passed for everyone else.

But that's not the case. She lived all those years. Just because she didn't mature doesn't mean they didn't happen. Ezreal's "cradle robber" quote is a reference to that fact.

You're just wrong.

UomoAfide4/15/2019, 3:39:10 PM14 votes

If she acts like a kid, has the mind of a kid and the body of a kid... she's probably a kid

Packun Flower4/15/2019, 3:55:11 PM13 votes

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I've just seen a lot of posts like "actually Zoe is "legal" " and it always bugged me

No, you really haven't. I frequent the forums every day and I almost never see this topic be brought up anymore. It was a hot topic when Zoe first came out but now no one really cares. You only brought this up to bitch and whine about something.

Vulkus I4/15/2019, 12:46:07 PM13 votes

Why the fuck would you want that thing as your waifu when Gangplank exists?

Rodsquad4/15/2019, 8:45:29 AM11 votes

Actually , I believe the same can be said for Lulu as well! Her lore is she was also a child who went to a timeless realm for a hundred years when it was only a short time for her yes?

SpecterVonBaren4/15/2019, 5:06:21 PM8 votes

She's a kid that's thousands of years old. The key isn't age (What even IS a year in Runeterra?), it's maturity, and Zoe is clearly not mature.

mrmeddyman4/15/2019, 11:04:10 AM6 votes

The two sides of this is

A.) The point everyone takes in consideration: Zoe has existed for thousands of years so chronologically she isn't underaged.

B.) The one nobody does.... Zoe isn't just Zoe anymore. Becoming an Aspect means becoming more than human. It means becoming something else entirely

Schoenberg4/15/2019, 3:54:23 PM5 votes

This thread has 15 upvotes...

But 5 downvotes.

We live in some pretty damn scary times if 25% of folks are downvoting this

Everyday Legends4/15/2019, 5:19:23 PM5 votes

The important thing to keep in mind is that "a thousand years old" does not equate to "being an adult," and you need to be an adult to consent. Being an adult is not truly a concept that can be defined by age. We just do so for convenience. It's the difference between being an "adult" (which you physically develop into) and being a "grown-up" (which you transition into as you leave behind childhood). Honestly, how many 18-year-olds can claim to have fully-developed and become an adult? Not many. (In fact, it's at about age 25 that a person has truly finished growing. It's all downhill from there.) How many 18-year-olds can claim they're ready to take on the responsibilities and expectations of the grown-up world? There are people in their 30s who would have a difficult time making that claim. But age is still relevant, of course. You can be the most mature, responsible, self-reliant adolescent there is, but you would still not be an adult, because you still have growing to do, both physically and as a person.

Where does that put Zoe? She's not an adult, as she hasn't developed into one. Nor is she a grown-up, because she hasn't transitioned to one, and chooses not to. "Nobody has to grow up if they don't want to. Or maybe they do. I don't, though."

So there you go.

Jerry SeinfeId4/15/2019, 3:10:42 PM5 votes

y'all are way too concerned about wether or not you can fuck a fictional character.

Rustypug4/15/2019, 3:15:41 PM4 votes

Annie Zoe these are my children plz dont lewd them

Thefrostyviking4/15/2019, 3:07:33 PM4 votes

Sorry but the story goes that while she didnt age physically she did experience at least 1000 years worth of life somewhere before going back home.

So her body, hormones and brain arent developed being stuck in a young state, but there is no guessing what actually goes inside her head.

She doesnt have much on it in her voicelines but some like this one :

"I hope this world survives... I like it!"

Or the one about something being fine and things like realities, dimensions and whatnot breaking are common and nothing to worry about.

She isnt quite so entirely innocent as one would think at first.

Then going to mythological allusions, Zoe is basically part of a pantheon of gods that is loosely inspired by the greek gods among others, a god pretending to be a normal child isnt anything strange at all by those standards.......rather that is among the most harmless stuff you´d hear about the greek gods.

Aside from the poetry, gardening and wine brewing......really Greek mythology gets really dark and depraved at some parts.

Then there is the thing about the aspect possessing Zoe being a mass murderer who likes to torture its enemies by imprisoning their souls in objects for thousands of years in pain and isolation? Yeah i dont buy it for a second when someone tires preaching Zoe being innocent with a director like that behind the curtain.

SettDownShutUp4/15/2019, 10:02:55 PM4 votes

Hate to say it but it sounds like your trying to convince yourself...

abca984/15/2019, 7:21:22 PM3 votes

Don't worry. my only fantasy with her is Vi punching her until she is nothing but a bloody mess.

d00mface4/16/2019, 1:22:35 AM3 votes

Some of the comments in this thread have me yikes-ing hard. Zoe's a kid ya'll.

Nameless Drifter4/15/2019, 1:48:31 PM3 votes

You are reading this in the perspective of others.

In the perspective and own definition of time and age of the Lunari teachers, when they see Zoe, they look at her like a child, considering her playfulness and immaturity which is once again proven by the innocent troubles she would plague the teachers with her personality. Thus in their eyes she resemble a child in terms of personality, not physically.

About her physical appearance theres only a resemble of a young girl which is a period of time and not one only limited to pre-18.

Returning home after a millennia, this proves that Zoe is actually enormously older now, even though her physical appearance barely changed due to her traits/powers by the Targon effects.

All of these are facts and background proven. You can consider her a child or not depending on YOUR perspective and definition of how a child is. However if you look at age, compared to mortal beings, she is not a child at all. We dont really know how long does a being affected by the power of Targon lives, so we can't really say for sure if she is a child in those terms or not either.