Please keep the moral ambiguity between Kayle and Morgana

Chromatic Eagle·8/30/2015, 6:18:11 PM·145 votes·5,993 views

This bears constant repeating. While fans are afraid that Riot will turn Kayle into a pure good woman, while Morgana becomes pure evil, I'm afraid the opposite will happen. Kayle becomes a bigoted dictator, and Morgana is an edgy anarchist.

For me, the biggest thing between these sisters is that their ends justifies their means. Kayle wants peace, and Morgana wants freedom. Both on their own is fine, but it's their methods that causes them to fight. Morgana ended up using dark magics, while Kayle became (possibly? Riot never expanded on her as much) merciless, judgmental, etc..

Both should be good enough so that fans can rally behind them, but bad enough that they have actions that we condemn. That doesn't mean turn them into mustache twirling villains, or victims. Having said that, Morgana has to be a fallen angel for some reason.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more I'm worried about retconning the JoJ and the IoW. Those things emphasized that Morgana wasn't entirely a horrible person. She baked things and saw Kayle as a tyrant. Kayle was also part of the tribunal. She's an enforcer who believes in upholding the rules and maintaining order.

117 Comments

Teenbus8/30/2015, 7:40:50 PM34 votes

Thanks for posting this; the emphasis on ambiguity is a MUST for these characters. Too often I see people deciding that, for example, Demacia is entirely evil and Noxus is entirely good in the name of 'ambiguity,' but that misses the mark. We need a lore that allows us to see Runeterra as complex, giving a glimpse into the internal struggles of some of its most notable characters.

Gorgannan8/30/2015, 9:28:28 PM28 votes

I'm so sick of people acting like Morgana is the perfect princess, and Kayle is the evil oppressive dictator.

They're both doing what they believe.

Don't hate Kayle because she reminds you of your socially responsible parents.

FantasySniper8/30/2015, 9:03:04 PM9 votes

Like with Demacia vs. Noxus.

It's not good vs. evil, it's Order vs. Chaos, but with Morg and Kayle, even they barely tread the fine lines of that moral compass.

UomoAfide8/30/2015, 7:09:34 PM8 votes
I Came For You8/31/2015, 6:34:06 AM5 votes

They need to keep Kayle masked and Morgana wearing barely anything... to you know, show the difference in morals.

Verxint8/31/2015, 12:21:15 AM5 votes

I've always seen Morgana vs Kayle as being more about individuality and the self vs the greater whole, it's a much more sophistacted dynamic than "good vs evil" or "dictator vs rebel"

The Soulforged8/30/2015, 11:32:16 PM1 votes

I love the ambiguity, but currently, Morgana actually feels like the "good guy". I mean, what evil is there in using magic is supposedly bad? What makes it bad? We don't have nearly enough information to label Morg as bad, but we can easily label Kayle as bad.

CasterGilgamesh8/30/2015, 11:37:27 PM1 votes

i honestly think morgana and kayle should work together morg is about freedom about how order does not always equal good but sometimes order is needed Kayle just wants what is best but she doesn't understand that her way of thinking brings about tyrants.i want their to be grey area between all conflicts because that's what makes the best story and how life really works. same for Noxus VS Demacia and Winter claw VS Avorosa VS Frostguard. Also Zed Vs The kinkou order needs to be looked at more since it's really too one sided.i would like to see more development with Shurima.