What is the age gap between Xayah and Rakan?

LdCwrGm1vv·12/8/2017, 10:42:21 PM·6 votes·15,774 views

Let's be honest.... Xayah looks like a 16-17 years old girl... but it's possible she is 20 or 21 and looks very young. BUT RAKAN LOOKS LIKE 50! I find disgusting if an adult middle aged man wants to pick up a young girl! HELLOOO!!!! WOMEN ARE WOMEN AFTER THE AGE OF 30 TOO! Look at the faces... https://img00.deviantart.net/8708/i/2017/107/6/4/xayah_and_rakan___league_of_legends_by_chubymi-db68gjv.jpg https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0P3QNRIClSM/WO_DDmy7aII/AAAAAAAAiTw/YfUue49Xco8DGALkZnGsabyzTb8X-5eZwCLcB/s1600/4.png https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bLWUwwp-8AQ/maxresdefault.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NWN9TNsDPOs/maxresdefault.jpg

20 Comments

Ebonmaw Dragon12/8/2017, 10:57:23 PM10 votes

Im pretty sure that the first picture is not official, and that is the only picture were he looks "old"... In the splash art he looks way younger than that image.

And he is not middle aged or man, he is a young male Vastaya.

Renthaeus12/8/2017, 10:51:08 PM4 votes

Perhaps they age differently and maybe theyre like hundreds of years old. But it's not about age. It's the design that's bad. Game designers these days just do that conforming thing where men are ugly handsome and women are pretty pretty. Age here isnt the issue. It's his face. If you guys wanted Rakan to be handsome, then why tf would you give him a facial model based off a mix of Shaco's face and Jhinn's mask? He looks like a geometric abomination in my opinion.

HalcyonDweller12/8/2017, 11:06:42 PM4 votes

Vastayan are not exactly human, their apparent ages aren't a direct translation to human culture outside of their world or game. And I'm quite certain that Riot never designed them with the intention of encouraging inappropriate age differences in relationships.

I think you're seeing smoke where there is none and shouting fire needlessly.

ImTheSideKick12/8/2017, 11:09:03 PM3 votes

rakan is 1879 years old

xayah is 2362 years old

they are freaking magical creatures in a world that doesn't exist, with rules and morals that are not our own

they are literally half furry half human and age is only a number

doesn't effect you in the least, get off your high horse

SEKAI12/9/2017, 1:28:15 AM3 votes

There is no way Rakan is "like 50", lol wot. I'd LOVE to look like Rakan when I turn 50.

And why do you care if Xayah is actually a teen? I mean, people marrying in their teens is something our grandparent's generation still did very commonly. We don't just use today's standard to judge an era that's barely out of medieval age, let alone the medieval age of another dimension where magic is real, let alone the non-human species in that medieval age of another dimension where magic is real.

Dragon Master12/9/2017, 1:24:32 AM2 votes

In your opinion.

Demon King Maou12/8/2017, 10:56:59 PM2 votes

What we humans see as immoral is seen as "Normal" by other races Much how catholicism differs from other religions

To xayah and Rakan this whole relationship / Age gap is likely nothing new to them

DariusDemiurge12/8/2017, 11:04:06 PM2 votes

You'll never know, secrets of vastayan make up industry and magic.

Besides if he treats her right isn't that what matters most?

Age is just a number, Morgana and Kayle are likely a number I can't pronounce but I love them anyway.

FireDrizzle12/9/2017, 2:48:26 AM2 votes

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/randomicity/images/a/ac/Rick_and_Morty_-_Rick_Dance_%28ft_Tammy_and_Bird_Person%29.png/revision/latest?cb=20161214204920

Tesla Effect12/13/2017, 3:13:59 PM1 votes

I wanna know what their exact ages are relative to present events in the League of Legends Universe, and when they attacked Zeds order?

Dieenepappie2/16/2019, 1:50:38 PM1 votes

I agree with what a lot of other people said. Its the made up story to go with a game. Its meant to be a fantasy. Its typical to model the stereotypical archtype of male female relationsships. So the male is bigger stronger older, and the women smaller smoother and younger. Its what almost everyone subconsciously finds attractive. Woman look for a man with power and status while men look for a healthy fertile female.

The character creator is just following those standard rules for portraying a male female relationship. He probably never really though of their ages. Theyre a young soulmate couple who are passionatly in love.

Really you should be happy raken is the support and xayah the fighter, the ''normal' gender roles are reversed.

some degenerate2/16/2019, 3:48:32 PM1 votes

IIRC, one Rioter stated that Xayah was either 23 or 24, while Rakan was either 27 or 28. Not sure if I'm 100% right, but I think it was mentioned or confirmed in one of their Q&A threads on reddit. Or rather, that might be what their ages would equate to in human years, given the fact that they're vastaya and that many vastaya tribes/individuals/etc. tend to have longer lifespans than humans and all.

So that's a 3-5 year age gap, give or take (if we're going by human years, I guess.)

But IMO, Rakan never looked "too old" to me in his splash art & his concept art, or with his in-game model. IMO he definitely looks like someone in their late or mid-20's.

https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/lolesports_gamepedia_en/3/33/Rakan_concept_1.jpg?version=24a96d8865216965defb09a398af70d2 https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/lolesports_gamepedia_en/f/f4/Rakan_concept_19.jpg?version=5756253cacc1f68fc8033b85d7c9267d https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/lolesports_gamepedia_en/3/3d/Rakan_concept_2.jpg?version=eccdf5dd63a3693a5cb4e5d9c015b173

Though I have to agree that he did look pretty "off" in their release-cinematic, but so did Xayah in a pudgy, baby-faced, uncanny-valley effect sort of way.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8sxR4PEamUU/maxresdefault.jpg

My guess is that the cinematic was either outsourced to a 3rd-party studio, or Riot's in-house cinematic team tried to perfectly replicate their 2D designs into 3D transitions without taking any... uh, "artistic liberties" into consideration, and this resulted in both of their 3D renditions looking "weird" and "off."

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