Addressing Miss Fortune's lore vs her personality.

Asudurga··11 votes·5,254 views

To put it bluntly, she is bland. Very, very bland. To the point of just being a walking pair of tits holding guns.

Please rework her sometime in the future to give her a personality that fits with her lore and makes her less like a sex symbol for LoL. We already have Ahri for that and her personality although flirtatious matches her lore perfectly down to her abilities as well.

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GreenLore10 votes

The thing is that her flirtatious personality is only a cover. The lore makes it pretty clear that she is actually rather ruthless and somewhat idealistic,with the whole flirting-part only being an act.

Asudurga4 votes

It's the way it's portrayed that peeves me and many players off. I would love to see MF actually have a brutal quote with rage behind it.

Warlord Dienekes4 votes

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The thing is that her flirtatious personality is only a cover. The lore makes it pretty clear that she is actually rather ruthless and somewhat idealistic,with the whole flirting-part only being an act.

To be fair that was pretty obviously an attempt to cover their asses by Riot when the character they wrote in the Bilgewater lore behaving nothing like her in game character does.

GreenLore8 votes

Honestly I think that was always what she was supposed to be.

She was always described as using her flirts to get the things she wants,with the goals of uniting bilgewater and killing the man who murdered her parents.

Warlord Dienekes4 votes

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Honestly I think that was always what she was supposed to be.

She was always described as using her flirts to get the things she wants,with the goals of uniting bilgewater and killing the man who murdered her parents.

And yet she does not use this once in her actual story event. She's a stone cold killer mastermind who doesn't so much as crack a smile.

Not that I have a problem with that, really, I actually find her Bilgewater event version a much more interesting a character. But she behaved nothing like a seductress, she was an imperious commander.

Asudurga1 votes

Exactly, and she has it out for Gangplank but do I see any hate-filled quotes towards him? Nope...

Ralanr2 votes

Probably because he doesn't let known rivals live for long.

Asudurga1 votes

Gangplank survived her once before, he can endure her a little more for a quote between the two to arise.

GreenLore9 votes

Actually she behaves like that in her introduction in the story and it even highlights how she hides her true personality.

And there, in the middle of them all, was the conductor of the night’s revelry.

She twirled, toasting the health of the harbor master and all his watchmen. Her lustrous red hair whipped around, captivating the eyes of every man in the room, not that they had been looking at anything other than her.

No glass had been allowed to run empty all night - the crimson-haired siren made sure of that. But it wasn’t the dulled senses of every man in the room that drew them closer. It was the promise of her next glorious smile.

With merriment still shaking the tavern, the front door opened, and in stepped a plainly dressed man. Inconspicuous to a degree that only comes from years of practice, he walked to the bar and ordered a drink.

Among the clumsily assembled gallery, the young woman grabbed a fresh glass of amber ale.

“My fine fellows, I’m afraid I must take my leave,” she said with a flourish.

The men of the harbor guard responded with loud bellows of protest.

“Now, now. We’ve had our fun,” she said, chiding them amiably. “But I have a busy night ahead, and you are all so very late to your posts.”

She hopped onto a table without missing a beat, before looking down upon them all with triumphant glee.

“May the Mother Serpent grant us mercy for our sins!”

She smiled her most captivating smile, raised the large tankard to her lips, and then downed her ale in one tremendous gulp.

“Especially the big ones,” she said, as she slammed her glass on the table.

She wiped the beer from her mouth to a rapturous roar of approval and blew a kiss to all.

Like servants before their queen, the room parted.

The door was held open for her by the gracious harbor master. He hoped to garner one last glance of approval, but she was lost to the streets before he could look up from his unsteadily courteous bow.

Outside, the moon had dipped behind Freeman’s Aerie, and the night’s shadow seemed to reach out to meet the woman. Each step that she took from the tavern became more purposeful and surefooted. Her carefree veil dissolved, and her true self was revealed.

Her smile, her look of wonder and joy, were gone. She stared grimly, not seeing the streets and alleys around her, but looking far beyond to the many possibilities of the dark night ahead.

Warlord Dienekes2 votes

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Actually she behaves like that in her introduction in the story and it even highlights how she hides her true personality.

Fair enough, I forgot that part. But can you blame me as it was entirely unnecessary for the story? She acts the seductress in a background scene, but it accomplishes nothing. All her moves are through manipulation of information, and trying to get TF and Graves in precarious situations to distract Gangplank. She doesn't use her seduction, she doesn't act the charmer. If that scene was not in the story nothing would have changed, and nothing would tie her to the character she is in the game. It also doesn't really help her plan, if she wants to rule Bilgewater, then having every pirate thinking you're a two-bit harlot will probably cause a lot of problems when she's trying to get them to respect her. I wonder if we'll see that happen?

But again, I don't really have a problem with that change. Since terrifying homicidal MF is a far more interesting MF. And while I don't particularly play her, I admit I'd be more likely too if she acted like that.

RiotBioluminescence6 votes

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Fair enough, I forgot that part. But can you blame me as it was entirely unnecessary for the story? She acts the seductress in a background scene, but it accomplishes nothing. All her moves are through manipulation of information, and trying to get TF and Graves in precarious situations to distract Gangplank. She doesn't use her seduction, she doesn't act the charmer. If that scene was not in the story nothing would have changed, and nothing would tie her to the character she is in the game. It also doesn't really help her plan, if she wants to rule Bilgewater, then having every pirate thinking you're a two-bit harlot will problem cause a lot of problems when she's trying to get them to respect her. I wonder if we'll see that happen?

But again, I don't really have a problem with that change. Since terrifying homicidal MF is a far more interesting MF. And while I don't particularly play her, I admit I'd be more likely too if she acted like that.

I don't think she started out wanting to rule Bilgewater - she just wanted to kill the man who did at the time. I don't think her plans were particularly well formed for any post-Gangplank world.

RiotRiotJaredan10 votes

Just for help on clarity, the scene where she's keeping the inn patrons' attention is to keep the harbor guards from going about their rounds, allowing Rafen a window to plant the explosives.

She ends her performance when Rafen enters the Brazen Hydra.

As Bio surmises, she never wanted to rule Bilgewater, just take out Gangplank. In her mind that would free her and Bilgewater from his tyranny. But sometimes starting down a path can lead you to places you didn't intend.

ADepressedLeona4 votes

Those who hunt monsters be careful, less you become one yourself

Warlord Dienekes1 votes

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Just for help on clarity, the scene where she's keeping the inn patrons' attention is to keep the harbor guards from going about their rounds, allowing Rafen a window to plant the explosives.

She ends her performance when Rafen enters the Brazen Hydra.

As Bio surmises, she never wanted to rule Bilgewater, just take out Gangplank. In her mind that would free her and Bilgewater from his tyranny. But sometimes starting down a path can lead you to places you didn't intend.

Huh. Thanks for pointing that out. You see, this kind of detail and interesting characters is why Bilgewater is the one event you guys have done I actually like.

Any chance we'll ever see a stone-cold murderous MF voice over in a skin or something? That'd be way better than her current mix of bad innuendo and Star Wars quotes, for some reason.

RiotRiotJaredan8 votes

Personally, I think Miss Fortune might be the Champ I'd most like to go back and do some VO for. She's a bit dear to my heart, so I'm not being impartial, but hopefully we'll get to do that down the line.

Asudurga3 votes

Indeed, ability wise and lore wise she's by far one of the most amazing characters in League. By a vocal and personality standpoint, it simply comes off as bland not owing to her intended personality.

I'm sure there are other champions in need of a new VO (Jax cough cough) as they are simply bland or outdated, but as of this moment with her popularity from the new skin it really needs to be addressed.

ULTRAF0RCE1 votes

Jax needs a full scale rework, whereas Miss Fortune doesnt need one. While Riot hasn't yet done so they have talked about perhaps some day doing VO updates without VGUs if need be.

rand0mredneck4 votes

My God, you people never quit with this. THE SEXY PIRATE GIRL SHTICK IS A COVER.

Photos of Ghosts3 votes

So what? The VO is empty, completely empty.

Asudurga4 votes

Someone finally gets it, she's just very bland.

Raxistaicho3 votes

Ahri has a similar where her flirtatious behavior in game is at odds with both her lore (she's supposed to have left her seductress days behind) and her Stray Fox short story (she doesn't act flirtatious at all, she uses charm magic to steal the free will of the Noxian soldiers).

MavenSong4 votes

thats more of a case of the lore has gotten a bit ahead. But yah, For example, i still think if ahri were to get a new VO she should still keep somewhat of a playful personality with a mix of lonelyness. Similairly with MF if she were to get one keep some of the old flirtatiousness but add untertones of serious.

OokamiNoSora3 votes

omg post like this just tick me off to no end, why cant she be a sex symbol and a boss? Their is no problem with that. Just because a character is sexy doesnt mean that they cant be other things as well. If we followed that logic every female character from now on should be some repressed fully covered woman (possibly ugly women) or monsters. Bc it offends you that their are sexy woman that are also bad ass.

Photos of Ghosts3 votes

Or you could listen to her VO and notice that it isn't worth crap.

DevilishMetal1 votes

What if she acted like she does right now, and then switches to ruthless killer in combat?

GenoXx1 votes

lol, u are just finding something to complain about. seed's like this will often be stepped on to prevent growing into tumblr

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