Mecha Rengar - Why heart on enemy is represented by love heart and not organ shaped one?!

TheEdgeOfDestiny·10/25/2017, 4:46:29 PM·40 votes·3,631 views

Ok. I do understand that there are different champion species... but even in our world heart of any specie is a vessel-like organ. It can narrower or wider, longer or shorter but in almost all cases - it's one shape because it's the most suitable shape for it's job.

Regarding Rengar. Love/symbol heart in the first place is used to represent emotion. Also it has a strong association with love. It doesn't really fit predator thematic IMHO. It looks and feels weird.

P.S.: That recall animation is soooo troll and funny and... suits Rengar. :D But love-hart is an overkill.

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Velzard of Koz10/25/2017, 5:22:02 PM7 votes

Iconography. This "love heart" is also used in some games to represent Health. Also when real heart is cut in half from certain side, the inner chambers do look a little like the graphic heart, except one wing is higher than the other.

I don't know where exactly is this effect used as I didn't see anything like that in spotlight, but If it's about the Health of the champion, maybe iconographic representation of EKG (line, spike up, spike down, line) would be less weird?

https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/complete-medical-healthcare-icons-for-apps-and-web/128/pulse-512.png

As for what I mean by real heart looking like the iconic heart when sliced:

i.imgur.com/ezXLBkJ.jpg

I put the link like this to be indirect in case someone would find it disgusting or it would break Boards rules.

EDIT: Nevermind, I am blind, already noticed where it is used in the spotlight.

Riotmoonstones10/27/2017, 7:13:54 PM6 votes

Because Rengar has one true love and joy in this world; the thrill of the hunt.

[sg-ezreal]

Sona Ping10/25/2017, 9:48:02 PM4 votes

I think you are mixing things up, missing steps. That symbol is used as and is called a heart symbol and is used as a representation of hearts, frequently used as just "heart" e.g. King of Hearts. The heart is considered a center of emotion so as such it is also used metaphorically to represent love, so its symbol is then used.

You are missing the second step. The heart symbol is used to represent heart and fittingly, it is used on technology displays to show information about the heart such as its beats. https://i.imgur.com/7W9PRno.jpg And in the skin spotlight, you can see it doing just that, with the symbol displaying a heartbeat in a matching "technological" manner.

Or maybe with this and New Dawn, Riot is telling us that they ship it.

OneCheesyStory10/26/2017, 2:00:34 AM3 votes

But Rengar loves his squishies.

Rengar Top Lane10/25/2017, 10:57:39 PM2 votes

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Ok. I do understand that there are different champion species... but even in our world heart of any specie is a vessel-like organ. It can narrower or wider, longer or shorter but in almost all cases - it's one shape because it's the most suitable shape for it's job.

Regarding Rengar. Love/symbol heart in the first place is used to represent emotion. Also it has a strong association with love. It doesn't really fit predator thematic IMHO. It looks and feels weird.

P.S.: That recall animation is soooo troll and funny and... suits Rengar. :D But love-hart is an overkill.

You sound like a new Rengar main or a memer.