Fiora has a french accent, Braum a russian one and Yasuo uses those sick japanese words. In reality other than the english dubbing, are they supposed to be speaking in their languages? I mean, fiora speaks in french with her friends? I talked about dubbing because for example in some other dubbings fiora doesn't have a french accent.
Are there any other champs with different accents?
Ebonmaw Dragon2 votesChampions do not really speak in languages of planet Earth, they speak languages of Runeterra of course. In the case of Yasuo, he uses actual Ionian words in the VO, not "sick japanese words", same goes for Karma.
Anyways, in most of the cases, champs keep their accents in all the languages... but no idea if this apply for the original place where the accent is used (for example, no idea if Fiora has a special accent in France, but in all the other languages, she has a french accent)
I guess that the champs speak in "Runeterrean Language", but with accents that are similar to ones from Earth... So, it doesnt mean that they actually talk French (in the example of Fiora)
PS: And for some reason, Zyra speaks with argentinian accent in LAN/LAS
AnataBakka1 votes"in all the other languages, she has a french accent", she doesn't in japanese for example.
Ebonmaw Dragon1 votes"in all the other languages, she has a french accent", she doesn't in japanese for example.
fine, MOST of them.
Dreamspitter2 votes[{quoted}](name=Ebonmaw Dragon,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=TxzorrAh,comment-id=000200000000,timestamp=2017-11-27T20:12:02.690+0000)
fine, MOST of them.
Accents serve a purpose in fiction. They give a character a certain FEEL to them.
Now using accents ACROSS languages is hard. For example, IIRC a Japanese anime character with say a Kansai accent in Japanese -when dubbed might be given an American Southern accent. The reason being that both accents have a similar perception in ther respective countries.
FOR EXAMPLE! :D
https://i.imgur.com/8htWeDL.jpg
In Japanese you use honorifcs for all different people. Joey Wheeler (Jounichi) doesn't use honorifics. It's very, very rude coarse speech. They try to translate some of this feel by using the Brooklyn accent.
Bakura by contrast is very polite, and in the dub they gave him a British accent.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votesI’m assuming it’s the same reason why Obi-Wan has an English accent. Why make up your own accents when you can just use others?
Warlord Dienekes1 votesRioters have stated that they care more for what accent fits the character rather than what would make sense in setting.
One of the more hilarious examples is Ekko and Viktor, both come from the same half of a city. So, in theory they should at most be two variations on cockney or whatever other language picked to show the repressed section of the city. Instead one has a Russian accent, the other urban American.
Which amusingly would imply there is some linguistic connection between Viktor and Braum of all people.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votesWhat’s an urban American accent?
RookPusher2 votesidk but I also don't know how Ekko sounds different than most of the other characters.
Warlord Dienekes1 votesA term I made up because to me into sounds like he’s from Chicago but I don’t know enough about American accents to specify.
It doesn’t sound like he has my cousins rural drawl though. And certainly doesn’t have a Russian accent.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO1 votesIt’s called general American, it’s how most of the champs talk
Warlord Dienekes1 votesI bow to superior knowledge
AnataBakka1 votesI listened to braum's full russian voice and it wasn't that cool. Same for illaoi and turkish/greece voices. I think i'll just stick to english/japanese ones
GreenLore1 votesI think Viktor is actually from Piltover in the new lore,he just moved to Zaun. Though I might remember it wrong,I'm too lazy to look it up right now :p
Beyond Legends1 votes-_- I don't think there much point focusing in fantasy linguistic anyways. Viktor could easily be consider russian, chinese or french depending on which region you're playing league at.
Warlord Dienekes1 votesI don't think there much point focusing in fantasy linguistic anyways.
Now you're just making Tolkien's ghost sad. I hope you're pleased with yourself.
More importantly, it has more to do with consistent worldbuilding. If you don't care whether or not the setting makes sense, then linguistics really don't matter. When you do, then it does. Simple as that, really.
Beyond Legends1 votesUnless you decided that your fantasy world is using english, character accent doesn't really matter. League is a international game meaning viktor doesn't just speak in english, he also speaks in 17 other langauges.
His russian accent in his english vo is simply a translation of his actual language to reflect his character traits to english speakers. Much like how japan likes to give their character muti color hair to add to their charcter, the west tend give charcter accents to invoke a certain feel to their charcter.
My point is that focusing at the inconsistency of the english vo is pointless. Viktor himeself probably doesn't even speak english. If we were magicly drop within piltover I doubt we could understand a lick of their actual language, what we hear in game is simply a translation of that.
Warlord Dienekes1 votesThat's true, the structure of the people and cultures are all illusions. All writing is an illusion. Which brings about the concept of verisimilitude.
The characters are, of course, just speaking English because the writers speak English, and we are on an English server. They are fictional, they don't really speak at all.
However, from a worldbuilding perspective, making sure that all the parts of your world fit together is what creates the illusion that the world makes sense. In a movie, for example, it would be jarring if we were watching The Hobbit, and all the elves have their stilted proper English accent (or at least trying to sound like you have an English accent), except, suddenly Thranduil has a thick Kikongo accent. It would take you out of the experience.
Now, LoL gets away with it, because it's pretty removed from its own story. And like I said, they really aren't trying to create a consistent world. Instead, they're trying to throw "awesome" things at the audience. Which is as legitimate a form of storytelling as any other. Don't let anyone say otherwise. But don't pretend it's consistent either.
Hexs Fortune1 votesOne of the more hilarious examples is Ekko and Viktor, both come from the same half of a city. So, in theory they should at most be two variations on cockney or whatever other language picked to show the repressed section of the city. Instead one has a Russian accent, the other urban American.
Ekko has an "urban american" accent? what?
Zed genius2 votesi guess it's a new way of saying the n word
RookPusher1 votesIt's the old way. V. popular in the 1980s. The new way is "thug"
Dreamspitter1 votes[{quoted}](name=Hexs Fortune,realm=NA,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=TxzorrAh,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2017-11-27T15:59:22.898+0000)
Ekko has an "urban american" accent? what?
https://i.imgur.com/BonrF0s.png
What he's trying to reference is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_English
Sometimes called Black Vernacular English. But....I actually think Ekko might be more, of a New Yorker rather than being from London.
For some reason looking at his outfit, I think he would just LOVE Baseball. And for some reason....Baseball makes me think Yankees. His speech doesn't have any of the features of BVE. It's actually flawless in structure. But it has a certain....something to it. It's not like they went full on BROOKLYN on us or anything up front and in your face either.
WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO3 votesI’m pretty sure it’s just general American
Hexs Fortune1 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/BonrF0s.png
What he's trying to reference is
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_English
Sometimes called Black Vernacular English. But....I actually think Ekko might be more, of a New Yorker rather than being from London.
For some reason looking at his outfit, I think he would just LOVE Baseball. And for some reason....Baseball makes me think Yankees. His speech doesn't have any of the features of BVE. It's actually flawless in structure. But it has a certain....something to it. It's not like they went full on BROOKLYN on us or anything up front and in your face either.
Which lines in Ekko's VO are you referencing?
SEKAI1 voteshttps://i.imgur.com/jDBr2RI.png/noredirect
Yasuo's "Japanese" is fictitious, as in, it's a fake language made to fill "Ancient Ionian".
Karma's "Ancient Ionian" is also the same. Though Karma and Yasuo's 'Ancient Ionian' do not sound the same, given that they are based on stereotypes of different irl languages.
AnataBakka1 votesah, that's interesting
