LoL and Sex Appeal: Who Should Keep It?
With Taliyah coming out, there's been another (constant) discussion about sex appeal in LoL. Riot have discussed making women more unique in the game. Different faces, bodies, and outfits. As far as new champions are concerned, I think it's been successful. Kalista and Illaoi have been well received, while Taliyah is a bit mixed. My opinion is that Riot can and should do whatever they want with new champions and skins. Pretty, ugly, classy or skimpy. A lot of people have been supportive.
What I generally see issues with is how Riot have been handling current champions. Between reworks and splash updates, fans have become divided.
has become more serious, and most fans seem fine with it, enough to want her game appearance to match the lore. I personally don't mind her serious side, but I miss her funny side.
has the new face, which I remember people not liking. I like it however, since she seems, I don't know, rugged? Rough? I remember the
controversy.
I've seen people upset with female champions losing attractiveness, and Taliyah. I've seen people upset that sexualized women still exist. So when I saw Riot comment on how they're fine with sex appeal, they just want champions to "own it", I was happy. They want sex appeal to be a part of someone's character, like Taric. I also don't think they mind champions being attractive, even if sex appeal wasn't their main goal, like Yasuo.
Out of all of the current champions, who should keep their sexiness? Who should lose it? If they continue to have sex appeal, should it be changed for something that's more in character?
Same as MF.
Again, a character whose sexualization is part of her character.
Her hips confuse me. They didn't need to give those hips to a freaking sheep. WTF, Rito?
She confuses me as well. Her clothing is one of the most revealing in the game, yet she doesn't really "own it" as Riot says. But I've actually sort of mentally put her into more of a Sona personality.
Don't change a thing about her, Rito. She's amazing as she is. I just want to bring up her showing a lot of skin... while still being crazy clothes. Her color palette is awesome. She flies in the face of social norms and that's just part of her character.
Did I mention it's mating season?
Caitlyn's sex appeal is something that I think needs to be toned down. I think it feels like an add-on that isn't a core part of her identity. It also doesn't really seem to mesh with her more established personality traits. She seems like an organized "rules-are-rules" kind of person. I think someone from Riot teased a less skimpy Caitlyn, and I am personally really excited to see that come to live eventually.
should stay "sexy" as they are now, because of their lores. (In the case of Akali, since she is a ninja:
)