Wait...so they changed Varus from being a badass to a gay dramatic guy?

4NoxiousHours·Nov 30, 2017·8 votes·813 views

I don't care about champions being gay or not WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED but to change a champion's sexual orientation from Straight to Gay for the sake of doing a "story" baffles me.

His old lore expressed so much emotions and you could feel every redemption the dude had. Now when I see this new lore I don't feel anything but a romance drama novel. I've read the story, the comic, and I even watched the music video. It was more of a sad thing to see how Riot destroys a character than improving.

I'm glad that I didn't decide to main Varus, he was such a badass champion but knowing he's turned into this flimsy dude is just not my thing.

Also, since Riot has released all this and made it as their final decision, complaining or suggesting anything won't do you any good. This is now the new Varus and nothing about it will change. It's going to be there for YEARS.

6 Comments

PyrodiniumNov 30, 20175 votes

I am genuinely curious on where do these many emotions reside on old Varus lore.

Varus used to have a story that has been done to death: A fridged family, a deal with the devil and a revenge arc.

Not only this setup is quite common and unoriginal, but in his case it brought nothing new to the conversation. There was nothing memorable about his family, the story gave no time to empathize with them, nor was Varus' grief explored in any compelling way, and the source of the corruption was not distinctive at all (it was literally a puddle of evil stuff).

Maybe what you are trying to say that they could have used the original argument to remake the story, which of course, they could. Most likely they even used it as a starting point.

But saying that the couple dozens of paragraphs on Varus old lore were badass is quite a big reach.

redniwediSNov 30, 20173 votes

Technically speaking they turned Varus from a grief striken man willing to risk it all for a little revenge to a demon who consumed a couple in order to gain freedom.

NorthmundNov 30, 20171 votes

He will rot until they update his lore again, unless game dies earlier :P

4NoxiousHoursNov 30, 20172 votes

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He will rot until they update his lore again, unless game dies earlier :P

I was expecting Riot to remake his old lore and make it more emotional where readers can feel his anger for what has happened to his wife and kids. I was expecting him to break the rules and gain forbidden power and go attack the noxians who has slain not only his family but his people too. I LOVE Tragedy stories and how a protagonist would go out his way to get revenge in the most ruthless manner. Almost like a anti-hero.

But this new lore... this new lore felt like two dudes confessing their relationships and then fought noxians and went to a fountain that gave them a "bonding" power. Idk it's just.. disappointing and I no longer feel any interest for Varus as I used too.

NorthmundNov 30, 20172 votes

I'll be clear i hate that stuff. BUT! What riot makes is marketing move. They force that here to show how tolerant they are, that they will punish for homophobia. So they do not care how good or bad was old story, it will be remade to fit they "pocket" desires.

PowderToastNov 30, 20171 votes

Sadly you are right. TENCENT has won. They got everything and still they are not fed they must dismantle everything that was good about RIOT and then reform it into this what we get ...

No use fighting the monsters. Just like the Banks, President of America, list goes one ... list gets longer and longer as I get older. It's so hard to keep faith in this world when all things aren't safe not even something as simple as the champion that I fell in love with from his release and played hours on end with, no matter how many people tell me he was bad I said he will be seen someday as the beast he is.

This is what the LCS get's you ... take note anybody who cares about any champion that get's into the LCS play cycle meta ... the place where TENCENT attacks first.