Just want to point this out about Varus and the triple-darkin dude

Unnamed Feeder·12/2/2017, 3:26:00 AM·2 votes·404 views

If people are questioning whether 2 PARAGRAPHS of lore are better than 5-6 paragraphs + 2 comics + 1 video, then we know we have a problem with the new story... And the sad thing is, it seems like the 2 paragraphs may be the winner....in the boards for sure. I'm fairly sure it's the winner in Inven (the KR counterpart) as well. Even on reddit there are haters even though its less than the boards. Imagine how much much angrier the community would get if there were no videos/comics about the triple-darkin dude whatsoever. Or imagine HOW.MUCH.WORSE. it would be if VARUS had the comics and the music video and it was retconned in favor of the triple-darkin dude.......

6 Comments

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO12/2/2017, 7:29:31 AM2 votes

Any preference between the two lores is subjective, no argument could be made against one that can’t also be made against the other. Ultimately then this is a change about Varus being an appropriate piece of whatever Riot imagines the total lore to br

MysterQ12/2/2017, 7:11:38 AM1 votes

But gay, so win.

:( I hate to generlize. But that seems to be the attitude I get from so many supporters. It is fine if Varus is gay, but the new story is still not good (imo).

Quepha12/3/2017, 4:31:38 PM1 votes

I don't feel it's a matter of "better or worse" and if I had to pick a "better" standalone story from an objective perspective it would have to be the new lore. I can't deny that the production value of the music video and comic book communicate a really interesting story, although I can't help but wonder how good the old lore could have been if it was actually updated and expanded with all the production value and effort that went into the new one.

But that's really completely irrelevant. The new lore is not the old lore and it invalidates the old lore. The new Varus is not the old Varus and it's painful to have Riot label him as Varus because that means the old character has been completely wiped from canon.