To the people upset about how many champions are now Vastaya:

Laughing Fish·Apr 10, 2017·33 votes·1,723 views

"I would theorize that the vastaya are not an individual species, but a taxonomic classification more on par with a larger order, or a phylum."

This means they can still be as different as an eagle is from a goldfish, or a human to a turtle. As all of those are of the Phylum Chordate, which includes fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Nami being a Vastaya doesn't mean that she is that similar to Rengar or Xayah. It pretty much just means she is a magical animalistic humonoid, which we already knew that she was. Not much has changed.

21 Comments

SharjoApr 10, 201715 votes

The laughing fish understands.

Laughing FishApr 10, 201717 votes

As a fish man myself, I make a point to remain knowledgeable on the subject

https://i.giphy.com/13UMwmUZdfuCw8.gif

SharjoApr 10, 20178 votes

As you should; it's good to know which fish are dateable and which aren't.

Legacy HydralphaApr 10, 20171 votes

Even if you can't date some fish, there are plenty of fish in the sea.

SharjoApr 10, 20171 votes

Aye but when you wanna settle down and have children you have to make sure that the fish you went for actually wants to stick around y'know?

Legacy HydralphaApr 10, 20172 votes

Fish sticks.

Skins ProjectApr 11, 20172 votes

I KNEW IT!

YOUR NO LONGER UNIQUE YOUR A Vastaya!!!

REEEEEEEE

Big LincolnApr 10, 20175 votes

I am a Vastaya too

Jeddy017Apr 11, 20172 votes

Aren't we all a little ~~furry~~ Vastayan on the inside?

DigielfApr 10, 20174 votes

Vastaya is master race so the more the better, half of the races of all the major mmorpgs are now Vastaya as well

TricolorStarApr 10, 20172 votes

Like how there's human subclasses in LoL (Ionian, Shuriman, Freljordian, more exotic ones like Ascended or Undead), there's Vastayan subsclasses as well (Marai, whatever it is Xayah and Rakan are, Ahri's race, etc).

There's been 'classes' in League forever. Yordles (Tristana, Teemo, etc) even have their own subcasses (Primal (Gnar) and Aquatic (Fizz)).

Tesla EffectApr 11, 20171 votes

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Like how there's human subclasses in LoL (Ionian, Shuriman, Freljordian, more exotic ones like Ascended or Undead), there's Vastayan subsclasses as well (Marai, whatever it is Xayah and Rakan are, Ahri's race, etc).

There's been 'classes' in League forever. Yordles (Tristana, Teemo, etc) even have their own subcasses (Primal (Gnar) and Aquatic (Fizz)).

Xayah and Rakan have been confirmed to be the Vastayan race/tribe of Lhotlan (small tid bit in Rakans short bio) . They are one of the indiginous Ionian Vastaya races/tribes.

OverpoweredSoapApr 10, 20172 votes

They literally just have an official name now is all.

Don't know why people make it out to be such a big deal.

JaspersApr 10, 20172 votes

I don't mind Nami being Vastaya but the scale seems a bit much and to why there may be some confusion. Nami is a Marai which in this context is comparable to humans, right? Going by our own science we have a genus, family, order and class before we get to Chordate, our Phylum. Nami's species is the Marai, which probably has it's own genus and family but the Marai's Order and Class seem pretty removed from Xayah and Rakan's as much as humans are from a toad (or in a closer context, a gull is from a sardine, birds eat fish). Are they even in the same Class? I wouldn't think so.

Yet, Xayah and Rakan speak as though to be Vastaya is as important as whatever their species is (one winged bird people). This is odd but it's also hard to comprehend because of the scale and the fact no other species in our animal kingdom has the same intelligence as us and certainly not in another Phylum.

I think I'm over thinking this.

Sexy Jack RabbitApr 11, 20172 votes

Question: Does the name 'Laughing Fish' come from like, Nami? or the gaming studio? Or is it just something you've used for ages?

Laughing FishApr 11, 20175 votes

I actually didn't know the name of any champion other than Braum when I picked this name. It is from the Batman: The Animated Series episode "The Laughing Fish"

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/dcanimated/images/3/38/Laughing_Fish_Smiles.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080722054726

fugertechApr 10, 20171 votes

Someone finally said it.

SplisionApr 11, 20171 votes

I'm surprised people easily forgot or overlooked that detail. It's like some people just want to be mad for the sake of being mad.

NineTailedMysticApr 11, 20171 votes

I forgot taxonomy was even a thing. Haven't used it since the 3rd grade and its never come up until Eduard's Journal and made me look it up.

I'll attempt to restrain my grievances until further Ionian Update notice though.

SkorchApr 11, 20171 votes

Arent Vastayans descendants of shapeshifter-like beings? I mean i COULD see people being angry that there were shapshifting people that eventually became fish people to explain fish people, instead of "Oh hey fish people exist"

Doesnt actually bother me at all because i think Vastayans p. cool. but EH

Overlord ForteApr 12, 20171 votes

The largest issue is using the name Vastaya as one would a common species, as in the case of Xayah and Rakan. When one fights for humanity, they are specifically fighting for the human species. Not the bears, the fish, the Marai. Not anthropoda, nor porifea. I'd draw issue with the VO writers because as is, it blurs the line like the Vastaya are a species (thus causing conflict) rather than a phylum.

People don't casually drop their taxonomical classification in common conversation. There's very little point going beyond race or species in 99% of contexts.