So why if "killing gangplank doesn't make you the ruler of bilgewater" is this plastered over the front page
"Claim power as the city’s new captain, the uncrowned queen of Bilgewater."
I mean yeah it says uncrowned but it still implies that she runs the city now as Riot has been so adamant about denying.
Probably because she doesn't care? The only reason she's even lived her life up until this point was to kill GP. Now that he's dead, why the fuck would she want to rule over all of Bilgewater? And did you read her new lore? She is headed for Piltover (as is Graves/TF), she has no clear intention of taking GPs place and it wouldn't be in character for her to do so.
It doesn't imply anywhere that she is the new ruler.
I think that she doesn't care to run Bilgewater, she got what she worked toward for so long. However killing Gangplank in front of the city she made quite the statement and created a power vacuum. The people of Bilgewater may not know what her motivations were and now view her as Gangplank's successor whether she wants that or not.
Gangplank was untouchable. Now she can hunt him if he's still alive. Wait, no. He's dead; and we most likely won't be surprised with what happens next.
