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Why are people upset that a misunderstood "Villain" is being seen as a Villain by other people....

ModAcademy Kayn·8/10/2016, 11:04:10 PM·20 votes·1,593 views

who don't understand what he has been through? People have to remember that characters in a story don't have the 3rd person view we do. They don't know about Stanwick's betrayal, like we do, and as such they have to fill in the dots using Rumors, media, or newspapers, however false it might be.

Say that someone who had never heard of Viktor was watching the news, and the media described some crazy robot cultist leader named Viktor. That news from media skipped over "small" details about it being your choice to convert, he wasn't going to force you, or how it might benefit you. Why? Because it's the news, they want a headline story quick and easy to grab viewers attentions, how ever false or uninformed it might be. So people become uninformed and from their views that Viktor is evil.

Not everyone knows how Viktor was betrayed, and certainly a lot of people aren't going to understand why people would want to become a cyborg/machine/whatever, and as such people are going to view Viktor as a villain, a danger to their normal, every day life. For all we know, Jayce is further hurting Viktor by spreading propaganda to further spread his name about Piltover.

TL;DR: People do not know Viktor's backstory. He is viewed evil by those who are uninformed or scared. Just because they are uninformed, does not mean they are right.

p.s jayce sucks

39 Comments

Sharjo8/10/2016, 11:24:06 PM9 votes

I mean, this is the boards that had a big thread put up where the OP and many others voiced their concernes that Riot was trying to make Viktor a bad guy because of Ekko's opinion, where people were genuinely confused why Taliyah would be at all concerned about the return of Azir considering the circumstances of Shurima's fall, and where someone called out Riot, specifically WAAARGHbobo about the direction Riot was taking Noxus because of Kled's opinion. In all of these cases this stuff can be explained by the limited perspectives, flawed personalities and differing opinions of those in-universe characters, but people can't seem to wrap their heads around why that might be the case.

I suppose it stems somewhat from having your writers converse with the fans more often than they would in most other kinda of media, but it's also people just not looking at things from alternate perspectives. As such people misunderstand because they themselves look at things in the same way as an in-universe character would, but do so not because that's the only perspective they can have as is the case for the in-universe folks, but because they're just not thinking about it hard enough. They look at things on the surface and don't consider where such views, opinions and beliefs come from.

Basically people aren't putting enough thought in to the lore. THINK MORE YOU TWATS. THINK. That's just general life advice; the more you understand, the easier life becomes, so just take the time to think more, even if the end result ends up being exactly the same.

Fasmodey8/10/2016, 11:32:03 PM6 votes

It is the opposite when it comes to Xerath. People think Xerath is pure evil, and Riot thinks he is not that evil and he has reasons.

I'm still confused how Xerath is not a totally bad guy according to Riot. Burning mom and baby alive, turning emperor and soldiers to ashes, pushing Renekton to madness, killing innocent villagers and more murders that he did when he was human for his benefits.

He is currently overlord of evilness, and I really wonder how he is going to be seemed less evil in future stories. I mean, they still continue to say he is not that evil, but after things he did, what can change Xerath? Why would he change? I really wonder answers of these questions.

Maximum Morde8/11/2016, 10:35:39 AM3 votes

It's just like how Americans think the government is good for them.

Stars Shaper8/11/2016, 11:00:52 AM3 votes

Hold on... where is mentioned that Jayce is spreading propaganda?

Also, Jayce has all the reasons to hate him since Viktor basically destroyed his lab and nearly killed him because Jayce refused to work with him and share the arcane crystal.

Keepe8/11/2016, 4:36:42 PM2 votes

He's got a Russian motif going on. Must be eeeeebils. =P