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I don't understand Lux's interaction with Ezreal in her new VO.

Yuumicio·3/8/2017, 1:38:24 PM·58 votes·41,565 views

In 2013, during the Aatrox release event, Riot Games showed a drawing which gave the fans very good reasons to believe that Lux and Ezreal know each other and are probably intimate. This hint was made even stronger by one of the Howling Abyss shopkeeper's lines to Ezreal ("Is it true what I've heard about you and Lux Miss Crownguard... hmm?") and by the fact that Ezreal is listed among Lux's "Friends" in her lore page (and viceversa). This happened after the Institute of War retcon, so it should have no discrepancies with the new official lore. Since then, thousands of fans have taken the very obvious hints seriously and shipped Lux and Ezreal together, creating beautiful fanarts and fanfictions.

And now, after four years, all these beautiful works risk to be good for nothing. Yes, and all because of a single line in the new Lux voice over, where she states that she has never even met Ezreal. I really don't understand this choice. Lux and Ezreal are (were?) just perfect together, their characters fit so well. The fact that they know each other makes perfect sense, because Ezreal is an explorer, meaning he travels a lot and he definitely visited Demacia during one of his explorations (in the Aatrox event we see he stole a Demacian glass). So I can't keep myself from wondering: was this line really needed? Why are they doing this to us LuxReal shippers? We don't want the ship to be canon, but at least possible. That line just screams "THIS PAIRING IS NOT POSSIBLE AND IT WILL NEVER BE". I sincerely hope Riot Games are not sinking the Lux x Ezreal beautiful, reasonable and deep relationship to pursue the Ezreal x Taric one because that would really be the worst thing they could do. I always found that ship to be nothing more than a dumb and homophobic meme. Of course, a slightly feminine guy and a man with long hair _need _ to be gay, right? That's totally not pushing a stupid and outdated stereotype even further. /s

I hope Riot Games will reconsider their decision and either remove that line or at least add some context so as to give the LuxReal shippers a glimmer of hope that their favorite pairing is even simply possible. Thank you if someone from Riot Games will answer this post. I'll leave here some of my favorite LuxReal fanarts. Take a look if you want, to see the dedication of the fans towards this pairing:

bibico-Atelier Oreki Genya justduet Refel-Salala Selene-Galadriel LengYou NutHolic SpigaRose rieko1910 Poirisu Hotcatking Pixiv Id 1015603

263 Comments

midnight oil243/8/2017, 1:40:55 PM39 votes

While you might like the ship, many others hated it. I personally hated it not because of Lux but because of Ezreal. If you want, I can tell you my full reason for hating ez, but suffice it to say he sums up everything I hate about a lot of people.

As such, I couldn't be happier that the ship has been sunk.

Wînter Fox3/8/2017, 8:26:24 PM14 votes

Don't worry OP, that's just Lux being tsundere: "O-of course I've never met that baka Ezreal, what are you stupid?"

Ravenhale3/8/2017, 2:12:32 PM11 votes

TBH, I have never understood why Lux would be involved with Ezreal. The only real angle I ever saw would be the case where she felt trapped and admired him because of the freedom he possessed, exploring places she would likely never be allowed to go. Short of her having narcissistic tendencies, I did not see a way of her having any real physical interest in a guy that does not remotely resemble what would be presented as the Ideal Male in the Demacian Society. With Luxanna's need to please her family and fulfill their expectations, it felt more natural that she would be expecting a male suitor of Garen caliber to fill the role as her husband. I'm not saying she would have a "brother complex" but I cannot dismiss him playing a significant role in what she would expect.

RainXBlade3/9/2017, 1:02:36 AM11 votes

I honestly don't understand why so many people hate this ship just because it looks so stereotypical. When you look at the finer details of the ship, it isn't really THAT stereotypical. Yes the shipping is really damn cute (LuxReal is my OTP, fite me), but there are numerous reasons I could name for why this shipping is reasonable.

(Fair Warning: Wall of text and that I got this idea of the OP's comments in this post. I just really wanted my opinion on the shipping and that I want to expand it.)

First of all, if you read the lore, you know Lux was drafted into the military ever since she was a teenager, and you know what happens to people that go into the military. Then, she grew to love her country out of peer pressure (from countrymen and most especially, her family) because she's a noblewoman. From her laugh itself, most, but not all, may say she's a "destroyed" girl that actually wants to be free from being caged by Demacia. Also from her League Judgement, she joined the Institute of War because it's the only thing left that could allow her to escape her harsh reality of being imprisoned by politics. Lux has a complex relationship between herself, to Demacia and to her family that she's willing to not talk about it to anyone but keep it to herself because for all we know, she's very selfless in that she prioritizes her country's ideals and needs over her own and let's be honest, if you were to put yourself in her shoes, it hurts a lot on the inside. Let's also say that she's really depressed on the inside because of what had happened to her in the past.

Ezreal, on the other hand, lived his life as a freelance person. He has no parents (read his updated lore in the wiki to understand this), he has all the freedom in the world, he explores the world and that he has both wits, smarts and a little luck and that often times, he loves to work alone. Sounds like your typical Shounen anime protagonist amirite? However, with the little contact he had to magic (his gauntlet), it made him famous because it's magic, and that possibly, the summoners knew of his potential so they put him in the League of Legends which in turn, really made him a superstar in everyone's eyes. Ezreal actually hated this, but grew to adapt to it because this became part of his life when he found his gauntlet and that he loved adventure. And let's just say he's fairly arrogant, a bit selfish (because he often does his job), a little bit ignorant and confident because, character reasons and Rito Games.

So now for the readers who read this, you know that their personalities and social standings are very opposite, but let me explain further.

Now imagine, if (a really big if) both Lux and Ezreal crossed paths. Yeah sure, they'd make some small talk about the current events. But this is where things get spicy. They decide to get real and talk about their own lives and when Lux decides to open her life to Ezreal, he now begins to understand that everyone doesn't have the same liberty of living life freely as he did. Now as Ezreal begins to tell about his adventures, this is where Lux views Ezreal as a visual representation of the freedom that she longed, but let's just say as well she also realizes that freedom is also a privilege and like everything, it can be taken away by anybody and that's why Ezreal's often a loner, no parents, no guardians (except Professor Lyte and his uncle that really don't care that much about him either way) and that he lived through life through wits, smarts and a little physical capability.

So now, both blondies understand each other's lives and their pros and cons. As for Lux's case, she wants to be free of her duties, but not completely abandon them and that Ezreal actually wants to help her at least have that small bit of freedom. In exchange though, Lux helps Ezreal augment his magical capabilities and to be his light (pun intended) in his adventures and that Ez would like some company in his trips. Despite their opposing jobs with Ezreal being a nomadic explorer and Lux being a noblewoman, they still find time to spend time with each other, whether it be inside or outside the Institute of War. Well overtime, they start to fall in love with each other and the rest is up to you.

Even though Lux X Ezreal is my OTP (dammit, this shipping is so cute I can't resist saving fanart of it), I don't see this as a long-lasting relationship but rather, as a "teenage dating/comfort" kind of relationship because of the circumstances of their social standing. But then again, their love story would make a great romanace/drama fanfic or a shounen/shoujo & romance anime/manga. I dunno, Riot really loves to Ship Tease the fandom really loves to ship characters because why the %$@#! not?

As a side note, is it bad that I say that I have a stash of Lux X Ezreal fanart in my desktop? I wonder if people would find it a bit creepy. But there you go, my wall of text that may or may not be reasonable to you.

Edt: I fully agree with the expression that this shipping is not one-sided because people who think this shipping is one-sided are biased towards one of the characters but mostly being biased on Ezreal because of his personality. People need to stop viewing Ezreal as too rash and stereotypical of a character.

Extra Edit: But seriously, if League had a Shounen/Shoujo, Romance and Adventure anime, I'd ship Lux X Ezreal so hard and the theme song would be a toss up between the following:

Endless Starlight

Crossing Fields - SAO Soundtrack

Varien - Valkyrie (Monstercat Release)

(Really sorry if my tastes for this shipping are a bit too cliche.)

rtbf2256182413/8/2017, 5:09:42 PM10 votes

I don't really care about either of these ships. Ezreal and Lux seems nothing more than a perversion since they even look like siblings if you stretch it that far and Taric and Ezreal seems like a meme that can't be taken seriously.

Plus that, and Ezreal's personality is the equivalent of a careless kid who gets lucky a lot.

MiIf Fortune3/8/2017, 1:58:33 PM5 votes

Making the two gay looking guys a ship isn't homophobic lol

  • from a gay male