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The problem with Child of Zaun

Peardix·12/11/2019, 4:51:37 PM·1 votes·5,140 views
https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/child-of-zaun/

Does anyone else think that Child of Zaun was written a bit heavy handed? I get that the writers wanted to focus on character development and cement the idea of Urgot as a terrorist, but the way they wrote the story wasn't very... tactful. I say this because while it does accurately portray Urgot and the Voice as extremists, it also portrays Roe and her angers as wrong. Yes, the Voice misguided her, but the overall message is true. Zaun IS oppressed, the chem barons and clans DO rob them of what they deserve. I think the scene that most accurately portrays this is when Vi speaks up at the sermon. Her whole argument is that hes nothing but a false prophet, lying to people to get power, but she was wrong. His methods were extreme and violence is almost never the answer but the Voice was a true believer. He wasn't just lying to people for power, he and all of his followers rightly wanted change in a system that had been systematically oppressing them since they were born. While the story accurately portrays extremists as dangerous, it fails to realize that sometimes (commonly, actually) the revolutionary is right. MLK was seen a terrorist by a not insignificant portion of the populous and the government, the FBI was constantly surveying him. Despite this, he pushed forward change in a society that DESPERATELY needed it. The Voice was wrong, but Roe and her ideology are not.

2 Comments

GreenLore12/11/2019, 6:57:23 PM4 votes

Vi herself realized that she misjudged the voice, she thought he was just someone that manipulated others with empty promises, she thought that the voice made Urgot up, thats why she spoke against the voice. The voice simply came across as incredibly shady at first.

Chembaron Yamada12/11/2019, 5:03:10 PM3 votes

Can't say I agree with this.

Vi's view on the situation is admirable, imo. Yes, Zaun is getting oppressed, they get exploited and suffer down there. But the point is, violence and killing innocent people is not the right way to solve this. What the Sons of Ur are doing is passing their suffering to someone else. They don't want a better future, they want revenge for what has been taken from them.

Meanwhile Vi understands their anger, but thinks that both cities have to find a way to coexist peacefully. War is not the answer. And there are good people in Zaun who want to build towards such future, like Ekko.

Yes, change is needed. But the way that the Sons of Ur (including Roe) have chosen is not the right one.

This being said, I highly enjoyed Roe as a character and hope that she was just mistaken as dead and turns out alive, getting augmented and return as a powerful follower of Urgot.