How are yordle and human relations like in Runeterra?
What do yordles think of humans and vice versa?
If humans accept Yordles into their society and vise versa, why do they? Humans can barely tolerate each other like Demacia vs Noxus, Piltover vs Zaun, Noxus vs Ionia, etc.
Finally do humans and yordles ever date/marry each other? Or would that be considered unacceptable and disturbing by one or both parties?
Yordles seem to be considered as tall tales or fae beings so to speak. They do not as a whole fully interact with other races in their yordle form. I can't remember if this is conscious or not or if they can choose their other appearance (Tristana was mistaken for an old lady for example). So it's unlikely that yordles as a whole have open relations.
But individual yordles are different. Namely how Poppy interacted with Orlorn. Though Poppy isn't really known as a yordle amongst Demacia. It's probably safe to say that the legend of Orlorn's hammer is just considered a myth by the Demacian kingdom as a whole, making everyone Poppy gives it to unaware of what it actually is (cause if they knew, they'd stay far away from her).
As for what Yordles think of humans? Honestly I think that they generally look down on them. The same way an elf looks down on a human for a foolish act. Yordles probably believe that they have most stuff figured out and probably don't have wars with each other. So humans, who are very violent towards each other, are probably seen as children to them.
I'm basing this off of Tristana's story as she better represents the thoughts of Yordle society at the moment because the other two yordles with updated lore are basically outcasts of yordle society that also stopped caring about yordle society in favor of their new ones (Kled and Poppy). Though we can also learn from them about yordle society.
Based on what attracts Poppy and Kled, yordle society is probably a hedonistic communist society. There is no actual order (which is what drew Poppy to Orlorn and Demacia) and everything is probably shared without anyone really owning anything (bringing up Kled's obsession of Noxian values in owning something).
Now if my theory that Lulu is the yordle faction leader makes sense, this kind of society is accurate.
Depending on what cultures you're looking at, some are gonna be more accepting than others. Piltover for instance has esteemed yordle scientists, so they're more likely to not only accept yordles in to their city, but also attract more yordles to them. Noxus is similar to a degree since one of their cultural heroes is a yordle, even if he's a bit off the wall. Places like Shurima and Mount Targon are probably places where yordles are viewed with more scepticism; fairy tale beings rather than real people, and some places might not trust them at all; I could see places like the Freljord and Demacia being a tad wary of weird magical fuzzy folk.
On the flip side yordles are drawn to human cultures and gravitate around the ones they like the most and want to be a part of, but given the limited perception of humans they're more likely not to notice yordles living among them than they would otherwise. Folks like Poppy, Kled, Heimerdinger, Ziggs and Kennen are probably more exceptions to the rule than the rule itself, and even in their cultures some people don't recognise them as yordles since they have different views on the things those yordles embody. Basically yordles probably live among humans all the time, but in most cases humans would never notice them because of the whole perception deal.
I highly doubt that yordles and humans would engage in marriage or any degree of a more intimate relationship beyond being close friends and comrades.
Ya'll just wanna bang a yordle
That being said, I'd bust all kinda nuts with poppy tho
From what I can tell, Yordles are weird Fae creatures. In tristana's story, no one sees her as a yordle until she tells them, rather, they see her as an old woman. Kled also gets seen as an old man. So I don't even think there ARE interspecies relations.
ummm ive seen rule 34 stuff and can, without a shadow of a doubt, say that humans and yordles can...erm have relations
Sadly, with the current way the yordles are coming - they are basically fairies that barely even interact with humans, also being nearly timeless (or maybe even timeless), so I highly doubt that. Especially since they can't even be recognized as Yordles by humans.
I liked the previous iteration of yordles WAY more. Basically underdogs of runeterra, a race that is smaller, doesn't have exceptional magic powers and, most importantly, made of flesh and blood (also fur). And even though they were underdogs they were still keeping up, mostly thanks to their wits.
Interaction was pretty much constant, with multiple Yordles living (and being recognized by humans) in major human cities (Poppy was the Ambassador of Demacia, while Heimer and Ziggs were living in Piltover to my knowledge (also, all the unnamed Yordles that went to Yordle academy - which was in piltover) and his former students spoke highly of Heimer. From Rumble lore:
He only intended to get a good look at the humans, but four hours and several choice words later, he returned home bruised and bloodied with an earful about how he was an embarrassment to "enlightened" yordles like Heimerdinger.
So, I imagine that yes - there were Yordle x Human couples (even though I imagine a decent amount of both humans and yordles would shun such couples).
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I dunno, new Yordles... I just don't get it. While I loved a lot of changes to the lore after the retcon (Bilgewater, DAMN that was good now Zaun is also pretty damn good, Shurima was alright (Xerath seems very undeveloped - he's just a villain, but others ended up nicely)). I just can't relate to completely mythical creatures that the Yordles have become.
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I think that yordles live like dwarves in other games (witcher, warhammer, dwarves etc.):
Maybe some yordles are discriminated by humans etc. in e.g. the most part in Noxus. Or are food for the arena monsters.
In other locations they are maybe as respected as humans (like in e.g. piltover). Maybe some lead universitys or are tutors.
But relationships with yordles? hmpf... maybe with the more "human" ones like poppy or lulu. But a heimerdinger or ziggs? idk man.
I don't think they have "open interactions": humans usually lack the ability to recognize yordles and yordles don't go around correcting humans' false perception of them. Those interactions are probably rare as well, because the majority of yordles lives in Bandle city (the only exceptions we're aware of are Poppy, Kled, Kennen and maybe Heimerdinger, Ziggs and Veigar too*). This is probably why the majority of humans has only heard of yordles from old tales and isn't even completely sure about their existence, so I really doubt there have ever been romantic relationships between the two races.
*not sure about them because I don't remember if they've ever been mentioned since the retcon
When people talk about Yordle Human relationships
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Finally do humans and yordles ever date/marry each other? Or would that be considered unacceptable and disturbing by one or both parties?
That was the only thing you really wanted to ask about, isn't it?
No, just no. Yordles are furry and look like 6 years old kids.
No.
I think that while a human might want to do the humpty dumpty with a yordle, yordles themselves might be very grossed out by it making the whole thing impossible
They are basically now those traditional fairy tale elves. Not the sparkly rainbow type, but the mischievous force of nature type you see in old highland tales.
Since humans see yordles as humans, it has probably already happened in one form or another.
