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Lux's new lore really resonated with me!

Seraphic Chicken·3/24/2017, 1:25:24 AM·11 votes·7,423 views

Between:

  • the obvious metaphor of her magic and living in a place that is hateful and intolerant towards people like her
  • struggling with self hatred until she learns to love, accept and value herself
  • having to hide her true self among her family even when it's an open secret
  • the way her family knows but pretends it isn't happening out of shame and disgust
  • her "deep bond" with Kahina
  • being able to be herself when she is on missions away from Demacian society(alongside Kahina!!)
  • the retconning of her relationship with Ezreal(or at least, the rumors of a relationship)

I am reading a LOT of lesbian subtext in her new lore and I LOVE IT!! It makes me really happy that I can see these stories and make those connections based on my own experiences as a lesbian and it makes me really happy that her narrative can be interpreted this way. Some parts of the stories she was in actually made me cry!! I would really love to see this theme explored more explicitly and in-depth in future stories. I don't really expect Riot to go further with this considering their track record, which mostly consists of implying that a character is gay as a joke, such as in this news post where Leona swoons over Miss Fortune, or the armor of the 5th age Taric splash where he's checking out Ezreal, but I can dream!!

I really loved this update because of the personal connection I felt to Lux through her stories and I want to say thank you to the lore team for putting so much soul into it! You guys did a really great job and because of it I can view one of my favorite characters in a new light(haha) that makes her even more meaningful to me than she already was.

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RiotRiotJaredan3/25/2017, 12:36:56 AM7 votes

Hi, Dolljointed!

I can't tell you how happy this makes me (and I know how happy the principal writer on the piece will be). I'll make sure he sees this thread. Thank you very much for sharing.

And I hope we can exceed the understandable expectations you mention. I'm pretty confident we can.

EDIT: Just made sure before I said so, but the principal writer on Lux's bio and color text was Graham "Dinopawz" McNeill.

TyrekGoldenspear3/24/2017, 10:57:43 PM3 votes

Eh, I don't see it.

You don't know how old Kahina is in this story. For all you know she could be old enough to be Lux's mother. She is the one that was tasked to mentor her after all.

Not to mention they already made an metaphor between magic and being gay, it would be redundant to make an allegory AND actually push this.

Plus Riot has no issue with outright stating a character's orientation, as it's been done before. Personally I think you're reading too much into this, as close friendships between two people of the same sex are very possible. But if it resonates with you, then gj, the writing did its main work.

EDIT: Almost forgot, the retcon of the Ez X Lux ship was because it didn't make sense with the new lore. How on earth is Lux going to be anywhere near Piltover where Ez hangs out? Even though Ez travels, the likelyhood of them crossing paths is slim to none. That's why they retconned it.

Solidair33/25/2017, 2:17:50 PM3 votes

Agreed! I will say that being gay and being able to fire off intense deadly light lasers are very very different, but I also appreciated the LGBT-stigma-like subtext within the borders prim and proper Demacia where being different is not valued.

A very heartwarming message.

But at this point I just want to see some more legitimate proof at an LGBT presence within the roster and less metaphor.

Nylisa3/24/2017, 6:48:44 AM1 votes

can you please explain a little more as in why you see such subtext in her story?