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Ah yes. The moment of truth has arrived.
Let's settle this once and for all VIKTOR!
Edit: Good news everyone, Viktor gives no fucks about the cult seeing him like a messiah!
And the attack on Jayce's lab was driven by pragmatism, not revenge!
Edit 2: Viktor's color text is a wonderful slice of life piece. It's nice to see his "human" side. Also I was not aware that he still had a mouth, I assumed he had a speaker.
So here's something that I spotted and wondered about.
Jayce & Victor's final joint project was on diving suits right?
And Victor implemented a mind-control button for the operator should the diver start seeing weird stuff down there and 'panic'.
Does anyone else think that sounds familiar?
A man in a mighty Diving suit, that went down to investigate something...And got more than he bargined for and panicked, but wasn't allowed to do as he wished?
Who would perhaps find that to fear or doubt does nothing but prevent one from moving forward?
, is that you I see in the depths?
viktor's story is actually well-written
quite nice, quite nice
The icon's also live now too, if you want to 'represent' Zaun. I might actually swap to that one for a few days, instead of my usual sprout.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/featured/piltover#zaun-champion-tales
(No promises though. I love the sprout.)
"He is also not, technically, a doctor."
WAIT WHAT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I HAVE BEEN LIVING A LIE ALL THIS YEARS?
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE! MY FAVORITE DOCTOR OF ZAUN WOULD NEVER LIE TO ME!
I had to chuckle that Riot actually did use a child to humanize Viktor.
Mundo went from Dr.Jeckyll and Mr.Hyde combined with Hulk to full Bizarro.
I don't know how I feel about it.
Anyone else notice Jinx only got a new story and not a bio? I'm a little let down, cause I was hoping for something new in her lore. At least the color text was awesome.
I love what they did with Mundo. I'm so glad they didn't try to turn him into a truly grimdark kind of character and instead kept him being a goofy kind of person himself BUT they made it so he's a goofy person that's learned things all wrong while having incredible powers and so his actions are horrifying and dark. It's perfect!
I loved Dr. Mundo's new Lore. I was terrified that they'd take a rather goofy comic relief character with dark undertones and pull the switch for FULL EDGE (gangplank). But they kept what I think people loved about Mundo, while still maintaining the darker parts of his Lore and not making him nothing but a catchphrase.
I can't really comment on Jinx, because I really don't like the character, so all my opinions are pretty biased. I will say, objectively, I feel like her new biography still didn't give much information as to her background or character traits, because there's not much we didn't know already.
Blitzcrank was always a character who didn't have a ton of personality, but I feel like his new Lore helps with that. He feels a lot like Zac now, he's a heroic figure willing to do whatever it takes to help people survive. And while that's a fairly simple character trait, it feels great, because especially in a place like Zaun, where everyone's scheming or going varying degrees of mad, it makes him endearing and likable.
Obviously, Viktor's the big one that people have been worried about. And this, I think, hits the community characterization of him perfectly. This is what it seems people have been asking for, and I like the way he's characterized. Viktor's greatest strength is the dulling of his humanity, but it's also his biggest weakness, and I think that was captured perfectly in the story, and his color text was fun too. If I have one complaint, it's that Jayce still comes up looking like an idiot. Jayce has been thrown under the bus for Viktor's sake in rewrites, new lores, etc. so many times, and I feel like it devalues his character a little bit if he keeps basically bumbling into the scene and slipping on a banana peel. It's a great Lore, but I feel like Jayce often doesn't come off as the genius he apparently is. That being said, rereading the story, I love the line from Viktor where he just assumes Jayce won't listen to reason. That's from Viktor's perspective, and he's probably wrong. If he is, and this could have been settled peacefully if these two could get over their grudge against eachother, it goes from "Jayce screws everything up again" to a tragic incident where countless lives are lost because these two can't get over their grudges. And I like that a lot, reminds me of Azir/Xerath.
Overall, this was an amazing set of updates, and I want to congratulate Narrative, again, on a revamp well done. I really enjoyed reading these, and I feel like they added a lot to the characters.
Im not sure about the new Mundo lore, he seems kinda retarded and now he's a criminal. While before he was an actually doctor who worked for the zaun officials and Zaunians actually loved him like a celebrity. While his backstory is better, his personallity is in a whole different ball park.