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Something People are Overlooking

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOO·2/21/2018, 11:47:15 PM·7 votes·911 views

It’s established that the void corrupts. We see this in many places in-game: Baron, Herald, Kassadin etc. people have been complaining recently that the newest champion Kai’sa Is not corrupted enough.

The problems with this statement arise when the concept of corruption is examined. What is corruption?

The relevant definition of corruption is “the process by which something, typically a word or expression, is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased.” as per the online dictionary.

So it’s obvious that the Void has changed Kai’sa. Kai’sa has an altered skin color, and she’s part voidling.

You may say: “She’s not part voidling, she’s just in a symbiotic relationship.”

The counterpoint to this is found when examining what we know so far about the corruption. It’s a living void organism that formed a symbiotic relationship with Kai’sa. The creature has substituted her clothes, essentially replacing her skin. Kai’sa’s VO displays that the nature by which she stays attached to the voidling is on a magnitude much greater than that of any real-life example. Furthermore the organism allows her to use the power of the void. Kai’sa’s abilities are likely activated through a neural link between Kai’Sa and an organism. Their brains are connected, making it a de factor singular brain.

So Kai’Sa shares a brain with a creature of the void.

How is that not evident of incredible corruption? In fact this is an extent of corruption that has not been seen before in champions.

The nature of the void itself counters the popular opinion. Kai’sa Describes the void as not so much a place, but “a power”. This can be taken to mean that the void does not identify with any particular location. The void instead a source of power, one that feeds all of its creatures.

If the further argument is made that the Void itself is actually a supernatural entity, then that means that Kai’Sa shares a brain with the goddamn Void.

People on the boards are getting caught up in only one specific type of corruption. There are many more that are far more penetrating in thorough. Kai’sa says it herself when she says “the creatures of the void offer a thousand ways to die, and one way to live: become like them”

29 Comments

Sharjo2/22/2018, 12:04:36 AM9 votes

Counter points:

  • Kai'Sa's interactions with the suit are basically non-existent. It doesn't even feel like an organic entity, and if we weren't told as much out of the gate, I'd be more inclined to believe she fashioned it out of the corpses of dead voidborn rather than her wearing a symbiotic suit.
  • Kai'Sa's mentallity doesn't lend to the idea that she's suffered any kind of change. Change from being in a harsh, deadly environment? Yeah definetly. Change from being in an environment that twists and corrupts people mentally and physically? Not really. She sounds very down to earth and measured as an individual, which I do appreciate, but at the same time she shows so little in the way of "Hey there's Void attached to my brain" that I find it hard to believe she's corrupted in any way.

Kai'Sa's design and characterisation doesn't sell to me that she's in any way void-corrupted. Hell the design of the suit doesn't sell me on the idea that's it's an organism. Maybe if it had parts that moved like a living creature, similar to how Nidus operates in Warframe, I'd be more inclined to believe it. But it doesn't. It makes no sound, it's moving parts look mechanical, it's cannons don't even connect to it's body in such a way as to make me think they're part of the same organism.

All opinions here, but regardless these are thoughts that I'm not really getting away from any time soon. Nothing about Kai'Sa's visual design grabs me as interesting at this point.

Tormentula2/22/2018, 12:42:04 AM4 votes

The curveball is that we know what the void does to people, but what we don't understand is how she was the only exception.

Malzahar grew a third eye

Kassadin got messed up with his breathing and his skin got discolored, for mere seconds.

This girl not only survived entering the void for a longer period then kassadin, but lived in the void, breathed oxygen, drank water, found food, fought illness, and assuming she entered at a young age, fought or ran from dangerous creatures long enough to find that organism which may or may not be the sole reason she's still alive and can survive the full deadly corruption of the void. Its not like samus from MP2 echoes where she entered a corrupted dimension armed with her suit originally, this was a kid.

All while still aging to look like a well conditioned super model.

I'm waiting for her lore to see if it goes in-depth to explain every step of her survival, but a lot of people have a point. From what little exposure other champs got and the results, scaling to practically her entire teen years it seems, you'd expect something different.

The Whamboozler2/22/2018, 1:44:29 AM3 votes

Are you familiar with "show, don't tell"? SHOW us she's corrupted. Show us the void affected her. SHOW US that something happened to her! If an actress in a movie walked in wearing a silly-looking catsuit and boredly said "I am part alien now" and then walked off without any other indications that this was the case... it would be utter trash.

And that's what this champion feels like. Utter trash. She has no personality to speak of and disappointed in nearly EVERY way that she possibly could considering how long fans have been waiting to see her and how interesting her background is. It was as if Riot gave no fucks, her VO gave no fucks and they expect US to give no fucks.

SodiumAzide2/22/2018, 3:16:58 PM1 votes

The VO indicates that the suit is what feeds her in the void, that by killing other void creatures it sustains her. She has a few lines about feeling the suit burrowing into her when its hungry. I think the implication is that she can't stay long in this world without voidspawn to feed on and that the price the void has extracted from her is an eternal hunt.

Rebonack2/21/2018, 11:55:16 PM1 votes

Why did it have to be a suit?

Jubilee Phoenix2/22/2018, 3:41:52 PM1 votes

Just like a joke, if you need to explain it, it no longer works. You can say the same for designing.

Keepe2/22/2018, 12:21:34 AM1 votes

Counterpoint to both sides of the argument. Who cares? It's Riot's game, they're going to release what they want as they see fit, and nothing you say or do will really have an effect on the outcome because people are silly enough to send money their way anyway.

Good or poor design, it does not matter. Riot does as Riot wishes.

cuddlykitten42/22/2018, 1:00:28 AM1 votes

but....if she comes from a land of corruption......and isn't corrupt.....wouldn't that make her the most corrupt of all?

It is official. Kai'Sa is the Rickest Rick.