I never really took a moment to realise how soul crushingly depressing Annie's story is.

Speak or Die·1/28/2019, 12:37:45 PM·14 votes·11,220 views

Her cinematic was hella sad yeah, but god that was an origin story. That was before she was alone.

She lost her best friend, she lost her mother who she thinks will return one day, she lost her father.

Her decent into insanity is so sad. She is a small child, a child who knew so much love, now so alone..

Her isolation is slowly driving her mad, and she doesn't even know it, so she wonders endlessly around a fucking forest.

Jesus christ.

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ØrnnToGetTrolleÐ1/28/2019, 5:33:45 PM8 votes

But then in-game she flash Tibbers's you and you forget all about her story.

14daysuspensionk1/28/2019, 6:49:08 PM4 votes

If you think that's sad, lemme tell you Warwicks story.

So he used to be a human, a gang member or something I think.

Then one day, he ended up in Singeds lab, (somehow).

He was stuck there for days maybe months while Singed tortured him with his experiments.

Singed forcefully created some sort of machine fused into his bloodstream I believe, this is the machine you see on his in-game model.

Warwick then died because his body couldn't handle all of this, (also an arm fell off of Warwick at one point so that's why one of his arms has some sort of armory stuff).

Singed threw him away into a pile of other dead bodies as if he was taking out the trash,

Warwick then woke up somehow and his body twisted into weird ways, I think this is the part where he becomes more wolf like.

He then goes on a killing spree, but eventually decided to only hunt those covered in blood.

During all of this torture, he also has flashbacks of a girl he couldn't remember, and after the torture where he became this weird wolf man, he couldn't rememeber a single thing about his past.

Whyte Lyon1/28/2019, 1:52:13 PM3 votes

It seems you are easily amazed.

For when the story is obviously attempting to evoke tragedy, and your mind is so blown by it that you come here to promote what people are already very aware of.

Warlord Rhinark1/29/2019, 7:38:45 AM2 votes

Ye- no. Annie's lore can't compare to Skarner's.

Yeah, Annie lost her family to misfortune, but Skarner woke up to see his skinned alive (well, what counts as "skinned" in the world of giant rock scorpions) before his very eyes whilst deafening explosions happened all around him.

Skarner was forced to mercilessly slaughter the intruders before they could harm anymore of his family and friends.

Skarner tried to wake them up but everyone that was successfully awoken died shortly after. The others simply wouldn't wake up at all.

He wandered aimlessly above the sands for weeks, consumed by sorrow.

Then, he finally hears a call, a faint hope in the depths of despair, the screams of his tormented brethren, crying out for help.

Now he is forced to choose between either guarding his still sleeping kind, or rescuing the crystals the humans took, and only after several weeks of listening to their cries, does he begin his long task.

Annie is subconciously forgetting all that transpired while Skarner's every single waking moment is filled with pain, anger, hate, worry, fear, doubt, and utter despair.

He constantly relives the moment, and hearing another scream brings him both joy and agony in equal measure.

And he is forced to stoically endure it all as he puts his life on the line by throwing himself at the humans who stole his kind from him.

Annie has nothing to fear, for she wields great power as well as having a guardian by her side, but Skarner doesn't have any magic, any guardians, nothing. Having known only collectiveness, peace, and unity, he is now completely alone on his journey.

So no, whilst Annie's story is indeed sad, Skarner's is at least twice as sad, if not more. Blissful ignorance and denial is nothing compared to soul-crushing depression and constant pain.

VelvetCrotch1/29/2019, 2:57:26 PM1 votes

I think every person would go mad this way. Especially kids who are unwritten papers and trust nearly everyone.

It’s really sad yes. I would want to burn everyone too after such ecperiences. Loneliness is one hard burden. (I know what I am speaking of)

The Iceborn1/28/2019, 8:12:25 PM1 votes

She needs a new Mommy and Nunu already has her Lissandra Maybe he can share

Sorostaran1/29/2019, 12:31:19 AM1 votes

If you think part one of her origin story is soul-crushingly traumatic, then just you wait till Rito releases part two where they explain why Annie wanders around wondering if people have seen her bare tibbers.

PermaJinxed1/29/2019, 5:15:14 AM1 votes

Annie used to have a very lighthearted backstory.... Then they retconned Varus .... His went less edgy....here's picked up all the hopelessness left behind...... As it stands, Annie has 2 possible futures In one she regrets her existence and the death around her and goes full suicidal.... The other, she realizes and eventually revels in becoming the monster others see her as (goes full Eve).

Her voice lines in game no longer fit her lore....they just make her sound as if her psyche has already shattered....