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LEGENDS OF RUNETERRA: Caitlyn Level Up Animation
↳ "I am to win, and my aim is excellent."
#hey can we uh.... get cait's outfit in s2 like this.... yeah... i need it for reasons.... yeappppppppp lmao#caitlyn#caitlyn kiramman#legends of runeterra#loledit#league of legends#league of legends legends of runeterra#caitlyn lor#type: gif#media: legends of runeterra
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So, considering what's going on with Riot right now, do you think Arcane Season 2 got caught up in all of this restructuring?
Yes and no. Arcane season 2 is part of the reason for the restructuring.
As I understand it, internally at Riot, after Arcane was a huge (and more importantly: prestigious!) success, the decision was made to basically hand the entirety of the game's lore and story over to the Entertainment division within Riot. These are the people in large part responsible for projects like Arcane, K/DA, Heartsteel, that animated series China got, all that sort of thing.
The writers at Riot were basically told to flat out stop producing new content and lore for the game - that's why there's BEEN no new story content for League for over a year - because everything was going to be consolidated under the Entertainment division from now on. This is why Riot started talking about "One Runeterra" and "Arcane is going to be canon" and so on.
The success of Arcane convinced executives that what League of Legends needs is a singular cohesive brand with its most successful public property leading the charge, Arcane is going to be the gateway drug, the hook on the end of the line that brings new players and new paying customers into the exciting world of the League of Legends multimedia IP universe!
Nevermind that Arcane's story and worldbuilding is fundamentally incompatible with >checks notes< the overwhelming majority of Runeterra as it exists and enormous compromises would have to be made to either the world of Runeterra or Arcane itself to make it work. Arcane is the big shiny prestigious mainstream Emmy-award winning project that every executive wants to put their name next to, and like companies Pivoting To Video in 2015 because Facebook showed them inflated viewership stats, Riot Games is Pivoting To Arcane. It's better than them pivoting to crypto and NFTs, at least, although I know for a fact that high ranking people at Riot tried to make that happen too.
Now, the primary cause for all of these games industry layoffs is that interest rates aren't zero anymore. Borrowing money isn't free, the curve of constant growth has ever so slightly slowed, taking on debt is becoming a little tiny bit more risky than it was previously, and corporations are responding to this with massive rounds of layoffs and constriction to show "financial responsibility" and prove to shareholders that they are prioritizing core growth strategies and blah blah blah etc. They're also trying to kneecap the growing labor movement in the games industry and exert downwards pressure on wages, but the interest rates seem to have been the main thing.
In Riot's particular case, a secondary reason is they want to pivot the focus of the company to support their One Runeterra pipe dream, so a lot of the people who got fired at Riot are writers, artists, creative leads and sometimes extremely senior and successful staff who are now surplus to requirements. This is also why Riot shut down Riot Forge in the same round of layoffs - can't have a bunch of talented indie devs going off making video games that don't adhere to the new One Runeterra policy. What if someone played Mageseeker and got confused how there can be mages all over Demacia but somehow there are no mages in Arcane's Piltover and Zaun. That's a plot hole! People write snarky articles about that sort of thing. It turns off new consumers! What if Cinema Sins makes a video making fun of it?!?
So yeah. A bunch of cocaine-addled fame hungry executive vultures at Riot are absolutely gagging on their own d*cks to put their name next to Arcane related projects, and since they were going to be screwing hundreds of people out of their careers, healthcare, and in some cases their fucking visa status anyway, it seems to have presented a nice opportunity to clear the board for their latest Visionary Scheme for the company IP.
That is as I understand the situation, anyway. I'm a bitter old man and most of what I hear is second hand and anonymous gossip through my social networks, take what I say with a grain of salt, but I've followed this company for (oh god) twelve years now and I have developed a tragically keen understanding of how its executive class operates.
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Riot Games are eliminating 530 roles - laying off 11% of Rioters globally.
They say they want to focus on their "core live games" - League of Legends, VALORANT, Teamfight Tactics, and Wild Rift. Development of R&D games such as Project L (the tag-team fighting game) will continue.
Legends of Runeterra will be significantly hit, because it "has faced financial challenges since launch, costing significantly more to develop and support than it generates".
Riot Forge will also be shutting down after the release of Bandle Tale as they "don’t view this as core to our strategy moving forward".
You can read Riot's official statements here:
https://www.riotgames.com/en/news/2024-player-update
https://www.riotgames.com/en/news/2024-rioter-update
#riot games#league of legends#wild rift#teamfight tactics#tft#valorant#legends of runeterra#riot forge
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Queer League of Legends Champions (with explanations) – Part I
Confirmed Lesbians – Neeko, Leona, Diana, Caitlyn, Vi
Starting off with probably the most known LGBTQ+ characters of Riot, we have Neeko, Leona, Diana, Caitlyn, and Vi, all canon lesbians. Neeko's sexuality was a big deal when first announced, not only because she was the first canon queer champion of League but also because her sexuality is explicitly portrayed through her voice lines, as she often flirts with female champions and shows a disinterest in the Shoo'ma of men she shapeshifts into.
A number of different Rioters have confirmed that Leona and Diana were always meant to be lovers, but someone at Riot Management decided against it, and so they were portrayed as almost sisterly in the old lore. Fast-forward to the present day, they are gay and LOUD about it! The Rise With Me short story officially canonized the couple, and official pride art showed both of them with the lesbian flag.
Caitlyn and Vi were already a popular ship before their romantic interest in one another became explicit, as shown in Arcane, Legends of Runeterra, and more subtly in the Warriors cinematic. They have also been shown in official pride art holding or wearing the lesbian flag, and they even share a Valentine's Day skin. It's worth adding that Vi also shares another romance-themed skin line with Fiora, and they seem to be very good friends there, but we'll get into that later.
Confirmed Gays – K'Sante, Graves, Aphelios
K'Sante's sexuality, like Neeko's, has been an important part of his character since release. His cinematic and color story both mention Tope, his past male lover, and he was the face of League Pride 2023 alongside Vi.
Graves and Twisted Fate were reportedly, like Diana and Leona, meant to be lovers from day one, but Riot didn't like that (how novel) and scratched that part of their story, simply leaving them as crime partners, nothing else. Burning Tides and Destiny and Fate have been amazing at developing their relationship, but the real confirmation comes with The Boys and Bombolini, which officially confirmed Graves as gay and T.F. as being attracted to him.
Lastly, we have Aphelios. He and Sett have been a popular ship since the Spirit Blossom release, a skin line that makes them boyfriends, which already confirms him as queer. Throughout this year, Riot has been reposting and sharing Settphel art, which doesn't necessarily mean anything, but what really grabs attention is that they also shared fanart of Aphelios with the toothpaste gay flag, leading me to classify him as such.
Confirmed Bisexuals – Nami, Rell, Sett
Nami surprised pretty much everyone when her addition to Legends of Runeterra confirmed her as polyamorous, being in a relationship with Loto and Tama, other Marai of her tribe. One of the people who worked on her character explicitly highlighted the relationship and affirmed that Nami was pansexual. Since then, Riot has promoted her (through official pride art and LoR emotes) as bisexual. It's a bit unclear how she should be labeled, but one thing is sure: she's queer.
Rell is another champion whose queerness was stated on her debut. Rell had flirtatious lines with both men and women in League and was explicitly labeled as bisexual by her creators, also being confirmed through official pride art.
Finally, there's Sett. People have been speculating on his sexuality for a while, but things changed when Spirit Blossom came along, and he was portrayed as Aphelios' boyfriend. Since then, Sett has been seen in reposted League fanart with the bi flag.
Check out Part II
#league of legends#lol#caitlyn kiramman#vi#caitvi#leona#diana#leodia#neeko#legends of runeterra#lor#sett#aphelios#settphel#rell#nami#ksante#malcolm graves#tfgraves
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Original by greeniris: https://x.com/greeniris_
#league of legends#lol#league fanart#evelynn#lol fanart#lol kda#kda fanfiction#kda evelynn#kda#heartsteel#legends of runeterra
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Legends of Runeterra: the Path of Champions (The Riot X Arcane event) | Arcane TV Series
LoR comics taken from x
#arcaneedit#arcane#arcane netflix#arcane league of legends#league of legends#league of runeterra#loledit#vi#vi arcane#vander's prodigy#jinx#jinx arcane#jinx league of legends#the loose cannon#caitlyn kiramman#caitlyn the sheriff of piltover#tw flashing gif#tw flashing#just a little silly thing i wanted to do a long time ago#mine: gifs
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Preview of a lor deck themed illustration.
Who is Viktor having tea with?
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The interaction that started it all ✨
#I love their LoR interactions#they make me so happy#kind of wish they had more#jinx#ezreal#league of legends#league of legends ezreal#league of legends jinx#legends of runeterra#my art
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Long time no see tumblr
time for me to disappear again
#my art#league of legends art#league of fanart#lol neeko#lol fanart#lol nidalee#league of legends#nidalee#neeko#legends of runeterra#nidalee x neeko
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runeterra ezkayn anyone?
got the idea after reading these two fics
#ezkayn#shieda kayn#ezreal lymere#league of legends#legends of runeterra#my art#fanart#kazoart#olisephart
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starstruck by you, my calamity
#playing league makes me wanna cry but drawing it is different#jhin#khada jhin#jhin league of legends#hwei league of legends#lukai hwei#jhinhwei#but like not romantically but in a i hate you in an admiring way yknow#art of legends#league of legends#LoL#legends of runeterra#fanart
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Darkins
#darkin#aatrox#rhaast#varus#kayn#naafiri#lolzinho#league of legends fanart#league of legends#fanart#ps#digital art#vessels#brart#brazilian artists#doodle#runeterra
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the new level 1 ( LoR ) morgana with traveller clothes, practical leather and actual light armour tie her perfectly to her mortal side. the level 2 card art is giving kai'sa and kayle bodysuit flashbacks. what are your thoughts?
I'm holding off on the LoR cards to do some big streams reviewing all the ones I've missed but, yeah, the lvl 1 really IS hitting a lot of great notes for her. The lvl 2 is more conservative, hewing closer to her LoL look, which... is understandable, I guess?
Srsly though the concept art for her Level 1 is so fucking good holy shit look at that Veiled motherfucking Lady right there!!!
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Morgana - Legends of Runeterra Concept Art by Kudos Productions
#morgana#league of legends#legends of runeterra#fate's voyage#league of legends champion#concept art#official
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I cannot stress how happy I am that in Legends of Runeterra, Vex' story is that she gets a birthday party invite and then has a vivid nightmare about yordles trying to force her to Have Fun.
She got shafted so hard by the Ruination, which basically just treated her as tonally incoherent comic relief and accidentally(?) made her party to an attempted genocide. It was bad. I want Vex to have adventures sneering at Normie Shit and trying to dodge constant attempts by Lulu to cheer her up with shenanigans. I want her to get to be a gloomy teen yordle, instead of a baffling accessory to Kevin McWifeguy's Tantrum Theater.
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All the Pride Art from Riot’s Official Pride Post
#arcane#arcane caitlyn#arcane fanart#arcane league of legends#league of legends#prideart#legends of runeterra#caitlyn kiramman#valorant#cait x vi#caitvi#fanart#wlw pride
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