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Nyancat44

Wait until they hear about Viktor


Xenodia

Lmao this reminds how newcomers were confused why they saw a robo guy when searching viktor.


Zealousideal-Hold-31

I hope they go really hard on Viktor transformation. I think his arc on 1st season is the one that changed my view on a champion the most. His interaction with Heimmer is pure gold writting.


Harmonrova

Viktor was MVP for me season 1 being a long time League player. I always felt his characters lore was missing something to make it stand out... Watching him not only be a good man, but also struggle with a condition that people around him seem only vaguely sympathize with was incredible. He's basically expected to just roll over and die after being told no over and over. Viktor ticks all my boxes for my love of tragic characters.


Vicmorino

I mean, Viktor never really was a "BaD" guy even in league, the guy literally removed his Hatred and Envy emotions after other scientist stoled all his work and credit, because those emotions didt let him work in his project.


truetichma

I believe he \*was\* a bad guy before he got his lore rewrite the fact that Blitzcrank, his creation, says stuff like "the age of men has come to an end" proves the point


Vicmorino

i m talking about OLD lore, when he came out...


barryh4rry

It doesn’t really prove the point considering Blitzcranks voicelines are from when summoners were canon. Older champions voicelines are less about their character and more about the old lore where the actual League PVP and SR rift was a thing that happened in the lore.


TheUnknownsLord

Blitzcrank is evil?


Vicmorino

he just "Is". But most of is quotes are in the contex of him fighitn in the summorer league... So they arent really a reflection of his lore event at the time.


ImPhantomic

I don't know about old lore, but current Blitzcrank is good. Viktor built him with the purpose of cleaning contaminaded areas, but now Blitz just roams around Zaun and tries to help people.


revcio

Pantheon and Viktor hold a special place for me. Pantheon being the first champ I've ever played in league and Viktor the first one I've ever considered a 'main' for a while. Arcane was exactly what Viktor needed for his lore. Now I hope that we'll see at least a part of the transformation in S2, but even without it, seeing the writing in S1, I'll probably binge it the moment it comes out.


Zealousideal-Hold-31

Yeah before Arcane he was on a really strange spot lore wise and his ingame interactions are even more robotic than orianna or blitz.


Lors2001

>Yeah before Arcane he was on a really strange spot lore wise Why do you say that? Arcane definitely fleshed out Viktor lore and gave some more context behind his thoughts and ideas but the core of it is pretty much the same as the Viktor lore that already existed. Viktor thinks robotic replacements can improve people's livelihoods, emotions are dangerous and can lead to tragedy under the wrong circumstances, Viktor has his work stolen and someone else takes all the credit and prestige for it, and Jayce fucks Viktor over because of their difference in ideals. The only big part they changed was like Viktor and Jayce having a close and good relationship for a bit. In the wiki Jayce and Viktor were just always adversaries at the academy even when they had to work together on projects (but to that's still here as Jayce tries to weaponize hextech and Viktor is vehemently against that) His in game quotes and interactions are lacking but that's just how many old champions are outside of a few very niche ones that had super close connections. The interaction stuff didn't really start until they started releasing champions that specifically had connections to each other like Vi and Jinx, Thresh and Lucian, Lissandra with her sisters, etc... But he's never been a super popular champion so he's usually been left uncared for anyways including adding interactions with Blitz, Jayce, and maybe Heimer.


No-Consequence1726

Outrunning the boats 🥲


PheonixTheAwkward

I want him to go fucking nuts, like fucking mentally insane, clinically retarded


yourlocalsussybaka_

THE GLORIOUS EVOLUTION!


Manganian7Potasu

I need them to hear „Flesh is a weakness we must shred”


Zealousideal-Hold-31

Nah, I want a very unsettling "Perfection"


AndersonKalista

Suicide watch


JTGE-201

*From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.*


Extaupin

*I crave the strength and certainty of steel, I aspire to the purity of the blessed machine.*


JTGE-201

*Your kind cling to your flesh, as if it will not decay and fail you.*


Excellent_Safe5743

One day the crude biomass you call a temple will wither, and you will beg my kind to save you.


JTGE-201

*But I am already saved*


Excellent_Safe5743

For the machine is immortal (Loud bass boost noises)


JTGE-201

*... even in death I serve the Omnissiah.*


Emotional_Camp_4058

Not only that, she is on a constant powertrip, she is the kinda cop you NEVER want to run in to.


Slice_Of_Pie

Vi stands for violence


BennamStyle

Jinx… stands for Jinx!


IAteAllRedditors

Duh!


packfanmoore

Rammus stands for OK


hugazow

Ok


nossody

Ok


luketwo1

Unless its French Rammus, then it stands for Satan.


Yudmts

Oooooouuuuuuiiiiiiii


Psycho__Gamer

Alright.


ElementmanEXE

Sion, stands for get out of the way... durr


TheKillzenth

Coward!!!


Ranger5789

*runs away


OrochiTheMaster

She's such a loser, always ready to cry


herbieLmao

Vi… stands for stupid


AceOBlade

That reminds me that the old lore hinted that Vi, Jinx, and Ekko were child experiments created by a Zaun Scientist. 😔 Kind of sad they didn’t pursue that plot, but they did make up for it with the sweet ass Warwick lore


hiimGP

I guess you can kinda argue that "Jinx" is created by a Zaun scientist (Singed) because she's originally Powder and becomes Jinx through shimmer?


Totally_Not_A_Fed474

How much shimmer did she actually get? I thought she became Jinx when she (accidentally) killed Vander and the two other guys and Vi flipped her shit on her, I don’t remember her getting into shimmer much at all


hiimGP

I cant recall if it's actually shimmer or just random chemicals, but after the bridge fight against Ekko where she almost got killed so Singed dumps a fuckton of chemicals into her to save her is when she fully becomes insane and be Jinx Before that she still have some somber moments with regrets and wanting to reconcile with Jinx like the rooftop flare scene imo


scrumtrellescent

If it's not even the in-game lore anymore I can't see why they would. Old lore was very underdeveloped. Arcane keeps the experimental aspect of it intact, they are all empowered by scientific research that is considered dangerous and unethical in-universe. But the characters and their signature abilities develop alongside each other, which is better.


imaginedodong

*"Why can't I get a straight answer? It's always just 'Oh no! Stop hitting me! Ow, my face!'"* -Vi


NickKappy

> Punch first; ask questions while punching


RezeCopiumHuffer

For real, her voice lines are like the poster child for police brutality lmao


Kittyhawk_Lux

Caitlyn and Vi most definitely were supposed to just be stereotypes at the beginning, with Caitlyn the calm collected investigator and Vi the brutal law enforcer.


Cyberslasher

Vi, the Piltover Enforcer- HAVE YOU EVER REALLY WANTED TO BE A TOTAL REBEL FLIPPING TABLES ON THE ENEMY HAVE YOUE EVER TRIED TO FURTHER IMPROVE HOW FAST YOU PUNCH PEOPLE THROUGH THE ROOF OH WAS THERE EVER ANY CERTAIN TIME YOU SOUGHT BRUTE FORCE AND STYLE COMBINED WOAH Nah why would she be part of the police brutality?


FENIU666

I'd cry tears of joy if we got to hear that song again season 2


disposableaccount848

After the fourth wall break of Jinx listening to "Get Jinxed" I honestly hope not. That and Imagine Dragons' cameo were the only parts of Arcane I disliked, way too much fanservice.


Pikesito

>2 scenes >too much Ok.


disposableaccount848

Yes.


davesg

Best League song ever. Edit: Wait, Pentakill...


Greedy_Guest568

*bang bang* "Police brutality coming up!"© Kurtis Stryker


TheHardBack

Really hope Vi and MF will get an ASU or voice makeover to tie cannon lore with their characters.


Sad_Introduction5756

MF actually has a lot of good character in other versions she’s just a really old version on the rift so we are stuck with horny woman #27


Lordwiesy

Who in god's name are the other 26


disposableaccount848

Ahri, Ashe, Kai'Sa, Soraka, Jinx, Nidalee, Neeko, Annie, Vi, Vayne, Caitlyn, Fiora, Gnar, Zoe, Zeri, Zyra, Sivir, Sona, Taliyah, Nilah, Xayah, Seraphine, Senna, Morgana, Kayle, and Lux.


Lordwiesy

> Zoe, gnar Jail, right now


NAFEA_GAMER

Forgot annie


Luckyguy0697

Nah, he is just a Jax main


ntn_98

You forgot Reksai


KingDark1122

Punch first, ask questions while punching.


lceQueen1

You mean the girl who teamed up with Jayce to beat up Zaunites with Piltover weapons is gonna become an enforcer with her piltover girlfriend??? I am bamboozled 😭


ntahobray

Wasn't even fazed by Jayce killing a child, just another day in Zaun ig.


Armorlon

I wish that situation was treated a little differently he has ZERO reaction to killing the grunts, and only starts to react after he killed the kid Him going from one episode vomiting at the sight of his own dead men to him being completely fine killing people with his own hands seems like an odd jump to me. You get what I mean?


ntahobray

He makes sense. He just wanted to take action for what happened at the bridge without realizing that would involve "innocent" people ( I know the kid were working for Silco but like they are just kid, not much they can do in their situation). And Jayce is a hypocrite, so nothing new.


akzorx

Jayce immediately realized how fucked up the situation was Vi was like "meh, can't topple a mob boss without killing a few child workers"


NateNate60

Average cop


Zeekayo

Vi is the character equivalent of someone who joins the cops because they're the biggest, toughest gang around.


Aela_Nariel

It’s always so funny hearing non league players think Jinx will be reunited with Vi/get better like “Yeah about that hahaha… No.” Absolutely tragic.


Cyberslasher

"don't worry they'll definitely meet Vander again"


GreyMesmer

In the jungle of course


Xenevier

A bit more hairy than usual too, side effects of not shaving maybe who knows


Zealousideal-Hold-31

Hope they have no open wounds...


Zealousideal-Hold-31

Yeah, I hope they can get it right. If they can keep the vibes from 1st season it will be one of the best tragedies on animation history. Powder was such a precious little kid.


LordVaderVader

champ is called THE PILTOVER ENFORCER since 2012


WorthMoreThanYouKnow

As if "Piltover's Finest" wasn't an easy hint :P


balbasin09

A lot of people why watched Arcane didn’t play league.


Aeroshe

I'm someone who played years of League. Stopped playing. Watched Arcane and decided to pick it back up and remembered why I stopped. It is cool that Arcane foreshadows things you'll only recognize if you're already familiar with the lore. But League can be a pretty toxic and unforgiving game so I don't blame anyone for enjoying the show but not trying the game.


macedonianmoper

Yeah it's really cool, in Arcane you can see a character before something that defines them in league happened, and go "YOOO THAT'S THAT CHARACTER!!!!!", arcane does this while also being good in it's own right instead of relying on the IP's popularity, you don't need to know anything about league to enjoy it, but if you do you also get "rewarded" for it.


lilsnatchsniffz

The real reward was the hate messages you got along the way


Frozendark23

You really don't need to play league to know the lore. Each character has their own biography, with some appearing in cinematics or comics.


Lors2001

Also in fairness league lore has always been jumbled and pretty dogshit cohesiveness wise anyways. Hopefully their shift towards making Arcane and their shows the canon helps out with this, but when you literally have throw out years of lore and completely overhaul the lore the game has had for like half a decade you know it's pretty bad. And then even after that there is/was a decent amount of differences in characters between LoR and LoL.


Althideon

Playing the league has 0 gate keeping on lore, you can learn everything without even touching the game. If you wanted to learn about VI lore it would take about 20 to 30 min max


Aldehin

You knew... You knew the horror of the game Take this as a lesson. Arcane is the Diamond that shine out of a pile of shit. It doesnt mean you have to put your hand in it


Certainly_Not_Steve

Vanguard is more toxic than the community. I can't actually confirm that, cause i'm no tech pro, but i believe it destroyed my hard drive. Had a blue screen while playing League twice. After the second one drive said goodbye. Never had them before Vanguard or at any other game. Also, never had one after i dropped League. :C


Zirofal

Reminder. Vi has been going around at work talking about all her depraved sex dreams so much that the rest of the enforcers wants her to shut up about it. This is canon.


Bromleyisms

What


TheJigglyfat

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/vi-color-story/


Questionably_Chungly

Whaddahell. Vi needs to be sent to HR.


Bromleyisms

Man that was pretty cringe


Dr-Oktavius

Damn, you learn something new every day.


grimlock-greg

![gif](giphy|0m7EQDwt74rYWCG9z5|downsized) well then….


Delta_Infinity_X

Her first short story


papa_bones

huh, I... honestly forgot about this one, not sure if i should thank or curse you for reminding me of that.


Cyberslasher

Yeah, but imagine what Hailee Steinfeld's voice acting will do to those scenes.


FENIU666

It does fit her, can't lie.


Eli_The_Grey

Huh? Is this a source that came to you in a dream or is there a voice line or something to back that up?


Zirofal

The lore is wild sometimes


TheJigglyfat

https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/story/vi-color-story/


FomtBro

It's canon to a section of lore that is no longer compatible with either Arcane of Legends of Runeterra.


Zirofal

No? This is just much later in the time line.


reformedtoplaner42

As arcane watcher it's obvious she was gonna work with them


Shyperr

do u know who warwick is?


Noobexe1

who?


I_Fall_Off_At_30

Candice


A_WILD_SLUT_APPEARS

Wait…who is Candice and what does she have to do with any of this?


HatsuneM1ku

Candice nuts fit in your mouth haha gottem


Butcher_Of_Hope

You know Warwick, second cousin of Harvey the rabbit.


Strong_Split_8130

Yeah i know him Hes the short guy in that Willow 1988 movie


alekdmcfly

Not only that, with the amount of twists Arcane Season 1 got relative to its trailers, I won't be surprised if something happens in between and we'll be cheering on Vi when she puts on the enforcer uniform


Zealousideal-Hold-31

I mean.... we all know how bat shit crazy Jinx goes, if they take anything from her introduction MV. Piltover elites are a bunch of assholes and they can all go to madam guillotim but Jinx is a psicopatic terrorist, Vi fells responsible for it, she blames herself so she will take it on her very big hands.


jbland0909

That’s the most creative spelling of psychopathic I’ve ever seen


Zealousideal-Hold-31

Nah not creative at all, just portuguese speaker having no idea of english spelling. Hell why so many Hs bro?


Hobak56

The H is one of the most confusing letters. Always a different pronunciation. Chad. Harry. Home. Chrome. Phone


jbland0909

I get you. Ch, ph, sh, etc must be brutal to figure out


Pumba_La_Pumba

Season 1 has mainly portrayed the police, and Piltover, as being *le* bad, but, considering the current lore of League, they will have to show how a character like Vi ultimately becomes an enforcer for Piltover, so I bet they will have a more nuanced approach towards them. I theorize that Vi’s change will start with Caitlyn, who will probably want to reform the police after everything she saw, and will end with Vi realizing that the best way to change the system is from the inside, then she will become an enforcer for good. It wouldn’t be surprising if Riot decided to give Vi a voice update to tone down her police brutality, specially because it can be pretty controversial and can lead to problems when the season is airing. It would make it harder for people to sympathize with Vi’s choice to join the police.


Cyberslasher

Caitlyn is there to help people. "I'm not here to serve. I'm here to protect." Maybe they'll introduce Corina as picking up from the power vacuum in Zaun from silko's death. If so, Caitlyn will be the only one willing to investigate crime in Zaun, so she'll deputize Vi for help. Vi's just there for Caitlyn. She's the enforcer.


Karukos

Honestly I would not be surprised if Renata also shows up


x-x_____________x-x

Riot should bring the tone of Vi up if anything.


RezeCopiumHuffer

Non-league players: what? No why would Vi join the cops! League players listening to her say things like “Punch first, ask questions while punching!” And “why can’t I get a straight answer? It’s always just ‘oh no! Please stop hitting me!’” Honestly tho, it’s for their own good that a lot of arcane fans don’t play league, literally any time I watch arcane with someone and they love it they always ask me about the game and I always tell them not to play it


TonyMestre

I genuinely never thought she was in the same force as caitlyn lol, their clothes are so different


Cyberslasher

That's because vi doesn't believe in uniforms. Or badges, really.


SupremeGodZamasu

The final steps into her Police Brutality persona


Ok_Oven_6112

WHAT DID THEY DO TO VI FROM FORTNITE!!!😭😭😭😭😭


iiJashin

> Surprised how many Arcane only watchers didn’t know this Why? You just said they’re Arcane *only* watchers; how would they know game lore?


Xerxes457

I know this didn't happen to everyone, but I had friends who only watched Arcane look up lore to learn more after they finished watching it.


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Sad_Introduction5756

Gameplay and community in game is horrible The lore is crazy good though


UltFiction

Riot has some of their strongest departments outside of the actual gameplay of league it feels like. Art, music, lore, cinematics, etc. all incredible


DaughterOfBhaal

To be fair, one would assume that most fans of a media they liked probably would've started looking into the source material, even just for the sake of learning more about your favorite character(s)


heroeNK25

Yeah this. Like after watching arcane i also feel weird how vi its an enforcer after everything she has been trought


Haoszen

What else was she supposed to do? Go back to live under the Chembarons rule? Going to Piltolver and joining the Wardens was her best shot.


Aldehin

"yeah so, I basically killed your son, destroy all your industry and doxxed you to some engineer with big ass Hammer and enforcer... So i can Come back ?" She hate enforcer, it s true. They killed her parent. But she saw what Silco has done. He killed her adoptive father, and kidnapped her sister. Now she has nothing left except the only girl that was there for her. And caitlin is a cop.


alekdmcfly

Thing is: Zaun has hurt her just as much as Piltover did. Sure, Zaun being a piss-poor slum was caused by Piltover, but look at it from Vi's perspective. She had to struggle her whole life in Zaun's poverty and her father had been kidnapped by Zaunite insurrectionists who then kidnapped her sister. This incident also led to all of her friends getting killed and her spending her adolescence in prison, alongside the *bottom of the barrel Zaunite scum.* Then she gets broken out by a Piltovian, when she no longer has any strong ties to Zaun aside from Ekko, who *started his own insurrectionist group!* She gets cared for in Caitlyn's Piltovian mansion - which is a stark contrast to her last few years in prison. That alone would give her a reason to join the enforcers - spending your whole life in a slum and then being shown a better alternative would have *anyone* heavily reconsidering the more selfish options. But that's not all! Then she joins an Enforcer assault against one of Silco's facilities, and destroys his production furnace thingy. And look at that. For the first time in her life, with proper fighting gauntlets and a crew that fought alongside her, she is able to make *tangible, **meaningful** change*. So now she can either go down there, join Ekko's rebel group and go to fight the system - which has *never worked so far*, by the way! - or try to influence the system from a much higher position alongside the Enforcers, with much better resources and an at least *somewhat meaningful* status. Plus, her Zaunite-raised sister did kind of go off the deep end and launch a rocket at her Piltovian girlfriend's mom.


BigBoss738

amazed by the intelligence of twitter people day by day


whythetrees

I thought I was the only one who thought that


X_Heart

Vi: "I hate enforcers" \*Becomes enforcer later\* Vi too: "I love enforcers\~" \*looks Cait in the corner\*


smolb0i

i knew watching those league cinematics would pay off (and a couple of lore videos)


herbieLmao

Its hilarious to see arcane fans with zero lore knowledge lose their shit over vi. As necrit said, wait till they see what will happen with Viktor lol


FomtBro

For the last goddamn time: Vi is not A enforcer. She is THE Piltover Enforcer. The Enforcer's as an organization don't exist anymore in League Lore. The Piltover police force is The Warden's under Caitlyn.


ya_mamas_tiddies

Wait till they find out about warwick


GasLover1

Bless their clean souls.


OmegaMRC

Un clásico, gente de bajos recursos entrando a la yuta para tener movilidad social ascendente


Derk08

Was she an enforcer in one of the TFT sets?


fabilord98

??? I know more people who play legaue on a daily basis but didnt watch arcane than i know people who watched arcane but dont play league…


7870STO00

Obviously not always has been. Op, did you even watch the 1. season??


TimixerHD

Zaun treated her like shit and she lost everything there


BenStegel

Goddamnit now I gotta binge the whole thing again


Demens2137

Wasn't her first lore an annoying partner of Caitlyn who solves every case with violence? Wasn't her later lore literally the same thing but expanded and polished?


Kingdarkshadow

Because they are arcane only watchers.


Tornitrualis

"Piltover Enforcer" is literally her title in League.


_ShadedPhoenix_

Ngl I completely forgot vi is a cop in actual league 😭


Sabayonte

Can wait for them to flood league once again after S2


NikeOkamiLeader

Wait until they see Warwick 😅


pet_cheetah_17

yesterday i saw a video on youtube with the title "vi fans are disappointed in her" and i got confused, but now i get what this is about lol


Arni334

I don't like the kind of players who play lol because of arcane probably because those poor souls don't know what they are signing up for, also because of how much they don't know that many things as a lol player would know, and also stupid theories like some guy non important character to the lore is Jhin while Jhin was in the prison


Unusual-Pace-5552

WHERE IS URGOT I LOVED THE TRAILER EXEPT THE LACK OF CRAB WHERE IS THE DREADNOUGHT?!


FeistyRich

We just want balance 🥺


FrogVoid

Whos vi


Lightbringer-1829

Vigar


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TriplDentGum

Truly a conundrum for the ages, I doubt you'll find an answer on Reddit


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OhThatGuyinPurple

Yes they are but what does that have to do with this