#conv/rgence

[mollysunder]

The finale must have seemed like absolute horseshit to the Jinxers. They spent what seemed like several months resisting Piltover's violent occupation of Zaun where they are regularly harassed,

assaulted,

imprisoned,

shot at, and plainly intimidated in their own homes.

All for it to mean nothing, because everything they did had no bearing on Piltover's decision to pull back the occupation. And after what seemed like months of being terrorized they're asked to join a fight of which it's catalyst and driving force is hextech and it's creators. A technology and group of people that have never directly or indirectly benefitted them in any tangible way, and didn't one of those guys kill a kid in Zaun a couple months back!?!?!???

But it's the end of the world so of course they're going to fight, and of course many of them died. Some worse than others, in the uniforms of the forces that beat and imprisoned them.

On the battlefield all the double standards are laid bare for them to see because Piltover has fully weaponized hextech to defend themselves from an aggressor. Meanwhile one of the core reasons their home was gassed and occupied was to rid the place of shimmer. Without it Zaun was easily occupied by Piltover and they died in droves on the battlefield from wounds that it would have easily healed by it.

And after everything that's happened, from the invasion of their home, the violent repression, the deaths of their leaders and their symbol, they gained practically nothing in return. Even the power Sevika gained as a councilmember is completely dependent on when a Piltovan deigns to side with her. What's worse, there's literally nothing stopping from Piltover from doing it all over again. Piltover didn't need hextech to occupy Zaun, without shimmer, all they needed was their guns.

So what happens next?

Obviously, this isn't over. None of what's happened will be forgotten, especially by the faction that appeared to spend the most time fighting the occupation. Even though they've gained nothing of material value from Piltover, the connections and skills they've forged in the conflict are decent substitutes.

Some of these new skills include gunsmithing! An incredible development in Zaun as only Jinx and Piltover had a monopoly on the technology. Add to that the fact that the Jinxers don't just admire Jinx, but likely Silco as well and are even depicted fighting the enforcers alongside Silco's former underlings, there's clearly a new wave of militancy brewing.

This leads me to wonder if over time the Jinxers would morph into something like the Inx. The Inx are of course a noncanon Jinx-aligned faction, but their creation was heavily inspired by Arcane and even included Silco's iconography in their aesthetic.

Now first off, the Inx are dangerous. They're violent, obnoxious in a hooligan kind of way, and they operate kind of like a cult (real estate fraud and all), but they're also the kind of dangerous Silco enabled in Jinx. Leading members like Chadd above are artistically creative, inventive, charismatic, and genuinely well-organized.

The Inx are incredibly capable of amazing feats (and great music), they're just sort of directionless, and the Jinxers have an ideology that's likely to only get more extreme and a real enemy, but little in terms of power. With a foundation like the Jinxers, something like the Inx could form in Zaun, but far more dangerous. Post-finale the Jinxers will likely be the ones to invest their time in making Zaun's next generation both as innovative and dangerous as possible to make Zaun's streets as uncontrollable and terrifying for enforcers as when shimmer was around.

[kenji-kensama]

Ekko : The Boy Who Shattered Time

[aurelion-solar]

Ekko, Jinx, Warwick, Camille & Blitzcrank CONV/RGENCE Concept Art - Lysol Jones

[gebo4482]

Space and Time - CONV/RGENCE: A League of Legends Story by Histeria ! #4

[funnyscienceman]

arcane season 2 is the convergence comic but worse

[ohnoitstbskyen]

CONV/RGENCE: A Bad League of Legends Story

League of Legends itself has always been a pretty poor vehicle for story delivery. If you want to follow the adventures of Caitlyn and Vi, the most you'll ever get from League is That Time They Beat Up A Bunch Of People On The Rift, parts 1-436, which, as Arcane has demonstrated, isn't exactly a substitute for more focused, narrative content.

Recognizing this, Riot inaugurated the Riot Forge publishing label which has been putting out smaller games by independent developers aimed at plugging those gaps in storytelling in the Runeterra universe. And they've been mostly successful! Ruined King was good, The Mageseeker was downright excellent, Hextech Mayhem was fluffy but fun, and Song of Nunu looks set to be an absolutely adorable platforming adventure.

But... there had to be a miss sometime.

CONV/RGENCE is a particularly frustrating game as a fan of the League of Legends champions, because while there's a solid, fun core game hidden in there, it is constantly struggling with and let down by all the League of Legends stuff it's got bolted onto it. The mandatory cameos are weak at best and active sabotage of the story at worst, and it comes at the cost of the game's own characters and storyline which could be so much stronger if the game didn't constantly have to service an IP which, frankly, it doesn't seem that interested in engaging with.

Let's discuss.

[jinxarchive]

Happy Birthday to #Convergence's one and only Loose Cannon, #Jinx!

Double Stallion Games on Twitter

[demacianpuppet]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: League of Legends Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ekko, Zarkon Poingdestre, Jayce (League of Legends), Viktor (League of Legends), Camille Ferros Additional Tags: diary entries, Canon Compliant, Zine Work Summary:

"While the animosity between Zaun and Piltover has always existed, the tension has become as heavy as Zaun Grey overnight. Pilties never harbored any love for us Zaunites, but this is different."

An older Ekko tries make sense of the shifting dynamic between Zaun and Piltover after the introduction of Syntixi.

My work for the Farewell Riot Forge.

[demon64]

I bought Conv/rgence and I beat the game. Even one hundred percented my first save file. I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the game. There are many points I love, and many points I hate. Mostly to do with the platforming.

Anyway, music! Love this theme, it's so cool! Really fits at least this game's version of Ekko. Has a cool beat, and while I was a bit on the fence about the vocals at first, they very quickly grew on me.

[badartistelambda]

thinking about conv/rgence viktor's weird skin

[disordercinema]

Things that as it seems aren't canon anymore because of Arcane (2021):

Renata Glasc (released on 2022)

The entirety of the game Conv/rgence (released 2023)

Basically almost 90% of Ekko's lore

Orianna's lore

Viktor was already getting a VGU but again, damn...

Possibly parts of Riven, Irelia, Karma and Master Yi's lore cause Ambessa didn't seem to know about Singed and he didn't mention working for Noxus (unless that part of the Invasion of Ionia still hasn't happened and that leads to a different set of implications)

Is Zeri canon? Is her story happening in the future like (possibly) Camille's?

[mollysunder]

This is Chadd, he's from the Inx in Conv/rgence, he loves Jinx, and he organizes elaborate acts of terrorism/performance art against Piltover in Jinx's name. And I NEED this strain of Jinx stan to make it into season 2 of Arcane.

Chadd is the best example of the kind Zaunite that takes their admiration of Jinx seriously and let's it influence their own violence and art, because yes, he plays guitar and sings with the Inx's band. Chadd's an obnoxious, in your face, musically-talented (but borderline nerdy), organized weirdo that gathers all the other stans to plan aerial concerts/bombing events on Piltover.

He's such a dedicated stan (in the concept art) that he dresses up like Jinx too, shorts, fishnets, collar and all. Chadd even has his Jinx tattoo drawn in the same placement aswhere Jinx has her own.

Please Arcane, let obsessive freaks like Chadd overwhelm the chembarons next season as Jinx's stans believe the chembarons don't pay her enough proper tribute. Let Jinx be mildly amused at their antics and keep them around for logistics and grunt work.

[blueinsomnia]

TimeBomb Subreddit: Weekly Poll #79: If Riot made a game starring Ekko and Jinx, what genre would you like it to be? 

https://www.reddit.com/r/TimeBomb/comments/1jclo0m/weekly_poll_79_if_riot_made_a_game_starring_ekko/

This week's poll asks the question: What genre would you like a Timebomb centric game to be? We do have CONV/RGENCE and while that game was a Metroidvania, some felt the game wasn't executed as well as it could have been or it simply wasn't a genre they were into. So if you could choose, what genre would you run with? Action RPG? Souls type game? Platformer?

Drop by the subreddit and leave a vote or you can comment here on this post as well. There are lots of options.

[aurelion-solar]

CONV/RGENCE Comic Episodes 1-5: available now!

[gebo4482]

Space and Time - CONV/RGENCE: A League of Legends Story by Histeria ! #3

[funnyscienceman]

ube canon in zaun means balut can be canon in zaun and that makes me chuckle a bit