I feel like Sollux would be more of a league player. Karkat would try to play it but give up like a week later
HHGGH my sis frequently infodumps league to me bc she tracks the esports matches so my impression of that game is like. heavily skewed towards the glamorized big-scale competitions with dramatic live broadcasting
idk much abt the game so i tried describing the hs peeps and asked her what champions they'd play. here's what she said (my description was likely very insufficient lmaoo pls take with grain of salt) -
sollux jungler. been playing since early league days, shaco to troll, otherwise kindred
(i think he'd enjoy collecting fem skins and playing girls/girl mages too. cue vc constantly trying to bait him into pronouncing 2haco LOL)
karkat would start off playing garen in top lane, then eat shit and give up. months later revisits and plays more comfortably after switching to nautilus support tank in botlane
(nautilus design is so freaking cute im alr attached AAA the most perfect champ for karkat 🥺🤲!!)
terezi replaces toplane with mordekaiser, dave botlane on aphelios. not sure abt midlaner, maybe vriska as yasuo to be silly
bonus :ayaya: (she's a rosemary enjoyer) - midlaner rose as orianna, jungler kanaya as evelynn
i also like sollux dota 2- not just bc there's two in the name but also because dota and league have history as genre rivals so its funny thinking of sollux being a dota og elitist that way hajaha
however in my heart the best slkt gaming headcanon wld always be mmorpgs heh. i dont play so idk how it works but i did have some old scribbs w the concept, testing dynamic
At least to me, the skins we've seen so far this year have mostly looked pretty boring (except you, Forseen Yasuo) so I'm just gonna yell into the void about skin ideas I wanna see and if Riot ever makes one of these I can use them for plagiarism jk lmao
INKSHADOW HWEI cmon we all know the effects would look so cool, just let it happen
CAFE CUTIES SION but the furnace in his stomach is an easy-bake oven
HIGH NOON RELL or just any Rell skin pls it's been so long she's starving
BEE GNAR where the little form is in a bee onesie like the other Yordles but the mega form is a giant swarm of bees in the shape of a monster, think something like the pokemon Wishiwashi
STAR GUARDIAN KAYN AND STAR NEMESIS RHAAST how the fuck has the anime-ripoff champion not been in the anime-ripoff skinline yet?
SPACE GROOVE ZILEAN just turn Groovy Zilean into a Space Groove skin when he gets his asu in the next 40 years, it'd also be a cool way to finally officially reference the dancing Zilean meme!
ODYSSEY YONE AND JARVAN IV cmon Riot they're right there and they would finally be Odyssey skins that connect back to the original batch that everyone got attached to pls just DO IT
FAERIE COURT UDYR where his stances represent the 4 seasons like he's the avatar of this universe, and put this manly man in some pretty pinks for goodness sake!
STREET DEMONS EVELYNN who uses her tendrils as brushes but just paints lewd art on the sides of buildings
SUGAR RUSH BRIAR (or maybe Cafe Cuties) where her pillory is half a donut and when she's frenzied she gets jelly all over the place
THIS ASTRONAUT ILLAOI CONCEPT RIOT MADE specifically speaks to me and all the old sci-fi b movies I watched growing up, would love to see a whole skinline take this cheesy cosmic horror aesthetic
PERCEPTION OF LOVE : this is something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately because there’s definitely a pattern when interacting with muses for the first time . everyone loves to hate evelynn . and she loves it too ! she thoroughly enjoys getting underneath people’s skin and seeing them bloom into whatever mess she’s trying to push them towards . the thing is though , this is all evelynn knows really . has she ever experienced any genuine form of love ? no . evelynn isn’t really the type of person that allows people close enough to the point where she might have feelings for them . she’s�� definitely got her crushes I’d say that she’d prefer to keep on a friends with benefit level but otherwise it’s super hard for her to kindle some kind of flame for someone .
whilst evelynn finds it fun that everyone hates her , it can also become very tiring . she’s unable to really forge any kind of genuine bond with people because they despise her so . it’s within good reason of course , she’s not a good person , but it’s kind of like one vicious cycle that ultimately makes her more angry at the world as time goes on .
but to be honest i think that after a literal eternity of being despised by everyone , even her own kind , evelynn is eventually becoming bored . the only kind of ‘real’ love she feels is when she uses her charm , but in the end even that is still fake & it’s not enough to scratch this itch she has to experience something more genuine .
now , you might argue that evelynn is entirely incapable of understanding the concept of love and i think that partly you’re right , because at the end of the day she is a demon & her existence revolves around her every whim and this insatiable hunger for agony . however , after spending so long around humanity & getting to see their perception of romance develop into what it is now , i think that it’s something evelynn could begin to understand .
it’s difficult for her because who could love a monster ? who could love her , while still allowing her to be free & do what she needs to do to keep her demon form at bay ? it’s like loving her will always come with catastrophic consequences and that’s scary for a lot of people .
so the point of all this is … yes evelynn is beginning to understand love & is curious enough to want a taste of it . will she change herself for someone though ? no . she will always be apologetically herself & whoever she’s with has to be able to stand that .
When Ahri steps onto the stage to perform with K/DA, she knows she's surrounded by the best of the best—different girls with different personalities, all at the top of their craft. As their leader and as their friend, Ahri is poised to guide these divas to even greater heights and leave their audiences breathless for more.
General Information:
Cost: 1350 RP
Tier: Epic
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Skinline: Riot Records, K/DA
Credits:
Concept: Rheekyo L
Splash Art: Horace Hsu
Model: Kylie Gage
Animations: Einar Langfjord
Tech Art: Isabella Cheng-Henehan
VFX: Walker Paulsen
SFX: Rachel Dziezynski
Producer: Ambrielle Army
Quality Assurance: Nathan Hales
Concept:
If you're counting Prestige K/DA, Ahri actually has four skins in this skinline with Popstar Ahri being the first and essentially the start of K/DA. Establishing Ahri as a K-pop princess, Popstar Ahri later (I believe it was with its Wild Rift release) added more depth to her character by giving her motivations and later (I'm not exactly sure when her bio changed again but I'm assuming it was with her ASU), doubts.
Design:
I really don’t have much to say about Ahri’s design. I find Evelynn’s and Kai’Sa’s outfits to be more interesting but the All Out skins are overall very coherent.
Splash Art:
Her splash art does a good job of highlighting certain aspects of her design like her dyed hair or gorgeous tails. I find it most excels at communicating her character as a pop princess turned queen using its perspective of being from below and looking up at her as well as her posing with her hand on her waist.
Model:
I think the model does a really great job of staying true to the concept and splash art. I especially love her hair and the textures are beautiful.
Chromas:
I love any skin whose chromas feature slight outfit changes and I appreciate how this extends to her dyed hair in this skin. Chromas for Ahri skins in particular are especially beautiful because of her tails.
Animations:
The recall animation is a highlight of this skin, even more so before her ASU. It must be mentioned that Ahri overall hugely benefitted from her ASU, making her animations—including in this skin—smoother, cleaner, and just better. Fittingly, Langfjord and Cheng also worked on Ahri’s ASU animations and rigging.
VFX:
One of my favorite parts of this skin is its visual effects. Speaking as someone who has no idea what kind of work goes into making skin effects, I find that Ahri has several opportunities to incorporate new visual effects, especially with her Orb of Deception (Q). I enjoy the crystal effects and I find that both the VFX and SFX work well together and elevates the other.
SFX:
My other favorite part of the skin is its sound effects. It's probably my most favorite out of all her skins (aside from, of course, Spirit Blossom). The K/DA skins in general all have very satisfying SFX with Evelynn’s Allure (W), Akali’s Shroud (W), and Kai’Sa’s Icathian Rain (Q) being some of my personal favorites.
Voice Over:
No new voice overs or voice filters.
Value:
I got this skin from a Hextech Chest, but if I’d had 1350 RP, I’d probably buy Elderwood Ahri or perhaps Coven Ahri (both from a skinline where Ahri, again, has multiple skins—Eclipse!). But I still love this skin's sound effects the most.
concept K/DA except ahri is actually a gumiho and eve is actually a succubus, and they made the group to give them a way to "feed" off of the crowds' energy rather than having to kill individuals and get hunted down. also kai'sa is a void symbiote still and akali is half doekkaebi or horang-i.
Read a snippet below:
Eve leaned in and kissed Akali, open mouthed and heated, raw and uninhibited. Completely uninhibited.
She shouldn’t have. She shouldn’t have let her own guard on her powers down so easily, but excitement and desire alike clouded judgement, and she unleashed the full force of her nature in a single kiss that could and had drained the very life force from countless humans before.
Akali gasped into her mouth, shock and desire and the first tease at pleasurable pain that was more intoxicating to Eve than any drug.
Where her human soul should have gotten pulled into the flame, consumed and digested by Evelynn’s insatiable and uncontrollable appetite, instead, something flared into life in the space that was not truly space between them. Like an invisible and impenetrable wall, shielding Akali’s very essence from the threat to her spirit that a succubus posed.
Something about it was familiar, like shadow and smoke and dark fire in the void.
Eve pulled back from the kiss, and stared down; heavy-lidded where Akali was wide-eyed, but both of them breathing heavily through parted lips.
The room seemed to have grown darker, shadowed. Not an unusual side-effect of Eve releasing the hold on her own nature, yet the effect on Akali was anything but the usual she had come to expect from humans.
What bare skin was exposed had tinted away from normal human tones, adopting an ominous and shadowy hue even as her tattoos shone with persistent and phosphorescent light. And beneath Eve, Akali stared back up her, her eyes unblinking with the burning and liquid gold of hell’s own false promises.
*Patiently waiting for Seraphine to have skins that are the opposite of her bubbly cheerful personality*
She's a singer so go rock, punk rock, metal (maybe not add her to Pentakill cuz she'll get a LOT of hate. why not put her in her own band in the Pentakill universe). How about an emo or goth skin? She'd look great in all black.
For some Halloween scares, make her a banshee. (They gonna give her a Bewitching skin tho in the future, I can feel it.) Or like a siren skin and by 'siren', I don't rly mean 'mermaid' (tho they can give her an aquatic creature look if they want). I meant like the bird woman one. But if that's too unappealing for Riot, just do the concept of luring people with your singing. (Or give that to Evelynn if they think that's too out there for Sera.)
She hasn't had a drink in like a month and it's starting to weigh on her.
It was something of a ritual; repress all the fucked up shit that happened on a day-to-day basis, all of the angst and bullshit that lay in the back of her mind just waiting to tear at her when she's down, and then just let it all out in a (semi-controlled) way every once in a while. She'd drink until her memory was fading and she'd cry and usually the Widow was there, or Angela, one time it was Lena (and that was so embarrassing) but at least she didn't remember it.
It's been a month, though, and Sombra's getting antsy and Evelynn is not helping. The woman (demon apparently, as Lena had shared and Sombra thought the concept of demons being real was fucking stupid but Lena was like a shitty Time Lord and she herself was a cyborg so) was immensely irritating right now. Usually she enjoyed their little exchanges, the way she could get under her skin and make equally pink eyes flash with something dangerous.
Right now, it's making her want to tear her hair out and jump off a bridge.
"Callate, por Dios," the hacker groaned, leaning her head back against a wall to squeeze her eyes shut. "What sin did I commit to deserve this, I haven't even done anything that bad. Ugh." Her eyes open again and her head drops from the wall to fix her cybernetic gaze on the demon across from her and something comes over her that she doesn't really get but - whatever. She crosses the distance between them with cojones she didn't really know she possessed and takes the demon's chin with her circuit hand (her claws are sharp and there's an implied violence in the way they dig into sensitive skin) and she kisses her and it's bruising. That's what Evelynn wants, right? So she gives it but she makes sure it hurts too, that it's ferocious and just this side of uncomfortable.
Then she lets go and pulls away and the expression on her face is that of a capricious and self-serving fey; smirking, catlike, self-satisfied. Then a snap of the same circuit hand and she's gone, translocating elsewhere as a conclusion to this exchange.