I’ve been working on a bunch of different Hwei skin concepts, but Star Nemesis is the first to really posses me. As interesting as it would be to make Hwei a Star Guardian, continuing his theme of his abilities being bright and colorful while he’s so dour, I was more interested in using his animations to make him a reluctant antagonist. Whoever, whatever he is he doesn’t want to be fighting the Star Guardians.
But stopping isn’t a option.
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Oh my god, Pow-Pow is so head over heels for Lux in the Alligator Fic while not even realizing it...I’m dying, she’s way too cute.
Vi is internally screaming, Pow-Pow too pure. Also I doubt Lux would understand any kind of Shovel talk from Vi (No idea if Vi even would given how terrifying Lux’s family is...).
Also random thought, would Lux like animal crackers, but cry about eating them? Or would she like animal crackers and use them as springboards for more animal facts? Like:
Lux: [Intently staring at a Zebra animal cracker before biting off its head] That’s what a lion would do to it to secure a kill.
Caitlyn: …
??? What do you guys think? I feel it’s the later. Also, if Runeterra doesn’t have animal crackers I’m just going to assume Lux’s family made them a thing just for Lux.
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Stuck at work rn, but I'm scratching my brain over SG!Yzl
Before SG 2022 released, I had her pinned as an outer Guardian like Syndra and Nilah.
But after the event was over and we had some lore on Fiddlesticks... I really think Yzl would be a Nemesis--a Star Guardian that has fallen into the deepest depths of dispair and hatred.
But that also makes me wonder: What seperates Nemesis from Corrupted Star Guardians (Zoe, Rakan, Xayah, and also arguably Syndra and Akali)?
Well, personally.... I think Nemesis are devoid of "hope", the very thing the First Star stands for.
Out of all the Corrupted, Zoe and Syndra might be the hardest to identify "hope" in. But they also don't seem to outright hate the Guardians the same way Morgana does. They're not keen on Morgana's plan to spiral the universe into entropy.
On the flip-side. Rakan and Xayah, as well as Akali, are the easiest to see hope in. Both groups anchor themselves to another and rely on them to keep them stable.
Xayah and Rakan rely on eachother (Xayah fights for Rakan, and Rakan wants to save Xayah from her hatred towards Ahri).
Akali grounds herself on the promise she and Kai'sa made. They're best friends, and neither of them want to lose that to Morgana's plans.
But back to Yzl. Based on everything my brain has spit at yall, why would I say Yzl would be a Nemesis? Why not just a Corrupted?
Well, I really think Yzl would lose hope. She would realize The Oath is founded on empty promises and unavoidable sacrifice. While she gained the power to protect those close to her, she would eventually realize there is no happy end.
Her friends and everything she vowed to protect was gone. What now? What purpose did she have? None. She no longer had purpose in the eyes of the First Star--her oath was broken.
But she did not turn herself over to malice as Morgana did. Many saw Yzl as the enemy--a being that appeared and scattered the light of many Star Guardians.
But her goal wasnt of malice. Her means were cruel, but her goal was something she wished she could achieve herself.
Yzl wishes to believe there is still hope, somewhere, for this dying universe. So she challenges Star Guardians, testing their resolve. Testing their willingness to go the extra mile for the oath. For eachother. For the hope that binds them together.
She did not want a repeat of her own fate. She didn't want any more dispair.
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