What's the deal with Bel'veth? || character review (League of Legends)

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[denofeels]

"Do you want a happier ending for Kai'Sa and Taliyah?"
The analytic side: Honestly, no. That was a beautifully told -fanfiction- story and having Kai'Sa survive would severely downplay her sacrifice.
The child in me who never stopped wanting happy endings in every single piece of media he sees: YES *PLEASE* 🌵

[leaguesmanoframsgate]

You talk about doing "What's the deal with Skin X?", but... how about doing a "What's the deal with Skin *Line* X?". I think that would allow you to do deeper dives into the aesthetics of a skin line and what they're trying to do with it, as well as how successful they are at doing it. 🌵

[kirinotosaki]

Damn even when Skyen is writing fanfiction for Riot, Kassadin is always forgotten lmaoo

[GreyAgma]

"that's one way to do it" said Skyen after improvising a gut-wrenching epic fanfic finale 🌵🌵🌵

[nadavwolf]

"Chip is there
He's helping"
Yes he is
Good boy chip

[yassinedkhilii]

so bel'veth is basically the embodiment of "i'm not like other girls"

[cobaltcorsair]

:cactus:
There's a theory I had regarding Kai'Sa that makes her somewhat similar to Bel'Veth (and Zyra, if I recall her latest lore correctly, though for all I know that's since been retconned after the Ixtal update):
Rather than a human who inexplicably merged with a symbiotic voidling and managed to survive in purple hell with perfect makeup; she's actually the voidling itself, who ate a little girl called Kaisa a decade ago and after inheriting the child's memories, she became convinced that she *is* Kai'Sa. She's able to survive without starving by feasting upon rotting produce, other voidborn, lost travellers, anything that would serve as sustenance. A human couldn't possibly survive off of such things, so the mind adapts - in her eyes, the carrion she devours is merely something as harmless as "Peaches", a strong memory that she inherited of the human's favourite food, even though logically any stray fruit that had by some miracle not been devoured would have rotted away after 10 years, and no peach tree could grow in the caverns without sunlight or water.
Other humans, Taliyah excluded, don't mistake her for a monster - they see her for the monster that she is, a human-shaped abberation from the depths with an uncanny facade crafted to resemble a person, or rather, what Kai'Sa thinks a person is supposed to look like. Perhaps she means no harm to those unfortunate enough to cross her path, but when they inevitably act hostile towards her, clearly no human would ever dare to fight another human so they must have been corrupted by the void and therefore must be neutralised for her own safety. If she ends up finding a large pile of "Peaches" immediately after, that's clearly just a lucky coincidence, and it would be foolish to let good food go to waste.

[kalalanim.]

🌵She asks Kai'Sa if it would make her more comfortable if she untransformed and put on her disguise. I think that she sees herself as a somewhat savior of the human race and the head is a way to make them more "comfortable" so they can aid with her plan to defeat The Watchers. She doesn't really want to consume reality like the other Voidborn she wants to *become* reality. She despises all of the other Voidborn because of the fact that they want to consume reality and end "her" world. She loves this world, "her" world. The rest of The Void creatures despise this world and want to end it due to its severe nuisance to their reality. I love that she's *almost* like the other Voidborn but also so so different.

[howdyimhowdy]

🌵🌵
i think belveth could go in a path where she develops empathy...
for her fellow void champeons
recruting them and developing into a true empres, that exist only for her empire and her people
an empire and people who see the rest of the universe as resoirces for themselves
could even add weird and cute moments like bonding with rek sai over creating void mineons, that way you can give the rest of the void champeons more character by giving them a chance to interact with each other

[blueuchida]

I don't know why, but all I could think about when I read what's the deal with bel'veth was what's the deal with airplane food.

[LivenPL]

The idea of her being designed as internally contradictory is actually a really interesting take. And yes, fanfiction from you would be great! I still have fond memories of your Olaf & Soraka story, I really enjoy your creative work and narrative. You've got that skill of conveying raw emotion through your writing 🌵

[Mossymushroomfrog]

🌵🌵🌵
I think an interesting way you could do a good ending for the Kai’sa death would be if Kai’sa was reborn in the lavender sea, assimilated with her suit and even more “monstrous” than before. Her face is barely recognizable, like her second skin has been meshed with her own, but even though she’s even less human than before, her sacrifice and all it’s emotional meaning has retained her humanity. Anyways lavender sea starts to collapse and Kai’sa books it outta there and reaches the surface through a Xer’Sai tunnel where she finds the aftermath of Bel’veth’s defeat. Soldiers are kneeling, the ascended are calmed, everyone is in mourning, and in the middle of it all is Taliyah, weeping. Normally Kai’sa would slink off into the background, but this is Taliyah, her friend, so Kai’sa blocks out everything around her and rushes to her side. From everyone else’s perspective a strange voidborn had just attacked the rock girl, but from Taliyah’s perspective, she sees her friend Kai’sa, and hugs her (or kisses her if it’s June and Riot corporate lets them be queer) and real Corpse Bride-like, those who died in the battle, their remains fade into a swarm of void butterflies that circle Kai’sa and Taliyah, and the camera pans up to the sky where it ends with happily ever after.

[ninjatoriumnova]

I can't help it, though Bel'Veth is pretty scary in the lore, I can't see her monster form as anything other than cute. Even her expression at the end of her reveal trailer just looks like a :D face with some "curious animal" thrown into the mix. If a story really does reveal that her regal demeanor is just a facade trying to hide her own insecurities, I'll never be able to see her in a serious light again. Which, you know, I'm cool with, she'd still make a compelling villain. Just one that I'd like to keep in my aquarium and make tiny hats for.

[KarmaTheNarrator]

Love how he didnt mention Kassadin at the end, that makes this even more Riot like.

[HoodedHavoc]

I really like the perspective of her presenting herself as more than a void monster as it makes the dichotomy of her story and gameplay more clear. In-game she's dashing around, frantically slapping and stabbing everything, not unlike other void champions. The entirety of her character is making more sense. 🌵

[macmusial]

This was a really interesting look at Bel'veth, I never really noticed until this video how inconsistent her dialogue and actions were, so it was really fun as always to hear your thoughts on the matter 🌵

[DAN-gfqx]

i like the idea of humans corrupting the void, maybe instead of developing empathy, she becomes more arrogant and greedier, she starts to embrace the worst parts of humanity as part of herself, and at the end, those human traits end up being the reason why she is defeated.

edit: i forgot the 🌵

[HumanDictionary]

I KNEW there was something unsettling me about Bel'Veth's dance animation! Thank you for taking the time to slow down the model and explain why that kind of "lag-less" smooth motion raises the brain's eyebrows, metaphorically. 🌵

[benepic]

🌵Bel’veth reminds me of Raboniel from The Stormlight Archive series. They’re both supremely confident, and as such give seemingly everything away immediately. They both offer the same bargain: “I have already won, so do what I say and you may earn enough time to maybe kill me”. And they’re both kind of rebels in their own faction, working with the same actions but towards opposite goals. 🌵

[amare]

🌵A "What's the deal with Star Guardian Lux" would be sick🌵