I find it ironic that Seraphine goes out into the streets and sings to Pilties and Zaunites about how they can unite and prosper...while standing on a floating podium whose battery is fueled by generations upon generations of innocent souls, whose society was split into two parts, one being used as fuel and the other comatose for eternity.

Video: “CONCLUSION” Me, seeing almost an hour remaining: uhuh

Orianna in her lore has canonically helped more people in Zaun and sacrificed more than the character whose sole motivation is to "unite Piltover and Zaun"

Y'know, Seraphine needing noise-canceling headphones could've been a great way to mirror autistic/neurodivergent experiences. Missed opportunity :(

So just for fun, here's an imaginary rewrite of Seraphine's lore: The daughter of a middle-class family in Piltover, Seraphine grew up between two worlds, the towers of Piltover visible out of one window and the pits of Zaun visible out the other. She was always a delightful child, strangely quiet and cooperative, but always ready with a smile. As time passed, it was discovered she had a talent for magic, namely an empathic talent that let her feel the emotions of others. But as time passed, her talent grew to dangerous levels, where the emotions of other people were a constant torrent making it impossible for Seraphine to think clearly, or to understand which feelings actually belonged to her. Unable to handle the surge of emotions, her behaviour came to disturb other people, as she would suddenly become aggressive, burst into tears, or hysterically laugh for no apparent reason. Eventually, she became a near-recluse, hiding away in her house trying to block out the incessant psychic noise. Desperate for their daughter to be able to live a normal life, her parents spent a large part of their wealth on a headband powered by a powerful hextech crystal, that muted the onslaught of emotions to bearable levels. For a time, Seraphine grew up as any other girl, remarkable only for her love of singing. But then there was the whisper, first just in her dreams and then a growing presence in her waking mind. Fascinated by this voice and able to sense its curiosity and confusion, Seraphine talked to it....until one day, it answered back, wondering where it was. She told it about her home, about Piltover and Zaun, and tried to find out where the voice had come from. What she got in return--visions of the intelligent creatures sleeping in the deserts, their soul vessels stolen by those who sought their power--shocked her to her core. Horrified at having exploited another intelligent creature for her own comfort, however unwittingly, she decided to smash the headband and return the crystal, even if it meant forsaking the protection it gave her. But the voice stopped her. It told her that even if it was restored, others would still plunder its kin. Rather than sacrifice her own happiness, it wanted Seraphine to try and stop the trade altogether. But she didn't see any way how she could persuade the powerful of Piltover to turn away from their secret source of power. She didn't have anything except her empathic talent....and her voice. Over time, a plan was hatched. Seraphine dismantled her protector, and commissioned something new with the crystal at the core--a floating platform that would not dampen her magic, but rather reverse it, projecting emotions to her audience as she sang. Frightening as it was to open herself up to that flood of emotions, it was just about manageable. And with this edge enhancing her already superb singing, she set out to become a voice that could not be ignored. Many people who hear of her think of her as being cute, but flighty and irrelevant. But to those who listen to her performances find themselves deeply moved. Always hidden behind a veil of metaphor and light-hearted entertainment, Seraphine sings with an infectious passion--when she speaks of how good it is live in Piltover, "never looking down from the bridges", she sows doubt and makes the people of the upper city question the cost of their progessive paradise. And when she performs in Zaun, heart-rending ballads such as the tale of the two steamfitters challenge the sense of hoplessness and passive acceptance. The message at the heart of her songs, whether they are outwardly frivolous or tragic, is always one of hope--dare to change. Dare to look outside the way you think things have to be. You deserve better. Our home city can do better. And those she sings to find their attitudes softening, their comfort with the status quo becoming uncertain. She is attracting attention. Many in high places in Piltover find the discontent she sows to be inconvenient and to be shining a light on truths they think are better off unquestioned. And in the depths of Zaun, Urgot has taken note of her increasingly popular message of unity as a threat to his doctrine of nihilistic strength. Seraphine knows this mission will get harder as she spreads her word. But she has been quiet for long enough--and there are too many people who need her voice, because they have none of their own.

Cant believe we got a “Whats the deal with Seraphine” and “Whats the deal with Riot Games Company” in one video

If seraphine ever becomes a Protestor for Peace for Zaun and Piltover Camille probably gonna go *All Out* on her

I think the most disappointing and frustrating thing about Seraphine is the fact that she has so, so much potential. She could be a protest musician, or a Jimi Hendrix-larger than life figure that burn her guitar just for show, or someone that sell her soul to a demon so she can become the best musician (crossroad devil myth). She isn't the worst character in League, I've grown to like her much more, but she is still one of the worst character in-term of missed opportunity.

I think Seraphine being an angry and disillusioned punk protest singer would fix so much about her. Might make her a very different character, but she would work so much better. Not only would it fix the skarner problem, but she would aesthetically and morally fit into the world she came from. Who could hear all of the agony in zaun and stay naive and optimistic? She would also look more interesting, be more distinct from Sona, and bring something new to kd/a. This video really put all these pieces together for me. Fantastic work. I'll make a punk Seraphine.

They didn't even have to make her a pop star in her lore. I mean the original members aren't and every new champions get skin from existing skin line

After watching Arcane season one and seeing the class conflict of Piltover and Zaun brought to the screen so poignantly, Seraphine’s “I’ll sing and unite the two cities in harmony” theme just feels even more toothless. I can’t imagine her working into the show as she stands in the current lore. Like my hope is that if Seraphine is involved in Arcane season two or (maybe three?) that she IS more of a protest singer bringing the plight of the undercity to the attention of Piltover. But honestly I’m not confident in that happening. I also get the feeling that the Brackern won’t be involved in the story either.

*grabs popcorn* there's gotta be a twist here

I feel like an obvious solution to Seraphine's lore and design problems is a total reversal: Instead of a rags-to-riches story founded on an innate empathy, make it a story of privilege, of discovering the cruelty that sustains your privilege, the horror of realizing you live upon a mountain of, in this case, *literal corpses.* Make her the child of wealthy aristocrats. She's a pop star not to unite the cities, but because she *wanted to be.* She's not evil, but she's naive, she's childish, she wants to sing her songs and have fun. And then, the first revelation: A concert in Zaun. Maybe she suggests it as an act of kindness, maybe she's dragged into it by a producer. Doesn't matter. She sees, even from the top of the undercity where she performs, the horrors of Zaun, and more importantly, the cost of her life in Piltover, that she's never had to pay. So we have Seraphine not as an intrinsically pure heart preaching harmony for harmony's sake, but a person of privilege who's bubble has been burst, but who's decided to use their power to try and unmake the systems she was born into. Go into the protest singer angle like you mentioned, but from the distinctive point of view of someone who has *everything* to lose from a change to the status quo, but demands change anyways because *it's the right thing to do.* And then, at the apex of that story, the revelation about the Hextech Crystals and the Brakern. The knowledge of how deep that mountain of corpses truly goes. *And she would share that knowledge in a heartbeat, because it's the right thing to do.*

What I really hate about Seraphine is how freaking all over the place she is. She doesn’t really belong anywhere, character wise, appearance wise, location wise, she feels like she was from another world, which makes sense since Riot focused more on her skin lore than her actual lore.

What's ironic is that when you think about it, the mental health issues and the self-doubt Seraphine experiences in the KDA verse would have improved somewhat the Runeterra lore imho. Think about it: what if Seraphine told people about her telepathy and no one believed her? What if the parents gave her the dampener to help her manage what they perceived as a mental condition instead of a special ability? So by the time she starts hearing the voice in the crystal, she has already internalized the idea that the voices she hears are auditory hallucinations and so she keeps quiet about the voice. Then Seraphine starts producing music that - without her realizing - has both aspects of her repressed empathy powers and aspects of the brackern's music based communication, which creates an overwhelming, almost hypnotic sense of togetherness and comfort in her songs. Because of this unique aspect to her music, Seraphine becomes a popstar who could actually be a lot more than just that, but thanks to years of gaslighting and her own self-doubt and fear of ostracision she doesn't dare using her powers as they were meant to be used. Uhh... At least that's what I would've tried as a fix.

Here's my shot at the brackern issue: "After a long long time of Seraphine calling out to the voice she hears inside her dampaners(because she is an empath and would want to help a creature in need). The voice gathers itself enough to actually communicate and teach her the ways of brackern song. A lone voice wanting to speak out to the world, and now with a friend to help it. Seraphine then dismantles the device and *according to it's will* uses the crystals to power her podium and speakers. She may not be able to talk to all the brackern inside the crystals, hell it took so much to even talk to a single one. But if she can raise her voice and unite the people of Piltover and Zaun, when she finally finds a way to reveal the truth, she *will* be heard." There, now she has a good reason to be using the crystals(because that particular brackern allowed her to) she has a good reason to not be instantly able to reveal the truth(besides the rich aiming at her neck, there's no easy way to communicate with the crystals, not to mention convince others that they actually are what they are) and her goals are now multi-layered(on top of wanting to unite both cities because she legitimately cares, she wants to liberate the brackern from their abuse when the time is right). I'm not a writer though.

Janna: *god-like spirit who came out of nowhere and purifies Zaun's air* Camille: *Rich entity who takes underground matters into her own hands.* Seraphine: Also a bigger issue with Seraphine is we're assuming she has concerts, right? Who the FUCK in Zaun can afford to go?

A really good, unique analysis that actually goes into her potential rather than just 'Seraphine bad'. I play a lot of Seraphine and I do enjoy the character aesthetic that she brings to League, but man, I'm so disappointed in her lore and worldbuilding and how they handled it now. :

Was really hoping Seraphine could’ve gone more Siren based, like since she’s from Zaun. Like a mad scientist project to build an idol for capitalism purposes: she’s engineered to entice people towards her, and can sell her image or a product with her voice. Of course she could be kept pretty, cause Riot built her to be, but it would add a flavor of something interesting. Maybe like: serrated teeth, a wide mouth, thick inky hair, etc. I’m just saying Riot could’ve made something cool, and they went for a surface level Popstar.

Finna be the longest and most formal roast I'm ever going to see. EDIT: Holy shit, it's 1 hour. I guess I was right about it being long lmao.

It makes me actually unconfortable riot is profiting off mental health and which is.... Such a big issue everywhere, but has such a loaded context in the kpop industry. It feels like banking off real people's actual suffering and I don't like it.

All of her vagueness on both of her conceptions remind me of The Adventure Zone Balance "Seraphine wants to unite Zaun and Piltover in [static noise] and harmony and to [static noise]" "Seraphine, the new member of KDA, brings the unique element of [static noise] to the group and also [static noise]"

I feel that Sera was a rushed champ , like she was made more for that KDA part and less for Runetera, her lore is very silly and kinda bland without many elements to build upon it will need a complete rework for her lore or many stories to change and build her character , right now she is mostly like: Life sucks, so lets sing together and that will solve our problems. I also find funny how Riot tried to make her a perfect angel but in the end, she sounds in some cases like a cruel person.

My idea: let her be a true Zaunite. Have her bring punk to KDA. I agree with what you said previously about being a protest performer. Using her platform to bring attention to the class division and potentially the reality of hextech.

I would have liked if Seraphine's design was piltover clothing but in zaunite coloring. It would fit the steampunk victorian/edwardian style of piltover in general, but throw it off with the bright pink/green/purple/red of zaun. Piltover defaults mostly to brown, blue and white/off-white, so essentially giving her a partially Zaun-ified version of common Piltover fashion could look good and stand out not just because "haha pretty girl popstar" but because it's different from the other Piltover/Zaun champions. It would even be a simple way to make her more of a "child of two worlds" between Zaun and Piltover. The platform could also have been affected by this, by giving it a more zaunite feel (because her parents who are from zaun helped her make it!) or just giving her something else besides a stage but that's neither here nor there. At any rate, this is one of if not the best video you've made thus far! Really went into a lot of details regarding the champion that usually get tackled separately.

Omg this video was great, skyen, you really outdid yourself with this one. Taking the discussion of just a rather bland league character into all the different, difficult subjects you did was a blast to watch. The nuance is outstanding. Keep up with the good work!

I think she would be able to tell the difference between synthetic and natural hex crystals. So, she always uses synthetic ones to power stuff, but collects shards of natural ones and listens to their songs. I definitely think that if she shows up in Arcane season 2, her character design and lore will probably improve.

On the "protest singer" part - I think Seraphine works quite well (and makes a lot of sense in lore context) as the exact opposite: involountary propaganda machine. She's empath, meaning she can feel animosity between Piltover and Zaun, suffering, stress; from there the most direct (even if completely inefficient) way of trying to fix things would be to encourage everyone to live by (the "harmony" part) and have hope for better future as trying to fix issues she perceives directly, instead of pushing for something that would cause positive change as a result. Sadly, nothing like that is at any point fleshed out in the lore, but it seems like the most obvious and straightforward conclusion given what we know so far. At the same time - it fits the fact nobody of power in either Piltover or Zaun does anything with her; since a popular voice that advocates for preserving status quo is in favor of those in power, on both (Piltover and Zaun) sides. In a way - it makes Seraphine more of a reinforcement of existing dynamic between cities rather than a disruptive addition, which would be very much fine if properly expressed.

Honestly, I really wanted to be positive about Seraphine but I just can't get over how a company managed to act so manipulatively towards their audience. It seems as though the only thing that mattered was to market the ultimate skin, sell as MUCH as possible as FAST possible and move on to other things. At this point it's just how many skins you can squeeze in one patch,so quantity over quality.Seraphine could have been executed better, but they had to go for the safer route to guarantee they have some sort of profit. This is just a short summary of my thoughts so the comment might seem as though it's crowded with stuff, just my thought though, don't take them too seriously.

I still have a deep disdain for the way the Seraphine was ultimately done, because Riot has the money to do the research and prevent it from taking many of the harmful directions it did, but I understand the desire to want to create something fun or inclusive and making a mistake.

My Hot Take on K/DA Seraphine: She was the missing "sweet" stereotype. The relatable one that can push the imaginations of fans that what happened to her could happen to them. Shes the idol that makes the group more human and well rounded, because all four of the original members all had strong and badass personalities. They had all the cool/hot members people could idolize but none that people can relate to and aspire to be.

Seraphine's skin was absolutely created first. Her base skin looks so awful in game like they didn't care about it at all and only cared about her kda skin

From talking about Seraphine as a character in League to Seraphine as a marketing tool to the virtual influencer problem as a whole? Damn, Skyen. This is one of the best videos you made and perhaps one of the most comprehensive and constructive criticism of Seraphine yet EDIT: Almost forgot to add this, but yeah, the Rioters need to unionize.

ngl this character has the potential to set up something big, like a 'Skarner starts an economic disaster and it's all Seraphine's fault' story that moves PnZ's plot forward, and possibly integrates her lore with other champs. At the moment though this champion falls so insanely short of the bar we've been accustomed to. No point getting mad, it's just disappointing.

Me wanting to work at Riot: omg i love league and i wanna be an artist and work there! Me after this video : okay fuck no ew Riot wtf you doing

It would be so cool if her ultimate skin changed skins at 6 and 11 or 11 and 16 since she's growing in power, which could be symbolic of her rise to fame.

I belive she would have been cooler if she was like an aspect of harmony/music that lives in P&Z and she would try to unite the cities more because the aspect wants that, since the aspect saw Lunari/Solari conflicts and doesn't want it to repetat here. Zoe is an aspect that didn't climb the mountain, so why not make a similar situation with Seraphine?

The whole section about virtual influencers and how it affects Seraphine was extremely interesting and really well thought out. Thank you Skyen for a connection that I wasn't even entirely aware of. Thank you for your work!

I just wanted to listen about art and character design, instead i'm depressed because of how f****d up is the world we live in

Let's not forget this line: "Piltover and Zaun sing together in a dazzling duet" which is an... Interesting way to describe an oppressive regime and their abused underclass.

I liked the anti-capitalist virtual influencer part was backed up by the instrumentals of money. Just excellent background music for the entire video good job man.

I mean with Ahri (Riot) being business savvy, it literally could be "hey, this is a pretty girl who speaks Chinese and English and sings well who we can get for cheap. CHINESE MARKET HERE WE COME!" And they couldn't say that was the only reason, now could they?

1:10:03 My man went from defending artists to calling out all of Riot's garbage in a blaze of passionate rage and I am *here for it* speak your piece bossman

Maybe what Seraphine actually brings to the K/DA is mostly the dreamy character. The dreamy and hopeful kind of person that maybe the members needed to remember.

No lie, I LOVE the idea of a popstar from Piltover. Thats the only place I can imagine a popstar getting big. The only town with the riches for luxury to become a pop-star as a career. Tho I would love to see her with like, split color pallets for Zaun and Piltover to show the unity of the two cities n stuff. Maybe a direct line down her middle or on the waistline that splits the colors etc etc Like, Runeterra-wise, I could see it working easily and they just fucked it up lmao

UNIONIZE THE GAMES INDUSTRY!!! Comment for the algorithm gods

Seraphine WAS a marketing tool for sure, and her twitter been left behind after the Worlds event just shows that.... I have a bunch of problems with her, BUT if they kept with the act, maybe it could be cool, an unique thing out of all the same ol stuff she brought to the game. I just get worried that they will never try something like this again cuz it clearly backfired, and on top of that, Im pretty sure her skin didnt even sold well (compared to others ultimate skins). Rito plz, just bring Pentakill back, doesnt even need new members, and maybe True damage or a new boy-band-ish thingy, just so we please everyone lol (mainly now with a bunch of shirtless, skinny, sexy boyz)

Let's hope they can develop her story to be a protest singer over time

This character was definitely a design before the story…. Truly the most out of place character in league

Can't wait to be banning serpahine in ranked while listening to this video.

I wish she was more reluctantly decorated as a Piltover star. It would make it more interesting if Piltover tried to profit off of her image while she desperately wants to help Zaun. It would reflect a lot of real-life cases where young female stars have been controlled and mistreated for monetary and political reasons. The Piltover image of her could even push an interesting conflict where it could alienate Zaunites even if its not necessarily what Seraphine means to convey. I'd like if she expressed genuine anger at her Piltover management at some point when she's had enough of being told what to sing.

Fun Fact: In the Universe section of League of Legends' main website where the character lore is stored, Seraphine's lore STILL hasn't changed, i just checked it

It honestly bothers me so much that she has a butterfly theme (Q and that gigantic hair pin) for no reason?? its so weird

My criticisms of Seraphine are centered almost entirely on her as a character in the wider worldbuilding of Runeterra. While the parasocial relationship and influencer controversies are certainly interesting, I prefer to keep to what I can confidently say that I understand enough to have a point. Keeping this in mind my thoughts on Seraphine and TB's analysis are: 1. I completely agree that she doesn't look like someone who would come from, let alone try to be something of a synthesis between, Piltover and Zaun. She doesn't have the magitek-victorian-steampunk of Piltover or the crude, unpretentious chempunk of Zaun. Sure, a pop-star doesn't really create images of standard fashions, but she isn't some avant-garde, style first sort of character that would completely ignore the very concept of normal for the sake of making a point or to be eye catching. She is supposed to be a more down to earth and theoretically "authentic" kind of starlet. Wouldn't a Piltover-Zaun fusion make more sense of style for someone who wants to be a unifying force instead of something that is completely apart from the styles of both? 2. While her naivete of the complicated nature of P and Z is an interesting point of characterization, the fact that she doesn't have a real end goal beyond "let's all get along" makes her come across as aimless. The kind of aimless that Riot has been trying to phase out from older characters for years now. I think styling her as a chirpy and good natured but naïve protest singer with an actual cause would have been more engaging. Someone who could, by positive or downright wholesome means could be a threat to the delicate relationship between the oligarchy of the Clans and the crime syndicates of the Chem Barons. Perhaps she could have a following significant enough that the Clan Intelligencers, Camille specifically, could be hesitant to eliminate her in order to avoid a larger, more violent disruption. An ambitious Chem Baron or thugs who threaten the machine that is Piltover are simple enough to remove, but how would Camille handle someone is accumulating soft power through capturing the hearts of Piltovans and Zaunites alike instead of by wealth, reputation, or force? (Personally I just want more stories for Camille, but I digress.) 3. Her backstory raises some interesting questions. It says that her family wasn't especially wealthy, fine engineers perhaps, but not particularly exceptional. That being true, how did she get her hands on an authentic hexcrystal, a ridiculously valuable power source that I doubt would be far from one of the ruling merchant clans? How did she rise to fame so quickly? 4. I find it weird that Zaun now has two empaths, the first being Zac, who physically feels the emotional states of others in Zaun and works to help whoever he can because both their pain and sadness reflect onto him and because he was raised to have a strong moral compass by his parents. It's fine to have champs like this as a positive counter to characters like Urgot (who I completely disagree with TB's assertion that he is a fascist when his ideals are that of pure anarchic survival of the strongest as his lore states that he "isn't there to lead, but to survive"), the inhuman cruelty of Singed, and the cold professional elitism of Camille, but two empaths in the same region seems a tad redundant.

Thanks for the support guys. Alright, let's go! *SpongeBob music plays* SERAPHINE?!

Holy shit this was a very good video. I don't think I've ever heard TB Skyen go this hard on to something he feels strongly about.

Seraphine particularly upsets me because I read her lore first, no other knowledge of the rest of the lore to understand why It Bad or her actual character, I read “extremely sensitive to sound (to a magical degree) and requires an assistive device to function in her crowded city home” as magic autism. And it kills me that because of *the rest of her* I seem to be alone in that reading.

"Riot has more money than god." Seems right ngl.

Seraphine composes Internationale and joins Sylas' revolution.

I think the best solution is to add the soul as part of the art work(like a transparent soul behind her), and in game to add dialogue between it and Seraphine. So we can hear how exactly is it guiding her. It’ll be unique to have a champion that low key talks to themself (Kled doesn’t count, since we can’t understand their companion)

To the point of what Seraphine brings to K/DA: The way a lot of Kpop groups work is, that there are different roles/archetypes. The one i suspect she i supposed to be is the youngest of the group, often seen as the cutest one, also known as the maknae. That is my best guess, really...

I think that the whole "Seraphine adds nothing to K/DA" chapter is the reason that I personally see her ultimate skin as actually being a "corruption", contrary to what you said here. She goes from having her own aesthetic and vibe, and is then taken over by K/DA and loses all sense of that "self". She just becomes "the 5th K/DA member"

It would be nice to see that seraphine to be a protest singer. However I would love to see that seraphine the original soul got taken over by the soul of the bracken in her headphones which explains why she seems psychotic while being an empath.

Ready youe snacks bois dis is going to be a long one

Seraphine is such a boring champion. I didn't even buy her lol

I don’t know much about league , but I feel like this would have been an easy fix without actually needing to do all that much to her lore. They could have had her listen to the voice and then have the crystal be put into the stage so that the crystal had a voice . That way they could sing together and spread awareness of the problem with the hex tech crystals

As someone who struggles putting his own needs above the needs of others, I see very little empathy in Seraph.

Granted, I don’t know much about KDA outside of their music, but my opinion, it would be interesting for Seraphine’s “thing” in KDA to be the actual talent/authenticity of the group, and have it contrast with Ahri’s popstar thing. Which is something that could be easily shown in the recordings by giving her higher notes, having her belt, or harmonize with the others (which thinking about it know could show Seraphine as the musical “glue” of the group) or seriously any other vocal skill other than lightly singing the melody to the bridge before the chorus. Because nowadays any one in KDA could have done that, like what was said in the video. Any popstar (Ahri in our case) can sound good carrying the melody with brief vocal lessons, autotune and pre recorded vocal performances, it’s how groups like BTS preform complicated dances quote unquote “live” while sustaining their singing. But it takes practice and skill to learn proper breath techniques to belt or sustain high notes, which is something we could see Seraphine doing in contrast to Ahri who is more familiar with the “idol” side of things. Basically I’m saying have Seraphine do something similar to Akali, which is bring a different genre to KDA, but instead of Hip Hop have it be something similar to musical theater, for a lack of a better term because that’s where I see the majority of these techniques used. Give her more difficult songs to sing. And then equate that with the idea of being authentic, in the way live theater is usually more “authentic” than performances from pop stars, even though the concept of preforming choreographed music for an audience is similar in nature. And then use those ideas to explore like the music industry and how having musical talent doesn’t equate to being a good popstar, and how Seraphine has to balance between being authentic with herself, working in a group, and making successful music.

Something I really like about Seraphine’s character is just that she’s positive and cheerful. In a really tragic place like Zaun and Piltover, it feels like she’s protesting the misery by being cheerful and kind. I think they could have explored more about her internal battle with being a singer for both Zaun and Piltover; singing enough of her genuine feelings of rebellion and suffering from being a Zaunite to appeal to the people from Zaun, and yet censoring herself enough so that the people from Piltover won’t look down on her as something of a punk from Zaun. It would be cool to see a story where she has to balance the line between genuine and commercial.

In terms of her fitting in K/DA, I definitely can tell ahri saw her past self in seraphine, someone who’s ambitious and wants to share her voice to the world. This lead her to inviting her as sort of this more youthful and Innocent member who’s ambitions are reaching a climax. By taking a chance and letting a new rising artist like seraphine collaborate with the group, she wants to give seraphine the chance Ahri was potentially denied a lot in the past. In terms of Kpop, there’s the roles known as: Leader, Main Dancer, Main Rapper, Visual, Main Vocalist, and Maknae. If I’m correct I’d place the members in this way Leader: Ahri (obviously) Main Rapper: Akali Main Dancer: Kai’Sa Visual: Evelyn (seeing as she’s a bold and sexy diva) Maknae and Main Vocalist: Seraphine I gave seraphine main vocalist since in More, similar to many kpop groups main vocalists, Seraphine got her own spot to show off her vocals that end with a sort of high note or climax. And Maknae is just a title given to the youngest member of said group.

"I miss your kind too, Skarner. Would you like to hear their song?" Skarner: WHAT THE F-

The thing is, in real life empaths are rarely crybaby meek peace loving kind hearted softies, they are usually over-exposed to nasty intentions of people from way too young age so are likely to be hardened/jaded and or rebellious. So seraphine being a protest singer would have made so much sense

This was a joy to watch, articulate as always :'D I was honestly a fan of using social media as a storytelling medium because that's an interesting and interactive way to try and tell a narrative imo but alas, the inherent cons of //vaguely gestures// all of this,,, thank you for this, love your videos and your work!

I still like that thought that she should have just been the Sona update. Would have solved so many problems. Already a star in lore, skips the brackern issue entirely, has a direct purpose in KDA, etc

I would absolutely LOVE to see an animation breakdown, I personally like her animations and also really enjoy seeing you geek out about the animations so I'm hoping you can make a video on it. Don't pressure yourself though, you've got like at LEAST six other projects going on right now so this shouldnt really take priority.

This video illustrates why its a pleasure watching your content, Skyen. The way you present your informative prospective and highlight what makes you feel the way you do to your audience, while doing your damnest to retain your creative integrity is simply refreshing to see on this platform. Cheers, and keep it up!

Okay my ONLY thing is: what Ahri sees in Seraphine and what she brought to the table in that small panel is that Ahri can SAVE someone from becoming that pop star stuck in a contract, unhappy, and unable to express herself. Ahri sees herself when she was trying to make it big and knows she has the ability to help someone shine HOW THEY SHINE. K/DA Seraphine in her verse brings the grounding and resolution of Ahri’s arc in the popstar/KDA universe. She is unbound and prospers more and continues to write what she feels, just like seraphine. Maybe I saw this from being an ultra KDA fan and seeing all of the posts and keeping up with the Twitter ETC. But you see this ideology in Ahri’s single on the EP “I’ll Show You”. I think Seraphine really sparked that in the group as a whole. But this is my take. LOVED your thoughts on her base lore. If only League took a sliver of that approach bc it would be so much more inspired than the plain pop star they gave her in base! Love the vids!

Sure i would appreciate a animation breakdown of Seraphine. Maybe even under the pretense that "In-Game" i really really dislike them.

I only recently discovered your channel through shorts (I am not immune to the serotonin of mindless scrolling on shorts). I’ve thoroughly been enjoying going through this content and it’s been very pleasant hearing a thorough analysis on certain subjects and pieces of media. I’m glad that through this hellish algorithm there remains a pleasant side of content creators who are passionate and interesting to view.

Ah yes, the coolest Avenger ever... Tony Stark.

The amount of glitter she got for her clothes is more glitter than what Jhin sees when someone steps on his lotus traps, AND THAT'S ALOT OF GLITTER

Dang you know, Riot trying to form a partnership with an organization built atop immense human rights violations and only backing out after severe backlash makes them brushing Seraphine’s whole capitalizing on genocide for the sake of her career, fame, and fortune seem a BIT more fricked up. Like a part of me thinks that was intentional on the part of the writers to highlight Riot’s real life business practices, and then a major exec had to swoop in and rectify it since it hit a bit too close to home.

Even tho i love the Ruined King Year, i sadly know that no story will come out this year to make her story deeper... and that's sad. I like the idea that she is empty and silly, with no concrete idea on how the world works... but her lore is so empty of any hints about her future that she feels like an incomplete work...

Ok Skyen, I've watched quite a few of your shorts, which I definitely enjoyed. But this long-form video was so good and gave me a little bit of insight into your mindset, and I'm with it. Good stuff. I'll be watching more - thanks!

My greatest fear is that she will play a major role in future Arcane seasons…

A bloodborne stream, a hades stream AND a wtdw about this flop... Yeeeeeee boiiiiiii LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

This video was literally perfect in every way, there's nothing more I can say Well worth the wait; you vocalized everything I could've felt about this entire debacle better than I ever could Pls never stop Skyen

That was a really amazing video. I love listening to the way you debate upon a subject or an idea etc. It's literally too complicated for me to describe what you're doing, it's just very much appreciated by me. Thank you for your work, it makes my day better

Skyen: She should be a singer that makes the concerts to make Piltovian's see Zaun's suffering and fight for them Me: so---- Lucio from Overwatch?

Okay, this critique was a masterpiece.

I'm enjoying this like a child

I came expecting a in depth analysis on Seraphines design and animations and im leaving with a much more insightful view on predatory social media marketing and corporation greed. The classic Skyen brand. Though I would still love a video on her animations lol

I really needed someone to say these things out loud, thank you for voicing this, 100%agree with you. Btw i cant wait for you to analyze Viego!

After Arcane, Seraphine is even more laughable. Imagine Silco and Vander going to a Seraphine concert and going "oh shit, fuck political revolution. This is the REAL SHIT".

thanks for the thorough video, the marketing segment especially is so well done and it's such an important part of the whole story. you make your points so eloquently that i'm honestly obsessed w listening to u ^_^

That mid point threw me off so much, then i laughed at the transition. Well done! Keep up the excellent work!

I always dig your design breakdowns because you actually explain your criticisms, and clearly care about the aesthetics in relation to the universe in general. Even ignoring all of the controversy surrounding her release, Seraphine is just so painfully uninteresting. She's just another pretty anime girl to add to the pile. There was a Polygon article that was just published when Gwen got revealed basically saying that "LoL fans are tired of sexy champions". It's frustrating that so often the complex and valid criticisms that people have towards this topic get misinterpreted as either prudence or veiled misogyny. We arent tried of sexy champions. We are tired of champions that feel like they were made from a factory production line.

Do you think you could do a “What’s the Deal with Camille?” video sometime in the future? I know she’s over four years old now but she’s a really interesting character with a really interesting story and design, and while she’s still got some qualities that other League females have she’s still a pretty unique concept with a great execution that I think people could really appreciate more. Also, her PC character model isn’t true to a bunch of the smaller details(especially the ones surrounding her face), if you look in official art pieces surrounding her and her login screen you’ll find her face to be more thinly and sharply structured and her nose to actually be fairly long and rectangular compared to her model’s nose.

The moment part 2 kicks in had my on the floor laughing. You're a genius Skyen!

This was fascinating. I kind of dipped out on LoL for about five years, so I missed all of this but one of your shorts came up in my feed and I love playing Seraphine so thought I’d check this out. Your content is fantastic!