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For the week of 27 May 2019

Quick Bits:

A Walk Through Hell #10 somehow gets even more disturbing as we’re shown some of McGregor’s past as he was abused and set up as a suicide. The horror that Garth Ennis, Goran Sudžuka, Ive Svorcina, and Rob Steen keep exploring in this series keeps getting more personal and seemingly has no limit to its depth.

| Published by AfterShock

Amazing Spider-Man #22 concludes (mostly) the “Hunted” arc as Kraven continues to try to convince Spider-Man that he’s a killer and to finally put Kraven out of his misery. It’s incredibly messed up logic, but Nick Spencer, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba, Edgar Delgado, Erick Arciniega, and Joe Caramagna make it interesting. You could consider this end anti-climactic, especially after how long this has been, but I get the feeling we’ll be dealing with the ramifications for a while to come.

| Published by Marvel

Amber Blake #3 takes an interesting turn as an undercover operation into a modelling agency reveals that Amber’s childhood friend Amanda is still alive. The level of intrigue and twists in this story just keeps escalating, matching the density of the layouts and art from Butch Guice, Mike Perkins, and Dan Brown.

| Published by IDW

Angel #1 is incredible. Possibly even better than the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series and that has set a ridiculously high bar. Bryan Edward Hill, Gleb Melnikov, Gabriel Cassata, and Ed Dukeshire embrace the darker, moodier feel of Angel consistent with the different atmosphere that was present in the television series, while diving deep into building up his dark past and conflicted future. There’s a lot that is new to this interpretation, which just makes it more intriguing. And the art from Melnikov and Cassata is gorgeous.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Ascender #2 advances the vamps’ plan to eradicate the remaining technology in the universe, as Andy is reunited with Bandit, and the vamps come to threaten him and his family. This remains an interesting new take on the Descender world from Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen, and Steve Wands as we see more of what’s happened since the end of that series.

| Published by Image

Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1 is an interesting debut from Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, FCO Plascencia, and Tom Napolitano. On its surface, it’s an “Old Man Bruce” story, as a previously comatose Bruce awakens in a dark and strange future. But this existence is weird and unreliable. Especially as Bruce awakens in a fiction at first, being told that he’s in Arkham and that all of his villains and time as Batman were fever dreams cooked up by a fractured mind. This may well be the best art ever from Capullo, Glapion, and Plascencia.

| Published by DC Comics / Black Label

Black Science #40 shows that the story still has some surprises in store as it rockets towards the end. Also some ridiculous jokes. Matteo Scalera and Moreno Dinisio continue to inventive as hell with the art.

| Published by Image / Giant Generator

Coda #12 is the explosive, brilliant conclusion to what has been on the best series of this year and last. Si Spurrier, Matías Bergara, Michael Doig, and Jim Campbell have delivered some stunning flights of imagination, tapping into some highly inventive nihilistic fantasy, presenting the final battle battle this issue, and, man, does it stick the landing. Phenomenal storytelling all around.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Daredevil #6 begins “No Devils, Only God” in a New York City without Daredevil. Lalit Kumar Sharma, Jay Leisten, and Java Tartaglia come on for art duties for this arc and it’s an interesting shift. Sharma’s style reminds me a bit of Klaus Janson’s, but without the heavy inks and shadows.

| Published by Marvel

Detective Comics Annual #2 heads into Year Two territory as we get a new Reaper from Peter J. Tomasi, Travis Moore, Max Raynor, Tamra Bonvillain, Nick Filardi, and Rob Leigh. This is a nice use of the annual format, giving us a satisfying single issue story setting up a possible future arc.

| Published by DC Comics

The Forgotten Queen #4 brings an end to this excellent series exploring the history of Vexana, War-Monger, from Tini Howard, Amilcar Pinna, Ulises Arreola, and Jeff Powell. Very interesting depth added to the character and interesting hints as to what more might be coming, hopefully.

| Published by Valiant

Hellboy vs. Lobster Johnson: Ring of Death elaborates further on Hellboy’s time in Mexico making wrestling movies in a pair of tales from Mike Mignola, Chris Roberson, Mike Norton, Paul Grist, Dave Stewart, Bill Crabtree, and Clem Robins. Seeing a presentation of the movie Hellboy starred in is a real treat.

| Published by Dark Horse

Immortal Hulk #18 leans hard into the body horror aspect of the series, debuting both Betty’s full form as this new Harpy and in the Abomination. Joe Bennett, Ruy José, and Paul Mounts just nail this perfectly.

| Published by Marvel

Killer Groove #1 is a great first issue from Ollie Masters, Eoin Marron, Jordie Bellaire, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. It’s a taut crime drama mixing a never-was musician with the potential of life as a hitman, as he lucks into a kill during a chance encounter. Great art from Marron and Bellaire.

| Published by AfterShock

The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #3 advances the alien plot, sending Kamala and her parents off to Saffa to supposedly fulfill the role of their Destined One, saving the planet again. Saladin Ahmed, Minkyu Jung, Juan Vlasco, Ian Herring, and Joe Caramagna are doing some interesting world-building here, and ensuring that nothing is quite what it seems.

| Published by Marvel

Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #5 is the beautiful conclusion to what has been a brilliant series from Kieron Gillen, Caspar Wijngaard, Mary Safro, and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. It’s been a sequel, satire, criticism, and repudiation of Watchmen, but it’s also been an interesting mediation on “being better” while coming to terms with the nature of reality and learning to deal with the human element.

| Published by Dynamite

Queen of Bad Dreams #2 gets more into the grit of IJ Wei’s investigation into the escaped figment, delivering some great police procedural stuff. The artwork from Jordi Pérez and Dearbhla Kelly is wonderful. Reminding me a lot of some of the work from John Watkiss, particularly during a very impressive action sequence.

| Published by Vault

She Said Destroy #1 is an intriguing science fantasy debut from Joe Corallo, Liana Kangas, Rebecca Nalty, and Melanie Ujimori. It taps into Celtic mythology, presenting a war between Brigid and the Morrigan, but also appears to be telling a coming of age story with some members of the Morrigan’s flock as they try to combat Brigid’s oppression.

| Published by Vault

Star Wars #108 is essentially another one-shot in the 80th anniversary of Marvel celebration, with Matthew Rosenberg and a murderers’ row of new and old Star Wars artists delivering a tale set in the old Marvel continuity. While you’ll get more out of it if you’re familiar with the original series, with familiar faces like Valance Hunter, Domina Tagge, and Jaxxon, but it still works well on its own without having any foreknowledge of previous events.

| Published by Marvel

Stranger Things: Six #1 begins another prequel mini-series, this time introducing us to “Six” and looking into the experiments going on at the Hawkins Labs, from Jody Houser, Edgar Salazar, Keith Champagne, Marissa Louise, and Nate Piekos. I quite liked the first one that served as a view into the terror that Will went through during season one, but this one looks like it’ll be breaking some new ground. Very interested to see more of what happened earlier.

| Published by Dark Horse

Superman: Leviathan Rising Special #1 is a tease for Event Leviathan, the next turn in the Superman series, the forthcoming Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen minis, and the upcoming Supergirl arc once she returns to Earth, but it also manages to tell a fairly entertaining story in its own right as Talia al Ghul kidnaps Clark Kent.

| Published by DC Comics

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #94 continues “City at War” as everything gets nastier and dirtier, and we still haven’t had a full-on incendiary spark yet to ignite even larger warfare. Dave Wachter and Ronda Pattison deliver some incredible artwork. Splinter is very chilling in this one.

| Published by IDW

Thor #13 will make you care about Cul Borson. At least, a little bit. Maybe. Jason Aaron, Mike del Mundo, Marco D’Alfonso, and Joe Sabino deliver on another single issue story broadening the bits and pieces of the War of the Realms.

| Published by Marvel

Transformers #6 takes a break from the ongoing narrative and gives us a look into the past friendship between Megatron and Orion Pax, from Brian Ruckley, Beth McGuire-Smith, and Tom B. Long. There are some interesting parallels between Megatron’s observations and the drifting apart of these two old friends.

| Published by IDW

Wolverine: The Long Night #5 concludes this adaptation of the podcast of the same name from Benjamin Percy, Marcio Takara, Matt Milla, and Joe Caramagna. This has been a mature, psychological thriller amidst all of the violence and darkness, with this final chapter delivering more twists even as it brings the answers.

| Published by Marvel

Other Highlights: Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #4, Bad Luck Chuck #3, Black Panther #12, Blossoms 666 #4, Catwoman Annual #1, Dark Red #3, Dead Kings #5, Delver #4, Dick Tracy Forever #2, Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #8, Dog Days of Summer #1, Fantastic Four #10, Fight Club 3 #5, Four Sisters 2: Hortense, Grand Abyss Hotel, KINO #16, Life on the Moon, Lumberjanes: Somewhere Green #1, Major X #4, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #39, Princeless - Book 8: Princesses #3, Punk Mambo #2, Punks Not Dead: London Calling #4, Rick & Morty #50, Spawn #297, Star Trek: Year Five #2, Star Wars: Vader - Dark Visions #4, Superior Spider-Man #6, TMNT: Urban Legends #13, Thanos #2, Wailing Blade #1, War of the Realms: Giant-Man #2, War of the Realms: Spider-Man & The League of Realms #2, War of the Realms: War Scrolls #2, Wasted Space #10, X-23 #12, X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #1

Recommended Collections: Death Orb - Volume 1, Dept. H Omnibus - Volume 1, The Goon: Bunch of Old Crap, Judge Dredd: Toxic, Punisher - Volume 2: War in Bagalia, Rick & Morty Presents - Volume 1, X-Force - Volume 1: Sins of the Past

For the week of 20 May 2019

Quick Bits:

Action Comics #1011 is the last stop before Event Leviathan starts in earnest and it raises more questions as to what’s going on. Brian Michael Bendis, Steve Epting, Brad Anderson, and Josh Reed have done a great job elevating tension through this lead-up and moving the pieces around the board.

| Published by DC Comics

Assassin Nation #3 is another brutal issue from Kyle Starks, Erica Henderson, and Deron Bennett. The body count remains high and we get more questions about who authorized the hit. There’s some hints that it may all just be misdirection.

| Published by Image / Skybound

Detective Comics #1004 gives us the life history of Astrid Arkham. It’s told largely in full page montages, really allowing Brad Walker, Andrew Hennessy, and Nathan Fairbairn to cut loose on the visuals.

| Published by DC Comics

Faithless #2 sees Faith go to a party, and then it gets weird. This feels like that Griffin Dunne film of him wandering around New York, only with more magic and gorgeous art from Maria Llovet.

| Published by BOOM! Studios

Ghost Tree #2 delivers well on the promise of the first issue, going further with Brandt’s conversations with the spirits around the ghost tree, and setting up the possibility of something horrible coming soon. More gorgeous artwork from Simon Gane, Ian Herring, and Becka Kinzie.

| Published by IDW

Incursion #4 is a fitting conclusion to this series bringing Gilad back to a regular status in the world of the living, with some interesting teases as to what might be further down the line, from Andy Diggle, Alex Paknadel, Doug Braithwaite, Diego Rodriguez, Leonardo Paciarotti, and Marshall Dillon.

| Published by Valiant

Justice League Dark #11 continues “Lords of Order” and keeps burning down the magical side of the DC Universe, while diving very deep into the back catalogue to build up the new. James Tynion IV is developing a very interesting structure for what might be coming.

| Published by DC Comics

Middlewest #7 shows the sheer devastation that Abel can unleash as his powers manifest, similar to the rage that his father has shown, and how his newfound “family” can also let him down horribly. Great work from Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulieu, and Nate Piekos as the story seems to be headed for more dangerous waters.

| Published by Image

Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Jabba the Hutt #1 is an entertaining little story of how Jabba manipulates others to accomplish his goals.

| Published by Marvel

Stone Star #3 gives us another surprise as Dail tries to save Kitzo from being eaten in the arena by Most-Maw. It’s very interesting how this series plays with elements of hero shooters and the designs for the characters and creatures by Max Dunbar are incredible.

| Published by Swords & Sassery

Other Highlights: A Shining Beacon, Age of X-Man: Amazing Nightcrawler #4, Animosity #21, Asgardians of the Galaxy #9, Avengers #19, Batgirl #35, Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command #4, Bone Parish #9, Books of Magic #8, Clue: Candlestick #1, Cyber Force #10, Dial H for Hero #3, Doctor Strange #14, The Flash #71, Freedom Fighters #6, Gasolina #18, GI Joe: A Real American Hero #262, The Goon #2, Highwayman, Invader Zim #43, Invisible Kingdom #3, Martian Manhunter #5, Marvel Comics Presents #5, Mary Shelley: Monster Hunter #2, Miles Morales: Spider-Man #6, Monstress #22, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #43, Mr. & Mrs. X #11, Redneck #20, Riverdale Season 3 #3, Road of Bones #1, Rumble #12, Runaways #21, Shuri #8, The Silencer #17, Star Trek: Q Conflict #4, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge #2, Tony Stark: Iron Man #11, The Unstoppable Wasp #8, Venom #14, War of the Realms: Journey into Mystery #3, War of the Realms: New Agents of Atlas #2, War of the Realms: The Punisher #2, War of the Realms: Strikeforce - The Land of Giants #1, War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men #2, The Warning #7, Welcome to Wanderland #4. Wolverine: Infinity Watch #4, Wonder Woman #71, X-Force #8

Recommended Collections: Black Badge - Volume 1, Black Magick, Cover - Volume 1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Volume 1, East of West - Volume 9, Fantastic Four - Volume 2: Mr. & Mrs. Grimm, Friendo - Volume 1, James Bond: Blackbox, Middlewest - Book 1, Planet Terry Complete Collection, Redlands - Volume 2, Summit - Volume 3: Truth & Consequences, Wayward - Book 3

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Starlight Gifts

A series of boxes are left with the retainers at the front desk of the Argentate, gifts from Evette Blackstone for her associates to receive whenever they should next return to the business.

For Liana Warden ( @liana-warden ), a long, narrow white box wrapped in pink ribbon contains a well cared for antique cane, made out of white ivory and with a pattern of gold hummingbirds spiraling up the length from the foot to the handle. The note reads, For looking pretty on a shelf, or to keep nearby whenever you have reason to doubt the people around you. On the back of the card are instructions for operating a hidden lever that causes a stiletto blade to pop out of the foot of the cane.

For Luther Aldric ( @dasregal ), a small black box wrapped in gold ribbon contains a dagger very similar in make to the one Evette carries, likely even crafted by the same blacksmith. It’s an Ala Mhigan blade made with dark metal, but it has iconography of Nald’thal etched into the handle. The note reads, For when mine isn’t within reach.

For Sorya Marin ( @sorya-marin ), a heavy brown box with gold and green ribbon and gold leaf inset lettering that reads Goldscale Apothecary contains six balls of compressed alchemy powder, that when placed in a full bath will cause the water to bubble pleasantly and fill the room with pleasing aromas. One is vibrant orange and smells like citrus, one is gold and creamy and smells of honey and milk, another is brown and chunky and smells of oatmeal and spice, one a pale green that smells of tea tree and chamomile, another light purple and smells of orange blossom and lilac, and the last is nearly white and smells of a strong mint. The card reads, “Treat yourself,” and hastily scribbled underneath that, “(Not for eating!)”

For Burkegan Iriq ( @ninth-threnody ), there is no box at all, but rather a bottle of extremely cheap Pearl Lane hooch with a bow tied around the neck and a key to a Goblet home sitting inside the bottom of the bottle. The card reads simply, “Drink this and come over.”

For every other employee of the Argentate and the Aureate Ward is a simple charm fitted with a round, opaque white gemstone with threads of smoky grey marbled throughout. The note reads, “In Coerthas, Pillarstone symbolizes Halone’s strength of mind and character. Wearing it is said to imbue you with luck and fortitude. Whether you believe that or not, it is fair to behold and matches everything. Let the coming year be whatever you make of it.”

#evette blackstone #IC post #ffxiv #mateus rp #starlight

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blood-starved-beast · 2 years

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Irelia headcanons part 2. Here’s part 1.

Irelia hates feeling like she’s not in control. It’s a trauma response from feeling as though she failed to be there for her family, and a defense mechanism to be strong for the Resistance in Ionia. It’s not limited to those circumstances, however. She’s like that with her fellow dancers, the soldiers, with her relationship with Liana, and even more intimate circumstances, if you know what I mean. She’s never entirely comfortable if she doesn’t know the stakes of the current circumstance.

Building off that, Irelia also dislikes being vulnerable. She can’t afford it, with how often the Navori Brotherhood and other extremists try to kill her. Despite that though, she’s the type of person who gets very emotional very easily, and has a tendency to cry when she does. She hates it.

According to a writer on the Riot team, Irelia is a vegetarian. To build off that, she’s not one necessarily for moral reasons so much as cause the Xan family raised her that way. As with any person who grew up eating a certain cuisine, Irelia doesn’t really like the taste (or more specifically the texture) of meat. She has eaten it though, especially when times in the Resistance were bad. She prefers fish and even bugs over it, and chicken to red meat. During the Sentinels she couldn’t really stomach more than a few bites of the meat rations she got, and left them. She assumed Rengar or even Graves would have eaten what she left behind but one time while those two weren’t around she found Riven eating the remains of her dish (who as a former Exile, knew not to waste food ever).

That being said her favorite foods are desserts. Especially heavy ones like cakes and ice cream (and of course, traditional Ionian/Asian desserts and also fruits). If presented with a cheesecake (which I imagine is not native to Ionia) she would scarf it down. This is why her model in-game is thicc despite her athleticism.

While she worked in the Sentinels (the version that exists in my head and not what we got), part of the reason she warmed up to Riven is cause Riven’s stupid unfunny jokes and poorly executed sarcasm reminded her of Zelos’s dumb jokes. She’s not consciously aware of this similarity, but it definitely made it easier to humanize the Butcher of the Bay.

She knows Akali and they’re friends, or as much friends as one could be if one of you is a Resistance leader and the other an assassin. Akali likes her well enough cause she’s honest about her goals, though she thinks Irelia to be “unbalanced” in her approach to peace. Irelia doesn’t like Akali’s rebellious-ness and recklessness, but her earnestness in trying to achieve her goals is admirable.These differences don’t get in the way of their friendship.

She met Karma early during the Invasion. It was after a very intense battle with the Noxians. The image of a young 14-year-old covered in blood and gore was something that rattled Karma to the core then and can’t really shake away now. Had a major impact on Karma’s approach to the Invasion afterwards.

Karma is one of the handful of people that doesn’t put Irelia on a pedestal or see her as a tool for fighting the Invasion. (Others include Akali and Riven). She often encourages Irelia to relax, and Irelia feels a lot more at ease around her than around most people.

Irelia defaults to referring to people close to her by nickname. She never really uses Liana’s name, instead using various terms of affection. Even Karma’s title of respect “Enlightened One” carries a token of affection by Irelia after a while.

After defeating Swain, Irelia became a figure of superstition among those in Noxus. Some believe her to be a witch (as Swain refers to her in that one story) with the power to control weapons, with some going as far as saying that she could steal your weapons like some sort of metalbending magnet or something. Much like Riven getting the title of “Butcher of the Bay,” Irelia was nicknamed “the Blade-Witch of Navori/Ionia” depending if you’re talking to the Noxian colonies or to people in Noxus proper.

Other people, mainly those who’ve been in battles with her, have argued on the account that of her blue eyes (very rare in Ionia), perchance for rapid and merciless attack, and silence while doing so that she should instead be called the “Lich of Navori/Ionia” instead, arguing that she’s an effigy under the control of an actual witch in Ionia. Not a living person, but instead a dead soul bound to her floating blades and thus cannot be killed unless her trinity force is destroyed (with some going as far to saying in a certain order.) A young child defeating the grand general seemed unimaginable to them, so they justify it any way they could.

That’s all I have for now. If anyone is inspired by these to write/create art of it, feel free to take them. Just tag me or something so I can see the work that you made.

#Xan Irelia #Akali Jhomen Tethi #Riven Konte #Karma Darha #Liana (Blossoming Blade)#LEague of Legends #is the last one a reference to her old lore yes it is

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blood-starved-beast · 2 years

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Can’t stop thinking about that artwork suq/ling (an Art Lead on Legends of Runeterra) posted where Irelia is hunched over Liana/Blossoming Blade’s presumed corpse. It’s after a battle, the Mourned from LOR is there, and the theme is life vs afterlife in Ionia, where this image is contrasted with Riven living life in Ionia.

Is Liana meant to be dead in the main canon? Cause LOR is notorious for being dubious canon depending on different interactions (Riven for example, could be allies or enemies of her battlesisters, when in canon they’re her enemies, meaning only one “path” is canon) and Irelia has death line responses regarding Liana. Furthermore, Liana isn’t referenced in Sentinels of Light (not that I’d give that mediocrity any benefits but still) nor was Irelia mentioned in the LoL’s LGBT artworks last month. Would kinda suck, to promote her as gay only to reveal that her gf is dead and cause an uproar after all (assuming of course, that the writers intentions are allowed through and that’s what they’re meant to be read as).

Now this is technically “fanart” but at the same time, i can’t help but think of how Rolo vld was “confirmed dead” via Ki Hyun Ryu on his instagram. like Liana’s a minor character at best, and considering some of the promotional material following SOL and the personal shipping interests of certain creators of the Riot team I wonder....

What does it mean

#Xan Irelia #Liana (Blossoming Blade)#Irelia x blossoming blade #Irelia x Liana #League of Legends #Legends of Runeterra #d musings #btw my theories aren't big but you know #it could mean nothing but still fun to speculate

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Irelia Headcanons again, but this time featuring Liana (Blossoming Blade)

Irelia met Liana in dance school. She’s a little older than Liana (like if there existed a grade system like in the modern day, she’d be a grade older or something like that). They shared classes and Liana always admired Irelia from afar. Was completely embarrassed/enamored when Irelia seemed to be more interested in her than in the other students.

That being said it took Liana long while to realize that Irelia liked her Like That. Irelia flirted with her, but gave her her space and kept their relationship as friends and didn’t press. It was Liana who overcame her anxiety to breech the question of “what are we?” before a tense battle.

That being said, Liana did not fight in the First Ionian Invasion. During the chaos prior to Irelia unifying the resistance, Liana’s parents came for her in the Placidium and the family fled the fighting. As such they remained unscathed from the Invasion for the most part. Liana willing offered herself to join the Resistance in the Second Invasion, overcoming great anxiety in doing so.

Irelia and Liana wouldn’t reunite until after the first Invasion. During the Invasion, Irelia didn’t know what happened to Liana and her family, and only hoped Liana was ok. But of course was very busy with the resistance. They met only by chance around a year after the war and the Placidium opened up again to receive the dancers back.

Liana was very shy of Irelia at first. Yes, Irelia was her childhood friend but they hadn’t seen each other in almost half a decade, and Irelia was now a famous war hero. Irelia was really excited to see Liana again and when Liana realized that it was still her best friend/crush behind the serious hero persona she warmed up to Irelia quickly.

Still, Liana did notice some changes with Irelia after the war from before. They weren’t red flags or anything, only that Irelia seemed a lot more troubled and burdened. Also more reserved. It saddens her, especially in the moments when Liana pressed for explanations, that Irelia would find a way to deflect it. Irelia the Blade Dancer had a lot more walls now and more difficult to navigate than Irelia the Dance Student.

Irelia hates the idea of burdening Liana with anything. Back in their school days Irelia was the one to protect Liana from bullies and people who had nothing nice to say and that mentality still remained in her as an adult. Only now taken to Eleven cause she’s a war general who had accustomed herself to care deeply for her men and women.

Unlike Irelia, Liana did not come from a family of dancers. Her father is a laborer (and good source of dad jokes) and her mother a small town apothecary. It’s from her mom that she got her motifs with blossoms/magic related to that. She also has a younger brother that was born right before the Invasion happened.

Irelia gets along well enough with totally-not-in-laws. It took her a while to re-accustom herself to humor after the war, so Liana’s father’s dad jokes caught her off guard at first. They get along well though.

She has a somewhat more rocky relationship with Liana’s mom, who as medicine person is convinced that Irelia won’t make it past 30 with the warrior lifestyle that she lives (and isn’t afraid to voice that opinion to Liana. Ironically, this was what convinced Liana to join the resistance for the second Invasion). She still treats Irelia’s ailments all the same, supports Irelia despite their disagreements.

Liana’s brother though thought Irelia to be the coolest at first. Though he wasn’t introduced to her as such, it became common knowledge that Irelia is a war hero and he got some clout among the other 6 year olds for his sister being friends (later dating) the Hero of Ionia. His opinion of her grew more nuanced as he grew up and became accustomed to Irelia’s incredibly bad sense of humor, the arguments she had with his mom, her social awkwardness when she’s not in a military setting, her lovey-dovey-ness with his sister. Now as a thirteen-year-old, he thinks of her as one of the family, but more importantly as a dork.

Irelia sometimes helps out with the family business selling medicinal herbs and potions. Used to be that she sold them at the counter but when word spread around that Irelia Xan of the Resistance was countering at the Medicine Shop at X town, people (especially those wanting to join the resistance) would swamp around and block access for people who were actual there for medicine. She was then relegated to herb preparer at the back.

When the assassination attempts started Irelia forced herself to become distant towards Liana and her family out of fear of any one of them getting caught in the crossfire one day. Liana joining the Resistance threw that out the window.

For that reason Irelia reflexively opposed Liana joining the Resistance at first. Liana insisted and pointed out that “Irelia of Navori was always caring for everyone else, but who’s going to care for her?” Irelia finally relented when it became clear that Liana wasn’t backing down.

EDIT, for some more I forgot to add: Liana is not short (Irelia is just tall for an Ionian) but is several inches shorter than Irelia. Irelia’s about as tall as Liana’s dad, a squat man heavily muscled (and tanned) from years of constructing houses and roads. It makes for a fun family portrait.

Irelia had met Liana’s dad once, prior to the Invasion. It was when he came to pick up Liana when the family was evacuating cause the Noxians had stormed their home town. He was the one to recognize her and point it out to Liana on their first meeting after the war.

Her anxiety and insecurity aside Liana is somewhat more well-adjusted and “adult” in some areas more than Irelia. Being a war leader put a lot of important (especially social) things on the backburner for Irelia, and she’s maladjusted as a result. Some of the more unhinged things Irelia says worries Liana for example, but she doesn’t really know to handle that exactly without making Irelia close herself off. Dealing with Irelia’s childness in other respects (like her sense of “humor” and ease to anger at slight provocation) is frustrating but more simpler in some respects.

#Xan Irelia #Liana (Blossoming Blade)#Irelia x Liana #Irelia x blossoming blade #League of legends #I like to think that Liana sees through some of Irelia's walls #including her apparent pride as a defense and walls #despite Irelia's efforts to appear as untouchable

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blood-starved-beast · 2 years

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I’m in my brainrot era but Irelia would totally be the one calling her girlfriend babygirl. Like in that meme where it’s like “why does x call you babygirl”? She’s “x” in this circumstance.

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#Xan Irelia #Liana (Blossoming Blade)#Irelia x Liana #League of Legends #d musings #Little blossom is DEFINITELY babygirl in this case

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blood-starved-beast · 2 years

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On the topic of Irelia and ships - the Spanish version of Irelia’s lines with Liana huh. In the English version, Irelia wishes to give Liana silks, but must instead give her steel (to fight). In the Spanish version however, Irelia tells Liana that she must teach her other dances. This is likely meant to meant to be some censoring, but just the way it’s written it could very well be another type of dancing, if you get my drift [insert eyebrow waggle here]. Especially when you remember that in SOL, Irelia has a shorten index finger nail compared to the rest of her other nai- *gets hit on the head with a brick*

#Xan Irelia #Liana (Blossoming Blade)#Irelia x Liana #Irelia x blossoming blade #League of Legends #Legends of Runeterra #Also if I recall correctly in the Spanish version they made Irelia outright flirt with Janna lmao

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blood-starved-beast · 2 years

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Thinking about Irelia’s followers and I really like how despite her shyness and her insecurity over her abilities Liana (Blossoming Blade) has the most elaborate and flair with her outfit, surpassing Irelia, Zinneia: the old master and possibly her and Irelia’s former teacher, even.

My personal headcanon is that Zinneia, Irelia, and Dancing Droplet (the redhead in the greenish-pink outfit) are different scales of Battle dancers (Hiten style?). Zinneia’s the most expert with her flashy helmet and dance trope and Irelia’s a master or close to one, and Ribbon Dancer is either a student or younger master (Irelia’s line during her death implies she’s still young compared to Irelia herself, a teenager perhaps). All of them variations of the military essentially cause they’re all decked out in armor and have more streamlined/connected outfits

So where does that leave Liana?

Contrary to what the fandom thinks, I personally don’t see Liana as exactly as a student currently. Or more specifically not a dance student. It’s clear from her flavor text and her splash art that Liana is capable, albeit with some insecurity. I think she can dance well enough, and perhaps with her outfit, she’s a performer of sorts. No, I think her insecurity stems (hehe) not from her ability to do dances so much as it comes from her ability to battle dance, that is, use her dancing to fight like Irelia and Zinneia. That’s why we get that interaction between Zinneia and Liana where she asks the master to teach her how to dance like her specifically, not necessarily how to dance at all. Or how she’s insecure about faltering now (cause this fight thing is not something she’s accustomed to).

In other words, I’m saying that Blossoming Blade is likely a dancer originally, possibly a performer given her super elaborate outfit, but not really accustomed to fighting like Irelia is. Her outfit does outline an flower after all, more than the other outfits (except for Zinneia’s perhaps, but even then her helmet is made of metal and likely doubles as armor; the flower thing doesn’t really double as much). Good for theatre, but not really battle armor like how Zinneia, Irelia, and Ribbon Dancer use. There’s also that line where she goes “that’s my cue” which while it could be used in battle, there’s an association with the stage as well. It’s possible that Liana started fighting recently, perhaps motivated to protect/assist Irelia, but is otherwise insecure about how successfully she can do it compared to veterans like Irelia herself.

It’s also possible that she has anxiety as well alongside all the above, which well, is nothing wrong with that and makes for a compelling character. Now if only Rito would actually give us content clarifying this.

#Liana (Blossoming Blade)#Xan Irelia #Zinneia the steel crescendo #Ribbon Dancer #Legends of Runeterra #League of Legends #speculation #my meta #if it counts as that #Also seeing Liana and Zinneia's outfits makes me realize that Irelia needs a more out there outfit #to stand out as a champion cause her OG look is kinda idk simple in comparison #Liana for all her anxiety is kinda outdoing her gf here

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