With that first post, IronStylus instantaneously SKYROCKETED to my number one favorite red.

Excuse me but I feel this whole "oversexualization" argument to be totally disingenuous. I don't think these people actually care about women, or how they feel about themselves or their own bodies. And another thing, why should Riot have to pander to these people who either a. have body issues that are their own issue to work out, or b. are pushing their patriarchy onto these characters who dare to be powerful and sexy? It's disgusting. Why is their sexiness something to be fixed? It isn't and deal with it.

There is nothing wrong with these characters, and there is nothing wrong with their sexuality. These characters, are just that, characters. They are also all powerful in their own right. Leona is on par with Janna. And it's silly that people feel the need to throw a hissy fit when a female who, oh goodness no, has curves comes out.

You are putting the Devs in a position where they have to defend, of all things, the looks of the character they came out with. Now they have to sound sympathetic to treating females equally, but still have to try to not push characters who could honestly pass for a male at first glance. Lay off, and let them do what they want, don't put them in a box. Give suggestions, but don't try to limit their creativeness. This pisses me off, here's a support champ and we have to talk about how she looks, and not how we need more supports. No talks about the kit, or design, we have to talk about breasts. Honestly. Stop pushing your body issues and your insecurities on these FANTASY CHARACTERS.

And for the Reds I love Nami, she's an awesome support champ, and so much fun to play. Her W feels great to land, and her heal is a creative way to have a heal on a support and make it rewarding to use it in the right situations. Great job, can't wait to see the next one. Please don't make us wait until July for it. <3

And just to add a last note to this discussion: While some of my posts weren't super serious and on the subject, I feel strongly about this thread because I imagine Nami's artist reading this right now.

How must it feel, spending hours of work, trying to do your best because it's your first time designing a champion, being nervous about the reaction of your audience and then getting such a thread slapped into your face?

Isn't that horribly disrespectful? And the Opening Post is anything but constructive, especially with the new "picture" added.

Nami's face is gorgeous, I can see the love and care put into the concept art and the artist is obviously talented.
For her first work, she doesn't deserve this kind of "feedback" thread

Just saying that maybe we should also think about the artist's feelings here. In a lot of other games, you cannot even give feedback or wishes for future concept designs. But just because you can here is no reason to disrespect the artist in such a way. Well, I posted enough here, so yeah, this'll be my last post on this matter >-<

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Originally Posted by NotWithoutTophat And why not? Would it make sense with her lore to have her in full body armor? Her "real body" is that of a giant spider, it wouldn't make sense for her to wear anything like that. Apart from that, this is a fantasy game. Of course women and men would be designed to be pleasing to the eye. I generally agree that more ugly or monsters or covered up females are needed, but Elise as a whole looks good and makes more sense than her original design. As for Nami, she is a mermaid. Those are seductresses, so I don't understand why you complain about her. Apart from that, when I see a new champion, I don't look at the cleavage or boobs or if she is covered up or revealing, I look at the face, the abilities and either I fall in love and play him/her or not. A lot of people do not care about the cleavage or "oversexualisation" as long as the overall design is cool. So yeah, why change what thousands of people fell in love with? IronStylus has promised different types, but he can't just snap his fingers and make it happen. Your concerns were already heard. However, what you are trying is to make every female into a concept you guys like. You don't have to like every released champion, there is place for every kind of design in LoL.

1. she is a mermaid
2. mermaids are seducturesses
3. therefore you shouldn't criticize Riot's mermaid"

My problem with female champ design recently was that it's boring. Zyra/Elise/Syndra look like the same girl with different halloween outfits on, and that's dull. Nami is a fish lady and that's awesome. We need more of this, not less - this is variety, this is what it looks like. I could care less if she has boobs or not.