League of Legends Still Here Cinematic Reaction 

You knowing the names of some of the champions is super cool. You actually pay attention the cinematics and don’t just watch for click bait.

Some context: This cinematic is described as "Past, Present, and Possible Futures." The scene with Kayle, Morgana, and Aatrox is set centuries ago in ancient Demacia (the magic racism nation). Aatrox is a Darkin who wants to destroy the world so he can finally die, and Kayla and Morgana are the twin Aspects of Justice. Here, you can see that where Kayle embraces her divine heritage (Aspect mother, mortal father) and shuns her humanity, Morgana is hesitant and prefers to use her dark (but not evil) magics to bind Aatrox. Put simply, Kayle is absolute justice (i.e. basically every crime is punishable by death) whereas Morgana believes in compassion and second chances. The second scene is with Yasuo, who is an old man in this timeline. The official line from Riot is that this is a vision sent to Yasuo by Kindred (the Lamb and Wolf who are a spirit of death). It is a "possible future," but not *the* future. In the end, the arrow that flies toward him is the arrow of Lamb, which is for those who accept their death, as Yasuo does here. Finally, the last scene is in the present day. Tryndamere was fighting off members of the Winter's Claw tribe and was severely wounded, whereupon he entered his Undying Rage (blood magic that makes him basically immortal). Here, he is shown to be fighting off Kindred because he has not accepted that he will die that day. Kindred are composed of Lamb and Wolf. Lamb grants the mercy of her arrows to those who accept their death, whereas Wolf hunts down those who run from their death. In the end, Kindred relent because Tryndamere is saved by Ashe, his Oathsworn (basically a political marriage, but they started to grow feelings for each other after a while). It's actually hinted that the battle with Kindred was in Tryndamere's mind, and in reality, he was fighting off the Winter's Claw, but he saw it as fighting off literal Death. Overall, this cinematic was chock full of lore, and I absolutely love it.

“Is that kindred in the background?” - You won all my respect when you thought that 🙌🏻

Aatrox, the one who cannot die. Yasuo, the one who accepts his fate. Tryndamere, the one who defies his end.

The fact that you saw the wolf figure in the forest, and identified it as kindred is f**king amazing dude, i had to watch the cinematic a few times to realise!

that Tryn and ashe moment was 100% relationship goals 😍

The cinematic this year was incredible! To note, the two "archangels" were Morgana and Kayle, Morgana the purple one and Kayle the golden, both fighting off, of course, Aatrox during the times of Ancient Demacia. This is before Morgana and Kayle had their falling out, when they both shared their mothers swords, until eventually Kayle usurped Morganas blade from her (although she mostly discarded it.) The second scene with Old Yasuo is whats theorized to be a "potential future" as told by kindred through a vision to Yasuo in the present. Yasuo, having over the years gave up his sword and wind arts, living mostly as a (still drunken) hermit, find the will to take back up the blade to protect the villagers from the attack, seemingly one last time. The third scene was a representation of Tryndamere fighting off death, who of course is kindred. Im not entirely sure how literal him fighting Kindred was, or if Wolf and Lamb were just stand-ins for the winters hold warriors that were surrounding Tryndamere, but i dont doubt that it most certainly is what it is like for him and his cursed "undying rage" power. Kindred stepped away, either seeing that it wasnt Tryndameres time due to Ashes' intervention or simply waiting for an easier time to take him.

Yasuo might have thought that of "meeting his maker" on the first arrow, but decided to fight one last time, and then at the end when more arrows are raining at him, and you can see kindred's shadow, he closes his eyes again and we see Kindred's arrow, so he may have accepted the Lamb's swift arrow of death.

Its crazy how you understand relatively what is going on, Kindread is basically the enbodiement of death everyone see her before dying thats why in the yasuo part you saw the eyes of the wolf and in the tryndamaere part he is basically defying death by refusing to die and at the end its his wife who saves him and its pretty crazy

congrats to ken. Rarely reactors realize in the yasuo scene that kindreds wolf appears faintly in the back of the forest but stays hidden because Yasuo accepts the arrow of the lamb - he only watches whereas in the trydamere scene the lamb tries but then stays passive since tryndamere is resisting so hard and wolf goes forward ! Also, a lot more subtle though - at the end of the aatrox scene when he is engulved with the fire of kayle- we see for 2 frames kindred silhoutte faintly in the fire (she only watches because Aatrox can canonically not die).

Alot of people seem to have missed something important in Tryndameres part. Alot people keep saying his fight with Kindred is all in his head , and hes actually fighting the winters claw. But when Ashe gets to his side, alot people are missing that Tryndameres Pauldron has fresh slashes from Wolf across it, which werent there at the beginning of the video or even at the start of the fight. This shows that he really did fight Kindred. Kindred is leagues aspect of death, its Grim Reaper. And our RL mythos of the reaper is that only those the reaper comes for can see him or interact with him. This means that Trynda fought the winters claw and Kindred at same time. Kindred could only attack in synergy of when the enemy tribesmen attacked, as the aspect of death isnt allowed to altar/change a persons time of death, and instead can only follow it. Thats why kindred vanished when ashe showed up, as her rescue saved trynda from his death, so kindred couldnt take him anymore

The Idea of Tryndamere Fighting Kindred whenever he uses his ult is so Nice (in the game tryndamere defies death for a couple of seconds when he uses his ult, so in this cinematic he fights kindred literal death while using his ult) Ashe saving him means Death is no longer near, that's why kindred vanished

I heavily suggest that you should watch Necrit "The Lore of Still Here Cinematic Explained" because the cinematic is definitely canon and have lots of easter eggs that heavily related to the lore and also to fill in the context about what really happened!

Oh how I love watching these two react, been my go-to fave reaction channel for 3 years now, love lots and a prosperous new year to the both of you ❤

3:48 it was indeed wolf in the background, and him closing his eyes and taking kindreds arrow meant accepting death.

Fun fact: the old guy (Yasuo) actually doesn't kill anyone in that fight, you can see that the sword doesn't make contact with anyone and that he imbues his sword with wind and just knocks them out, and the reason he sends the tornado to the last guy is to push him out of the arrows way.

The three stories are all tied to Kindred. They are like the embodiment of death in league, Lamb represents the acceptance of death and Wolf represents the violent struggle against it. The song is Kindred reminding you that they are still there, death is never far away. (and they will always be there, in the past, the present and the future as you can see is also a theme in this video) (It's Kinded you see in the distance behind Tryndamere in the first scene) In the scene with Kayle and Morgana (Daughters to the aspect of justice, kinda celestial beeings) fighting Aatrox (a darkin) you can see Kindred in the fire at the end of the scene. (They are probably there for Aatrox's host/body since Aatrox is acctually the sword, could also be the army behind Aatrox, since we know that the three main characters are still alive since this is an event from the past) The scene with Yasuo (in a future vision) You can in the tree line see Wolf's eyes, but since Yasuo accepted his death Lamb's arrow is the one that took him out. And lastly Tryndamere at the end defies both Wolf and Lamb, fighting against death, with Lamb then lowering her bow at the end as he is saved by Ashe (his wife). And also see how it implied that he's the only one seeing wolf and lamb as this fight happens since he is on the brink of death, litterally staring death into it's eyes, and he's acctually in another fight against other humans that you can see Ashe shoot at the end to save him, and you see Kindred dissapear since he is no longer "supposed to die". (Tryndameres ultimate in game is that he kinda gets too angry to die, which is basically whats shown here, but from his perspective.) "Tomorrow is a hope, never a promise" - Kindred

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I always know your reaction will be much different and much better than other reactions . unlike other reactors , you guys pay attention and don't have fish memories XD Great reaction , and great catch on the wolf/Kindred outline in Yasuo's part

i watched every single youtubers and streamers reactions but this one is the best and sweet reaction really :) Keep like that love you guys.

amazing reaction! ive watched several reactions of this and no one ever picks up kindred in the background of the second set piece. the backdrop takes the shape of the wolf with the eyes and kindreds arrow heads straight for yasuo.

Woooo! I was hoping ya'll would get to it sooner than later!

Man I love this channel, you guys pay so much attention to everything you watch

Would love to see you guys watch the Necrit breakdown of this video as he goes into all the lore surrounding the entire thing its super interesting. thanks so much for the content

The insane side eye from Kayle to morgana said so much. in the yasuo scene you do see wolfs face in the distance when he accepts death .

The last scene is epic! The one who is immortal fighting with death. Kindred is kind of reaper.

My God it has been a LONG time since the algorithm put this channel in front of me and I'm so excited to see your reactions to this!

Canon with Arcane show #TheBoredBoarPlays: @Necrit lore The whole theme is "StillHere", referencing Kindred who is DeathIncarnate. Whether it's the Past (Morgana &Kayle), Present (Tryndamere), and Future (OldMan Yasuo). Death is "Still Here" no matter whattime it is. You can see Kindred in the Fires of thePast destroying Aatrox, Facing Tryndamere, andShooting a Fatal Arrow at Old Man Yasuo in thehead.

The fact that you managed to spot Kindred at Yasuo scene surprised me so much lmao love your videos.

Nice i was waiting to see ur reaction the the trailer! This was such a good one from them!

My favorite reaction channel. Been waiting for your reaction to this one =)

I LOVE that you guys pay attention to the champions and can pick up on small bits of the lore, like kindred in the background of yasuo's final moments. So so wonderful. Love watching you guys, glad that you're back in the saddle for league content.

I'm very satisfied with this year's cinematic! It feels like it's been a long time since the last cinematic, and you'd be right! Last year is the 'we don't talk about-' thing.

The word ur looking for is "CINEMA"

I love how they showed Kindred or Wolfe in every scene. In the Fire she can be seen in the fire on sitting on the stick. In the second you see Wolfe in the shadows and obviously we see them both in the last one.

Holy, you’re one of the first I’ve seen noticed Kindred in the background of the Yasuo clip

lamb's head tilt on 4:25 felt like "why do you fight, child?" then at 4:35 she lowers her bow as if saying "oh...alas...i see now..." the details in this cinematics oh my godd

was waiting for this xD

Heh I knew this one was coming 🎉😂

Another stunning cinematic from Riot! 🤩❤ Tbh, I don't know the lore much but the scene at the end and its characters made me so impressed that I actually checked out some info about it and daaam the Kindred concept is EPIC!!! So interesting... ☯🔥💯 (Btw, I thought at first that this was Lux lol but then were like' Does she have a bow tho? and isn't she supposed to summon Galio at some point 🤔 Nahh that's not her' lol )

The Voice we heard was kindred, who is kind of the world of league's grim repeared, and they are present throughout. Morgana, Kayle and Aatrox: This is the past, ancient demacia where both Kayle/Morgana are working together as sisters to fill the Celestrial aspect of Justice to fight of Darkin Aatrox. At the end we see Kindred's shadow rise as Aatrox's host likely dies to Kayle and Aatrox the darkin himself going back into his blade. Grandaddy yasuo scene is a future scene where yasuo at first seems to habe sworn off violence and his wind powers. Though we see him pick up a sword and use his wind technique to disarm the bad guys. In the end we see a swarm of arrows coming and in the middle is kindred's arrow, meaning this future is Yasuo accepting death Finally Tryndamere vs Kindred. Trryndamere has a magic inside him that allows him not to die when he should. When his eyes are red this is our tell and instead of seeing him take on the warriors surrounding him we instead see him battling death, kindred. Both Wolf and lamb do their best but once he survives long enough for his wife Ashe to save him kindred stops attacking and we see the "real" world where his moves were likely being done to the enemies there. I missed all this my first few watches so don't feel bad but once I did put the pieces together the cinematic became a lot better for me.

The angels are Kayle (white wings) and Morgana (purple wings) and they are sisters and daughters of the aspect of justice (basically gods). Their scene is from ancient history in the lore and you watch Morgana fall from grace when she decides to put her mother’s sword in the ground and use her “evil” purple chain powers. Kayle walks up, picks up the other half of their mother’s sword that Morgana put in the ground and side-eyes her sister for choosing to fall from grace. Aatrox is incapable of dying and is a prisoner in his own body, so he wants to end the world to leave his prison (a little edgy but yeah that’s his story). The next scene is Yasuo’s possible future as an old man that Kindred gives him as a vision. He’s done with fighting and doesn’t end any of the people he hits with the sword, just incapacitated them. In the end, there are a flurry of arrows coming toward him and he sees wolf’s eyes as he looks at the arrows (signifying “is he going to fight to survive?”) but then he closes his eyes and accepts lambs arrow signifying him accepting his end. Last is Tryndamere, he’s a warrior to angry to be taken down, and in-game his ultimate ability is “undying rage” where he’s unable to be killed for a few seconds. This cinematic puts an interesting twist on his ability where when he’s using “undying rage” he’s actually fighting the twin aspects of death itself, kindred. When the dust settles you see he was actually fighting some frost guard warriors, but in his enraged eyes they were kindred. Then his wife, Ashe, shows up and saves Tryndamere and his eyes leave his “undying rage” state. She then casts her frost bird ability that gives her an aerial view and you see a bunch of enemies charging towards them. Then it fades out.

This little dog is so cute!

THANK YOU FOR SAYING HE LOOKED LIKE SEAN BEAN! I was like, his face is 100% like his 😂

Necrit the loremaster has a really good breakdown of it. You guys did catch some really good easter eggs though! Nice job.

iconic.. Tryndamere fighting Kindred.. Undying vs Death it self :D

This takes place in the past present and future that was yasuo as a old men

I don't keen on commenting but you guys made me type because you guys are the real reaction. Really good thoughts on the cinematic.

Ultimate Husband & wife moment in the end! LOVE IT

Now I can't unsee Tryndamere the same way as you mentioned he looks like Sean Bean.

Foreseen Yasuo might be my favorite league skin concept ever.

The best and briefed to describe Morgana(Purple hair) and Kayle(Silver hair) is that they are the "Dante and Vergil" of Runeterra, respectively. They have similar storybeats/Themes in that they inherited powers from their parent, in this case the "Aspect of justice" and wrestling with the intricacies of their heritage. One rejecting it and the other idealizing it.

Thank goodness I'm not the only one who thinks Tryndamere looks like Sean Bean.

Glad 2WEI got picked for the music again!

They now have little missions as extras in the game if these character play against each other just a fun touch.

Hello u both :) Funfakt: The Man with the Sword is Tryndamere and the Woman in the End, whos helping him is his Wife Ashe. The Funfakt behind it is, Tryndamere is named by the previously President of Riot (Who makes League of Legends) and his Real Life Wife, whos Ashe, her name is Ashley. Both of theese Charakters are the origin of the Game. Really like the Detail from this Cinematic :)

The scene with kayle and morgana (the two angels) is so sick.

Thanks you someone said it ned stark on steroids is what i thought when i first ssw him too. I was waiting for someone to also notice that too

I love the purple and blue angel xD

1:23 the famous friend death

First reaction I've seen where they noticed Kindred in the background of one of the fights, well it was the wolf for the yasuo fight, but kindred is in the first one

I’m still in awe of Kindred in this cinematic and the reverence riot has given them.

love you guys ❤

The cinematography was freaking amazing. However the storytelling and the weigth behind the meaning of the figths in the lore some of the best I've seen even for some Hollywood blockbuster movies

Tryndamere seeing his wife ashe was enough to calm his undying rage down

You guys should react to Necrit's lore explanation of the cinematic

3:49 omg you're right! Watched it few times now and haven't even noticed...that's actually epic the way Kindred was present for Yasuo and Tryndamere, but not Aatrox...😱

I recommend to watch Necrit video where he explained what is going on in this cinematic. It's very interesting

OMG KEN GOT THE KINDRED REF WITH YASUO

Ned Stark and Boromir is played by the same actor "Sean Bean" but i agree with the similarities :)

just glad i got two see my two favorite sisters take down a world ender old man yasuo doing right things in life and tryndamere bouncing back from fighting off literal death this was a cinematic thats for sure

After watching a little over 10 reactions of this cinematic, your guys are the first to mention that Tryndamere kinda looks like Sean Bean. I was beginning to think, am I the only one seeing this 😂

A cara da Layla de Desaprovação para a Morgana e Nítida, me dar calafrios

I loved seeing forseen yasuo he rocks that beard you guys should watch the heartsteel paranoia music video next it's awesome

if you want to get some more information about this cinematic and the lore behind it, I would highly recommend Necrits video ^^

I love watching you’s react to league of legends content they do such a great a job! Also you’s should give persona 3 reload a look, it has some character trailers and a opening

Should react to 2019 Opening ceremony WITH player introductions, its amazing!

my favorite part of this is the middle part with Yasuo (old swordsman) it gives me the feeling that he put down his sword, and knew that if he picked a sword up again he would die, and then in this situation, he had to pick up a sword to protect the mother and child then when he is chasing the last guy, he sees a hail of arrows coming to him, and has to choose between getting the last guy or protecting himself, and he chooses to eliminate all of the bandits(or w/e they are) and then he accepts his death as Kindred's arrow approaches and i am so happy you caught the glimpse of Wolf(part of Kindred) in the mountain as the hail of arrows was coming to Yasuo

Cool thing people noticed with old man yasuo is he didn't kill any of the bandits he just knocked them about with the wind and even saved the leadee from thr volley. He got tired of killing.

Necrit has two vids out about the lore of the video Also Ashe is now giving off mommy vibes

Sean Bean didn't die in this Trailer. Sean "Tryndamere" Bean.

I know you have reacted to Necrit before, the guy that explains a lot of lore about league and its cinematics. Id suggest watching his breakdown of this, the cinematic is so much cooler than what surface knowledge offers you.

Dang, the way tryndamere look at his wife git me teared up

Would love to see your guys' reaction to Necrit's video explaining this cinematic!

You should totally watch Necrits breakdown of this trailer

Oh, these beings dont know sacrifice or surrender. They are in it to win it. Give them an inch and they will show you why they are called Legendary.

Those two angels (Morgana and Kayle) are actually sisters!

Trynda and Ashe got married for politics, fell inlove with time. Kindred depicts dead past, present and future. Check the animations again, the voice at the begining is the Lamb's voice, Lamb's bow offers a swift release from the mortal realm for those who accept their fate. Wolf hunts down those who run from their end, delivering violent finality within his crushing jaws. That is the reason why you see the Lamb in the fire after Atrox dies, you see the wolf behind the arrow that takes away Yasuo's life, and in the final fight you see the Lamb circling around trying to understand why Trynda has not accepted his parting and keeps fighting. I hope this info help you a little bit.

surprised he saw Kindred in the background at the end of Yasuo's scene.

Please react to Heartsteel Paranoia & Newjeans Gods from League of Legends

that thumbnail 😂

I like the shot with ashe

3:36 How did you catch that, good eyes, yeah the white arrow was kindred's arrow as well, so he did die there.

Old man Yasuo skin prediction.

Trynda look like Eddard Stark in this cinematic

Kindred was quite a nice touch, as the wolf represents death to those who don't want to die, and Tryndamere really doesn't want to die, as he is kind of a berserker type of champion in the game.

still love u guys

Не глядя сразу лайк, любимые реакции!

That was a great reaction! I don't think you reacted to "gods" by League of Legends, so if you need another (new) cinematic by them... ^^

They definitely made up for the 2023 cinematic