Yes, but not. It is canon, but only in the west, so it is just virtue-signalling bullshit, and we should burn rito to the ground for it. Do it right or don't do it at all deamit!
@@necrotic9433 That was so clever so lolz XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD. You're such a funny guy I bet you make all your female classmates laugh. You know, the ones you go to 7th grade with.
The little cartoon drawings are really cute and not something I would have ever associated with the Diana we know. We also got a lot of named characters which helps flesh out people in Targon.
Which is why stories like these are so lovely bc they give the characters more life and personality. Diana’s Leona doodles speaks so much about her internal adorable-ness despite all of her life drama
Adorable. Whoever wrote this masterpiece is truly a good writer. They did a very good job putting random story parts here and there which really just brought up a lot of more story potentials and it did add a lot of emphasis to Leo and Diana being apart but so close in their hearts, without making the story boring. Necrit, really nice narration. And nice joke at the end lol
Recently, Riot Brazil officially dubbed this story as an Audio drama. During the last part, most of the hymn is recited by the narrator. But when it says "Rise with me", both Diana and Leona say it, and each strophe is recited by each of them. The last strophe is recited by both at once. It was a very very cool touch.
For the longest time, I thought Diana and Leona were sisters so, when it got announced that they were romantically involved, I was just very confused as to why everyone was okay with it Glad to see I'm just an idiot and they've got a great story together
@@louisrobitaille5810 The worst part about not being anti-anything is that they are not anti-stupidity. Dont take me too seriously this is just a joke.
@@ivanpanganiban4149 my grumpy self who thought my literal-ray-of-sunshine girlfriend was making fun of me while she was trying to ask me out sure has regrets.
This is definitely one of the best stories they have released. The debate on religion between Leona and Diana is sooo good. And their relationship unfurled naturally and authentic.
@@lunarhaze105 they can hint different debates without digging deeper (for example imagine Diana questions the nature of the celestials and their purpose towards humanity, or if the word of an Aspect should override previous texts), but i get what you say yeah i expected worse XD
So about the censorship: "The story called "Rise with Me" has been almost entirely reworked on the Chinese version of the Universe site. The The story called "Rise with Me" has been almost entirely reworked on the Chinese version of the Universe site. The removal of the sentences where the kiss between the two being described removes any trace of the love affair between Leona and Diana - portraying them as two very close friends, nothing more. of the love affair between Leona and Diana - portraying them as two very close friends, nothing more." Which is kinda weird to me, just removing the kiss scentences? Really? Because the nervousness of them asking each other out and Leona being asked out by other girls to dance with her is straight enough?
Lol kinda like how they made Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune "cousins" in the old dub. Which was creepy considering the sexual tension they had all the time lmfao
China is heavily against gay rights and so it wouldn't be good for business for league or riot in general since riots parent company (tencent) is powerful in the government
i just like how she went from acting so smartypants and "seeing right through her" to this but honestly i feel sort of bad for her, she came to that conclusion because she didn't see herself worthy of any companionship, she put the image she had of herself on Leona's mouth and misinterpreted their relationship as the tool with which she would manipulate her...
It is not only the Leona and Diana thingy we get, I love how the writer combined a love story with a history lesson.We got to know so much about the Solari folkway and education. I have read a lot of comments ( not in this video because here ,we all are a man of culture in a lore perspective) complaining about the lack of Runettera lore it contains, i am well damn sure they haven't even read this. I also see comments say that this love story was forced. Well yes but no. Despite the fact that the creators of L&D wanted them to be canon from the beggining but Riot didn't allow it, look closely at the lines of the forbidden Rakkor tablet in the last paragraph. It says it all.Very well damn written that part bruh it gave me chills. For me, their love story can be considered a better love story than Xayah and Rakan( my opinion, pls dont fall on me i dont hate them xD). I mean...how it must have been felt when they both ascended? For Diana? Her lover and friend( things have changed now) didn't accept her for who she became. Leona? Seeing Diana becoming that thing her Faith afraids and despises the most.. All these plus the Aspects infiltration in their minds, forcing them to kill each other basically. Thats all folks, sorry for the long comment
Ultimately they dont want to kill each other and Diana straight up spared Leona in their "break-up" fight. The aspects of Sun and Moon are sisters who also dont truly hate each other, but cant get fully along. I think it is very fitting that they possessed dissimilar lovers. By Leona and Diana reuniting and overcoming their differences they also pacify an eons long feud. It's sad to be on opposing sides, but only because they are will Lunari and Solari ever make peace.
@@matthewwhitt5249 yknow for someone calling people "weak these days" it's pretty funny to see you going around telling people you NEVER want to see lesbians in your video game EVER again
I am so glad this is a genuinely well written story with passion behind it, it coming out in pride month already smells like just a product to get on the good side of the community but they managed to push it aside and make something beatiful
The russian one have got me real hard))))) It's like:" To make long story short...". I've read the Russian version and it's a ghymn. Though it is quite small, it catches the eye. Metaphorically they've managed to recreate the story and you could feel the 'tention', nevertheless maybe it is unwarranted))
Not gonna lie, when I read this story. I almost cried out of happiness, the story is beautiful written and I honestly can relate to it as someone who is gay. This is one of the best stories that I've read involving league and will cherish it. I'm now hoping Diana and leona can have a happy ending, or at least be in the same skinline together. Like Lunar Eclipse Diana legendary where she has voice lines openly talking to her girlfriend Leona as lovers.
I hope now we can have two male lovers in lol. Usually when it comes to lgbt representation in the media it’s mostly females. We have Rell, Neeko, Leona, and Diana but for male lgbt representation we only have Varus (not sure if he counts though because only the people who formed him are gay, not varus himself)
@@tiredwithpeoplesshxt1284 Varus sadly doesnt count so we basically dont even have a single male Champ that represents lgbt which is pretty sad and I really hope we get a Champ like that in the near future!
@@neko4683 This is exactly what I’m talking about. Absolutely no male lgbt representation but a couple of female ones already out there. Sigh, this is why I hope we can have a gay couple in league in the future.
@@tiredwithpeoplesshxt1284 Id looooove that. Would be especially cool if it were two playable champs like Leo and Diana! Now I really wanna try the girls on botlane lol
No joke this might be one of the best stories riot has put together..it was so sweet specially at the last part..im not sexualising it or anything cause of the lesbian part..but you can actually have somewhat of a bond with these two specially if you main Leona or Diana..its really sweet
Agreed. Before pride month or news that there would be a story I started playing Diana jg and got to main her too....and now I get this work of art. After reading the story the dianaxleona emote just hits different.
@@Juanmaligno her early clear is very fast if you dont mess up a single basic or cancel autos. im always there to contest for scuttle first and get pressure. Even if i miss Q when ganking i still go in with E because it's easy point and click, so yeah she's really good for jg especially when camping bot.
As a Leona main i can confirm that, i always loved the interactions between these two in game and now after this awesome story I'll like them even more. Idk but compare to other champions in League these two have a pretty good/cool amount of stories and lore and i appreciate that. I feel quite lucky that my main gets to have that much of attention from riot overall P.s. not all Leona mains dive at lv.3 (you crazy no time to waste) We love lv.2 as well i just want to make this clear xD #joking (or am i?!)
@@basilismellios8700 i main leona thresh naut and in general every tank champ off/on meta..but after that now im in a huge mood to get better at leona (im already good i just want to hone my skills)
Leona x Diana is one of my favorite couples. This has literally been the most emotional story I've read so far. Now after the ascension they've been forced to live separatedly (you know, Lunari vs Solari thing), but I hope they will reunite soon just like they were as teenagers.
I'm never gonna forget how this story and making them finally together made me happy, I just hope at some point this Lunari and Solari conflict will end and Leona could be with Diana again
This is top class romance. I am on tears from the ending. The fact that their love resembles the impossible love of the Sun & Moon made me sad and weirdly happy about them? What a beautyful written story. I am once again on tears...
As a lesbian myself, I can't stress enough how much it means to me that something as simple as this representation finally exists in one of my favorite games. And it's not a mention of "oh yeah, they're bisexual" or "technically they're a lesbian" It's real. It's written. And that's beautiful.
@@augustusplays7896 my point is, if we always think about making something perfect, we never will do anything. We want more stories like these to choose from which are crap or not. Plus, this one has been rly developed and gave the characters a lot of depth too (especially Leona who was kinda bland before, imo). And it was what the creators meant to do with them from the beginning.
@@augustusplays7896 how is this forced this was the literal intention back in 2011 where leona got released and in the back of peoples minds they already ship them both
i just hope they don't end up waiting for next year's pandering month to continue this. the story is so interesting and has such a great potential for world building that they HAVE to do something with it
Probally not anytime soon since this is still the year of ruination. So they will focus more on that storyline. The build up for targon should come later which will definitely include diana and leona again
@@dieptrieu6564 i'll be more clear: i just hope this isn't just the usual "oh look, we got GAY STUFF" companies shove out in June, hoping to get money from people on twitter, while at the same time making it so inconsequential and hidden away that daddy China doesn't get angry and take away Rito's allowance. They want to finish the ruination first, i agree, that's the story that is going on right now and it deserves to be concluded (and concluded WELL) but i do hope they realize what this story really means. This isn't Garen falling in love with Katarina, their love forbidden by two rival empires, this isn't even the lovesstory of the lunari girl with the solary guy we got for LoR, this is TWO ASPECTS of TWO RIVAL RELIGIONS having feeling for each other. I don't need to explain how big of a deal this is and in how many ways this can go incredibly wrong if implemented poorly (it has the potential of ruining the entirety of the world building they did so far). Again, maybe it's too early to judge but they just so happen to release this thing in June, during the year of the ruination (which means it has NOTHING to do with the current story arc) and was possibly done to score brownie points on twitter. So yeah, while i hope they will do something with this, i'm 80% sure this will be the "pandering month special" that will be brought up every year in June so that they can pretend to care for the alphabet community.
@@capitanspoiler7393 A gay relationship isn't significant enough to impact the lore in a grand scheme of thing. So noone should expect this pair to be the main hightlight of the story, or any romantic pair for this matter. The lore currently lean more on the epic side of world ending threat and the like What i can see is that they will bring up some romantic pair from time to time if it ever fit with the grand story they are trying to do. For example, right now with the current ruination event, the romantic pair of viego and isolde is a big part of it. What i can see they do with this pair would be most likely when they get to targon lore as a center Btw, when it come to gay stuffs, China isn't what you have to worry about. It's country like Turkey or Russia that it will be a problem. Case in point, this story never get released on Turkey and Russia's server. But it appear on China's server
@@dieptrieu6564 you...you DO realize that this isn't just "a gay relationship", right? this is the equivalent of Jesus x Mohammed, they are basically the head honcho of their respective religions, they are the personification of the sun and the moon. if they don't handle it properly, everything they built up around the aspects and targon will crumble
The storyline of this is shockingly similar to a well made fanfic called Silver and Gold about them. It combined the old and new lore together and shipped them. I love that it’s so similar cause it feels like the writers took inspiration from that fic.
The ideia of the lore is fun but were is pantheon did he just disappear from lore? Like were is he we went to shurima to never be found again and i think atrox is again it targon killing anything that moves
The editing in this video was really fucking good! Plus the story was brilliant! On a side note, I think revisiting their whole story would be cool imo
@@Darth-_-Maul billionaire companies pink money printer goes brrrrr But yeah, I don't give a shit if they do it for money, they do everything for money, and representation is important. If you want lgbtq representation that is legit you should probably go looking for indie games, also to support them monetarily.
@@point0case144 to be fair it IS risy for them. Look at the end of the video and you see why. I am no supporter of lgbtqai+ in EVERYTHING of my daily life (which sadly is the trend atm) BUT i am also against a total suppression. People should do what ever the fuck they want in that regards (as long as i can still life my everyday life the way i want to - looking at you gendered language debate in germany ...)
@@team-tastic-germany37 "I'm not a supporter of LGBT in everything in my daily life" Wtf does that even mean? You don't want to be reminded people exist? Lmao. You do realise around 10% of the population is LGBT right?
Most Aspects: Climbing the mountain is a gruelling experience with many hardships and many more deaths. Countless people have attempted to reach the peak, the few who make it have to climb over the dead bodies. Diana and Leona: Climb the peaks when they’re like 12 or something because Diana has questions and Leona is worried about her friend
29:49 No matter hiw many times I watch this, I still tear up by this point. That hymn/poem really, really nails it for me. I love imagining a world where two very different people, like our two champions here, could have the time and grace of seeing such a union in their own passing. Interrupted love is a eough subject for me. It stings. It, too, feels like burns that never quite heal completely.
Diana's rage is just.. Adorable, that it literally how i always reacted when i though people were friendly to me for some kind of benefits and then realizing they just wanted to spend time with me 🤣
Goddamn this was so well written! The diary notes were just so awesome to read and you could see how the letters between Diana and Leona became more casual as time went by. And with this story it didn't feel like they changed the characters' stories for the sake of changing, the writer did a great job!
Honestly at first I was a bit burned out, I expected more than teenage romantic drama and thought it was a bit generic and cringy at first but... yeah it convinced me the more it went on, I think it fits nice and it's certainly better than what we had before so I'm up for it. I do hope other champions get the same attention to rewrite in their histories.
Rise with me story is my favorite in all of Runeterra and i wish they one Day will be together. 😊💓🤩 May the force be with you. And may you lead the force. 🖐️
Something interesting to note, the final scripture which speaks of the unity between Sun and Moon is Tablet 7, whereas the earlier scripture which focuses on the Sun's absence leaves them vulnerable to the dark, is Tablet 16. This indicates that there is a transition from the union between Sun and Moon and the Sun's opposition toward the Moon. However, the lore switches places of these tablets to create the notion that "Sun and Moon are supposed to be together", avoiding the real focus of the Solari scripture which is "Why did they split".
Student doesn't like the Sun Teacher's punishment: Reminds said student about why the Sun is so horrible by basking them in the worst most horrible parts of the Sun
The Leona x Diana parts make me do something similar to Taiga in toradora saying (spoiler): If you haven’t watched it then u should, but if you have you already know what I’m referring to!
Ooooomygod. This might get me back into leaguw again. This is everything the shippers hoped for. I read so many fanfics with a similar plot and always hoped. And ugh it is adorable. I lobe this so muchhhhhj
What the most interesting part of the story, besides leona x diana is the fact that for a religion as strict and as zealous as solari, they would still keep diana aroubd without really punished her that hard.
Making a teen stand in the sun on a mountain for 3 days until her skin is burned (and without water) is pretty rough. And that's just for her asking questions. Just imagine what kind of punishments they give people for real "transgressions".
I cant get over how a fluffy, adorable story that canonized Diana x Leona has made more noise than ANYTHING Ruination related. Im sorry Riot, but yall really dropped the ball on building hype for that.
A wholesome and cute love story on authentic lovers will always trump a seemingly random event about an annoying guy wanting to 'ruin' everything. Playing with the strings of the heart will stay with you longer than an event that has been on pause for a while now. However, with the new demacian trailer things are going back into motion.
Can we just fawn over how the people of Targon are very Greek in likeness, and the Greeks were experts in debates of all kinds whether religious, political or philosophical in the same way the Targon people debate about the Day and Night. I think it's a nice form of storytelling for the people of Mt. Targon
I wonder what are other regions of Runeterra based on? Ionia seems like an Asian country, perhaps Japan. And Piltover kinda reminds me of Constantinople, being situated at a crossroads between Valoran and Shurima.
