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League Of Legends devs deny Seraphine is based on a real personOr is she based on a Riot employee?
Or is she based on a Riot employee?
The latest wizard inLeague Of Legendsis Seraphine, a pink-haired pop star who has also sang with League’s out-of-fiction virtual girl group, K/DA. Yesterday, a woman named Stephanie alleged that the character is based on her, and she’s not happy about it. She says she had briefly dated a Riot employee who sure gave the impression that she might play some part in the game, and was unpleasantly surprised when League later added a character who at least looks a lot like her. Riot have responded saying the character is not based on any individual, and that the employee she dated wasn’t in a role or department with input into the design process.
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“It may sound kind of fun at first, to have a League champion that looks like you,” she said. “But I don’t think I’ve even opened League, let alone played a game, since she came out. (One silver lining: I haven’t gotten demoted in a while?) I’ve felt really grossed-out about it, to the point that I can’t play one of my favorite videogames. Besides that, it’s been kind of horrid to have a League champion who looks like you, has so many of your characteristics, and has a NAME that’s almost identical to yours.”
I can see it being kind of horrid to have strangers keep telling you about your similarities, or criticise ‘her’ appearance, or make porn of the character, or to have Riot run a marketing campaign with fake social media accounts pretending Seraphine’s a real singer talking candidly about her insecurities - especially when Riot are building a fanbase to buy expensive skins. Yeah, that ‘real’ Seraphine is a whole other iffy situation.
Whether Seraphine is based on Stephanie or not, I can see why she might think that and want to raise concerns publicly. That would be weird as hell for someone you only briefly dated to do. And his alleged behaviour would seem intended to make her think he could and would do something big for her in League, which is still gross and unpleasant if untrue. And a Riot employee being gross and unpleasantwould not surprise me. But Riot do say Seraphine is not her.
maybe regretting moving to LApic.twitter.com/rveSGajVNO— Seraphine⭐🌊 (@seradotwav)August 13, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
maybe regretting moving to LApic.twitter.com/rveSGajVNO— Seraphine⭐🌊 (@seradotwav)August 13, 2020
maybe regretting moving to LApic.twitter.com/rveSGajVNO
“We take all claims of misappropriation seriously and immediately investigated Ms. [X]’s allegations after receiving a legal demand letter from her attorney last month. We confirmed that her claim of being the basis for Seraphine lacks merit, communicated this to her attorney, and invited him to further discuss the facts with us. We are still waiting for a response.”
i keep wondering when everyone’s going to figure out i don’t actually know what i’m doingpic.twitter.com/SNfm5eTwM8— Seraphine⭐🌊 (@seradotwav)September 25, 2020To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Manage cookie settings
i keep wondering when everyone’s going to figure out i don’t actually know what i’m doingpic.twitter.com/SNfm5eTwM8— Seraphine⭐🌊 (@seradotwav)September 25, 2020
i keep wondering when everyone’s going to figure out i don’t actually know what i’m doingpic.twitter.com/SNfm5eTwM8
Honestly, I had thought Seraphine’s social media would be the peak of weirdness around her.
