Actually anyone else think it's weird he said they were racist? Because I swear they said that runeterra didn't have the same issues as the real world (I.E. they're not against LGBT+ people) He could be referring to them not liking half animal people or yordals, but that's more of a Ionian thing. Maybe I'm wrong or just misunderstood something riot said, but I was wondering if anyone else thought it was weird.
I love that Tahm Kench is also mentioned in this story and referred to as "Tommy Kench", it makes me wonder if Graves or maybe Bilgewater knows of him? possibly worships him along side the bearded lady?
Graves' sentinel skin also has a voice line where he says "oh sweet Tommy Kench", I imagine it's a saying in Bilgewater similar to how we say stuff like "Oh god" or "oh sweet jesus" since he's sort of considered to be a folk legend
as seen in Ruined King, Tahm Kench is/was the name of a local captain, who most likely ended up as a victim to the catfish-demon, which then took his name
In Legends of Runeterra, Tahm Kench is featured as a pirate mafia godfather, giving deals and taking what he wants in return just like in his story. So yeah, makes sense he is a well known figure in Bilgewater.
We need a Arcane like series of the origins of Fate and Graves. In the mean time we could learn about Mf and Gp like we learned about Viktor and Jayce. As long as some of the writers of this story sticks around for it.
One day they're gonna find themselves living in a cute, small home with a garden, with a pet wharf rat (remember when you could have them follow you on aram during a Bilgewater event?) and sleeping in one bed and they're still gonna call themselves "partners".
They are the best small scale characters xd And they can be everywhere lol be it worldending threads or heists or Mayby even as antagonists. They are always useable and welcome + now they travel the world 🤣
@@cartoonishidealism582 yes because of that there is a slight chance that Xerath and Azir still love each other even though Xerath literally muder all Azir bloodline and destroy his Empire. Love is poweful in the hand of writers indeed
Fun fact. In the wild pistol shrimps and gobies pair up in a symbiotic relashionship in which they protect each other and share a burrow. Its really wholesome and a nice detail in the story.
The "Northman" is definitely Olaf. Sentinel Graves has an interaction with Olaf where he says " I could respect a LARGE MUSKY BARBARIAN who knows what he wants". So you could tell he's into him.
I like the Pride Month stories, because they get rid of any questions of whether or not the characters are gay. Leona and Diana kissed, Graves has a list of terrible men he banged and TF is jealous because he doesn't want any women coming close to the guy that he doesn't want to admit he is into.
@@mephistothea3045 Its not a written list, TF just lists them verbally: - Northman - Trader with tattoo - Buhru cultist - Whale guy - Octopus guy - Orca guy - Monk - Vastaya - Noxian
I still cannot get past the fact that they flat out said "Graves had been gay for over four decades", like DAMN. I'm taking an extended break from League twt but I just know they went WILD over this
I couldnt help but grin permanently while reading ITS SO WHOLESOME EVEN THO THEY HOLED A DUDE AND BLASTED HALF OF THE BILGEWATER! damn I love them I really do
Didn't we know his full name already? It was already stated either in his bio or in one of his other short stories. I like how they handled Graves's role in the ruination, that it's vague and nobody knows the truth as everyone tells a different story. It's literally how our view on it is since it was different in every game and media, and we learned that not everything of it is canon
this story single handedly made me die in laughter, enjoy the chaos and gay panic bcuz of that one scene this two dummies started noticing details about each other.
Honestly who needs anything other than TF and Graves? Their chemistry is perfect. I can't stop grinning while I hear this. They're the best couple in all of runeterra
I can only imagine the "type" of "clients" they got in their early days with that announcement of doing anything for anyone for any price, must have been graves writing it I'm sure
Graves and tf being partners for years, went through the whole "friends to enemies to lovers" arc with multiple interactions. "Forced" Meanwhile, graves speak to vayne for 10 minutes, call her buddy. "Should have been canon. They're in love" Oh the hypocrisy
@@thosebloodybadgers8499 you clearly haven't seen the comments like "graves was hitting on vayne". Anyway i'm not even angry, it's just fascinating to me how two people with different sex can interact in anyway possible and people would call it "flirting" or "sexual tension" but a same sex couple would be seen as "good bros" no matter what they do
I hope the wait isn't too long before we see these two again. TF and Graves, travelling the world, getting into trouble. Maybe they'll meet Grave's old buddy Rango in Ixtal, or TF might actually introduce Graves to his ma.
About Rango I agree, it would be fun. However TF was kicked out when he was 9-12 y/o, moved to Bildgewater and met Graves, so I'm sorry, but there is VERY little chance for it.
To those who want to comment something along the lines of: "Why does everything have to be sexual, why cant they just be friends!?" If you see a gay couple existing and you instant thought is them having hardcore gay sex then I think that's something you need to sort out about yourself before making a comment.
I see that a lot but : Just because they are (at least Graves) CONFIRMED as gays doesn’t mean that : 1 - It wasn’t part of the original’s creator plan but Riot chickened out like they did with Taliyah and others champions. 2 - It waste everything done before. Their personalities haven’t changed, neither did their relationship, neither did their characters, neither did their appearance or anything. I don’t understand why people are saying things like “they wasted the potential of these characters” or “why making them gays” like that’s such a big deal. It’s almost like those people don’t want gay people in story as long as they don’t come with the “gay package” of feminin traits, sass, strass and glam… I see a lot of people saying this story is trash and the writers just wanted to make a coming out for Graves. Even though a story for a coming out isn’t bad, this story isn’t bad at all. It add depth to their previous life before what we know now, world building, relationship building, character development and even tease a new champion. This story isn’t top tier but it’s very entertaining and funny with it being also a coming out of Graves. I just wanted to say that people implying that Riot “forced” that gay relationship are just dumb because them being a couple as been teased since forever and except by being completely blind or refusing to see outside of clichés and merchandising, you have to be completely stupid to see it as a forced attempted to put gays in Runeterra…
My God if they made non-serious skins inspired on that concept(like there's other skins with not so subtle references to other media) I'd love it. Qiyana could be kind of a Chel, but not *their* Chel as she's very young and they're very gay lol
I love the idea of two hardened criminals together, and TF and Graves have such a fun dynamic with all their pointless arguments too. Just a 10/10 pair
last year's story made me cry and this year's story made me laugh out loud, riot's writers are so talented. also graves sleeping around makes so muc sense.
By the way, I wonder if there is any chance that the Northman and the Vastaya that TF mentions are Olaf and Rengar. It wouldn't surprise me if Graves tried to have some fun even during the Ruination...
Twisted Fate and Graves, Goby and the Pistol Shrimp, all remind me of how real life pistol shrimps and gobies look out for each other. Also, I love the parallel of their abilities, Graves with his shotgun (pistol shrimps use bubble bullets), and Twisted Fate with his vision (gobies have keen eyesight to warn their shrimp roommates).
I really hope next year we get a story of caitlyn and Vi (the in-game version) I know they're already confirmed as a couple and we've already seen their chemistry in Arcane. Even though Riot themselves never really said it out loud. I'd still like to see a short story about them both together since in-game they have been together for 8 to 10 years now.
I just want to point out two things to people complaining: 1st - TF and Graves were intended to be a couple since the Burning Tides, it's just that Riot didn't let this being stated out loud until now. 2nd - It's really a retcon when only about 40 (41 with Arcane) champions (including Graves and TF now) out over 160 ever had a sexual/loving relationships/feelings with other characters (including some that I don't even know if the relationship was mutual, out of obligation, or if I just assumed things that don't exist)? The sexuality of the other characters is a blank slate that the writers can fill in any way they want. Oh, and out of this 40, only 6 were stated to be bi or gay.
People are just wary about such themes in games, like me personally, and with good reason. I feel like a lot of people don't like this not because it's promoting homosexually, but it's promoting it just for good boy points with the people who support it. Companies are known to pander to the LGBT community and then forget about them the moment pride month is over. Hell, Blizzard even released the charts they follow for inclusivity and diversity, if you couldn't make it any more obvious you're doing it just to check a box.
@@danieldimov8625 it's not Riot's case though, they've been consistently fine with the LGBT community, all throughout the year, like Cait and Vi's relationship in Arcane. They're simply treating it like a normal thing, making stories about both hetero and homo romances
@@JustFun-wl3jf at least 20, couting only friendships between champions, but it's hard to determine that when we don't know how close some champions that we know that are friends really are. And yeah, I get it that you are desappointed that TF and Graves won't be just friends anymore, but, as I said, they weren't intended to be
@@JustFun-wl3jf it’s hard tho say cuz there is always a catch xd yin xao and garen are friends with j4 but that’s kinda as well cuz of their standing. Zed and shen are... it’s complicated cuz their kinda enemies? Same with viktor and jayce xd and I don’t think u can count talyah and sivir as friends which the short interactions they had in the past.
From the teaser on the champion Roadmap: "Oyster Bill said all he heard was joyous laughter and the sound of splashing water" Pretty sure the lady with the laughing Jar fits perfectly here. If you had the clothes with hands ... seems we got it confirmed :D
I have a ridiculously specific theory about this one, and it’s that this lady is drawing power from the laughing jar, and that the laughing jar actually contains a demon of joy. And that the key to freeing the demon from the jar is the same key that Zoe stole from Fiddlesticks.
Omg, imho we didn't get such a beautiful story since burning tides! I loved this! Btw Necrit i like the hype, but we did already know that TF real name was Tobias Felix since the burning tides event, it was already mentioned XD
Fun fact. In the wild pistol shrimps and gobies pair up in a symbiotic relashionship in which they protect each other and share a burrow. Its really wholesome and a nice detail in the story.
I simply love your videos and your channel. You add so much more to the story and you are a good reader as well. I love watching you make and add your style to every story riot is putting out. Also, I call this to be one of the best stories so far this year. I just love it so much. The interaction and all the hints towards the ruined event. It truly saves the event a bit with this story. The one with multiple arms Graves mentioned could be the next champion they tease. It's either that or could be the one from LoR. Riot hint a lot of characters with many hands by now so who knows exactly.
I think the ex that was mentioned with the "laughing jar" is 10000% the new champ that was teased with all those hands. In the small paragraph we got for a teaser, it mentioned the sound of laughter as smoke filled the room and then everyone was dead when the smoke cleared. So in this story, the mention of the many hands and also the "laughing jar" just seems like a direct reference to me.
Turk here. I was curious about the same thing and read the story in both English and Turkish at the same time and I am happy (and surprised) to say they didn't cut anything! Dunno about China tho.
I was so excited to know what I was about! I was gonna read it then I saw all the text. My head works like this - “I really really wanna know what this is about but I really really don’t want to read this whole thing…. That’s fine, Necrit is gonna make a video about it and tell it better anyway.”
I NEED an arcane-esque series of the adventures of these 2, plus, they'd make both a good duo OR a good couple....or both. that would be awesomely entertaining
Alright, I’m gonna try and pre-empt any bullshit comments before they show up “I thought they were brothers!” They’re not. “Why can’t they make NEW gay characters instead of changing old ones?” I absolutely agree there should be new gay characters. However, they haven’t really “changed” anything about Graves. His sexuality has never been stated. And if you’re arguing that he wasn’t originally INTENDED to be gay from the very beginning, I’d like to point out that NO CHAMPION from before 2014 was “intended” to be ANYTHING they currently are. “This is just a marketing stunt! I bet they won’t show this in CHINA, they don’t REALLY care about pride!” I mean, yeah you’re absolutely right. Riot the corporation does not care about gay representation. It does not care about ANYTHING, because it’s a corporation. Corporations are not people. They cannot hold ideologies or care about social causes. However, in order for any of this to have happened at all, people behind the scenes had to fight for it for years and years only to be silenced and censored. This representation happened in SPITE of Riot’s management, not because of it. Don’t celebrate Riot the company for doing something they frankly should have done years ago - celebrate the artists and writers and everyone else who pushed for something they believed in and FINALLY now get to tell the stories they’ve always wanted to tell. “Graves hated Twisted Fate and tried to kill him!” Have you never had an ex
I dont know if you could say the authors name instead of riot to give credit to the one who trully dederves it, because riot were the ones that wanted to prevent this couple until it was profitable
I don't think they thought that. As a company they have to be aware of everything. They're not taking any profit of it because they don't sell with LGBTQ+ every item on the game related with this month is free. The problem here is the homophobia in the entire world, they're just a company
Graves is the kinda guy who says he "appreciates" the male physique.
or the whales' physique
@@Nick-nb2oz or the orcas' physique
That was literally me in my teenage years oh my god
@@zwiebeldogs now youre married to a dude and having a wonderful marriage.
@@killuazoldyck6452 I'm 24 now and haven't had a single romantic interaction my whole life but I really appreciate the enthusiasm lmfaoo
And historians would say they were “partners”
Pardners
Oh my god they were partners
...in crime.
They where really good friends
@@Significantharrassment best friends
TF and Graves: *Pounding it out under the sheets*
Historians: Look at all this friendship!
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Riot: And they were partners
The community: Oh my god they were partners
RIP ROOMMATES
PIrates i think
@@cosmic_841 THEY (possibly) WERE PIRATES
They were together!!
Omg they we're couples
I love how it's normal to have a relationship with a reverse mermaid but draw the line when it comes to noxians
Today we learned that noxians are just the worst
Fr I guess monster fucking is better than noxus
That reminds me of John Constantine's scene in Apokolypse war
"Oh bollocks it's my ex"
"You dated Harley? Ew"
"Do I look mad?"
*King Shark winks*
@@tenderandmoist5011 bruh I saw that scene I was dead ☠️ 😂 perfect way to give that line
Actually anyone else think it's weird he said they were racist?
Because I swear they said that runeterra didn't have the same issues as the real world (I.E. they're not against LGBT+ people)
He could be referring to them not liking half animal people or yordals, but that's more of a Ionian thing.
Maybe I'm wrong or just misunderstood something riot said, but I was wondering if anyone else thought it was weird.
The fact tf called gwen and akshan: Scissors doll and Shirtless wonder is so funny
i literally laughed on the ground🤣
I’ve got to wonder how Graves actually described them.
"...said Gobby exploding." might be one of my new favourite lines, just in general
he foreshadowed his own demise hahaha
"I love my gun, I love my booze, and I love my boyfriend" - Graves
What a sweetheart lol
it's true. i was there
I miss my Cigar.
I badly want this animated.
I boldly want this animated.
I desperately want this animated
I enthusiastically want this animated
I need this animated
I exasperatedly want this animated
I love that Tahm Kench is also mentioned in this story and referred to as "Tommy Kench", it makes me wonder if Graves or maybe Bilgewater knows of him? possibly worships him along side the bearded lady?
He's a known mythical figure, everywhere where there ae gamblers. Tahm Kench, Two-Coats, he's most prominently known in Bilgewater and Zhaun.
Yes? Isn't that Kench's story. Don't they also call him "the Devil with Two-Coats?"
Graves' sentinel skin also has a voice line where he says "oh sweet Tommy Kench", I imagine it's a saying in Bilgewater similar to how we say stuff like "Oh god" or "oh sweet jesus" since he's sort of considered to be a folk legend
as seen in Ruined King, Tahm Kench is/was the name of a local captain, who most likely ended up as a victim to the catfish-demon, which then took his name
In Legends of Runeterra, Tahm Kench is featured as a pirate mafia godfather, giving deals and taking what he wants in return just like in his story.
So yeah, makes sense he is a well known figure in Bilgewater.
We need a Arcane like series of the origins of Fate and Graves. In the mean time we could learn about Mf and Gp like we learned about Viktor and Jayce. As long as some of the writers of this story sticks around for it.
It’s too gay for all the homophobes out there
Not kidding I'd actually want to see this 😅
There’s more important champs to make a show about even though I’d like it too
That could be a good idea that a few seasons feature the stories of bilgewater
What about fiddlesticks origin that would be cool
I actually love how they are still only "partners in crime" because they are both too embarrased or proud or whatnot to admit they like eachother XD
I know XD
Fr they both knew that feeling, just not admitting it
One day they're gonna find themselves living in a cute, small home with a garden, with a pet wharf rat (remember when you could have them follow you on aram during a Bilgewater event?) and sleeping in one bed and they're still gonna call themselves "partners".
Friends to enemies to friends to lovers. Love their dynamic lol.
I know I love that for them. But they're too tough to admit it lol
this story is amazing lmao i couldnt stop laughing, we need a TF & Graves mini series
They are the best small scale characters xd
And they can be everywhere lol be it worldending threads or heists or Mayby even as antagonists. They are always useable and welcome + now they travel the world 🤣
there are already several stories and cinematics about TF and graves. At least 5, maybe more
Riot : Look, Diana and Leona are so cute together!
Lore: Their people murder each other regularly, they each execute the other's civilians
Classic Romeo and Juliet shit lol
No one said love wasn’t complicated
@@cartoonishidealism582 yes because of that there is a slight chance that Xerath and Azir still love each other even though Xerath literally muder all Azir bloodline and destroy his Empire. Love is poweful in the hand of writers indeed
@@DucMinh-xx2be doesn’t Azir have children 💀💀
@@mlinxl9090 having children doesnt mean that you are not bisexual. There are cases that people have children but still live to their true identity
"Hi Bambolini! I'm robbing you too...!"
Fate Actually waves.
This killed me.
Can’t wait for TB skyen to make a 50 hour review of this
And I will watch it twice
@@tiagoferreira234 those are rookie numbers.
that's...too long..
You mean that cringe ass neckbeard that gets off to creatures
I’ll prep some snacks for that watch!
I think Goby and Shrimp are safe, living a happy and dangerous life somewhere.
is that somewhere in the afterlife?
must be that ranch that where my cat is!
Fun fact. In the wild pistol shrimps and gobies pair up in a symbiotic relashionship in which they protect each other and share a burrow. Its really wholesome and a nice detail in the story.
@@Bonkezz oh shit I just realized that, thanks for the comment. I remembered watching a nature video about those two little shits.
The "Northman" is definitely Olaf. Sentinel Graves has an interaction with Olaf where he says
" I could respect a LARGE MUSKY BARBARIAN who knows what he wants". So you could tell he's into him.
The Northman could be also Alexander Skarsgård
maby Braum?
I would love if it was Olaf that would be perfect lol
That would be a bit gachimuchi-ish. Buffed gays good
@@Aedoucan does Braum give you barbarian vibes.
I like the Pride Month stories, because they get rid of any questions of whether or not the characters are gay. Leona and Diana kissed, Graves has a list of terrible men he banged and TF is jealous because he doesn't want any women coming close to the guy that he doesn't want to admit he is into.
Wait what? He has a list of men he banged????
@@mephistothea3045 Its not a written list, TF just lists them verbally:
- Northman
- Trader with tattoo
- Buhru cultist
- Whale guy
- Octopus guy
- Orca guy
- Monk
- Vastaya
- Noxian
didn't know graves was a player goddamn
a list of men he what 😦😭😭
@@tokiia_ F ucked (or got f ucked by)
I still cannot get past the fact that they flat out said "Graves had been gay for over four decades", like DAMN. I'm taking an extended break from League twt but I just know they went WILD over this
Ya hes gay for that long even tho hes been hitting on vayne for the whole ruination event, chose ur next pride promo champion right riot.
@@Omarolaim He never hit on her. Just wanted to impress her
I'm more surprised Graves is in his 40s honestly
@@Omarolaim Riot pandering to gay people no suprise there
@@aimanprinny1293 so same, he doesn't look like he has 40
I think TF's name has been confirmed as Tobias Felix for a while. It's in the first line of his bio.
Oh yeah... I can tell you had a lot of fun recording this, Necrit.
I couldnt help but grin permanently while reading ITS SO WHOLESOME EVEN THO THEY HOLED A DUDE AND BLASTED HALF OF THE BILGEWATER! damn I love them I really do
@@killuazoldyck6452 I am honestly that another story of their heist came up, their chemistry is everything!
Didn't we know his full name already? It was already stated either in his bio or in one of his other short stories.
I like how they handled Graves's role in the ruination, that it's vague and nobody knows the truth as everyone tells a different story. It's literally how our view on it is since it was different in every game and media, and we learned that not everything of it is canon
Yeah, we knew Twisted Fate's name from his bio
this story single handedly made me die in laughter, enjoy the chaos and gay panic bcuz of that one scene this two dummies started noticing details about each other.
Honestly who needs anything other than TF and Graves? Their chemistry is perfect. I can't stop grinning while I hear this. They're the best couple in all of runeterra
As a bisexual dude named Malcolm, Graves is fit to be a representative of the community. As you were
Malcom is a cool name.
@@reecerobin8413 thanks dood
I can only imagine the "type" of "clients" they got in their early days with that announcement of doing anything for anyone for any price, must have been graves writing it I'm sure
graves must've had a lot of fun xd
@@Nick-nb2oz hearing about the past lovers... I don’t think he had 🤣
Tbh that part of the story flew past my head.... Thanks for the slap!
The aroace issues :)
Graves and tf being partners for years, went through the whole "friends to enemies to lovers" arc with multiple interactions.
"Forced"
Meanwhile, graves speak to vayne for 10 minutes, call her buddy.
"Should have been canon. They're in love"
Oh the hypocrisy
Yep
Exactly. You will always see this in any gay content so don't be surprised.
@@adonaimelles2317 Yeah, I think it's just making stuff up to be angry about. Usual internet practice.
@@adonaimelles2317 read the comments on skin spotlights with the Graves interaction.
@@thosebloodybadgers8499 you clearly haven't seen the comments like "graves was hitting on vayne". Anyway i'm not even angry, it's just fascinating to me how two people with different sex can interact in anyway possible and people would call it "flirting" or "sexual tension" but a same sex couple would be seen as "good bros" no matter what they do
I hope the wait isn't too long before we see these two again. TF and Graves, travelling the world, getting into trouble. Maybe they'll meet Grave's old buddy Rango in Ixtal, or TF might actually introduce Graves to his ma.
About Rango I agree, it would be fun. However TF was kicked out when he was 9-12 y/o, moved to Bildgewater and met Graves, so I'm sorry, but there is VERY little chance for it.
imagine an arcane style series about them
I need a animated comedy show about these two.
two men and half a shark?
Ayyyyy Lumi- I mean The Owl House watcher as well
That was amazing, not only the story, but the editing too
To those who want to comment something along the lines of: "Why does everything have to be sexual, why cant they just be friends!?"
If you see a gay couple existing and you instant thought is them having hardcore gay sex then I think that's something you need to sort out about yourself before making a comment.
Fun fact! TF's real name, Tobias Felix, literally means "Altering luck to be good!"...Twisting Fate!
They obviously like each other. But can’t bring themselves to say it. What a cute relationship
They act like nervous teenage girls xD
the "g" in lgbtq stands for gun - graves
And the “L“ stands for Leona. Next year we are looking for champs starting with B, T or Q. Blitzcrank? Qiyana? We'll have to wait and see
@@magmark braum being bisexual would be great
@@magmark also isn’t taliyah transgender lmao
@@aquasnippy what???????
@@aquasnippy Unfortunately riot backed out of that for fear of backlash. Only thing that even hints like that in game is a voiceline by Neeko
Graves: "YOU AIN'T THAT SLICK!"
TF: "EXCUUUUSE ME?" 💅
I do love Arcane but a series for this two is the absolute dream, I’ve said it since the short of LoR.
Honestly animated shows from the various regions would be a dream come true.
I see that a lot but : Just because they are (at least Graves) CONFIRMED as gays doesn’t mean that :
1 - It wasn’t part of the original’s creator plan but Riot chickened out like they did with Taliyah and others champions.
2 - It waste everything done before.
Their personalities haven’t changed, neither did their relationship, neither did their characters, neither did their appearance or anything. I don’t understand why people are saying things like “they wasted the potential of these characters” or “why making them gays” like that’s such a big deal. It’s almost like those people don’t want gay people in story as long as they don’t come with the “gay package” of feminin traits, sass, strass and glam…
I see a lot of people saying this story is trash and the writers just wanted to make a coming out for Graves. Even though a story for a coming out isn’t bad, this story isn’t bad at all. It add depth to their previous life before what we know now, world building, relationship building, character development and even tease a new champion. This story isn’t top tier but it’s very entertaining and funny with it being also a coming out of Graves.
I just wanted to say that people implying that Riot “forced” that gay relationship are just dumb because them being a couple as been teased since forever and except by being completely blind or refusing to see outside of clichés and merchandising, you have to be completely stupid to see it as a forced attempted to put gays in Runeterra…
You gays ruin everything, go make your own fucking gay stories
Twisted fate and Graves in Ixtal is gonna pull 'El Dorado' Vibes.
My God if they made non-serious skins inspired on that concept(like there's other skins with not so subtle references to other media) I'd love it. Qiyana could be kind of a Chel, but not *their* Chel as she's very young and they're very gay lol
@@shodanzinha yeah I hoped it could have been like that but riot just ruined it
Pour one out for Goby and Shrimp, for I laughed way harder than I should have
this story was SO FUN!! Literally one of my favorites if not my favorite story riot has ever released, thank you for covering it necrit
Ahhhw, this story is amongst my top three easily! They are very good partners, very adorable.
I love the idea of two hardened criminals together, and TF and Graves have such a fun dynamic with all their pointless arguments too. Just a 10/10 pair
last year's story made me cry and this year's story made me laugh out loud, riot's writers are so talented.
also graves sleeping around makes so muc sense.
By the way, I wonder if there is any chance that the Northman and the Vastaya that TF mentions are Olaf and Rengar. It wouldn't surprise me if Graves tried to have some fun even during the Ruination...
...as partners...
...in crime
@@Shiodiodia No, just for fucking.
Graves even had a "Damn Rengar" moment in the "A new Dawn" cinematic after he viciously shredded Draven to pieces. Maybe it goes back that far lol
The sentinel references really sounded like Necrit joking around, but it's really exactly like that in the story...
15:12 was narrated so damn well
they really said be gay do crime
They are so awkward yet romantic at the same time💜
"- And they were roomates !
- My god, they were roomates..."
Twisted Fate and Graves, Goby and the Pistol Shrimp, all remind me of how real life pistol shrimps and gobies look out for each other.
Also, I love the parallel of their abilities, Graves with his shotgun (pistol shrimps use bubble bullets), and Twisted Fate with his vision (gobies have keen eyesight to warn their shrimp roommates).
That.... is FANTASTIC! Always wondered why those specific animals were chosen!
goddamn thats actually awesome
I really hope next year we get a story of caitlyn and Vi (the in-game version) I know they're already confirmed as a couple and we've already seen their chemistry in Arcane. Even though Riot themselves never really said it out loud. I'd still like to see a short story about them both together since in-game they have been together for 8 to 10 years now.
We need this entire story animated! Its so good! Also, Felix Fate could also be seen as FF
I think that his name is supposed to be Tobias Felix, because his backstory on Burning Tides call him Tobias
@@ericregis3912 ahhh ok! Thanks for the info!
Felix Fate is his con man name
Every LoL player’s favorite character, Felix Fate the 15th.
I just want to point out two things to people complaining:
1st - TF and Graves were intended to be a couple since the Burning Tides, it's just that Riot didn't let this being stated out loud until now.
2nd - It's really a retcon when only about 40 (41 with Arcane) champions (including Graves and TF now) out over 160 ever had a sexual/loving relationships/feelings with other characters (including some that I don't even know if the relationship was mutual, out of obligation, or if I just assumed things that don't exist)? The sexuality of the other characters is a blank slate that the writers can fill in any way they want. Oh, and out of this 40, only 6 were stated to be bi or gay.
People are just wary about such themes in games, like me personally, and with good reason. I feel like a lot of people don't like this not because it's promoting homosexually, but it's promoting it just for good boy points with the people who support it. Companies are known to pander to the LGBT community and then forget about them the moment pride month is over. Hell, Blizzard even released the charts they follow for inclusivity and diversity, if you couldn't make it any more obvious you're doing it just to check a box.
@@danieldimov8625 it's not Riot's case though, they've been consistently fine with the LGBT community, all throughout the year, like Cait and Vi's relationship in Arcane. They're simply treating it like a normal thing, making stories about both hetero and homo romances
And how many just best friends relationships do we have in league that are not romantic?
@@JustFun-wl3jf at least 20, couting only friendships between champions, but it's hard to determine that when we don't know how close some champions that we know that are friends really are. And yeah, I get it that you are desappointed that TF and Graves won't be just friends anymore, but, as I said, they weren't intended to be
@@JustFun-wl3jf it’s hard tho say cuz there is always a catch xd yin xao and garen are friends with j4 but that’s kinda as well cuz of their standing. Zed and shen are... it’s complicated cuz their kinda enemies? Same with viktor and jayce xd and I don’t think u can count talyah and sivir as friends which the short interactions they had in the past.
There banter is amazing, just amazing.
From the teaser on the champion Roadmap:
"Oyster Bill said all he heard was joyous laughter and the sound of splashing water"
Pretty sure the lady with the laughing Jar fits perfectly here.
If you had the clothes with hands ... seems we got it confirmed :D
I have a ridiculously specific theory about this one, and it’s that this lady is drawing power from the laughing jar, and that the laughing jar actually contains a demon of joy. And that the key to freeing the demon from the jar is the same key that Zoe stole from Fiddlesticks.
Damn Theres will be a new demon in the LOR but Shaco is still not part of the LOR 😂😂😂
@@cartoonishidealism582 I don’t think it works as fiddlesticks is the oldest/ most powerful demon and I’m prettt sure he was either pissed or feared
Omg, imho we didn't get such a beautiful story since burning tides! I loved this!
Btw Necrit i like the hype, but we did already know that TF real name was Tobias Felix since the burning tides event, it was already mentioned XD
self care is not sorting this comment section by new
i should stop doing this with controversial (usually lgbt related) videos, i can't tell if i like making myself mad or if i'm just too curious
@@Topunito a mix of both cuz i’m also guilty lol
Graves really had a really really really good plan
They sound so in love together even if they didn't want or even try to sound like it.
when the story came out i was like: Damn, cant wait for necrit's video
I never heard a story so good I wanted it to be animated, or at least drawn to comic book. this is amazing lol
Fun fact. In the wild pistol shrimps and gobies pair up in a symbiotic relashionship in which they protect each other and share a burrow. Its really wholesome and a nice detail in the story.
i’m convinced the favourite movie of the makers is *El Dorado.*
I simply love your videos and your channel. You add so much more to the story and you are a good reader as well. I love watching you make and add your style to every story riot is putting out. Also, I call this to be one of the best stories so far this year. I just love it so much. The interaction and all the hints towards the ruined event. It truly saves the event a bit with this story. The one with multiple arms Graves mentioned could be the next champion they tease. It's either that or could be the one from LoR. Riot hint a lot of characters with many hands by now so who knows exactly.
15:12 Rest in peace Goby
Pieces*
hope we get to see these two rascals in arcane somewhere
I thought Twisted Fate was supposed to be the smart one but it seems he just thinks he's smarter than Graves and that is honestly really funny
I think the ex that was mentioned with the "laughing jar" is 10000% the new champ that was teased with all those hands. In the small paragraph we got for a teaser, it mentioned the sound of laughter as smoke filled the room and then everyone was dead when the smoke cleared. So in this story, the mention of the many hands and also the "laughing jar" just seems like a direct reference to me.
i guess the new champs a guy
@@sopickle1004 the champ was referred to as "she" by both Graves and TF
@@penelopechambers5041 who? The fish one?
@@Inksoup04 No, the ex, not the Bombolini.
@@penelopechambers5041 no I mean, graves dated a lot of fishes
Good lord, that 2nd half. Just admit it, thank god bamb wasn't still with them, he'd be sighing and shaking his head in disappointment.
graves and tf storys are hilarious
Im waiting for a Twisted fate pool party skin where he is on Graves' shoulders playing chicken fight with Diana and Leona
The fact that the story is not yet complete and they have still moments to wait is so cute and exciting to wait 🥰
Oh I would love to have my own Malcolm Graves
RIPBOZO Goby and Shrimp...
im not crying you're crying !
I love these two. They have one brain cell to share between the both of them.
Wonder what this story is like in China and Turkey
Riot is owned by a Chinese company.
Turk here. I was curious about the same thing and read the story in both English and Turkish at the same time and I am happy (and surprised) to say they didn't cut anything! Dunno about China tho.
@@denizkarakas6810 That's good. Glad to see some progress on Riot's part on that side
@@janedoe4929 thanks for reminding us the 100th time
China don't even have story and pride month event. lol.
I was so excited to know what I was about! I was gonna read it then I saw all the text. My head works like this - “I really really wanna know what this is about but I really really don’t want to read this whole thing…. That’s fine, Necrit is gonna make a video about it and tell it better anyway.”
Graves is a power bottom, confirmed
he was originally designed as a bot laner after all.
@@saphcal upss 🤣🤣
NO! He is a top, a dom switch at best, but efonetey not a bottom 🤣
I love them bickering like an old couple
Really glad they made a reference to graves being part of the sentinels.
Huh, what a interesting tale, can’t wait to know about any more of these.
The "Hey Bambolini! I'm robbing you too!" is the cutest thing I heard Necrit say
The fact that some people are so mad over this is so funny to me XD
I haven't seen anyone that was mad about it. Where did you find them?
@@AgonizingDemise twitter and Facebook, and possibly here
PrIdE mOnTh
@@AgonizingDemise Because they rather riot make a new gay character than to turn someone of their old characters gay.
@@mazorizk It's not really 'turning' them gay though. Tf and Graves have been pretty damn obvious ever since the burning tides story (7 years ago).
"And historians will still say they were friends"
It makes me happy to think their relationship might be an ironically slow burn considering they start fires everywhere they go.
I NEED an arcane-esque series of the adventures of these 2, plus, they'd make both a good duo OR a good couple....or both. that would be awesomely entertaining
Alright, I’m gonna try and pre-empt any bullshit comments before they show up
“I thought they were brothers!”
They’re not.
“Why can’t they make NEW gay characters instead of changing old ones?”
I absolutely agree there should be new gay characters. However, they haven’t really “changed” anything about Graves. His sexuality has never been stated.
And if you’re arguing that he wasn’t originally INTENDED to be gay from the very beginning, I’d like to point out that NO CHAMPION from before 2014 was “intended” to be ANYTHING they currently are.
“This is just a marketing stunt! I bet they won’t show this in CHINA, they don’t REALLY care about pride!”
I mean, yeah you’re absolutely right. Riot the corporation does not care about gay representation. It does not care about ANYTHING, because it’s a corporation. Corporations are not people. They cannot hold ideologies or care about social causes.
However, in order for any of this to have happened at all, people behind the scenes had to fight for it for years and years only to be silenced and censored. This representation happened in SPITE of Riot’s management, not because of it. Don’t celebrate Riot the company for doing something they frankly should have done years ago - celebrate the artists and writers and everyone else who pushed for something they believed in and FINALLY now get to tell the stories they’ve always wanted to tell.
“Graves hated Twisted Fate and tried to kill him!”
Have you never had an ex
The last sentence took me out 😭
"Have you never had an ex" 💀💀💀💀
Well actually you are wrong on one point
Graves and tf were intended to be gay and married
I'll deal with it, doesn't mean I'm gonna accept it. Still think TF and Graves being forced to be gay is a mistake.
thanks for pointing out that this isn't something to thank Riot for, the artists inside the company worked so hard for years to make this happen
"...while scissors doll and shirtless wonder saved the day!"
Love it!
I dont know if you could say the authors name instead of riot to give credit to the one who trully dederves it, because riot were the ones that wanted to prevent this couple until it was profitable
I don't think they thought that. As a company they have to be aware of everything. They're not taking any profit of it because they don't sell with LGBTQ+ every item on the game related with this month is free. The problem here is the homophobia in the entire world, they're just a company
28:35 Thank you to writer Jared Rosen, here. Or at least Necrit uses his first name.
HIS PLAYING WITH HIS HAIR
Omg he has a good taste in bad men
The many-armed woman might be referencing a card from Legends of Runeterra, The Maker. Could be giving us more info on the Kashuri.
That is not my elbow
Your such a big man
It seems like Twisted Fate and Graves are gay for each other, but can't admit their feelings
These two are finally sailing down De Nile to Port Common Sense. Maybe they’ll reach it in the next decade or two.
That was one of the funniest stories from lol imo
I knew graves was rawdogging TF
Your comment made me laugh out loud until i coughed, thank you😂
God that last part felt like fanfiction but such gooood fanfiction. Gah I wanna see that animated, love this story ♥️✨
Fanfiction dream come true
Bambolini seems super smart, his brain is walnut sized! Maybe one day mine will be that big