so uhh i’ve been thinking about TF’s card deck and what you can extract from it
gameplay-wise TF has 3 types of cards - blue (eye), red (dagger) and yellow (chain). in what we can take as canon lore (“double-double cross” in particular) tf has eye motif going on on both red and blue card (and possibly on yellow too, but it haven’t been shown yet)
and from his cards in LoR we know that spades (or some suit that has a cad greatly resembling ace of spades) are also a thing in runeterra
and i know that most likely it’s only TF’s deck that is this special and the rest of runeterra uses the same suits of cards as we do in our world
BUT
wouldn’t it be cool if one of runeterran card deck type had only 3 suits instead of 4 and they were inspired/influenced by noxian culture (or more likely mordekaiser’s rule), for example?
i mean, it lines up pretty well - eyes suit for destiny/vision (it even lines up with it’s usage as teleportation card in DDC), daggers/spades possibly (it’s literally “swords” in couple of roman languages lol) for might/domination and chains for deceit/guile (the least harmonious match to be honest but connotations of gold and stun still kinda fit here) or if we go with eye motif present in all suits the blue suit could be faces (going from teleport card in DDC)
and uhh i guess that’s it. i just think that fantasy worlds deserve to have their own symbols and card’s variations and i also like to do worldbuilding for little inconsequential details
p.s. also major taro arcana as playing deck is a thing, at least in arcane. but arcane is kinda on it’s own right now so i didn’t include it in main thought process
If you did (and even if you didn’t), here’s my headcanons on what exactly this whole ensemble consists of quick disclaimer - TF has a shitton of slightly different portrayals across media, so take this as a base to his many, many very similar but ultimately different looks (“yes, Malcolm, that’s completely different vests - this one is maroon and that one is coral, and tonight it makes a grave difference!” as he would say himself
so brace yourself, and behold the magic transformation
frankly, his underpants here are a huge compromise between historical references and my wish to put him in something remotely appealing, so here he has some cross between modern boxer briefs and late 19th century drawers (let’s hope there’s no union suits in runeterra). socks are self-evident and undershirt id for both hygiene, protecting upper layers of clothing and still being able to show some cleavage
step 2 - corset
yeah, corsets were a fashionable thing in last quarter of 19th century, and TF is canonically a dandy and a peacock of a man. also, boned garments were known to stop bullets and blades, and a little bit of protection never hurts
step 3 - the shirt
actual shirt - fine-tailored and probably hella expensive. you don’t pull punches with this things (also it covers the corset for smoother silhouette)
step 4 - finally, some pants
@vaguely-concerned and me have wondered for a long time about purpose of those little buttons in front on his pants is league and wild rift, and came to conclusion that it’s either analogue of side cut on vaquero’s concho pants, or TF moonlights as stripper. i wouldn’t be surprised if he did, but concho pants also seems plausible enough. so here he has those pants but with additional buttoning for extra fit
step 5 - vest and boots
usually vest is supposed to be buttoned higher, cause even the outer shirt was considered somewhat an underwear-ish, but it’s TF we are talking about. also, some fine boots
step 6 (the final one) - pauldrons/very bis shoulder pads!
so far they don’t seem to have much practical applaince, but it looks like they are the staple of Bilgewater fashion, worn in different forms over both shirts and coats. i wonder how this trend came to be (i really do!)
thank you for your audience and till the next part of Fashion Dissection (yes, it’s a multi-part affair)
League of Legends 2009 initial champions illustration
A very ambitious project of mine that I’m currently (Feb) working on is drawing all of the initial champs of LoL from 2009 on one canvas. Next up is the colors!
