I think season 2 had some more glaring issues but overall a great season. I assume they're doing Noxus stuff next? Can't wait to see which characters are brought to the spotlight. They did a great job making me care about characters I didn't think twice about.
The Mel arc is the easiest fix I can see off the top, as far as season-long plot lines go.
Her mage thing added nothing to the story that couldn’t have been introduced via Ambessa, and Ambessa’s own motivations would have been much more convincing had Mel been killed at the end of season 1. Even her “courting” of Caitlyn would have been much better if they had been able to connect over the shared demise of a loved one at the hands of Jinx.
Edit: Noxus’ moves to infiltrate Zaun would have also had way more plausible deniability if one of their prominent diplomats had been killed by a “terrorist attack.” As it occurred, I’m not sure why Piltover would have believed that it was anything other than an opportunistic play at an eventual hostile takeover.
But they're saying they could have written that differently. What you're describing was a writing choice.
Exactly. If they hadn’t written Mel to be a mage, then Ambessa’s motivations would have been different. And, in my opinion, that would have been for the better of the Piltover/Zaun/Noxus conflict.
Mel being a mage is the only reason Ambessa in Piltover happened. She's not there to help Mel with Jinx, she needs weapons to fight the Black Rose because of Mel's magic. Ambessa plays a huge part in moving the stories forward for Cait-Vi-Jinx.
It also sets up the future Noxus show, there's no way the next project isn't going to be Mel vs the black Rose in Noxus.
All of that is only established in season 2. Prior to season 2, she gave us different reasons for being in Piltover. We never needed Mel’s magic for that it (Hextech can answer it quite simply).
And did you miss the part where I said these changes would narratively strengthen her involvement in the Piltover-Zaun conflict? Again: the Noxian invasion has absolutely nothing to do with Mel’s magic.
And we don’t need it for Leblanc either. That storyline was working just fine before the reveal.
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