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* As per AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, Viktor also enjoys a lot of MisaimedFandom; his fans make light of his possible atrocities and bash Jayce even after his possible MartyStu credentials had decreased (see AuthorsSavingThrow), in spite of Viktor's goal of forcing everyone to become augmented with Hextech machinery.

* Perhaps the most egregious example is [[MalevolentMaskedMan Jhin]], whom the majority of the fanbase tend to conveniently forget is a [[SoftSpokenSadist deranged,]] [[AxCrazy psychopathic]] [[SerialKiller mass murderer.]] He even has some fangirls out-of-universe despite [[TheFaceless his face never being revealed.]]

* And then there's Katarina. Yes, she's an efficient fighter and easy on the eyes. What people tend to forget is that she's not too picky about whom she kills or why, doing it apparently [[BecauseImGoodAtIt just for sport]]. Even if she's ALighterShadeOfBlack compared to the likes of Swain, Vladimir, and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy badass -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]] -- not an assassin who lives for the kill and takes real joy in shedding blood.

* Noxus in general has been getting this treatment, especially as Riot has been hinting that the rivalry with Demacia is more along the lines of GreyAndGrayMorality. Demacia is less TheParagon as its flaws have started to show, while Noxus' [[TheSocialDarwinist "the strong eat the weak" credo]] has produced characters across the whole swath of the moral spectrum, not just a horde of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. This makes Katarina seem even more sympathetic, since she's on the 'somewhat more good' side of the scale. Even Draven can draw this card, as there's an even chance that anyone he just executed was [[KickTheSonOfABitch an utter scumbag who really deserved it.]]

* As per AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, Viktor also enjoys a lot of {{Misamed Fandom}}s; his fans make light of his possible atrocities and bash Jayce even after his possible MartyStu credentials had decreased (see AuthorsSavingThrow), in spite of Viktor's goal of forcing everyone to become augmented with Hextech machinery.

* DracoInLeatherPants:
** Diana has become consumed by vengeance and bitter hatred and is on a one-woman quest to destroy the Solari and bring everyone to worship the Moon -- by force if necessary. However, given that she only wanted to reveal the truth about the Lunari tribe, which was massacred by the Solari, and given that the same Solari arrested her, branded her a heretic, and nearly had her executed just for finding out that one black spot... it's ''easy'' to root for Diana and cheer as she massacred the 'fascist', 'cowardly' Solari.
*** Riot seemed to agree on this somehow, as in the newer lore, Diana is portrayed in a much more sympathetic light and she's less murderous as well, instead being disgusted at the massacre she committed. In turn, they made the Solari even more fascistic and Leona taking levels of KnightTemplar-ism by making her indoctrination clearer, though at the end of Leona's lore, she seemed to be looking for something of a reconciliation, but they really want to push on the angle of 'The Solari sect are all rigid, old fashioned hypocritical assholes'.
** As per AlternativeCharacterInterpretation above, Viktor also enjoys a lot of 'misaimed' fan base, that his fans makes light of his possible atrocities and bashed Jayce even after his possible MartyStu credentials decreased a lot (see AuthorsSavingThrow), in spite of his goal forcing everyone to become augmented with Hextech machinery. Fans of Viktor and Diana often describe those two as "Glorious" and encourages other people to feel their glory.
** Many of the Void champions also receive this treatment, most notably Vel'Koz and Kog'Maw. Vel'Koz's cold, studious "examination" of anything he runs across is turned into childlike curiosity and wonder, while Kog'Maw is more likely to be portrayed as a bumbling puppy than the near-mindless, bottomless appetite which he is.
** Dr. Mundo is a psychotic monster who enjoys pain (whether his own or others') and is outright stated to be a serial killer and SelfMadeOrphan, but since he has a funny, endearing way of speaking people forget all about this and portray him as a [[BigFun big lovable oaf]]. Even Riot doesn't really take him seriously anymore, preferring his [[PointyHairedBoss Corporate Mundo]] style whenever he's mentioned.
** Draven is another Noxian example. Ask a player about Draven, and most will immediately respond, "Not Draven, Draaaaven." Few will mention that he rose to fame in Noxus as an ''executioner'', giving condemned prisoners a chance to flee (and a [[HopeSpot false sense of hope]]) before mercilessly cutting them down with various trick throws with his throwing axes.
** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a proud and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that she's not too discriminating about whom she kills or why, doing it apparently [[BecauseImGoodAtIt just for sport]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away clean.]] Even if she and Talon are ALighterShadeOfBlack compared to Swain, Vladimir, and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, badass woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]] -- not a fighter/assassin who lives for the kill and takes real joy in shedding blood.
** That said, Noxus itself is getting this treatment, especially as Riot has been hinting that the rivalry with Demacia is more along the lines of GreyAndGrayMorality. Demacia is less TheParagon of 'shining justice' as its flaws have started to show, while Noxus' [[TheSocialDarwinist "the strong eat the weak" credo]] has produced characters across the whole swath of the moral spectrum, not just a horde of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. This makes Katarina seem even more sympathetic, since she is on the 'somewhat more good' side of the scale. Even Draven can draw this card, as there is an even chance that anyone he just executed was [[KickTheSonOfABitch an utter scumbag who really deserved it.]]
** While not as bad as others, Rumble is usually by default portrayed as a xenophobic, Yordle-supremacist jerk, though he has [[FreudianExcuse a history of bullying victim to excuse that.]] Fans like to latch onto that excuse better and gave their wishes for him to end up with Tristana either way and make Rumble seem more pitiful and sympathetic, forgetting or toning down his supremacist attitude, because... well because his rival for that is [[TheScrappy the universally hated]] [[ButtMonkey Teemo]], who would usually more likely be the genuine force of good and a more sociable, pleasant Yordle.
** Perhaps the most egregious example is [[MalevolentMaskedMan Jhin]], whom the majority of the fanbase tend to conveniently forget is a [[SoftSpokenSadist deranged,]] [[AxCrazy psychopathic]] [[SerialKiller mass murderer.]] He even has some fangirls out-of-universe despite [[TheFaceless his face never being revealed.]]

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a proud and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that she's not too discriminating about whom she kills or why, doing it apparently [[BecauseImGoodAtIt just for sport]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away clean.]] Even if she and Talon are ALighterShadeOfBlack compared to Swain, Vladimir, and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]] -- not a fighter/assassin who lives for the kill and takes real joy in shedding blood.

** While not as bad as others, Rumble is usually by default portrayed as a xenophobic, Yordle-supremacist jerk, though he has [[FreudianExcuse a history of bullying victim to excuse that.]] Fans like to latch onto that excuse better and gave their wishes for him to end up with Tristana either way and make Rumble seem more pitiful and sympathetic, because... well because his rival for that is [[TheScrappy the universally hated]] [[ButtMonkey Teemo]], who would usually more likely be the genuine force of good and a more sociable, pleasant Yordle.

** While not as bad as others, Rumble is usually portrayed as a xenophobic, Yordle-supremacist jerk, though he has [[FreudianExcuse a history of bullying victim to excuse that.]] Fans like to latch onto that excuse better and gave their wishes for him to end up with Tristana either way, because... well because his rival for that is [[TheScrappy the universally hated]] [[ButtMonkey Teemo]], who would usually more likely be the genuine force of good and a more sociable, pleasant Yordle.

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a proud and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that she's not too discriminating about whom she kills or why, doing it apparently [[BecauseImGoodAtIt just for sport]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away clean.]] Even if she and Talon are ALighterShadeOfGray compared to Swain, Vladimir, and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]], her innate thirst for blood is really downplayed.
** That said, Noxus itself is getting this treatment, especially as Riot has been hinting that the rivalry with Demacia is more along the lines of GreyAndGrayMorality. Demacia is less TheParagon of 'shining justice' as its flaws have started to show, while Noxus' [[TheSocialDarwinist "the strong eat the weak" credo]] has produced characters across the whole swath of the moral spectrum, not just a horde of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. This makes Katarina seem even more sympathetic, since she is on the 'somewhat more good' side of the scale. Even Draven can draw this card too, as there is a chance that the one who he executed may also include [[KickTheSonOfABitch utter scumbags that really deserved it.]]

** That said, Noxus itself is getting this treatment, especially as Riot has been hinting that the rivalry with Demacia is more along the lines of GreyAndGrayMorality. Demacia is less TheParagon of 'shining justice' as its flaws have started to show, while Noxus' [[TheSocialDarwinist "the strong eat the weak" credo]] has produced characters across the whole swath of the moral spectrum, not just a horde of {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. This makes Katarina seem even more sympathetic, since she is on the 'somewhat more good' side of the scale.

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a proud and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that she's not too discriminating about whom she kills or why, doing it apparently [[BecauseImGoodAtIt just for sport]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away clean.]] Even if she and Talon are ALighterShadeOfGray compared to Swain, Vladimir, and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]].

** Many of the Void champions also receive this treatment, most notably Vel'Koz and Kog'Maw. Vel'koz's cold, studious "examination" of anything he runs across is turned into childlike curiosity and wonder, while Kog'Maw is more likely to be portrayed as a bumbling puppy than the near-mindless, bottomless appetite which he is.

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a highly violent and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that Katarina is extremely bloodthirsty, [[BecauseImGoodAtIt kills for sport because she's good at it]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away with it.]] Even if she and her party are ALighterShadeOfGray compared to Swain and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]]. Propagating this is the fact that Riot has been slowly pushing GreyAndGrayMorality whereas the token 'shining justice' nation and rival of Noxus, Demacia, might not be 100% good as it boasted, whereas Noxus actually has some benefits of its [[TheSocialDarwinist "Strong Eats Weak" philosophy]] and not everyone is a CardCarryingVillain, having their own unique sense of moral compass (such as Riven, for Noxian standards, and even Swain is very pragmatic instead of reveling in brutality), all in all it gives more reasons to whitewash Katarina's brutality.

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a highly violent and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that Katarina is extremely bloodthirsty, [[BecauseImGoodAtIt kills for sport because she's good at it]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away with it.]] Even if she and her party are ALighterShadeOfGray compared to Swain and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]]. Propagating this is the fact that Riot has been slowly pushing GreyAndGrayMorality whereas the token 'shining justice' nation and rival of Noxus, Demacia, might not be 100% good as it boasted, whereas Noxus actually has some benefits of its [[TheSocialDarwinist "Strong Eats Weak" philosophy]] and not everyone is a CardCarryingVillain, having their own unique sense of moral compass (such as Riven, for Noxian standards), all in all it gives more reasons to whitewash Katarina's brutality.

** And then there's Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a highly violent and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that Katarina is extremely bloodthirsty, [[BecauseImGoodAtIt kills for sport because she's good at it]], and [[CardCarryingVillain revels in her ability to shed blood and get away with it.]] Even if she and her party are ALighterShadeOfGray compared to Swain and [=LeBlanc=], she's still loyal to Noxus and thinks that her city-state deserves to rule anyone weak enough to be conquered. But for some fans, she'll always be just a sexy, BadAss woman to drool over -- or an ''extremely'' {{Tsundere}} match for [[FoeYay Garen]].

** Perhaps the most egregious example is [[MalevolantMaskedMan Jhin]], whom the majority of the fanbase tend to conveniently forget is a [[SoftSpokenSadist deranged,]] [[AxCrazy psychopathic]] [[SerialKiller mass murderer.]] He even has some fangirls out-of-universe despite [[TheFaceless his face never being revealed.]]

** While not as bad as others, Rumble is usually portrayed as a xenophobic, Yordle-supremacist jerk, though he has [[FreudianExcuse a history of bullying victim to excuse that.]] Fans like to latch onto that excuse better and gave their wishes for him to end up with Tristana either way, because... well because his rival for that is [[TheScrappy the universally hated]] [[ButtMonkey Teemo]], who would usually more likely be the genuine force of good and a more sociable, pleasant Yordle.

** Diana is extremely ruthless and is on a crusade to get everyone to worship the Moon, and everyone who doesn't will be killed, but seeing that she only wanted the truth about the existence of the Lunari tribe, which was massacred via genocide by the Solari and had their existence removed from history to hide this atrocity, and they first shun her for not following their tradition, and outright declaring her heretic and scheduled execution just for finding out that one black spot... it's ''easy'' to root for Diana and cheer as she massacred the 'fascist', 'cowardly' Solari.

** Many of the Void champions also receive this treatment, most notably Vel'Koz and Rek'Sai. Vel'koz's cold, studious behaviour is turned into childlike curiosity and wonder, while Rek'Sai is more likely to be portrayed akin to a puppy than the mindless, ravenous hellbeast that she is.

** Draven is another Noxian example. Ask a player about Draven, and most will immediately fire off one his lines ("Not Draven, Draaaaven"). Few will immediately talk about the fact according to his lore, his fame in Noxus is from him showboating while carrying out executions, giving prisoners a false sense of hope before mercilessly cutting them down with his various trick throws with his throwing axes.
** And another noteworthy Noxian that seems to have this going is Katarina. Yes, she is an efficient killer and [[WolverinePublicity pseudo-mascot for the game]]. Yes, she is a highly violent and badass lady, not to mention sexy. What people tend to forget is that Katarina is extremely bloodthirsty, [[BecauseImGoodAtIt kills for sports because she's good at it]], and [[CardCarryingVillain she revels in her capabilities of doing so.]] May have something to do that she didn't openly trust Swain, but she's still loyal to the current Noxus that even Riven doubted. But for them, she's always just this 'badass lady' that is often crushed at as well, or this 'extremely {{Tsundere}}' pair for Garen.