A freelance writer with a wide focus, Timmy mainly tries (and fails) to stick to topics relating to Geek Culture, like gaming and comics. You'll also find him writing about LGBTQ+ rights, Indigenous rights, general politics, and satire.
League of Legends is possibly the most popular e-sports game in the world. It also boasts a roster of 150 champions to choose from and play, at least at the time of my writing this. The game releases a new champion every few months, so the roster is constantly expanding. And while the specific kits the champions have are unique to that character, they also typically fall within a broader category of playstyle that helps them fit into the already established gameplay.
It’s undeniable that the last four years have been some of the most stressful and frightening for many people in the United States. Even groups that were already routinely targeted and vulnerable to higher rates of violence saw more violence done to them under the Trump administration. For others (almost exclusively white conservatives) it has been a freeing experience in which they felt emboldened to shed the facade of progressive ideology and anti-bigotry.