Talk:Yasuo/@comment-5266525-20131123022411/@comment-7782121-20131123132119

While Riven is assuredly more of a frontline warrior who would rather meet a foe in the field than in the shadows, I personally think that as a soldier she might recognise that taking down a high ranking figure would be a sound tactical move. Assassination isn't frontline battle tactics, but it's not as abhorrent to her philosophy than, say, Zaunite chemical weaponry. At least in this case, there was still an element of seeking out a foe and ending his life with your own hands.

At the very least, if it is her, she can go from thinking it's a necessary evil to realising it's a further sign of how cutthroat Noxian Command has become. Not a hard case for why she might be the culprit, but for my two cents, I wouldn't say the connections aren't there or that it can't work, even if I have my personal doubts. After all, Lee Sin as he is now is all about balance and atonement, but we all remember that he kinda maybe sorta destroyedavillage which really hit him hard. ;)

Also, I don't think that the whole 'framing' thing was intentional unless there's a darker character behind it than Riven (who, in turn, will have framed not just Yasuo, but Riven, besmirching the honour of both warriors). If it was her, I suspect it's just a case of these insular cultures clashing, and the connection being purely coincidental to the fact. Pointing out potential hindsight and assumptions may seem tenuous, but I would note that Yone's intro made Yasuo seem like a completely arrogant fallen warrior before we got to hear his sdie of things.