remember when a rioter was canonically dating nidalee?
FWIW, if I have the person correct, Nidalee was made as an homage to his real-life girlfriend. I absolutely don't remember all the details there, but the girlfriend came first. It's kinda like Ashe and Tryndamere marrying. Sure it can make sense in lore, but that's also literally Marc Merrill and his wife.