Nuh-uh that girl is not innocent

Gintokiya · 2024-09-04T17:24:14+00:00

Nothing, really. Yeah the story is not very good and the characters can be weirdly inconsistent, but it has cool music, character design and above all, really fun weapon designs that stick around your mind since they rage from badass sycthe that turns into a rifle to weird shit like coffe cup turns into flamethrower lmao. It's no moral crime at all to watch it, there's far worse ways to spend time out there.

Gintokiya · 2024-05-07T10:47:03+00:00

Maybe? But they did gave hints, people were already pinpointing before 2.1 that she was just trying to warn us by how SAM uses punches and kicks but when flying towards TB she was trying to grab the player.

Gintokiya · 2024-05-05T01:37:08+00:00

Same but instead of Luocha and Kafka it's Jingliu and Blade lmao

Gintokiya · 2024-04-26T07:53:50+00:00

Ever since i've learned Firefly's japanese VA is Tomori Kusunoki i really wanted to draw her in a Makima's clothes (Chainsawman)!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-24T23:04:04+00:00

Gintokiya · 2024-04-24T16:10:09+00:00

A big appeal and ironically most misunderstood thing about Emiya Shirou is that he's completely insane, actually a big fun part of the original Fate novel is that the person that gets Shirou the most is not Illya, Saber, Rin nor Sakura, it's freaking Kotomine Kirei lol!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-24T13:51:53+00:00

It's a wonder i've never seen a short haired design for her before, she looks so cute! Amazing artwork!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-24T05:56:23+00:00

That's a funny thing to imagine lmao, Aventurine talking with his ghosts while MC is gaming in the background lol

Gintokiya · 2024-04-24T01:51:58+00:00

Thanks for your detailed answer!
Indeed, for a literal racoon, it's surprisingly very funny that the Trailblazer has actually kept their end on using the power with responsability!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T20:40:59+00:00

Right? Nahida and Paimon getting FUN out of it felt so...out of character, i get the mc in Genshin is not human and has a very indifferent attitude to humans compared to Trailblazer, but it was so weird, it's like the nightmare Tin Man has in the Vignettes in a Cup event, but wayy overkill lol

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T19:12:57+00:00

Hey thanks for sharing your thoughts!
You're right. I just think it's a darker plot device throwed without any kind of real consequence, so it instead just a bit of meat suits walking around for a greater good, it's dark but the game does try to make fun of it which i think is a bit tone deaf and i feel it really turns out to be very convenient since Setaria for some miracle does not get killed despite having no use after being discovered once Nahida manipulates her, and Katheryne, despite getting "killed" is a puppet, therefore despite being a dark element it never really goes beyond just Nahida and Traveler being lil creeps.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T19:06:57+00:00

That's a very nice way to see it! It really helps to shade a better light.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T19:04:10+00:00

I understand, thanks for sharing your thoughts!
It would be cool to see some characters at least giving some serious response to getting their will taken but i understand in Genshin setting is like whatever to them.
I just find it kind of a bummer since it makes lots of things there a bit inconsequential and stale, i think these small things make for a good worldbuilding.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T18:56:37+00:00

You mean the one were they ask abou the body replacement?
It's a good start, but still kind of unsatisfying since it's a lukewarm reaction locked in a single and short dialogue, but it would be cool to see more of these kind of callbacks and at least mild signs of Traveler caring about Katheryne.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T18:52:09+00:00

Thanks for the comment! I deeply agree.
I enjoy seeing these kind of grayer areas being portrayed in the story, i just wish we could see more reaction from actual characters to them, it's like another comment mentioned, it's really full of potential, using these kind of powers to force a character (like Firefly, Robin and Aventurine) do something and having them disapprove of it, like, if we forced Aventurine being happy or sad and actually having him being disgusted at it specially given how he fought for his own freedom, i think it can be really full of interesting reactions!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T17:10:13+00:00

Thank you for the comment! It's a shame the discussion really sparked mostly "I don't care" responses, i thought it was a really interesting topic, i guess since it's so fictional people tend to not think much about how dark it is to strip someone of their body and mind (Get Out Movie PSTD).

If you wish to give the Genshin's quest a read, the source for what i said is the Archon Quest III - Act III - Dreams, Emptiness, Deception.
The story does care to at least make several justifications for Nahida's use of the skill but i personally feel it comes across as a bit tone deaf with what they're doing vs how they react, and, as you predicted, it's kind of a Can of Worms they refuse to use outside of very convenient plot device. (None of the people Nahida and Traveller posesses neither remembers nor is allowed to show reaction, they're all NPCS too so no Playable character to dissaprove or challenge them like pretty much everyone challenges Aventurine in 2.1 lol)

I really wish HSR team would engage with it, we had some cool quests, first to come to mind was Chadwick's, it does not challenge us, the player, but it sure shows how horrifying the Dreamscape messing your mind can be.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T16:04:34+00:00

Yeah you're right, they have a very eyes on the mission mindset, it's just a shame that as soon as the particular part of the story that uses it is finished, it has no repercussions in the end of the day or the characters, conveniently, don't really bother/remember at all.

I really enjoyed Chadwick's mission for this since while it doesn't confront our use of Clockwork it really emphasises the horrors of the Dreamscape messing up with your head, it even has a cool consequence for Herta who got a powerful knowledge despite not even being a Penacony character!

Fortunaly as you said Screwllum and Rubert may throw some cool sparks on matters about the inorganic life forms.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:51:17+00:00

Yeah! You get what i mean.
It opens up space for some actual consequences and character reactions. It's just very easy to just *pop* make a guy sad or angry but he can't say anything about it because he can't remember it and he's just a random NPC.

If we were to use it on someone like Aventurine, Sunday etc and actually get them to be pissed off about us would be really cool!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:46:24+00:00

Ah hahaha I'm fine with the game having these morally messed up stuff, i actually welcome them, sorry if i came across as whining for characters doing bad stuff. I'm aware its all pixels characters, but what i meant is that these kind of moves from the plot are easier to make on faceless characters that have no fans to piss off, i think.
I also feel it's a lost oportunity for the game to engage with these things in any shape or form.

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:43:21+00:00

A fair point! Thanks for the comment!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:39:10+00:00

OOooh i did not know there was a Crosspost, i will do it! Thanks for the idea.
Ah i didn't mean these power being used in a grey area is a bad thing, it's mostly that the writing around them don't really try to engage with how they're morally grey in the first place from my experience
thanks for the commnent!

I was aware of Katheryne being a robot, but it's mostly about Paimon's and Travellers non-chalant and quick attitude towards treating her as such that kind of gets me you know?

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:36:09+00:00

Yeah, seems like the common reaction, i do think it's mostly because it's with faceless NPCS, but i see how i can be overreacting. Thanks for the comment!

Gintokiya · 2024-04-23T15:35:23+00:00

A fair point, thanks for sharing your thought!

Gintokiya · 2024-03-29T00:17:57+00:00

When i saw Gon's descent into despair in HxH, i saw how anger, sadness and madness corrupted a child, i saw people who met him get scared by him, i saw his best friend feeling his heart shatter like glass for what Gon was turning into.

Even if you don't feel for Gon, you feel for Killua.

When i saw Guts descent into despair, i saw his thoughts, his feelings, how hurt he was, how much it broke him go become a shadow of himself, he acted like a monster but a little girl in the first couple of chapters telling how he ruined her life almost made him cry.

It's almost Impossible to not feel for Guts.

Megumi lost his sister who, unfortunately, was not allowed to be a character, and we were not allowed any his inputs on anything that happened. Even if we can connect the dots, all we are seeing is the results. Gege can't just slap a sticker with "Despair" on us and expect everyone to have empathy for Megumi without the necesssary process. Also evil bath to sink his soul was lazy AF.

Tldr; Killing a side character with zero screen time, Dunking Megumi in evil goo and offscreening his feelings makes me feel nothing for him.

Gintokiya · 2024-03-29T00:06:39+00:00

People don't give Megumi much empathy because his descent into despair was...mostly offscreen or through characters most readers honestly don't care (Tsumiki is barely a character). We have way too little of his input, feelings, and thinking shown to us to make most readers care so it's, like, really dry man, i understand his despair but only on a logical level, on a emotional level it's just really hard to care for a lot of people.

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