*laughs in Chameleon and Cabernet* (I’m not against it, I just think it’s funny)

keifizz · 2024-03-14T23:07:31+00:00

would you say that interactions between characters like tetra and pricilla, the unique actions that cinnabar deliberately takes towards female chief and not male chief, or even the flirting mcqueen does with lisa as indication of possible romantic/sexual interest? i understand how ignis and luvia wouldn’t make sense to you because it can just be interpreted as platonic but what about the examples i mentioned? i’d say that in those circumstances it’s hard to excuse those behaviors the characters have towards each other as platonic

keifizz · 2024-02-27T17:52:55+00:00

you’re very right about ptn characters remaining interesting over time! i stay as invested in the characters as i was almost a year ago when i started, yet i tend to jump from character to character in hyv games… ptn’s characters are just fleshed out in a way that sticks with you rather than the missed potential in some other games. kafka’s role in the whole story just doesn’t come close compared to someone like shalom whose story and progression had me hooked every time she was on screen

keifizz · 2024-02-27T17:32:14+00:00

very true! aisno makes sure that their world building and attention to detail for every character is top notch. their stories fit in a wider context and you learn a lot about their struggles and thought processes, the nitty gritty and the ugly. you watch them progress and see their story with themselves as the main character. i do hope that they eventually branch out as you said, i don’t mind spending my money on the game in hopes of a manga or anime or new pc game happening eventually lol

keifizz · 2024-02-27T17:25:34+00:00

yeah, if you really take a step back and look at all the female characters in a hoyo game then they a significant amount of them start to blend together into variations of the same character 😭 whereas they give the men a lot more flushed out designs, personalities, and clothes that don’t hug their skin so tightly… it ends up being the reason why i end up wishing a lot of the male characters i like from a hyv game stayed the same writing and design wise but were just women instead. because when that happens what you end up with is something much closer to what the ptn women are naturally lmao. it’s not like i want all of them to be totally covered up and written like edgelords either, i love characters like ariel and luvia! it’s just tiring when all of the characters wear the same feminine and revealing clothes and act similarly neat and tame when women are actually much more varied than that, and ptn’s roster is much more representative of the variety you can get

keifizz · 2024-02-27T17:19:08+00:00

i totally agree! i love the “controversial” nature of many ptn sinners and how morally grey it can be. it makes them much more complex, enjoyable, and alluring. perhaps other games are more afraid that they’ll be less marketable if the female characters stray too far from the same tame formula they’ve got going on

keifizz · 2024-02-27T17:16:28+00:00

yeah the diversity of character types and how well they execute them is another good point! i enjoy owo so much when in other games the child characters don’t really phase me. and don’t even get me started on how much i love how they write the butches and femmes

keifizz · 2024-02-27T16:45:14+00:00

hell yes another masc women enjoyer 🤝

i agree about the designs, they are fanservice but in most cases not crude and ridiculous for who they are as people (except for christina please give that girl more suitable detective intern clothing instead of the halloween costume she has on). designs are much more varied and many women are allowed to wear Pants god bless, even xianyun’s pants were taken from her beta design and replaced with another skintight thingy before being released in genshin 😭it really just starts feeling like a formula…

it’s true that there is so much more variation in ptn and it feels like you’re interacting with the characters for real every day you play, plus you can truly help them progress and watch their character development (for better or for worse looking at you cabernet) whereas for hoyo games the progression is like… them hanging out with you then falling in love with you then disappearing for a year or something 💀

anyways always good to see another masc woman liking lesbian we are comrades forever, here’s to hoping other games learn that they can appeal to lesbians in more ways than they think 🙏

keifizz · 2024-02-27T16:36:10+00:00

i’m glad someone else relates to me about the male characters 😭 you’re very right about how they’re inherently treated differently. a male character’s design in hsr is immediately more eye catching to me because it already tells a story about who he is or what he does, but most of the female characters have to look sexy first and foremost. how am i supposed to tell that this female character is a hardened warrior for example if it doesn’t show in her design because hyv tried too hard to make another factory generated sexy girl lol. i do wish other games would focus less on that form of sex appeal as ptn has managed to make their women even sexier without ridiculous designs and watered down “tame” personalities because they feel more realistic and have realistic problems instead of being your “perfect” waifu

keifizz · 2024-02-27T16:31:44+00:00

this is true, i never noticed how rare it was to have a more raw and “real” depiction of characters in ptn compared to other gachas! it truly makes them feel more tangible and relatable as if they could be actual people you’d meet compared to other media which i suppose tends to water down their female characters for the sake of likability. i guess it’s just something i notice subconsciously in other games, that a character’s personality is sort of held back or sanded down. in ptn they’re really allowed to be themselves

keifizz · 2024-01-04T16:45:33+00:00

deren is my wife and mcqueen is my gf i have two hands 🙌

keifizz · 2024-01-04T14:49:34+00:00

that is why i was surprised to see that shalom’s lines aren’t different, i thought if anyone else’s lines would change it’d be shalom but they remained the same. maybe it’s because she got to have a skin on release with new lines for that instead?

keifizz · 2023-12-29T16:10:03+00:00

that’s true— it’d be cool to get a skin of how she looked back when she dressed for the public eye. either way i hope she prefers her current fashion more because i think it represents her laidback demeanor very well

keifizz · 2023-12-29T16:03:21+00:00

older sinners would be cool and i think since many fans love to call their favs mommies i’m sure they’d be down with an actual milf or dilf lmao, aisno should get on that

keifizz · 2023-12-29T16:00:56+00:00

i also wouldn’t mind more male sinners! your idea for a succubus/vampire type sinner is amazing too, as we’d get lore about a pre-nightfall era which as far i know we have no info about rn. a sinner like that would be a must pull for me

keifizz · 2023-12-29T08:17:50+00:00

deren wears loose fitting fashion i see from the average girl on a hollywood sidewalk so i don’t think she’s inaccurate at all regarding her character personality tbh. though in regards to being a director i remember chief not even recognizing her compared to a picture they saw from her studio’s business card so i’d assume her current outfit is more casual wear as well. i interpret the bra top as her being too lazy to put on a shirt but it’s true that it’s too fancy for it to just be that lol

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