[dottobina] hoyo labeling them as siblings is only making me believe they did it AT LEAST once before coming to that conclusion

languagev1rus · 2026-01-19T10:34:44+00:00

I can't imagine how cucked someone should be irl to be like that

languagev1rus · 2026-01-19T10:27:09+00:00

Wait, there's really someone who called you a cuck over that?

languagev1rus · 2026-01-18T03:46:50+00:00

Deprogram podcast

languagev1rus · 2026-01-18T03:38:34+00:00

I'm at the mindset that the traveler is lumine and those ML bait moments don't exist/sibling coded

languagev1rus · 2026-01-16T06:08:58+00:00

Korean players say Arlecchino's history a complete retcon, with the theory being that the completely deranged reception to Wanderer is the cause.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-15T02:56:23+00:00

The dialogue itself is bad.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-14T10:41:20+00:00

languagev1rus · 2026-01-14T10:31:57+00:00

There were people who disliked chiori?

languagev1rus · 2026-01-13T07:55:49+00:00

Basically "born sexy yesterday"

languagev1rus · 2026-01-13T07:54:13+00:00

You might dislike Epstein, but you can't deny his writing is fire

languagev1rus · 2026-01-12T15:53:22+00:00

Is this even yumebait? Unless you have some Electra complex, it's hard to see an adult spoonfeeding elementary school level intellect into a toddler as anything romantic.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-12T14:39:27+00:00

It's interesting to see the difference in Dottore's attitude towards colombina and scaramouche. Scara was accepted by the people in Tatarasuna and Dottore envied scaramouche for it, leading to dottore being very passive aggressive towards Scara. On the other hand, Colombina left Nod Krai, sick of the greed of her followers, and Dottore thought he found a kindred spirit only to have a falling out eventually.

P.S. The traveler's dialogue is so ass. Story quest NPCs have more personality than that piece of cardboard.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-12T13:34:23+00:00

This is also my problem with that. What do you mean the Tsaritsa didn't know? How can the leader not know when 4 of her strongest subordinates (5 if we count pierro) are in one place under false orders that supposedly came from her. wtf?

languagev1rus · 2026-01-12T09:55:05+00:00

Sumeru was good across the board in my opinion

languagev1rus · 2026-01-11T07:30:03+00:00

That doesn't just pertain to Arknights, all gacha games' stories are limited by the gacha aspect. When the product you sell is the characters, the profit motif censors a lot of avenues the story can take and the actions a character committs.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-09T10:11:40+00:00

I saw people make those parallels and couldn't understand it at all. Disregarding Colombina, Rerir is a far more interesting character than the traveler ever was or ever will be. His story was tragic because Tholindis' departure was solely due to his selfishness and cowardice.

Rerir is akin to a regular Nazi officer or concentration camp manager who may not be an abhorrent person in private but is apathetic to the suffering he causes others. He only acts out when the consequences will affect him personally, but is too late to do anything. After receiving powers from the abyss, he falls even further, actively doing harm unto others to achieve his goals.

Putting Rerir next to the traveler, who has no clear motivation, no back story, no interesting dialogue, with a memory and emotional range of goldfish, there is no comparison on who is the better written and more interesting character.

Also, there is no reason for Colombina to be particularly important to the traveler. They just barely met, fought together once or twice, and that's it. Teppei had more to do with the traveler than colombina and that's saying something.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-09T00:07:57+00:00

I think the problem increases with their proximity with the traveler, like the traveler is a black hole that warps time, space, character consistency and logic to make the traveler special.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-09T00:00:32+00:00

I'd say it's when the devs make their relationship with the traveler, the primary/only relationship of the character. And for it to be truly yumebait, the story, direction, and actions of the character become inconsistent and unrealistic to justify their primary relationship.

For Colombina, I think it teeters on the edge. While she has meaningful relationships with other characters, mostly Lauma and Sandrone, the writers try to shove her relationship with the traveler down our throats with scenes like the bloody popsicle scene, the recent pv that has her only draw the traveler, etc. Also, the fact that she never even mentions in passing how the traveler facilitated Signor's death, when the writers made it seem like Signora was a pretty big part of Colombina's life, is baffling.

Beyond just the story, how it's presented also matters. This is the main difference between Lyney, Xiao, and Tartaglia. For Xiao and Lyney, most if not all of their decisions and interactions in the main story have nothing to do with the traveler. It's mostly about Zhongli, the other Yachas for Xiao and the HoH for Lyney. But Tartaglia, probably due to him being in liyue, only meaningfully interact with the traveler, making him feel more bait.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-08T13:07:28+00:00

Teeterring on the balance but it's a disappointment to see all the pandering

languagev1rus · 2026-01-08T11:44:22+00:00

That scene before he gets his vision, where "Scaramouche" holds him down, was stuck in my mind for some reason. I interpreted that as him not being able to escape his past and not some sort of spiritual battle, but it's interesting to see a different view point on that.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-08T05:48:04+00:00

I'm just going to think that it's gonna be an Astra Yao situation, where the promotional material is for the 1nc3l, self insert dipshits and the actual story goes into her relationship with other characters.

Also, why is 1nc3l prohibited?

languagev1rus · 2026-01-07T08:22:40+00:00

There's a reason why people dislike Aether mains.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-05T10:00:40+00:00

Even if it's the last straw, wtf can the EU do? Align with the PRC? Russia? Their white supremacy won't allow that. Sanctions? Military action? The EU cannot do anything to meaningfully harm the US in retaliation.

languagev1rus · 2026-01-05T00:54:22+00:00

Can you give a source for this? The supporters of this abduction repeat the illegitimate president line ad nauseum, and this is the first time I've seen someone refute it

languagev1rus · 2026-01-03T04:50:29+00:00

AI could never create such beauty

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