#Besides who WOULDN'T want to wear an outfit based off their magic element. That's AWESOME. That's SICK as hell

[shima-draws]

hey, I was just reading your OC stuff and. hmm. I dont mean this in an agressive or mean way- doesnt it kinda sound like Genshin Impact lore? like, some of the designs even have the clips and details of the user's power/type- is it a ref on purpose? inspo-intended? [genuine curiosity- there's nothing 100% unseen in this world anyways, and some of the powers sound amazing]

I mean probably? But ATS has been a thing since I was a kid--a lot of the world building and lore was written before Genshin even came out. So if anything Genshin is snatching MY lore lol. The element system was actually inspired by Pokemon typings. Also I'm p sure Genshin isn't the only (or first) game that's done a 'your outfit is tied into what powers you have' kind of thing. That's been a design trope for AGES.

I will say tho that the actual outfit designs themselves are definitely inspired by Genshin and fantasy-esque outfits. I'm super in love with really intricate and detailed outfit design so I use a lot of that when I'm designing OCs

But yeah again I came up with the majority of this stuff way before Genshin was even released. I've been working on ATS for YEARS now, even before I had a tumblr account. Anything that happens to be too similar to Genshin is just a coincidence at this point. When you have a fantasy world with elemental powers, magic and gods, naturally it's going to share some basic concepts with some big hit fantasy media franchises. That's just an unavoidable fact, sadly