#HYV. WHEN I CATCH YOU HYV....

[caryscat]

they make me SICK

[anxiety-pickle]

ppl who defend Celestia/hate khaenri'ah are so funny to me bc like. how are you falling for in-game propaganda that is being actively proven wrong. Like even if you want to go the 'celestia is just morally gray'/'celestia is just doing this for the greater good' you would have to ignore the fact that they 1) genocided the entire dragon race (which are capable of both speech and culture as proven by neuvi's stash of illegally hidden vishaps under the opera house) and stole their planet and power AND tried to genocide Fontaine IN REAL TIME. ON SCREEN tried to drown fontaine.

Like i'm gonna hold your hand when I say this. Why would genociding Fontaine be for the greater good. Those oceanid people lived on teyvat for like a thousand years and nothing bad came from that. They were made of primordial sea water. Which is native to teyvat. Focalors literally said that Celestia is full of hypocritical assholes who punished the entirety of Fontaine for existing. And, if it was such a big deal, why couldn't they just.... make them human themselves? Like if they managed to create humankind why couldn't they just make Fontaine fully human?? Like you're gonna look me in my eyes and tell me that they needed to kill every innocent man woman and child in Fontaine bc they have an ego problem?? They stole the power of the primordial sea in the first place that shit belonged to Scylla!!! That's not even to mention what they did to dragonspine. Those ppl were minding their own business and then they got NUKED. Didn't send them a notice or anything. And orobashi??? they made that man khs like??? and for what! bombed tsurumi island, presumably bombed the chasm civilization, tried to trap the enkanomiyans underground to die so that they couldn't tell anybody that their gods STOLE the planet. But you want to talk about 'khaenri'ah deserved it they had weapons' bitch I'd have weapons too if a bunch of trigger-happy dictators could blow me up at any second what are you talking about??? As if every other nation doesn't have a literal WARLORD GOD protecting it. You're worried about khaenri'ahs mechs meanwhile venti is slashing mountaintops off. I'd want a weapon too jfc. You're gonna look at that and be like yeah celestia is totally in the right. Okay.

[marshroom580]

I TOO WAS ONCE KEPT IN SOMEONE’S HEART LIKE YOU????????? THOSE TRIVIAL MOMENTS ARE WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS????????????? WHAT ABOUT “THE WORLD MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT YOU” HUH? WHERE’S “IF RESCUING YOU IS A SIN I’LL GLADLY BECOME A SINNER”??? IM THROWING UP

[mikashisus]

so.

ur telling me…. that instead of hyv giving us a windblume festival…. they had an inazuma event with itto.

ur telling me that i could’ve witnessed my first ever windblume event THAT I DIDNT GET TO PLAY LAST YR CAUSE I STARTED THE GAME A MONTH AFTER but instead i have to see itto’s fucking face again.

ohhh you just made another enemy hoyoverse. how dare u take a mondstadt and venti event away from me.

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

OMGGSHSU

I love your blog I'm very Childe obsessed ever since he implanted himself in my brain wrinkles<3

ANYWAY. So, moth has front facing eyes.. eye? Whatever, anyway that means he's a predator so does he like stalk???

Like full on get all poofy and wiggle as he gets in position!! IF HE HAD PUPILS WOUKD THEY GET BIG WHEN HE FOCUSES? He's so silly I love him sm<33

Anyway, legacy stalking you around the house and pouncing when he wants attention 💯💯💯 So canon, I'm hyv.

moth's fluff gets SO poofy you don't even KNOW

usually Foul Legacy makes a point to greet you when you come home from work, even waiting in the adjacent room for you at times, but some days you'll return to a seemingly quiet house, only the sound of the clock ticking in your ears. you put down your bags... untie your shoes... walk through the hall... and suddenly the moment you step into the kitchen, Legacy pounces! he leaps at you, scooping you into his arms and spinning around with a delighted chirp before nuzzling his face into the crook of your neck, asking for scritches. he does his best to merely surprise you, not scare you, and if he does see you shaking he'll do his best to make up for it with gentle cuddles and nudges

sometimes you'll SEE him stalking you, his crystalline eye wide and focused and his fur all poofed up. Legacy doesn't stop just because you've seen him, either- he'll continue his slow approach, tilting his head and looking you directly in the eyes before he lunges. you just open your arms for a hug and Foul Legacy basically runs into them, wrapping his claws around your waist and letting out content rumbles when you bury your fingers in his lilac fluff. he wants snuggles and he wants them NOW, so you better not have anything planned, because Legacy simply picks you up and whisks you away to his blanket nest, settling you on his lap with a gentle croon and a headbump... looks like any work you have will have to be done with Legacy's arms around you

[sunlitsighs]

JIAOQIU JIAOQIU JIAOQIU JIAQIU FUCKINHUEHRJJRJRJRJ

[iyohme]

A six-tatami room, my pretty castle

A secret place nobody ought to enter (yeah)

-GHOST FOOD

I lied, have a brainworm and now i must spit it out

We know the confinement phase with the Wayne Family after the abduction, right? Right!

I raise: gamer reader with the mindset of 'Well, I get to live here for free (and I'd be a DUNCE to refuse in this economy,) so I might as well just make myself comfortable (or as comfortable as I can.)'

Dick and Tim can and will preen when you invite them to play multiplayer games. Casually ask them if they know so-and-so, then watch them either A.) listen to you yap about artifact drop rates in Genshin Impact (Tim), or B.) actively pull up their phone to google said game and immediately create an account (Dick).

With his analytical mind, Tim can and WILL enjoy Genshin's artifact farming and character building phase. Dude hates the open world exploration but is much more amenable to it if it's co-op with you, the favorite sibling. Thinks about rigging the game's code so you'll get the artifact drops you want, but decides against it because if HYV bans his account, then no more co-op exploration time with batsib :C. Dude might also enjoy indie RPGmaker games, especially ones with more complicated puzzles and mysteries.

Dick on the other hand has shit Genshin character builds. Tim bullies him for it. You build Dick's teams for him anyway because he has insane 50/50 pull luck, so who's laughing now? Prefers the open-world exploration aspect of the game with you, and his characters tend to run out of stamina and drown in the early phases lmao. Dick likes boss and domain runs; and to the trained eye, one can see that Nightwing might incorporate some of the more plausible moves of your mains into his fighting. Might also enjoy chill games like Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley!

Jason in one word is a genwunner. Dude is stuck in 'there are only 151 Pokémon' mode. Call him old-fashioned, but handheld consoles are the way to go for Red Hood: compact, can be carried, and you can play with them anytime and anywhere. When you pull up an emulator and explain that "Yeah, since the game isn't sold anywhere anymore, it's like a courtesy thing in fandom I guess, to distribute it discretely. Keeps the game alive. Still a form piracy though. Please don't tell Ba--uh, Dada."

We already know: Damian likes FPS games. Probably blocked by a lot of Valorant players with how sharp his tongue is. Still the best carry of all time though--only for his favorite, blood-related sibling (you). The rest can get sniped. Greyson and Todd, mostly. Would probably enjoy the newer Resident Evil series; though if you want, he would just about play any game with you. I imagine he'd like the horror, FPS, and art intersection in the Fatal Frame series.

Harmless secret and not-really crime with the new sibling he (lovingly) bullies (but no one else should bully)? Hell yeah. Watch him run through the damn mew glitch with one hand behind his back and catch you the three legendary bird Pokémon in record time. If forced to play a newer game, Jason would enjoy Bloodborne, probably. And HADES, especially if you mention how "Wow, you look a LOT like Prince Zagreus, big brother," watch him fold like a wet rag after giving you a noogie lmao. If you bargained really well, you could get him to play Zenless Zone Zero; dude would be a Billy Main. Also probably beats your ass in Tekken, so you bribe beg Damian to step in as proxy.

Because I play Hoyogames (and because you can co-op with up to three people in Genshin), I imagine Damian would also play with you. Being a child (despite being an assassin,) he'd definitely pick the opposite of whatever player character you choose. You chose Stelle? He gets Caelus. You choose Aether? He gets Lumine. You choose Belle? He chooses Wise. It's a comforting, smile-bringing thought to him, that you are siblings even inside fictional worlds. Any playable character with a canonical sibling that you get? He's getting the other pair. It'd be cute, except his team comps get messy, so you run it through tests. (All according to his plan, heheh.)

Cass is one step ahead of everyone and was probably the one to suss out your gaming hobby. She spots your collection of Visual Novels, and puts it to good practice to watch and read with you. Would probably enjoy VNs like Doki Doki Literature Club. Probably would also play Dungeon Exploration RPGs like Momodora and Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight. Has the uncanny ability to never get lost in game dungeons. Stuck in an area? Cass is on the case!

Bruce frowns upon too much gaming, so he regulates your game hours (and has a timetable for everyone) regarding which game to play. Alfred also enforces it. So does Barbara. You do get to wheedle him into playing Pokémon Sword or Shield with a bit of begging and "Look Dada, I named my Crobat after you!" watch him soften when he googles and sees that Crobat only evolves after maximum friendship levels. He might like psychological thriller mystery pointer games that can be played in increments like Fran Bow, maybe? And battle royale games like Tekken: Bruce has a competitive streak a mile wide and will not go easy on you. Is very smug upon winning. If you get him as a proxy in Tekken, Jason will bolt because he will not be betting about staying over for dinner. The match would be rigged in Bruce's favor anyway.

Barbara on the other hand, loves hack and slash games. Get her to play HADES and compete on who has the fastest runs, and she will take up the next few hours of the game time schedule, much to her smug delight. She'd also love the atmosphere of the indie RPG Horror Ib, I think? The whole surreal, comfortable horror interspersed with time limit puzzles really does get adrenaline flowing after all. Gets very alert when playing Chilla's Art games and side-scrollers like Tsugunohi. Subtle horror is very much up her alley.

All in all, isn't this quite a comfortable life? A bit lonely perhaps, you could say, but with a family who loves you above all else and endless games, what else could you need?

Stay with them.

They'll die without you, after all.

[ac-liveblogs]

The interview between Kinoko Nasu (head writer at Type Moon) and David Jiang (producer Honkai: Star Rail) is quite interesting. Though Jiang is not a writer himself and he himself doesn't get involved in story creation, so I do wonder why he was talking with Nasu...

The interview was mostly about what's taken into account when creating FGO and HSR.

Honkai Star Rail's director is a huge Type-Moon fanboy and has always been influenced by the Fate series since he was a teenager - even/especially in Star Rail, while Nasu plays Genshin Impact and is currently playing the Belobog chapter in Star Rail.

And yes. Clara and Svarog are a reference to Illya and Berserker, we been knew.

There was some interesting commentary early on from Jiang that said that the story-writing and gameplay divisions worked separately, which caused issues early on that needed to be resolved. Receiving confirmation about this is interesting, because it would explain a lot of the issues present in Genshin Impact that are mostly absent in HSR - a world that feels totally divorced from the playable characters that live in it, and - up until Fontaine - a lot of playable characters feeling somewhat disconnected from the plot they're meant to be in.

It was also very interesting to see Jiang start talking about marketing, surveys, meeting modern trends, design vs generating revenue etc. versus Nasu talking about his thoughts as an author and the importance of prioritising your ideal creative vision even if you end up needing to take those things into account as well... and how FGO doesn't incorporate modern trends but instead tries to create something that will be meaningful to the players.

It was also extremely funny seeing Nasu talk about how meta wasn't an important factor in FGO (true) - he just wanted people to care about the characters, and Jiang going "oh yeah we do that too!" ...like a liar.

Something Nasu said in response to Jiang talking about how the character designers at HYV take surveys or add character elements that they think 'might attract a new user group' into consideration struck a chord with me though;

Nasu-sensei: This reminds me of an interview I read about "Street Fighter II," where the interviewer asked, "Why did the game include a character like Zangief?" And the response from the interviewee was, "Once you have a character like Zangief for comparison, characters like Ryu with an average physique become even more eye-catching." In other words, a creative work cannot only have popular characters. If we make a fetish black hole, the diversity of the world suffers.. In terms of results, even protagonist-like characters that are somewhat lacking in personality can have their own unique features.

Which speaks to an understanding of a need for variety in design and personality that HYV consistently fails to achieve. HYV has no characters like Blackbeard, Zhang Jue... or even Li Shuwen. It has pretty girls, pretty boys, and younger characters.

Jiang talked proudly about how HSR risks lowering their revenue by daring to include characters like Qingque and Guinafen in the hopes they might attract a new market, but Nasu says 'well, we think about the themes of our stories and what the characters need to be, as well as the kinds of characters we want to write'.

Nasu also plainly outlining the variety of different elements a writer needs to incorporate into a story - including the importance of each character having their own storyline to engage the players, super simple stuff! - is something I dearly hope HYV keeps in mind. HSR has less of an issue with these concepts than Genshin does, but there are several shared weaknesses between the two works.

I can only hope that HYV is taking notes instead of nodding like it already understands the things he's saying - because it does not, and it could stand to listen. I believe that the world Nasu created in Fairy Britain, despite having a lot less to it, is stronger than any single region in either Genshin Impact or Honkai Star Rail because it, the stories told in it and the characters there, are all thematically consistent and inform each other in interesting ways at all points during the chapter.

I think Belobog achieved a base level of cohesion, but Xianzhou Luofu was a shitshow and Penacony... better pick up soon. Haha. (Jiang describing Xianzhou Luofu as "captivating" though. Bro. Bro Xianzhou Luofu was terrible, what are you talking abou-)

I like reading Nasu talk about the writing process and the things he's enthusiastic about. I don't always like or agree with Type-Moon's decisions or products, but Nasu always strikes me as a down to earth guy that's truly passionate about what he creates and the works he consumes. Jiang seems to have had a lot less to say, though that seems to be because he is... as he himself admits, not a writer.

The two companies seem to have been in talks, so I'm curious to see what comes of it.

[rubberduckyrye]

Struggling to sleep but I've been seeing rumors that Dottore will be playable and get done kind of redemption arc like Childe and Wanderer.

Problem with that.

One: Childe never got a redemption arc. Hes just a very charming character who is a likeable antagonist. But also, as the 11th harbinger, hes still just a cog in the machine. Always has been.

Two: Wanderer's redemption is less about "redeeming" him and more about how this poor fucking guy couldn't catch a break and eventually he snapped, was manipulated and abused and tortured for centuries and is an allegory for abuse victims in general who acted out in horrible ways but are on the path to recovery after finding someone willing to let them have that safe space to do so. I see this less as a redemption arc because even as "Scaramouche", he HAD kind traits associated to him (like according to some lore he was kind to kids and elderly folk) so this story is about rehabilitation and recovery and less about redemption.

Three: While rehabilitation is overall the ideal for criminals rather than harsh punishment and imprisonment, when you have a character like Dottore--who, if Wanderer/Scaramouche is an allegory for an abuse victim in recovery--then Dottore is an allegory of an abuser. And not just any old abuser--a serial abuser. A selfish man who is arrogant and likes to hear himself talk who all lives in danger for his selfish aspiration for experimentation. A man who does not care for children or elderly people, only for himself... you can kind of see where I'm going with this. These are two very fundamentally different kinds of "bad"--Scaramouche was a bad person, yes, but he wasn't what I personally would consider to be "evil". Then you have Dottore who is evil, borderline a predator in behavior and in practice. I don't think he has any right or reason to be doing what he is doing.

As in. I havent seen a whole lot of redemption arcs for these kinds of characters done right. That's a big point of concern.

Another big point of concern is, I'm sure Dottore has his reasons for doing these things, it has yet to be revealed what those reasons are, aside from "Mad scientist wants to do horrible science" and for his own selfish gain.

His motivations don't line up for a redemption arc is what I'm getting at.

I really hope HYV doesn't. Try to redeem Dottore. Like I really hope they don't try. Just make him playable as he is people love a fucked up mad scientist you dont need to make every playable character the Traveler's friend PLEASE for the love of god.

And it's not that I dont have faith in the writing team to tell a good story (well... I dont exactly have full trust in them after the disaster that was the Sumeru Interlude Quest, but that's beside the point) but I have. Literally never seen a character who is a symbol of evil (i.e. the man has no redeeming qualities in personality, no apparent kindness or even willing to change his ways) redeemed in a good, tasteful, and thoughtful way. Like ironically I think the closest I've seen was... Teppei from Higurashi GOU/SOTSU. And that was incredibly muddied by the fact that Satoko herself became that kind of "evil" that wasn't truly redeemed by the end. Even that left a bad taste in my mouth.

So I just hope Dottore, if hes playable... idk. Don't try to redeem him, I don't think it's possible to redeem characters who symbolize the peak of humanity's "evil" so I don't want HYV to try. Like either keep him to be a terrible awful man or give us a fresh new Segment gone rogue who doesn't have anything like that attached to him.

It would be FAR more interesting of an allegory to me if they went for the latter route, actually. Kind of like, a family member of that "irredeemable evil" who now has that tied to them as a sin of the person they are related to but not themselves guilty of. It could be fun to see how HYV would treat such a character, and if done right, it could be a really fun way to explore how people (especially victims) often associate family members of abusers to the abuse they carried out but actually had no part of.

Anyway that's my 3AM rant of the day. I have Insomnia. Can you tell?

[baeshijima]

I JUST FINISHED PLAYING THE EVENT QUEST AND PLEASE THAT ENDING WAS SOOOO CUUUTTEEEEE

The cutscene reminded me too much of the teaser, I was holding my breath in shock and worried it would take a sad turn, but it was soo sweet!!!!

And the picture frame we got, I LOVE IT!!!! I LOVE IT SO MUCH, IT WAS SO FUN PLAYING THROUGH THE QUEST

The whole Kaveh being worried Mehrak had a mechanical existential crisis, and then him blaming Alhaitham drove away the cutie like pls lmaooo (on second thought... imagine being half awake on your way to get a coffee and seeing a toolbox float past you like it was nothing LMAO... so many mehrak headcanons swirling in my head like a cup in the microwave)

The number of jokes Cyno dropped, please it was so fun hehe, and I was so surprised to see Sorush, and then Traveler in the outfit in the cutscene like omg we're being robbed, first the flower crown the aranara gave us and then this... why hoyo why...

(Is it obvious I love the Sumeru cast a lot? Hehe, can't help it I guess, I'm too biased towards Sumeru and Fontaine characters...)

(On second thought, yours is favourite genshin tumblr blog, but was the Alhaitham theme, and now the Neuvillette theme just a halo effect? Lmao jk, you're a super fun person hehe!!! And your writing *chef's kiss* wonderful!!!!!)

🍀

I CAN ANSWER THIS NOW THAT IVE DONE THE EVENT HEHE

and pls i was the same during the cutscene.... when i first saw the style and with her waking up and it being her bday i was like no... pls let her be happy... dont do this to us rn hyv... no more pain while on the natlan aq break... AND THEN IT WAS SO SO CUTE AND OURGHHH !! and oh my gosh the picture frame.... genuinely love it so so much (cough i now have a picture frame with haitham beloved and it will be put in a special place in my teapot home cough) but it wouldve been even better with wanderer and layla 🫠

AND YES THE WORRIED MOTHER KAVEH & CURIOUS CHILD MEHRAK INTERACTIONS WERE SO !!! im glad we got to see more of kaveh and his dynamic with mehrak tho !! and him blaming alhaitham was so funny pls 😭 catching strays only to uno reverse them fr <//3 (if that were me on god i would chalk it up to sleep deprivation and pass it off as a hallucination LMAO but knowing mehrak it would literally just float there and smile at whoever was staring at it long enough and then continue what it was doing 😭)

cyno with his jokes.... while paimon didnt appreciate them, I did. and the fact he had them prepared in the back of his mind for our return so he could use them.... sobs hes so precious.... and his lil spark of joy at the end of the quest before taking the photo when he wanted to play genius invokation tcg with everyone and tighnari using collei as an escape, sethos wishing he had a collei to use as an escape and alhaitham and kaveh probably just walking away 😭

SORUSH AND THE PARI AND THE ARANARA !!!! the gasp i gasped when i heard the pari speak like???? HELLO???? i thought we would finally get aranara voice but there was none 😔 AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON THE TRAVELER OUTFITS AAAAAA both of the twins looked so good... pls we need it as a free skin.... or at the very least have more regional events from now on where they wear the nations style of clothing... manifests next lantern rite for cloud retainer to make us clothes..... pls.....

[minnaci]

hi min! i’m really curious now what are your favourite quests in genshin? <3 be it an archon quest, maybe character’s story quest… i would love to know!

hi manu!! ohhhh there r SO many that i have really really enjoyed i honestly probably would be better off making a tier list of them shdjdkf BUT for now i think i'll list a few under the cut just in case ppl r still trying to avoid spoilers from earlier content.

warning for spoilers and yapping ahead!

sumeru archon quest (acts i-v)

i tried to narrow it down to a few acts, but the entire chapter was truly so so good!! i loved the intrigue, i loved the mystery, and obviously i also love my polycule cyno/tighnari/haitham/kaveh :3 im also a dottore enjoyer so seeing him slime his way around sumeru was incredibly arousing enjoyable for me LMAO. i think the pacing of the quests were good (with steadily rising tensions up until the climax of the quest in act v: akasha pulses, kalpa flame rises) and i have always had a soft spot for academia and academic politics, so this was a favorite for sure. the cutscenes were all beautifully done and the plot twists were often genuinely surprising to me (and even when they weren't, i felt a huge sense of excitement that what i hoped would happen was happening). the music was also top notch.

i think the sumeru chapter was so engaging to me because i was deeply invested in every character i saw on screen. i love tighnari and cyno. i adore haitham and kaveh. dottore and scaramouche are my lil stinkies. so it was like... just a feast for my eyes getting to see my favs interact with each other and also the plot. i felt so incredibly spoilt in the best way the whole time. and of course i will never and i mean NEVER forget haitham's short-lived acting career!!!

fontaine archon quest (acts iv-vi)

the earlier acts of the fontaine quest felt a bit more expositional (which was definitely crucial for setting up the huge emotional punch of the later acts) but what can i say? im a boy who enjoys his climaxes (lol). after the sumeru archon quest, i thought there was no way that hyv could possibly write another archon quest that felt as exciting and complex, but they proved me wrong and i was honestly so so impressed with how they handled furina's arc. the emphasis on performance and being forced to act in a way that is not the truest version of yourself for the greater good of the people you love really hit me hard. it was so heartwrenching to me to see how alone furina felt for years and years and years. i felt that the climax of the story (act v) was absolutely deserved after all the buildup, and ofc i enjoyed the khaenri'ah lore drop and seeing our wayward sibling again (act vi).

interlude chapter: act ii (perilous trail)

god, in my heart i will always always always have a soft spot for liyue, but this quest in particular hurt my soul in the best way as a zhongxiao (zhongli and xiao) shipper and a secret xiao kinnie. usually, the interlude quests tend not to catch my attention super much, but with the star-studded cast (itto??? YELAN??????) and the unsettling aura of the chasm it made for a very tense, fun, and memorable playthrough. i started playing the game all those years ago For Xiao and to see him so ready to sacrifice himself... so ready to accept his own death.... only to be rescued at the last second by his literal lord and savior... the only one left who could fully understand the extent of his loss... it just really stuck with me. the cutscene where xiao is being enveloped in zhongli's golden light still makes me emotional even thinking about it. again i am a bit of a. zhongxiao shipper. so this is likely just my shipping goggles but i remember how viscerally i squeaked and sobbed when i saw zhongli had been the one to save xiao.

character quest lightning round!

(i've yapped enough but here's an incomplete list of character quests i really enjoyed— i'd list like 90% of them if i could whdjfj)

haitham!!! haitham haitham haitham!!!! (this quest is my roman empire tbh)

kazuha :') my boy

xiao (ofc)

zhongli, both acts

ei, act 2

cyno, act 1 (haven't played act 2 yet... saving it for a rainy day)

hu tao (surprising! but i liked the depth it gave her character)

nahida (both parts but esp act 1)

finally... last but definitely not least.... wriothesley.... damn...

events: a quick note

i think my favs would be the usual suspects: every single lantern rite (im chinese lol it's practically an obligation /lh /j), THE INTERDARSHAN CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!, the irodori festival, the golden island archipelago event (midsummer island adventure).

[romaritimeharbor]

hoyo stop being scared of melanin challenge impossible....... (also ik u said ur not caught up with natlan stuff but. what is mavuika's design... it's not like ugly but it doesn't fit genshin for me idk 😭)

also shaking your hands about losing interest in genshin,, haven't opened this game in several months i wanna catch up with all story quests and stuff i miss when i enjoyed playing it!! i wanna finish the story!! but rn i'm just. not excited for natlan and idk 😭 (i will probably play through the main story once it comes out! but.............)

FR hyv what are you afraid of!!!!! hyv grow up and get the fuck over your weird aversion to melanin challenge challenge (impossible)

i definitely agree that she doesn't look like a genshin character but i love her design tbh. mavuika i am your biggest fan (<- knows literally nothing about her). she kinda looks like she came out of the hsrverse LMAO

i really am just waiting to finish the main story atp. like. after that? idk i might never actually touch the game itself again. it was fun to play while it lasted but the interest is slowly fading away

[marshroom580]

I JUST REALIZED IN 17-12 THE LAST STAGE OF THUNDER OVER NAGAZORA KIANA HAS MEI AS HER STIGMATA, HYV WHEN I CATCH YOU HYV

[outivv]

Okay, look. I found your post because it was in the ToT tag, and while I agree with the sentiment, it doesn't do the movement any favors to bomb all Hoyoverse Games overall. If lay people look at the movement and don't understand why it's being bombed, then all that's been done is drive people to their fandom corners.

This happened years ago. People who were with Genshin before over the anniversary debacle a couple of years ago did it too, but nothing changed except the large amounts of hate sent to people who were Themis players.

Change may happen, but only if there's a clear and concerted effort, and if it's clear to Hoyo why games are being bombed.

To that end, if you and other readers insist on bombing other Hoyoverse games like Themis, then I hope that the critiques made (and of the low rating itself), tie itself back to Themis, rather than Genshin or HSR to make a stronger argument to the devs of the game and lay people reading the reviews.

I don't know if the development team who work on Themis also work on ZZZ, HSR, or Genshin. Maybe these games share developers. Maybe they don't.

If the developers aren't shared among the different games, then a blanket bomb with no explanation or an explanation that only relates to a different game may not be taken seriously by the dev teams for the games.

In my opinion, I think it would be easier to drive people towards the movement against colorism in Hoyoverse games, by pointing out the colorism and tying it back to the game itself. (I.e. There's colorism in this certain part of the game, and it makes me feel uncomfortable, etc.)

With a nuanced review, people could read thoughtful reviews, understand what is being protested against, and then act as a warning for people who decide to download the game. In addition, I think it would be easier to make the game developers (for their respective games) take the issue more seriously. Not to mention, having a thoughtful comment also makes it harder to flag a comment for spam.

So in the case of Tears of Themis, for a good while, people have brought up the colorism that occurs in Themis when it comes to various past events. The biggest ones being Romantic Rail Getaway, and the Secrets of the Tomb - which are inspired by real life locations.

So for further reading and research, I would recommend checking out some of these posts so that any critiques of Themis stay grounded within the game itself and in service of the bigger picture of colorism in Hoyoverse games, rather than comments and critiques blanket bombing games.

[Regarding Romatic Rail Getaway in game event] https://www.tumblr.com/obei-me/668539823841263616/reading-mariuss-rrg-story-stuff-finally-catching?source=share

[ Regarding another in-game event, Themis put out called Electrifying Night] https://www.tumblr.com/sweetcinnamonlove/679939710597169152/sweetcinnamonlove-rant-and-me-just-rambling-it?source=share

[Regarding the Secrets of the Tomb in-game event] https://www.tumblr.com/joeyglowy/683004535124443136/the-problem-with-sott?source=share

No, no, I agree! That’s what I was trying to like kinda say, or if I thought it would be obvious that when reviewing a Hoyoverse game that you should focus on the individual game issues, because all of the games have their own issues, which I have talked about before multiple times so I’m not gonna do it again cause I am TIRED BAHAHAB.

Hoyoverse as a whole has been extremely racist and colorist, so it doesn’t matter if the independent dev team who works on ToT also work on zzz, hsr, and genshin- because it is a company issue overall, and like you said ToT has had issues with colorism and racism in the past with previous events. I stopped playing ToT a long time ago, but even I know vaguely about these things because it’s just a shared fandom space across all Hyv games.

The reason for the review bombing is to stick to Hyv games, target the individual game’s problems while bringing attention to the company that this is a company wide thing, and also to lower the rating of the games overall because that is what scares Hyv. They care when their rating goes down, and when they don’t make as much money- so that’s why boycotting and review bombing are such important things to get change from Hoyoverse.

I do overall agree, we should be organized in the movement, but I’m just a one man band- so it’s hard for me to organize people on tumblr, especially because a lot of the discussion on the boycott is on Twitter. I’m mainly focusing on just informing and educating, and discussing the issues with Hyv since most of my account is based around Hyv games. I recommend looking at #HYVboycott, and following @ HYVBoycott on Twitter, just for a lot of info and their petition!!

[silkflovvers]

Anything related to your modern AU's would be a delight to read! However, if you prefer something more specific, Dainkaebedo is the first thing that comes to mind <: Also, of course, happy birthday to Albedo!! Praying for another lore-dump this winter

Rubs my hands together.

The only non-spicy dainkaebedo I have is a really short post-spicy scene, so I will share this for now. If you want the spicy scene, asks are open until Sept 14th 12am EST 👀

And yes!!! Begging for the yearly Albedo winter event to return. Hyv really screwed the Albedo fans over last year.....

"Modern AU V1 WIP (2/??)"

Rating: T (nothing spicy is shown, but very implied) Ship: Kaebedo Tags: Modern AU V1, morning after, implied threesome, past Dainbedo (friends with benefits)

“Mmmnh…” Albedo scrunched his nose. His back and hip joints hurt. His throat was so dry it felt like he was swallowing thumbtacks. Slowly, he cracked an eye open as he registered soft kisses being pressed against his back in neat rows. There was warmth that could only come from a body under his cheek. He was most definitely laying halfway on top of someone. So then, who was kissing his back? And who was lazily playing with his hair? He blinked the eye that wasn’t squished against someone’s chest a couple times to get it to focus. 

“Mmm?” The sight of pale skin and lichtenberg figures made his eyebrows furrow. 

“Good morning, little star.”

“Dainsleif?” He croaked, wincing at the immediate sting it caused. A warm hand smoothed over his stomach and a kiss was pressed against the back of his neck.

“Kaeya told me you would want me to stay, had you been awake enough to ask me last night.” He offered as he brushed Albedo’s hair out of his eyes.

He turned his head to catch a quick wink from his partner. With a deep breath through his nose, he laid his head back on Dainsleif’s chest. Kaeya’s lips curled into a smile against his shoulder.

“How are you feeling?” Kaeya’s question fanned across his shoulder blade in a warm breath.

“Throat… hurts..” Albedo forced the words out.

“Do you want some water?” Dainsleif asked, one hand already reaching for the cup on the nightstand. Albedo nodded. Kaeya pulled away to let his partner prop himself up enough to drink something without spilling it everywhere. The eldest handed the glass to Albedo.

It hurt to swallow, but as soon as he had the cup against his lips, he decided he was going to drink it all.

“I’m not surprised you’re so thirsty. You lost a lot of fluids last night and fell asleep before we could get you to drink anything.” Kaeya said as he kneaded the blond’s upper thigh with his fingers. Albedo glanced at him as he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. Dainsleif took the empty glass from him and set it back on the nightstand. 

Albedo cleared his throat. Still sore, but less dry. 

“Other than being thirsty, how do you feel?” Kaeya asked again, curling his arm back around his partner’s waist when he laid back down.

“Mm…” Albedo rested his head on Dainsleif’s shoulder with a hum. “I’m sore from the waist down. And sweaty. And…” He averted the older blond’s eyes. “I’m… still really sensitive… down there.”

“Sorry, I was probably sucking and biting a little too hard there at the end…”  Kaeya quietly apologized.

“It’s okay, I liked it.” He admitted as he traced a fingertip over Dainsleif’s scars, like he used to during their arrangement.

“Okay then, emotionally how are you feeling?”

“Content?”

“No regrets or anything upsetting you about this?” Dainsleif asked.

“...No. I wish.. I had joined in sooner, but that’s all.”

“Is this something you’d like to try again?” Kaeya tucked his chin over Albedo’s shoulder as he spoke.

“Only if Dainsleif is willing to join us again.” Albedo closed his eyes and traced the rest of the patterns from memory.

“I’d gladly join you for another romp.” Dainsleif kissed the top of Albedo’s head. “You’ll just have to let me know ahead of time so I can rearrange my schedule.”

[mymarifae]

hi millie im so sorry about that :(( heres some questions , feel free to answer or not answer whatever ones youd like 1. whats one of your favorite tv shows you watched as a kid? 2. what's a pjsk event you wish you played more during? 3. what's a movie you like but know isn't very "objectively" good? 4. any appearance hcs for adventurine ? 5. any wishes for the upcoming l/n and vbs collab live? <33 giving you a hug and your favorite food with my mind powers

thank you for sending this in, lovely 💖💗 sorry my "can't answer asks" disease struck once more. UM

1. my little pony and invader zim are like, the only shows i regularly watched when i was a kid. never been much of a tv person

2. get over it! i meant to tier a Little Bit but i forgot to 💀 sorry saki.

3. uhhhhhh i don't think i watch enough movies to answer this. i don't even know what my favorite movie is off the top of my head 😭

4. !!!! first off give that man his melanin. he is brown!!!! i'd have to draw him (hyv designs are intimidating i've been Afraid to draw any of these guys LOL) and mess with the colors so they don't blend together too much / clash but i think his hair is less Blonde and more of a blonde-leaning light brown. also it's curly :)

he has a lot of scars, but almost all of them are covered by his clothes, gloves, and his heavy watches and bracelets. i think it'd be cute if he had freckles... not very many. a few splashed on his cheeks (he hides them with foundation... you can only see them if you catch him right after waking up, or after a Very long day and his makeup has started smudging) and some here and there across the rest of his body. and this isn't exactly appearance related but i wanna say that all the jewelry he wears minus his watch is stuff he made himself ^^

5. oh i don't even know. like, i have no idea what to Begin to expect from something like this? i generally don't tune into prsk lives... this will be the first one i'll be sitting down to watch from start to finish, so. I Don't Know. it'd be cool if they swap covers or perform them together or something... i've always dreamed of hearing a leoni daybreak frontline cover. i'll be very happy no matter what though this is the best thing they could have ever done