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[evelynpr]

With the idea of the og post, to me yandere!Ayaka just doesn't make sense because literally her main story is about being able to move on from losing the people she loves (most evidently her parents). Not only is she, you know, a sweet and loving person in general, she is Selfless.

She would never put her own needs above the traveler's because she loves how free, kind, and proactive they are in their life. For Ayaka to be the person to HOLD THEM BACK from that freedom is just a betrayal of who she is and the story she tells.

However, yandere!Ayaka CAN BE DONE WELL!!! Because a major theme for her is moving on from her past loved ones, BUT still yearning for her own freedom and happiness. She may be overly attached to the traveler, heck she almost idolizes them in her mind, so it would be interesting to see her fall back to her habit of overly attaching herself to someone in fear of losing them, and even using her political influence and "sweetness" to that effect. This is a cool and sexy concept if you do it well.

But like, you nearly never see that portrayal because the writing for most "just a nice girl" Genshin characters just flies over people's heads. Next thing you know there's a meme about how her banner might last forever, then leading to a joke of her being Overly Possessive of the traveler, then now she's a yandere because...Aether gets All the girls hahahaha sooooo funny. It's fine for memes okay, but actual characterization??? No? Can you not read?

I personally don't believe that "Aether harem" per say ruins everything (I mean I made a whole post about it), but its the "insultingly simplified characterization of female characters that align with the common harem trope" that makes Aether harem culture annoying to me. It's fitting these characters with such beautiful narratives and themes to such an objectifying and small mold, especially women.

do you ever read a take so bad you can't even be mad about it you're just like... ohhhhhh they must be stupid </3 so sad for them