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daysincomplete · 7 months ago

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I don't even go here much anymore but I need somewhere to throw my thoughts re: Emilie (Genshin Impact)

Yes, a lot of people have been upset or disappointed that she looks less interesting mostly in comparison to the many leaked concept arts of her, and I've definitely seen a couple colour/other edits on her which looked amazing. For me, the hair colour throws me off a bit and I have some Choice Words about her top but the green of her dress is such a deeply satisfying shade of green that reminds me of velvet, and I enjoy how her outfit, alongside Neuvilette's description and other people's voicelines, paint what feels to be a deliberately curated picture of her.

While we can't know for sure what decisions were involved that resulted in them settling on the current official design, the perception on her is so unnecessarily dampened because of that potential "what could have been" that we weren't meant to see in the first place. If anything, looking at the variety of concept arts leaked, it's at least reassuring that the artists have that skill and freedom to depict a character in so many creative ways.

honestly I'm more interested in seeing how Emilie is as a character - most of other character's voicelines about her are in regards to her business than of her (with the exception of Chevreuse) and she's a "forensic cleaner"? ESPECIALLY since she's probably going to be involved with the Burning Artifact set???There are a lot more layers here I really wish to see more people explore here instead of, well, everything else going on. I'm sitting here imagining situations involving Emilie, Chiori and Chevreuse potentially on a case, or interactions between her and Lisa/Sucrose/Albedo as a chemist (and god forbid what happens when she's put together near the Pyro Folk)

I don't know if I'll pull for her (if I do, it'll be predominantly based on her kit) but I like seeing how artists depict a character once their design is drip marketed on Twitter and it's a bit annoying seeing that the media tab there is just predominantly people talking about the concept art instead

#mine #emilie #genshin impact #emilie genshin #look okay #my entire point of this really was just that #That Woman Knows How To Hide A Body #and casting aside any Yandere Depictions for the moment which people will no doubt eventually want to mess around with sooner or later #she knows you're glad she's on your side instead #I could be entirely wrong on the ball here but my first impressions is that she feels mysterious/evasive #in the sense that her skills as a chemist and making perfumes and knowing flowers etc help deliberately mask who she actually is #god I can imagine her being able to master a disguise with her expertise #she also could just be smug/popular and that's all but my point is her being mysterious/closed opens up so much more flavours of depictions #that I want to see in art or ao3 or etc #her and Ying'er would be great friends #I just want people to stop talking about Emilie (what could have been) and start talking about Emilie (what she could be)#she fels like a combination of Ying'er / Yae Miko / Lisa to me #but given how Chiori with her no-nonsense can work with her #I imagine she probably can switch on/off her Professional Persona well #okay bye #time to go back to my hiatus and mild not-so-shitposting art of Emilie that I wanted to see others explore

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