#immernact fischl

[dkniade]

So between (the visual novel) Touchstarved’s Kuras ([kəˈraʃ] …?) and Genshin Impact’s Diluc (default outfit), Kaeya (alt outfit), Albedo, Fischl (default & alt outfit), Rosaria (alt outfit), Neuvillette, Yun Jin, Yaoyao…

Do I just really like characters with symmetric outfits, lots of metallic details, and a black/white/other colour/gold accent colour scheme (Yun Jin and Yaoyao don’t quite fit the pattern but their outfits are really colourful and cute...)

Yun Jin’s symmetry and values work well with the colour scheme of purple/pink (analogous) + red/yellow/blue (triad) accents,

And Yaoyao’s outfit just looks so soft and cuddly like a plushie with a bunch of warm analogous colours (yellow-green/yellow/orange/gold?) & dark neutral colours (dark-brown/white). A lot of shapes are repeated (sleeves and tassel are both white-to-beige; eyes, bells, and pouch are all round with warm colours)

[Kuras image from here / Here’s Genshin Impact wiki’s character list]

As for Inazuma characters, I’d say I like Kokomi and Yoimiya. But I wish they pushed the kimono part for Kokomi more and not have her look like she’s got a frilly swimsuit with thigh highs. If she’s known as a “Divine Priestess” and has water and dragon themes (not to be confused with Neuvillette as the Hydro Dragon), and one of her attacks is called 儀来羽衣 (Girai Hagoromo) in Japanese, hagoromo referring to “the kimono worn by celestial beings (tennin) that grants them the ability to fly, and thus ascend to heaven” (Elemental Burst trivia wiki page)— Then it’d be nice if her outfit looks more like a tennin’s.

As for Sumeru, I like Layla’s design (black/white/blue/gold again huh) but… if I didn’t know any better, I would’ve thought she’s a Knight of Favonius. However, according to this Reddit post, it seems Layla means night in Arabic, and Layla is the Arabic equivalent of Little Red Riding Hood? I wonder if that served for an inspiration behind her character’s concept. Aside from that, Kaveh’s design looks nice and uncluttered if not too pale. According to his page’s etymology section, “Kaveh (Persian: کاوه) is a name of Persian origin which is used as both a given name and a surname. One famous figure with this name is Kaveh the Blacksmith, a figure recorded in the Shahnamah who led an uprising against the serpent Zahhak, also known in Avestan as Azhi Dahāka and was the inspiration for Azhdaha.”