#so i had to correct hoyo's mistake

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My Sigewinne redesign because the designers at hoyo are bunch of cowards, thank you for coming to my TED talk

[creampuffandcustard-universe]

Chapter 3:

Capitano stood at the edge of the battlefield, surveying the chaos that surrounded him. The air was thick with smoke, the sounds of clashing metal and distant shouts ringing in his ears. As the commander of the Fatui’s combat soldiers, he was used to the frenzy of battle, the adrenaline coursing through his veins as he led his troops with precision and authority. But today, something felt off.

Despite the chaos around him, his thoughts drifted elsewhere—specifically to Himari. It had been several days since he had last seen her, and the absence of her gentle presence left an uncharacteristic ache in his chest. He missed her calm demeanor, her reassuring smile, and the way her healing powers seemed to radiate warmth even in the coldest of moments.

“Captain!” a voice interrupted his thoughts, pulling him back to the present. It was Pantalone, the ever-ambitious second in command for this mission, striding toward him with a calculated confidence that always rubbed Capitano the wrong way. The man was a master of manipulation, always looking for an angle to exploit, and today was no different.

“What is it?” Capitano replied, his voice steady but edged with irritation.

“We’ve secured the perimeter, but there are still pockets of resistance,” Pantalone reported, a sly grin on his face. “I believe we can—”

“Himari, you take the left flank,” Capitano interrupted without thinking, his mind still lingering on thoughts of the Innamorata.

The moment the name slipped from his lips; silence fell between them. Pantalone’s eyes widened in confusion, his grin faltering. “Himari? You mean… me?”

Capitano’s expression hardened as he realized his mistake, the weight of awkwardness pressing down on him like the weight of his armor. He felt a rush of embarrassment, a rare crack in his stoic demeanor.

“No,” he corrected himself, the awkwardness thick in the air. “I meant… Pantalone. You. You take the left flank.”

Pantalone raised an eyebrow, a knowing smirk creeping back onto his face. “Ah, so you do miss her, then? How sweet.”

Capitano shot him a glare, the frustration bubbling beneath the surface. “Focus on the mission,” he snapped, trying to regain his composure.

Pantalone chuckled, clearly amused by the slip. “Of course, Captain. I’ll do my best to fill in for your beloved.”

With that, he turned and walked away, leaving Capitano to grapple with the remnants of his blunder. The battle roared around him, but all he could think about was how he had allowed himself to be distracted by thoughts of her.

Himari was not just an Innamorata; she was a beacon of light in the darkness, and her absence felt heavier than he would ever admit. Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, he refocused on the battlefield, reminding himself of his duty. But the image of her smile lingered, a constant reminder of what he fought to protect.

The journey back to Fatui headquarters was uneventful for most, but Capitano felt the weight of his earlier mistake still hanging over him like a storm cloud. He had slipped up in front of Pantalone, and now the smooth-talking harbinger had an advantage—an advantage he would surely exploit the moment they returned. Capitano dreaded the inevitable teasing but refused to show any outward concern.

As expected, the moment they arrived, Pantalone wasted no time in executing his plan.

Bursting through the doors, he rushed to Himari, an exaggerated expression of hurt on his face. “Innamorata! Oh, my dear Innamorata!” he called dramatically, causing several Fatui members to glance his way in confusion.

Himari, who had been peacefully tending to some minor wounds, looked up in surprise as Pantalone approached her with arms wide open, his face full of faux heartbreak. “Did you know? On the battlefield, your Captain, the great and powerful Capitano, called me Himari!” His voice was filled with mock sorrow. “How could he confuse me with you, the lovely Innamorata?”

Before Himari could respond, Capitano strode in, his heavy footsteps echoing through the hall. His dark eyes immediately locked onto Pantalone, who was now standing entirely too close to her for his liking.

Without a word, Capitano reached forward, grabbing Pantalone by the collar of his pristine coat, lifting him off the ground with one swift motion. It wasn’t exactly intentional, but Pantalone’s eyes widened in surprise as Capitano's grip tightened, the collar pressing uncomfortably against his throat.

“Enough,” Capitano growled, his voice low and dangerous.

Pantalone struggled for air, trying to keep his usual smirk in place but failing as he was slowly choked by Capitano's iron grip. “C-Captain, I—choke—I was only joking!” he sputtered, his face turning a light shade of red.

Himari, wide-eyed at first, quickly stifled a giggle. She had never seen Capitano so flustered, and the sight of him accidentally choking Pantalone over something so trivial was both shocking and amusing. A small smile crept onto her face, and despite her usual reserved nature, she couldn't help but tease him.

“Captain,” she said softly, amusement clear in her voice. “I didn’t realize you will miss me in the battlefield.”

Capitano froze, his grip on Pantalone loosening just enough for the man to gasp for air. Capitano turned his head toward Himari, and for a brief moment, there was a flash of something in his eyes—was it embarrassment? Annoyance? It was hard to tell, but Himari could see through his stoic demeanor.

Her teasing smile only grew wider, her eyes soft with playful mischief. “Did you really call him me on the battlefield?”

Capitano quickly released Pantalone, who staggered back, clutching his throat dramatically as he caught his breath. “I—I’ll be off now!” Pantalone managed, stumbling away, but not before shooting Capitano a knowing grin.

Capitano, his jaw tight, turned fully to face Himari. “It was a slip of the tongue,” he muttered, his deep voice firm yet somehow unconvincing.

Himari tilted her head slightly, still smiling at him. “A slip of the tongue?” she repeated, her tone light and teasing. “I’m honored, Captain. I didn’t know you thought about me so much.”

Capitano, clearly unused to this kind of playful teasing, shifted uncomfortably. “You’re reading too much into it,” he grumbled, crossing his arms, though his posture had softened slightly. “Focus on your work.”

But Himari only smiled wider, her soft laughter filling the space between them. “Of course, Captain,” she said sweetly, her eyes twinkling with humor. “I’ll be sure to keep that in mind.”

As she turned back to her duties, Capitano stood there for a moment, feeling an odd warmth settle in his chest. Despite the awkwardness and the teasing, he couldn’t help but feel a little… lighter.

Perhaps, he thought, there were worse things than having her on his mind.

Memento Mori 🌻

[lil-str33t-br4t]

"I'm the superest graffiti artist that you ever met >:3"

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Hii :3

This is an hsr oc account. This account is not associated with hoyo. Both oc and mod are minors. Every ask that includes nsfw, racism, homophobia and more, are ignored.

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About oc:

Name: Michael

Pronouns: He/him

Age: 11-12

Location: Penacony

Path: Destruction

Element: Ice

Weapon: His graffiti sprays (I know it's stupid...)

Personality: Michael is a very conceited boy. Most adults hate his behavior. He is an impudent, unmannered child. Trusts only few people. He likes to go incognito, it makes him feel like a criminal or something. He often argues with others and never lets him run out of arguments.

3 likes:

Graffiti

Pixel (his dog)

Getting compliments

3 dislikes:

When people order him

Sweet food

Get shouted at

3 headcanons (?):

He has trust issues

When he's bored, he talks to Pixel out loud, knowing that he doesn't understand him.

When he argues with someone, he uses the insults his parents used when they shouted at him. (I feel stupid writing this…)

Backstory: Michael had very strict parents. When he started going to school, he didn't care about getting good grades at all, he only cared about having fun. But while he was "having fun," he often skipped school to pursue his interests, much to the anger of his parents. His father often beat him, thinking the violence would make the kid see sense, and his mother didn't feed him dinner, but Michael didn't care about it anyway. One day he ran away from home, fed up with his family. He found it difficult to survive on his own, so he started stealing. He didn't always get away with it. Also during this time, he met a dog he called Pixel and who accompanies him to this day.

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About mod:

I go by she/her

!! I AM A MINOR !!

I'm 🇵🇱, so sorry if I make some mistakes while writing (you can correct me or not, I don't care actually

It takes me some time to reply, so sorry

I follow and like from @v4miiii

Blehh >:P

I'm so so SO sorry (<-- out of context, I just can't help myself)

[honeykaes]

**leaks mention**

Literally so fucking upset at the chibi pyro archon concept. A matador? Alright I guess. But skin as white as paper in Latin America and African inspired Natlan?? Was Natlan fucking colonized? Wtf— it shouldn’t be surprising for HoYo and their character design decisions but holy shit. I don’t think an actual dark-skinned or even tan character would bomb their sales like they think 💀

Not to mention Murata was my second favourite and most anticipated archon with the Tsaritsa being my first. *sigh* sorry for any negativity but it’s so sad to see pasty ass white characters left and right. Even in Liyue which represents my irl culture— plenty of Chinese people like myself have tan skin and it wouldn’t hurt them to at least have some melanin? Even in npcs? :(

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Yeah…. I’m not surprised at the faintest too. It’s funny because leakers confirm everyone else besides the archon herself will be tan/dark skinned.

Similarly how you feel, I was looking forward to an Afro Latina tanned skin archon. I was even gonna cosplay her. Now, I don’t think I even want to with her concept based on a matador.

I want to note to folks that this isn’t her final design, think of blue and white gaming, but probably in terms of what we’re getting skin wise because of HVY’s view of dark skin is seen as undesirable.

This happened in Sumeru. This happened with HSR whitewashing a Romani-coded Aventurine. It’s happening now.

It’s not even a “it’s China” excuse. Other games coming out from the country have had some amazing things in terms of of representation and diversity.

My one hope is we get at least a FEW characters with the correct skintone based in indigenous latino, and west African cultures

One thing you can count on is black and brown fans correcting HVY’s mistake at least.

[kaiser-s-bitch]

People don't comment on unrealistic hair and eyes because it's an anime-styled game. Of course they'll point out the skin tone when an overwhelming majority of the PLAYABLE cast is within the same, pale range. If you don't like the discourse, then you can mute it instead of dickriding for a company who only gives a shit about whales and shareholders. They're more than capable of ignoring the hate.

You did NOT say what you think you said, unless implying that Chinese companies are blissfully unaware of the global market and therefore exempt from any external criticism is genuinely what you meant. Plenty of other Chinese companies have darker skin tones in their games, the Hoyo executives just happen to be colorist.

And you might want to think twice before unironically saying "the Chinese" while defending questionable design choices. Just say "Chinese people" or "the Chinese market" for God's sake, you sound like a racist. Especially when you're being all high and mighty about people hating your pasty ass gacha game characters next to it.

TLDR: The skin tone discourse isn't that deep, you're just as annoying as the white people you're whining about. If you're so tired of it, then log off or get out of big fandom spaces because they're always arguing over something.

—A (non-Mainland) Chinese person

Thank you for sending this in, I understand and respect what you’re saying.

Like I said before, there’s probably a lot of pieces I’m missing because I didn’t dive THAT deep into it, I just got annoyed by the amount of people hating. The people complaining about it could also just log off instead, but of course I’m aware they won’t because ppl on the internet just love beef for some reason.

But I’m not trying to defend Hoyoverse or their "questionable design choices" here, I also clearly stated that I’d like it a lot more if the playable characters had darker skin tones as well. I only speculated that they might make more money this way because yes, as such a huge company, of course they care about "whales and shareholders". And if enough of the whales and shareholders would demand darker skin tones, we would get them.

I do apologize if me saying "the Chinese" sounded offensive in any way, English is not my native language and I am merely used to referring to people of any nationality that way because it’s quicker. I’ll make sure to correct my mistake, thank you for pointing it out. :)

[yllirya]

Again, I'm sorry if I came through offensive, I saw you meant no harm. But poor sad lizard man was slandered enough on social media this week. I also apologise if I make mistakes, English is not my first language.

As for Hoyo writing problem - all other nations have deeply messed up things, it's just we don't take those into our faces like we do in Fontaine. For clarity over this whole situation regarding Neuvillette, I wish they would give us more information about how things truly work. I hope that in 4.2, we can get some crumbs at least.

If I recall well, Neuvillette made a promise to Egeria before her passing. Maybe this is also part of the reason why he keeps to his side of the job that he was tasked with, not dealing with other sides. Maybe he simply knows that his word alone is now enough. We can see that Fontaine has changed for the better (from the past, his SQ) - but it is still rotten. From Neuvi's side, I just can't see him not trying - unless he has a very good reason why not. Or maybe he does try, but alone, he's swimming against the current. He has to keep his impartiality so I would guess he can't speak freely about a lot of matters.

Sorry for my confusion with the words. However, even if the Oratrice is the one who should be the jury - Neuvillette also does this part as well. He's not "just a judge". Mhy uses Iudex as an honorary title and Neuvillette's reach is bigger than a judge's would be. Even before he handles a sentence to the Oratrice, it is clear to everyone what's the verdict. Up until Childe, it was the Oratrice's verdict, yes, but also it was his as well. And if it's his and we know him, then what was the question? Guilty of...? I will try to explain below.

I'm truly trying to not be biased with my own HC and hear your side that Neuvi has actual power over deciding on the sentences. I wish him to have this, but I think there must be a very strict handbook as well. Otherwise, in many cases, I think he wouldn't be as conflicted as he is. We know that rains are more and more frequent - something must be off if the verdicts are also something that he agrees with (and he does, until Childe). So my thought is that his hands are tied.

Atm, Neuvillette stands for justice - but it's based on outdated laws, it's based on a legal system that allows kids in Meropide. How could Neuvillette send a kid to Meropide if there was another option? It goes so deeply against who he is. And Wrio was not the only child sent to Meropide (WQ, for example). But back to justice: just like Scylla stood for equity, just like it's Neuvi's talent book with a reason, his current position is somehow forcing him to do justice - that is not based on equity. Let it be laws, a handbook, or whatever else, but he is limited (and I can't wait to see him breaking free of this).

Equity, justice, order. This should be the correct lineup but atm the very first one is missing - imo this is Fontaine's problem.

I like your idea that Neuvi reduced Wrio's sentence to the bare minimum, as much as he was able. My take, but I can't believe he didn't give the lightest possible. I think Wrio didn't try to defend himself. He confessed everything then Neuvi - as always - made sure that all information was out in the court. Wrio had nothing more to say than Neuvi did because long silence or not, but he must have summarized the chain of events, as usual.

If anything, I can imagine Wrio thinking he should have gotten something more severe. He knows he did vigilante self-justice out of anger that was building up in him for years. Even in the hospital, Wrio thinks of himself as a new person and I think he's seeing a way to reborn and atone. He did justice that Fontaine failed to do, but he also did a crime that he should be paying for. I can't see him blaming Neuvi even for a second or thinking bad about him. Neuvi and his judgement is something Wrio trusts deeply - Neuvi never lies. He doesn't rest until it's all out and said in court and he stands for truth. He has a kind heart and he judges with impartiality. He is everything that Wrio didn't get from other adults. I think whatever his sentence is, Wrio is accepting it without a single word.

I think I partially covered the topic of your last question, but some more thoughts about it (and back to my question, the "guilty of...?"). Impartiality is such a keyword and cornerstone of the Chief Justice persona that Neuvillette takes upon himself, that imo he would not view cases differently from each other. If there are circumstances that can lighten a sentence, then he weighs all these and he has an immaculate inner scale that decides who and where falls on it. He doesn't make mistakes. He leaves his emotions out - when he almost didn't, during Vautrin's trial, his friend made sure he didn't make his biggest mistake. I think there aren't false verdicts. The questions at the court of Fontaine are simplified - this is why they cannot declare e.g. Wrio innocent. The question is: did someone commit a crime? If the answer is yes, then they are guilty. There's no refute. Their sentence may depend on what they've done and what else has happened. But Neuvi's decision in this is always impartial. He sacrifices his life and stops being his own person when he's the Chief Justice. This is unhealthy and it brought him over the 400y to be where he is now.

Considering they have all kinds of stupid laws, I bet they have one that says something about a sentence that one gets if they eat something that was the Archon's. I think Neuvi searched for a crime that had a 40-day sentence paired with and he could bring us in connection with it - not the other way around. This is rather a good example imo how stupid the system is (but also, this is not irl and it is not that detailed and we should not expect it to be that detailed).

I just wish to see Neuvi taking up his true role and 1. making the verdicts himself, 2. deciding on the sentences himself. If he stays in his position still. He has the divine right to do justice - but it will be based on equity, unlike now.

FORGOT TO MENTION IN MY LAST POST:

DILF WRIOTHESLEY TRUTHERS WE'VE WON

Character stories confirm he's like 40 ish... we're out of early-twenties impact.... also dad vibes with the melusines we knew that