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sir that’s my emotional support story that I’ve been working on for five years that still has no conceivable plot

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Dark Humor

Moze:*walks into room* Jiaoqiu.

Jiaoqiu:Moze? Ah, so you’re here. Your assassination skills have improved. I didn’t even seen you there.

Moze:….

Jiaoqiu:….Did you leave? Please don’t. I’m very bored.

Moze:I’ve noticed.

Jiaoqiu:Ah thank goodness, you’ve returned.

Moze:I never left!

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IT HAPPENED AGAIN WITH A DAMN SHADOW ROGUE

I was just hunting down some dust sprites hello???

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Did you ever want to see when was a post was posted and you accidentally fucking report it

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Memories from the previous summer events! Can’t believe it’s been almost four years now

Now we have another addition for this year brought to you by Nekomata-In-Boots!

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Man playing stardew on the phone and then on the pc is certainly an experience…

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I was just hunting down some dust sprites hello???

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Did i really just repeat the same 2 days over and over so the spring seeds grew more than 7 leeks, because granny evelyn wanted to show her husband that he is appreciated? Yes i did

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SEBASTIAN???

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My lil fairy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❄️

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Phantom Train

Caelus: *feeds some tickets in*

Purple Light shines

Train door opens:….

Caelus:Hmm, that’s odd. Why was it-

Bzzz Bzzz

Caelus:*pulls out phone*

Misha’s combat data has been acquired for simulated universe.

Caelus:Oh, right….

xxxxxx

Misha:Hey Caelus! This place looks amazing; wherever it is. I’m not quite sure. Wanna help me explore it?

Caelus:Sure thing. But let’s take our time. *smiles* No point in rushing, right?

Misha:Okay. That’s fine by me. Haha, we can walk and talk. Oh, by the way, I like your hat. It really suits you.

Caelus:You think so? Well thank you.

Misha:Your welcome. Personally I’m not sure I could pull a style like that off.

Caelus:Heh, you’d be surprised. If you ask me, I think it suits you just fine.

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I guess my issue with how she’s written is how she’s set up to be this absolute danger in the teaser and trailers only for it to flop. Also scara and childe face consequences for their action but arle went off scot-free?? I dont mind that she’s not wholly evil (heck my favorite hi3 character is a unhinged magician/blacksmith who still has some soft side) but her unhinged side should have been shown more.

I’d also want to see how she handles the first years she became a harbinger and new director of the Hearth because from what we’ve seen in the Inazuma wq, crucabena has a few loyal followers. Show her flaws more because lets be honest, those years under the previous director gotta leave some crude marks on her system

off note: but i feel like id be better if the animated short about her and clervie was released after her story quest instead of before to add more impact (heh) to how we feel about her

Hot take: arlecchino should have a more prominent presence in the fontaine aq because she’s literally just standing there most of the time. Also, archon or not, furina is a celebrity and arle’s attack on her is a serious crime

Say it one more time for the people in the back.

I can’t describe how utterly disappointed I am of Arlecchino as a character. Years of lore about the orphanage and multiple Fatui children describing the pain, and even running away just to die later really built up a reputation I don’t think they delivered on. Especially with the voice lines about her.

Then when she finally shows up, she talks mad shit, proclaims fate won’t easily have its way, then isn’t even in the room when the grand reveals and plans happen. Her people helped saved one town and she provided one piece of info. She didn’t have to work to get the gnosis because Skirk told Neuvillette to get rid of it.

Form me she was just incredibly underwhelming and the game chooses to pivot to the “Oh but she’s not so bad” angle after the year and a half of info.

Not to mention they really try to downplay how most of the orphans don’t really know what they’re getting into until later on when it’s too late to leave, yet despite that fact, they need to earn the right to leave which involves taking a substance that they might not be able to withstand. I can’t speak for everyone but where I’m from, that’s essentially gang rules. And I think what actually upsets me the most about this is she really has no allegiance to the Fatui so aside from funds, I really don’t see what was stopping her ditching the entire group and creating her own orphanage. It can still be a fucked up one in the sense that its goal is to ruin the Fatui, but why exactly did it have to be apart of it? Who even arrested her and why did she stick around long enough to get arrested?

All these gripes that I have and yet the game tries to sell how absolutely awesome she is and that she isn’t that bad of a person. It’s at this point I wish Hoyo just trusted the idea that they can make a horrible and unhinged person that will still get pulls. I wanted a cool evil woman. The more they tried making her caring, the less interesting she got for me.

Childe and Scara are actual menaces to society who worked more than her to get a gnosis. There also wasn’t a sharp contrast between lore hints and their in game presence. Hoyo said Scara was a sad and angry crazed fella and that’s what we dealt with. I’m not a fan of Childe but they played it straight with being the battle hungry family man. I like subverting expectations but I don’t really think that’s the strongest move to do when you’re trying to sell a character. Put the right label on the box if you’re going to allude to said box. Furina had character twists but is still very much in line with what we knew and experienced

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Keter suppression is basically just

A: I hope I don’t have to fight my evil shadow self today (again)

Abel, Abram & Adam: hey

A: No fucking way

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Lumine: Here. *gives Arlecchino a white tassel*

Arlecchino: … Is this a joke?

Lumine: >:( *points at Zhongli and Shinobu who are using black tassel and dark iron sword respectively*

Arlecchino: … Very well. I’ll play with the card I’ve been dealt with.

Lyney, using Amos’ Bow: Don’t worry, Father! If you’re lucky, Lumine might grab your weapon in the next rerun!

Lynette, using Skyward Blade: But it depends if she’s lucky or not. If not, you’ll end up using a mismatch weapon like Lyney.

Freminet, using Skyward Pride: … Father?

Arlecchino: …

Lumine: *walks away*

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The more I look at Arle’s shoes the more I wonder if the pain of wearing that thing is nothing compared to whatever her flame curse is doing to her