#dottore is utterly irredeemable and it would just be funny if they tried

[sleepless-rants]

hi sleepless!!!! I hope you’ve had a nice day so far!!!💜

I was wondering whether you think rhine’s gonna have the villain/antagonist redemption trope hoyo’s been doing for a ton of the harbingers (with justifying their actions or just. erasing them from irminsuil.) pulled on her — Or just stay the way she is, and have a ‘reluctant ally’ sort of situation with us.??

^^ (in the situation she’s made playable, obviously LMAO)

HIIII CREPE!!!!

For my own sanity and all of rhinenation's I really really hope its not the former. BUT but I do think that they can make us sympathise with her without making it seem like they're excusing all her actions (like they did with a certain inazuma archon story quest that we dont talk about. Literal worst rhinedottir nightmare.) Because her just being khaenri'ahn makes her story really tragic, save from whatever other things im sure happened to her pre cataclysm.

IRMINSUL ERASURE EUUUGHHHHGG THEY BETTER NOT. I dont think they can because of how lore heavy she is. At least not without re writing half the game files (copium). But yeah I really hope they put whoever wrote the fontaine story in charge of writing rhine. They can easily make it work and make her a "ally-not really-just tagging along- forced proximity" type character. OR. CHECK THIS OUT. they can stop pretending the traveler is this shining beacon of goodness (THEY'RE NOT FFS DO THESE PEOPLE NOT PLAY THEIR OWN GAME) and allow them to team up with some characters that are morally questionable or even evil!!!

Anyway I personally really like "Understandable but not excusable" type characters and I'm hoping that's what they do with rhine.