It is pretty simple, people, especially in China, wont pull as much for dark skinned characters. Does this suck? Sure it does but ultimately Hoyo wants to make money.

There's no romance as such, but it's pretty obvious Marcille and Falin have feelings for each other.

Puppies smell nice!

Grand.

last edited at Jul 14, 2024 1:46PM

i love them so much…

^ Thanks.

Need

@Adawal neither one of these characters are even shy. This is just the art. I'm not a fan of the ship, since they haven't said more than 3 sentences to each other

@Adawal neither one of these characters are even shy. This is just the art. I'm not a fan of the ship, since they haven't said more than 3 sentences to each other

@Adawal neither one of these characters are even shy. This is just the art. I'm not a fan of the ship, since they haven't said more than 3 sentences to each other

^A ship so ridiculous you gotta post 3 times about how it makes no sense!

Kidding, but you gotta admit that Firefly is adorable enough to pull whoever she wants, including an idol that she, March, and half the universe are fans of.

^ isnt this excuse already played out, where is the proof of this ever happening?

Colorism is a pretty well-known phenomena?

god she would wear that shirt

I really scoured the Penacony storyline to figure out why this ship is so popular, so you can imagine my surprise when I reached the end of the story and realized they never interact a single time. Can't complain, though, it's cute.

Not wanting to get into dedate, but as a stupid joke, when we saw the trailer, we say no one is tan cause they are children of the pyro archon (as a people) and thus are blessed with a natural burn resistance that make darker skin and tan hard to get. It also also why all Shnezayan burn easily :D

@moglius
Chinese Audiences lashing out against black characters is so ubiquitous and wide spread I could not do justice to its full extent, and therefore refer you to the Human Rights Watch release on the topic. As per Y. Yang et al's 2022 paper, the publishing industry shows "the preference for White skin color in East Asian characters in illustrations ", which "is a reflection of widespread colorism in East Asian countries, which refers to prejudicial and preferential treatment of people solely based on skin tones, with lighter skin evaluated more favorable than dark skin".
(It is necessary to understand that the Han-chinese see themselves as ethnically white, just not "caucasian white", especially in the variant strongly pushed by the current governing body.)
Furthermore, as per Y. Cheng "a relationship between two racially superior/inferior human groups is either implied or demonstrated in the narratives and discourses of such an interaction [between the Chinese and Africans] ".

Also compare the role of skin-whitening cosmetics in the east asian market (Korea too, Japan to a lesser but still significant extent). So whilst I can't find any publicly accessible investor reports of MiHoyo where they detail earnings on each character release (do these even exist in english? If anyone can get those, let me know anyhow), Fipse's theory is more than sound.

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^ well.... damn, i guess china is off of my list of countries to visit.

^ u feel me?? theyre so damn cute esp w the height gap

What are they doing?

^ ye me toooo

urghhh black haired girl is hot.

last edited at Jul 15, 2024 2:41PM

^They are making deer babies AKA Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantaning

^ Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantaning. Got it.

^^ I mean they are the OG. GGZ, IMPACT, Star Rail. They are in love in every universe.