People are like "Ew that's a child you sickos!" but like, bruh - Look at that thing. There is nothing human about those proportions. This isn't a human child. It's some kind of hideous changeling, a humanoid abomination from beyond the stars sent to infiltrate our world, subvert our governments, and presumably steal all our brains to be put in jars for further study. The fact that it doesn't reflexively trigger the uncanny valley response is horrific in and of itself. It's already overcome our instinctual defense against infiltration. It's already in our homes and the halls of government. It's already won.

(I know the lizard people from space control our government thing is a white supremacist dog whistle for Jewish people. I actually spent a lot of time thinking about whether or not to post this because the whole genre of "Alien infiltrators" stories is so tied up in white supremacy, anti-communism, anti-immigration, racism, and so forth. But, eh. Dumb jokes about Genshin probably aren't harmful? But feel free to call me out if you think I should take it down or that there's aspects I'm missing.)

  • Eris235 [undecided]
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    2 years ago

    I can sometimes see the appeal in overdone eastern RPG aesthetics, even if I do prefer far more understated designs, like artistically. Like

    But good god, Genshin Impact just looks so, instinctively revolting to me. Its not as openly and unashamedly horny as, say, FATE. But that visual appeal does like, trigger my uncanny valley or something.

    Though, I get a similar vibe from a lot of Vtuber designs, which also seem crazy popular, so I guess its just not for me.