Anon · 3mo
No offense to the male character enjoyers, buts its refreshing in ZZZ for a hoyogame to have more playable women simply because i am tired of shipping discourse in the hoyo fandom on who’s hand should hold who’s hand for m/m vs m/f or other m/m like its a fight but there is no set designated m/m paring so far unless you are Wise but he’s your mc anyways so its inevitable. Also its kinda nice to have more female characters be at least on par of discussion instead of the usual misogyny in hoyo fandoms, I think i enjoy the f/f and f/m being more prominent for the time being, as honestly i do not have a notp in this game since everyone pretty much has chemistry in their own faction, though i would love more cross faction ships! I wonder if when lycaon’s old friend ever becomes playable there will be a surge for m/m but lycaon is full on furry and there is an obvious height difference so it might be a gamble 🤔 (buts its werewolf x vampire aesthetic so who wouldn’t like that i mean kazuha x dead friend is still going on)
tbf the smaller ratio of male charas to female charas are bc at it's core, zzz appeals to the incels most. but the devs are not ignorant in knowing that there will be yumes and fujos playing the game, so there's lycaon (and seth is prime yaoi twink design AND pretty boy yumebait, it's just there's no male character to ship him with yet besides male mc bc he's only ever interacted with women so far, and has good chemistry with one woman in particular (jane), so idk what they were trying to do with him, but maybe when he's released, there'll be more fanservice in his trust events so the yumes and fujos can both have a good time lol)
but i agree on one thing that is refreshing there is no..... set formula on ships with zzz. no fandom-sanctioned tall w/w or m/m that you HAVE to ship or else, and that the devs will bait bc they know the formula. so in that sense, it is refreshing.
BUT at the same time, fanservice towards the player characters puts me off, bc it's not meant to be with the mc/proxy themselves (whether it's wise or belle since the trust events do not change depending on who) but the player controlling them. even with wise and belle having their own personalities, at the end of the day, they're just avatars for the player when it comes down to it and these trust events convinced me of that. it's honestly my least favourite part about gachas, so as a result, any ship including belle or wise is a notp for me (unless it's with each other)
then you got people saying the characters are all "unshippable," simply bc there is no set formula for shipping in this game as opposed to genshin, and everyone has stopped using their imaginations and creativity it seems.
tbh i was surprised when yaoi with lycaon and his ex-friend didn't hit off right away, but maybe its bc we neither know what he looks like nowadays, nor his name. but that's prime toxic yaoi right there. that said, when he does eventually make a proper appearance, i bet there's gonna be lycawise vs lycavamp friend discourse lmao
