likely a remaining inazuma fan · 7d
there haven't been any really good ships since emk tbh. most of the new hoyo (especially hsr) ships feel so forced and deliberately made to bait people, like they don't write things like kagura's verity lore or put romantic puns in an item's name and price anymore...
me n friend occasionally bring this up, it rly feels like the majority of postsumeru ships in both gi and hsr feel manufactured to the core. almost neither of them will have the longevity of more elaborated baits like tartali, let alone sincerely written ships like eimiko.. not to say that all hsr ships are made in this vein, but many of them feel like that imo.. (giving multiple baits to one character and then moving onto the new character set), gi does this job better even though the themes are not as bold i guess.. idk i just feel rly disinterested in everything, the only post-eimiko ship that made me feel like I Could Theoretically invest myself in it was haikaveh but i successfully resisted.. and in hsr i just like jingheng the most and i think it’s mostly bcs its writing is reminiscent of eimiko/gi shipping model imo
