Hate when people reduce critique of invisigal to ship wars because i think the vast amount of critcism i've seen and that i have is about how she is written. And yes this does include the romance but largely because the writing of that is bad and it is weirdly inescapeable even if you choose the other romance.
The inclusion of the romance muddles the already weird and weak dynamic they're trying to set up with invisigal. Because its framed largely as her having crush on robert, like the inclusion of that dream was fucking weird. Like before that she feels more like a troubled teen who your stuck with because blonde blazer believes in her. She literally behaves like a child refusing to go to incidents you dispatch her to. Then you give her a pep talk in the park where shes smoking on a swing set like a moody teenager and she gives her weak i was born with villian powers spiel. Which i've said before is such bullshit when she's on a team with a literal demon from hell. People dont just think you'll creep on them because you can turn invisible you actively do that, its our introduction to you.
They just put this unnesscary weird sexual undertone in her story because even if you don't romance her she has a wet dream we have to watch and theres always shot of her looking like kicked dog when your romance with blazer is showcased. But actually before the dream she is constantly making gross and uncomfortable sexual jokes that are largely aimed at robert. She's like if oghren for dragon age was a manic pixie dream girl.
I honestly think the story they wanted to tell with her would have been better if she wasn't a romance and was actually as young as she acts. Like if she was an 18 or 19 year old who you're trying keep from going down a dark path. I also feel her story would have been better served if blazers role as a mentor to her was highlighted more. Because blazers the one who actually believes in her.
The only interestin thing about her to me is blonde blazers belief in her. I want to know why. Blazer feels like her dorky but beautiful and perfect older sister and even though she's the only one who believes in her, invisigal still resents her for being perfect.
I also don't buy into the whole but she has so much character development angle people go for with her. Because she really doesn't. She starts off really shitty and annoying and she might be slightly less shitty at the end. Compared to everyone else on the z-team fucking weak development.
Also everything she had to overcome was a prison of her own making. People think im gonna use my power to be a creep, you fucking do that. I was in debt to shroud because i needed augments to deal with my worsening asthma, you fucking smoke.
