people in the genshin community flaming candybbug who made the genshin criticizing video is so ridiculous it's crazy. the way everyone responded to it and other creators going out of their way to respond negatively to the video made me prepare for the absolute worse. then.... it's just her opinion. i personally really enjoyed the video even as i was expecting something horrible.
i'm not even going to lie and say "maybe just poorly worded" because it's not, y'all just dont like hearing someone not express their opinion in an overly polite way, tip toeing on ice not to offend anyone.
and don't get me STARTED on the controversies that everyone is flaming her for. y'all said her take on linnea was a massive reach, but everyones take on the video was just reaching too. like, i read a comment hating on her for saying navia is a slut, then when i got to that part in the video she actually was COMPLIMENTING her design. she just said that it's a sluttier version of a french gown, but anyone with a brain can realize she just means a more revealing version.
"she was being misogynistic" but HOW was she being misogynistic??? can you explain that?
"she only mentioned female fanservice and not the male's" unless i'm mistaken... even in the video she explained why she'll be focusing more on the females. and how is it misogynistic to complain about only making female characters to cater to the MALE GAZE ?
"she made racist claims" in no point in the video did i even get the idea of "that was racist," because wasn't she literally complaining about hoyoverses idea of representation? once again, this was just jumping too conclusions.
"her linnea take was ableist" this one i don't understand because i never even bothered to look into linnea or do her story quest, but being autistic doesn't excuse breaking consent or boundaries. i CAN say it def sounds like linnea isn't a pedo in the least, but candybbug never said that! she said it was creepy and a little disrespectful for GENSHIN making her basically objectify the melusines after being told to .. not. (feel free to fact check me on this one)
then everyone getting mad at the follow up video because it gave "i'm sorry that i'm right" vibes, but i'm HAPPY she stood with her opinions in the end instead of letting people bully her off the entire internet. because in the end, IT'S A VIDEO GAME CRITICIZING POST. this is just so unserious, i feel silly even posting this rant, but really WHAT ARE WE MAD FOR???
you guys literally bullied this girl into not even wanting to play genshin anymore. the problem is that y'all are just BIASED. you guys are so insanely biased that you'll jump to conclusions that you KNOW are wrong if it means defending genshin. the genshin community right now is reminding me of some huge cult. if you really didn't like a take, debate it??? are death threats and hate posts necessary?
if you actually feel the need to massively hate this one content creator for this, step away from the internet for a week to detox. y'all are parasocial to people that don't even exist. it's pathetic.
