#3.8

3.8 had a lot of fun lore reveals, and I love how gay Dahlia and Black Swan are, but also I'm genuinely not sure if I like HSR after this. like, you can't just go back and decide that your story was completely different after the fact. especially a whole version later. we were done with Penacony's story, and then hoyo just said "nope. actually it ended completely differently. if you liked the story's ending, fuck you. it didn't happen" like, everything up to the Sunday fight is ok (though some of it could have just been included the first time around), but the Farewell Penacony section has just been completely torn to shreds. And again, it's been AN ENTIRE VERSION since Penacony. we've had the wardance and all of Amphoreus for Penacony's ending to settle in. but then they decide to take you back to Penacony's story, further removed from the emotional context it originally had, and tear up its ending. and like, if they're willing to completely undo entire sections of the story, how can we trust any other part of the story. this sets a precedent. any part of HSR's story can be undone if Hoyo decides it doesn't like it anymore.