#fictif calysta

Fictif + The Arcana Total Characters:

Female- 50 Male- 53 Non-binary- 8

And of those characters these are the Love Interests:

Female- 10 Male- 20 Non-binary- 3

Technically, there is 12 female love interests (Nahara & Adra) BUT!! Nahara you could only romance in one story & Adra you couldn’t actually romance at all.

(Edit: that’s also not including the major arcana characters)

And going through the character designs & profiles for these characters, while it seems diverse, it also feels like they stick heavily to stereotypes.

For one, all of their characters seems to be weirdly tall. Out of the females the shortest are Volta & Portia, with Portia standing at roughly 5’0 (Volta I’m not quite sure, but I’d say even shorter than that) the majority of the other women are 5’7 and taller. And I know that that isn’t that tall but still. Then the male characters, Felix from what I can find is the shortest standing at 5’6 and Muriel is the tallest at 6’10, all of the other men fall at roughly around the 6’0 mark. And our lovely enby characters fall more on the taller side from what I can find.

As for body types, there isn’t much diversity there either, especially for the LIs. Most of the woman are thinner, with a more hourglass shape and average-bigger breasts. The men are pretty much tall, buff/muscular and really chiseled in their appearances. The non-binary characters seems a little more relaxed to a degree in their physical appearances and seems to be covered up a lot compared to the other characters. (Though they tend to follow the stereotype bodies as well. Like the amab characters having more “masculine features” ect.)

While the characters have a wide range of skin tones,ethnicities, ect. I’ve seen people talk about how a lot of poc characters have features that they wouldn’t necessarily have (e.g. eye colour) and how that they don’t necessarily properly represent POC individuals and going through all of the characters…..all of these characters all seem to be very similar in appearance as well.

So with all of this in mind, it really makes me further doubt nix hydra when it comes to their arguments about being inclusive/diverse and a being all for lgbt+ and women empowerment ect. The way I see it, they use those arguments as nothing but an advertising tool to lure in players who are being promised proper representation, just to constantly let those same people down. How are we as a fandom supposed to believe and support them when they constantly queer-bait and give false representation? What makes it worse though, is that nix hydra is a company run by women and they should know better than anyone what it’s like to grow up with no good representation, what it feels like to constantly have characters that are the stereotype and nothing close to the real thing. And then going as far as to blame us for not showing enough interest? We do show interest! Everyday on Tumblr, Instagram I see people expressing their love for these beautiful female and non-binary characters saying how much they would love stories with them. The beautiful artwork and stories they make for them (…coz you won’t). If you actually took a minute to look past what you want to see, you would find a community full of beautiful people wanting these stories & characters.

Nix Hydra ( @fictifgames) ,you had a great opportunity to break the mould and to be a company/storyteller to give actual proper representation. But time after time you have failed in that. I get that making these stories takes time and effort and I applaud every single writer/artist/developer ect for their work but come on! You need to stop targeting the lgbt community, women & poc individuals if you’re only gonna use us. We are not a marketing tool for you to exploit!! Especially as so many of your fans are younger people who are figuring out their identity, what kind of message are you sending them? And covering all this up with posts about women empowerment and whatnot isn’t gonna change anything. You guys need to learn that it’s okay to try different things! Make smaller characters! Make bigger & curvy characters! Make male characters with realistic body types! Make wlw stories! Give us the representation we deserve and you’ve been promising! It’s really not that hard. I’m sure there are plenty of good people who can give you pointers if you’re struggling to write certain characters properly. Stop buying into outdated stereotypes and concepts! Stop writing women the way we’ve wanted people to stop writing us for decades! You may think it’s nothing but it is harmful especially when we still live in a world we’re we don’t get proper, realistic characters.

Edit: And furthermore, while it’s upsetting not getting proper lgbt, women & poc representation, you’re not necessarily giving your male audience much representation either. You’re writing your male characters through your own fantasies and ideals and what society as a whole has deemed to be the male standard by making them buff and tall and “classically handsome”. That’s not proper representation either.

Calysta (1st January)

Getting into an argument with Calysta and Eeri

Here you go Anon! Hope you enjoy it!

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Eeri

Disagreements with Eeri don't come up too often, as they try to solve the issues before it becomes an argument. But sometimes they tend to come across as closed off, leading to arguments they can't logic their way out of.

They don't mean to hurt you in any way, but they are likely to make you feel like they don't value your opinion on certain matters. Being honest with each other is important to them, so you can try to do so, but it can spiral into arguments where they shut down.

They need time to calm down and work through whatever they're feeling before they can come to a solution. They won't storm off, they'll tell you that both of you need time to calm down. After a while, they'll come back to you looking very guilty.

They try to make it up to you by first sitting down with you can express your side of the argument. They will work it out with you in a calm manner. Then, they'll suggest to do something fun together, like meandering through the garden or having a picnic together.

Calysta

Arguments aren't very common with Calysta, but when they do arise, it can be because of how flirty she can be with people or because sometimes she's not very verbal with her affections.

She argues like her life is on the line. Old habits die hard, she can't be perceived as weak by anyone, least of all you. She's forcing herself not to cry, and she might say things that are not at all true.

She'll take off eventually, running off to somewhere she can calm down. She's upset with herself and is filled with regret about saying those things. She'll eventually bring herself to go see you, and she's apologizing frantically.

There is a total of 9 potential female LI’s, 17 male LI’s & 2 Nonbinary LI’s

Female LI Featured Stories- 3

Female Specific Routes- 4

Female Stand-alone Stories- 1

Male LI Featured Stories- 4

Male Specific Routes- 9

Male Stand-alone Stories- 7

Nonbinary LI Featured Stories- 1

It is really hard to keep on believing the devs of fictif when they say that they’re not only inclusive but that there’s not enough interest in female characters/routes. 1) that’s a lie. 2) it’s a bit hard for your audience to be interested and invested in female LI’s if you don’t give them a chance! It’s kinda obvious that the devs don’t really give a damn about non male characters. And I get that it takes a lot of time and effort to make these stories, but by saying Celia was only gonna get 7 chapters from the start, shows you didn’t want her to succeed. You cut Tess’s route than blamed the fandom for lack of interest. Val doesn’t even have her route yet. Elise was overshadowed by Sawyer. And all the other female LI’s that are featured in the other stories had more male LI’s to compete with. And don’t even get me started on the Echos Of Warmth story. This honesty makes me worried for the future on Anisa🥺

The only story that has a good balance of characters and screen time is FTLOG but the majority of that story is stuck behind a pay wall. And even after unlocking all of the scenes, it still felt a little rushed.

Eonia would be a bit of a culture shock for the mc but, think about how much of a culture shock the mc would be for the deities/Dalia! They’re all centuries old and even though they’ve been around awhile, they’ve never had a deity from modern times.

The absolute shock and horror on their faces when their beloved Deity of Love comes out with the classic “I wish that was me” or “mood” when something goes wrong or someone gets hurt or something breaks, ect.

They would all be genuinely concerned.

Or what about a thirsty mc? Especially one that’s also a Deity of Love? The amount of lewd shit that comes outta their mouth!

I think they’d be taken by surprise there too.

“What are you gonna do? Punish me?” *cue confused, blushy deity of your choice*

Though some would keep their composure more than others and would be quick with a retort.

And imagine them just using full on slang! They’re in the middle of a conversation with one of the deities and go like “lmao”, “brb”, or something, and the deity in question just looks at them genuinely confused.

Vidas and Eeri will legit get you to teach them slang and other shit from gen Z culture. Once you start teaching them things tho? They’re even more chaotic then they were to begin with. They’ll start to piss everyone off😅

They’re all kind of amused once they get used to it. As immortals they all think they’ve seen everything, but here you are.

Oh! And what about your taste in music? I doubt they’d be listening to much modern music.

They come around only to find their Deity of Love blasting like death metal🤣

I think they’d also be very taken with how passionate the mc is and how open minded they are. Not to mention how strong they could be with their views on political issues. (if you’re that sorta person)

Following on from that: if the mc has very strong views and standpoints they would probably definitely debate with Vidas and Eeri. Which lets be real, would be a turn on for both of them but also it would be so exciting for them! Being about to have someone else keep up with them and test their knowledge and teach them new things? They’re in heaven! …..again.

And what about an mc that is really into gaming or movies?

Eonia probably has movies and games but, I doubt they have anyone that has a deep knowledge and love for both however.

Convincing them to play Among Us or minecraft ect😅

Vidas & Eeri would be the best at Among Us! And Calysta would be the best at minecraft…..at least when it comes to building.

In Vidas’s paid scene in chapter 3, they say they like calculating the amount of pumpkin spice lattes people (couples?) buy. Imagine taking them to Earth to get some or showing them other popular foods/beverages like bubble tea!

I can also see Astrellio being really into watching documentaries with the mc, especially ones about space.

Edit: the mc would just be all around very chaotic.

The others would have their hands full. I mean you gotta keep ‘em on their toes somehow.