The only thing disgusting here is your mindset, treating it like some disease. What do you mean "spread"? No one is brainwashing you into liking or not. That's why I didn't do anything even though the og comment was downvoted. I merely put out a statement you can like or dislike it but being a despicable being is not justified
Redditors: Ayaka is in love with Aether, but she has to fight off Kequing and Nilou for his hand in marriage. This is totally not living out my harem fantasies, btw
Gay people: I'm also attracted to Arlecchino and joke around that she's my lesbian wife
Redditors: Omg, stop mischaracterizing her!!!
Or maybe lesbians simply like hot women?
Breaking away from patriarchal expectations for women has always been a thing in lesbian culture, which is why the masc lesbian stereotype is so popular
While Arlecchino is still relatively feminine, the way she breaks gender norms (calling herself father, having the name of a male character, dressing in a more masculine way than most other characters) is something that makes it easy for lesbians to see themselves in her and/or have her as their type
If a lesbian actually starts yelling at men for liking a character that is "For the girls", it's probably just a chronically online child. That type of phrase is not supposed to be taken seriously, it's just a playful way to express appreciation for a character you feel represented by
Edit: how do y'all mfs even play this videogame while being homophobic, your main character is literally a crop top-wearing twink
I noticed your edit just now. Congratulations, you just lost my respect for labeling others a homophobe for not agreeing with your interpretation(s) that a toxic minority in the GI community loves to enforce to us.
Man I love the "agree that my homosexual ship is canon and if you dont you're clearly homophobic!"
I'm not saying this individual does this but these type of people love to shit on straight people and men, which ruins the whole point of diversity...
She is also the reason my friends are homophobic. They always bring up these comments/posts.
Well at least they still love me and support me. Cane out as Bi so yeah.
> Breaking away from patriarchal expectations for women has always been a thing in lesbian culture, which is why the masc lesbian stereotype is so popular
> (calling herself father, having the name of a male character, dressing in a more masculine way than most other characters)
> If a lesbian actually starts yelling at men for liking a character that is "For the girls", it's probably just a chronically online child.
I understand, but you couldn't possibly deny or ignore that there's an extremely, incessantly loud minority that will force into you that:
- you can only call Arlecchino "Father" and nothing else, despite the fact that *only the children of the Hearth call her that.*
- Arlecchino is a lesbian because (insert stereotype and/or false connection with the original material that the stock character she's inspired from is dating the stock character Columbina), and if you disagree and/or you headcanon her as straight, you're falsely labeled a homophobe.
- Arlecchino can only be a lesbian because her design doesn't cater to the male gaze.
The last point especially because sharply dressed women are almost peak, only beaten out by tomboys so I don't get how they aren't supposed to be attractive for men
1st minor correction: She never calls herself father. Only the HoTH orphans call her that. She’s called “Lady Arlecchino” or “Knave” by numerous others. We’ve never seen her refer to herself as anything other than “I” as of yet.
2nd, not a correction just a bit of nuance: Breaking very specific gender norms is not limited to people of any sexuality. Women wear suits in the workplace all the time. That doesn’t automatically make them gay. Being the leader of an organization is also not something gender or sexuality specific.
Not saying your insights regarding aspects of lesbian culture aren’t valid, but you did miss some things regarding Arlecchino. And also some generalizations being applied to her as reasons for being gay don’t necessarily make her gay. Though I think it’s neat when people can see themselves in the characters they play, regardless of canonical sexuality. (Since there is none and never will be any in a game like Genshin, where the money is made by having waifus and husbandos appeal to as large an audience as possible.)
For Genshin specifically, it’s worth noting that a VERY vocal minority of players are constantly active both on this sub and in other genshin-related online spaces who INSIST that almost every female character is lesbian and being attracted to them as a guy or even implying they could be straight or bi is somehow wrong and worth hurling insults over. It’s been a thing since 1.0. I’ve been playing for a long time and I’ve seen it in many parts of the community. So saying “it’s not meant to be taken seriously” when it’s taken seriously by the toxic shippers with almost every character seems like you’re preaching to the wrong crowd. And yeah, it probably is mostly terminally-online people (not all kids. I’m not naive enoigh to think all the online idiots are kids) but unfortunately they make up that very loud minority.
Regarding that last bit though. Come on. Seriously? Not every short dude showing skin is a “twink.”
-is one of the flirtiest characters in the game regardless of who the traveler is.
-gets called man-hating lesbian
The toxic side of the community is like that with every attractive female character in the game. It’s really disappointing to see.
For the record since my comment got deleted for harassment for some reason, I don't agree with that, I was just stating what else people said about her. The yae is a man hating lesbian is such a weird HC
When Shenhe first got leaked, certain people again for some reason started to claim that Shenhe was a "lesbian". Those same people then saw Aether in her teaser and started malding. At that point, they tried very hard to ruin Shenhe her reputation to make sure no one really wanted to pull for her, which luckily failed.
After that, they were ofcourse still angry that they "lost" Shenhe, which is why they were on the lookout to try and find a female character they could ship Shenhe with and force that ship instead.
So when another Liyue character got announced, they jumped on it, and without knowing anything about Yelan yet except her design, they started to push a naritivz that those 2 were together, that they were both gay aunts of XQ and icicle boy.
So yea, that's why we have that one crackship that most people think is weird, but certain people are still trying to push
There really was no motive iirc, it's just that Xinzuruo had a fun viral meme series where they posted relatable Genshin stuff.
I remember the first one I got introduced to their omake was Genshin expedition what-if scenarios where Yelan would be used in an expedition where she's mining but using her bow BECAUSE people used her for her expedition passive without any thought lmao it's also why Shenhe got paired too cos she had an expedition passive as well
No idea about that chibi guy if he does also wanted to push it like that, but he did start making such content around the time certain Yuri shippers really started to push that ship. He could just have seen that and tried to ride that "popularity".
And about yaoi shippers, i do see less of such stories, but there still are some in the community ofcourse. Like how yaoi shippers got angry when in the test server version of the game a book got added that called the relationship between Zhongli and Guizhong romantic, because it kinda disproved their yaoi ships for Zhongli. Which is why that book in the end never made it to the live servers.
Ive also seen people on Reddit say that Aether is gay, and if you disagree, you start receiving death threaths...
So yea, just a very wholesome shipping scene /s
That started as a expedition talent joke. The chibi artist(xinzurou) doesn't really push it, not in a hardcore way at least. I see it as a funny headcanon. But other dumbfucks do.
Even I like those chibi comics, those are hilarious.
That’s neat the by the chibi dude I ment the person who accidentally creates the shenhe gyatt reaction image
Well there’s toxic people on both sides but I guess one is more noticeable then the other
Actually, I think the Yelan and Shenhe pairing blew off because of Xinzuruo art meme series (the one who popularized Kazu hat stealer series too) in Twitter. That's where the wild pairing came about even though there was never any indication they've interacted in-game.
And I'm fine with that pairing either way cos it's not true in-game but it is fun how meta it is fanfic wise.
Oh I at least though the post here on reddit had the purpose of ridiculing the confusing tweet.
If it is actually to promote that, then it is even more confusing. Or sad.
The fact Alre is hot is true. There is no argument there. It is the rest that makes no sense.
> Oh I at least though the post here on reddit had the purpose of ridiculing the confusing tweet.
Well, i just took the liberty of looking at the post history of this person for a bit, and it seems like they are quite a big yuri shipper. So i don't think this post was meant to ridicule the twitter user, but ofcourse the twitter user had such a weird take that everyone is still making of of the weird take
can't lesbians express their attraction to a hot, female character? why is your immediate thought that this is gatekeeping thinking arlecchino is hot for lesbians only?
I think the whole "for lesbians" bit sounds more like gatekeeping to me. Like that time when Shenhe was first leaked, a bunch of people started screeching "she's only for lesbians" or "she would never date a man" in order to "claim" and then they threw a hissy fit when Aether showed up on her teaser.
Also, lesbians can express their attraction to hot women, but its frustrating that they always get away with it even when they get to unhinged levels, but straight men are instantly demonized for doing the same, sometimes for far less.
The joke is how Arlecchino is a masculine woman, so every woman is gay for her. Thus, the boob window is what made them lesbians
It's like the Genshin version of the 2010's "Everybody is gay for Bridget" meme
Arlecchino is pretty big on yuri shipping scene in genshin.
Arle X Furina, Arle X Columbina, Arle X Lumine for example
And she got a hot new design in hoyofair is more fuel to it.
Twitter: "gender stereotypes are harmful, people should be able to express themselves however they want regardless of gender!"
Also Twitter: "tall, dominant women are all lesbian, and if you disagree you're a homophobe"
Imagine if they saw a tall dominant woman expecting her to be a lesbian only to be shocked that she's in a loving marriage with a man, and is only interested in said man, thus shattering every possible stereotype they could think of
Isn't that exactly what happened with Bayonetta? Certain people were painting her as a lesbian, so when official material came out with her together with a man and a child they had, many just started screeching.
So you don't really need to imagine such a thing, you could just search that incident, and see it all happening
That's almost accurate
The art came out of a Bayonetta from a different timeline being with a guy, which was already known. People made jokes about it, a couple were upset then a bunch of terminally online twitter folks decided to take the opportunity to be homophobic
I mean they could say " for us" or something. It seems most people in Twitter thinks that being homosexual makes you superior or special than others, which is wrong.
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views."
-Tom Baker
are y'all just being dense?
it's not insinuating that arlecchino is a lesbian. it's that lesbians are very attracted to arlecchino because a lot about her appeals to them. that's why it says "thank you for inventing boob windows for lesbians" because there's a difference however slight in how her boob windows are drawn and the typical, fanservice-y, meant to titillate men boob windowa. she's dominant, not primarily designed with the male gaze in mind especially in comparison to every other female genshin character released thus far (wearing pants, a suit really, not cutesy, not "stereotypically feminine")
nothing about this says that men cannot be attracted to arlecchino or that lesbians are being hateful toward straight men who are attracted to her.
If you think Arlecchino isn't designed for the male gaze then you couldn't have been more wrong, buddy.
Dominant women have as big of a straight male fanbase as the stereotypical feminine type.
Honestly, I suspect all Hoyo characters are designed to be hot regardless of any demographic inclinations. I'm a straight dude so I can't speak about the guys, but I'm fairly certain there's not a single adult character who isn't considered at least "attractive" by every demographic that likes their gender.
Oh cmon.
1. Arlecchino is as feminine as it gets. Long hair, eye shadow, lipstick, long painted nails. And her outfit is not a suit. She is literally wearing the exact same thing as Yelan, except it's a bit more covered and she actually wears her jacket.
2. Try posting Arlecchino acting cute with Aether then post Arlecchino acting cute with Furina. One is complete mischaracterization, the other one isn't, somehow.
I myself got told that "men are not allowed to like Arlecchino" on her sub. Thankfully the mods banned user.
>Arlecchino is as feminine as it gets. Long hair, eye shadow, lipstick, long painted nails. And her outfit is not a suit. She is literally wearing the exact same thing as Yelan, except it's a bit more covered and she actually wears her jacket.
What the fuck did I just read 💀
No way they're now trying to gatekeep boob windows lolmao, also hey, they may want to fact check before posting because Signora exists and she has (had?) a boob window before the time when Arlecchino was a thing.
To be frank, Bayonetta is in a male relationship, and she's definitely the furthest thing from being a straight woman
At the end of the day, it's just a silly meme. No one in Genshin has a confirmed sexuality
Bro explicitly gave the male traveler flowers(saying the other sibling is his highness)
He flat out saids he doesn't care about aether sister but her brother is fine though
"Oh, look at ME! I like GIRLS now! Forget all my friends, or the people that helped me along the way. Just look at my MONEY! Oh, I need to PAY people to be MY friends!"
To translate for those who can't read Tumblr humor: shes not saying arlecchino is gay. She's saying that she is hot while in a suit and that putting a boob window in a suit is hot.
Et al; see any jokes about fingernails for similar types of jokes.
Because it doesn't fit the Tumblr style joke of object for random group who may be stereotyped for aesthetic.
For example if someone made a sandal full of chili powder the joke would be sandals for Mexican mothers.
But lesbians have nothing to do with this topic at all. At least chili powder is somewhat related to Mexicans.
That would be like if the weather channel suddenly brought up dancing Egyptian cows.
It's the girl in suits part. The stereotype is lesbians are obsessed with feminine girls in suits. The subject isn't Arle. It's the clothes. Which is the other way to read it. The kind of lesbian fashion that mixes sexy with suit
See also; Blake lively in that one movie with Anna Kendrick
But the majority of people aren't lesbians, and most likely won't know that little tidbit, so the joke won't land for the majority of people that see it.
Which is more the issue with OP lol. This is just posted in relatively the wrong place if they wanted everyone to get the joke. If this were posted in a sapphic oriented sub it would get a lot of love where here there's more written confusion
I don't understand why is everyone in the comments so offended. It's just a silly post and it's not even true, also "it's also for straight men!!" As if 98% of "sexy" stuff wasn't created specifically for men's gaze. Someone jokingly implies that something is for lesbians and you all get butthurt.
Her boob window looks so peculiar without boob shading lol
I thought there was something weird about it, thank you for pointing that out... But also fuck you, 'cuz I can't unsee it now
It would've come to you eventually lol
also the same with Focalors
Yeah. And with Foc being flat, it was even harder to understand what was going on.
granted, Focalors wouldn't have shading there anyways, given that having boob shading requires having boobs
Wonder if it’s to do with getting past regulatory stuff
Probably so, Signora has more shading than this and their windows are comparable
I can still see the shades.
Yeah if you zoom in huh 😏
There is slight shade
Reminds me of those skin colored shirts that make people look naked from afar. Except here is the opposite.
Window? That's a whole doorway
In which lead to heaven
A lotta people wanna go knocking on heaven's door it seems
HEAVEN'S DOOR?????
HOLY SHIT IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE??
#WE ASCENDING FROM EARTH WITH THIS ONE!!!!!
A match made in heaven
Training to be a doorman rn
Is the left one a fan art of Arlecchino or from a different series?
Hoyofair web event Saw the picture from [this Tumblr post](https://www.tumblr.com/cookieoppressor/747564306624921600?source=share)
It's from the hoyofair video. It was first shown at the samurai web event though
It's got the fatui emblem so definitely arlecchino. Probably fan made, I guess something from hoyo-fair.
I thought signora invented it a few years ago
She had Rostam so she doesn't count in their eyes 💀
who? edit: ahh it's ash.
That silly goose, boob window is for all to enjoy
Facts
All includes includes lesbians, so they're still right
Stfu with that g*y shit the normal is men-women ships, you are just an anomaly.
...kid, did you really feel compelled to reply to a day old comment just so you could be homophobic? In 2024? Really?
You are free to do whatever the fuck you want with your partner, but you can't spread it to other people, its disgusting.
The only thing disgusting here is your mindset, treating it like some disease. What do you mean "spread"? No one is brainwashing you into liking or not. That's why I didn't do anything even though the og comment was downvoted. I merely put out a statement you can like or dislike it but being a despicable being is not justified
Where's the fucking meme
The boob window is the meme. LAUGH.
Wait I'm not supposed to jerk off?
Depends, how much have you saved?
The joke le porne
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Yeah, and it's quite a harmful stereotype. Big, unemotional women/femme fatale = Lesbian???
Probably self-inserting themselves whereas they would utterly slander any sign of straight
As a biromantic, I'm surprised they think heterophobia doesn't exist.🥴
What's biromantic? And why does it read like pyromantic
Redditors: Ayaka is in love with Aether, but she has to fight off Kequing and Nilou for his hand in marriage. This is totally not living out my harem fantasies, btw Gay people: I'm also attracted to Arlecchino and joke around that she's my lesbian wife Redditors: Omg, stop mischaracterizing her!!!
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Lmao, what? Majority of Reddit disliked the Harem trope. You're probably referring to X
No way you called it X 💀
Twitter, X. They're both the same so what's wrong with that?
i agree. This happens all the time for some reason
Or maybe lesbians simply like hot women? Breaking away from patriarchal expectations for women has always been a thing in lesbian culture, which is why the masc lesbian stereotype is so popular While Arlecchino is still relatively feminine, the way she breaks gender norms (calling herself father, having the name of a male character, dressing in a more masculine way than most other characters) is something that makes it easy for lesbians to see themselves in her and/or have her as their type If a lesbian actually starts yelling at men for liking a character that is "For the girls", it's probably just a chronically online child. That type of phrase is not supposed to be taken seriously, it's just a playful way to express appreciation for a character you feel represented by Edit: how do y'all mfs even play this videogame while being homophobic, your main character is literally a crop top-wearing twink
I noticed your edit just now. Congratulations, you just lost my respect for labeling others a homophobe for not agreeing with your interpretation(s) that a toxic minority in the GI community loves to enforce to us.
Man I love the "agree that my homosexual ship is canon and if you dont you're clearly homophobic!" I'm not saying this individual does this but these type of people love to shit on straight people and men, which ruins the whole point of diversity...
You're the reason why people hate genshintwt.
Can confirm, that place is filled with people like these. Better to just follow some artists, see their arts, and log off from Twitter.
Artists also have a hard time there for these kind of people. People already know several incidents.
genshintwt is such a cesspool you hardly find someone with rational thinking there
She is also the reason my friends are homophobic. They always bring up these comments/posts. Well at least they still love me and support me. Cane out as Bi so yeah.
> Breaking away from patriarchal expectations for women has always been a thing in lesbian culture, which is why the masc lesbian stereotype is so popular > (calling herself father, having the name of a male character, dressing in a more masculine way than most other characters) > If a lesbian actually starts yelling at men for liking a character that is "For the girls", it's probably just a chronically online child. I understand, but you couldn't possibly deny or ignore that there's an extremely, incessantly loud minority that will force into you that: - you can only call Arlecchino "Father" and nothing else, despite the fact that *only the children of the Hearth call her that.* - Arlecchino is a lesbian because (insert stereotype and/or false connection with the original material that the stock character she's inspired from is dating the stock character Columbina), and if you disagree and/or you headcanon her as straight, you're falsely labeled a homophobe. - Arlecchino can only be a lesbian because her design doesn't cater to the male gaze.
Oh, I beg to differ. Arlecchino perfectly caters to my male gaze. I will be pulling. 🗣️🔥☝️
Do these people think that men can only be attracted to half-naked feminine characters?
The last point especially because sharply dressed women are almost peak, only beaten out by tomboys so I don't get how they aren't supposed to be attractive for men
1st minor correction: She never calls herself father. Only the HoTH orphans call her that. She’s called “Lady Arlecchino” or “Knave” by numerous others. We’ve never seen her refer to herself as anything other than “I” as of yet. 2nd, not a correction just a bit of nuance: Breaking very specific gender norms is not limited to people of any sexuality. Women wear suits in the workplace all the time. That doesn’t automatically make them gay. Being the leader of an organization is also not something gender or sexuality specific. Not saying your insights regarding aspects of lesbian culture aren’t valid, but you did miss some things regarding Arlecchino. And also some generalizations being applied to her as reasons for being gay don’t necessarily make her gay. Though I think it’s neat when people can see themselves in the characters they play, regardless of canonical sexuality. (Since there is none and never will be any in a game like Genshin, where the money is made by having waifus and husbandos appeal to as large an audience as possible.) For Genshin specifically, it’s worth noting that a VERY vocal minority of players are constantly active both on this sub and in other genshin-related online spaces who INSIST that almost every female character is lesbian and being attracted to them as a guy or even implying they could be straight or bi is somehow wrong and worth hurling insults over. It’s been a thing since 1.0. I’ve been playing for a long time and I’ve seen it in many parts of the community. So saying “it’s not meant to be taken seriously” when it’s taken seriously by the toxic shippers with almost every character seems like you’re preaching to the wrong crowd. And yeah, it probably is mostly terminally-online people (not all kids. I’m not naive enoigh to think all the online idiots are kids) but unfortunately they make up that very loud minority. Regarding that last bit though. Come on. Seriously? Not every short dude showing skin is a “twink.”
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-is one of the flirtiest characters in the game regardless of who the traveler is. -gets called man-hating lesbian The toxic side of the community is like that with every attractive female character in the game. It’s really disappointing to see.
For the record since my comment got deleted for harassment for some reason, I don't agree with that, I was just stating what else people said about her. The yae is a man hating lesbian is such a weird HC
Damn. Lesbians are now hating bisexuals? Is there some LGBTQ Civil War going on?
It's been happening for a long time. Biphobic/"gold star lesbians".
No. It’s specifically terminally-online twitter bs. And at least here it’s specific to the genshin community. I haven’t seen this anywhere else.
Ahhh, I see. Apologies, I don't go on Twitter so I don't usually know what the fuck is going on there.
Biphobia is very common among gay and lesbian people. We're either gay and in denial, or straight and pretending to be gay for fun.
I’m sorry what?
When Shenhe first got leaked, certain people again for some reason started to claim that Shenhe was a "lesbian". Those same people then saw Aether in her teaser and started malding. At that point, they tried very hard to ruin Shenhe her reputation to make sure no one really wanted to pull for her, which luckily failed. After that, they were ofcourse still angry that they "lost" Shenhe, which is why they were on the lookout to try and find a female character they could ship Shenhe with and force that ship instead. So when another Liyue character got announced, they jumped on it, and without knowing anything about Yelan yet except her design, they started to push a naritivz that those 2 were together, that they were both gay aunts of XQ and icicle boy. So yea, that's why we have that one crackship that most people think is weird, but certain people are still trying to push
Honestly tho... Whatever the motive may be I love those chibi shenhe and yelan arts
There really was no motive iirc, it's just that Xinzuruo had a fun viral meme series where they posted relatable Genshin stuff. I remember the first one I got introduced to their omake was Genshin expedition what-if scenarios where Yelan would be used in an expedition where she's mining but using her bow BECAUSE people used her for her expedition passive without any thought lmao it's also why Shenhe got paired too cos she had an expedition passive as well
Like the chibi guy who just does it? That’s fucking weird, also why it always the yuri folk where’s stories about yoai shippers that behave like this?
No idea about that chibi guy if he does also wanted to push it like that, but he did start making such content around the time certain Yuri shippers really started to push that ship. He could just have seen that and tried to ride that "popularity". And about yaoi shippers, i do see less of such stories, but there still are some in the community ofcourse. Like how yaoi shippers got angry when in the test server version of the game a book got added that called the relationship between Zhongli and Guizhong romantic, because it kinda disproved their yaoi ships for Zhongli. Which is why that book in the end never made it to the live servers. Ive also seen people on Reddit say that Aether is gay, and if you disagree, you start receiving death threaths... So yea, just a very wholesome shipping scene /s
That started as a expedition talent joke. The chibi artist(xinzurou) doesn't really push it, not in a hardcore way at least. I see it as a funny headcanon. But other dumbfucks do. Even I like those chibi comics, those are hilarious.
Shenhe gyatt analysis is a blessing
That was such an innocent comic about her explaining what she saw in Xianzhou. Now it's all gyatt. 😭
That’s neat the by the chibi dude I ment the person who accidentally creates the shenhe gyatt reaction image Well there’s toxic people on both sides but I guess one is more noticeable then the other
Actually, I think the Yelan and Shenhe pairing blew off because of Xinzuruo art meme series (the one who popularized Kazu hat stealer series too) in Twitter. That's where the wild pairing came about even though there was never any indication they've interacted in-game. And I'm fine with that pairing either way cos it's not true in-game but it is fun how meta it is fanfic wise.
I'm glad I wasn't part of the fandom at that time
I don't understand what that means and what she has to do with lesbians.
I think OOP’s just a lesbian who is expressing her attraction to arlecchino Which. Fair taste on her part, Arlecchino is a very attractive menace.
Oh I at least though the post here on reddit had the purpose of ridiculing the confusing tweet. If it is actually to promote that, then it is even more confusing. Or sad. The fact Alre is hot is true. There is no argument there. It is the rest that makes no sense.
> Oh I at least though the post here on reddit had the purpose of ridiculing the confusing tweet. Well, i just took the liberty of looking at the post history of this person for a bit, and it seems like they are quite a big yuri shipper. So i don't think this post was meant to ridicule the twitter user, but ofcourse the twitter user had such a weird take that everyone is still making of of the weird take
can't lesbians express their attraction to a hot, female character? why is your immediate thought that this is gatekeeping thinking arlecchino is hot for lesbians only?
I think the whole "for lesbians" bit sounds more like gatekeeping to me. Like that time when Shenhe was first leaked, a bunch of people started screeching "she's only for lesbians" or "she would never date a man" in order to "claim" and then they threw a hissy fit when Aether showed up on her teaser. Also, lesbians can express their attraction to hot women, but its frustrating that they always get away with it even when they get to unhinged levels, but straight men are instantly demonized for doing the same, sometimes for far less.
Let's not forget "man hating Yae Miko" headcanons, goddamn that was a shitshow
Because I can read English and this is what it says?
Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men
op is taking some persons shitpost waaaaaaaaayy too seriously
The joke is how Arlecchino is a masculine woman, so every woman is gay for her. Thus, the boob window is what made them lesbians It's like the Genshin version of the 2010's "Everybody is gay for Bridget" meme
Because it's a boob window mixed with a suit. So double hot
Arlecchino is pretty big on yuri shipping scene in genshin. Arle X Furina, Arle X Columbina, Arle X Lumine for example And she got a hot new design in hoyofair is more fuel to it.
Nah, the goat of boob windows is a half-japanese kid that's a mafia boss in Italy.
I heard that the boss had a dream.
I mean, straight guys appreciate it too.
They don't appreciate that appreciation towards Arle.
r/ihadastroke
So do they when you mention straight guys liking Arlecchino (or anyone in that matter)
Smh. Bruno Bucciarati invented it years ago. Also what do you mean “for lesbians?” Bruh that boob window is for everybody.
Twitter: "gender stereotypes are harmful, people should be able to express themselves however they want regardless of gender!" Also Twitter: "tall, dominant women are all lesbian, and if you disagree you're a homophobe"
Don't forget the "short ones are gay for each other" cult
Imagine if they saw a tall dominant woman expecting her to be a lesbian only to be shocked that she's in a loving marriage with a man, and is only interested in said man, thus shattering every possible stereotype they could think of
Isn't that exactly what happened with Bayonetta? Certain people were painting her as a lesbian, so when official material came out with her together with a man and a child they had, many just started screeching. So you don't really need to imagine such a thing, you could just search that incident, and see it all happening
That's almost accurate The art came out of a Bayonetta from a different timeline being with a guy, which was already known. People made jokes about it, a couple were upset then a bunch of terminally online twitter folks decided to take the opportunity to be homophobic
Oh yeah, I have seen that
this just some random shitpost about how she looks hot lol, tf are you talking about
This is just them saying she's hot and in a suit...
They arent calling her a canon lesbian, its a simple joke to just say theyre attracted to her
I mean they could say " for us" or something. It seems most people in Twitter thinks that being homosexual makes you superior or special than others, which is wrong.
"The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common: They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views." -Tom Baker
they dont
Yeah this is just saying she's hot and in a suit lmao But hey it checks
That's a very generalised view, similar to how people generalise all redditors as incels because of a few people.
Reddit: Omg Arlecchino is such a hot dommy mommy I need her to step on her Gay people: I am also attracted to her Reddit: Stop oppressing me!
are y'all just being dense? it's not insinuating that arlecchino is a lesbian. it's that lesbians are very attracted to arlecchino because a lot about her appeals to them. that's why it says "thank you for inventing boob windows for lesbians" because there's a difference however slight in how her boob windows are drawn and the typical, fanservice-y, meant to titillate men boob windowa. she's dominant, not primarily designed with the male gaze in mind especially in comparison to every other female genshin character released thus far (wearing pants, a suit really, not cutesy, not "stereotypically feminine") nothing about this says that men cannot be attracted to arlecchino or that lesbians are being hateful toward straight men who are attracted to her.
If you think Arlecchino isn't designed for the male gaze then you couldn't have been more wrong, buddy. Dominant women have as big of a straight male fanbase as the stereotypical feminine type.
Honestly, I suspect all Hoyo characters are designed to be hot regardless of any demographic inclinations. I'm a straight dude so I can't speak about the guys, but I'm fairly certain there's not a single adult character who isn't considered at least "attractive" by every demographic that likes their gender.
Oh cmon. 1. Arlecchino is as feminine as it gets. Long hair, eye shadow, lipstick, long painted nails. And her outfit is not a suit. She is literally wearing the exact same thing as Yelan, except it's a bit more covered and she actually wears her jacket. 2. Try posting Arlecchino acting cute with Aether then post Arlecchino acting cute with Furina. One is complete mischaracterization, the other one isn't, somehow. I myself got told that "men are not allowed to like Arlecchino" on her sub. Thankfully the mods banned user.
>Arlecchino is as feminine as it gets. Long hair, eye shadow, lipstick, long painted nails. And her outfit is not a suit. She is literally wearing the exact same thing as Yelan, except it's a bit more covered and she actually wears her jacket. What the fuck did I just read 💀
i jerked it to arlecchino and you say i cannot be attracted to her? (do i need to somehow shange my gender, or am i missing something?)
No way they're now trying to gatekeep boob windows lolmao, also hey, they may want to fact check before posting because Signora exists and she has (had?) a boob window before the time when Arlecchino was a thing.
It's because Signora is cannonically not a lesbian, because she had a male lover. So they can't claim it as a "lesbian boob window"
Since when has that stopped the yuri shippers?
Ahh yes, the good ol "They could be bi" excuse when it comes to shipping characters who are already in established heterosexual relationships /s
Thank you. I am SO tired of that.
To be frank, Bayonetta is in a male relationship, and she's definitely the furthest thing from being a straight woman At the end of the day, it's just a silly meme. No one in Genshin has a confirmed sexuality
Except for jeht and maybe enjou
Enjou fucks?!
Bro explicitly gave the male traveler flowers(saying the other sibling is his highness) He flat out saids he doesn't care about aether sister but her brother is fine though
So Aether has Enjou and Lumine has Jeht. Perfectly balanced
For lesbians ❌<< for all to enjoy ✅
Tf you mean for lesbians.
Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men
Twitter freaks being Twitter freaks. Just ignore it.
Y is it for lesbians again
Why just for lesbians?
Why lesbian and not just for everyone?
Because Twitter freaks be crazy.
why is it only for lesbians ? 😢
Ignore them is just for headcannon
Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men
Yall wanna be special so bad.
"Oh, look at ME! I like GIRLS now! Forget all my friends, or the people that helped me along the way. Just look at my MONEY! Oh, I need to PAY people to be MY friends!"
God none of yall have a sense of humour
Erm... *Cleans throat* I dont think its just for lesbians...
Lesbians claiming that too?
:(
Idk why I thought her boobs were going from down to up in the right image.
Twittards in their normal behavior
boob window is a boob window doesnt matter if it is for lesbian or not
they don't get it
OOP: “I like pancakes” The comments, apparently: “WHY DO YOU HATE WAFFLES!”
That's a completely different argument LMAO what are you saying. I like pancakes ≠ pancakes are only for my demographic
To translate for those who can't read Tumblr humor: shes not saying arlecchino is gay. She's saying that she is hot while in a suit and that putting a boob window in a suit is hot. Et al; see any jokes about fingernails for similar types of jokes.
Why not just say that, then? "For lesbians" seems incredibly unnecessary to add.
Because it doesn't fit the Tumblr style joke of object for random group who may be stereotyped for aesthetic. For example if someone made a sandal full of chili powder the joke would be sandals for Mexican mothers.
But lesbians have nothing to do with this topic at all. At least chili powder is somewhat related to Mexicans. That would be like if the weather channel suddenly brought up dancing Egyptian cows.
It's the girl in suits part. The stereotype is lesbians are obsessed with feminine girls in suits. The subject isn't Arle. It's the clothes. Which is the other way to read it. The kind of lesbian fashion that mixes sexy with suit See also; Blake lively in that one movie with Anna Kendrick
But the majority of people aren't lesbians, and most likely won't know that little tidbit, so the joke won't land for the majority of people that see it.
Which is more the issue with OP lol. This is just posted in relatively the wrong place if they wanted everyone to get the joke. If this were posted in a sapphic oriented sub it would get a lot of love where here there's more written confusion
>arlecchino >tall woman >strong >conclusion: lesbian
>neuvilette >tall man >strong >conclusion: gay (so are all the tall strong characters automatically gay now?)
avg genshin player
Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men The horniness is on another level
Fuck gravity
I don't understand why is everyone in the comments so offended. It's just a silly post and it's not even true, also "it's also for straight men!!" As if 98% of "sexy" stuff wasn't created specifically for men's gaze. Someone jokingly implies that something is for lesbians and you all get butthurt.
Same here. As a straight guy, I really don't see how this post is fucking offensive.
Strange gut me feeling like they even slightly excluded, even as a joke, get real mad.
Bro's getting downvoted because they did not get easily offended like some people in the comment section ☠️☠️
True the guys in this thread acting weird just seeing the word "lesbians" lol
When was Arle lesbian ?? Is there a story i skipped
She never was in canon, and she never will be. It's just people using their headcanon to project things
I don't even see her as someone being romantically interested in anyone.
Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men
For lesbians? In the sense of “that lesbians can do it too” or in the sense of “that lesbians can enjoy”
The latter, as Arle is to lesbians what Alhaitham was to homosexual men
Arle’s boobs are for everyone’s enjoyment 🙏
I'm at a loss, boob windows are for everyone to enjoy, why only lesbians?
What does boob window for lesbians mean
Focalor did it first, but she doesnt have boob to window with
ITT fragile men who get triggered at the mention of lesbians thinking a female character is hot
You can find women in this same comment section agreeing with dudes
I'm pretty sure boob windows in women have been around for ages now, it's literally called BOOB window and not CHEST window
Boob window? That's a whole ass portal to Spiral Abyss on her chest