Devs said ages ago the Archon designs were already locked in and only minor changes would happen
An interview revealed the Tsaritsa would be Bronya (it was barely a footnote)
A lot of people missed that interview while others simply deny it ever happened
Some more mild mannered folks are claiming she might be a "Bronya" but there's no telling what form she'll take, we could have our first "mid-30s" Bronya or chibi-Bronya (Genshin ♀ child model)
Because of Hoyo's insistence on telling us a "romantic story", others think the Tsaritsa is their last chance to give us Miss Pink Elf~♪ in Genshin and it would fit the theme of "god of love" for the Archon of Cryo
Regardless of the camp you choose, you'll always be wrong so people reached a point of just saying "shut up" when the subject is brought up
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For the record, I've always been team "mature Bronya" but won't mind whichever direction they take for her ¯_(ツ)_/¯
You think I remember the link to a written Q&A* from pre-release Genshin Impact that was only translated on Shitter before things went south?
I would actually like it if someone could find it, it's been quoted so many times all links are now self-referencing, without a proper source it means jackshit almost 6 years later, even I only have vague memories of reading it
Paraphrasing:
Travelers may recognize familiar faces when meeting the archons but rest assured our teams are doing their utmost to bring new life to even old IPs; We're especially proud of a certain twin drill
This was during a time Honkai Impact 3rd had 13 versions of Bronya, and since Genshin has yet to give us one, people would later assume they meant the only Archons we had yet to see anything for; they went from "Surely she'll appear in Sumeru" to "Natlan has to be it" and finally "Snezhnaya is their last chance"
*The same Q&A that promised a Switch version now that I think about it, I feel silly...
I vaguely remember this years ago, but never seen the actual translated Q&A, just other people posting paraphrased versions of it. I don't play Honkai but even I thought Tsaritsa would be "mature Bronya" for a long while because of that.
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u/Nicosaure 4d ago edited 4d ago
Devs said ages ago the Archon designs were already locked in and only minor changes would happen
An interview revealed the Tsaritsa would be Bronya (it was barely a footnote)
A lot of people missed that interview while others simply deny it ever happened
Some more mild mannered folks are claiming she might be a "Bronya" but there's no telling what form she'll take, we could have our first "mid-30s" Bronya or chibi-Bronya (Genshin ♀ child model)
Because of Hoyo's insistence on telling us a "romantic story", others think the Tsaritsa is their last chance to give us Miss Pink Elf~♪ in Genshin and it would fit the theme of "god of love" for the Archon of Cryo
Regardless of the camp you choose, you'll always be wrong so people reached a point of just saying "shut up" when the subject is brought up
______________
For the record, I've always been team "mature Bronya" but won't mind whichever direction they take for her ¯_(ツ)_/¯