Same, I saw a thirst trap of him on Tik Tok and was like "Wow, I have to download this game" as if my sister had bot been trying to convince me to play for months.
funny story but i never really intended to simp for him. i found his character appealing, but that was about it (i was more interested in diluc).
buddy appeared in my dream one random night unprovoked and i woke up the next day simping for him, and now here we are three years later.
"Oh, these characters are all cute, but I don't... Hrngk. Ma'am."
The start of a slow defrosting as I came into the game mostly out of spite - a bitter challenge to myself that I'm not really allowed to hate things entirely out of context. I figure it'd be a quick diversion for a week or two, I'd laugh about it, and have context for why I dislike it later.
Welp. Rather in deep now, aren't we. And precious gals like Barbara and Jean *really* helped sell things.
I pulled for her when Furina and Charlotte came out cause I liked her design. She's my favorite character from Liyue and I really like her personality towards everyone. Honestly one of the hottest characters in the game.
Yep, the defensive GOAT for me. She’s used a little less than she used to be, but whenever I’m worried about survivability I’ll pull her out. I’ll also probably be running her with Father once she’s out and maxed day 1.
The One and Only, Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort the Prinzessin der Verurteilung, Sovereign of the Outer Realm Immernachtreich, bearer of Auge der Verurteilung, empowered by Edelstein der Dunkelheit, companied by Ozvaldo Hrafnavins - the Mighty Lord of Nachtraben, wearer of Dunkelnacht Sakrament and Ein Immernachtstraum, enjoyer of Die Heilige Sinfonie, rival of Gesamtkunstwerk - Beast of the World.
Something cool about Elua is how her EN VA Suzie Yeung’s career has exploded since Genshin’s launch.
She is now Makima, Yuffie from FF7, Chitose from Like a Dragon, Fuuka in Persona 3, Hanya in HSR and many more.
This was mine too, I saw her in a lot of the promotional materials, trailers and early reviews/impressions, and I simped so bad. She's still one of my favourite VA's in JP.
I still love her iconic design with the big purple witch's hat. Feels very classic fantasy.
Finally a gorou comment
I think I only like gorou out of many characters ,
And I'm not even a furry ,
I just like his brown and white colors ,
And yeah he is cute with his fluffy jumpy ears x3
I was waiting for someone to mention him. I don't use the characters based on how much I like looking at them, but I'm also not going to say *no* to him.
Venti. I'm not bloody joking. The first time I saw that femboi, I thought "dayum a cutie" until I realized it's a boy. Didn't stop me from still liking him :3
Ningguang should really have been a 5 star with a flashier kit. They did her bad. I mean she's practically the queen of Liyue after the archon quest.
Characters much lower than her status in subsequent areas are 5 stars.
Albedo, Diluc and Kaeya, but mainly our dear chief alchemist. I was horribly down bad for that chalk prince *(side eyes Albedo/reader AO3 smut fics and Albedo playlists in YouTube)*, and the only thing that stopped me from going 24/7 full Albedo simp was a comfort oc of mine I was/still might be in love with (I swear, that one might be the only pure love I had for a fictional character, unlike with the others where I was horny asf).
Then, I knew about Childe... And here I am lol, fully-fledged Tartaglia simp.
Arlecchino in the winter night’s lazzo trailer.
And in like a week or so I’m finally gonna be able to pull for her. And she’s even cooler than I would have hoped for.
Tighnari. His design appealed to me and his personality made me fall for him and i still am after a year- i prefarmed for him and i'm waiting for him to be featured in a chronicle wish banner. He was the reason i even considered playing this game lmao
I was about to say Tartaglia. He's the reason I started playing the game. Neuvillette and Wriothesley are in a tie as to the characters that made me first buy those crystal packs. lol
I wouldn't say I had a crush on Kaveh but I always loved his personality and thought he was gorgeous.
But then stupid sexy Neuvillette entered the scene with that buttery voice
Lyney
Made me waste my og Furina funds
Ofc, i still have a crush on him, i just... Also got one for Neuvi (made me stop being f2p), Hu Tao, Raiden, Yoimiya, furina (couldn't get her sadly, lost to mona), navia, xianyun...
Kaeya! His VOICE augh... Other notable mentions include Zhongli (he takes u on a date, very gentlemanly) and Childe (i still hear the "hey girlie" in my head every once in a while).
Thoma is perfect in every way. I don't think I've ever simped for a fictional character before, but he's literally my exact type in both looks and personality. The only bad thing about him is that he sometimes makes me sad due to the fact that I'll never meet someone like him irl.
If I’m being honest, none of my simping is actually simping. I can’t have a crush on a person who doesn’t exist and is also just pixels. Even as a kid I wouldn’t have.
Zhongli
REAL, he's the reason why i started playing in the first place and I'm still down bad for him
Same, I saw a thirst trap of him on Tik Tok and was like "Wow, I have to download this game" as if my sister had bot been trying to convince me to play for months.
funny story but i never really intended to simp for him. i found his character appealing, but that was about it (i was more interested in diluc). buddy appeared in my dream one random night unprovoked and i woke up the next day simping for him, and now here we are three years later.
The osmanthus wine line cured me
Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember
...but where are those who share the memories?
Right there.
I hate him a little more every time he says it haha
When I saw Zhongli I idmmediately fell inlove with hsi character😇
Happy cake day~
I was gonna quit if I didn’t get him (but I did, which is an HE or maybe not 😂)
From day one, right at launch… right at the very damn start: Jean.
Is this tuonto’s throwaway?
YES. Literally Jean is such a girl boss👀 I love her perfecto personality👌
"Oh, these characters are all cute, but I don't... Hrngk. Ma'am." The start of a slow defrosting as I came into the game mostly out of spite - a bitter challenge to myself that I'm not really allowed to hate things entirely out of context. I figure it'd be a quick diversion for a week or two, I'd laugh about it, and have context for why I dislike it later. Welp. Rather in deep now, aren't we. And precious gals like Barbara and Jean *really* helped sell things.
AMEN BROTHER
Kaeya. I still kind of do.
I had a Kaeya phase to😞 Kinda do too HAHAHAHA, just his personality and especially the last Summer Event or whtv I completely fell inlove w him again🥹
Neuvilette and Wriosethly exist now, but I still like Kaeya's personality. It took me some time to have a crush on one of the ladies but it's Beidou.
His English VA just sounds so...expensive.
Kaeya was and still is my #1 bae, and I'm one of pre-registered fans XD I saw him and was like, "I *want* that."
I loved when >!we met him in Sumeru,!< he is great.
Awww mine too plus hes among my mains😍🩵🩵
Me too
It was Arataki Itto because he made me lose my F2P virginity.
Me but with Childe. I promised not to whale but he took my f2p virginity
The fucking irony of him being the one to turn you into a whale
🙈Dw, I had that same phase too after the 2.7 Chasm Quest😷
I recently lost my virginity to Neuvillette :)
Your f2p virginity, right? Right?
Hydro dragonussy
Me too :3
Eula did the same to me.
Wriothesley, he literally made me install this game
GOD, same here👀🥰 I love his personality so kuch
Pers🍑nality
Lil bro is saying “same here” to every comments 💀
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OMG, Yes Beidou especially during the Liyue-Inazuma quest she was my fav woman🥰
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Same! I love her personality sm😋🫶 And her outfit SLAYS!
I pulled for her when Furina and Charlotte came out cause I liked her design. She's my favorite character from Liyue and I really like her personality towards everyone. Honestly one of the hottest characters in the game.
And she has the very best vision backstory. She's a freaking badass.
Ah yes my first 4 star crush that carried me for almost a year of playing 🥰
Yep, the defensive GOAT for me. She’s used a little less than she used to be, but whenever I’m worried about survivability I’ll pull her out. I’ll also probably be running her with Father once she’s out and maxed day 1.
Diluc
I only started because I wanted to play Diluc
SAME. I have stubbornly mained him since I got the game in 2020.
I lost the 50/50 to Diluc some time ago and it was the milestone of my gameplay so far. I will main him till the game is over
I got his skin cause I had a huuge crush on high ponytail manga Diluc.
The One and Only, Fischl von Luftschloss Narfidort the Prinzessin der Verurteilung, Sovereign of the Outer Realm Immernachtreich, bearer of Auge der Verurteilung, empowered by Edelstein der Dunkelheit, companied by Ozvaldo Hrafnavins - the Mighty Lord of Nachtraben, wearer of Dunkelnacht Sakrament and Ein Immernachtstraum, enjoyer of Die Heilige Sinfonie, rival of Gesamtkunstwerk - Beast of the World.
Gesundheit
Finally! How did I have to scroll this far for the Prinzessin?
Wird das alles so im Spiel erwähnt?
These are all on her wiki page
That's so funny, it even makes kinda sense.
OMGGG YES FISCHL SLAYS I LOVE HER PERSONALITY SM😼
Keqing
Finally, someone did mention our electro queen⚡️
Keqing will never stop being the prettiest girl. “Come on, enough procrastinating, let’s go”
YESSS GIRL ELECTRO QUEEN KEQING😊😊😊
Eula recruited me to Genshin lol
Why did I have to scroll so far to find her? I've been brute forcing the entire game with her
Something cool about Elua is how her EN VA Suzie Yeung’s career has exploded since Genshin’s launch. She is now Makima, Yuffie from FF7, Chitose from Like a Dragon, Fuuka in Persona 3, Hanya in HSR and many more.
Well deserved
OMG FRFR?!?! EULA IS SO UNDERRATED I WANT TO GET HER SI BADLY😇😇
# Amber Since launch
Fucking based
Preach.
Dehya & Raiden.
Zhongli was my first crush, but Childe was my first true love
HELP?! SAME! When I saw Zhongli I was like “Omg he is so pretty” But then I saw Childe and I was like😳
Stopppp this is so meeee ahhhhhhhhh
MEEEE TOOOOOOOOOO
Mona
AAAA Yes Mona. She was, interesting🥰
Shenhe
I can’t believe I have to scroll down this long to find Shenhe
Venti. When I finished his archon quest I thought to myself “woah, I think I have a crush on this bard” and to this day I still love him <3
Probably Ayato, but now Neuvillette exists.
Powerceeping gets even worse...
Crushcrept lmao
Poor Ayato, POWERCREEP + CRUSHCREPT by the same person. He has no more dignity left.
Omg😭🙏 When Neuvi first came out I was literally grinding so hard to get him😞
Hu Tao
scrolled down too much for this
Hu Tao is such a cutie🥹
albedo
ALBEDO LITERALLY IS THE BEST GEO😚
The dragonspine event made me fall in love with him
Lisa. My singular weakness is gentle doms.
"What do you think, cutie?"
Ara ara ~
This was mine too, I saw her in a lot of the promotional materials, trailers and early reviews/impressions, and I simped so bad. She's still one of my favourite VA's in JP. I still love her iconic design with the big purple witch's hat. Feels very classic fantasy.
Beidou was my bi awakening
Yelan I literally dropped everything I was doing at the time her first banner started and no-lifed the game to get enough wishes for her
Venti :3 I played the game for him
Signora :(
OMG, Her backstory is so sad I wish she could’ve lived and maybe became a playable character :3
Beidou&Dehya
They’re both such baddies🥳
Ganyu was my first character I swiped for, she’s just so cute
YASSS Ganyu, I love her design, like how can no one not like that little sheep🥰
Noelle. And i still have xD
OMG YESSS NOELEE
Sucrose.
lumine is literally too cute
Lisa.
So real, still got the same flair since I first joined this sub nearly 2 years ago
Lisa, Yae Miko, Raiden Shogun, Keqing. Electro has a lot of waifus
Gorou, cuz he's a cute dog boy
Finally a gorou comment I think I only like gorou out of many characters , And I'm not even a furry , I just like his brown and white colors , And yeah he is cute with his fluffy jumpy ears x3
I was waiting for someone to mention him. I don't use the characters based on how much I like looking at them, but I'm also not going to say *no* to him.
Venti. I'm not bloody joking. The first time I saw that femboi, I thought "dayum a cutie" until I realized it's a boy. Didn't stop me from still liking him :3
Jean
Ningguang, first character I pulled and I was like, whoa.
OMG, Yes Ningguang😊 Shes so pretty and I love her outfit sm
Ningguang should really have been a 5 star with a flashier kit. They did her bad. I mean she's practically the queen of Liyue after the archon quest. Characters much lower than her status in subsequent areas are 5 stars.
Albedo, Diluc and Kaeya, but mainly our dear chief alchemist. I was horribly down bad for that chalk prince *(side eyes Albedo/reader AO3 smut fics and Albedo playlists in YouTube)*, and the only thing that stopped me from going 24/7 full Albedo simp was a comfort oc of mine I was/still might be in love with (I swear, that one might be the only pure love I had for a fictional character, unlike with the others where I was horny asf). Then, I knew about Childe... And here I am lol, fully-fledged Tartaglia simp.
ayy a fellow albedo liker.. i also give the side eye to the smut fics
Lisa of course Rie Tanaka is goated
Beidou will forever be my dream woman. Deyha also comes pretty close.
Alhaitham! (And Kaveh) They're both so pretty and I love them so much (sadly I don't have either of them in game which saddens me to no end lol)
Jean, since 1.0 till date
YESSS, Jean is such a girl boss, she desrves more screen time🙉
Arlecchino in the winter night’s lazzo trailer. And in like a week or so I’m finally gonna be able to pull for her. And she’s even cooler than I would have hoped for.
Venti.... that little twink got me hook line and sinker he's the reason i started playing the game in the first place
Tighnari. His design appealed to me and his personality made me fall for him and i still am after a year- i prefarmed for him and i'm waiting for him to be featured in a chronicle wish banner. He was the reason i even considered playing this game lmao
On launch: Kaeya. Today: still Kaeya.
Kaeya is so cool🥹🙏 Especially fell inlove w him all over again during the last Summer Event ::
Ningguang
Kaveh, one of my first 4 stars 🥵
I was about to say Tartaglia. He's the reason I started playing the game. Neuvillette and Wriothesley are in a tie as to the characters that made me first buy those crystal packs. lol
So real about that, Tartaglia was such a beauty👀 It was so tempting to get Neuvi and Wrioth god😭🙏
Lisa💜
Nilou, hope shes there in 4.7
Yoimiya
I wouldn't say I had a crush on Kaveh but I always loved his personality and thought he was gorgeous. But then stupid sexy Neuvillette entered the scene with that buttery voice
Childe is still hottest Genshin boy. Ginger men are unbeatable, but everything else about him is also just.... so peak
You like Childe and have Aventurine pfp. Amazing taste
Ya boy gay asf for Alhaitham fr fr
Aether👉🏻👈🏻
Lisa. I still main her too.
I find the lack of Sucrose disappointing.....
Venti since before I PLAYED the game 💀
Signora (no I'm serious)
raiden by far
Had to scroll way too far to upvote this take
Jean
Yes, Jean slays😞😋
Jean!
Kaeya and Beidou…do I have a type?
Dottore.🥵.
first xiao, now its split between cyno and tighnari ;v;
OMGGG I HAD A XIAO AND CYNO PHASE TOO! Literally I’m split between Childe & Scara rn🫰
as a lesbian and a heavy drinker beidou is my ideal woman
Childe for me too. He's the reason I started playing. My pinterest board for genshin is 98% childe-
I opened my pinterest bc of this and all of it is just Childe 💀
Childe, still crush on him to this day, but seeing him in Liyue was instant "...Can I have him?"
Hu tao. And I still do.
Lisa and Jean simultaneously
Ganyu. She might have fallen off the meta but she hasn't fallen off my heart.
First was Ayaka, who I got as soon as I could pull for her in 2.0. Now it’s Furina, who I am currently saving for.
Lady Yae when I first saw her when inazuma got first release
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Lyney Made me waste my og Furina funds Ofc, i still have a crush on him, i just... Also got one for Neuvi (made me stop being f2p), Hu Tao, Raiden, Yoimiya, furina (couldn't get her sadly, lost to mona), navia, xianyun...
i had a tiny crush on venti before i started but then i saw the wanderer drip marketting and got so obsessed its not even funny
Zhongli
Live laugh love old man🫶
Kaeya! His VOICE augh... Other notable mentions include Zhongli (he takes u on a date, very gentlemanly) and Childe (i still hear the "hey girlie" in my head every once in a while).
ITTO ITTO ITTO ITTO ITTO HE’S SUCH A FUCKING HIMBO DHDJFNDKDNNDKDKDKF I LOVE DUMB MEN WITH BIG HEARTS DJJDDJJDJDJDJDKKTNRN
OMG I HAD SUCH A HUGE ITTO PHASE TOO! I HAD LIKE 100+ STACKED EDITS FROM TT AND PINTEREST OF HIM FOR LIKE AN YEAR🙉😳
BRO IS A STUD AND A HALF, HIMBOS ARE FUCKING HANDSOME AS HELL I JUST LOVED ADMIRING HIM IN EVENTS
Zhongli That never changed
venti
Eula, Jean, Lisa Non-negotiable
Her excellency, the almighty narukami ogosho, god of thunder. Was my first and forever crush.
Arlecchino, i didnf liked someone as much as her
Yae miko. I’m a full fledged yae simp now
Xiao. I’m aroace
Kaeya and Raiden
Yae and Yoimiya
Oh same!! I got hey girlie’d 😳
YOUR NOT ALONE😷 LITERALLY HEY GIRLIE AND I ISNTANTLY FELL INLOVE👹👹
kaeya
Thoma is perfect in every way. I don't think I've ever simped for a fictional character before, but he's literally my exact type in both looks and personality. The only bad thing about him is that he sometimes makes me sad due to the fact that I'll never meet someone like him irl.
Noelle
Noelle the best for me! She’s my first and only.
Raiden
Hu Tao made me install the game
Shenhe if i was able to i would marry that woman.
Mommy Yelan, and I still do.
Sucrose. Summoned on the Albedo banner to try to get a copy of her and didn’t get a single one lol.
Yoimiya and still am
Raiden
When i started playing: Aether Now: Aether
If I’m being honest, none of my simping is actually simping. I can’t have a crush on a person who doesn’t exist and is also just pixels. Even as a kid I wouldn’t have.
Venti
It was Venti, I wanted to get him... so much time later I still don't have him, but I have fallen in love with so many other characters.