Genshin Taiwan Community Criticises Mihoyo for Purposely Promoting Wanderer in the Latest Event
As we are all aware, Wanderer (formerly known as Scaramouche) is considered one of the most controversial characters among Genshin fans, which has caused quite a few dramas in the past.
Recently, the Taiwan players started to express their anger by spamming hate posts about Wanderer and Mihoyo after the third arc of the event story was released.
Part 1: Causes of Controversy
Most of the Taiwan players complained that they felt offended after going through the third arc of the story, where Wanderer was starting to play a major role in this part.
Prior to the third arc, the majority of the Taiwan players believed that the Traveler was summoned to Simulanka to play the role of hero in solving the crisis that was happening in the world.
However, during the third arc of the story, it was revealed that Wanderer is actually the one that was summoned to play the role of hero and starting to take the lead role in solving the final conflict.
The Taiwan players express dissatisfaction about how Traveler was only summoned into the world of Simulanka as the witness of the story and he/she did not make any major contribution after Wanderer joined the party. Besides that, they are also unhappy on how Traveler keep getting into trouble where he/she was saved by the others.
Part 2: Taiwan Community Reaction
Due to the few points mentioned above, the reception of the latest event is rated very poorly among the majority of the Genshin Taiwan Community.
Some Taiwan players take advantage of this situation and start spreading propaganda that the Genshin story writing team plays favouritism to Wanderer (a shota character) by downplaying Traveler after he was introduced in the third arc of the event.
They also accused the Genshin story writing team of purposely disgusting the playerbase by downgrading Traveler, the avatar of the players, to just the witness of the story or cameraman for the heroic tale of Wanderer.
Besides that, the poster girl of this event, Nilou, has also become the next target for the Taiwan players to release their dissatisfaction. Some players noticed that the flower bulb accessory on Nilou’s dress looked similar to the signature weapon of Wanderer (Tulaytullah's Remembrance), leading some players to claim that it was a hidden message from Mihoyo, where Mihoyo started to ship Wanderer and Nilou as a couple behind the scenes.
Some players started to mock and make fun of the Nilou fans in the community by joking around about how their beloved waifu is NTRed by Wanderer. Furthermore, they also try to disgust the remaining Nilou fans by posting various artworks and memes about how Traveler is NTR by Wanderer in the forum.
Source for some posts with the disturbing artworks
https://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=36730&snA=39383&tnum=10
https://forum.gamer.com.tw/C.php?bsn=36730&snA=39407
Summary
- Many players from the Taiwan community were not satisfied with the story writing for the current event because Wanderer grabs the major spotlight from Traveler during the finale of the story.
- They make assumptions that the story writing team plays favoritism to Wanderer while continuing downplaying Traveler, the character avatar of the players.
- Nilou and her fans become the targets of harassment, because
flower bulb looks similar to bellthe design of accessory on Nilou's new outfit looks similar to Wanderer's signature weapon.