u/CinnamonnyRollies

Hey guys!

So, I know everyone’s making theories and are all feeling very up and down about the recent patches.. But something my partner irl brought up that made me think a lot..

So for a bit context, I love Dottore (obviously) A LOT, have been following it since the manga. I love a lot of the lore but aren’t intelligent enough to put my thoughts and theories into words a lot of the time, hence why I tend to love reading other people who seem to word it better than I can XD

My partner plays a LOT of games, Genshin isn’t particularly a keen interest for him as it is me, but he knows how much it means to me and how much Dottore means to me as a character as well.

Anyway, now that that’s out of the way- my partner watched me play the archon quest, and he’s a very blunt and honest person but after finishing it, he said in his personal opinion..

“That ending was so strange, it felt so final yet at the same time- they REALLY couldn’t stop telling you it was “goodbye””

I asked what he meant by this and he said “I don’t know, I just find it really weird that they really kept drilling you with stuff like “Goodbye, this is what it really is” “we’ll never see you again”, like a LOT.. Multiple characters kept kinda shoving it in your face towards the end. Plus the obvious vague hints towards him wanting to do another experiment? I don’t know, from my experience with games, when they’re like really drilling you with goodbye, sometimes that’s what it is.. but sometimes it’s the writers trying to make you feel like it’s final and that they’re gone for good, but will bring them back eventually, maybe years later, but they want it to come as a shock to you so they have to really drill in and make it seem like they’re dead for good.”

We had a lot of discussions about it, about all these theories and speculations.. and I’m not going to lie, it comforted me and gave me a bit of hope, mostly because I know my partner is a very honest person, he wouldn’t say something like this just to make me feel hopeful and happy, he’d be honest and tell me if he genuinely thought he wasn’t coming back, which he did say is a possibility as he doesn’t really know the writers of Genshin as well as other games.

I don’t know, I just thought you guys would like the opinion from someone who doesn’t really have any bias or know too much about the lore or writing. He does know Hoyo kills off a lot of villains in Genshin, and he knows of all Dottore’s crimes (since I never shut up about him lmao) I dunno, I have hope though, personally!

Hello there, Fellow Dottomains!

(If you don't want any spoilers for the 6.6 archon quest, I highly recommend clicking away from this post, I didn't really talk about a whole lot of them but just in case you don't wanna be spoiled, I recommend playing first.)

A few of you may have seen my art come up here and there, I recently finished the "Dottore kissing but it gets steamier the higher it gets", as well as some occasional art of Dottore, Dottolone and some yumeship art out of personal comfort.

So.. After finishing the archon quest and doom scrolling for the last 3 days, I'm honestly left feeling.. a number of emotions. Part of me feels happy/satisfied that Dottore got an ending that (imo) was honestly beautifully written and poetic, part of me is deeply upset about where things are at now, and another part of me is extremely angry with the fact that not only are they (potentially) killing off our favourite Doctor.. but also, in the same patch that we literally just met him- they're saying Pantalone (my second favourite character) is going to die in a few years too?

I honestly just feel lost now, I know I should probably take a break, and I probably will but.. one of the biggest reason this upset me so much was because I only recently started sharing my art, is has been something I've been struggling to push myself to do for literal years, I know it's not the best art out there, and there are thousands of artists that far exceed me in terms of skill and experience.. but it's a passion I strongly enjoy and would LOVE to do as a fulltime career someday..

Drawing Dottore, Dottolone, etc, helped me get started. I've been active silently in this fandom for years, but only recently did I start actively chatting and meeting new people and artists.. and so far, It's been a wonderful and great experience.

But just as soon as I start building up a following, making friends and moots, feeling confident in my future and abilities- the two characters that ultimately helped push me to this point are (potentially) dead and gone and... I'm left feeling stuck and numb?

Do I continue drawing them because they make me happy? Is it even worth trying to build a career off of drawing them now when half/most of the fandom for them and genshin as a whole is depleting with each patch that is released?

I do want to continue playing, I want to see if they do anything else with Pantalone before they (maybe) kill him off too- But... going from where I was back when the Lasso trailer came out, being so overwhelmingly excited and hyped to get to Snezhnaya and see the whole faction in all its glory with all its members.. to where we're at now.. I'm honestly scared that continuing to play would just be torturing myself at this point with how painful it is to watch a story that has genuinely so, so much potential come to where it is now...

If any of you read this far, I'd really love to know- should I continue drawing Dottore, Pantalone, and the Fatui as a whole? Maybe even draw mini comics and things of the Fatui we could have seen and loved if they went a different direction? Or.. should I move on, I'll still post art and try to keep my head held high for the potential possibility of either Dottore making a comeback someday or Pantalone being playable- but I'd love to hear you guy's thoughts.

I may not know or interacted much verbally with this community over the years.. but you all seem like really great, amazing and supportive people, and I've always loved this side of the fandom because of that, would love to hear any advice or thoughts <3

Thank you to those that stuck around to read, I'll try to post art soon when I'm in a bit of a better headspace! Hope those of you that enjoyed my art will stick around but no pressure <3