u/florenceslave

Guys, guys, I know Welrod is cool and all, but Phaetusa.

Nobody is talking about Phaetusa. I see folks on Discord discussing her rotation for the past week, but nothing beyond that.

Come on, guys! Phaetusa is cool.

She is an android oni with a badass sword.

She has really cool eyes with a unique color palette.

She can cut apples with her forehead.

If we are being serious about her achievements in the story, Phaetusa pulled off a genuine scientific breakthrough. Just think about the implications of being able to cultivate food in contaminated zones.

She deserves a lot of head pats from mankind.

Phaetusa is probably one of the smartest dolls out there, on par with the likes of Springfield, Leva, and Florence.

Genuinely loving humans while simultaneously knowing just how evil mankind can be is also quite an achievement that shows a lot of wisdom.

Sweeper is... Both brutal and adorable at the same time.

From what I can tell, she is fully responsible for creating and running various automatons across the power plant we see in the story.

Between these two, I assume Sweeper is fully responsible for combat. I think she is the one who actually controls the doll frame during engagements.

Sweeper, being an SF prototype, can be absolutely devastating for any enemy forces that use automatons. Give her some time and she will be on par with Leva or Peritya.

Phaetusa and Sweeper working on some project or simply doing some mission is quite scary if you think about it. Depending on the skill set needed, they can switch around and help each other.

Also, Sweeper is a tsundere.

Also, Phaetusa is barefoot in literally all of her dorm poses.

Also, best melee unit in the game. Imagine her mod key.

We need more Phaetusa in the story.

They can't just release a GFL 2 original character and simply forget about her like Zhao. What is the point? YZ you fuck. Give Phaetusa more screen time.

I love this stubby stubby horn.

I see only huge positives.

If you get stabbed, that means you can spend a lot of time with Florence without other dolls getting in your way.

You can even dump your work on Groza, Springfield, and Klukai. You're wounded after all.

This alone justifies intentionally walking up to Phaetusa and hugging her until you get wounded.

If you don't get stabbed, that's a huge positive too, since you can now proceed to bully Sweeper.

For some inexplicable reason, I feel obligated to bully dolls like Sweeper.

There are so many ways to make fun of her...

Bonus points if you manage to both bully Sweeper and then, after she stabs you, get your ass isekaied to Florence.

Well, come to think of it, there is only one downside here.

Getting stabbed will work the first couple of times, but eventually other dolls will figure out what's going on and take action.

God forbid Soppo decides to take matters into her own hands.

Realistically speaking... Colphne will probably put some bubble wrap around that horn at some point, even before anyone gets stabbed. She will even put a nice looking sticker with the SF logo on it.

(Sweeper: Why? What is wrong with you?)

Humans are fascinating creatures. I recently learned about a phenomenon in human culture known as "foot fetish."

(Sweeper: I have been forced to watch you research this heinous topic for over 24 hours. The video footage alone exceeds 8 hours.)

A foot fetish is a paraphilic disorder involving sexual attraction to feet or footwear. It stems from neural crosswiring in the brain's somatosensory cortex, where the sensory maps for feet and genitals overlap. This cortical proximity can trigger misdirected arousal.

(Sweeper: These humans have brain damage. I wish I could eradicate them all.)

One reason modern doll frames feature realistic, humanlike feet with natural texture and appealing shape is that the vast majority of humans have a foot fetish.

(Sweeper: The only feet these "people" deserve are my boots crushing their skulls. I swear, if I ever see one of these perverts, I will trample them to death.)

Even Sangvis Ferri switched to producing dolls with humanlike feet at some point, driven by market pressure and demand.

(Sweeper: Wait, the military? Why the fuck did the military want dolls with humanlike feet? Are you kidding me?)

Research consistently shows that dolls with realistic, humanlike feet sell more units. Because of this, modern dolls now come with a wide variety of humanlike feet, complete with flexible toe extensions and pheromone odor modifications.

(Sweeper: I will never ever take off my boots around humans. These creatures are sick.)

Maybe we should tease Commander with our feet a little.

(Sweeper: DONT YOU DARE. If I see him looking at our feet, I will personally make sure he never wants to deal with anything related to feet ever again.)

I can confirm.

I have plenty of friends in China playing the Chinese version on local servers. They can even speak and write Chinese.

Florence got deleted from the CN server. Just like several spicy skins, she literally got purged. Florence has been obliterated and no longer exists on the CN side. Unlike outfits, if you obtained her previously, you will no longer find her in your refitting room or the crew deck.

Apparently this is not related to censorship in any way, shape or form.

This is not a cope, just think about it. If they removed Florence, why did they not remove other spicy dolls like Loreley? It would be strange to single out just one character like this.

I mean, come on guys, there is nothing special about Florence. She is pretty generic if you think about it. Why would anyone need to censor Florence?

Perhaps it is related to a recent diplomatic visit from the United States to China, and since Florence is tied to France, YZ locked her up to use her as leverage.

Hopefully these recent changes will not affect the global version of the game, because I really want to make fun of CN players for not having Florence.

Oh... Also...

Also, there is this weird rumor going around. Supposedly, Florence got deleted because of some weird texture bug. Apparently, on the crew deck, in camera mode, if you look at Florence from behind Klukai's flip flops (yeah, that infamous swimsuit), she ends up naked.