I said what I said, idc if it's an unpopular opinion or whatever

This is coming largely after seeing Sandrone leaks, the design is butchered even tho it's fundamentally still same, her animations/gameplay are not impressive, and apparently there's no story quest (this is unknown, I assume she will have a WQ like Nicole). I'm sorry to say but if Signora gets a treatment like this then I'd much rather have her stay dead, because then I will know they never planned anything and she was supposed to be have this tragic non-cathartic death.

Yes it is weird and frankly very hurtful and irritating Signora got this treatment, every Harbinger after her got properly fleshed out even fcking Dottore got Otto Apocalypse level treatment, Traveller is allies with almost everyone there's even a long conversation with Pantalone in a single patch. Signora has had it worst, objectively, point blank period. So if she returns, I have very high expectations for her content- both story and gameplay. But unfortunately, I do not trust Mihoyo with either.

Over the years, I have come to somehow accept this bitterness of her treatment, but I know I will feel worse if she's back and they butchered everything that made her good. I'm scared they will change her model to the default adult woman which will make her shorter and lose her proportions, her dress will obviously be modified and I'm scared it will be so much worse, she may not get a good spotlight whenever she releases. Snezhnaya already has at least 2 Harbingers + Tsaritsa release, if Signora is also put in then I dont trust she will have good screentime/relevancy.

My ideal scenario of her return is that there will be no big cinematic resurrection but instead a casual, out of nowhere appearance. I would love it if there's a scene where we first walk into Zapolyarny Palace to meet Tsaritsa then suddenly hear a familiar clinking of heels and voila, Signora is just there. Yes actually I feel this will give the best shock factor and show she is much more deeply integrated into the story than we thought. If she is shown this way right from patch 1 then I can definitely hope she will stay around for the entirety and get good focus around her release patch.

But whatever happens, in the end if they change the most unique and significant traits about her and treat her like a side piece then I will probably not even pull or just get C0 cause its still Signora

Idk if this counts as a spoiler for the current quest, so I'm gonna tag just to be safe. But does anyone else find strange that we got backstories for all the harbingers that appeared in the game so far, but Signora?

Hoyo told us their stories, but Signora's is still stuck in the CWOF artifacts as far as I remember.

Dotore got his background animated before dying, but Signora got nothing at all. We even got a little of Pantalone's background in this new Archon quest, but we barely have anything like that when it comes to Signora. They just slapped the name crimson witch on her boss and expected us to do the connections, and that was it.

My memory is not the best, but I'm pretty sure the only thing we got about Signora was some mentions of Rosalyne by Sandrone and Columbina, but that was it? I don't remember a single time her whole backstory had been explained to us outside of the artifact set. Does anyone else find this strange as well?

We should have something by now, right? Like, she died, and that was it, no nothing, but now Dotore is dead for real, and he got his backstory animated, so why didn't they do that for Signora as well? Was it because they killed her so early in the story? Is it because her chapter isn't over yet? Or do they simply don't care about her at all? I honestly hope we get to see an official animation for her background as the CWOF

so with sandrone playability…. my instinct told me that her trailer would featured the “Tea Party”

As long as the wait was, I'm kind of dreading the arrival of Snezhnaya now. I'm not sure if others here feel the same way. I do in fact expect something from Mihoyo for Rosalyne there. But I worry that it might not involve her coming back as a playable character. If its just a form of closure for her story, it might arguably be worse than the situation we're in now.

I guess the good news is that Mihoyo hasn't been very predictable, nor do they seem beholden to the wishes of the community. So anything can happen, for better or worse.

EDIT: added leaks flair just in case, not for this post specifically but for the comments.

At this point, I’m beginning to loose hope, someone validate me 😭 surely she will revive when her entire story is centered about rebirth and resurrection, and the meaning of a Winters Nights “Lazzo”

By the way, since Kuro Games Wuthering Wavs have 2 Playable Female Fractsidus, Phrolova and upcoming Denia, whether or not Hoyoverse will finally change their mind to resurrect Signora/Rosalyne as a Cryo Catalyst Sub-DPS to avoid loosing its competitor by the time of Snezhnaya Update?

Also, both Signora/Rosalyne and Phrolova have similar tragic backstory. Rosalyne lost her lover Rostam in the Cataclysm in Mondstadt while still enrolled in Sumeru 500 and becoming a Fatui Harbinger, while Phrolova lost her own Family and Friends by Meteor during the Lament in Ostina, and she become a Fractsidus Overseer. And unlike Signora died in 2.1 in Inazuma and her story wasn't expanded aside from artifacts, Phrolova in 2.5 Rinascita is becoming playable and she's still alive.

Also, if in Snezhnaya, and since we still have Signora's Crown/Mask in Traveler's Inventory, I doubt we'll see the Rosalyne's Empty Coffin in later update?