is that some color aware bias lighting
yes. gamer babies get mad when people say this but imo also subtext/text of cultural critique/critique of imperialism/critique of 20th century japanese military history/treatment of women in occupied countries written in to her character that flies over the head of a bunch of the audience
the game is deftly threading a bunch of needles with her story. She couldn't live as Tsuyu not just because she couldn't live with what she had done, but also because she didn't want to live for gosetsu or the kami or anyone else. she had no agency in her life and wanted an end to her suffering
Also fwiw my headcanon is she went through with the primal summoning to kill Asahi, she knew what he was planning, felt too much guilt to live but also needed justice against him. Also, curious to see the jp dialog bc her critique of Doma reads ~to me~ like a critique of Japanese culture
she literally tells you she's suiciding by warrior of light in the middle of the fight, dude people are so dumb lol
when peoples only ability to process media is as a set of tropes and they engage with the tropes instead of the what the media is saying it's so infuriating tbh. "she didn't deserve a redemtion arc", dude if you think that was a redemption arc you are not paying attention
he wrote that at fucking TWENTY TWO. wtf dude lol
like yeah you basically perfectly crystallized the burnout end of empire america in your first three albums and you're 26. I used to be jealous of that kind of talent but now I'm glad it took me a long time to grow into myself lol
I think a lot of this is also historical, a lot of the people with a lot of money have been in orange county a long time and orange county has been extremely conservative in the past. It’s Nixon country.