nostr:npub172uvk4ff60mz8gaa0gznkwz9895aesj0zplqdpnvnpxh2zmnfydshx2cl7 didn't realize the damage caused at the time, but when iosys did their thing all the normalfags flooded in and made everything a meme and killed the aesthetic

nobody can be cool anymore, they must all be flying memes. mysterious puppeter? ok ur a raging lesbo. stoic gardener swordsman? no ur a dork now. classy lunatic princess? here's a tracksuit and a computer. not to say the depictions didn't exist prior to the meme explosion but there was a balance instead of everything being in your face

and zun of course did the logical thing and rolled with it, so newer characters are designed with ease of meme in mind and lack nuance in comparison to the older character designs