GUYS! I GET IT! ITS AN AI VOICE! IK ITS NOT JENSHIN😭😭😭

You showed Ganyu a lot in this video, and it reminded me of another comparison I've heard on the net: the difference between Ganyu and Yan Fei is a first-generation immigrant and a second-generation immigrant. While both are half-adepti, Ganyu was raised by a bird in the mountains, while Yan Fei was probably raised in the city. Which is why they are so different.

additional: candace is also underrated, is kinda dehya opposite, unlike dehya she doesn't have interest in fashion and make up but she is really "motherly protective" also clorinde "moderately" likes make up and fashion, she mention in neuvillette story quest that she order her outfit from chiori and she recommend her lipbalm (she got from sigewinne) to Navia but she is not a shopaholic

I think Nahida deserves a spot in the video as well

Jean is a lot more appreciated if you're playing from the start. The feeling of making you feel like you're home and all while dealing with the Gunhildr stuff and Varka and Vanessa's position. The manga and everything just adds to her character. The literal only shared trait among her and Ganyu is that they are overworked. The shade thrown at her is crazy

sorry but wriothesley was not violent for NO reason??? did u even read the dialouge?? even the traveler admits he had pent up rage because of his pity towards the members of the group that got injured. he was violent because the guy (i forgot his name) deserved it. wriothesley is mostly calm and reasonable and he only delivers justice, not anything else. hes a very fair man.

This type of topic is can be very hard to talk about, even without the knowledge that it would upset many people and cause controversy on both sides. But I congratulate you for doing it, and I agree with many points in this video. It’s so much better when the writing and story is good for a movie or game, and I think many people would agree that they would rather have good writing with strong female roles.

Great video! I believe the opposite is true for male in Genshin. We have the traditional masculine males like Diluc and Wrio, and males that have feminine job or hobby like Thoma.

this is a cool video but you somehow pronounced almost every character’s name wrong 😭😭 not ur fault but if you’re planning to make more videos please search up the proper pronunciation (no hate!!)

For the most part men and women should be written as people regardless of their gender >w< that way you avoid falling into the trap of gender stereotypes 💕💕

This was a pretty good video. While poorly written "strong female characters" or "strong independent women" are found everywhere, it's no secret that it's primarily a problem in western media. I often show examples of female characters in anime and manga to many of my western friends, without referencing the declining state of writing in western works. When I do this they often point out how much better it is. It's not like all western writers are write female characters poorly, it's just interesting that the majority seem to do so. I absolutely love Dehya, the way that she looks out for others in the Sumeru Archon Quest and trusts them to fulfil their roles is such a strong highlight of someone who could become a great leader yet chooses to remain on the path she's passionate about. And her design is amazing.

Foçalors also put an immense amount of trust in Neuv for this. I mean, he's a vengeful Dragon Sovereign. He could've just taken his power and nope'd out of all of it. Having him become the Iudex some frickin 400 years prior to the incident of the prophecy to have him grow closer to humans, and thus greatly increase the probability that he would not nope out of it and actually help her and Fontaine, was a very, _very_ smart decision.

6:24 I don’t agree with this OwO everyone can help others >w< regardless of gender. It’s not about femininity/masculinity, it’s about being caring and a good person 💕💕💕😋

i feel like this is a great topic bc genshin does write women very well esp with their relationships with each other but it flops with the character design. despite some being “more masculine” they all have very girly designs and the same body type which is fine but it kind of does a disservice to the spectrum of womanhood. also all the female characters (except arlecchino) have their legs out but the men don’t have the same treatment.

It's GEN-SHIN. not JENSHIN

12:30 YES FINALLY COLLEI GETTING THE RECOGNITION SHE DESERVES!!

Those are some interesting chapter names.

Additional and i think is a big influence is the enviroment

Great video! I agree with a lot of the points you make, however I think its a little baffling how you didn't mention Arlecchino in any way shape or form. She is, in my opinion, one of the most interesting female characters we've gotten so far. She is, both visually and from a story perspective, the most masculine woman we've gotten until now, incredibly strong and immensly threatening, while also rejecting the typical feminine term 'mother' (bc of lore reasons but still) and chosing to go by father instead. Generally speaking, she hides or supresses her feminine traits, like showing no emotions or disguising vulnerability and care. But we also learn during the Archon quest that she is incredibly cunning any manipulative, and is not above using more 'feminine' traits to get what she wants (feigning concern over Fontaine and the House of the Hearth for her involvement in the Archon Quest when it was for Fatui business reasons all along). We also learn via the HoH children and her Story Quest that she does care and want the best for the orphan kids, she just doesn't outwardly show it to not seem 'weak'. To me she is a really interesting character to analyse, from both a 'writing woman' and 'writing queerness in media' perspective.

0:19Genshin's pronunciation is not Jianxin(That's a standard 5 stars for wuwa)

"Lots of people have pointed out that Jean and Ganyu especially are pretty much the same character" Sure, they might seem that way if you're as socially inept as the average Genshin player. They're barely anything alike. Jean is overworked because the Knights of Favonius are short-staffed, with most of the more capable Knights away on Varka's expedition, so she doesn't really have a choice in the matter. There's an argument to be made that she should delegate more responsibilities to her subordinates, but she's unwilling to do so due to not wanting to put her subordinates through the same hell she herself is going through. In doing so ironically making her own hell even worse. Ganyu is "overworked" because work is the only way she knows to interact with people so she buries herself in it, meaning she absolutely has a choice in the matter and from what I can tell isn't even really overworked. Ganyu doesn't delegate responsibilities to others not because she's unwilling to (in her Story Quest she has no qualms with leaving her work to her coworkers while she goes on break), but because she doesn't need to in the first place. Because she really _can_ handle it all by herself. For Ganyu, her work isn't hell, it's just a part of her life.

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Overall a good video, but I think there are several details you get wrong in terms of what's masculine or feminine. The best part of the video is that it's the balance of traits that makes for good characters. Being protective is not a feminine trait. It's an highly regarded trait for both men and women and relatively universal, but it's closer to the core of masculinity, so it leans in that direction. It's the main reason men go to war (private men, not governments and rulers). Sure, women are the protectors of their children, but men are the protectors of their families and others, which means both their partner and children. In that aspect, Furina's wish to protect Fontaine is much more masculine, since one of the primary tools she uses is stoicism, which is a masculine trait. She hides her true emotions, like most men are taught to do. I think you misrepresent trust as a feminine trait. Women are generally more agreeable, and men more disagreeable. Where people trust them more are in different areas. However, trust in themselves is confidence, which is a masculine trait, as men are more confident (and overconfident). These are scientifically measured traits (studies have been made), but on the whole they're also marginal, and the difference between individuals is greater than the difference between genders. If you think vengeance is masculine you've not heard the phrase, "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." (That's not the original line, but the one most known.) However, you're right in that the way Eula expresses it is more masculine. It's more physical and threatening, rather than mental and undermining. Sigewinne I find more to be non-human than either masculine or feminine. She has a bit of an almost psychopathic vibe, as Melusines don't quite understand humans the same way we do. In the end, women are not harder to write than men. Writing good characters, regardless of gender, is hard. They're just different, and there are different aspects of their characters the audience tends to have more forgiveness to if it's not written well. This is not on you, but I disagree that Ganyu and Jean are the same character. They share a major character trait, but that's it. They deal with it in different ways, and they have different opinions about it. For instance Jean suffers from overwork, while Ganyu enjoys it (which she shares more with Noelle than with Jean).

KEEEP IT UP!!!

Best "character" is objective but i do think she's the best female character

I agree with most of this, and this may just be me, but i personally feel like "men with boobs" is a weird way of describing certain characters. As if women can't be just as unnecessarily violent as male characters are, it truly feels like theres a subconscious interpretation of whatever's considered feminine and masculine for that half century as the undeniable truth. The phrase "write women as if they're men" on the surface is silly and stupid, but as long as you're a capable writer i dont think it's all that bad. That is, if your male characters aren't shallow examples of "masculinity" with no personality beyond stoicism or anger or arrogance. In general i think the social interpretation of these personality traits as "masculine" or "feminine" is part of the problem, leading people to thinking that arrogant women are differently arrogant than men because they're women, and not because of personality differences. Same with the unconscious thinking of "women are passive aggressive, indirect," while men are "confrontational, incredibly direct". Not claiming that you've said this, just something i noticed. Really, while there's tons of ways not to write a woman (and others by extent), there's no specific right way. Because even in the realm of fictional characters, 2D or 3D, written or seen, purely voice acted or physically portrayed through an actor, there's endless different personalities people can have, and a gender never inherently leads them one way or another. It's nature vs nurture, in which we only see women as soft and gentle and motherly because that's the way they are taught to act, what they're taught to desire. Same of course goes for men who are taught not to express emotions, to "be a man" and push through it all. And in media it's far more realistic and meaningful to create these characters as characters, to deconstruct what you see as fem/masc and why, and to stick traits that are relevant to that character's vague identity. I dont think there should always be a traditionally/stereotypically feminine woman in something (in terms of clothing and material aspects like make up), and theres no real need for a traditionally masculine man the same way. Again, not that these things are bad as said in the video, but the idea that just because it's expected and considered common/natural doesn't mean it's necessary. And by extension, I also think we all should start to realize that protecting and fighting, for example, aren't examples of masculinity. Like how dressing up or baking isn't feminine. Again im not saying that's what was said in the video, but i truly do know that separating the ever-changing concepts of fem and masc from personality can only help, both with writing characters and in real life. Because those kinds of "fem/masc traits" even change across culture, not just time. I dont have a clear cut, always right solution to this. after all I've been in a writing slump for years now, but maybe a character being feminine or masculine or androgynous should come last. A personality should just be a personality, unrelated to their gender unless it's important to the story. Of course a girl can be a baker, or loving, or manipulative by indirect means, but none of those traits/skills should be attributed to being a girl. All that really does is limit a character, where someone liking baking is just an innate part of them and not a skill/hobby they picked up, or how someone is just loving purely through gender and not because they want to be/were put through horrible situations. I hope any bit of this was clear lol, probably oddly passionate because you saying Eula and Navia were masculine in some aspects. Interesting, and the most obvious example of those concepts varying from person to person. I can see it in Dehya and Arlecchino and Clorinde a bit, but hearing those two by means of kicking ass is both odd and intriguing

Nice analyisis but .... ... it's not jenshin, its genshin (the g is pronounced like the g in good)

Bro said Jen-shin