#I AM going to blame the fact that this is a gacha game. Hoyoverse CLEARLY doesn't care as much about the story as many people think they do

[mechanical-aristocrat]

Okay this is silly but am I crazy to think that Screwllum didn't talk like this before? In Silver Wolfs event he just talked like a human but now he says things like "Affirmation:" or "Conclusion:" Does this have like. Lore signifigance? Was it explained? Or did hoyoverse just retcon how he talks?

[OOC:]

Actually, he has talked like this the whole time, it's just that in Silver Wolf's companion mission it wasn't used nearly as frequently as in the new story. (To make sure I was remembering correctly, I skimmed the dialogue section of the wiki and found that the amount it was used was around the same for both missions, but since Screwllum had far more dialogue in Punklorde Mentality, its use was significantly more spread out so it wasn't as noticable)

In my opinion, it was better that way. I feel like this sort of speech mannerism is only charming when it's used sparingly, but for every handful of lines? It's a bit awkward and loses its effectiveness pretty quickly. Before, it seemed to me like something he was doing intentionally, turning typically flat and emotionless robotic speech patterns into something more endearing. Now, though, it reads like it only exists because he's a robot and robot characters have to speak a certain way, right? Never mind the fact that Screwllum is far more in touch with emotions (both his own and others') than most robot characters that exist in fiction, and that he tends to speak in a very elegant and poetic way that wouldn't usually blend very well with that blunt, straight-to-the-point style of speaking (unless, of course, a balance is struck between the two...like it was in Punklorde Mentality, maybe?!).

It's not a retcon, per say, because that word usually only applies to major, plot-important elements (as far as I understand it), but it is an inconsistency.

#admittedly this is a pretty minor nitpick in the grand scheme of things #but just look around and you'll find Many examples of this sort of thing happening that are WAY more obvious #I'm not going to blame the writers for that because they're almost certainly on very strict deadlines and don't have Time to fix everything #I AM going to blame the fact that this is a gacha game. Hoyoverse CLEARLY doesn't care as much about the story as many people think they do #they care about making money and rushing their creatives to churn out constant capital 'c' Content is one way to do that #(and it's a shitty stupid way. I would Much rather wait longer for new story missions that are ACTUALLY GOOD than what's happening now) #anyway rant over. tags time: #honkai star rail #screwllum #ooc | out of character #anon | anonymous