Since some of y'all are actually convinced that Genshin has darkskin characters, I've decided to compare the skin tones to one another.
There's currently only 5 official playable Genshin characters with an ounce of melanin. Xinyan, Kaeya, Candace, Cyno, and Dehya.
Here's their skin tones + a grayscale to compare the variety
This, is not varied at all.
All of these characters except Xinyan and lightskin. Even then, Xinyan is one shade away of being lightskin.
This, is skin tones picked from my OC's and edits I've done.
Now, I don't wanna hear no "But they're a Chinese company!" bullshit in my notes.
This, is a comparison of skin tones from Dislyte. A game released two years later and is also located in the same city as Hoyoverse. This doesn't include the Sumeru characters as it was made before their release nor does it include the newer characters for Dislyte.
Dislyte managed to do more diverse characters in one year while Genshin hasn't done the bare minimum in two.
At this point, it is blatantly obvious Mihoyo/Hoyoverse doesn't care about the countries they're using as their inspiration. As long as they can take money away from people with a basic character, they're happy.
Disappointed by the lack of wlw fanart and fanfiction in the dislyte fandom.
Like, cmon guys, y’all prefer tangcest fics to lesbians? For shame.
This post is meant to be read in a somewhat joking manner, obviously everyone has their own preferences when it comes to fanworks! However, we do need to maybe take a break from writing and drawing mlm ships and maybe give the lesbians some love. Just a thought :3