>hoyo chooses to promote aether as the canon protagonist and loom as the canon abyss twin since forever
>they do not do this with their other games, as they switch the protags regularly
>since aether is the canon protagonist, many female characters in the game canonically are marketed to be attracted to him (see citlali, ayaka, etc)
>most of the playerbase are straight and prefer waifus
>if loom was the canon protagonist, suddenly those female characters lusting over the mc would be lesbian
>homosexuality is forbidden in china
>therefore they market aether as the canon protagonist
It’s literally that simple. You can get mad at him for being a twink but the company still chose a male mc to be their protagonist because genshin is a shounen
That’s why it’s silly when loomfags get mad that she isn’t the canon protagonist and they keep pushing aether. Nigger they’re doing that because they don’t want to make it gay, no one does. You expect us to believe citlali would be gay kek? Girls love cute boys