Things I'm afraid of happening to the Tsaritsa's writing
I’ve been thinking about how people joke about HoYoverse making Cryo(though I only know two that are hinted to be in love with them) women fall for the Traveler, especially after the Citlali situation. Given that one of her theorized ideals is love, it wouldn’t be surprising if they leaned into that angle. And honestly, HoYoverse isn’t afraid to write characters that way or make it seem as if they're that way when they really aren't.
Take Ei, for example—I like her, but her writing had a lot of issues. In her first story quest, we essentially went on a "date" with her. Now, I get that the whole point of taking her out was to help her see the positive side of Inazuma’s changes, but the way they wrote it made it easy for people to see it as Ei simping for the Traveler. The narrative might not have outright stated that, but with how it was framed—and considering the Genshin fandom's low media literacy—people definitely took it that way. I don’t want that same thing happening with her.
Also, I’d rather see her acknowledge her wrongdoings but she still committed them because her goal was incomplete, rather than the opposite. I’d also prefer for her flaws to actually be there, rather than the writers trying to frame them as some kind of upside to her “perfection.” Am I really asking for much?