#rip valko

[thatssobyronic]

Watching the Valko teasers and trailers like they’re a dead wife montage

(Also to save them before they become lost media)

[sugar-bugz]

i was excited for valko and i’m extremely disappointed with the decision to remove him.

like idk about yall but i personally could have waited a while for caleb and sylus main story updates AND IM A SYLUS MAIN!! even so, i think delaying his release until after caleb and sylus updates would have been even better.

also, i really don’t agree with the decision to have no new love interests either. i think it really hinders their ability to continue developing the game, and also having 6 love interests would’ve been a great even amount.

idk, what do yall think

[cookies-from-nj]

Not my circus, not my monkeys but why are CN LaDS fans unironically doing the “I can excuse incest, kidnapping, the mafia and drugging BUT I draw the line at throwing a juice box” bit

[plantz11]

I really did not think Infold was going to completely get rid of Valko. Like my jaw is dropped. My pearls are clutched.

[ihateyouuuallllll]

Poor Valko he never even got a chance before they took him out back and shot him like a rabid dog with rabies

[extra-pickles]

I'm actually crashing out, I had deleted the game a while back cuz I got a bit bored and busy, but I still read fanfics and stuff (cuz you guys write straight up crack that I need in my veins) and I got excited with the Valko news I was literally about to start writing fics again and re-download the game but now I just have depression 🤡

[mapsthewanderer]

Okay… two glasses of wine in, so I’m gonna speak my truth. Take off ya pearls bc this is the second time in history I’ve been as brutally honest as I can be in this fandom so here goes nothing

First. I was genuinely excited about Valko. Not because I already loved him. I didn’t even get the chance to

I was excited because my birthday is in July and I wanted to hear another LI sing me happy birthday. I wanted to see whether he texts with emojis or uses caps or not. I wanted to see how the fandom’s art of him would evolve as his story unfolded. I wanted to find out if I could love another LI the way I unexpectedly ended up loving Caleb

Maybe I would’ve. Maybe I wouldn’t. But I wanted the chance

I know people have all sorts of reasons for feeling the way they do, and I’m not trying to tell anyone what they should or shouldn’t like. But… I just can’t stand the atmosphere in this fandom lately. Every announcement feels like it immediately turns into panic, doomposting, or people deciding something is awful before it’s even had the chance to exist

For me, this game has never been politics. It’s my escape after a job I don’t enjoy. It’s my silly lil delusion. It’s the place where I’ve met some of the kindest people I know

Today I was outside powerwashing my terrace and caught myself wondering something~

Does Infold ever wish their audience would meet them halfway? Whether the developers ever wish we’d let a story breathe before deciding what it is?

Not by loving everything they make. Criticism is and should fine. But… maybe by giving new ideas a genuine chance before writing them off and calling them out on past mistakes?

I looked at Valko and saw imperfect teeth that somehow felt perfect. I thought he looked charming because he wasn’t polished into perfection. He looked worn. I was curious about who he could become. Curious about the story he had to tell me

Instead… much of what I saw was people calling him ugly and a thief before his story even had a chance to begin

I’m endlessly grateful this game came to the global audience. I really am. But sometimes… being part of this fandom feels like walking barefoot on a sword. It’s brought me some of my closest friends yet it can also be exhausting in ways I never expected

Sometimes I just want to step off that sword… and take Caleb with me

I think people underestimate how much joy there is in simply being curious. I wasn’t waiting for Valko to replace Caleb. I was excited to meet someone new. To discover his habits. To find out what made him him. That’s half the magic of otome games to me. Maybe I would’ve loved him. Maybe I would’ve shrugged and gone back to Caleb after a week (very likely). But… I’ll never know. And.. I was excited to find out

I just wanna visit Valko’s drawer at Infold hq and leave flowers… but I don’t even know his favorite ones. Guess Caleb and I will have to bring asiatic apple blossoms then.

I’ve carried Robert Frost’s nothing gold can stay with me for the past fifteen years. Today… for whatever reason it feels fitting

Nature’s first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf’s a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

[viridescentelf]

my contribution to the valko situation lmao i wanted to make art and use a couple card animations to cobrah's dog but i guess not 🥲 rip (?)

edit: i was actually excited for him even tho the concept made me laugh but hey i laugh at all of the lads and love them just the same