I mean, everybodyโs experience so far with Archontes are that we do ending up liking them. Itโs always possible that Baal will have her own arc to redeem herself and everything becomes good and dandy.ย
I do not think that at the end of the game all the archontes will be Travelerโs enemies, so a lot of ppl is just likeย โyeah, Baal is a crazy tyranic asshole, but sheโs probably the only one who can fix what she did and eventually is possible that she willโ.ย
Iโm not like, against her if she decides to change.ย
Do I think that her castle is a joke? Kind of, she build that fancy huge ass castle while her ppl is starving and suffering, like fuck that.ย
Itโs gorgeous piece of cultural respect towards japonese culture, for sure, but noneless!ย
I do think sheโs beautiful and I wouldnโt my pull for her even if I donโt agree with what sheโs doing right now. What is going to stop me from pulling from her is because I wanna know what else is going in 2.2, if a character like Hu tao comes back in 2.2 or we get someone that I will like more, itโs possible that I will skip her banner. Personally, I donโt have Venti either. The only Archonte I have is Zhongli, so it would be fun having another one, I guess.ย
But what is happening in the story is something in proggress. Like, Iโm done with the first act yet, cuz Iโm searching for stuff to updating the sakura three and the archonteโs statue, so Iโm kinda behind whatโs happeningโฆ.
I donโt believe, however, that Baal will be a tyrant until the end of Inazumaโs arc, I donโt think sheโs there to become our enemy forever and I donโt think Mihoyo would just half hearted redeem her. If sheโs going to redeem herself, they will make her do it right, I have faith on that.ย
And I guess you could argue thatโs the same about the Fatui Harbingers thatโs gonna probably become playable characters in the future, not everybody has an issue with maniac evil characters, even more in a game where half of it is the combat mechanics xDย