RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡

artist/illustrator (more art on IG) • OT6 LADS • WWM • multistan (ult monbebe, exol, atz, nct) • multifandom

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

If you agree please repost & help this reach the @Love_Deepspace team. Our voices deserve to be heard as well. Let's show that constructive, organized feedback is just as powerful as the toxic loudest outrage. The more united we are, the harder we are to ignore.

#BRINGVALKOBACK

[Love and Deepspace @Love_Deepspace]

A Letter to All Players

Dear Miss Hunters,

We sincerely apologize for reaching out once again. Over the past several days, our team has been closely following your conversations and feedback across all platforms. For the issues that have surfaced since the announcement of Version 6.0—and the frustration these have caused our community—we want to clearly state: we are sorry.

As we've expressed before, our vision for Love and Deepspace has always been to build a world that grows alongside you—one that offers a richer, deeper sense of companionship over time.

As various issues have arisen in recent days, we have moved quickly to make the necessary adjustments. After reflecting on recent events, we recognize that we moved forward with the introduction of Valko before we were truly ready. In doing so, we let down the players who have supported us from the start, and we also fell short of delivering the experience that players anticipating Valko deserved. After extensive internal discussions, we have decided to make the following changes:

1. We have decided to cancel both the launch and any further development of the new love interest. We also commit that no additional love interests will be introduced in future content plans.

2. All other in-game systems and features originally scheduled for Version 6.0—including Home 2.0 and AR Photobooth—as well as the limited-time Selectable 5-Star Memory Rate-Up Event, will proceed as planned. The outfits, photo poses and scenes, and the Nighthush Box (the second-anniversary 4-Star Memory Selection Crate) originally planned as rewards for the Hunt in Linkon event will instead be sent to all players for free via in-game mail after the version update.

3. Going forward, the entire team will focus on further developing the stories and long-term companionship experiences of our five existing love interests, while ensuring a stable pace of Main Story production and updates. Rafayel's new Solar-Slot Memories and Companion will be revealed in July. Farspace Colonel Caleb and Onychinus Leader Sylus will also return in their Main Story branches in September and November, respectively. By participating in the relevant events, players will be able to obtain the corresponding 5-Star Main Story Branch Memories for free. We will continue to devote all our care and effort to bringing you richer stories and game experiences.

4. Beginning today and continuing for 30 days, players who log in each day will receive one Deepspace Wish via in-game mail. Each mail will remain claimable for three days, for a total of 30 Deepspace Wishes. We hope this can offer some compensation for the disappointment and disruption caused by these adjustments.

To our community: once again, we apologize. Because of our actions, the joy you should have found in Linkon City became a source of distress, and the feelings you hold most dear were hurt. We are deeply sorry for the hurt and disappointment we have caused.

Love and Deepspace has always been about sharing love with you and protecting the love we all hold dear. That purpose has never wavered. Every step forward taken by the love interests and Linkon City—from its beginnings to where it stands today—has been shaped by your feedback, your passion, and your trust. It is your presence, care, and companionship that give this world its meaning, and us the strength and direction to move forward.

Over the past two and a half years, we've shared moments of joy and gratitude, as well as challenges and difficult times. Through every late night devoted to making this world better, it has been the moments you've shared in Linkon City—and the love and passion behind them—that have kept us going. We hope to continue walking this road with you, building a world where love can take root, grow, and bloom.

Going forward, we will work harder, listen more carefully, and do our utmost to honor the trust you have placed in us. We will stay focused on delivering the experience you deserve—one filled with love where every moment in Linkon City can once again become a joyful and treasured memory.

Linkon City will always be here for you.

Thank you—for your trust, your honest feedback and encouragement, and for being with us every step of the way. Your companionship has helped light the path ahead, and your faith in us has given meaning to every effort we make. Thank you for your love throughout this journey. It gives us the courage to keep moving forward. We hope to repay that love with even more and even better content in the days to come.

#LADSValkoCanceled

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

Bir wonho'nun monsta x'ten ayrilisi boyle yurek daglamisti, bir de infold'un valko'yu cancellamasi... bilen bilir...

[gutz | VALKO IS LOVED 🐺 @loseurgutz]

money is a universal language.

which is why, at the end of day, not spending money is the most important part of this movement. papergames does not respect your opinion. papergames does not respect your favorite love interest. papergames does not even respect their own employees. there’s no need to reward a company that doesn’t respect us.

they must reap the consequences of what they’ve decided. #NoValkoNoMoney #BringValkoBack #VALKOISVALUABLE

[Nirra @nirraart]

The irony is almost laughable. The antis were so obsessed with preserving the characters' "originality" and complained nonstop about recycled LIs. In the end, they turned the entire game, and the very characters they claimed to protect, into a cheap, recycled dumpster fire. What is this? I'm disgusted.
#BringValkoBack
#ValkoIsLoved

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

@kykylln @EmilyHunter2011 @WhereWindsMeet_ Exactly, thats why they're so good?? 💅🏼 cuz not every womenswear design needs to show skin, somehow it often ends up catering to the male gaze. (On the flip side, there are plenty of male outfits that show their chest either.)

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

Why the male outfit designs are consistently better from a design perspective, than female ones? Most female outfits end up being overly kawaiified in a way yk and a lot of women really are not fans of that either... 😴🥱

[Where Winds Meet @WhereWindsMeet_]

⭐New Appearance: Longing's Refrain is now available!
​Poems spun into silk, crimson seeds to carry my love. I hope you know this endless yearning, etched in my very bones.

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

@EmilyHunter2011 @WhereWindsMeet_ Agreed!! The male outfit designs are consistently better from a design perspective. Most female outfits end up being overly kawaiified, and a lot of women really are not fans of that either.

[Nika ૮₍ˊᗜˋ₎ა @WanderingNika]

Yearning for him o(╥﹏╥)o

Come back to us Valko (づ•́ ᵔ •̀)づ

#ValkoIsValuable #ValkoIsLoved #BringBackValko #BringValkoBack #Valko

[dvwn⭒ (cms open ft.study) @DVWN21]

กำลังจะพูดถึงชุดโก้ที่ปิดตั้งแต่หัวยันเท้า จู่ๆ ก็นึกขึ้นได้ว่ามิธราฟดีฟอลก็ชุดแบบเดียวกัน..นี่ไม่ใช่เรื่องบังเอิญแน่ๆ ค่ะพี่แจ็ค

[YIA riely *ੈ❀ @specterpilled]

congratulations to the lads community for pulling off a genuine boycott #GenshinTwtCouldNever

[ginevra | #VALKOISVALUABLE @myzayneity]

Cuz he's Mr. Worldwide
#BringValkoBack #ValkoIsLoved

[baldsylus @slicksylus]

Infold was invited to GDC to share the creative process behind lads, the thought and detail that go into the game from concept art, selecting outfits design to playtime reactions

Calling Valko “rushed” is an insult to the developers, writers, designers and every LI they created

[hanii 🦋 @xrsczv]

DAMNN minors need to stay away from this game (any kind) that lead them to act this absurd.... without parents control these kids will easily influenced n swayed by negativity thus exhibited obnoxious behaviours 😐

full thread:
https://t.co/uwhfrjkVtN

[Eyse @eysorc]

If silence feels like emotional abuse, that's cuz it is. There's studies on this.

Alleged gag order notwithstanding, for a company that built itself up on the emotional investment of its majority player base of women, the sudden and prolonged silence from them is abusive, yes.

Like I said when all this started, we need to learn to distance ourselves from the emotional (and in extreme cases, parasocial) attachments we have to this game.

Cuz at the end of the day, it's a cold corporation behind the smiling face of your favorite LI. It's ok to appreciate it for the artistic masterpiece that it is, but emotionally, keep it at arms' length.

If you're feeling tired of all this friend, that's normal. Take as long a break as you need.

I encourage people to even play other games to mentally remove themselves from this. (playing bg3, ffxiv and stardew valley rn)
Mootie recently got me back into crocheting again (miss you @pidzsie ).
Get into something new, revisit something old, anything to decenter this game, and this whole experience from your mental wellbeing.

Make it so that if the worst case scenario of this whole Valko business happens, you'll be okay.

Maybe we get him back at the end of this if they #BringValkoBack and it's awesome.
And even if we don't, we'll be just fine.

Take care of yourselves, y'all 💜

[Eyse @eysorc]

MIND YOU:

- A lot of Valko supporters were there defending Sylus and Caleb from the negativity when they first debuted.

- They're the Jasmines who skipped the GOA rerun and this promise because they see how bad removing him is to the game.

- They're the Raf mains who understand his significance to Rafayel's story as a literary foil.

- They're the players who appreciate the story as a whole and not just a collection of singular LI stories.

- They're the kind of people willing to give a chance to a new LI because they see the new dimension they add to the storytelling of the game.

These are usually the people who spend more on the game, because they want more. Really shows you where a bulk of indold's income comes from.

#ValkoIsLoved #BringBackValko #BtingValkoBack #LADSis6

[RARA • SYLUS SAYS "BRING VALKO BACK" 🐺🐦‍⬛🐡 @rarafact]

@rosyblobbu cuz amatonormativity teaches ppl that everyone is supposed to want romance, so not feeling it gets treated as a problem, rather than a valid experience. they mistake it for an act cuz they're used to neurotypical/societal expectations around it, projecting their own experiences

[Anaya⋆. 𐙚 ˚ 🍎🐺#全世界都爱敖尹 @applewolfiee]

I am genuinely addicted with the way he rolls his eyes when mc scratches his chin. The devs absolutely ate with his expressions
#BringBackValko #Valkoisloved

[ivy 🪸 @serenitylus]

this fandom has a MISOGYNY problem. these people are controlling. try to control women’s autonomy within games. other women MUST do what they want and exactly how they want it. calling other girls harlots and whores because they like more than one fictional character is nuts

[illithid affairs @merylisk]

calling valko a cash grab makes you sound like a child, btw. your fave is also a cash grab! the whole game is a cash grab! infold is an entertainment company that is selling you a product, they aren't making you a pixel bf out of the kindness and generosity of their hearts lmfao

[lily 🍒 @cherrylovedeeps]

my in-game journal the moment valko gets released
#BringValkoBack #ValkoIsLoved

[gutz | VALKO IS LOVED 🐺 @loseurgutz]

i hope infold understands it’s either valko or eos.

i’m not trying to be like “oh, if they don’t give me what i want, they’re going to tank” blah, blah, blah. even if i wasn’t a valko main, i understand how otome games work and that his character brings longevity to the game.

not only has this situation driven away potential new customers, but the player base will plateau because of lack of content that reels new players in. eventually, the current player base will get bored, and all that will be left are the people who are genuinely addicted to this game. that will not bring in the revenue they need to keep developing content and soon, it won’t be lucrative and infold will have to be forced to abandon.

valko’s reinstatement is the best financial decision for them. it’ll bring valko supporters back, they won’t waste all the money and time that ALREADY went into his development, they gain new players, and the toxic fans within the space are more than likely going to remain playing and buying because they ARE PARASOCIAL AND ADDICTED

anyway… i’m not in business or anything, but it all seems very plain and simple to understand.

#VALKOISVALUABLE #BRINGBACKVALKO #VALKOIS6THLI