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eu60, they/them —› genshin, spontaneously active/ia a lot • i love venti and istaroth

[Serena_Solstice @solstice_serena]

As a global player, one of the reasons I came to respect Love and Deepspace was that it proved to be more than "just a game."

Over the past two years, Love and Deepspace has collaborated with organizations promoting women's self-defense, mental health, environmental protection, and public education. It encouraged players to care for themselves, support environmental initiatives, and engage with important social issues.

One initiative I personally appreciated was the in-game educational article about menstruation. It discussed menstrual health, common medical conditions, the effects of stress and exercise, and encouraged players to seek professional care when needed. I found it refreshing to see a game treat women's health as something worth discussing instead of avoiding.

Because of experiences like these, Love and Deepspace felt like a game that genuinely wanted to contribute something positive beyond entertainment.

Yet somehow, an unreleased character from that very same game became widely labeled as someone who glorifies violence against women.

Before players could experience Valko's complete story, conclusions had already been drawn. Much of the discussion was driven by isolated screenshots and short clips taken out of context. In some cases, scenes were cropped or sped-up, fundamentally changing how they appeared.

After watching the full trailer, I don't believe it's fair to reduce an entire story to a handful of disconnected frames.

The balcony scene was widely interpreted by some as proof of violence, even though the trailer never showed forced entry, threats, or the surrounding story. Valko says, "Take me in for the night," has an injured hand, and the protagonist goes to get a first aid kit. Nothing shown suggests fear, resistance, or any attempt to get away.

The forest sequence was also widely shared without its full context. Before they end up lying together beneath the moonlit sky, the protagonist voluntarily jumps into Valko's arms and embraces him. Those moments were rarely included when the clips were circulated online.

The trailer even highlights the word "AFFECTION" alongside scenes of care, tenderness, and emotional closeness. Whatever the complete story may have been, the promotional video presented far more than the few controversial clips that spread across social media.

I'm not asking anyone to love Valko or to change their personal preferences.
I'm simply asking for the same thing every story deserves: to be judged as a whole, not by edited fragments.

As someone outside China, I also respect that China takes issues such as women's safety, cyberbullying, the protection of minors, and public security seriously. Those are important principles, and they deserve to be taken seriously.

If those values were not important to us, none of us would still be here today. We could simply say, "It's just a game," and walk away.
But Love and Deepspace became much more than that.
It became a bridge between China and players around the world—a bridge built on storytelling, trust, shared values, and cultural exchange.

That is why what happened with Valko has affected so many global players so deeply. It is not simply about one character. It is about wondering whether we can continue investing our time, emotions, and money into a game when major pieces of its planned story can disappear before players are ever allowed to experience them.

That uncertainty inevitably weakens players' confidence. And when that confidence is shaken, it does not affect only one game. It can also influence how international players view other Chinese games that ask for the same long-term trust and commitment.
I sincerely hope that bridge can continue to grow rather than weaken, because it represents something truly valuable.

Justice is not only about protecting people from harm.
It is also about making sure conclusions are reached only after the full picture has been seen—not before.

#ValkoIsLoved #BringValkoBack #JusticeForValko

[﹒ 𑣲 𓏼 心月狐 ⌣ . @sylunars]

#BringBackValko #ValkoWasFramed
#ValkoisLoved #WeLoveAoyin

⚠️ PLEASE READ

Hello Xavier’s Partner in Life, Rafayel’s Miss Bodyguard, Zayne’s Jasmines, Sylus’s Kittens, Caleb’s Meimeis, Valko’s Valkyries.

As I draft this documentation, many of larger accounts with attention are beginning to speak up their own thoughts, their own plans, and everyone is/or either following, feeling like this game is dead to them after what infold has done instead of picking the right choice which was to speak up to their fandom.

In this document, I will address a few things that I have personal thoughts on that you may disagree with, or think otherwise. I will only ask you to structure your criticism with appropriate tone of words. I do not have a place for idiocy communication.

I would like to make sure you understand in the first place, when Valko was released, I was neutral about his release, as I am someone who only falls in love or likes something later, the stream had not provided enough information for me to consume his character, his entire bones of being a Male Lead in Love and Deepspace.

I only fell in love with him when the full trailer dropped, how openly he was clingy with us, how playful he was with us, and how loud he is about everything that we are.

This is no longer a simple fight to bring back a beloved character. This is a fight for integrity — for the soul of the story, the bones the narrative was built on. What Infold buries here is not just one character, but a tomb dug into the heart of Love and Deepspace itself: a coffin for its own artistic conviction.

Infold’s cancellation of Valko is a walk back against their original intention for the game, it was not just a “business decision” to appease the anger ; from an artistical, a writer’s lens, Infold did not merely retreat from controversy, they retreated from their own artistry, dismantling something they had once built with intention, care and craft, because the space between imagination and audience proved narrower than they believed. This to me was a confession; that even bold creative vision has borders, and those borders are drawn not by the artist but by the collision of expectations, politics and fear.

I am not merely mourning, griefing for this story, this game built with the very essence of love, I am mourning for the artistic value it once had, it once sold.

And that is precisely why this fight continues — not to reclaim a character, but to insist that artistic conviction should not be so easily buried, and to also let a corporate company’s management to realise this was a very wrong decision and how much have they let down their artists, designers, writers, teams of each character.

[hfoly VALKO IS LOVED @nassalayz]

There were always meant to be six love interests in Love and Deepspace. That was the vision from the very beginning, and it shouldn't change now.

#Valko #Valkoisinnocent
#ValkoisLoved #BringValkoBack
#Valkois6thLl #ValkoIsAGoodBoy

[#BringValkoBack @Bimsnotbeans]

Don’t let the money-hungry people at the top use Rafayel as nothing more than a quick fix for the financial hole they created. Rafayel and his mains deserve respect, and his fourth myth deserves to be released at a time when this situation has been properly resolved.

This is for all of us. It is about fighting for a long-lasting, high-quality game that allows every one of us to enjoy our LIs for many years to come.

Please take a moment to consider this. Your voice matters, and together, we are strong enough to make a difference.

#ValkoIsLoved #BringBackValko #BringValkoBack #JusticeForValko #WeWantValko

[valko’s jamaican luna 💕 #KEEPVALKOALIVE @pinkjoonmoon]

When valko comes back, we should throw a worldwide party everywhere

[llya☆ 🐟🐦‍⬛🍎🐺 | working on comms | 1 slot open @llyavejryn]

#ValkoIsLoved (ﾉ˶>ᗜ​<˵)ﾉ

[Lunelle @Lunelle_Valko]

I have enough Valko pictures to make this everyone's problem now.

Daily "This is my favorite thing ever..." memes until an official update. 😂🐺

#ValkoIsLoved

[meowri @shenreiz]

you will survive not pulling for your mains myth. like any other myth there WILL be a rerun. PLEASE BE STRONG. DONT LET FOMO KEEP YOU FROM BOYCOTTING.

#Valko #Valcoisinnocent #Valkoisloved

[♡ Ali | #ValkoIsLoved | ⭐❄️🐟🐦‍⬛🍎🐺 @A1i_LaDS]

This is going to sound weird but plz let Infold's greed be their salvation 😭
I want them to understand just how much Valko will bring in when he releases, and how much more they'll get once they start to treat their players better too
Anyway #ValkoIsLoved #BringBackValko #Valko

[cairo ·ᴗ· | #BRINGVALKOBACK @cairo_blair]

never in my life have i had to beg a company to let me give them my money

#Valko #WeLoveValko #ValkoIsLoved #JusticeForValko #恋与深空 #敖尹 #LoveAndDeepspace #LADS #BringValkoBack #SaveValko #BringBackValko #LADSValkoReturn #ValkoMustDebut #ValkoIsInnocent

[gutz | VALKO IS LOVED 🐺 @loseurgutz]

“but my main will think—“
THEY’RE PIXELS! IT’S AN OTOME GAME! THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE MULTIPLE INTERESTS!

#VALKOISLOVED #WELOVEVALKO #ValkoIsThe6Li #ValkoIs6th #AoYin #VALKOBELONGS #VALKO #BRINGBACKVALKO #JusticeforValko #VALKOCOMEHOME #BRINGVALKOBACK #KEEPVALKOALIVE #BLACKOUTFORVALKO

[hal. @galakk]

when valko comes back imma be so annoying abt being there since day 1 and fighting for him even after everything😮‍💨

yall think imma stfu after an absolute mental torture they put me in?

[miwwian loves Valko 🍎🍏🐺🍫 @miwwian]

“If you don’t like the game just leave” the problem is, I love the game, and everyone who boycotts loves the game, that's why we're doing it. Don't speak for us.

#ValkoIsLoved #ValkoIsInnocent #KeepValkoAlive #BRINGBACKVALKO #BRINGVALKOBACK #WEWANTVALKO #STAYWITHVALKO

[hal. @galakk]

its been 10 days, 18 hours, and 57 minutes…

give me my valko back wtf what else should i do🫩

#bringbackvalko #bringvalkoback #valkoisloved #valkoisinnocent #justiceforvalko #valko

[lily 🍒 @cherrylovedeeps]

#ValkoIsLoved

[global players love valko ‼️ @aeternusGaia]

I like this hashtag much better actually, I want to take back the control of the message I’m trying to push here. I loved Valko. I wanted Valko, #ValkoIsLoved

And this protest, has been nothing but an effort of love for a game, and a love for the developer’s creation.

Really putting the LOVE in Love and Deepspace here.

Easy copy-and-paste tags for our posts:
#Valko #WeLoveValko #ValkolsLoved
#JusticeForValko #恋与深空 #敖尹
#LoveAndDeepspace #LADS
#BringValkoBack #SaveValko
#BringBackValko #LADSValkoReturn #ValkoMustDebut #Valkolsinnocent

[Yaga @YagaStn]

We need it ❤️ #Valko #JusticeForValko #恋与深空 #敖尹 #BringValkoBack #BringBackValko

[xion 🕊 @roalistic]

rting my entire priv tl atp HAHAHA

[mia ♡ @mourvelis]

this would be valko if people had let him exist for more than five minutes 😭

[𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ σяι 〞➤ #𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗼.ᐟ @snowykoi]

When Valko's trailer dropped, it immediately caught people's attention. It attracted new players and even convinced many former players to give the game another chance because they finally found a love interest they truly connected with.

The #BringBackValko movement reached far beyond the fandom. Many people wanted to support our cause despite having never played the game before.

Few unreleased characters ever inspire this level of passion.

#Valko
#ValkoIsLoved
#JusticeForValko
#ValkoIsInnocent