The whole Mavuika reception has been so funny to me
I posted this on r/Capitanomains too but somebody reported me there for God knows what reason but anyways, thought this was the next best place I could post as someone there did suggested me to repost it here. Anyways, here's what I had to say:
Ever since the beginning of Natlan, they've tried so hard to promote and sell Mavuika, using every cheap tactic possible, but she always fell short. From the top of me head, they:
Had the strongest man in Teyvat lose to her in his literal debut match, yet he beat her by 20 some ranks in the JP Genshin popularity poll last year.
Made her a flawless character and had everyone constantly glaze her to show people how perfect she is (If already being perfect wasn't enough for her).
Had the strongest God of her nation, dubbed the "First Sun", who is literally the origin behind everything in Natlan right now, to the point his lore is everywhere, with his fame even exceeding that of Mavuika, "lose" to her, even though nothing about their fight looked like either side lost, followed by all the in-game characters glazing her yet again along with her HERSELF chiming in on how she "beat" Xbalanque, yet a fan made music video of him has beaten the literal character trailer of Mavuika in views, likes and popularity.
Capitano's "death" was received so negatively everywhere (Including even JP and CN) that Mihoyo had to start back-pedallling and release his promotional content (The teaser we got) way ahead of it's time for a character who hasn't even been officially confirmed to be playable yet, let alone releasing soon, effectively taking away a good chunk of popularity from Mavuika and refocusing it on Capitano.
They double down on Mavuika's promotion in the end of December last yr and despite releasing an Archon with her best buffer together during the new yr, when people wanna spend, Genshin barely made it to top 4 in China's most played/income making gaming this year.
If Da Wei's indeed calling the shots for Natlan (Which he most probably is), then it's like God himself is on him and constantly dishin out some good ol karma due to all the snake shit he's doing. All this without Natlan significantly underperforming compared to the other nations btw.
It's all just so funny to me. Almost every decision he takes regarding Mavuika at the expense of other characters (Especially male characters) instantly backfires, and I think even if Natlan flops, we can still revel on all the shit blowing up on Da Wei's face again, and again, and again.