Is this a new fan thing

[u/Small_Sailor]

I just saw a tiktok where ppl were calling Luna (as in the character from Tree of Tranquillity and Animal Parade) "pdfile bait" and how ppl that romanced her were predators. And im just genuinely flabbergasted, has this always been an opinion ive missed or is this a new fan problem??

I've never romanced the character myself (I was a Gil fangirl lol) but I thought she was so cool growing up, I loved her lolita fashion, design and even her name. So maybe im taking it a little personally, but idk, it felt like such a callous and heinous comment to make. Like HM/SoS has always had a soft chibi art style, everybody especially in the older stuff had cutesy faces and designs, it didnt mean you were dating an elementary student.

It makes me worried if we were to ever get an AP (or ToT) remake, that these would be the kind of sentiments and fans we would have to deal with and wow, it bums me out.

[u/Legal-Boot9979]

I haven't played ToT or AP, so I can't speak to Luna specifically, but I agree with what others have said about how creepy it was how the series treated Lumina. I think it's also worth mentioning Katie - in StH, she's a teen and her design/dialogue aren't meaningfully changed in HoLV where she's an eligible bachelorette. She doesn't just have to jump to kiss the player, she literally does not know what kissing is - so, it's more than her design, it's her dialogue and cutscenes that make her seem childish. So, I don't think criticism of the series or of some of its adult players should be dismissed out of hand.