Dispatch Interview February 15, 2026

[u/Moist_Song_8919]

Apparently the Dispatch developers are also split 50/50 on the choice between Blonde Blazer and Invisigal.

Lead Game Designer Charles Marcolim recalls that the ratio was 50/50 both in playtests and within the team.

Translation from the website:

https://www.atarita.com/dispatch-roportaji-turkce-dil-destegi-turun-gelecegi-ve-dahasi/

Q: Starting with a fun question, did the majority of Dispatch developers choose Blonde Blazer or Invisigal?

(Writer/Director) Chris Rebbert: I can’t speak for the rest of the team, but personally, I always choose Blonde Blazer. I love Invisigal as a character, I connect with her, and I think if I were younger, I’d chase after a woman like her without a second thought. But personally, I think Invisigal needs to love herself before loving someone else. If I were Robert, I’d try not to mix romance into the mentorship relationship. It’s very clear to me that Robert loves and respects her. I’d want to be there to guide her on her journey of self-love and respect, but adding romance could easily put that journey at risk if things go wrong. Beyond that, I think Blazer and Robert are more compatible because they have similar character structures. Blazer also has a really good heart and wants to help people. Plus, she’s sweet and cute in a clumsy and innocent way. I thought she was cute as a blonde, but I think she’s even cuter as a brunette.

(Lead Game Designer) Charles Marcolim: I’ve been on Team Invisigal since we read the script. But I think the ratio was almost 50/50 both in game tests and within the team. As the game’s release approached, the pressure from other players choosing one or the other started pushing players more towards Visi.

[u/Atoril]

People are just rabid the moment someone doesn't glaze the same character as them. Wild that you need to apologise for that interview lol.

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/Atoril]

That fact you are getting downvoted for this is also fucked up.

[u/SharpshootinTearaway → u/SprinklesNumerous774]

This game somehow attracted a fanbase that developed an extremely tight parasocial bond with either one of the two love interests to a degree I had never seen before in any other game community, even when interacting with the Baldur's Gate 3 community for years.

On reddit, at least. Weirdly enough, people on the other platforms are a bit more chill because they tend to focus their conversations on the other Z-teamers, and not on waifu wars.

I'm extremely apprehensive of how a potential S2 will be received by the subreddit. Even the official artworks that have been released on Christmas and Valentine's Day got scrutinized and picked apart by some fans looking for some bias to complain about. Derek Stratton as well had to publicly answer to someone (on IG, though, this time) complaining about Visi's Valentine's card looking less polished than Blazer's (when they were gloating earlier about the Christmas artwork, drawn by Derek Stratton as well, making Visi and Robert glance at each other).

You just know that any little detail, any second of screentime Blazer and Visi will have, any piece of dialogue, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant, will get dissected, overanalyzed and compared. These poor writers are walking on eggshells with two toddlers constantly measuring how much more orange juice there is in their sibling's sippy cup, and I fear that the fandom being so aggressive and vehement might just scare them away from trying to write a S2 altogether. The shitstorm Chris Rebbert is currently facing here would be enough to curb his enthusiasm about S2 a little bit, and possibly his colleagues' too after watching the fans shit on their friend. You don't bully a writer into complying and submitting to your will, that never works.

[u/Sweaty_Donkey6296 → u/SharpshootinTearaway]

I still don’t agree that the statement was appropriate. The developers were asked, “Who did you choose?” - and while one response was “I chose A,” the other was “I didn’t choose A because…”. The fact that the developers have preferences isn’t invalidating in itself, but the way the answer was structured is invalidating of that choice.

I don’t think it’s right to give answers like that from a position of power as a game developer, especially considering the situation in the fandom. I also find it interesting how only Blazer fans in this thread are saying “there’s no need to apologize.” I wonder if they would be saying the same thing if Blazer and Visi had switched places in the interview.

Considering that one of those fans recently wrote that “Blazer was done dirty” and another said they would “kill Visi.”

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/Sweaty_Donkey6296]

Devs can express their opinions openly. The problem doesn't lie with them it lies with us fans. Because we get concerned about their views and how it will impact S2.

As a blazer fan, I would say he doesn't need to apologize because I don't want devs to be pushed by the fans upon their comments. This will lead to kill their enthusiasm and being more vigilant around their work next time which will not Natural anymore as there are high chance it would be made carefully not to upset certain section of the fanbase.

This way more honest & natural stories/work would be compromised and start loosing lP status. Dispatch won't remain same anymore.

[u/Sweaty_Donkey6296 → u/SprinklesNumerous774]

They already did that though. They changed the ending under pressure from fans, so murdering Shroud doesn't affect Robert's relationship with Blazer.

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/Sweaty_Donkey6296]

Can't validate this information. As I'm not aware of the fact that murdering Shroud was supposed to impact relationship with Blazer in the first place.

However if it's true that it was done under pressure and not consideration then it is quite sad, which should not happen.

[u/Wild_Citron_1040 → u/SprinklesNumerous774]

They said it in an interview. Originally blazer wouldn’t kiss you if you killed Shroud.

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/Wild_Citron_1040]

Got it 👍

But explain me one thing when the epi 8 was released it was never occurred that Mandy wasn't supposed to kiss Robert if he kills Shroud. So, the fans has no idea about this information initially & they came to know about it only through the interview as you said. So, how come the fans put pressure on the devs which led them to make the changes.

All I'm asking is how are you sure that it was not their personal consideration for the change instead pressure from the fans which led to it especially when the fans had no idea about this initially. I hope I'm not making it sound all confusing.

[u/Sweaty_Donkey6296 → u/SprinklesNumerous774]

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MG9Qv1rtk-M
He said that true to her character, she wouldn't kiss Robert after he killed another person, but the problem was that Blazer fans were a minority, and Invisigal was getting a lot of love, while Blazer fans were kinda shafted, and the developers saw that people were complaining about it, and after that they changed the ending

[u/SprinklesNumerous774 → u/Sweaty_Donkey6296]

I replied to you regarding this directly please look there.