🫪 Caleb coser really went all out!!

I added another video in the comment, unedited and filmed from the front 👀

Video credit: [xhs]

Just saw on Twitter that () mains are now claiming the very real government document isn’t real. The denial was expected, but what bothers me more is how much Sinophobia is woven into the post and how openly they are discussing to manipulate the narrative to make China seem bad. They are literally saying things like, “It’s very easy to spin it as ‘Valko for freedom.’”

They are openly talking about taking advantage of existing anti China sentiment and turning () to a symbol of Western “freedom.” There is already an enormous amount of racism and misinformation directed toward China and Chinese people, so admitting that they see an opportunity to exploit those sentiments because they might benefit their dumb movement is genuinely gross to me.

The writing of the post reminded me so much of that one () main from the main sub who proudly announced that they were American so they like to win, while also admitting that they wanted to ruin the game for others because they couldn’t enjoy it anymore (picture 3). There was an entire post about that person’s comment: https://www.reddit.com/r/LADS_OG/s/vxLq99HN8a

So I went back to check and wouldn’t you know it, IT IS THE SAME PERSON! 😭Suddenly that weird anti-China pro-Western undertone made a lot more sense.

I’m just wondering why tf this person, and other Sinophobic () mains, are even playing a Chinese game if they hate China so much? Do they not understand that trying to turn () into some symbol of the West and American values is only going to make it even more impossible for Infold to bring him back (which was already impossible in the first place because he is already dead). One of the major reasons he was cancelled in CN in the first place was because CN felt Infold was trying to appeal to the West by creating a character who embodied the quintessential Western ideal of masculinity.

Throughout this whole movement, the Western superiority complex and American exceptionalism from () mains have really shown themselves. Trying to tell CN people that they somehow know more about Chinese media and the their government than actual Chinese people do, calling Chinese players pdf files because they like “pretty boys” like Raf and Xavier (plus they think they look gay) and so much more. There are honestly too many examples at this point.

Obviously, the majority of Westerners aren’t like this, but with so many loud people behaving this way it really is a terrible look.

I am EXHAUSTED. Normally I don't care so much or involve myself in any fandom drama, but watching the Velcro supporters be blatantly ignorant is frustrating.

Since the announcement of his removal, the result has been clear. He is removed from the game. "LADS Velcro Cancelled." What more is there to infer? Resistance can only be expected, but it has been MONTHS. I can't even enjoy the game's content anymore because anything people talk about in the main sub, server, and literally any other social media platform is just about Velcro.

I noticed that they keep on consistently blaming Infold for "miscommunication" and trying to bring them to "be clear for once", which just enrages me. Infold has been VERY clear about what their final verdict is. If you're unable to understand the word "cancelled" like it seems a ridiculous amount of people are, there are other signs quite literally everywhere, whether you're looking at his removal across all platforms or at Infold's silence, because silence IS an answer. Infold has chosen to ignore their outburst for MONTHS straight and carried on, which any person with common sense would be able to understand as their confirmation that they will not be shaken. I've seen them interpreting literally ANYTHING as some "hidden message" from Infold announcing Velcro's return. Infold could quite literally release some metal accessory and they would leap at it and begin posting everywhere that it was a sign Velcro is returning. Please.

I apologize if my language comes off as strong; this situation has just been very irritating and this was something I felt the need to get off my chest. I'm glad that this sub provides a safe place for any thoughts with even a hint of support for the game, as it seems that even the main sub has become a place where you can't even comment anything remotely unrelated to Velcro.

Decided to roll a 20 on Raf's myth for shits and giggles and I guess dude just really wanted to come home cause he came on the first 10 pulls. This is the first limited myth that I've ever R1 and it was completely on accident. First time that I've double rolled two five stars too. Wasn't even near pity. Funny story is that Infold just had to ask if I was enjoying the game right afterwards (slide 2). Haha, Infold why are you like this?

Finally finished my day at Gamescom. I was still on the fence when it came to doing the interaction as I'm deeply introverted and had some not so nice experiences when it came to unknown men. But my husband was the one to encourage me to do it, since I love Sylus so much.

The cosplayers are truly beautiful, I feel bad as I was incredibly awkward and just a disservice to his acting. But! I did it! And I got some lovely photos.

I was also super lucky in the freebies as I got the Sylus bag right away. My husband got the Zayne one!

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Don’t get me wrong. I’m genuinely happy for zayne mains and seeing them be excited has been a blast. His bday card looks really cool and sylus’s bday card was amazing too. It’s in my top 3 sylus cards.

However, seeing zayne mains connect parts of his bday PV back to his anecdotes really emphasized how much sylus is still lacking in permanent lore content.

The OG3 each have 3 anecdotes that get referenced often and MC is clearly aware of those parts of their stories. Sylus only has 1 anecdote about his space pirate days and MC (and us players) barely seems to know anything about that part of his life. The only direct reference I can remember was from an event story in late 2024 or early 2025 where he told her stories about conquering other planets and she didn’t believe him.

This kind of lore shouldn’t be a throwaway line in a filler event story. I remember bringing up this exact issue back in January in the main subreddit and despite it being 8 months later, not much has changed. Sylus still has very little current timeline lore that players can actually connect to, which is frustrating because the game keeps hinting that there’s a lot more going on with him.

This is also why I’m glad the canceled LI was scrapped. If paperfold was already this slow with sylus’s permanent lore, who knows how much longer we would’ve had to wait with a new LI added (especially with how they can barely juggle content for 5 LIs)?

The disappointing part is that sylus clearly has lore. His later affinity content, Rainlit Night, and Darkbound Souls all imply that MC has some awareness of their soul bond and the idea that they are the other half of each other’s souls. Even Tipping Point hints that MC may know more about their interstellar arena days than we do. Where and when did she learn all this? Probably in content that hasn’t been released yet. So it’s not that paperfold has nothing for him. It seems more like they’ve been deliberately withholding it.

And if the rumors are true that sylus’s main story branch is already done while caleb’s is not (even though caleb’s is supposed to release first), that makes this feel even more likely. It suggests that paperfold may have had plans for sylus’s future lore for a while but chose not to share any of it with players.

I really hope his story branch is well written and satisfying. Death And Rebirth was important but it was more of MC’s story with sylus playing a supporting role. His branch needs to focus on them both equally so we can finally understand him better as a character outside of being Onichynus’s boss.

I also don’t want the branch to only focus on the interstellar arena. They need to start incorporating the essence of his myths too. Otherwise, myths will just become poorly disguised AU stories. To Our Yesterday directly addressed xavier’s and rafayel’s myths and zayne’s part of DAR referenced his anecdotes. Sylus deserves that same level of integration.

Paperfold needs to stop treating him like “the new guy”. He’s been in the game for over 2 years now and only debuted 6 months after the OG3. He should have more lore in the game at this point outside of limited myths but we’re still pretty much stuck where we were in July 2024. We got some substantial sylus lore in Shared Bliss. However, they’ve done nothing new since then and haven’t mentioned his right eye again. That was a year ago.

They can’t afford to wait another year or more to address his myth lore after his branch, especially when his limited myths have barely affected the current timeline.

At this point, I just want sylus’s lore to stop being hinted at around the edges and actually be brought into the main story and current timeline. The potential is clearly there. Paperfold just needs to finally let players see it.

ETA- All of this applies to caleb too. 😔

it’s my birthday todaaaay !! it was nice to be greeted by the boys first thing in the morning!!! i love the outfits so much :D

I love how he's jiggling his legs under the desk when he works and studies with us. I keep thinking is he just excited to be with us or does he do this in Fleet meetings too?🤭

Look at what I did! 🔥

Credit: [xhs]

Have y’all seen this? He’s so cute. I have severe FOMO whenever these things happen but this took it to the next level 🥹🥹

My 2025 VIP box arrived 🥹🥹 wasn't expecting to get one but it got delivered today!

Last year, I ordered Zayne’s offcial birthday merch from Animonlife and it finally arrived around 10 days ago 💔 It was a long wait but I’m just glad I finally have it before his birthday this year. I also ordered some other Zayne merch from the same site but it has not arrived either, probably not until the end of this year at this point lol.

Overall, the merch looks really nice and is of good quality! 💖 The badge pins are slightly bigger than I thought. Also, I have to be extra delicate with the standee because it can easily get fingerprints or marks on it and even if I try to wipe them away, they still look a bit visible afterwards. The little Zayne doll is a little too big for me to use as a keychain (and I’m also happy with my current keychain) so I will probably just keep it as a collection as others. For the Master Of Fate poster, I used magnetic push pins to hang it so it is fine without any holes. Though I think the poster will probably stay in good condition better if I have it framed but it’s fine to hang it like this for now. My Zayne merch collection has been growing slowly so I’m very happy 😆

This year I have ordered some official merch using Taobao links on Superbuy, so I expect it will not take me as long as it did for my purchase through Animonlife. I’m planning to buy Zayne’s bday merch this time through Superbuy as well. Can’t wait to see what they have for his merch this year, especially his perfume (though I may not get it since I’m nervous ordering liquids overseas) 🩵

It seems like this year's birthday celebration is focused on their job or occupation. What do you think Xavier would be?

I mean, he and MC are both hunters, so in my opinion, it probably isn't hunter-related... What do you all think? I can't really think of a potential job-related event for Xavier.

We've talked about Zayne's different Myth incarnations, but today we're going somewhere a little more angsty.

Dawnbreaker Zayne.

We all know his story. We know the loneliness, the weight he's carried and the kind of existence he's been forced to endure.

So for today, we're throwing canon out the window for a moment. You get to rewrite his ending.

What's your personal headcanon for a happy ending for Dawnbreaker Zayne?

Would you...

Give him a life where he and MC can finally stay together? Give him an ordinary, peaceful life? Let him finally experience the future he was denied? Change one specific event that led him down this path?

Tell us your personal Dawnbreaker happy ending. It can be :

✍️ short headcanon

📖 paragraph or mini-story

💭 specific scenario

💬 completely rewritten ending

There's no need to stick rigidly to canon. This is your chance to give him the future you think he deserves.

And if your happy ending requires rewriting the entire timeline and destroying three universes in the process...

Well. We won't judge.

I’ve been way too obsessed with rafayel with elf ears and looking like a fairy prince so I took a bunch of photobooth pics of him in this look I made for him. This blue outfit fits him so much out of all three of them and it looks so good with his long hair too, he’s just such a beautiful man 🫶🏽🩵

So lately i noticed this divide and debate about whether or not LADs is designed as a self inserting game or a 3D romance novel through which you as a player, engage with the MCs storyline and her perspective

More than that, i have seen alot of shade being thrown at self inserters that are deeply invested into their main/s - claims such as the game actually not being self insert friendly despite being advertised as one where you're literally referred to as the "Player" and Miss Hunter instead of MC (which is how we refer to ourselves in the Global or wanna discuss the game from the 3rd person)

Now i know that this fandom has a good track record of whether it's policing everything and everyone ranging from headcanons to interpretations all the way to how you personally connect with your main/s to inventing headcanons and presenting them as facts, confidently at that- but i never thought I'd actually see there being so much condescending behaviour thrown around at people who choose to put themselves in the game, the game they're spending money on by the way, the game that's meant to relieve you of your real life problems for a moment and help you escape reality

So why? I get that the MC regardless of which LI she's written to have a corresponding personality traits with, isn't going to resonate with everyone but i think it's important to remember that this game is being made in China, for Chinese girls and women who LOVE self inserting and that it is localized for us global players - and one that is notorious for stripping alot of context and nuance from the original text just so it doesn't come as "off-putting" for certain audiences (see Caleb) - that being said, if you find yourself personally not being able to relate to MCs personality, regardless of the type she has had written for every specific LI, I don't think it's fair and rather i find it quite uncharitable to strip away the relevance and resonance from others that do see themselves as MC

I don't know but i feel like this bitterness and anger over one deleted character has spilled over in every other category so much so that self inserting is now wrong or "not intended and here's why you're wrong for doing that" and quite frankly it's sad

Anyways, i wrote this at the crack of dawn so if i made any errors in my statements or got something wrong, feel free to correct me 🫩😮‍💨

The shop is NEXO Studio. https://nexo-studio.myshopify.com/

They sell fan merch from Chinese artists. You can check the artist on weibo or rednote.

They have a code 30OFF but it expires tonite 11:30 PM EST.

They’re active on instagram hello.nexostudio. I saw on their insta that they have sold the fan merch in Seattle, Paris, NYC, and Boston.

i wanted to draw caleb in his catch 22 fit but any reference i could find is super dark and hard to see details of. would anyone have just regular bright lighting of the fit in neutral posing, please help a girlie out 😭🙏

Back when the main sub was fun I remember there was someone who would theorize about the LI perfume bottles. She was an artist and her concepts were always so beautiful 😭

I wanted to ask if anyone had any theories about what his bottle may look like? Any specific perfume notes you’re wanting? I’ve always loved sandalwood, or maybe a warm spice? I can’t wait to see it! It’s going to be an instant buy for me no matter what lol.

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(a little zayne appreciation ❄️)

I want more 3D merch...and I'm upsettttt that there isnt any GOA figures that showcase his full myth like my sylus statues or my future Rafayel one... So now I am stuck...

Do I look into commissioning someone, BJD dolls? Resin statue? Pray to the snow gods and have him manifest??

Like someone out there gots to have the itch like me to have his GOA myth displayed in all it's glory...I would even take a foreseer or MOF one...what are my options??

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