OH SHE'S A FREAK | Sparkle: Behind The Curtain REACTION

[@syncdom]

Honestly Sparkle feels to me like an actor who has played so many roles that they lost sight of their own identity.

[@theofmino6180]

Agreed

[@KyuubiDragon4]

Well, if we can believe the events of the trailer (which tbf we probably can't), it seems more that she played the *same* role over and over to the point of insanity.

[@Shhh_94]

​@@KyuubiDragon4so basically furina

[@dragonfury197]

@@Shhh_94bad ending Furina

[@jogadoru4]

Yeah, aha would love this kind of irony.

[@kyllernotkiller]

I've been saying this a while but: Sparkle catch phrase is "Why so serious?", and she likes to do riddles, her quest was Black Swan solving her riddles and this video was literally a really long riddle. She's literally Yoimiya and Hu Tao with the mentality of the Joker and the Riddler from BatMan combined.

[@liandoaethend2403]

Riddle me this trailblazer

[@laka1889]

So she's the jonkler

[@mildanvongrius5530]

Because it's entertainment, a little sense of emotion is required. The real question is "Can you draw my attention?"

[@kuyarence]

The save vibe but different context of: _"When I woke up, I was sleeping in a flower carriage."_

[@KountKristyl]

Truly media literacy is dead if you have to specify that you can like a villain without agreeing with them.

[@moonwolf9954]

So true

[@aquasis995]

Because every Hanabi post on Twitter is full of ppl spamming “I love racism”. It’s not cuz of the character it’s cuz of real life

[@emred4653]

​@@aquasis995 lol

[@ubermenschen01]

It's b/c racists are using her as a weird rallying point, like in a "Oh she's racist, based, I'm definitely pulling for her now" kinda way. It's cringe.

[@signer0001]

@@ubermenschen01 I definitely pulled for her because she's racist, that's based af

[@Phanto5692]

I noticed during the premier and 99th show her mask is a kitsune one but during the 990th show (where she starts to go loco-en-la-cabeza) her mask looks more human-like.

[@kain1799]

It's ahas mask or something like that. Or similar anyway

[@lordgod9958]

​@kain1799 it literally is aha mask or the curio equivalent from SU

[@aiyowei187]

@@kain1799 i think it's her own face actually

[@DanaOtken]

I don't consider Sparkle so much a villain as the primary obstacle to seeking a golden ending: she really does want the "good guys" to win, she just wants it to hurt as much as possible while still counting as a win. Because that gives the story meaning.

[@Kooki_Mawnster]

Dang. That's pretty dark of her but wow. Can't wait to meet her when I get there in story! Lol

[@fedechan6325]

shes basically a fanfic writer gone rogue

[@ArtForSwans]

She's a director, writer, and actor for a play--set on a stage called Penacony--that didn't yet have an obvious villain, so she decided to play the part herself in a way that's slowly uncovering the dark secrets behind The Family's Dreamscape paradise. Is she actually a toxic bigot? Is she a brilliant storyteller? Is she an Emanator of Elation? Not even Sparkle herself knows at this point. But what we do know is she's batshit insane.

[@ToxicXeia]

I cannot wait to pull for Sparkle. But also Sunday is epic and I'm tempted if he gets released. But also Acheron ... Why is penacony FULL of epic people??

[@AntisJay]

Same with Sunday tbh Really hope to get both Sparkle and him bruh

[@philbourque9337]

Because the whole of Penacony is a giant stage. It's the greatest drama in the universe. Perfect to draw in the most bombastic of personalities.

[@atsukikuroe2613]

I’ve got the same problem and so little jades to do so…

[@ToxicXeia]

@@atsukikuroe2613 My friend has 200 passes saved up. I only have 14 😭

[@ToxicXeia]

@@AntisJay good luck pulling!

[@aquawiz428]

to all those that hate Sparkle for her personality, "Why so serious?"

[@McBoolatron]

Gonna need to see her do some actual Joker sht.

[@SoggyToast123]

crazy how a villain can't even be villainous these days

[@sumsumplays]

I mean when u hate a villain its a good thing.

[@francescolomuscio05]

"Hoyoverse characters are so blunt" Also people when a character has a personality:

[@McBoolatron]

@@SoggyToast123They can but why are y'all surprised when people dont like them..... Like I want to know where tf this " pEoPLe wHeN viLLaiNs aCt LiKe viLLaNs" dumbass statment started cause I promise you are not special for liking villians.

[@yvetafan4694]

Her whole character reminds me of the poetic of Pirandello, an Italian author that bases his whole writing on the concept of "masks" and "madness". Unfortunately to explain is difficult. Edit: I forgot to say one important thing. He bases his stories on humor, that is comedy but with a deep reflection on the "why" a person does something. The example that my teacher always gives me is: an old lady wears the same clothes which a young girl would wear. From outside, it's strange and even funny, but if you go deeper, you might discover why she does it: her husband cheated on her with a younger girl and she wants to look younger. So humor is something that makes you laugh but at the same time think

[@toddy1258]

Hey, can you tell who this author is? I was very curious

[@yvetafan4694]

@@toddy1258 the author is Luigi Pirandello! Unfortunately, I don't know of any sites where there are translations of his texts in english, but if you find a source with a reliable translation, I recommend you to start reading his "Il treno ha fischiato" (The train whistled) or "La patente" (The license)

[@ArchonKujo]

For some reason, her doing that pose on the thumbnail made me think of Yumeko Jabami from Kakegurui 😂

[@anxientdesu]

we really live in an era where shes the first person that shows up in peoples minds now, and not Yuno Gasai, huh

[@alcides2750]

@@anxientdesu probably cuz of the red colour scheme

[@locket9160]

@@anxientdesu same i instantly was like yuno gasai! guess i'm alrdy old..

[@greatest_hoi]

Pattern recognition warning you from red flags. How we humans survived after all

[@cid3303]

the second person that she reminds me of is Kurumi Tokisaki

[@matteogalbusera1149]

CyYu you should meet her va if you haven't yet, iv'e known Lizzie Freeman for years and after this and her performance as pomni, i can tell that if you ever made a collab with her it would be great😁

[@voxgoomba]

It's very very likely he knows her because Lizzie Freeman just so happens to voice Yanfei in Genshin Impact xD I think most Genshin VAs are acquainted with each other

[@matteogalbusera1149]

@@voxgoomba i know that, but i wasn't sure to put that too, still hoping in this collab to happen eventually tho

[@jkfang]

3:00 What?? I didn't know you could move the subtitles?!?

[@adc2422]

The entire trailer g8ves ne the impression sparkle was an actor who went crazy while playing a popular role, given the viewing/take numbers in the cc

[@runelt99]

Sparkle played Lethal Company and as a joke put on the mimic mask.

[@fujinerz1220]

HELPPP

[@francenkovcan5211]

and was like "i bet i can be WORSE than you"

[@tyrant2025]

Sparkle be cray cray

[@shadowstargaming7186]

I skipped Swam specifically so I can have this adorable psychopath.

[@mostnormalprosekafan-db8dh]

Same lmao

[@angelcarrasco7801]

Same

[@strwbrnana]

Same

[@esmondgoh3112]

I just lost 50/50 on BS, but ain't even mad😂 Now I'm guaranteed for Sparkle with roughly 140 pulls

[@cornz7126]

And the best part is that she's probably going to be one of the best Harmony unit that we'll have.

[@Rewwrs]

BROTHER I LITERALLY DID THE SAME THING. I saw the trailer and INSTANTLY thought of that yuno gasei pic

[@anariel_peredhil91]

3:58 Isn't that the same flower we see when Blade does his Ultimate? Is she Mara struck as well? She looks to me like someone who lost their mind because of their job... Maybe she couldn't handle the pressure anymore, like some kind of Teen star?

[@4nnb3rl1ght]

The flowers are spider lilies, which are generally associated with death iirc. What that means for Sparkle? No clue

[@thescorbunny9511]

Mara struck is a phenomenon brought upon by Yaoshi the Abundance to the long life species and from the lore so far it's not reversible. So very unlikely that she has anything to do with mara.

[@Sylyatha]

​@@4nnb3rl1ght feels like death of a clown

[@anariel_peredhil91]

It came only to my mind while seeing the Background with similar Architecture from the Loufu. That, her change of personality and the flowers let me come up with that idea. It might not be true, but somehow I can't unsee it anymore. 😅

[@yoshistar705connormiller9]

When I first saw Sparkle in the 2.0 trailer, she instantly reminded me of Kurumi from Date A Live. And now after watching this trailer, that feeling got stronger.

[@Kyddious]

The last one is the 990th show

[@estahya]

I was today years old when I learned you can move the subtitles around.

[@Midnight_Stars777]

Is that perhaps a Japanese theme planet? Or maybe the Titan-something stadium (forgot the name) that’s being referenced over and over again in the story?

[@ethicalallakine9340]

this is izumo gensei, an upcoming planar ornament set

[@noeness3779]

You mean Taikian stadium? It's not

[@darknessknows1235]

@@ethicalallakine9340 imagine not posting leaks casually like a normal human being

[@ethicalallakine9340]

@@darknessknows1235 man is it too deep for you that someone did mention a minor lvl of leak? oh no im so sorry

[@trulyflawfull]

3:57 my interest has been captured. All jokes aside I absolutely love this character and the more I learn about her the better she gets. Her trailer OST is one of my favorite in the entirety of HSR. Crazy/dangerous/yandere type characters are always my favorite, and I just don’t know why.

[@craigcarter1699]

You know, what you said about how Sparkle’s companion quest is already out really kind of exemplifies my biggest frustration with this game: they need to slow down character releases. They’re so good at making these extremely interesting and complex characters, but then they never give themselves time to develop them. They really need to give themselves time to cook rather than just rushing out as much product as possible. Quality matters!

[@justadodriowhosadioforfun1224]

Ok, so we've reached the point where a streamer has to make a whole preface saying "We do not condone the bad actions of a fictional character from a gacha game" to avoid a horde of snowflakes coming at him. Good job guys, very mature behaviour.

[@nitanooo]

Yo definitely! The immature behavior of losers online going "yo she's racist, based" and twisting and reducing her interesting, chaotic character to just be some "racist icon" really ruined it. If it weren't for them, disclaimers definitely wouldn't be "needed" and people wouldn't want to make clear they don't associate with that crowd The worst of the bunch, even lower than the snowflakes lmao

[@shinstar4269]

​@@nitanooo i feel like that was more reactionary to people going through some mental gimastics to portray her as extramely racist (i personally don't think she is, she is at worst rude and blunt, and doesn't care to avoid insulting people or to be tactful). The ammount of misinformation spread to feed that narrative is pretty baffling tbh. That aside i personally do not condone either side, people shouldn't have forced narratives to have something dumb to be mad about and go out of their way to harass people, and others shouldn't have reacted in an immature way either. All in all, this all comes down to twitter being the cesspool it usually is. I'm just sorry for voice actors being harassed and other sparkle enjoyers and artists being bashed for liking or making art of a fictional character they like.

[@mazoru6926]

I've been waiting for this.

[@Dantalliumsolarium]

i both love and rolled my eyes at when she was saying joker lines. She seems like a cool character tho, wont be pulling for her

[@zachariahsmoody7708]

Sparkle is like the man in the wall from warframe.😯😦 over countless faces a multitude unfold s

[@kipp14]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that saw the similarities

[@H1sK-X]

The character that we're going to pull.... is the real sparkle.....?

[@MoonIitStroll]

probably not, honestly

[@kaiser1973]

Sparkle don't even know if she's in that banner 😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@zeo_10]

0:51 bro didn't even tried to not say it😂

[@faruqafero6958]

This is what it means to be a follower of the Elation, rid yourself of your sanity, always wear a smile, and find joy wherever you are. Because when all you do is smile, when all you do is laugh, anyone would go insane. Because elation and chaos go hand in hand.

[@charaxas452]

1:00 Nah thats not Hu Tao. Sparkle is Kurumi but in another Universe.

[@elimDBZ]

Yes and the ost Portrait is playing in the background

[@LavenderSunrise]

Sparkle is like the Phantom in Dual Destinies I love her

[@rLordiya]

4:04. Bro she's defenetlly a fusion between the Joker and Yedere girl

[@superpichu9115]

am i the only one who noticed the dog barks in the beginning 😂

[@katherynesmith4301]

I need her badly. I can't wait!!!! I saw her do the yandere pose and I squealed.

[@shocks65]

I love her

[@blackevyl8176]

Finally, somebody mentioning Yuno's yandere face

[@Xariona]

def pulling this menace to society ❤

[@diliaa2439]

Hovers has sent this video as a particular warning that we won’t know who sparkle could be

[@Luna_serenity-naruko_Uzumaki-]

Remember that one time you went to Doro and was bout to show off your skills on the Genshin Impact hardest quiz thingy and you ended up embarrassing yourself with a percentage lower than Doro...well that planed backfired

[@Jynx0208]

Not pulling for her since I Ruan Mei but..I cannot wait to see what they do with Sparkle, she's real interesting as an antagonist.

[@kodokbiru2886]

Yeah, THATS WHY I LOVE HER

[@nikyuut]

MASK FOOLS are really interesting 👌🏻

[@waterdog737]

Sparkle = Unhinged Hu tao Zhongli still does his service of archon even in after retirement. proventing his boss to such a fate sparkle faces

[@ShineyDoesStuff]

I think this also referenced Final Lesson (from HI3)

[@hanbaebummie3215]

They made her cool on here! 7:29 No I’m skipping her for Aventurine!!

[@Gheniel_]

Sparkle is not a villain LMAO People keep falling on her baits over and over, its so funny to see.

[@IcyDragonPolaris]

tbf, that's kinda the point with her. One of her traces is literally called *Red Herring*

[@xxhjgfffhifethxx1863]

I don’t know if there’s any other miraculous fans here but sparkle reminds me so much of Lila. This young innocent looking girl that is really just a manipulative, lying, mysterious asshole and you just know that they know stuff that they won’t ever just tells us and will make us work it out ourselves. The fact that every time we’ve met her she’s trying to trick people with disguises or create riddles for us to solve is just so enticing to me, I just want to find out what she knows. Also I just love her design and like style with the whole goldfish thing. And away from the lore stuff, she seems like she’ll actually be really good in game with her abilities to gain extra skill points. Definitely pull for me

[@ChaolaoFueChi]

Hey Cyno, you need to check out the difference in the CN dub, JP dub and KR dub. It's pretty amazing to see the voice being different and good.

[@kiryukaimemorial]

Personally, I feel like the companion quest reinforces my idea that the REAL Sparkle is dead or incapacitated, and the Mask has taken over as Sparkle. When it says ,"when I realized life was just a play" it was the mask that had already taken over. The mask could be some sentient entity that was confined to the stage until Sparkle started using it.

[@joshuaalquizola7342]

This phrase, "I'm not Sparkle. No, I am Sparkle." somewhat reminds me of Furina, who needs to put on an act because someone is watching.

[@Jayzgame]

The galactic baseballer can fix her!

[@yet4567]

I was going to summon for Sparkle then when I saw Archon I said fuck near I’m going for Archon

[@shamiyama0505]

Isn't the companion quest Black swans quest as we got through that her invite to the ship? So we still get one Sparkle companion quest where we maaaybe play as her?

[@gandalfstyle2977]

no i think its both their companion quests, i dont think we will get a sparkle only one

[@torih3art]

5:41 frfr

[@malty9391]

Because of Sparkle I can't even trust this trailer😂

[@Rex_Nichts]

Sparkle is a walking, talking red flag. Like seriously, she wears all red. She's wearing the red flag lmao

[@jamesscalzo3033]

Loved the video @CY YU VODS! Can't wait for the next video man! I thought Sparkles was Cute, but I didn't expect to find out that she's a Yandere! I think I just did a Massive Oopsie as far as the "Bro Code" is concerned, in this case it's to never do it with crazy. Maybe it'll be for the best as I can find out whether or not the saying of "If she's Screwed in the Head, she can Screw in the Bed" actually holds even the slightest bit of truth LMAO! Cy Yu: *Reads my comment* "Bro, what the Frick? Have you actually been touching grass or have you been smoking it?" *Proceeds to Heart my comment* Me: *Rolls around in a Fit of the Giggles from seeing this*

[@sumsumplays]

6:55 is this cuz shes meant to break the 4th wall i mean sampo did it why can’t she

[@Snoopyloopywoopy]

Wait how was he able to pause at the video and rewind it back so smoothly?

[@LeBeau_42]

Nope, not pulling for Sparkle. This is my time to get Jing Yuan!!!! Because who needs reinforcements when you have THE REINFORCEMENT! 🥰

[@ricardokojin7]

Sounds like a bad decision, but good luck on your pulls

[@GookieMun]

I really want to pull for her but I've seen around that Fu Xuan might have a rerun with Acheron and im so sad and don't believe in my luck 😭

[@lop90ful1]

I like how peopel Call Sparkle a villain just for bantering with other characters

[@BoothillsStrayBullet]

Yeah because copying the appearance of someone’s dead sister and pretending to be them is perfectly ok and normal 😐

[@patrickcarter2829]

​@@BoothillsStrayBullet it's just a little trolling (Aha approves).

[@saif-gv6gl]

​@@BoothillsStrayBulletIt's a twisted joke, but we should already know about it by now. Even Sampo said that he didn't get along with Sparkle due to her sense of humour. Sparkle is indeed messed up, but she didn't actually try and hurt anybody (physically) yet. The first encounter with the Meme was also unintentional and Black Swan confirmed it.

[@mildanvongrius5530]

Who's the real Sparkle? My reply: "Well, that depends on your performance on a stage called reality, will you impress me or bore me. After all, where there is a stage in this world, is a stage of entertainment. Humor me."

[@sebas110102]

She reminds me of kurumi from Date A Live

[@AeroWraith901]

Yup nope, can't fix her sorry folks lol I still plan on doing some pulls on Jing Yuan's banner since I missed him last time and his character warmed up to me.....but I will say Sparkle's trailer did interest me tho

[@theSeventhDruid]

People keep saying she is a villain, but she is probably not. She's more of a morally gray character, maybe even less evil than Ruan Mei.

[@annaairahala9462]

As if Ruan Mei is a villain lol

[@theSeventhDruid]

@@annaairahala9462 I didn't call her villain, but she is far from being nice too. And her actions are even worse.

[@fujinerz1220]

Exactly I don't think she's that villain villain, she looks like she's just trolling and bad and hating on ppls and stuff

[@thescorbunny9511]

​@@annaairahala9462considering she said she want to create an Aeon, depends on how far she willing to take that statement and her purpose for it she could very well become a villain. Right now she is just an immoral person who dgaf about anything other than her research

[@MrYamiBakura]

Yep, if you watched Higurashi, everything when something bad happened a certain family claimed responsibility for it just to increase their influence. In reality, they were as clueless as the others. It might be something like that with Sparkle too. OR maybe, Sparkle and Robin have been working together because I believe her when she said that Robin doesn't live on Penacony. Basically Sparkle approached her with something like "I'm not cool with the things Sunday's been doing so let's work together to expose him." Something like that.

[@JRiddelle]

We haven't seen a lot of the Masked Fools. We're almost sure Sampo is one. And there's Giovanni. But it's not surprising that they're a bit...untethered. And Sparkle being committed to the stage makes a lot of sense considering her dialogue in game so far. She is very dramatic, very performative. (I also think that HSR is leaning in to the fact that the universe is unpleasant. And we, the protagonist, are very likely unpleasant! I've gotta be honest, I was just as much of a shit to Aventurine as Sparkle was. I don't have to high ground)

[@CallieBlader]

one word *would*

[@2093Amc]

Yes cy yu it's the same picture

[@elimDBZ]

Im scared right now.

[@utsubyo]

you guys like her because she's insane i like her because i'm insane we're not the same

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

I’m starting to think I can’t fix her

[@barubary218]

While I enjoyed this video a lot. However not enough to sway me from waiting for Acheron.

[@ZerkaiGG]

Sparkle is 100% an Emanator, that Mask turning it's gaze onto her? Gotta be Aha the Elation, for a series with higher beings 'turning their gaze' onto mortals and empowering them, she's gotta have backing from the Aeon if in a time of seeming despair a Mask in the background gains eyes and looks at her.

[@saif-gv6gl]

I don't think she got that much power though, I'd say she got some blessings, but not Emanator's level. Someone should have at least an inkling of information on her, even Acheron's identity got found out by Aventurine.

[@blackjet2000]

Aaaaaahr love me some Aha mentally crazy characters

[@arreis7866]

I like her but I have to skip since I'm saving for both Acheron and Aventurine

[@tashaaleia]

I hate her but i love her lore, i feel like her story would be as interesting as Furina's lore.

[@SPROUTEGGLOCKED]

Even though she’s pretty , IM PULLING FOR MY HUSBANDO JING YUAN WOOOOOOOOOO 😍😍

[@choppy3115]

Smash, next question

[@vicsalvargas9565]

Does "I CAN FIX HER" go with this character !?

[@thescorbunny9511]

No cuz you can't :)

[@Virmily]

Sparkle is probably a more morally grey antagonist than an actual villain, and the people who are calling her racist are missing the fact that she's a masked fool, her whole thing is 'personal enjoyment' and she spouts all kinds of shit just to get a rise out of people, like what she said to Aventurine, I doubt she actually hates/cares about the Avgin's enough to be racist against them (Also not everything is a reference to a real world problem like some people on twitter think) And the fact that people need to clarify that they can like the character but dont agree with their actions is so fucked lol

[@kaychan7242]

not pulling for sparkle i have a date with a man and his lc - but IM THE REAL SPARKLE.

[@mundo9638]

She in not even villain. Antagonist? Surely. Fucked up? Definitely. Super interesting? Absolutely. Best written character? Arguably.

[@faithrabbit4330]

I don't think we can fix her, fam. I'm not complaining, just pointing it out

[@TheLuckyJay]

People in these comments are really showing they’re ignorance for thinking people hate Sparkle for “being a villain” like… no??? She literally has a line in game that is racist towards an irl group of people. A line that many racists on the internet are calling her “based” for and using her as an excuse to be racist. Are the people harassing the VA and (not racist) fans of hers also bad? Of fucking course they are, but people definitely have a VERY VALID reason for hating the character itself and also being wary of people who like her.

[@Jerrbearr0520]

I can't fix her

[@virtuethom7258]

What myriad celeatia means?????

[@shinchuriky]

i can change her

[@necromancerwu]

Wait, is Sparkle Alpharius? Hydra Dominatus? I guess her actions are just as complicated and convoluted and in the end maybe pointless just like the Alpha Legion. (any 40k fans here?)

[@Jojokun5235]

Everyone who hates sparkle is secretly in love with her. Admit it😊

[@BoothillsStrayBullet]

Nope, I hate her so much that despite how good she’ll be for Dan Heng IL I refuse to pull for her.

[@mysteryfirecat673]

I had plans to pull for her, but I need a proper DPS, and I'm on guaranteed, so Acheron it is

[@MoonIitStroll]

I am _so glad_ that I don't like Acheron. I like her character and I'm interested in her story but I don't feel the need to have her on my team which is great since she apparently needs 2 more Nihility characters on her team and my Kafka and Black Swan are on a team with each other and my Silver Wolf is already on my Mono-Quantum team. Pulling three characters in a row is already pretty rough, I'm glad that I shouldn't have to pull for a few months after that.

[@mysteryfirecat673]

@@MoonIitStroll Fair enough, in my case I tried to fish one Black Swan but got Bailu instead, I would've paired Acheron with her and Silverwolf, still I got some options left, I now have a reason to star building my Pela (pardon my sins), and having a use for Welt still is pretty neat

[@MoonIitStroll]

@@mysteryfirecat673 That's a good point; my Welt is E4 and I don't use him 😅

[@mysteryfirecat673]

@@MoonIitStroll Ya, my Welt is E3 with his signature lightcone, he's been my main damage dealer up until we got Ratio. Welt will forever have a place in my heart

[@MoonIitStroll]

@@mysteryfirecat673 I wish I had his LC, I would probably build him a team if I did, but right now he has Loop 😔

[@HectorNazario45]

I am not pulling for her i am ganna save for my girl mei/Archeron good luck to u cy & in comments that are summoning

[@KudaGeatsune3821]

I KNEW IT! I WAS RIGHT! If guinaifen is yoimiya Then Sparkle is Hu tao

[@emily95824]

I’m trying to decide between her or wait for luocha for my serval

[@delmer7796]

gonna skip sparkle for acheron because i have sw and pela for her. (and gonna get her signature lc)

[@orlandocampbell6105]

😰😰😰

[@fatum8573]

A bit of toxic talks and all already screaming what you horrible and terrible 🗿 She's only shut Aventurine and kidding about Sunday wings, that's not enough to be villain, silly whiny twitter kids.