When you think character design is just about aesthetics, someone takes 'marking territory' to a whole new level. A recent reveal of Girls' Frontline character 97's model shows the design absolutely plastered with star-shaped accessories — head to toe, stars everywhere. Players have dubbed it the 'star brand stamp,' as if every character gets forcibly tagged like livestock on a farm.
The original poster captioned it 'Stars will never die!' with two images, and that was enough to light the fuse. One commenter nailed it: 'Another character drowning in tiny accessories — so annoying. Swap the outfit and you literally can't tell who's who.' Relying on accessory spam to differentiate characters is basically admitting design laziness.
Sharp-eyed players quickly dug deeper. Screenshots from the Chapter 95 promotional art showed that character 97 looked suspiciously like 'Dong Xuelian' (东雪莲) — a VTuber persona — when rendered without textures. The face-blindness defense fell apart fast. If your gacha waifu becomes unrecognizable in different clothes, that's a fatal flaw for a game built on character collection.
Even more painful: players spotted that character 97's hair accessory already had a panda charm on it, yet the designer went ahead and slapped on a separate star charm too. That star was then exposed as being 'forcibly tacked on, clashing with the overall color scheme.' Textbook example of design overkill — the exact opposite of the 'less is more' principle.
One commenter perfectly summarized the absurdity: 'A panda charm on the earring AND on the bag — a double brand stamp from Panda Girl and Star Girl.' Panda motifs plus star motifs, double-tagged for good measure. Others went further, pointing out that this design philosophy 'is literally the exact template VTuber model riggers (V圈皮套狗) use — probably the same people behind it.' In other words, gacha character design is sprinting toward VTuber avatar territory, and players are NOT having it.
No discussion of star motifs would be complete without invoking the infamous 'Raymond's second wife' meme from the Girls' Frontline 2 Daiyan controversy. One commenter dropped: 'She IS Raymond's second wife after all — how could she escape the brand?' Another player went scorched earth: 'Is this designer single-handedly polluting the star symbol into a meme? At this rate, just seeing stars will make me want to puke.' The star has gone from a cute design element to a full-blown community PTSD trigger.
Faced with the onslaught, some players chose the 'if you can't beat them, join them' route. One brutally honest take: 'People still playing probably don't care or are even into this — and if the remaining players like it, that's exactly why the devs feel free to crap all over the designs.' Ugly but true — when the core fanbase keeps lowering the bar, the studio has zero incentive to change. Another player leaned into full sarcasm: 'Star Grandma's VTuber model? Love it! Give us more Star Grandma skins — brand every single one with the star mark!'
As it stands, the star accessory epidemic has escalated from a simple aesthetic debate into a full-blown questioning of the entire character design philosophy. From 'meme pollution' to 'VTuber-ification,' player patience is wearing thin by the day. As for character 97's model, an informed player noted that '97 had her model since launch day' — meaning this star-studded design was probably set in stone ages ago. Stars will never die? Players are praying someone finally puts them out of their misery.
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