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February 24, 2026Welcome to The Dispatch. 📰
This is a monthly conversation between Avalon's makers and mods.
This is a monthly conversation between Avalon's makers and mods.
This Month's Topic
Any character cards you've enjoyed RPing with lately? What models are you running them on?
CattorinaFeb 24, 2026, 5:13 AM UTC
I use Gemini 3 for all the bots, but I have been talking to:
- my own furry alien bot Rykash - I just wanted the intellectual banter and the man to pamper and fuck me.
- then a couple of semerkan's bots: Pars (a cold sarcastic man), Miro (a huge traumatized pookie) - the gist is that user is the owner of the underground fighting pit, and u are supposed to be mean more or less.. But I twisted it that it was just a mask. I am a nice person
These guys are your fighters.
- Then there is also Leiden's Wei Junhao - your assassin hubby. Mr & Mrs Smith coded with 1-2 initial messages, with the other two you can just play as an oblivious wife. He is so fucking good
- Ah, and I won a raffle in Lost's server a few months ago for a bot of my choosing, so I have been chatting with Carden too. It's the medieval fantasy. Basically, user commits regicide and also gets rid of all the nobles that were against them in allegedly violent ways, including Carden's family. He is not happy with it so he returns with his army back home for revenge.
So yeah! I don't speak with many bots. I usually hyperfixate on couple until they will let me go and then move on!~
- my own furry alien bot Rykash - I just wanted the intellectual banter and the man to pamper and fuck me.
- then a couple of semerkan's bots: Pars (a cold sarcastic man), Miro (a huge traumatized pookie) - the gist is that user is the owner of the underground fighting pit, and u are supposed to be mean more or less.. But I twisted it that it was just a mask. I am a nice person
- Then there is also Leiden's Wei Junhao - your assassin hubby. Mr & Mrs Smith coded with 1-2 initial messages, with the other two you can just play as an oblivious wife. He is so fucking good
- Ah, and I won a raffle in Lost's server a few months ago for a bot of my choosing, so I have been chatting with Carden too. It's the medieval fantasy. Basically, user commits regicide and also gets rid of all the nobles that were against them in allegedly violent ways, including Carden's family. He is not happy with it so he returns with his army back home for revenge.
So yeah! I don't speak with many bots. I usually hyperfixate on couple until they will let me go and then move on!~
PippaFeb 24, 2026, 6:19 AM UTC
Wei Junhao was so good!
I'm also on the Gemini 3 (and occasionally 2.5) train.
Ive been burnt out on chatting lately, which luckily means I'm able to focus on writing and genning, but a few bots did worm their way into my heart this month
Drevyn | Faithful Husband by IAmDevi. Your knight husband comes home with a bastard child- but its not actually his. The lie needs to be maintained to protect the life of the child from political execution. The angst here is so good, and its not just from char being mean, but the exact opposite. He is so sweet and caring. The hurt/comfort with this one is ✨️ priceless ✨️
Mikhal Umbra by B.Nuts is one of my favorite types of bots. A big dangerous man with copius quantities of yearning and proximity induced panic, and its so cold out, I cant help but need to stand close. 😌 Playing the soft innocent naive neighbor with Mikhal and watching him panic and protect me was so rewarding.
Zachary ♛ The Crowns by Memi. The most dangerous guy on campus. The man who killed your brother on the night you lost absolutely everything. He's the most dangerous man on campus, and hes doing everything to ensure you are safe and want for nothing from the shadows. He doesnt regret what he did- it was a mercy in his mind, but he absolutely regretted giving me and opening when he saved me from making a drunk mistake. breaking down his walls and working my way into his life has been such sweet slow-burn and I'm obsessed.
and Cole and Ryō, two bots I've been testing for release, and two bots I'm equal parts nervous and excited about. One is taboo, the other is a culture I'm not too familiar with and both could end in disaster.
Ive been burnt out on chatting lately, which luckily means I'm able to focus on writing and genning, but a few bots did worm their way into my heart this month
Drevyn | Faithful Husband by IAmDevi. Your knight husband comes home with a bastard child- but its not actually his. The lie needs to be maintained to protect the life of the child from political execution. The angst here is so good, and its not just from char being mean, but the exact opposite. He is so sweet and caring. The hurt/comfort with this one is ✨️ priceless ✨️
Mikhal Umbra by B.Nuts is one of my favorite types of bots. A big dangerous man with copius quantities of yearning and proximity induced panic, and its so cold out, I cant help but need to stand close. 😌 Playing the soft innocent naive neighbor with Mikhal and watching him panic and protect me was so rewarding.
Zachary ♛ The Crowns by Memi. The most dangerous guy on campus. The man who killed your brother on the night you lost absolutely everything. He's the most dangerous man on campus, and hes doing everything to ensure you are safe and want for nothing from the shadows. He doesnt regret what he did- it was a mercy in his mind, but he absolutely regretted giving me and opening when he saved me from making a drunk mistake. breaking down his walls and working my way into his life has been such sweet slow-burn and I'm obsessed.
and Cole and Ryō, two bots I've been testing for release, and two bots I'm equal parts nervous and excited about. One is taboo, the other is a culture I'm not too familiar with and both could end in disaster.
CattorinaFeb 24, 2026, 6:20 AM UTC
Omg, I wanted to chat with Zachary so much! But I need to tweak my persona's backstory for it and I was genuinely lazy 
PippaFeb 24, 2026, 6:21 AM UTC
thats fair! im lazy and have 4 variations of one persona and its just her physical description so I can just make everything up as I go 
BBQFeb 24, 2026, 6:38 AM UTC
I cannot disclose the bots I've chatted with since they're all in a gated community. But for this month, I have been using Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3 Pro, Kimi 2.5.
My impression is: Claude opus 4.6>Gemini 3 Pro=Kimi 2.5.
Claude opus 4.6 is just too good at handling emotions and subtext. I think I am forever ruined again. Other models still feel refreshing because Opus 4.6 feels "rigid" as I need to nudge it for spiciness, but if you love angst bots, Opus 4.6 has no problem making you cry. Gemini 3 pro is nice, but I am already ruined. I still love kimi as my top oss model. Still need to try GLM 5.
Also been roleplaying in non-english language (chinese, it has been fun. I have also been learning the differences between chinese and english used in presets, but it seems like they don't do much difference and most people use english to save tokens. The downside is they still have slops and there's no escape from whitened knuckles.
It was delightful using a 800 token preset, good enough until I ran into a massive one - 10k tokens, but it really changes the prose and everything the way opus writes. The model starts with an overview and adds in details like it is directing how a camera should work during filming a movie.
It was refreshing and reminded me of using Endless Adventure preset for the very first time.
My impression is: Claude opus 4.6>Gemini 3 Pro=Kimi 2.5.
Claude opus 4.6 is just too good at handling emotions and subtext. I think I am forever ruined again. Other models still feel refreshing because Opus 4.6 feels "rigid" as I need to nudge it for spiciness, but if you love angst bots, Opus 4.6 has no problem making you cry. Gemini 3 pro is nice, but I am already ruined. I still love kimi as my top oss model. Still need to try GLM 5.
Also been roleplaying in non-english language (chinese, it has been fun. I have also been learning the differences between chinese and english used in presets, but it seems like they don't do much difference and most people use english to save tokens. The downside is they still have slops and there's no escape from whitened knuckles.
It was delightful using a 800 token preset, good enough until I ran into a massive one - 10k tokens, but it really changes the prose and everything the way opus writes. The model starts with an overview and adds in details like it is directing how a camera should work during filming a movie.
It was refreshing and reminded me of using Endless Adventure preset for the very first time.
A snippet of how the preset makes opus writes, translated. The anchor part doesn't show up in chat and is regexed out, I have tested with and without it and it gives the model better spatial awareness with it.
SeverianFeb 24, 2026, 6:43 AM UTC
what's the take on opus 4.5 v 4.6?
BBQFeb 24, 2026, 6:50 AM UTC
I think 4.6 gets rid of 2 things I hate about opus 4.5
1. it starts using short punchy sentences, which I love, but it goes out of control. Every reply becomes like that
tho I am not sure if the preset I use will fix that
2. it has good context recalling (not sure if that's the term) but it latches on one thing to bring up, and it won't shut up about it and has to bring it up every reply. And because if this, if you are doing something like a bot with some foreshadowing (i.e. they're gonna die in 3 days), 4.5 won't shut up about "3 more days"
4.6 doesn't do those
1. it starts using short punchy sentences, which I love, but it goes out of control. Every reply becomes like that
tho I am not sure if the preset I use will fix that
2. it has good context recalling (not sure if that's the term) but it latches on one thing to bring up, and it won't shut up about it and has to bring it up every reply. And because if this, if you are doing something like a bot with some foreshadowing (i.e. they're gonna die in 3 days), 4.5 won't shut up about "3 more days"
4.6 doesn't do those
maestrovaFeb 24, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC
A high amount of bots I use are my own ones but here are the ones I wanna share
Aocnel : He's cool. A faceless knight with a unique speech pattern and that I really adore. Pretty much a green flag and i use GPT 5.1 to rp with him because it's the best at retaining his speech patterns and I don't do any NSFW / NSFL with him so
Dorian : Rare janitor bot that caught my eyes. I've seen that movie and liked it + I like the idea of a cute serial killer husband. Sonnet 4.6
Narcissus : Lowkey he reminded me of Griffith + cool setting. I run him on gemini 3 because I need higher context and he's not a complex™ character so I didn't mind the tropey responses too much
Obedience | Asaiah : I finally have the time to properly play with them and I can say I love them. Witch hunters, beautiful people. I put them in a groupchat. I run them with opus 4.6 because of the really unique way they're written
Aocnel : He's cool. A faceless knight with a unique speech pattern and that I really adore. Pretty much a green flag and i use GPT 5.1 to rp with him because it's the best at retaining his speech patterns and I don't do any NSFW / NSFL with him so
Dorian : Rare janitor bot that caught my eyes. I've seen that movie and liked it + I like the idea of a cute serial killer husband. Sonnet 4.6
Narcissus : Lowkey he reminded me of Griffith + cool setting. I run him on gemini 3 because I need higher context and he's not a complex™ character so I didn't mind the tropey responses too much
Obedience | Asaiah : I finally have the time to properly play with them and I can say I love them. Witch hunters, beautiful people. I put them in a groupchat. I run them with opus 4.6 because of the really unique way they're written
LloydFeb 24, 2026, 9:20 AM UTC
The most bots I've been using for the longest time are Bo Marshall, Ezekiel Monroe, and almost exclusively my bots: Enzo Rafael and Alexander De Gennaro. I love Dead Dove, age gap, and DILF; those three tags are a must whenever I search for bots
I've been burnt out lately, though, and prefer using my own bots. I might add the other bots I've had the pleasure to roleplay with to the point of an unhealthy amount of time.
My main LLMs depend on which favourite bots are currently in use. I've been using Deep Seek V3.2 for the majority of my roleplay, then I switch to Opus 4.6 and Kimi K2.5.
Other bots I've been using:
- Wyatt Colt : Leiden bot with extensive lorebook I made complete withs the fan made characters and settings.
- Rajnald : Your baby fever post-apocalyptic bunker husband, from Lily Knightz. If you like pregnancy rp, he's the man. He's such adorable and loving father actually.
- Feinrich Valientas : Another bot, but it's green flag. Though the theme is about loss of children and pregnancy, not everyone's cup of tea, but surely it's one of my most adored bots.
- Joseph and Little Joe Powell : Classic, classic DD:DE but God I love them so much. Father and Son duo, and it will make your stomach churn. Also, cannibalism for the cherry on top. Gruesome and yet it makes you excited.
- Abel's Family Weston, Clayton, Hudson : Trio bots, classic from Honeymilktea555, the first bot that introduced me to Dead Dove. Obsessed over them for like 4 months, living rent-free in my head. Cannibalism too!
I've been burnt out lately, though, and prefer using my own bots. I might add the other bots I've had the pleasure to roleplay with to the point of an unhealthy amount of time.
My main LLMs depend on which favourite bots are currently in use. I've been using Deep Seek V3.2 for the majority of my roleplay, then I switch to Opus 4.6 and Kimi K2.5.
Bo Marshall:. The classic misogynistic and mean DD:DE bot featuring a Southern man, taking place in a shitty trailer park. You are his house bitch and caged <3. Old bot from Still Creek series. Always been my favourite bot for the longest time from Merclolz20, I've been using Opus 4.6, Kimi K2.5, and Deep Seek V3.2, he's also become my baseline character to test out every new LLMs. I'm a bit hesitant now using Opus 4.6 because he is exclusively NSFW/NSFL roleplay.
Ezekiel Monroe: My first bot and first love mafia bot I made. He's my comfort, angst, NSFW/NSFL character. Versatile character all around if you catch my meaning lmao.
Juste Versailles: Bro please, he's like the pookiest man ever. Love and love him, obsessed. Mafia family's youngest son, love his bubbly relationship. Stormgazed special bot!
Donnie O'Sullivan: Leiden bot, you are caged too. This man is horrible and I love every single bit of him. Stinky man, will torture you 10/10.
Other bots I've been using:
- Wyatt Colt : Leiden bot with extensive lorebook I made complete withs the fan made characters and settings.
- Rajnald : Your baby fever post-apocalyptic bunker husband, from Lily Knightz. If you like pregnancy rp, he's the man. He's such adorable and loving father actually.
- Feinrich Valientas : Another bot, but it's green flag. Though the theme is about loss of children and pregnancy, not everyone's cup of tea, but surely it's one of my most adored bots.
- Joseph and Little Joe Powell : Classic, classic DD:DE but God I love them so much. Father and Son duo, and it will make your stomach churn. Also, cannibalism for the cherry on top. Gruesome and yet it makes you excited.
- Abel's Family Weston, Clayton, Hudson : Trio bots, classic from Honeymilktea555, the first bot that introduced me to Dead Dove. Obsessed over them for like 4 months, living rent-free in my head. Cannibalism too!
CattorinaFeb 24, 2026, 9:39 AM UTC
Okay, so you love being caged. I shall put it in my notes 
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SeverianFeb 24, 2026, 9:48 AM UTC
Yeah have definitely noticed those things you mention about 4.5
Are most presets just working out of the box with 4.6 though?
Are most presets just working out of the box with 4.6 though?
BBQFeb 24, 2026, 9:54 AM UTC
I think so, the only thing that needs to be changed is assistant prefill and reasoning (`start reply with`) needs to be turned off or it will return 400 error. You can still nudge it with cot, but if you already use endless adventure it shouldn't be a big problem. Turn the assistant prefill to system if it is too resistant
apparently even if it is from user role, as long as the jb is in the context, most model will fall for it
apparently even if it is from user role, as long as the jb is in the context, most model will fall for it
I will move this to a different channel because it is something interesting
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AzriaelFeb 26, 2026, 1:58 PM UTC
Hello!
Lately, I am using only Gemini 3 or 3.1, whenever it works. If it cooks, it means chatting day will be good. If it doesn't..
This month I have chatted with less characters than I usually do, now that I checked, because some of them hooked me up for more than I would like to admit.
Howl for You | Brady ALT by bibbeltje - I love this man. He awakened my love to werewolf characters with his first iteration and whenever new alt releases, I drop everything and run to be censored.
Adrian "Alucard" Țepeș | MODERN AU by GlitterCritter91 - Holy. I didn't expect that man to hook me up so much. I mean, I know I love vampires, but I was never interested in Castlevania and Alucard himself. But this bot? Swapping between hot and cold, wanting and yet not wanting to hurt me? Ughhh, I am sucker for vampires, alright.
Sreyok te Yunge Tsìri’itan by pancakefryinpan and Tey’iri | Na'vi Courtship by Delirenous - while they are not February made bots, I lost HOURS this month chatting with them both after watching new Avatar. Sreyok got teased endlessly by me - mostly Navi and werewolf sonas, because why not - and Tey'iri had to deal with clingy Navi mate. Gimme blue skinned big primal man and I can hide in the forest and never leave.
Corvus Nightwing | Abandoned by itsVii - Broken dragon man, "I can fix him" and my Skyrim raised sona - name better combo. I love this man with all of my heart.
Lately, I am using only Gemini 3 or 3.1, whenever it works. If it cooks, it means chatting day will be good. If it doesn't..
This month I have chatted with less characters than I usually do, now that I checked, because some of them hooked me up for more than I would like to admit.
Howl for You | Brady ALT by bibbeltje - I love this man. He awakened my love to werewolf characters with his first iteration and whenever new alt releases, I drop everything and run to be censored.
Adrian "Alucard" Țepeș | MODERN AU by GlitterCritter91 - Holy. I didn't expect that man to hook me up so much. I mean, I know I love vampires, but I was never interested in Castlevania and Alucard himself. But this bot? Swapping between hot and cold, wanting and yet not wanting to hurt me? Ughhh, I am sucker for vampires, alright.
Sreyok te Yunge Tsìri’itan by pancakefryinpan and Tey’iri | Na'vi Courtship by Delirenous - while they are not February made bots, I lost HOURS this month chatting with them both after watching new Avatar. Sreyok got teased endlessly by me - mostly Navi and werewolf sonas, because why not - and Tey'iri had to deal with clingy Navi mate. Gimme blue skinned big primal man and I can hide in the forest and never leave.
Corvus Nightwing | Abandoned by itsVii - Broken dragon man, "I can fix him" and my Skyrim raised sona - name better combo. I love this man with all of my heart.
Special mention to Drevyn too! - This is literally a perfect man in my eyes. Loving, loyal, takes care of family, even if it can bring more problems to his loved ones.
CattorinaFeb 26, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC
BRADY YESSS LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOO
I will have to check out Drevyn too omfg
corpses1319Mar 3, 2026, 5:53 PM UTC
Can finally answer this.
Have been using a lot of models, going from
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Claude Sonnet 4.5, 4.6, Opus 4.5, Opus 4.6
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DeepSeek V3.2 (officially it's called DeepSeek-Chat and DeepSeek-Reasoner), DeepSeek V4-lite (it's not available yet officially as I written except Web, I have access from a 
) source
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Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905, Kimi-K2-Thinking, Kimi 2.5
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Gemini 2.5 Pro, Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 3.1 Pro
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GLM 4.6, GLM 4.7 and GLM 5
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GPT 4o
- No Grok, no MiniMax (nearly tried it for TTS but it was halted), no Qwen (well kinda did with the temporary hosting of Qwen3.5-122B-A10B/Q5_K_M/16K, it reminds me of JLLM and
), no LongCat, no Mistral, my hands are too full atm 
Preference?
In general it would be Opus 4.6 > Kimi 2.5 & Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 > Gemini and DeepSeek.
GLM gave me some issues in generation (my skill issue) and I'm just not going to invite it onto the table temporary. But if I have to make a comment, GLM 4.6 & 4.7 > 5.
I wasn't planning to put Claude at first until they released Opus 4.6, mainly because I don't vibe with Opus 4.5 as much as I hope so. BBQ mentioned the issue with Opus 4.5, that pretty much my reasons too. Opus 4.6 is amazing, just don't look at your wallet.
I like the DeepSeek V4 lite a lot than I expected, but it is excluded from the ranking since it hasn't release officially yet. And I don't want to get my hopes up, because back in the day when DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus released, it was underwhelming.
Why isn't Gemini higher in the rank? I like Gemini because it can process long context (really good with character cards that are bloated with tokens) and it likes to be creative with html&css (as in the info board of character card when rp). But I have experienced peak of its creativity with gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25, maybe I just miss this model 😔.
My ranking and preferences are heavily subjective due to how I like models that could be:
1. Writes subtle tension and subtext well 🔥
2. Unhinged.
3. No/Less refusal (I'm looking at you GLM
)
4. I prefer models that can write novel-like.
I'm more on "I prefer better prose and writing style, whilst more tolerate on slops" (even though I would "rant" about it a bit outwardly).
Corpses how do you use so many models? I changed preset, UI theme and toggles based on every different characters. I don't think mixing models in rp or changing models based on characters could stop me
. The downside is that I rp very slow
. Easy for many to reach 100 chats, mine will take a very long time.
Is there more models I want to try? Yes. I like to test something new (always there for hosted models anyway). But often times I slipped back into something I called it as variety seeking due to curiosity or boredom relief but stuck in habitual usage driven by past positive experiences. I miss past models here and there, that makes me comfortable with the said "brand" to try their new models more than something totally new and it takes more energy to initiate the willpower to try to make something new to work the way I like. TLDR; I'm just lazy.
if DeepSeek V4 releases the second after I answer this I'm gonna
Have been using a lot of models, going from
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- No Grok, no MiniMax (nearly tried it for TTS but it was halted), no Qwen (well kinda did with the temporary hosting of Qwen3.5-122B-A10B/Q5_K_M/16K, it reminds me of JLLM and
Preference?
In general it would be Opus 4.6 > Kimi 2.5 & Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905 > Gemini and DeepSeek.
GLM gave me some issues in generation (my skill issue) and I'm just not going to invite it onto the table temporary. But if I have to make a comment, GLM 4.6 & 4.7 > 5.
I wasn't planning to put Claude at first until they released Opus 4.6, mainly because I don't vibe with Opus 4.5 as much as I hope so. BBQ mentioned the issue with Opus 4.5, that pretty much my reasons too. Opus 4.6 is amazing, just don't look at your wallet.
I like the DeepSeek V4 lite a lot than I expected, but it is excluded from the ranking since it hasn't release officially yet. And I don't want to get my hopes up, because back in the day when DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus released, it was underwhelming.
Why isn't Gemini higher in the rank? I like Gemini because it can process long context (really good with character cards that are bloated with tokens) and it likes to be creative with html&css (as in the info board of character card when rp). But I have experienced peak of its creativity with gemini-2.5-pro-exp-03-25, maybe I just miss this model 😔.
My ranking and preferences are heavily subjective due to how I like models that could be:
1. Writes subtle tension and subtext well 🔥
2. Unhinged.
3. No/Less refusal (I'm looking at you GLM
4. I prefer models that can write novel-like.
I'm more on "I prefer better prose and writing style, whilst more tolerate on slops" (even though I would "rant" about it a bit outwardly).
Corpses how do you use so many models? I changed preset, UI theme and toggles based on every different characters. I don't think mixing models in rp or changing models based on characters could stop me
Is there more models I want to try? Yes. I like to test something new (always there for hosted models anyway). But often times I slipped back into something I called it as variety seeking due to curiosity or boredom relief but stuck in habitual usage driven by past positive experiences. I miss past models here and there, that makes me comfortable with the said "brand" to try their new models more than something totally new and it takes more energy to initiate the willpower to try to make something new to work the way I like. TLDR; I'm just lazy.
if DeepSeek V4 releases the second after I answer this I'm gonna
About character cards, I can't share most of them. But I can say that I enjoy historical or/and multiple people cards at the moment.
Historical because subtext in here are more easy to show (and to test model capabilities), because back in the days, we don't give away the phrase "I love you" easily as we do right now
. It's the process of pining and then slow burn
🤌.
add some angst and it cooks just right like a tender caramelised food that melts in your mouth
Multiple people cards, so far the highest I have done is 30+ people in one card (if I remember correctly). It gives more drama and spaces to develop plot without one character solely focusing on {{user}} (multi POV 🤌)
, also very good with developing OC's universe.
Historical because subtext in here are more easy to show (and to test model capabilities), because back in the days, we don't give away the phrase "I love you" easily as we do right now
add some angst and it cooks just right like a tender caramelised food that melts in your mouth
Multiple people cards, so far the highest I have done is 30+ people in one card (if I remember correctly). It gives more drama and spaces to develop plot without one character solely focusing on {{user}} (multi POV 🤌)
corpses1319Mar 3, 2026, 6:08 PM UTC
I also roleplay in languages other than English, and historical character cards in non-English are far more complex, making it harder for models to capture the nuances and details. I enjoy the subtext and surprises a model can offer, as well as how it reveals the dynamic tension between characters. It reminds me of the show Empresses in the Palace, that even 15 years after its release, people still discover new surprises within it. The dialogues are multi layered, and even as a native speaker, one can hardly decipher everything in the first few viewings.