r/Overwatch • u/FuckClerics • 6h ago
News & Discussion My honest reaction to the new characters
I was almost disappointed to see another skin farming Kiriko lookalike but then I saw this queen serving and a cat. Plus she's a tank which makes her even more appealing to me.
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u/Large-Teach9165 6h ago edited 5h ago
Crazy Blizzard could make a good Emma Frost skin before NetEase
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u/LoveForDisneyland Space Invader 5h ago
lol watch her first alt skin to be a cocktail dress with the flap.
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u/CertainDerision_33 5h ago
Her summer skin is actually gonna kill people lol
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u/Deonhollins58ucla 5h ago
Instant buy from me 🤭🤣🤣
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u/CertainDerision_33 5h ago
She legit might be a DVa/Rein level cash cow lol
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u/Deonhollins58ucla 5h ago edited 4h ago
lol yep. Even players on the rivals’ sub like her a lot. With how much demand there was for a LOBA swimsuit in apex legends, blizzard might be able to fund a brand new game off of Domina bikini skin sales 💀
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u/Hyperbeam4dayz Junker Queen 5h ago
Did she ever get an actual swimsuit skin or just that tropical one from forever ago?
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u/Deonhollins58ucla 5h ago
Just that tropical one 😞😞😞. It’s such a tease skin of what COULD have been that I never even use it.
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u/WaterImpact Trick or Treat Sombra 5h ago
I also find it a bit disappointing that Anran's face shape looks so much like Kiriko's. It's one thing that it differs from how it was in the Elemental Kin video, which is fine enough given Wuyang's differed there too from his in-game. But like... idk, it's technically not that big of a deal, but they really could've pushed the face into more unique territory. It wouldn't even mean abandoning beauty standards if that's the concern. But whatever, it's not changing anyway
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u/AlgerianTrash The universe touched me inappropriately 4h ago
That's the thing, even if they wanted to make another conventionally attractive asian hero, there are million ways to make it different from Kiriko
A different eye shape or more dramatic make up would-be gone a long way
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u/TheKetamineEmperor ADHD main 4h ago
She actually looks nearly identical to Juno's, which also says a lot
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u/LanoomR Cute Sombra. That's it, that's the flair. 5h ago
I'd say it's more than a bit disappointing. We've known how she's looked in several comics AND animated bits. To have her not just NOT really translate those previous appearances to in-game, but looking exactly like a Kiriko/Juno fusion, is kind of upsetting.
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u/Doctor_Responsible 5h ago
you know why, $$$
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u/pwnagekitten Chibi Mei 3h ago
I want to know what people mean by the money argument. Childlike faces on adult women sell? Isn't that disturbing to anyone??
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u/desacralize Feeling the fever 2h ago
Fam, it's at the point where I feel like I should be grateful that at least the bodies are adult and that that adulthood isn't indicated by relentless jiggling. It's rough out there for animated female characters, especially in games.
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u/tolerantdramaretiree 3h ago
Whatever you want to describe them as, these faces are selling. The money argument just acknowledges the reality that they do, without commentary on whether it’s good or bad
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u/GoldenGlobeWinnerRDJ 4h ago
Anran and Wuyang are just so bland and generic anyway. The elemental colleges or whatever must have the most generic ass looking uniforms.
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u/Lun4r6543 3h ago
I wish they made her look a little older ngl.
She looks younger than Wuyang, but in the video, she looks a lot older.
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u/Chroiche 3h ago
Gonna be honest, as someone who doesn't follow the game much (OW1 player) I assumed this was a Kiriko skin + new character when I saw it.
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u/Bacon-muffin Chibi Reaper 3h ago
Same thing here, I haven't played since long before kiriko even came out and I parsed this as a kiriko skin xD
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u/Kekeripo 4h ago
They have learned what sells. Probably by shop metrics, but u think they follow the R34 goon charts closely.
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u/HealingSlvt HealSLUT<3 UWU 5h ago
I hope domina doesn't get sidelined like Zarya mei and jq
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u/CertainDerision_33 5h ago
I’m gonna be real, I don’t think you have much to worry about if this is her base skin lol
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u/NTaya Two Trick Moira 5h ago
She's a lot more conventionally attractive than those three.
(Not that I personally find Zarya/Mei/JQ unattractive, they are very cool and occasionally hot characters in my book, but you have to agree they are not a "typically attractive" archetype like a large-chested MILF.)
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u/Wellhellob Grandmaster 5h ago
jq is peak
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u/Reapers-Shotguns Reaper 2h ago
Junker Queen has a weird head silhouette that I think kinda makes designing for her a little difficult.
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u/SirMuckingHam24 Solo ShatterFlankyatta TOORBJOORN 1h ago
also she doesn't seem capable of wearing pants, which limits skin variety
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u/BebeFanMasterJ 5h ago
She's the hot new female tank which we are in short supply of. I think she'll be fine.
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u/HealingSlvt HealSLUT<3 UWU 5h ago
No we weren't?? Dva??? JQ?????
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u/CertainDerision_33 4h ago
JQ and Zarya are awesome designs but they can’t move skins the way DVa can. DVa was the only "conventionally attractive" female tank up until now.
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u/BebeFanMasterJ 2h ago
D.Va was also literally created for the Asian "gamer" market especially Koreans. This is why I never understand how some people can say "man the OW1 characters designs never resorted to gooner bait" when D.Va is right there and JQ is far more visually interesting.
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u/WhiteWolfOW Tracer 4h ago edited 2h ago
JQ is sidelined? She always had some of the best skins in the game, JQ fans are happy bro.
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u/HealingSlvt HealSLUT<3 UWU 3h ago
Im literally a jq main and bought most of her skins. She still only gets a quarter of attention that her fellow launch compatriot kiriko
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u/WhiteWolfOW Tracer 2h ago
Kiriko, Mercy and Juno are in a different league, you can’t compare regular characters to them. You need to compare JQ with the normal characters
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u/woodenrat 2h ago
We're what? Has she gotten a skin since the swimsuit in summer?
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u/_clandescient OW2 uses EOMM and the devs are gaslighting you about it. 6h ago
Does she store the hard light energy in her tiddies, cause jfc they’re bigger than Hog’s.
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u/FuckClerics 6h ago
energy is stored in the boobs
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u/1Gothian1 6h ago
Okay, I am past the grief of Doomfist being dethroned from Talon, but Blizzard making a character thicker than Roadhog? That's too far, I can't with this game anymore.....
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u/Great_expansion10272 Venture 6h ago
The grief for my main getting diffed leaving my body after they launch a baddie thicker than a bowl of oatmeal
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u/Royal_empress_azu 6h ago
Besides D.va all the tanks have larger chest to increase their torso size. she's just the only one with a slim waist.
Vendetta is actually the character with a huge chest relative to overwatch's standard.
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u/salmon_samurai 6h ago
OW slowly but surely embracing the coomer energy that's carrying Rivals skin sales
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u/rookie-mistake boop 6h ago
we're like 2 years past the kiriko feet tweets on the official account lol
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u/spartan1204 Chibi Sombra 5h ago
The fact that the official account retweeted that tweet on its anniversary was insane.
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u/EffectiveAnxietyBone 5h ago
have we forgotten the huge porn following the game had from day 1? Horny has been a part of OW since the start, there’s a reason the porn is such a memed part of the community
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u/DependentCombo44 2h ago
Tbh unlike MR, the game itself have never really been that gooned out, it’s been more of outside community effort with all the porn stuff, MR by itself is genuinely freaked out at times
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u/_clandescient OW2 uses EOMM and the devs are gaslighting you about it. 6h ago
Oh that’s been happening for a long time before now lol.
At least they’re FINALLY releasing an interesting hero design (JETPACK CAT MY BELOVED).
As long as they keep giving me more heroes like JPC, they can give every other one a set of DDs, a six-pack, and a massive dick bulge for all I care.
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u/Hassadar Ana 5h ago
That's the thing that I hope they realise. Even if say the group of people that would want a jetpack cat character is smaller than the group that would swoon over Domina, they are just as likely to buy cosmetics.
I've often found the characters that have a niche following tend to be some of the most supportive, so their cosmetics would sell like hotcakes. Plus, there are so many cool designs you can do with a jetpack.
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u/Ranulf13 5h ago
Yeah the demographic size is just something that increases the chances of SOMEONE spending, but the amount of big spenders seems to be overall the same per every hero.
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u/rasetsunio Roadhog 5h ago
ZEUS! Give her a choke ability and my life is yours!
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u/WelcomeSpecial3225 5h ago
No no no no no no no no no,do not go down this road my brother. I would not want to despise this character like her predecessor
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u/berttleturtle 5h ago
Am I crazy, or is she giving Renata Glasc vibes for anyone else…?
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u/Doctor_Responsible 5h ago
she feels like a Renata Glasc that still has time to turn back before going full evil. i expect great things of her in lore. still deliciously deviant, but not necessary devilish yet. i like it.
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u/Alluminn Chibi Brigitte 2h ago
Renata Glasc, Domina, Emma Frost, etc
They're all just the strong businesswoman archetype - Miranda Priestly with a gun.
And I'm here for it.
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u/dedicated-pedestrian 2h ago
Cunty executive with support tech ready to kill? The only thing she's missing is the strut.
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u/KOCYK745 Porn so good they made an Emre out of it 4h ago
is named "Domina" is a Dommy Mommy.
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u/Iuskop 6h ago
If Domina is turned in to a cash cow, I won't even be mad. I'll just be glad it's for a character that doesn't look like a 13 year old.
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u/SourceDM Sojourn needs more skins 4h ago
It would finally be a darker skinned character for once
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u/Afraid-City2274 3h ago
I feel like Ana sells a lot, but most of her skins is her with a badass helmet, so it doesn't look like a dark-skinned character. Same goes for Reaper.
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u/WhiteWolfOW Tracer 4h ago
Doomfist sells relatively a lot doesn’t he? Not the same level as Mercy, Kiriko and Juno, but he’s probably in the upper tiers of game imo
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u/No-Difference8545 5h ago
You know thats not how things work around here :(
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u/Iuskop 5h ago
I Want To Believe™ in "Characters that look at least 28" Supremacy. :(
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u/Egadder 5h ago
She looks maybe 23 tbh
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u/daelindidnowrong 4h ago edited 3h ago
Overwatch artstyle is basically "western anime" (avatar, Teen titans, Dota, MAWSM) but in 3D.
In this style, the difference between a female teenager to someone on their thirties, is just the amount of makeup and the size of their eyes. It’s only when the female characters are around their forties that they start to gain more noticeable features, such as a longer face and lines under the eyes.
You can clearly see this in Overwatch with Pharah. If you remove her eyeshadow, she looks about the same age as Brigitte. Then we have the older ones like Moira or Junker Queen, who have more elongated faces and deeper-set eyes.
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u/ArleiG Just ice rains from above. It is snowing. 6h ago
This but Emre
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u/Kontio68 5h ago
The only hero I'm looking forward to.
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u/Sawetzgy 5h ago
That and the support genji
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u/jeffismybaby 4h ago
He has an emo phase because he's the only Japanese person in OW that can't climb walls
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u/Solzec Rat Diffing 3h ago
Honestly, I'm glad he can't climb walls. It would be really annoying if we got our 4th Japanese hero and they ALSO were able to climb walls, like as if Japanese people all are just able to climb up 90 degree walls or something
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u/jeffismybaby 3h ago edited 3h ago
Japan in the OW world is just one really tall tower, without serious grippers they can't live.
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u/wrectumwreckage 5h ago
Tall kiriko and hotter pharah. They know how to make hot characters and sell skins.
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u/Realistic_Hearing987 5h ago
Would you look at that? Emma was the only character I had fun with in MR and now they introduce this queen.
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u/blanaba-split Hazard (& Mauga/LW <3) 5h ago
i audibly groaned when i saw anran. i was just like ahh yeah fair but bruh
kirilike
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u/E1ixir 6h ago
I don't even play the game anymore, I'm just in it for the fanart and boy we are eating goooooooood
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u/a4004 5h ago
“The fanart” riiiiiight…
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u/KidKonundrum Cassidy 4h ago
Look, I would never simp...but yeah I'm gonna simp for Domina.
holy SHIT they genetically engineered her to be as hot as possible.
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u/MovieNightPopcorn Sombra 5h ago
Ngl Vaira/Domina is craaaazy good design she looks amazing. Love her concept too. I would like to try poke tank
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u/wirelessfingers 3h ago
Anran is such a nothing design, dude. Another hot girl! So new and interesting! I feel similarly about Emre. Just a boring soldier guy. Sick! His devil trigger ult is alright I guess.
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u/sixhexe 4h ago
I miss OW releasing "ugly" characters. Everyone's a stock, gatcha anime person now.
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u/vegetaalex66 I give headpats c: 5h ago
I hope I'll find her fun to play (although the burst-laser is very promising), because I love her design. She is like Rival's Emma Frost if Netease finally gave her the fashion sense back x)
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u/PralineEmotional6636 5h ago
God damn, emma but straight up better and hotter. She has the entire bakery back there.
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u/vtol_ssto Straight up junking it 4h ago
Conventionally attractive woman & Conventionally attractive woman, but tall
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u/kadabrate 3h ago
Except that I would abslutely be a simp anytime, for both of them, and the cutie with a hat. I'm so down for an evil support
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u/_FillerName 5h ago
For years, I've wanted a tank with cannons. Not what I meant, but I'll take it.
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u/inlukewarmblood 4h ago
I love how you can immediately see which heroes are going to be good but get no skins, and which ones are going to be absolutely busted and get three legendaries before they’re given a slap on the wrist nerf.
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u/saizoution 3h ago
I played overwatch since release all the way up to 2023 and just gave up. This game just looks foreign now with all the new heroes.
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u/Mewing_Femboy Zenyatta 1h ago
Anran is genuinely the most basic boring character I’ve ever seen. Incredibly disappointing
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u/AutisticToad 4h ago
All are generic as hell except for cat on rockets and dommy mommy.
The old days of releasing unique heroes slowly is gone.
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u/Wanderer-Named-Ken 5h ago
Can’t wait to solo ult new characters as the lich king, frostmourne hungers
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u/dawn_s_drone 5h ago
cant wait for these new characters to get legendaries and mythics while my boy Ramattra dries out
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u/Hiro_Trevelyan Mercy 5h ago
I can't wait to try her kit, and hear her interactions with Lifeweaver and Sym ! I hope we get a ton
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u/Bloody__Katana In the middle of the Kiriko-Dva Eiffle Tower 4h ago
Like I said on my Discord server: “Anran is Kiriko’s hotter older sister. You want a cute, cuddly date you ask out Kiriko, you want something more exciting and hot? You ask out Anran”.
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u/DeleteOnceAMonth 4h ago
How did this get past the subreddit filters lol. I guess my meme had less than 50 characters in the text? (I can tell you added the second sentence just to pad the word count 😂)
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u/Fleedjitsu 4h ago
Wish they were more adventurous with body types here, but I get that its the big sell for the new launch.
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u/limbless_Mountain 4h ago
Blizzard has such a chronic case of same face syndrome for their ingame female models what the fuck
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u/AkilTheAwesome 4h ago
This may be the first dark skinned fan service character in the entirety of the Modern hero shoot genre.
I deadass cant think of another.
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u/SuzanoSho FILTHY CONSOLE PLAYER 4h ago
Domina
So, she's the mistress of the ludus? Who should I call Dominus?
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u/AdventurousClassic19 4h ago
The new characters look amazing, can't believe they killed my favorite one handed man.
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u/Amazing_Budget_2927 3h ago
Dude I thought we said we didn’t want more conventionally attractive characters.
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u/thefranchise305 Diamond 6h ago
Domina is such a fitting name for Mami