Albedo’s thigh has set the Genshin Impact fandom on fire

polygon.com:

Hi, it’s me, Ana. The person behind the screen writing this post. As a culture writer at Polygon, I’m no stranger to covering and dissecting fandom. In the past, I’ve covered topics like Mario cum pipe memes and Sonic characters going to the mall. But now, the Genshin Impact fandom has given me the opportunity — no, the honor — of alerting you to news that we can now see a single inch of Albedo’s thighs between his tailored shorts and his thigh-high boots.

The blond, ponytail-wearing swordsman is known for his artistic abilities as much as his research skills as an alchemist. Albedo appears in the game wearing tall boots, long socks, and shorts. Usually, his socks cover the section of skin between his shorts and boots. But on Saturday, Hoyoverse posted official art on their Bilibili account to celebrate hitting 13 million followers. The art showed the alchemist sitting on a sofa without socks, thus revealing that single inch of skin.

That’s it. That’s the news. But the fandom has responded to the chalky inch of skin with unquenchable thirst. Albedo trended on Twitter on Monday, and his name exceeded 27 thousand tweets online as fans posted new fan art, cosplays, and even memes about his thighs.

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Albedo?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Albedo

legs pic.twitter.com/ye9l7uo3G3

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/albedo?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#albedo

thighs…… pic.twitter.com/zyqumIHQQT

Albedo with shorts and thigh highs like Eula ‍♀️ ‍♀️ <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/genshinimpact?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#genshinimpact

<a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/Albedo?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#Albedo pic.twitter.com/4BywpyJoVS

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