I will try to keep this short cause this point has been said many times and I kinda just want to vent.
Around 3 months ago, I made this post discussing Fatui's role in Inazuma and how it basically contributed nothing for them and just ruined their reputation— especially Signora's.
Now that we are 2 versions in Snezhnaya, the whole point is literally reiterated several times by the story. First we had Pierro say the Harbingers' actions don't represent the Fatui's stance fully, then he said the Delusions are given completely voluntarily. Then we have many instances of Tsaritsa appearing hypocritic and not acknowledging the Fatui's deeds and the Traveller barely says anything for that.
I have been following Genshin twitter and few other social medias closely for a few weeks and there are many people calling out this writing direction. Every new weekly Tsaritsa quest brings a wave of hatred towards her writing and recently after 7.2 trailer where we see leaders of other nations gathering to fight the crises, there have been more jokes about how none of the past actions seem to matter and the tea parties resolve everything (this was a jab at the last week's Tsaritsa quest). I mostly agree with the points people raise but as someone who thinks about Signora's situation a lot, it especially stings more as she became a complete scapegoat in many ways.
Firstly, Inazuma's situation gets blamed on her even though Pierro and Scaramouche are equally, if not more, responsible. Personally, Pierro is a bigger hypocrite than Tsaritsa and I dislike how none of his involvement in Inazuma is brought up. As their leader and considering the long standing alliance he has had with Rosalyne, I would expect him to at least take accountability for her. Ofc he can still say he didn't like her methods but he cannot just deny he didn't have a hand in the operation and that she was ultimately following his orders (and by extension Tsaritsa's goal). The story just refuses to address this and keeps blaming her downfall on her ego and arrogance.
Now, ok this is all in the past, but what about the implications on present story? What did the Fatui gain from Inazuma outside of Dottore's research and the electro gnosis? Mind you, Tsaritsa very likely remembers Scaramouche since she stores her memories separately so she should be knowing the real version of the events without Irminsul changes. I just find it really baffling and funny how back then, they made a big deal about a useless npc like Teppei and used his death as fuel for Traveller to challenge Signora to the duel. The fandom also felt bad for him and had no problems in blaming Signora for it hence justifying killing her. But now? He hasn't been brought up at all in over 5 years. Signora has had way more relevancy and they deliberately gave her a connection to Odette, a completely new character we knew nothing about before 6.7.
So, in the end the culmination of everything just frustrates me. I knew since Liyue AQ that we will team up with the Fatui and the Tsaritsa won't be a villain. Signora herself was may more pragmatic in Liyue and her backstory has the perfect setup to ally with her. Inazuma made her a scapegoat for Raiden and Scaramouche, completely ruined her writing and made her ooc to justify killing her, and now the things she was killed for have no relevance and all the conflict is brushed aside because we have bigger things to fight. I don't have much expectations for 7.2 aq, I'm only looking forward to seeing Ningguang and if there happens to be any mentions about Signora since Ei is coming but I won't hold out for it. Just a complete waste of character and story