Isn't the deal with the costumes in Siege that they're just the existing R6 characters actually wearing costumes? I think it's a costume for Maverick who just looks like that
When their model of Snake looks pretty good/faithful, since it's supposed to actually be Snake, not a costume
AP World History teacher at my school, which I mercifully managed to avoid having a class with, had a fun class highlight I heard from a friend where
the class was covering leaders in modern China. Friend corrects teacher's repeated mispronunciation of "Xi Jinping" to which he responded "Jinping [racist 'chinese name' rhyme] who cares". He also was later shitcanned along with several "hey fellow kids" "cool" teachers for creeping on girls, which tracks.
Problem I find is "AI" use in creative fields is very tempting on that basal, instant gratification, solves-your-creative-block level. I've had so many instances where I'm struggling to find a way to phrase something, or to write a narrative and I think for a split second "the slop machine could help, just a little won't hurt", but it weakens the creative skill by destroying that struggle and filling the gap with grey flavorless algorithmic paste.
I'm a shit writer but I can say that, when I saw my own ideas reflected back with the imperfect edges and identity sanded down, it was a sad imitation of my already amateur skill. I would hate to see it happen to someone who developed a distinct style like your friend
Gonna have a controversial take: I still like Star Wars (conceptually) and I think the Sith order could be fuel for some really interesting stories in the hands of a good writer.
False promises of liberation "through Victory my chains are broken / the Force shall free me" funneling into a hyper-individualist death cult is a fun concept, especially when contrasted against the idea of the ascetic Jedi order.
The main criticism of the Jedi, in and out of universe, concerns their dedication to stoicism and endless deliberation that stifles action to help those in need. At the height of the Republic, this ossified into that classic "negative peace which is the absence of tension", instead of the order pursuing "positive peace which is the presence of justice".
When shown in the light of a religious order that professes peace and the innate value of life and all living things, but does not use its power and influence to help the enslaved and oppressed, the Sith philosophy would look pretty tempting. It's how dissatisfaction is funneled into reactionary ideology IRL: take economic, class, racial frustrations and funnel them into a false consciousness - in this case, the Sith's "fuck you got mine (but with space sorcery)"
I like the idea of a Star Wars story that takes some of the more "materialist" storytelling of an Andor and throws in a little of the space magic to examine how cultists feuding over an ancient religious schism (with actual tangible effects) exist in a galaxy where they are an infinitesimal minority with potentially outsize impact on political upheavals over long periods of time.
Ah shit, that's just Dune. I'll take Star Wars with more Dune in it I guess (with a little less of the infinite nigh-unknowable machinations of the Bene Gesserit, and a little more on the interactions of these isolationist but powerful orders of religious zealots with the greater galactic society and its existing conflicts)
Real horseshoe theory