Operator trivia: Myrtle

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• She is named after the rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa), and the flower also appears in her Elite 2 artwork.
• At 131 cm tall, Myrtle is the second shortest character in Arknights alongside Durin.
• According to Arknights Global's first anniversary livestream, as of the end of Contingency Contract Pyrite, Myrtle is the most common 4★ Operator to be promoted to Elite 2 and the most commonly used and deployed Operator during the said C.C. season. She currently holds the distinction as the most commonly used and deployed Operator in no less than four consecutive C.C. seasons:
  • According to 1.5th year anniversary livestream, Myrtle is, again, the most commonly used and deployed Operator during C.C. Blade and Cinder.
  • According the 2nd anniversary livestream, Myrtle is, yet again, the most commonly used and deployed Operator during C.C. Lead Seal.
• Myrtle is one of the four Operators who has a different name in other servers alongside Blue Poison, Flamebringer and Leizi.
• In the CN community, Mrytle is given the nickname "the French Operator" which derives from the popular "French surrender" meme on the Internet. This is because she uses a white flag as a weapon and does not attack during her skill duration, as if she "surrenders."
• In the JP community, there is a meme known as "Do This Mrytle!" (JP: ○○しろテンニンカ) in which some players insist her to learn many skills from other 6★ Operators (i.e., SilverAsh's Truesilver Slash, Surtr's Twilight) or manufacture Pure Gold or Orundum since they see her as one of the "strongest" Operators who could rival the 6-stars. This is likely stemmed from the fact that Mrytle has been widely used in many high-leveled, difficult stages, especially in C.C. seasons.
  • Nevertheless, this meme only started to go viral on Twitter/X platform starting from a summer controversy of Grandblue Fantasy in 2021 regarding the unequal distribution of free 10,000 Crystals to the players. Some of the GBF players who also played Arknights then turned their attention on Myrtle and satirically blamed her for the controversy, which resulted in this particular Twitter tag "#GiveUs10000OriPrimeMrytle" (JP: #石10万配れテンニンカ) that once ranked the top of Japan's Twitter trend.
  • When So Long, Adele, was released in the JP server, it coincided with Monster Strike's second collaboration with Jujutsu Kaisen which resulted in its drop from the Apple AppStore's sales rank for the first time after three consecutive years. This meme was once again brought up by the JP community.