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I’ve already seen multiple people say not to ship Alice with anyone besides her husband and that she’s canonically straight and it’s weird to ship the hexen girls together because it’s a sisterhood…

That man is a MORTAL and she WILL eventually move on and has definitely had other partners in her atleast 500 years of life and you already know who I think that is and bisexuals exist and that is how witch covens work.

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It’s not even that I think she doesn’t love her husband 😭 (although the more people talk about him maybe not being real the more I believe it) or that I think people need to explore her other relationships more. It’s just. Her husband is mortal. Alice very much is not. Is she meant to swear to celibacy once he dies???

I’ve already seen multiple people say not to ship Alice with anyone besides her husband and that she’s canonically straight and it’s weird to ship the hexen girls together because it’s a sisterhood…

That man is a MORTAL and she WILL eventually move on and has definitely had other partners in her atleast 500 years of life and you already know who I think that is and bisexuals exist and that is how witch covens work.

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I’ve already seen multiple people say not to ship Alice with anyone besides her husband and that she’s canonically straight and it’s weird to ship the hexen girls together because it’s a sisterhood…

That man is a MORTAL and she WILL eventually move on and has definitely had other partners in her atleast 500 years of life and you already know who I think that is and bisexuals exist and that is how witch covens work.

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Sorry I haven’t really been here I’ve hyperfixated on art fight despite it still being a month and a half away

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I need to put my RhineAlice timeline somewhere and I feel like sharing so.

Alice travels to Khaenri’ah to gage how advanced the tech is, probably wanting to stroke her own ego a bit. So she goes around snooping into all of the people leading Khaenri’ah’s break throughs. Hears about the synthetic human stuff and immediately won’t leave Rhine alone. Alice doesn’t really contribute to the project, more of an observer. But she spends most of her time in Khaenri’ah from then until the cataclysm which is roughly 15 years. Rhinedottir is in her mid to late 20s when they meet and around 40ish when Khaenri’ah is destroyed. Uuughhh it’s bit hard to fit in exact details because I know there’s canon stuff I’m missing and forgetting about and there’s all of the other synthetic life forms but whatever. Cataclysm happens and the only one Rhine still has in her possession is Albedo.

Rhine goes into hiding for a little over a year before Alice finds her and convinces her to stay at the golden apple archipelago (I like to think Nicole had something to do with Alice claiming the archipelago but I haven’t decided how to work that in yet). Domestic “bliss” ensues for maybe 15-20 years before Rhine decides to leave. Kind of a messy and bitter sweet parting with a bunch of misunderstandings and feelings of dependency on both ends but Alice gives Rhine a date for when the partially formed hexenzirkle have planned their first little get together. Even though Rhine hasn’t met any of the other’s yet.

They aren’t really in contact for like 250 years when Rhine just kinda drops Albedo off in mond since Alice had been spending more time there after it becoming the Hexenzirkel’s “tea party” spot. I think Alice probably managed to get Rhine to communicate with her consistently for about a year before going back to little to nothing. 100 years later Alice gets her husband/boyfriend/fling/sperm doner and has Klee. I don’t think Rhine has a whole lot to do with Klee. Maybe meeting when Klee was a baby. Alice would probs show her off at gatherings. I think Rhine is closed off from just about everything at current, even contact with the sisterhood sticking mostly to their “tea party”

I probs need to go and reread and fact check some stuff. I haven’t really touched genshin for a while but with Skirk releasing soon I need to force myself back in

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thank you hertamei for serving slightly toxic academia yuri while rhinealice is still mia

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Mydei’s glaring queer coding (fixed)

(By the same person who did the twitter thread :))

First things first. Please be normal if I get something wrong. I have put so much effort into research (I am so dedicated to doing that stupid thread justice) and would like to be spoken too as if I’m an actual person who got something wrong and not like some evil being sent to intentionally spreading misinformation. I know people are much more forgiving on here than they are on twitter but my anxiety was fuck all after that original thread and I’m pretty nervous putting myself in that same situation but am desperate to not have that thread be “The Mydei queer-coding thread” that people use as reference when talking about Mydei’s queer coding. That’s all. Apologies for rambling. Onwards we go!

Amphoreus draws heavily from Ancient Greek (and Roman) influences. Greek (and Roman) armies were known for the fact same-sex relationships were viewed pretty uniquely. It was common and even encouraged for soldiers to form intimate relationships. I do want to mention (though not very relevant to Mydei’s queer coding) that despite this, Greece was not that queer normative (mostly). Yes, gay sex was typical, but it was still considered shameful to be penetrated and the most accepted form of two men in a relationship was pederasty. Which was a relationship between an adult male (usually of higher class), and a young boy in his teens. Really the higher class were the only ones that didn’t have to be concerned about judgment and their specific role in a relationship. I suppose Mydei is upper class anyway. So. This was all just something I thought was worth mentioning.

All of Mydei’s Kremnoan companions had references to Greek history tied to Alexander the Great (it’s actually very interesting I advise seeking out the meanings of their names yourself (and it’s further evidence that Mydei’s ties to Alexander the Great is far from coincidences and unreasonable stretches)). Hephaestion specifically is a reference to Alexander the Great’s closest friend and potential lover of the same name. Both the real Hephaestion and the one from HSR die of illness rather than in battle, how both were expected to die, leaving Alexander/Mydei to mourn alone. Hephaestion’s (HSR) death has extra attention drawn to it by not only being the last to die of the companions but also both Mydei and Hephaestion emphasising their close friendship. Calling one another things such as “dear friend”, “most trusted companion” etc. And with a real life comparison for this death it only emphasises how big of a deal Hephaestion’s death is meant to be for Mydei.

Funnily enough Alexander the Great’s mother, Olympias, actually claimed to be a descendant of Achilles who Mydei also has multiple references to.

There are many versions of how Achilles gained his immortal body, one being that as a baby his mother dipped him in the river Styx, holding onto him by his ankle. Similarly, Mydei’s immortal body was made known/gained (I don’t believe it’s clear?) after being thrown into the sea of souls also as a baby with a matching ”Achilles heel” in the form of his tenth thoracic vertebra.

The exact intent of Achille’s and Patroclus' relationship is very very debated. And Homer isn’t responding to my emails for an interview. But I do want to remind everyone that this isn’t about “was Achilles and Alexander in relationships with their best friends” (though neither of the two’s queerness is actually up for debate, they both had multiple romantic endeavours with men) but about how some of the reasons historians believe why the two were queer are used in Mydei’s character and why I believe this was intentionally done by hoyoverse. Achilles and Patroclus have been a symbol of close male relationships since the myth was realised, Alexander the Great even comparing his relationship with Hephaestion to the two. I’ve seen a few people saying that Phainon has some looser similarities to Patroclus however I have not yet read The Iliad (I just don’t have the time I’m very sorry) so I can’t speak on how intentional these similarities seem.

However, Mydei and Phainon do parallel another duo very deeply, Mydei’s own parents, Queen Gorgo and King Eurypon. Mydei and Phainon’s first meeting was a duel lasting ten days and nights that ended in a draw, the same as with Eurypon and Gorgo’s infamous first meeting at the Kremnos festival. Except instead of a close companionship forming after their draw, Eurypon promptly proposed to Gorgo. During 3.0 when Phainon challenges Mydei to a competition to see who can kill more titankin, he uses the phrasing “Just you and me. Let’s recreate the original Kremnos Festival.” On top of that, in 3.1 while retrieving Phainon from the trial we run into ”Chartonus” (quotations because it’s within the trial) Mydei tries to ask “Chartonus” where Phainon is and “Chartonus” has an angry rant before throwing Queen Gorgo’s signet ring at him. The ring isn’t brought up again until Mydei and Phainon’s goodbye. Mydei waits until the last moment to question if Phainon was the one who told Chartonus about his mother’s ring. Phainon’s response is just “who knows” but it’s pretty clear that the audience is at least meant to believe Phainon was the one who told Chartonus about it. There is one other thing that may tie Phainon and Mydei’s relationship to Eurypon and Gorgo. However it’s pretty much theory crafting and even leaks so I’ll just leave it at that.

It’s become almost a pattern in HSR to have deeply queer coded duo’s be compared to animals, specifically a predator animal and a prey animal (e.g. Acheron and Blackswan.) During the scene in the baths the bath sprite compares Mydei to a lion and Phainon to an oryx before describing the dynamic between the animals. Cut to a black screen with the two moaning due to the hot steam and the bath sprite continues describing the lion hunting the oryx in detail reminiscent of the “Rondo Across Countless Kalpas” animated short of Acheron (a variant of a lesbian character) and Blackswan (a woman who’s relationship with other female characters are placed on a higher pedestal) doing the tango. The bath scene is very much a mix of a joke and fanservice but in the context of a rather genuinely queer coded relationship I am treating it as a more genuine innuendo. Just before deciding on the bath competition we get to see Mydei’s internal dialogue and him struggling to figure out how to comfort Phainon after failing the demigod trial, intentionally creating a more intimate atmosphere. Phainon uses rather suggestive language when proposing the competition such as “Maybe we both need to relieve some stress” deliberately creating a charged atmosphere.

In the end Mydei’s character is deeply intertwined with historical narratives of male bonds, grief, and devotion that have been read through a queer lens for centruies. Whether through his parallels to Achilles and Alexander the Great, his profound connection with Phainon or Hoyoverse’s own storytelling patterns, the intent behind his characterization feels undeniably deliberate.

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collab

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I’ve gotten quite a few messages and comments asking ab using my art so I’m going to pin this with my boundaries around other people using my art

You can use any of my art for pfps or reaction images or redraws (and other personal uses) with credit without asking. Using my art in edits is also okay and I’d love to be tagged.

Do not re upload my art. I post everything on tumblr and twitter (and occasionally on TikTok and bsky) it is not your job to “help” me reach a larger audience.

When it comes to things like comic dubs or translations, I’m not really comfortable with those but I’m not going to be rude about someone asking so please do still ask. I will just likely not reply. It feels similar to re uploading for me regardless of what’s being added to it. But I feel a little irrational for feeling that way.

So yeah you all don’t need to ask about to use my art in pfps or use as reaction images. Go wild.

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Doodle for my sister

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there’s no way to say this without sounding rude… you give of the vibe that you’re a 13yo

You know that’s funny because literally last week I was talking to a girl at a social group and she fully believed I was 14 😭 I can’t even show a picture of myself being like “I SWEAR I’M NOT” because I also don’t even look 18 and with the immature personality to match the looks there’s no hope for me

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can u circle your art from the sanji collab? sorry it took me like 5 minutes to find it and I can't find it LOL

Mhm!

Forgive to poor quality I need to download the high quality version still

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So fun

800 Outfits. 398 Artists. This is the Sanji Art Collab

Thank you to all our amazing artists for making this the most incredible event! I still cant believe this is real and that we finished all 800! Thank you thank you thank you all

See full res and see the individual submissions here!!

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800 Outfits. 398 Artists. This is the Sanji Art Collab

Thank you to all our amazing artists for making this the most incredible event! I still cant believe this is real and that we finished all 800! Thank you thank you thank you all

See full res and see the individual submissions here!!

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frotting friday

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Tried to make Mydei’s BP icon cleaner by hand and practically just redrew it