#and more 'paimon no'

[voidfragments]

bro i'm gonna end up with a c1 furina before charlotte comes home

[qiinamii]

"Xiao does things" (and friends) twitter log part 2

-- UPDATE: removed some of the arts to make its own individual post since I am bad at organizing, sorry! (but the last one is new lol) xD

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Genshin Impact | Different Timelines

[lyss-sketchbox]

Struck a nerve.

[pusangkambing]

Wait no im going insane

Birds being a symbol of freedom

Phil having already known that freedom. Phil from being able to soar freely before he was ever on the island and losing them as soon he step foot on it. The federation taking away his wings is them taking away his freedom

Jaiden, who we've only known now has had wings from the very start, but never using them and has always hid them. The fact that she has always had wings but has kept herself grounded this entire time and is still keeping herself that way, the federation saw no reason to take away the freedon she never even uses. But she's opening up, spreading her wings only now and proudly showing it to everyone

The Federation never took away Jaiden's wings because she ALREADY CAGES HERSELF. The Federation took away Phil's wings because that was the only way they could EVER CAGE HIM

[kanonavi]

Spoilers for Simulanka Day 3

There's a conversation that I've had with friends from time to time about the fact that the world of Teyvat is, at its core, incredibly kind. Shockingly so, even for most fictional stories that aren't directed towards children. Even though the traveler has faced many antagonists on their journey, the people around them have always banded together to overcome those challenges. Even when people are hurt it's very rare for anyone to die, and many of the antagonists in question aren't pure evil and have their own reasons for taking the actions they take. They may not always operate on the same morality as the traveler or the player, and they might not be "good people", but they still believe that what they have to do is right, or at the very least necessary.

To put it more simply, Genshin is filled with characters that are made to be liked. Not every player will like every character, but very few of them are actively trying to work against you, and even when they do there's still something there to like. Except for like, Il Dottore, but he's likable for how unlikable he is (I have to say that or my Dottore enjoying friend will be sad lmao).

I got to thinking about this when playing the last part of Simulanka because it was a reminder of how, despite the kindness that they've been shown by Teyvat for the past three and a half years, the traveler's morality is still shockingly black and white in many situations.

We see this the most in how they interact with the Fatui. The Fatui, particularly the Harbingers, have cause a lot of damage in the past, but a lot of the grunts are just ordinary people following orders. the commission line in Mondstadt with Viktor, Golden Apple Archipelago 2 and The Chasm come to mind for times when we've interacted with Fatui grunts in a way that really humanizes them and shows that a lot of them really are just people doing a job. Some of them have just been surveyors or low-level guards, but the traveler and Paimon treat them like they're cartoon villains until proven otherwise (and sometimes even after proven otherwise).

The way that they acted towards Simulanka Durin before the party gave him their blessings also seemed to reflect this, especially in comparison to the other party members. Wanderer was obviously the most sympathetic to Durin, since his memories were like looking into a mirror for him, but Nilou, Navia, and Kirara all stepped forward to give Durin their support while the traveler was still showing doubts. They were thinking about how the residents of Simulanka might not forgive Durin, or how his form was too big and scary to coexist with everyone, which was an incredibly unsympathetic outlook even though they were ultimately able to change Durin's form.

It honestly reminds me a lot of how the traveler treated Scaramouche/Wanderer in Inversion of Genesis, like he was a person to be kept the company of only out of necessity as a means to keep him under control, even after Nahida said that she trusted him. Even though something did go wrong at the time, it still showed that the traveler's suspicion and distrust of Scaramouche was strong enough to outweigh their trust of Nahida, despite Nahida having proved herself many times to be wise and worthy of trust in the past. That mistrust and even disdain for him even carried over into when he reappeared with no memories, as the traveler was forcefully adamant that he needed to reclaim his memories and atone, to the point that it seemed like they were being a little bit mean about it.

It's arguable that Scaramouche deserved that treatment, since he was kind of a little shithead who caused a lot of harm in the past, but the traveler was also witness to how deeply he was hurt and manipulated in the past, and therefore would have some kind of understanding of why he turned out the way that he did.

Despite the traveler's usual helpfulness in Simulanka, Nilou, Navia, and Kirara all feel like contrasts to them. Nilou's whimsical outlook and positive mindset allowed her to grasp the magic of creation and even gave her the initiative to try and change Durin's form with magic in the first place. Navia is used to taking care of "the little guy", as it were, through the Spina, and was therefore willing to listen and empathize with the toy people who didn't want to undo the power of prophecy. (With those guys also being called "conservatives" or a "conservative radical" in English, that doesn't really have a good connotation depending on your political leaning, but Navia listened to them anyway). And with Kirara, while I haven't played her little sidequest yet, the description of her outfit described how the little cat burglar stole and returned the emotions of the cats that they hadn't been given when they were created, casting her in the role of someone who can understand the balance that anger, sadness, and pain bring to happiness.

The three of them, as well as the Wanderer, all carry Teyvat's fundamental kindness with them, and it was then coaxed out of the traveler only when all of them had already stepped forward.

It made me wonder if this is some kind of lesson that the traveler has to learn before reuniting with their sibling, that they need to be more willing to put their trust in people, or at least be more understanding of others. While the abyss twin hasn't divulged too much of what they've learned yet, they've made it clear that there are lessons that the traveler needs to learn about the world before they reunite. While that likely has a lot to do with various truths about Celestia and the sky being fake and all that, perhaps they're hoping for their sibling to learn that at least in Teyvat, sometimes people who cause harm to others are simply trying (or have tried and failed and lost hope) to find a path towards co-existing with others.

Since the abyss twin is supposedly born of Teyvat as well, perhaps they've already understood that part of this world from the very beginning and are waiting for their sibling to catch up.

[cloudyvulpine]

So something that's been bugging/concerning me about HB is specifically how old Stolas is.

(To preface this I know there's seemingly a difference between years and Hell years since the wiki distinguished the two, but they seem to work close enough for huge red flags to be raised (in my brain at least))

The wiki states Stolas is in his 30s, no specification on early or late so we're working with 30-39. And in The Circus he seems the exact same age as Blitzø, maybe a year or two older.

With Blitzø in mind we can get a more solid guess. Oops happens 15 years after the circus fire and they were probably in their late teens (15-17) making Blitzø 30-32. (Also sorry for the picture choice it was the clearest shot 😭😭)

With this in mind, Stolas is at youngest the same age and at oldest about 34 since he reinforces the timeline of things by saying it's been over two decades

Where my concern and why this has been bugging me so much is Octavia. She is 17, almost 18. Going by the absolute oldest he could be he had Via when he was 21 or 22, but I unfortunately don't think it's likely (in my heart and soul i hope this is the right answer if they ever confirm his age). With my estimations, the oldest Stolas could've had Via was 16 or 17 and at the youngest only 12 or 13. The worst part is that the visuals don't do anything to dismiss these.

Look at the differences!!! He's so, so much shorter than he is now.

Even comparing shots like this is such a difference. It's not like young Goetias are the size of adult imps, we see that in the flashback that Blitzø and Stolas were the same height when they were kids.

So yeah this whole thing has been nagging me for like 2 weeks. If he was a teenager it genuinely makes me feel a bit of sympathy to Stella too because she's probably the same age. Of course I still hate her a lot but it's all really fucked up no matter what happened

[stardustdiiving]

Me explaining in terms of strictly how I read canon I think Nahida not severely punishing the Sages is just meant to convey that Nahida, even when wronged, is not a very vengeful or harsh person and makes the choice to be kind instead, but in my mind I have this idea of a Nahida interpretation which elaborates on that where her self punishing tendencies extend to her being someone who internally downplays her own experiences constantly, and as a result has a hard time feeling she’s allowed or justified in placing a lot of blame on the Sages for what they did to her So while she is following her own philosophies regarding teaching lessons/wisdom/etc in how to handle the Sages and genuinely doesn’t want to be really angry or punishing because of who she is as a person, her decision is also influenced by the fact she’s basically blocked herself out of grappling with how to handle people who hurt her by blaming herself for said hurt instead as a coping mechanism. And like this is all just me being insane about Nahida Trauma and not something explicitly implied in canon but also I really do think this isn’t a far stretch from her canon characterization especially when my vision isn’t to conclude that Nahida needs to be angry and vengeful but she should extend the kindness she shows others to herself and also every day I get tormented thinking about she was the mental equivalent of an average human child when the Sages found her and how they basically specifically discarded her for being a child and the idea of how Nahida would pick up on + internalize that and eventually need time to unlearn it

[zzzenmui]

I’d like you to be there for it.

Traveller, thank you.

[gifti3]

i graduated years ago i shouldnt have to do this...!!!!

[qiinamii]

it takes time (and care),

to be alright (again).

[boughkeeperdain]

Out of context genshin impact

Part 3

[minzart]

That moment were the reality hits really hard, he never knew the person he spend 500 years with at all

[jstardoesthings]

Finished these little hazbin hotel designs!!!

These aren’t meant to be animatable or be a redesign really I just made these for fun

[dizzybizz]

Ok but imagine genshin and hsr mcs switch places for a day, the chaos hsr mc would wreak upon teyvat, they waltz up to enemies and just bonk them on the head with a baseball bat because peace was never an option no matter what universe

ok but the trailblazers shouldn't be let out to roam around an open world like teyvat, no one would be safe

can you imagine those raccoons being out in nature?? the boar and bird population would never recover

them gliding??? omg,,, they wouldn't bother getting a gliding license and would just fly around illegally

meanwhile everyone over in hsr are pleasantly surprised at how helpful and kind lumine and aether are (and how clean they are)

[pusangkambing]

Let her run on all fours