#chrysalis suspirii

[soverane]

have you seen the arlecchino ult leak posted just now and how do we feel abt arlenora now

[genshin leaks ahead!]

[sobs, falls at your feet, weeping, wailing, curls into a ball] hi meadows!!! <3 i was having a field day... i didn't know what to expect with her leaks but the parallels with signora as well as signora's own theme in her boss battle phase 1 ost leak was not on my 2024 bingo card but here we are...! omfg i am devastated in the best possible way... i'm gonna try to collect my thoughts here...

arlecchino's constellation, "ignis purgatorius"

it means "cleansing" or "purifying fire", and this is interesting bc signora (then rosalyne) "sacrificed her [physical, mortal] body to become the embodiment of liquid fire herself." i'm not sure what being the "embodiment of liquid fire" really entails for signora but the crimson witch of flames and the pale flame (specifically the flower, "stainless bloom") artifact sets tell us that rosalyne was a living being who still looked human, but whose essence is made up of "liquid fire." that, and her newfound purpose is to aid the tsaritsa in "cleansing" the world of its darkness and corruption. (the shivada jade gemstone description is my tsarlyne roman empire but that's a ship for another day <3) idk why arlecchino's constellation is so conceptually similar to signora's whole "liquid fire," "cleanse the world in silent ice" schtick, but it is giving me brain rot, so, yes.

arlecchino's boss form

her splash art complements signora's so much it's driving us all insane!!!!! i saw a video leak of her boss gameplay and it seems her 'wings' (?) resemble spider legs more actually! she uses them to walk, among other things. i wonder where this is going! but ok, sure! bug yuri <3 spider x moth yuri <3

arlecchino's boss battle phase 1 ost

of all the leaked content it's her ost that did it for me. towards the end of the track (2:19-2:30) WE HEAR SIGNORA'S THEME. I KNOW HER THEME BY HEART CHRYSALIS SUSPIRII AND SALTATIO FAVILLAE ARE FOREVER IMPRINTED IN MY BRAIN. I KNOW HER THEME WHEN I HEAR IT. so why!?!? what is her theme doing in arlecchino's phase 1 ost, and what does this mean! T_T what was the reason!!!! why would they do this to me!!!!! i'm not ok!!! if there's one thing i know about genshin's music team and lore team it's that the smallest details are not put there without intention, so i'm curious about the inspiration for arlecchino's ost and why it includes elements of signora's theme. the boss battle ost's of childe and scaramouche don't have signora's theme at all, so what makes arlecchino's different?

for those less familiar with signora's theme (there is a fatui theme, which is recurrent throughout all their ost's, and then you have each harbinger's individual themes unique to them only.), you can hear it in chrysalis suspirii between 2:08-2:32 (imo the saddest, most beautifully haunting, most romantic version of it) and in saltatio favillae between 1:16-2:24 (imo the most dramatic, phantom-of-the-opera-esque version of it). there's just... so much grief and tragedy in her theme that i've never heard in the other harbingers'. elogia cinerosa also shares this leitmotif between 2:11-2:43, and it's this version of signora's theme that's heard in arlecchino's phase 1 ost.

someone on twitter made a very cool music analysis of this if anyone's interested!

anyway arlenora isn't beating the moth to flame allegations, they're not beating the secret affair allegations, nor the doomed lovers allegations.

now how do we feel about the fact that arlecchino has an agreement with the tsaritsa that lets her use the hydro gnosis for her own interests before surrendering it to the tsaritsa, and how do we feel about arlecchino possibly using the hydro gnosis to resurrect signora :D

[its-to-the-death]

Villain Song Showdown Preliminary Round #32

Top two will make it into the bracket

Songs below the cut

Elogia Chineros - Villain: The Fatui Harbingers

Chrysalis Suspirii - Villain: La Signora

Saltatio Favillae - Villain: La Signora

Polumnia Omnia - Villain: Scaramouche

Befall - Villain: Herrscher of the Void/Sirin

Wildfire - Villain: Cocolia Rand

March of the Witch Hunters - Villain: The angry mob trying to kill Elphaba

No Good Deed - Villain: Wicked Witch of the West/Elphaba

Fabulous - Villain: Sharpay Evans

The Alchemist - Villain: Charles Le Sorcier

[drhu0806]

9 people you'd like to get to know better

Haha we all know I don't have 9 people to tag

Tagged by @dreamaturgy!

3 ships: Claudeleth (Fire Emblem Three Houses) because I will never let go of my golden boy, AkiHamu (Persona 3 Portable) has cursed my existence for almost 10 years now and it is just a cornerstone of my identity at this point lol. Aaaaaand let's throw out Qijing (JWQS/Clear and Muddy Loss of Love) because they are truly the toxic sapphic ship of all time. No one else has done it like them (I am begging y'all to read JWQS)

First ship: I don't remember exactly, but I'll throw out May/Drew from the Pokemon anime

Last song: "Chrysalis Suspirii" from the G*nshin Impact OST (again I do not play the game, the music just slaps okay)

Last film: The Boy and The Heron. I've always been a Miyazaki film girl and I will likely die as one!!!!!

Currently reading: Nothing, unfortunately! I haven't had a lot of time to read since I started my new job

Currently craving: ever since the seasons started getting colder I have always been craving clam chowder and unfortunately I still haven't had the opportunity to get any even though it's been MONTHS

Guess I'll tag @warlock-enthusiast, @angstmongertina, @divinityiswasted, @bluvixen, @ariannadi for funsies

[xx-justsomeguy-xx]

I'm sorry this took a while to answer @mydiluc shdjfksdf i had to go listen to as much of the OST as I can because I mostly play on mute while listening to something else/on voice call >.> which... I realized is sad bc I end up missing out on some fucking bangers, god

Predictably (to me, at least asdfhjsdk), my favorites are all from the weekly boss battles! I've always loved when a particular piece was made with a very specific scenario in mind, with a specific character as the focus; so consistently throughout the games I've played, it's always the boss themes that really stay in my head.

My faves are:

Rapture of the Chaos -> Wrath of the Monoceros Caeli.

The transition is important to me because of the storytelling within the piece and then the grave intensity of the actual boss battle, and I think it's rightfully fitting that this is the first one of the weeklies where it feels like there is something extremely important at stake and you might be gunning to kill in order to protect Liyue and keep the Gnosis from falling into the Fatui's hands. Was legit the first one to get my jaw dropping when I heard it begin (kinda still is the only one that does that to mes dfhsjkf) + I love the latin chanting and inclusion of an organ in the theme. Hits every sweet spot when it comes to what I want in an epic boss battle theme ngl sdhfjks totally not biased at all because this is Childe's theme... (side note, I wish he was tankier as a boss because I think his fight is one of the best designed ones without the bullshit stalling mechanics that a lot of bosses after him have? it's straight up just a duel with him. No bullshit.)

I love the... Unhingedness of the battle theme? I have no idea how else to describe it sdfhjkdfg

Chrysalis Suspirii -> A Sense of Foreboding -> Saltatio Favillae

As much as I don't care for her place in the story we actually got, Signora's boss themes are fucking wild. The beginning phase truly gives you a sense of suspense; this is an actual fight to the death, and there is *so* much riding on your victory. Not to mention, the latin chanting that I very much love makes a comeback here! Then when we get to the theme of the second phase, it's so much grander and intense. Signora's fighting for her life here, cracked to the point where she discards the Delusion and uses her powers of the Crimson Witch of Embers--and I think during then, she recalls all the memories that she gave up when she joined the Fatui and received her Delusion.

The wiki actually has a translation for the lyrics and there's just so much regret and sorrow and a raging thirst for vengeance. And knowing Signora's backstory (that I wish we fucking got through methods *other* than reading the lore in the Crimson Witch artifacts) it's kinda... Wow.

Polumnia Omnia

Scara's theme is nuts to me. The instrumentals sound like he's playing with you. He's deep in his arrogance and self-assuredness of his newfound godhood, and it shows in the mixing of the music. Interesting to me is how it seems like there's Inazuma music thrown into the instrumental too, which makes sense considering his origins. With the music and how it remixes and shifts tracks, it really feels like he's fucking with you--he sees himself above you and he's making it known that this is just a game to him and his victory is inevitable.

Interestingly though, the beloved latin chanting here actually kinda sounds like how he does with his English dub. It sounds a good deal younger than the chanting we usually get, and considering the lyrics, it makes an interesting juxtaposition with how the music plays out. He's still deep into his spite and is a mess emotionally, even as he 'ascends.'

Anyway sdhfjksd this got long but I feel like you kinda expected it to >.< I'm very excited to hear what the upcoming weekly boss's theme is going to be because uh... Holy hell. I'm trying so hard to not look at spoilers about it but... Oh my god...

[genshinmp3]

Chrysalis Suspirii from Islands of the Lost and Forgotten Yu-Peng Chen, HOYO-MiX

[darkseldarine]

9, 23, 35!

9. 3 things you like doing on a rainy day

Getting a cup of hot chocolate or tea, sitting on the porch to listen to the rain, or going on a walk outside (assisted by umbrella)!

23. 3 songs you listen to while cleaning

Well, recently: Purple by Jaia, Milky Ways by Bossfight, and Chrysalis Suspirii by hoyo-mix!

35. 3 vegetables that you like the taste of

Vegetables, my greatest of weaknesses... that being said: Potatoes, Carrots, and Broccoli