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rubys-domain · 10 months

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i did some beyond the map border shenanigans, and i discovered something that's either really wholesome or really creepy depending on how you want to look at it

i might be very far from the first one to discover this, but if you open the camera while paimon's trying to take you back within bounds (asuming you're not in a stance that keeps you from opening it like swimming or something), paimon stays onscreen and keeps moving like she does in the paimon menu. but if you move the camera so that it's looking at her from the side, she'll turn to face the camera and do her little wave.

now i don't think they'll do it, but... if genshin pulls some "you, the player" thing endgame... honestly i would be interested in seeing how they pull it off

#⇢₊˚⊹ 🩷∥ruby∥yo，ide yo !!#what if paimon is like the monika of genshin impact #where she's the only one with true sentience and everyone else is just part of the game #what if that's why she still calls you “traveler” even after the we will be reunited quest #because “aether”/“lumine” is just a vessel that the player controls. paimon wouldn't know your true name so she just calls you traveler #this is a crack theory btw if that wasn't obvious #and it's much more likely that the traveler either asked her to keep calling them that #or that she got the hint early on that the traveler didn't want to use their real name for whatever reason #but if by some wild coincidence my theory is true. then that might make her increasing insecurity in recent archon quests more impactful #she's probably the “if i can't do my job then i'm literally worthless” type #and she'd probably be really mentally exhausted after having to talk to countless preprogrammed “people” and pretend they're real #which makes the possibility of her doing something unhinged to keep the traveler from leaving... concerningly high. as if it wasn't already #what if in endgame there's a scene where we're in the abyss and paimon，presumably having destroyed the rest of the game，#finally addresses the player directly. what if she /is/ the sustainer and the “arrogation” mentioned in the opening cutscene is-#- doing as you please in a video game world

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