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"Two Worlds Aflame, the Crimson Night Fades" Version 4.6 Events Preview - Phase I

Hello, Traveler~ Version 4.6 is coming! Let's take a look at what kind of events will be in this new Version update~

[hazznothere]

Grip

[yumenosakiacademy]

"You hold [...] the power to defeat it, in your own two hands." "The names! The Marechaussee Hunters' names!" "There's still one skill we saved until the very end!"

[airyravenmaid]

As someone who's been secretly teetering around the SAGAU (that's "Self-Aware Genshin AU" for those who aren't aware 🥁) tag and works while thoroughly enjoying a lot of them, I think today's finally the day I put my own two cents in on it. Particularly, my two cents about how a certain redheaded owl stud would act in that verse. By all means, no hate to anybody who's written him any differently in their SAGAU stuff-- we're all here to have fun and junk; this is just how I personally think he'd be. You are free to disagree with any and everything I have to say under the cut, but I will have no badmouthing or the like.

Being perfectly honest, I haven't really seen much of Diluc in a ton of SAGAU works outside of him either being part of the "get the 'Imposter'" mob or individually attacking us if he comes across us solo and isn't in the know that we the reader are the real deal. Basically, he's more or less just kinda lumped in with the other highly devoted followers of the Creator without really standing out much in the plot. And, nothing particularly wrong with that, no, no, no, but here's where my hee-ho funny hot take comes in:

I don't actually think Diluc would really worship the Creator. In fact, I don't think he'd even like us at first. *Sojiro voice* Let me explain!

Diluc Ragnvindr is, in every sense of the word, a disenchanted young man. Now, we know he wasn't born as such, but we have the Knights of Favonius disgracing Crepus' death while the wound was still fresh and the falling out between Diluc and Kaeya upon the latter's revelation as a Khaenri'ahn spy to blame for that. Blah, blah, blah, that's right, we heard the story, over and over again, so, where does this tie into my personal interpretation of his thoughts on the Creator, you may ask? Well!

In the happier, more idealistic years before all hell broke loose on his 18th birthday, Diluc most likely did worship and revere the Creator per his upbringing since I think Crepus also worshipped them like a good chunk of Mondstadt does. No problems there. But, where was the "all-powerful, ever-benevolent" God of Teyvat when he'd lost his father and brother on that same, horrible night in different ways? What did they do when the Knights of Favonius openly spat on his father's name just to save their undeserved reputation? What did they give him during that four-year suicide mission he spent indiscriminately hunting Fatui agents before promptly getting the ban of a lifetime from the entire Nation of Cryo?

Nowhere, nothing, and radio silence.

Just another unreliable let-down added to the list, and another knife to his back.

(Imposter AU-wise) So, come present day, when the Great Big Phony™ drops and takes a throne that very much does not belong to them, everybody's over the moon and pulling out all the stops for their beloved God... except Diluc. Now, he's not so stupid that he openly badmouths the apparent Creator since that would get him some pretty unpleasant looks and land him in rather hot water, so instead, he shows no open reaction while rolling his eyes and scoffing at them wherever people can't see or hear. And, if we're going with the traditional portrayal of the Imposter being an uncaring tyrant, his already diminished opinion of the Creator's image is only further soured. He does nothing to damper or criticize anybody's faith since it's far from his place to, but they certainly won't see him joining in any day of the week, either.

And then comes the "Imposter", who's actually the true Creator that's been jiffy-popped into Genshin's world from the real one. Now, while he thinks it's beyond ridiculous that the people of Mondstadt and the Knights of Favonius (though, not as much surprise for the latter-- always so inefficient...) find it just to hunt down and torture somebody solely for looking like the Creator especially since nobody in town gives a shit that Venti and Barbatos look disturbingly alike for reasons only he (plus Jean and maybe Kaeya, if his Hangout implies anything) knows without actually presenting themselves as an active threat to humanity like, say, the Abyss Order or the Fatui, Diluc still can't help but secretly hand it to the alleged Imposter for being the first to have the guts to knock that "divine do-nothing" down a peg in some way, even if it is considered quite the risky move.

Should he encounter us while we're running for our lives worse for the wear for the above reason (and truly confirming that we mean no real harm and are just a victim of very unfortunate circumstance), Diluc is open to helping us get away safely under the radar and giving false info to the KoF like he did in his Story Quest since getting caught helping Teyvat's most wanted by the mob would not end well for him, either. And, he's pretty amicable when patching us up... but then he sees the dried gold blood and scars all over our body and realizes exactly who we really are. No, he doesn't do a full 180 and start blastin', but Diluc sure is now a lot colder towards us than he already is in general. Still helps us out, but we can taste the sudden mood drop. At some point, we discover his resent towards us for (from his perspective; can't exactly explain that we didn't actually make any of the characters' backstories since we're not HoYoverse and whatnot bc that wouldn't make sense to anyone in Genshin within the confines of the Creator!Reader AU without us sounding completely crazy) being seemingly nowhere to be seen around his and others' suffering despite being the God of All Gods capable of doing literally anything to help it, but simply choosing not to. Even if the Reader rightfully says they didn't do anything, Diluc's cold rebuttal is something along the lines of "No. You didn't.", and it's not the least bit reassuring.

If he were to stick around with us a bit longer during our escape from Mondstadt/whirlwind journey, then Diluc would come to understand that we really weren't as in control of everything bad happening to him or the world as he initially believed, especially if in his misguided blaming, it causes Reader to develop one HELL of a guilt complex feeling like they are responsible for fixing everything if it means putting an end to all the nonsense and abuse some of their once-beloved characters/acolytes are putting them through. Granted, the actual Imposter does have to be stopped and dethroned for all the shit they're pulling, but that's really all that falls on us as the unfortunate hero.

Other than that condition, though, we basically have someone that's thankfully not looking to hunt us down for absurd reasons and even helps us in our need, but at the same time curses us for letting him and many others down by not acting in some way when it mattered most.

[meii-jasmine]

My top two beefy pretty men of all time 💙❤️

[ppinksun]

shiniest fish in the sun

[shadowcatzone]

-roughly 2600 years ago-

Nameless bard: hehe~ come here, sit on my lap, i'll cut you some apples~

Wisp!venti: *chirps happily*

-during bardven week-

Nameless bard: venti, please...

Venti: *slouched over the bards lap, drunk* nooooooo~ you said i can sit here wheneverrrr~ waah~~

Nameless bard: turn into a wisp, be my guest. Stay like this... you're kinda heavy.

Venti: that's soooooo rude~~ we weigh the same~

Nameless bard: ...can you at least turn over? You lying on my crotch is awkward...

Venti: noooooo~~~

[deathsvvitch]

so.... im giving ge.nshin a chance again....

[genspiel]

artifact farming for lyney and fischl is going about as well as expected (which is to say, terribly)

[baeshijima]

just two more weeks.... then triple crown....

[genshin-impact-updates]

"A Parade of Providence" Version 3.6 Events Preview - Phase II

Hello, Travelers! The Akademiya Extravaganza organized by the Sumeru Akademiya has begun! Let's check out what more to expect next~

[raftels]

it took forever but the one (1) character that had so much power over me that i decided to download genshin 3(ish) weeks ago — KAVEH FINALLY CAME HOME 🍀💖😭

[yumenosakiacademy]

4.7 || "The Marechaussee Hunters" vs Devorator

[genshins1mpact]

The dash/tl/feed everywhere 2 seconds after Al-Haitham drip marketing dropped 🍃 🎧

[vishapsking]

i wish guizhong didn't look like a generic female protag of a otoge that gets easily taken advantage of by obvious red flag man. in my head she looked a lot more mature, dignified and elegant. but then again gods and mythical beasts can look however they want to ( e.g bode with their 2232 manifestations ). so in my brain guizhong doesn't look like that 🤗

i don't like bayonetta crane either 😭😭😭why do i keep losing

maybe because i've been waiting for so long for anything about her that i'm just disappointed by this. i'll live in copium of fan designs and headcanons

[mew-cake]

Me coming to realize how difficult it is to tell a story through an AMV