#genshin caribert spoilers.

[saccharinerose]

God forbid they use any of the millions of dollars they get from the banners to put some effort into characters that aren’t playable!

Also RIP to the “Pierro is Kaeya’s dad” theory! My condolences!

[cor-lapis]

welcome back to the yearly 'clown on dainsleif (affectionate)' hour !!!

previous quest summaries

[willfulabyss]

[nabumalikata]

in case no one else got around to it yet, i translated that text that shows up on screen during the quest

“Farewell, Atossa. I apologize for making you know me unwillingly. Still, I don’t wish you to forget me.”

[priestessoffurina]

Caribert you are so funny

[rockingbytheseaside]

✦ The Sea of Flowers at the End

(4.7 best dainslief quest imo)

[catrinadoll]

bedtime story by thijikoy

[ag40249]

still, i don't wish you to forget me

[solns]

NOOOO CARIBERT 😭 GIVE THIS POOR GUY SOME HAPPINESS

[angee1011]

Just finished Bedtime Story and WOW OKAY

caribert my beloved you’ve never done anything wrong okay YOU have been wrong and I WILL seek vengeance for you

[pizzapasta23045]

they did not need to make caribert hot i was NOT focusing enough

[elgizzz]

my poor boy caribert

[mirokuna-hime]

I honestly think people are jumping the gun with their disappointment over the new story quest in 1.2

The whole purpose of Xianzhou Luofu arc is to set up future events.

The writers tell us this by having Kafka admit to the MC that the whole point of this operation for the stellaron hunters is to have the Xianzhou indepted to the Astral Express crew so that they will aid them in their fight against Nanook the destruction.

Herta Space Station and Jarilo-IV were used to introduce us to the game mechanics and to establish the trio of Dan Heng, March 7th and the Trailblazer with the Space Station also serving as a prologue.

Jarilo-IV however did nothing to develop the overarching main plot of the game. Belobog was it's own self contained arc to ease the player into the game and they are now using the Xianzhou Luofu arc to plant the seeds for future chapters.

People are already calling Blade a wasted character, because his confrontation with Imbibitor Lunae didn't play out like people hoped it would, because they didn't drop his entire backstory in this quest even though it's pretty clear that Blade, Kafka and Silverwolf will be reoccuring antagonists over the course of the story.

The prologue already introduced us to Kafka and Silverwolf, heck Silverwolf even got her own event.

Introducing Blade and his connection to Dan Heng to the player is what I would argue the other focal point of this arc. Every theme this story introduced to us can be connected to Blade (immortality being a sin, what it means to be mara struck, manipulation, the weight of our past actions and how we deal with them etc.), it's so that we can understand his story and motive.

Not to mention that it opens the door for character development and development of Dan Hengs and his relationship. Right now Dan Heng doesn't make the connection that Blade is his previous incarnations "friend" (in quotation marks because hoyoverse is being sussy with them) and he's still running away from the past. Meanwhile Blade is consumed by his vengence, his desire to die and he is also getting manipulated by Kafka (admittedly she kinda has to because of the Mara but that barely changes anything other than making us see her in a bit more positive light).

All points that will need to be adressed in following installments and I have faith in the Honkai writers to do these plot points justice, but it won't be right now.

We are in 1.2 my friends, let the story take it's time.

[sebbyomg]

GENSHIN IMPACT

Chapter IV: Act VI - Bedtime Story

[blood-orange-juice]

Are you also obsessed with how, of all the Genshin characters, Caribert came the closest to becoming a descender?

Not Khaenri'ahn sages, not Rene the great mage, not anyone else who wanted power or revenge or glory. A boy who simply wanted to tell other people a bedtime story that would make their life easier.

Something something childhood dreams again. One has to be untainted by the world in their mind too. In their way of thinking.

[c6scaramouche]

"You must get along with each other, the two of you."