#it's bad guys

[xstarlightxstarbrightx]

thoughts on how the Liyue Archon quest went [6]

Side note: when Dorman Port releases, i'm gonna try and redo the Monds. Archon Quest thoughts(tm) b/c i feel like Liyue is so CHONKY in comparison.

ANYWAY!

the Traveler Trio is off to get the Cleansing Bell, which means a cameo from MADAME PING

Cryptic Grandma rolls up, drops a foreshadow bomb about That Which Lies in the Deep, and then just wants her teapot cleaned in return for the Cleansing Bell.

Madame Ping: this teapot? it's my house. Paimon: ??????????????? Lumi: this world has portable housing like that??? Kaeya: Lumi— Madame Ping: the Cleansing Bell is inside. u can borrow it if u can find it.

the moment the Trio see the inside of the teapot when they get shoved inside, Lumi's immediately like "oh yeah. this is just like Cloud Retainer's thing". this actually bolsters Kaeya's idea that Zhongli is an adeptus, b/c they very obviously just found another one that's living freely in Liyue, and even alludes to 'an old friend', and ofc Zhongli called her an old friend.

Lumi and Kaeya being sus and trying to weed out a straight answer from him when they meet up again, only for him to be incredibly good at avoiding the topic. even Kaeya's impressed at how easily Zhongli's able to sideline most of his questions (b/c we all know Kaeya knows how to get info from someone in casual conversation).

i feel like the rest of this was just very 'normal', like them going to get the Kites and getting stopped by Childe and all that. i do think abt how, like, when Childe and Lumi get testy w/ each other, Zhongli kinda snaps out of his Thinking Funk for a moment and actually notices the tension. he very much gave me the vibe of 'oh, hold on, these three have an issue with the Harbinger...' I like to think that this is a bit of a moment where he kinda actually focuses on the Traveler Trio and sort of fully gauges them as individuals rather than just titles (b/c i feel like he's already done this w/ Childe previously when Childe sought him out).

like, before he knew that this was the Traveler and her current party. he knew that she, her floating fairy, and her envoy from Mondstadt have had dealings with Barbatos and are searching for the Seven. but now he's looking at them and is taking in pieces of them that he had glossed over while he was deep in thought. like, for example, the wind scars that both Lumi and Kaeya have, or the scars on Lumi's back—or, maybe even Kaeya's eye? hmmm?

obviously he still has to go and deal w/ the whole Rite of Parting thing but i like to think this is when he Really Starts Seeing These People(tm).

[jerrydevine]

caught myself kubrick staring at these stupid ass video lectures. oops!

[witchwhaat]

i may have issues 😶

[personalvirtualmuseum]

Unstoppable force (a perfect masculinization of my name, preserves everything I love about my current name) vs. Immovable object (is shared with one of my least favorite male characters of all time)

[ur-moms-blorbo]

he is a sourdough grilled sandwich with a kosher dill pickle cut vertically into fourths on the side and a bag of cape cod kettle chips (plain)

[foul-milk]

lmaoo the hungarian commentators are claiming the reason Lewis was talking about team work in that interview was because he was sending subliminal messages to George that if Lewis overtakes him he'll have to refrain from battling him for that position and just settling for helping him protect his place 💀💀💀

[nitw]

i miss the bad guys. like they really took the only good thing about zootopia (furries) and made it infinitely better by Not being copaganda

[mybreadsmybutters]

when i was a kid i wanted to be a famous youtuber like dan and phil so that people would gay ship me with my irl best friend and we would be sooo weirded out by it and laugh and make videos joking about it but secretly it would make her realize her repressed gay crush on me and i'd help her through her gay crisis and then we would have a sickeningly sweet sappy romance and read fanfiction about ourselves together... anyways just found out she's married to a guy in the mafia now so i probably don't have a chance

[cottagedreamy]

God told me to draw this

[goldiipond]

if there's anything i've learned from the current state of social media it's that this is one of the worst possible notifications you can receive upon opening an app

[woolydemon]

LISTEN TO ME RN, when the character is supposed to be rlly strong and muscular and buff PUT FAT ON THAT GUY fat is so fucking necessary to have a physical build that is so strong MAKE THEM FATTTTTTTTTTTTT

[gampix]

Guilt.

[camilleflyingrotten]

[naomistares]

harrowhark getting her lobotomy done at claire's

(ps: merry christmas eve! you can't see but we just hit 10k on here... my christmas gift to the world, thank you dearly)

[itsbasil]

this literally never stops being funny like dog they made starship troopers with the Baby's First Satire cranked up to 11 and these people are still fucking dumbfounded that the creators don't share their politics

[artkaninchenbau]

A h-heartfelt reunion..?

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