#the possibilities.... whew

[eerna]

me explaining why Will/Elizabeth/Jack love triangle was a perfect little one-movie arc that wasn't present in the final movie because it was never about choosing and instead just about dynamics and character development so they all outgrew it by then

[casualavocados]

Chen Bowen as CHEN YI & Chiang Tien as AI DI KISEKI: DEAR TO ME Behind the scenes of Ep. 12

Bonus (x)

[duusheen]

ehhhhh happy ending I guess 🙂💕

[childoftheriver]

Emerson, Lake and Palmer

[tiresomeimagination]

The Demons in the Details (707 x Reader)

Word Count: 1.2k

Author's note: This is an entry for @mysticmessengerenglish's fanfic contest. The theme was weddings and I had an idea to try playing with. Hope you enjoy! ^^

You paused in your inspection of the current venue and glanced back over at Saeyoung to gauge his reaction. He looked deep in thought as he scanned the building. You wished you could hear his thoughts… He looked like he carried the weight of the world on his shoulders.

~~~~~

Wedding preparations are always tiring. They become even more so when expectations or standards are a bit too particular. Saeyoung was by no means a very picky person. In fact, you often had to nag him about keeping his preferences quiet for the sake of others. So it was a bit out of the ordinary to find that Saeyoung was so critical of every venue you visited. There was always something. It was too public of a spot, it was too closed off, it didn’t have enough exits, and the list went on. Nothing was quite right. You got the feeling that if it were solely up to him, he would just have the whole thing in his bunker.

His mind was racing with every possible worst-case scenario. He had to. After all, he had finally gotten everything he ever wanted. He was reunited with his brother. He had found a new family in the RFA members. He had even found the love of his life. He had…everything to lose. With his father and the agency still out there looking for him, he had far too many enemies to take any chances.

Finally, Saeyoung seemed to reach a decision. “Hm…yeah…this place is nice and all, but I just don’t think it’s us, y’know? I mean… we can definitely do better,” he said with a slight chuckle, attempting to keep his voice light and casual.

You couldn’t help but let out a small sigh. “This is the fifth place we’ve seen today. We’re kind of running out of options…” You tried to point out as gently as possible.

Saeyoung let out a small sigh of his own as he ran a hand anxiously through his hair. “You’re right, you’re right. How about we just…sleep on it for now? I have some more research to do anyway.”

You knew this ‘research’ probably involved running background checks on all the venue’s staff that would even breathe in the general vicinity of the event.

“...Okay. Yeah… It’s getting late anyway. We might as well go back,” you relented. You wanted to try your best to be accommodating. You knew that he had to do whatever he could do to feel safe.

Spirits were low as the two of you returned to the bunker. There was a certain unspoken tension that neither you nor Saeyoung wished to address. You both made light small talk about the day as you had dinner with him and Saeran as usual, but you could tell Saeyoung was still worried. As much as you wanted to try and talk through things, you didn’t want to push him before he was ready…. And so, even as you retired to the guest room for bed, the topic was avoided entirely for the night.

You awoke a few hours later. After a quick glance at your phone to confirm that it was indeed the middle of the night, you decided to get up and check in on Saeyoung. Experience told you that there was a good chance he got caught up in something and would need to be talked into actually going to bed. However, rather than a chance for playful teasing between you two, what you found when you peeked in was much more concerning.

Saeyoung sat on the edge of his bed, hunched forward with his head in his hands. Without thinking, you entered and quickly crossed the room towards him. 

The sound of your footsteps jolted him out of whatever state he had been in and his head whipped up to lock eyes with you. “…Y/N…?” He asked quietly as if your presence had surprised him.

“Saeyoung! What’s wrong?? Did something happen?” You asked worriedly as you came to a stop by his side.

He took a moment to register your words, still lost in his thoughts. “...Um…yeah…I-I mean no.” He stammered out, pausing to rub tiredly at his face and try to recollect his jumbled thoughts. “Everything’s fine. I just…had a weird dream, hah…” He breathed out quietly.

You frowned deeply and sat down beside him, placing a light touch on his arm. “Do you want to talk about it…?” You asked softly.

He didn’t answer, so you continued. “Whatever it is…you can talk to me. We promised to handle things together, remember? You don’t have to talk about it right now, but I can tell you’ve been worried about something and it’s more than just whether we get married someplace with or without windows, so-”

“Are you sure this is what you want?” Saeyoung suddenly interrupted your ramble. 

“...What…?” You replied, caught off guard by his words.

Saeyoung took a deep breath in and let it out before he looked over at you. “Things aren’t going to be easy, you know. Living with me…won’t be easy.” He paused, glancing down at the engagement ring you wore on your hand. A sign of your connection to one another.

“...What? What are you talking about?”

He sighed again and gently took your hand in his. “I still have a lot of enemies. You could get caught in the crossfire of any one of them.”

“Saeyoung…”

“Every time I close my eyes… I see everything that could go wrong. And every time I open them again I think about how I’m not ready. If I fail to account for even one possible threat, you could get hurt…or worse…"

"Saeyoung." You called out a little louder, hoping to get his attention off of his spiraling anxious thoughts and back onto you. When he looked back up at you, you continued. "You don't have to bear everything alone anymore. Everyone in RFA has your back. Saeran and I too. We're all in this together. And if dealing with Mint Eye has taught us anything…it's that we're stronger together." You said with a soft smile, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

You brought your other hand up to gently touch his shoulder. "And to answer your question…yes. This is what I want. You are what I want, and nothing will change that."

The both of you were moments away from tears. Saeyoung quickly pulled you into a tight hug, burying his face into your shoulder and sniffling softly.

"I love you so much, Y/N." He murmured, his voice muffled by your shirt. 

The second half went unspoken but you could hear it loud and clear. He was afraid of losing you. No amount of mere words could quell those fears entirely. They lived so deeply in his heart and you couldn’t chase them all out no matter how much you wanted to. All you could do was try to support him.

You let out a sigh as you hugged him back and let your own tears fall as well. "I love you too.”

Your happily ever after wouldn't be as easy as the fairy tales made them out to be…but you two would be okay so long as you stood together. You weren’t about to let go, and by the looks of his grip right now, neither was he.

[dirtyoldmanhole]

l o l.... thumbnailing this gunter/corrin shameless combat instructor porn strip is making me remember how i always thought gun range instructors were an underutilized erotica/porn category...

you have this big buff hot ex militaryish dude very gently and competently walking/guiding you through something your lizardbrain says is Dangerous (not to mention the implement being kinda phailic)

also he has to like. touch your arms/shoulders and shit to reposition you right. and is usually right behind you since the stations are kind of tight....

like......

i mean..........................

[lightningidle]

Clothing studies that turned into Mei, because only she can motivate me to draw sneakers.

DO NOT EDIT OR REPOST

[adastra121]

Touchstarved OC Relationship Chart

Part 2! This is my Unnamed!MC Luneth's relationship chart, using the template created by @deiimi.

“Fate has weaved our destinies together. Let us hope neither of our threads are cut short.”

Likes Kuras — “A fascinating patient and a fascinating doctor. How appropriate that our paths have crossed.” He saved her life. How can she hold a lesser opinion of him? Finds his presence to be the most calming, but she remains wary of him. Their interactions are amicable and polite.

He is unlike anyone she has ever met before, because of what she’s seen, what she’s sensed from him. 

He might hold a greater secret than anyone else in Eridia, and for once, she is unable to foresee the consequences.

She is understandably unsettled by him because of that.

However, he is kind, calm, and patient, so he’s easy to be at ease around. For that, she is grateful and naturally gravitates toward him.

Of all the Touchstarved LIs, Kuras is the one she would most likely voluntarily spend time with.

Likes/Dislikes Leander — “Never trust a mage with an oracle’s mission.” Admires his bravery to a degree. He did offer to be tied up, completely at the mercy of a stranger. It is brave — absolutely foolish, yes, but undoubtedly brave. She thinks he’s a bit of an idiot.

Would point out his blush every time. “Leander, you have gone red. Do you require water?” I think out of all my Touchstarved MCs, she embarrasses him the most often unintentionally. Good for her.

“I can keep you safe as long as you trust me.” “…Okay.” (disbelieving) 

You know that one SNL skit with Benadryl Gingersnap and the guy just saying, “Okay.” in the most unaffected tone? That’s Leander and Luneth.

Leander doing his utmost to charm her, and Luneth responds with an unfazed, “Cool. Moving on.”

The only one of my MCs who refused to touch him so she saw that scene.

He crossed a line when he grabbed her, not only did he ignore her warnings, it was also incredibly foolish and reckless. Both of them could have gotten hurt from his refusal to follow her lead.

He’s not a direct threat to her (yet) but she continues to be wary around him.

Not planning on doing Leander’s route with her, but I feel like they’d be hilarious together. And it’s not even like he wouldn’t be her type. The thing is, she’s fallen for a “heroic” mage before…but it didn’t end well.

All of their interactions feel like she’s going, “This could have been an email.”

Dislikes Vere — “You can peer into souls as easily as you breathe, yet you still see so little.” She believes he acts difficult on purpose and she would be right. As someone with a rigid sense of right and wrong, she dislikes his flippant morals. He claims to be old enough to have witnessed Eridia’s ascension, yet he has all the restraint and maturity of a child.

Basically, “you had a hundred years to grow out of it and you still act like this? Cringe.”

I feel like the dislike would be mutual. Vere would find her too rigid and strict with herself and others. It’s like forcing a paladin and a rogue to work together.

His power does not unnerve her, because she’d been around seers and clerics her entire life, and she has her own gift of sight.

Yes, she would prefer to keep her past and her secrets under wraps, but there was very little privacy in the temple. She survived then, she’ll survive now.

She just hopes the little fox won’t do anything drastic for a power fantasy. It would be…inconvenient. 

And although his power of sight is something she’s used to, she knows his other abilities are a very real threat. Unlike him, she is not a fighter nor a killer. If he chooses to sink his teeth into her, she has little way to stop him and for some reason, he seems to find her soul irresistible. “Kindly resist it.” So she remains on guard.

Oddly, as much as she dislikes him, she trusts his instincts the most.

Luneth is an efficient oracle and prefers to take the path of least resistance where she is able — and then you have Vere. A restless, hedonistic, chaotic obstacle that threatens to not only block off but also completely destroy the path to her objective, not even necessarily on purpose. Oh, but she has a feeling that he would.

As of the demo, they are mutually disappointed in each other — Vere finds Luneth imposes too many restrictions on herself that prevents her from realizing her actual strength and Luneth thinks Vere has the potential to be more than his facade, more than his desire for power, even. Both of them are going, “You could be so much more.” at each other about different things.

Likes/Dislikes Ais — “…Is there a bird in here?” Her feelings about him are similar to her feelings about Vere, to a lesser degree. He seems to have been honest with her thus far, so she holds some respect for him.

Ais is a bit of a bastard but he’s more manageable than Vere. At least he doesn’t go out of his way to get in hers.

She has very neutral feelings toward him.

To be fair, she has very neutral feelings toward most people.

Vere seems to hold some regard for him and she knows that Vere can see into people’s souls, so she assumes that Ais is one of the more genuine people in Eridia.

If it weren’t for Vere and Kuras, however, I don’t think she would interact with him very often.

They are on different paths, but there is potential for a strong friendship between them.

Her quote is in response to: “You look lost, little sparrow.” “…?” *looks behind her*

Dislikes Mhin — “Calm yourself. There is no need for such hostility.” She’s glad that she is still alive due to Mhin’s actions, but in all honesty, she just happened to be in the right place at the right time. So she doesn't feel very indebted to them, at least, not in the way she does Kuras.

They tell her they didn’t save her, she was only in the near vicinity of their mark and she believes them. Their goal of killing the Soulless just so happened to be beneficial to her. That is the extent of their exchange that first meeting and she owes them nothing. That works just fine for her.

Luneth is often annoyed by Mhin’s temper and standoffish attitude. It clashes with her cool, detached, and reticent nature.

Lowkey judges them for not having a better handle on their emotions but that could also just be projection on her end.

Mhin makes her feel more like an inconvenience to them than anything else, so…she simply won’t inconvenience them.

The hunter seems to prefer to keep to themselves and Luneth does the same.

[violetmuses]

What if?? 💭

Mike had another girlfriend after breaking up with Sydney... 👀 (Reader)

[serenanymph]

how well would your ocs do against a cockroach tag game

rules: yeah that's it. that's the tag. idk if anyone has done this before but rate your ocs by how well they'd do against a cockroach.

gonna be a lil annoying and tag a biiiiit more people sorry lol. no pressure to join in tho!!! and anyone else who wants to can hop in. @lyssa-ink @reneesbooks @macabremoons @space-writes @squarebracket-trick @scribbling-stardust @toribookworm22 @lorenfinch @sapphos-scientist @e-klair @arctic-oceans @sidhewrites @loopyhoopywrites @hallwriteblr @talesofsorrowandofruin @cream-and-tea

(anyway the rest is under the cut bcuz I have a LOT of characters so I'm gonna go a bit insane. Pulling from Beast as always)

Crys: - doesn't bat an eyelash, kills it easily - merciless, 10/10

Icarus: - a lil startled, will jump if it flies at him, but manages to catch it and set it free outside - 8/10. this boi is too good for this world

Rhyme: - begins by trying to smash it to a pulp - rapidly gets more and more irritated when she keeps on missing - finally lets out a primal scream of rage and fireballs it - 6/10 because she nearly burns down the house

Sol: - lets out an undignified squeak - leaves the room - if it flies at him he's sprinting out of there - 3/10

Dahlia - rolls up a newspaper and whacks it a few times?? like a normal person??? - 9/10

Beatriz: - faints - poor bbg can't handle the terror - 0/10 - alternatively shoots her feathers and skillfully punts it out the window - so overall actually 5/10

Honorary mentions

Iri and Yuan: - incoherent screeching - KILL IT KILL IT WITH FIRE - both trying to get behind the other - so many feathers embedded in the floor. so many - Iri scales up Yuan's back and stays there on his shoulders like an overgrown squirrel - 0/10

Jorge and Jordan - they catch it - and store it with their dozen other cockroaches used to prank people - 10/10, but I'm docking points for the malicious intent

[luvaera]

☆ ﹙ TASK 001 ﹚ …　get to know CHLOÉ　!　੭

when’s your birthday? and what’s a significant memory you have about it?

save the date ! februray 14th ! a memory i have ? [ pauses ] oh ! apparently, when i was really tiny, i didn’t wait for the cake to be cut to get a slice. i took a bite directly out of the cake ! [ laughs ] my uncle never lets me live it down !

what’s a song you have on repeat recently?

mm. [ pauses ] boa by megan the stallion, probably ? i’ve been listening to that song and her entire album when i’m at the gym. i can’t spill my other most recent, that’s a surprise coming your way !

who is your role model?

is it weird for me to say that i don’t have one ? i don’t think i really believe in that sort of thing. it’s great that people can inspire you, but to put that kind of pressure on them ? don’t think i can get behind it. but the people who inspire me the most are my members.

do you believe in ghosts? if so, do you have any paranormal experiences?

believe in them ? sure, just as much as the next person. i don’t think i’ve had any experiences with them though ! that’s a good thing, right ?

what was your first kiss like? when was it?

[ laughs ] you really want to know ? [ small pause ] it was right before i moved back here, actually ! i was 12, i think ? it was super short, super sweet. it was someone in my dance academy. if you’re watching this, you know who you are. i haven’t forgotten about you. [ winks, gives an air kiss to the camera ]

what is something you get told all the time?

something i can’t repeat. just know that it isn’t nice, but probably warranted if you ask the right person.

do you have any regrets?

a few ! doesn’t everyone ? big or small. i don’t think i would want to go back and change anything though. everything happened for a reason, for me to end up where and who i am now.

how would you describe how you feel right now?

uh, a little exposed. not sure i like it, if i’m being honest.

what is something you do and don’t like about yourself?

is there anything not to like ? [ laughs ] ah, i’m joking. really, i am ! i can’t believe you don’t believe me. [ pouts ] mm. sometimes, i don’t like my mind. but it’s hard just to choose one thing i love about myself.

do you have any fears?

who doesn’t ? anyone who says they don’t is a liar ! but my biggest ? hm. listen close. this is the only fear i’m sharing ! are you listening ? my biggest fear is losing your love~ [ makes a kissing face with a finger heart ]

when was the last time you talked to your family?

i spoke with my younger sister right before doing this, actually ! i had to scold her to go to bed. she was up working on her art ! and rubbing in that she had cronuts earlier. so mean !

what city are you most looking forward to on the tour? what’s one city you want to visit the most on the next tour?

next tour ? i’d really want to perform at home ! i think my friends and family there would love it.

do you have any allergies?

i have seasonal allergies ! mainly in the spring, as pretty as it is. i don’t think i have any food ones.

what are some habits or mannerisms that you have? good or bad.

what’s some that i can say ? um. i twirl my hair when i’m bored ? or i mindlessly do it while reading. i’ve been told i use buffer words a lot ! i guess that’s true. [ laughs ] i dance almost anywhere if i hear a song. i think it embarrasses the girls sometimes and oh ! one more ! i play with my necklace when i’m nervous.

what are your hobbies?

dance, but i often consider that a lifestyle. reading. oh ! photography ! but i think a few of you knew that one already. i don’t think i qualify to pick gaming as another one, so would shopping count ?

how was your school life as a kid like?

definitely something else. i think interesting would be the best way to put it ! would i want to experience it again ? absolutely not !

do you have any pet peeves?

a few ! when people talk during a movie, especially one that i haven’t seen ! any other time, i don’t mind. people interrupting me when i speak or people trying to talk to me when my headphones are on — but mainly when they don’t try to signal me first.

do you consider what you’re doing right now your dream job? if not, what is it instead?

actually ? yeah, i would ! honestly, i’m lucky enough to be doing this and sharing this moment with all of you !

what motivates you?

i can’t answer this how i want or else i’ll get banned from doing these … again. [ rolls eyes ] that was god awful ! being apart from my precious valentines. [ shudders ] never again ! but all of you motivate me !

what’s something you can’t live without?

definitely my phone ! as pathetic as it sounds, my whole life is on this thing. it has the highest storage for a reason !

do you have a celebrity crush?

are you all going to do that thing where you like tag me under their instagram posts or vice versa ? [ pauses ] madison beer.

what is your go to karaoke song?

lend me your voice, the english version ! it’s from the movie belle. have you seen it ?

what type of drunk are you?

i think i’m a mix between being overly affectionate and happy when drunk.

do you collect anything?

i collect cameras, a few anime figurines, and those pretty editions of books ? you know, the hardcover ones ? yeah, those too.

when you’re sad, what do you do to cheer yourself up?

it depends on what made me sad. dance or watching a good comfort show helps. or belting it out during karaoke ! [ laughs ]

[alluralater]

That mutual who makes you cum your brains out.... why can't she meet the love of your life and continue to make you cum over and over? 🤔🤔 I see no reason why the two things should cancel each other out.

“i see no reason why…” baby you forgot to take off your polyamory glasses

[fancyhats-and-fennelsbuds]

Fav movie you've watched recently?

Hello hellooooooooooooooooo!!! Aaaaaa oh dear, you just opened my pandora's box👁️

Recently I happened to watch lots of 60's, 70's and 90's movies (I'm destined to ever cross paths with vintage memorabilia. and the more I discover. The more I crave.) but some that most made me perk up my eyes and ears (can eyes be perked?) are:

First movie! RATATAPLAN, Maurizio Nichetti, 1979

I discovered this gem very recently and unfortunately I haven’t even finished watching it (sigh sob sigh I got so little free time rightnow) Made on a very low budget and being the directorial debut for Maurizio Michetti, this film had a huge success when it arrived in Italian cinemas. The story follows slices of the life of the neo graduate engineer Colombo, who through tormentedly absurd comic gags, yet unquestionably full of small human injustices (and social), undeterred, he searches occupations to make ends meet. What made me fall with this story of 'little failures happening in the course of our daily life' -- besides the pure comic skits that come out from every corner while you least expect it (or when you expect it; but you laugh anyway because the consequences are usually an even greater disaster that the one expected) -- is the fact that the film it's almost a 'silent movie', or rather, follows the rules of the 'Mr Bean conlang" (yes, I now created a new term) with the help of of a very narrow Italian vocabulary and excerpts of other languages, all this surrounded by a varied brocade of onomatopoeic sounds "(…) making the dubbing of the film almost superfluous." {source | wikipedia|Italian}

(Also the movie's opening is so incredible , Engineer Columbo is the true shape of our contemporary hero because i say so, also it gives off strong middle seventies vibes

Second movie Miniseries! Orlando furioso, Luca Ronconi, 1975

Born on the wave of discreet success that arose from the homonymous theatrical version of Luca Ronconi (made after Ludovico Ariosto's chivalric romance epic poem Orlando Furioso), the script meant for the theatre was rewritten to accommodate a television production (divided in five episodes) alas by depriving the work of the original's immersivity that it gained by including the public during the action happening on the stage; while also letting mutiple simultaneous scenes happening in the same theatre's room so the public could personally choose the way to follow the storytelling happening in front of their eyes. {sources |cinemedioevo.net| Wikipedia| Italian} Some of the details that makes the television version so fascinating is that it was shot in multiple castles, basilicas and palaces'… interiors! (Palazzo Farnese, Terme di Caracalla, Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Teatro Farnese and Palazzo della Pilotta di Parma. {sources |Wikipedia|Italian}). Maintaining the use of scenography and manners of acting suited for the theatre world, the series creates a sort of epic fairytale dream time bubble, even through the use of machinery for the mobilization of carousel-like horses and mythical beasts (choosing purposely to let the viewer see the 'magic' that makes the beast fly or the horses roll run!). Extreme pantomime, actors flailing arms and bodies like opera singers. This extraordinaire work of art is for those who wish to spend some hours of dreamlike feverish visions of knights, magicians and bridesmaids in otherwordly costumes that seem to have come to life from medieval tapestries. I searched aimlessly for possible dubbed or subtitled versions in other languages than italian. I can only come back from my quest by humbly offering open handed the original.

Whenever you can or can't follow all this medieval Italian versify, I would give it a try just to have a peek into this extremely seventies-born madness! Here's an article that talks about the touring theatre version (Italian)

Now a bit of spam

Mechanical beasts! Mechanical beasts! Hippogriph and the Orca (killer whale) di Ebuda

Also in this house we stan my sister in Christ (literally) knight warrior Bradamante

[zhouxiangs]

girl that almost bought 160g of shichimi togarashi and 130g of chinese five spice because she forgot spices don't really weight much per volume

[astraykiel]

Graduation🎓📸

[protect-namine]

oh boy I just finished the archon quest and I have a theory...

tl;dr I think that the abyss twin's memories were rewritten so that they see khaenri'ah as their home due to being assimilated into teyvat (recorded in irminsul). just like how greater lord rukkhadevata was "forgotten" to cleanse irminsul of forbidden knowledge, the abyss twin was probably a descender who is no longer a descender because they (somehow) found a way (or was forced) to assimilate to teyvat. sumeru's memories and history were rewritten to accommodate rukkhadevata being forgotten. abyss twin's memories must have been rewritten in the same way because if they are to be recorded in irminsul, their external knowledge must be removed beforehand. so yeah, they might be brainwashed to thinking khaenri'ah is their true home. (whether or not they're aware of this is another thing entirely)

and I think a lot of the questions/revelations paimon and nahida posed are misdirections from the writers. abyss twin is not originally from teyvat, everyone just assumes they are from the facts. the story places great importance on the traveler's memories being reliable and correct, probably the only source of truth that's hard question. so I don't think we should doubt their memories being false. if they remember their twin as someone they traveled worlds together with, even if everyone else including the abyss twin thinks otherwise, it's probably as correct as them remembering rukkhadevata even if the rest of teyvat doesn't remember them.

okay now for other detailed thoughts that led to the tl;dr section:

first of all, is it really strange that the abyss twin is recorded in irminsul? I feel like this question is a misdirection. isn't it more strange that the traveler is not recorded by irminsul? why is "being external to teyvat" a reason to not be recorded? irminsul contains memories of teyvat. if teyvat doesn't want to keep memories of you... do you even exist? I mean we know what happened to rukkhadevata, so...

(although I understand traveler's memories have more weight than irminsul, since they're practically immortal and will outlive teyvat, or so zhongli believes. hence his story quests of him asking traveler to record in their own memories. this is also reiterated in sumeru because only traveler — and maybe venti — remembers rukkhadevata now. ei and zhongli in their voicelines refer to nahida as buer and doesn't mention or imply knowing her past incarnation).

but this also means that irminsul is selective of the memories it records. why? likely because it wants to remove forbidden/external knowledge. this begs the question of if even the irminsul was created for this purpose or if this mechanism of it is being controlled

second: are there really only four descenders, or is it that only four descenders have remained long enough to still be categorized as descenders? for example, if we are to believe the traveler's memories (and we probably should, since as mentioned above they are regarded by the story to be reliable), then the abyss twin should be a descender but maybe they no longer are anymore. like maybe they are forced by the sustainer of heavenly principles to become part of the world (but then why wasn't traveler?) or they themselves found a way to become part of the world and be recognized by teyvat.

the only other confirmed descender are the heavenly principles (celestia) and they were the ones who shaped teyvat the way it is now, so...

(tangent: the other decender is likely alice and maaaaaybe venti, but idk how much venti counts as one. he's a strand of istaroth who is one of the four shades of the primordial one aka just another alias of the heavenly principles. kinda fuzzy on that one. so he's more like... a strand of a descender? lol. although that would make sense since his memories are also not affected by teyvat's shenanigans. I think there's a descender from the fatui's ranks as well — it could explain their technological advancement).

anyway, this begs the question of: how does one avoid being recognized by teyvat/irminsul for this long? especially given how controlling celestia is. see, isn't it stranger that the traveler is still considered external to teyvat?

if the abyss twin was forced to assimilate to teyvat by the sustainer, I think maybe the traveler was also supposed to as well but only managed to escape because they slept for 500y and something happened in their slumber that prevented them from being recognized by teyvat. (maybe it was their purification power, or venti supposedly visiting their dreams, idk).

third: there has to be a reason we get these lore revelations after the sumeru storyline, so I do think we got enough clues to figure out the puzzle. putting all this together, rulkhadevata's story illustrates the rules of what irminsul accepts and rejects. so we can infer from there. if the traveler's memories are reliable (and they seem to be!), and if the abyss twin is recorded in irminsul, this means the abyss twin is an external being of teyvat that found a way to become part of teyvat's laws. what does this imply? to be recorded in irminsul, you cannot have forbidden knowledge or that would corrupt teyvat. so the abyss twin should no longer have external knowledge anymore. and if they are missing memories, their other memories must have been rewritten (like sumeru's history was) to fill in the gaps and make their history consistent and logical. this might explain why abyss twin is fixated on khaenri'ah. it is their home, in their mind.

to go a step further, although this is now wild theory time and not supported by facts: what if the abyss twin fell to khaenri'ah during the cataclysm, entered teyvat's samsara, and was reincarnated (like nahida) but now with rewritten memories since they went through irminsul?

fourth: at the end of the abyss twin's journey, their "fate is obfuscated." this is interesting. I lean on the theory that the constellations are destinies written by celestia to keep teyvat in control. abyss twin doesn't seem to have a vision, so it looks like even if they assimilated to teyvat, perhaps celestia is still unable to control their destiny? I wonder if, at the end of the journey, they were able to realize their situation and break free? or maybe this is another situation entirely...

WHEW so much to think about, sorry for the word vomit. this was literally just me writing my thoughts out, no editing lmao