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Art by 桃子桃子君丶

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In communism, you will: go to gulag, work with no pay, be repressed, killed by the government, deported, die from hunger. Capitalism haters go to hell.

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If you could have a drink with Senna one last time, what would you say to him?

I would love to. That was the plan when we were discussing (at the) end of '93 and beginning of '94. We had a connection. We had a call. Sometimes, more than one call every week. We were talking about the present, about the future, and we were talking about what happened in the past but not a lot. For sure if we had a drink, I would have a lot of questions, a lot of discussions we could have. It was really different. It was a different personality after our last podium together in '93 in Adelaide. And there was a lot of things I wanted to ask, I wanted to know, because he's a very mysterious person also, you know? And he did not want to be a friend when we were racing because he told me that he had a fear—that if we were friends, he would lose some part of motivation. But when I retired, obviously, everything went back and we could have had a lot of fun, I suppose.

source: heinekenbr on tiktok

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Superb photo of a "Crusader" F8-E (FN), probably shortly before its delivery to the French Naval Air Force, we can clearly see the American cockade as well as that of the Naval Air Force.

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AKIRA, cut no. 214 Final production background Toshiharu Mizutani Poster colour on paper 25.5 x 37 cm

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Hongdu JL-10 in Zhuhai Airshow, 2024

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noticed this similarity between capitano and the blazegem inscription

so I was re-watching the cutscene in the natlan archon quest because the Genshin Impact youtube channel posted it last night, and I noticed something:

I had just played Act II of the Children of Echoes-focused story quest before rewatching the cutscene, and the symbol on Capitano's chest jumped out at me given the similar shape to Tlazolli's Blazegem Inscription in the screenshot on the right.

Some light speculation under the cut:

An important caveat: the symbol on Capitano's chest and the Blazegem Inscription are mirror images, they are not exact copies. It's a subtle difference, but you can see it if you look at the way the loops fold over each other.

What could this mean? Full disclosure, no I have not finished every world quest and explored all of Natlan yet lol. It's possible I am missing some really damning evidence for what this could mean, but I'll go off of what I've completed so far. The Blazegem Inscription is made with the same techniques used for Ancient Name forging, though from my understanding it isn't an Ancient Name in and of itself. It's draw is it's ability to resist erosion and preserve what's engraved on it throughout time.

So why is a similar symbol on Capitano's person? There's been some speculation that Capitano has more direct ties to Natlan, and to be honest I was pretty skeptical of those theories until the cutscene with Mavuika. Capitano talks about a couple of things that seem oddly specific and, if I may, personal about Natlan: the oath made five centuries ago, the ley lines destined for ruin, Mavuika's plan (also made 500 years ago), and Natlan's "rules." And Mavuika concurs: "But it sounds like this is about more than the Tsaritsa."

I have not touched a lot of world quests that deal with Xbalanque, but I understand that as the first Pyron Archon he is the one who fashioned Natlan's "rules" that allow for humans to ascend as Archons. Maybe it's not weird for Capitano to have some understanding of that, but it still strikes me as odd given everything else he seems to know.

Another small observation is that almost every Fatui harbinger we've dealt with has had some kind of personal connection to the region we encounter them in. Not so much for Childe or Signora in Liyue (Pantalone arc in Liyue DLC when), or Signora in Inazuma and Scaramouche in Sumeru, but there is precedent in Signora appearing in Mondstadt, Scaramouche in Inazuma, Dottore in Sumeru, and both Arlecchino and hints of Sandrone in Fontaine (Arlecchino's crimson moon dynasty origins not withstanding). All of this yapping is to say, Capitano's evidently otherworldly and uncanny qualities aside, he may have more direct ties to Teyvat and to Natlan specifically.

And another thing - why is Olorun from the Masters of the Night Wind collaborating with him?

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Someone MV Teaser

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The purpose of saying "money can't buy happiness" is to keep you poor, sad, living in poverty.

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Even the manholes are beautiful in Osaka

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John Galliano - Fall 1998 RTW

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Todd Oldham - Spring 1998 RTW