#{ Aether }

[machathemorrigaesystem]

"idk if this is still in your intrest realm" my friend weve been celebrating tread day for YEARS adn will continue to do so

mainly becuae jezebel is very hedonistic, but we are all certain degress of hedonistic tbh

I love Wikipedia subsections that are just absolutely unhinged out of context

Peak comedy right here

[genshinimpactresources]

Genshin Impact | Enchanted Tales of the Mikawa Festival Wallpapers

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[faes-of-light]

Look at the dragons I finished recently \o/

Charcoal / Pearl / Black Auraboa

Antique / Coal / Black Aether

Maize / Thistle / Lead Aether (G1 NotN hatch)

Abyss / Abyss / Abyss Everlux

[oathofkaslana]

@fantimati

Baby, wake up, a new Aether and Lumine dynamic just dropped

Two stars exploding and merging into a black hole

[kaorinatsumikana]

Нестандарт для меня)

[emanation-aura]

I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how little Genshin touches on the traveler & and the abyss sibling? As someone who absolutely adores those characters but who isn’t especially attached to Khanriah I have always found the lack of content about them confusing

mmmm Yeah Traveler and Abyss Twin is possibly my favourite plotline in the game, here are my thoughts:

Traveler is often constrained by the need to be a self-insert, which to some extent, is understandable; Genshin has clearly been set up as a story to be filled by a silent protagonist a la the Player, so trying to ask the devs to change the direction and make Traveler more independent of the player would go against the story they're trying to tell, and I understand this even if I find it a little cheap; it's a staple of the genre.

However, at the same time, Traveler isn't a total blank slate either. Their care and longing for the Abyss Twin has been repeatedly broadcast— first, majorly in We Will Be Reunited, then scattered throughout more story beats and plot points as Genshin has gone on. The most recent examples I can note are: Mualani's Tribal Chronicle (by exploring the meaning of 'the journey' in the context of not being able to find your sibling, which was your original goal):

Arlecchino's SQ (forgive the horrible editing, but I needed to make a point about why 'saying a proper goodbye' is so important to them):

Mizuki's SQ and Citlali's Tribal Chronicle also do similar things, although I won't dither here too long. Other notable examples were the 2.7 Dainsleif Chasm quest (if you recall, the 1% success vs 99% suffering and death regarding hilichurl purification), and Bedtime Story (on moving on from Teyvat, the Sea of Flowers, and about speaking true names). The longing, and the impact of their separation, has been demonstrated in quite a few ways.

(Following from Caribert, which makes the yearning explicitly clear:)

My point being, I think at this point the devs have made the divergence in their paths increasingly obvious through their worldviews and experiences, drip-fed and accumulated over a long period of time. Whatever went down in Khaenri'ah (implied to be some Abyss sorcery/leeching by twin in Wings of Fate's Course Intertwined) inevitably has to be important, because if what our Traveler has experienced in their Teyvat journey has shaped their worldview, then whatever horrible things the Abyss Twin suffered in Khaenri'ah clearly shaped their view enough to do what they are currently doing now. And right now, our journey is more than just finding the Twin; it's more about understanding them, just like we've understood this world.

So while Genshin can't certainly be said to contain a lot of direct content about Traveler and Abyss Twin, I don't think it necessarily... has to? Which is strange for a liker of this plotline, admittedly, because obviously I'd want more (and I do, from a purely personal perspective). But I also understand that the yearning for the sibling is no longer the point of the Traveler's journey; WWBR clearly set out new parameters for why we traverse Teyvat (to experience the world, its cultures, its people, and to love and despair aside them); the true epitome of 'the journey is more important than the destination'.

Most of this plotline is therefore subtextual rather than textual because the direct relationship with the Twin is not the foreground of the story; rather, the desire to Reunite With The Twin forms the background which serves to add narrative tension and tragedy to Teyvat as a whole, whose story is drawing them to an inevitable clash of ideals. It's there, lurking subtly in the background, quietly churning away to periodically remind you of your twin, setting up for higher stakes in the future.

I apologise if this wasn't the answer you were looking for— although I could make a joke about the Traveler's journey and that the answer they were looking for (reuniting) is not actually the true answer to their journey— personally, I'm fine with their current approach, as long as it ramps up towards the end-game (which, it may or may not, but would be useless to speculate on now; whether the stakes are being set up well can't be determined right now because we don't yet have the pay-off).

The fact there's no solid content addressing their relationship seems to also be done under the assumption that the audience automatically understands the bond between siblings (which, for those of you win good relationships to your siblings, yeah), which is fairly natural in my opinion, even if it could probably stand to be expanded more since we barely get any backstory... or if nothing else for the sake of the cynical I don't care about my sibling anymore folks, who are taking away a more extreme version of the "it's not about just the sibling anymore" idea that Genshin is broadcasting. But I digress.

[malachimoet]

please i need her in rivals 2 already please

[artist-gogh]

The Sorrowful Truth

June of 2020

[viria]

if I'm not gonna get it, I'm gonna draw it🥲

[obsessedpianist]

Jump for joy 🎇🎇🎇

[kitkaloid]

saurian twins

[genshinimpactresources]

Genshin Impact | Tapirus Somniator Act 1: Dream Eater's Melancholia (Yumemizuki Mizuki's Story Quest) | Cutscenes

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[vantax-art]

Ororon is a cutie patootie but I just know he accidentally scares people all the time.

[mlem0817]

They decided to take a nap

[samairuart]

Space & Time