#albedo venti and scaramouche are the trio of lore mysteries that i care about

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omg the new scaramouche lore is so good. long post ahead, genshin leaks content incoming:

the way he's described as someone who was deemed to be too fragile as both human and tool; that he desires a heart to the point that even though attaining THE heart (not just A heart, but the one he was made for, aka the electro archon's gnosis) only got him disappointment, he still can't wrench it away from himself because then he wouldn't feel anything at all;

that he resented his situation, is capable of revenge, but time has dulled that for him too; that he wanders for the sake of wandering, curious about the human condition; that he has a will to power, he enjoys schadenfreude, but he was also someone who cried in dreams;

that the raiden shogun was the successful puppet because she carried out directives and nothing more, while scaramouche, the prototype, the one who had emotions and longed for them, was the "weak" puppet that couldn't be put to use.

he has so many layers!!

I love the part in the lore that said: "he observed many a heart. good ones, upright ones, strong, gentle ones. the puppet, too, desired a heart." because it implies, to me, (and this is just my own interpretation), that despite everything, it's the good hearts that inspire him and still make him want one. that what he really wants is to feel and be alive. regardless of how he acts, how much he aspires to have power, those things don't necessarily mean he doesn't want to be a good person too.

also can we talk about this part:

I'm so intrigued by his dream... also "young man in the distant past, akin to a blank sheet of paper" is albedo right? does this mean: 1) they both saw the same dream; 2) albedo is older than scaramouche?

was it a "him" from the past who said this? or "him" from the future? is really interesting!! the rest of the lore implies that him getting the heart was a reference to him getting the electro archon's gnosis (in cn, "heart of god"). but why question who said those words to him? why was he able to even hear a story from a past/future self? why was he able to dream? who was the phantom dancing under the moonlight? how was he even able to wake up from his forever slumber in the first place (what was the "error that cannot be known" from pale flame surpassing cup lore)?

(interestingly, in the sands of eon artifact description, it says that the caliber has been removed so the hands no longer move. meaning time no longer moves. or maybe there is no "time")

and what was the "small crystal sphere" signora give him when they met in inazuma before he took over the delusion factory? a delusion?

another thing I'm confused about is why is the artifact lore talking about present-day events? is that allowed? aren't artifacts supposed to describe histories from long ago? at first, I actually thought the lore described past events from long ago and that when he "lifted [the crystal] up to the dying, bloodied sun" it was setting the timeline of the lore to be during the cataclysm (where bloodied sun = a red eclipse). but the rest of the lore doesn't seem to match up since it talks about him taking the gnosis back as his heart.

finally!! IF scaramouche does posess the gnosis now, does that mean he's the acting electro archon? and do you think the reason ei doesn't have the "dei" constellation to her name is because the writers reserved that for scaramouche in the future?

his lore just brings up so many more new questions!! I think I can see now how he's going to be playable/become an ally to the traveler. and I really do hope that his will to power, his desire to have power over the world, actually does have some plot relevance (like albedo's story) and it amounts to something later on.