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chalk-homunculus · 2 years ago

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I've been once again maining Klee throughout this Veluriyam Mirage questline a nd while exploring the mirage, both because I did get her skin, but also because it cheers me up so much to see her having fun.

#also the oceanid lore is incredible #I was right when I once said to someone that the oceanids are going to play some part in Fontaine #every summer event so far has been a sort of a preview to certain aspects of the next regions mechanics and/or archon quest #Maguu Kenki and Kazuha's involvement as well as the waverider being obvious for Inazuma in the first golden apple archipelago event #in the second one it was the 'dream state' thing which became a whole feature as the samsara in sumeru archon quest and with aranara etc #also some puzzle mechanics from 2.8 were adopted in sumeru though not in the exact same ways #now I'm suspecting it's the carnival & theatre themes and the oceanid lore at the very least- likely other stuff as well #I also am pretty certain about oceanids because the game has been fairly consistent about talking about their migration #I would not be surprised if we got another extra-long world quest series that had to do with them #and actually I do think oceanids WILL play some part in the archon quest as well especially since it's BECAUSE of focalors that they left #and so far practically every archon has had some kind of a personal growth journey during their respective quests #Ei being the most obvious one but I do think every archon quest is a representation of the archons' ideals #and the archons having to come face to face with the world changing and them having to 'adjust' their ideals somewhat because #the traveler's company to them lets them heal and see things from different perspectives #Venti wasn't quite so obvious but I do feel like it's a matter of his return and some aspects of what is and isn't true freedom #Zhongli did most of the introspection himself so that wasn't as obvious either but it's more to do about rule and status and the importance #of roles of deities and so on #while Inazuma is so obvious I don't really need to elaborate. Ei's idea of eternity was idiotic and she came to realize it. thats all #while Nahida... I think she sort of grew emotionally wiser in some ways because of the whole Rukkhadevata thing even though #she herself doesn't remember it at all #that's why I think ultimately archon quests ARE about the archons themselves and not really the traveler #the traveler has their own archon quest series after all #it's sometimes easy to forget the real point of the quests is not the traveler but rather the travel/journey itself #while travelers own archon quests are their & their sibling's own journey in a similar way #anyway.#just some evening thoughts I had #chalk thoughts

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