#controversial but I think cn dub is the best interpretation of what hoyo wants their characters to be

[jelloia]

omfg I just listened to the English voice acting for the cheek pinching part and it’s so… different ??? like in en, stelle has a more joking air about her when she’s explaining why she’s suspicious while in comparison, although cn stelle is generally kind of a quieter-deadpan-chaotic character, she sounds genuinely sad and regretful in that part

as for yanqing… all I’m gna say is that if I played in en, I would not like him as much as I do 😭 he sounds more offended and lowkey bratty in response to stelle pinching his cheek while cn yanqing responds softer, first with shocked embarrassment then with an innocent sadness

I’m realizing how bad i am at describing va comparisons so search up some playthroughs if ur curious ahjdk but it’s interesting to see how different languages and direction can lead to a completely different take on a scene! for example, i wrote my original post through the lens of the cn voice acting, and i feel like if i had solely experienced the english voice acting, I totally would have described yanqing as “annoyed” instead of “sad”

(tbh i think the english dub is often a bit too stylistic my ears and creates a less nuanced image of the characters while the chinese dub sounds more natural and complex and lowk has more emotions but ofc, this also definitely has to do with how i’m bilingual and is why I’m not commenting on jp/kr ahhsh but this is just my personal preference)

but yea anyways pls listen to cn yanqing if u like yanqing he sounds like the puppy eyes emoji !! (and i also rly like the va—venti’s voice is one of my favs in genshin <3)

// hsr trailblaze quest spoilers

WAIT STOP I JUST WANTED TO PINCH YANQING’S CHEEK I WASNT EXPECTING SAD DIALOGUE AND THE TRAILBLAZER TO TALK-

^^ aww yanqing’s sad expression… but poor express crew rly must be traumatized huh… first tingyun then mischa…

but yanqing’s line when you click the second option is so cute! the fact that it’s jing yuan worrying about his height and not yanqing himself im melting

anyways our boy is so cool I missed him so much