#cosanzeana

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「原神展～たびごころの赴くままに～」

"Genshin Exhibition: Traveling as the Spirit Takes You" (Rough Translation)

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[nonbinarysucrose]

transparent edits of the cute Melusine artworks from this post :)

[light-wynd]

🌸Cosanzeana🌸

[sparknightdaily]

on the way to merusea village! meet cosanzeana ☺️

[a-kitsune-named-cassie]

Inktober days 4

I had started this a while ago but I'm really sick so I just added the finishing touches

[lupical-912]

Me: Oh? Can I try to take the Windwheel Asters from Cosanzeana’s garden? Maybe it prompts something like with Flora

Me: *Takes flowers*

Cosanzeana: No response

Me: 😳 Uh…whoops

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

i am absolutely loving the melusine creator! could you maybe write a little bit more on what it was like when they first woke up as a melusine? i’d imagine that’d be quite the shift from human with fully articulate fingers to cute little mittens!

ohhhh you're so right!! also thank you hehe i'm also in love with this concept i'm glad people are enjoying it :]

the first thing you see when you open your eyes are colors. so. many. colors, all in dancing in your vision like a colorful array of gemstones. it's beautiful, and wonderful, and Archons it makes you dizzy so for a moment you just close your eyes and sit there in the quiet cavern, relishing the sudden silence. where you were slashed and stabbed and eventually slain still ache, but the pain slowly fades as you lay there in the dim light, intermittently opening your eyes and squeezing them shut again to get used to the new vibrancy of the world around you. you reach your arms up to give them a good stretch, stiff all over, and are greeted by a pair of colorful mittens rather than fingers and human hands

you freeze, holding yourself back from screaming when you take a look at your legs, all covered in swirling patterns almost dusted with tiny, shimmering stars

you're a Melusine, an actual Melusine, so small and colorful with a pair of squishy antennae and a little tail. everything is disorienting and odd as you attempt to walk around, not used to having such stumpy legs, contemplating your resurrection and new body. the surface has no appeal to you, filled to the brim with those who hunted and hurt you, so your legs carry you deeper into the caves, stumbling and tripping every so often. you barely even notice the tiny wings on your back, so overwhelmed by anything, by the memories of the pain and screaming. but there's a light touch on your shoulder that pulls you back to reality. another Melusine watches you worriedly, asking if you're lost and introducing herself as Cosanzeana

several nations over, an Abyssal beast sits bolt upright in the Eleventh Harbinger's chambers

[artbyanca]

Sfânta Vineri, our fairy tale grandma.

Be kind to old women kneeling by the church door because that's how Vineri(Friday) spends most of her time and you don't want to show a goddess you're an ass. When she's not praying for the forgivness of mankind Vineri is lending a helping hand to a Făt-Frumos or Cosânzeană, being the most frequent magical helper in fairy tales. There is a version of her being a mean old widow who wonders the world punishes women who work on her day by destroying their work and making a mess in their house untill you trick her to leave and you need to put all vessels upside down to prevent her from comming back. That is most likely the older version because it mentions her having temples and some still use her old name Venera-which, yes, comes from Venus cause Rome wasn't Rome without her genetrix. But that lost popularity to the saintly version which is heavealy associated with saint Paraschiva, especially in Moldova, basil being a flower sacred to both of them.

[evoravighr]

melusines are fun to draw

[paging-dr-baizhu]

My first Fontanian harvest 🥲

I went with silk flowers for Cosanzeana.

( I thought the flowers from Sumeru were still too local and the asters from Mondstadt were too plain. Silk flowers are faaaaancy)

[vila-of-burning-waters]

" I'll have my sister send you seeds for these then. I hope you enjoy them, and don't look at them for too long or they could hurt your eyes. "

Vila smiles, still covering her eyes to block out whatever glow she must see coming from the flowers. Mel approaches the puppet slowly, pancaking to appear less threatening. The Pyro Slime sees the Windwheel Asters as normal flowers, based on how it doesn't close its eyes even as it looks at the plants.

A Pyro Slime hops over to the puppet, approaching with purpose. The lack of hostile intent is a good sign, but it's still a Pyro Slime... that stops a few feet away and just wobbles in place without approaching any further. The round orange being squishes slightly into a flatter shape, blinking curiously at this new potential friend.

< @vila-of-burning-waters >

Kabukimono has heard of these creatures before, and knew that they were bad news most of the time.

He spotted the pyro slime and immediately knew to stay away.

He started inching in the opposite direction.

[randygrim]

I gave Cosanzeana some flowers and I thought it was pretty cute

[wandering-hat-guy]

Cosanzeana is a Melusine, and she stands outside Merusea Village and greets all visitors.

i see..

Does she conveniently have one of these phones as well? I could contact her through that.

[light-wynd]

ANOTHER random Melusine info/headcanon dump

Previous one here

Everything under the cut once again!!

Canon random facts

There's a Melusine (called Manaia) in Natlan, and you can find her at the hot springs talking to a Koholasaur! She says Neuvillette told her to wait for the hot spring water to cool down before drinking it, even though she has no interest in tasting it at all. So I guess Neuvi is projecting his hobbies onto them lol.

According to one of Sigewinne's character stories, back when Melusines were hated by humans when they first tried to integrate into society, many of them - understandably - went back underwater due to how badly they were treated. We don't know whether all of these Melusines are still in the village or if they've tried again since, or if they even still remember what happened back then.

A lot of them tend to be named after fairies and other similar mythological or fairytale creatures/characters from around the world.

They might be known for their special eyesight in particular, but pretty much all their other senses seem to be different - and usually more sensitive - than those of humans too. For example, they can walk on slippery surfaces without any problems, and can hear subtle sounds that humans can't (such as Cosanzeana being able to hear noises made by Naku Weeds even when they're barely moving).

The descriptions for the Merusea Village teapot furnishings have some interesting tidbits - for example, one type of their houses is built in a way that amplifies sounds made inside, and if any Melusines in the village are too noisy, they get shut inside one of said houses for some time to talk to themselves all they want.

Melusine ergonomics need further study to this day, which is apparently why they still don't have specialized furniture made for them in the Court of Fontaine. Another reason is that actually developing said furniture would be expensive. Still, come on man, it's been 400 years, let them have some comfy chairs and stuff already :c

They make all kinds of bubbly/squishy noises pretty much whenever they move (even outside of water!). Thought this deserved to be pointed out just in case anyone hasn't noticed them in the game because it's the cutest thing ever.

Elynas, in his parting words to Mamere, refers to all the other Melusines as her sisters, and Serene refers to herself as "everyone's big sister" rather than the village head. Some other Melusines in the village refer to each other as sisters as well - though from what I've noticed, it just tends to be ones that look really similar to each other, such as Flo&Rufina&Virda or Sluasi&Puca. However, none of the ones living in the Court of Fontaine seem to refer to each other as sisters at all, just as colleagues (though Aeval does also say that Serene is like a big sister to them all, but not that she is her eldest sister). There seem to be like, different levels of separation between them (for lack of a better word) despite them all being born from Elynas, and I just find that really interesting.

Apparently, Aeval has never gotten the chance to personally speak to Neuvillette.

Aside from the fact that they came from Elynas, they don't seem to be very aware of anything else about their origins. They all seem to know different legends about themselves and Elynas, but not the actual story of them being a result of an explosion during a battle.

Melusine dolls exist in Fontaine and i wish they existed irl too - specifically, they're Marechaussee Phantom Melusine dolls, commonly given to children who are afraid of the dark.

Headcanons

Sigewinne can assess the health of her fellow Melusines just like she can do with humans, and pays very close attention to them whenever they visit her for tea. She tends to observe the ones that are prone to stress or overworking particularly closely, and does her best to help them relax.

From (probably reading too much into) her dialogue, I'm pretty convinced that Menthe is relatively new to the human world compared to some of the others. For one, she's only now seeming to realize a bunch of difficulties that come with living in the city. But what really made me feel this way is that when she asks if it's too late for her to change jobs, you get a one-time dialogue option to say "it's never too late to start" - to which she responds "Whoa, spoken just like Monsieur Neuvillette". My personal theory is that she might've gotten that response from Neuvi by asking him if it was too late for her to try living in human society, and of course he wanted to encourage her. There are Melusines in the village to this day who want to work in the city in the future, so it's certainly not impossible.

They generally like to sleep curled up in small, cozy places the most. Sleeping on their backs can be uncomfortable for a lot of them because of their tails (and wings for those that have them) being squished under them.

Some Melusines are actually quite happy to let humans pet them if they're asked first. They tend to like being stroked on the top of their heads and scratched behind their feelers and on their chins the most. Additionally, pretty much all Melusines love to be petted by Neuvillette and consider it an honor.

If you're reading this and have any Melusine headcanons yourself, please do feel free to share!!

[monsieur-neuvillette]

Monsieur Neuvillette, a human gave Puca some candy but she doesn't like sugar so Aeval, Carabosse, Cosanzeana, Lutine, and I are enjoying them. Would you like a piece when Sigewinne says you and His Grace are all set?

– Serene

“I would like to try such a thing, please. It does not have to be a particularly large piece.”

[chief-kreideprinz]

Happy Halloween, Uncle Albedo! I'm a pumpkin today!

– Cosanzeana

"Ah, I see. Will you be going trick-or-treating?"

Albedo couldn't help but smile, before suddenly pulling out some candy bars and offering them to Cosanzeana. "Here you go. Good luck."