#especially with Cyno

[luffysprincess]

⋆˙⟡ Cyno meets his Sumerian Princess ⟢

[cat-downthestreet]

"we need more autistic rep!!"

hey Susan aren't you the same person who demonized autistic traits in Genshin characters because you don't think they count as being on the spectrum? and you think they're just assholes when they're just being unapologetically autistic and unmasked?

that's right. shut up, Susan.

[tunapesto]

cyno based off the heat stroke photoshoot I cba to finish this ..

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

in paralleling cyrus and naphis's rapport in cyno's story quest 2 with alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in a parade of providence, i have a speculation i thought was interesting in terms of the implicit, and now explicit, ways concern is shown, although of course i'm aware that these two relationships are entirely separate, but it's interesting to note the similarities between them

in a parade of providence, alhaitham's concern over kaveh's actions in the second round of the interdarshan championship is demonstrated in the close-up of him with the ellipses '...' as he is shown to visibly search kaveh's disposition after faruzan comments on kaveh's 'tribulations' in the desert. this close-up shot is contextualised as concern in the following scene where kaveh recounts what alhaitham said to him after he informed alhaitham of his fainting in the desert in the second round

due to kaveh's misconception of alhaitham, he interprets alhaitham's words as critique of his abilities as a scholar and a senior, although paimon in the same scene makes the same observations as alhaitham which is interpreted by kaveh as concern

as alhaitham isn't present here, having left to question sachin's son in order to provide kaveh closure regarding his father's disappearance into the desert (which is discussed here), this concern is not made explicit in surface text, and has to be interpreted through other characters' dialogue and visual cues, such as the close-up of alhaitham after faruzan comments on kaveh's tribulations

with the subsequent improvement of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in cyno's story quest 2, i noted that cyrus and naphis' rapport steps up to replace this bickering, which is most prominently seen in cyrus's return from the desert after his near death at the hands of the temple of silence

naphis can be seen to make similar observations to cyrus as alhaitham does to kaveh in regards to the age, supposed held knowledge and inner wisdom being incongruous with their respective actions and problem-solving abilities, with both cyrus and kaveh in turn questioning naphis' and alhaitham's lack of regard to titles and established relationships of 'colleague' 'classmate' and 'upperclassman'

given these similarities in naphis' and alhaitham's remonstrance of cyrus and kaveh respectively, it's interesting that when using nahida's mind reading skill on naphis, he explicitly states his concern of cyrus's wellbeing, and considers an alternative scenario in which the danger could have been avoided - which is where parallels can be drawn between alhaitham immediately leaving kaveh to investigate sachin's son in order to continue researching into sachin's potential influence over kaveh's father, which ultimately led to his demise, potentially alleviating kaveh's guilt and allowing him to better prioritise himself

in this sense, naphis' behaviour in reference to cyrus can be seen to parallel that of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in previous events and story quests. as opposed to the perceived toxicity of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship when comparing the execution of these two respective rapports, with naphis's critical attitude towards cyrus being founded on an unspoken concern, it also parallels, and confirms, that alhaitham's past actions and words towards kaveh similarly stem from concern of kaveh's self-detriment - which also extends to kaveh's treatment of alhaitham in retaliation, as he was unable to see these supposed critiques as concern prior to the ending of a parade of providence

[nilouandnarimylove]

Cyno coming to Tighnari whenever he's injured because he sees Tighnari as a safespace for him to be vulnerable. A place where he can let down his General demeanor and allow himself to be weak. With Tighnari he just feels so at ease with himself, like he has nothing to be afraid or self-conscious about. Because it's Tighnari.

Them. Just them.

[wiklm]

if i try hard enough all of my favorite male characters can be lesbians actually

[garbean]

Me when I see the canon design of a character and realize they aren't as brown as I thought

[vulpixtodoroki]

I think all events should be like Thelxie’s Fantastic Adventures; it endears you to a character and then you get him as a gift at the end!

Nothing worse than doing an event and falling in love with a character then having to wait 500 years for a rerun

[kubbiesstuff]

I drew cyno instead of Muzha

[halfcarrotikemen]

You probably noticed I hate drawing clothes

[distortedheart]

opened genshin and got pissed off so quickly. just in general at Everything. I miss sumeru and fontaine </3

[mabepearls]

okay this thought is far from coherent in my mind but. smth smth tighnari haunting cyno in ways that he shouldn't. glimpses turn to states turn into peripheral visions until one reckless terribly imputable decision after another ends with cyno on his knees

[princess-starscourge]

Stumbled upon an old post of Yuri Leclerc going “kneel” and me saying that it was hot as fuck and isn’t it funny that he’s also Alejandro

Like what I am supposed to do. I have a severe attraction to this man and I can’t escape it.

[fake-ascension]

brain bad but im listening to the narzissenkreuz questline ost and. man i want to play the quests again and i WOULD but i have such a hard time reading non-voiced world quests which SUCKS bc this quest series like. the fucking best and i would argue better than some of the archon quests

[electric-plants]

hehe new week which meanssss it’s time to finally get inazuma’s glider which is ALSO the last one i need :3

[franeridan]

i just realised but i really like the way hoyo goes about writing geniuses, there's so much variety in the way they're handled that the fact that they're geniuses isn't even that relevant to their overall character and mostly just informs their abilities and interests, it's fun