#fatui of course

[anantaru]

how did we not meet a single npc from natlan, where are those people hiding istg 👺

[cattamouche]

I think scara is a sloppy kisser...

he can be so, so impatient and even more emotional. all it takes is your addictive smile and a warm welcome-home-hug after a particularly long day of work and his feelings start to spill over so quick at the reminder that hes so fortunate to have somebody to come back home to. someone who loves and accepts him even with all his flaws, who has stuck with him through thick and thin. his person, who does so much for him every day, just because you love him. of all people, you love him. and he gets so emotional over the fact. he wants to feel all of you, grabbing at every inch of your body he can reach and holding on so tightly as if you're moments away from disappearing. he gets so overwhelmed he forgets he's the only one who doesn't need to breathe, and you're left pushing his face away despite his attempts at chasing your lips just to catch your breath because my god is he relentless. now you're suddenly pressed against the wall, forehead to forehead and panting in your living room, his silent apology at the realization that he once again got too carried away is to just stare. admire the way your eyebrows crease and your eyes are half lidded, mesmerized by the way he singlehandedly got your chest to rise up and down at such a fast pace he almost begins to mimic it. but all he does is watch, impatiently so, waiting for you to catch your breath and give him the greenlight to keep going.

[roguetraining]

Long live the king

pspsps check out my other arlecchino art for good luck on your pulls

[zephyrine-gale]

she’s so handsome based on @deciqm ’s arlecchino design!

[blood-orange-juice]

I still can't get over the fact that Arle has both Pyro Vision and Pyro Delusion.

We don't have a lot to go with but we can theorise that for other Harbingers getting a delusion (and switching elements or acquiring one) represents some sort of change of character. They failed at something they valued because the world is fundamentally unfair and then picked up a different goal. Or maybe a different solution.

Not Peruere. She stayed true to herself. Her priority has always been her family and it's still her family.

[incorrectfatui]

*after getting into a fight with some other kids* Peruere: Mother! They made Clervie cry!  Crucabena: So? I dont care. Clervie always cries. Clervie, crying: That‘s not true!

[draco-glacialis]

Sandrone: You look like a corpse that was just pulled out of the river.

Arlecchino: Wrong. I look like a cool rock star who just OD'd in their own pool. Big difference.

[idyllic-affections]

i think more people should dad-ify pantalone. look at him. dad material

[thexvthmember]

“It’s all an Illusion”

“I look forward to hearing what ‘family’ means to him.”

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[kavehater]

Going to battle signora at last I feel kinda bad she’s gonna die

[blazingblorbos]

oh god. oh god. oh.. oh gosh. I didn't expect this so soon. I didn't expect this today, I've been busy with life related things so the HYV calendar is really unbeknownst to me, is this update really next week already?? where can I rant about this- whERe can I rant about this-

oh. I made a blog for that exact purpose ! OKAY—!

fuck. fuck me, dude holy-

FUCK.

the slightly worried look on Arle's face as Snezhevna is reaching out her hand, only for her face to seemingly revert back to cold and neutral once the camera actually focuses in on her. Her tone is cold but her words are reassuring,,,,,,,,

ALSO GOD FUCKING DAMN IT. HOW GENTLY SHE HOLDS HER HAND.

the d o o r. the DOOR. THE FUCKING DOOR, CHAT. the slow opening at first, and once you can make out that it's certainly Arle's silhouette she shoves it fully open - both doors, both hands. incredibly attractive—. the FEAR in that man's eyes.

The crossed hands. We can't see her face but you know what expression she's making (it's not really an expression. it's neutral but you can feel it). THE FUCKING F E A R ON THAT MAN'S FACE.

Oh- she literally just grabbed him by the throat. Just like that- ! There's the expression. Oh, you feel it, alright. If you go frame by frame, you'll notice her eyes narrow in the slightest right before ->

POV: you're getting chocked out by Arlecchino, and that's actually the least of your worries. (my god she is beautiful).

I did not expect him to simply be thrown down to the ground and I ... d i d not expect her to step on his FACE. [insert gay masochistic joke here. you know the one]. Did not expect her to smile (this is the ONLY scene wherein we see her smile even slightly... huh...) *And the reason I say "I did not expect her to smile", is because with the momentum we were getting I thought she was straight up going to crush his throat, or stab him (hand, weapon or otherwise). It looked like she was digging the forefoot of her shoe into the guys head and not the... .. y'know deadly fucking heel, so that.. confused me. (and the sound when she supposedly stomped his head in did NOT sound all that impactful) but ANYWAYS I digress-

I'm of course assuming more happened after the cut to black because . madam where did you get that bloodstain on you—

BLOODSTAIN ON HER FACE!?!?!? (more on this in a second)

Freminet??? Freminet feature ! (not Lyney or Lynette.. interesting). :(((( the poor boy sounds so,, desensitized. His father

holy shit quick intermission. After the mental chronological fuckfest that was "The Song Burning in the Embers" I don't think I can look at Arle and the HotH the same anymore because she's.. she's like not even 10 years older than them (?) it's insane this doesn't make any sense- ANYWAYS.

HIS FATHER comes back with what we later see to be real blood on her face. Tells him "I've acquired new funds". We know what that means... HE knows what that means!!, and the way WE - THE AUDIENCE - know that Freminet knows what it means is because the boy replies "Oh.. Okay.."

LIKE-! chat omg this is truly just routine for them,,,, Like out of the 3 siblings, Freminet always gave off the biggest child assassin vibe, but wow. To see that routine and desensitized nature of the HotH's line of work just,, splayed out in a Character Trailer is . wow. and the look in his eyes as he says it is- wow.

YEAH UHH BLOODSTAIN ON HER FACE??/ The lighting in this scene now is evidently less saturated. And it's just- oh my FUCKING GOD it does so many things:

the blood on Arle's face looks... dry. it doesn't look as fresh as you may expect which could mean many things. It could mean she spent,,, hella long in there with that guy doing what needed to be done. It could mean she took care of something else immediately after dealing with that guy (perhaps smth related to the children Snezhevna wanted to save). But regardless, it means she didn't put in the effort to clean her face and hide what happened. OBVIOUSLY !!! that is so . obviously her style but to S E E IT IN MY GENSHIN IMPACT CHARACTER TRAILER it's- oh my god

it serves to highlight the really, truly, bleak nature of the scene now that we know plain and simple Arlecchino just killed a man. There's no subtext, there's no reading between the lines. The only thing that didn't happen is that we didn't see contact nor see a body. But, no sugarcoating, Arlecchino killed a man. No one is hiding it. You are not surprised. No one should be but damn.

and ofc it acts as a representation of Snezhevna dying...

because it seems like the saturation is back once the camera switches to looking at Snezhevna laying in bed.

And is it me, or does it look like Arle's allowing herself to actually display a tinge of worry in her expression this time? And also, EVER so slightly in her tone as well. You can feel it, it's gentler.

"Once I'm better I'll start my next mission.."

THIS. THIS!! IN SO MANY WAYS THIS!

OKAY. so bear with me. I haven't actually read any of the sibling's character stories yet, so there could be a LOT of info I'm missing but:

There's still a pretty thought-provoking conversation going on (in MY mind, at least) about just how intensely these children are being trained to be soldiers for the Fatui. They're obviously in an environment that indoctrinates them into being soldiers of SOME kind, but I still don't know what kind of soldier that's supposed to be. Are they all ALWAYS extensions of the Fatui? Or are they more-so extensions of Arlecchino specifically..? Snezhevna was obviously trying to help those children she came across, and I'm assuming that happened on her latest mission, so was the mission for a charitable cause?? What was her next mission supposed to be?? Same line of work? Saving people? Or would it switch up and was she going to be sent to "take care of" (kill .) someone???

So I don't know whether to interpret that line as a hint of them being overworked and 1) feeling like they need to continue their work out of pure fear that they'll be deemed ineffective and useless... or 2) feeling like they need to continue their work out of a sense of loyalty and duty to the place that took them in and raised them. Or both..

and ofc the funeral scene. I can't say much more than what's already shown right on the screen.

and am I bugging? Or is the location of the grave....

[wri0thesley]

obsessed with the oc i made that is just my self-insert but cooler and braver and more talented [puts them through the horrors]

[narwhalandchill]

oh good gosh would you look at the TIME everyone!

[Do NOT Fail To Physically Comprehend A Harbinger's Voiceline on Ajax Is Subjective Opinion Formed From That Character's Uniquely Limited Perspective And Not Objective Fact Challenge (Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE) 2: Electric Boogaloo!]

[vanidrabbles]

Columbina, holding Dottore's face with her hands: I want you to say it.

Dottore sighs, eye rolls: I deserve happiness and being loved.

[chucapybara]

borrowing that line from the post about blade but ugbrmgjrk to be dead and yet still adored in your memory...

innamorati, her old self long gone and forgotten, gone missing when she never emerged from the depths of the abyss she fell into—and yet the knight that she once was is all the same still loved in her absence

her captain, still glancing at the space she occupies—or once occupied—by her side; her captain, so accustomed to the frigid rime of snow and ice, but had since softened in that gentle knight's company; her captain— who had been ■■■■'s best friend since their youth, for whom she grieves now by seaside��who had lost a precious confidante and by extension a part of her own heart.

those she had saved, still stricken by ■■■■'s sacrifice as they are swaddled in sheets and bandages, tended to with utmost care—those she is thought to have given her life for, still trapped in the memory of the knight's kind and assuring smiles and careful comforts, a spectre, a haunt as quickly gone as she appeared.

a mother in mourning of an unkempt bed; two blood brothers appalled, a liutian sworn sister dismayed enough to plateau a mountain and level it with ice and hoarfrost.

people who still carry the memory of her, and everything that she once was

[blood-orange-juice]

Headcanon: Childe practiced riptide damage on cicins.