#genshin kusanali

[llocket]

NAHIDA HAS NO REASON TO BE WHITE. heres WHY

the reason why i'm making this post is because i am SICK and TIRED of seeing OTHER PEOPLE fight for MY CULTURE in the most INCORRECT WAY POSSIBLE. "nahida rcta queen!", "why are you blackwashing her?", "she switched teams!" all these comments and more under artists' posts that decided to give her melanin.

artists are just giving back her melanin as she is based off a culture with people who have dark skin. this is not racist. this is literally the opposite. i understand if a character already has an established skin colour that's apart of their character (ex. ei or zhongli) though with nahida this makes no sense.

i am indian, do NOT come after me. sumeru is based off of MY culture. i know what i'm talking about. a good 70% of sumeru is based off hindu culture, it's based off south asia.

more of my yapping:

you all need to shut the hell up about saraswati and how nahida is based off saraswati because saraswati's description is saying "shes as white as the moon" and nahida is white. you ALL need to BE QUIET ABOUT THAT.

this is saraswati, for reference:

saraswati is not ever mentioned in genshin impact. NOT ONCE. but, the aranara call rukkhadevata queen aranyani. aranyani is a very obscure hindu god known for taking care of the forest and dancing n stuff

THIS IS WHAT NAHIDA AND RUKKHADEVATA ARE BASED OFF OF. NOT SARASWATI. the only thing that saraswati and nahida (+ rukkha) have in-common is that other than being white and based off a hindu goddess

saraswati isn't even white, the pale as the moon thing refers to a godly glow. so even IF nahida and rukkha are based off saraswati, hoyo does NOT HAVE ANY REASON TO MAKE THEM WHITE SINCE SHE ISNT EVEN WHITE. she has a GODLY GLOW.

literally the only excuse nahida has for being that pale is that she's the avatar of irminsul (a white tree) HOWEVER. they didn't need to make her THAT pale. if they wanted to make her pale skin they should've added more colors like pinks and purples and blues like the actual irminsul

as you can VERY CLEARLY see, they did not do that. they did not even try to take this route.

everything could have been fine if they did take this route or make her eyelashes white and say she's albino if they really wanted her to be white. but they didn't.

indians can be pale, YES. but they aren't this paper caca toothpaste looking ass WHITE like how nahida is. REPRESENTATION FOR SKIN COLOUR MATTERS TOO. ITS NOT JUST THE CULTURE THEY'RE BASED OFF OF.

anyway thanks for coming to my yapping session. i love talking about my culture 👍 desi nahida layouts are here if you want to see :)

[moaa]

navi

[thali-lemmonpie]

"Goodbye, people of Sumeru, may you be blessed tonight with the sweetest of dreams"

[shadowcatzone]

-creator AU?? Creator being smaller thannnnn the traveler. (But taller than nahida) like, [up to ventis shoulders] small-

Creator: i'm older than you....

Venti: so?

Creator: *tearing up* they won't serve me wine at your tavern...

Venti: f-first off, it's not my tavern, second-

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Creator: *holding zhongli by the coattails*

Zhongli: ...dearest creator. Is there something you want-

Creator: tail.

Zhongli: ... *sighs, picks them up with his tail*

Creator: hehe~

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Raiden shogun: *cuts apple into 8 perfect slices*

Ei: here you go, creator.

Creator: thank youuu~

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Creator: *carrying nahida on their shoulders* how dare you look down on her!

Wanderer: *looking them up and down* ...you're literally standing on a box. Shrimp.

Creator: *gasp* well, you're- you- you have mommy issues!

Wanderer: YOU TAKE THAT BACK!

Nahida: okay maybe we should stop it right here.

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Creator: ... *crosses their arms, pouts*

Focalors: that's it! You're going to jail!

Creator: what? Why?

Focalors: *pinching creators cheeks* being this cute must be illegal!!

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This post was brought to you by zhonglis tail. That's right, i wrote this whole thing for one scenario.

[setsunas-genshin-edits]

Nahisa

[lichedits]

GENSHIN IMPACT EP: Thoughts Like Wind and Dew

[vcidzaphyr]

It’s the patient hippie mother and angsty emo son relationship they have going on for me

[all-an-act]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NAHIDA!!

Nahida birthday icons! Free to use w/credit, okay to tag as kin, me/ID, etc.! Prefer if you don't tag as romantic F/O, but I won't bitch about it bc she is an adult-

[shimaiofdog-new]

"Snake tincture"🐍

[yumenosakiacademy]

3.6 || A Parade of Providence

[kusanalimains]

Concept designs of Nahida and concept art for her idle!!! (Source: idk a lot of people have been reposting them all over social media so idk where they originally are from)

She looks so cool with horns and wings!!!

[eimikomii]

The mother and son bonding is back 🥹🥹🥹💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[garu-09]

"Ah, the weather is lovely and warm. Things are about to start getting lively again."

☘️☘️☘️🍀🍀🍀🍀

I decided to draw kusanali because I think that she is really adorable ( ꈍᴗꈍ) 💚💚💚

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(DO NOT REPOST PRINT TRACE USE MY WORK ANYWHERE )

[plutoberries]

[ygoygo1]

archon of dendro

archon of wisdom

archon of turmoil, of loss

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[pathetic-gamer]

(this is basically the gist of his voicelines, right?)