#i hope i continue to gain clarity as time goes on

[wayward-aeon]

Hello again. This is the same anon as before.

Sorry if my last ask wasn't very specific, I'm not too good at asking others questions. But anyhoo, I'm curious about the archons. How different are they in your canon and anyone else of note you wish to talk about?

Also opinions on Teyvat's cuisine?

so...the archons are a very high-interest topic for me, to put it lightly. i rewrote this a few times because i kept rambling without really going anywhere and forgot to actually answer the question LOL, so i'm going to go for a simpler approach.

barb/atos - doesn't "differ" in my canon so much as he has a lot more depth in person that isn't easy to get across on screen. i think the game also over-exaggerates certain traits of his (such as his cheekiness, and his alcoholism). some of his dialogue is uncannily familiar. overall, 9/10.

mo/rax - a lot of my gripes with how the game portrays him are moreso localization issues. i find the original text to be more accurate to my noemata in a lot of cases. he gets bonus points, because his animations and general demeanour are just spot on. we'll say 7.5/10.

beel/zebul - i don't know. for some reason my noemata about her are lacking. the puppet, however, is frighteningly close to how i remember it. 6/10.

bu/er - i'm on and off about her. some moments are very accurate to my noemata, while others are so strange that she might as well be a different person entirely. her comic relief moments are probably the biggest offender. i recall her being exceptionally wise, but lacking the personal experience to put it to use, which is somewhat touched on in-game, but not in an overly familiar way. when she's in her element, she's nearly the splitting image of what i remember. 7/10.

as for foca/lors...i haven't even touched the game since the 4.0 update, so i don't know yet! i've been told my initial impressions are fairly accurate, though!

as a bonus, here's some stuff i wrote about the adepti in a previous draft:

i spent a lot of time in jueyun karst (which i remember being noticeably bigger than the game would have you think), so naturally, i also got pretty familiar with the locals. one thing i will say is that i suspect my canon had more living/active adepti than we'll ever see on screen, and probably plenty more that had passed on by the time of the game's events. i'm willing to bet i met a good handful of illuminated beasts during my time on teyvat that we won't ever see in game. also, all adepti who took human(oid) form most likely had more prominent non-human features in my canon (such as pointed or furred ears, claws in place of fingernails, or unusual pupils).

also, the food is probably one of the things i miss the most about teyvat!!! i took a lot of joy in trying new dishes everywhere i went, and experimenting a lot with my own cooking to create horrible (but tasty) amalgamations of various nation's unique culinary styles. some day i really want to try and recreate some of my personal favourites!!!