#manifesting finch xiao

[wintry-art]

“Lament!”

[torgawl]

i can't believe the first genshin kiss is between an oceanid and a human. how funny it is apart, i always find old people's love stories so sweet and it was actually a really cute moment. especially knowing finch spent his entire life thinking about callirhoe despite their distance and that one day he too will disappear from this world. it's so so pretty that their love withstands and transcends the passage of time and even their physical forms. that they now have a physical manifestation of it too, proving they're always together even when they're apart. i think hoyoverse making so many parallels between the poems throughout this event and the different characters and duos is such a cute detail too. callirhoe promising finch that she would appear in his dreams as long as he calls her name vs xiao promising he'll be there anywhere and anytime as long as traveller calls his name. this event and specifically the parallel being done with a love story, one that withstands anything specifically... dreams being such a constant theme during the event and associated with them... sweet dream... people's dreams... traveller protecting xiao's dreams in official art... there's just so many little details that tie together. an exclusive promise for eternal bonding between two beings... the song playing when traveller and xiao both meet for the first time being called lover's oath... this meeting taking place in wangshu inn, a haven for lovers' moonlit rendezvous... the chinese title of the song meaning one's love will last forever... i just think it's incredibly sweet, no matter how you choose to interpret it