#polireacts

[kingskyless]

leaving aside my being sad about white!pyro archon (and most chaacters) dude this trailer was so latino where do i even fucking begin.

just... the architecture and the music?? dude. brother.

the tournament theyre playing is very VERY likely inspired by tlachtli, which was a pre columbian mexican ritualistic game

edit: hey seeing as ur liking this, you should TOTALLY see my natlan theory regarding samsaras.....from one mexican to another...help a guy out https://youtu.be/33VlC3xNKU0?si=uJNH6g5Nw0VQ_JSd

[kingskyless]

canon pyro archon design vs my 2023 design

i knew its was gonna happen I KNEW. BUT IM STILL SAD.

[kingskyless]

more genshin ranting when it comes to latino/mexican rep but.

while I love kinich's animations I'm sad they chose to make him 8bits themed when "alebrije" is literally in his constellation. if they stuck to alebrijes for his main inspiration he wouldve SOLD

[kingskyless]

thoughts on Genshin's Mexican representation from a Mexican person hours!!! 🇲🇽🫡✨

Natlan is out, it's my time to be annoying.

In this post I'm not gonna go into game lore, I just wanna talk about the rep!!!

All thoughts under cut (:

First things first, I was very pleasantly surprised with how well they talked about each tribe cultures, beliefs, skills and how they intertwined with each other. Really reminded me of Latino culture in general and how everyone can learn from each other??? it was really good, I didn't think they'd pull it that well. !!

There's so much Aztec or aztec-esque symbology littered all over the game, to small details in bracelets, clothing, to full buildings? AAAAA

Wayobs are mayan animal spirit guides OR Nahuales (shapeshifters) While I love the concept in-game, I would've loved that they linked the saurians with nahuales or something, making a Wayob just a giant obsidian blade instead of a fucked up animal makes me sad

THOUGH, obsidian has a lot of cultural value in Mexico bc, aztec. It's also my favorite gemstone. If u were wondering.

So many, so so many names in Nahuatl. Obviously Citlali, Kinich and Xilonen, but NPCs too

Speaking of NPCs, there's Tenoch - Tenoch in Genshin is so funny to me bc IRL Tenoch is the namesake of Tenochtitlán, aka Mexico's City, it's sooo weird hearing him be in a silly gacha game

Some places in Natlan are named after actual existing Mexican cities AND ITS SO FUNNY TO ME. Coatepec Mountain....Ameyalco Waters....this is the equivalent of a place in Genshin being called "London Meadow" or some shit

Finally, there's tacos and luchador belts, which is also funny to me

THOUGHTS OVER ALL:

it was really fun to look and pinpoint things that represent my culture, I grew up with all of this stuff so seeing it in a game I like it's fun!!!

HOWEVER. let us remember hoyoverse decided to fucking mix Mexican, Incan, Native American, Maori and African cultures into one, it frustrates me because you can't really focus in one thing or the other, and mixing everything together somehow makes it loose it's impact, it's sad!!! I don't like it!!! AAAAAAA

also obviously the colorism, keep talking about it, spam hoyoverse, bite them.

[kingskyless]

sad bc Natlan characters white. happy bc (points) aztec

also some of the leaked names are nahuatl, mayan and aztec!! some are even common Mexican names WAAA

[kingskyless]

i'm gonna take a shot every time we have an arc that threatens the clans' connection to starclan

also why is no one talking about leafstar going blind did I misread that

[kingskyless]

BLINKS. WHAT

[kingskyless]

man dont you love it when random genshin world quests drops shit like this on you, jesus christ

[kingskyless]

am i reaching? yes. am i having fun? yes.

[kingskyless]

so I finished "thunder". what the fuck was that

[kingskyless]

simultaneously working on a video to talk about warriors "thunder" and genshin "masquerade of the guilty" and the tone shift between my notes is taking me out

[kingskyless]

LET THE KITTENS SAY FUCK

[kingskyless]

man i love genshin impact bc i just wanted to hang around and i ended up accidentally unlocking this shit and now im scared

[kingskyless]

hi!!!! ✨🌿

i'm poli (they/them) i'm a 2D animator and storyteller and here i post my art and share my silly thoughts!!!

for easier navigation, here's my tags:

POLI'S ART - for my own art

POLITALKS - when i talk about silly stuff

POLIREACTS - when i react to silly stuff

FRIENDS ART - self-explanatory!

NOT MY ART - self-explanatory!

RB - reblog of silly stuff i like or old artwork of mine!

for extra links be sure to look at my CARRD

[kingskyless]

the scara/ei paralels i'm insane

also u can listen to kazuha's theme at the start of scara's demo and then it mixes' with ei's theme

[kingskyless]

aaas someone w diagnosed PTSD, collei's portrayal of trauma response and coping mechanisms is so so well written and it HITS