#raiden shogun is baal (demon) / beelzebub (demon)

[chilei-the-hotsauce]

WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT

PAIMON IS THE NAME OF A FUCKING DEMON

HMMMMM

I WONDER WHAT THIS MEANS

HHHHHMMMMMMMM

[wylanwriting]

Analysis of Scaramouche and Bohemian Rhapsody’s lyrics

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see

As Scaramouche himself says, “The stars, the sky... It's all a gigantic hoax. A lie.", likely in reference to discovering that the sky in Teyvat is fake, as hinted by Dottore.

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy Because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to me, to me 

Reference to Scaramouche’s anemo vision and blasé attitude 

Mama, just killed a man Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead Mama, life had just begun But now I've gone and thrown it all away

I think this could be referring to either many of the plausible deaths he caused, or maybe even his death as a god. “Life had just begun” for him as a god and he “threw it all away.”

Mama, ooh, didn't mean to make you cry If I'm not back again this time tomorrow Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

Generally referring to his negative relationship with Raiden Ei and thinking she had abandoned him for being weak, possibly in an ironic way, telling her to “carry on” as if she even thought twice about him after ‘abandoning him’.

Too late, my time has come Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time Goodbye, everybody, I've got to go

After being defeated by Nahida and the Traveler and gravely injured. As he says in “Wanderer: Ashes, “Once more... I have lost my heart. It hurts. My skin feels like it’s on fire.”

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

Entering Irmunsul to “face the truth” and attempt to erase himself.

Mama, ooh  I don't wanna die I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

Spoken by him in ‘Wanderer: Ashes’: “No, in fact, I wish I’d never been born at all.”

I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouche, Scaramouche,-

Obviously ‘Scaramouche’ is his name given during his time at the Fauti, likely as an insult as it means “a boastful but cowardly person.” It could also refer to a type of puppet.

-will you do the Fandango?

The theme during Scaramouche’s first introduction is named “Ominous Fandango”, Also, in his profile under “Least Favorite Food” he states: “I'm no fan of Dango, or any other sticky sweets....” which is an odd way to word it, possibly intentional so it reads out “fan … Dango.” Raiden Ei, notably, is a fan of dango milk and sweets in general.

Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me

Reference to Raiden Shogun and Inazuma as a whole.

(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro magnifico

Galileo was an astronomer who challenged beliefs held at the time, such as the Sun being the center of the universe rather than the Earth. This could be referring to the idea that the sky in Teyvat is fake, as hinted by Dottore. Scaramouche also proclaims himself, “The stars, the sky... It's all a gigantic hoax. A lie." It’s very possible that Scara, upon becoming a god and making contact with Irminsul, learned the true nature of Teyvat and its sky. (Credit to Scara’s wiki for pointing this out)

Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

Raiden Ei’s demon name is Baal/Beelzebub. I think the “devil” she put aside for him may be referring to Yae Miko, who proposed to Ei that Scaramouche should be killed shortly after his birth instead of set free.

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye? So you think you can love me and leave me to die? Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby! Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

This could be about all three of his ‘betrayals.’ The line “So you think you can love me and leave me to die?” makes me think of the child who ‘betrayed him’ by dying, and ‘Just gotta get out’ could be referring to him leaving Tatarasuna to wander Inazuma.

There’s probably a lot that I missed, but this is what I took of how the lyrics correspond to his story. Again, credit to his wikipedia page for pointing out a lot of this

[unowneyenon]

MY BRAIN JUST EXPODED HOLD ON

alright a realization just HIT ME

SO a lot of scaramouche/wanderer’s backstory has a lot of references to the band Queen’s hit song “Bohemian Rhapsody” RIGHT?????

like they say scaramouche a million times

“any way the wind blows” is a lyric and the title of his character demo

“sometimes wish I’d never been born at all” is ALSO a lyric and he practically says the same thing in his teaser BUT LET ME RAISE YOU THIS LYRIC THAT I JUST NOTICED

“Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me”

Now assuming everyone reading this has done the inazuma archon quest then this random line is ALL TOO SPECIFIC as it mentions EI AKA BEELZEBUB AKA HIS MAMA

as Nahida is Baur, Makoto is Baal, and Venti is Barbatos (all of which are named after demons of hell) EI IS BEELZEBUB

Now, this is too accurate to genshin’s story, but what if we were to take it further?

Should this lyric be taken literally? What kind of “devil” would ei put aside for scara? As for the devil mentioned in the song, a few possibilities arise:

Going off of how ei=Beelzebub Ei is not this devil as she is the one putting it aside ykyk

using all of my brain power my current devil theories are:

Maybe Shakkei Pavilion? That was the first I could think of, but it’s a stretch. Ei did not wish to hand Scaramouche over to the fatui after he was created, so she placed him in Shakkei Pavilion and sealed it up. She literally put it aside for him, but as for why it would be a “devil” it’s unclear

Next thought I had was the Raiden shogun puppet, aka the thing running inazuma on ei’s behalf as she’s in the plane of euthimiya. I tried to keep options ei-specific, but the Raiden puppet makes a bit of sense. The puppet replaced the previous “broken” puppet that was kunikuzuzhi/scaramouche, and the Raiden puppet looks just like ei, whose name at least comes FROM a devil. The Raiden puppet wasn’t put aside for scara but this seems like a more plausible theory!

I KNOW I TRIED TO KEEP THINGS EI-SPECIFIC but for some reason I thought of Dottore??? Ei had nothing to do with Dottore, but he’s the closest to a “devil” with ties to scaramouche that I could think of! THAT’S A STRETCH BUT MAYBE????

in any case I was blasting queen in my ears at 2:00am and noticed this and just HAD to put it out there as sacra’s the only thing I’ve been thinking of for the last few monthssss

But if ANYONE can add to this PLEASE help me I want to know everything about this little puppet man

[voidcat]

There is something within Ei’s loneliness that gives me a melancholic comfort

Like… it’s not a warmth I’ve ever experienced, or a sun I’ve ever sat beneath; yet it’s there, I understand it, though I cannot relate to it (fully), but it’s alright because it is that very understanding that brings forth the tranquil comfort.

Like smelling scented candles, or seeing a photo of a warm mug of a drink by tye window, as it rains outside and from that very image you can hear the raindrops and feel the steam of that drink fill in your nostrils, reach a hand out to hold yours.