#what better way to subvert the traditional model of intelligence than to epitomize it w the visage of a child?
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honestly I went into the sumeru archon quest ready to hate nahida or at the very least be very indifferent to her bc I was so like. Tired of how blatantly orientalist every aspect of sumeru seemed to be + nahidas design compounded w the fact that she's an archon using the chibi model reaaaalllly did not leave a good impression. .....However !! ! I actually ended up really liking her as a character despite my reservations. i think she might be my favorite archon if I'm going to be honest
#like i reallt really despise the 500 year old entity who looks like a 5 year old trope#but i get why they chose to make nahida a child/resemble a child. & tbh the more that i think abt it#the more i end up understainding it as a creative decision#since a lot of the archon quest involved subverting what wisdom traditionally looks by sumerus cultural standards (the thing w dreams + the#hamfisted ''the arts are Useless and Suck'' storyline lol)#what better way to subvert the traditional model of intelligence than to epitomize it w the visage of a child?#ie someone who is typically regarded as one of the lowest in society precisely because of the knowledge they lack & frequently treated as#subhuman for it#despite the fact that they are constantly accumulating knowledge at a rapid fire pace & are more open to the world around them as a result#you can only gain knowledge if you realize & respect that you only ever know so much etc.#intelligence not being a show of what you already know but rather a willingness to continue pursuing & understanding others with compassion#its Nice i Really Like that#i think the decision to represent the goddess of wisdom w childlike curiosity as opposed to an older wisened type was a good one#i just hate that its Genshin Impact doing this#so obviously their primary reasoning behind making her a child is the far more blatantly insidious one
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