i have this hc/theory abt the ad oblivione, time loops, istaroth and venti (ad oblivione is mentioned in the aranara quest) where istaroth created the ad oblivione by giving birth to the thousand winds - she is time itself while they are erosion, like the sun and its rays! - and let them experience everything in the original timeline, then afterwards she formed the thousand winds into the ad oblivione, creating the time loop, then repeating the cycle with new winds until the loops are complete (yk that note in fontaine that goes through all the calamities/loops? hyperborea, etc? yeah) and mond is the end which is why its so important
venti was a part of the original thousand winds and escaped when istaroth formed the ad oblivione, which is why that note in the thousand winds temple/nameless island is a thing (ill get the actual sources later, just getting thoughts out 😭) and also why he’s considered the prodigal son
reason i wrote this all is bc i was doing ‘research’ (doing my once in a blue moon scroll on twitter and looking at theories) and later saw this poem abt the brain organoids on tiktok and and ☹️
i have sooo many thoughts on venti and apples and this has fed the fire THANK YOU
it does make me curious about the whole forbidden fruit thing, which proceeded to remind me of this
its a sumeru reputation quest i found ages ago and thought it was interesting, little did i know it ties in REALLY closely to this theory, but i think it mostly speaks for itself
also, genshin has a thing for making antagonists morally grey/kind of in the right or having shared interests, which reminds me of the snake you mentioned
second theory abt that part, the fact that the heirs in the same cutscene are kind of like parallels to the twins is reallyyy making me think - venti could be trying to share this knowledge with the travellers, but it went wrong with abyss twin bc theyre not a descender? but it could work with the traveller??? (also imagine the angst..)
the part about his fate being planned out reminds me of this other reblog abt him being a prodigal son and eventually coming back to istaroth... this theory probablyy wont have a happy ending 😭
anyway im starting to think this is less of a crack theory than i thought 😦
i have this hc/theory abt the ad oblivione, time loops, istaroth and venti (ad oblivione is mentioned in the aranara quest) where istaroth created the ad oblivione by giving birth to the thousand winds - she is time itself while they are erosion, like the sun and its rays! - and let them experience everything in the original timeline, then afterwards she formed the thousand winds into the ad oblivione, creating the time loop, then repeating the cycle with new winds until the loops are complete (yk that note in fontaine that goes through all the calamities/loops? hyperborea, etc? yeah) and mond is the end which is why its so important
venti was a part of the original thousand winds and escaped when istaroth formed the ad oblivione, which is why that note in the thousand winds temple/nameless island is a thing (ill get the actual sources later, just getting thoughts out 😭) and also why he’s considered the prodigal son
reason i wrote this all is bc i was doing ‘research’ (doing my once in a blue moon scroll on twitter and looking at theories) and later saw this poem abt the brain organoids on tiktok and and ☹️
had to refresh my memory on the full meaning of prodigal bc i forgot the second part but i LOVE that idea woahh, my original thought was traveller helps out and they defy fate/ad oblivione comes apart as a side effect of the loops breaking thanks to traveller but the angst ahggsgs...
i have this hc/theory abt the ad oblivione, time loops, istaroth and venti (ad oblivione is mentioned in the aranara quest) where istaroth created the ad oblivione by giving birth to the thousand winds - she is time itself while they are erosion, like the sun and its rays! - and let them experience everything in the original timeline, then afterwards she formed the thousand winds into the ad oblivione, creating the time loop, then repeating the cycle with new winds until the loops are complete (yk that note in fontaine that goes through all the calamities/loops? hyperborea, etc? yeah) and mond is the end which is why its so important
venti was a part of the original thousand winds and escaped when istaroth formed the ad oblivione, which is why that note in the thousand winds temple/nameless island is a thing (ill get the actual sources later, just getting thoughts out 😭) and also why he’s considered the prodigal son
reason i wrote this all is bc i was doing ‘research’ (doing my once in a blue moon scroll on twitter and looking at theories) and later saw this poem abt the brain organoids on tiktok and and ☹️
sources! from the aranara quest, note found during rowboats wake, sacrificial fragments (thought it was found during a quest, woops)
another part to add, venti definitely doesnt like what istaroth is doing and would be trying to silently rebel by giving the winds names, personalities, etc and writing them all in the form of a poem (could survive irminsul wipes?) which is mentioned in the skyward atlas! as for how he managed to escape and find out the truth of what his mother was doing, maybe he ate a certain ‘forbidden’ fruit which would soon become his favourite for helping him figure everything out! (aka apples)
also to elaborate, the ad oblivione wouldnt create the time loops, istaroth would! the ad oblivione exists to, like aranaga said, crush dreams/living memories and make teyvat slowly become ‘domesticated’, so they won’t try to rebel (maybe the crushed dreams are used for visions and even the gnosis?)
alsoo i saw this theory about venti being very similar to snow white (i cant paste the link for some reason ushdndbs so heres screenshots) and the fact that hes gone to sleep thrice being istaroth trying to trap him and ensure the ad oblivione is complete, but he somehow gets away? i like to think zhongli gave him a sernitea pot that shields him from time’s wrath
this is more of a hc than theory - if it is a theory its a crack theory - but i had the thought spinning in my head like food in a microwave and it was starting to burn so here
i have this hc/theory abt the ad oblivione, time loops, istaroth and venti (ad oblivione is mentioned in the aranara quest) where istaroth created the ad oblivione by giving birth to the thousand winds - she is time itself while they are erosion, like the sun and its rays! - and let them experience everything in the original timeline, then afterwards she formed the thousand winds into the ad oblivione, creating the time loop, then repeating the cycle with new winds until the loops are complete (yk that note in fontaine that goes through all the calamities/loops? hyperborea, etc? yeah) and mond is the end which is why its so important
venti was a part of the original thousand winds and escaped when istaroth formed the ad oblivione, which is why that note in the thousand winds temple/nameless island is a thing (ill get the actual sources later, just getting thoughts out 😭) and also why he’s considered the prodigal son
reason i wrote this all is bc i was doing ‘research’ (doing my once in a blue moon scroll on twitter and looking at theories) and later saw this poem abt the brain organoids on tiktok and and ☹️
i have this hc/theory abt the ad oblivione, time loops, istaroth and venti (ad oblivione is mentioned in the aranara quest) where istaroth created the ad oblivione by giving birth to the thousand winds - she is time itself while they are erosion, like the sun and its rays! - and let them experience everything in the original timeline, then afterwards she formed the thousand winds into the ad oblivione, creating the time loop, then repeating the cycle with new winds until the loops are complete (yk that note in fontaine that goes through all the calamities/loops? hyperborea, etc? yeah) and mond is the end which is why its so important
venti was a part of the original thousand winds and escaped when istaroth formed the ad oblivione, which is why that note in the thousand winds temple/nameless island is a thing (ill get the actual sources later, just getting thoughts out 😭) and also why he’s considered the prodigal son
reason i wrote this all is bc i was doing ‘research’ (doing my once in a blue moon scroll on twitter and looking at theories) and later saw this poem abt the brain organoids on tiktok and and ☹️
I've only come across this once in a fic and a piece of fanart, but I find it really funny when Venti just goes like "I'm but a simple bard," when things are about to go down. So now I'm just thinking about Venti doing increasingly questionable and weird stuff and using his bard status in lieu of an actual explanation on everything.
"How are you so buddy-buddy with dragons?" Bard.
"Why are you so good at archery?" Bard.
"How are you still alive AND sober from all that wine???" Bard.
"Why do you know information no other living soul should have?" Bard.
"Why are so many organizations personally out to get you?!" BARD, NEXT QUESTION-
also there was this one scene with him on the highest spike thing of the cathedral, stained glass i think, a scene with him hugging his dead friend (☹️) and it was the original jp cover of the song!
has anyone seen a venti animatic with the song self inflicted achromatic..
it was a rlly detailed animation and it looked like it was tweened? ive looked everywhere so i doubt ill ever find it but i just want to see if anyone knows abt it, i watched it on loop when i first saw it (a few years ago?)
has anyone seen a venti animatic with the song self inflicted achromatic..
it was a rlly detailed animation and it looked like it was tweened? ive looked everywhere so i doubt ill ever find it but i just want to see if anyone knows abt it, i watched it on loop when i first saw it (a few years ago?)