i love my children send post

-raiden ei/beelzebul

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I'm a fictive of Rhinedottir (partially, it's complicated) and I hate it so much. I don't talk about being her because I know no one will want me around, I just lean really hard into my other source and hope people don't figure it out. I feel so much guilt for what I did as her.

Albedo, Dorian, Durin... all my creations.... if you're out there, I'm so sorry. I was such an awful mother. I'm so sorry.

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NOOOOOO IM KINSIDERING ABYSS AETHER :disintegrating:

- ⛰️🪽🩵

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just stumbled across this blog and as an aether kin its so sweet to see other peoples memories of versions of me/lumine 🥺

idk how to word it but sometimes through the journey its felt like i've just been passing through and only around to solve peoples problems and even though i've technically met so many people its felt... pretty lonely. so it makes me happy to hear i left an impression on some! i hope those who knew me remember me fondly and i hope i can find some other people i was close to

-aether (💫🌌, if that's not taken?)

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Sadly father did not get mind electric'ed :((

-Freminet, ( ⛰️🪽🩵 )

(referencing this)

Not if I can help it! /j

@ 💛💐

I get the kincords things. It's honestly kinda strange, for sure. You join, and they already have their own little groups. Especially if they're big.

- ⛰️🪽🩵

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@ 🎹 Thoma: I'm glad that you were there for your Aether. -Lumine

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Hi there first time anon Navia here. If you can may I steal 💛💐 this tag if not already taken? If not 🍰💛 I’ll happily take this one

I have been a little shy to talk here. It honestly hard to find people to talk to in the kin community. Like public discords are so cliquey if you haven’t been there since the start or like do not already have a friend there

But to talk about and add on to the current discussion started about traveling with the traveler. Honestly it does sort of feel like you are in game already, especially if the gatcha gods help you with the 50/50

Kinning characters is honestly an interesting thing if you think about it as well too. People you wouldn’t expect to be friends. An example Navia being besties with Tartaglia. Or you could meet a random person in public and all for you know they kin Diluc (insert the “for all I know you could be Batman meme here)

Kinning is like its own little real life gatcha in a way. Full of many people with their own memories , and meetings. Especially in a community

It can definitely feel that way for sure, I get what you mean. If it's not cliquey, it's just flat-out dead sometimes too (/lh).

That's also an interesting way to put it ^^

y'know sometimes i wonder like. with the travelers. if there's anyone else in this life that remembers them the same way i do—that, in the life they'd led, they'd met with the same one i had. aether and lumine traveled the cosmos, didn't they? it's not entirely unfeasible...

do they know how aether loved the strays around inazuma city like i did? do they know how aether would get transfixed by every little flower and plant and bug he saw? do they know how it felt to curl up in aether's arms as they're finally allowed to come undone? do they know him as intimately as i did? is the aether they know even the same aether at all?

i dunno i got a little too philosophical with that description i think... sorry guys i swear im mostly funny. the funniest thoma kinnie in fact (lie)

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I'm not sure, honestly, but your Aether sounds wonderful.

It must've been terribly daunting to wander an entire continent, effectively alone. It's always good to hear of even just one iteration of the Traveler that had a friend or a few to look out for them on their journey. (⁠ ⁠´⁠◡⁠‿◡⁠`⁠)つ🍵

In the meantime, I've been calling them "timelines" out of habit, mostly. If you prefer to call them "canons", then don't let me confuse you! I'm not entirely sure what the correct term would be, either. :P

- Your not-exactly-resident Baizhu kin

Very true!

& that's fair- I switch between the phrases honestly, so either or sounds about right. It's probably a preference thing, as far as I can tell?

oh oh the ask i just sent reminded me! while i didn't travel with aether and dont know if anyone else did either i DID visit his sereniteapot! the mechanics were very interesting, unplaced furniture were in these little spherical capsules for easy storage? very convenient! although he didn't do a lot of decorating himself. the mansion was pretty bare and he told me the things that were around were from other people who visited and insisted on livening the place up a little

-raiden ei/beelzebul

Ooh, that sounds cool! Last I recall it's technically an adeptal domain.. kinda makes me wonder if similar domains do the same thing.

Update: the kin feels from the au are strong. Mod Lyney oh Mod Lyney save me from this torment/j

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I wish I could <//3 best of luck, hopefully the memories aren't too horrifying

Not someone who traveled with the traveler but Lumine herself who had my own gaggle of people who traveled with me, I get confused when in game it's just me and Paimon. Where's my friends :( where's my emotional support random guy I met like a week ago but who's decided to stick by my side for most if not all of my travels on Teyvat

He's somewhere, hopefully ^^

Maybe that's what the 'team' thing's supposed to replace- which emotional support random guys get to be taken along on adventures /j

agreeing with baizhu here it's really cool to me hearing about people who traveled with the traveler :0 i don't believe i ever did myself (too many responsibilities at home) but i was good friends with aether and he visited me frequently and i think it is very nice if he had friends to keep him company while he journeyed!

-raiden ei/beelzebul

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I attempted to send this in just a little while ago but I'm not entirely sure if our beloved Hellsite accepted it? Feel free to ignore this if it did, in fact, go through the first time around. :V

It always surprises me a little to hear of people who were companions of the Traveler's in their timelines. Not sure why it strikes me as curious, exactly—I suppose I'd always had the impression they were travelling alone, in my own timeline.

- Your not-exactly-resident Baizhu kin

It's interesting, isn't it? ^^

None of my timelines have memories of the Traveler yet, but I too was under the impression they traveled alone, if not with just Paimon. It's nice to know others accompanied them in.. I don't know the proper word, maybe 'timelines'? 'Canons'?

Eh, regardless, it's fun seeing all the differences amongst everyone's memories and knowing that in some they weren't [completely] alone.

In response to 💧🪞 (if that's alright): it's the nature of fandom to jump to conclusions like that, unfortunately. :(

Some people are just inherently predisposed to contrarianism. They may see characters that are popular amongst fans or that they percieve as having been created solely to be popular, and dislike them for that reason—assuming that something can only be liked by a majority if it's shallow and made specifically to yield profits. A cash-grab, if you will. People who feel alone in their opinions or otherwise percieve themselves as part of a minority in their community because of them, are more inclined to be rather passionate about what they think... Regardless of if the topic actually warrants it.

That being said, I think it might also be the culture of gacha games and their communities, that is partially to blame. Assumptions about a character based on little, available material are a natural part of speculation as excitement builds—breeding anticipation for the release and whatnot. But it can turn intensive and sour when people are looking to invest their time and/or money into a character. Character flaws can become reasons not to invest, and culminate in a character being deemed a waste of resources or event-banner space, from a writing standpoint, in this way.

- Your not-exactly-resident Baizhu kin mind not the fact that this has nothing to do with being kin

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STOP I think I might kin Charlotte from this ONE Genshin impact infectiom au (you know which one)

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I do in fact know which one you mean, I'm so sorry for you dude /lh

(context: this is the one on tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@photographer.char)