i can't believe before sumeru released everyone was theorising about alhaitham being an su expy or the fake dendro archon or the grand sage and then he just turned out to be some guy.

[GUY WHO IS AN OPEN, AND FRANKLY RATHER CONCERNING, BOOK]: don't read into it too much. honestly.

no idea whats going on in hsr and i dont want answers but JINGHENG IN THE UPDATE REAL?!

You have to follow a couple cringies to #keepitreal. Dont unfollow me.

if these dont roll well im ending it all THERES ALREADY TOO MUCH ER FOR MY LIKING but we can still move forward... also i need to get a better circlet

Every other harbinger: My coworkers are fucking insane and I hate them. I'd probably have killed them by now if we weren't on the same side. Why in the fuck am I forced to put up with these selfish, pathetic, obnoxious imbeciles?!!!

Capitano: *Exists*

Every other harbinger: omg Capitano

she is the only woman there is

You suddenly switch bodies with your icon. On a scale of 1 to 10, (10 being the highest value) how well are you coping with that change?

57k vapes nice

(arle is lvl70 talents 6/1/1/ with lvl90 jade spear, 4pc glad atk/pyro/cr. crit rate goblet is lvl20 w shit substats and will be changed eventually... then the other artifacts are like lvl0-12 LOL)

next non-lantern rite liyue event (or hell maybe lantern rite) is xiao getting caught in ley line shenanigans and he turns into a chubby bird that waddles behind us and we get to pet him etc... hoyo make it happen

btw iconic decision to turn yet another war criminal into a kitty, but this time also implement whole ass mechanic to let u pet him. this is the hundreds years old tragic figure, whose home was conquered by the empire and he was indoctrinated into it for what he believed were utopian ideals, lost his human body for the superiority f the machine, saw this empire fall and had to fight the remnants of it on the side of the kingdom that emerged in its place. and now hes a cat and we're petting his cheeks and scratching his fluffy ears

saw the clorinde and sigewinne animation leaks... I WANT THEMMMMMMM AUGH

NOT THIS DJSNSNWNSJWJSIIW like we get infodumped about how she's so stubborn and determined and not even torture could deter her when she was a child and then her child ghost does exactly that above when arle shows similarities to crucabena like GIRL STAND UP

clervie you deserved so much more than being fridged TWICE for arlecchino development that didn't even develop.

the fact that the in game guide specifically says "don't forget to pet him often!" is so fucking funnyjrnfjsjsjwk and you bet your ASS i was petting him every chance i got. like aaaaaaw whos a good little traumatized war criminal high ranking member of an empire turned into a kitty? YOOOUUUU AAAAREEEEEE!!!

btw iconic decision to turn yet another war criminal into a kitty, but this time also implement whole ass mechanic to let u pet him. this is the hundreds years old tragic figure, whose home was conquered by the empire and he was indoctrinated into it for what he believed were utopian ideals, lost his human body for the superiority f the machine, saw this empire fall and had to fight the remnants of it on the side of the kingdom that emerged in its place. and now hes a cat and we're petting his cheeks and scratching his fluffy ears

had queen fujin as my genshin icon for like an hour until i finished the remuria quest and could use the glorious MONSIEUR OS icon

had queen fujin as my genshin icon for like an hour until i finished the remuria quest and could use the glorious MONSIEUR OS icon

clervie you deserved so much more than being fridged TWICE for arlecchino development that didn't even develop.

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sorry to make everything abt scara (i am unfortunately obsessed with him) but its crazy how his interlude quest which is basically a massive traumadump still has him taking accountability for all the shit he did in his own little shit way. nahida says that his actions could very well be seen as evil and taking his memories back would mean gaining all that trauma and all those crimes and he's like. "Well i made those decisions for a reason so i'll stand by them bc thats what makes me Me."

while arles quest felt a lot more like. "Yes im literally still being shown as someone intimidating and aggressive but i have a sad backstory i infodumped on you so you should be able to connect the dots and give me the benefit of the doubt. also other playable characters you probably care about are going to insist that im not that bad after you saw me threaten and berate them."

like SIGH the "she's actually not THAT bad!!!" felt like such a copout. it's not that i think she should've been a manically laughing stereotype like the previous knave in that fucking short but like 😭 at least stay consistent on her questionable actions instead of having people "forgive" her bc she could've done worse???

at the end of the scara interlude we dont get an npc or playable characters waxing poetic about how he's actually doing good in their eyes 🥺 or whatever. with scara we're allowed to still be suspicious of him, we're allowed to question if he really IS serious about helping nahida.

it's just frustrating to see that the writers CAN allow that sort of ambiguity to exist (frex when we first see scara during the parade of providence event, the narrative has us worry if he's going to do something backhanded etc) but w arles quest it felt a lot like the game going Well she's not AS bad as the previous knave so cut her some slack :/ JSJAJZJAJSJAJSKSJ