#annie howls at the moon
I was thinking about ebg and thinking nah I could never survive that… then I realised that every day is a round of ebg with diluc. I am in denial about that dude 24/7 and yet I am so down bad for him at the exact same time
IF IT WAS ABOUT CHILDE, ON THE OTHER HAND… YEAH I DONT THINK ID SURVIVE AT ALL LOLOLOL
me writing my self-indulgent dokja + spy x family reader-insert fanfic just so that I get to put in all the cute wholesome moments with him and his kids:
as a xiao kinnie I took way too much emotional damage after playing through that quest
hello here is a picture of my vast collection of dead pointe shoes that I accumulated over 10 years of dancing ballet. there’s 43 pairs in total. OK THATS ALL BYE LOL
note: the 43 pairs does not include the soft flat shoes piled on top of the pointe shoes below
NOBODY MOVE WE GOT DILUC EMOTES IN GENSHIN
there’s one thing that has been bothering me about Khaenri'ah and it’s inspirations. like obviously it’s in big part influenced by German\Nordic myths - Dainsleif, Alberich, Rhinedottir are all connected to them. and dwarves (Alberich is a dwarven king) kinda sorta make sense as an inspiration? An underground prosperous kingdom, famous for being skilled in crafting and technology, and refusing to bow to the Nordic pantheon of gods. sure.
But Khaenri'ah modus operandi doesn’t really jell with the classic steadfast nordic dwarves. Khaenri'ans even before the fall were highkey shady and obsessed with secret knowledge - we know they went into Enkanomiya as envoys, tried to steal “The Book of Sun and Moon” and pinned it on someone else. But what’s interesting - Khaenri'ans we meet might manipulate and hide the information, but they are very adamant that they did not lie.
Dainsleif is offended at suggestion he deceived the Traveler, and insists that him not disclosing the information is not deception. Enjou, who at this point had already admitted to manipulating, betraying and is in the process of trying to kill the Traveler, nevertheless makes a point that he never lied to them. And Traveler even agrees with him. Why “not lying” is the hill Enjou is choosing to die on, when it’d be like one of the least fucked up things he did?
This pattern of secretive and shady behavior with simultaneous insistence on “technically” not lying strongly reminded me of something that I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Until I realized, it’s the Irish “fair folk”, people of the hills, the fae, Tuatha Dé Danann. Like, a nation of people from the underground kingdom where time moves differently, known for their strange powers of transformation (in myths - magic, here it’s Khemia) and famous tricksters who might try to manipulate or take advantage of you, but at the same time, cannot lie or break their word if it was given.
and then it struck me. Kaeya is a literal Changeling, right? A child from the underground kingdom secretly sent to live in the human society. But wait, speaking of Kaeya, if not lying is a prerequisite, what about him? He bullshits a lot, right? He actually doesn’t, he manipulates the information like Dain and Enjou, but also he turns the truth into metaphors and parables that you have no way of deciphering until you get the reference. The “sword from heaven” and “inherited eyepatch” reference Khaenri'ah taking control of Celestia’s needle which was confirmed in the Chasm, “owl of Dragonspine” reference lore from “Wings of the Concealing snow”, a story he told Klee about monsters who can take appearance of people reference Abysslings like Enjou being able to take human form, and so on.
also, the patterns on Dainsleif armor look a lot like celtic knotwork, though this style is used a lot, like on the walls of the domains.
so today I actually opened YouTube for once and found this
and well
hello I would like to flex the build of my OG main <33
I AM VERY PROUD OF HIM, WE’VE COME A LONG WAY KAEYA
wdym it’s already doctor who’s 60th anniversary, the 50th anniversary just came out three years ago…….
my hanabi bff suggested that our discord server take that quiz everyone’s been talking abt and now ¾ths of us are recovering from all the emotional damage it wrought upon us HAHAHAA
n e ways I’ve been formally diagnosed with kokomi kinnie
allow me to show you a horror story in two pictures
I’m not gonna be fishing for a while
I suddenly felt very nostalgic and remembered a certain scene from doctor who that imprinted itself on my brain
the context of this scene isn’t romantic (probably, it’s been a long time since I last watched doctor who lol). but all the same this scene made such an impression on me!!!!!!
this is low-key delulu but imagine being separated from childe your lover for weeks and then when you finally meet again, they’re just in shock. absolutely stunned by your beauty.
and THEN they’re so overjoyed at seeing you for the first time in weeks that they INSTINCTIVELY start playing ‘pretty woman’,,,, THIS IS DELUSIONAL BUT IT HAS ME IN MY FEELS ANYWAY
discussion of genshin leaks utc!!
me: c5 diluc didn’t come home so I guess he just doesn’t like me anymore >:( fINE!!!! two can play at that game, master ragnvindr.
hoyoverse, about to throw all the ragnvindr content right into my face:
the more I learn about yelan the more concerned I get, because her personality,,,,, is so similar to mine,,,,,,,,,
heizou: *exists*
genshin players who are also obsessed with bungou stray dogs:
