but then, kindness

 “Everything ends, and it's always sad. But everything begins again, too. And that's always happy. Be happy." (Icon credit: @jyymao on Twitter)

[awake-my-oceans]

Navigating fandom tags

Hi, and welcome to this blog! I’m Amira, and I loveeeee thinking about all my little blorbos. I’m currently focused on Genshin Impact, alongside a smattering of other fandoms.

Below is a table explaining my tagging system; alternatively, see the image description for the same information.

A note on the #genshin impact spoilers tag: I tag spoilers for anything within the current patch of Genshin. Said tag will include a non-spoilers description of why the post is tagged spoilers. For instance, if our current patch was 2.1 and I was reblogging art of Kazuha parrying the Shogun, I would tag that as #genshin impact spoilers #(for events in the 2.1 Archon Quest)

(Granted, blacklisting #genshin impact spoilers will hide the whole post, tags and all, but hey, that’s my system anyways.)

Happy blogging!

[cqtlatte]

thunder is forever

[gierosajie-art]

Only that tiny wind spirit, on the day when the Mother of Time and Wind bestowed her authority, Claimed silently a strand of time from bygone days, along with the name that even the reversal of years could not save.

- A Note in Spring's Leich | A Day Carved From Rising Winds artifact set

[nikolutke]

[mcsryaoihell]

my bonnies

[shitpostingkats]

The police making no progress on the KID case seems kind of silly until you're not in Kaito pov and suddenly realize what an absolute wildcard Kaitou Kid is from an outside perspective.

His schtick is usally stealing large jewels. Except when it's not, and he randomly steals paintings and people and baseballs. Sometimes he doesn't even steal the things he says he's going to steal he just shows up, messes with everyone for a few hours, and leaves. He always sends an advance notice of when he's going to do crime but it varies wildly between multifaceted riddles that you need like three incredibly niche phds to crack or a simple "see you guys at midnight k thx byeee :)". He took an eight year sabbatical and when he came back he straight up started returning everything he stole. He's exposed multiple people for committing massive insurance scams. He's admitted to stalking his police inspector and his family. One time he crashed a play and started writing fanfiction for the show and then broke into the tech booth to make it a reality. Every single turn this guy makes is a left. He's chaos incarnate.

[shitpostingkats]

One of my favorite little art direction choices 1412 makes is that Kaito Kuroba is drawn with brown hair:

While Kaito KID has black hair:

It helps visually distinguish between the two personas, and it makes sense, because obviously Toichi had black hair so Kaito has to match if he wants to keep up the ruse. But it also leads to some fun little details, like the fact that when he's Unassuming Baseball Cap Man he still has black hair:

(Even when he doesn't necessarily need to, like in Green Dream where he has black hair even though he's just here to scope the place out and at no point does he quickchange from Stagehand to KID.) Or my personal favorite, when he's between disguises and we get the Rare Kaito With Black Hair And No Hat

Kaito with black hair is the equivalent to a service dog wearing its vest. It's a little visual signifier that he's on the job. Currently Working, Please Do Not Pet.

[viffywoo]

[earth-shaker]

I am not saying she is. Its just a bit suspicious that in the trailer Collei has the line "I am the shimmering light that comes from the eyes of the creator" which is the greeting Nabu Malikata used when she first met Rukkhadevata. A line from the book "Scroll of streaming song". Plus of course we know she got experimented on with god remains. Makes sense for Dottore who got basically exiled to first rob the remains from a god of sumeru. Collei wants to guide people which is also an Angel thing to do.

yes!! now it's very likely the god remains she has are from Nabu Malikata (whiiiiich means more Nabu Malikata lore we all cheered and clapped and looked forward to)

but Collei quoting her directly is so... is she going to get somewhat possessed... or learn to control it (with maybe help from the Mages?)... is she going to commune with Nabu in some way... or is there some other reason she's saying this quote... aaaaaa i cant wait to find out

also, direct Phanes reference from a playable character who isn't Nicole/Alice... even if she quoted an Angel for whom it makes sense to say... um, i'm sure there are other lines Collei could've quoted...

and the guiding thing! yes!! Angels have this innate desire to guide people... and Collei fits well...

[quantum-n]

Nicole render

Think I might have over did it with the neon styled lighting for her wings, but I can't resist the sparklies ✨

[alligaytorswamp]

my favorite archons 🥰

[kingthekoshka]

It's always, "I miss you," and never, "Your existence has determined my entire identity. My appearance, my skills and hobbies, my goals, my motivations, my habits, my grief. It all traces back to you."

[n1clawshotfan]

kaeya has this jeanism type behavior where instead of being delegated to work he tries to take up as much as he can and hardly asks for much in return, he is EXTREMELY insistent on appealing to the traveler in particular and has a crazy amount of trust in them, and like yeah every character appeals to the traveler but kaeya? you can't decrease his heart meter in his hangout, he does whatever the traveler wants and lets them take the reins in it also, he has multiple dialogues where if you end the conversation he's sad about it, etc. he doesn't start out like this of course, but as the story goes on he goes from lying about finding a treasure to outright telling the traveler he was placed in mondstadt as a kid. considering the last reaction someone had when that happened? that is an insane amount of trust. (and then the second dain is all talking about kaeya being a descendant of the abyss order founder (and one of the traveler's nonaffecting dialogue choices has them add an "I guess" to trusting kaeya) kaeya BOOKS IT out of there.)

since kaeya's hangout is RIGHT AFTER that, the traveler seeks him out and lays down a nonsaid "hi kaeya i want to hang out with you" he goes "ohhhh you missed me? anyways do you want to spend this money so we can do something together and i also got your a souvenir btw because we're best friends"

shout out to whatever dynamic this is. gotta love how kaeya will deny the fact he's lonely but if you try to leave he's going to go on a spill about it

like

[kyuehai]

[leifyposting]

hey do you guys ever think about how eula is a glacier but longs to be the open ocean

do you ever think about how a glacier must melt and assimilate into the tide in order to become the ocean spray

do you think about how she cannot gain everything she wants without losing everything she is

[leifyposting]

she wants to be the sea spray that is blown into the wind from the top of a cresting wave. i feel insane

my original tags for posterity:

#i've been writing a lot of eula lately and it's forced me to develop a better understanding of her character#and i keep coming back to the character story that's like#“she yearns not to be sharp and rigid like ice but to be free and unbound like the ocean spray”#all her life she has been taught that she must be cold and unyielding. frigid. tough. implacable. sharp-edged and brittle#this is what the lawrences do. this is what the lawrences are#from the age of old mondstadt this is who we have been. this is the legacy that is yours to protect#if you let people too close they will melt you to the core and you will fall into the rolling ocean waves and the shining ocean spray#and you will gain everything you have ever yearned for at the cost of everything you have ever been#and if this is the path you choose then it had better be worth it#because the ocean cannot become a glacier any more than a sword can become a shield

[earth-shaker]

event lowk made me realize how terrifying aino is bcs fym she has control over every robot in nod-krai and can give them commands and they will get it done. theyre lucky she has no villainous ambitions other than eating snacks behind ineffa's back bcs she could probably take over nod-krai right now if she wanted

[youkidraws]

Kokofish fanart

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