I totally believe you, but I'd be interested to see your receipts of haitham being nice if you're willing to share~
hello weary traveler please take a look at my wares~
top ten (read: 3) reasons alhaitham is a SWEETIE w/ receipts:
1) he’s got really good manners:
*leaves to the entrance to wait patiently for you so he can say goodbye* and i just like how offended he seems at the implication in the last one
these voicelines in particular stick out to convey that he doesn’t really want to be responsible for causing others trouble:
also tbh basically all of his about lines are just him talking about people’s good qualities, which always makes me a little sad when i think about most of the voicelines about him in comparison rip
here’s some faves though tighnari’s especially sticks out in regard to alhaitham being nice i think:
2) he does a lot of things for other people:
“i’m not going to field any questions” proceeds to take us to his house, gather a bunch of books to help us understand, and then field all of our questions🤔 also just the entire concept of him being able to be talked into being acting grand sage at ALL
also not included but little things like taking the time to teach us how to use the knowledge capsules, taking the aaru villager’s feelings into account/getting shani to talk, and just generally taking the time to carefully address the rest of The Squad’s™️ questions/concerns during sumeru’s archon quests
3) and perhaps some people will disagree with this one but i just think he has a very kind view of humanity:
(⬆️ from sq also not cropped cause pretty🥰)
i feel that if someone is so intimately aware of the limits and faults of humanity while also still having an innate curiosity about other people and an affinity for finding people’s positive qualities it’s indicative of an inherently kind/forgiving way of thinking
i can and will defend any of these examples if anyone disagrees😤 i spend every moment of my life ready for a debate😤
but seriously lol idk there’s just SO MUCH that he does and says that can be interpreted as kind if you look for it and connect it, like this isn’t even all the examples i could think of off the top of my head
also thank you anon for giving me an excuse to talk about him and how he is GOOD i owe you my life sorry for adding so much lol
my sources for your convenience: SQ = alhaitham’s story quest, TP = teapot dialogue, KH = kaveh’s hangout, PoP = the parade of providence event
my brain is giving me soooo so many ideas for my other wips AND new fics lately but it’s driving me crazy because i don’t WANT to work on other stuff until this one cyhaino fic finally gets done and it is SO close to being done but goddd this last little bit is killing me so badddd i want to be free of this one so badly like i love her but she’s driving me so crazy😭😭
finally caving and considering switching venti to the hexerei set and just the idea of switching him off the absolutely insane vv pieces i spent so long getting him is killing me fr
Come over here. You can see the entire desert sky from this angle.
Sumpter Beasts walk pretty slowly, so don't go dozing off now. You haven't even seen the best part yet.
Here they come, look! Every time around this hour, you can see flocks of birds gather and soar above the desert. They look so free and graceful, don't they?
If I could turn into a bird and look down on the desert from way up there, I bet I'd discover all sorts of wonderful things!
"This world is beautiful, more beautiful than you or I can imagine. So go. Do what you want to do, and seek out your own desires, my child. Just remember, your life belongs to you."
— Alain Guillotin's last words
"You would always say nasty things and act indifferent... But I've always known you to be brave, kind, and strong... You will always be my best friend."
— Columbina, bidding farewell to Sandrone's remains
◆ Name: Sandrone
◆ Title: Mirrored Analysis
◆ The Seventh of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers
◆ Stellar Linchpin: Cryo
◆ Constellation: Narcissorolegium
"Today, we gather here with heavy hearts to mourn our friend...
"...Though the world took so much from her throughout her life, she chose to save it nevertheless. And even though she gave so much to those she called her friends, we have no choice but to bid farewell to her in this way...
"May she rest in peace in her homeland, where she shall lie reunited with those she had loved and lost...
"May we meet again one day, in another land, at her tea party."
mavuika coming in SO sweetly and trusting giving us her gnosis as if we aren’t THE number one perpetrator of accidentally helping archons lose their gnosis in all of teyvat
JUST started the new quest and five lines in we already get more alhaitham helping out with collei’s education references HOW am i gonna survive this whole thing
