🌻Vola🌻

🌀Radical feminist • 🕊️Venti main🕊️ • Robin Buckley kinnie • ☆The biggest sskk fan☆

[lovershinsoukoku]

🌻About me🌻

Hello!! My name is Vola^^ I'm Belarusian, so English is not my first language. I don't reblog very often and this blog will (mostly) be my own thoughts about my favorite fandoms.

У паўсядзённым жыцьці я размаўляю па-беларуску і ўсе іншыя соцсеткі як правіла вяду таксама на ёй (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠) Яшчэ ў мяне ёсьць тгк @lovershinsoukoku, дзе я найбольш актыўнічаю🌻🌻

☆ My fandoms: Stranger things, Alien stage, Bungou stray dogs, mha, Genshin impact, Harry Potter, Danganronpa, My little pony, Sally Face, Naruto, Fran Bow

[lovershinsoukoku]

As a Belarusian radical feminist, who has been participating in feminist circles and consciousness-raising groups for some time now (both online and offline), I want to know if there are any of them beyond post-soviet countries (or if there are any groups within post-soviet countries that I don't know about).

By "feminist circle" I mean a group of women that educate themselves together by studying feminist/political/economist/philosophical works, discuss what they've learnt and make some conclusions based on the material studied.

And by "consciousness-raising groups" I mean places, where women discuss their experience, analyze it, find similarities and differences. It's important to say that these gatherings are not therapy groups. One of the first ones was organized by NYRW (New York Radical Women), you can find information and read about them on internet.

So if there are any women that are a part of groups like these, I would love to know about these groups and your experience working within them. And if anyone wants to know more about the experience of groups that I'm a part of or to learn more about feminist circles/consciousness-raising groups as such, I would be glad to talk about it too!

[p1nkityyy]

When Marxists critique the capitalist system, they say (truthfully) that all workers are exploited by it and coerced into working by the ruling class, despite them enjoying their jobs or not, and that it is a natural prerequisite of the capitalist system due to its structure. This is rarely seen (and only seen by the capitalist) as infantilizing the worker or taking away the agency of the proletariat, simply making an observation of their circumstance.

However when feminists, similarly critiquing the patriarchal system, say that all women are exploited by it and coerced to do certain things by their equivalent ruling/oppressive class, despite them enjoying these things or not, and that this coercion is a natural prerequisite of the patriarchal system due to its structure, this is seen by other apparent feminists as infantilizing women and taking away all women's agency, not simply making an observation of their circumstance.

What is the material difference here? That you want it to be untrue or offensive in some way, so it serves to make you feel better about the world and your life within it?

Part of the chasm stems from the fact that modern feminism has been turned into an individual movement, focused on individual whims rather than collective necessity. Another part of it comes from the fact that unlike Marxism, where the oppressor is the oligarch, the bourgeoisie, and the ruling class, all figures whom the majority of the proletariat scarcely make direct contact with, for feminism the oppressor is in women's beds, classrooms, at the head of their dinner tables and shoulder-to-shoulder with them at work.

These factors make it difficult for women to truly interrogate their lives through the lens of feminist theory since application of these thoughts (like any thorough political movement) requires dedication and discipline which are not easy to come by or maintain when you are:

A. Oppressed by the patriarchal (and other) system(s)

And

B. Told that feminism and other movements like it are inherently focused on your wants, not the needs of a collective. This makes it easy to default to thinking everything not specifically focused on your whims is incorrect or offensive.

[luaitl]

Feminism that treats men as natural enemies rather than as products of an oppressive socialization does not seek to end patriarchy – it merely seeks emotional comfort in victimization. It is easier to point fingers and say “men are just like that” than to admit that change requires collective effort, reeducation, and yes, their participation in overcoming this system. This kind of essentialist discourse not only reinforces useless divisions but also throws away any real possibility of transformation. Perhaps this feminism doesn’t even want a world without patriarchy, because that would mean letting go of the simplistic narrative of “bad men vs. good women” and facing the fact that liberation requires much more than just likes on angry tweets.

[lovershinsoukoku]

I'm BEGGING someone to make a gacha reaction video to Mike Wheeler's songs with internalized homophobia, mentioned su1c1de and byler🙏🙏

(also no Taylor Swift's or Sabrina Carpenter's songs please😔)

[lovershinsoukoku]

Let's talk about how Venti and Alice have never been friends and fandom just imagined it.

This myth appeared during the 3.5 update event, when Alice told us a story about how the Hexenzirkel once challenged the Anemo Archon, but he stopped them and resolved all the conflicts with one song. Somehow I haven't seen anyone questioning her words, which is weird, since we're talking about THE Alice, the founder of the Hexenzirkel and just an insane woman.

We know there used to be 8 witches in the Hexenzirkel, but where did the eighth one go? And do you really believe that one of the most powerful and crazy people in Teyvat, especially Alice and Reighndottir, would make concessions on the pretext of peace? If you ask me, it doesn't sound realistic at all.

During the event, Alice was telling the story in front of her daughter Klee and many other people. It should be obvious that Alice wouldn't have told us the real story with its gory details.

If we are talking about the 5.6 update archon quest, it's also obvious to me that there is high tension between Venti and Alice.

The way Alice calls Venti "Barbatos" is not a "friendly joke" at least because Venti's face shows how uncomfortable they are.

"Barbatos" is a name given by Celestia, and Alice cannot but know Venti's opinion about Them.

The way Venti carefully acts and picks their words is very telling.

Alice and Venti are not teasing each other, but walking the razor's edge of trying not to cross the line and attacking each other.

[lovershinsoukoku]

If you haven't read this banger, what are you doing with your life?

[lovershinsoukoku]

I wasn't the only one who thought of Istaroth and Venti, was I?

[lovershinsoukoku]

It's crazy how most of people in genshin fandom don't even know the fact that we have quite a lot of information about Venti's past.

In the description of winds of forest in order to prove they are one of the fundamental elements, the Anemo archon tells a story about the youngest of winds, which probably means the one they were talking about is the God of freedom themselves. From the story we're finding out Venti was not only the youngest, but also the weakest among their siblings. However, when they left their family and went on a trip around the Teyvat, plants in their homeland started to die. From this we can conclude Venti is not from Mondstadt and he must have been born in Encanomiya. First of things that indicates this is the almost complete absence of plants there. And the second one is the fact that Astaroth was staying there and helping people of Encanomiya about 3500-2500 years ago, which must be the exact time when she created the thousand of winds. When Venti found out about the situation in his homeland after their leaving, they had to make a choice between Mondstadt and Encanomiya since choosing one of them automatically meant death of the other (Mondstadt was a land of snow back then and after Decarabian's death people would just die there without any food) and I think, we all understand what they chose.

[ventisslut]

Could this explain the whole "prodigal son" thing and the possible beef between him and Istaroth?

(By definition, a prodigal son is someone who has left home and betrayed their parents in some form, later on growing remorseful. Or at least, that's what I think.)

[lovershinsoukoku]

I think, it must be the main reason he became a "prodigal son" in the first place, but not the only one. The second one might be the differences between Venti's and Astaroth's ideologies. Astaroth is the God of time, so she's also most probably responsible for all this stuff with "fate" in Teyvat. She created Venti for some purpose, he didn't have any freedom from the very beginning. That's why freedom means so much for him and that's the reason he has such relationship with his mother.

[ventisslut]

To add onto that, I remembered something.

Istaroth devours all memories & the past with time, causing erosion in everything.

Venti tries to preserve memories and the past with his songs, and even with his persona as a bard (to honor and remember his dead friend)

They directly clash about this.

[psychopomp-namine]

the glider story is a sort of "prequel" to the lore in azure winds

the dandelion seeds in both stories are the same. venti "hid himself away" and the dandelion sought him so he can breathe life again — the plants being referred to here are not necessarily about those from venti's homeland, in my opinion. the wind-pollinated flowers were wilting outside his homeland and he was sought out to fix this

the enkanomiya bit is interesting. I always thought venti meant celestia, since istaroth is the shade of time and created the thousand winds, of which venti is one of them. enkanomiya is but one of the many locations istaroth had a more direct presence in, but she's really everywhere and embedded in each nation's history (the aranara's ad oblivione is just another name for the thousand winds, for example). and as a shade of the primordial one, it makes more sense imo that the lofty children of the skies originated from celestia. my understanding is that venti didn't choose between enkanomiya and mondstadt; he chose between celestia and mondstadt (or teyvat, generally speaking)

I sort of doubt that istaroth and venti are necessarily at odds with each other on a personal level. on a faction-level, definitely so, in the present time. but there was a time when mondstadt worshipped both wind and time, and built temples for both of them, so there must have been (at least from the people's eyes) some harmonious relationship between them even after venti left. in the azure winds lore, I really don't know who else could've told venti to "set out from the shores in the east" other than istaroth.

[lovershinsoukoku]

First I wanted to say quite a lot about everything you'd written about, but I understood I didn't have anything to add, I just loved your train of thought. And I get the idea of Celestia being the Venti's homeland, it might also explain some other questions I've had.

We can differently interpret a lot of things in Genshin, because Hoyoverse love to use fairy tales and metaphors when they need to provide us some information about Genshin's lore. I just wonder if they're going to explain all this stuff sometime (probably not) and if they are, then how?

[toughtink]

i've also always assumed that if venti came from anywhere and had a home beyond just going where the wind blows, it'd basically be the realm of the gods, which would be celestia. i like this especially because mondstat has christian imagery all over it with its cathedral and multiple playable nuns. venti as the son of a god who came to teyvat to save the people there and in doing so took on a human form: that's pretty jesus-y.

[lovershinsoukoku]

If we're talking about Venti being "alternative Jesus" in Mondstadt, then I must say I've already thought about his resurrection and I think, the moment when Venti became a god could symbolize it. Even if Venti didn't die, his friend did, and Venti took his form. Just imagine the reaction of people that saw Nameless bard's lifeless body when the boy that looked exactly the same as their dead friend appeared out of nowhere. They must have thought Nameless bard had resurrected or somehow hadn't died at all.

[lovershinsoukoku]

It's crazy how most of people in genshin fandom don't even know the fact that we have quite a lot of information about Venti's past.

In the description of winds of forest in order to prove they are one of the fundamental elements, the Anemo archon tells a story about the youngest of winds, which probably means the one they were talking about is the God of freedom themselves. From the story we're finding out Venti was not only the youngest, but also the weakest among their siblings. However, when they left their family and went on a trip around the Teyvat, plants in their homeland started to die. From this we can conclude Venti is not from Mondstadt and he must have been born in Encanomiya. First of things that indicates this is the almost complete absence of plants there. And the second one is the fact that Astaroth was staying there and helping people of Encanomiya about 3500-2500 years ago, which must be the exact time when she created the thousand of winds. When Venti found out about the situation in his homeland after their leaving, they had to make a choice between Mondstadt and Encanomiya since choosing one of them automatically meant death of the other (Mondstadt was a land of snow back then and after Decarabian's death people would just die there without any food) and I think, we all understand what they chose.

[ventisslut]

Could this explain the whole "prodigal son" thing and the possible beef between him and Istaroth?

(By definition, a prodigal son is someone who has left home and betrayed their parents in some form, later on growing remorseful. Or at least, that's what I think.)

[lovershinsoukoku]

I think, it must be the main reason he became a "prodigal son" in the first place, but not the only one. The second one might be the differences between Venti's and Astaroth's ideologies. Astaroth is the God of time, so she's also most probably responsible for all this stuff with "fate" in Teyvat. She created Venti for some purpose, he didn't have any freedom from the very beginning. That's why freedom means so much for him and that's the reason he has such relationship with his mother.

[ventisslut]

To add onto that, I remembered something.

Istaroth devours all memories & the past with time, causing erosion in everything.

Venti tries to preserve memories and the past with his songs, and even with his persona as a bard (to honor and remember his dead friend)

They directly clash about this.

[psychopomp-namine]

the glider story is a sort of "prequel" to the lore in azure winds

the dandelion seeds in both stories are the same. venti "hid himself away" and the dandelion sought him so he can breathe life again — the plants being referred to here are not necessarily about those from venti's homeland, in my opinion. the wind-pollinated flowers were wilting outside his homeland and he was sought out to fix this

the enkanomiya bit is interesting. I always thought venti meant celestia, since istaroth is the shade of time and created the thousand winds, of which venti is one of them. enkanomiya is but one of the many locations istaroth had a more direct presence in, but she's really everywhere and embedded in each nation's history (the aranara's ad oblivione is just another name for the thousand winds, for example). and as a shade of the primordial one, it makes more sense imo that the lofty children of the skies originated from celestia. my understanding is that venti didn't choose between enkanomiya and mondstadt; he chose between celestia and mondstadt (or teyvat, generally speaking)

I sort of doubt that istaroth and venti are necessarily at odds with each other on a personal level. on a faction-level, definitely so, in the present time. but there was a time when mondstadt worshipped both wind and time, and built temples for both of them, so there must have been (at least from the people's eyes) some harmonious relationship between them even after venti left. in the azure winds lore, I really don't know who else could've told venti to "set out from the shores in the east" other than istaroth.

[lovershinsoukoku]

First I wanted to say quite a lot about everything you'd written about, but I understood I didn't have anything to add, I just loved your train of thought. And I get the idea of Celestia being the Venti's homeland, it might also explain some other questions I've had.

We can differently interpret a lot of things in Genshin, because Hoyoverse love to use fairy tales and metaphors when they need to provide us some information about Genshin's lore. I just wonder if they're going to explain all this stuff sometime (probably not) and if they are, then how?

[lovershinsoukoku]

EITHER HIS EYES ARE GLOWING OR I'M JUST DELUSIONAL

[lovershinsoukoku]

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, IT'S BEEN MORE THAN 4 YEARS AND WE'LL FINALLY GET KAEBEDO INTERACTIONS🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[lovershinsoukoku]

It's crazy how most of people in genshin fandom don't even know the fact that we have quite a lot of information about Venti's past.

In the description of winds of forest in order to prove they are one of the fundamental elements, the Anemo archon tells a story about the youngest of winds, which probably means the one they were talking about is the God of freedom themselves. From the story we're finding out Venti was not only the youngest, but also the weakest among their siblings. However, when they left their family and went on a trip around the Teyvat, plants in their homeland started to die. From this we can conclude Venti is not from Mondstadt and he must have been born in Encanomiya. First of things that indicates this is the almost complete absence of plants there. And the second one is the fact that Astaroth was staying there and helping people of Encanomiya about 3500-2500 years ago, which must be the exact time when she created the thousand of winds. When Venti found out about the situation in his homeland after their leaving, they had to make a choice between Mondstadt and Encanomiya since choosing one of them automatically meant death of the other (Mondstadt was a land of snow back then and after Decarabian's death people would just die there without any food) and I think, we all understand what they chose.

[ventisslut]

Could this explain the whole "prodigal son" thing and the possible beef between him and Istaroth?

(By definition, a prodigal son is someone who has left home and betrayed their parents in some form, later on growing remorseful. Or at least, that's what I think.)

[lovershinsoukoku]

I think, it must be the main reason he became a "prodigal son" in the first place, but not the only one. The second one might be the differences between Venti's and Astaroth's ideologies. Astaroth is the God of time, so she's also most probably responsible for all this stuff with "fate" in Teyvat. She created Venti for some purpose, he didn't have any freedom from the very beginning. That's why freedom means so much for him and that's the reason he has such relationship with his mother.

[lovershinsoukoku]

It's crazy how most of people in genshin fandom don't even know the fact that we have quite a lot of information about Venti's past.

In the description of winds of forest in order to prove they are one of the fundamental elements, the Anemo archon tells a story about the youngest of winds, which probably means the one they were talking about is the God of freedom themselves. From the story we're finding out Venti was not only the youngest, but also the weakest among their siblings. However, when they left their family and went on a trip around the Teyvat, plants in their homeland started to die. From this we can conclude Venti is not from Mondstadt and he must have been born in Encanomiya. First of things that indicates this is the almost complete absence of plants there. And the second one is the fact that Astaroth was staying there and helping people of Encanomiya about 3500-2500 years ago, which must be the exact time when she created the thousand of winds. When Venti found out about the situation in his homeland after their leaving, they had to make a choice between Mondstadt and Encanomiya since choosing one of them automatically meant death of the other (Mondstadt was a land of snow back then and after Decarabian's death people would just die there without any food) and I think, we all understand what they chose.

[lovershinsoukoku]

Chapter 119 theory

A little theory about why Ryunosuke may not have lost his memory, and all this is really just acting in front of Fyodor. Not denying the possibility that Akutagawa really lost his memories, but I want to consider a scenario in which he remembers everything.

I can see some similarities with the frame where Ryunosuke asks Atsushi who he is, and with the time in chapter 87 when Fukuchi tried to lure Akutagawa to his side, and he pretended that he agreed. As you probably remember, Ryunosuke also told Atsushi about his lung disease at that time. In that frame, Atsushi looked surprised, and in my opinion not only because of what he'd heard, but also because he understood Akutagawa's plan, since it was after this moment that Nakajima stood up and played along with him.

So, the main element in all these events is eye contact. In the last chapter, the same thing happens, Akutagawa says, that he doesn't remember Atsushi, shin soukoku's eyes meet, and the only reaction we see from Nakajima is a surprised look. He doesn't have any more questions, he doesn't start behaving differently with Ryunosuke, he doesn't lose his trust in him, he just takes the fact for granted. This reaction can be explained by the fact that Atsushi doesn't have time to ask any questions and think too much about it, but again, I'm just considering different scenarios.

I can also see some similarities in the development of events since Ryunosuke's arrival. Sskk's behavior, facial expressions and choice of words are similar to themselves in the 20th volume.

And the last thing that makes me think Akutagawa has not lost his memory are these frames. The phrases are quite similar, only one of them was said at the first shinsoukoku meeting, and the second after the end of vampirism. Perhaps this is another sign for Atsushi, a signal that Akutagawa is there with him again.

[lovershinsoukoku]

I also noticed that Akutagawa "losing his memory" is very similar to Chuuya pretending to be a vampire. If you think about these parallels, my theory makes much more sense.

[lovershinsoukoku]

They're so similar, but also so different

The way Ryunosuke refused to join Fukuchi and Atsushi agreed (⁠╥⁠﹏⁠╥⁠) They're literally yin yang💔

[lovershinsoukoku]

Love is...

...when you spend time on him🥰