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hii, my name's vi, welcome to my genshin sideblog!!

here are my other blogs:

@amaranth-leaf — main,

@stygian--iron — pjo sideblog,

and @i-am-the-reinforcements — hsr sideblog.

you can expect: mostly kaeya, khaenri'ah and venti content, some lore, some analyses, maybe a doodle every once in a while (no promises on that front though...). i don't make original posts very often, just as a warning.

spoilers will be tagged with "*version nr* spoilers".

tagging system:

#just vi things

in celebration of pride month. bisexual genderqueer kaeya. send post.

#kaeya #genshin impact #bisexual #do not debate me on this #it fits right into his themes and character arc too btw #stuck between 'options' and being told to 'choose a side'#too 'thing a' to fit in with group b and too 'thing b' to fit in with group a #something something #you can rip bisexual kaeya from my cold dead hands

hmm does anyone have like, a masterdoc or something on childe tartaglia ajax lore/references? preferably less with analyses and more uhh in-game texts to read or something like that? i wanna deep dive into his lore and theories, but i'm not that familiar with any niche crumbs he might have.

#childe #tartaglia #childe tartaglia ajax #genshin impact #like. one of kaeya's biggest lore drops was in a hidden time-limited readable so.#other characters might also have had something like that and i'd never even know

amaranth-leaf

WESOŁEGO GEJA KOCHANI

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My headcanon that bleeds into all my other headcanons is that the two years after Crepus's death/Diluc's departure could go down as one of the worst times in Mondstadt's recent history.

A prestigious clan, an entire family that played vital roles in their society for decades if not centuries, gone in one night. The head of the clan dead, the eldest MIA, and the youngest suddenly renounced the clan. The biggest player in the alcohol industry that Teyvat has to offer now has no real figurehead, and though we know that Elzer ended up picking up the pieces, it for sure took a couple years to truly reach smooth sailing again.

That's in the economics stand point.

Social is even worse. Crepus was an active member of Mondstadt, he visited the church, he was friends with many many high ranking people of all organisations (Varka, Cyrus, Seamus, Frederica, etc). His death would've rattled every organisation whether he was closely affiliated or not due to his connections.

Diluc and Kaeya were known to be so close that people often referred to them as twins despite Kaeya being younger and adopted. Diluc having been Mondstadt's youngest knight, he would've been very loved by everyone due to his outgoing nature and passion to protect. Kaeya was considered charming, polite, a sweet young man who stood next to his brother as a helping hand.

The citizens loved them.

And then suddenly, Diluc resigns without a word and leaves without a goodbye. On the same night, Kaeya was reported to be critically wounded, some rumours flying about a cryo vision and burn marks.

A few months later, Kaeya removed the Ragnvindr name from his legal documents, now only going by Alberich. It might not be a formal disownment due to him still being a minor, but it sent the message all the same.

A few months after that, he was promoted to Cavalry Captain and replaced his brother's position in the knights.

Mondstadt watched as Crepus's youngest morph into a silver-tongued charmer, walls so high that people forgot the person behind it. Most of the folks chalked it up to aging and growing up into his own person, though a select few stared at Kaeya in pity. A boy who lost it all. A polite and reserved young knight turned charmer to cope.

The entire structure of Mondstadt was shaken in a single night with no time to recover due to disasters after disasters.

One death of a prominent figure was bad enough, especially with his contributions to the core of their economy and the knights, but both his sons as well? The ENTIRE Ragnvindr family, at least legally, down in one night?

Those two years were shaky at best, brittle at worst. Godd I wish we knew more.

#text post #kaeya #diluc #crepus ragnvindr #oof... ouch....#when you put it that way #i'm kinda surprised diluc didn't face more social backlash #for the fight with kaeya i mean #even if kaeya tried to spin a tale about his injuries #if anyone caught sight of the burns #people would start talking for sure #the injuries + diluc leaving mondstadt + kaeya renouncing the ragnvindr name??? please #mondstadters are huge gossips and they would 100% start taking sides.... stars #imagine being kaeya and having to manage gossip on top of everything else he was going through

cosmickoshi

Excuse me I'm extremely normal about The Character. Yes I got a stomachache thinking about them in passing and needed to lie down for a bit before I felt well enough to go about the rest of my day. But apart from that I'm completely and utterly normal about them.

#kaeya #also #childe tartaglia ajax

Does it ever say anywhere that his difficult choice will be between the two nations, or is that just assumed?

I'm kinda new to the fandom and everything I've learned about Kaeya so fast is kinda scaring me with the death flags. Like, most fictions (and people, unless they're suicidal) would classify choosing to sacrifice yourself a difficult decision (not because it's not clear to make, but because is just a hard thing to do?) So, I'm kinda scared I'll have my favorite character dying on me yet again (I swear it always happens to me). Please hoyo don't kill my sweet blue pirate wanna be.

Hi anon, welcome to the fandom!! I'm so glad you asked!

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The first time we hear about Kaeya's "choice" is in his Vision story that goes as follows:

If Khaenri'ah and Mondstadt went to war, which side should he support? To whom should he offer his assistance: his birth father, who had ruthlessly abandoned him? Or his adoptive father, who had loved him and raised him? For the longest time, Kaeya had agonized over these impossible questions, caught between the opposing demands of loyalty and duty, faced with an impossible choice between truth and happiness.

The second time was Mona's voice line, which isn't as explicit, I suppose.

Then we've got his Hang-out Event. In big short (bc I don't want to spoil too much in case you aren't there yet!), there's a character that parallels Kaeya and they have to choose between two nations as well.

Interpretation:

So yes, most sources point rather firmly to a choice between two nations. That said, I believe Kaeya's conflict is as much about the nations themselves as what they represent, as he himself says in the Vision story.

Mondstadt stands for his family, friends and all the love he recieved there. It's warm summers, azure waters, grapevines and crystalfilies glimmering in the sun. A fairy tale, really, compared to Khaenri'ah.

Khaenri'ah itself is the harsh reality, the many terrible truths about Teyvat. Celestia's constant surveilance. The Abyss and corruption, ever encroaching. A cautionary tale against ambition.

To choose Mondstadt is to turn a blind eye to the horrors his people faced and are still facing. To pretend that sunshine world of knights and gods and Visions is simple and kind. It's to abandon those who still suffer at the hands of Teyvat's occupant.

And to choose Khaenri'ah is to leave all of this, his happiness, and himself behind. He'd turn away from the sun and venture back into the shadows. As Khaenri'ah's Last Hope, he would face the dark truth of this world head on and challenge it, at the price of his spot by the side of everything he holds dear.

(Well, in theory, anyway. I don't believe choosing to help Khaenri'ah would dissuade, say, Jean from at least trying to understand his perspective. But you know what I mean, yeah?)

("Challenging the truths of this world" is still on his radar, of course, I just hope he gets to do it with his friends and family by his side :3)

Notes:

If you want to know my perspective, it's true Kaeya has a lot of deathflags, but I'm not too worried! Genshin writers have been skillfully avoiding killing any playable characters. While it would be possible (in my opinion) to make Kaeya's death a satisfing ending, I don't believe that's the kind of story they want to tell! Of course there always has to be a first time, so he's not 100% safe, I suppose, it's probably too early to worry <3

I'd definitelly recommend taking it slow with all the lore crumbs! There's so much to learn and it can get overwhelming.

Again, thank you so much for asking!! If there's anything else at all you'd like to know or that you'd like me to elaborate on, let me know pretty please! I love talking about Kaeya and Khaenri'ah and Teyvat lore so so so much <3

#genshin impact #kaeya #text post #just vi things #thank you for the ask!! <3 #i'm literally that ''I've waited YEARS for someone to ask me about my theories!'' she-ra gif rn #ask me about kaeya anytime and always!! and my life is yours!#and yes i did call the heavenly principles an occupant argue with a wall thank you #i feel like i missed something but! oh well!

i see so so so many people, as in kaeya fans, say that kaeya will clearly choose mondstadt over khaenri'ah and it kinda annoys me 🥲 like, no!! you're missing the point! and half of his main themes!!

yes, of course, he's loyal to mondstadt. that's his home, he loves it and it's people very much. of course.

that does not mean he doesn't care about khaenri'ah at all. like, come on, he has khaenri'ahn symbols all over his official captain uniform. his uniform in general is not unlike say, thrain's. and he designed it himself. do you think he did all that for shits and giggles?

there's also the vision on his sailwind shadow outfit which really summarizes my entire rationale on it's own.*

some people use kaeya's hang-out event "all the world's a stage" ending as an argument, because kaeya does not improvise the ending, and in the end qubad chooses not to return to his homeland. and i say, exactly! it's the canonical ending to the play, outside the improvisation. it's the script! qubad's fate!

kaeya's fate is that he'll be forced to choose someday. that it'll be either this or that. that's the fate he REJECTS, that he declares he will resist!

i believe that ultimately, kaeya's goal is to find a solution that saves both nations; so that he never has to choose at all.

to say that he will definitelly choose mondstadt when we don't even know his exact connection and relationship with khaenri'ah is just biased.

#genshin impact #kaeya #text post #that's the whole POINTTTT #he refuses to succumb to fate and his fate is to CHOOSE #the same would go for people who say he'll choose khaenri'ah #except i have never once seen that happen #brought to you by an artist i really like posting a pretty bad kaeya take 🥲🥲

simulanka d*rin fans are annoying af, this one person on twt made a post about disliking him and they're on their ass about it. "how can you say this about the baby 🥺🥺🥺" how about you SHUT THE FUCK UP

#not MY fucking baby that's for sure #someone told this person they hope their country gets bombed :DD #bc that's a very normal response to have

i've got like 30 drafts (for posts on here, as opposed to fanfic. i've like 12 of those <3) i need to lock in and finish them

#he said‚ therefore ensuring it would never happen #just vi things