SnowRenity

Anime fan and artist. Mostly Owari no Seraph and Free! Addicted to Genshin Impact.

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Character Playlist: Mika

<Shuffle>

Speechless (Naomi Scott)

Never had a Dream Come True (S Club 7)

The Only Exception (Paramore)

Demons (Sam Tsui and Max Schneider)

Alive (Natalie Bassingthwaighte)

Human (Christina Perri)

Battlefield (Jordan Sparks)

Me Without You (Sam Tsui)

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Zhongli new outfit 20/12/23

Childe new outfit 21/12/23

Just the fact that these two happened within 1 day of each other I swear. They need more scenes in game together c’mon hoyo tell me this was an accident. I fuckin’ dare you.

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Chongyun: ‘Xingqiu what are you doing here? The traveler invited me to their teapot realm, but I didn’t expect you’d be here too.’

Xingqiu: ‘Ah, Chongyun, nice to see you!’

X: ‘I was just examining my room. The traveler says I’m welcome to stay here since they need my help for a while, and they even set up this lovely room for guests!’

C: ‘But I was told that this would be my room? I wonder if it was an oversight on their part?’

X: ‘Hmm, I doubt it, the traveler knows us fairly well by now…’

C: ‘I g-guess so, but why would they put us in a room t-together ?’

X: ‘Oh I understand; the traveler really was trying their best to meet both of our needs.~’

C: ‘W-What are you saying Xingqiu!?’ *looks around nervously*

X: ‘That’s right, I think the traveler understands our preferences very well in fact. I suppose it’s obvious just how well we get on, dear Chongyun.’ 💙

C: *overheats and needs to lie down*

X: *smiles and lies right next to him*

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‘Ready for Battle!’

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It was a gloomy event, but Freminet is very sweet and comforting. 🩵

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Aesthetics Lantern Rite 2023

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Xingqiu x Chongyun

Canon pictures of the ship

I’ll add more as I find them in my photos folder! Enjoy the cute ship art I guess? 🩵💙

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Happy Birthday Edmond!

"You...! Another one of these... birthday surprises?" "I've already told you many times before, you have to act appropriately according to the time and place... especially when it comes to such i-intimate acts...!" "Ahem, I didn't say it's no good... it's just that if you told me in advance, I could prepare myself mentally..." "Anyway, I understand your intent to congratulate me... I'll save my alone time for you..."

Edmond has stolen my heart since I started playing NU: Carnival last year. Happy Birthday to the cutest prince of tsundere! 💙💙💙

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Baizhu’s Story Quest

Hey there, usually if I post about a Genshin story quest I tend to write about the storyline and how I think it could be interpreted. This time however… I’m mostly just gushing over my new husband.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

The fact that Baizhu has been in such a terrible condition for so long and is selflessly trying to take on, cure and manage so many illnesses all on his own is so heartbreaking, and the way he was absolutely going to keep his secret if not for Changsheng’s meddling…

I really adore Baizhu, so I was sad to know he has been suffering alone, but I always love these kinds of characters the most it seems. Honestly, this behavior; keeping to oneself and not telling anyone else about your pain is so reminiscent of my other favorite Genshin characters so far, Kaeya and Xiao. I want these three to talk. Speaking of…

This interaction was extremely unexpected after the little promo of Xiao and Baizhu that came soon before, but I was so happy that Genshin followed up on the two of them knowing each other. 10/10 I hope for a friendship between these two; they are adorable together.

Baizhu is always sad when he has to watch others die, but can’t imagine the pain he would cause by leaving all his friends behind? The parelel just hurts because he clearly doesn’t understand his own worth despite saving lives every day. Jiangli tries to tell him she is not upset about him using her idea but rather that she is worried that he is willing to hurt himself to save others.

And finally, the last scene of the quest had me wondering what was meant by this? I couldn’t help but wonder if Baizhu plans to use his power as a vision-wielder to one day ascend to godhood rather than dying from the curse? It makes Xiao’s warning about immortality seem somewhat more relevant to Baizhu’s story overall, if he truly is planning on ascending to Celestia somehow.

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Edit: In reference to Baizhu’s line in the last screenshot in my post, I think a little dissection of the line may have been helpful:

‘for a selfish moth like me, who’s afraid of the flame, yet yearns for the light, the only path forward is up towards the moon’

My understanding is thus; Baizhu is calling himself selfish for wanting it all; to be able to continue to live on despite the curse that he willingly took on in order to be able to do what other doctors cannot, (such as bringing patients back from the dead) but he also doesn’t want to have to make another person pay the price for his magically enhanced medicinal prowess, this including neither his apprentice, as is tradition with the curse (if he ever takes one) nor Changsheng, who despite being the reason for his suffering he sees as a life that cannot be sacrificed anymore than another.

So what I understand from this is; 1) Baizhu will not pass on the curse unlike the rest of the doctors who have had it, so that no one else will suffer from the same fate - or experience the same power. 2) Baizhu doesn’t want Changsheng to die either, even though she technically should have died many eons ago if not for the ancient doctor taking her on, so he will not end the contract although it is killing him. 3) Baizhu doesn’t want to die either. But he wants to continue to practice magical medicine, without dying from it, so he feels that his only option is to ascend to godhood by way of his vision and thereby become immortal, bypassing the need for a living human body to continue towards his goals.

After having said all this, I am now left with the question of how a vision can help a person achieve such lofty goals, and by becoming a ‘god’ does one become the same as the ‘archons’? Does this ascension only become available to people with appropriate elemental visions when the previous archon has died? Or is it a different, lesser god sort of thing, like the adeptus in Liyue?

Too many questions Imma leave it at that lol. Thanks everyone who bothered to read until the end. It means a lot! Let me know what you think about this theory. 💚

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Baizhu’s Story Quest

Hey there, usually if I post about a Genshin story quest I tend to write about the storyline and how I think it could be interpreted. This time however… I’m mostly just gushing over my new husband.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

The fact that Baizhu has been in such a terrible condition for so long and is selflessly trying to take on, cure and manage so many illnesses all on his own is so heartbreaking, and the way he was absolutely going to keep his secret if not for Changsheng’s meddling…

I really adore Baizhu, so I was sad to know he has been suffering alone, but I always love these kinds of characters the most it seems. Honestly, this behavior; keeping to oneself and not telling anyone else about your pain is so reminiscent of my other favorite Genshin characters so far, Kaeya and Xiao. I want these three to talk. Speaking of…

This interaction was extremely unexpected after the little promo of Xiao and Baizhu that came soon before, but I was so happy that Genshin followed up on the two of them knowing each other. 10/10 I hope for a friendship between these two; they are adorable together.

Baizhu is always sad when he has to watch others die, but can’t imagine the pain he would cause by leaving all his friends behind? The parelel just hurts because he clearly doesn’t understand his own worth despite saving lives every day. Jiangli tries to tell him she is not upset about him using her idea but rather that she is worried that he is willing to hurt himself to save others.

And finally, the last scene of the quest had me wondering what was meant by this? I couldn’t help but wonder if Baizhu plans to use his power as a vision-wielder to one day ascend to godhood rather than dying from the curse? It makes Xiao’s warning about immortality seem somewhat more relevant to Baizhu’s story overall, if he truly is planning on ascending to Celestia somehow.

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Baizhu’s Expressions

Photos taken from Baizhu’s story quest. God this man is so beautiful I had to stop and take pictures so many times while playing.

I hope this might work as a reference sheet of sorts for his expressions and face from different angles I guess?

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Kaeya and Klee in Veluriyam Mirage

These two are the best!!! I swear every time they have moments like this I just can’t believe how adorable their friendship is. And the absolute respect between them is so sweet. If we didn’t have proof that Kaeya and Klee were bffs before then this event absolutely proved it. I love them so much!

❄️+🍀

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When Genshin released a new Kaeya emoji after 2 years

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Baizhu’s Story Quest

Hey there, usually if I post about a Genshin story quest I tend to write about the storyline and how I think it could be interpreted. This time however… I’m mostly just gushing over my new husband.

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

The fact that Baizhu has been in such a terrible condition for so long and is selflessly trying to take on, cure and manage so many illnesses all on his own is so heartbreaking, and the way he was absolutely going to keep his secret if not for Changsheng’s meddling…

I really adore Baizhu, so I was sad to know he has been suffering alone, but I always love these kinds of characters the most it seems. Honestly, this behavior; keeping to oneself and not telling anyone else about your pain is so reminiscent of my other favorite Genshin characters so far, Kaeya and Xiao. I want these three to talk. Speaking of…

This interaction was extremely unexpected after the little promo of Xiao and Baizhu that came soon before, but I was so happy that Genshin followed up on the two of them knowing each other. 10/10 I hope for a friendship between these two; they are adorable together.

Baizhu is always sad when he has to watch others die, but can’t imagine the pain he would cause by leaving all his friends behind? The parelel just hurts because he clearly doesn’t understand his own worth despite saving lives every day. Jiangli tries to tell him she is not upset about him using her idea but rather that she is worried that he is willing to hurt himself to save others.

And finally, the last scene of the quest had me wondering what was meant by this? I couldn’t help but wonder if Baizhu plans to use his power as a vision-wielder to one day ascend to godhood rather than dying from the curse? It makes Xiao’s warning about immortality seem somewhat more relevant to Baizhu’s story overall, if he truly is planning on ascending to Celestia somehow.

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Kaeya’s New Outfit 💙

Yes I had to take this photo-shoot as soon as I got his new outfit okay? Please ignore my obsession with this man.

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Alhaitham’s Story Quest is about… the Borg?

I can’t be the only Star Trek fan who plays Genshin Impact right? I see this stuff and can’t help but draw comparisons.

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So we have a Borg Queen, essentially. Modules may refer to the Borg grouping system of individual units belonging to ‘unimatrices’.

Everyone gets a designation, yay! 3 of 8 Anyone?

3. This is what the Borg do; this is their live-in social network. When one Borg knows where you live, they all know, so watch out, lol.

4. Quick quote for reference to how similarly the two concepts appear. ‘We are the Borg. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile.’ (Star Trek Voyager: Collective, 2000)

5. The ultimate goal of the Borg is to achieve complete ‘perfection’ by combining the existing elements of biology and technology from every living species they encounter and taking the best of each to further themselves towards that goal.

6. On a side note, Alhaitham’s design has a colour scheme of green snd silver/grey; he’s basically wearing the Borg flag (they don’t actually have a flag, but you get the point)!

Thanks for reading this far; hopefully it was a little informative and interesting!

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[SHITTY EDIT WARNING] So I've been playing Fire Emblem 6 and 7 recently and got kind of addicted to them (I'm talking playing for hours on end) and for some reason I wanted to combine my two current obsessions.

This is a game I would play. I would never let my faves suffer from FE's permadeath. Mika and Yuu would be my power couple like Rutger and Clarine.

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Wow this post aged terribly now Yuu-chan’s line looks like a Zhongli reference.

‘Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember, but where are those who share the memories…?’