modern au and the five sinners just own a pet shelter. because what the fuck is up their pet line up seriously
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modern au and the five sinners just own a pet shelter. because what the fuck is up their pet line up seriously
sorry I still think it’s insane half of the genshin fandom was soooo quick to jump on the “yeah the character(s) who had their country obliterated in an incredibly horrific & inhumane manner, and who watched all their friends family and acquaintances be turned into ‘monsters’ made to suffer a fate worse than death, (not to mention those monsters being the same ones who are actively just killed and looted by people in teyvat,) and who are repeatedly implied and explicitly shown to be victims of propagandized characterizations of themselves to the common people of teyvat, and by extension us, as many of the references we use to refer to their horrible deeds are incredibly biased and lacking nuance & depth? Those guys are DEFINITELY the wholly evil villains in the story, and deserve to be demonized by the fandom and completely ridden of their complex nuance & greyness.”
I AM GETTING STABBED IN THE GUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
OHHH THE GREAT SINNERS ARE SO BACK IN.
at least ONE of them needs to be a woman aside from Rhine. right
super duper curious about the lack of proper documentation on Rhinedottir pre-cataclysm now, especially since it's been confirmed it couldn't have been that she was just someone working under the nose of society,, and that she would've been esteemed enough to have had (at the bare minimum) majority of khaneriahns known of her, and her accomplishments, which knowledge would have then passed onto the surface of teyvat, in some capacity-- especially since any figure with THAT major of accomplishments, who'd be public, would and should have proper documentation ;; especially considering the phrasing of the log in "???"
" It seems that there was an alchemist from Khaenri'ah named ”R” who joined a secret order. From what fragmentary records exist, it appears that they made significant headway. But the available materials are scarce… If Rene doesn't recover, the Ordo will slowly dissolve. And if we were all mistaken, and the colossal beasts and apocalypse are false, will there be others who shall research the trail left behind, as I am now…?"
Compared then to what Dain described her (and the other sinners) with,
Clearly, these two perspectives are. not matching up!!!! The ambiguity used to refer to her in the Log clearly insinuates there's a HEAVY lack of proper knowledge or documentation on..,, anything she'd done. or who she even WAS ;; "an alchemist from Khaenri'ah named ”R”" also insinuates something as simple as her name wasn't known which is...,, very problematic considering who she is. THEY DONT EVEN KNOW HER GENDER OR PRONOUNS EITHER????? "they made significant headway" huh!!!! ;; . "From what fragmentary records exist," insinuates that, not only would these documents consisting of what was likely considered some of (what would've been) the most revolutionary and highly advanced alchemy at the time, were scarce; they were in NO way preserved which is. already. very odd!!! It's common knowledge by any civilization or group or ANYTHING that it's essential to properly document important knowledge for safe keeping;; Obviously, we know Khaneri'ah has( and is being) actively sort-of wiped/ignored in common Teyvat's history & knowledge (some relevant considering the utter lack of ANYTHING on it from the average person) ;; but the issue is that ordo was active 400 years ago-- a point where there'd still be people ALIVE from the cataclysm to tell the story and share that knowledge.
And this isn't even mentioning the fact this implies that the other 4 sinners have no known / found records.,, at all.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the only possible things my brain can come up with to explain this at 11:57 pm is that either 1 -> The things the sinners were doing, which were a big no-no by most laws and rules of teyvat, was explicitly left undocumented as to not have that knowledge taken. or to simply cover their tracks 2 -> Said proper documentation was destroyed by someone (likely from Khaneri'ah) who thought it was too dangerous to be left as it was 3 -> Irminsuil fucking with it 4 -> the heavenly principles fucking with it 5 -> these mfs were the most well kept secret by khaneri'ah ever and they SOMEHOW miraculously never had knowledge of them make it's way up to the surface realm.
Considering the entire concept of them originally trying to stop the "vinster king" + their entire thing with the abyss (meaning inherently anti celestia) ;; i can only assume it's gonna be somehow associated with one of those two authorities. but who knows!!! maybe we're gonna get hit over the head with it actually just being a big oopsie daises!!!!!
the way dain refers to them as the 5 sinners of khaneri'ah even though in almost religion or religious concept to include the idea of sin it's an established point that all humans are inherently 'sinners' due to being human im going insane
i personally think the "And when the cataclysm occurred, not one of them stood up in defense of their nation, not one came forward to prevent the tragedy… And for that, they shall never have my forgiveness." line from dain is so insane because. what the fuck were they meant to do. like i dont MEAN to be apart of the woke liberal left but when you live your life under the impression of the gods being pretty damn powerful it is in fact human survival instinct to RUN when aforementioned gods are trying to exterminate you like an ant. like im not judging dain too much because i know that boy was indoctrinated to hell and back as a knight. but 1.) dain where the fuck were YOU. and 2.) as far as we can see through just rhine. there was stuff done???? you could not POSSIBLY expect 5 people to save an entire underground nation from 5(?) gods + the heavenly principles;; but its clear they did stuff. above ground. at least?? rhine sent two whole ass dragons on the overworld & archon's asses. NOT TO MENTION THE RIFTWOLVES?? maybe it wasnt wholly for 'avenging' khaneri'ah but it was. definitely more than whatever dain did !!!! this isnt even mentioning the fact dain doesn't clarify they all had their "otherworldly powers" at that point-- they'd, in the case they were there, would HAVE to had been new to them ;; and i doubt any person grappling with powers beyond their world would be all too eager to go fight the gods ( WHO HAVE LIVED HUNDEREDS OF YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!) with their minimal experience. i promise i do not normally shit on dainsleif. but oh mygod. buddy. please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!