//twitter ship discourse and Genshin leaks (?)
Whatâs with this âTighnari and Cyno are siblingsâ bs? Because they said they are like siblings? And why are some people treating this as if only Asian countries use brother/sister as terms of endearment? Once again Twitter ruins other peopleâs perceptions of what American culture is actually like. Brother/sister and bro/sis are endearing here too, calling someone your bro doesnât actually mean youâre related. Plus in many religions here we call everyone brother/sister. Itâs not American culture, itâs just EN Twitter culture. No one calls Ayato and Itto brothers despite Itto calling him âmy bro Ayatoâ, because theyâre so obviously not brothers. Even if you ignore the fact that Tighnari and Cyno look nothing alike, donât you think itâs a little weird that one of them is... idunno... HALF DOG?? And if Tighnari and Cyno were actually siblings, donât you think itâd be important enough to mention in a voiceline?? Mika isnât even out yet and we already know heâs Huffmanâs little brother! I can at least understand thinking Diluc and Kaeya are brothers because most people only see the dogshit localization, so the only hint theyâd get to the real relationship is the fact that Kaeya is still Kaeya Alberich and not Ragnvindr, but thinking Tighnari and Cyno are seriously brothers because they said they are âlike siblingsâ is quite the leap for an average player.
Hereâs a list of known relationships (to my knowledge)
Siblings: Mika, Huffman Jean, Barbara Ayato, Ayaka Ajax, Anthon, Tonia, Teucer Aether, Lumine Ei/Beelzebul, Makoto/Baal Dori, unnamed older sister Gorou, at least 4 unnamed older siblings (this might just be a pun on his name in Japanese) Xingqiu, unnamed older brother Shenhe, at least one sibling Cyrus, Iris
âSiblingsâ: Diluc, Kaeya Ayato, Itto Tighnari, Cyno Albedo, Klee (Alice is a stand-in mother figure by extension)
Other relatives: Shenhe, Chongyun (aunt, nephew) Xiangling, Chef Mao (daughter, father) Diona, Draff, Olaf (daughter, father, ???) Yoimiya, Ryuunosuke (daughter, father) Diluc, Crepus (son, father) Klee, Alice (daughter, mother) Jean, Barbara, Frederica, Seamus (daughter, daughter, mother, father)(parents are divorced) Eula, Schubert (niece, uncle) Niwa, Kazuha (distant relatives) Herman, Ellin (father, daughter) Cyrus, Iris, Majorie (father, aunt, daughter/niece) Guy, Tunner (son, father)
???: Kunikuzushi, Raiden Shogun, Ei, Makoto (creation/son/brother, clone/sister, creator/mother, creatorâs sister/aunt) Albedo, Durin, Rhinedottir (creation/brother, creation/brother, creator)