#eroch

[kunishirou]

"Once, there were three spirited young men who imagined their future together."

[temeyes]

doodled this the other day!! just more Varka/OC stuff + my take on Eroch ehe

[aro-lina-bean]

am i insane or is "Eroch killed himself in front of Varka" the of of the most insulting retcons in this game? there are certainly more offensive ones but for such an old piece of lore it feels particularly annoying to me.

its possible im overthinking so my spitballing is under cut ig. i would do a more formal deepdive but i have enough essays to write already.

(I guess I should note that I haven't done varka's story quest yet but intend to do it eventually. for transparency. if relevant info spoils it feel free to bring it up because i value conversation over being spoiler-free.)

For one it feels completely unnecessary for Varka: the fact that Eroch did all this behind his "friend's" back, including getting one of Varka's childhood friends killed while driving his son from the knights is absolutely enough of a stain on Varka's honor. He didn't need to "fail" further by not preventing Eroch's death imo. Him failing to notice how much Eroch was growing to despise him is definitely traumatizing enough of a failure to prove that varka is "only human," as that part of his chara story ends on.

I also cant help but feel like this is a disservice to jean's pregame character arc? im not one of those ppl who thinks that varka is misogynistic but some of the ways hes written in relation to jean does make me raise an eyebrow at hoyo. Its not neccessarily that his story regarding this issue doesnt make sense but when lined up with what we already know something about it doesnt seem to fit to me.

- varka's story says that he recieved the news that crepus had died and that eroch turned traitor at the same time. Jean's story says that varka gave her permission to investigate eroch himself. the way its phrased in varka's story seems to imply that it was all completely out of the blue... which it shouldnt have been if he gave jean permission to investigate him.

- in his voice line about kaeya, he says that keaya played a major role in ousting eroch. We knew already that he aided jean but until now there wasnt actually any implication that he played a "major" role right? I know this line is in relation to why he trusts kaeya despite him growing into his shadiness but the framing, again, feels weird that he mentions Kaeya's involvement in Eroch's ousting and not Jean's when she was the one who led the investigation and asked to investigate in the first place.

- Diluc's character story claims that Eroch and his corruption had been "purged" from the knights. while this is definitely violent choice of words, to me it does not imply that Eroch's fate was a self-imposed death. I'm trying to use only stuff from in game, so theres really no other stuff aside from "hes gone now thanks to Jean" from older characters in regards to his fate... but i could have Sworn he was canonically exiled. im second guessing myself bc I cant find this exact wording. maybe it was just fanon? I bring this up because this is an event that has been known about for nearly(? times not real) 6 years now and this is the first time it has been mentioned that Eroch straight up DIED let alone with Varka as witness. it just feels so sudden. why, if he died so dramatically, is this not mentioned for Jean? I know im bringing her up a lot but her dedication to wiping out his corruption is pretty damn essential to her character and values. Now varka has come back all of a sudden and the writing makes HER villain's end about Him. it really rubs me the wrong way.

Its not that i dislike varka or his engagement in mondstadt lore, but it feels like anything new (of which there honestly wasnt much, if you know how to read. maybe people who didnt care didnt know but most of what he gave us was old news.) his inclusion gave us came at the expense of character lore we've had since the literal beginning of the game. and that feels kinda insulting.

im open to hearing any other opinions on this provided youre not an asshole. bear in mind im a kaeya lover so im going to try to not talk about him to keep my headcanons and biases away from the convo. bc of my accursed academic values.

[rotted-court-jester]

regarding Varka's 3rd character story: WHAT.

WHAT.

WHAT .

SO IT WAS EROCH WHO WOKE URSA THE DRAKE UP

AND DOTTORE MANIPULATED HIM INTO BETRAYING THE KNIGHTS

DOTTORE(S)

BECAUSE FUCKING UH

I WAS SO CONFUSED OVER PEOPLE SAYING THERE COULD BE MORE THAN ONE WEBBY

BUT APPARENTLY THAT MIGHT BE TRUE??

BUT IT ALSO COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT THE OTHER SEGMENT(S) WHO MANIPULATED EROCH SIMPLY DIDN'T APPEAR IN THE WEBTOON LIKE WEBBY DID

y'all my mind is blown im gonna go eat potato chips

[official-skips]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

finally got this chapter finished lmao

with a revelation that came to me in a dream last night (literally), i figured out how to patch a plot hole that's been bugging me since I started planning this fic back in January

Needless to say, I think I'm on the upswing of this nasty writer's block, and hopefully there will be more frequent chapter postings from now on :D

enjoy!

[wrywarlock]

My favorite revelation from Varka’s character stories is the 7 degrees of Kevin Bacon but with Dottore.

When I first saw this man in the webcomic I went “mm. Smells like Dottore.” WELL GUESS WHO HE WAS BESTIES WITH!!!!

Also. Varka watched this man commit death on self in front of him so. Genshin hiding the most brutal lore in Character Stories.

[nanaoikawa]

Criminal Kaeya part 5

After a long break, the comic is back! :D

Enjoy your journey with #Kaeya!

All characters belong to #Hoyoverse #genshin #genshinimpact