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this is so scary what the hell
There really isn’t much difference between the viatwins to say that one of them makes more sense as the traveler or abyss, it’s just a matter of preference.
One interesting difference though is how the importance of the inteyvat is reframed.
Lumine as the abyss princess, wearing flowers from Khaenriah, naturally the player will assume it’s out of love for Khaenriah. It’s only later when Aether also displays his love for inteyvats that the audience realizes, it was about the viatwins all along.
With Aether as abyss prince, it is clear from the start that both twins love the inteyvat. But why and how. Why do Aether and Lumine love this flower native to Teyvat. Are the viatwins connected to Teyvat. These are the questions that the audience should ponder.
The inteyvat is not a Khaenriah symbol, it is a viatwins symbol.
Prologue//Paimon - Updated
So, yes, I have already rewritten these two; however, I found they were poorly explained and needed more depth, so I am rewriting Paimon and the Prologue for the second time. I figured I should talk about them in the same post because they tie into one another pretty well, since the Prologue is meant to set up the Traveller AND Paimon's characters :). Another thing I have to note is that a choice that I have decided to make to separate the Genshin Traveller and the Altruism Traveller is to refer to the Traveller in Altruism as "Sunseeker" instead, which means "a person who travels to a warm and sunny climate, especially during cold months.", as I think it's a good descriptor for the "Traveller's" character in Altruism.
Paimon
I actually quite like Paimon's role in the story, though I wish that she was an actual guide for Teyvat rather than a character to have the game repeatedly spell things out for you. As such, in Altruism, she serves as an actual guide within the story; however, despite this, she's not the best guide and often gets details wrong. Generally, it's details such as landmarks or villages that no longer exist, or maybe it's getting the current archon wrong. Her personality would remain the same, though I would make her voice less high-pitched, turning it into being more childlike rather than sounding like she's high on helium.
Paimon's memories are fuzzy; at least up until a couple of years ago, she remembers some things such as warm beds and caring hands holding her tightly, but nothing substantial enough to really know what happened to her or when it all disappeared. Before meeting the Sunseeker, she was wandering around, not really ever staying in one place. Paimon didn't really interact with others, as the few times she tried, she was chased off with rocks pelted at her head, as they mistook her for a bad omen, so she mostly stuck to the forests, sleeping in caves and eating whatever food she could find or steal.
Because of how little she's interacted with people, she doesn't care much for money, as she doesn't completely understand it; however, because of her large appetite, she begins to view money in a more favourable light after adventuring with the Sunseeker for a while, as it made sure she didn't have to go hungry anymore.
The Sunseeker meets Paimon as soon as they wake up. She finds the unconscious Sunseeker in the centre of a cave she's chased into by some people trying to hunt her down, and finds herself unable to abandon them, especially when they're so injured, I think the Sunseeker and Paimons meeting is a good way to set up a kind of mutual helping relationship, rather than having the Sunseeker be the one to save Paimon every single time. This won't be the last time that Paimon helps the Sunseeker, and perhaps it's not the first. Paimon would help the Sunseeker stay alive mostly by providing them with water and caring for their injuries with what little supplies she has, which brings me into the next part of this post:
The Prologue
I think the prologue is perfectly fine the way it is though there are a few details that while I like them in Genshin they don't really fit with the story of Altruism, for starters as I mentioned in the Paimon section, rather than Paimon being fished out of the river and therefore saved by the Sunseeker, Paimon is the one to save the Sunseeker, on one hand this is to make Paimon and the Sunseekers relationship more equal, on the other hand it becomes one of the reasons that Paimon manages to convince the Sunseeker to keep her around initially, along with her offer of being a guide. This is because the Altruism Sunseeker has quite a different personality to the Traveller, as they're supposed to be slightly more wary of this world they find themselves trapped in. For Altruism, the quests that the Prologue takes place between in the original game are "Wanderer's Trail" to the first half of "Forest Rendezvous". It's important to note that some of the names for the quests have been changed mostly just because I personally don't like them.
Nomad's Footsteps (Wanderer's Trail)
I would keep much of the original starting cutscene, though I would probably have it start when downloading is at around 50%, and the rest would download in the background while you watched the starting cutscene (Just a personal detail, but when it actually starts isn't an issue, just something I thought I may as well mention). The only changes I would make to the starting cutscene would be having a few dialogue differences, such as I wouldn't have Paimon speak at the beginning of the game, as in Altruism this would take place before Paimon meets the Sunseeker, and I additionally find that what Paimon says in the cutscene to be rather pointless when the cutscene speaks for itself. Below is the entire dialogue for Altruism's starting cutscene with labels as to who is speaking:
(Paimon flies through the air in a dark cave, glancing behind her shoulder briefly, only stops when she reaches the lush centre of the cave with an open roof. Timidly begins to move towards a large stone in the centre.)
(Scene changes as Paimon walks past a small tree)
(Twins running from something off-screen while dodging falling debris.)
(A white-dressed god appears, blocking their path.)
Lumine: Who're you!?
Asmoday: You will step out of line no longer. Children of journey, your disregard of mankind ends now!
(The twins battle with Asmoday to no avail. The Sunseeker's sibling is engulfed by a swarm of red-and-black cubes and condensed into a single cube in the god's hand.)
(Sunseeker): Wait! Don't go! Give my (sister/brother) back!
(The Sunseeker tries to take back their sibling, only to be engulfed by the cubes themselves. The Sunseeker gets one last look at the god while being cubed, then the scene cuts to black.)
(Sunseeker): (Lumine/Aether)!
I found the original changes to the dialogue I had made to be rather odd and weirdly worded and ordered; as such, I decided to scrap much of the initial changes I made. From there, any remaining resources needed to download would be completed along with the loading of the resources; another short cutscene would occur that would just be the Sunseeker becoming conscious and attempting to sit up, though Paimon would stop them as the Sunseeker is still injured. The Sunseeker would ask where their twin is. Still, Paimon wouldn't have an answer. After this cutscene, rather than having an optional hydro slime fight, you would fight a small group (3) of (weak) treasure hoarders instead. This would both be an introduction to the basic attack and an introduction to the quest pop-ups; the task would be noted as "Save the strange pixie", and would be easily completed. After defeating the treasure hoarders, you would have a conversation with Paimon that replaces the part of the original cutscene where you choose your name, implying that the Sunseeker came up with the name on the spot. Below is the dialogue for the Sunseeker's conversation with Paimon:
Strange Pixie: Thank you for saving Paimon!
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(Option 1) →It's the least I could do
(Option 2) → You should be more careful.
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Paimon: It's nice to see you actually awake!
(The player is given the option to pick the Sunseeker's name)
Paimon: So that's your name! Paimon is glad to meet you properly!
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(Option 1) → Where am I?
Paimon: Huh… Paimon guesses you're more injured than she thought…
Paimon: This is Teyvat, the largest and most well-protected continent on Prachiarch!
(Option 2) → What are you?
Paimon: Paimon is Paimon!
(The player can then pick the other option provided)
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Paimon: Paimon wants to know…
Paimon: Do you know what happened to you?
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(Option 1) → (Recount the entire story of what happened between you, your (sister/brother), and the unknown god)
Paimon: If you want information, your best bet would be to head for Mondstadt City!
(Option 2) → I was separated from my (sister/brother) when we were attacked…
Paimon: Huh… and I bet you probably want to find her… It must have been some enemy to leave you as injured as Paimon found you!
→ It was some kind of god.
Paimon: A god!? It couldn't have been one of the archons, could it!?
→ Do any of them have white hair and black eyes?
Paimon: No… That doesn't sound like any of the archons…
Paimon: If you want to find your sister, your best bet would be to head for Mondstadt City!
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Paimon: There are plenty of bards there that Paimon is sure would have heard about (her/him)!
Paimon: Paimon would be happy to be your guide!
Paimon: Paimon means if you want her to be…
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(Option 1) → As long as you won't get in the way.
Paimon: Paimon promises she won't!
(Option 2) → I owe it to you to allow you to come along; you did save me.
Paimon: Well, Paimon couldn't leave you alone!
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Paimon: You won't regret Paimon coming along!
Paimon: We should head off before more of those hunters come looking!
(Upon approaching the cliff)
Paimon: The path ends here — guess we'll just have to climb.
Paimon: Climbing depletes stamina, and depleted stamina takes time to recover!
Unexpected Power (Bird's Eye View And Unexpected Power)
I decided to merge the "Bird's Eye View" and the "Unexpected Power" quests, just because I didn't really see the point in having them be separate quests; there isn't much that I would change about the actions you take in quests, as you may have noticed. So again, the only changes I will be making will be to the dialogue, though even that won't be much.
Paimon: Oh wowwwww!
(A short cutscene is shown)
(The camera pans toward a view of Starfell Lake)
Paimon: That's a Statue of The Seven!
Paimon: There are a few of these statues scattered across the land to show The Seven's protection over the world.
Paimon: Among the seven gods, this god controls the wind.
Paimon: Paimon'll take you to the Anemo God's place first, and there's a reason why~
(If the player walks away from the quest area)
Paimon: Hey! Where are you going? Come to Paimon!
Paimon: Don't stray too far from Paimon!
(If the player continues to walk away from the quest area)
Paimon: You should follow Paimon for now...
(Follow Paimon to the Statue of the Seven)
Paimon: As we all know, poetry and language flow like the wind...
Paimon: There'll definitely be someone there who knows about your (sister/brother)!
Paimon: Whether the gods actually answer you is a different story. You never know unless you try!
(When the player reaches the lake)
Paimon: You can swim right over!
Paimon: Ooh! Did you just feel the elements of the world?
Paimon: Seems all you had to do was just touch the statue and you got the power of Anemo!
Paimon: As much as they may want it, people in this world can never get a hold of powers as easily as you...
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(Option 1) → How strange. Perhaps it's because…
Paimon: Ah-ha, it's because you're not from this world to begin with.
(Option 2) → This can't be good...
Paimon: It's a bit rude to say that about the power the gods just gave you!
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Paimon: If we keep heading west from here, we'll eventually reach Mondstadt, the City of Freedom.
Paimon: Mondstadt is the city of wind, because they worship the God of Anemo.
Paimon: So perhaps, because you got power from the God of Anemo, you can find some clues there!
Paimon: Let's move then!
Paimon: The elements in this world responded to your prayers, and Paimon thinks that's a lovely sign.
(After defeating the slimes)
Paimon: These are the Anemo powers you got from the Statue of the Seven.
Paimon: Aww... Paimon's so jealous! Why doesn't Paimon get cool fighting powers!?
Sylvan Rendezvous (Forest Rendezvous)
I'm going to go straight into the dialogue changes for this section:
(When a dragon flies above)
Paimon: Huh, a dragon!?
Sunseeker: It's headed towards the heart of the forest…
(A cinematic plays)
Paimon: Huh? Look at that!
(The Sunseeker sees a hooded figure in an immodest toga muttering to a dragon)
???: (Inaudible)
Paimon: Is he talking... to him?
Paimon: Oh?
???: Who's there!?
(The dragon senses the Sunseeker's presence and roars at the boy. The Sunseeker drags Paimon away by the hand)
(Cinematic ends)
This would be where the Prologue ends; you may notice that I changed the fact that you can see Venti because, as I mentioned, Venti won't be revealed as the Anemo Archon until much later. There's not really anything else that I want to talk about for this part of the rewrite.
The Next Rewrite Post Will Be About: Windheim Archon Quest Act 1
It is important to note that this is not an attack on Genshin Impact or its Developers; this rewrite is for my own personal enjoyment. These are all my own opinions, and as such, are not supposed to be an assumption of the preferences of anyone else in the Genshin Impact community.
-Q
sneak peek on the fanfic im writing for my high school au!!
Sketch of Aether, his gun and Albedo Dodoco
I'm finishing the newest world quest so spoilers ahead
I'VE JUST REALIZED ITS THE TRAVELERS VOICE
WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY AREN'T HERE AND DON'T SEE IT AND DON'T ACTUALLY RECEIVE IT
If it's not getting recorded anywhere and the Traveler or both siblings are never going to find out about this (I know it's what most likely will happen) I'm going to crash out so much
I'm so watching lore youtubers reacting to this as soon as I finish, they're going to lose their minds the same as I'm doing right now
Traveler uses Electro + Cryo = Ronova is unphased, blocks it with ease, and parries him off.
Traveler uses anemo?
Not only does it work it getting past her barrier.
But it actually leaves a mark on her.
And Ronova is seemingly surprised by this.
Why is this important? Specifically the elements?
Okay well.
Lets set down some background context for my insanity.
Geo seemingly has connections to Space.
Dendro & Hydro seemingly have connections to Life.
Electro & pyro have connections to Death.
Cryo & Anemo seemingly have connections to Time.
But theres one difference here, and its not Geo being an odd one out.
No, its Anemo.
Because while they all have some semblance of connection to one of the Shades authorities..
Anemo is the only one whose Archon has a genuine fragment of the Shades authority given to them. It is very likely built into the Anemo Authority deeply at this point.
And Traveler’s connection with Anemo, truly is amongst their deepest.
Anemo & Pyro > Dendro > Electro > Geo > Hydro imo but anyways. Cryo isnt being included since, well, new.
I wouldnt be surprised in Istaroth gifting Venti some of her power is a fact unknown.
And I wouldnt be surprised if this is what aided in Traveler actually getting a proper hit in on her, and why she’s so surprised.
Time is also particularly connected to fate..
Istarothhh you in troubleeee..