#interdarshan competition

[rouguang]

the more we see of haitham and kaveh the more obvious it is that haitham loves him deeply and just wants him to stop self-sabotaging. if only kaveh were able to see that his home is already full of love, but he just thinks of himself as pathetic and burdensome and can't see it. if he could see it and accept it, i think he wouldn't be running away, but there's a block of communication both because haitham is so blunt and bluntness makes kaveh feel worse ,since he doesn't want to confront hard questions, and also kaveh is too overcome by guilt he can't make decisions that benefit him and inconvenience others in the process, even when they want him to do it

[lokibites-art]

A hell of my own design

[kirinfishace]

I love that this new event further solidifies Nahida as Wanderer’s new parent. Auntie behavior lmao

[shaydraplays]

Someone who doesn't play genshin impact, explain this screenshot

[shmoo92]

Freedom of Information

After a long day of playing master of ceremonies for the Interdarshan competition, Alhaitham unlocks the door to his people-free oasis, lets himself in, closes the door, and exhales.

“If I ever meet my former self,” greets Nahida, “I will smack her.”

Alhaitham opts to leave his hearing aids in.

“If my former self, oh, I don’t know, left any information about holes

in the sky or reflections or anything like that—“ She huffs.

Alhaitham … can’t recall anything significant about the sky, holes or otherwise. He switches gears and mentally walks through the gala, pausing by the astrology booth but that doesn’t sit right.

He asks, “did you attend the gala today?”

Nahida blinks at him.

“While I don’t dare call myself the most observant human in all of Teyvat I would like to think that if the sky tore open I would have noticed.”

Owlishly, Nahida says, “The sky’s already been torn open. It’s been like that for weeks.”

“Is it a small tear?”

“By the seven, absolutely not. You can see it for kilometers.”

“Is the tear at all related to the competition?”

“Why would it be related to the competition? It’s out in the desert.”

It clicks. “You didn’t attend the gala today.”

“No … I did not.” She cringes. “That information would have been best offered at the beginning of this conversation.”

“We got there in the end.”

[rouguang]

i really like how nahida’s reaction to sachin’s research is an exemplifier of how alhaitham and kaveh together are strongest. they balance each other out and with their shared perspectives achieve the most wisdom. alhaitham and kaveh both acknowledge the merit of sachin’s research, but alhaitham does not think locking it away is necessary since it is a form of research that will certainly be revisited (he is the voice of practicality and reality) while kaveh believes that even if there is merit to research the impact of said research on the collective good is more important than any correctness it possesses. together they can acknowledge the wisdom of the other even while not personally agreeing. and nahida acknowledges the wisdom in both of their views when she speaks to the traveler in aaru village. together they balance each other out, and together they reach a higher level of wisdom so much so that a god of wisdom holds similar sentiments. pretty impressive

[rouguang]

i can't get over kaveh listening to everyone else's silly reasons they want to win and then he comes out with that he wants to win the competition to honor his father's memory and dream, but then he still thinks down on himself and that his goal is silly. his guilt complex... oof

[love-marimo]

i miss the parade of providence and akademiya extravaganza :(( when do we get to do it again