I don't know how it will look with a male protagonist, but I hope otherwise. It is necessary for gentle lesbians to have their own unique moments of holding hands.
Jeht only likes Lumine in THAT way. In her world quest, she stays outside and plays cards with Paimon all night if you play as Aether, but if you play as Lumine, she asks to share Lumine's tent and bedroll!
And this gets better cuz...
They really went to the trouble of differentiating her approach to each Traveler in their 2D art. She's pulls Lumine in close and has a hand around her waist! She can't even bring herself to hold Aether's hand even in a friendly way, she had to hold his wrist.
That dude in her quest was teasing her about preferring the company of women and HoYo wanted to drive it home even more.
Man. I missed sumeru and its cast SO much, I think that's why I really like it lol
Commentary below with many spoilers
Starts with Collei being happy. Yh girl its not gonna last but we love the diary!
Sumeru always slays when it comes to some of my favourite tropes like time travel (in vibes only) and a lil role swap AU!! (also fake ig). Considering the city's racism I was lowkey thinking toooo much of the Implications of the roleswap - especially when Sethos is rocking it with his desert garb. Shoutout to my fave dancer dehya I wonder if they were racist in that premonition /lh. Also flame mane nilou i love you. And kaveh being the only ethical billionaire lol
-> oughhhh cyno. ive missed you pookie. him being the leader of the temple of silence here actually did something to my brain bc i was thinking of a dnd AU fic idea where he was with the temple. Loved how his lil dialogue was just. something is Wrong here.
-> mahamatra tighnari im down on my knees for you
-> sounds a bit sadistic but collei your lil breakdown was actually animated / had movement?? love to see it!!! always felt uncanny when the VAs were putting their whole ussy into the pain of the character but the character model is just 😐
I quite like how they add in more snapshots of the akademiya crew being academic weapons, I feel like it fits more bc sumeru is meant to be the nation of wisdom. Like yes pls cyno tell me more about how you got full marks in the ley line dissection class. Also cyno quoting a full ass passage from GI TCG. power of friendship has truly changed this man. (it's so funny how he was legitimately cool, badass and ruthless at the start of sumeru and now he's all those things but also a massive nerd. can you tell i still hold a dear place in my heart for him HAH)
Paimon taking notes of our adventures, revising what she doesn't understand oughhh im ngl ever since they changed your ENG voice I would fight people for you. My little hungry imp fairy floatie. Like with alhaithams bday messages all encouraging paimon to read i now hc that was what turned her into a burgeoning academic weapon
I also quite like dottolone now! (nothing agaisnt them at the start i just wanted to see more of pants first lol). They are are two heretics against the world this is so fun
Oughhhh i love sumeru crew so much
The way I actually hollered in joy when Jeht spoke. her eng voice is so nice. jeht ive missed u i sceeamed when i saw you omg they're actually adding in world quests into the main quest THANK GODD. I knew all that time spent going insane in the desert exploration before the underground maps would pay off (yes i did forget most of it. Paimon's lil notes helped out sooo much esp for the whole golden slumber thing)
Love that they have obvious quest saves now. Even as someone who tends to binge the quest and finishes it within a day or so, playing nonstop for hours is still brutal for me hah
You see i was hella burnt out after natlan like nod krai saved me, so putting one of my faves (nefer) and my old sumeru faves together made me rabid. Like i've seen some people dislike the ending (I do understand why, even if im personally ambivalent) but i think I enjoyed the character interactions so much it kinda overrode everything else.
SO YES NEFER INTERACTING W UMERU SAVED ME. SHE KINDA HATED IT BUT I SNORTED THAT SHIT UP
I had a guess that the dead god remains were the lord of flowers. Very fun to know that I can, occasionally, pick up on clues (idk but whenever i play genshin my brain cannot theorise well, like im mostly going along for the ride. maybe its because of how dialogue dense it can be?? idk. actually might be the binging hah)
Liloupar remeeting the other old gods is so funny. Its giving house wives of ancient sumeru. Her dragging thoth wasnt something i knew i needed hah. i may not remember much of her story quest but im also pretty sure she called jeht a slave and did some pretty fucked up things sooooo wild decision to bring her over to the main quest but at least she was entertaining.
Thoth and heryshaf old man yaoi who is wirh me. Forced proximity doesnt mean shit to them lol. Poor sobek third wheeling them. Also seems that hermanubis was the mediator between them oyghhhhh old man yaoi old man yaoi
💅🏼naturally, naturally💅🏼 <- my new favourite god
With all the answers about sumeru lore it makes me wonder if we'll ever get smth abt alhaitham and why his eyes are like al ahmars and whats up with the weird gem in his tiddies. tbh i think it is funnier that he's simultaneously the normalest and weirdest guy in genshin. also they dont really delve into hermanubis and cyno here. like pls a part of me is still waiitn gfor smth so i can go feral over it and dip into cyno fanfic again PLEASE
Act 10!
Its sweet to see kaveh and alhaitham work together. Hearing them bicker is giving ME nostalgia and i wasn't even an ardent shipper of them lol
Not the desert pillar trio gossping about their faves. Alhaitham really is the goat's… goat… here hehehehhe.
Alhaithams lil 'she'll be alright' [to tighnari about collei] AHHHHH DONT EVER TELL ME THIS MAN DOESNT CARE ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE!!! THATS HIS HONOURARY NIECE
SORUSH AND THE ARANARA????? i was flabbergasted. barely remember them but i do love them #livelaughlove
Miss nefer i love you. That's it.
Candace and cyno being interrogation buddies makes me nostalgic. love to see it
Paimon and scara bonding was so cute and unexpected😭😭 like paimon probably made the notebook bc she felt like she couldn't do anything else and scara actually gave solid advice!!
Team of candace dehya and nefer. Got two of the CUNTIEST bobs in the game i know theres nothing they cant do. (rip dont think we saw them interact much)
The get along chess board match. forced proximity and partnership twice now?? loved it
Not mauvika doing a whole 360 sick ass motorcycle flaming tricks only to instantly shimmy into a professional af tone
Dottolone is insane in the best way. Pantalone throwing him under the bus so many times hes probs destroyed his husband's rep is so funny 😭
I find it quite cool that we kinda play as dottore by choosing what questions he asks pants
WE also gotta make candace do the beating off screen bc we all know she cant do it in gameplay. i was in hell during all of the figthing a) cynos kit does suck a little b) lore wise this team makes sense gamplay wise i am dying c) i cannot play well on my computer (i play the story on my laptop for the graphics but oh man i cant dodge or even switch characters easily)
Cyno has great intuition and perception fr fr (i dont remember what prompted this specific note but uhm go off king i love you)
Not to be an ass but why does trav keep switching in and out of being in the newer skin? Pls i like the new one so much more dont do thsi to me 💔i like seeing my lumine with pretty hair
Not the last dottolone date being some sorta philosophical convo happening in front of thee burning irminsal tree. TBF that is pretty iconic. their last words were also iconic cant wait for the angsty toxic old man yaoi based on that conversation to come in
rando screenshots:
ok go go power rangers
I feel like sethos is giving lil bro energy here. also cyno i love you
JEHT THE WOMAN YOU ARE OMFGGGGG
AND OMFG 4GGRAVATE ALL BECOMING COLLEIS BAND OF WEIRD UNCLES / DADS
GOD. alhaitham was so hot here. loot at that glare. like yes king fight for your workers rights even at the end of the world fjHOORGOOIANARFARF
alhaitham pulling up with like 20 aranara
HELLO WHAT IN THE MPREG IS THIS??? lowkey i can see dottore babytrapping pants. not that they need it. theyre already insane about each other
