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ineffa gets an ouchie

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not a day passes by without me thinking about the greeting card for columbina...

the heart of the krumkake craftshop which is usually aino's symbol having the pink half representing ineffa here... durin's little drawing of himself and wanderer as he sees them... sandrone drawing herself looking all cool while columbina gets bitten by the shark... varka/flins/albedo drawing each other... dodoco-alice crushing dodocole... ashru standing in for nefer... albedo's drawing of columbina... oh nod-krai family oh nod-krai family......

Genshhin Impact | Teyvat (Full)

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i keep rewatching the Harbinger scene in 6.2 because i keep getting distracted by Columbina poking Sandrone's cheek and being relatable in the background to re-absorb everything and i just

Mysterious 5ft Akademiya scholar known professionally as Mr. Guy: Your totally neurotypical colleague who definitely shows no signs of any neurodevelopmental disorders—whom I've never met before by the way—also strikes me as the kind of person to disregard anything that doesn't benefit or interest him in some way, get a high off of playing god, make 8479 segments of himself, have a deep emotional longing for his homeland that he tries to hide, automatically gravitate towards other outcasts, have blaringly obvious unaddressed trauma, get motion sickness, hate Tuesdays, own a weighted blanket, have a preference for crunchy foods, and probably has an undiagnosed personality disorder.

Mysterious 5ft Akademiya scholar known professionally as Mr. Guy: idk he just seems like that kinda guy even though I've never met Zandik who was expelled from the Akademiya 400 years ago, he just gives me that vibe, y'know?

Sandrone: YES!!! EXACTLY!!! SEE, YOU GET IT! 😡

Arlecchino: hey uh you seem like you know a suspicious amount of specific details pertaining to our colleague whose current whereabouts we are currently disclosing to a random stranger we just met.

Mysterious 5ft Akademiya scholar known professionally as Mr. Guy:

Mysterious 5ft Akademiya scholar known professionally as Mr. Guy: thank you for the valuable information about this Il Dottore guy I've never met and have no connections with and do not want to disembowel with a fire hydrant, m'ladies. *tips fedora Hat* I must return home to feed the dragon I adopted from a storybook. He's probably hungry by now. *curtsies away*

Varka: Wow, what a mysterious, charming and insightful young man who does not bear any tragic past he attempted to erase

Sandrone: yeah he sure was some guy

Sandrone: So anyway, back to the topic of our friend, Goddess of the Moon, who is currently fading from existence as we speak.

Paimon: Paimon

i love this game

FLINS: MY FAV POLISH-BULGARIAN REP.

I kow that a lot of Western Genshin fans either don't care about Slavic people or group them as "just Russians" and that Hoyo has tendencies to clash a few cultures in one region. Flins is no expection in that, as he has both Polish and Bulgarian influences — but I think that in his case it makes a lot of sense, so I'm going to talk about it briefly.

His Bulgarian inspo lies with his past and origin.

As it was revealed to us, Flins is a Snowland Fae, a species that once accompanied Belyi Tsar, the original Cryo Archon, his followers. Their language seems to be Latin, or at least Latin-based (akin to Enkanomiya lol).

Bulgaria is the oldest Slavic country that exists to this day, as it's origin trace back to 7th century AD — with Bulgar khan Ispor/Asparuh being credited as the estabilishor of First Bulgarian Empire. After adopting Christianity, Bulgaria became the centre of Slavic culture, its spirituality and literature.

The reign of first tsar ever, Simeon I of Bulgaria, is said to be Golden Age of Bulgarian Culture. His feats are many, among with successful campaigns against Byzaintines or Mongols, among others. I won't go into detail but while the Genshin Belyi Tsar is named after Russian mythological character, I think it is safe to assume Simeon I the Great could be his inspo as well. Glagolitsa, or the Glagolitic script is the oldest known Slavic alphabet — which later evolved into Cyrillic alphabet we know today, named after Cyrill of Alexandria, the inventor of Glagolitsa, who moved to Bulgaria along with his brother. Cyril and Methodius are known as "Apostoles to the Slavs" for the evangelizing of these tribes.

Now, Flins' name - Kyryll - is a variant of Cyril, used mostly in Bulgaria. Same goes for his patronymic name, Chudomirovich, which comes from a Bulgarian painter and writer Chudomir. Interesingly enough, two of Chudomir's most famous short stories are titled "I'm not One of Them" and "Locals"... which in itself could describe Flins quite well. He looks human, but isn't one of them - and he's not really a local either, as Fae are not common in Nod-Krai itself.

As for his Polish inspo? His present and his duty as a Lightkeeper, as well as the association with death.

Shortly after Flins' drip marketing I saw people talk about the Polish deity of death Flins... which is only alleged (mentioned in first sentence of1 Wikipedia article, but oh well). Sorry to rain on your parade but the mythological deity Flins most likely did not exist nor have any worship or cult. As pagan Slavs did not have any writing system nor script, most of recordings we have come from German scholars - such is the case with Flins, who was described by Konrad Bothe and most likely comes both from a mistranslation and misunderstanding. I find it ironic and quite fitting for Flins' surname.

Another thing is his association with death and graveyards. This is going to be more anecdotic, as I don't have much historical records or anything to quote here, rather than my own observations of Poles and their culture nowadays.

Poles love the martyrology of their country and thus, have obsession with dead - however, unlike other cultures which also have strong ties to honouring the dead, in Poland it's all really about being sad, mourning. "If you want to speak about the deceased, it can only be good words". Flins birthday falls on October 31st and this, actually, has strong ties to Polish culture too. Of course, Halloween falls on October 31st, but so does the Forefathers' Eve/Dziady, pre-Christian rites which essentially were communion of the living with the dead, estabilishing a relationship with your ancestors. This could, very well, tie Flins' past with his present self. Another holiday is Christian feast day, All Saints' Day on November 1st in Poland. During that day, people usually put lamps and flowers on graves, which then... makes a really beautiful sight.

(Cementary in Rogożno, Greater Poland as an example; source)

This also reminded me of Flins' unique ability to interact with graves and ghosts in Nod-Krai.

Last thing is his 4th constellation's name — Night on the Bald Mountain.

Łysa Góra, translated as the Bald Mountain, is a hill in Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland. The mountain has some historical & pagan connotations: first, there are legends about witches' sabbaths being held there. Second, the chronicler Jan Długosz noted that Łysa Góra was a sacret mountain and a pagan temple. Cults of few differents gods are mentioned. Later on, in the same place, the Benedictine monasery of Holy Cross was founded there, as Łysa Góra is said to enrshrine part of Christ's corpse. (whatever, least crazy claim about Polish grounds) So... what were you doing at Bald Mountain AT NIGHT, Flins?

Last thing I want to mention is his Normal Attack name, Pocztowy Demonspear. According to Genshin Wiki and Wikctionary, "pocztowy, from Polish poczet "fellowship" or "retinue," was a medium or heavy-cavalry soldier in the Royal Polish Army and later the Grand Ducal Lithuanian Army from the 15th until the 18th century". Which. Is.. true. And it makes sense given his ties to historical stuff of both Bulgaria and Poland. HOWEVER no one uses that word like this anymore. First time I heard Pocztowy Demonspear just like EVERYONE in Polish fandom I assumed it was pocztowy as in postal (ie. kod pocztowy - postal code), relating to poczta (mail). Hoyo, jokes truly do write themseleves. One must imagine Flins being a mailman.

Well. That is everything for now. I had fun digging into this because I saw some people making false assumptions about Flins or just throwing around that he's Polish or Bulgarian or making a fuss about it, and I love things related to both Slavic cultures, Poland and early Chrisianity and paganism in Poland. I wanted to make this post right before Flins banner, but now I am posting it a week before Luna II. So, hope everyone who wanted Flins got him, got his cons/sig weapon or will be lucky enough to get his C6 until the end of banner. Na zdrowie! 🍷👻