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getting this out before I am proven right. contains leaks.
Al-haitham is but a man, right? he is but a normal, human man who others view as apathetic or lacking emotions
And you know about the analogy of wearing one's heart on one's sleeve? your feelings out to show, for everyone to see?
And how the Vision is an embodiment of one's desires, their dreams; their heart.
(And then you look at where Al-Haitham wears his Vision and I begin to wonder, how does a man like him show his heart to others, even in the simplest most alhaitham-esque way possible?)
WAIT. WHAT IF HAITHAM STOPS CHARGING KAVEH WITH RENT CAUSE HE THINKS KAVEH IS INDEPENDENT AND FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH AND HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KAVEH RUNNING OUT OF MONEY AND BEING UNABLE TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. WHAT IF
copium for an al haitham-centric interlude chapter. not just event; I need an entire interlude chapter based on this guy solely because 1. I am delusional and 2. not only does he take inspiration from su (former owner(? correct me if I'm wrong on that) of the bubble universe called Sumeru, a powerful psychic MANTIS AND is playing chess with some kind of GOD rn I think) but also probably Elysia (lesbian jesus, the crystals/glass/mirrors, the things about humans and humanity and something about hthm's original leaks mentioning "forlorn lotus"....) 3. the gem on his chest STILL hasn't been explained and if they aren't gonna do it in an event they can have like. an interlude quest for it (interlude quest only if its that important but like. it can be a passing statement. just include him in more perma content pls hoyo I need more of these gray-haired green guys)
bro do you think the reason that Haitham is so good at dodging is cause he spars with Kaveh (claymore) and claymores hit hard but can be dodged fairly simply and so his entire strategy has been built around the fact that him and his sparring partner use differing weapon types
So we know about the new artifact set, right?
I am a little salty that its anemo dmg bonus (would've been so good for ayato and yoi if it was atk% but whatever scara is hoyo's special boy I get it) but also if King Deshret was like. an anemo guy then I guess I can see why it'd be anemo dmg bonus
And uh. if I talk any more about this I'm gonna start looking even more like a deranged conspiracy theorist but doesn't the teal, diamond gem on these artifacts look like. look like a little something we see on a certain Scribe's chest. is it just me or...
when I'm not crackpotting over what haitham's tiddy gem is I should be doing more character analysis. specifically hthm. I need to pick his brains. his philosophical ideals line up with egoism and yet he is surprisingly selfless when the moment calls for it.
okay maybe surprisingly selfless isn't the right word but as of current that is the only way I can phrase it properly I guess? I believe he shows his heart on his sleeve, just that it's wrapped in thorny vines that make it hard to discern exactly what his emotions are if you aren't skilled/knowledgeable enough to navigate the thorns
Alhaitham wtf board v2.5! its 2.5 because I think I have more stuff to add until official v3 but I am not normal and will not let anything rest
images taken from twitter