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Song of the Welkin Moon updated, previewing a bunch of Nod Krai stuff

https://youtu.be/wDsyXqDXNSc?si=BRzewWQU-7xxW1zb

Just finished the main world quest

Wasn't expecting the game to actually let me wipe out the entire world (Natlan? They kept saying Natlan but I'm not sure how that would work. Was there just a big pool of phlogiston where Natlan used to be? Anyway...). That moment left me simultaneously in shock and a bit annoyed that I had to redo that bunch of text.

New map is hella fun, can't wait to get into the world quest this weekend.

Got my first wasted 5* on the way to Varesa with C7 Mona

A lot of the discourse around Varesa reminds me of that story that went viral years ago about a teacher who a bunch of parents were complaining about, saying she was dressing inappropriately. In reality she wasn't dressed any differently from any other teacher, she was just caked up as hell. Like, Yanfei is dressed very similarly and got nowhere near this reaction

Blue_Thunder posted...

https://i.imgur.com/X0bB4Tt.png

My brain for the past week and a half.

Considering how good of a support Iansan is, her being in the damn travail teaser and how much care went into her animations it's surprising to me that she was so irrelevant to the story

To them the nazis are the one group of actual bad guys in history. They don't care about, will even promote right wing regimes that murdered en masse becuase only the word nazi has been poisoned to such a degree that only the most extreme willingly associate themselves with it.

I read the 5.5 artifact lore for the first time today.

It's really interesting to me that, taken together with Nabu Malikata's words to Deshret in Flowers of Paradise Lost, this basically confirms that the abyss/forbidden knowledge is the "truth" of the universe, and introducing it to Teyvat has the effect of breaking the illusion that the primordial one set up. Only question is why the PO is so dead set on maintaining Teyvat as it is. Pretty much everyone who becomes aware of what they're doing (the outlander and angel who fell in love, Deshret, presumably the Abyss sibling and order) are all "what the fuck is wrong with you, holy shit" and tries to overthrow them.

It also seems to confirm the theory that Nibelung was the third descender? I've seen some people still argue against that but given the context of the whole thing about light being split into seven hues it definitely feels like it's still referring to Nibelung.

That particular one is from Dragonspine. There are similar ones in Tsurumi that depict the same symbol

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f61a3f6a.jpg

Seeing these clips go around is just making me feel sad about Michael Brooks again

Random thought bored at work: part of me feels like all of this build up of Mavuika is setting her up to job to Columbina, who's going to turn out to be the strongest of the harbingers

The archon quests have kinda been building us up to this already, each progressively challenging Celestia's authority to a greater degree. But it looks like they're really setting up something big for Nod Krai that's gonna push us into the endgame of the story

"The world, no longer sheltered by "Eternity," marches toward its final breath."

Dainsleif: "In the perpetual meantime of a sheltered eternity, most are content to live, and not to dream."

Also, I'm kinda obsessed with how frequently they seem to be linking Ei/Makoto with the moon sisters. Ugh, so much to think about just from this little snippet

https://hoyo.link/EiCpS5goC

Random lore drop. Looking forward to seeing what they've got cooking

I'm tempted to get Furina's weapon but there are too many characters coming up that I want. Plus holding on to the cope that Capitano might return

The most recent banner Chevy was on is, I think, the only time I've specifically tried to c6 anyone. She was already c5, 60 rolls and not a single one

It's such an odd feeling to go to a place or interact with a character and realize it's been like two years since the last time that happened in the story. Time sure is flying

There were parts of aranara that were a bit annoying but overall I enjoyed it quite a lot. Especially the latter parts of it

It's just a mini oven with a fan and exhaust. Stuff gets crispy in it because the fan blows the heat onto it more directly and the moisture comes out of the exhaust.

It's been obvious since at least 2016 that this is where we're headed, though I didn't think it would happen this quickly.

SilvosForever posted...

It feels like the older you get the more conservative

I'm mid 30s, doing fairly well for myself financially, and it's been the opposite. Can't imagine that's going to change

Doe posted...

I don't want to be the next casualty, but I didn't read that post as an endorsement >_>

Seemed like a pretty obvious joke to me, though I'm not familiar with the poster

I play Genshin because I enjoy the story, lore and atmosphere. Modern pity systems make it pretty easy to get what you want, it barely even counts as gambling anymore unless you're trying to get literally every character or just started playing

Work fast and break things

I used to enjoy stuff like that until the people who actually believe it wrecked our political systems.

Bass posted...

I don't believe it really does, but some shitheads say that the Mark of Cain is black skin. That's how they justified slavery back in the day which is absolutely disgusting.

Not only that, it was used by southern baptists to justify the subjugation of black people up to and beyond the civil rights movement. The SBC didn't formally renounce that stance until 1995

Tyranthraxus posted...

I feel like if your definition of Anarchism includes words like "Direct Democracy" you're not really taking about politics anymore. Just philosophy.

Along with "True Communism" you're never going to actually get "True Anarchy" the closest you're going to get is an honor system politics & barter economy as those are the only systems that function in the absence of a state.

Not sure why this turned into a critique of anarchy rather than just defining it, but I would say that "true capitalism" isn't any more attainable yet we live in a capitalistic civilization. Even if we carry an understanding that the ideal isn't likely it behooves us to push as far as possible for a more equitable society because that's how good policy happens

thronedfire2 posted...

yeah it's great that anarchy promotes all those things, but it's exactly as unrealistic as communism. Eventually some wealthy, charismatic dude is going to win over the populace and give all his friends the best jobs

That's happening now

Tyranthraxus posted...

I mean... That's not anarchy. In fact, you've literally described a republic.

It could probably be considered a form of a republic but anarchy as a political philosophy focuses largely on societal structures as well

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anarchism/#PoliAnar

Anarchism is a socio-political theory which opposes all systems of domination and oppression such as racism, ableism, sexism, anti-LGBTTQIA, ageism, sizeism, government, competition, capitalism, colonialism, imperialism and punitive justice, and promotes direct democracy, collaboration, interdependence, mutual aid, diversity, peace, transformative justice and equity. (Nocella et al. 2015: 7)

A thorough-going anarchism would thus offer a critique of anything and everything that smacks of hierarchy, domination, centralization, and unjustified authority.

What's supposed to be funny about this?

meralonne posted...

Im going to take a moment to express my admiration for those of you who can still get hyped about a specific character that may or may not be released and are diligently saving primos to get them at first opportunity.

Coming back to this, have any of y'all kept up with the "evidence" that Capitano is coming back at some point? Altogether it actually is kinda convincing, knowing how Hoyo likes to do things with their lore and symbolism

StarFighters76 posted...

It probably was bad, okay. But it DOES NOT matter. Why? Because I would still vote for Harris, because I am not a fucking moron who chooses to be blind at the reality of the situation.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are lacking when it comes to decision making in regard to politics for one reason or another. You cant use logic with a lot of these people, all that matters to them is the visuals of campaigning with the Cheneys and Bill Clinton while having basically nothing to say about the ongoing genocide.

Finally did (most of) Lantern Rite today, love how expressive Hu Tao was throughout. Also they've been so much more consistent with their story quests (counting this as one for Hu Tao, it really should be permanent content) over the past while.

Jerry_Hellyeah posted...

How about ya'll get mad at evil people or people hurting others? I mean some random rich person is worth your breath in the current political climate? The fuck are you doing? Hell of a waste of a human brain.

Our political climate is what it is because we allow "random rich people" to come into existence.

People holding on to and basing their lives around the belief systems of some random dudes from a couple thousand years ago in spite of the literal mountains of evidence all around us that disprove the foundational assertions of their beliefs

asdf8562 posted...

I know I'm going to regret asking this. How again does this have anything to do with DEI?

I know the claim is dumb, I'm just trying to follow what specifically are they latching to, to call this DEI.

Nothing, they're just raging, bordering on genocidal, bigots who saw an opportunity to feed more into their base's hatred.

If anyone you support would say this in the wake of a tragedy such as this, you're a piece of shit, full stop. I know most of us are desensitized to this now, but in any just world he would have been stricken down on the spot for making such a disgusting and cowardly statement

Somehow just realized after who knows how long I had an attack time piece on Yelan. It's probably been over a year smh.

We're living out the consequences of the disaster that was Reagan's presidency. This isn't about the next four years, it's the rest of our lives. You being so self absorbed and short sighted doesn't make us unreasonable

There were a non-zero number of people who voted split ballot for AOC and Trump. Why are we still pretending like popularity of policy or politicians is meaningful here in regard to election results. The average person's politics are totally incoherent and based on nothing more than vibes

I think so?

I've been putting off Clorinde's too. Everyone says it's pretty good, maybe I'll finally get around to it this weekend

The taste is fine, it's the texture that's awful

It occurred to me last night that Citlali is basically a weeb and that's very funny to me for some reason

The night wind tribe's music is so good, any quest in the area is so much better just for having it in the background

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

Is this what they call the extreme left? Cause it seems like it

At Assumption University, the private Catholic university

Gonna say no

Kuuko posted...

Or also among my favorite stories is an extremely brief, extremely confusing, encounter in Exodus where Moses and his wife are traveling and stop at an inn. But then when they get there, God's there. And he's like "I'm going to kill you". And Moses and his wife panic and circumsise their baby. And this presumably stops God from killing them. And then the story just moves on as if that was normal.

This is the one that always gets me. The only way it could possibly make the slightest bit of sense is if you look at it within the likely historical context, which was that Moses was a god in some contemporary religion and the story is basically mocking him and showing Yahweh's superiority

Tyranthraxus posted...

Because it's not a timeline thing. Why isn't there a "what if link failed?" For every game?

Because they haven't made those games so it's not worth acknowledging

meralonne posted...

Did they ever in-game explain why there are elves running around in Teyvat? Or are they just humans with pointy ears? lol

As far as I'm aware, not really. Nor why some people have animal ears and tails

What's up with the whole circumcision thing?

Euripides posted...

Massive SEC bias

ND literally can't be top 4. Only conference champs can. UGA arguably had the better resume either way with ND's loss to NIU

Are you baking fresh bread? I've never had this happen