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I SAW THIS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FAKE I ACTUALLY HAD TO GO CHECK FOR MYSELF. IT’S REAL. SETHOS VOICELINE. GOOD LORD

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH BOYS 🫡

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Kaveh trending everywhere mhy fumbled this so bad 💀💀💀

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a little late but.... Kaveh sitting on a table in a babygirl™ way

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companionship and understanding happy pride from my beloveds!!

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Happy gay month

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hoyo writer: "yeah so here we're gonna have a flashback sequence with kaveh and alhaitham. i was thinking that they could just sit on the divan next to each other, as a sort of visual shorthand for the fact that they're really starting to get along again since the last time we saw them interacting. :)"

kavetham fanfic writer who somehow broke into the writer's room: "what if kaveh was sitting on the coffee table right in front of alhaitham instead."

hoyo writer: "...um, well. we'd have to ask the animators to make a new pose for that, since i don't think we've done something like that before. and they've already got a fight scene at the end of the story quest to worry about, we wouldn't want to give them more work--"

hoyo animator (who is also a big kavetham fan): "DONE."

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they want 2 give you a heart..

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So like. These guys.

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Look at this smitten loser showing his biggest smile when he’s asked to do research in the House of Daena with Kaveh:

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can we have a sumeru patch again genshin please please please Please this can't be the end

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Mentally, I’m still here….. I really love that this hidden scene gives us a glimpse of how much gentler they are with each other now; how they seem more comfortable around each other while they work and figure out things together (which I do think is likely reminiscent of their dynamic during their Akademiya student days before the fallout); and how Alhaitham still really loves being a deadpan playful tease with Kaveh because he's always so quietly amused by his senpai's dramatic reactions. The JP dub particularly conveys Alhaitham's subtle teasing tone really well too — especially with the way he says "まさか...?", the way he voiced "...." more as hmmm (as though he's seriously considering Kaveh's question lmao), and then again at the end with his "see, this is how you do it (duh)" with just the slightest tilt of his head... thIS MAN IS SO UNSERIOUS SOMETIMES I HATE/LOVE HIM LOL.

(Umehara Yuuichirou and Yang Chao Ran's voice-acting/portrayal of Alhaitham is truly peak deadpan comedy and dry witticism.)

I also love the way they both share the same brainwave and are thinking about getting coffee :") Hoyo, how dare you not show me clips of Mehrak ordering and levitating the coffee back to them lol!

We do see the dallah and coffee cup set on their table later while they're reading through the books together, though. Gotta love and appreciate that continuity.

And no, Cyno, you're not hallucinating. I too can see that Kaveh and Alhaitham are engaged now—

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I hope I can blow Kavetham pookies brains with this minor detail that probably everyone has already noticed but I haven't seen it so Im posting about it

I am very normal about them

Spoilers for Cyno's sq act 2

In Alhaitham's quest (3.4) we learn that Alhaitham does not help Kaveh out

And Kaveh is really pressed about it

But we saw how soft they became in a year towards one another and this detail... Its kinda killing me inside because its so adorable

In the new Cyno's sq they are sorting the books away... Together.

Even though Alhaitham knows its pointless, he still does it because Kaveh probably asked him to stay and help him

Am I too focused on minor details and small charcter development? Totally

Will this knowledge bring someone's mood up today? I hope so

Ok update(for myself mostly) so they were clearing books up because Alhaitham wanted to read thru them or smth? I missed the goddamn bonus scene (and Im still angry about it because I checked the house of Daena like every time) and Kaveh just wanted to help him clean up, but like Alhaitham wasn't a bitch about Kaveh's ocd diligence and stuff like before so my point still stands

Also smiley Alhaitham under the cut

I still have no idea why he was smiling in this scene. Is he happy to spend more time with his husband? Probably

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from I CANT WAIT TO MOVE OUT to hey lets go home together :3 Shut uppp you’re marriedddddddd

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It’s wild that Alhaitham and Kaveh’s relationship journey starts at the House of Daena when they meet as students, revisited when the players are formally introduced to their relationship dynamic near the end of Sumeru AQ, go back again and reexamine their relationship during Kaveh’s hangout quest, and it ends with them happily researching and looking after the library together in Cyno’s SQ.

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Thinking about kaveh’s newly found confidence in his relationship with alhaitham, in that he can openly talk about things with ease, such as seemingly mundane things such as his day, while previously personal information was not been shared between them due to their strained rapport and kaveh’s unease with how he fits into alhaitham’s life, such as kaveh going to the desert during the archon quest and not telling alhaitham. Previously viewing himself as a hindrance in alhaitham’s space, taking on all the household chores out of guilt, now kaveh actively takes up the space, both in the house and in alhaitham’s day.

Kaveh sits on the table in the living room because he feels comfortable in their living space, he feels comfortable to do so, as well as sharing wine, and snacks, because he knows alhaitham won’t reject him. they share their evenings together, kaveh buys coffee beans for the two to try together, kaveh buys wine for them to drink together at home, kaveh talks about things of interest in his day, which alhaitham shows active interest in – which is such a contrast to their previous rapport, in which kaveh avoided being upfront with alhaitham due to his perception of alhaitham as critical or judgemental and ultimately misunderstanding him

kaveh doesn’t think twice about picking up research on the temple of silence with alhaitham, despite how it mirrors their past thesis of king deshret and how it manifested in their differences pushing them apart, he openly offers to help alhaitham – in fact, he doesn’t even ask, he hears alhaitham’s unspoken request and responds to it in kind, agreeing to combine their efforts where they had previously rejected each other

when alhaitham excuses himself from the gathering at puspa’s café, saying that it’s him ‘done for the day’, kaveh follows this up with asking alhaitham if they should head to the house of daena before returning home. Kaveh is confident in his position as a priority in alhaitham’s life, whereas before, he couldn’t understand what alhaitham wanted from him, but here, kaveh understands that alhaitham simply wants kaveh’s presence – kaveh is assured enough in this to separate himself from alhaitham’s excuse to leave the gathering, he states ‘should we’, coupling himself with alhaitham, as he knows alhaitham won’t reject him – and alhaitham doesn’t reject him at all, in fact he shares the same mind as kaveh, stating ‘my thoughts exactly’ in the two leaving the company of the party, and heading home together. The two now have shared, aligned priorities – each other, and this is known between them

kaveh is all too aware of their differences, believing them to be mirror opposites, but, unlike alhaitham, he previously believed them to be ultimately misaligned – having opposing views to never intersect, whereas alhaitham believed that kaveh, as his mirror, was integral to the enhancement of his world and of his character. Now, kaveh has not only accepted himself as alhaitham’s mirror, seeing the benefit in the two of them finally working together once more, but also is comfortable with this, with this importance that he has in alhaitham’s life. rather than being guilt ridden about the burden he perceives he places on alhaitham, he accepts and enjoys alhaitham’s regard of him, as now this is an expressly mutual sentiment.

Kaveh is now confident in alhaitham’s esteem of him, his care, his intentions. he knows how tenuous their relationship was and the harm they caused each other, and he’s accepted this, and he’s moved on, alongside alhaitham, and together they’re building something familiar, and completely new, for themselves. Rather than rejecting alhaitham out of pride for his scholarly principles and any lingering hurt, he has accepted alhaitham, the other side of the mirror, and in this, he has accepted himself, and now, he can finally make steps to move on, to better himself, alongside alhaitham

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and your eyes look like coming home