#waterborne poetry spoilers

[sweet-sage-tea]

Don't mind me, I'm just bawling my eyes out at the substantial Chongyun character development that happened in Waterborne Poetry.

(It's the whole "watching your friend who's been going through it start to heal" thing, and how I genuinely fucking yearn for that moment myself.)

The most genuine applause for the people at Hoyoverse. Seriously.

#genshin event spoilers #waterborne poetry spoilers #waterborne poetry #I had to legit set my phone down and walk away for 5 minutes just to get myself together #sage's misadventures in genshin impact #genshin impact #chongyun

[welcometoteyvat]

waterborne poetry reactions (belated) (long post)

XINGQIU GOT FUCKING SMASHED IN THIS EVENT. BULLYING XINGQIU HOURS I LOVE TO SEE IT (affectionate)

bro got roasted for his handwriting, is Baffled by the mondstadters, then spends an entire day missing out on [whatever that was] and STILL DOESNT HAVE A CLUE WHAT HAPPENED HAHAHA im sorry i love bullying him

please never tell xingqiu whats going on it's payback <3

CHONGYUN DIONA AND MIKA. i need to hold them omg,,,, i was using freminet to wander around so in my heart they r just 4 cryo kids in a terrarium what will they do!! that combo was quite cute

CHONGYUN YANG MODE?!?!?!?!?! ON SCREEN??????? WAAAAHHHHHHHHH

he was adorable ;;;;;___;;;;; his little eye sparkles and the jumping T_T also the near-rap speed that his lines were delivered in was hilarious (thank you kinsen for ur service)

my son.... please never feed him chilis again

CHONGYUN IMPACT. that's all

now full of unfounded hope that chongyun will someday get an event about his pure yang spirit since they mentioned it a fair few times here

give him the deep lore he deserves

also XIAOYUN?!?!?!?! (only seeing what i want to see) THEY TALKED!!!! IN PERSON ON SCREEN THEY TALKED AND XIAO WASNT DISPARAGING!!!! im sorry this is what a rarepair with no food does to a mf

xiaolumi so strong (or xiaother if u prefer)

oughguhguhg the rhyming couplets part was SOOOO CUTE!! idk they did good with the pacing of the banter i think 🥺

adding onto that the camera angles and cuts this event were actually really nice and creative i think. they made it more engaging (the quick pan from chongyun to xingqiu at the end of the 3rd act, hu tao popping out from behind venti's shoulders during the couplet exchange, etc) it was REALLY good really funny. added to the experience a lot <3

Also venti zhongli are truly the most archon old friends ever

that cutscene was actually so pretty. It's drawn in the same style as Lyney's: very textured lines, slightly reminscent of linocuts, quite a few handdrawn parts, especially where there's water/liquid movement present, etc. Maybe this is a Fontaine style animated cutscene, since the oceanids and lyney are both from there? anyways. i'm intrigued—I wanna see if there are regional cutscene styles or something (that'd be very impressive)

the "close ur eyes paimon/diona" line was so fucking funny. traveler's been the third wheel a bunch of times but never this explicitly

also ! for people icked out by the morality of kid finch's crush on the oceanid: it is Fiction with a capital F

on the one hand I agree with the above sentiment, but it's also just funny to think about. first canon monsterfucker ? /JJJJJJJJJJJJJ don't kill me for that joke

Real thoughts: I think it was actually really sweet how he fell in love with a fairytale. Someone said the oceanid could've been aromantic coded to make their love story more morally palatable; I agree, it would've been cool if she was aro, but I don't think their romantic relationship is like somehow terrible and gross either

overall ending was really mid tbh, I appreciate the character growth of everyone who was on screen but literally all the other characters just disappeared. It was really unsatisfying lol especially for an event that was supposed to be hte gathering/unison of mond and liyue

would've been better if the second day's rhyming couplets ended the event I think; you'd have to tweak it to fit the mood of the oceanid/finch reveal but literally anything works, the ending was so anticlimactic

overall event: 10/10 for giving me the character interactions I wanted, and those that I never knew I needed, 5/10 because the minigames are. not the best, I get the intentions but the execution could've been better. And then 5/10 for story arc (heavily influenced by how mid the ending was LMAO)

I want to go through all the poems and their english translations because I Know somethings gonna get screwed up and I'm also just curious as to how they translated it

#oh also. chongyun diona something i never knew i needed #very disappointed that hu tao disappeared though!! like come on even how they wrote her out was so lazy #same can be said for xq and noelle though like thats foul 'oh theyre just busy' LIKE ???? WHY WERENT THEY BUSY YESTERDAY #ramblings! #liveblog insanity #waterborne poetry #4.1 spoilers #genshin spoilers #event spoilers #waterborne poetry spoilers #genshin impact #xiaoyun

[lilyandthegenshinbrainrot]

my services are no longer needed... here the last of the original two look over their children respectively and they are well. they have learned the lessons of their history and of their arts, they are making friends and enjoy peace....

and here is Venti and Zhongli, the only ones in focus, the ones who remained and the ones who will continue to remain after these kids long pass.

but,,, my services are no longer required,,,

the age of humanity, through the eyes of god.

#waterborne poetry #genshin event spoilers #game screenshots #venti #venti genshin impact #zhongli #zhongli genshin impact #genshin impact

[randomrandomalright]

Looks like Xiao decide to join after all!

#genshin impact #genshin spoilers #xiaoven #xiao #venti #moonlight drinks for them #genshin waterborne poetry event

[666neferpitou]

Xiao, my precious babe 🥰♥️

#genshin impact #genshin fanart #genshin imagines #genshin spoilers #genshin x you #genshin x reader #genshin xiao #genshin lumine #ship art #xiao x lumine #anime #love them #love #waterborne poetry #genshin

[stardustdiiving]

Literally minuscule. Do you see him. I think he likes to feel tall

#xiao #Genshin spoilers #genshin event spoilers #poetry event spoilers #Waterborne Poetry event #genshin #kind of obsessed with him btw #fern.txt #fern plays genshin

[prettybbychim]

spoilers for the waterborne poetry event below~

i’m so distracted by the hydro eidolon i saw her in the first cutscene and ran around trying to find her around the venue but i didn’t see her anywhere 🤧

i couldn’t even see the eyes yet i just saw the blue hair and !!!!! !!!!!

istg these little babies make me so happy i don’t know what to do w myself

literally vibrating rn what is wrong w me lmao

#genshin spoilers #4.1 spoilers #genshin impact spoilers #genshin event spoilers #genshin event #genshin impact #genshin #waterborne poetry event

[newtabfics]

Xiao during the entire poetry event was straight up like JDBCJSJXNDKSKNS

#xiao genshin impact #genshin impact spoilers #event spoilers #waterborne poetry

[dandelion-wings]

Sooo.... oceanid lor?? cause now smol oceanid barbara is now plausible

She was always plausible in my heart, but yes, I do love getting more Oceanid lore! :> And Callirhoe is now a potential side character if I ever decide to do more with the concept. Maybe she (or Finch!) could tell Noelle some of the things Jean is afraid to.... >>

#asked and answered #waterborne poetry #(tagged for spoiler reasons it's not really event-relevant)

[the-fandom-crossroads]

To Love a Mermaid | WaterBorne Poetry Event day 3!

It's time for the last day of the Poetry Event! Join us as we learn Callirhoe's secret and travel with her back to Springvale. But that is only the first half of the stream! Stick around as Terry struggles through the battle trials of the Peaks and Troughs of Life mini event.

Join us live Today! and every other Wed at twitch.tv/dougligaming for more Genshin!

#genshin impact #genshin #waterborne poetry #genshin 4.1 #genshin impact 4.1 #genshin spoilers #twitch vod #douglivods #Youtube

[falling-star-cygnus]

XIAOTHER NATION IS WINNING IN THIS NEW EVENT

‼️SPOILERS FOR THE WATERBORNE POETRY EVENT‼️

hearing a couplet about the heart and immediately seeing xiao??

responding with xiao’s signature dish??

getting an actual speaking line about him??

hello!?

#xiaother #genshin impact #genshin aether #genshin xiao #xiao x aether #aether x xiao #waterborne poetry #genshin liyue #liyue #losing my mind #help!?

[welcometoteyvat]

image spoilers for furina's story quest cutscene (and lyney's, if you haven't done it yet)

Fontaine's story teaser artstyle is actually so gorgeous T_T it also bears great resemblance to woodcuts and I think that's very cool—seems like that's the irl inspiration that Fontaine's artstyle is based off of (like how Mondstadt pvs resemble stained glass, Inazuma's draw from ukiyo-e, etc).

out of the 3 fontaine pvs (lyney's sq, oceanid cutscene from 4.1, furina's sq) they're all really consistent with the art direction and god it looks like fairy tale illustrations

notice the use of lines (eg in the clouds, in the water) to represent shadows and convey texture

it's easier to see in environment shots (the above are from 4.1 waterborne poetry, and furina's story quest teaser, la vaguelette), but you can see it on characters too (the additional hatching on the characters' hair, hats, and clothes)

vs these woodcuts

it's also neat how all 3 story pvs we've seen have animated some element of water or flowing liquid—fitting for the hydro nation and also extremely pretty to watch. the style looks super nice and even possibly hand drawn

tumblr not letting me add 4 separate videos meant I had to stitch all of them together into one so here you go. a compilation of water in fontaine story teasers. the art is so gorgeous I'm in love

#id in alts #everything except the video... sorry .. #just some small observations i noticed! the story teasers for fontaine are literally. so good. so good #waterborne poetry #fontaine #meta #?? if i dare #teyvat thoughts #furina #lyney #lynette #callirhoe #story teaser #furina story quest spoilers #genshin spoilers #genshin impact #genshin fontaine #genshin

[pavlovs-titties]

I don't think I'll ever get over how weak to the Traveller Xiao is. Yes, he's gaining more an more friends, but none of them have as much sway over him as the Traveller.

(Minor Spoilers for the Waterborne Poetry event, the following dialogue is in the first cutscene.)

Venti: We came here hoping to invite a special guest...

Xiao: ...I already told you. I'm not going.

Hu Tao: [...] You don't even have to join us in person if you really don't want to. You can just watch the party from a nearby mountaintop and cheer us on!

Venti, knowing exactly what he's doing: Besides, with the renowned Traveller here, what is there to fear?

Traveller: Join us. It'll be fun.

Xiao: . . . . I'll consider it.

—

And the fact that they were apparently just talking about the Traveller. How much do you wanna bet they were saying "Man, I wish the Traveller were here. Xiao would've said yes immediately if they were the one asking!"

#genshin impact #genshin xiao #adeptus xiao #genshin venti #genshin hu tao

[canonical-transformation]

Genshin ships: stock market update (Fontaine Act 5 + Animula Choragi Act 1)

(Warning: May contain spoilers for character appearances and dynamics in Masquerade of the Guilty and "The Little Oceanid". Previously: Act 1; Act 3+4)

We begin by revisiting the traditional F/M capital-R Romance sector.

Navia/Neuvillette has surged to new peaks following what our analysts are calling "some serious Orpheus and Eurydice bs". We recommend: BUY.

Wriothesley/Clorinde has slightly dipped as a result, but— hold on, something's happening

⚠️ ⚠️ we interrupt this program for a SPECIAL REPORT on ⚠️ ⚠️

the Furina–Focalors stock split

Following 2022's embarrassingly premature Kusanali–Rukkhadevata merger rumours, and the 2021 disaster that data vendor AO3 refers to only as "Original Baal", the underlying "blorbos" commodity market has long been anticipating some form of reorganisation relating to Furina.

With the announcement of the clear delineation between Furina vs Focalors, most markets have gracefully incorporated the news. In the ship markets, little has changed, with most ships clearly indexed on Furina. The ships most strongly affected are the Neuvillette ones due to immortality and proximity.

Focalors/Neuvillette — HOLD OR BUY. Not only is it absorbing all the investors fleeing the Egeria/Neuvillette (SELL) write-off, but he receives 70% of Focalors's screen time and 100% of her sass. Would watch her monologue at him again.

Furina/Focalors — meme stock. Sorry. You do you, but our analysts say the "twincest but mommy issues" thing is funny for about five seconds but then that's it. SELL.

Furina/Neuvillette — BUY BUY BUY. Largely untouched by the stock split. With Furina having shed the "immature kid" accusations entirely, and with Neuvillette's exclusive front row seat to her entire 500 year performance, the market is having a renaissance right now.

🌎🌍 we conclude our special report. Back to our regular programming! 🌍🌎

While we're on the subject of Furina...

Furina/Lumine — Ooof. The "final temptation and confirming all Furina's worst fears" during Masquerade was bad enough. The entitlement Traveller showed Furina during the start of her Character Quest is also a major spanner in the works. And the revelations of Masquerade make any pre-Masquerade fluff a tough sell. SELL OR HOLD. Fundamentals are still there but the market correction is yet to finish.

Furina/Abyss Lumine — Keep an eye out for the coming IPO. Potential BUY at the currently discussed price.

Furina/Aether — Who?

Navia/Aether — Oh now we're talking. Tears of the Kingdom wants its Michelangelo reference back, but it won't hold up in court. BUY OR HOLD

Navia/Clorinde — BUY BUY BUY. According to one analyst, "if that lipstick line didn't spawn a dozen drawings/fics of them making out, I quit". Not to mention the childhood friends news from a few weeks back!

Lyney/Aether and Lyney/Lumine — HOLD. A slight dip following relatively dry interactions in the AQ, but nothing that affects the ships' longer term prospects.

Jurieu/Lourvine — Our analysts were unavailable for comment after a fist fight in the hallway. CHECK AGAIN LATER

Wriothesley/Neuvillette — BUY. Going strong as predicted, plenty more to expect.

Furina/Sandrone — HOLD OR BUY. A small handful of creators are doing amazing work in this space but it's hard to judge.

...and a few scattered others:

Ann/Caterpillar — No chemistry. Their potential dynamic is interesting but (unlike most of the populace of Fontaine) the ship doesn't hold water. SELL

Finch/Callirhoe — HOLD OR BUY depending on whether someone figures out a smut concept involving the teardrop gift thing.

Xingqiu/Chongyun — HOLD. Surprisingly, their interactions in the Waterborne Poetry had no upward or downward pressure on the ship whatsoever. I say surprisingly but um. Did they even get lines with each other. Yang! Chongyun finally appeared on screen though, which is a boon to anyone trying to show one of his more manic moments.

Nahida/Apep — SELL IMMEDIATELY. If anyone approaches you saying this is the next Neuvifuri, it's a scam. Don't fall for it.

Freminet/Neuvillette — oh come on I'm pretty sure the analysts are making things up at this point. Have they even interacted outside that conspiracy picnic at Navia's?

Diona/Callirhoe — yeah they're trolling me.

#genshin impact #doylist shipping #genshin ship market update #masquerade of the guilty #the little oceanid #silly headcanons

[naiad-lagoon]

spoilers for the waterborne poetry event!!

xiao’s interactions with diona (which was not on my 2023 genshin bingo card) are only cementing the idea that he has a soft spot for children.

like, xiao - who is known for his particular diet - watches this random child he doesn’t know actively try to make the most disgusting drink she can out of the ingredients she can find just lying in the dirt and then just. drinks it (albeit with some hesitancy) without any prompting or encouragement?? and he was the first one to drink it too?? just <3 i love seeing him be able to be gentle and curious and just grow

#genshin xiao #diona #genshin event #waterborne poetry #i’ve taken an unhealthy number of screenshots this event

[yukihime242]

The Waterborne Poetry event has answered a question, and also sprung up a new question.... Actually, two questions, in my most humble opinion...

Anyway, before I move on, do note that there may be 🚨SPOILERS🚨 for those of you who have, for some reason, not done the event during this period... and also for those of you who may have missed it... best if you go watch the gameplay for this event to know what's going on first...

As we all know, the Waterborne Poetry was a follow-up from the Lantern Rite 2023 event where Venti and Hu Tao planned to have a poetry event together. So, here you go, the Waterborne Poetry was born.

(Picture Source: Genshin Impact thru' Google Image Search)

But, the story doesn't actually only follow up from there, it also follow up from the Endora event back in... 2021, I think? Players who played the event were granted a little Endora Oceanid as their pet.

(Picture Source: Genshin Impact Wiki Fandom thru' Google Image Search)

Just a quick recap, the little Oceanid Endora... actually, I forgot how the Traveler found her... but what I do remember was, like Callirhoe, Endora grew very weak while traveling, and had to latch herself onto some moveable water source... think if memory serves me right, it was a hydro slime.

In order to help little Endora, the Traveler travelled between Mondstadt and Liyue to capture some rogue Oceanid and letting Endora absorb them. By doing so, Endora would be able to regain her strength and her speech should improve a lot.

Part of the event was us finding out that another Oceanid was actually living in the waters of Springvale. At that time, players weren't really sure what to make of the Oceanid existing in Springvale since there was no appearance of this particular Oceanid. Eventually, I think many forgot about it.

Fast forward to the Waterborne event, it was only in this event that it jogged our memory that there was indeed an Oceanid living in Springvale. And that was none other than Callirhoe.

(Picture Source: GoldenBow @ YouTube thru' Google Image Search)

Apart from her main romance with Finch, she did make some friends while living in the waters of Springvale. One of them was our beloved feline, Diona.

(Picture Source: Rock Paper Shotgun thru' Google Image Search)

Because she was touched by their friendship, Callirhoe gave Diona a special ability, that is, to make any drink into a delicious drink no matter what she puts inside.

So... that kinda answers our question about her mixing ability. It's not because she is Mondstadt's version of Xiangling, but because she was blessed by Callirhoe.

But now, that also gives rise to another question which was also addressed by the character himself.

Is Chongyun's pure yang energy a blessing from someone else as well?

(Picture Source: PC Invasion thru' Google Image Search)

I believe we will get a story that is Chongyun-focused to answer that question... if Hoyoverse remembers...

That was the first question. The second question is whether or not Xiao is truly having romantic feelings for the Traveler.

I have covered this in my other post of the list of characters having possible romantic feelings for the Traveler. Not going to details again, there seem to be a hint that Xiao does have some romantic feelings to the Traveler.

It was speculation at first, but a little note on the noticeboard at Wangshu Inn has caused this question to be raised.

Posting only this screenshot so you can go see the rest yourselves :3

Anyway, I hope Hoyoverse will give us the proper closure to all of the romance blossoming in the air... I mean, first, they confirmed that the Lumine X Childe ship is cannon, then they dropped a Lyney having a crush on the Traveler, and now this...

Regardless of who has romantic feelings for the Traveler, I think many players are wanting to see if the Traveler will reciprocate one of them. Who knows? May be we will have an all out war of the various ships involving the Traveler.

#hoyoverse #genshin impact #genshin #yukihime's fun theories #genshin diona #genshin impact diona #diona genshin impact #diona genshin #genshin chongyun #genshin impact chongyun #chongyun genshin impact #chongyun genshin #genshin xiao #genshin impact xiao #xiao genshin impact #xiao genshin