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I'm built different. like incorrectly i think

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arlecchino putting a cross on her spider's grave implies jesus christ existed in teyvat

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bnnuy angst

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Among the descriptions the Tsaritsa (speaking through Pierro) uses for Arlecchino when she first became the Knave, she calls her "mad", like crazy.

I had this theory for a while and this new animation makes it stronger for me, but could the reason behind what Wanderer said about Arlecchino in his voiceline about her be because she killed his colleague as a teenager and ended up getting her position? And even though it was never elaborated on, Arlecchino has some kind of curse, so is that why Wanderer said she has a "true, crazy self"? And Childe never knew the previous Knave, but he likely heard how Arlecchino killed her predecessor who was her mother figure. Given that Childe is a family man, I imagine that once he learned about that, he saw her as a two-faced lunatic who would betray anyone if it benefited her. After all, if someone could kill family, then they'd turn on anyone, right? The Harbingers don't really talk and don't know much about each other (Wanderer knew Pierro for hundreds of years and only knows that he's a survivor of Khaenri'ah) and the previous Knave's cruelty probably wouldn't be very well known, Childe likely wouldn't know how the previous Knave was terrible to her wards. Back to Arlecchino killing her predecessor, that's probably something unique to her. In artifact lore, we know Pierro approached some of them and offered them positions as Harbingers, and Childe had been enlisted in the Fatui by his dad and became a Harbinger after rising through the ranks. Arlecchino is likely the only Harbinger who killed the one before her to get her position as the Fourth Harbinger, a position that outranks all the other Harbingers who were present when she became the Knave, barring Pierro (and Capitano as well, assuming he's the First ranked Harbinger). With that in mind, it's easy to imagine the other Harbingers looking at her sideways for this.

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The welcoming and friendly and bright facade of "Mother" and the family she raised at the Hearth, whose cruelty was hidden just beneath the surface - raising children as brothers and sisters so that they might slaughter each other in the future for the title of "King",

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Arlecchino as the "strict" and "unfeeling" and cold and emotionally distant Father, who teaches her children that they should rely on each other, love each other, cherish each other and their own lives, stand on their own two feet in the world. The names of Arlecchino's constellations - "You shall become a new member of our family / You shall love and protect each other henceforth / For alone, we are as good as dead / From this day on, we shall delight in new life together" - are her teachings to the children of the House (and her hopes, too - we shall delight in new life together).

And the warm gentleness in her voice when she begins speaking - "come with me" - that turns into cold monotone, "like a strict and unfeeling Father". You can literally hear the moment she creates the persona of that "cold", "unfeeling", "strict" Father, when she puts on her mask.

And that's not even getting into how it's also a continuation of this vicious cycle - "I will raise you as my child" - because while Arlecchino's House is certainly leagues better than Crucabena's, she is still raising soldiers and ultimately leading many of them to their deaths* (despite her best efforts, it seems), she is actively priming Lyney to be the next "King", and the throne of the "King" is upheld by much death and bloodshed.

*As an aside, I gotta wonder if Arlecchino's crimes were pardoned only in exchange for her becoming a Harbinger, so now she's locked into a job where she has to raise more child soldiers and send them to die, just like her siblings were sent to die. It would explain why Childe clocks her loyalty to the Tsaritsa as being very shaky (him being a Tsaritsa fanboy in the first place, anyway). But if she didn't become "King"... well, wouldn't that mean all her siblings' sacrifices would be in vain? That would be kinda fucked up innit.