#4.0 spoilers

[szivarvanyturmix02]

extremely common arlecchino W

#4.0 spoilers #genshin #genshin impact #genshin impact arlecchino #arlecchino #genshin fanart #genshin impact lyney #genshin impact lynette #lyney and lynette #lyney #lynette #genshin fatui #genshin arlecchino #fontaine #genshin spoilers #the knave #arlecchino genshin

[amelia-sun]

I think its very funny that throughout most of Marcel’s trial, Childe was just sat there in the audience probably bored out of his fucking mind

All he probably wanted was a fight LMAOO

#Genshin Impact 4.0 #4.0 genshin #4.0 spoilers #genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #neuvillette #focalors #furina #navia #lumine #Uhmmmm #idk what else to put here #<3 <3?? #i think fontaine’s pretty neat #hoping burnout wont roast me to death

[c6jpg]

...but the rules of the court must be upheld.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinet #neuvillette #genshin spoilers #4.0 spoilers #fontaine spoilers #genshin impact spoilers #spoilers #m:gifs #m:* #m:gifs:neuvillette #m:1k #m:3k #this coloring is kinda plain i didn't have a lot to work with here... #but this scene was. ough

[ohnogodpls]

The legend says that it rains when the hydro dragon weeps

#genshin impact #neuvillette #4.0 spoilers

[majunju]

new beginnings

#genshin impact #my art #4.0 spoilers #i.... forgot to add his pink streak #this is embarrassing bc ive forgotten like 3 times

[nekojetto]

I see nobody talking about the fact Genshin's Otters have the same color design than Neuvillette and I'm chocked x,)))

SERIOUSLYYY ??? (they're both adorable btw)

#genshin impact #neuvillette #my art #sketch #doodles #furina #focalors #Otter #4.0 spoilers #spoiler #genshin spoiler #artist on tumblr #fan art

[wentian]

The rain has ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day~

#genshin impact #neuvillette #navia #aether #genshinedit #gamingedit #my gifs #4.0 spoilers #and we all here to see it #a follow up to my previous set i guess

[haunted-xander]

She's so cringefail girlboss

#when she said this line i was like ooooh youre a fav now okay #shes just an overdramatic bratty teen god who doesnt actually know how to handle authority #so she acts all high & mighty so people think shes stronger and smarter than she is #oooh i love her. bratty little meow meow #furina #focalors #genshin impact #genshin impact 4.0 spoilers #4.0 spoilers #genshin impact spoilers #art #my art #xanders art #xanders haunting art #digital art #fan art

[pigeon-noises]

"Drown." This moment...! Handwriting graciously provided by @pafutan

#genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #fontaine #digital art #everyone but vigneire #I was scared for a moment that they were going to do a heartfelt reunion and try and make us feel bad about vacher but then! #POV your actions have consequences #fanart #4.0 spoilers #myart #genshin 4.0 #fontaine spoilers #portfolio

[hydrodragons]

"ah, that the youngest of gods should be thus, while a certain other person, by contrast, should be so prone to hysterics..."

#genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinet #genshin spoilers #4.0 spoilers #neuvillette #furina #mine* #neuvillette* #furina* #give me more of these two pls their dynamic is so funny to me 😭

[someonestrawberry]

it's ok childe you'll get em next time

#the speed at which neuvillette OBLITERATED this man #poor guy he just wanted a good spirited fight #genshin impact #childe #neuvillette #genshin spoilers #4.0 spoilers #hollytalks!

[shadowboxmind]

Maybe a hot take, but I don't think the Traveler was being inconsistent or out of character in the last archon quest at all. People are getting upset at their reaction to Lyney and Lynette's behavior from the perspective of players, with meta knowledge of the story that the Traveler, the character, doesn't have.

The players know, for example, that because they're playable characters, Lyney and Lynette are ultimately friendly and on "our" side, and we can also trust that what they told us about their backstory is true. The Traveler does not have that knowledge.

TO BE CLEAR this post is talking about my thoughts on the TRAVELER'S thought process. If we want to talk about how I personally would have reacted to the situation, I'm an overly trusting bleeding-heart who would absolutely get scammed and probably murdered by Fatui in this universe.

(Also characters, even main characters who you normally like, can do things you disagree with and that doesn't mean they're badly written. I mean, sometimes they are, but I don't think that's true in this particular case)

But think about it! Looking at the entire situation from an in-universe, in-character POV, it's a really bad look for Lyney and Lynette overall, because here are the facts as the Traveler is aware of them:

Lyney and Lynette are not only members of the Fatui, the primary antagonistic force in this story, but are specifically members of the House of the Hearth, which is known to specialize in espionage, subterfuge, and sabotage.

Both of them also work in a field that would further require them to be masters of misdirection, audience manipulation, and drama.

They "coincidentally" ran into the Traveler right as they arrived in Fontaine and immediately began to do them favors and be very friendly, including saving them from Furina, bringing them to meet their family, and gifting them VIP tickets to Lyney's show.

During the trial, the twins withheld key information, and not just about their identities (and listen, I get it, I fully empathize with why they did it, I get the reasoning, but it's still a bad look when it gets figured out) but also about what they were doing in the tunnel.

They admitted that the entire magic show was a ruse to do, guess what? espionage! To break into the room with the Oratrice's core and find out how it works. To, through subterfuge, obtain Fontaine's secrets about the nation's most important mechanism and central source of power.

The Traveler has known these people for like, a day total.

So what conclusions might the Traveler draw from these facts? When the evidence shows that Lyney and Lynette have a record of misdirection and obfuscation for their own ends? When the Traveler has no way of knowing if even their initial meeting was orchestrated for an ulterior purpose? How are they supposed to know if the tragic backstory is even true, or if that's just Lyney trying to win back some favor and sympathy? In my opinion, at that moment, they don't. Hence the coldness.

My interpretation of events is that the Traveler does like the twins, and wanted to keep liking them, but was struggling to reconcile their initial impression of two friendly magicians with the realization that these two friendly magicians were dishonest with them for most of the time they'd known each other, so they needed to have some space to figure that out.

And for those saying the Traveler is inconsistent, here's the thing: they still helped Lyney. They still acted as his attorney, investigated thoroughly, won the case, and cleared his name. They've done similar for other Fatui members in their acquaintance—they helped Childe with Teucer, they helped Scaramouche/Wanderer with getting his memories back, they helped that other member of the House of the Hearth fake her death and escape the organization—whether or not they fully trusted them, and generally they didn't.

As for the Traveler's supposed hypocrisy, my view of their relationship with Childe is that it's only improved because, despite Childe trying to nuke Liyue in the past, the Traveler knows that

a. They can handle him if it comes down to a fight again; b. He likes them, regardless of if the feeling is mutual or not, and is indeed aggressively friendly to the point where it's easier to just be civil; c. Childe is generally upfront and honest about his actions and will strike from the front, not stab them in the back; and d. He's worked together with them before when they had a common goal (for example, the labyrinth they went through with Xinyan).

They know how his mind works and what motivates him. Childe is a known quantity, the twins are not, and it took in-story time and shared experiences for the Traveler to get to even this point of neutrality; they were openly suspicious of him during his story quest.

As for holding his Vision for him, the Traveler didn't exactly volunteer for the job, Childe literally threw it at them with no warning and peaced out. What do you expect them to do, drop it in the sea? That would be inconsistent with their characterization.

Wanderer's whole situation is even weirder, since the Traveler was able to experience his actual memories and emotions and therefore has good reason to trust that he's had a genuine change of heart. Not to mention that they're not friends, I'd argue they're in that same nebulous "neutral" zone, and that only because Nahida usually functions as a buffer (and also because, again, the Traveler knows that they can handle Wanderer in a fight, and Wanderer also tends to be blunt and honest).

Also, in Lyney's story quest it seems like everyone got over their problems pretty fast and they're all chummy now, so you can all rest easy that the twins' feelings weren't too hurt about it.

Anyways if you disagree go ham, refute my points, whatever, just keep things civil.

#is there a designated spoiler tag idk #genshin impact #4.0 spoilers #hi non genshin-liking friends i promise i won't be doing this regularly #i just like to think about character relationships #ace attorney ass quest #genuinely rather disappointed that there was no... tension between them in lyney's story quest. like at all #the last time y'all saw each other was dramatic and depressing right after his murder trial and now you're just pals 'n' buddies #and maybe more considering how heavily they imply that lyney is flirting with the traveler #maybe they'll touch on it (the Drama) in the next archon quest #now that would be inconsistent writing with the story quest but whatever #i read comics i'm used to it #shadowboxtalks #speaking of the story quest i said out loud at several points 'oh yeah you're definitely a fatuus' #all that about not forgetting debts #and 'oh yeah you're definitely from the house of the hearth' #sneaky little shits (affectionate)

[suguwu]

minors and ageless blogs dni.

mild spoilers for the fontaine archon quest. gn!reader, established relationship, reader is referred to as "my dear"

"they say the chief justice had to intervene at today's trial."

neuvillette glances up at you from his files, his hair swaying with the movement, a rippling tide. he comes to his feet when he sees you, skirting around his desk to stand in front of you.

"my assistance was required, yes."

"high drama, then. it will be the talk of the town for days."

he sighs. "i suppose it will."

there’s a cheeky retort on the tip of your tongue, but then you spot the long scratch tracing the edge of his high cheekbone, gleaming crimson in the light. 

"you're hurt," you say, reaching out.

he catches your hand before you can touch him, his thumb settling into the center of your palm. he draws a small circle there, his gloves sliding against your skin, a kiss of cool water.

“neuvillette, you’re bleeding,” you say, trying to shake off his grip, but he holds firm.

he watches you carefully, searching your face for something, though you don't know what. his eyes—the color of the sea, ever-shifting, a violet-blue fathoms deep—are curious.

"such concern," he says, "for such a small thing."

"it’s not small to me."

he tilts his head. "no," he says thoughtfully. "i suppose it is not."

“let me see.”

“it is just a scratch, my dear.”

“then let me see.”

“very well.” 

he lets go of your hand, though he drags his thumb against your skin, tracing the leylines of your palm. the touch lingers like a ghost. you take in a quiet breath.

you reach out and cup his face between your hands; his porcelain skin is cool to the touch. he tilts his head obediently when you turn it towards the light to better see the cut.  

it’s deeper than you thought, gleaming like rubies in the light, but it’s scabbed over, already on its way to healing. you sigh.

“as i said,” neuvillette says, his voice rumbling through the room like a crashing wave. “just a scratch.”

“i’ve never seen you hurt before,” you say quietly. “i don’t like it.”

he pauses at that, his eyes flickering to yours. something passes over his face and for a moment, you don’t know him. you think of the rising tide, of how it consumes the land it laps at. how it swallows down familiar shores.

you blink and the expression is gone.

“then i shall strive to remain uninjured,” he says, bringing up a hand and cupping it over yours. he turns into your touch, brushing his lips against your palm, too light to be called a kiss. 

you can’t help the little smile.

“you’d better.”

#bee writes genshin #genshin spoilers #4.0 spoilers #this is another 'idek but it wouldn't leave me alone so' #neuvillette x reader

[c6jpg]

STORY TEASER ❖ Glory Endures in Legacy

This honor belongs to you, Cesar. I'm just sorry it's a little late.

#genshin #genshinedit #genshin impact #genshinet #lyney #lynette #cesar #paimon #m:gifs #m:* #m:gifs:lyney #genshin spoilers #4.0 spoilers #lyney story quest spoilers #flashing tw

[ohnogodpls]

ma man

#genshin impact #neuvillette #4.0 spoilers

[hyenashark]

did nobody involved in accusing childe of being the mastermind behind the disappearing young women case stop to consider that he literally could not possibly in any shape or form have done it?? iirc charlotte said that the disappearances started about 2 decades ago, meaning that childe would have been an infant, not to mention that he was living in an entirely different nation since he’s from snezhnaya… like that trial would have ended in five seconds if anybody stopped and realized that lol

#genshin #genshin impact #childe #tartaglia #fontaine #fontaine spoilers #4.0 spoilers