#bc seeing them 'only' as brothers erases a part of the influence cn culture has on them

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in my ideal little world we could talk about diluc and kaeya's relationship and how its (probably purposeful) ambiguousity in the base material serves as a great example of the limits of translation and of how the choices translators make can drastically impact the entire story without it delving into a ship war full of death threats, misinformation and ad hominem arguments

#listen i studied translation for 3 years and it's literally one of the most interesting subjects in the world to me #especially when you take culture into account. when you consider how linguistic mechanisms influence said culture #ESPECIALLY when the two cultures are drastically different and therefore some concepts are nearly impossible to grasp in their entirety #and genshin is really interesting in that aspect #because the english translation comes from the japanese translation of the og chinese text #and most of the other western languages come from the english translation #and i wish we could keep in mind how several translations affect the original work #it's sad how we can peacefully talk about lore points and how the english translation missed some key points #but as soon as you mention the very mere idea that kaeya and diluc might not view themselves as brothers #(in the western sense of the word) #without even MENTIONING the possibility of a romantic relationship between them #everyone goes batshit crazy. #i have so many thoughts about them without it necessarily being brotherly or romantic #and so many thoughts abt the process of translation and how complex their relationship is as a whole #but no. it has to be very clearly either romantic or platonic and that's just sad #bc seeing them 'only' as brothers erases a part of the influence cn culture has on them #and seeing them as romantic partners discards the beauty of their relationship as platonic #genshin impact #genshin diluc #genshin kaeya