#we must protect furina at all cost

[geewintg]

Hydro archon, hydro archon, don't cry

Fandom: Genshin impact Characters: Neuvillette, furina Theme: Angst, relief, 4.2 spoilers

Hydro archon, hydro archon, don’t cry

There was a children’s story in Fontaine that when it starts to rain, the hydro dragon is weeping. Therefore, people would say, “hydro dragon, hydro dragon, don’t cry!” Yet none consoles their dear archon that sheds a tear.

Perhaps it was fate that her suffering was her own, despite her sacrifice, she bleeds where she bore the weight of sins not her own, of lives she is not held accountable… but partly, she knows she is. All according to plan by her divine self. Thus, she feels half as responsible for people’s suffering.

But what o’ can a little mortal do? Powerless against divinity and fate having only but a mere human case?

And so she weeps, and she weeps, until tears roll to rivers. Her sorrows and madness trapped chasing each other’s tails in an empty room echoing around her.

Who is she now if she is not the hydro archon?

Who is she now if she no longer has a role to play?

Who is she now if she no longer needed?

Please tell me… who am I?

A mask that sews itself to her face, if unsewn, would leave its mark of holes that will never be undone having to bury its needles and threads for centuries on the skin. The mask—the role has become her, and she is it. It gave her purpose—to be as fit and perfect the mask sits on her face, but at the same, hide every flaw of her underneath it.

No holes, no cracks, no breaks.

A lone tear rippled the girl on the water. A distorted image of her reflection, a visage of superficial anatomy yet she thinks it fits her all the same.

“Is that the hydro archon?” A child voice gushed. She flinched, instantly pulling the mask on seamlessly like she had honed for centuries. No holes, no cracks, no breaks— no. It wasn’t like she was any other else. She is Focalor, the hydro archon.

Pfft, who else could she have been?

“Wait, Hydro Archon, are you crying?”

She burst out to haughty laughter. “Crying? Me, crying?” She cried out ridiculously, a hand over her stomach.  “What a wild imagination! Oh I even shed a tear! No mundane things can ever make an archon worry. Hmph, what such a bold allegation, child! You should know that it’s a crime to assume things about an archon! Are you ready to face the consequences in court?”

“Uhm…” The child tilted his head in confusion. “What’s making you sad, hydro archon?”

Furina made an offended face. “As I’ve told you, I am not sad!” But her features softened once she saw him frightened. “I just…” Her unspoken thoughts hung in the air as her gaze drifted. Every ounce of strength left in her drained as everything all seems to be for naught.

In a small soft voice, the child mustered, “Hydro archon, hydro archon, don’t cry…”

How could she cry? She’s not the hydro archon anymore…

“If there’s anything troubling you, feel free to come and visit. All of your needs will be taken care of and though I lack understanding of emotions, I will do my utmost best to see what there is to be done.” She remembered him say. Such a concise reply, she expects nothing more from their renowned chief justice.

Yet she gave out only an exasperated sigh. “No need to trouble yourself.  I can handle my own. I wouldn’t come to you for any of those anyway, don’t worry. We both know those aren’t your strong suit.” He may look unfazed but she knew his silence wasn’t. She had known him for centuries after all.

Although she already had her back turn on him, he still insisted. “I will be here if you need anything…” But she never looked back.

Yet after all those reassuring resolves, she finds herself yet again in front of the damned building that brought her so many bad memories. With her own two feet. What it is that she wanted? What is it that she wants to speak of him?

She had no clue. She doesn’t even know what to tell him when she sees him.

She found her steps faltering as clouds dimmed the sky. It seems that it’s about to rain… What could have made him feel as such? She wonders.

“Furina…?” The disbelief in his voice.

Did he go out? How was she not informed?! What now? Out of all the timings… it just had to be this. How unfortunate she is.

“Oh, uhm! I didn’t know you were out, ha-ha…” She didn’t expect her voice to come out so meekly but she detests it.

“What is it that’s troubling you?” He took steps closer that made Furina panic.

“N-nothing! Nothing’s troubling me! How on teyvat did you even come to such conclusion?” she faked a laugh but she knew there wouldn’t be fooling this person no matter much of a professional she may be. It worked for five-hundred years before but not now—not this.

“I can sense the water’s woes.”

Never in Furina’s life had she ever felt this small next to someone, always sitting up in the high chairs—she is the one who looks down on everyone—yet now, she does. Neuvillette waited for her to speak but her throat tightened around the words until only silence hangs in the air while the rain drowns everything around them.

And it was just the two of them.

She tore her gaze away. “Nothing’s wrong…”

“Furina…” She turned. “Furina, you can cry…”

Because the rain will hide it away, and only he will know.

#writing #genshin #genshin impact #creative writing #furina #neuvillette #fontaine #whos cutting onions not me you are #these two #I need more of them #not sure if this counts but #neuvifuri #i guess #people kept saying don't cry hydro dragon but what about the hydro archon #we must protect furina at all cost #hydro dragon hydro dragon don't cry #but then #furina furina you can cry #is just

[gold-rhine]

I was rewatching the 4.1 trailer again (I just keep going back to it again and again because it's so good? The music?? The characters??? I WANT TO PLAY THE ARCHON QUEST RN SO BAD guess who'll be counting down days and then hours and then minutes until the update haha....)

So! My observations! (in brackets are what should be the timestamps of what I'm referring to/quoting, fyi):

(0:26) I can’t be mistaken, that voice in the beginning is Neuvillette's, and he says "I will arrange false charges against you so that you may secretly investigate inside the Fortress." What made me confused initially was, The Neuvillette— The Chief Justice— was pretty much doing something against the "laws he holds so dear" (not that I'm saying he's "stone hearted" and all that most assume of him, it's just that it feels wrong, to me at least. Neuvillette as I perceived was someone who would uphold the laws, but never at the cost of an innocent's life and yeah, yeah I get the whole deal with Navia's dad is contradictory, but look at Childe's case Neuvillette apologised to the unconscious Harbinger: "I am sorry. If you have been wronged, we will find the truth, but the rules of the court must be upheld.") Basically, I say he's doing everything in his power to protect the people of Fontaine from the prophecy. I believe Neuvillette is being wronged with the whole "Melusines can't be trusted! The same goes for Neuvillette!" like no, just no... But then the Melusines were 'born' from an Abyssal Monster aka Elynas....

Additionally: (2:55) Lyney asks "where did you take my siblings!?" Siblings, as in plural, perhaps the other orphans from the House of the Hearth who might have been sent to infiltrate the Fortress of Meropide??

(3:00) "Since they have no way to dispose of the leftover remains, they have ways to transform them into other forms and keep them in the Fortress forever" words by Wrio which hints that the "siblings" (if not someone else) Lyney mentioned might have been dissolved which is very scary since it means that this Primordial Sea water is now rather... accessible if I must say. (Like initially, I didn't care... not that I actually didn't, but morelike "meh, it would be taken care of by the traveller" because! that place where Traveller found the Primordial Sea water, it was like a tiny lake thingy, so I was thinking it wouldn't suddenly multiply and flood all of Fontaine... right?)

(3:06) Wrio is running away from a flood of Water of the Primordial Sea in the Fortress (it's kinda blue-purple, beautiful, glowy liquid so it's definitely not just some crack in the wall), whiiiiich kinda pretty much tells us of what was flowing in those pipes someone tells us to stay away from (I mean what else would be in pipes? Some kind of gas? Okay. The Primordial Sea water? Heck, yeah.) Okay, moving on,

(3:06) Neuvillette enters the Fortress and boom—(3:28) Neuvillette using what looks like a great amount of power (or he's just simply impressive in whatever he does... okay jokes aside,) to dispel the Water of the Primordial Sea.

So, Neuvillette is able to dispel the Primordial Water, but (3:55) it also looks surrounded at the same time??? And is that Furnina's voice? (If it is, it makes me wonder if she will be alright because I've been getting anxious from her lines (3:18) "Who are you? What are you trying to do? Please don’t kill me, I'm beggining you..." She's the Hydro Archon, for her to feel threatened, it's worrisome...) and what does it mean: "you will see much in the human world from the delightful, to the depressing... And one day, when you have dwelt among humanity long enough, you will be placed to bring judgement over all, as the spokesperson for Fontaine's past"?

Honestly, the more I listen to it, the more it makes me feel it isn't Furina's voice. But anyways I'll just consider that it could be her and will present to you 3 possible explanations for that dialogue (I could be horribly wrong):

One: it was Furina and she said that to Neuvillette (in the scenario where she must exhaust her powers to somehow prevent the Primordial Sea water from dissolving her people)

Two: it was said to Neuvillette but by the Previous Hydro Archon. It makes sense, him being (speculated, though at this point its basically a fact) the Hydro Dragon and having existed prior to Furina and alongside the previous Hydro Archon. And the part, "placed to bring judgement to all, as the spokesperson for Fontaine's past", could refer to him becoming the Chief Justice, someone who upholds the law as well as have memory of Fontaine's pasts

And lastly, the third possibility: it was said to the Traveller by... someone. The traveller is someone who isn't bound to the laws of Teyvat, and essentially, Irminsul. And tampering with Irminsul would have history changed, but the traveller will know (as we've seen with the whole Greater Lord Rukkhadevata and The Balladeer stuff). The traveller is essentially a witness (if you want to know more about this, I suggest you could watch this video if you had time to spare: the video). But if it was told to the Traveller, the whole judgement thing doesn't work out... unless the traveller of course decided to rebel against Furina because of her "failing to take action as an Archon", unlikely if I must say... (but then again, we did kind of rebel against Ei in Inazuma, but that would be repetitive too).

Sorry for the long rant hehe...

imma be real with you chief, i don't think its useful to make any kind of concrete predictions, esp lore ones, based on trailers. genshin trailers are notoriously cut v misleadingly, just to hook you with shock value. they put together visuals that have nothing to do with audio, like they'll show u boss battle with dramatic music and audio is gonna be like "oh no!! Traveler is DYING, someone help!!!" and then turns out audio is from joke part of the quest where traveler pretends to drown

that said, i think we'll get info on Neuvillette and i personally think its connected to former hydro archon and the fact that like half of oceanids left fontaine bc waters are "corrupted". idk if he existed before furina did tho. bc he's mentioned to appear about around time furina does, by the Narzissenkreuz director frex, who calls him "new Iudex" at the moment of time when furina builds opera house. so he was AT LEAST not a public figure before. and from that trailer audio about like living among humans and making judgement, it might be that he only appeared when furina became archon.

#rhine talks

[baeshijima]

The 4.2 trailer... I am still processing it all...

*Buries face in palms and mumbles incoherent sentences*

I thought I couldn't be more hyped then I was last version but genshin proved me wrong and I will thank them for that!

I didn't have an opinion on Furina for quite a while because of how less we know of her, but regardless I think that she doesn't deserve whatever hardships she'll face, like the prophecy that says she'll be all alone after fontaine drowns & the sound of her crying in the fountain of lucine? I mean just look at that adorable little idle animation of her blowing bubbles with her little friend *sobs uncontrollably* must protect at all costs!!

And that part of Neuvillette looking extremely sad— like how dare anyone make him sad! Must protect both our hydro lovelies!! And Navia too!!

And the all-devouring narwhal??? Excuse me it looks so cool?????? And the lady every sAID WAS SKIRK???? CHILDE AND NEUVILLETTE AND THE NARWHAL SCENE?????

AND AYATO RERUN???? I have a guaranteed and am at 56 pity, so he's coming home for sure hehe! But I hope your pulls for Furina go amazing and you have left overs for Ayato!! May rng be kind to us and everyone pulling in the upcoming banners🤞

*kicking the air giggling uncontrollably*

Ahem... I should calm down, now, just need to wait a few days for the update!!

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NO BC I UNDERSTAND HOW U FEEL CLOVER NONNIE !!!!! the trailer literally had me on the edge of my seat gasping, hand over my mouth wide-eyed and everything i was so??????????

falls to the floor.

the opening lines especially and how neuvie delivered them KILLED me sm like no bro dont do this to me im not ready no pls dont pls i just want my daughter to come home happy and healthy and safe pls she has to be safe why is she crying dont cry stop making her cry shes been through enough pls........

aND THE NARWHAL AND SKIRK REVEAL PLS IT WAS ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER WITH THIS PATCH LIVESTREAM 😭 LIKE WHEN WE PLAY THIS IN GAME I WILL NOT BE OKAY I WONT BE OKAY THE WHOLE AQS BUT ITS FINE BC IM NEVER OKAY AHAHHLFD

AND STOP THE AYATO RERUN HAD ME PUNCHING THE AIR IMAGINING HE WAS IN FRONT OF ME LIKE NO SIR WHY WOULD U RERUN DURING EVERY BANNER I EITHER PULLED IN THE PREV BANNER AND HAVE NO FUNDS, HAVE PLANS TO PULL FOR IN THE CURRENT AND CANT AFFORD TO GET U, OR AM SAVING FOR THE NEXT BANNER AND ALSO CANT AFFORD TO PULL BC OF SAVINGS 🧍‍♀️

clover nonnie we have been manifesting ayato together for ages and so i hope u get him early and c6 in ur first 10 pull 🙏

#omg a convo !? #clover nonnie !! #just genshin <3 #ourgh and charlotte release too.... my other daughter is here im so :(( <33 #honestly im so excited for 4.2 i wasnt sure how hyped i was going to be for this but im SO HYPED #sobbing im hoping furina is kind in her summons so that i do have ayato funds..... sobs....

[geewintg]

Trial of The Century

Fandom: Genshin Impact

Neuvillette-centric, furina's trial, angst

His hands felt cold. Stiff on the orb of his cane as the trial continues on. The onslaught of accusations burying the hydro archon deeper within her grave. The circle of doubt was a whisper of an ominous prophecy much like the one that was about to happen; that small pang in his chest as he starts having them as well.

Who is the hydro archon?

Who is Furina?

Cold as would the laws be in the face of the masses, but his heart wanes tender like the ocean tide against the shoreline. Two opposite faces of the same coin fought, he--as the Iudex--had to pick one.

His legs were numb as ice as he stood over the trial, heart was as loud as each turn of the oratrice in the traveller's favor was like chalk scraping his ears. He couldn't breathe, he couldn't bear to be here. He couldn't bear to see the tears that stains her blue eyes.

She turned to him but he closed his eyes. Her please were ever more desperate. This was his resolve. For the sake of the people in Fontaine. She is--was--the hydro archon first and foremost. He is the Iudex. They both had duties to fulfill.

Then declared guilty, his mind raced with thoughts. If she's not the hydro archon, who is she? For he does not believe this entirely, her persona shrouds with mystery and the secrets she seems to bury alongside her.

Like he had said, there were little to no excuses between them. They have worked together for centuries. But must the secret be so utmost important that not even the risk of Fontaine's prophecy faze her?

...does she not trust him?

The click in front of him startled his thoughts. The verdict is here... "The hydro archon, guilty..."

"--!" His blood ran cold. ...death sentence.

...how can this be?

#writing #genshin impact #genshin #creative writing #neuvilette genshin #furina #4.2 spoilers #4.2 genshin #im left with a storm of emotions that hasn't subsided til now #we must protect furina at all cost #i find their dynamic interesting considering one is the sovereign dragon and the other is a remnant of the hydro archon #ive never been so emotionally attached to any archon quest until this one #furinas trial #neuvillette-centric #angst