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idk what did I just read but it’s cool, the more u think
‘bout it the more fucked up Sumeru is. I like it!
sumeru has straight up cyberpunk plotline tho, just coquettishly covered up in light fantasy veil. And not just because it has actual visors with internet access, but because Akasha system works like current search engines, but taken to the extreme.
like it’s no secret that google collects your data and censors and manipulates the search results based on that, but here they said “what if google had direct access to your brain tho?? and didn’t just sell collected info to advertisers, but also without your knowledge used your brainpower during sleep to fucking mine bitcoin? bc like what could you do to stop it, when the society demands you to use it?”
Akademiya is a very straightforward stand in for corporations - monopolistic force that de facto holds all the power in the country and ignores\manipulates the nominal leader (Kusanali). Ppl want to get into Akademiya bc that where all the power is cultivated, but from the researchers we meet we can see that it’s a cesspool of intrigues, with grueling demands where ppl have to abandon the themes they actually want to study bc they don’t get the funding, and often forced into military research bc of that. One woman literally ran away to the desert and paid the bandits to keep her locked in a cage bc thats better than Akademiya career fucking her over. But if you try to get away with research that is deemed a secret, they will send police enforcers to drag you back
the theme of broken and eaten dreams is also surprisingly coherent and poignant so far. We have many quests emphasizing how ppl had to gave up on their dreams and settle for career they didn’t want bc they needed to survive, and then in the Archon quests we learn that the adults don’t dream, bc their dreams are literally stolen and used by the Akademiya. They legit said that the broken dreams are not a coincidence of growing up, the system uses them as a fuel to keep up the matrix and tells you it’s your fault you couldn’t reach them
like damn, can’t wait to start telling my snob friends I saw a better cyberpunk plotline in an anime gacha than in cyberpunk2077
Alhaitham is the type of guy to see you reading a book and read it too, and although he doesn’t like it, he likes seeing you smile and squeal at the thought of being able to talk about it to someone
Alhaitham is the type of guy to tell you that you look nice with a nonchalant voice, he sounds like he doesn’t mean it, but you catch him sneaking glances.
Alhaitham is the type of guy to sleep so quietly you think he’s dead. It’s worrying but you know he’s just..deadly asleep.
Alhaitham is the type of guy to not do PDA, but if someone’s flirting he’ll come over all confident and with a rude smirk and just entirely insult the guy or girl with no hesitance.
Alhaitham is the type of guy who’d only let you around him when he’s on the brink of having a break down, not to talk to or hold because that’ll stress him more, your mere presence means the world to him.
Alhaitham is the type of guy to know mostly everything about you, he doesn’t write it down no, it has a little mental list in the back of his head. Your fav food, drink, animal, date idea, what you study, your battle techniques, fav song, everything.
Alhaitham is the type of guy to not say I love you, he struggles to, but when he does, you’re half asleep or drifting out of consciousness.
Should I mention this is my manifestation for alhaitham? -3• come home with kaveh please.
I started the sumeru archon quest at 1:30pm and finished at 12:20am, it is now the next morning and I'm still processing all that it was.
I've just gotten to sumeru's archon quest, and is it normal to want to murder the grand sage so much? Like I have yet to even reach the worst part according to everyone? Why do I want to punch him so much?
Weird focus on blue bird when chasing Nahida/lesser lord kusanali and the bird disappears with her
I've just gotten to sumeru's archon quest, and is it normal to want to murder the grand sage so much? Like I have yet to even reach the worst part according to everyone? Why do I want to punch him so much?
Ok what was that computer like voice right then???? Is this the trippy part that everyone was talking about? We've already been to the festival! We don't have another appointment with Dunyarzad, unless I really misread the dialogue
I've just gotten to sumeru's archon quest, and is it normal to want to murder the grand sage so much? Like I have yet to even reach the worst part according to everyone? Why do I want to punch him so much?
I've just gotten to sumeru's archon quest, and is it normal to want to murder the grand sage so much? Like I have yet to even reach the worst part according to everyone? Why do I want to punch him so much?
Alhaitham never once believed that referencing records written in all languages would help one gain a comprehensive understanding of the world. However, this doesn’t mean that he stops his contemplation, for a silent record is not the end of the search for truth, but a method to raise questions.
Open your eyes, look up to the skies and seeEEEEEEEEE—THE SKY IS A FRIKIN LIE-
Scara I’m sick right now, you’re really gonna make me edit a meme of you right now? in my moment of weakness??
"if mushrooms are the superior lifeform that really calls the shots on this earth, why haven't they destroyed us yet?" listen to yourself. have we as humans gotten rid of every mountain on the planet just because we are smarter than big rocks? no!! because they don't pose a threat to us. sure some people die rock climbing or skiing and that's tragic but mountains aren't dangerous to us as a global society. do you see where i am going with this. it's your misplaced hubris that makes you think that humankind is worth destroying to a mushroom. we are a part of the mundane landscape on the surface. we pose no threat to the mycelian era. humble yourself
Headcanon: Nahida does grabby-hands and silently asks for uppies during meetings or just when talking with the other important people of the akademiya.
All I can imagine is Al-Haitham or Cyno during a very important meeting pausing their sentence to pick up the dendro archon - the god of wisdom herself- and holding her on their hip before continuing their point
I have seen many gorgeous headcanons for Scaramouche post archon quest.
My mind decided to go for a slightly different approach.
Basically my team when 3.2 drops
Nothing is more powerful than a mother’s wrath
@cynicalmusings R! i found the artist!! so i added the link because the full animation is really cool
edit credits: key197_ on tiktok
animation credits: 【原神手书】 赛诺 「审判之眼」 by 愚人戏社 on bilibili
and another cool cyno animation here
