DON'T MISS THIS in "The Road Not Taken" Animated Short (Genshin Impact) [4.6]

[@SandwichDoggy]

Funny how the poem also rationalises why you can choose Aether or Lumine at the start and either way ends up the same Edit: HOLY MY FIRST PIN THANK YOU

[@hariettemarionette]

@fossil_eater Yeah there are still some inconsistencies, but we can just chalk it up to "it's a video game and the designers have a set narrative they want to convey"

[@VanishEclipse4867]

@fossil_eater They may have some minor personality differences but the way their journeys went is what ultimately shaped them. Their respective traveling companions and the time they were in shaped them no matter the personality differences they may have.

[@TheGameRuler]

@fossil_eater I mean it's implied the sibblings have been together for a VERY long time and judging by the seer in Sumeru that said that the Traveler would live for thousands of years (and was shocked and assumed something was off in her reading), we can assume they have a VERY long lifespan. So it's likely they've always been together when visiting worlds and as such always shared the same mindset when doing so. Meaning the first time they actually acted by themselves it was when they got split on Arrival to Teyvat, and if what we learned from Fontaine's many quests and lore entries is true then it's because Khaenri'ah used their ritual to force the twins into it. Combining this, it implies the sibblings would pick the exact same options had their places been swapped; meaning it really doesn't matter which twin is the Traveler and which is the Abyss one, they both have the same mindset and when exposed to certain things they would make the same options... and since it's implied one stopped moving while the other continued... we may be being hinted that one of them (Lumine in this case) stopped at one point that may have been too early. Perhaps influenced due to her own grief.

[@VanishEclipse4867]

@@TheGameRuler As said before, the siblings have some minor personality differences but almost the same mindsets and morals that lead to the same outcomes no matter if their roles were reversed.

[@justingarcia5012]

Still, Aether is the canon traveler irregardless of the poem. See the official manga where Venti talks to Aether about Mondstadt’s past.

[@anthonymanggoi1337]

For the Traveler, The Road not Taken was the Road that Paimon suggest we explore later.

[@aeshikajyotshna852]

good one

[@anthonymanggoi1337]

One could say that the Road the Abyss Sibling took was... 'e-roaded' Get it? Like 'eroded'? E-roaded?

[@ZklAlvarez]

Okay Cyno, you can stop now.

[@AustinUkken]

Lmao

[@darkvader125]

[@SailorMusicCat]

Interestingly, it looks like Dain is often looking at Lumine. Like he wants to get close, but due to his grief and mental state *doesn't* except for that single moment in the trailer where it's implied he put his hand on her shoulder....a moment that was likely too late.

[@meonhieunganmo2452]

yeh =(((, he often gets the eyesight to Lumine, but his nation and people are in danger. His mind is deep in depression too.

[@clashcon11]

Meanwhile Paimon is just an emergency food who only care about food and mora and screaming at us "How about we explore the area ahead of us later".

[@SailorMusicCat]

@clashcon11 tell me you haven't paid attention to the story without directly telling me you haven't paid attention to the story. Paimon very obviously cares about us but is much more childlike in mindset, that innocence and wonder in the world alongside less long term planning and emotional regulation skills, than the serious and depressed stoic soldier that was Dain. Multiple times she's thrown herself forward to try and help us even though she's very much not a fighter. And she's been growing throughout our journey just like we have. I kind of hate how much the fandom has reduced her to emergency food and the *gameplay* mechanic to keep us from exploring areas of the world that the devs aren't ready for us to go to yet. Like many characters that the fandom has reduced to a one note caricature she's far more complex than that. Someone only concerned about food and mora wouldn't do things like throw herself forward to try and shake us awake as the Shogun bears down on us with her sword, even physically putting herself between us when it wasn't working. If she didn't care about us, she would have fled when it looked like the Shogun's strike was going to follow through instead she tried in the only way she could to keep us safe.

[@gigimoon1]

@@SailorMusicCat it's a joke-

[@SailorMusicCat]

@MC-Lumine_1 One I'd love to know how you know they're not serious and two I'm sure not laughing. If it's a joke it's not a funny one.

[@ayonahmmed5757]

"met by a blade"... dainsleif the twilight sword

[@alifeinpurpose]

I think that's why he says at the end of the Teyvat Chapter Storyline "defeat me, command me to step aside, show me you are worthy of rescuing her". And that's also why I think he says in the 4.7 Livestream trailer "I will have my revenge"

[@dexexmachinatu4151]

"met by a blade" but it's very literal because Abyss twin kept their sword while Traveler lost it during the confrontation at the opening scene.

[@thejamfishh]

I was gonna say this xD Nice catch

[@thejamfishh]

@@alifeinpurpose this line is also said with Lumine’s sword on-screen

[@cuteflame1549]

how long is this blade .... 🙂

[@celestialarden]

Players: Venti speak tf up Venti: Best I can do is a poem

[@Mushgin]

my theory for this is most likely the fact that venti has hinted to being watched, perhaps by the heavenly principles.

[@celestialarden]

@@Mushgin true it does feel like he's doing his best to give us hints becuz he can't say stuff but who could be watching him?

[@Artiquail]

@@celestialardenCelestia. The heavenly principles most likely.

[@Khn_2102]

​@@celestialardenThe assholes above ofc, Celestia

[@-FoxyLotus-]

Isn't the heavenly principles sleeping or smth?

[@impostorsyndrome1350]

So that is why Dainsleif said in the Travail trailer to "rescue her". She's the slave of fate, that no matter what she have done, would ended the same, and we, the traveler who can change that fate, can rescue our sibling from the fate. This also means that Dain still cares about the sibling.

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

"Slave of fate"... Lum8ne turns into a cat and now goes by the name elio! Case closed

[@strawberrygumpop]

@@Doctor_Apocalypse LOLLL

[@QuangNguyen-vf3nz]

_"That day, if our positions were switched... Would our fates be different? Would I have your life, and you mine?"_

[@boypumpkin105]

Nah man the case has just opened heading to star rail for continuation

[@escapetherace1943]

it could make sense. Fontaine was about overturning fate for a favorable outcome, which didn't work for some but worked with Focalors' plan and sacrifice.

[@Whenpigfly666]

I see a lack of Fontaine in this animation. Most likely because the turning point of Lumine's downfall happens in Sumeru (the part where Lumine stops walking and Aether goes on happens in Sumeru, judging by the NPCs). Otherwise the twins walking into the desert could either mean they're going to Fontaine... Or to Natlan, now that we know for sure it's past the desert

[@Infelious]

If you notice though even our Twin is getting tired, they aren't angry like Lumine was but they are sick of helping. I wonder how far "we" are from getting to this point.

[@metronome9182]

Add to the fact that Neuvilette hasn't met the abyss twins even though he's older than 500 years

[@mohmedabdo4681]

​@@metronome9182actually it makes sense

[@rajveergohil841]

Because the khaenriah door is below sumeru

[@naturalhorn]

Caribert happened in Sumeru

[@simpayshenaides]

After Nahida reveal that Lumine is from this world. My theory is that Lumine change her life in Irminsul to be part of Teyvat.

[@RENINE28.8]

Wait that kind of makes sense

[@simpayshenaides]

@@RENINE28.8 my also theory is that The twin are immune from this world. The powers of the abyss might not work on lumine. The only way she can use it is to be an existing people in teyvat.

[@ShiroFantasy]

Wait hold up You might be Cookin smth

[@HaxHaunter]

OH SHIT

[@caffeinatedx]

when did she reveal that?

[@why4139]

Moral of the story don't choose a depressed person as your companion cuz you'll end up depressed and become a villain

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

By Honkai logic, that's exactly what happens when you get doomer enough to be a Herrscher If not, what happens instead is you get the Elysia type of Herrscher

[@vyrde.]

"i hope they are still together at the end journey" Hoyo: Ok guys let us introduce shaoji as the lead writer for genshin impact

[@viens7]

letss goo if they include shaoji in now we talk

[@maximilianbima2265]

If shaoji enters the story team… I can say we bout to shed some tears 😭

[@viens7]

@@maximilianbima2265 didnt always has been? even before shaoji come

[@maximilianbima2265]

@@viens7 I mean in a way of “I didn’t expect it THAT much of a plot” type of we bout to shed some tears

[@kupi524]

This, maybe in Natlan he somehow cooking

[@ashes_024]

Venti and Zhongli Clearly know something about the abyss siblings... Zhongli reason is clear because the contract while venti still hope for the best.... Sadly both indicate that whatever they know about the abyss siblings is not a good news at all... In fact it may devastated the other twins

[@ThuyNguyen-nh6hi]

This also the reason why Venti doesn't have a Story Quest P.2 😂

[@dreemurrinthenight]

we never asked venti in the first place and that kind of bugs me

[@MidoriGa95]

@@ThuyNguyen-nh6hi Probably when we're going to meet Tsaritsa (or after) we'll get Venti Story Quest Part 2

[@MidoriGa95]

@@dreemurrinthenight iirc Traveler did ask but Venti kept giving riddles (or poems) and told us to travel to find more information like perhaps someone out there might had seen our twin

[@Minjoie]

My theory is that our sibling is dead :( And the one we see is a puppet! Why?! Remember, sameru Quest suggested she is from this world, and as well it is revealed that kaneriah is used to attract decenders. What if the puppet is made in kaneriah, which is why she is registered as this world's. As well, lumine said, at the end of the journey, we will have reason to fight against this world ( heavenly principles ) In my opinion, we will somehow unite with futui and will go against the heavenly principle and for right now, the only thing that can make this happen is, heavenly Principle has to do smth which is bad for the other sibling. And it is said, the gnosis were made out of the 3rd decender, and imo the 3rd decender is lumine. Lumine means light. And in a name card it is suggested that light can reflect 7 elements. Does that mean lumine is killed and gnosis were made out of her. ( As you know, genshin animations alwaus have male mc as the mc, and lumine as abyss sibling )

[@StrikeFreedom72]

I never realized that the "The Road Not Taken" is actually a real poem. Written by Robert Frost. I suggest that everyone check it out because in the poem it explains about a person will stand in a fork in the road will have to make a permanent decision. If we are to take the title at face value. I think that the Traveler will have to make a huge decision at the end of their journey that will affect both themselves and Teyvat as a whole since Traveler is a Descender who will most likely to became a powerful individual

[@zennaonthez]

I read that poem in my 11th year of high school. It was amazing and is favorite of many people.

[@leg0-ee]

I swear if its Save Lumine or Save Paimon...

[@krischoi3267]

​@@zennaonthez same, it was in my 5th grade if I remember correctly

[@ziephel-6780]

It is possibly either save Teyvat or save Abyss Twin

[@xOrionNebula2708]

yea we are a descender and descenders are beings that are said to have the power to rival the entirety of teyvat itself

[@viktorijasun3082]

It's even sadder when you remember that at the end of the teyvat chapter, Aether is all alone, in the same flower field where he stood with Lumine. Edit: if anyone will be confused I mean the Teyvat Chapter Storyline preview trailer

[@kevingame3198]

Most likely he killed his sister aka the alpha abyss after shooting it not her I refer to the alpha abyss as a thing bc it's a large snake like creature that is twice the size of beisht and this is how the final fight with aether and the alpha abyss be like kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5vUeYGheZuHsMksi=4P99NhNCnWOW0qpl

[@eddgaart1371]

I notcied it too but I also want to lie to myself that everything is gonna be ok at the end.

[@kevingame3198]

​@eddgaart1371 since he made his friends along the way bc there a video on characters voice lines about the traveler

[@justlikethis6084]

that might just mean how he feels alone but you do you

[@WhiteKoneko]

We're with increasing odds looking at a likelihood of us clashing blades with our sibling. I want to cry...

[@luvfromnilla]

There's a really good point taken here. Since the twins had such different traveling partners, they also ended with different mental states as well. No matter how much some people may dislike Paimon, you can't write off how her traveling with the Traveler is extremely beneficial for their mental state. Then, as opposed to their sibling, the "Abyss twin" had Dainsleif, which is unfortunate because neither of them could really console the other. They did just go through a tragic point in their life, mental state only goes down from there. Glad you covered this. ♡

[@PaulonTheBrave]

Yeah people may hate her but Paimon from a narrative prospective is the kind of person the traveler needed when they woke up, while her usefulness as a guide is debatable she did still give the traveler the base information they need to traveler at there own leisure while also being the one to taught the traveler the common language of tayvalt so they can interact with the locals. She's also the one to essentially kick off the overarching plot by telling the traveler to seek the archon s.

[@Minjoie]

I know, its just a game but I hope if ever we got to choose either paimon or sibling. We choose paimon. Yes she is annoying but see, with her our h Journey was JOUNREY Wherever for lumine, she was desperate to reach the end But with paimon, we are enjoying whats going on. I hope she is some kind of demi god which will wip everything out for us and time by time the hope is getting real lol

[@SupaRush]

Being a Lumine main its weird seeing everything flip flopped

[@xOrionNebula2708]

yea same

[@AYouTubeLady]

I was thinking that the whole time.

[@kiuya7285]

Yeah i can agree

[@_Zekken]

Yeah same, that said the story ingame fits just as perfect with Lumime as the traveller. There is not a single character interaction I have run into in the game that has felt like its weird because it was supposed to be written for Aether, they did really well with that.

[@randomdude6900]

Even in some quests the VA still says "he" 😭

[@QuangNguyen-vf3nz]

_"That day, if our positions were switched... Would our fates be different? Would I have your life, and you mine?"_

[@Minjoie]

This line kinda hit me. I think the other sibling gonna suffer. Thats why we can actually choose which sibling we want cuz other one doesn't have choice but to be hurted. Alone journey, punishment, and i think there will be a time, we will go against her for sake of this world.

[@edwardgrenore126]

_"To see one's justice through, a man must fight for it. Even if the one who stands before him is his kin."_

[@Ge_En_Pe]

1:59 and still, lots of people still hating paimon just because she talk much, if not because of paimon that always be there with us as the traveler, the traveler could be ended up just like the sibling I feel that "lonely" without paimon around when doing carribert quest Edit: noooo, not that "not happy ending" at the end 😭, i hope they can reunite happily 🥲

[@Ricardo_Rick]

she is a bit annoying, mostly because we want to see more of the traveler but usually we are stuck with Paimon doing all the talking

[@JohnCivor]

​@@Ricardo_Rick Its more of a devs/game problem than the story/lore.. if you ignore the thing about mihoyo didnt want the mc to talk.. and just see it on story perspective paimon having there is a very good sign for the travelers psyched.. she make traveler journey at least not sad and boring.

[@Ricardo_Rick]

@@JohnCivor perhaps, but it makes the traveler a blank slate since most of his personality is shadowed by paimon

[@Kaeyamain-nf1ub]

@@Ricardo_Rick Well they've trying to change that in the new stories and also trying to make the traveler now be more of their character as well

[@Ricardo_Rick]

@@Kaeyamain-nf1ub just a little tho, i mean, they did a bit in the start of Inazuma with the traveler refusing to help, but then he returned to being the one who needs to help everyone

[@Aozora210]

Probably the only thing slightly missed (or kinda being vague about in this video) is that Abyss Sibling started their travel with Dain right after the events in Vourukasha Oasis during cataclysm (as told by Zurvan at the end of the WQ). I had a little suspicion the abyss sibling's travel were not in order, but it's just animated that way to match Traveler sibling's journey for the sake of animation continuity.

[@demogladawar]

That is the good part. Remember the lost Oceanid who fell in love with a kid? Venti mentioned he always guide those who is lost to Monstadt. That means both of them start in Monstadt because they were lost or recuperating before deciding to start adventuring. All hail Barsibatos, Barbatos I mean!

[@MidoriGa95]

No wonder I felt like something was not right. Yeah Lumine met Dain wayyy later

[@earlydawnx9788]

​@@demogladawar No wonder Venti's voiceline tittled "Hello" he said that he had met the Traveler before. He literally met the twin years ago and years later the others met the other one...

[@stamppppp]

nobody: cat's brain: oh this video related to that random poem from 1.0 4 years ago

[@ioannishussein8038]

It’s a long patience. Although Paimon told us to explore later, she actually meant we must wait for new regions every year.

[@xOrionNebula2708]

she broke the fourth wall :O

[@rrinnlonginus]

"...met by a blade" hits true and is particularly interesting to me. Dainsleif (Dáinsleif) is a name of a sword owned by a King Högni, according to a historian named Snorri Sturluson. Translated from _Skáldskaparmál_, the second part of _Prose Edda_, when Heðinn offers Högni compensation for the abduction of his daughter, Högni replied: _Thou hast made this offer over-late, if thou wouldst make peace: for now I have drawn Dáinsleif, which the dwarves made, and which must cause a man's death every time it is bared, nor ever fails in its stroke; moreover, the wound heals not if one be scratched with it._ Interestingly, there is another sword that has a similar property as the Dainsleif called Tyrfing. In the Norse mythology, Tyrfing is a magic sword owned by the king of Gardariki named Svarflami, Odin's grandson. Svarflami once trapped the dwarfs Dvalinn and Durinn and forced them to forge a "sword with a golden hilt that would never miss a stroke, would never rust, and would cut through stone and iron as easily as through clothes." The dwarfs forged Tyrfing, but not without cursing it so that it eventually kill Svarflami. P.S. My fascination to mythical swords is because I played Castlevania too much.

[@caffeinatedx]

sounds so interesting!

[@lonewolfhero3526]

Golden... sword. Man, i REALLY want our sword back.

[@spymadmax584]

Aether: i need to see my sister (Meets his sister in one chapter) Lumine : i need to see my brother (No news of his whereabouts for 500+ years, no news if he's even alive or not) I'm especially concerned as aether is still alone at the end of travail video.

[@_Chxco_]

Genshin Impact part 2 with Aether still alone

[@kevingame3198]

​@_Chxco_ I think by part 2 aether journey ended and time a new mc I made to a new character that will the protagonist for part 2 do away with male or female mc and replace it stick to a single protagonist name noah and he's an ordinary human being and a claymore user and part 2 of genshin is set 300 years after the teyvat and it takes place on hyperborea

[@justinbailey1669]

Lumine was so lonely in her travels without her brother. I imagine reuniting with him had to be her only goal at first. But by the time she meets us, she literally tells us to take our time. Something must have happened where she realized that Aether needs to finish his own journey before they can move on. There is a much bigger scheme at play that we are just a pawn in and I'm sure it's going to be a huge twist at the end of the game!!

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

@@kevingame3198 you sure his name isn't Adam? LMAO We getting a post teyvat odyssey with this one lol

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

@@justinbailey1669 lumine be like: yo bro this world is so messed up, I won't tell you why and how, you gotta see for urself, also take ur time we're immortals anyway, byyyye

[@rivan660]

I hope they reunited

[@feisaljauharitufail]

​@hebislay after the world burns.

[@viens7]

yes, they will but eventually the other one will die

[@Strykerx31]

​@Alyaecu ...Nah, even if you all are sadists for thinking someone HAS to die in video games, killing the Twin will be Bad Marketing, they won't be able to use the Twins for promotions, merchandising and Fan Projects.

[@SkoiVv]

​@Alyaecutwo xiaos in his teaser Two fischl (golden Apple archipelago) Makoto and Ei Rukkhadevata and Nahida Focalors and Furina Venti and unknown bard (smth) And other stuff, I'm just adding

[@escapetherace1943]

@IMtiredal how does that hint that one of the siblings will die? You're talking about Archons, when Lumine and Aether are Descenders, something completely different

[@DKris10]

Dain keep a distance from lumine because he know who is she. Lumine and Aether like a respected person for Khaenriah, and Dain, who is a soldier, of course only acts as a guard.

[@nandaselole223]

So Lumine and Aether come to Khaenri'ah as a 'holy' presence, thus making them a special figures in Khaenri'ah. That's why they coincidencely have to face the mysterious goddess.

[@DKris10]

@@nandaselole223 Dain is not like Paimon. Paimon is travel companion, while Dain is more like a guard. One is friendly, while the other is stiff.

[@thejamfishh]

Like Link and Zelda sort of

[@scrappy_horns8139]

Didnt Scaramouche said before that the twins were “summoned”?

[@Super-Godzilla99]

no the distance is there too just show of, that lumine and dain never ever where close not even a bit, they where two strangers just happend too walk the same path. dain never understood lumine and lumine never understood dain, they are just two strangers nothing more. lumines journey was an lonley one from start too finish, even if dain is there that made no difference. thats the point of it.

[@Neogi]

Lumine met and started her journey with Dain from Vorukasha Oasis as was told to us by Zurvan.

[@lewine9395]

I thought zurvan said they just fought there together. not meet each other for the first time?

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

I'm pretty sure she talked about dain Not sure about lumine actually The jester said she started in khanri'ah tho

[@milktea4465]

I always thought the part of both of them enjoying themselves is a real memories. In the video there is a scene where Traveler placing Inteyvat flowers to Lumine, when they're stopped by the unknown god the flower was still there and both of them were separated. The reason why they were stopped still a mystery to me.

[@SeraYagami]

Yes, it's not their wish. It was their reality as confirmed in-game. Those were their memories together and not wishes.

[@enarum8785]

@@SeraYagami Can you specify where?

[@ucmanhle9601]

Yeah, I think "the road not taken" here is referring to how Aether's road is different from Lumine's one.

[@annoymust]

They were about to trail a blaze, and if they were present, then HSR wouldn't exist

[@secretive_plotter49]

I belive so too. Because how would both the travellers be imagining the same memories. And even the same povs. like lumine looking at aether from above and aether seeing that lumine is looking at him from above in his memories. How would they imagine the povs that completed each others imagination. It has be to memories,... they are remembering what actually happened

[@aria_amarti]

Again, again and again, those drunkard bard knows everything with his poem but still keep pretending in the dark knows nothing. This is why there will be no venti story quest part 2 untill we enter chapter celestia/khaenriah.

[@soep19]

He signed an NDA with Celestia lol

[@silverhawkscape2677]

​The god of freedom...not so free...maybe that's why he didn't choose to sit on Monstadt. Not just his ideals but because he know he would be a phony if he was this caged by Celestia. ​@@soep19

[@AmokS07]

What if we get it in 5.X. I mean, we gotta have a Mondstadt expansion before Snezhnaya so imagine getting his sq too

[@JuliotheCurio]

​@@AmokS07i think we gonna finish snezhnaya first and then return to monstdadt cause there's still so much lore relating to monstadt

[@kizaragiren]

Bro's the only archon who hadn't the second story quest yet, we are definitely going back to him later

[@caskuke2051]

My soul left my body for a second after reading the title because we just did a poem presentation about "The road not taken" a few months back and won the competition

[@bulesimo6510]

Hoyoverse workers are too smart and cultured I feel sorry for breathing the same air as them

[@orangygbernafas2968]

make sense why we see genshin MAIN STORY / archon quest as a happy go bullshit comparing to games like honkai (no characters death etc, no we don't talk about the ash lady), we see genshin from the perspective of aether/light anyway, if we see it from the perspective of lumine/shade, it'll be a whole different case

[@beomkaslana]

If that's the case then it's just Kiana vs Sirin all over again

[@wifi961]

Or maybe the Genshin writers are too lazy to actually write anything remotely interesting.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Genshin. Happy go lucky. Lol. Just because the Traveler has the strength to overcome most difficulties on their path, doesn't mean our story is a happy one. We might heal a few metaphorical wounds here and there, but we can't save everyone. Even when we are present, people still die. And not just old people dying of old age like in the recent quest. Old, young, mortal, immortal, dying for what they believe in or getting killed by psycho killers - there is quite a lot of death where the Traveler goes.

[@orangygbernafas2968]

@@kotarouinugami1745 and there's where i put brackets there stating the happy go lucky one is for the "playable character" or any character that doesn't have that npc models. the one who died so far are the npcs with low effort design (except for the ash lady) that the community won't grieve so much upon the death of, comparing to honkai himeko. i know someone would say that so that's why i put the brackets there

[@kotarouinugami1745]

@@orangygbernafas2968 Having all the main characters survive does not make a work inherently positive and upbeat. Killing main characters left and right like it's some Akame Ga Kill is bad writing.

[@mintaroum.9096]

0:01 i believe this part is not about the "what if" situation, since we know that they did spend some times together before they got seperate. The inteyvat flower that aether put on lumine in this video is real, as well as the braid that lumine tied for aether. which bring us to the question: which part of the world did the siblings traveled before they got seperated? Since the start of the game is when the traveler woke up, does this means there still lands "before" the start of the game that we havent seen? Since they already visit the khaenriah, does this means contradict to people's believe, khaenriah is actually to the west of the starting line?

[@mackenziegemz2302]

Ohhh i didn't see that, that make me😢

[@Emziel]

0:28 I don't know if anyone mentioned this, But maybe we can guess this location. since we know that paimon and Aether met months after he woke up + what we currently know about mondstadt + the new information this short is giving, there's a chance this location is Mondstdt's Dandelion sea, also, in "we will be reunited" quest they sense their sibling in a Dandelion as well, probably the dandelion Sea is the real Starting point of their journeys, where they woke up after their encounter with The sustainer of Heavenly principles. It also matches with all the Celestia Symbolism in mondstadt. It's actually a smart choice from hoyo, since Dandelion seeds take the wind currents to float and place themselves in a new location, like traveling or going on a journey to find their new home (let's also not forget venti's quote wen he bid farewell to us: "may the winds bless your travels")

[@miyeoncebiased1802]

I feel like Genshin will slowly dive into the serious depth in main quests soon, it's true that paimon changes your perception a lot. Everything seems cheery, bright and wonderful and gives a hope to never give up. I still remember that first lantern rite cutscene

[@kevinbosco5876]

hahah as honkai impact player sure be ready they don’t give AF killing ur favorite or influential people even their logo character dead hahaha

[@Conterez]

As someone with Lumine as The Traveler (and likes her a lot), that line you gave about the two switching places and ending up the same means a lot. Every trailer and especially this animation feels like a gut punch: like my decision to go with Lumine was somehow the "wrong" choice; At the very least that the Lumine path is being ignored. Any reminder that both options are viable is a comfort.

[@inyu00]

@Raggedy_Aniimator right? hoyo: both twins are canon, puts Aether in every video as the main. Either lumine isn't the main character, hoyo is cheap, thinks we are stupid or they let their own bias out pretending both are canon when they aren't

[@WhiteKoneko]

It's unfortunate and tragic but stay in the darkness too long changes a person. While the twin you pick like the sun walks in the light and that too has molded us. We're at a crossroads for the twins, it's pretty clear and sad. 😢

[@tanmayprakash2195]

I'm really curious about the Aether's location at the time of Lumine searching for her brother . If she didn't able to find him during her journey then that means Aether is totally a non-existence entity at that time..!?

[@sebastianbugmann7058]

time traveler theory

[@whyyoumadbro2370]

It could be aether was in stasis and sent 500 years ahead in the future where he wakes up while Lumine awakes almost immediately

[@Afazha]

Probably still sleeping inside a meteorite (as both were fallen stars). Lumine did wake Aether up to leave Teyvat only to be stopped by the Unknown God. After she trapped both of the siblings and separated them again. Lumine woke up first, again.

[@lavanyasingh5863]

@@bisayafascist5725 idk if i am correct but the cataclysm was going on at the time they were leaving source: traveler's story thing in character screen

[@legendaxicad._]

Apart from a hypothetical, we can say a part of this did happen, as the flower in Lumine's hair (Inteyvat) was remembered by both of them in one of the quests where they meet and the Traveler remembers Aether putting it in her hair. More so, certain memories at the end are truthful, and that montage is possibly speculated to be when they were both awake before the fall of Khanriah / the battle with the Heavenly Principles. Same with the whole short really. I believe it will be explored in 4.7

[@legendaxicad._]

Also, a theory on the dawn and dusk at the beginning for Lumine and Aether respectively and the inverse at the end is foreshadowing their character development. Lumine falling into a darker path, and Aether becoming the savior somewhat, or else possibly Lumine's death.

[@raineblackstar3522]

The fact that the twins did get reunited in the recent Archon Quest but neither remembers it...agh it got me crying when i played it. 😢

[@larajamila005]

It's really interesting to me how we're having similar conversations to the interpretation of this video to the (highly likely) reference of this video's title: the poem "The Road Not Taken" by Robert Frost

[@bubbag02]

I agree with everything except the suggestion that the memories of each other while they were together are a "what if". We already know that they spent a period of time in Teyvat before running into The Sustainer and I believe those memories are a reflection of that.

[@bloob7671]

honestly biggest moment for me is finding out the feathers in lumine's hair is actually a super sick cuff piercing (she is so cool forever glad i chose her)

[@Music-core-07]

i am in tears whenever i see this animation. i couldn't control my tears, this is the hardest I ever cried. i just want them both to get reunited and be happy as they was in the past

[@Bogchamp]

The scene which shows the reflection of lumine stopping while Aether continues to move on might hint to a very crucial part of the story which we do not know yet.

[@raashimodawal938]

you just made my anxiety rise like a 100 fold. im so hoping for a happy ending. im too invested

[@hoonglianghew8837]

This just makes me even more nervous for 4.7! Now I finally understand the dynamic of Aether and Lumine's relationship - someone is going to end up getting hurt real bad.

[@AnnikaMangal]

I think I might have a good idea of the storyline now, so basically it goes like this -Lumine wakes up alone in tevyat following the siblings arrival in the world and sets out to search for her sibling -she meets dainslef and they travel together until her journey reaches a turning point in sumeru -They split at the end of her journey maybe because she joins the abyss and attempts something to revive kheanriah? -her attempt fails and she finally finds her sibling sleeping somewhere and wakes him up attempting to run from the world -they attempt to flee only to come across the sustainer who stops them or mainly Lumine from leaving to punish -the sustainer separates them once again and immediately after the traveler wakes up alone on a beach, wanders for a while and fishes out paimon to start his journey -while Lumine goes back to the abyss and starts with her plan of the ‘loom of fate’ The only thing that doesn’t click with me in this is how and why the siblings are so important to kheanriah although some other people might have better theories for that

[@CatWithBlueHat]

This short takes place after the sustainer sends them back. Lumine's involvement with Khaneri'ah happens before they meet sustainer. So once Khaenri'ah is destroyed, she wakes Aether up and they are stopped by sustainer and sent back. Difference is that Aether wakes up 500 years later while Lumine centuries earlier.

[@nandaselole223]

Hmm🤔🤔 Lumine must have done something to Irminsul during one of those timeline. Nahida said the abyss sibling comes from this world. Or that's why the Khaenri'ah...?

[@ViralwingX]

​@@nandaselole223I believe the reason the Abyss sibling has a record of them is because they had a major effect upon the world of Teyvat. Once the stopped taking part in major events the records of the disappear. Which is why the record becomes fuzzy as Nahida put it.

[@Drago-I-guess]

The end scene could also symbolize how they are still always moving towards each other. Aether woke during dusk at the beginning of the animation, Lumine at dawn, so maybe they switched the times of day in the end to allude to the other twin.

[@raihanrusli2720]

Aether is fine because he has an emergency food whenever he needs it

[@etozy7065]

Oh God, imagine at the end, something terrible happens and paimon has to sacrifice herself for him, making her become "emergency food".

[@unending-dream]

I pray that this won't come true.

[@OccasusRaven]

4:00 we have to also remember that White color is original elemental color. Just like how prism changes White color to 7 different color. So my theory is that if we want to get our original power back we need to have all 7 elemental from different nations. And then we can maybe combine all in one and use it against something or someone.

[@icraveaffection]

4:49 he's so suspicious and once you take your time to dig his lore there's always something mysterious going on. this is why i strongly believe we'll be returning to mondstadt near the end Also leak warning? take it with a grain of salt i saw some leaks that venti's gonna guide us to celestia. but im not sure if it's true since celestia arc is very far from now

[@Aural4444]

I appreciate this animation, because it helped me understand that Sibling also missed Traveler, and wanted to meet them again immediately. Sibling couldn't stop thinking about what their adventure would be like if they were together, just like Traveler. Now knowing that Sibling's love for Traveler is the same as Traveler's love for Sibling, it makes me wonder what makes Sibling become the Princess/Prince of the Abyss and continue with their Abyss Plans, instead of immediately going with Traveler, because we have already seen that they could go with them whenever they wanted, they aren´t being kidnapped, but they have decided to let Traveler travel freely so that Traveler can decide freely without their family influence (Because Sibling knows that Traveler would take their side without hesitation, even if Sibling is the enemy of the entire world) to decide what to do in the end. Men, they really have all the signs for a tragic ending (T_T)

[@Minjoie]

I think, we gotta make a decisio Whether teyvar or the sibling And i swear, we gonna choose fken teyvar 😊

[@rylanbean]

This is a gorgeous analysis of the video, and it pointed out many details that I missed when I watched through it.

[@aatka_ehsan]

man i love coming to this channel to find things i missed in the teasers, especially the way you connect the possibilities of what the scenes shown mean

[@lolila_da_taro]

I remember the scene where Lumine stepped on a yellow flower ( in one of the ads or trailer) That flower is dandelion, it represent hopes, wishes, and stuff I think it may have deep meaning bc, at 3:09 I saw it again, with Lumine too

[@yoki391]

There is also a detail that I've read somewhere. The sibling stops in Sumeru while the traveler goes on (the puddle reflection). Probably because of the Caribert situation, who knows.

[@kenneth2519]

Whats the song at 3:16? The flute is absolutely soul clenching im obsessed

[@Loulou_MusicIIIX]

+1

[@Kizakoe]

You talking about how Lumine must have felt during her journey makes me like her more I chose Aether and when I first met her during that Dain quest, her turning her back on her brother made me feel betrayed, as if she didnt care about him in the end and I still felt a bit of resentment But now I understand better what happened to her as I had never thought abt it, and can empathize with her at last

[@Sakuyamon]

Well it is a tragic story, but I dont think the anime will touch upon the real end of Genshin. It is supposed be about what went on 500 years ago. So yea the anime might "end" sadly, but that is our "beginning" in the game. And we will try to make it end happily, even if it will be bittersweet.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Given the state of teyvat at the start. It will end in Bitter sweet. The Avyss surprised but massive loses etc.

[@viens7]

probably anime will tell about Archon war, or even more ancient lore

[@olyabutorina6869]

We don't know what anime will about, everything that you saw on the internet regarding anime plot was fake leaks

[@Sakuyamon]

@@olyabutorina6869 no, when they initially showed the anime, they stated it was about what happened 500 years ago and each region was a season.

[@L37exa_ym79]

0:30 at this part I think Lumine saw which path Aether would go 0:43 while Aether saw which path Lumine goes

[@sch3ffel]

4:58 is basically the main reason why people arguing endlessly about a "cannon" player character makes no sense. no matter who you pick the situation and decisions they would make as the traveller would be exacly the same. its just that for all intents the "hoyo playthrough" (animations teasers and comercials) hoyo picked aether as the traveller. but everything could very well just be lumine in aether place it would make no difference, one twin would wake up 500 years later and set out to find its sibbling with paimon yapping by their side. while the other... well... we still dont know wtf they are doing... maybe in 4.7 we hear some actual explanation.

[@sirthomasevangelion1258]

Ofc venti knows something that lil rascal

[@ivjavy]

Haven’t played genshin for 2 years now cause I’ve been caught up with work and life yet I still watch ur videos to sorta understand what’s going on in the game so thank u 🙏

[@IroiRo_owo-_P]

Theory: What if Dainslef is trying to convince us that our sibiling is doing the wrong thing so that we help him get revenge on our twin without us knowing he is just using us?

[@eipampam857]

My take, y'all invated to cook with me: Teyvat is like the plane of Euthimya/ Raiden's domain and Celestia is looking from outside. When the twins fall in this world, Celestia choose Lumine and sent her back to when they needed to build the Archon's Thrones. Lumine was killed to become the Gnosis and 3000 years later Khaenria try to recreate a Gnosis and end up creating a clone of Lumine. This clone believed to be the actual Lumine and even tried to run away with Aether but Celestia stoped them both (Smt like True Lumine was with Aether, Celestia pick her, sent her through time, False Lumine already there met Aether at the doors of Celestia and the Sustainer recognize the attempt of Khaenria, dropping off the creature to testemony the fall of her creators). While False Lumine journey to find "her brother" she stop at Sumero and discover the truth about herself by the Irminsul, or maybe even something around Caribert quest made she realize it and she went to the Irminsul to confirm. The sinner may even be a descender too and the first attempt of Celestia to do the Gnosis, he may be the one to point out to Lumine she was a clone, and the scene of her looking in the mirror is she realizing it and having a terrible feeling, which scare Aether later on. We see them sad in this teaser and memories from the past, maybe those are from Lumine realizing she never actually lived those memories. Aether wasn't chosen to become the Gnosis and the Sustainer traped him within her powers. My take on this is that Aether's power of elemental absorption also worked to absorb the Sustainer thought those 500 years, since she is just the shade of Phases and not an actual being, making her fall to become Paimon and Aether was released (or maybe more of Celestia fallen with the Sustainer and Paimon is just one of those things). False Lumine moved on from Aether, that's when Dain started to try be at her side, like with the tap shoulder at the end, because she was also from Khaenria somehow, but she already changed. The Tsaritsa plan of reviving a god is about Lumine but because they believe it is the second who came or someone like him and not a child of the stars (since she isn't catalogued as a descender). The Lumine's betrail they talk about in the trailer must be because she doesn't see him as brother, just kinda pity him. And now she will get rid of that feeling for him too in order to recreate the only home she believes to own (and also, she didn't spoke about it prior to keep him around Teyvat and wait for the actual Lumine revival if it works). "Prove to me you are worthier than I to rescue her." Lumine's revival don't work, Aether discover the truth but embraces the idea False Lumine is the actual one. Dainsleif threatens him since this Lumine is Khaenria's problem and so is his since he failed her before.

[@Minjoie]

OKAY FK this is actually a good take since, i have been saying something like this But i couldnt figure out WHY THE 2ND LUMINE DOESNR CARE??!!! OKAYY Wait ima send u smth i wrote 3 months ago

[@Minjoie]

My theory is that our sibling is dead :( And the one we see is a puppet! Why?! Remember, sameru Quest suggested she is from this world, and as well it is revealed that kaneriah is used to attract decenders. What if the puppet is made in kaneriah, which is why she is registered as this world's. As well, lumine said, at the end of the journey, we will have reason to fight against this world ( heavenly principles ) In my opinion, we will somehow unite with futui and will go against the heavenly principle and for right now, the only thing that can make this happen is, heavenly Principle has to do smth which is bad for the other sibling. And it is said, the gnosis were made out of the 3rd decender, and imo the 3rd decender is lumine. Lumine means light. And in a name card it is suggested that light can reflect 7 elements. Does that mean lumine is killed and gnosis were made out of her. ( As you know, genshin animations alwaus have male mc as the mc, and lumine as abyss sibling ) This is what my theory was And im happy that it kinda connects with you but yours connect other dots i was misssingg

[@eipampam857]

@@Minjoie Thank you! Thanks for sharing your idea too! Yeah I have a lot of trouble trying to puzzle why wouldn't she just tell us. The only explanation I could grasp about is either she pitied us and believed Tsaritsa would bring True Lumine back (I think it was Sneshnaya Gnosis that created Lumine, so Tsaritsa and the abyss are related) so she lied to him to keep him around Teyvat. Or False Lumine actually need Aether too she just couldn't risk him around her enough time for him to realize she is not the True one. Btw, another paragraph, forgive my adhd, 1% battery: My major point of why is she a clone is the fact she only remembers Aether from the Sustainer encounter (one of the first trailers that revealed Lumine as the Abyss side). And know she seems to have memories she shared with Aether. And one of them is he setting the flowers in her hair. It becomes a problem in my idea bc it had to have happened before Khaenria was engulfed in flames and once you leave Khaenria the flowers stop in time/petrify. Lumine had them in her hair the whole time even when she returned to Khaenria (from Celestia). On the other side, she owning memories of them could also be from her "seeing" what Aether saw with true Lumine (like how he did in the chasm and when he feels Lumine in that flower 1° Dain quest). For that she must have had some sort of contact with Aether or something from him. So, if you check Lumine's sword she is actually using Aether's. For Lumine to be using Aether's sword, it's also an indication she is not the owner of Lumine's sword. And also, if their connection were the flowers, she would have always had those memories, but looking at the teaser, especially in the Inazuma lake, Lumine looks like she's lost or very confused. It's different from Aether that is either contemplative or sad. I'm aware the twins have different personalities, I just mean Lumine acts like a doll, freshly born type of innocent creature, contrasting with the end, when she understands and moves on from Aether.

[@Relic58]

One thing to note that There's another instance where the twins are paralleled like this before, and it's on the launcher update, but it's reversed from the short: Aether sitting on the fountain in Mondstadt at day while Lumine sitting on the fountain in Mondstadt at night. The splash art for the 4.7 patch is reversed from the short as well, with Aether having his eyes open on the left with Lumine sleeping on the right in the splash art while in the short, Aether is sleeping on the left while Lumine's eyes are open on the right.

[@vinny8589]

Also the Tree By the staircase scene is ALIVE and WHOLE with Lumine while In Aether's it's a Truck that looks like it was damaged severly.

[@Alice.Morningstar]

Everyone that doesnt know Genshin: Ooh look.. a bright childish game Everyone that knows: this is dark as hell

[@Quiet_Jay_C]

"I just hope the twins are reunited as they were when they first arrived in Teyvat." Something tells me that once they reunite the world will collapse, unless Aether explores all 7 regions at 100%

[@nrk9820]

Probably the reason why abyss twin has records in ley lines....maybe they thought if they imprint some records in ley lines their twin will notice

[@imprfctgoose]

Even though this is probably the most obvious thing about these two, their names foreshadow the thigns they go through, Luminiferous aether or ether was literally theorized to be the thing that transmitted light back when photons werent discovered yet, he is destined to happiness, while lumine is pretty obvious, illuminate which means, make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up. I think in this scenario it means live in the dark while casting light onto something, her brother, i guess it also explains her being ignored😂

[@Trebord_]

It's even worse when you think about how Lumine's journey was right after the Cataclysm first happened, so most of Teyvat would have still been recovering and rebuilding from the major crisis, whereas Aether came 500 years after the event and was met with a (relatively) well put together world that's all but forgotten about what had happened 500 years ago. Lumine's entire journey would have been tainted with the pains and regrets of the Cataclysm, but Aether has to struggle to even learn about it because most people have already long since moved on from the disaster.

[@bobuxman1434]

But as Nahida says, for what she can see that the Irminsul says, the abyss sibling suddenly appeared out of nowhere on Khaneri'ah. So the sibling is just a product made by the Ley lines, after all, Ley lines can grant wishes, at a cost

[@qin00xie]

I thank Paimon for not leaving Aether alone from the beginning of this path.

[@ThuyNguyen-nh6hi]

Somehow that short reminds me of "Your Name" (But 500 years apart)

[@smeebsmob3468]

3:20 and then she just leaves 10 seconds after finally finding him

[@mohmedabdo4681]

Atp, I think she is determined to complete her goal. Whatever it is, we'll probably find out

[@L16htW4rr10r]

Based on different trailer, she already saw Aether before that scene, but chose not to approach him

[@Minjoie]

I think, she wants to punish the heavely principle and want her sibling to join her but NOT FORCE HIM let him go on his journey?!

[@alexanderericson8628]

I think you overexaggerate the meaning of Dainsleif. He is a silent soldier type, doesn't mean he has no heart he knows that the only way for her to survive is to keep pushing on and he tries to tell Lumine that without words. The reason why Lumine is different is because she knows much more about Theyvat than the other sibling. From her point of view she hates Dainsleif because he was eventually the reason that they got separated doesn't mean it was the wrong choice. Hoyo's stories are always more complicated than this. As to what connection the siblings have with Khaenri'ah is difficult to deduce. But I think they function as a sort of collective will. It is stated in game that all the archons were summoned to Khaenri'ah it is also possible that khaenriahns succeeded in making a Descender that would be the other sibling. This is the final straw for Celestia and is the point were they directly start to attack Theyvat with Celestial nails the arrogation of mankind therefore refers directly to the other sibling. This is were things become interesting because Khaenri'ah made a Descender to rival the will of the world effectively what the Fatui are trying to do so basically taking up the baton of that nation. They did that so their fate would not be subjected to the will of gods but to themselves. The problems this created must be weighted by keeping humanity enslaved to harness power and will from humans. Now I think Dainsleif chose the Gods point of view of this the natural order, and Lumine is very much more inclined to agree with Tsaritsa that is the archon that loved the humans the most. Curiously enough this is what many have tried to do in the past, Deshret, Fobos, even Alhaitham. The closest analogy I have is a genie . The traveller is almost certainly getting his powers from Paimon. Now why did Paimon only appear for one sibling well if the other one is artificially made by the blood of gods well you can see the issue there. And I think as many think that Paimon is the Sustainer of Principles. I also highly suspect that Paimon is starting to get her memories back as we are changing fate of Theyvat. Her motives therefore becomes interesting is she prepared to reveal to the traveller that she is the reason they were separated she has even started to mention running away together like Bonnie and Clyde. See Paimon don't want to be some all controlling god she wants to be Paimon now and she probably don't want to deal with whatever Sustainer did in her previous life. Her casual attitude to anything that happens in Theyvat has always been suspicious to me. See in Theyvat it's just part of life to go from lifeform to another and I think Paimon knows and understand that. Maybe the sibling story is all fake planted by Irminsul it could even be possible that it planted memories of them travelling outside of Theyvat as well. The fact that it says so in game means nothing Hoyo has already proven that they can change in game texts when Irminsul updates. Please don't draw to many conclusions from what is written in game about almost anything. I think that tree is what King Irmin became after the Khaenri'ah dynasty and his last attempt to defy fate. What is reality is determined by that tree and I think Zhongli has started to suspect that. Sustainers attempt to separate them therefore is an attempt to mend the damage that has been done.

[@Infelious]

Yeah to me whenever Dain talked about Lumine it was never in a hateful way, he seems sad for her in his own way... But hes stoic, even with how he acted towards Halfdan he wasn't as emotional as others would be in that situation.I always took it that Lumine seem the cycles of the world, repeated disasters and it just broke her little by little, she witnessed what happened with the Aranara which likely means she seen the whole war(s). If you think we as the other Twin have changed and helped the world, averted many disasters by comparison.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@Infelious They most likely sacrificed everything for the sibling to have this fairy tale journey compared to what Lumine experienced and she is exhausted, it's almost like she doesn't care about the sibling anymore. This puzzled me for a long time but I think I have reached a conclusion as to why, she thinks as the Fatui do that everyone in Theyvat is a memory rather than an actual person. Burning down the old world and the thrones is about awakening. From the gods point of view they are sheltering Theyvat from something in the real world it's also possible that there is no real world and this simulation after the Cataclysm is everything that is left. This is a consequence of Khemia that is the art of creating life what the Khaenriahns did was succeeding in creating an artificial world to take away the power the gods had. It also confused what "self" means. There is just one caviat in this and that is the ability the other sibling has to purify abyssal corruption I do not think Lumine is aware of this and I think it is proof that the other sibling IS real. This is the only point in the game were Venti shows genuine surprise.

[@sleepspacee]

the siblings are real, thats one thing hoyo doesn't touch in any of their games, main character being fake is not of those things they touch.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@sleepspacee But this game is different it has exhaustedly talked about definitions between dream and reality. And this upcoming quest is called the road not taken, I think his sibling is real but I think she is the Gnosis and I think Tsaritsa is trying to revive her mending the world that way. I mean the Gnosis is not destroyed so from that aspect she is alive I guess. I kind of think she views herself as a ghost thou but determined to reset all this madness with the help of Abyss. Kind of think Tsaritsa had enough and just wants to burn everything but I think she needs both siblings to achieve that.

[@xOrionNebula2708]

@@Infelious OH YEA i just reaized that we were able to do stuff that she couldnt and that may have been a factor

[@venti2569]

FINALLY OMG VENTI IS GETTING MORE RECOGNITION FOR BEING ACTUALLY SMART IM SO TIRED OF PPL SAYING HE IS THE WORST ARCHON AND STUFF

[@koro-kun]

In Bestime Story Archon Quest we saw that Lumine was using her Signature sword and also the Omni/Light Element to fight against Dainsleif, after when she met Aether in Caribert’s consciousness she told herself that if Dainsleif didn’t hesitated she would be no match to the Twilight Sword. It tells that if Aether and Dain were to fight in future then simply Dain would have overpowered Aether even if he had his Light Element and Signature sword 💀

[@miers2002]

1:30 Notice how where Lumine was standing is the only place where the stairs are damaged, I wonder what happened...

[@joeyngyiwen5110]

as a literature student i just feel like this is such in depth reading into all variables possible and am honestly impressed. 👏🏻

[@AashishPrajapati-nr2ox]

Great video. I was waiting for this one for so long. I knew i missed some but damn i missed a lot of

[@DrakeWurrum]

When Khaen'riah fell, Lumine was there... and then afterwards, the Sustainer just curb-stomped both her and her newly-awakened brother... And THEN she ended up traveling Teyvat with Dain. So originally she and Dain didn't stand against each other... Which means something happened during her journey to turn her against him. Perhaps like meeting with a certain Sinner in Sumeru. Just before Lumine's reflection stops walking, Aether walks by someone in Akademiya attire. So the Five Sinners did something to her or convinced her. I'm beginning to think, based on the end of the Travail trailer and this new animation... that we will not be reunited in the end.

[@KinichMain01]

at 1:25 you can see that th staires are broken where Lumine stood, maybe that also has reason

[@dwierwancakranegara4102]

Thank you for the explanation , it means a lot 😢

[@Teri_Pazoutova]

I still wonder why the Abyss sibling cares so much about the fate of Teyvat. They both surely traveled a lot of places and got caught in a lot of cases, no? Is it because they got caught in Teyvat for longer than they planned? Even to the point that when they finally meet their other sibling, they just refuse to be with them only to carry on with their mission?

[@xanecosmo5061]

5:08 The saddest stories tend to have the most beautiful visuals. (Perhaps, some kind of balancing)

[@kakami7]

Do you remember that trailer with all of the future chapters in the game? in the end our character stands alone in the field of flowers. I really don't think there is a happy ending regarding our reunion.

[@anyasilverash6053]

Parallel lines, even when they're going in the same journey. They will never meet.

[@justinbailey1669]

Dainsleif in the travail trailer: "At the end of your journey, one final doorway remains. Step forth if you have understood the meaning of your journey .... Then, all threads of fate will be yours to reweave." A note in the Narsissenkreuz Ordo: "...To excise the self is not to die, but rather to die before death. That way, there is no life to be ended. Thus may one achieve eternity. This step is vital, for by this, may one avoid receiving a Vision by some error. To receive a Vision is to sell oneself to the "fate" of this world - to Heimarmene, and to evermore lose the chance to walk the correct path" Idk what dots I'm connecting here per se but there are dots.

[@astr0washere1312]

i got an ad of the road not taken before watching this 💀

[@erushi5503]

As someone who reads every line of dialogue, this video made the sadness im keeping under my bed creep out

[@FireBlueZ]

The timeline of Aether waking up and them facing unknown god is starting to get confusing, but you're probably right that the movement they have shown together is probably a "What if" that could be align with the title itself, or those moment actually happen and the title imply the different route those sibling take.

[@mackenziegemz2302]

There no "what if" because before they even got seperated by the unknown god aether and lumine have been traveling in teyvat you can see the teyvat flower that aether give to lumine as well the braids that lumine do for aether that being said, the siblings have been in teyvat before they even got separated

[@ashelreyncordero350]

Who wants a happy ending for the twins like i want them to get reunited and enjoy teyvat together

[@Minjoie]

May be not, as someone who writes book Genshin story is not likely to have good ending. I know, im sorry. The way, they made detailed game, every single thing has relation to another. Everyone is keeping secret and someone is just odd. Maybe, our sibling is actually dead. Maybe, something will not be good at the end This new animation made is clear that, at some point, we gotta make a decision For me it will be either Whether sibling or teyvat? Whether your sibling or paimon? Something which will impact it so so much. But, i hope for the best! I think, genshin story can make a great book and if you closely see, such story not always habe a happy ending :(

[@Ichi.Capeta]

damn, the animated MV hits me. This breakdown hits me even harder (T^T)

[@AURA_XT]

I feel like venti is a big part of story just overlooked for drinking and having not a big impression as a character good thing they made events like that poem one and featured venti in it hopefully qe come across more of those

[@kuroyuu츠즈린]

I honestly like the comparison, how wholesome and sad it is....

[@johnmarkgadon2843]

It is really amazing that Hoyo put importance in small details. ❤

[@pigeonpiupiu]

So based on how I understand the twins journey: they have travelled teyvat together, and then lumine ask aether to leave teyvat together when cataclysm happened. They were stopped by unknown god and sealed away. Lumine wake up first and went traveling to find his brother. She met dainsleif and they travelled together. Things happen in sumeru and lumine and dainsleif go their separate ways. Lumine is now an abyss princess. 500 years later, aether wakes up. Travels for a while and fished out paimon. Continuing their journey and we know the rest. But some of it is confusing. If they have travelled together in teyvat how come they've never met archon? Also aether seems not familiar with the seven regions. Heck, he's not even familiar with the concept of elemental energy. Then where did they travelled to before cataclysm? It doesn't make sense. If they travelled teyvat before, how come it seems like it's his first time travelling teyvat after he woke up 500 years later? Surely the seven region doesn't change too much right? Some people said aether is asleep when they first arrived in teyvat but that also doesn't make sense. If that's so then when did they travelled together then? Can someone explain to me? Maybe I got something wrong.

[@LeBeau_42]

This gives so much context on WHY Lumine/ the Abyss sibling hates Dainsleif so much! She saw how much he hurt due to his friends and family turning to Hilicurls and why he was so distant, probably even fell for him because he gave her company, and so she goes to such lengths to restore his people only for him to turn on her! She must be wondering why he doesn't approve of her methods, and what they can do to make him understand she just wanted him to be happy- which is why Dansleif feels responsible for stopping her.

[@arilside7451]

Its always best of the BEST, when you post something about genshin and not other games. THE BEST I SAID