The Tides of Destiny & The Fate of Teyvat | Genshin Impact Theory

[@HuTaoIsBestGirl]

I always find Paimon to be really adorable... Until she opens her mouth and reminds me why she is named after a devil.

[@minglifeng2862]

Paimon was cute before we reached Mondstadt city, okay, maybe even Downtown Liyue. Since then she’s been annoying

[@aninterestinusername]

It’s annoying because her voice used to be less shrill. I still don’t dislike paimon, but I do prefer how her voice used to be

[@lXlDarKSuoLlXl]

​@@aninterestinusernameeng dub problems be like: That's why I'll never switch back to eng, I dread paimon 😂

[@Indian_gae_boii]

I mean I find her very adorable, she's like a little sister annoying but you still love her, and genuinely don't find her voice annoying 😂

[@aninterestinusername]

@@Indian_gae_boii I only find it annoying when she shouts lol

[@snowcordie9322]

Actually Paimon was "hurt" once in the chasm arc where she directly felt the exhaustion. The first and last time so far we ever see her getting affected by the story

[@le1660]

And wasn't the one who caused all that the sinner? The upside down city.... all of the soldiers from khanriah in the chasm....

[@snowcordie9322]

@@le1660 Ummm I don't think so unless there is another giga brain theory behind it, I thought that domain in the chasm was already there by the Archon war, way before the abyss order was created

[@Rafael57YT]

​@@snowcordie9322careful, the abyss order was created by Clothar, the sinner, the abyss and the abyssal creatures far predate it.

[@hurawra9086]

The "she" Dain mentions is not our twin sister but Paimon. makes sense since MC can be either of the twins.

[@TangledRivers]

I always wondered about this. I just assumed it was them slightly-canonizing Aether as they’ve done subtly here and there. But I think you’re right that it doesn’t refer to Lumine because that’s much less subtle than their usual preference for Aether.

[@Skylight-nn9cl]

Or the Sustainer since she seems to be corrupted and in need of saving.

[@nightlumos6085]

This entire trilogy has been a hell of a ride with so many thoughts to be had. Thank you for all the hard work digging through so much information and then presenting it in a detailed and exciting way. I will definitely be hung up on these theories for a long time. The ending here was absolutely amazing with Dainsleif. Everything going back to him and Paimon is like a perfectly wrapped ribbon. So excited for the future of the game's story.

[@NatureWatcher343]

(4:06 to 9:53) the way you seamlessly integrate random but valuable information into your videos when talking about a completely different main topic is exactly why I subscribed.

[@silverstuff1146]

The theory makes sense because if you go into the big hilichurl tribes of mondstadt, they have a banner on one of the towers made up of 1 blue with a white star and 3 yellow with blue stars, 3 moons and 1 sun. Phanes being the sun shade and the possible demiurge was always a personal theory, this video really just solidified it in a strange way. Since natlan is just a year away, we can kinda predict where the lore will take us if the main inspiration is the aztec empire, due to the myths of the 5 suns and the earth being a giant beast that demands sacrifices in order to keep the world afloat, and that the last cycle of humanity will end in an earthquake somehow. Earthquakes that happen underwater usually leads to massive tidal waves and floods. I find it interesting that Paimon has moon connections, since the moon irl controls the ebb and flow of the oceans and because Honkai 3rds Kiana is also explicitly tied to the goddess Chang'e, another moon goddess whose name looks like the english word change. Maybe Paimon also has these connotations.

[@OAndO367]

I remember him talking about the Kiana stuff in one of his old videos. Now that you bring it up again, I think this is deliberate by Hoyoverse.

[@Saji_0]

there's a slight correction, Paimon was fished out on Liyue, exactly at Guyun stone forest I get this info from other theory crafter looking closely on the picture of when Paimon was fished out, which makes it weird why we go to mondo first in the story

[@r.d.6290]

Yes, and after fishing out Paimon, Traveller is just taking his time and doing nothing for months before going to that shore in Monstadt.

[@shycracker]

Makes you wonder if the Traveler originally was supposed to start their journey from Liyue at first.

[@r.d.6290]

@@shycracker since the beta, Monstadt was the first region, and the entire starting cutscene(siblings captured, dialogue with Paimon) was added later, on the release.

[@DragonMJE]

Actually, you make a good point. I will double-check this information later when I have some free time. Thanks for pointing it out. God Dammit Zhongli, not you again...

[@ReverseElectro]

Holy that ending was so good... It also makes a lot of sense in the context of what Dainsleif says. I can only imagine how insanely badass a final boss who is the combination of Paimon (Celestia) and Dain (The Abyss) would look like. So much potential.

[@haruhi-aspringday7554]

As well since he has connections to both twins in the story. Regardless of which you picked.

[@OAndO367]

Come to think of it, the Primordial One was androgenous (male and female) so this makes sense.

[@NightLongroad]

You are really good at presenting the lore. The energy, editing and the overall way you present the information is very engaging. Thank you for the videos.

[@hollymelon7527]

Minor detail but I had no idea Paimon was the closest demon to Lucifer... Given how Traveler has so many parallels to Lucifer, it makes all the more sense she's always by their side! Oh and her being basically Genshin's version of a Stellaron Hunter is quite funny given how she couldn't be more different from them in vibes.

[@123leyang321]

Just a thing about the Shogun not killing Paimon during their very first encounter. As crazy as it may seem, Ei and the Shogun were actually "fair". Yeah, they were tyrannical and killed tons of people, but she never killed anyone that wasn't directly involved in the situation that ended with her deeming their lives should be lost. There was a duel to the death culture in Inazuma, and even if witnesses got distraught upon seeing a loved one being killed, the Shogun wouldn't do them any harm. In the scene here, it was the Traveler that disrespected the Shogun by directly interfering with the vision confiscation. Paimon was just a bystander, and Thoma also wasn't directly involved in that action. If the Shogun had killed the Traveler, she probably wouldn't have killed Paimon or Thoma afterwards, she'd just finish the vision taking ceremony and send Thoma and Paimon on their way. And if they protested, she might even invite them to a duel to the death and all, but she would respect the customs in Inazuma, not just slaughter them without them having their "fair" chance to duel her. That said, her victory against them would be a sure thing... So that's why "fair".

[@WhiteGold-tg1qj]

* *Dainsleif and the Traveler confront the Primordial One at the end of the game for as to why he destroys Civilizations* * Primordial One: Sorry guys, mb 🥲 Dain and Traveler: Nah blood we cool, trust ✌

[@haruhi-aspringday7554]

Bro that would be mad

[@shycracker]

Literally how most of the playable former antagonist in Geshin is right now. Fischl, Rosaria, Xiao, Tartaglia, Sara, Raiden, Dori, Scaramouche, Clorinde*, Furina : Sorry bro MB.. Traveler : Nah fam, we cool, trust✌

[@Raininpain]

@@shycracker ah yes Fisch lRosaria Xiao chlorinde Furina being a villain. Do you even play the game lmao

[@ivymondal9663]

​@@shycrackerUhm what Chlorine, you mean the poisonous gas whose atomic number is 17? Of course it's an antagonist as it was used as weapon in World War 1 , but as for the rest of your mentioned entities , I think we all are playing a different game than you .

[@shycracker]

​@@Raininpain😂 I meant it in more they acted antagonistic toward Traveler at first but i worded it so poorly

[@Grzester23]

"Wait, y'all actually hate Paimon? I thought it was just a joke." She may be annoying, but that doesn't stop her from being a genuine friend to the Traveler. I love the dynamic they have with each other. Really wholesome. And a lot of her annoying behaviour can be lumped into Genshin being a game at the end of the day. Especially a gacha game were people try to skip dialogue. Why do you think she keeps repeating what other people say? Because players don't pay enough attention to the dialogues, so they have to be constantly remindes of what's going on. Ofc it's to the detriment of people actually interesting in the story, but unfortunately we're not the only ones playing

[@shycracker]

We skip dialogue not because we do, but because they're not captivating enough for us to listen through it, take a look at games like Red Dead Redemption, people do listen in to most of the dialogues there because it is well written, Genshin doesn't have that kind of quality writing, unless you're playing the game in Chinese and you can read mandarin.

[@Raininpain]

@@shycracker just say you want to gamble considering your previous reply about Fisch Rosaria and Xiao being antagonist you don't understand the story not even read

[@maiafay]

@@shycrackerAgreed. I did read most of all the Fontaine quest dialogue because for once it was interesting. But when you have endless dialogue between talking vegetables, it does get tedious.

[@shycracker]

​@@RaininpainYou didn't even know the definition of Antagonistic, it can be as simple as unwelcoming.

[@arsonvamp]

@@shycrackerno, an antagonist is simply a character who opposes the protagonist, who is simply the main character. the attitudes, goals and ideals of these characters are irrelevant. your antagonist can be a good person, and your protagonist can be an asshole. all that matters is that their goals, ideals, etc oppose each other. like, for example, despite being a Good Guy™️, sonic the hedgehog is the antagonist in many routes of the “hit” game shadow the hedgehog (2005), as in those routes he opposes shadow, who is our protagonist even though stealing candy from a baby is fine by him. so yeah fischl, rosaria and especially xiao aren’t even remotely antagonists, as they don’t oppose the traveler’s goals and especially their ideals. maybe get more acquainted with media literacy.

[@aaaaaaa33232]

wake up the theory king posted

[@Adrianirl]

im awoken

[@GolgothianSylex]

I personally think that the Second Who Came won. Apep says otherwise, but remember that Irminsul can change memory of inhabitants of the world. And it ties very good with the main inspiration for the game - Gnosticism. Because by that move we have a false god, a Demiurge in Celestia, not the Primordial one. But I don't think that it denies your theory abour Paimon - she may still be trying to create a predermined destiny, and be the Moon sister.

[@DragonMJE]

I am still unsure whether the Second Who Came won or lost. It is hard to tell because the winner can just rewrite history as they wish.

[@dorothelazyone9922]

Most likely she's speaking the truth, it is my theory that apep isn't affected by irminsul since she's THE dragon lord of dentro. So, since she should had complete control of it (dendro) she either created it or has a higher authority to it even without her powers. Of course this can only happen if you think of irminsul as another creation originating in the light realm, like the primordial sea. EIther way, its uncertain unless she predates it or if it was created by the invader gods (either PO or second who came)

[@theRaika]

Here is the word of a man that was once wise "There are no coincidence in this world" - Dainslief

[@ohamatchhams]

Regarding the word "drift", the first in-game event of Honkai Impact which goes to kickstart exploration of Sea of Quanta surrounding Imaginary Tree comes from "Captain's bizarre adventures" called Odd Drifter, Captain's bizarre adventures events are time-gated yet every veteran players of Honkai Impact are aware that so many esoteric metaphysics of Mihoyo games are initiated from "Captainverse" events, from bubble universes explored in tangible ways to the point of intersecting to multiple times with the main story (which often consistently breaking 4th wall Something which further exacerbated further in both Honkai Impact and Honkai Star Rail that beings from Lambda Ai Chan (Honkai Impact mascot) to Captain of Hyperion himself (which is Ai Chan's old friend and helped the main story characters defeating Kevin despite having origin outside of the main story's focused universe), Kiana Kaslana (the main protagonist of Honkai Impact's main story) to some entities in Honkai Star Rail akin to Aeon Aha, Aeon Finality (which possibly being the entity behind Cocoon of Finality in Honkai Impact) and Elio himself are powerful beings beyond the convention of the lore, which consistently aware of dimension of "Real Life" or at least self awrareness that they're inside their respective games Forget about real life historical/legendary analogies and elemental and types restrictions happening in Honkai Star Rail, Genshin Impact and Honkai Impact, it's all about authorities of Mihoyo's multiverse with their gifted limitations and the motifs of humanity optimism and processes for ascensions (as even Imaginary Space which births Herrscher authorities, Aeons and other authorities akin to "Honkai", "Abyss", "forbidden knowledge", trees and seas analogies, etc are born from Imaginary Space, even Otto Schicksal which was one of the biggest antagonists in Honkai Impact, observed Dvalin and Rita Rossweisse, which is a character pivotal to Captain of Hyperion adventures), it's all about handling authorities and how humans coping with it, although these brings a lot of moral dilemmas to those not gifted with Powers and Authorities (Kiana, Captain of Hyperion and some Aeons akin to Akavili, Aha, Nihility, Fuli & Finality) I don't mean to fully undermine the in-game evidences, it's just Genshin Impact story is ended up being part of grand universe/multiverse sets by Mihoyo, the power level outside Teyvat are obscenely powerful and starts attempting to grasp Metaphysics of Religion (albeit cannot do it fully due to real life history with it's archeology can have a looot of controversial baggages, hence Mihoyo plays it safe and not as deep as it is, except when trying to peel the layers of reality, although they only do it to Honkai games and Honkai Impact is the best instance that limited events happens to intersect with the main story, hence I'm mentioning a lot of severely underrated and underappreciated Captain of Hyperion and his eldritch degrees of natures, he even mentioned of gaining audience with Azathoth in the game's old CNY 2020 "Reunion Dinner" event when he's cooking with the Valkyries and guy's aware of many main story characters' biography and journey despite only directly interfere at the end of the game's part 1 finale to help Kiana embraced by Finality authority and merges with Imaginary Space into a slow singularity process until "A Post Honkai Odyssey" timeline happened which sets in the future of most Mihoyo games' timelines)

[@rioberry4595]

The noah story with the dialogue nah fam trust gets me everytime 😂

[@VeraldoAncodini]

I still think that Paimon is Phanes, Istaroth is the shade of time, the Sustainer is the shade of void, King Deshret is the shade of death and Morax is the shade of life. I don't know how much the writers at HoYo looked into the ancient floods on Earth, but they were not only very real, there were several floods in the span of a few thousand years - Meltwater Pulse 1A, 1B and 1C, triggered by the Younger Dryas impact event. There is still a debate on the first flood, whether it was caused by the exit from the glacial period or by falling meteors, but there is clear evidence that Earth got hit by quite the meteor shower and the whole planet was burnt and then flooded repeatedly. Also, these floods wiped out the civilizations that existed back then, which were quite advanced.

[@shycracker]

Why is Deshret the shade of death? cause of Anubis symbolism all throughout Deshret realm?

[@VeraldoAncodini]

@@shycracker That, and also the rest of his lore, he is descended from the heavens, can use unrefined omni-energy, all of the technology he created is based on this type of energy, he told Nabu Malikata that he had forgotten about Celestia until she reminded him, etc.

[@zerueluk]

if Dain had Solomon's Ring could he not control the gods? and if so could he have summoned them to help during the cataclysm. is the sustainer under the control of Solomon's ring? Does Dain not want the twins to leave Teyvat? Does he make the sustainer stop the twins? He does say "Defeat me, command me to step aside"

[@Tovy]

The traveller fished out pain at least 2 month ago and we don't even know how much time passes since he woke up and when exactly from 500 years ago to now he did

[@lazarignjatovic7881]

OMG!!!! Since l saw that lore video about dottore and fatui plans lm delighted seeing your next video. Please continue with lore videos you are doing better than all the rest teorists!

[@lupeylycan]

sooo excited for another one of your vids dude, thank you for your hard work as always 🎉

[@immienna7033]

I didn't expect the ending of this video, just wow... it all make sense! (in my mind). thank you for the trilogy video!

[@lachede]

21:10 that's why Ei says Eternity is the closest thing to the heavenly principles

[@reveriesend4668]

erm when it comes to planet, always fall back to the cn. bcs hoyolore is notorious about mistranslation and inconsistent choice of words about this.

[@khanhquocvong]

What did he mean to say in Chinese?

[@shycracker]

@@khanhquocvong Since Genshin is primarly made by Chinese developers, 3rd party translator or associate might mistranslation it for the sake of better flow of dialogues or more understanable words.

[@khanhquocvong]

@@shycracker yeah that’s I’m asking what was originally said lol

[@ThatGuyFromLI]

I think your ark theory still holds water(cue canned laughter) The ark can be a sealed three dimensional planet if the sea of quanta and the imaginary tree are fourth dimensional concepts...

[@isaiahhaley4816]

If Paimon is a moon sister then thst would mean she’s most likely the god space but the sustainer also shows her being able to use the power of space so what if Paimon is the reall space god and the sustainer is only taking her place

[@noxmoonstone]

dude, your theories are extremely cool. I'm so glad I found your channel

[@Indian_gae_boii]

I'm also really glad you are doing more lore videos, your theories and deductions are rather thought provoking hoping to see more, maybe a theory video about the book of esoteric revelations and all that we saw and learnt from the enigmatic pages and the strange location we go to,

[@sam-ut2en]

She knows all teyvat but no one know her. Why ıs it so??🤔

[@ladygwene]

Fantastic video. Well researched, compelling arguments, and your enthusiasm and passion for these analyses really bring everything together. Thanks for all your hard work. I will be pondering these ideas all day

[@phos8392]

All the water imagery you've shown this video reminds me of the 4.x trailers. Fremient is drowning in the water I wonder how that will play out in the archon quest. Maybe his dealing with the abyss and will turn into another inquistor. 🤔

[@qiwunu]

i love how long it took to say that liyue was based off east china 😭😭

[@washaconte3956]

There is a problem, some books say two of the moon sisters die. I think it was around the fight with the second throne. This doesnt mean Paimon could not be the remaining sister, or the sun. Istaroth was called Kairos, the god of moments, so there must be Chronos the other god of time. Maybe the shades are based on what artifacts represent? This view about destiny makes sense. Btw, the pale princess and the six pygmies talk about the night mother, wich is Nix and she is consider the mother of Phanes. Grieg mythology has many variation, in some the Moirai are the child of Zeus and Themis, in other Ananke is the mother, and in other Nix is the only parent. The pale princess blabla book was the one the abyss mage stole from Lise and said it contained a "secret"... Also Nix is a child from Chaos, another god... and the Abyss is considered chaotic... Aether was a primordial god too 😮 but I dont remember a Lumine ... Ha! This could somehow explain (if you chose Aether) why she idnt a descender uh? Btw Aether (the god) have a sister wich.... he marry. I dont think Hoyoverse is going that route (i dont want it neither lol) but is curious how in game there was a traveler from afar that married ... i believe it was a moon sister. Again, i dont think Hoyoverse is going this way, i believe Aether and Lumine are name just representing Lucifer, so i dont think they are going with Aether the grieg god. Now, Nix, that is another story.

[@ray-ee5pb]

This is one of the best paimon theories I’ve seen! Wonderful video!

[@mooniharu]

I seriouly love your jokes, they make my awful days brighter, thank you for sharing your humor between all the interesting explanations ❤

[@Grucifix666]

Paimon gets ignored during battle because she can go invisible, which she says herself (forgot exactly when but)

[@iruui2369]

Fact the Teyvat was a planet was confirmed long time ago. In 1.0 there was a bug that lets you jump way too high. If you actually traveled far enough you could see a sphere forming shape.

[@Moneyk18]

man I been waiting for ur video finally

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

I need your coffee

[@DragonMJE]

I actually do not drink coffee

[@johnreydelatorre3450]

Where do you get your energy from? I honestly need it 🥲

[@dorowoj4765]

If we look at the Welkin Moon, the girl there really resembles Paimon. And when we look closer, Paimon's cape might actually have a hood, and so the Welkin moon character might actually be Paimon wearing her hood. Not to mention the... pot it sits in. Isn't Paimon called emergency food? She was even drawn like that by the Traveller themselves. So yeah, the Moon Sister theory seems to be really valid. I find it extremely interesting that Moon Sisters might be Phanes's sisters actually. I always kinda didn't like the theory that they were shades. They seemed to be separate beings. Thank you for another good theory video. The end caught me off-guard. So exciting!

[@morax5015]

She drank Navia's drink that was spiked with primordial water. She probably knows it was spiked that's why she drank it to save Navia...

[@CreatrixTiara]

Sumeru is based on the migration history of Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism across the Middle East and South/South East Asia. Notice that we have a bunch of names that are very Malay/Indonesian, such ss Effendi and Maimunah. Malaysia and Indonesia (and Singapore, where Hoyoverse has an office) are one of the big hubs of that migration - Indonesia has the largest Muslim population in the world, and Hindus and Buddhists make up a huge portion of SEA. Also, another name for Mesopotamia is Sumer.

[@somegirl4631]

As a jew I can tell you that "Tyvat" is not "Tyva" (ark) they are a bit diffrent HOWEVER, the word "Tyvat" does actually exist in Hebrew, It is the 10th mounth according to the hebrew calendar and is "The month of mourning" because in 10th day of Tyvat many horrible things happened to jews, it is known as the "gate of all that is evil and bad" Basically because this is the start of all misfortune that happened to jews, for example in this months Nevochadnezar king of Babylon started his siege on Jerusalem in order to destroy it, kill and enslave its people, and exile them. The name of "Tyvat" In heberew was taken from the Assurian word "To drown" (mostly in mad) Basically its a sort of a "cursed" mounth of the year

[@xpearlx]

Ah the end of the video made me cry, gteat video

[@BooksRebound]

Im probably wrong but I have a gut feeling like Dainsleif IS traveler. Like mayhe Paimon is guiding our traveler through the memories of Lumine's journey across teyvat, but Dain is the real grown up version of traveler?

[@MrManafon]

Paimon is the best companion/guide ❤

[@marcusbullock2753]

What if we’ve been set up to the beginning.

[@ap8659]

How can Dottore make her fall asleep with his medicine if she had the powers of one of the shades?

[@haruhi-aspringday7554]

I love your videos, part of me really wants your theory’s to be true. But at times I feel like Genshin’s lore isn’t that deep and they’re just leading us on.

[@xumi2137]

Fontaine is France and UK, Mondstadt is Germany and a lil bit of Italy

[@naczkens]

There is a moment in the video (part about China) when You hear the author speaking through gritted teeth xd

[@MrKartos1]

I never thought someone would make a connection between Israel and Genshin lol love it

[@brahyonetta]

loving these theories keep it up!! although I’m sure you’re referring to palestine when you say “israel”. it’s historically the genesis of abrahamic religions and a very sacred and spiritual place before the occupation it’s known to be very accepting and diverse region. i also believe khaenri’ah story, culture and aesthetics are actually inspired by palestine and sham, welcoming and diverse land that were betrayed and their fate smh brought destruction and war

[@iColm]

oddly accurate i cyno baelmount am Hell, not the domain but the one who watches over all, the doors and flame belong to me. the only truth i can tell are the side corridors on the left and right which lead to punishment rooms that currently don't have use as I don't see a reason for hell to be as such.

[@Enomaru001]

Heres a wild and stupid thought: What if the hundred eyed thousand armed god is supposed to be paimon and not yae? Like that statue was never fully touched upon as far as I remember. The hair looks more like paimons than yae or ei. The architecture of the base of the statue also isnt inazuman

[@teznarayanan]

Instantly subscribed after hearing your china rant

[@chesterkuro15bernoulli75]

The hands that hold morax look like an aeon might be holding him, lol, quiplot or what his name , aeon of preservation 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😅😅😅

[@Sacration]

Omg this video was so good damn!! And so believable, I love it !! Also before I talk, did you read the Lore of the Fontaine Wings ? 'Cause it changes so much even if it says very little ... And like you, I absolutly believe that Phanes is not the Primordial One and he also doesnt know that their is a "god" above him. I base this theory with Gnoticism where the Aeon theleos aka (The Monad) great creator and Master of all existence created shades of itself, 365 shades to be precise, it named them Aeons. They are a pair of siblings aka a Syzygies, they always comes in pair. One pair of Syzygy, Jesus and Fiona. Fiona got corrupted by the Darkness coming from the depth of the world, that made her believe she was their, Mother, their queen, their god. She lost her status as an emanation or shade of The Monad. The cataclysm created by this separation created The Demiurge, Master of the material world and the one who created humanity. The Monad sent Jesus to the material world to bring back Sophia and for that, it gave him the Gnocism aka The Divine Knowledge. Doesnt that sounds really familliar ? Just like the Battlepass cutscene. Infos : The Monad lives in the Pleroma a realm beyond comprehensio, kn the kingdom of light (Heaven) The Demiurge lives in the Ogdoad or the realm in between heaven and the material realm. (Celestia ?)

[@ziebus904]

You still kinda can find a reason why she isnt attacked in each fight

[@surreabel]

Can someone tell me how to reach the area at 17:18 please?

[@hansy089]

Jeht questline

[@surreabel]

@@hansy089 oh thank you ^_^ I will need to complete that one..

[@shycracker]

@@surreabel Not just any Jeht Quest, but 3rd part of her quest lines, so be prepared to go through hours of speedrunning through the quest because of the sheer amount of cut scenes and conversation you had to go through.

[@addayang7456]

i think paimon removed herself from history like wanderer and rukkadevata, zhongli might remember but no one else does.

[@vishnuprasad3041]

Wait. Who did ei kill along with orobashi????

[@ShirouE]

Touzannou, King of the Eastern Mountain. He was a young boy found by one of the Shrine Maidens on Watatsumi and one night when she took him to the sea to swim, he began to develop a secret fighting art that made him one of the strongest people in Inazuma. He eventually killed one of Raiden's friends.

[@shycracker]

@@ShirouE Was he the one that killed the human friend or the kitsune friend?

[@jasonlodd3667]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. PLEASE GIVE ME MORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE (ToT)

[@DaydreameXD]

Hey don't take the wrong way.. but please breathe.. yea i know you're breathing right now but take a few deep breaths calm because my god you are talking in lightning speed. If i zone out for a second it starts to sound like gibberish by that time you're already five lines ahead. I'm not asking you to go at a snail's pace but damnnn it wouldn't hurt if you spoke a bit slower. Pretty sure I'm not the only one with this problem here. It's going to be alright if the videos are lengthy... People like that especially in theory genre so chill

[@Indian_gae_boii]

I think for liyue you can just say its whatever han chinese culture entails to you know likw ming Dynasty china ans for sumeru its - india and persia in the rainforest and egypt, north africa and arabia in the dessert

[@jiyojiy6202]

I love your voice you mad man

[@RaskaTheFurry]

What if "planet" is misdirection... We know the sky is fake. Artificial sky. Either artificial planet or a ship that is as huge as a planet and is in geoide shape...

[@bk2yu]

I wouldndt say paimon is the worst written. It’s really the flaws of the exposition dumbs she is forced to give us because they don’t want to show us they tell us(probably because showing us story details would cost more to develop and it’s just easier to have someone explain everything) and the fact that her voice is grating on the ears.

[@DragonMJE]

What you say is true. But a topic like that deserves a different video on how Genshin is developed so I left it out.

[@helencorderosa]

Didn’t you contradict yourself? If paimon is Phanes, god of light and creation, ultimate source of life and the sun, how can paimon be a moon sister? Did you record it in two different days? This ending sheeeesh, the disclaimers are too real one tiny detail can really change teyvats gods situation The theories I am most interested treat the second who came as a inconvenience but I don’t know if hoyoverse would make a character with such low importance Atp someday hoyoverse may wake up and decide before sun and moon is an unreliable narrator

[@DragonMJE]

It was not a contradiction. If Phanes is the son of Ananke and the Moirai are also her daughters, and if the Moon Sisters in Genshin are 3 out of the 4 Shades, then the Moon Sisters physically resembling Phanes (their brother) would make sense.

[@rineatorise]

"You know how Paimon is extremely unlikable and obnoxious?" ....no? Why are y'all like this?

[@Adrianirl]

can you speak slightly slower my man

[@Kosmic.Prism0]

Putting it on .75 speed helps

[@shycracker]

Nah fam, We love his passion on explaining such theory, it's quite lit 🔥

[@pikolino7087]

Wait I don't really follow... so if the 3 moon sisters are shades does this negate everything about Zhongli, Deshret, Istaroth and Asmoday being ones?

[@shycracker]

Asmoday and Istaroth could still be one of the moon sister, under a different name

[@r.d.6290]

Moon Sisters could be just 3 seelies.

[@Dorey_X.T]

nice video but i disagree with the conclusion. I think the second who came did indeed win the against the primordial one. Not only that but i believe the second who came to be the sovereign dragon king who lost the first time, he left teyvat and came back with forbidden knowledge in order to beat the primordial one. This would explain why paimon(who i believe to be the primordial one) would be in a small/suppressed state. because she lost. after winning it wouldn’t be hard for the second who came to alter irmunsul and everyone’s memories into thinking he was the primordial one

[@Daivd1111]

You bringing up Chinese boarder issue is so unnecessary. Why not bring up Ukraine war while you are at it? What country are you even from? Seem like you are very butt hurt by China.

[@IDontWantHandlesWTF]

Lobotomite spotted

[@ShirouE]

@@IDontWantHandlesWTF Exactly my thought

[@Daivd1111]

@@IDontWantHandlesWTF only lobotomites do the spotting

[@Daivd1111]

@@ShirouE Wow, join in the bullying, lobotomite!!

[@WhiteGold-tg1qj]

@@Daivd1111 Asking strangers which country they are from then gaslighting people into thinking that they are bullying you. I can already tell that you are not the sharpest tool in the shed. How about this, when you have a terrible opinion, keep it to yourself.

[@ahmadmelhem1499]

It's not Israel, it is palestine And this video is reported

[@shycracker]

It's Philistine, not Palestine. Judea and Jewish myths predate Palestine existence.

[@maiafay]

Why are you reporting a theory video?

[@shycracker]

​@@maiafayhe's a fanatic muslim

[@WhiteGold-tg1qj]

Celestia is based on Israel, not Phalastine. Their names, lore, architecture, and language reference Jewish and Christian concepts, so deal with it or don't play the game.

[@super-manny5648]

Thanks for the laugh

[@reveriesend4668]

hmm time to skip. bcs... I have big doubt Remus got the goblet from the PO.

[@somedragonbastard]

You think coming out as gay is hard? Try telling people you genuinely like Paimon. See how much accept you get from the "tolerant" Genshin fandom /j

[@user-pv2fz6wm2g]

that china rant is a mood

[@Shiro-the-Hero]

I'm so glad that you acknowledge how unlikely it actually is for Phanes to be the Primordial One. It's been sooo long since I've heard anyone focus on this point, even though it's incredibly important! While I've heard people reason that Paimon may be a moon sister before, I haven't seen it done this well. Honestly, fantastic job on the whole trilogy \o/ I'm excited to see how/if future lore will corroborate your speculations, and what important details we may still be missing. Man, Genshin lore is just a gift that always keeps on giving. Also, I find it hilarious that both you and I used the same planet PNG in our theories when talking about Teyvat being a continent on a planet xD

[@randomalternate]

What are your thoughts on Zhongli being one of the Shades? Since: - Zhongli knows how the world was when it was first created?(Primo Elixir description) - Zhongli wanted to go to the Lunar Palace? (Dreams of Dragonfell) - When speaking about Heavenly Principles (order) in his ult voicelines, he literally means himself as the Heavenly Principles (wiki) - he creates Mora with the Celestial symbol on it? He actually values his gnosis, while other archons don’t care or despise Celestia? - Why didn’t he forget that there was previous Dendro Archon? (Character story 5) - The cubes on his shield are kinda moving like that of the Sustainer. - Jiu (Azhdaha) called him an Usurper? Apep called the Heavenly Principles the Usurpers? - not to mention that massive theory about the Sun god, the Solar Chariot…

[@ziebus904]

Jiu?

[@randomalternate]

@@ziebus904 the girl Azhdaha possessed. I’m not sure but she was standing near his tree before the story quest came out or something like that. You can find the dialogue on KZbin

[@ziebus904]

@@randomalternate man who tfq cares about her....she was his vesal same as kunjin

[@randomalternate]

@@ziebus904 i am pretty sure that it was not just a child speaking nonsense. That was obviously Azhdaha himself

[@xingqiu1809]

Damn u talk too fast i had to change the playback into 0.75 but it's good tho

[@lfestevao]

Or Paimon pulled a Scaramouche and rewrote herself out of the Archon's memories

[@k.duelist4913]

Bruh! You need ease on the crack! Rappin' through a lore video ain't gonna get you no where pimp

[@amouramarie]

I do think it's pretty clear, 99% that Paimon was a celestia-level god, beyond the archons, whose power was drained and her body shrank, etc. I am REALLY looking forward to meeting full-power adult Paimon (even if it's only in flashbacks). I think that'll be rad. :3

[@salceds]

I don't know, I like Paimon's EN voice acting, the CG expressions just can't back up the drama and expressions Corina puts in, I realized this while watching a fanmade animatic of Paimon. When the anime releases, we'd actually get to see and hear the cast lipsync properly and it'd feel better.

[@Wtrgrl-kk4py]

You'll see that even with only listening to the cn dub, which we can say is the "OG-one" ig ... I use it sometimes and she feels so much gentler in a way. Nothing wrong with Corina's voice, they're really talented, but just like Xiao, the direction they got wasn't the best sadly .. The character of Paimon is annoying one, but not in this loud and shouting way

[@RukkhaRukkha]

5:38 WTF... WHO LET HOYOVERSE COOK WITH NATLAN, THEY BURNT THE KITCHEN

[@user-og9nl5mt1b]

1 thing also , the dailogue system have no importance, no matter option u choose , u dont truly have a choice

[@hirods9889]

From the traveler voice lines, when paimon appear and disappear when we open and close the menu is canon to the story, that maybe why she never get hurt, she always disappear

[@Indian_gae_boii]

I also find the fact that paimon is a girl to be very interesting because the real paimon (the demon version) is constantly looking for a male host and very violently rejects female ones, it's because demon paimon has a very feminine face despite having a male body so he's looking for a perfect male body

[@seph4707]

The Ark of the Covenant is also a chest, to add to the biblical lore mentioned previously. Very cool video.

[@kasuha]

I'm not 100% sure if Neuvillette mentioning 'planet' is really what he's supposed to say. I don't have access to chinese original but we've been subject to clunky translations before and pretty much all other evidence suggests Teyvat is not a planet in usual sense.

[@nour2736]

👍

[@dorothelazyone9922]

Holy shit bro, amazing theory i enjoyed all 2 and a half hours of it. Pls upload more lore content, u do amazing, specially when it comes to connecting actuak cience, genshin lore and religious stories. Thanks

[@dragondevil69]

mihoyo likes to to divert expectations by giving false information from the perspective of those who believe that information to be true Neuvilette could believe that it's a planet hence he isn't lying like most playable characters don't, but believing doesn't make it true

[@FurryBunny536]

I heard she maybe a moon sister, wow. I think you did a great job on the video. Piamon has her good days and her bad days. She is irritating.

[@1cook1e]

24:48 I think I gained like 10 iq points, you seriously connected the dots there omg

[@l.u.n.a.t.i.c]

My iq raised by 40 watching this.

[@notraidenshogun8324]

Paimon must be a seele