Epoch Winter: Tales of the Fatui 🔴 Genshin Impact Fan Song 🔴 Reaction and Analysis

[@randymarsh7085]

The singer of the song is the Chinese VA 喵 酱（Miao Jiang）for Venti. She is a seasoned singer and a beloved VA in the Chinese community. P.S. The producer of the song is also the VA's husband. Really talented couple.

[@TheRoschi]

OHH I had no idea! Thank you! That's so cool.

[@too881_]

Nah, the producer is Miao Jiang's husband but the singer of this song is 阿扣叩叩, you can check in the credit in the end of video. Miao Jiang also has a cover of this song uploaded in Bilibili, their voices are totally different.

[@randymarsh7085]

@@too881_ 那估计是我记错了

[@TheNameless-]

Genshin Community is completly insane, it´s so underrated.

[@myon8533]

Great reaction and analysis. Kinda nice to see a non-genshin player giving us his thoughts about this masterpiece without any context but it's really fun to watch. All I can say is this song/mv is about a group of ppl and a certain ingame event and not about us - the players.

[@TheRoschi]

I'm glad you liked my analysis, thanks for watching! :)

[@So_Viet8032]

There is also a few fan made videos i want to recommend - "Sand Dust" and "Flickering dust" by miota and "A step into the martial world" by hamelin. They are like music videos too, but i don't remember if all of them (or any of them) had a song.

[@TheRoschi]

I'm a fan of the fan stuff. Thank you for the recommendations. 😁

[@16Sarunn16]

@@TheRoschi I want to also reccomend a few videos from 喵太Miota, specially "Journey with you across the mortal world", "Raise you up" and "Kazuha & Raiden Shogun"

[@WhiteKoneko]

Dies irae = Day of wrath Dies illa = That day/Doom impending Solvet sæclum in favilla = Will dissolve the world in ashes Hope that helps.

[@TheRoschi]

It does! Thank you so much. :)

[@WhiteKoneko]

@@TheRoschi Your welcome.

[@dazzle3b73]

This is quite unexpected but amazing!! I knew you were going to check the song out, I wasn't sure if it was going to be a video so I'm happy it did end up as one! Not many people know about this song unless they've stumbled into it in the Genshin anniversary stream, so seeing a non-Genshin Impact player analysing it fills me with joy! Not gonna lie, I was barely getting into this fandom when I heard this song, my jaw dropped, at everything. The animation, the song, the vocals, the hidden easter eggs in each lyric ugh beautiful. 5:58 We're learning meanings too? This is great. I don't know Latin either, but the translations you got definitely fit the context of this song. 9:01 That's a really interesting butterfly analogy 9:58 It's crazy how on point you're getting the references :0 10:55 sir, i like your humour 22:35 That's Genshin Impact for you :) That last chorus lives rent free in my head, it's SO well put together! Not to mention the singer's delivery on each part is incredible. ~Take the throne back from _FIRMAMENT_ hehe~ Thank you for the reaction! As for other suggestions, I think it's safe to say that the character demos and version trailers are the next step. Though, since you've really enjoyed the Latin part of this song, I think taking a look at *"Rhapsodia Roscida / Polumnia Omnia (Scaramouche Boss Theme) - Genshin Impact 3.2 OST"* next will truly start to show you the beauty of the OSTs in this game. It also has a story to uncover behind the lyrics :D

[@TheRoschi]

Honestly I'm moved by this comment. Thank you for watching the video in its entirety and having so much to say. I was proud of this when I made it but I also felt like it'd be a little too niche as well. I mostly feared that I'd set myself up for failure too by angering those within the community for not knowing enough of the game and the lore itself. So once again thank you for understanding how I was approaching this, your thoughts of the original post and my reaction to it, the feedback of parts you enjoyed or thought were interesting, and of course recommendations, which I'll make a point to get more into someday as I dive deeper into this rabbit hole. You made my day. ☺

[@xtremdragon]

I dont get it, how is this guy so on point with out context?....thats genius level.

[@TheRoschi]

You flatter me haha

[@DR_REDACTED]

That tall woman with long blond hear is La Signora. Real name Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter Her backstory is heart breaking😢 Before becoming La Signora, she was Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, a young woman from Mondstadt (The starting area of the game.) Around 500 years ago she fell in love with a knight. After some time she left to study. While she was studying in the Sumeru Akademiya Rostam (the knight) died in a war agains monsters. As Rosalyne comes home to Mondstadt, she finds out about the fate of Rostam, leading to her insanity. After mourning, she decided to use “her life’s flame” to cleanse “the world’s crookedness,” becoming the Crimson Witch of Flame. She let liquid fire consume her, abandoning her mortal body. She only ever used her liquid fire to burn monsters and demons, but it gave her infamy amongst people and they started to fear her as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Before she was fully devoured by her own flames, Pierro (Leader of the Fatui) found her and decided to make her an ally. She was given a Cryo Delusion to suppress her flames and became known as La Signora, the Eighth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers. And now she is dead. killed by 12:07 (her) The Raiden Shogun Ei (God of Thunder and eternity) ------------------------------------------------ Cryo Delusion is a artificial, man-made Visions. And Visions are crystals granted by the gods. With them people can control elemental powers. The Fatui are agents of The Tsaritsa. Leader and a god of one of the countrys in game. The Eleven Fatui Harbingers are the executive heads of the Fatui and the Tsaritsa's lieutenants who have been given absolute authority you see all of them in this video some better than others. They are the assumed bad guys (some of them truly are pure evil) but other im not so sure. They are plotting to overthrow the Gods.

[@TheRoschi]

Thank you for the lore drop, that's really cool! Sad. But cool. :)

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

"I lost a guy who fucked me, now I'm gonna ruin everyone's lives" - that's her "sad" backstory. There's nothing interesting to her at all, compared to all the other harbingers.

[@TheRoschi]

@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp Well, that's your opinion. Please be respectful of others.

[@DR_REDACTED]

​​@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp Also nowhere does it say it wasen't a long relationship. You wouldn't be sad if you'r significant other died?

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

@@DR_REDACTED all that matters is that her little heteronormative story is lame, that is all. Literally the most boring harbinger

[@SmallOneEyedKing]

Yeah you should look at the Harbingers themselves to understand the video more,

[@TheRoschi]

For sure, in due time. :)

[@jtjustintang2228]

Man, please react to this song again after you have finished the Inazuma Archon Quest, it would be so interesting to see the difference before and after learning the stories. (-w-)b

[@TheRoschi]

I definitely wouldn't mind making a 'revisit' series of sorts once I discover more. That'd be fun. :)

[@Undertaker-kj4fe]

Great analysis, subscribed for more genshin stuff 😊 also would be great to see you react to Scaramouche boss theme its have latin in lyrics too, which I really like. Or even Signora boss theme (since you liked this video which refers to her story)

[@blaze_burn]

I love your reactions and I’m looking forward to see more ❤

[@TheRoschi]

Thank you so much! That means a lot.

[@fionadeonmeister1396]

Loving great reaction...This fan made Video for Genshin Anniversary.....The video holds a oot of meaning towards the fan base and understand the meaning each scene represent. Fatui are evio Organization that has capabilities to challenge the Gods in Genshin world however Fatui Organization is base of Theatre theme in Italythat play roles that for tye gamers and fan base to figure the mysteries asstory unfold...❤❤❤if ever got chace to play it you can return to this video understand the context....Keep up the great video

[@JohnCivor]

7:05 yeah the latin message at beginning is referring to one of plotline in the game.. it is story related so yeah.. its a actually a big spoiler so im not gonna tell you what it is. But if you react to "Winter night Lazzo" in the future then you can understand whats the latin message mean.

[@TheRoschi]

OOOHH ok. I've been seeing 'Winter night Lazzo' being thrown around so I'll definitely be checking that out at some point. Thanks!

[@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp]

I hope you react to demos and version trailers someday

[@TheRoschi]

Perhaps ;)

[@anaplaysstuff]

"Better to reign in Hell than to serve in heaven" is actually quoting Satan from Paradise Lost, lol. Which is fitting since Genshin itself pulls from so much mythology and literature. I assume by the point you're at in the game you realize now that yeah, the Fatui really do seem to be about how the ends justify the means....we just...don't actually know what their true end goal is. Anyway, I am surprised I didn't look at this video before! Good job. :) Lastly: I'd say "firmament' is a great keyword for certain lore in the game. For the record.

[@So_Viet8032]

Will you react to story teasers and stuff like this?

[@TheRoschi]

I have a few things planned. :D

[@vkau983]

Genshin community has 2 sides. One is degeneracy. The other, is pure talent and love for Genshin.