Genshin Impact - Lumine vs Aether Reunion Comparison

Genshin Impact (PC / PS4 Pro) Lumine vs Aether Reunion Comparison English DUB Abyss Herald Update Chapter 4
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[@Exceed_HS]

Mihoyo: Ok Zach, we need you again Zach Aguilar (Aether’s VA): Ok, what grunting do I have to do this time? Mihoyo: No, you get to actually talk now Zach: *LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOOO*

[@redxd7108]

Now He's ultra sus

[@harshilkalita1649]

But only the people who chose lumine, which many chose Aether. Would not hear Aethers VA

[@officerscar]

@@harshilkalita1649 honestly I feel like a lot of people chose Lumine, most of the Genshin KZbinrs I've seen have her

[@arcanesidus_]

@@harshilkalita1649 I chose Lumine because I am a girl in real life but then when I realized that Lumine is actually supposed to be the evil twin and Aether is supposed to be the protag, I did a new acc and chose Aether

[@bruuuhh0]

@@arcanesidus_ i wanna do it too with the same reason but im already at AR 55 😭😭✋

[@lukx5918]

It’s the first time I’ve heard Aether talk so much 👁👄👁

[@ionoo_o]

But what abt the start of the game? he straight up tells a whole story :]

[@RandomPerson-cm2wg]

@@ionoo_o Nah, he talks more during this part.

[@nishatfatima2888]

lol me too

[@NovaGalaxia02]

i mean, if u play as aether u will have his voice lines,,,

[@totallyoriginalname5653]

I think its the first time for all of us

[@noahbaker2316]

Lumine sound's betrayed and heart broken but still wants revenge. Aether sounds also betrayed and heart broken but also hopeless. He sounds tired but still wants justice. They are both doing the same role depending on what you pick.

[@shogun5589]

What a quest

[@noahbaker2316]

@@shogun5589 yeah I loved it. And the best part is next time we get an archon quest it will be in inazuma so inazuma is coming really soon.

[@shogun5589]

@@noahbaker2316 yeee def looking forward to it especially my favorite waifu bedoiu can finally get some shine

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

Aether don't fit leader Abyss Order because he's feels innocent and not deserve that title

[@MiguelHernandez-mb1eu]

@@arocomisgamusclademork1603 To me he does fit the villain role

[@alasceusaxarius4062]

Lumine VA becoming too good at being a villain lmao...

[@redxd7108]

If you saw the among us stream you know why😂😂

[@InactiveTwig]

@@redxd7108 s w e e t s i s t e r l u m i n e

[@ayemjake]

@@redxd7108 After watching Albedo's VA play among us with them... I'm more convinced that he's much much more suited to be a villain 😂😂

[@redxd7108]

@@ayemjake Then He sounds sad cause He's always sus😂😂

[@jksupergamer]

But aether’s voice acting has not been in vain

[@greenymanan]

1:00 Aether : sounds sad Lumine : Sounds like she is about to crush dain with her teeth

[@bananaboi4108]

Well lumine is evil in canon 😂

[@mndust4262]

@@bananaboi4108 Lumine isn’t the canon evil twin 🤦‍♀️ miHoyo uses Lumine as the evil twin to avoid confusion for Genshin Trailers of which traveler to use as the protag. (In other words, I’m sick of people disrespecting Lumine by calling her the cAnON eViL tWIn)

[@frikizoneplus1239]

@@mndust4262 She is the canon evil twin XD

[@bukopa1iiii]

she ain’t the canon one, it depends on which twin you choose

[@bananaboi4108]

@@bukopa1iiii hmm what I kinda confess on what your comment saying rn

[@MasNas624]

Dain just leaves us there. He ditched us, he's gone.

[@redxd7108]

I have the fear of him being brainwashed by the abyss

[@ActiveTerrorism]

@@redxd7108 i have a theory (not brainwashed tho) Spoilers if someone hadn't done the quest already We didn't destroy the defiled statue so maybe dainsleif will get overwhelmed by monsters on the other side of the portal and eventually loses the evil eye we got from the first field tiller And they eventually uses the eye to make a mechanised osial lord of the vortex as they said which make me think we gonna have a round 2 with osial

[@redxd7108]

@@ActiveTerrorism You mean an actual fight with Osial cause I'm not gonna Call that excuse of a final battle as an actual fight

[@InanisNihil]

@@ActiveTerrorism also spoilers butt inthe form of speculation for what happened in the story quest.. another option thats also plausible.. dains is with the abyss and lumine and the herald and we just got played.. dains used us to find the EYE.. and just gave the abyss the eye when he went thru that portal.... note how dains went out of his way to makes sure we dont tell the church about it.. nor the stature.. cause the church would 100% have showed up to this ruin also dains went out of his way to avoid JEAN.. he gave a what i think is just an excuse.. also dains 100% avoided andruis.. andrius i suspect 100% would call dains out.. dains sure is doing a lot of ducking and dodging to avoid his "ENEMIES" and went out of his way to make sure we SHOW UP ALONE... no jean.. no church.. no knights.. NO ONE... so dains pretends to be an ally then has us basically uncover stuff about the eye.... dains avoids jean.. the church.. and andruis.. and has us gather the info HE WANTS... then we lead him straight to the eye... now we are in the ruin ALONE.. the heral loses. .. "tries to escape" dains "stops him" lumine shows up.. then both lumine and dain play the "we're enemies card" to further make it look like they arent allies... lumine and the herald leave without the eye they were NEEDING.. except DAINS rushed thru the protal FASTER THEN YOU.. so now it makes is seem like dains is chasing the abysss.. when in fact he just gave them the EYE... and next time if we see him.. he's probably gonna give us another bs story of how he got overwhelmed and they took the eye from him.. one thing both lumine and dains have in common.. both hate and dislike the gods... this was a SET UP. . to get the eye while not blowing dains cover and to allow ur sister to try her hand at convincing u to join as well as see how far u progress with the truth of the world... if i remember from that trailer of all 7 regions.. dain was the narrator and spoke of a power from beyond that will help them win.. that power i suspect is ur sister... and dains also talks about ur journey and learning the truth of the world. . ur being PREPARED... dains mentions IF U WANT SAVE "HER" YOU"LL HAVE TO BEAT HIM... thats a red flag to me... dains is 100% with lumine in my opinion... we are being PLAYED also PREPED by dains and lumine for the end of the journey... both constantly talk about the journey and how ur not ready and etc...

[@ActiveTerrorism]

@@redxd7108 indeed i also wouldnt call the first battle an actual battle since it was just against some stupid fatui

[@redxd7108]

Zach is such a good boy He can't sound evil even if He want🤩

[@kairi4640]

Yeah. It made me want to protect him more. I'm so glad I chose Lumine.

[@officerscar]

He has that protagonist voice

[@pooperdooper5538]

@@officerscar lol true

[@olofnilsson7814]

I don't think he's technically evil but yeah

[@ColeMeCrazy]

Zach can't sound evil. Ango Natsume: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@burstlight4559]

For me, both VA did an amazing job in this part, but still I'm kind of disappointed that our MC the one that we play (Lumine/Aether) weren't able to talk like in the previous cutscenes, when we were choosing our dialogues options. I think that is what is missing for making this cutscene perfect, but still it is pretty good.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

I could say less experience game dialogue Compare to Bioware RPG.

[@xeacarons]

Yeh this ruins the immersion for me. Paimon's need to shut up

[@gtoyadhatagyab8013]

It's interesting because both delivered different feels to me. Lumine sounds like she became bitter and cynical, most especially towards Dainsleif, it really sounds as if like she's been doing this for years. She sounds as if like the experiences doesn't worn her out, rather, it makes her determination even stronger. Aether, however, is softer. Sounds like he was worn out and sad for the situation he's in. He sounds like he felt betrayed and still sad about it.

[@fatecharmer1580]

Both Sarah and Zach delivered these lines beautifully... but are we just gonna ignore the "Find a new home" line?? Like??? C'mon, I can't be the only one hung up on that right?

[@SpecialSupportSection]

Wasn't that already known, given the fact that they've been jumping from world to world for who knows how long now until they (at least your Traveler) got stranded in Teyvat.

[@fatecharmer1580]

@@SpecialSupportSection Not necessarily. While yes, it's easy to make that jump, it could also have been they were just genuinely curious about the world. The fact that it was confirmed they were looking for a new home opens a great many doors to formulating more accurate theories. Without that confirmation, we the players couldn't have been absolutely sure why they were making this long journey. We just jumped to own assumptions. My big yell about it is because that line could be the connection to Honkai, which has been a theory that's been bumbling through the genshin community for a while now.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

@@fatecharmer1580 But we never saw Cybergenic looks like since Paimon said describe

[@fatecharmer1580]

@@arocomisgamusclademork1603 True enough, still a possibility that I wouldn't knock right away with just that.

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

@@fatecharmer1580 like Honkai Impact 3rd?

[@lochnessrose]

both performances as the evil twin were incredible!! props to Zach and Sarah they made very good evil twins

[@mikeboehme2754]

Lumine sounds evil, Aether sounds like the Anti Hero

[@noahbaker2316]

Lumine sound's betrayed and heart broken but still wants revenge. Aether sounds also betrayed and heart broken but also hopeless. He sounds tired but still wants justice. They are both doing the same role depending on what you pick.

[@AryNaik]

Yeah because Lumine is meant to the the villain for the canon story

[@whatTFisThis]

Yea Lumine sounds angry while Aether sounds sad

[@TenorLL]

And both sounds like a monster

[@CJPuncake]

@@AryNaik actually it doesn’t matter who u pick since the story is the same for both characters

[@mae-qf1ou]

ITS PROBABLY BECAUSE I PICKED LUMINE BUT I WAS WATCHING HER AND WHEN AETHER SAID GOODBYE MAN I TEARED UP

[@beechan2958]

When Lumine had her sad face and I read "let's just go home Aether" I teared up a bit, not gonna lie lol.

[@officerscar]

I straight up cried, it hit harder because I'm close with my older brother and him leaving like that is one of my biggest fears 😭

[@haxjason2903]

definitely sad

[@sock7342]

BRO SAME 😟

[@amberxv4777]

Nah, it's because he sounded too sad delivering that line

[@tyriquecoleman3794]

Lumine's easier to see as "villainous" here definitely, but I don't think I mind Aether in the antagonist role either. Lumine seems more determined in her role and Aether seems more...anguished about what he knows. It's just a difference in emphasis, really, since neither of them seem like they're enjoying what they're doing. Lumine seems show more resolve for whatever it is they want to do after being wronged while Aether seems torn up about whatever happened and feels this is the only way to make things right. One more time for redundancy's sake: Aether: More anguish, less outward resolve Lumine: More resolve, less outward anguish

[@Michylawhty]

Agreed, I think the fact that Aether sounds more anguished, while Lumine sounds more cold and bent on revenge, really adds to their characters, and not simply paints them as male/female versions of each other. Both anguish and revenge makes a lot of sense given what they seem to have been through, so it works both ways

[@Rothee11]

I think it's cuz lumine is the real villian in the cannon lore, she just suits it better

[@extracheese1450]

Its all the voice actors...

[@emilymenjivar6138]

This 👌🏻

[@knucklejoe26]

@@Rothee11 Nah she aint. They both canon

[@arisa-exe]

Aether's like "I want to go home too but I have to do this. You'll understand eventually" but Lumine's like "F everything. I don't care anymore"

[@lunacy5772]

I dunno who to side lmao they both have their own interpretation lmao

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 HEH HEH HEH So funny!

[@mazmuz987]

This is why I pick Aether as MC

[@Lushy2904]

I like how the VA’s did in this scene Aether sounds melancholic and heartbroken to see that his sister is with his enemy Lumine sounds determined and vengeful to fight Dainsleif They both did really good. IMO, The one that makes the most sense to me is Lumine being the ‘villain’ since Aether is portrayed as the main protagonist in teasers and trailers. And like I said before, Lumine sounds more vengeful and angry than Aether.

[@Syiepherze]

Lupine 🐺

[@lemon4250]

@@Syiepherze lupical!

[@boonyangi]

i had noticed this too. i think it's also interesting how they sound different despite doing the same role. maybe the devs and the voice acting director meant to do this too to show the differences in their personality. it's very interesting to notice because it still makes them look like they're their very own person except of being just the opposite genders doing the same role lol

[@ani_verse_edits]

"The true nature of this world" 😭Ahhh can't wait

[@PhynixAbyss]

It will be chaotic omfg, im scared and also cant wait for it

[@ani_verse_edits]

@@PhynixAbyss its more like the true nature of the Gods. Khaenriah and it 500 years mystery. It's gonna be hell of a story 🔥

[@oscarfunez3806]

@@ani_verse_edits Khaenriah was a powerful nation that rivaled the strength of that of gods. When they continued this path in advancing technology and power. It seems the unknown god destroyed them all and turned them all into monsters. Dain is not a friend. We clearly got played. HE has the core. We are being prepared for an all out war between mankind with the God's and archons possibly or two worlds will go to full on war. Lumine said she had already traveled this world already. As I stated before in another comment before 1.3. The archons didn't get involved. Paimon is much more speculated to be a powerful god herself because she knows about it but pretends to be stupid. So many questions. This is getting good lol

[@ani_verse_edits]

@@oscarfunez3806 Your theory looks promising..Lumine must have traveled around this world while Aether was in comatose state for all those years. She witnessed what "this world" is like and decided to side with the Abyss Order. But why call her "Princess". And Paimon I hope we get a backstory of her as well

[@sivvinod3187]

@@ani_verse_edits 500 years is the time it'll take before the story update gets released.

[@jess4you13]

No regrets picking Aether. Lumine's role as the antagonist is so good and Aether's facial expressions were so on point when he tried to reach out for her when she went into the portal. The right balance of confusion and denial.

[@samhead7062]

me too. I first picked him because i preferred his outfit and long braided hair, but I also just love how when you pick him Lumine gets to be this amazing antagonist.

[@whwjsjhsj]

Same, she's perfect as an antagonist, she look like the real villain, if you choose lumine as traveler she always look at ppl and wary from them, while aether always more expressive, look at his surroundings, + their skill, lumine is more into attack while aether is more into defense, if she really become a villain in the end i think her attack skill would be suits her, and aether as a traveler having defense skill to protect people that he met in his journey, what if dain is a good dude, aether trust him more than lumine, in the end they fight, it's just a misunderstanding, the god from the prolog actually manipulated her memory making her thinking abyss need her help and justice, but actually abyss being controlled by this god, that's why dain fight them, before, he tried to protect but failed, omg what am i thinking

[@ziephel-6780]

@@whwjsjhsj I also have this theory that the unknown god/Celestia are controlling the Abyss, without Lumine's awareness of it

[@hollow1462]

0:19 Everyone in here is talking about the emotions of the characters, but I'm in here looking at how smooth Dain was with those flips.

[@ilikepointlessinternetargument]

Honestly tho it’s so mesmerizing

[@SilverWingP]

Jesus, people can’t enjoy these cutscenes and say that Aether sounds/looks cool as a antagonist without having to constantly hear “Well too bad because Aether is the canon mc and Lumine isn’t.” What difference does it make? Like bruh just let us enjoy the game.

[@ilikepointlessinternetargument]

*Personally* I’m on team aether but man do I hate those people. They give us aether lovers a bad look

[@rumefreya]

it's probably because of the trailer and manga? because i initially chose lumine in genshin since im a girl, but then i read genshin manga and watched a lot of genshin trailers and thought that aether is the real MC, so i made another account and chose aether to relate more with the promotion content

[@xeacarons]

Both of them are canon actually lol but dw after 2.2 their would be a balance between thier promotional screen time.

[@Bugermanchi]

I don’t think there is a canon me . It’s for people perspective for them to decide who it is

[@aryosatya4528]

that argument ia really dumb honestly. otherwise mihoyo wouldn't make us to choose between 2 chara at the start.

[@micanikko]

Okay so Prince Aether: Pained, saddened. Princess Lumine: Cold, stoned hard.

[@DistractedFace]

Stoned?

[@micanikko]

@@DistractedFace It was a 3am message. Probs not gonna change it anymore lmao.

[@ayemjake]

Woo! props to Zach for delivering such powerful melancholic lines.

[@yuranft9740]

I’m not regretting i picked Lumine. Lumine sounds evil here and its almost like she was like that mych before the beginning. Aether didn’t sound evil and made me think he had he’s own reason for his action. Kinda more tragic and i liked that

[@SilverWingP]

Same

[@Qwerty-ns9yk]

trying to cope with wrong choice arent we

[@SilverWingP]

@@Qwerty-ns9yk ???

[@yuranft9740]

@@Qwerty-ns9yk Are you..? I mean you’re alone on this one pal

[@Rosesian]

I see people regret choosing Lumine but I don’t. She certainly has won my heart. When she made her sad face, my heart instantly broke. I still love both Lumine and Aether, but I would agree with you on Aether sounding tragic. I almost felt sympathy for him.

[@amberxv4777]

I love them both honestly. Both looks amazing and other worldly and seeing them side to side speaking also sounds so good. Their VA are legendary

[@MarkLawrenceCDuya]

0:28 they have different swords OoO

[@HondEpic]

Nice catch xD

[@yashsrivastava4135]

Yes they have as aether symbolize sun and lumine moon

[@genmac2843]

Always has been.. lol

[@c0ckNBallz]

They had them in opening cutscene

[@shawiez2981]

Why am I hearing aether as a caring overprotective brother?

[@takasakisaito2797]

well,he's the canon MC,he can't sound like a villain even if he want to 😂

[@yukichan6736]

@@takasakisaito2797 seriously....

[@Ivy-jq6di]

@@takasakisaito2797 Abyss twin probably isn't even "evil"

[@Ivy-jq6di]

@@takasakisaito2797 Also, if you hear the CN dub, Aether sounds a lot more cold and resigned so it depends on what language you hear

[@takasakisaito2797]

@@Ivy-jq6di hmm,yeah,i'm sure the abyss twin have a reason yup,but i don't understand CN so...yeah,sorry 😅

[@finns935]

Note, at 0:23 if you play as Lumine, after Aether attack and push Dain away, Lumine look at Dain before look back at the enemy

[@PineApple508]

people keep comparing lumine and aether when they literally have the same storyline make it make sense lmao

[@1inuyashasgirl]

In my opinion, when you look at them as antagonists, Lumine's more cold and revengeful while Aether's more anguished and worn out. But when you look at them as the protagonists, Aether looks confused and distressed while Lumine looks stunned and grief-stricken.

[@ultimateitachi7031]

Aether look better as the villain because he look like he hide a secret and can't say it and he must to do it while he's also a little sad while talking to his sister while Lumine just look like she joined the dark side and don't care about her Brother and everything

[@Xx_8s595a_xX]

agree

[@redxd7108]

Aether best Boy😭

[@Qwertzuioyxcv]

Agreed😀

[@marloga2229]

Agree

[@minxxd]

Yea she really does look evil

[@emilymenjivar6138]

I just like that both twins are different. I don’t like when in media people think twins are mirrors of the same person. They’re not. I love that both siblings have different flavors in their delivery and either one we pick is beautifully crafted. I love this game.

[@idontknowanymore7157]

I can hear the anger and the thirst for revenge in lumine's voice while Aether just sounds....sad and hopeless but is still holding on

[@ThatoneFelicia]

Best way to put it

[@tylangs7610]

Aether sounds almost sad, while Lumine sounds kinda demanding and forceful. Aethers's voice shakes a bit especially at the being as if he is honestly surprised we are teaming with Dainsleif, but Lumine sounds almost angry when she says "He is my enemy". Really do like the subtle differences, but probably no greater meaning to it. Also what kind of power does the sibling have, when they attacked Dainsleif a kind of black hole appeared.

[@fa14bi-78]

It's a white glow. After the fight with childe you "()" Said that you are recollecting your power with the Statues, and since white glow was in the start cut scene, it can only mean all colours combined. The sibling has finished to restore her power with all 7 elements.

[@tylangs7610]

@@fa14bi-78 The white glow is definitely the same as the one from the intro scene but I don't think it's the power from the seven, since the sibling hates the gods they probably wouldn't use power given to them by the Archons. However what I was talking about was that black energy that appeared right at 0:20, doesn't look like any normal elemental power and kinda reminds me of Dainsleif's ability. Maybe it's an abyss related power.

[@cheesecake1232]

Aether voice is so calm Lumine sounds cool but Aethers facial expression is so serious while Lumine has softness in it.

[@leelee0505]

3:16 i still cant get over this scene, both twins look so confused, it breaks my heart 🥺😭

[@sayapmerah210]

Tbh for me, aether is cared about his sister but he seems more sad with his situation and really worn out with anger. While lumine seems more like, some girl that look like angry because she's holdinh her tear, and ppl see it as stoic, but she's actually not, also she looks really cared about her brother and want him to not get in her way because she's afraid to him to get hurt. (but also she want him to.know.the truth.? Im confused). Well, both of them did pretty good job and both of it really touching imo.

[@bbastien1994]

The gold swords are different 🧐

[@mr-nasir8983]

yes that true..☝🏻 is that meaning some thing🤔

[@minxxd]

Yes Aether is star and Lumine is moon

[@takasakisaito2797]

Mihoyo is always pays attention to details like that

[@genmac2843]

Always has been.. lol

[@cahhenn6821]

If im not mistaken, It's actually the sword that they used to fight the intro enemy. So.. Perhaps the traveller had lost his/her after the battle

[@buianhnam]

I'm still bothered that they just left the defiled statue there.

[@Zwei22]

Both Lukine and Aethers evil blades actually look different. What in the world. Also I love the difference between the twins in dialogue tone. Lumine is more vengeance towards an unjust fate. Aether is more depressed sadness of "I need to do this for our sakes." Kind of like an older brother making a hard choice for what he believes is good.

[@aiskurimusoda9754]

This quest makes me think about the possibility of looped universe, in the end of journey later, we became the one who joined the abyss... Thus back to the past and fight the other half of the twins... Thus creating these 2 alternate scene with either lumine or aether, cz they looping each other, possibly because in the end they failed to safe the other half Just a theory tho..

[@shogun5589]

Broooo this cutscene was amazing this is what i wanted form gesnhin clean ass combat scenes only if either could talk stop holding him back mihoyo

[@themarc7108]

...Damn, would probably play the MC a lot more if his combos were as cool/fast, or at least nearly, too bad he feel so slow :/ Maybe one day we'll see an upgrade, I don't know, would be very cool (knowing it's a gacha game, if it ever was, it would probably something you have to summon with a lot of luck, like characters)

[@shogun5589]

@@themarc7108 lmao yepppp typical shit man

[@themarc7108]

@@shogun5589 ...But if it really looked nearly as cool as that, I SWEAR ON PAIMON'S NAME...okay sorry Paimon, I SWEAR ON PAIMON'S HEAD, I WOULD SPEND ALL MY PRIMOGEMS TO GET IT !

[@shogun5589]

@@themarc7108 Yee I don't understand why they put nothing into the mc he's so boring all the way down to his outfit the color of his outfit his abilities and animations wasted opportunity imo

[@themarc7108]

@@shogun5589 for this one, it's more a matter of taste to be honest, personally I kinda like their design, but it isn't as well done as many other characters, yeah. Sad, because some look really good, especially the recent ones...guess we will have to wait for a costume update...

[@Syiepherze]

As a guy I picked Lumine because I've mainly been playing as male characters in RPGs, so a female option felt like a nice change of pace (I also just like her design more than Aether's tbh). I soon found out that Mihoyo was promoting Aether as the "canon" protagonist, with Lumine as the canon villain. Obviously they would have to choose one of the two to stick with for promotional media, but I couldn't help but feel a bit of regret for choosing Lumine. Seeing this just made me remember that it doesn't really matter who you picked, you play as the "Traveler" anyway. So stop arguing over who is more canon, people!

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

So does mean no originally timeline what we choose gender Character?

[@rarabebe3123]

Literally all arguments mean nothing cause Mhy already confirmed that both are canon , but internet is full idiots as them so it’s not surprising

[@sandythamtono2081]

Lumine really is more suited as the villain role. Aether just look too nice..

[@renn223]

After all choosing aether as MC are the Canon story

[@bunwuggy742]

Aether s colors are also more welcoming and warm, not only is lumine s va bomb at her role, but her character fits too

[@MiguelHernandez-mb1eu]

To me they both fit the villain role

[@ayumiis]

in the japanese version he seems more to have more anger in him than lumine though

[@sandythamtono2081]

The facial expression says it all..

[@damomguy2801]

Am I the only one who feel bad for dain, homeboy becomes immortal and then got blamed for something he himself probably didn't want💀 Edit: and I think it's not a good idea to enter that portal dain

[@variezay8375]

He's mind go blank 😓😓

[@dienstaghd5815]

Aether sounds like he's really really sad S w e e t s i s t e r l u m i n e

[@suhrealist]

i really loved actually seeing aether as the "evil twin" here!! he sounds so much sadder and more tired, really shows us how much time he's spent traveling and uncovering the truth.

[@davide939]

Love how lumine's side is just her doing smooth hits on the herald while on aether's side He is basically using force to try and beat the herald

[@rongrong4171]

Player : "we need more story line asap " Mihoyo : "go back and serve more the people of tayvat"

[@leontran1852]

I still cant get over that fact that Dainsleif was Naruto ran through the portal

[@LoksTheGamer]

Lumine's VA sounds like a good generic villain, but you also gotta give props to Aether's VA as well. I think I like Aether being the villain rather the protagonist because he has his own character and well he freaking speaks. The Traveller is also cool but I don't agree with some of the dialogue choices in this scene for Aether. Edit: I should probably come back to this game because the story is really good. The Windblume Festival just burnt me out from grinding quests and playing the games.

[@rarabebe3123]

To be honest , Lumine sounds bad as villain . Cold , angry and so negative towards her the most dearest person ever , her brother and this scene just showed her as typical “evil”villain who wants destroy everything. Cliche ,.Abyss aether on other point sounded more human and more broken, angered, sad with all of this and he finally saw his sister and he knows what will happen in future which makes his villain story much more emphasising.

[@mcg_payudi]

It remind me with Alexious and Kassandra in Assasin Creed Oddysey

[@chazfromouterspace]

Lumine sounds so sure and full of resolve, unwavering determination aether sounds almost defeated when he speaks, like he's hurting but has to do this. Good job to both the VA's really embodying the characters

[@madeIeine]

To be honest, I like Aether being a villain since I'm sucker with Big Brother tropes who went rogue or does everything to protect his family or siblings well maybe Zach also voiced Young Nier who has a little sister and does everything for her in order to save her (this ain't a spoiler since this is the synopsis of Replicant), but too bad, I chose Aether as my main from the beginning lol. 😂

[@skibidibiden69]

I'm glad I chose Lumine honestly. Lumine does sound cool as a villain but she talks like she doesn't even care we're there, while Aether seems like he must to do this even though he doesn't want to. And I mean, we're supposed to empathize with our sibling, so I prefer abyss Aether for that.

[@squidgurl8316]

‘We have always had enough time.’ WHY AM I CRYING 😭

[@justsomedeadguy439]

0:25 biggest difference between the two cutscenes

[@candycanex6225]

I don't regret picking Lumine. Sure Lumine sounds evil as the antagonist while Aether sounds like his tired but, if you look at the character you chose you'll see the difference. Aether was a good protagonist, but he looks slightly worn out, he is not determined to find his sister while Lumine, looks determined and will keep fighting to find her brother and save him instead. What makes this more tragic is that if you pick Aether and gone up to this scene, you'll feel that they are both tired of themselves, like there was no point on trying to find his sister, it feels like he already given up find his sister since the beginning but, when you choose Lumine, it makes it more tragic, Lumine being determined to save her brother while Aether, being the "Antagonist" here, feels like he wants to go back home with his sister but can't cause of some unfinished job, like he is being forced. The plot is more good for me picking Lumine.

[@MrSwallows]

I'm glad I picked Lumine. Aether sounds like a cool anti-hero who is desperate for justice.

[@kevinkaslana9060]

I - I just can't right now. Seeing Aether's reaction when Lumine just ditched him... I literally _feel_ my heart breaking in two. It's been nearly a year since I experienced this for myself, but it still sets me in so much tears. I want to give my boy a big hug, a pat on the back, *something* to cheer him up. He didn't have to go through so much pain - _I_ didn't have to go through that much pain. Why must you do this to me, Meloo?

[@MsDark93]

Lumine sounds more... resolute. Like she's actually angry and has a goal she's working towards, while Aether is just... hopeless? Uncertain?

[@quantumdelta123]

Lumine is the better villain here. She sounds so cold, distant and resolute yet warm and reassuring when talking to her brother. Aether makes a better MC in expressing pain. I'm saying this as someone who picked Lumine MC cos waifu but Lumine as abyss twin is the canon since Mihoyo likes to portray her as such in their trailers.

[@PhynixAbyss]

I agree

[@takasakisaito2797]

their expression too Aether is full of determination but Lumine's expression is cold as ice

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

@@takasakisaito2797 Lumine is like Tsaritsa?

[@arocomisgamusclademork1603]

I not sure which one is most voted Gender Impact sibling became leader Abyss Order

[@rarabebe3123]

I kinda think that Abyss Lumine sounds like a bitch seriously, the best villain is the one who you can empathise for and that is Aether. Aether sounds sad, angry knowing the whole tragedy and still not being able to reunite with his sister and such tropes make better villains, while Lumine sounds like an evil bitch who wants to destroy this world and giving a cold shoulder to her brother , like literally “cliche evil villain in children’s stories” Tragic villain >>> evil villain

[@mashpo8093]

Lumine sounds like a true villain while aether sounds like someone who’s desperate and became a bad guy

[@DJ_Shanen]

Evil Aether and Evil Lumine: We have all the time My ipad stockage: no no i don't think no

[@MakeSomeNoiseForNoisyBoy]

The evil one still has the golden sword while the chosen MC lost his/her golden sword

[@lemon4250]

The way dainsleif said their names are different. I love hearing the VA's own interpretation of how to say the lines.

[@niathebrave7729]

0:27 the sword are different🧐

[@endersix]

Its the same as the beginning trailer fighting with uknown god

[@niathebrave7729]

@@endersix oh duh, I totally forgotten about that

[@user-mv4nj8en2b]

Lumine againts her own herald omg 👁👄👁

[@melodioussakura]

I've never realized how emotional I got when I watched this scene

[@hardikgupta8623]

Aether's walk back into the portal seemed........ more like a villain.

[@SyS591]

Our sibling is AR 90 with 6* weapons, and it took them 500 years.

[@-_-_N_-_-]

It's weird, but I felt different kinds of emotions depending on which twin we choose as our main character during this scene, for some reason. When playing as Aether, it gives *An older brother who failed to guide his younger sister into the right path* kind of vibes. Meanwhile, while playing as Lumine it felt like *a conflicted girl that can't choose between following her older brother like she always do, or to defy him.*

[@blep191]

Lumine really sounds like she wants revenge, while Aether sounds like some sort of Anti-Hero It fits their characters, and it's a nice touch Reminds me of the whole "The god took away my sister/brother" line during the prologue

[@ArizenHizumi]

I pick Aether as a character too because i heard that he's the real protagonist in Genshin Impact.

[@FZone96Official]

I love how they speak in sync.

[@nouje]

At 2:50 aether ever so slightly tilts his head to the side whereas lumine doesn’t. It’s not much and the actions themselves aren’t drastically different but it’s the small details that shows that aether is the “softer” one and lumine the “colder” one.

[@Fede-yi1sq]

I LOVE how even as the villain Aether looks kind, while Lumine cold. I'm starting to love the trope of the cold hero and gentle villain, especially when the first one is a girl and second a boy. I'm so happy I chose Lumine over Aether :3

[@chestersantidiaz7450]

Their legendary 6 star swords omg

[@nerablooms923]

the prince/princess was oh my god and da sync u did at the home part was AMAZING

[@genmac2843]

Lumine(villain) has more of a cold, blank stare compare to aether's stare( hopelessness)

[@Genshin_editor22]

I just realized that at 0:23 lumine looks at dain to see if he was okay and then at the person who made him do a flip, while Aether kept looking as if he recognized something (probably the sword)

[@takasakisaito2797]

Aether voice:full of determination Lumine voice:well,real villain voice

[@joshuadavey650]

Aether the true hero

[@AryNaik]

He actually is lol, Aether's meant to be the real hero and Lumine the antagonist

[@InactiveTwig]

@@AryNaik no? He's just the featured twin so fans don't get confused. Nobodys the true hero or villian ;-; it's up to the player

[@AryNaik]

@@InactiveTwig No actually, it's the opposite. Lumine was meant to be the true antagonist before they added her as a playable MC later in the development. The true canon story is where Aether is the protagonist.

[@joshuadavey650]

@@InactiveTwig Even mihoyo the devs show aether as their protagonist. So He is canonically the main character

[@Mmmmmrrrrr103]

@@InactiveTwig see the thing about that is.... you do know that Mihoyo past games protagonist have always been female right? that change for this game. Either they've grown tired of female MCs or something else in total. We'll never know the only thing that we know is that they change their usual course for this game which some may found not fair cause apparently in some people's eyes "Mihoyo is trying to cancel women" and some other people pov it's a good choice and a great change for once in awhile.

[@bunnyxcx377]

Man I picked Aether and I really wanted to see him as the prince in this quest and I must say I’m not disappointed.

[@sadie9205]

Aether is sweet AHH but I’m glad I picked him cause I like lumine as the abyss princess

[@erza3796]

Aw man he was here and then he’s gone again

[@TNTboyz1997]

The synced up dialogue is just perfect ❤

[@nathan8750]

Lumine feels so cold and ruthless, but Aether sounds more like someone whose out of choices

[@karl4893]

Cold and ruthless always be villain what u mean?

[@Shft-T4b]

Everybody saying Lumine kills it as the villain sibling in this scene, but I'm still glad I chose Lumine as the protag just because I love her character design so much and would prefer seeing her in cutscenes over Aether (not that I dislike Aether's design either)

[@MsDj03]

This scene will never fail to fuck me up

[@manomanoo3761]

me with over 42k abyss mages kills: ah, oops...

[@lettuce11]

😂

[@azzryah9903]

*Why aether saying "He is my enemy" sounds like he is laughing during voice actoring Bruh*

[@georgedale4360]

Cause its not trueee lumine is da enemy

[@Blank-np7bm]

Im so glad that i chose aether as the MC lumine’s VA is so good

[@xerotheturtle]

I've seen a lot of "paimon is the villian" kind of comments on different videos, but in re-watching this something occurs to me. Paimon is very similar to the abyss mages, with the floating, the teleporting, and being the only people of that size that aren't children. It's pretty obvious that she's not human, so what if she has some kind of connection in the same way as Dain?

[@theselenafanboy]

thank god I choose aether cause lumine fits the villain role more

[@JohnNotReally]

Kaguya: Hello Paimon from Genshin Impact! Paimon: Hello Kaguya from Love is war! Both: *I M O U T O S A N*

[@adamharith782]

I just realize that.

[@sherilyndivino4843]

3:11 omg what if Lumine and Aether were both thrown into the same world, but on just a different timeline???

[@thanh5703]

Aether's voice was soft, sorrow, disbelief and some how feel like he was trying to hide some kind of pain. Lumie's in another hand has a lot of rage and cold in it. So in conclusion. Dain was Aether's ex-best bro, they fell apart. Or Lumie's ex... he dumped her?

[@childesimp5835]

Aether: leave me alone me angy >:( Lumine: angry grrr anger

[@caramelsoz4272]

Looking at Dainslief's powers, it looks like the "element from beyond" he was talking about in the trailer was akin to Void/Space. In Genshin, it could be named Astro or Cosmo, or maybe even Umbro/Tenebro. Dainslief's splash art also has a blackhole in the background.

[@fierytigergaming8112]

Who's here after seeing the new animated short? Certainly gives a new perspective on things