What The Boar Princess Teaches Us About Eating Our Friends! | Genshin Impact Lore

[@sidlight9936]

no matter how much people hate on this game i haven never seen a more detailed and well thought out story than genshin in any other gacha game.

[@thegrayyernaut]

Yeah the lore is pretty air-tight, well thought out. Previous texts, stories, prophecies, etc. make sense in retrospect upon observing new events and new information. It's the best feeling.

[@ashy969]

​@@thegrayyernautthe coolest feature is the re-editing voice line texts and books and whatnot after a character's story gets deleted or changed in irminsul

[@pontoon2336]

The Tsaritsa as the boar princess, huh now the wanderer's voiceline about her sounds more interesting..."Everyone praises her for her kindness and benevolence, but they forget that love is also a form of sin. What if she's just trying to compensate for something?"

[@HappyGick]

Now I'm pretty convinced that the Tsaritsa is The Boar Princess. She's always been depicted as very benevolent and very kind. She's said to have been a recluse only since the Cataclysm, but before that she was an amazing and sweet god. But I'm still wondering what the story itself is meant to represent or convey.

[@motemo8413]

@@HappyGick yeah i agree. i do wonder who the Fenrir is though, like literally Fenrir or someone representing it? and if Odin really is Hroptatyr instead of Irmin, then Pierro having beef with potentially a singular "sage" might indicate that the "Odin"Tsaritsa and Pierro want Fenrir to devour is Hroptatyr(either or Irmin)

[@motemo8413]

@@nayayam i like that theory

[@1NotKitKat]

Imagine the traveler eating paimon to get a higher power

[@SumiSakurasawa-uv1yt]

I actually think he might feed her to the Tsaritsa after this video...

[@1NotKitKat]

@@SumiSakurasawa-uv1yt in one of their voice lines paimon states that is her worst nightmare being ate by a giant slime xD

[@soujiokita6062]

Lmao..i mean paimon is emergency food

[@melissaludington3125]

i think ashikai made a thoery on this

[@xelloskaczor5051]

I'd start caring about AQ again

[@lanfae9353]

I think the Boar Princess story sounds a lot like the story of the Snow Queen. There were two kids growing up together, the boy gets his heart pierced by a piece of a magical mirror (could easily be replaced by ice) and becomes heartless and cold, and then the snow queen takes him away. His friend from the village goes after him, and she has all kinds of adventures before finally finding him in the snow queen's ice palace, curing him of his affliction, and bringing him home again. So, if the Boar Princess is based on this story (which it seems to be in part), then the notable addition is the two companions who are sacrificed and the lack of a snow queen to take the boy/wolf away in the first place. If the girl is the Tsaritsa, then the reason for the lack of the snow queen is obvious: she's going to become the snow queen. But the two companions...? I'm not sure. In any case, I hope we get some more lore that clarifies this soon!

[@RenaDeles]

I mean the very important detail to add to all the above; the author of that fairy tale is Hans Christian Anderson. To the point that I was actually shocked we talked about him but Snow Queen didn't get name dropped in the video.

[@nullspace9927]

Tsaritsa is the Boar princess. Traveler is the wolf. From Tsaritsa perspective she is saving the world the Traveler is consuming it. Traveler kills the Doctor, the wise fox, and then the Jester, the old Turtle. Signora is the evil mage. She was cursing the Traveler before her end.

[@Whatever01345]

It really makes sense!

[@lnsflare1]

Don't forget that both Andrius and Andersdottir technically work for/with Barbatos despite initially being his enemy.

[@usubenidango]

“Reinforcing his sin to become his friend rather than saving him from it” this line right here really hits… A true friend would try to save you…

[@Dukeofnachos]

Paimon is not beating the emergency food allegations.

[@RukkhaRukkha]

Thank you for pointing out that the Eagle on top of Yggdrasil is Nameless.

[@ShirouE]

lol, I know what you mean.

[@dasytaylor]

if the tsaritsa is the boar princess, perhaps her collecting the gnoses made of the third descender might imply he is the wolf pup in the story (and she'd make a great sacrifice to reconstruct them) and canotila is likening the traveler to someone being capable of devouring the world in the way a descender would.

[@No.Google.I.dont.like.handles]

If the cryo archon is truly going to start Ragnarok with a great winter, I wonder if we're going to also have a Baldur equivalent that will be killed

[@lowkeychains]

If that happens venti might come in hand since he turned monsthsad from a snowy land to the rich soil it is today

[@KaagKagamine5]

Maybe the book isn't an allegory for the traveler and the sibling but it is their favourite book because they see themselves in the princess? And to kind of support this there's the cooking events like the recent one in Liyue and the option to be a cook in Clorinde's D&D play

[@nicolas._.2294]

Oh, makes sense, but the traveler must be dark and messed up to have that book, as his/her favorite👀

[@emery120]

You're telling me that they see themselves throwing their close friends under the bus?

[@Infelious]

@@emery120 They would be abandoned in a heartbeat if they could leave with their sibling so probably.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

@@nicolas._.2294 The Traveler seems to be very old, with plenty of reasons to be messed up. Like with Archons, he is actually much nicer than one would expect from someone of his background.

[@nicolas._.2294]

@@Infelious another point is that the traveler doesn't use his/her true name, becs he/she doesn't want to have close bonds, so no regret while leaving or something close to this

[@whystaroth]

Watching this video after watching Ashikai's was truly an overlapping experience of complicated names that fused my brain into an whole other new theory.

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Ashikai effect

[@whystaroth]

@@beashemmad.sayson545 oh yeah, we're all used to it already.

[@Necrochaosium]

This story is like 100% allegories, all these characters are representations of actual beings that behaved in the same way. Not so much gluttony but the overarching sin which is greed, just the wanting of something. Representations in the most evil way where you completely disregard the negative effects on others while you get what you want. The boar princess is about the satiation of desires (for power, for sustenance, for anything) without consequences. Given that we know that godly power in genshin can be consumed and gained (consecrated beasts, lectors) and used it certainly brings it to a different light. Who did the 5 sinner's consume then?

[@tigeress151]

might be a stretch but could woobakwa be surtalogi? in the original cn the title "the foul" basically translates to something like "extremely evil knight" and childe's "foul legacy transformation" is basically "demon king armament", which aligns with woobakwa being the most evil sorcerer in the world. also the all-devouring narwhal is also known for its ravenous hunger which is why it was trying to drink the primordial sea, aligning with the book's theme of gluttony.

[@Not_A_Friend0777]

Maybe since "Woobakwa was so furious that he cursed the pup using the most foul and insulting words ever uttered by a squirrel" Using a Foul as the Curse is also not coincident.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

This does make sense, but how is Surtalogi still alive after all that?

[@bur_n_t]

@@kotarouinugami1745 they got better

[@dear_totheheart]

Very disturbing its the Traveler's favorite story, the implications are quite nuanced and foreboding... Last scene of the wolf and Venti have me recalling his blood being effected (just like Dvalin, yet we don't see Venti's circumstance resolved or addressed) and bittersweet story quest nature revealing that he seems to have lost a dear friend...again, disturbing and cause for yet...more theories! Astounding analysis, theoretical conjecture/evidence and presentation, literary/cultural/historical connections - so intriguing, well-researched, and incredibly indepth - fascinating and such immense research and effort, wonderful work and looking forward to your past/future videos!

[@whystaroth]

Ok, I had a crazy epiphany this night and I had to come back to this video cause have you realize The Boar Princess book tells a story that perfectly overlaps Nahida's 2nd story quest? The whole problem in that quest turned around the fact that Apep, a dragon that never lost hope to bring back the era of dragons, swallowed our dear troublemaker Deshret's body, even if he was tainted by forbidden knowledge, sure that it could chew it, that it was "edible", until the knowledge cursed Apep and it realize that he had swallowed the 'apocalypse' (which I personally think is almost a pun here, because I'm still vibing with the fact that Deshret might be Otto.) But some facts also add up to the similarities, of course. Nahida as the boar princess would also make sense, you make a point about boars and pigs being animals related to dirty animals but this is still a chinese game and boars and pigs should have more of a wealth, good fortune, fertility and prosperity meanings. Now, think of it as all the gluttony being not of food, but of knowledge. The boar princess, with her abundance and the way she distributes 'juicy fruits', means that she shares her knowledge with her people. They'll will never starve from it on the nation of wisdom. So the quest starts with Nahida showing us a 'seed' that she don't know what is made for, then finding a fungi stuck upside down like a turtle that can't turn around by it's own. When the fungi explains his story nahida says it sounds like some kind of old fable, she's a sneaky little one. Then we find another fungi that, besides being happy that the apocalypse has ended, is wary of leaving it's family behind, only coming with us after we leave enough food for it's family. In this part we just proceed to find the fungi in the chasm that is buried in ooze and, in the book, that should be where their paws were starting to get 'purple' and they find the seelie that takes the princess energy. Funnily enough, this is the first time we use the energy of the seed and is this fungi that 'guides' us to how we should find Apep saying, nothing less, that the Seed we have is a 'Fire Seed' and it mimics the power of the heart of Oasis, which is the heart of Apep, and resonates with it. So yeah, we're supposed to use fire on the heart of Apep to heal him, just like with the pup wolf. We know what happens after that. The two fungi that come with us end up being Apep's snack, for lack of better wording. 'Friendship demands sacrifice' as the turtle said. And a 'Sacrifice must be made', the fungi said. And Apep's heart is finally 'melted' while thankfully staying around long enough to explain how he swallowed Amun in one bite. (I'll add randomly that I know zero chinese but, looking for the chinese characters that were used on Woobakwa, it looks like it means he's a black kind of fruit maybe?? So he definitely didn't supposed to be eaten.) At the end of it, I think this is just pure simple foreshadowing like hoyoverse always does, since every time someone talks about blue eyes, I'm always thinking they're talking about khaenrians, and reinforcing the fact that the pup has blue eyes as if it was important somehow is weird. I mean, Capitano has bright blue eyes too, who knows, he might even be the wolf pup himself. But I'll leave some food for thought too because something has been bugging me for a while now. We always assume that the books we read, the fables I mean, that they are transcriptions of things that already came to pass, but time is a funny thing in Genshin. We lack the understanding to wrap around our heads a concept of time that isn't simply a straight line, so we might have some prophecies between them, too. Things that still didn't happen but will. Anyways, that's one hell of a big comment, then I'll see myself out. Thanks for the videos, keep on feeding us.

[@mishima2.081]

Okay but what if the Tsaritsa was the "wolf pup" and Traveler as the "boar princess" - making Paimon either/both the fox or/and the turtle. I mean, right from the very beginning, Traveler had the option to call Paimon "emergency food" and would sometimes make callbacks to it in future quests. Traveler might offer Paimon to the Tsaritsa for her friendship/trust :0

[@DragonMJE]

Yeah, I can see that too

[@raychumon]

i feel like the boar princess might be the previous cryo archon. not the tsaritsa, but her predecessor (so cocolia?). the wolf pup could be pierro, and what they're working together on now might be because of whatever happened to the prev cryo archon. whichever archon the princess is, i could almost see tartaglia and pulcinella being the fox and turtle, who might get sacrificed for the fatui's plan. but that's probably crack.

[@Hyuinn]

Wait a minute... could it be that the wolf that lives in the tundra would be the Tsaritsa and we (the traveler) are the Boar Princess, in a quest to melt her frozen heart by bringing her some "emergency food" to feast?

[@potakettlefight]

Understanding the allegories begind genshin fables is not easy feat 😅 . Thanks for the video ! I'll contribute some more: Like @Ianfae pointed out below, there's a commection with the snow queen tale by Amdersen. The whole genshin lore revolves around the sense of vision and ambitions (oculi and visions, illusions and delusions). You also have the kaenrian, fatui and eremite who got access to forbidden knowledge, and strangely enough they keep one eye patched. Some characters are blind or have blind siblomgs important in lore (the whiteknight's blind brother for instance who met viridescent venerer and died in sumeru). Some characters look like cyclops, miss one eye, while others like they have a third eye. I'm just noticing oculi references are consistent in genhsin. Besides the cautionary tale and themes of young love and coming into age of reason, what caught my attention is a special mirror made by trolls (like the ring of nabelung you referred in snother video) that shattered when they tried to to take it to the heavens to mock the gods. Consider the particularity of this mirror to reflect and magnify the uggliest parts of people's soul, and the reverse of demon-gods. There's the trope of the abbyss reflecting the skies, the moon reflected into the abbyss (viagarah , king of sumeru forest appeared when the moon reflected on the contraption made by rhukadevata to control the rain in the area). I would argue that the 7 parts of the mirror (7 chapters of andersen tale) could be the 7 gnose, and the visions could be when humans/eyes heart get corrupted by one of the shards of the mirror. There's also the part of 7 Constellations for each character. It appears that humans just like the 3rd descender get their existence split in 7 Parts: soul, body, essence maybe? i dunno. The mirror could also be the genesis pearl if it wasn't the body of the third descender given to the srchons most "avid of power" (gluttony). This is debatable, as the 1st gen archons didn't seem to ever have pursued power. Maybe having one theme like "contract", "eternity or justice, freedom is not a bad thing to rule a land. Its just that, if i recall properly, the story refers to these as obsessions. Even though not being one of the 7 cardinal sins, maybe there's value in considerong the other side of the coin when ambition is involved: sumeru sages obession for knowledge (hives mind, karkata master dying for his research etc.). King remus, deshret, decarabian all were rulers focused/obsessed with one thing and it brought unhappiness to their people. They did the same mistake as their predecessors over and over again. One can also argue that the shards are more like delusions. King irmin gave up 1 eye for wisdom. It happened at the well deep under the roots of the irminsul. By the way, about the eagle and dragon, there are also instances where this bird is a phoenix in Chinese cosmology (tree of life / Fusang). I thought i would mention it as the theme of natian seems to be resurection and there's this image if the irminsul burning and dottore in the foreground. I'm not sure if its the tree of knowledge of the one of life that's being burned. I would tend for thr former, to destroy ley lines..but the tree of life is the one who gives fruits of immortality so it fits better if someone is being resurrected during Natlan. Besides, the abbyss twin is the one more interested in new ley lines, not the fatui. Another trivia about the snow queen tale: she's compared to the queen of bees where snowflakes are bees. I believe i saw a video of yours about bees and remuria not so long ago. Besides that, i agree, the boar princess could be connected to the tsarita, or the sal vindagnyr princess and Andrius Boreas. But Roselyne story seems to fit : rostam was the wolf pup in the knights of favonius, he seemed kinda obsessed too with being a hero until he met rosalyne, if you read his friend artefacts story. Its no secret that the crimson witch seems to have given way to her love obession in grief before she sccepted pierro cryo delusion to forger her pain and who she was. Btw both tsarita in the cryo gemstone description, and pierro refer to the old world burning. Crimson. It appears as if tsarita was as important piece of the tsarita/pierro plan: she may have been a pawn promoted to queen... ? 🤔🤪. The love triangle between Rosalyne, rostam and his friend and captain if the knights of favonius, seem to reflect that of perimeri. And that story is when we got introduced to arlecchino and the crimson dynasty. About the melting the ice hickup: there is a pecial ice in dragon spine, that requires crimson quartz to melt. I believe the crimson Agathe and quartz could have been placed by Rhinedottir or durin on dragon spine. Which would explain why it had to be the traveler to come as another Outlander, to feed the frostbearing tree with those shards engineered by missy.

[@potakettlefight]

If you ask Wolfy in the imaginarium theater about wolves, you'll get the answer that indicates the boar princess could be Nicole as she's deemed to have lost her voice and started speaking in people's head as a consequence of a punishment by the Mage.

[@fish-j5q]

thanks for the quick chemistry lesson

[@DragonMJE]

I wouldn't call that a Chemistry Lesson since I had to significantly simplify it for the sake of the video. Just don't eat fast foods and stay healthy.

[@AloyImpact]

*Wubacqua dissing beauty* Argenti: Square up, You’re fighting a gentlemen!

[@fringedpink]

amazing video! i'd like to add another point i think will help your argument ^^ hans christian andersen also wrote "the snow queen" (see?), and the boar princess' overarching storyline most closely resembles the snow queen. a kid gets his heart pierced by a shard of glass/ice and becomes bitter, skeptical, and is essentially abducted by the snow queen. he sees nothing but bad in the world and in people. his best friend, a young girl, goes on a journey and meets various people and helps them out, and they help her in turn to find her friend again. at the end, with the help of a magical old lady whom she helped earlier on her journey, she manages to melt away the ice shards stuck in her friend's heart, and the story ends happily. at least this is what I remember of the tale. the titular snow queen actually has very little part in it... make of this what you will!

[@rajaryan-fe1oy]

0:50 Anyone familiar with the lore of this game probably knows one video won't be enough

[@marycake7463]

There is also a lot of parallels with childe and the wolf pup if you think about it!!!

[@3u760]

I can't believe you're not mentioning the Snow Queen by Andersen one bit? (which is the reference for The Boar Princess book) Actually, you know who else read the Boar Princess book? it's Nahida. And I think Nahida is one of the example of Boar Princess's character in action because for some reason, Wanderer reminds me of the wolf pup (and Ratatoskr would be Dottore or something). But after thinking about it again, her Homecoming SQ is more fitting to the whole scenario (Nahida = Boar Princess, Apep = Wolf pup, companions = Apep's family, Ratatoskr = Deshret) Also, something about the namecard for the Imaginarium Theater achievement reminds me one of the characters from the Snow Queen, Kai, which the Queen promised him if he is able to spell "eternity" correctly, she would free him. "There must be an eternity forged from "memory" at the end of this path."

[@3u760]

Now, I think, factions of Teyvat's rebellion kinda had this thing about trying to be the best one on saving humanity's humanity (?). Controversial but by this, I might think that Tsaritsa would be the wolf pup than she's being the Snow Queen if somehow she's like Kai? Because she's trying to make the good ending (eternity) for human beings (?)

[@3u760]

^ That under the premise if Tsarista < who ever the real Fischl is. Because of this namecard: Snowy Land (Snezhnaya Does Not Believe in Tears) And Fischl novel's ending: "Indeed. A Prinzessin does not shed tears.That was merely a natural secretion from her royal eyes, affronted as they were by the untimely intrusion of those impudent grains of sand." (Unless if she's somehow the real Fischl though) - (And it's actually ironic because technically Fischl would shed tears because of the dust) (But also keep in mind that the game have their own lore agenda, I keep forgetting that they like to swap things from irl reference, whatever it would be) Sorry if that doesn't make sense, just trying to throw things around about what I think the potential connections are 🙏

[@3u760]

...still in a intrusive train of thoughts, The physical depiction of Boar Princess kinda reminded me of Rosaria, and the wolf pup is Razor. It seems like they have no connection to that book (which so far, it is) and Rosaria seems to be the cold hearted one but someone pointed out that Razor's last birthday art having him playing with a wolf puppet that looks like the wolf in Imaginarium Theater. I don't know if that's anything but I think about it.

[@Bigslam1993]

So my AndriusXCryoArchon smut fanfiction will be canon? Nice.

[@judesliggoo]

what

[@emery120]

Excuse me????

[@parp2903]

Uhh... Based?!

[@beashemmad.sayson545]

Ok

[@t.k.5088]

Me, having cola while I watch this during lunch break: at least cancer tastes delicious 💀

[@verina_crochet_garden]

Cancer is called Krebs in german. But a Krebs is also what you call in english crabs. And the zodiac sign Krebs is also called cancer. but what did you mean cancer tastes good??

[@AbyssalSinner-st3rx]

I can’t hear content about the Tsaritsa and now the Boar Princess without also thinking of the ingame book series Hearts Desire (I’m convinced hearts desire is about the Tsaritsa and the treasure that was stolen for her by her lost lover)

[@DrakeWurrum]

There's one problem I have with this theory. In Norse mythology there is a *SQUIRREL* who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil to carry messages between the eagles perched atop it and the serpent Níðhöggr who dwells beneath one of the three roots of the tree.... He tells slanderous gossip, provoking the eagle and Nidhogg. This squirrel is named Ratatoskr. Which, if you look at the etymology, includes the word for "tusk" and "traveler". We're the squirrel who got eaten by the wolf and got angry about it. Or, alternatively... our sibling is. And ONE of the five Sinners is named Vedrfolnir... which is the name of a hawk perched between the eyes of an eagle atop the world tree.

[@lazarignjatovic7881]

Never been so early. Love your content❤️

[@passwordyeah729]

Dude is up there with Ashikai. Dare I say even better?

[@lazarignjatovic7881]

@@passwordyeah729 For me definitely better. I also recommend you check on dawit. He is more relaxed/casual version of this😄

[@pinacolada8040]

I loved the little deviation to the sodium benzoate

[@SirCrystalusStark]

I didn't imagine how direct would be the reference to The Boar Princess in the new mode and it was all over the place, in fact. Couldn't help but feel unsetled on seeing the fox and the turtle in the credits, knowing full well how the story ends 😨

[@linaleverloppan.9752]

Thank you for your analysis on this! Mentioning Hans Christian Andersen: He wrote a similiar story to this. The snow queen who pierced a boys heart with ice and his friend who tries to save him while traveling to the castle in the north to melt his frozen heart. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Snow_Queen

[@rajaryan-fe1oy]

These are getting more unhinged by the day.....

[@ScarletSilverIron]

So I'm getting a Tsaritsa vibe from this book. Right not to the silver wolf

[@ashy969]

9:15 - didn't expect this to see in a Genshin video, but true 😂

[@2be4gotten]

In the game world there is a story based on Andersen's "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", so I wouldn't be surprised if The Boar Princess somehow refers to another of his stories, maybe "The Snow Queen"? If this (slightly changed) version of The Steadfast Tin Soldier was actually written by Andersdotter, we could conclude that she lived at least over 400 years ago 🤔

[@krumi_hazuki1440]

Andersdotter =Andersen's daugther?

[@2be4gotten]

​@@krumi_hazuki1440No, the author of the video himself explained (21:20): Andersen - Son of Anders, Andersdotter - Daughter of Anders. It's basically a genderswap

[@krumi_hazuki1440]

@@2be4gotten I comment that while video still playing

[@krumi_hazuki1440]

@@2be4gotten thanks tho

[@kotarouinugami1745]

It's hard to pin down when Andersdotter lived, since she could have information about distant future or distant past. After all, she was friends with the setting's foremost scientists and prophets. We only know that she had a reasonable lifespan, and she lived after Barbatos became the archon of Mondstadt (because she was present at tea parties in the floating island).

[@badistbrother8384]

They did Andrius dirty

[@SaturdayParker]

Abyss mage voice: It contains the secret

[@yamisarkar91]

Love the video.....the eating and power up, a dark theme I love 😅

[@Benlego2017]

everybody gangsta until new 5 star food drops

[@nabieladrian]

I just finished Aranyaka: Mysterious Clipboards where Traveler finally opened the last path to hidden treasure(s) No. 9 and was greeted by Aranara. The striking conversation between them: ???: " Eek! It's Golden Nara! There is the taste of the wind, the taste of earth, and the taste of Aranara!" ???: "Golden Nara has figure out the Ararakalari of Arayama?" ???: "How dreadful! Obstructions are useless, anyone can break in, and the "happy nest" of Araminali will be "broken!"." Paimon: "Um... Paimon guessed so! (Traveler) and Paimon are on Aranara's Side. We want to be Aranara's good friends." Traveler: "Paimon is gluttonous, but not bad in nature." Paimon: "Hey! That's technically not wrong, though..." Later they recovered the seed they found in the Chasm, watered it into Aranara. The said Aranara then went into journey to "gift" treasures into the "empty chests" so Traveler can open it as rewards...?

[@kaimilize8328]

I always thought this book talked about Andrius and maybe the princess was the princess of Sal Vindagnr'.

[@Arcanewhim]

Because I watched this video before doing the new mode, I almost swallowed my tongue talking to wolfie. His many sus comments would not have hit like that without your teachings 🙏

[@epicwyvern8713]

11:20 Canotila mentioning that the Traveler "Looks like a monster that could swallow the whole world in a single bite" also backs this up. The theme of Gluttony/Greed in Genshin is seemingly everywhere, what with mortals trying to appropriate the powers of the divine. Edit: Lol you mentioned it on your own at 20:45. I really like the idea of the Tsaritsa wanting to initiate Ragnarok as implied by the Shivada gemstone. If she really is the implied Boar Princess, then I'd say that she is collecting the gnosis to revive the Third Descender, who should be the Wolf Pup, or "Loki" -- who is obviously a key player in Ragnarok. It would check out with the theme of Descenders such as the Third Descender and us being "gluttons" who seek to devour any form of power.

[@TheDeluche]

I am also convinced that the boar princess is the tsaritsa

[@AlexisNess-mn4zw]

Ive seen a theory that the pup is Childe

[@hossamaezriouil2509]

You know The Traveler being the Wolf Fenrir will make sense to how the traveler like joking and call Paimon emerngcy food bc if Paimon is a god of Celestia or even Phanes (who just like Odin is the god of the gods)itself then maybe the Traveler will "eat" Paimon just like Fenrir eat Odin 💀😭

[@nara-yana]

All this *Ratatoskr* talk has had me thinking: The recent introduction of *Vedrfolnir* and the _other_ sinners by name has made a point clear: certain elements of Genshin's overall story that were introduced way back then can, and will, get paired to NEW characters... so trying to force the *Traveler* and *Tsaritsa* into certain _roles_ is "bad" in the sense that it ignores certain characters that probably fit the bill way better and haven't been introduced yet - namely, the people from the Batlepass animation: The OG Abyss Princess (now Queen?) who was seduced by the Serpent, the "OG Traveller" who was sent after the Genesis Pearl in her stead (and may be the dead 3rd Descender... then eaten by the Princess' friends)...

[@johnb1145]

What about....those three Venti sees a silhouette of in the manga?

[@DragonMJE]

They are supposed to represent Celestia

[@ItsOkayToBeThis]

Welp as long as there aren't any boars like those space pigs from HSR I'll be alright. Those sons of nice ladies are hard to catch.

[@adnanm.elghamji4547]

banger video as always

[@reym1462]

Playable Bronya when? Bronya is one of my favorite charactera from HI3, esp after reading Azure Waters Cant wait when the Tsaritsa comes out!

[@DragonMJE]

6.2 or 6.3

[@malucifer]

me, eating processed fast food while you tell me it mixes with vitamin c in my body and turns to benzene in my belly 🤪

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Some random thoughts on the Boar Princess: 1) No, the Wise Fox and the Old Turtle aren't the Boar Princess' true friends. They very clearly attempted to drive her to suicide, by suggesting that the Boar Princess herself should sacrifice herself to Andrius. But the Boar Princess tricked them and came out as the winner. 2) Andersdotter being a daughter of Andrius? It would make sense, if she was like Razor. 3) I think the wolf pup being Andrius the Wolfinator gives us a key to unraveling the rest of the mystery. This tale is a record of the Archon War in Mondstadt, written in an Irminsul-proof way. Boar Princess is Venti, Turtle is Decarabian, and the fox must be an ancestor of Yae Miko and Sucrose. After Decarabian was slain in a rebellion, Andrius mysteriously warmed up and gave up on fighting for the throne of Anemo Archon. The tale suggests this is because he consumed some of Decarabian's essence, and it allowed him to overcome whatever caused him to fight in the Archon War (which, I think, is Forbidden Knowledge that the squirrel possessed) and back down from the fight, becoming a mysterious ghost he is now. And the fox's followers had to escape to Inazuma, where they took control of the Sacred Sakura from tanuki. 4) If the above is right, this fairy tale might be our biggest clue on the nature of gods and the archon war. It's not gluttony - like Oceanids, they can become much greater by consuming one another. And then they can split apart, like when Makoto created Ei, or when Venti split from the rest of thousand winds.

[@herrschersfool]

GOD OF WAR FOOTAGE ❗️❗️❗️ (such a good video btw wtf)

[@paraalemdossonhos7507]

Well... Let's note: The meaning of food can mean "search for knowledge or strength" and gluttony can mean "search for forbidden knowledge". Had the wolf "found forbidden knowledge"? It is said that the wolf could only return to his old self if a fire thawed his heart. We know that Tsaritsa was previously the archon of love, and that for some reason she changed her way of being, just as the wolf. Somehow I thought it would be interesting if this "fire" came from Natlan with Murata, showing that she and Tsaritsa could have an old friendship. We cannot forget the connection that members Natlan had with Mondstat, through Venessa and her people. Is the story about something in progress? Will we have some kind of betrayal in Natlan to "help" Tsaritsa? Another curious point is that in other books, we have direct reference that wolves are "children of the moon". The comparison of the wolf with Fenrir may mean that Ragnarok will come through some member of the ancient crimson moon dynasty? .... It is interesting to think of Deinsleif as linked both to the primordial, with the world serpent, in the figure of Pahnes in the myth, but also to dragons, more than the eclipse dynasty... Deinsleif seems to me that character who doesn't belong to the family, and who sooner or later "betrays" them, in favor of their true family bond.........

[@ankitjadhav6775]

Paimon Never Had her own Birthday post art Celebrated on twitter i.e except Only This Year, Which is Weird. Paimon is Getting Sus Day by days

[@Kyosukedono]

Genshin Impacts high player numbers are due to Covid. Genshin Impacts high player retention is in great part due to its story, characters and world. The lore of a chinese waifu gacha game does not need to slap this hard for it to be successful. Look at wuthering waves, shallow writting at its finest with some of the worst cookie cutter characters ive seen, even tower of fantasy tries harded, yet the game does well. You can tell the hoyoverse devs REALLY love working on this (the devs, not the suits they onky care about the money). The lore goes so deep you could go for hours talking about it.

[@NycKFetzer]

There's one other detail that you didn't mention, Yelan intercepted an offer to tsaritsa, which was the fur from Yelan's coat. It reads "In fact, the beast is so powerful it died centuries ago, its body remains intact today, and its fur still emits a mysterious fragrance. Refrator had intended it as an offer to the Tsaritsa, yet Yelan unexpectedly intercepted it."

[@Gabriel-Ferrari]

Off topic, but, where did you get the wings Arlecchino has in the beginning? They fit her like a glove!

[@krumi_hazuki1440]

The infamous KFC windglider

[@munchielitten5961]

Also im certain at thid point paimon is actually the 3rd decender

[@randompersonontheinternet1038]

I've got a friend in me

[@munchielitten5961]

And aether is her right hand and lumine is her left two swords that are will and reason and with the power of light and beyond this world that connects to the seven ( seven lights of the rainbow) not the fake rainbow these seven lights are from beyoned the fermerment and likely the one who was supposed to rule over this world with the dragons idk think humans would have existed but its nit impossible that some kind of humanoid creature like rukka/nahida and klee layla would appear or even nabu so im sure that this would eventually happen that said lumine must be saved and hp’s cus the leines are growing out of the ground twards celestia for power which means irmansul must be rewriten not destroyed to fix this world and all that happened in it which i think thats the fatui plan stuzusha also lumine and aether had 6 wings thats not something you see everyday so its possible them together make up paimons actual wings but whats funny is she flying already so the twins have her ability to fly hahahahah yes im serious about this topic paimon is the 3rd decnder and im certain by the end of all this shes gonna be similar to harmony in hi3 where harmony swollowed the othergod that made the world and its properties and balance and such paimon is after celestia becuz she is honkai the 3rd decender crazy ik so un suspacting im sure youll find a reason to agree but untill you do dont just look look carefully and see her for what she truelly is the fact she gives tge travler the power to do anything like some part where there power was shown and paimon was always theregotta say hoyo is making paimon the real genius even tho she dosent know it yet cuz it was placed in her at the very start to go on th path to regain all that she lost amd this is slowlly coming to fuitiin but not many ppl are gonna be in the new world she will create also lumine being dead isnt true not yet anyway so im sure that shes gonna eat lumine is shes not stoped and make a new lumine pluck this therory of mine apratt along with me if you will but know im sticking to my guns here so dont get involved if you gonna insulte me im just making fun here plus i wanna get this out of my head before i loss my mind over it

[@strgz5329]

9:30 very fitting as im waiting for my mcdonalds delivery

[@davestew5135]

the sussy people are going to flood this comment section because of the title aren't they?

[@kotarouinugami1745]

What kind of sussy people do you expect? The ones that will say that Traveler wants to eat Paimon in a sexual way, not in a gastronomic way?

[@MrAidaslit]

Thats the music you use on the "outro"?

[@denyznn]

I was flabbergasted the moment I heard Bronya, who is the Tsaritsa. I mean... Could this Bronya be the same Bronya we have in HI3? Any ideas?

[@xelloskaczor5051]

No Venti? Really? The drunk, which im pretty sure falls under gluttony? Even though Venti and Adrius are the the only 2 left around? What if Venti had 2 friends.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Well, we know who would be the turtle - Decarabian, who was using "turtling" tactics in the Archon War. But the fox seems to have been forgotten. Or maybe Irminsul'ed away. Or she is the protagonist of Fox and the Dandelion Sea.

[@bur_n_t]

@@kotarouinugami1745 could decarabian really be considered a friend of venti though? pretty sure he got overthrown and thats not the friendliest thing a person can do

[@kotarouinugami1745]

@@bur_n_t The turtle was never a real friend to Boar Princess either.

[@iamjustice1995]

Does anybody know where can I get this in hd 6:14?

[@RenaDeles]

That's the tcg card The Boar Princess , so prob just check the wiki page for it

[@RenaDeles]

That's the tcg card The Boar Princess , so prob just check the wiki page for it

[@iamjustice1995]

@@RenaDeles Thanks!

[@coffee6058]

Bruh what kind of fairy tales are they reading to kids in teyvat

[@Infelious]

Most old fairy tales weren't nice if anything The Boar Princess isn't graphic enough.

[@ironwoodkid9577]

hey, a weird question, but does Bittersweet gamers sound familiar to you? I swear you sound just like one of the guys from that channel

[@ScarletSilverIron]

So the theory Ashikai made close?

[@munchielitten5961]

Im certain its lumine at this point since she said she wants to ingolf the thrones of celestia heaven she wont stop lol shes carring tye abyss cuz with out her they won't win so its up to aether to stop her or it will be too late that said lumine is gonna eat paimon cuz aether is gonna feed lumine the most tatsy meal shes ever had and since paimon has eaten nearly every dish theres no question now its over paimon better come up with a way to fix this mess before everything is doomed including her hahahahahahahahahahaahhh

[@tyriqcleo5899]

You seem to not know who tsaritsa is? 17:10

[@user-biscut]

Could Alice be inspiration for the Boar Princess?

[@ziebus904]

Hello mr crazy 👋

[@simonazzz]

I think the norse mythology analogies are a bit weak tbh. The only strong thing in common is some animals, and not even all. :/ Also a flower being on the book cover and boar having a kingdom? Anyone remember Princess Marcotte and plants having kingdoms? 🤔

[@VeraldoAncodini]

I'm rather confused about the Boar Princess books, each reference alone is solid, but the characters as a whole don't match anyone.

[@kotarouinugami1745]

Well, the wolf pup is Andrius, who lived in a self-made frozen tundra during the time of Decarabian. And I think the generous but cunning boar princess, who outwitted the fox and the turtle, was Venti/Barbatos himself. The fox was probably unimportant, or maybe we'll see more of her later. But the turtle seems to be Decarabian, after whose death Andrius suddenly warmed up. But who was the ice fairy, if such big names as Barbatos and Decarabian would need her help? Unless she is Istaroth, the goddess of time, and her price is the Erosion that gods suffer from to this day.

[@VeraldoAncodini]

@@kotarouinugami1745 Nah, it can't be Andrius, we know his story. The allegory is too thick to reliably identify any of the real people the characters in the book are based on. If anything, it feels like there's several stories woven into one. For example, Venti is actually named in the story as the Anemo Archon, yet we don't know for certain if the story happened or if it's a prophecy. The only people willing to sacrifice their own friends to achieve their goals are Khaenri'ahns and the Fatui, but the Tsaritsa used to be genuinely good, so she wouldn't have sacrificed her friends in the distant past, but it might be something she's willing to do now.

[@4_sparks_4]

I LOVE your videos but please please please CHANGE YOUR MIC

[@THESocialJusticeWarrior]

vore

[@AliceAngel66698]

This is not end game this is before the end game what it's easier than spiral then it's not end game

[@Infelious]

Its gonna be 1.0 they won't make it overly hard on release, like the Abyss it'll creep. I dunno why you all want it to be so OP anyway considering premos are tied to it.