furina's quest made me love her more | Genshin Impact

[@PacifistDungeonMaster]

1:28:00 "It felt good to be back on stage again" had me break down ugly-crying. That experience of trauma ruining your passion for something you love, and then resolving the trauma to find that you still love that thing and can still enjoy it - it's all too real. Furina is the realest. She is literally me.

[@elizabethsolorio9837]

Fun fact you may not have known, but Pauleau (Furina’s love interest in the play) is voiced by Howard Wang who also voiced Luka in Honkai Star Rail and is also the fiancé/partner of Furina’s VA Amber Lee Connor’s.

[@allanperez8743]

Finance or fiance?

[@DarkSeraph]

I think they meant fiance and that's really sweet.

[@elizabethsolorio9837]

@@allanperez8743 omg! So dumb of me, I didn’t see the spelling mistake. Thanks!

[@dani_cute]

I think I said it once, but the thing I like the most about you is that you're very respectful and also tolerant. I feel so disturbed when people just focus on Paimon too much like if the game was the real life. You on the other hand are just enjoying the story, like I do. Plus you look and talk like my sister.

[@Selkie_17]

Yes thank you! Not to mention I feel like people don't understand that Paimon doesn't seem to understand human emotions very well, she does care about people but doesn't know how to act nor "read the room" people don't understand Paimon obviously has the mentality of a child and not to mention we have no idea what she is or where she came from but it's pretty clear she had no one to guide her except the traveler and the traveler being a person who travels through different worlds he also doesn't really understand how to deal with human emotions. While it is annoying to see them be this way we have to understand how they see the world because the Traveler and Paimon are obviously not human and obviously don't have the experience of day to day human life

[@Selkie_17]

Also not to mention in the Chinese version Paimom was much more empathetic with Furina I don't know why the english translation made them sound so harsh to Furina

[@kiel127]

​@@Selkie_17but the fontaine writing alone has already shown that paimon is capable of basic empathy and even reading the room to an extent, like with lyney and lynette, and with navia, to name a few. she was really just done dirty in this SQ, whether it be the original script, the localization or voice direction, so it's perfectly understandable that people find her (and the traveler for some) to be less likeable here. doesn't take away from the whole SQ though since im pretty sure everyone enjoyed it.

[@Selkie_17]

​@@kiel127like I said she shows she cares about people pretty well but when it comes down to it she doesn't truly know how to act in certain situations. When she talked to Navia and Navia said "thats pretty amazing what you said" Paimon said "oh... Really?" Paimon surprised herself because she couldn't understand what she said to make Navia feel better

[@kiel127]

@@Selkie_17 yeah, but that was preceded by an attempt on empathy. paimon did try to comfort someone else on her own accord.

[@vincentaguilar7011]

7:55 I never notice Furina walking near by on this shot

[@jacobestabrook1937]

Ive watched several people play through this quest but i had never noticed that until i read your comment lol

[@allanperez8743]

​@@jacobestabrook1937same lmfao, I noticed her sneaking to the guild but not that xD

[@Gh.stKng.]

Thank you for giving me the notice LMAO

[@ChipsCST]

But did anyone see her hiding behind the counter at 16:32 ? :P I had to take a pause when I saw her dress sticking out LOL

[@allanperez8743]

@@ChipsCST same xD

[@mllewhimsy1161]

Furina deserves everything good, she was great here.

[@moosefan]

Wanderer and Furina are so similar, (in many ways) no wonder they are some of your favorites hehe…

[@LorieMegistus]

They really are ❤

[@bongy-o1q]

Very similar just under different circumstances

[@Gh.stKng.]

I really love Furina's story so much. She is so well made, and I just know the team put a thought on her character, and I LOVE IT. The way they made a skating performance by the Sasha Trusova, making a whole song about her too. I love it. I am not getting tired of this, but I love it.

[@Jaiko_]

I hope Furina shows up in a lot of future events going forward, she's just the best

[@ShanMichaelEscasio]

37:56 this scene made me tear up..Amber's acting is just so spot on.. Man..i just want to hug Furina. She's been through a lot.

[@SincerelyUnique4u]

Blasting that song on Spotify for sure... Genshin quests regarding characters are so GOOD when they end up getting a Vision at the end... it serves as a symbol of development and the vision owners new ambition. No wonder Wanderer and Furina are so popular! Maybe those two will interact in the future to talk about their gained visions? 🤭

[@annah6778]

This quest was kinda a weird one for me. On one hand, the hand I choose to focus on, I understand the feeling of depression and even trauma blocking you from doing what you love, and putting up walls to hide yourself from that, needing an outstretched hand to pull you back into it so you can keep moving forward instead of continuing to hurt endlessly. But on the other, as someone who’s always had trouble establishing boundaries, it felt a little odd at certain parts. Overall, I loved this quest, even if a few moments made me pause and have to think for a bit on whether or not I liked that specific part. Great video :D

[@AmaVeraPoca]

You put it into words why I had mixed feelings on this quest! Thank you!

[@redlox2]

my thoughts on the Furina story quest. I LOVED Furina! The traveller made me kinda want to roll my eyes at their reactions and Paimon well... Maybe the lake is where Paimon belongs. at least based on how they were written in this story quest.

[@_mika-mikazuki_]

Bruh it was just a friendly banter. Being angry at Paimon (who is literally a child according to the game) is actually more showing how people are immature themselves

[@ceedarv1]

@@_mika-mikazuki_ not respecting furina's boundaries is definitely "just friendly banter"

[@DarkSeraph]

It's fucked up and kinda feels like manipulating/gaslighting.

[@4h108]

​@@DarkSeraphI think people are just being over dramatic, the only part where it felt like paimon was going overboard was at the start.

[@derrickubay-ubay9503]

I think Paimon was too unaware of what she truly felt. She wasn't with us during Furina's scenes. And even if we relayed it to her she may have underestimated the whole tragedy, especially when most of the times she interacted with Furina, Furina was still playing the role. But after the story progressed, she kinda understood the situation. Although the "diva" and "drama queen" comments might irk us, it was more of how Paimon understands the situation. She wasn't one that can process situations that quickly and effectively in the first place. I'm still sure that those comments from her will still be present in the 4.3 quest. But I'm pretty sure it is mostly coming from how she views her.

[@betamaxtv6701]

Lorie read the new voice over of the archons to furina, how much they respect her.

[@crazykim]

Paimon: "Are we not gonna talk about the crazy thing?" Everyone: "Yeah that was neat or something, anyway"

[@thelodgersenthusiast353]

love the video :) idk if i've said it on any other video of lorie's before but it's no wonder that lorie loves wanderer, mona, & furina...they have the best hats

[@azurite4296]

“Is French macaroni” 😩

[@mostcreative3680]

This quest made me find peace with the idea of us having to fight Paimon in the future. 😂 She’s gonna catch these hands.

[@gmoney9469]

Pearls before swine essentially is referring to how a commoner may not understand the value of something that an intellectual or a member of high society would. The swine sees the pearl as a shiny round object, but doesn’t understand it’s worth.

[@akkun_ch]

furina will always be my hydro archon ww ~

[@zorojuro03]

Mihoyo making us hate Paimon and traveler . Is this what they call foreshadowing 😂

[@jasonkelic1202]

"Allons-y!" Yes!!! I'm not the only one who caught that reference!!! Whovians unite!!!!!

[@javahikage]

Yes, Dr. Who invented french slang.

[@jasonkelic1202]

@@javahikage I know it didn't. I'm saying that David Tennants 10th Doctor uses that word a lot so lots of people who hear that word would instantly think "oh Dr. Who reference."

[@siren4641]

Even the holding hand scene is censored T.T, and here am I hoping for a hug scene......

[@javahikage]

Most people feel proud of Furina about establishing boundaries and angry at Paimon for trying to convince her, but I just feel bad for Furina instead. She wasn't establishing boundaries, but instead building walls to hide herself and not get hurt again, even if that means rejecting what she wanted. She WANTS to perform again, showed by how she went to the Adventurer's Guild regretting her decision of turning them down. She was desperate someone helped her get out of her self-imposed castle, but on her own words, she doesn't felt she deserved anyone else's help, that's why she kept apologizing when she didn't need to. And we have an immediate parallel there: Dulphy. Lauwick takes a decision on behalf of her for her own well being, which gets Dulphy angry, similar to Furina. In the end, the same way Dulphy has to step down from the play and accept that Lauwick wasn't trying to control her but he was seriously concerned about her health, Furina too accepts that she was running away after replacing Dulphy in the final act, and that the Traveler in fact wasn't forcing her to do anything she didn't wanted to do, but tried to make her return to her true passion for her own good.

[@jacobestabrook1937]

Well said

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@javahikage I would agree with you if it wasn't for the objective fact that The Traveler and Paimon, especially Paimon, are the absolutely least qualified people to know what is right for Furina. Literally everyone else in Fontaine knows Furina FAR better than The Traveler and Paimon do. Paimon even says it herself when she remarks that she doesn't even know if Furina's ever performed on stage. Paimon merely ASSUMED that Furina would be great simply because she faked being an Archon for 500 years. Also, I think you give Lauwick too much credit. Yes he cares deeply for Dulphy, however, listen to what he says when he's initially arguing with her and acquiesces to her desire to perform. It's obvious that his decision to seek a replacement came not from his desire to ensure Dulphy's well-being, but rather because he put the show above her desires. And that brings me to a theme that nobody has noticed regarding this Story Quest: Selfishness. It pervades all aspects of this Story Quest. The Traveler and Paimon are selfish in their pursuit of a solution for the Troupe, not once considering Furina's feelings and situation. Furina is selfish in her desire to close herself off from society and not help when she has been given the opportunity to do so (and rightfully so). Lauwick was being selfish by putting the show above Dulphy under the pretenses of doing what's best for her. Pauleau is selfish in his love for Aurelie. He believes, selfishly, that his love for Aurelie is greater than any of the others' love for her because of the type of love it was. And Vilmant is selfish in his guilt over his mistake that led to Aurelie being targeted. And then we have Dulphy who, herself, was being selfish, putting herself and her desires over the troupe and the performance (and her own health). But more than that, every member of the troupe spoke about how they wanted to honor Aurelie and how much she meant to them, yet, in reality, they put themselves above even Aurelie. And this brings us to the central theme of this Story Quest, something, again, nobody has mentioned so, I assume, they didn't notice: How one deals with grief and trauma. The four members of the troupe and Furina each represent different ways people deal with grief and trauma. Some people become obsessed with their work, forsaking companionship and understanding for it (Lauwick). Some people become obsessed with something to the point that they forsake even their own well-being in pursuit of that something (Dulphy). Some people shut out the closest people in their life because they feel that nobody else can understand their pain due to their feelings for the deceased being special and unique when they really aren't (Pauleau). Some feel guilty over the death of a loved one and, thus, sequester themselves away from everyone else out of fear of that guilt (Vilmant). And, lastly, some people actively reject and avoid triggers and causes of that trauma (Furina). These are valid reasons for these characters to be acting the way they do in this Story Quest. However, The Traveler and Paimon have no such reasons behind their actions. They are dealing with no grief or trauma in this specific instance. They have no excuse for acting they way they did. At the end of the day, Paimon was just being a dick to someone who had just experienced 500 years of loneliness and torture and The Traveler was enabling her. This is why people were justifiably pissed off at Paimon. You say that Paimon and The Traveler weren't trying to force Furina to do anything she didn't want to do. That is, objectively, false. They were, absolutely, trying to force Furina to do something she, desperately, didn't want to do. And they had no justification for it. They don't know her. At all. This was the first time they have EVER had a REAL conversation with her. Every other time they had interactions with her, there was always an ulterior motive, either from them or Furina herself. Until now, they didn't know ANYTHING about the true Furina. You say that they were doing this "for her own good." I say you are wrong. In order to do something for someone's "own good," you must, first, know that person well enough to know what is "good" for them. The Traveler and Paimon (especially Paimon), up until this quest, knew NOTHING about Furina. At the end of the day, this is, objectively, the worst Hoyoverse has ever written for Paimon and, to a degree, The Traveler. And it makes no sense because the way they act in this story quest goes against how they have been written up until this point in the game.

[@Gh.stKng.]

Thats true

[@Gh.stKng.]

​@@ForeverDegenerateBut this is the truest tbh

[@motemo8413]

@@ForeverDegenerate i mostly agree with you about themes of the story quest but i disagree about Traveler being least qualified to know what's the best for Furina. I'd argue Traveler is one of the most qualified to know what is right for Furina. Traveler is the only person who has seen Furina's past firsthand and real "Furina". Not even Neuvillette has seen it, he only knows about it. Traveler should be one of the most qualified just because of that. i would put people like Neuvillette and Clorinde as most qualified but Traveler should be above everyone else in terms of that except those two. Which is why i and some people feel especially bitter towards Traveler at the beginning because he/she came off as very insensitive for someone who knows and has seen Furina's trauma/suffering firsthand.

[@Bunmunchies]

I really hate Paimon and the traveler in this quest but ngl everything else is good and I especially love Neuvilette giving Furina her vision ❤❤❤

[@LorieMegistus]

Paimon was something else in this quest 😭

[@Matthew_Atlas_Carey]

From what I’m aware, it was a translation error that led to the dialogue being so much more harsh

[@Oomfie_Ratto]

Also Paimon was not aware of Furina’s past like the traveler was; since she did not connect with Furina’s past through her tear drop. My guess is the writer thinks Paimon thinks Furina is just a brat with no conversation between the traveler and Paimon since act V of Fontaine.

[@keyboardwarrior8905]

​@@Matthew_Atlas_Careyno not really. Just her tone.

[@VaioletteWestover]

I hated more how Lumine just stood there and say NOTHING and only DEFENDED Paimon's outright ahole behaviour despite her being the only person that saw Furina's history. What a useless paperweight she was.

[@jojomuppet1820]

From what some said in the Cn community the Cn version was much harsher then the En

[@rllyb0red719]

fun fact: furina is the first holder of a sovereign granted vision making her vision the only unique one in the game so far, also her vision didn’t appear because of a her ambition like how the other ones operate, hers was given as a gift for her past deeds

[@shockblade7975]

Then why did the vision not pop up sooner? If that was the case she would have had the vision long before, but it only popped up when she was true to herself, loving the stage but not being fake this time

[@Ellie-o1i]

@@shockblade7975 maybe the curse didnt allow her to have a vision

[@StormWindACE]

I hope you’re doing well today Lorie!! Also early Merry Christmas 🎄

[@EtienneLudor]

I like to think the writers specifically made everyone horrible to amplify our love for Furina, making her the sole source of reason. It helps me accept the story for what it is.

[@DarkSeraph]

It comes off as tone deaf more than anything like the Raiden character quest

[@McGather]

me: shh and take my mora

[@KiyouNagaSan]

Ohh paimon you little "cutie" you

[@BlazeMaster]

The joke with macaroni is a Chinese nod to the game, chinese noodles are Ramen and being able to afford only Ramen is viewed in China as a sign of poverty because it's a common food the European equivalent to Ramen would be Macaroni.

[@arminarlert1953]

Paulaue or Clio look so freaking fineeeee! ❤❤❤ i mean 🤭

[@DarkSeraph]

Everyone pushing her to do it and her trying to establish bondaries and being ignored comes off as tone deaf like Raiden's 1st story quest.

[@dodoco281]

😮

[@roidoP]

i love Paimon, but this quest made want to smack her head so bad 😭💢

[@raihannurzidani3030]

Hii

[@LorieMegistus]

hello!!!

[@raihannurzidani3030]

@@LorieMegistus love your reaction! Always nice to see another day one Furina fan

[@thetalkingbear]

Such moments of beauty from a gacha game. And as much as I love Paimon I wanted to see Furina pick up a large serving platter and smack Paimon in the face with a resounding metallic clang.

[@FatedTim]

I’m gonna be real paimon was too much during this quest, I was so done with her being rude to Furina. She’s just trying to live not be bombarded😭😭

[@mllewhimsy1161]

I hope Lorie gets just as upset as we do with Paimon and Traveller here tbh

[@tcrzsppr3163]

This quest was rough, is the Traveler an idiot? Is that supposed to help me roleplay?

[@ThatOneGanyuMain]

Ignoring the complete irritation that were Paimon and Traveler's voicelines, I really enjoyed this quest. Almost everything that was said had a double meaning as a callout to Furina's story. I'm hoping her second quest will be even better, Furina best archon 💙

[@akms3817]

story quest sadly doesn’t do her any justice. the archon quest was amazing but not so much her story. it felt more about the group of actors rather than furina, kinda like how kazuhas story quest was more about a random swords life than him. idk for all furina did for 500 years, we didn’t even see 1 person say thank u to her or comfort her or anything. she just gets the boot from the palace an gets sent to live in an apartment block an grocery shop like nothing happened. an bro, paimon neeeeeds to stfu, her commentary was so unnecessary half the time, pushing her to act when she clearly said no an even calling her a drama queen like bruh. an the way she received her vision was so lowkey and swept under the rug, like even furina only says like 2 lines about it considering how big a deal it should have been. idk i just wished her sorry quest focused more on her finding her new purpose in life an being appreciated by every soul in fontaine for what she did, rather than the story of a group of actors we’ll never see for the rest of the games existence

[@SparkyMarky4]

This is by far Paimons worst writing imo... She was just so insensitive

[@richardbooth4573]

Paimon has no tact.

[@ianesgrecia8568]

I love how everyone just ignores how Furina was a brat for 500 years, failing to make even a single one contigency plan for the city while knowing how it was going to go. She literally had 500 years. That is half a milenium to make Fontaine more inundation prepared than Japan is to everything. And instead she just... eat cake. YEah.. I sympatize that she suffered, but that does not make her a good character. Just a very stupid one.

[@ianesgrecia8568]

@@rllyb0red719 I think you missed the part where Focalour DIDNT TELL HER ANY PLAN!. Furina didn't know anything about whats going to happend. And by your own words, "act out her role to perfection" ALSO shows her lacking, because an Archon WOULD PREPARE FOR IT! Nahida herself spend from her birth learning and helping her people even when she was emprisioned. Can you really compare those two? And remember that Nahida and Furina have both basically the same 500 years of age. THe diference is that one had freedom of choice and actual autority within her city and the other was emprisioned

[@ianesgrecia8568]

@@rllyb0red719 Again: She may be human, but she literally was the autority there. I compared then because they had the same years of knowloge but Furina had MUCH MORE ADVANTAGES. So I'll compare her to another human. Wrio did more for Fontaine in his less than 30 years than Furina in 500 with his submarine. Heck. Harlequin herself asked why the heck the city didn't have any single contingency plan when EVERYONE KNEW THE PROFECY BY THAT POINT. Not even putting some life-saves at every corner of street. So Lets compare: What IN LORE has Furina ACTUALLY done? What has she actually contributed in the city besides looking pretty? She talked about looking into the profecy and the water level, but did she actually DO ANYTHING? Like Wrio did? Even Navia did better and she has less than 20 years and just lost almost all her loved ones

[@ianesgrecia8568]

@@rllyb0red719 Translation: I have no argument and can't say you are wrong

[@bosueisi8196]

​@@ianesgrecia8568I am not disagreeing with you, because I see your point. You wanted to see an attempt to prepare for the worst. But honestly, I don't think anything could have saved them from that prophecy. No life saves submarines, no nothing. And besides all the intelligence seems to have stayed with her Archon side- since she did cook up the plan. 😅

[@Ellie-o1i]

There really was no way she could avoid the prophecy though, the trial of Furina and the Prophecy was supposed to happen for Focalors' plan to work. Furina wasn't supposed to have a plan actually but she trusted Focalors' plan. Since she was acting as the archon, she pretended to have a plan when it was really Focalors plan she didn't tell Furina about. And Furina did do something actually. Her activity and willpower to remain presistent throughout all those centuries helped Focalors gain enough indemnitium, which is energy from all those 500 years of trials to give focalors enough energy to destroy the hydro throne and return the hydro authority to Neuvillette.