I’m confused about Kiana’s immortality
Okay so I can’t be the only one who’s confused about this. Like whenever I see a topic of discussion of people talking about Kiana’s immortality I immediately get confused about it.
Like first and foremost there was no statement that suggests that Kiana is immortal (at least as far I remember) I mean I know the Cocoon of Finality has been around for like millions of years and has embraced Kiana giving her full control over all things Honkai and is the Goddess of Earth but to me that isn’t enough evidence to suggest that Kiana is immortal.
But if there was a statement or suggestion that did say Kiana is immortal then there’s a problem to this. From my understanding immortality at least in the context of the HI3 universe means that you not only live longer but your aging stops completely and you remain the same age even after 100+ years. One of the best examples is Fu Hua who is literally 52,000 years old been around since the Honkai first arrived on Earth, yet is physically is 17 because of her MANTIS genetics, and Herrschers have extended lifespans than normal humans. We can also talk about Sa as she attempted to reach Finality tier to overthrow the Cocoon and she remained the same age physically for millions of years and as far as I remember even Senadina remained the same too. So I ask you this Hoyoverse: Why in the Hell would you give her 2 designs for Part 2 that grow her up?! Like deadass her Finality Part 2 and Ba-Dum! Fiery Wishing Star designs literally show her chest bigger than originally and is significantly taller too like an actual adult when really she should still be in her late teens. There should be NO REALITY where she should be able to age like this. And I know someone in the comments is going say: “Oh but Kiana must’ve used one of her Authorities like Life or Death to age her up.” Which Imma be honest that sounds a bit out of character for Kiana. Why would she age herself up just cause her friends and family did when by the whole immortality logic that shouldn’t matter because she wouldn’t die of old age or any other natural causes anyway in that sense?
I also want to quickly discuss Herrscher of Finality as a whole not just Kiana, because Finality is on a whole different tier than normal and standard Herrschers because out of all the Herrschers, Finality should be the closest to the Cocoon even prior to the embrace especially since established lore has already determined to be immortal (or at least it should be). So once again Hoyoverse I ask this question: How the Hell did the Previous Era Herrscher of Finality die and was reduced to a rooting corpse nothing but an empty husk on the Moon?! That shouldn’t be possible! Other Herrschers dying makes sense because they didn’t die of old age they were flat out killed multiple times! But Finality?! The bitch was not killed at all?! And I know you saw that manga panel of Kevin facing Finality when he got his ass beat the Herrscher was alive and well. Yet for some apparent reason the Final Herrscher somehow died off screen and wasn’t killed?! How is that possible?! Even the Previous Era Finality should have all the Authorities of all Herrschers even if it didn’t embrace the Cocoon meaning they should still be alive and immortal and be immune to dying in almost anyway including old age and natural causes. Yet you’re meaning to tell me that she basically died of natural causes?! If there was an explanation as to why they died I either missed it or it wasn’t well explained.
Honestly the Final Herrscher’s death tells me one thing: If the PE Herrscher of Finality can somehow still die without getting killed and never coming back despite all the authorities, then Kiana technically isn’t safe either meaning whatever statement that suggests or implies she’s immortal makes no sense especially since the PE’s death contradicts this. Like I know the one difference is one embraced the Cocoon and the other didn’t but seeing as Kiana still somehow grows despite the supposed immortality.
This is honestly one of those topics is so confusing that no amount of explaining could fix it without asking more questions than giving out answers. But eh that’s just me.