His fate and destiny were cursed from birth. He was born with the name "Zandik" which means heretic in Middle Persian. No matter what he did and how, his actions were always seen as hostile and bad.

Zandik actually did try to use his genius intellect to treat and help people suffering from illnesses. However, because his analytical methods were completely unorthodox and broke rigid societal taboos, his attempts to help were met with fear, disgust, and hostility. That's why he was treated as an outcast and a monster by his own home village. He was eventually chased out of his hometown with pitchforks and clubs.

When an 8 year old child is entirely rejected by society, viewed as inherently evil, and given zero emotional or societal support, the psychological defense mechanism is often to completely turn off empathy. He stopped caring about others because the world explicitly showed him that it did not care about him. He was just a child... 8 years old baby, who couldn't win against his destiny/fate. It's like a tragic story of Oedipus the King who's fate is completely subordinated to inevitable destiny. Every attempt to escape the prophecy paradoxically leads to its fulfillment even tho Oedipus wanted to do good, guided by noble principles. So, even if Zandik tried to do good, his methods were seen as something bad just because of his cursed, heretic fate.

Losing his compassion at age 8 marks the exact moment he realized that trying to heal people "traditionally" or empathetically was a dead end. He completely detached his emotions from his work, pivoting toward cold, clinical, and transactional egoism. He lost his compassion as a result of unimaginable trauma.

This age (8 years old) is incredibly significant because when Dottore made his segments, Segment 8 was the youngest batch he created. Segment 8 exists as a physical manifestation of the point where his humanity died and his detached, purely scientific mind took total control. That's literally a manifestation of his trauma.

Because fate shattered his life from birth, it sparked a deep rebellion in him against destiny, fate, the gods, and the world's entire order. A reaction that is truly understandable given his circumstances. His segments were him, more or less so Omega was the segment who, out of all the segments, was the version of Zandik most bitter at the world. Selfish, egotistical, he embodied Zandik's absolute worst traits. That is why he wanted to stop and destroy the way the system of fate operates in the world (Irminsul etc). His actions made sense - after all, what could a newborn baby possibly do to deserve the cursed fate of a heretic? Why does destiny randomly select people to bear one fate over another?

Like, this is beyond sad and tragic. And I understand why people hate on Dottore, but he's not a villain who's born evil or a type of "I do evil things because I'm evil hehe!" villain. He was doomed since the birth because the fate of Teyvat is unfair and stupid. He wanted to change that, not only for himself. He was the one to finally see that the fate of this world blindly decides who is blessed and who is cursed. He actually... made the world better now. He corrupted the Irminsul and Nahida needed to burn it. He achieved his goal. But at what cost...

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Xiao Luohao is a prominent writer/creative director at miHoYo heavily involved in Genshin's lore.

English Translation

>Genshin's resources are already more than enough to make Genshin Impact 2. Yes, you read that right, there will be a Genshin 2. The current Fontaine storyline is only one-third of Genshin's overall plot. Xiao Luohao also subtly admitted that the Genshin team has already gone through several staff changes. Furthermore, the team writes the main story outline one to two years in advance.

>As for plot spoilers, there are very few. He mentioned that the scene with the burning tree from “A Winter Night's Lazzo” will appear later in the game. Both The Doctor (Dottore) and the Tsaritsa will make unexpected moves in the future. Moreover, you will be incredibly surprised to reunite with a certain Harbinger. Guess who it is, just guess? I won't tell you, haha.

>Xiao Luohao is not a newcomer. He has been at miHoYo for several years and is considered one of the veteran figures, just one tier below Da Wei. He also admitted that he has a preference for shounen (young boy) and loli (young girl) characters.

Very.... interesting. So I guess this dude was telling truth. Dottore did unexpected moves, but what Tsaritsa will do? Also, he said about being reunited with a certain Harbinger, who? Or maybe he just meant Arrlechino in Nod Krai. But its kinda weird, bc there's a theory that Arlecchino would be important once again in Snezhnaya, too.

EDIT: This dude supervises and co-creates the entire Teyvat universe, ensuring the coherence of the game world. And I found out that he is responsible for the Lore of Sumeru and the Irminsul Tree, Inazuma Region, Fatui and Harbingers, he supervised and co-created Dottore's plot in Sumeru (experiments and segments).

I was thinking of him the whole time I was at the job. I checked phone every 10 minutes to read posts there or twitter. It just kills me that such a good written character is not respected by the devs. At the same time I want to hug people who designed and wrote him. I bet they are also devastated that the story was changed and he is treated that way. Like imagine doing one of the best villains in gatcha history only to get info from the higher ups that the ending will be different. It was supposed to be him to burn the Irminsul, not Nahida so she can once again become a hero. Sure, his goal was reached but at what cost. His ending is so not satisfying and it doesn't match him. Hoyo was building him for 8 years!!!!! EIGHT YEARS! You don't make such a ending like the for a ultra inteligent human being who achieved so much.

EVEN if they want to make him die for 100% and not bring him back ever - ok - but at least make his ending iconic and beyond anything we had before in game. Put some respect on him and on people who designed and wrote his lore!!!!!!! SHOW some backstory and stuff. Like what?! Was Wanderer the only last male "villain" that got the chance to show his full backstory, get the attention and love during Sumeru?

> Dottore split his soul into two, instead of three. Zibai's soul was splitted in three because of Three Deadly Selves. In Sumeru it's known as Shattering Atmagraha. The correct way to split your soul is by splitting it into THREE. Why only two? It doesn't make sense. And if he divided the soul into three, where is the third one?

> Even tho Dottore was about to die, he still was thinking about new experiment. Even more, it was about the idea how to actually create his another self from memories, with Pantalone's help. To me, it means there is possible way for Dottore to come back, question is - who will be smart as him to do it? Very important thing is, Genshin very often treats memories as a form of stored existence.

>Dottore: A new experiment.
Dottore: In the event that my soul was depleted, say we extracted my data from someone else's memories - your, for instance - and then combined it with your intact soul as the base material... what would we create?

> Memory core of Dottore titled Anomalous Tree Marrow I (it will count as a book in our inventory) that we will get in game. There are three of them (why three? very specific). It contains his memories, it's a great material to use in order to bring him back. It's not impossible, because even in Natlan, Guthred's soul could be recreated via memories. Ofc Natlan have its own rules, but still. There are multiple moments in the game when memories were used to create a person/soul. Heck, we have robots and puppets with souls inside.

> His boss drop. The first one is literally almost the same as the book one (Anomalous Tree Marrow I). All of those still holds some of his power/memories. "Once a crystal meant to bear the many beautiful memories that make up this world, it is now filled instead with delusions and malice that do not belong here." The first sentence is probably about the memories or Irminsul, but after Dottore corrupted it, now the resin is filled with HIS memories. "Even cut off from its source, it still holds a strange and malevolent power."

> Dottore wanted to rewrite the fate/break the cycle of fate and it led to Irminsul being set on fire. Snezhnaya core narrative is deeply rooted in defying fate, too.

Dottore and Capitano were literally USED by hoyo as plot devices. Hoyo didn't care enough to show their personal lore, their childhood or answer many questions about their lore in general. Even now there are so many things we don't know about Capitano. Bro just appeared, sacrificed himself instead of Mavuika and that's it. Hoyo edged us with Dottore for YEARS, even since the webcomic which was ages ago, and see how they treated him. Deep, complex and well written (very often male...) characters are just wasted like that only for hoyo to release such a garbage as Prune for example. Like, even in terms of money - they're so stupid. Genshin would literally become so hyped and even more popular, Dottore's and Capitano's banners would skyrocked.

And sadly, the reason is very obvious. Genshin from a very fun, gender-mix gatcha game, become another gatcha slop that sadly focus on CN male player base. The game that literally become the role model for other gatcha games bc it was unique, male characters actually had lore and impact on game, now is becomeing more and more of those typical gatchas we see releasing year after another. Fatui was rewritten, Natlan was rewritten, Columbina was rewritten. Can you imagine Scaramouche (aka Wanderer) being released TODAY? He would be NOT playable at all. Childe wouldn't be playable. They weren't scared to release morally gray characters. Or else, they managed to make them playable by well written story that make a good reason for them to be released.

If Dottore was in HSR, he would be treated with respect, he would be in Genius Sociaty probably. That's what is lacking in Genshin. The respect to the well written characters, no matter if they are bad or good or grey. Genshin is scared to release evil characters. Even with Raiden, they needed to make her waifu slop at the end, she had almost 0 consequences of her actions. Even tho so many ppl had (and still have probably) trauma or died bc of her, yet Traveler don't hate her at all. They needed to do it, so players (mostly CN) wuldn't be angry. They can't handle evil female characters, and evil males even more (bc they are male + evil, nice combo).

People will say I'm exaggerating, but that's the truth. I follow every drama in CN or global around Genshin (I started to play in 1.2), I read bilibili (CN forum) and I see the problem Genshin has. HSR is fair to everyone, there are many male characters that are meta and nobody has such a big problem with that like fans of Genshin - HSR players are quite different than the one Genshin has. Genshin is becoming typical money grab project. That's also why they released Milistra stuff. China doesn't have roblox or any similar games, it was a perfect idea for Hoyo to make even more money from Genshin.

It's just sad how such a fun game, with very and i mean VERY interestin world lore and world building, is becoming such a.... disaster. Literally this game is becoming a project to earn as much money as possible from specific group of players.

EDIT: YES! Also Sandrone. Just like Raiden, she was watered and her bad actions are far forgotten. She was (and is) a colonizer of Nod Krai and yet nobody give a fck about it. Heck, right after we meet her, Paimon just said she's not that bad like WHAT??? And then she was all tsundere and helped traveler at the end, so she's all good! SIGH.

I want to skip Nicole and wait for her rerun, she will get it probably sooner than Lohen bc he's a cryo (the curse.. lmao). So it's better for me to first pull for him. But for now, what team would be the best? Durin, Bennett and maybe Albedo? Or Xilonen?

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Heja, bardzo bym chciała zakupić swój pierwszy rower <3 Niestety nie znam się dobrze na nich, nie chcę więc przepłacić albo kupić jakiegoś szmajcu z braku wiedzy. Chciałabym się was doradzić. Potrzebuję rower głównie do asfaltu (jazda do pracy ok 8km, ścieżka rowerowa itd), jestem kobietą 26 letnią, która niestety ma tylko 150cm wzrostu, więc tu też muszę uważać jaką wielkość kół wybrać. Mój budżet to max 1,5-2k.

Poczytałam trochę na rożnych forach i to, co proponowali to m.in Kross Trans 2.0, Romet Gazela, Romet Wagant czy Riverside 500. Osobiście przemawia do mnie Kross Trans 2.0, bo z tego co kojarzę jest najtańszy ale w miarę ok, basic, a ja nie potrzebuję nie wiadomo czego. Co sądzicie? I gdzie najlepiej zakupić, jakie strony są dobre?

Hejka, od dzieciństwa mam uzależnienie od jedzenia (od młodości rodzice kupowali do domu tonę słodkiego, fast foody itd) i raz jest lepiej, raz gorzej, ale ostatnio niszczy mi to trochę życie i nie wiem jak sobie z tym poradzić.

Mam 26 lat, kobieta, 150cm wzrostu. Mój peak wagi to było 70kg i przy moim wzroście i genetyce niestety każdy kilogram jest widoczny. Chodzę na siłkę i schudłam prawie 10kg, jednak od bodajże grudnia 2025 roku mocno się "zapuściłam" w takim znaczeniu, że nie mogę przestać jeść, nawet gdy jestem syta i boli mnie brzuch z przejedzenia. Muszę ciągle coś jeść, w dodatku głównie "chemię" czyli chrupki, ciasta, ciastka, batony, mcdonald itd. Kiedyś miałam mentalność, że jak w domu nic nie ma to nie zjem, że nie mam tyle motywacji/chęci by iść do sklepu, ale ostatnio potrafię wstać i iść do sklepu tylko po to, by kupić literalnie gotowe ciasto z półki i zjeść je całe. Potrafię zjeść na raz cały zestaw mcdonalda, całą paczkę chrupek i do tego paczkę ciastek. Nie umiem zachować np. połowy na jutro, muszę wszystko zjeść na raz. Prócz wpływu na samopoczucie, wagę, wygląd, to też odbija mi się to na pieniądzach.

To nie tak, że gdy mam fazę na odchudzanie, ucinam wszystko i jem samą sałatę, wiem jak się zdrowo odżywiać, wiem ile np bialka jesc, jak robic fajne fit sniadania, umiem liczyć kalorie, ćwiczyć - wlasnie tak schudlam te pierwsze 8kg, ale problem jest, że nie mogę tego utrzymać na dłuższa metę i po X miesiącach mam atak jedzenia. W głebi serca wiem, że mam silną wolę, bo udało mi się wiele razy "pokonać" żądzę jedzenia, ale to idzie epizodami, a powinno mi to zostać jako styl życia.

Mało kto mówi o uzależnieniu od jedzenia, a jest to jedno z najgorszych uzależnień, bo od tego nie da się uciec, trzeba jeść... Czy ma ktoś podobny problem do mnie? Jak wy to pokonaliście, walczycie z tym?