r/FatuiHQ

Now that I've finished it, I'm kinda confused. Like, hoyo can still write good story in WQ I guess, like a standalone story I mean, because it was good as always, but also... idk i felt kinda random and pointless and... how to put it? Detached in a jarring way?

>!Like, so Tsar had its own "Fatui" before the Tsaritsa had her own Fatui, and apparently none of the two worlds collided and from what we've learnt so far it would seem Tsaritsa has zero connection to Belyi Tsar. She jus came out of nowhere apparently and took the throne after he was already dead. If I understand it right? Since in the lore it all seem so sudden and no mention about her or that she belonged to the Tsar's court (but then no idea how it even ties to Venti knowing her prior to becoming Tsaritsa if she just popped up in Sheznaya 500 years ago ???)!<

>!and then Aksinya actually entertains approaching the Tsaritsa about all this only for the plot to say "nah, you gotta disappear and reappear in 500 years for the Traveler world quest and do not even think about approaching the Tsaritsa!"!<

>!and their plan was infinitely stupid tbh. Like, I get it, and that it was the best choice at the time and it was personal for the Tsar due to his origins, but also it was a stupid plan to expand the Shadow Realm as a new shell devoid of time for the entire region and the world... while Tsaritsa is right there collecting the Gnoses and probably coming up with a much better plan after another 500 years...!<

>!and then it makes me realize Hoyo has been lying to us again in the teaser lol!<
>!because when they first revealed the Tsaritsa and she says "what Tsar has started, I will finish" because now it doesn't make sense, she literally purged everything he's done and had no connection to people who worked with him!<
>!and surviving people who worked with him became hermits who refused to work with her and kept in secret (because plot said so)!<
>!unless, based on artifacts, Izmaylow told the Tsaritsa in exchange for his position, but it's left vague and if that was the case... it would be pretty stupid of the Tsaritsa to ignore all this and googles and his parts and Aksinya...!<

>!And then Traveler was just like... well, ok, let's just kill them. No big deal. Googles has dreams and can't abandon the friend but wants us to kill them... and I will just kill them because it's fun instead of... idk. Telling them about Tsaritsa's plan and Pierro's plans and like... guys, wait, wait... go to the Tsaritsa and try to connect forces, nobody has to die.!<

>!So idk. It didn't feel right for me and the sudden switch from lets save googles because we love him to lets kill him nobody cares, let's scram before someone discovers the Tsar;s body is gone.. was way more jarring than normally in WQs!<

>!Ehhhh. It's all because even in the end game hoyo can't just do one consolidated story and tries to segment everything into completely isolated worlds and islands where AQ stuff cannot even get a proper backstory or appearance in the world quest, like, idk, Tsaritsa actually being a part of Tsar's team or Alsinya or Primordial Human/Tsar/Googles doing something that would ultimately help in her waaaaay better plan.!<

>!Plus, I still have no idea where all the abyss actually came from unless i didn't understand it? They did mention Rotwang but didn't explain anything. From Nod-krai we only know he did smth to maybe cause it, but not sure what and how and when, and it's never explained. Or was it the Tsar and his goal that cause it? No idea. ps: I know about Sampo, the Bunker, and everything, it's just that the lore doesn't seem to outright say who exactly caused the abyss invasion in Snezhnaya and how!<

I just stumbled on her YouTube channel the other day, and watched most of her genshin-related videos.

She seems to depict the Harbingers as these highly dysfunctional people, almost as some kind of unhinged family.

The videos are obviously a bit dated lore-wise (most were released prior to Natlan and Nod Krai) but I'd like to hear your opinions on them.

I can envision childe being promoted to capitano’s title and rank in the future, assuming he doesn’t return

I can maybe see mitya become the next ‘doctor’ , but his role is much more specific then dottore’s

They initially gave Childe the 11th rank to show that they think he's too weak to be included in their ranks. To be one place apart from the weakest and very bottom of their ranks. Wanderer's voice over about him kinda confirms this. As well as Arlecchino's.

Not a puppet, not a god, not cursed, just a normal human with above average martial art skills. They initially thought he's not worthy to be called a harbinger. Though it changed as time goes by. He even earned Capitano's respect.