QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHO DO YOU THINK IS A CHARACTER THAT IS MISINTERPRETED BY THE COMMUNITY. ALSO these are all just my opinions too! Feel free to disagree on these.

*Diluc:* Everyone thinks that he hates Kaeya, which he never did. Sure, those two don't get along and tend to be distant. However, Diluc always allow Kaeya to spend time on the Angel's Share. *Kujo Sara:* Stop reducing her into a simp, guys. She is loyal to the Shogun, because she is GRATEFUL to her, because Sara feels that the Raiden Shogun gave her a Vision and saved her life. While loyal to her god, she was also feel conflicted with the whole Vision Hunt Decree. *Zhongli and Venti's friendship:* Those two don't hate each other. Morax is not fan of Barbatos's laidback and mischiveous personality --- and call each other's silly nicknames. *The Abyss Sibling is not a the evil sibling:* There's a lot of fanarts of painting the sibling with a evil smile or killing people mercilessly. They are just like the Traveller sibling, they had grown to care about the people of the Abyss. *Keqing is now a Morax Simp:* She is still highly judgemental towards the gods. However, many tend to forget that on her Character Story, that Keqing upon reading Morax's journals, has grown humble and stunderstand more about his god. So there's nothing wrong to grown admiration towards and even asked Ganyu for help. *Xiao's Emo personality:* I totally despise how the EN translation flanderized his original personality on the CN.

Diluc is a stotic dude with PTSD but has 'Big Brother Energy' to the max. He cares a lot about people, isn't afraid to state his opinions but also keeps his cards close to his chest. I can understand why he gets a bad characterization -it just sucks because both he and Kaeya have some of the most interesting character story and characteristics.

For Eula's defense mechanism, it's not just about deterring trouble- by repeating it to herself, she's trying to take control of how she's seen. If she's going to be treated as bad, it's going to be because of her words, not something she can't control. She convinces herself it hurts less that way, and tries to feel justified when it shoos people away, because in the end, she can think she brought it on herself, and it wasn't that she was a victim of circumstance.

Hu Tao realizing qiqi is a tragic character and now chasing her around to befriend her but qiqi keeps forgetting so she only remembers Hu Taos as wanting to bury her// not liking Hu Tao at all and needing a few years to air out her grievances. Hu Tao even now pampers her.

Also, Mona has an actual job. She is an editor in a famous Fontaine magazine, she just doesn’t know how spend money responsibly

diona!! everyone overlooks her and sees her as nothing but a bratty kid. but she's a young girl who is going through very blatant neglect and is being taken advantage of. Almost every adult in Diona's life has failed her. Her story is horribly tragic and all too real, but I most often see her getting dismissed as uninteresting, or just a cute cat girl. It makes me really sad :(

Itto is not entirely stupid he’s very emotionally intelligent even tho he’s not all that book smart

I hate when people make out Ningguang to be some prissy rich girl that looks down on the impoverished. SHE GREW UP IN POVERTY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. Her character is meant to break the "stuck up tone deaf wealthy girl" stereotype for goodness sake.

Honestly, I see Venti as a parent to Mondstadt's people. He gives them freedom and lets the people of Mondstadt handle the smaller problems, but when it gets dangerous and mondstadt doesn't know how to handle the situation, he steps in to help/save everyone.

Diluc and Kaeya's Brotherhood relationship is really misrepresented because of a meme. Diluc doesn't hate Kaeya. They are still hanging out with each other, we saw them together in Venti's story quest. Diluc doesn't want Kaeya to die. If ever Kaeya would die in the Genshin's main story, Diluc would be the most broken one.

another misconception: ppl think that hu tao likes to make jokes about death or use edgy dark humour, when her voicelines say she would never joke about things like that bc she holds high respect for the dead.

Aether being a harem keeper freaks me out, because he canonically don't care about girls THAT MUCH. I mean he could have some little interest, but actually I don't think that he had any romantic feelings for anyone, not even Ayaka. She COULD have some feelings, but he - NO. Yes, he said that he feels good with her, but that wasn't the same "good" as Ayaka felt. But even when we're talking about Ayaka, I think she also doesn't simp for Traveler that much as community thinks. I'm pretty sure that when she said "you're my FRIEND" she MEANT that. Maybe she understood deep inside that if they were together for a long time, they could become a couple. But for now it's just friendship.

Xiao. A lot of people interpret his lines about suffering as edgy and angsty, but actually they are reflecting Buddhist ideals, including his character design. He was based off of the Golden-Winged Peng, a deity in Buddhism that is similar to Garuda in Hinduism. He even says a line like “to exist is to suffer” which is one of the Four Noble truths. Karma as a concept comes from those religions as well, and it’s sad to see that culture be interpreted as edgy. Rip.

The fact that people think that Ei hates Scaramouche. This isn’t even coming from headcanons or parental issue projections, I’ve seen people who genuinely believe this. Ei abandoned Scara because she thought he was too fragile, but she didn’t necessarily dislike him. Hell, Yae Miko wanted to DISPOSE of Scaramouche, but Ei wouldn’t allow her.

Ningguang is *NOT* canonically a reincarnated of Guizhong Kujou Sara isn't a simp for Raiden Shogun Kujou Sara also isn't a tsundere. she has a more serious attitude because she's an army general of an army who was literally abusing their power. the reason she's nicer when she becomes a companion/she's nicer with the traveler is because the traveler is now her friend and she's able to relax a bit Venti & Zhongli are the only 2 left of the original 7 Archons, BUT Ei is still considered as "1st gen" Archons, since she was co-ruling with her sister before Makoto's death. i see people forgetting that Ei is probably closer in age to Venti & Zhongli due to the fact the previous archon was her twin

I feel frustrated whenever people say Ayato hates Itto. His voiceline is not him hating Itto. It’s just him being amused/lowkey surprised Itto doesn’t know which family he’s from and keeps calling him “bro” which Ayato is not really used to since no one dares call him like that. I especially see people saying Ayato sounds like he’s aggressive towards Itto in English dub. I use English and Chinese dubs interchangeably and although Ayato does sound more stern in English (his whole personality sounds more stern in English), he certainly does not sound aggressive. He sounds bemused and then curious in an amused way about Itto near the end. Honestly I often question whether the majority of Genshin community has ever read a story or watch a movie at all, with their tendency to overlook the backgrounds implications or tones of characters and to just take everything at face value.

Major part of why this misinterpretations happen is that people don't listen to the voice-lines, which have the character explaining 50% or more of their entire personality and story. And the worst part is that you don't even have to read, you just have to listen... Great video btw

I think the Diluc misconception may partly come from the love for Kaeya- after Kaeya revealed: "Oh I'm a spy and might betray Mondstat" Diluc after already loosing HIS FATHER ONLY HOURS EARLIER- attacked Kaeya

May be just me but I do think Kaeya and Diluc are THE most mischaracterized duo. People think they hate each other whilst Diluc literally has the vase Kaeya gave him on display. People also depict Diluc as edgy and mean which he isn't. Lastly for Kaeya people like to act as if he doesn't care about anyone, and has no feelings it all. I also don't like how they sexualise him constantly without actually thinking of him as a character. They also paint him as "lazy slacker" meanwhile he literally does just as much work, maybe even more than the KoF. I could go on but this would be a five page essay lmao.

Lisa wasn't always this lazy: this requires a little interpretation but lines up when you look into her lore and the Academia's. 1. the Academia is notoriously gruelling. Lisa somehow graduated in two years when some people expect to spend the better part of their lives there. Now, maybe she's Just That Good and napped through the two years, but: 2. Lisa *clearly* saw something she didn't like that was a little scarier than just underemployed sages in advisory councils: listen to the way she talks about Visions and the cost of divine power. Notice how her Ascension voice lines imply she knows how to use far more of her powers than she lets on... what cost is she avoiding? Based on that, it's very likely (but not certain) that Lisa was working herself to the bone at the Academia like everyone else, trying to scramble up the competitive ladders to Dastur etc... and then when she realised the costs, she stopped cold. Lisa is a story about... maybe not burnout _per se_, but about self care and paring back one's ambitions. She *needs* this Librarian job to be easy and uneventful-no Field Officer role for her, that would be high stakes stress. She needs decades of decompression, and if she gets angry at people making her work there's a much deeper resentment behind it. TLDR Lisa is *forcing* herself to be lazy.

Im not sure entirely, but i feel like people confuse Diluc’s stoicism for contempt. After Events that occurred in his life and his childish impurities were burned during his time away, he’s certainly changed, but he remains the same if you can get under his layer of stoicism. It could be something else, but what i know is that spiteful people dont hold it in for too long.

not really a misconception but I feel like we trust venti a bit too much when it's said that he's the weakest archon. Unless I forgot something the only source we have that an archon's strength is based on their control over their people is venti himself. However, the only thing that makes an archon different to any other god is their gnosis, and it's becoming increasingly unclear what the gnosis even does. While I don't think venti wants to lie to us, it's pretty obvious he's hiding something big and between this and his overly carefree demeanour all the time it feels like for whatever reason venti wants us to not think of him as particularly strong. just imagine in a future archon quests one the archons, after we see their true power in a boss battle and finally befriend them, says something like "You think I'm strong? Just wait til you meet Barbatos, I couldn't never even lay a finger on him" and paimon's brain gets completely discombobulated

Tartaglia and Raiden are some of the most misunderstood I’ve seen. Lots of people believed Tataglia wanted to destroy Liyue or doesn’t understand how dangerous battle can be. As for Raiden well there’s nothing I need to say on her.

People calling Diluc "emo" clearly don't understand what shit he went through in the past. His life basically took a 180° at his 18th birthday. It must have been utterly traumatic to not only lose his father (who he obviously admired a lot), but also to be suddenly "betrayed" by his sworn brother. I can't imagine what a shock it must have been for him to learn about Kaeya's secret. I also really hate how most people misunderstand Diluc's and Kaeya's relationship. The webtoon clearly shows that they still care about each other. Kaeya taking care of Diluc's vision all these years and Diluc keeping that ugly vase are only a few examples. They're also constantly shown together in the game and the bartender event basically revealed to us that Kaeya spents so much time at the tavern to see Diluc. Obviously their relationship isn't as good as it used to be due to the events in the past. But I'm 100% sure that if one of them ends up in a dangerous situation the other one would do everything to save them.

The entire character of Kokomi should be discussed, she is portrayed pretty poorly and people don't understand what character she is trying to portray, she is an introvert who didn't want to be in a position of power but got forced into it, but she regardless accepts her responsibilities and tries to carry them out as best as she can. She also got pretty cornered in the archon quest and had to accept the mysterious help even if she didn't fully trust the source just because she understands that Watatsumi island needs it, she is perfectly competent she just happened to be portrayed in a series of events where she doesn't have all the important information surrounding the decisions she is taking. Another one that I've seen is that she promotes the radical soldiers into an special division so they can coup her, this is also poorly portrayed but with the information on the quest I've formed a headcannon about what she might have been thinking. And simply, it could be a hidden punishment, she doesn't have a lot of manpower available but she knows that she can't keep this men around the people of Watatsumi so she likely sent them off to deal with monsters. During the 2.5 event she threatens a subordinate to work tracking down specters, which shows that she understands this concept. She really deserves to be portrayed in a way where we are shown what her full thought process is when she takes strategic actions just like they did with Ayatos story quest

Well i had a friend who didn't like fischl, how she talked, that she talked too much, and also her (let's say brave) appearance. When i asked him for a reason. He said. It's because she is that "princessy, im better than you all, and you should bow to me" kind of character. Oh i got good laugh out of him that day, then explained, what chuunibyou is. Then i also had to convince him, that, she is not schizophrenic and is very aware that she is just good at cosplay. And other more sad implications, of uniqueness, loneliness. To this day fischl is my favorite character, not many people know that she is a very inteligent person. She is a skilled guild's investigator and puts a lot of work for mondstadt citizen's safety. Look for unreconciled stars for more. She parts ways with the traveler to help where she feels she is needed most, at that time, many people were falling unconcious due to unexplained reasons. I bet if she wasn't in adventurer's guild, she would be a an Outrider like Amber, a great asset to be sure. Fischl Hang out when.

For the "Ayaka is a manipulator" thing. It kind of happened because of awful design Designs - definition: the general arrangement of the different parts of something that is made 1) It doesn't make logistical sense nor just any sense for Traveler to go to Inazuma. I mean according to Liben, you can literally walk from Liyue to Sumeru or Fontaine 2) Traveler actually denied helping Inazuma at first even though they knew there's Vision hunt/ Sakoku decree 3) When you do statistics you don't just ask 3 people out of the whole population for accurate data and yet Ayaka told us to do just that to conclude if Vision hunt decree is bad or not 4) Inazuma archon quest is the only archon quest that requires you to complete character story quests i.e. Ayaka's and Yoimiya's, in order to further progress the story. And also 2.0 update featured Ayaka's banner In conclusion, the reason Ayaka seemed like a manipulator at first is because she made Traveler feel guilty for not helping these people even though hours ago Traveler only cared about meeting Raiden Shogun

That moment when the fanbase cares more about headcanon than actual lore. This is why I stay off of social media (especially twitter). Also, a side note, the diluc slander is too real and I love that you are helping people to understand him more.

Xiao. His backstory is actually very interesting once you delve into it, and his attitude towards the traveler make complete sense when you think about the guilt he likely has involving his karma and collateral damage. I’ve had far too many people oversimplify his character

Also the fact that people say Venti is the weakest archon because venti said "they say the more involved the god is more stronger he is. Guess that makes me the weakest one" or something along those lines.. And that Lisa is flirtatious and that's ger whole personality when i have recently noticed that she usually uses that flirty way with words to deflect the topic which most of time is about her or her past.

For me, with characters from other regions, its definitely Kazuha's friend. I get it at least started as just a joke, but there are people who genuinely think Tomo only challenged the Vision Hunters to a duel because he was a raiden simp and wanted to see the booba blade.

I also feel like people Infantalize Venti and treat him as if he is so weak? He’s still a god! An the original anemo archon?! Also despite her being an inazuma character, Ayaka is not a manipulative individual, she did what was best for her country and very much would sacrifice her standing for the traveler.

I think Zhongli is also pretty mischaracterized in the same way Venti is. I’ve seen many people say that he did not care about Liyue when it was being attacked by Osial, and that he manipulated the traveler into helping him with his plan. In the Archon Quest, Zhongli even says that he would’ve stepped in to intervene had the people of Liyue not been able to handle it, yet people still somehow think he didn’t care. The Traveler was never really a key part in his plan anyway, they just happened to be there to help. Without the Traveler, Childe would have still summoned Osial to bring out the Geo Archon for his Gnosis, he just would’ve done it faster since the Traveler wouldn’t have been there to stop him.

I would love for you to talk about the “Ayaka is a manipulator” “Zhongli is a backstabber” “Ayato hates Itto” “Hoyoverse is racist because of Xinyan” “Hu Tao’s pranks go way too far for QiQi” I really enjoyed the discussion in this video since it gives justice to a lot of characters

eula is misinterpreted big time, I've loved her and her story since the beginning and she's genuinely one of my favorite female charachters alongside ei who's also VERY misunderstood, especially the first story quest. Also diluc doesn't hate kaeya, they're just awkward around each other and bicker a lot because of the past and the whole spy thing but I guarantee, the moment anyone of them is in deep danger the other will go to help them in the speed of light.

The misconception that always annoyed me the most was “Sara is a Shogun simp” Like, people. If someone saved your life, wouldn’t you appreciate and be loyal to them? Sara isn’t a simp, she’s loyal and respectful to the person who saved her life. Also, Ik I’ll get a lot of comments about this. Ik that Shogun doesn’t give out visions and that she didn’t technically save Sara’s life.

Voices in each characters' profile can give insight how they actually are (like Diluc's lines in this vid), especially when you go higher in friendship level. It's just maybe most people dont bother to listen to them. Most story quests and hangout also do.

I'm SO glad you mentioned Venti. I'm sick of him being watered down to "ehe lazy drunk femboy archon". Like sometimes those jokes are funny, but there's so much more to his character. The reason he doesn't actively rule Mondstadt like Zhongli ruled Liyue or like Ei rules Inazuma is because he saw how that worked out 2,000 years ago and did not want history to repeat itself. The people of Old Mondstadt were so trapped and separate from the outside world that they'd never seen birds, the grass or the sky before (Venti character story 3), and that was because of the god who ruled Mondstadt at that time. Perhaps he thinks humans are maybe better off without the archons directly ruling them. And like you said he always shows up when something serious is going on. Yeah maybe it's not the most responsible way to rule your country but he is doing *something* and he does genuinely care about his people. Venti character story 4: He bade Mondstadt become a city of freedom, a nation without a king. In future, he believed, it would become a better, more romantic city. "Surely, he [the nameless bard] too would have wanted to live in such a place." I'm also glad you mentioned Albedo. I wasn't actually aware that this misconception about him existed. I'm someone who relates to Albedo A LOT, and yeah, contrary to popular belief, introverts don't hate human interaction. Albedo's alone a lot of the time but like you said that's because he just doesn't have a very big social battery... in all the events and quests and such where he's appeared he seemed to enjoy the company of other people. Just because he needs to be by himself a lot doesn't mean he hates everyone.

I was waiting for Kaeya who’s extremely mischaracterized by the fandom as well,,,,,,, but this is a good video nevertheless

Kokomi is definitely a character that gets a lot of undeserved flack, most of her best moments are glossed over fairly regularly.

1. Man, I love Venti so much. As much as we want to meme about him being a drunkard fool, he's such a complex character who's quite easy to misinterpret and keeps so many mysteries around him. He adores Mondstadt and ended up having the wisest approach and highest regard for humanity that the other archons are now trying to emulate in a way. I hope his second character quest is a banger and up to the high standards that Zhongli and Ei set up with theirs. 2. I remember I was floored by how sweet and friendly Diluc is when he interacts with Traveler. His birthday mail from last year even made me emotional. I think his 3D model's face's range doesn't help him either, he's so expressive in the manga but in the game he looks more serious. 3. As a Eula main, I appreciate the Susbedo Dragonspine event a lot for showing us how she's like when her vengeance mechanism doesn't kick in. And while she's still a bit of a tsundere, she's so polite and warm and concerned around new people who don't see her as a Lawrence, like Joel and Benny and Albedo. Sadly, I saw people joking that she was out of character because she never mentioned the word "revenge". UGH, THIS FANDOM. 4. Another one about Mondstadt characters: People saying Barbara is the Barbatos Simp(tm) to fill the (already misinterpreted) spots of Keqing and Sara. It's funny because Jean is much more of a devout even if her sister is the nun, like STILL RESPECTING THE SHIT out of Venti while knowing who he is and how he spends the time. It's so weird because Barbara is more defined by his wish to heal people and make them happy, and not the religious part of her job. 5. I can't wait for you to get to my boy Xiao in the Liyue video. I'm so tired of the anEMO jokes and we have the English dub's voice direction (not the acting itself) to blame for, because in Chinese and Japanese (Korean too I imagine?) he comes off as a different person altogether. There are a few characters that I think the EN voice direction is completely butchering, like Xiao and Eula and even Paimon. Me maining Xiao and Eula are the reason why I can't play with English audio despite some other voices being so damn good.

I love your statement on Canon vs. Headcanon. I feel like a lot of the... pain fandoms suffer from are the insistence on headcanon. I've encountered that many times in many franchise fandoms and it can go beyond forehead rubbing :D

For one thing, a lot of Mona fanart does have her selling her body for money even tho I believe she has a job. She deserves better than that. Also, to this day, i still don't understand why people shipped her and Scara.

As a person who is a Lorenut I am pleased to see this video. Finally no more bs characterization. The biggest miscommunication of a character I saw is in Yae Miko. I feel like many people forgets that she is a Kitsune. Compared what actual myth of Kitsunes are Yae is a saint.

this fanbase is built on headcanon especially shippers 😭

The misconception I see thrown around the most is the famous story of Ganyu in the Archon War. The misconception is that her butt is big, therefor monster choke. The actual text says Ganyu was really fat, therefor monster choke. That's the whole reason she's spent the last 1,500+ years dieting.

The ammount of times I've had to argue that Venti didn't abandon Mondstadt cries

Keqing so often got dumbed down to just having rex lapis figurines before her event quests came out... which was really annoying to me as a Keqing main. Like she is so much more- a head-strong honest workaholic!

Raiden, Scaramouche, Childe. People want to twist characters into good people to justify liking them. Without understanding that a character can have sympathetic reasons but their actions still make them the villain even if they were within their right or power to do so, it's not morally gray, it's villainous. And that's precisely what makes them interesting over the hundreds of nice characters. This is the same for characters like Kaeya who are not evil but more like antiheroes. Usually people hate on him for lying, endangering Collei(he wasn't going to kill her, he wanted to expose her to Amber like he was to Diluc), and especially for pushing Diluc's buttons. This is mostly to argue that it's Diluc on the right side of their feud when really they're both stubborn idiots who need to make up and hug. And remember, Kaeya has a lot of similarities to a newer better recieved character, Ayato, who isn't beyond doing villainous things(lying, manipulation, murder) to achieve what he thinks is right. Or Zhongli who killed a lot of people but just a long time ago. What I'm saying is, it's alright to like a character who is a terrible person and to discuss morality and at the end of the day it's fiction.

To people who hate Diluc because they think he hurt Kaeya. First of all, Kaeya chose the worst possible time to confess, and maybe there's a reason for that. In the text it says that Kaeya expected Diluc to become angry. Therefore, there is possibility that he confessed at that specific time because Diluc lashing out at him was exactly what he wanted to achieve. Second of all, stop assuming that Kaeya was trying to have a heart to heart conversation when Diluc refused him. We don't really know what was said in that conversation. Stop assuming that Kaeya was acting soft while Diluc was acting all mean. All of that was in your head. Canon never said any detail about what happened on that day. Kaeya's wording and behavior could've have been totally different from what you read in those fics. Lastly, stop assuming that Kaeya had picked a side when he confessed to Diluc. He hadn't. He never did. He was never ready to become enemies with Khaenri'ah. He confessed only because he wanted to stop hiding his true self from Diluc, which does not necessarily mean that he was ready to side with Mondstadt. He wanted Diluc to know the real him, but never gave up on his mission given by Khaenri'ah and by his father. He couldn't keep lying to Diluc even if they became enemies afterwards. Therefore is there anything wrong with Diluc not approving Kaeya's mission? Also the reason why Diluc stopped fighting Kaeya was never stated in the text. All we know is that the fighting stopped when Kaeya's vision appeared. That's it. Everything else is your headcanon. We don't know if it's, as you guys assumed, because Diluc really set his mind on killing Kaeya but was not capable of doing so after Kaeya got a vision. It could simply be that Diluc couldn't continue the fight because he couldn't bear losing two family members on one day, so he used the vision as an escape and walked away. Again, this is only my headcanon, but it is just as viable as your version since we don't really know what went on. All I wish to say is stop treating the stuff you see in fics as actual canon. You can enjoy the oocs in those fics, but stop spreading misinformation.

I'm surprised no one's said it yet but Kazuha. I often see him getting reduced to being vengeful and hateful towards Ei for his friend's death when that's simply not true at all. Sure his friend's death impacted him but he's accepted it and moved on from that ever since the last Inazuma archon quest.

As a Diluc main and stan myself, I do agree he’s absurdly misinterpreted and I have a few comments to add: 1- I don’t even think Diluc and Kaeya dislike each other. It appears that Kaeya chose to confess about his mission during the same night that Crepus died. While I do believe Diluc overreacted, his whole world and his entire family had just fallen apart, he wasn’t thinking straight. And now that he’s back, both brothers don’t know how to truly apologize for that night. Still, Diluc kept that hideous vase and worries about Kaeya’s drinking, while Kaeya feels relieved when the traveler becomes Diluc’s sidekick because then he hss someone to rely on. They just... have a hard time interacting because of the heavy baggage’s of what they have both done to one another in a single night 2- You didn’t even include his voiceline in the teapot about making a drink with the traveler’s taste in mind. Like holy shit, he’s sooo sweet I can’t

I swear, everyone in this game gets misrepresented and it’s just sad☹️ Honestly, a big case I find enraging is Ayaka. Everyone pushes the idea of “OMG AYAKA IS IN LOVE WITH THE TRAVELER”. I really enjoyed her quest because it felt like friendship. She was learning how to make friends. That’s what made her story beautiful. Ayaka’s dance at the end didn’t feel like romance to me, it felt like a visual way of expressing her gratitude to aether/Lumine. And now for my favorite character, Shenhe. Due to Shenhe’s whole violence thing, people thinks she’s a yandere for the traveler🤨? Shenhe’s whole quest was about FRIENDSHIP. It was such a heartwarming experience to see a person isolated from society and people learn to feel gratitude and a bond with another human being. I swear some people are just so lonely they make every girl in this game thirst for them for some reason. Not saying the guys don’t get the same treatment, I just gave examples I feel like happen a lot.

Childe I always thought he was that 'bad guy that is actually really good on the inside'. You know, like Zuko, Pain, Sasuke, etc, that get a redemption arc join the MC's team and alls good. But after really listening to his voicelines, story and after the Labrynth Warriors event, I realised that was not true at all. Yes, he cares about his siblings and would go travelling with MC if giving the chance. But Childe isn't a 'good guy'. He's completely loyal to the Tsaritsa. He is bloodthirsty and doesn't care about the wellbeing of others. All he does care about is battle. He's the direct opposite of the timid weak child he was before he fell into the Abyss. Anyways, I'm a very happy Childe main and I love him to bits.😊💖

I’m glad you mentioned Fischl bc she’s clear about herself but she doesn’t want to be seen breaking character and that’s why when she does snap out Oz plays to her strengths to help her out. She’s just a neat character who’s very lonely but definitely still from Teyvat

This isn't really a big one, but i feel there was big misconceptions that Ayato and Itto were total bros, when in reality Ayato just somewhat entertains Ittos eccentricities.

I remember there was a discord server where we had to make a pinned message about Ei’s character It went like this: Understanding Ei’s character Ei as far back as the records we could reach. She believed herself little more than a warrior with little understanding of mortal hearts, so it was best for Makoto to be the ruler, while ei’s role is the fighter. Ei was the type of person who always worried about the future, like Erosion, and upcoming disasters. Her ideal of eternity was the moment unchanging. But despite her definition of eternity being the farthest from Makoto, she choose to follow Makoto’s ideal. She fought so many wars, and monsters deemed to be an “obstacle to progress”, she eventually tried to learn Makoto’s ideal as her daily life was following progress. So when the cataclysm happened, the most progressed nation (khaenri’ah) was destroyed by Celestia, Plus Saiguu,Chiyo,Yougou and Makoto and among many others died. This led to Ei’s realization that each step to progress had a price. And so Seeing how the Price of Lost wasn’t worth the Reward of Progress,She decided to stray away from progress as much as possible, Fully embracing Stagnation (Unchanging moment) as her Version of Eternity. This is why she believed that Humans should not get the chance to pursue their ambitions as it will only result in a pain similar to what Ei went through, She truly believed her people would be better off this way. But on her Act 1 She starts to see that Progress is Unstoppable simply by wandering around inazuma and in Act 2, She has to fight her own Machine that’s programmed on Ei’s Old flawed ideal of Stagnation to prove that Her acceptance of progress is not a sign of Erosion but rather a sign that she was gonna allow people to follow their dreams for the rest of eternity. That’s what it said, As everyone kept saying Ei was a tyrant and I’m not saying her Trauma justifies her actions, All I’m saying is that people should actually try to understand the character they are judging rather then just skip dialogue and head straight into the boss fight.

Ganyu is misrepresented by the community. She isn't just a mommy milkies cocogoat. In all seriousness, people may think she is a workaholic that likes work so much that she makes everyone else look bad when actually she is just so *devoted* to Rex Lapis that she will gladly do as much menial labor as she can just to do her part even when tired of it. Also, Yanfei isn't just a by the books lawyer. While she generally does follow the law, she will bend it when she thinks it will help a person who has been wronged.

Xiao is the most infamous example and I bemoan his characterization in the English dub, but I’ll say one that I don’t see often corrected as often is Hu Tao. Everything around her character is built upon misunderstanding after misunderstanding with her handling of death, and don’t get me started with Qiqi. The biggest glaring issue is people misconstrue how Hu Tao deals with death, to the point they think she’d put glitter in people’s ashes and dig up bodies or something else wildly disrespectful to the dead. In actuality, it’s stated that it’s the complete opposite, and that despite her mischievousness and prankster personality, death is one of the only times she’s able to become somber and truly carry the legacy of the Hu family name, because it is something she is raised upon. She respects the dead so much she’s willing to disregard the status quo and the typical expectations in life, because she believes in living to the fullest, as death comes for us all. This plays into the whole burying Qiqi, the reason why she wanted to bury her was because she felt that Qiqi living on as a zombie blurred the lines between life and death, when she’s been taught all her life that they’re absolute and you cannot change death, for its strike cannot be swayed. That is, until she started doing more research, and realizing that the Adepti themselves had blessed Qiqi, she begins to change her opinion on Qiqi, even trying to dote and pamper her as apology, though Qiqi still seems to hold a grudge. Hu Tao’s incredibly mature and capable, but a lot of it is boiled down to “lol I’m a quirky girl rawr XD” because of her eccentricity and absurdity. People still think she’s going to go spontaneously commit arson and beat up children or something when Hu Tao is portrayed as uninterested in fighting. Honestly, I think people just want to project this quirky chaos girl mentality onto her, which is why we get goofy manic pixie dream girl Hu Tao, instead of the full nuances of her character. That was pretty long but I think it had to be said 😅

kaeya!! he is definitely not a flirt & most certainly would never use flirting as a way to get information out of people-i have no idea how people interpreted him following & then beating up an enemy who tried to infiltrate mondstadt during the 1st archon quest as... him flirting with said enemy during a crisis. kaeya is a shy person who doesn't want his friends to know that he planned an elaborate birthday party for them, who would stick to the sidelines & watch his friends be happy during said party. kaeya is beloved by mondstadt's grandmas who want him to be their grandson. he is definitely morally questionable at times but he has mondstadt's well-being in mind no matter what happens-he will do anything to protect the city. he doesn't even flirt with the traveler-he teases them as a joke, but as that. also the fact that the fandom made the only brown man in the whole cast out to be a flirt who uses sex appeal as a way to get information... is a problem in of itself. i can go on forever about the way kaeya is misportrayed in the fandom but then i'd be writing an essay so... yeah. ALSO. diluc... diluc gets the WORST of the mischaracterization. he doesn't hate kaeya, he literally still cares so much about him that he doesn't want to see his brother embarrass himself while drunk & even lets him hang out in angel's share despite being able to kick him out any time of the day. he cares about everyone in mondstadt & has made it his personal mission to protect them at the cost of his own health, mentally & physically, because the law enforcement of mondstadt had failed him & continue to fail every other citizen (despite jean's best efforts). diluc is a very sweet & gentle man who hides behind stone walls because of his trauma. he isn't cold & aloof & cruel at all-he's just a traumatized man who was forced to grow too fast as a child.

Fischl and Amy is basically just the Genshin equivalent of The Undertaker and Mark Calaway.

I really hate it when people make diluc hating kaeya his whole personality like no??? he does not hate him at all😭

for me, one of the biggest misconception in Genshin Impact is... just because the character spend time together, compliment each other or even admire each other in lore doesn't mean they are in a romantic relationship with each other, whether it's a straight relationship or a homosexual one. This may be heavily involved with the fanbase's headcanons but this have created further misconception or even streotypes to the actual characters in the game.

Actually, from what I understood... Eula acted like a Lawrence to stop people from suspecting her. Her being nice actually antagonized the people more, thinking she's making fun of them, so acting like a Lawrence made people more comfortable with her somehow. Like she was flagged as evil, so her acting cold made it seem that she was honest, whereas her acting nice made it seem that she's actually hiding her true self or something.

Childe for sure. Most people are under the assumption that his intent for coming to Liyue was to destroy it, but the motivation behind unleashing Osial was never the complete destruction of the nation. The primary intent was to lure out Rex Lapis and obtain the gnosis. Osial was a backup plan and never the main plan, and he never actually wanted innocent people to end up involved. Additionally, he's not a purely evil character, but a morally ambiguous one. He has morals, a conscience, and his own sense of justice (a shared trait between Hydro characters), and despite his position as a harbinger, he doesn't perceive the Traveler as an enemy. In the end, his character is far more honest, complex, and interesting than many give him credit for.

Paimon: Even Master Diluc accompanied us to the very end. Despite only being an accidentally involved...bystander. Diluc: You shared your secret with me, and I only returned your trust to the same extent. - Archon quest, prologue chapter Diluc is very kind and goes out of his way to help people even when he doesn't need to. But this makes me wonder how Hoyo is going to resolve the loose ends from his and Kaeya's fight, which started when Kaeya tried to tell him his secrets....

This video is basically Aster making an "hearsay objection" to the fandom lol Do you plan to make this a series? Just asking. Great video as always, btw!

It's always bugged me when people dumb Diluc down to just being a grumpy loner. Like literally during one of the quests, he's shown to giddily fuck around with experiments and slimes and uses his money to take care of any damage. I remember replaying some of the quests on my alt account and finding it absolutely hilarious.

Id say one of the most prominent misconceptions that derive from headcannons is people thinking Yae and Ei are lesbians; I am very pro LGBT but forcing it on characters to the point of bullying others who ship other male characters with them is not really cool

Klee thinks that Diluc is " a weird grown up" because she is still too pure. She is a kid. When she grows ilder,i think she will understand him more.

I enjoy a broke Zhongli meme every once in a while, but MAN, some people act like he couldn't make a good financial transaction to save his life. Broskis, Zhongli is the god of commerce, currency, and contracts. He literally invented mora. The reason he keeps making large purchases without really thinking about what it entails is because he is new to living by mortal rules. It's stated somewhere (Please fact-check me if I'm incorrect) that he could create enough mora to cover all of his needs, but he wants to live by the rules of his people and so he doesn't. He has a stable job and, in time, he'll adapt just as well as the next person to living like everyone else. He doesn't want to be a so-called 'Bourgeois leech', as Paimon so eloquently called him. I guess my main issue is that these characters are given so much depth and potential to grow, but because it's all so much, they tend to get simplified to one or two core traits for convenience. This has happened in-game with people, too (Example: Venti. In the latest event, almost every single line he had was about drinking and/or alcohol. Practically nothing else. His character had a lot of potential in this event, such as his unique situation as the god of Freedom coming to a country that up till then was under a strained, difficult rule. I was cheated out of a Raiden/Venti interaction, Hoyoverse). But I come from the standpoint of a writer, so I probably analyze this far more than any casual player needs to. It's just a shame to see characters portrayed with such one-note flatness. Why does every comment I write turn into an essay, lol

Misconception? "Everyplayable character is good person". I hate that misconception lmao

Venti and Eula Venti isn't just a drunk femboy- he chose not to govern his people in order to give them Freedom, the same way Zhongli ran Liyue through Contracts. I hate how people always dumb him down as if the two very first things we learn about him AREN'T that he's caring and wise which we learn through the story of Venti's wisdom helping birds fly and how he cares for Dvalin the first time we see him- not to mention how he never gives up and when Signora is attacking him and the traveler- the second the traveler seems to be in trouble- hes concerned about them. I feel like the community takes Venti's maturity in Not Taking Offense whenever someone insults him as Him Agreeing, but just cause he doesnt get mad doesn't mean he agrees with what people say about him: he's old and wise as hell, its like an adult not disagreeing when a child makes an incorrect but harmless statement [in my opinion]. and Eula- Wasn't executed as well as she could have been but Amber tells it plainly, Eula is sad about everyone hating her and does the best she can to make people happy. She uses her demeanour and words like "vengeance" and "revenge" to keep up appearances but ultimately all the revenge we've seen of her [that I can remember] is just her doing nice things for people- just cause she has a harsh exterior doesn't mean the community should brush her kindness under the rug

Just a quick question, they mentioned that if a god does their job for their respective city, they gain powers right? and they said Venti is the weakest because he doesn't do his? But he is the God of Freedom, and he lets people of Mondstadt have their freedom, doesn't that mean he actually does his job? and so he should be the most powerful of all. Also he came back to save the people of Mond from slavery, he saved Dvalin from being manipulated, and he helped Stanley let go of his past, meaning he does his work. idk

while I do agree that amber is more than a flat character, I don't people should have to read the manga to get that character.

1) The abyss sibling is def misinterpreted to me. I feel like the community treat them as just plain evil and cold with no emotions or empathy for anyone, which is the entire opposite of their character. An antagonist sure has thoughts and ideals opposite to the protagonist, but that doesn't mean they're fully evil. The abyss sibling actually resembles a lot your regular shonen protagonist or one of the good guys, with the thought "if there's even 1% of chance it works, then we should try it!", which shows how "foolish" we can get because of our empathy and emotions when we don't listen to our rationnal selves and become not objective. The abyss sibling is probably the most empathetic and pure twin out of the two. But when you see a whole "innocent" nation being destroyed and spend 500 years all alone after understanding who destroyed it and why as well as the true nature of the world of Teyvat, you can't be all bubbly and smiley. Our twin experienced so many things, it kind of change the way they show themselves. They still have emotions, they still are empathetic, but this innocence of theirs quite transformed and became something dangerous. Of course, I'm not saying we can call them "good" either, I believe they also want to destroy the nations of Teyvat for revenge or smt ? Not sure, but even without that, not good doesn't mean plain evil, and a protaginist may be less empathetic and innocent than an antagonist. 2) Just Aether and Lumine in general, but maybe less... Aether and Lumine are characterized by the community as respectively "sweet/cold", which I don't think is true. I believe the twins have a similar personnality, it shows when you choose Lumine as your traveler, she still make jokes, laughs etc... but if you chose Aether, as I said previously, her personnality altered a little because of all the things she's experienced. But there's a kind of double standard I don't really understand in the community : Most think Aether is the canon traveler _(which I don't want to debate on, but just know that Hoyo confirmed both could be the traveler and that there were no canon in the first place. We can say however he's "canon" in most of their promo stuff's timeline)_ but paradoxally, think he's all sweet and soft. But I can't see at any moment the Traveler being "soft/sweet" at all. For the most part, they're smuggy, jokey and sarcastic, sometimes cold and direct and just say straight up what they think even if it doesn't please the others. Which isn't really how the general community portrays Aether. Even on the drawings where the two are drawn separately or at the same time, like one of the Irodori festival that Klee and Yoimiya drawn, Aether is making a jaded face while Lumine is smiling and looks more bubbly and expressive. Considering the general community thinks of Lumine as the canon abyss princess, it matches what I said previously, as our sibling is probably the most innocent/pure out of the two of us, and is pretty empathetic and emotional, to the point it can lead them to make chaotic mistakes. Her design is also coloured in white, which symbolizes purity and a light blue for softness and peace. Even her flowers mean "the tenderness of the homeland", which further empathizes the softness she's suppposed to represent.

One other aspect of Albedo being a loner at times is probably because he considers himself to be a ticking time bomb, as the dragon, Durinn, was used as a weapon, he thinks he too may be used similarly.

Ningguang suggestion: I found in my original interpretation of her that she was a stuffy, Mora-grubbing official who just wanted to rake in more and more cash at whatever cost. But as I explored her stories, I realized a couple things: A. I was entirely correct, and B. There was a reason behind her Mora-grubbing ways. She was extremely poor from a very young age, walking tirelessly up and down Yaoguang Shoal, trying to make even ten Mora a day. Then she got her Vision by pure chance (who knew the husk of another money hungry Vision wielder would just fall into her hands?) and suddenly she was propelled to the upper echelons of society. In a way, her tendency to chase Mora is her way of trying to avoid the previously traumatic situation of poverty she was forced into. A defense mechanism not unlike Eula's.

I'm a simple person, I see Diluc and I click

As a Keqing main, I hate hate hate when people portray her as a "Morax simp" bc of that one voiceline. Keqing is critical of Rex Lapis, maybe the only critical voice in Liyue, bc she believes that humans don't need the gods and that their blind devotion to the archons is hindering their progress. For a long time, Keqing despised the gods and even tried to destroy her vision bc everyone gave the gods credit for the things she achieved through her own hard work. However, as she got older, she learned of all the things Morax has done for Liyue. She realized that he too has worked hard to protect the nation she loves, and she grew to respect him for it. That's why she now occasionally buys "Geo Archon paraphernalia", because she respects Rex Lapis and his contributions to Liyue. Also, she loves shopping, so yk, she might have just seen a shiny figure and thought "oooo".

I feel like Baizhu is very misinterpreted. People tend to paint him on a bad light because of one of Qiqi's voicelines that implies she isn't the person that he loves the most. They twist it to mean that he takes advantage of her just because he's interested in her immortality. But no, he actually took her in and takes great care of her. It's a sweet familial relationship that they have, despite whatever end goal he might have had at first when he took her under his wing

I'm looking forward to seeing the Liyue Characters being discussed, maybe even the Inazuma characters! Great Video Aster!

Gold = bad. She creates Albedo to destroy Mondstadt. Gold is Alice best friend. Alice = bad. She creates Klee to destroy Mondstadt. So, let's kill Albedo and Klee before they destroy Mondstadt. Lol 🤣 Celestia is bad because they kill Primordial (previous ruler). But why Primordial is not bad when they kill 7 elemental dragon (previous ruler)? In future, the Traveler will kill Celestia (previous ruler). So, does this mean Traveler is bad too? The thing is, only 7 elemental dragon is the true ruler of Teyvat. Primordial, Celestia and Traveler is alien come from different worlds and kill the previous ruler. 🤔

I'll be honest here, Venti's misinterpretation is the most frustrating one for me🤦‍♂️ Heck, even 1 of my friends still believed that Zhongli & Ei hates Venti just bc he's an alcoholic... Like for example, if Zhongli really hate Venti that much, I think Venti would be as good as a dead bird long time ago after he pours wine on Zhongli's head(there's a lore about this)🤷‍♂️ I tried to tell my friend that he's misinterpreting Venti, but I also don't wanna start a petty argument. So, if he's still wanna misinterpreting Venti, I'll just be 😐 Edit : oh & also, Venti's misinterpretation is 1 of the reasons why I disliked MatPat's Genshin video🚶🚶🚶

I heard the word “hearsay” and it immediately goes back to that one court between johnny and amber

I love Venti so much. And it's so sad to see people water him down to "haha playful dumb body copier he's such a prankster" when it's evident that's a coping mechanism / persona bit. A lot of it IS his own personality, but when he talks as Barbatos, he is gentler, more wise. Still a little shit but much more godly even.

As an introvert myself, I can totally understand Albedo's opinion toward social interaction, because I feel the exact same way. I love talking to people, but also love spending my time alone because it heals and revitalizes me

"lots of hearsay" ? I see what you did there!

I hate how most of the fanbase has 'I can fix him' syndrome with Childe he's a villain let him stay that way.

For reference when I inevitably come back to this amazing video: 2:59 VENTI didn't abandon Mondstadt ...4:25 he might have just woken 6:23 DILUC isn't a spiteful man ...7:47 epitome of hospitality ...8:21 simping for empathetic/gentle!Diluc voicelines 😉 (EN VA: Sean Chiplock) 10:26 ALBEDO doesn't hate people or interaction ...11:31 ironically, one of the most connected characters so far ...12:17 lonely genius archetype, Queens Gambit 13:09 AMBER is [not] a flat character ...13:19 Amber's intelligence and perception in the manga (Blackfire/Crepus clues, ingenuity in combat, fairly judging Collei) 15:31 EULA's coldness as defence mechanism ...16:39 “a line she convinced herself was the best way to tackle confrontation”

My biggest pet peeves of misconceptions from this fandom: "Ayaka is a manipulater" ; "Sara and Ei wanted the death of Kazuha's friend" ; "Hu Tao is hated by the people of Liyue" "Eula deserves that treatment, because of her behaviour in her story quest" ; "Traveler can't think for themselves so everyone is telling them what to do, when they don't care about the problems they're involved in" ; "Why didn't Ayaka and Ayato do something against the Vision Hunt Decree, when they have the resources"; "Everyone just uses Traveler without carrying about them or wanting to help them" These are mostly opinions I saw on tik tok 💀

i feel with the archons, people have expected too much from them in terms of their godhood. such as venti’s been misinterpreted as abandoning mondstadt, zhongli’s seen as backstabbing liyue and ei… well, it’s different, but it’s more that she came from a place of deep grief and didn’t know how to process it. like you said, these gods aren’t omnipotent and omnipresent. they weren’t born gods in the first place. what their writing tells us is the gods of teyvat make mistakes. they may not know what’s best for the people. they have more human qualities than we thought. and even MORE importantly, it would be a great disservice to the people if they solely relied on them and looked to them as these all powerful gods who will protect them and solve all their problems no matter what. there have been side quests and commissions where they send this message. the one where we have to pick up the fortune slips at the narukami shrine comes to mind: they throw the slips on the roof bec of a rumour that it’ll dispel their bad luck, and the shrine maiden is frustrated bc they don’t get the message. they have to do things themselves. this is what venti has been doing. and this is what zhongli was trying to do in the liyue archon quest. this does NOT mean they don’t care about their nations at all. venti wakes up in mondstadt’s time of need. zhongli tells us that should the adepti and the qixing fail in protecting liyue, he will step in. they WILL do things if they have to. the POINT is they shouldn’t have to all the time. gods shouldn’t babysit their people. the game’s current timeline is the start of a huge shift in teyvat’s culture: the people need to stand up for themselves.

Kaeya Everything about Kaeya is misinterpreted : - He is a pretentious flirt : FALSE, He literally is excessive humble, charming and sweet talk peoples all the time. The flirty ones are Lisa and Miko. - He is lazy : FALSE, He probably work the most in the knights after Jean, it's only that, unlike her he is able to delegate his work to others when needed or when he think they are the best suited for a job. He delegate regulary part of his job to the Traveller because they are strong, well liked by the peoples and not a complete knight. Delegating is not bad, it is important for a leader like him! He also work while drinking in the tavern, by gaining informations, he rarelly really stop working . In his second birthday letter, Jean did gave Kaeya one day off and he didn't now what to do except drink or walk alone, the man is a workaholic too! - He hate Khaenriah and abandoned them : FALSE, The man is literally covered in symbols of Khaenriah, he clearly like his home country dearly, he simply probably don't know how to save Khaenriah from the curse yet but he will probably play a role in that eventually. Also, he seem to put a lot of significance in families, i doubt he would let down his own father (and i don't think his father is evil as peoples think he is, just desesperate). - He will betray Mondstadt/Khaenriah : FALSE, Kaeya is someone who want to be useful because he is tired of being abandoned, you can see it in some of his dialogues when you leave him : "Leaving already? See you next time then, don't make me wait too long though." - Good Night Voiceline , "Is it that time already? I'm not sure I'm ready to say goodbye." -Serenitea Pot's voiceline. In a lot of his voicelines in the Serenitea Pot, Kaeya show that he really want to help peoples, he even offer to compile us a guide who would contain "all kinds of practical knowledge for at home and on the road, including the techniques I have developed for communicating with people from all walks of life. I'd like to share it all with you", just like that, only to be helpfull. He is also the guy who is incapable of choosing, his whole character story is about him not knowing who to choose between Mondstadt and Khaenriah and while i don't remember exactly the terms, there was a tie in the Archipelago event where Kaeya literaly ask Diluc to choose for him between picking up seashell or cathing lizards (or something like that) because Diluc is "good at knowing what he (diluc) want" and Kaeya wasn't even able to make a simple choice like that. Kaeya will not betray anyone because if both side trust him he will not be able to choose... if one side abandon him, he will probably choose the side who trust and need him tho. - He is a spy for Khaenriah and his mission is to betray Mondstadt : FALSE, He is an "agent", in the chinese version, he is called something like "a chess piece placed here to wait for his time to act", but we don't know what his mission is, perhaps he is supposed to create an alliance between Khaenriah and Mond or perhaps he is simply waiting for Celestia to attack one nation again so he can take vengeance or perhaps he is supposed to wait for a way to break the curse of Khaenriah. Just remember that all Khaenriahn's peoples are not part of the Abyss Order and they are not all cursed (like Kaeya himself, seemingly) , or have ways to stay themselves (like Dainsleif). In Kaeya's story, he say "If Khaenri'ah and Mondstadt went to war, which side should he support?" and peoples seem to think that it mean the two nations are in war but IT'S THE OPPOSITE!! The sentence start with "IF", showing that they are not currently in war when Kaeya think that (10 years ago max) but the abyss order is at war with the whole of Teyvat since 500 years ago, so it mean the Khaenriah wo sent Kaeya in Mondstadt is NOT the abyss order and, so it mean that they are probably NOT enemies. It is probably the part of Khaenriah where we will go at the end of the teyvat plotline (the one we see in the 'Travail''s trailer). I assume Dainsleif, Skirk and Gold all are from this faction of Khaenriah too. Bref! I talked a lot!

def xiao and diluc, the amount of times i've heart xiao is emo and diluc is grumpy scares me

sometimes i feel bad for hu tao because like the whole of liyue basically hates her for what? not fully understanding social norms? hu tao is a very genuine character who truly does just want to do her job well, and simply doesn't understand the common perception of death because she grew up so familiar with it, but she respects death to the utmost, because she is so familiar with it. Yes, she is mischievous as well, but she's also just this girl who likes hanging out in creepy places and writing poetry, which is such a mood. She's very positive about almost everyone in liyue and has a lot of respect and admiration for them. If you listen to her voice lines, you'll realise that she's a much more gentle and pure character than people think, and even her burying qiqi was a misunderstanding. Like,, what would you do if u saw this shady guy with a zombie child- because hu tao respects the cycle of life and death, and because she doesn't like baizhu, she assumed qiqi was suffering by not being able to pass on. When she understood the situation better, that qiqi recieved her vision and was brought back to life because of how strong her will to live is, hu tao was able to make an exception and wants to make it up to qiqi by spoiling her,, but qiqi is understandably pretty traumatised and still stays away from her,,, anyway i love hu tao. Don't get me wrong i still think she's quite chaotic but she's not a bad person! Also eula and diluc but you covered them!

I believe Ningguang is often misinterpreted as a ''Rich Lady'' kinda stereotype when in actuallity she's very, VERY humble. Yet ambicious, she restrings herself from having commodities and will often preffer more simplier delights both in food and interests. That being said she is a business woman and she's always working, everytime, but her love for mora is not only to get richer, mora to her means everything because it's factually true that mora solves everything, and she solved her own life by herself. She did mention she wants the jade chamber to shadow over the seven nations but everytime she uses the jade chamber it's for a greater good and she's willing to sacrifice all she has worked on.

I feel the reason to Diluc's widely perceived spiteful nature is due to the screen time he's been given in the quests. He involves with Kaeya and the favonius, and the abyss. They're all situations where his bitterness would surface. So, what the general audience gets to see of Diluc is spiteful batman, further reinforced by diona and klees opinions

Hu Tao If someone actually takes their time to read her Stories, it is said that she actually regrets having wanted to bury Qiqi against her will after seeing how much will to live she still has, and now she just wants to befriend her. But the damage was already done, and Qiqi, having memory issues, can only remembers her as the too warm person who wants to bury her like a corpse. Hu Tao's jokester personality and innability to read the room probably didn't helped. "Since Qiqi's will to live is so strong, she should not be forced to move on. Given the circumstances, she could only be treated as a rare exception that eludes the natural laws." Hu Tao's Character Story 4

Noelles hangout may seem fun and wholesome but analyzing it makes me kinda sad, she’s so afraid of failure she follows our every lead and when we get things wrong she blames herself for believing in the things and not that she had put too much faith in us, she’s constantly paranoid it prevents her from thinking logically like how she studies things that won’t come up on the knight test thinking that it will and she passes out when she has too much control, I believe Jean doesn’t want her to be a knight because of how much she relies on others decisions sure the current knights may be hard to control but they have a sense that is their own without others interfering if we told her she shouldn’t be a knight she would throw away that dream just because she believes in us more than herself.