What I got from "strict and unfeeling 'father' " was that the previous "mother" showed herself as being gentle and caring to the children while being completely different from the inside. So arlecchino wants to be the complete opposite, a 'father' who shows herself as being strict and unfeeling while being caring on the inside(maybe) or just not being 2-faced like the previous knave and doesnt pretend to be someone she isnt

saddest part is Clervie most probably ran into the sword on purpose since she knew Peruere wouldn't be able to strike the finishing blow... "I'm sorry" for her sacrifice, "thank you" for all the years they spent together

When the ceiling and Crucabena was descending, it looked like a prey trapped in a SPIDERWEB...

In Japanese version actually said Clervie was the biological daughter of the "Mother"

There is a cut to a sword with an orange ball after Clervie's death which might represent the unnamed blonde haired girl with the Bulle Fruit hair tie, so most likely all the other kids are dead too just like the storybook in the beginning foreshadowed.

You can go to the place where Crucabena was killed, it’s in Mt. Essus, you can see a ruined building up there, near the waterfalls.

Capitano be like yeah get ready for more of me during Natlan.

that kick was everything.

Arnold, here'e something the EN version didn't mention that the CN and JP version did. Clervie is Crucabena's biological daughter, not another orphan.

*calls her the previous knave 100 times* "She was a harbinger?!! What?????"

The fact that Mother allowed her own child Clervie to die definitely made Arle snapped, that shit is foul man

Now just IMAGINE how powerful and overpowered Capitano is...💀💀💀

4:20 Neuvillette is crying with us

If you noticed Clervie has the same flower that "Mother" has, she said that she should have killed it instead of waiting for it to wither. She also said that kindness and innocence are such fantastic traits but they are useless. People also speculate that Clervie is the birth daughter of the first Knave and i guess she didn't see the potential in her daughter that's why she started getting orphans to create her champion "king". Thank god Clervie showed that kindness to Arlecchino. Which in turn made her dismantle the the foundation of the house of the hearth. Another thing to note. You mentioned that Arlecchino became the antithesis of "Mother" "Mother" in the beginning shows herself as caring and loving to the young kids. But as they grew older her agenda of creating a king and her becoming ruthless is prominent. "Father" Arlecchino that we have now states that she shall be unfeeling like a father. If she truly is the opposite of mother then she would care for the kids and instead of leaving one to become king she would train them to work with one another. My mind is firing in all cylinders. Thank you for whoever is reading this yap session.

I don't know if you noticed the flower symbolism, Clervie was wearing a necklace of that flower and "mother" was pertaining to her when she said she should have pruned it and not wait for it to wilt "die". I guess that maybe they are the real mother and daughter, like you know they share the same blood, their hair is mostly similar too.

One nice piece of info we have is that Freminet was already part of the House when the fight between Peruere and Crucabena took place. We know that thanks to his voice lines

Scaramouche: I cant believe it, I WAS ON TV Arnold casually reacting to him while also almost completely covering him xD

15:13 "I feel like all the Harbingers have a reason to fight… It's not just solely 'I'm evil, I'm a bad person'" Except Dottore. He's pure black and insanely evil lol.

19:18 Clearly thats kakavasha. But for real its just a random kid. freminet has blue eyes and was already in the house when the old knave was in charge and we know how lyney and lynette met her when lynette was child trafficked.

Your excitement, enthusiasm and joy give me life. Never change, Arnold!

In Japanese Arlechino's words to Mother are way colder in response to the offer. She pretty much says "that's impossible for you" as in she doesn't have what it takes to raise her into a true king.

The orphanage scene really reminds me of that anime where they make orphans grow and feed to demons. They also have Mother there. Forgot the title of the anime

Finally got Scara with the cape I'm so happy He looks so goofy

In the beggining there's a Bat half bunny, he's a doctor... Dottore. We see Syringes when Arlecchino is going upstairs

Btw another good detail, Arlecchino's friend, Clervie (Pink haired girl), was the "Mother"'s biological daughter, who was mistreated/abused by her for being too weak. That's why Arlecchino asks "Do mothers usually argue with their daughters?" In CN the mother daughter argument line specifically uses "birth mother", so Clervie was the previous Knave's actual daughter. So "Mother" mentioning "pruning" the Lumidouce Bell before it withered is symbolically worse than initially thought. So we all missed this detail coz of the english localization.

Its clear in other langages that Clervie is Crucabena real daughter because it is the same in the Welsh myth : Crucabena goddess of death, the Moon and witchcraft has 2 children. - Creirwy (Clervie) : Said to be the most gentle and beautiful girl in all the world and - Morvfan (whom role is Peruere) : Said to be the most monstrous boy in the world. Fun fact : Clervie has a necklace of the fontaine bell-like flower and at the end "Mother" was talking about the same flower was pretty much talking about her daughter "she should have k her instead of watch her die like that" And Peruere gaining conviction by looking at said flower too pretty mych confirm that it was Clervie symbol/representation the same way Bulle fruit is representation of unamed blonde girl and Spider for Peruere

Bro, you really my genshin wikipedia 😂

This animation made me love arlecchino more. The best feeling i got is why shes called the "Father", instead of mother, all i thought its her tomboyish type of character but instead, its because she wanted to be different from her "Mother"

I was waiting so hard for your reaction to this oml I love this trailer, literally been watching everyone's reaction to it!!

Meanwhile Venti wanted to give Arlechino an Anemo vision, but someone homerun that to the atmosphere.

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This was so beautiful and it confirms that Arlecchino might be insane or very dominant on the outside but on the inside shes still a caring woman, and she shares alot of her true personality with Freminet, especially her childhood, She shares her skill in her teen years(10 years prior to the current events, shes about 26-29 now) Lynette, a sword user, and her cordial front with Lyney.

"Every Harbinger have a reason to fight" and then there's Dottore...

I don't think Arlecchino killed her friend. I think she killed herself in the same manner Yahiko did with Nagato in Naruto.

Not only she adopted the opposite of the name "mother" she also do the opposite of what the previous knave is doing like punished the one who failed on thier task while arlecchino reward who do hardwork(like the one scene that arle gave 2 cakes on the traveler because he do the hard work).. the previous knave look caring and sweet while inside she is a demon while arle is strict and unfeeling while inside she cares on her children.. also the old knave teaches children on the young age to fight each other to become the king while arle value teamwork thats why theres like team/division on the house if they do missions. And we know now why she really like cakes. 😢😢😢

The kick made my jaw drop what a beautiful animation!

The old knave just adapted them to train them so they can kill each other..kinda like process of elimination the last one standing is the "king"

With Arnold hyping up Capitano, can you imagine his reaction if he just gets Signora'd? That would be the start of Arnold's Joker arc. Like imagine hyping up the 1st of the 11 Fatui Harbingers, just to kill him unceremoniously and not making him playable

"is this like a childhood fairytale of friendship and comradery and togetherness" kekw

It feels like "Thus spoke apocalypse", especially at the beginning... 😢

I'm waiting for ur reaction all day arnold!!!! Let's goooo

Curse on her hands didnt progressed again ever since she became Harbinger. Can we appreciate how snowflake (Tsaritsa) essentially saved Arle.

I'm guessing that rather than forcing her kids to fight each other, she'd rather be the only casualty in the selection of the King. Or if she really is unkind, she might've proposed the same battle royal on Lyney, Lyneytte and Freminet, only they decided to go confront Father instead.

Whenever there's a new lore trailer, your channel is my first go to

Everything about this animation is so sick!! But what is the coolest part of all is Arlecchino using GRAVITY against Mother, so as the building is falling, she cannot escape Arlecchino's slash as she is coming down. Imagine getting slashed at that velocity

15:33 Not sure where the siblings faught, but the place she faught Mother is probably the corrupted building at Mont Esus East, the water, the mountain in the background are the same

That pink haired girl is the real daughter of previous knave

This unprecedented thing for Genshin give me hope that we passed the threshold to the "True Endgame" in terms of storytelling and i'm all for it 😍

You didn't realize it at first but you did realize it soon after Arnold but the "Fairy Tale" being told at the beginning of the short was explaining how the orphanage was run/how the next Knave is selected Basically teaching all the children from a very young age that you're all eventually going to fight to the death to attempt to become the new mother And a subtle difference I'd like to bring up from this is, it seems like the current house of the hearth was taught this very same thing or learned about it but there's no longer a fight to the death, the only death the children experience is the possibility of not returning from a mission and that arlecchino selects the potential next knave not leaving it to some cruel process

after playing the story and coming back to rewatch this, I finally get why Arlechinno is always so calm; something like anger makes you flustered, and emotions make you waver. The only way she was able to beat Mother was when she finally relaxed and stay calm

What a good morning i just woke up and saw this notification ty Arnold for a nice morning wake up :) IM so excited for her omg her lore is probably gonna be nutty.

Just 1 year 4 months For Sneznaya ❄️

OKAY SO HERE'S MY THEORY: (Putting a spacer just to be extra safe I don't want to spoil someone before they can watch the video!!!) Clervie (pink haired girl) was Crucabena's (old harbinger) daughter and she wanted her to take her place but when she didn't show the potential she was looking for she had her prove herself by killing Arlecchino instead of doing it she let herself get killed by her so she didn't kill her best friend

10:37 such flames often represent souls in Animes too. Very interesting moment that when Peruere kills her friend, she is not standing in a battle stance and her hands are down, like she had no intention to fight, and after that Clervie also says to Peruere - "You will be a great King.... Sorry".

you are a very good youtuber for reactions like this, you notice small things and details quickly, most of others youtuber just "stare" at the screen and sleep on the details

Arnold cooking with the video breakdown as much Hoyo was cooking with the animation and Arlechinno cooking "Mother" to cinders

I didnt even realize scaramouche was in this until watching this reaction lol

You may have to wish for Capitano to be playable first before the animated video. Lol. Great video and background info as always. I need to check your vods to watch the lore you read.

I've been waiting for this reaction! Let's gooooo!!!

Lol was like watching this reaction and a spider decided to join

I've been waiting for this all night, let's goooo

Yaaay, wasn't expecting you to react until the morning tbh. So glad I didn't sleep yet 😂

can't wait for genshin impact anime

I think the biggest reason why Arlecchino is really mad at the previous Harbinger known as "Mother" is cause "Mother" basically called Arlecchino's friend useless and weak cause she was too innocent and kind. Also, another comment said that her friend is the Mother's biological daughter, so yeah

« why she kill her » they literaly tell us the story first children must compete to become the king

The fact that young arlecchino kinda gave me massive lyney vibe terrifies me. Will the cycle continue?

Haha with how deep Arnold is into the lore, I’m surprised he still thinks Signora is actually gone, being an elemental being of pure fire and the butterflies hinting at resurrection, but I guess only time will tell heh

Im always waiting for your reactions🎉🎉🎉

arlecchino is definitely not "from" khaenriah as in like 500 years old unless she can change her form like adepti. Nor is she stuck in a time stasis unless the curse has started to break for her. Why? Previous arlecchino was still alive till 8-10(total hypothetical number) years ago when Freminet was brought in and used to go on assassination missions under previous arlecchino(surely you have to be at least 10 years old to be trained enough for killing), then the current arlecchino killed and replaced the previous knave..and then Lyney and Lynette join. And we also know that Arlecchino grew up under the previous knave too before she killed her. So yea, she either stayed 400 years under a curse that stopped her age and then she started growing up all of a sudden. Or she is not from 500 years old khaenriah.

dropping by to leave a quick comment! i genuinely love your content and reactions

Regarding the location of the fight, It looks similar to a ruin at Mary Ann Memorial park. Idk if the river facing the Mont Esus. But it looks similar. Correction: it's actually at the foot of mount Esus facing the mountain where the institute are. At the waterfall. South east of mont Esus

LETSGOOO, ARLECHINO LORE. I've been waiting with bated breath for this vid when i saw your tweet.

I kinda wish this came out after the character quest was out, it sorta spoils bits of her backstory revealed in her quest before hand, but then again Hoyo has been doing this for years now lmao. I watched this after I did her quest and I feel like it hit way harder, but that’s just me personally!

The curse on the hand does look like caterpillar's hand

Another 7 in hoyoverse collection

Commenting again to say, I wonder when exactly this is We don't know how many harbingers exist at this time but if we only believe what we see then including arlecchino we're only at 5 So perhaps at the time of arlecchino's recruitment there's only 4 other harbingers all of them being long lived, there's Capitano but there's no way he's just a normal human under that armor Also if those are the tsarista's words that the jester is saying then this could be somewhat proven true and that instead of immediate rankings the tsarista gave harbingers their titles

the curse seems connected to her emotion since when burying her spider the black mark seems to grow but when she is with her friend its noticeably smaller or not there at all

Every aspect of this was PERFECTLY perfect !! Its was beautiful, tragic, and amazing..! 😊👍💕 geshin impact never cease to amaze us..!

Peruere joins the elite club of Harbinger killers 🤭

Fun fact Arnold! Back then when Arlecchino's concept art had been leaked, on the sheet where you could see some of the references used for her, there were some pics of Lady Maria, meaning that the artist working on her probably intended that Bloodborne vibe :) (or they just liked Lady Maria lol)

Someone 's found the old orphanage location on the map. It's adjacent to a waterfall in the north of Court of Fontaine Region, south of Mont Esus East. You can spot a circular ruin.

It seems to me that "Mother" forced all the orphans to fight to the death until only one was left to become the "King"

a flame curse, a pyro vision and a pyro delusion. She has so much (literal) firepower, no wonder she's the 4th strongest of the 11(10/9)

I cannot explain how much emotions I felt during that peak moment. This animation is both majestic and tragic

To add, although Crucabena might've definitely been #4 of the Fatui Harbingers, it's also possible that she was the missing #10 Harbinger. She was easily killed by a child, so power scaling wise, #10 would make sense for her. #4 for Arlecchino would make sense for the sole reason that at a young age she killed a Harbinger, and that curse she apparently has could factor in too.

Arllechino being a hilichurl alegations going crazy right now, the way the corruption spreads from her fingers upwards reminds me of the way Caterpillar's hands have the same corruption too

this animated short makes me get re-excited for all future lore for the harbingers oh my gosh!!!!

This Animated Short was Peak Fire!🔥 Thank you for your thoughts and reactions as always ❤

Cold on the outside but warm on the inside. She's basically a tsundere.

This video makes me even more hyped for the Genshin Anime.

I think the previous knave was not in number 4 position, the knave probably got promoted to higher rank after arlecchino's succession

"I don't wanna do any more talking", proceeds to yell over every single second of the entire video 😂

I wonder if Pruere is actually Perinheri in the new samsara

Very out of place but spiders reminded me of phantom troupe and not to mention knave killing the previous harbingers who happens to be no. 4 just like hisoka haha just a fun lil coincidental detail i found

1:54 holy shit, I didn't notice it on my multiple viewings, but I finally paid enough attention to it. THAT BAT IS FUCKING DOTTORE ISN'T IT. He has the statoscope and the coat, so literally a doctor. And his plushie is a bat. And Arle's plushie is a bat. So could this mean that Dottore is the one who manipulated Arle's curse from childhood, same as he did to Collei!?!? I CANNOT FUCKING WAIT FOR THE STORY QUEST. Also, her plushie is a vampire bat, so it fits with the blood abilities she has. edit: And there's the shot at 4:36 with the syringe, which I think is yet another clue that the old House did experiments on the children

So "Father"s" real name is Peruere... with the beginning of her name being pronounced exactly the same as "Père", french for "Father" Pretty clever of them yeah

Gotta Love Capitano the Strongest Harbinger

hello sir you can see the possible remnants(the fight area where arlec and the previous knave) of it in mont esus east

if we don't get winter skin for the harbringer, i am rioting...

Yo i just watched it and then arnold post😅 lit❤