#Genshin Story Quests

[justcuriouspolls]

Avoid leaving major spoilers in the comments/replies if possible! (especially since I haven’t done neuvilette’s story quest yet and would rather avoid seeing spoilers)

#genshin impact #genshin #genshin story quests #venti #zhongli #raiden ei #nahida #neuvilette #furina #polls #tumblr polls #my polls

[blazingblorbos]

I love "Miko's Ingenuity" (the track that plays during Miko’s Story Quest cutscene) and upon revisiting the recording I took of the cutscene, I decided I’m gonna be loud about it and say:

We, as a collective, don’t talk enough about this.

We’ve seen Yae appear in a grand total of like 7 different version updates and throughout all of them THIS quest and cutscene is the ONLY time we ever see Miko even a little emotionally vulnerable. And I think it’s an amazing insight into her character.

Miko is gaslight gatekeep girlboss incarnate; she’s a cunning mastermind, likes to tease people and she’s always the one who’s 10 steps ahead in any given situation. We been knew that, and this is a persona she displays that no one has ever been able to break.

but THIS CUTSCENEE

[HER LITTLE FROWN!!  :((( ]

[SHE LOOKS SO SAD]

She waited for Ei for 500 years, got her back, and now she has to send the souls of her friends and family away.

“It’s a feast and all feasts come to an end”  [and what if I literally sob]

[My heart broke watching this I love her so much]

   Her FACE ! THAT expression. I am sniveling on the ground.

We know both Ei and Miko have lost people close to them; here we see Miko go through the loss firsthand. And even in the presence of the Traveler Miko decides not to preserve her unbothered and nonchalant mask. She’s sad to seem them go. But she knows it has to be done and she takes comfort in the fact that these youkai lived their lives to the fullest.

   good GOD I could go on and on about how hot she was for doing this in the first place (both the animation and the masterful big brain plan behind getting the whole city to do the chant along with her).

 But I won’t, I wanted this post to mainly just be about how great it is that we saw this moment of vulnerability from her.  And how this moment is NEARLY A YEAR OLD!??!    I just thought it was so delicious from like, a character-crafting perspective. ‘Cause even in the recent Mikawa Flower Festival the topic of youkai losing friends throughout the passage of time is brought up again around Miko, and she played the part of, well.. ‘therapist’ for Chizuru incredibly well.

   We have never since seen (and maybe never will? for a while at least) the same level of vulnerability that she displayed in her story quest, and I want people to remember it, because it definitely humanizes her more and just contributes so much to her character as we know her in the recent versions and I love her so much.

#idk there was no point to make with this post other than I love her #and I love that we SEE this facet of her character #being able to see the vulnerable side of her makes her air of superiority and cunningness feel so much more... #earned? believable? #The end of her story quest had such an impact on me #Yae on the brain fr she's been driving me insane for so long #Now listen I know I said this would be a Honkai blog but I play both games and I'm gay all the same #so I WILL be posting genshin shit here periodically #and Yae's been on my brain since forever so I had to make this and I didn't really want it on my main blog #BRING BACK THE LOVE FOR IT #Yae Miko #Miko #Yae Miko Story Quest #story quest #Genshin Impact #Genshin #Genshin Story Quests #genshin yae #原神 #Yae Miko I am on my knees #blazingtextpost

[factsilike]

I’ve been seeing a lot of stuff about this lately-

I don’t understand why people complain that the character story quests are boring when said story quest is supposed to show how the character operates given their profession or life and their personality and how they work best in an environment suited for them?

Take Ayato’s story quest for example. He was shown as a commissioner of a major important faction that overlooks all of Inazuma’s affairs, along with two other factions, which is a very important and demanding position in Inazuma (as well as Ayaka’s older brother but that’s not important in his story quest), one that takes a lot of intelligence, resourcefulness, and meticulousness to maintain (not to mention his story quest literally tells how he came to be commissioner and how difficult it was for him to rise to where he is today). So of course his story quest is going to revolve around he operates and how he handles any problems he faces and how, in a given situation, he plans to come out on top! He was given a problem and his story quest shows how he is going to solve it, by which his personality and way of solving problems is shown!

And now people are saying the same stuff about Yelan. Like?? Have you not seen her character teaser? Her character demo? Her introduction in the livestream? Her in Collected Miscellany video? Literally so many ways of telling us that she is a important and mysterious undercover spy agent of sorts who comes and goes as she pleases (which is not an easy job and requires things like much training, intelligence, a knack for being thorough and secretive and an ability to notice things others don’t)  and when her story quest shows all of these traits and skills that she possesses and puts to use when approaching a problem that is related to her job, people complain that it is boring and uninteresting? That is just how her character is. It’s completely fine if you didn’t like a story quest for whatever reason. But no need to diss on the characters or the story quest just because it’s not for you, or because you didn't like it. 

Also not related to my point but imo her story quest was so freaking good and was really engaging, and showed how her investigating skills, acting prowess and Liyue’s political situations in the best way. It literally felt like reading a mystery novel. I don’t even like Yelan! But I loved her story quest because it was so engaging and interesting, and wrapped pretty nicely imo.

These story quests about the characters literally show just this; what the character is like in their daily life or in a given situation or when solving a problem, because it is meant to showcase their personality.

#genshin impact #genshin story quests #Ayatos story quest #Yealan's story quest #I don't think I really spoiled anything from Yelan's story quest but I'll tag it anyway #Yelan's story quest spoilers #one thing that did annoy me was paimon #stating obvious things as usual #things that the player can see for themselves #but nope shes gotta say them out loud #genshin 2.7 update #b

[cfeather]

light upon the sea

#my art #genshin impact #xiao #i did this for liyuezine last year and now it has been freed from zine purgatory!!!!!! #yippeeee!!!!!! #the zine is doing leftover sales now on twitter #i liked lantern rite i like stories about turning remembrance into celebration #i stole the caption from one of the lantern rite quest names because hey #if it works it works #i like it when a phrase can have multiple interpretations #anyways #this piece is old now LOL and in retrospect there are some things i would have done differently but i like the art i did for the screen :)

[4dango-the2nd]

MARTYRS

Neuvilette's Story Quest Spoiler

IT'S ALWAYS THE NPCS, MAN justice for Carole and Vautrin!!!

#Neuvilette's Story Quest Spoiler #genshin spoiler #4dango #4dango comic #4dango genshin comic #neuvilette #vautrin #carole #fontaine #genshin #genshin impact

[tinartss]

feel like kaveh has moments where he’s like wait alhaitham is just as cute as he was all those years ago…….and then he opens his mouth

#kaveh #alhaitham #kavetham #haikaveh #genshin impact #unrelated to the art but i read the cyno story quest leaks ft haikaveh today and haven't known peace since #i'm about to be so normal about them #my thoughts on them are over on twt if you're interested!

[purplesound]

Guilty

#genshin impact #genshin #genshin spoilers #genshin 4.2 spoilers #furina #focalors #brooo new archon quest destroyed me😭 #I never was into genshin story/lore but Fontaine's story from the beginning to the end was soooo good #I don't want to say goodbye to this cast of characters #my art

[saccharinerose]

Furina: Anyone I've ever worked with probably couldn't wait to get rid of me... Since I'm just an ordinary person now. They'll probably just laugh in my face if I go asking them for help... :(

Neuvillette, the second Furina asks him about booking the Opera Epiclese, the process for which is notably cumbersome and complex: Yes, I will take care of it immediately. Btw does this mean you will allow audiences (myself included) to enjoy your outstanding acting talents once more? 🥺

#furina #neuvillette #genshin 4.2 spoilers #genshin spoilers #genshin 4.2 #genshin impact #he is so horrendously pathetically down bad for her #i want to put clown make-up on him and beat him up in a parking lot #MY MAN #YOU ARE ONE STEP AWAY FROM SERENADING AT HER WINDOW #so yeah i played furina's story quest #her 1st story quest was kinda depressing #but also hopeful #we still have her presumed 2nd story quest for the 2nd weekly boss of Fontaine #maybe this one will have an all-around happier note #building on the hopeful end of her 1st one #i just want furina to be happy :') #focallette #neuvifuri

[hydrodragons]

"what's the matter? too scared to shoot straight?"

#genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinet #wriothesley #genshin spoilers #4.1 spoilers #story quest spoilers #mine* #wriothesley* #tw flashing #HE- WHEN HE- AND HE- AND IM- #i swear every cutscene of wrio is just hyv telling us that they're down horrendous for him LIKESJFKSHD #i don't blame them but like damn Relax (keep going) #i wanted to gif the scene after this but i'll probably leave that for tmr #it's getting late and i have a long day ahead hhhhhhh

[beaxmice]

its been one of those weeks... pass the yaoi !!

#i finally unlocked alhaithams story quest 🥲 #ive waited so long 2 finally get 2 meet alhaitham n kaveh in game and now my journey is coming to an end..... #im saying this like theyre frail old man in their death bed BUT STILL #gonna miss sumeru it was super nice #also finishing caribert as well..... #FONTAINE HERE WE COME #art #fanart #haikaveh #kavetham #alhaitham #kaveh #genshin #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #genshin fanart #save art

[gautiersylvain]

#genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinet #wriothesley #mine* #his story quest got to me all right ;_; #also this was so hot of him fr

[dulcesiabits]

You: Oh! Hi Ly—

Lyney: I want you.

You:

Lyney:

You:

Lyney: haha want to see a magic trick? Watch me pull a dove out of my hat

#liya chats #genshin impact #lyney #lyney x reader #listen. the charming twink who flirts to obfuscate his intentions and to avoid scrutiny is #well. it gets to me ok. #I love it when characters lie <3 #also insane how. spoilers for 4.0? Flirty Lyney is in his voicelines and in his story quest (that rainbow rose. was on. PURPOSE).

[aha-chuu]

Al Haitham story quest confirms:

Kaveh does the house work, Al Haitham is the messy one

Kaveh is a light weight and drunkenly told half of Sumeru that he's broke and living with Al Haitham

Al Haitham is a sugar daddy but a very reluctant one (even though he's not saying no)

Kaveh does care about Al Haitham and asks if he's okay

Kaveh is very upset that Al Haitham keeps going furniture shopping without him, Al Haitham seems into retail therapy so long as it pisses Kaveh off

If you check what Al Haitham is thinking with Nahida after the quest, he is thinking about cleaning up the books that Kaveh told him to put away - so he does take what Kaveh tells him to do into account

#alhaitham #genshin impact #al haitham #kaveh #Alhaitham story quest #kavetham #alhaiveh #that scene was so domestic i can't #bickering but they CARE #Kaveh: uhhhh we used to be friends but um we're not anymore #either that's a getting back together fic OR #they're dating but Kaveh doesn't wanna admit it

[astralstarlight]

pairing: wriothesley x reader

summary: you really want to spend time with wriothesley right now.

word count: 1.1k+

warnings/tags: 18+, nsfw content (under the cut), umm praise from wriothesley??, kind of shy/insecure reader, fingering, fem/female bodied! reader, he calls you sweetheart and baby, i was gonna let him use his cuffs and then i forgot so he's extra gentle instead

a/n: i need him.

Every time you visit Wriothesley in his office, he knows it's because you're needy. You don't make the trip all the way there for no reason.

"I just missed you." You'll say, leaning against the table with a pout. It's the way you're avoiding eye contact with him and staring your shoes that gives you away. Not to mention the fact that you're standing right in front of his seat and forcing him to look at you instead of the paperwork he has on his desk.

He resists the urge to laugh. With a slow and precise movement, he leans forward so that he's meeting your gaze again. "Yeah? You just wanted to spend time with me?"

"Mhm." You feign innocence. Archons, you're even blushing.

"Still too nervous to use your words, huh?"

He watches as your shoulders tense. Guilt is written all over your features. He watches as you take a deep breath in to try to calm yourself, meeting his eyes with a flash of confidence this time. There's a rigidness in your form still though, and your mouth opens to say something. But he doesn't let you.

His hands clasp around your thighs, pushing them open so he can move forward on his seat to put himself between your legs. Before you can continue your sentence, he kisses you.

He knows you're about to apologise for something inane, like bothering him when he's clearly so busy, but he wants to remind you that he'll always make time for you. This isn't annoying for him. And it never will be. Besides, it's not like he can focus on anything while you're here.

It's a gentle kiss, and he lets himself part from you just a little before he's speaking again.

"Shh. I'll take care of you, okay?"

It's so quiet that you can hear how loud your breathing is. It's long, languid breaths at first, even as your heartbeat thuds quickly in your chest.

He's barely even touched you, and you still feel your breath hitch as he traces his fingers over your clothed pussy. You don't say anything, just letting his hands explore you and letting him squeeze and caress without complaint. He'll never tell you, but he likes holding you like this; likes knowing you're comfortable enough to let him just touch wherever. His hands never wander above your waist, and his motions slow as he tries to figure out what you're after today.

In exchange, you tentatively run your fingers through his hair. Once. Twice. And it takes you a couple seconds to realise that he's still just tracing his fingers over your thighs because he's waiting for you to ask for what you want. A small sound of frustration leaves your lips. This doesn't need to be this hard. But the soft intimacy of his hands touching you seems to add a knot in your throat. So you do the next best thing. You nudge his hand to where you actually want him to touch.

"There." A sigh of contentment leaves his lips. "That wasn't so hard, right?" And he still has the audacity to look up to you with a cheeky grin that sends your heart racing.

His fingers are gentle — pushing inside you and feeling, before they become searching, and all you can feel is a pleasure running up your legs and curling in your stomach. A breathy huff leaves your lips and that has him properly chuckling. You can't really help it if your hips jerk upwards to meet his touch a little better.

But he stills you easily.

He stands up, curving his arm around your waist and pulling you further to the edge of the table so you can't escape the way his fingers curve inside you.

"Wrio—" You moan against his ear, not entirely sure what you're asking for or what you're wanting, but wanting something nonetheless. He's quicker at thinking of it than your pleasured-muddled mind. His lips connect with yours again and you're barely able to kiss him back properly. It's all open mouthed, and a little sloppy. A warmth pulses through you as he traces his lips across your jaw forgivingly, down the side of your neck, nibbling lightly all the way. An uncontrolled whine from your throat has him huffing a laugh against your skin.

"Like this?" He mumbles, brushing his lips against your collarbones while his fingers push on a spot that has you moaning again.

A panic runs through your veins when you hear knocking at the door, and you put your hands on his shoulders, ready to stop him and scurry away. Except he's already murmuring out a reassurance against your neck before you can try.

"Shh, sweetheart. It would be a shame to end this now." He whispers casually. "They can wait." And really, with that purr in his voice, he could get you to do anything.

You let out a strained whine, trying to be quiet as he praises you, marking you with soft kisses across what bare skin he can get his mouth on. It's so easy for him to make you cum like this. And you do, with a sigh and with your eyes closed, as the knocking echoes through his office once more.

He's patient with you, tucking your shirt back over your shoulder where he pulled it down and you hadn't even noticed. His hand moves from your waist to your hair, tussling it. All while he's whispering sweet words to you.

"You okay? That was so good, baby. You were so good for telling me what you wanted, okay?"

You're barely listening, still trying to come down from the pleasure and trusting him to let him tidy up your frazzled form. Once he's finished, he kisses your forehead, sending a spark through your body. It's his way of giving you a small confidence booster as he leaves your side and walks around his desk and calling for whoever was knocking to come in. By then, he's already moved you to the more comfortable position of his chair.

Wriothesley greets whoever is behind the door with a twinkle in his eye, barely looking at whoever is speaking because he keeps taking glances at you. You're still perched all pretty on his chair, the perfect picture of attentiveness as though he didn't just finger you a few moments before. It's the small, impatient wriggle that you do on his chair that gets his full attention again. There's a look in your eyes and he knows he's not finished with you. Not yet.

He'll have to continue what he's started once this conversation is done. He did promise to take care of you after all.

#wrio x reader #wriothesley x reader #genshin x reader #wrio smut #wriothesley smut #— alathea writes #genshin smut #genshin wriothesley #i need him oh my god #i'm so upset that i was still on break from genshin when his banner was out :((( #did his story quest and everything bc i loved him sm!! #he would be so gentle with you okay #i'm gonna cry #thinking about him and aftercare :((

[vhsreze]

Papa Zhongli to the rescue ☆

#genshin impact #genshin gifs #genshin impact gifs #xiao #xiao layouts #zhongli #perilous trail #genshin story quest #adeptus xiao

[c6jpg]

Well then, terrify me.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinet #wriothesley #m:gifs #m:* #m:gifs:wriothesley #flashing tw #genshin spoilers #wriothesley story quest spoilers #story quest spoilers #hrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm i'm not too happy with this but whatever *hits post* #all of wrio's scenes have been such a pain in the ass to color OTL