no name · 16d
going through aethers voiclines and seeing how much of his personality shines in just the goofy little back and forth between them... the paimon in my head is so much better, i like her being a good guide and friend to aether, what genshin did to her hurts my soul (especially also when i started a new genshin account and u hear her voice bc i prefer how she sounded at the start 😭)
i wish they would add more voice to aether/lumine bc they're meant to be the main character but paimon constantly talking is soooo annoying (also them writing her to be mean is so stupid, I don't like how they wrote both her AND aether in furinas quest)
GOD LITERALLY like i think that's why i don't utterly despise paimon bc in my head exists early paimon where she's a sweet little baby and she's the traveler's guide and best friend... now she's just sort of this thing following us around making weird lowkey racist comments or being the catalyst for random fat jokes. like ur kidding me this is the travelers best friend but she's also got a blatant connection to celestia that may or may not be eluding to the traveler having to make hard choices about trusting paimon or not.... but nowadays all she is is this little thing following us around and all she ever cares about is food and money and not only does she constantly speak for/over the traveler but she says the most annoying things possible. please god just let the traveler speak for themselves i get the dialogue options are us talking but even then why does paimon get like 300 lines per the traveler's 5. silent protagonists are fine but can our mouthpiece at least be bearable,,
like i still like the heartwarming moments where she panics when she gets separated from the traveler and they hug it out that's really sweet to me but it only takes me about five minutes before i'm just annoyed by her again bc what i want is early/voiceline paimon where her and the traveler are shown to be best friends rather than it just being stated in dialogue twenty times per cutscene. like no no guys trust us aether and paimon are like suuuuper close besties. like the closest bestest friends ever. source: dude just trust us.
i've always appreciated that lumine and aether aren't just blank self insert canvases like they do clearly have their own personalities when you actually sit down and read things... the problem is genshin rarely puts it up front and center like they should. we maybe get the occasional dialogue option where the traveler is a goof or the directions that a quest goes might hint @ something about them but overall they do really just..... stand there. while paimon talks. why must i click through a menu to get to know the protagonists when genshin's entire storyline hinges on human connection and socializing. like i don't mind when aether says things that i wouldn't say during dialogue bc he's his own character, and it's fun to see him get annoyed or short tempered but my god sometimes the jokes or his reactions do get really mean spirited :(
and ohhhh my god yeah. early game cutscenes are almost shocking when paimon talks bc like... yeah she's got the cutesy voice going on but she's not like,, shrieking all the time..... like no hate to the VA of course if anything i wish the directors told them to reel it in sometimes because they did do a great job with early paimon where she was a lot sweeter and more chilled out
