They met at the worst possible time and at the same time at the best possible time. Out of all people they had the most reasons to distrust each other, yet the qualities that made them suspicious are the qualities they most respect in the other. Cyno is an independent force, which Alhaitham appreciates in people who don’t let themselves be influenced or peer pressured; Alhaitham prioritizes order, which Cyno feels reassured by as a guardian of rules. The tension born of distrust in the aq was so tasty because of this, the fact Alhaitham kept insisting they were in the same position (as targets of the Akademiya) when he didn’t really care about working with others? Tasty. The way Alhaitham makes Cyno confront his own faults? Delicious. The way Cyno talks about Tighnari in his voiceline is exactly the same he talks about Haitham, just with a layer of reluctance. Cyno claims he admires Tighnari for refusing a job in the Akademiya, so now imagine how he feels about Alhaitham rejecting the whole Grand Sage position. Alhaitham might operate without much regard for following conventions and laws himself, but he does depend on the order upheld by the rules Cyno enforces to lead his quiet calm life.

Despite it all, they like each other, beyond their titles and their lifestyles, they just genuinely fuck with each other’s principles and motivations. It’s thanks to that that they saved their archon and their nation. How do u walk away from ur imperfect match afterwards? Also sex with them claws in grand sage office on the clock.

They don't resent her or anything of that sort, I have never found an npc that says something negative about her. As far as inazumans know, Takayuki deceived their archon and he'll be rightfully punished, they don't know the things the player knows. Even during the war I think the npcs just didn't understand why the Raiden Shogun was allowing the war but wanted her to make her reconsider the decrees, they didn't hold any grudge even at that time. I my opinion it's because the archon in inazuma is a permanent and unquestionable existence, they would never think she's wrong in what she does and she's more deeply a symbol of hope. (im not saying hoyo wrote it right, but that's what it is to me)

The only ones who have been shown to resent the Raiden Shogun alongside the shogunate are watatsumi soldiers (from kokomi's sq and I think there is a npc that expresses resentmen) but most of the npcs in the area are just relieved that there is no war anymore.

I think if there is eventually a major war where inazuma is involved, it would be the same as when the Cataclysm happened, so there wouldn't be a problem between the archon and her people. And hoyo is speedrunning the reconciliation between watatsumi and narukami, so like Yae said they'd support the Raiden Shogun too most likely. At least one npc acknowledges they were disrespecting orobashi's remains and the yashiro commission has good relations with sangonomiya, plus the peace talks and kokomi's iniciative to reduce tension among her troops.. seems it'll be ok

I might have missed npcs tho, it's been a while since I went around checking and I'm biased with inazuma so maybe I missed something in an event or something like that (if I did I do would like to be told bc it would make the stoty a lot more interesting 😭)

The only things I know about hsr is what I see on tl from mutuals who talk or rt about it 😔 the blond little guy is very pretty but I don't know much about his story or the relationship with other characters, so I can't rly comment on that, but about the question: it depends.

I wouldn't say that if a queer author is referenced in media that it immediately gives the work queer subtext or coding, but Oscar Wilde is one whose queerness was an integral part of his work. Even if the devs chose to reference The Happy Prince blindly only for narrative purposes unrelated to a character's sexual orientation.. the couple in the story is still gay and their relationship is an important part of this work by an iconic queer author who wrote from a queer perspective.

In terms of what I've seen hoyoverse do with authors in genshin, they do choose some not just because of the content of their works but also who they were as a person (things like their legacy, their role in history, their importance in their respective field), even if it's a small reference it feels quite intentional in the bigger context. For example, Alhaitham has a line at the end of his demo that references a poem by Rabindranath Tagore ("the profoundest eternal questions are met only with a boundless and eternal silence") and I don't want to ramble but it does feel that referencinh this specific poet from the perspective of this specific character in the context of Sumeru has a purpose.

I haven't played hsr and I don't know the lore or how the writing works, so my opinion doesn't matter, but that's my very uninformed answer