*NOTES/CORRECTIONS*
- I mis-represented one thing on the Wind Glider Lore. The Hydro Dragon WAS the heart of the primordial sea, and Egeria was created to be the NEW heart. I think in my script I meant to write "she took the place of the new heart" and skipped a bunch of words. That was my bad.
- Jaynat has pointed out that the "one who was first" might actually be the Hydro Sovereign rather than Nibelung or the Primordial One. This wasn't the impression I got when I read it, but it DOES make more sense in context. The CN characters used to refer to the "one who was first" are SLIGHTLY different from the characters used for Primordial One, so I'm not sure for right now.

I can't help but think Wriothesley and Sigewinne are a present day parallel to Vautrin and Carole. A human and mélusine duo working together, and both have Neuvillette's full trust.
This parallel is never alluded anywhere but I can't help but think it's not a coincidence.

aren't we going to talk about how she had basically predicted the whole "clone-eugeria-in-which-furina-trusts" thing?

Slight slip up there, Carole wasn't murdered, she committed self unaliving

crazy how accurate your furina theories turned out

Are we not going to talk about how Ashikai predicted practically everything?

I also love how Wriothesley's trial is kind of a mirror to Vautrin's, since both could be considered to have brought "justice" to those they killed because of their crimes. I think it's why Neuvillette was so quiet during Wriothesley's trial.

Thank you for another lovely video! <3

i lowkey wanted Cater and Ella Musk to collaborate together in order to fully understand Hilichurl language that would be cool

Fontaine’s background lore is quite dark and I totally love it. Also, the Fortress of Meropide really showcases the darker aspects of Steampunk.

I'm surprised that pushing a needle containing fear juice into someone's brain didn't cause permanent brain damage 🤣 But I guess all they need is therapy.

Although nothing may come of it I also liked that Chongyun questioned his pure yang energy, I don't think we've ever gotten any indication that something blessed him with this ability but its food for thought at least. Heck maybe something gave Bennet his bad luck.

I personally think it's kinda funny that Fontaine needs a whole generator to elevate buildings and Ningguang needed a strong Shenhe to carry big green rock to her and she'd build a whole chamber on a floating rock.
Also the black-ousia form of Furina would make sense if it was a part of Eageria, since she most likely will be considered a sinner for her actions but Furina did infact never do anything wrong, so her form is pure and white. Or it may be the whole other way around.

Not the "punspective"😭😭😭

Cyno wants his jokes back

"She cares for children but doesn't like child"is a great play on words cyno would be impressed

another thing that was interesting was how the fortress of meropide was structured like a panopticon, like how celestia presumably is structured
the whole berret society also reminded me of celestia...

My favourite moment in Fontaine was when Nacker went “it’s field generator time” and caused my face to drop off the face of the earth because I didn’t expect genshin to make something explode like that

something really cool i’ve noticed for 4.2:
the final act is called ‘masquerade of the guilty’ and almost everyone in fontaine wears a ‘mask’ of sorts.
Furina: pretends to be all knowing, and that she has everything planned out; is really a sort of scared kid
Neuvillette: hides the fact he is the hydro sovereign
Arlecchino: pretends to be pleasant and ‘friendly’; while according to other harbingers (childe and scaramouche) she’s a ‘wolf in sheeps clothing’
Lyney: puts up a brave front for his siblings and other kids in the house of the hearth (freminet talks abt this in his ‘about: lyney’ voice line)
Lynette: pretends to be a robot/puppet to avoid socializing (shes not)
Sigewinne: puts up a kind and innocent front, but is actually highly emotionally intelligent and even says she ‘likes the feeling of being trusted’
there are probably way more examples but these are the main ones I gathered; but in the end the title of act 5 is really accurate because everyone in fontaine is guilty of wearing a ‘mask’ that hides their real selves.

the way ur prediction at like 7:49 was so close to being 100% correct

You said the quest seems pointless since Wriothesley want to meet The Knave and The Knave want to go to the Meropide but it pretty much political thing. If The Knave got permission to go on her own then she would have justification to investigate Meropide secret and that would disrupt the Duke authority. What Wriothesley trying to do is to talk with the Knave on same level of standing or having an advantage over her. If Neuvilette let Arlechino go to Meropide, that would also mean Neuvilette gone beyond his authority since Meropide is Wriothesley territory.
Basically it all just politics. Plus u don't let potential threat roaming around the place that have state secret. What Wriothesley want is a meeting for cooperation, what Arlechino want is justification to uncover Fontaine Secret in Meropide.

im convinced you work at Hoyo from how many times you get theories right

Xiao"s comment is more about how he understood the fact Diona is blessed by an oceanid more than her race, or as characters on the quest said the liyuan equivalent of the events.
Also on a previous event that had Diona and Kirara meet she says they are technically related since both are cat girls, again this is another case of similar things having different local names which means to Kirara Diona is a bakeneko (probably) the inazuman equivalent of whatever she's called in Mondstad