I Know Everyone Sees Itto As Genshin's Comedic Relief, But I'm Telling You All, Alhaitham Is Actually

I know everyone sees Itto as Genshin's comedic relief, but I'm telling you all, Alhaitham is actually the funniest character in Genshin Impact.

According to the fandom, he's hot, he's famous, he's the one in charge of the house...

But according to the people of Sumeru? Dude became grand sage and not a single NPC around the city had a thing to say about that. Sachin's son got his ass beat and he didn't even know who Alhaitham was; it was just "some guy in green." People on the streets are said to not even notice Alhaitham, let alone be able to identify him by appearance. The only time we ever hear NPCs directly commenting on Alhaitham, it's Siraj's collective who hate Alhaitham's guts. Dori refuses to work with him. Random Eremites call him a lunatic within two minutes of meeting him.

Alhaitham's reputation in Sumeru is "Who? Ah, that guy? I heard he's weird," and then everyone moves on.

Meanwhile, Kaveh is literally famous enough to have an epithet ("the Light of Kshahrewar"), is the lead architect on entire city redesigns, and was trusted before Alhaitham's take over to do work on the Akademiya itself. He built the most famous landmark in the rainforest outside of the Divine Tree. He's well-known enough that people bank on his reputation to start scams; people send their children to take courses with him in the belief that it will bless them with successful future careers. He's known for philanthropic endeavors to help the poor and disadvantaged. He won the Interdarshan Championship. This is the Sumeru equivalent of winning an Olympic gold medal!!

Kaveh is the Taylor Swift to Alhaitham's Travis Kelce. They might have independent success, but in every measurement of public sentiment, Kaveh vastly outshines Alhaitham, and the fandom should really take a step back and think about how hilarious this makes everything about their situation in canon.

For the few in Sumeru who are actually paying attention, sure, Alhaitham is the (former) acting grand sage who makes a pretty penny and owns the house Kaveh lives in. For the average majority of Sumeru's citizens who are way more likely to know Kaveh? Alhaitham is literally just "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar."

Kaveh's efforts to keep where he lives a secret just makes him come across like one of those reclusive types of artists who value their privacy. Half the public in Sumeru probably think he just prefers to keep himself and his lover out of the limelight. Kaveh was so busy pretending not to be poor, he forgot that every ounce of pretending he does just helps him keep his own celebrity status. The harder he attempts to act secretive about where he lives and with whom, the more it comes across as "Please respect this famous person's privacy and stop asking about the details of his relationship."

And Alhaitham, for whom being "that guy who is shacked up with the Light of Kshahrewar" is THE life goal? Everything is going according to keikaku. Kaveh has convinced the entirety of Sumeru that he and Alhaitham are in a relationship, all without Alhaitham having to lift a finger. The more determined Alhaitham gets to fly under the radar, the more it looks like he's Kaveh's kept man. If you aren't living with him because you're broke, then why are you living with him, Kaveh? There's simply no way for Alhaitham to lose.

It's just... so funny.

went on a walk and i found this small creature sleeping. was wondering if anyone knows what kind it is and if it's possible i could take it home and keep it (would it do ok in captivity?). thanks in advance!

sorry for the bad picture, i didn't want to startle it.

( i'm thinking it's related to a spider in some way but not sure )

oh god i just remembered every single one of these are astarion romancers except my durge. who honestly i've considered changing. alright let's throw astarion in there too so it's one big. harem?? polycule??? fight to the death for the vampire's affection???

all of those tav/durge accounts i follow. I need them in my game rn. nightmare party (ft unlimited party mod) of serkae (my tav), sharai (my durge), caelum, emmaenuel, staeve, du drow, and rowan. this is certainly not them all but like. these ppl are canon characters now idc. especially cae and emmaenuel.

Here’s all my ‘kin and ‘heart types :p feel free to ask questions about any of them - in fact i encourage it

General:

Ghostkin

Elfkin

Angelkin

Fictionkin

Labelas Enoreth (D&D)

Solomon (OM) [Questioning?]

Fictionheart/Otherheart

Kar’niss (BG3)

Link (BOTW)

Riddle Rosehearts (TWST)

Tartaglia (GI)

Kaveh (GI)

Alhaitham (GI) [Otherlink/copinglink/voluntary identity hell]

My version of chinese+chinese american miku along with a few of my favorite international mikus having hotpot together

getting back from work or a long rehearsal to see that my mutuals have all posted is like a little treat. like yes let me eat up ur posts and reblogs they are delicious