**VIDEO NOTES AND CORRECTIONS** - "Bismillah" just means "In the name of our lord." The rest of the phrase I mentioned usually accompanies it, but it's not the meaning of the word itself. - There's an expanded theory written about the "rather aged notes" and their relation to Scaramouche here on Reddit that's worth reading!: www.reddit.com/r/ScaramoucheMains/comments/pk8ghb/there_may_be_more_about_scaramouche_in_the_lore/
As a(non-Muslim) Malaysian lived amongst my Muslim brethren, I found it particularly funny with one of Abyss Herald's dialogue: Peace be upon you. "Assalamualaikum." **THUNK**
@@Moon1tan Not really. The Lector uses English, but because my country uses "peace be upon you" as the translation for "Assalamualaikum", so hearing thet feels funny to me.
Was kind of disappointed with how we got his origins in the archon quest, basically via optional dialogue with Yae, but this video definitely made up for that and my wallet still fears him ever becoming playable
well hes not really important character so far ... he may play bigger role in later regions - but nothing really tie him to inazuma .... - his quest is finished by obtainign gnosis.. - its risky for him to stay ... after cooking with signora ... and leaving her realm ... Ei can decide hes no longer welcome and cut him into spare parts
Yeah... That was pretty disappointing. It really sounds way too significant to keep in such an ignorable place. Much like have reconciled stars seems like important lore but it just a timed even many will have never touched. Why does it feel our boy the meme will always get that back end of the stick?
@@matheusbianquincera3104 well every plot changes through development to make more sense its also possible some of the leaks were fake or wrong they might actually have several versions before they decide during development but 2.2 probably focus on sangonomiya .. we will get new island and her story was really just hinted so far she seems to be really glorified by game ... and valued by people but we know very little about her past its kinda similar to yae briefly appearing in 2.0 ( + we get her banner + toma)
No, no. It's the other way around. Freddy Mercury himself stated that he was a Genshin Impact fan, and so the lyrics for "Bohemian Rhapsody" were actually inspired in Scaramouche.
Now that has been said. I can longer unsee this. Freddy Mercury has kept this for so long... Now that I think about it- It all makes sense. He is really is talented.
Now I'm pretty sure that MiHoyo created Scaramouche first while listening to Queen, then they created the Fatui and the Archons and named them after Comedia Dell'arte and demons so his entire backstory can be a huge Bohemian Rapsody reference. Take that, Araki!
I loved the theory! I think what adds even more to the 'scaramouche fandango' joke is that the rather aged notes that are found say he performs a 'sword dance' which is likely referring to an actual dance and not combat, at this rate i bet he'll be shown dancing in his eventual character teaser.
Can't believe I'm seeing this just now but as someone who loves art I'd love to see this. Scaramouche is a huge comfort character of mine and I can't wait for him to be playable tbh
Coming back to this video now, it's scary. Wanderer does have the doll holding a heart constellation. While her prediction wasn't totally accurate for his future, the parallels are there.
Scaramouche definitely has his own agenda. And I think a lot of it references whatever he discovered in the Unreconciled Stars event, which Mihoyo should bring back because it's proven to be such an important part of Genshin lore. Especially for players like me who played after it's release. I just feel like I've missed out on so much!
Yeah, he also seems like the type of guy to go with the flow should the opportunity present itself, but at the same time not lose sight of his original goal. I didn't play the Unrecoiled Stars event either, but i watched recordings of the story. In the event, his main goal was to study the meteorites and whatnot, etc etc, but he saw Aether (just gonna call traveller that since it's the twin i use), knew from perhaps Childe, or Signiora, or the Fatui agents (that we harrass/attack on a nearly daily basis), that Aether was so far the biggest threat and/or nuisance to the Fatui's plans. So when the opportunity presented itself when he bumped into Aether and Fischl, he decided "Hey let's play friends with this guy so I could kill him". But when Aether managed to get away, he dropped the prospect of killing Aether (for now) in favor of going back to his original agenda, which was the meteorites, since it's not like he could do much since they escaped through unconventional means (mona) and didn't really know where they went. Also during Inazuma, I actually don't think he was directly responsible for the chaos that happened there either (that was signiora's jurisdiction for the lack of better word), yes he was there bc he was involved in some way as Ashikai said, but more or less it seems like he just took advantage of that chaos for his own agenda. Once again, while he was doing whatever inside the domain, Aether came in so he tried to kill or do smth to the traveller bc "Hey oh you're here, biggest nuisance to the Fatui", but once again when Yae Miko arrived and he was given a better option, recieving Baal's gnosis, which of course was the main thing Tsaritza wanted, he left Aether alone. He could've taken the gnosis and killed him at the same time, he's essentially a prototype clone to Ei it shouldn't have been a problem, but whatever his original purpose is was clearly more important than spending his time and energy on Aether
@@Ashikai i still really think that the event should've been a story quest rather than an event, it really was way too important to the overall story to be smth that only players at the time could play
This legit made me think about Kaeya. If the false sky has everyone's constellations which tell their destiny... Could that mean that Kaeya would become an actual abyss mage? I'm saying this because his constellations make him more and more like an abyss mage. And I feel like diluc may then try to kill him thinking he is part of the abyss. Idk it's just a thought.
As a diluc and kaeya main... this hurts. I wouldn't be surprised if they both die tho, especially after that one quote Kaeya gave; "who knows... maybe we're destined to be doomed together "
Oh, and his theme is named Ominous Fandango. There's so much Bohemian Rhapsody reference in Inazuma the only thing we're missing is Freddie Mercury cameo himself. Wait. I think he does. Remember one of the Resistance officers? He looks like Freddie.
Ashikai is a bad ass content creator who puts in the work effortlessly. Ever since Tectone introduced me to this channel I don't think I would've found it. As Sumeru is the next upcoming region, I'm honestly picturing the Traveler to die in said region. As its the place of Wisdom, what better place can there be to outsmart death itself.
In the cn community we call him 雷大炮 (Lei Dapao) which roughly translate to Thunder Gun. Thunder, or 雷, comes from Raiden Ei’s 雷 電, and gun comes from the gun also named Kunikuzushi as mentioned in the video
Do you guys think people can have two or more visions if their ambitions/hopes/whatever align with the vision? Ei says that she has no idea why there is no new electro vision in the past year, as it's not a simply matter of an Archon giving one to the chosen person as it has something to do with the ambition more and another secret thing--Celestia stuff. Well, when Kazuha woke his friend's vision... Kazuha's both visions shone against Raiden Shogun, and his anemo twirl was kinda infused with electro--In fact, the Shogun was more shocked to the visions elemental effect (I think) than got knocked back (just a tiny bit) by a mere human, or both. Doesn't this just mean one person can actually have more than one ambition which can acquire more than one vision? I mean, it's logical isn't it? I mean, do you think we'll see this play out in the storyline later? Or am I way off?
Can the opposite happen? The vision you have will fade away. According to archon quest it is shown that so it seems logical that the vision you already have might go away while the owner is still alive. Or does it stays lit up all the time and becomes a regret or something. There is one npc who had a vision but gave up the vision and was happy and didn't experience any kind of losses as shown in 2.0 ayaka story quest(i am not sure of this npc and if what i am saying is right. He is a found in liyue fishing near the tree hotel, only in commission i think)
she said she didnt know tey stopped appearing .... she clearly know how that process happen .. she even tried to explain it .. just give up after half ... its possible they dont appear since local archon was against visions there may be some connection between archon ideals and visions .... even if archon himself doesnt grant them
@@Happy-ye2lj the previous owner of Ayaka's vision is in the tea house. Jainxue is normally at the docks under the tree hotel outside commisions and that's when he tells you about his vision I think.
This is so interesting and I have a feeling we’re gonna be learning a lot about scaramouche in the upcoming months. Now I need to point out something unrelated that’s been nagging me. Scaramouche taunted the Traveler, and this is the first time we’ve seen them become “corrupted” (in a sense) by something. The Traveler is usually the one who cleanses and purifies, so it was really interesting to see that scene. I’ve been trying to think of why it hurt him, but I haven’t gotten too far yet. :(
Maybe because the energy in the air was from a divine being? The corruption in the air was from an ancient God's wrath. The other times where I remember Traveller purifying something was with Dvalin and the sword in the 1.2 update concerning Dragonspine. (Correct me if I forgot something) The reason for both these corruptions was because of Durin - Dvalin consuming the corrupted blood and the sword having powder made of Durin's remains all over it causing both the things to fuse if I remember it correctly. Durin just so happens to be a dragon corrupted by the Alchemist Gold. Therefore Durin's corruption would be different from the ancient God's wrath. I hope this made some sense. TwT This was just what I thought.
@@honestly_confused9098 That definitely makes sense, however, there’s also Xiao’s karmic debt, which the traveler has slightly alleviated before. Xiao’s karma is also divine wrath, and it even spreads and corrupts other things, although, it doesn’t corrupt the traveler. Maybe it has something to do with their state of mind?? Because it only started to take effect on him when he got angry. But then shouldn’t he be able to resist it’s effects? Interesting…
Reasons I think Scaramouche has a high chance of being playable: As Ashikai pointed out the JP VA is famous and without a doubt expensive. Ei has a voice line about him. Not much to go of off to but if you consider that all other characters who have voicelines about them will be playable someday (Varka, Ayato, Arataki Itto and Heizo)Yeah. Most importantly why I made this comment in the first place (bc no one is pointing this out). His design. He's wearing shorts and has no clothing obstructions at the front. If you've noticed this is done with playable characters to avoid clipping when running or gliding with the character. This is something I noticed as someone who does 3D modeling.. I never believed Signora will be playable because of her skirt, the piece at the front reaches to the floor and would clip all the time if you do anything else other than walk with her. So unless she comes back to life with an outfit change it's unlikely she'll be playable. Now it's certainly not impossible to make it work but that piece of cloth will require extra rigging to make it move a certain way. Hence why it's smarter to just not design a costume like that
Given the story of how the latest archon quest played out... I am almost 100% Hoyoverse have taken notes to most of this video's contents about Scaramouche's story.
17:07 frame by frame you can see 2 things: 1. mihoyo forgot how to render scaramouche's face for 0.1s 2. theres a random ball moving near him that may indicate something about his powers
Ahhhh Scaramouche is such a mysterious and intriguing character! I really like him for some reason! I hope he does become playable if not I’m gonna be very disappointed, but fingers crossed! 🤞🏽
I think he’s going to be playable for sure, but not for at least another year or so. I do like him and his lore quite a bit, so I hope he won’t “so long suckers” and disappear again. I was already incredibly intrigued by his character before, but watching this video made me even more interested…
“Who names something that they just let loose “Destroyer of provinces”?” Probably a god that shares its name with a demon. But anyway can he even use the gnosis like an archon? In the end of the archon quest Yae tells us “After Ei created her puppet vessel, she no longer had anywhere to put it.” So apparently the shogun is unable to use the gnosis or house it compared to venti and zhongli. So if he is going to use the power of gnosis, I’m not sure it will be on himself.
Is it possible "Destroyer of Provinces" is a name he gave himself after he was found? All the characters seems to be giving themselves multiple names like flair on a TGI Friday server...
The video went from "great" to "perfect" when you started analyzing Bohemian Rhapsody and I stopped breathing (P.S. "Bismillah" just means "in the name of God" and nothing else. It's *usually* followed up with "ar-Rahman ar-Rahim," which is "the most gracious, the most merciful," but that second part is omitted in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody, so it only means "in the name of God." Fittingly, I'm sure Scaramouche doesn't view the gods as gracious and merciful. :P)
Was thinking that maybe constelations are more like roles in a play than destiny, so when a new person that can take the role is ready a vision will manifest, binding that person to the role they are suposed to play, that way just a certain amount of visions would exist, maybe Scaramouche as an immortal or at least with his long life could have seen similar people get binded to the same constelation when the previous owner dies or is no longer fit for the role, was thinking of this since jean's constelation feels inherited, same as kazuha using his friend vision, he for a second wanted to challenge the lightning and for a second he played his friend role. As for lenard constelation maybe it was no longer sustainable since a mountain as big no longer exists so the constelation for those who challenge the mountain is no longer viable, or lenard did conquer it an all other mountains by creating the wings, so it fell from the sky since ir cannot be inherited anymore.
this is interesting! the world-building of Genshin does imply a lot of importance on the cyclical nature of things so maybe even constellations or the "sky" itself are used to regulate the order of things in Teyvat.
OKAY BUT THE ENDING IM CRYING honestly the idea of basing 1 character on a song and then tying it to existing mythology is such an interesting way to build characters
That bohemian rhapsody part of the theory actually surprised me, I heard of all the Scaramouche memes and everything, but I never put the lyrics together with the story. That’s such an interesting connection 🤯
Love the theories, as always. One synapse that fired for me: "eccentric wanderer" reminded me that orbits have eccentricity. And comets are 'wandering stars' in highly eccentric orbits. Eccentricity, in this case, being the deviation from perfectly circular. Perfect like eternity, unlike prototypes. Also, big round hat. With the Sky and Constellations being such a key thing for Scaramouche, I wondered if that might be relevant.
I just found out about your work, and have been watching videos while v3.8 is out, and we are all waiting for v4.0 with Fontaine. Oh boy, you nailed it on some theories about Scaramouche, and your storytelling skills make it even more impressive. I think I have found a way to fill the void until 4.0 is out: watching your entire channel. Subscribing and donating. You're awesome!
hmm i think "so you think you can love me and leave me to die" is maybe foreshadowing the fatui turning their back on him; their bond doesn't seem too strong in my opinion, but amazing analysis as always thank u
Monaaaaa.... I killed a man. Put delusions in his head, then they aged him til he's dead. Monaaaaa.... His life had just begun, but now he's gone and thrown it all away. Monaaaaa, oo-oo-ooooh, I was gonna make you cry, but you 'ported away that guy, but since I learned the skies are hollow, let's carry on, carry on since nothing really matters...
Omg the bohemian rhapsody section and the fact I completely forgot beelzebub is mentioned in that song AND is ei’s archon name had me S C R E A M I N G
To be quite honest, I think Scaramouche doesn’t want to take Inazuma from Ei or to serve Shneznya’s archon (I’m unaware of how to spell her name, so we’ll leave it at that). His goals are his and he doesn’t plan to follow anyone else’s. Scaramouche may go along with the plan of Shneznya’s god for now but at the end he plans to double cross her and do something with Ei’s gnosis that we’ve yet to figure out
Honestly I thought that genshin doesn't have that good of a lore and didn't care about it much. But after watching a video or two of yours i did find myself intrested, I still did think that you are just overthinking things but to my surprise you were pretty much all correct!! Even though the archon quest was poorly executed and just felt like the other ones, the little details that you talked about really made me enjoy the characters and the story itself. It's nice to see that MiHoYo actually uses this little details and it's not always just overthinking I myself am interested in theorizing things! It's nice to see that you are actually getting the attention you deserve you are quite underrated tbh! Keep up!
This is so interesting! I was wondering how in the world they would make Scaramouche a playable character without making it super weird. Your take on it is SO good. I really hope it doesn't take another year for him to appear again. Love your theories as always
Holy shit you just blew my mind with the Bohemian Raphsody connection. I thought it was just a meme for scaramouche but there's too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. That's awesome, I love your videos!
Watching this video a year ago made me appreciate Scaramouche even more. This vid aged like fine wine and I can't wait for your updated video about our little gremlin after he get released
Yep, i really like Scaramouche, i can't wait to see him again and learn about his past. I really hope he doesn't end like Signora and becomes playable.
Stellar vid! I had the same reaction as you with Scaramouche. To me, it came off as that he was surprised at the Traveler's reaction of anger that they were handing out Delusions. Because from Scaramouche's point, while they had their own motives for escalation, he was providing an opportunity for soldiers to make a difference and be more relevant. It's the argument as old as time. Is the pharmacist, drug dealer or weapons dealer at fault for handing them out respectively? I mean, Scaramouche didn't force anyone to take it up nor did he force them to activate them. He merely provided the chance to be useful or profitable. The one thing we can blame him, is for not disclosing the consequences from prolonged usage. But it was up to the individual to choose to use them. A positive example is Diluc's father. By taking up the delusion and having it on hand provided him the opportunity to protect his family. He was begrudgingly relieved that it was even an option. I imagine any good parent would gladly relish the chance in a similar situation. Because without it, at best the parent/guardian would have died knowing their family will follow and at worst they would have had to watch the death of their kids...
we ll we didnt left inazuma .... yet according to leaks and dataminers 2.2 will have -thoma 4* Hu tao + childe banners inazuma serenity pot layout "Tsurumi island " = likely another inazuma island with own story like seirai but honestly .... doubt scaramouche will play role in inazuma.... he likely left with gnosis already .. and we may meet him later just like signora appeared in mondstandt story just for one scene took gnosis and disapeared
@@DeathkaiserG not rly .. scaramouche fled inazuma with gnosis acording to yae miko = likely directly to tsaritsa it kinda makes sense ... h ehave gnosis .. and he doesnt know Ei consider it useless so from his point of view he have to run .. asap before Ei realize he took gnosis ... and overcook him same as signora .. so just minor wrap up with some small storyline likely about toma or sango ..... err weird water priestess since we are getting their banners + tepeat
THIS! This has to be my favorite Scaramouche theory out there!! This video was so well put together, and you revealed a ton of stuff I hadn’t thought about before!! Thank you! (I’m super hoping that your bohemian rhapsody foreshadowing comes true because that sounds SO COOL)
oh my god you're amazing. FINGERS CROSSED THIS IS REAL I LOVE IT SM ITS SO INTERESTING ???? i'm sorry hu tao i truly am. but i'm saving my guaranteed. love you ashikai.
If MiHoYo really took the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody and made an entire character arc out of it, then damn. So far it fits. A little too well, if I'm honest.
Can I just say, you are by far my favorite theorist on the topic of Genshin Impact, I would have never considered any of these points and they way you present them are SO entertaining Can’t wait for your next video! - a happy subscriber
Okay, I've binged watched most (I'm still not finished) of your videos but this one takes the cake just for the bohemian rhapsody lyrics. Absolute piece of (educational) entertainment. I love it so much LOL
Technically none of the archons are using visions. Venti and Zhongli's are fake, and Raiden has a vision-ish thing on her back, but it's not actually a vision.
Baal has a part in her story 2 (maybe 3) where it says “ei had made many puppets and many were discarded” this further supported the theory that scaramouche is a discarded raiden shogun that somehow gained sentience.
Idk what to say, just that I'm smiling and laughing of happiness cause you always manage to surprise me with your insight. Even if this was all wrong, which is unlikely imo, but even in that case this theory would deserve praise and appreciation
You're literally the best lore theorist from genshin out there, Scaramouche is a hell of character & he is one of my favorites , I really hope that he becomes playable
26:06 Perhaps rather than the Traveller, it will be either Kazuha or Venti - 'any way the wind blows' - either directly or via Anemo Vision, since the Anemo Journey is about pressing on with Inspiration sourced in a core value or belief. If his powers get sealed before he runs, we'd actually get the Fuujin in game, since MHY has no intention of giving us non-vision, non-Archon characters as of yet.
The more I watch Scaramouche analysis, the more I bemoan his lack of role in Inazuma Act: 3. That juicy Son-Daughter-Mother dynamics you mentioned are just some real lost opportunity there for Mihoyo, argh!
Your theory was now partly proven correct! Because of the recent labyrinth event (SPOILERS) Childe was in the labyrinth to look for Scaramouche because he did go solo and steal the gnosis to who knows where. Can't wait for him to eventually show up again-
kunikuzushi(国崩） 国: country, nation 崩: collapse, crumble, dilapidation So the whole name can be “nation crumble”, “Dilapidation of nation”, “Country collapse”something like that. Honkai Impact, (崩坏）same character here(崩）.
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**VIDEO NOTES AND CORRECTIONS**
- "Bismillah" just means "In the name of our lord." The rest of the phrase I mentioned usually accompanies it, but it's not the meaning of the word itself.
- There's an expanded theory written about the "rather aged notes" and their relation to Scaramouche here on Reddit that's worth reading!: www.reddit.com/r/ScaramoucheMains/comments/pk8ghb/there_may_be_more_about_scaramouche_in_the_lore/
As a(non-Muslim) Malaysian lived amongst my Muslim brethren, I found it particularly funny with one of Abyss Herald's dialogue: Peace be upon you.
"Assalamualaikum." **THUNK**
@@EdGee89 I feel dumb that I never noticed they were using Arabic and I'm an Arab Muslim born and raised in the middle east
@@Moon1tan Not really. The Lector uses English, but because my country uses "peace be upon you" as the translation for "Assalamualaikum", so hearing thet feels funny to me.
When was this?
Say "bismillah" before I beat the s*** out of Abyss Lector
Ashikai is slowly getting all the lorefinity stones so she can ascend to Celestia and find out what the hell is happening up there
As she should
NO STO PVSKSHHAHAHAHAHA
Was kind of disappointed with how we got his origins in the archon quest, basically via optional dialogue with Yae, but this video definitely made up for that and my wallet still fears him ever becoming playable
well hes not really important character so far ... he may play bigger role in later regions
- but nothing really tie him to inazuma ....
- his quest is finished by obtainign gnosis..
- its risky for him to stay ... after cooking with signora ... and leaving her realm ... Ei can decide hes no longer welcome and cut him into spare parts
Yeah... That was pretty disappointing. It really sounds way too significant to keep in such an ignorable place. Much like have reconciled stars seems like important lore but it just a timed even many will have never touched. Why does it feel our boy the meme will always get that back end of the stick?
According to leaks the inazuma plot changed a LOT, hopefully the next archon quests will not suffer this problem and not be as rushed.
@@matheusbianquincera3104
well every plot changes through development to make more sense
its also possible some of the leaks were fake or wrong they might actually have several versions before they decide during development
but 2.2 probably focus on sangonomiya .. we will get new island and her story was really just hinted so far she seems to be really glorified by game ... and valued by people but we know very little about her past its kinda similar to yae briefly appearing in 2.0 ( + we get her banner + toma)
Remember how we got the mc having memories from 500 years ago as a throw away line in the dain quest? Big lore drops happen casually alot
The fact that bohemian rapsody aligns with his story is so amazing and makes me really excited to see him doing the fandango
Thunder bolts and lightning
Yas
@@Plutan01 very very frightening me
@@foreverbooked2964 galileo
@Jaydeeh Galileo
No, no. It's the other way around. Freddy Mercury himself stated that he was a Genshin Impact fan, and so the lyrics for "Bohemian Rhapsody" were actually inspired in Scaramouche.
Freddy Mercury the time traveler... Freddy was Aether all along....
Now that has been said. I can longer unsee this. Freddy Mercury has kept this for so long... Now that I think about it- It all makes sense. He is really is talented.
His actual name being mention on a playable character profile is the relief, so the chance for him to be playable is not burned to ashes.
...like a certain someone
@@HoodieSpirit TOO SOON
Spoilers ig?
Also people are saying that his character model is labeled boy catalyst while Signora’s model was labeled monster
lmao i love the hidden joke
@@melody_kitty790 damn, Signora is the only catalyst user I was interested to play with, I love her 😔
Signora writing the story of “I was reincarnated as a Pyro Slime and now I bully Cryo Slimes to get stronger!” when she comes back (as a Pyro Slime).
Now I'm pretty sure that MiHoyo created Scaramouche first while listening to Queen, then they created the Fatui and the Archons and named them after Comedia Dell'arte and demons so his entire backstory can be a huge Bohemian Rapsody reference. Take that, Araki!
Jojos reference all around the world
Even Raidens Name is Beelezebub which also appears in the goddamn song
I loved the theory! I think what adds even more to the 'scaramouche fandango' joke is that the rather aged notes that are found say he performs a 'sword dance' which is likely referring to an actual dance and not combat, at this rate i bet he'll be shown dancing in his eventual character teaser.
Eula video, take two! This time it's not a tango, it's the fandango!
MIHOYO MAKE THAT HAPPEN PLS
OMG SCARA DANCING, that would be the end of my bank account. I would even c6 him if I have saved up enough for it till he comes out
Kjsjskjakqkqkak SCARAMOUCHE WILL DO THE FANDANGO
Can't believe I'm seeing this just now but as someone who loves art I'd love to see this. Scaramouche is a huge comfort character of mine and I can't wait for him to be playable tbh
the last lyrics were “anyway the wind blows..” and scaramouche has anemo vision
Fatui: wasup puppet dude wanna join our gang?
That's how it happened, you can't tell me otherwise
Scara probably even did the fandango for them xD
Coming back to this video now, it's scary. Wanderer does have the doll holding a heart constellation. While her prediction wasn't totally accurate for his future, the parallels are there.
for real, crazy how she actually the general gist of his future😭
Scaramouche definitely has his own agenda. And I think a lot of it references whatever he discovered in the Unreconciled Stars event, which Mihoyo should bring back because it's proven to be such an important part of Genshin lore. Especially for players like me who played after it's release. I just feel like I've missed out on so much!
I hope they rerun the event. :(
Yeah, he also seems like the type of guy to go with the flow should the opportunity present itself, but at the same time not lose sight of his original goal. I didn't play the Unrecoiled Stars event either, but i watched recordings of the story. In the event, his main goal was to study the meteorites and whatnot, etc etc, but he saw Aether (just gonna call traveller that since it's the twin i use), knew from perhaps Childe, or Signiora, or the Fatui agents (that we harrass/attack on a nearly daily basis), that Aether was so far the biggest threat and/or nuisance to the Fatui's plans. So when the opportunity presented itself when he bumped into Aether and Fischl, he decided "Hey let's play friends with this guy so I could kill him". But when Aether managed to get away, he dropped the prospect of killing Aether (for now) in favor of going back to his original agenda, which was the meteorites, since it's not like he could do much since they escaped through unconventional means (mona) and didn't really know where they went.
Also during Inazuma, I actually don't think he was directly responsible for the chaos that happened there either (that was signiora's jurisdiction for the lack of better word), yes he was there bc he was involved in some way as Ashikai said, but more or less it seems like he just took advantage of that chaos for his own agenda. Once again, while he was doing whatever inside the domain, Aether came in so he tried to kill or do smth to the traveller bc "Hey oh you're here, biggest nuisance to the Fatui", but once again when Yae Miko arrived and he was given a better option, recieving Baal's gnosis, which of course was the main thing Tsaritza wanted, he left Aether alone. He could've taken the gnosis and killed him at the same time, he's essentially a prototype clone to Ei it shouldn't have been a problem, but whatever his original purpose is was clearly more important than spending his time and energy on Aether
@@Ashikai i still really think that the event should've been a story quest rather than an event, it really was way too important to the overall story to be smth that only players at the time could play
@@tyronetalam8488 Exactly, the truth of the world shouldn't be limited to an event
a year later, im terrified by how accurate this is and how the later parts of bohemian rhapsody came true.
"Any way the wind blows" I facepalmed so hard when I remembered this line. OF COURSE he's Anemo 🤣 I love this
Ashikai: I'm not the messiah!
Everyone: She's the messiah!
With each lore entry, Ashikai gains further strength within the Abyssal Void of Khaenri'ah
This legit made me think about Kaeya. If the false sky has everyone's constellations which tell their destiny... Could that mean that Kaeya would become an actual abyss mage? I'm saying this because his constellations make him more and more like an abyss mage. And I feel like diluc may then try to kill him thinking he is part of the abyss. Idk it's just a thought.
Yikes that would be fucked up ... i love it
imagine Kaeya going GANG GANG WHOOOO
@@lemin0u lmao
As a diluc and kaeya main... this hurts. I wouldn't be surprised if they both die tho, especially after that one quote Kaeya gave; "who knows... maybe we're destined to be doomed together "
Oh, and his theme is named Ominous Fandango. There's so much Bohemian Rhapsody reference in Inazuma the only thing we're missing is Freddie Mercury cameo himself.
Wait. I think he does. Remember one of the Resistance officers? He looks like Freddie.
Ashikai is a bad ass content creator who puts in the work effortlessly. Ever since Tectone introduced me to this channel I don't think I would've found it. As Sumeru is the next upcoming region, I'm honestly picturing the Traveler to die in said region. As its the place of Wisdom, what better place can there be to outsmart death itself.
She does say a lot of unnecessary fillers that are barely related to the topic
In the cn community we call him 雷大炮 (Lei Dapao) which roughly translate to Thunder Gun. Thunder, or 雷, comes from Raiden Ei’s 雷 電, and gun comes from the gun also named Kunikuzushi as mentioned in the video
That is the best nickname lmao
大炮 translates more to a canon than a gun though- like it's 大 (big) for a reason. But amazing nickname nonetheless
A year later and NOT ONLY is Scaramouche announced as a playable character, he was RELEASED as such on Bohemian Rhapsody day. *chef's kiss*
Do you guys think people can have two or more visions if their ambitions/hopes/whatever align with the vision? Ei says that she has no idea why there is no new electro vision in the past year, as it's not a simply matter of an Archon giving one to the chosen person as it has something to do with the ambition more and another secret thing--Celestia stuff. Well, when Kazuha woke his friend's vision... Kazuha's both visions shone against Raiden Shogun, and his anemo twirl was kinda infused with electro--In fact, the Shogun was more shocked to the visions elemental effect (I think) than got knocked back (just a tiny bit) by a mere human, or both. Doesn't this just mean one person can actually have more than one ambition which can acquire more than one vision? I mean, it's logical isn't it? I mean, do you think we'll see this play out in the storyline later? Or am I way off?
Can the opposite happen? The vision you have will fade away. According to archon quest it is shown that so it seems logical that the vision you already have might go away while the owner is still alive. Or does it stays lit up all the time and becomes a regret or something. There is one npc who had a vision but gave up the vision and was happy and didn't experience any kind of losses as shown in 2.0 ayaka story quest(i am not sure of this npc and if what i am saying is right. He is a found in liyue fishing near the tree hotel, only in commission i think)
she said she didnt know tey stopped appearing ....
she clearly know how that process happen .. she even tried to explain it .. just give up after half ... its possible they dont appear since local archon was against visions
there may be some connection between archon ideals and visions .... even if archon himself doesnt grant them
@@Happy-ye2lj the previous owner of Ayaka's vision is in the tea house. Jainxue is normally at the docks under the tree hotel outside commisions and that's when he tells you about his vision I think.
@@alanea5860 too many dots
@@TimeKitt i think it’s ayato’s
This is so interesting and I have a feeling we’re gonna be learning a lot about scaramouche in the upcoming months. Now I need to point out something unrelated that’s been nagging me. Scaramouche taunted the Traveler, and this is the first time we’ve seen them become “corrupted” (in a sense) by something. The Traveler is usually the one who cleanses and purifies, so it was really interesting to see that scene. I’ve been trying to think of why it hurt him, but I haven’t gotten too far yet. :(
Maybe because the energy in the air was from a divine being? The corruption in the air was from an ancient God's wrath. The other times where I remember Traveller purifying something was with Dvalin and the sword in the 1.2 update concerning Dragonspine. (Correct me if I forgot something) The reason for both these corruptions was because of Durin - Dvalin consuming the corrupted blood and the sword having powder made of Durin's remains all over it causing both the things to fuse if I remember it correctly. Durin just so happens to be a dragon corrupted by the Alchemist Gold. Therefore Durin's corruption would be different from the ancient God's wrath.
I hope this made some sense. TwT This was just what I thought.
@@honestly_confused9098 That definitely makes sense, however, there’s also Xiao’s karmic debt, which the traveler has slightly alleviated before. Xiao’s karma is also divine wrath, and it even spreads and corrupts other things, although, it doesn’t corrupt the traveler. Maybe it has something to do with their state of mind?? Because it only started to take effect on him when he got angry. But then shouldn’t he be able to resist it’s effects? Interesting…
Reasons I think Scaramouche has a high chance of being playable:
As Ashikai pointed out the JP VA is famous and without a doubt expensive.
Ei has a voice line about him. Not much to go of off to but if you consider that all other characters who have voicelines about them will be playable someday (Varka, Ayato, Arataki Itto and Heizo)Yeah.
Most importantly why I made this comment in the first place (bc no one is pointing this out). His design. He's wearing shorts and has no clothing obstructions at the front. If you've noticed this is done with playable characters to avoid clipping when running or gliding with the character. This is something I noticed as someone who does 3D modeling..
I never believed Signora will be playable because of her skirt, the piece at the front reaches to the floor and would clip all the time if you do anything else other than walk with her. So unless she comes back to life with an outfit change it's unlikely she'll be playable.
Now it's certainly not impossible to make it work but that piece of cloth will require extra rigging to make it move a certain way. Hence why it's smarter to just not design a costume like that
Given the story of how the latest archon quest played out... I am almost 100% Hoyoverse have taken notes to most of this video's contents about Scaramouche's story.
17:07 frame by frame you can see 2 things:
1. mihoyo forgot how to render scaramouche's face for 0.1s
2. theres a random ball moving near him that may indicate something about his powers
Freddie Mercury: you can do anything with my music, just don’t make it boring
Mihoyo: I challenge you to a duel before the throne
Ahhhh Scaramouche is such a mysterious and intriguing character! I really like him for some reason! I hope he does become playable if not I’m gonna be very disappointed, but fingers crossed! 🤞🏽
You and me both.
I think he’s going to be playable for sure, but not for at least another year or so.
I do like him and his lore quite a bit, so I hope he won’t “so long suckers” and disappear again. I was already incredibly intrigued by his character before, but watching this video made me even more interested…
“Who names something that they just let loose “Destroyer of provinces”?”
Probably a god that shares its name with a demon.
But anyway can he even use the gnosis like an archon? In the end of the archon quest Yae tells us “After Ei created her puppet vessel, she no longer had anywhere to put it.”
So apparently the shogun is unable to use the gnosis or house it compared to venti and zhongli.
So if he is going to use the power of gnosis, I’m not sure it will be on himself.
TBF All confirmed gods so far are named after Ars Goetia demons including Havria (Havres). They're technically demon gods.
Is it possible "Destroyer of Provinces" is a name he gave himself after he was found? All the characters seems to be giving themselves multiple names like flair on a TGI Friday server...
@@morlock2012 ei calls him kunikuzushi in her voicelines, though. ei knows and refers to him by that name, so she was probably the one to name him
@@coralness that's fair. Though I could also see her humouring him as he goes through his teen emo phase.
@@morlock2012 HIS TEEN EMO PHASE 💀
The video went from "great" to "perfect" when you started analyzing Bohemian Rhapsody and I stopped breathing
(P.S. "Bismillah" just means "in the name of God" and nothing else. It's *usually* followed up with "ar-Rahman ar-Rahim," which is "the most gracious, the most merciful," but that second part is omitted in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody, so it only means "in the name of God." Fittingly, I'm sure Scaramouche doesn't view the gods as gracious and merciful. :P)
Oh shoot, thanks for clarifying! I'll add a note.
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Was thinking that maybe constelations are more like roles in a play than destiny, so when a new person that can take the role is ready a vision will manifest, binding that person to the role they are suposed to play, that way just a certain amount of visions would exist, maybe Scaramouche as an immortal or at least with his long life could have seen similar people get binded to the same constelation when the previous owner dies or is no longer fit for the role, was thinking of this since jean's constelation feels inherited, same as kazuha using his friend vision, he for a second wanted to challenge the lightning and for a second he played his friend role. As for lenard constelation maybe it was no longer sustainable since a mountain as big no longer exists so the constelation for those who challenge the mountain is no longer viable, or lenard did conquer it an all other mountains by creating the wings, so it fell from the sky since ir cannot be inherited anymore.
Sounds plausible.
this is interesting! the world-building of Genshin does imply a lot of importance on the cyclical nature of things so maybe even constellations or the "sky" itself are used to regulate the order of things in Teyvat.
We called it everyone. He Ameno.
OKAY BUT THE ENDING IM CRYING
honestly the idea of basing 1 character on a song and then tying it to existing mythology is such an interesting way to build characters
If this wasn't intentional.... I just....... I dunno man. I'll flip.
"Scaramouche is literally a loose cannon" ASHIKAIIIIII *shakes fist*
:)
That bohemian rhapsody part of the theory actually surprised me, I heard of all the Scaramouche memes and everything, but I never put the lyrics together with the story. That’s such an interesting connection 🤯
"anyway the wind blows"
i believe
i believe in anemo scaramouche.
Scara whoosh
@@Ashikai Scara woosh scars woosh will you do the anemo
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Love the theories, as always. One synapse that fired for me: "eccentric wanderer" reminded me that orbits have eccentricity. And comets are 'wandering stars' in highly eccentric orbits.
Eccentricity, in this case, being the deviation from perfectly circular. Perfect like eternity, unlike prototypes. Also, big round hat.
With the Sky and Constellations being such a key thing for Scaramouche, I wondered if that might be relevant.
I just found out about your work, and have been watching videos while v3.8 is out, and we are all waiting for v4.0 with Fontaine.
Oh boy, you nailed it on some theories about Scaramouche, and your storytelling skills make it even more impressive. I think I have found a way to fill the void until 4.0 is out: watching your entire channel.
Subscribing and donating. You're awesome!
imagine childe dancing the russian dance.. SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE A MV ABOUT IT--
hmm i think "so you think you can love me and leave me to die" is maybe foreshadowing the fatui turning their back on him; their bond doesn't seem too strong in my opinion, but amazing analysis as always thank u
That's totally possible too! Maybe he'll outlive his usefulness...
Monaaaaa....
I killed a man.
Put delusions in his head, then they aged him til he's dead.
Monaaaaa....
His life had just begun,
but now he's gone and thrown it all away.
Monaaaaa, oo-oo-ooooh,
I was gonna make you cry,
but you 'ported away that guy,
but since I learned the skies are hollow,
let's carry on, carry on since nothing really matters...
Omg the bohemian rhapsody section and the fact I completely forgot beelzebub is mentioned in that song AND is ei’s archon name had me S C R E A M I N G
To be quite honest, I think Scaramouche doesn’t want to take Inazuma from Ei or to serve Shneznya’s archon (I’m unaware of how to spell her name, so we’ll leave it at that). His goals are his and he doesn’t plan to follow anyone else’s. Scaramouche may go along with the plan of Shneznya’s god for now but at the end he plans to double cross her and do something with Ei’s gnosis that we’ve yet to figure out
i’m so excited for scaramouche’s release. his story quest will probably be one of the most interesting
Honestly I thought that genshin doesn't have that good of a lore and didn't care about it much. But after watching a video or two of yours i did find myself intrested, I still did think that you are just overthinking things but to my surprise you were pretty much all correct!!
Even though the archon quest was poorly executed and just felt like the other ones, the little details that you talked about really made me enjoy the characters and the story itself. It's nice to see that MiHoYo actually uses this little details and it's not always just overthinking I myself am interested in theorizing things!
It's nice to see that you are actually getting the attention you deserve you are quite underrated tbh! Keep up!
world building >>>>>> main story right now IMO
why Ei .. puppets existed before makoto we dont know if Ei made them all herself
This is so interesting! I was wondering how in the world they would make Scaramouche a playable character without making it super weird. Your take on it is SO good. I really hope it doesn't take another year for him to appear again.
Love your theories as always
Holy shit you just blew my mind with the Bohemian Raphsody connection. I thought it was just a meme for scaramouche but there's too many similarities for it to be a coincidence. That's awesome, I love your videos!
Watching this video a year ago made me appreciate Scaramouche even more. This vid aged like fine wine and I can't wait for your updated video about our little gremlin after he get released
Hey, seeing that she got almost 80% of the Raiden theory correct, I have high hopes for most of this coming true too.
Yep, i really like Scaramouche, i can't wait to see him again and learn about his past. I really hope he doesn't end like Signora and becomes playable.
Excellent theory again :D I can't believe how accurate the song bit is LMAO
I read it as deepfrying eternity.
What's the difference, really?
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Do you want that in a large?
wow u actually got so many stuff right... watching this 1 year after, u r truly amazing!
Stellar vid! I had the same reaction as you with Scaramouche. To me, it came off as that he was surprised at the Traveler's reaction of anger that they were handing out Delusions. Because from Scaramouche's point, while they had their own motives for escalation, he was providing an opportunity for soldiers to make a difference and be more relevant.
It's the argument as old as time. Is the pharmacist, drug dealer or weapons dealer at fault for handing them out respectively? I mean, Scaramouche didn't force anyone to take it up nor did he force them to activate them. He merely provided the chance to be useful or profitable. The one thing we can blame him, is for not disclosing the consequences from prolonged usage. But it was up to the individual to choose to use them.
A positive example is Diluc's father. By taking up the delusion and having it on hand provided him the opportunity to protect his family. He was begrudgingly relieved that it was even an option. I imagine any good parent would gladly relish the chance in a similar situation. Because without it, at best the parent/guardian would have died knowing their family will follow and at worst they would have had to watch the death of their kids...
I'll comeback here if the theory is correct again!
I really hope they do this before leaving inazuma for good... It's weird to see scaramouche plans when you're already in other regions
we ll we didnt left inazuma .... yet
according to leaks and dataminers
2.2 will have
-thoma 4*
Hu tao + childe banners
inazuma serenity pot layout
"Tsurumi island " = likely another inazuma island with own story like seirai
but honestly .... doubt scaramouche will play role in inazuma.... he likely left with gnosis already .. and we may meet him later
just like signora appeared in mondstandt story just for one scene took gnosis and disapeared
@@alanea5860 well im just worried considering archon quest is over but this is still inazuma problems
@@DeathkaiserG not rly .. scaramouche fled inazuma with gnosis acording to yae miko = likely directly to tsaritsa
it kinda makes sense ... h ehave gnosis .. and he doesnt know Ei consider it useless
so from his point of view he have to run .. asap before Ei realize he took gnosis ... and overcook him same as signora
.. so just minor wrap up with some small storyline
likely about toma or sango ..... err weird water priestess
since we are getting their banners + tepeat
Babe wake up the Theorycrafting Archon just dropped a new video
Everyone: surprised Scara may be anemo
Ashi and her public: You don't say 😎
damn.. Scaramouche is so much of an interesting character.. I'd like to see how he crosses our path in future
THIS! This has to be my favorite Scaramouche theory out there!! This video was so well put together, and you revealed a ton of stuff I hadn’t thought about before!! Thank you! (I’m super hoping that your bohemian rhapsody foreshadowing comes true because that sounds SO COOL)
oh my god you're amazing. FINGERS CROSSED THIS IS REAL I LOVE IT SM ITS SO INTERESTING ???? i'm sorry hu tao i truly am. but i'm saving my guaranteed. love you ashikai.
If MiHoYo really took the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody and made an entire character arc out of it, then damn. So far it fits. A little too well, if I'm honest.
/j
“This is just a theory”
Sure messiah Kappa
"and the wind blow" that line was repeated quite a few times....so that's why he became anemo 🤯
Love the theory another banger. I think we just scratched the surface of Scaramouche whole persona. Btw Persona 1 psp ost.... nice !
Mihoyo plz give me more than 9 minutes of screentime to work with I beg-
Ayo it may be late but that dragonspine translated text scared the shit out of me…this games lore is Soo good!
This is just the best. You have such big galaxy brain.
This whole connection to bohemian rhapsody is amazing and this is why you are just a league above other theorists. Another amazing video!
Scaramouche sees everyone growing old except himself and realizes he's built different
Ashikai....thank you for this, you're awesome, I'm so hyped for Scaramouche
can't believe you were right again, ashikai the theory archon (REAL)
Rewatching this after a year when we finally got his actual drip marketing, I love it
Can I just say, you are by far my favorite theorist on the topic of Genshin Impact, I would have never considered any of these points and they way you present them are SO entertaining
Can’t wait for your next video!
- a happy subscriber
Okay, I've binged watched most (I'm still not finished) of your videos but this one takes the cake just for the bohemian rhapsody lyrics. Absolute piece of (educational) entertainment. I love it so much LOL
If he becomes playable, he may become the first character without a vision that we can use (excluding the traveler).
Technically none of the archons are using visions. Venti and Zhongli's are fake, and Raiden has a vision-ish thing on her back, but it's not actually a vision.
"she'll be back"
I believe in Ashikai, so what she says must be true haha
Baal has a part in her story 2 (maybe 3) where it says “ei had made many puppets and many were discarded” this further supported the theory that scaramouche is a discarded raiden shogun that somehow gained sentience.
There is no pinned comment. I've been lied to D:
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Saw him commenting this live, came right here lmao
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u got jebaited pal
lmao
Absolutely loving the song lyrics theory 😆
I shall now play Bohemian Rhapsody while doing my project.
Idk what to say, just that I'm smiling and laughing of happiness cause you always manage to surprise me with your insight. Even if this was all wrong, which is unlikely imo, but even in that case this theory would deserve praise and appreciation
You're literally the best lore theorist from genshin out there, Scaramouche is a hell of character & he is one of my favorites , I really hope that he becomes playable
Came here to watch it again cause of the lasts infos from Childe about the gnosis... and OMG I love you.
Reminder set. Let's go. I'm always excited to see your videos.
Holy cow this is a great video - and feeding my new total fascination with Scaramouche.
Subscribed for your other insights! ✨ awesome work
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Perhaps rather than the Traveller, it will be either Kazuha or Venti - 'any way the wind blows' - either directly or via Anemo Vision, since the Anemo Journey is about pressing on with Inspiration sourced in a core value or belief. If his powers get sealed before he runs, we'd actually get the Fuujin in game, since MHY has no intention of giving us non-vision, non-Archon characters as of yet.
The more I watch Scaramouche analysis, the more I bemoan his lack of role in Inazuma Act: 3. That juicy Son-Daughter-Mother dynamics you mentioned are just some real lost opportunity there for Mihoyo, argh!
I already have my heart broken for signora not being playable in the future bcs she was my fave harbinger, but sure baal's vagrant son will work too
There is still a possibility!! She's number 8 of the fatui harbingers and the number 8 is also used to represent resurrection.
Its actually WTF level of content. Grats. ❤️❤️❤️
BTW I kinda expected you to say, that Ei has Goku level of parenting skills (cant see diffrence tbh)
Hearing monas elemental burst : Written in the Stars!
Hits different after this video
Also “Decided By Destiny“
OMG I JUST REALIZED THAT, so dark
I love all your Scaramouche-focused videos
6:41 dang, mona’s ears are in pain.
Your theory was now partly proven correct! Because of the recent labyrinth event
(SPOILERS)
Childe was in the labyrinth to look for Scaramouche because he did go solo and steal the gnosis to who knows where. Can't wait for him to eventually show up again-
watching this in 3.1 I mean the way its playing out now damn bro you smart asf
I honestly don't know if I was the first to comment on the bohemian rhapsody but you have run away with it and I love it, great video
There was one detail you didn't connect though, the gnosis is shaped like a Queen, also what the band is called haha
Going back to this video after the Anemo Scaramouche/Wanderer leak because OH BOY ASHIKAI YOU MIGHT BE SO DAMN RIGHT ABOUT THIS SMOL BOI
kunikuzushi(国崩）
国: country, nation
崩: collapse, crumble, dilapidation
So the whole name can be “nation crumble”, “Dilapidation of nation”, “Country collapse”something like that.
Honkai Impact, (崩坏）same character here(崩）.
Praying for playable scaramouche every night before I go to sleep
i just love listening to your voice... but your brain just mesmerise me even more... love your theories so much