Inversion Of Genesis Archon Quest (I CAN'T BELIEVE IT) | Genshin Impact 3.3
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- I called a lot of this, and some not, overall I loved this quest after having enough time to digest it
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OKAY SO TL:DR OF OPINIONS NOW THAT I'VE HAD TIME TO PROCESS
I enjoyed this quest a lot, it's opened up a LOT of new avenues to go down. I do think the voice at the end could be Istaroth and she might be annoyed people are meddling with time and fate but it could be a lot of things. I still dislike the memory wipe troupe when it's a character we've developed a lot of lore around but it is what it is!
I'm still mad we didn't ask about the sky
'The stars the sky, its all a gigantic hoax. A lie'
Now I want Wanderer and Mona to meet specifically to see if Mona's hydromancy can bypass Irminsul rewrites.
Kk
Scara wanted everyone to forget him, and i respect his decision, everyone in the fatui abuses him, and Raiden nor any of the people related to him care about him, i think it's very fitting for his character and he can finally move on and become better/have another chance at things. I can see why you don't like the memory wipe, but I still think it's the best thing they could've done for him/to redeem him
when you tried to name wanderer signora it's not allowed. same for other harbingers, his old names and playable characters
This archon quest really just opened a whole can of worms regarding literature in genshin.
Literally any book that is “fictional” can easily be a well disguised depiction of true events erased by Irminsul
Actually the previous archon quest did that. When Rukadevata was erased all mention of her in in-game text was too.
Similarly the fictional book about the moon sisters also turned out to be something that the heavily principals dont want people to know
@@spymadmax584 That's the one! Thank you!
@@spymadmax584 you know something is up when that one abyss mage was looking for it
I can't stop thinking about this fact
The description of Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers sounds like it’s the Dvalin quest written down by Venti, so there’s that.
I honestly think deleting memories of his old self was the best shot at trying to find a new path. If you think about it he was a former Harbinger, meaning the was privy to EXTREMELY confidential stuff and the Tsaritsa and the rest of the Harbingers surely couldn’t risk keeping him intact when he could so easily tell somebody about the things he knows when he feels like it.
@@friedagaseb8575 why are ppl so obsessed with reconciling ei and scara, there is literally no need for it? And definitely not after the sumeru archon quest where we finally see scara moving on
Ei already let him lived his life freely so even if they do meet again, their relationship would still stayed the same tbh.
Since Ei only view scaramoche as her creation but scara saw her as his mother instead, so Ei probably be like “so you lived your life and all, that’s good” and left without even looking back lol
@noya3453 Yeah even if they did reconcile and forgave each other they wouldn’t be close. There’s really no need
@@noya3453 I absolutely agree. They didn't think about it in Scara's perspective 😭 He doesn't need any more motherly love, all he need is to move forward in life.
@@friedagaseb8575 She didn't forget him. He was still created as a prototype, he just never ended up at Tatarasuna. Rather than being aware of him as the 6th Harbinger, she would just know of him as the prototype because he never made a name for himself in the current state of history.
My biggest takeaway from this quest is the fact that this archon quest made *Venti* the most sus person in all of teyvat. He's a bard right? He himself tells stories in very cryptic and embellished ways.. Who knows what kind of records he's been keeping in his many ballads.
*Also* remember how in Lisa's story quest we were chasing an abyss mage that stole a book from the restricted version of the library, only to find out it was merely a children's storybook? Who knows what kind of big thing is _hidden_ in that thing
Every archon so far has something like this:
Venti - ballads
Zhongli - the storyteller
Ei - Yae - light novels
Nahida - her abstract alegories
@@rootiyk5032 i was thinking along the lines that venti's dubbed alot to be the "silly" archon bc been saying so much random stuff and stories to us in the past, so that makes me wonder how much of his little jokes are actually events that have happened in the past.. but you're right. especially with yae's light novels
He has also claimed he can sing you any song, past, present, or future, and is literally born from the Thousand Winds, aka The God of Time, aka Istaroth. Venti has been mega sus for those reasons alone XD
Also note that every archon gets a second character quest (Nahida's is coming soon I believe), and it's always very lore heavy. Yet our little Bard boy who's the first one to come out still doesn't have one. Looks to me that they are saving it for later, and it's gonna be quite the bombshell when it comes out.
This is why I kept telling others the most sus archon we have is Venti and maybe Zhongli. At least we know some stuffs about Zhongli and that due to some contract he cant tell us a lot but Venti man he just straight out sus. He knows stuffs but he doesn't tell us directly.
At least in Nahida's case we can see she does try to say things. And if anything I learned from every fictional stuffs I've read is that sometimes the happiest and the easiest to approach is the most suspicious person.
I love how the first thing the traveler did after learning that balladeer wiped himself from irminsul , was to go to inazuma to check on kazuha and the kamisato siblings. I was so full of joy when the first thing he thought was to check on his friends
I was really hoping travelers would check on Teppei tho T-T
@@melodym3951 check on? his grave?
@@whacckk without scara to sell delusions teppei may have been alive (we know thats not how it works, but the traveller didnt)
@@melodym3951 Why would he check on a deceased person?
@@whacckklol omg
When Wanderer asked Nahida "What do you think the differences are between humans and puppets?"
And Nahida replied "What are the differences between you, your previous incarnation and your future incarnations?" And then said that all those who experience pain and joy are human.
She meant that, as the Wanderer, he did not have to go through any of the painful experiences that the Balladeer had, he didnt have any meaningful emotions or experiences. And it had left a void inside of him.
As the Balladeer, although he had given up on being human and was adamantly trying to forsake his emotion, all his pain from his past had ironically made him human all along.
Balladeer kept trying to erase his emotions and become a blank puppet sheet. But once he had accomplished just that and became the Wanderer, the Wanderer only wanted to have his emotions back.
Its not just about facing his sins, but he also wanted to fill the void in his chest with his humanity.
Nicely said.
Honestly, If I found out my whole life was a lie and my friends died a needless death because of me, I would erase my existence as soon as I can. Just shows how impulsive and high on emotions he was. And it wasn't really to escape responsibility (tho it came with it) but he did it to give his friends a second chance to live long fulfilled lives.
and its not like he knew it wouldnt change the facts, just glitch the system. because he's not the traveler, he doesnt know and we never told him it doesnt change the FACTS, just basically assigns the past actions to different people.
The fact that he has so much self loathe that his immediate decision was to erase himself instead of taking revenge on dottore😭😭😭 He thought that he was the cause of all the troubles that happened to his friends. He gave everything, he was even ready to erase himself to save them, but in the end he still failed. I feel so sorry for everything that scara has been trough💔
I think the point of this quest isn't redemption (and he probably never will be redeemed) but Scaramouche owning up to his sins and serving Nahida as a form of penance. Honestly I can't understand people who think that Wanderer isn't being held accountable but are fine with the shogun (who has caused so much more pain and strife than Scara) getting off scot free.
So, I watched your VOD over on Twitch and I wanted to comment on a few things. So, it seemed like you were struggling to understand that your (and our) comprehension of Irminsul tampering differed from the Traveler's. They were not entirely certain they understood how it worked, hence their panic and quick departure to Inazuma to verify what had happened. They suspected everything would be alright but they still weren't certain, as removing Rukkhadevata was removing someone the world already thought dead and thus a butterfly effect alteration would be less likely if the past was ACTUALLY being altered. Scaramouche was attempting to actually change events, and though we knew that wasn't possible, the Traveler was not certain.
Also, Scaramouche DEFINITELY did not know, because the Traveler never directly answered his question about whether it was possible to change the past. He took the Traveler's hesitation as a "yes," and attempted to actually change the past. He wanted to actually save their lives, not simply free himself from blame or responsibility. His choices were all made under the pretext of lies, and his entirely life was immediately recontextualized in that moment. If there was a way to save them, he wanted to try, even if it meant he no longer existed. The unfortunate truth that he did not realize was that there was no saving them.
While everyone forgetting him seems like a cop-out, it's really not when you consider what redemption actually is. Redemption is about atonement, about trying to make up for past wrongs. The truth is that there was no one that he'd wronged to hold him accountable even before he "changed history." Ayato and Kazuha only recently discovered the truth of the fall of the Raiden Gokuden, and Kazuha didn't even know it was The Balladeer, only someone by the name of Kunikuzushi. Anyone else he may have wronged we have no idea exists, and he probably doesn't know who they are either; for this reason, those others that you say will never have closure were never going to get closure anyway. Even though in this new reality, no one knows it was Kunikuzushi or The Balladeer, the end result is that the Wanderer asked us to inform them of the whole truth; they'll actually know MORE about the truth than they did in the previous view of history.
I was feeling disappointed in the turn of events as I played through the quest as it did seem as though he was going to be absolved of his actions (which is to be free of blame or responsibility), but this ended up with him having the chance to CHOOSE to own his sins. He could've walked away absolved, and he instead chose not to. And so, we come back to what it means to "be redeemed." I don't think there's ever a way to declare someone "redeemed." At best, someone you have directly wronged can assess your actions and forgive you personally, but for us third-party observers who have no stake, it takes observing their future actions to determine if they're working their way toward righting their wrongs. Additionally, in reality, most folks are never able to seek atonement directly with people they've wronged, they can only try to do right by others they meet in life going forward. Truth be told, for someone like Scaramouche, he may be working to atone for the rest of his existence and there may be no definitive redemption. BUT, if he spends his life working toward that ideal, I think that's the best we can ask from anyone, especially considering that, in his case, his choices were made under false pretenses. Working as Nahida's right hand and being able to do so without the Fatui on his heels is a major boon to her and to us, and if he does follow through on that, is probably LITERALLY the best possible outcome we ever could have wished for.
Yeah a lot of amazing points in here, although one of the main things I wanted to convey which I failed is the point of redemption, I simply don't think every character needs redemption to be playable and was just sad that that's the chosen route it seems, still a TON more to come so we'll see, I just expected more of a "working together because the enemy of my enemy is my friend" kinda deal instead of fully trying to have a redemption arc but it's all personal preference then!
@@BranOnline And that's fair. Granted, I don't think this'll be a "Zuko-style Redemption Arc." Like I said, I don't think there is "true redemption" for him. The Traveler was never going to be able to cooperate with The Balladeer as he was, he would need to make a decision to cooperate with us in some fashion, which would lead to actions that, in some form, create partial atonement/redemption; it was inevitable by nature of cooperating with us. He's still the same old little shit, and he may still be willing to get his hands dirty in ways we wouldn't. He's just assisting someone who has better interests at heart, and I think that's what we would've wanted, no?
To add, and to perhaps put it another way, he is now much more like Childe, except he serves Nahida rather than the Tsaritsa. That doesn't automatically mean he's going to be redeemed, but it does make him someone we can tolerate.
Another important thing is that voice at the end makes solid distinction between memories and history/fate. How people remember things may change, but what happened doesn't. And I won't be surprised if down the line in story this will play bigger role.
@@BranOnline well, Childe never got a redemption arc, and he is still a playable character. After his story quest he is still the same personality with same goals as when we met and fought him. To this day he demands a rematch with us.
In a way the thing I like about the quest IS the fact that it didn't end neatly. HE'S back but he still made a mess. And In a way it really fits Scara's personality, of course HE would have a quest where you want things to end with appropriate karma but he couldn't care less about that. Every quest with him (barring his godhood line in the sumeru quest) has ended your interaction with him on his terms. Only once was he really defeated. It's so fitting that his final quest as The balledeer would end on his terms just like almost every other quest.
I actually liked this story because it's kinda poetic in a way. Scara still remembers what he did, it's not undone but by rewriting the past he actually left it "in the past", dropping some weight from his shoulders and making himself ready to atone and move forward. It's a good allegory for "what's done is done". If he left with something like "i'm free so long suckers" i would be pissed, but hey he's willing to repay nahida and traveler for their help, so yeah. I liked it.
This archon quest was awesome, but they did do the memory deletion thing... Which we hoped wouldn't happen at first but honestly they did it very well, it felt just right.
I enjoyed it a lot and I named my Wanderer Scaradouche😌
It's a thematic thing, that "deleting" yourself won't undo your sins. It's his final attempt at running away from his problems.
That’s actually what the game tried to say lmao the quest is basically told us that rewriting the history is not that simple, what has already done cant be undone and scara has to hold onto that sin forever
@@advernthehobbyist8175 i see, well still it's quite ironic that Bran mentioned they wish they didn't do the memory deletion, and they didn't at first and instead everyone else forgot who Scaramouche was, but then we find out he also forgot himself lol
But yeah i get that it's a plot thing, not saying I minded it or anything I actually liked it but also found it amusing
I was gonna name him that too lol
@@advernthehobbyist8175 I wouldn't say the deletion was running away from his problems. He was trying to fix what he now saw as mistakes. If he was actually successful in what he was trying to achieve, there would no longer be any evil acts committed, and thus no problems to run from.
However, when he was faced with the opportunity to walk away or choose to own it, that's the culmination of the theme.
I’ll try to explain in my view why it’s not that bad. Scara deleted his existence but nobody knows who did all those bad stuffs in the first place. So it’s hardly any different for most people in the world. for those who are directly affected by Scara’s action, he told us to let them know that he was the one who’s responsible for it. So he’s not really running from his actions and brush it under the rug or anything. And narrative wise, deleting himself is the only way the fatui won’t be back for him and he can restart and turn on our side.
I don't think coping out it is the result. Scara told Traveller to tell 'the good ones' what happened in the past (that he murdered the blacksmiths, etc.). It's not like Kazuha or Ayata etc. have met Scara so they haven't lost memories of him, just the information that it was him. And Traveller will tell them the truth again so nothing would change on this end. However, what has changed is the information balance for the bad guys. Nahida is the giga chad. She now has the former 6th harbinger as information source and secret agent of hers while the fatui don't remember him. Let's not ignore that with a copy of the baladeer memories at hand, I'm sure Nahida could put the deleted information back into Irminsul but she doesn't want to because he'll be more useful to her if the fatui don't know he existed. Likely, he'll be a relevant asset in a later story against the fatui.
I freaking knew Jester is Khaenriahn. It makes me wonder what’s on the right side of Khaenriahn people why they hide it with a mask or patch. Anyway, the questions to be asked to Dainsleif keeps piling up. The next Archon quest is gonna be another massive lore dump
Why they wear it?
I know the origin of the eye-patch is a reference to their king, Irmin. That also aligns with the mythos Jörmunr/Odin that comes with that name, and of course also the Irminsul.
However, what I don't know is if the custom originated when the king was still alive and only people of higher rank were allowed to wear the eye-patch (Pierro was the royal advisor, Dainsleif was captain of the royal guard, and Kaeya is a member of the Alberich Clan) making the joke Kaeya did in the beginning of the game about the eye-patch being something you inherit from your parents correct, *OR* the custom came after the fall of Khaenri'ah to show the respect and support to their king.
But, the reason is related to Irmin for sure.
Wasn't the jester being khaenriahn confirmed ages ago?
@@bimbam9487 Yes, everyone has see it in the Fatui's video. x)
@@bimbam9487 It was majorly implied but not quite confirmed until now. The circlet piece of the Pale Flame artifact set is narrated from his perspective, and he talks about how he tried to get his ruler to stop something, was ignored because he was regarded as less wise than the sages, and it led to "a tide of divine wrath, destruction, and foolishness" to overtake the kingdom. And then, of course, in Winter Night's Lazzo, you can just barely see that he seems to have that same four-point star pupil in his eye that Khaenri'ahns have.
This new archon quest was AMAZING! They better release the new one soon omg
It was. But this playthrough is cringy as hell: he did not go through the story that he saw on the screen - but a bunch of nonsense that he composed in his head, constantly angry at it. I haven't seen such a cringe for a long time, it was very embarrassing to look at.
@@alexgainsborough4921 stop liking your own comment 😂
I don't think this was a cop-out at all. From the very beginning I theorized about what the potential story could be moving forwards and it seems like this was the best outcome. Though his crimes were erased from the world, (which seems to be what Bran is most upset about with this story decision citing the lack of closure for the victims), the Wanderer made it very clear that he had no intentions of hiding his involvement with the downfall of the Raiden Gokuden. I think eventually he'll take responsibility for his actions by admitting to them but for right now it seems he will be spending and extended amount of time in Sumeru.
The voice at the end is... interesting.
It cannot be one of the Seven, because they are affected by the Irminsul. Before now, there were only hints so we didn't think much about it, but right now, this brings it home that we stepped into something far bigger than we can even imagine. In that, we have more to fear than the harbingers and any antagonistic archons. There are levels far higher, far more removed. Out of our league.
It was probably one of the three Descenders.
I think you are correct in everything you said except for the final sentence. This is not out of our league, quite the contrary: despite being the 'underdog', we are among the few players able to participate in this league because of our 'Descender' nature.
@@UberWraith I don't think Descenders are all made equal. Descender is just a term for someone who has come from "outside" Teyvat.
I think it's the Heavenly Principles due to the Traveler description
My take on it is that the events don't change, it's just that all the data on them gets altered. So Scaramouche killed people and that can't be undone. Because of him, those people still HAD to die because fate can't be changed. Someone had to take his place in history as the murderer, but I think if Scaramouche really never existed at all in the first place, those people wouldn't have been murdered. So in the end, he is still the one responsible for all those crimes. Because HE did all that, it still HAS to have happened. Does that make sense? So he still has to atone in my eyes, and I hope that happens. Also, to make it more confusing, I think the conversation with the mysterious voice at the end also tells us something important. I think that in this post Scaramouche deletion version of Teyvat, the events still happened like we remembered them. So Rukkhadevata existed really and Scaramouche did those things too, the only thing that Irminsul is capable of changing is the records of history and all the people's memory. So it's not as much time travel as it is pure altering of data, like Irminsul just rewrote Kaedehara Yoshinori's letter instead of going back in time and actually making it happen differently. I think that's why at the end the Traveler says to trust their own memory, the Descenders are the only ones to truly know the REAL history of Teyvat, whereas the people of Teyvat get new FAKE memories. Just a game theory thanks for reading.
It's not a theory, it's true: it was implied at the end of the quest, the past didn't change only the way that people remember these events is altered.
@@athanasiasofia3056 Oh alright nice, I'm just seeing a lot of people saying a lot of different things, so I wanted to share what I took away from it to see if people agree
@@SarahSvn I think some people just misinterpreted things or saw it an other way, but in your case your take is right.
@@athanasiasofia3056 This is a very messy way to tell a story with time altering though. The person who committed the murders instead of Scara must have then led a very different life afterwards compared to before memory deletion. The future MUST change, although we are led to believe it doesn't (reinforced by the vase still being broken). Honestly, I can see this story ending up so complicated that it just turns into LOST.
@@meursaulty6672 I have to agree, by doing this Scara only created more victims imo. Like imagine being a good person living a normal life and then suddenly being branded a serial killer 100s of years after your death like wtf. I don't think hoyoverse really even understands this and the corners they're writing themselves into. Like the characters don't acknowledge this at all and act like what he did was good or at best neutral, but he only made it worse. Literally framed other ppl for his crimes. He hasn't been redeemed, on the contrary. Also this whole thing just feels like a really convenient and kinda wonky plot device, so it all depends on what they do after this to make it work... I really hope they do Scara justice at least.
I love Patrick's voice acting in this. I loved the softness to the voice as the Wanderer before he got his memories back.
I do enjoy the fact that each player has had a bit of different perspectives on the situation - watching the reactions come out all around now, seeing yours, Lorie Megistus, Doro, Leah's, eventually bwaap's when it comes out, and a couple others all having different viewpoints on this situation/character is good for conversation about some of these heavier topics discussed in this quest
Fun random fact: Scarmouche actually enjoys drinking tea (even if bitter) now you can imagine him drinking it. Have a nice day 🍵
1:26:16 it's bc scaramouche was very connected to the kaedehara/kamisato ancestors. It would've been possible that Niwa would've lived, so maybe bc he lived maybe due to butterfly effect neither the kamisato siblings nor kazuha would've been born at all. Or, bc their experiences and hardships have shaped them to what they've become today, they probably would've become completely different people bc of the deletion (ex. if the kaedehara clan wasn't in decline kazuha wouldnt have gone soul searching, or if the kamisato father wasn't suffering from illness caused by extreme stress for the clan ayato wouldn't have become the head at this stage in his life). Scaramouche also caused the destruction of nearly all the raiden gokaden, which, as i mentioned, are direct things that shaped kazuha and the kamisato siblings to the people they are now. Anything could've happened so yeah, that's why traveler was scared
1:27:11 Yes but that's what scaramouche was trying to do, by deleting himself from the past he was hoping it would basically revive people but he didn't know that couldn't be done. Ig maybe traveller also didn't know if irmisnul could actually go THAT far so he was still afraid of the possibility
Everyone, Our Queen Istaroth is arriving!!!
It.s a girl ?
Yeah... Mother of 14 billion years, "she was the moment, she was every moment"
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I never included that in my variants but it makes sense
Even tho it's not confirmed that it's Istaroth, I also think it's her
@@ei4163 yeh she is assumed to be Venti's mother and just in case if u didn't know about it people in mondstat used to worship god of time along side with anemo archon but people forgot about istaroth as time passed
3 fun facts you won’t know about unless you have the characters from this quest + random one i noticed
childe, ei’s, and yae’s voicelines about scaramouche disappear
the 2 fatui npcs in mondstadt that gossip about stuff will say that the 6th place hasn’t been claimed by anyone for years
and if you do have scaramouche as a character, his name will be referred to as the one you picked, that comes to voicelines too
I really don't like that they removed ei, yae and childe's voicelines
Character voicelines are loosely canon anyway
@@mrminecraftcubeable They removed Traveler's voice line where they talk with Paimon about how the people of Sumeru were treating Kusanali after we completed Act 5, so this was to be expected. Also, I just found out that doing this Interlude chapter also changes Kaedehara Yoshinori's letter, if you have it from the Irodori Festival event. They really went so far as to change a limited event item that not everyone has. Nothing is safe.
@@RandomGirl119 at least the about belief line was a traveler voiceline
And i think it's kinda sad that they changed kazuha's great grandfather's letter
The fact that they still keeping Signora VA should indicate something
(tough it's more likely to fill in more flashbacks, but we haven't got her story on the big screen so uh...)
The whole funeral of her probably won't make sense anymore, But I truly hope at some point in Mondstad they remember her and her beloved story
@@jenifer19311 Well i never really said that she's gonna be come back to live, i think the game gonna came back trough time because the concept of time is being talk about a lot in this game. So i guess that's the only place where her story got time to shine
3:00:07 - I loughed so hard! 😂😂😂I love that you called him Patrick! It's halarious, true and easy to remember at the same time. You deffinitely recognise his name once he returns in the future quests. I didn't rename him though, because I'm not sure I remember his new name for long time. 😑
I like the whole information wipe because once scara knew he was betrayed he wanted to do something about it but he didn't know that by wiping the information doesn't exactly change the past it just fills in it automatically so it changes the cause and not the effect also the fact that no one remembers him is wack but at least two things remain we still remember as we're the record of the world and he's not really a good guy
He is sorta in the middle not entirely evil but not entirely good either, he had some character growth and is now an ally (more or less)
In my opinion, I loved it. At first I was very worried because I didn't understand how he was going to be their friend, but everything turned out better than I expected. I said earlier that I would give him a chance if he apologized, saved them, or changed his ideals, and he did, so I'm fine with the ending. I don't trust him, but I will give him the chance to grow himself and his character to grow on me (meaning, getting to care for him).
I hope that in the future he will see them as a friend and, if possible, that the traveler and Paimon will see him as a friend too.
I don't need him to change anymore, just grow to be a better person. I think that's the best way for him to pay for his crimes. _Recognize what you did wrong, learn and be better than before._
But that's just my opinion and ways of seeing everything.
I look at him more as our ally begrudgingly because we share an enemy, not a friend.
He is sorta better than before, he is atleast a little bit nicer than before (a little bit, but he still is kinda an asshole)
It's been a year now and I rewatch this video, making me a bit nostalgic about the Sumeru archon quest and interlude, but also makes me miss Scara a whole lot, I can't wait for us to see him again, as the wanderer in an event or somewhere else (like Mona in Fontaine), I miss him very much now
Always looking forward to your reactions, the best part is that you actually seek out the lore and discuss about it make it sooo much more bearable when reading long text with someone so enthusiastic, feel better too.
P.S: your contents are always top notch I'm excited to see more.
Carriers of anemo vision are people with a difficult past associated with the loss of their loved ones. Only when they are ready to accept it and move on, to become free from their heavy burden - they receive a vision. It seems to me that this is the true meaning of the anemo as a symbol of the winds of freedom.
This might be reaching, but the whole fairy tale that Nahida made up to record the Balladeer's story in a way Irminsul would not delete it got me thinking about that book from Lisa's story quest - the one that gets stolen by the abyss mage because it contained some kind of secret. Lisa and Paimon say it's just an average story book so we never figure out why the abyss mage wanted to steal it in the first place, so I wonder if it's something similar and it's an allegory for something important that was deleted
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I quite enjoyed this quest. The memory altering plot has potential to be overused very quickly; however, I was not too upset by its use in this instance.
For one, I think Scaramouche was pretty clear in his voice lines that his intention in changing Irminsul was to hopefully revive all the people who he had made suffer. And I feel like he was willing to erase himself from existence if necessary for that to occur. His question to the traveler was "could you change the past" not simply "erase memories."
I think him telling us to tell the Raiden Gokaden of his actions is plenty of evidence that he's willing to still face consequences for his actions. Beyond the Raiden Gokaden murders, his worst other action was the very brief time he oversaw the delusion factory and indirectly caused deaths to Watatsumi soldiers. We have no evidence he committed other murders because he was either being experimented on by Dottore or he was on expeditions to the Abyss for the remaining time (unless you count killing Abyss creatures as murder). If he's willing to accept consequences from the Raiden Gokaden then surely he should also be willing to accept consequences for the delusion factory as well. Given that Watatsumi forgave the Raiden so easily, them forgiving Scaramouche as well seems pretty likely, even if neither of them necessarily deserve it. Even Ei was indirectly responsible for the deaths the Raiden Shogun puppet she created caused.
I know a lot of people wanted a Scara and Ei reconciliation, but in my opinion that would be pretty unrealistic and difficult to write into the story. Scara basically never knew Ei. And even if Ei says she had good intentions to "set Scara free" she clearly never intended to communicate with him because she entered the Plane of Euthymia shortly after he awoke. Also, she never set up a support system for him except for giving him a symbol of the shogun so hopefully people wouldn't harm him. I think it would be difficult to return to a parent who did that.
I'm hoping this is the last we'll see of memory altering for a long time. But I think seeing this happen sets up potential for a interesting plot from this point on: solving the mystery of what has already been removed from history. For example, uncovering the mystery that exists in the book "The Pale Princess and the Six Pygmies." Since we now know that fairytales can hide important history, we now know for certain why the Abyss Order was so interested in this book.
Istaroth just popped out of nowhere, said some stuff and left without further explanation
Well yeah, I’m sure they’ll expand on that soon enough or we go back to it at some point. I don’t believe she was just pointlessly added there
Hey Bran! I just finished this quest myself, I did not read that light novel nor did I read the essay. Thank you for reading it all out loud honestly ❤
Can we talk about fairy tales being reliable sources of information? LOOKING AT YOU PALE PRINCESS AND THE SIX PYGMIES 🤫
Though, you weren't entirely wrong about the reset, it's where the idea comes from that makes it a BIT different in Scara's case.
While, I am quite indifferent to how they went about the deletion thing, they should have paced and executed it better. Especially in the memory domain and Niwa's death. It felt...empty.
However, I do understand why Scara would want to erase himself because he felt guilty that his existence caused Niwa's death. I actually like the psychology behind this. He was abandoned and essentially adopted the mindset that he was worthless and used that as leverage to "make things right." He sees things in a transactional sense; if he is gone, then so will the misfortunes of the Tatarasuna incident. Even so, we saw how that went down.
In regards to the wanderer's first appearance...I didn't like it -it felt clunky and a bit too convenient. Now, let's look at his psychological evolution. He essentially wanted his memories back not only to make things right but maybe because he was feeling empty and wanted a semblance of human emotion to make him human. Because as Nahida said: "Anyone who has gone through human emotions is human." What I also liked is that he reclaimed those memories even if Nahida did make an analogy that he is essentially evil if he is alright with whatever he did in the past. It makes it so his character isn't flat and that's just something I appreciate.
Anyways, I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on this.
Why is everyone acting like the Balladeer only wanted to wipe memories? What he wanted is to wipe his own existence in hope that those he did kill is alive since he will not be meeting his victim in the new timeline.
He is not trying to escape his sin. He is purposely trying to undo it. But fate makes them die anyway which is not something scara has no control over.
your idea of naming him patrick was actually very funny loved that
but just gonna leave some suggestions here if you want to change it in the future or for anyone here that still doesnt have any ideia of what to name him
Fujin/Futen - its the god of wind in japanse mitology, togheter with raijin, the god of thunder, scara and ei were based on them
Kunimitsu - means like "country savior" its the opposite to Kunikuzushi, his previous name
Sumizone - also a name connected to Kunikuzushi since he is the one to fight Kunikuzushi in the Kabuki play
Belial - its a demon name from ars goetia, probably the one scara would have if he had an official demon-god name like the archons, i reccomend searching more bc its very interesting but belial had a lot of connections to beelzebub (ei) and lucifer (possibly the traveller)
Nasim - arabic name that means "fresh air, breeze", representing his restart in sumeru
1:56:28 - absolutely amazing thought! thank you for your great positive and geniune personality :3
I named him Arashi because he's from Inazuma and he's Anemo.. Arashi in Japanese means STORM
I named him Arashi too!
I named him kazarashi lmao
I called him Pazuzu, figuring it wouldn't make sense to name him after something Japanese, since he has cut himself off from Inazuma, lives in Sumeru currently and almost became its Archon. Something more Middle-Eastern would make more sense I feel - Babylonian king of wind demons in my case. I guess naming him Rudra, after India's god of winds and storms, would have fit even better.
been here since 15k subs , so proud
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Thank you Bran for reading the essays because I skipped it lol
2:48:20 how does paimon knows what was scara's tone if she too forgot what happened it feels like a forshadowing or loophole
After this quest I've been going through all the fictional works in the glossary to see if there might be some lost 'true history' hidden there lol
my biggest takeaway from this archon quest is that it pretty much solidifies the concept from the previous one: That even if you try to remove every trace of you from irminsul, you gotta make sure that none of the people related to Teyvat has some way to recover it, otherwise everything you did would be useless. Hence why the traveler is trying his best in not sharing anything regarding Rukkhadevata, as anything related to the Greater Lord would just render her deed of purging herself, and the forbidden wisdom corrupting irminsul alongside it, pointless.
I can't wait for the next Archon quest already!
couldn't watch the stream but good thing this is here now yay!
The Wanderer gave me a lot of Cloud vibes from final fantasy 7 because of two reasons he has been known for closing off his emotions and he was a artificial soldier. So I named him Cloud.😎✌️
I just realized… wasn't it that the Irminsul tree we entered to erase Rukkhadevata just a snapshot of the tree from the time of the Cataclysm? I might be wrong but I remember Nahida saying that it was Rukkhadevata's consciousness just before she died, not the actual tree. This would be similar to Makoto's realm of consciousness just before she died that Ei preserved. If this was the case, it would make sense that we would see the cubes from the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles since it was there during the Cataclysm. It would also make sense in this case that the cubes would be gone in the vicinity of the actual Irminsul tree during the Inversion of Genesis quest when it has already been cleansed of corruption and the Cataclysm has long ended.
it makes sense. since we arent in the irmunsul our memories are basically encrypted in a way that it cant properly read it and hence cant alter it
"Katsuragi saw the little silhouette- I'm kidding!" Really got me 😭
33:32 same
Love u reaction bran. I hope u never stop playing genshin
The end of this mission completely blew my mind
LOOOL NOOO, I CAN'T! I'm dying over "Maybe if I keep the screen on this long enough your bubble might just run out" OMG that was so funny. I love you so much XD
In case you haven't heard of this, here is a spoiler
The latest Windblume event revealed some members of the Hexenzirkel. One of them Nicole is said to be able to talk into people's minds and the MC also thinks that 3:06:06 is her.
The thing is, The Balladeer tried to erase 2 of his existence, he thought that he would undo the event that happened specifically because of that 2 entities. Like, he thought that the whole event starting from the Tatarasuna would change because Dottore wouldn't do those so-called experiments because there's no "Balladeer" or "Kabukimono" that would pique his interest to experiment on, hence why Balladeer thought that erasing his existence would save those innocent souls.
The Traveler also thought that by erasing Balladeer and Kabukimono, some history might not happen. That's why he checked everyone that was tied to the Tatarasuna event like Raiden Gokaden and The Yashiro commission.
But like what we know, erasing your existence doesn't change what happened, it doesn't change fate, it only changes who did it.
Now, the whole Tatarasuna event technically happens not because of Balladeer but someone else. Same as the broken vase, Paimon didn't do it, previously Paimon broke it because she was thinking about Balladeer, but there's no Balladeer, so she wouldn't have panicked and broken it, something else did it.
As the mysterious voice said, doesn't matter whether it is broken by a cat or a bird, the result is still a broken vase.
This whole archon quest has a lot of Buddhist symbolism and I fucking loved it. Maybe I’m bias and am a sucker for philosophy that’s connected with Buddhism but it sure was one of the best. I’m soooo happy that the quality of the story is getting better and better.
Ooooohhhh! You didn't cut out the texts! That's awesome!
One thing I think was explained in the end of Act 5 was that, the irmunsul we saw was a recreation of how it was years ago when Rukadevata was there. The cubes were most likely around since that was during the cataclysm, and we've already seen cubes around in other places during flashbacks to that time. Since the Irmunsul we see in this quest is current time, it makes sense that the cubes would be gone.
BRAN. I Salute you for reciting that litany in the early portion of the vid. I don't envy you lmao
LMAO thank you
I named him Kamikaze. Why? Well, originally it was just because Kamikaze means "divine wind" and I like the sound of the name. But then I remembered the Kamikaze suicide pilots and realized that part fits him, too, since he basically tries to kill himself by erasing his existence from Irminsul. :"3
that's a clever name
This is so distasteful...it's like naming someone 9/11
@@salceds I wasn't trying to be distasteful. Kamikaze is an actual name with a good meaning. It just happens to be commonly associated with something bad. :"3
@@kirakotobuki9195 Like the swastika original meaning (good, spirituality, prosperity) that because awful people used it for wrong deeds now everyone who knows and defend the original meaning is prejudiced against.
@stefano nebula I am sorry if it hurts your sensibility, but 9/11 is just a bunch of numbers, that maybe with the format can mean a date (it doesn't in countries that don't follow that naming rule, using - as separators. For me is just a division) that existed already before the terrorist attack, and will exist in the future completely unrelated to that.
Someone who was born in 9/11 has all the right to be happy about their birthday, regardless of if society have sad memories attached to it now.
Someone has all the right to use the swastika as originally intended, regardless of if society have sad memories attached to it now.
Someone has all the right to be proud of their name 神風 Kamikaze (Divine Wind, it fits perfectly to Scaramouche who is supposed to be Fujin) regardless of if society have sad memories attached to it now.
Because new concepts don't make past concepts irrelevant just because people ignore them, or worse: just don't like them now.
Edit: Grammar. But English is not my first language, so probably a lot more is still there.
I just got Wander yesterday and I'm so glad.
I pulled Wanderer in a single whilst watching this. Bran luck extends even to YT lul
I love Scaramouche's character arc, and although I hate the memory wipe bullshit, it makes 100% perfect sense for him to decide "lmao Ill erase myself if that means everything is better for the people I love who I wrongly believed to have betrayed me"
Luckily they gave his memories back
But it's kinda lame that everyone else forgot and i really hate that they removed all the voicelines regarding him
@@mrminecraftcubeable Exactly! And the possibility of a meaningful conversation with Ei or Yae or any Raiden Gokaden character is gone. Which sucks.
@@kaylakaterinazosa3729 some people are saying that maybe seeing the feather will bring back the memories, sort of how the story was the key to bringing scara's
The voice at the end hints that this’ll catch up to him. I don’t think it’s the end
@@ajmemAJ really hope his story quest when he gets a re run(like kazuha) takles it
I think the memory alteration aspect of this quest was done pretty well. However, I also believe Irminsul will end up getting burned soon enough to prevent this kind of plot device from being overused (or to prevent us from learning more valuable information).
When it got to the part where we got to name him I immediately named him “Galileo” bc I really wanted a character named that and also his whole life is a whole bohemian rhapsody reference 😭
As you said, with the direction they took, it was great, personally I don't have any expectations for any story as long as it's done well.
And I think the future interactions between Patrick and Dottore/Jester aren't affected because they never took him seriously to begin with, even if he remember them, kinda like Thanos and his phrase "I don't even know who you are" so they'll fight anyway maybe... 100% not copium
I believe Jester or Dottore have some back up plan like Nahida's fairy tale so maybe later they will recover the information about scaramouche.
When I started this quest, I thought Irminsul was capable of changing reality itself when someone is removed from its memory because even the Sumeru book series Folio of Foliage changed. I thought "If Irminsul can change physical objects in Teyvat to reflect the removal of someone from its memory, surely that means it changes reality, right? Surely that means it changes the past to reflect a different version of events, and it replaced Rukkhadevata with Nahida because she fit perfectly and is technically part of Rukkhadevata? Meanwhile, Scaramouche had no one who could replace him in the narrative, so what if that would change the past?"
When the story went to the next day after he erased himself, I was expecting to see the vase back to normal, but it was still broken. It made me realize that all Irminsul can change really is just knowledge - both mental and physical manifestations of it - nothing else.
That's why the past didn't change like Scaramouche thought it would; Irminsul _couldn't_ change the past. All it could do was fill in the gaps to explain why things happened. But Scaramouche removing himself left much bigger instabilities than removing Rukkhadevata did, depending on how Irminsul explained things like -Dottore's presence at Tatarasuna- *(Edit:* Nevermind, misunderstood why Dottore went there), why Signora still got killed in Inazuma but managed to get the Gnosis to the Fatui, and the now empty 6th seat of the Fatui Harbingers.
-In the original history, Dottore went to Tatarasuna specifically because he was after Scaramouche. What was his reason in the new version?- And what do the Fatui know about the empty 6th Harbinger seat? Do they have any explanation for why it has been empty for so long, who used to have that position, and what happened to them? Even if Irminsul made up a character to play that role, that fictional person couldn't have actually done anything of consequence, which would just lead to questions as to why they even got the role in the first place. There are too many spaces where someone can pull at a stray thread and unravel the façade, in my opinion.
I wish this was a main Archon Quest so we would have a greater chance of there being eventual consequences for Scaramouche's actions here, but it seems like the Interlude chapters may just be side stories.
Wait, did Dottore originally go to Tatarasuna because of Scara (then Kabukimono)? The way I saw it, Dottore was there under Pierro's orders to sabotage the furnace, and while he was there he happened upon Kabukimono and was like "hey, why not" and started another experiment.
@@whistlegirl5726 Shoot, you're right, rereading the dialogue, I realize he was there for another task. I got confused. I can't imagine what exactly Pierro was hoping to achieve through that, but that part of the rewrite is safe from instability, then.
@@RandomGirl119 My guess would be "sabotage one of the key locations/strategic objects in Inazuma, then swoop in to resolve it or offer Snezhnayan alternative". Create a problem, propose a solution, put Inazuma in debt. If nothing else, Inazuman officials would be busy fixing that mess, creating some other opening for Fatui to take advantage of.
@@RandomGirl119 the Fatui in all regions have been causing the problem and selling the solution or take advantage of a existing problem. So it most likely to gain a foothold in Inazuma
i find it so weird that paimon is so mean to scara and pretty much every harbinger (for obvious reasons) but she's perfectly fine going along with the traveler on their journey to find their sibling who is literally the leader of the abyss and has ALSO killed people lol
When you think about it Scara did evil things but he’s done nothing to us directly ever before 3.2 (Mona helped us run away before he had a chance to do anything) so it’s weird that the player would have this huge hate boner. Most of his deeds have been done off screen to people who mean nothing to us for the most part.
I mean, Paimon is here for the traveler not the sibling, and the traveler is going through some untapped sense of denial that they'll still be able to go home after the journey is over.
@@kunikuzushis Well, his intent was to kill us in 1.1, he was one of the people who led the distribution of delusions in Watatsumi and had that whole spiel about Teppei and the resistance whom the Traveler cares about, it doesn't matter what we as the audience thinks, he was also responsible for getting Tighnai injured, also tried to kill us during his boss battle. So yeah, so much for doing nothing to us directly.
@@salceds the comment literally says "before 3.2" so basically the only things on your list are "he had the intention of killing us" (which is also true of childe and ei at different points) and "he made fun of teppei" which like.. neither really justify having that kind of major hate boner, especially considering traveler has been able to forgive worse (like ei's crimes, for example. traveler managed to forgive those VERY easily.)
@@sparkleclover I think it's perfectly normal to hate someone who was a prick and didn't submit to be more cordial after a tussle (Ei and Childe) like it's not rocket science because Scara took a huge shit on the Resistance after Teppei JUST died so of course Paimon and the Traveler are gonna dislike him. Whether he did things to the Traveler does not matter because his actions affected everyone else around them in some way that the Traveler wasn't able to do anything about, unlike Ei and Childe.
Also, let's not talk about Ei because she's basically the epitome of the Traveler's bias because her backstory was "My sibling and friends died" so they quickly became more empathetic towards her. Same thing with Childe sorta, he has siblings and family to take care of.
When u had the chat with Furuta granny at Kamisato's house I laughed so hard...! 😂
First?? Also can't WAIT to see your reaction to this :)) While i was playing I thought there'd be some places where you'd prolly be asking if hoyoverse was really gonna do a scara memory wipe but then the ending twist comes around whew
I'm also not very happy that the information of Balladeer got removed and history got changed.
However, I still have a little glimps of hope for future clashes between the Balladeer and Inazuma's casts since he also told us that when I got the chance to go back to Inazuma or meet someone related to the incidents we should tell them the truth about him.
They are clearly leaving an open path their for his furture story quests.
I'll call this big aranara "Hat guy". I think it'll suit him.
I know this is year content ago, but i can see now why the Knave will playable, probably related to Poisson incident or Child kidnap incident by the Doctor.
They have it all on his backstory, all for them to basically delete is with the erase trope, but also, if you go to check on Raiden and Yae’s voice lines, the ones about Scara are completely gone
after the quest the "Balladeer" voice line from Childe, "Kunikuzushi" from Raiden, I don't have Yae but I know there is also "Kunikuzushi" voice line from her, are gone and also the Kaedehara Yoshinori's letter that we got from v2.6 Iridori Festival, the content of the letter changed
One thing to point out is that The Archons are victors of the War and Zhongli had established his nation and an army before the War even without the gnosis…basically in terms of power level…i believe the 7 Archons or at least the original 7 are the cream of the crop among the strongest Gods…
After completing the quest, there is 6th seat of harbinger left empty for years. So, does that mean we will get a new 6th harbinger in future possibly?? I am very excited
This is under the assumption that changes in the Irminsul only removes the memories when in fact, any changes in it results in physical changes in Teyvat to accommodate the said changes. When Rukkhadevate was removed from the Irminsul, she was not only forgotten, she was totally erased from everything in Teyvat, which included her name in the 3 "Folio in Foilage" books. If only memories were erased, any entry in tangible copies would have been unchanged.
I named my wanderer “Fateweaver” since now his own destiny will be defined by him, rather than by others such as Dottore.
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Watching this at the same time while doing the quest
Tbh they did this archon quest very well for what it was. Memory deletion plot lines always make people nervous so they did it quite well lol
Nahida continues to be the most useful/proper archon. She's so damn smart [I know it comes with being the archon of knowledge] but god damn she is so 5head XD and she is ACTUALLY exsuasting avenues to try and help us, not just one, nah I know nothing try somewhere else.
The only problem with your logic, is that Scaramouche himself agrees with you. He will gladly pay for his sins, and ask Traveler to tell anyone hurt by him what he did and welcomes anyone who comes to him to stab him, as it should be.
So no he wasn't running from his punishment, he's just waiting for anyone, who's capable to get to him to get that revenge, get it for themselves.
However, he's just not the type of person to actively go to a victim to atone/kneel and cry for forgiveness. Nor did he "turn a new leaf", he's still the same personality.
And the traveler is still distrustful towards Scaramouche, but he's willing to respect Nahida's choice to recruit Scaramouche. But just like Scaramouche's voicelines say, traveler and him, even when on the same team, are not friends who share pleasantries, and not to say the traveler's grudges are DEFINITELY not resolved yet.
Wiping his record on teyvat did not change his "evilness", nor did it completely change our (travler)'s opinion of him, and our memories stay intact (the only memory that matters). so it personally didn't feel like a cop-out for me.
I'll be honest, I don't think there's a "problem" at all with my logic. My opinion? sure disagree with it, but it's logical to come to the conclusions I have, when character voicelines just disappear, previous lore is changed just like that in item descriptions etc. The traveller isn't the only person who matters to me in terms of who's opinion matters etc, it's sad for me that Raiden and everyone elses memory of Scaramouche have disappeared, but it's my opinion!
When he actually got denied Signora as a name, that was both fascinating and hilarious
I want my Wanderer to stick with a name that could be from Inazuma as that's where he originates from so his name is now called Kazegaki because kaze means wind and gaki means brat so technically his name in english would be windbrat
When Ruka deleted herself, she also changed the outcome for the world. Thanks to her being gone, the corruption was gone as well and the people with the illness got cured. The same way when Wanderer attempted to wipe himself from existence, he failed because of what ''the voice'' at the end explains how fate works in Teyvat. He would still exist in some shape or form so his life just went by but differently. He did change the fact that he was not the one to kill the swordsmiths, so in his stead Dottore was the one to do it as it was said in the texts the 2 Sumeru scholars showed. This also means Dottore never got to experiment on Wanderer. So he did change his previous sins, but he failed to save his friends either way. It is not simply making people forget your name. It did have an impact on the timeline.
p.s. And yes the Traveler was worried and with reasons, because if we assume he truly was able to delete himself completely ( we now learned its not possible), many more things could have changed drastically. For example it would mean Ei never created a prototype body, which could mean her plan failed or she gave up on it, and Ei ended up never making the Raiden Shogun. That on itself would have changed SO much. If Wanderer didn't exist it could have also changed the fate for Kamisato, Ayaka and Kazuha since both their families were involved in the incident. If for some alteration one of their descendants were to die earlier, Kazuha and Kamisato/Ayaka wouldn't exist.
Also when he says to carry his sins it means that even though he didn't do anything wrong in the known current timeline, he recognizes previously he did do bad things. SO his responsibility now is to learn from the info gathered and AVOID something like that happening. He has had 3 existences in 2 timelines. In first line, the scara that was used and mislead that did evil things. In the second line, the wanderer that was abandoned and simply kept a peaceful existence. And in that same line, the Wanderer that did nothing wrong, but had all the additional knowledge of how things could go wrong because of him being mislead. In short, his current self is one that gained knowledge he shouldn't have but because of that information he now has to carry the weight of the responsibility it involves. He is more complete and complex now.
My thoughts on this quest is Scara deleted himself in hopes to not erase his sins but possibly change the history. He may wanted others to live but thats not gonna happen at least they go down in history as the ones who tried to save tatarasuna.
Its also the best course of action since when Scara learned the truth after Dottore's manipulation he might have felt guilty for all those years he hated everyone and thought he was betrayed which he never was. Plus it will completely reset Scaramouche the harbinger from the rest of the fatui so now I'm excited what future brings since none of them will probably remember him so he acts as a spy or informant.
Its also a good thing some were upset about Scara and Ei not reconciling but they are merely seeing their own views. I don't even know why people are obsessed with them meeting. Scara now wanderer wanted a new chapter and he doesn't need Ei for that thats the same for Ei. She already freed him instead of caging or destroying thats it she did her part. We need to understand that Wanderer no longer needs Ei, he is now moving forward I don't need them to reconcile since wanderer accepted his past sins and decided to move forward. Going back and meeting Ei will hurt him and he has suffered enough already. I don't care is he needs motherly love since Wanderer himself only sees himself as a tool but in Sumeru we witness how he fully accepted his mistakes and even decided to help Nahida and traveler.
He missed the chance to call him El Sombrero lmao
The Wanderer is not a Scaramouche without memory, it is another version of himself, in other words the Wanderer with whom we met, did not participate in the Tatarasuna incident, so he never received the name of Kabukimono, nor did he join the Fatui, so he also did not receive the name of the Balladeer and therefore was never the sixth of the Eleven Fatui Harbingers, this version of Scaramouche, having not participated in the previous events after being released/abandoned, was just a nameless puppet.
See's him asking where cubes went.
A major thing about 'corruption' is that the world reacts aggressively to it, the cubes could be a reaction that no longer is happening.
2:55:26 the thing is... Nahida is the one who's been giving him a chance from the beginning. Saying that she hides him like a feather and making good use of some of his features. The final barrier is his trust issues.
but I agree with you, this kind of trope is hard to pull off neatly and I still can't justify what they did to scara's story.
On the other hand, man, did they succeed in making him a big Dottore plot device...
late comment but in one of the lines in the wanderer's voice clips he tells you exactly what he wished for which was to not be born at all. and in doing so he may have been able to change history. so instead of doing that it made it so that scaramouche and all that happened in his life never existed in the first place. when nahida says this isnt a memory wipe nor the past she is telling the truth. this is rewritten history to the point where nobody knows of scaramouche or kabukimono or any of that because in that history he did not even exist in those stories that are not changed. I appreciate the way this is explained better than what most would do which is just as you said "memory wipe" but this is more complicated than that
I'm the first one here LOL. I applaud you Bran for reading the essays👏👏