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This is the funniest thing ever. Just the two rows. I was wondering how they were going to do it, and honestly this looks funnier than I imagined

I don't know if this was implied or not, I haven't had time to go back and really analyze this Archon quest yet. So we're calling it a theory. But what if the Pyro gnosis didn't just clip out of existence but Pantalone just picked it up. And that's why Nahida can't find it.

After all, the Fatui only missing the Pyro Gnosis was a small hole in the snezhnaya plot line. So it's make sense if we showed up and Tsaritsa just has all the gnosises. Unless the next quest is about us trying to go find it.

Dumb question again. If Irminsul is gone but the ley lines are Irminsul's roots, did they also burn? And if not did they like cut the trunk of Irminsul and put Aaru there like when people are making new apple trees? (Pov I don't remember what the process is called).

And there's that like theory? That the stars are like Irminsul's fruits and branches so hypothetically, stars gone? I know that's not the case but it raises an interesting point about how interconnected Irminsul actually is.

Pov just disappointed that there weren't greater ramifications for burning Irminsul. But otherwise probably my favorite archon quest ever

ALSO TEYVAT UPSIDE DOWN THEORY REAL???

In season 1, Langdon and Santos are incredibly similar. They're both a little snippy, make acidic comments, and give those judgemental looks. While not exactly the same, you can see how they are very similar to each other.

However, Langdon is a cis straight white man while Santos is a lesbian woman of color. And as someone who's been in a lot of fandoms for a long time, I can't help but think that this wouldn't be so controversial if the two were switched.

If their personalities stayed relatively the same, but now Santos is the senior resident stealing drugs and Langdon was the intern reporting it. Like I can't be the only one who thinks that this is relevant.

When I originally started watching season 2, I was angry with Santos, because while to him he seems to have suffered, he got off relatively scot free.

Sure he went to rehab, but he got his job back at the same place with the same position with everyone supporting him and not many people knowing the extent of what he's done. He essentially got a slap on the wrist. And people saying he's gonna get a divorce and thats suffering, but its not. If Langdon does indeed get a divorce, he will almost inevitably be rewarded with Mel's affections. Like Santos, I get it so much. If Santos had reported anyone else, if it had been like Mohan or McKay, can we say Robby would have pushed it under the rug like Langdon?

And in the swapped scenario, if Langdon reported Santos to Garcia, would she had defended her as fiercely?

Its pretty clear through context clues that Trinity has experienced some sort of abuse either from a Father figure or a man with power over her. And from how she behaves its easy to infer that she was not believed. Then finally, finally, someone (Robby) actually takes her seriously. And to her, the supposed perpetrator got off scott free. I would be pissed too.

Is Santos getting in her own way? Yes. Was she irresponsible with that one patient? Yes. Does she still have a right not to forgive Langdon? Absolutely.

Langdon is going around doing his apologies but he's not really in it. Look at the language he uses. Its less about the person he's apologizing to but him. Me Me Me. Robby thinks I'M a drug addict. You don't know what I'VE been through. His apology was shit.

Should Santos be a little more empathetic to addicts? Probably. Is her behavior to Langdon a clear indication that she doesn't empathize? No. Mckay's soberity status is kind of an open book. She doesn't tell everyone, but its clearly some kind of open secret. Its likely Santos knows as well and we don't see Santos being all mean to McKay.

And episode 8

SHOW WATCHERS BE WARNED

Last chance

Cool. Vess Derogna cornering Molly. I sat there being like there is a none zero 20 to 30% chance that Molly is going to die here and it lowkey would have been sad but mildly hilarious. But I doubt they would have because Yasha and Molly gotta be besties. But it would have in fact fixed the issue of Jester just healing him so...

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Last chance

Ok, so I've seen a few people thinking that Molly isn't going to die and I really hope they're wrong. Because as much as I love Molly like he needs to die.

Narratively it is THE turning point of the campaign and has major ripples across the entire campaign.

While Molly was a great person and the Nein were receptive to his lessons, I don't think people like Caleb or even Beau would have internalized those messages so deeply otherwise.

It changed them. At the beginning of the Campaign, Caleb's arc could have gone either way but because Molly died he started to go more towards the side of kindness. In the end, it was a joint effort of all the Nein but there's a reason why Caleb and Molly were such a popular ship. Caleb may have fallen in love with Jester because she saw the good in everyone, but Molly was the one who first showed him that he still deserved to be loved (romantically) flaws and all. That forehead kiss is iconic for a reason.

And with Beau's earlier set up for not doing everything alone, Molly's death really hits. Because in the end Molly died because he lowkey went on his own. Sure it was a lot of poor rolls, but he was at the head of the pack. He died alone as the entire crew were pretty spread out for that fight. Which works even better now that everyone is ragging on Beau to get some team spirit. Its the perfect irony.

And it also linked to Beau's faith in unbelievable things as thats what Beau tried to find in learning to read Molly's cards.

The Nein weren't the best people and caused a lot of havoc in the beginning of the campaign, but Molly's "leave everyplace better than you found it" sticks and thats what the crew did.

While they likely would have stopped the Nonogon, Tomb Raider, Vess, and Aeor anyways, having it be Molly's stolen corpse was a major motivator. For a single moment there's hope. That if Lucien could be back then maybe Molly could too.

That loss also helps somewhat with Essek. Molly believed in people and the whole "who will you be today" schtick. And while I think the Nein probably would have forgiven him anyways, I think Molly's haunting of the narrative was so important for the impact of that scene

Molly and Jester were the glue, but i feel like Molly was a little more sticky than Jester. He kept them grounded and balanced with his nonsense and whimsy. And when he died it was what really kept the party together. Which is only compounded further by Molly's new speech in episode 4.