#crewmeru

the aranara's connection to the moon is kind of baffling in retrospect. they talk about it all the time. almost every sumeru forgeable, which are "stories from the aranara" heavily involves the moon. one of them was one of the biggest sources of lore for the moon sisters we had for years. it used the term moon-wheel!! like what the fuck was up with that.

sumeru's cast feels like a family, one we haven't seen since mondstadt. in mondstadt it really felt like it was that group of people vs the world. then you get to liyue and there isn't a set group of people (unless you count the teenagers plus hu tao who are all friends) that feels like a family. then in inazuma it's the yashiro commission and the resistance against raiden. in sumeru it feels like we finally found another unified group of people. dehya, cyno, alhaitham, tighnari, collei, candace, nilou, kaveh. they're a family. the sumeru cast feels closer (excluding mond) than the other nations and it's really nice to see.