So this is why she's called a "Father" instead of "Mother". 10/10 Sad for Clervie, she was really nice.
If i remembered correctly, in Lyney’s story, he invited “Father” to a birthday party in the orphanage where he shows the kids a magic trick and arlecchino appears. Everyone is so surprised to see her even showing up. And they even eat cakes together. It shows that she really cares about the kids. Even the kids really respects her.
A lot of details are hidden from the 7 min short animation, so hoyo decided to explain them with a 3h story quest.
In the CN version, instead of saying “my answer is no”, Arle said “you aren’t worthy.” Which is pretty metal
01:37 The line "Do mothers usually argue with their daughters?" in CN version meant Clervie is Crucabena's (The previous Knave) biological daughter. And the fact that Crucabena said the line at 03:11 about pruning the Lumidouce Bell, Clervie's flower, is simply gut wrenching. She doesn't care if her own daughter dies.
You can tell her arm turned black when Arlecchino was losing the fight, I think the sudden drastic combat ability difference happened because she “released” her curse.
Imagine if Lyney grows up and doesn’t like how arlecchino does things and decides to call himself mother
Her Majesty is real, She froze a whole Palace for Rosalyn and here she opened the window for Peruere to see the lights in the sky.
I just realised that the reason Scaramouche is only partially wearing his coat is because he doesn’t feel cold since he’s a puppet. Like when he’s in Dragonspine, it doesn’t show his breath.
For those of you who missed it, the Bulle fruit (the orange-looking fruit) adorned on a sword at 2:51 is a hair accessory of the blonde girl which can be first seen on 0:26, implying that she also lived long enough along with Arlecchino and Clervie, only to die along with her brothers and sisters in a fight their "Mother" forced them into. Truly a heartbreaking reality for them.
Genshin writers are the only freaking ppl who can get you so attached to a character that only exists for like 2 and a half minutes
it's pretty clear that Clervie is the old Harbinger's daughter 1. She has a necklace of the Lumidouce bell, 'Mother' had a pot of real Lumidouce Bells. 2. As 'Mother' held the flowers, she was clearly referring to her dead daughter. "I should have pruned this flower long ago, not waited till it wilts.' (speculation) It could be her planning to kill Clervie before Preuere/Arlecchino killed her
Fun fact : The flowers seen in the trailer are lumidouce bells and according to the lore they mean separation and the desire to be reunited.
I like how even while imprisoned, she’s given a nice little throne to sit on. Guess killing a harbinger demands a certain level of respect even if they are a criminal
She killed the 4th Harbinger when she was a teenager, she's definitely more powerful than we give her credit for
This explains why childe and scaramouche called her crazy. Both childe and scara are sentimental about their family and loved ones. And their first inpression of arlecchino would be her reputation which is "This b*tch stabbed her siblings THEN BLEW UP THE ORPHANAGE WITH A HARBINGER INSIDE"
That's why she likes cake so much - because her sister loved it. It's probably one of the only ways to relive a warm memory.
Something I noticed when Arlecchino was fighting the old Knave and the song started up, one woman's voice was singing and then it was joined by children's voices. It's Clervie and all the children who died under the old Knave supporting Arlecchino to help her win and get their revenge. It's very cool and fits the Fontaine theme. Also, and I might be mistaken, but that shot of the hole in the ground by the dead tree seems to be where Arlecchino buried her spider. The hole being empty symbolizes that Arlecchino has become the spider and harnessed it's powers to fight the old Knave.
i can't believe its been a year, it feels like yesterday when i just watched this on release
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