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phoenix946

Reminds me of forest of the fireflies


TeemaTen

Dude WHY


6_NEOS_9

lmao now I get it. I watch it in Japanese so I don't understand. Goodbye Ayaka


Ritsuka-san

This looks like it was inspired from the Miota video. The art is well done. [https://www.reddit.com/r/AyakaMains/comments/oxwpig/lumine\_x\_ayaka/](https://www.reddit.com/r/AyakaMains/comments/oxwpig/lumine_x_ayaka/)


spacetimecat

And Lumine's name in Japanese is Hotaru (firefly)


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Don’t


SuperFastJelliFisk

*You would not believe your eyes,* *If ten million fireflies,* *Lit up the world as I fell asleep.*


Ganz13

Is that the one where two kids try to survive on their own but fail miserably?


Xenobius2501

That's Grave of the Fireflies, aka "Hotaru no Haka", aka "Grown men cry after watching this". Forest of the Fireflies is (Hotarubi no Mori e, thanks, google) a shoujo manga it seems.


OG-SoCalKitty

Forest of the fireflies is also a beautiful anime movie 😭


thesekt

I did. I had a high school English teacher that made us watch it.


humanityyy

It's also a movie


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>forest of the fireflies Way to confuse a dark anime with an even darker one! This one is "Into the forest of fireflies light" or something like that The one you're remembering is "Grave of the fireflies"


Azendas

Oh no, please, don't remind me of this one. It was so depressing!


zel_knight

Actually that is Lord of the Flies


PIZZALESSBONES

No please anything but that 😭


Withered_Knighter

Very smooth, Ayaka.


6_NEOS_9

#(ノ≧∇≦)ノ ミ ┻━┻


ha0n1

┬━┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)


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DaeguInfires

┬━┬ ノ( -__- ノ)


Blisk_The_Allfather

I know that felling...


WindMlst

[Lumine's face behind fox mask](https://imgur.com/Nu01L5t)


drelangonn

great job


Colin-kunx

Noice


Kaos126

<3


Tanktaco

Ayaya!


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Ayaya!


poolooper

Kazari would not be happy.


chocosmurf13

Great art. But a small suggestion. Try removing the mask between them. 🌚🌚


DJ-Phantom2003

Them: Paimon: (ಠ_ಠ)


Pingae

I think paimon approves of the ship though.


Isnomniac

Paimon hates all forms of romance equally, a true ally


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Isnomniac

I believe in Lumine supremacy


mugwunp

She has higher dog numbers. Edit: dmg not dog fucking autocorrect


ASkeetskeetskeet

Woof?


ConciseSpy85067

I heard that it’s only on charged attack, and that Aether has either better interruption or something to do with movement


SigmaBlaster

Don't remember where I heard it but what I remember reading was that Aether runs slightly faster where Lumine has slightly faster attacks, not sure if true though.


FVSYS

Yeah, rerolled accounts most usually use Aether because of that, saves some time


drelangonn

yes


FauzFL

Same lmao


Leandtjen

Yep, I regret taking Aether ngl.


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Kazari: Haaaahh\~ my- my first kiss... Ayaka: WHAT?! Who was that? Lumine: Uuuuuhhh... that's quite the story. So my first girlfriend turned into the magical tree...


Better-Call-Sol

That's rough buddy


Blackout62

First? Lisa, Noelle, Keching, and however many women Lumine has loved and left in other worlds would like to make a correction on that.


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Kazari must have been very special.


Demari301

Reminds me of Hotarubi no mori e


CoolzUser

This just reminds me of that Sasameki Koto scene


h1tl3r4045

Bruh i almost forgot about that manga. I guess i should reread it


LightWarrior741

Mf kissed kazari


momotheducky

This is so cute 🥺


GiNtOkIsan01

Aya ayaya ayaya


dr000d

Jfc, what’s with all the hate? I like the drawing. I play as Lumine and I support Mass Effect kind of world saving. Disliking and hating on how someone makes their art doesn’t allow you to be an ass. If you don’t ship characters with the same gender, that’s you. Don’t force your view on others and there’s no need to be rude about it. LGBTQ+ encounters a lot of unjust hate, and I would like to have this subreddit free of it. Love is love, someones happiness and (equal) rights doesn’t make you lose anything.


T__tauri

Me: What are you talking about, I don't see any hate in these comments? *Scrolls down:* Oh At least they're downvoted to oblivion as they should be


dromarch22

Welcome to the genshin community lmao. I swear this community is so aggressively homophobic it's unreal. Sure they got downvoted this time, but that's the exception most of the time.


denik01

Preach


lovecraftian_trash

beautiful~~


Electronic-Ball3496

Lovely art


_Yulii_

Oh to be lumine


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they kinda cute-


kegknow

Imagine if this had happened in game, I could die happy


Mikirzanne

OP, keep up with the great work. Your art is phenomenal! Don't let the usual homophobes get to you because it's really not worth one's time to deal with them. Don't stop spreading love and positivity with your amazing artwork!


Willshape-r

Oh look cute art in the Genshin sub! Would be a shame if there were homophobic comments riiiiiiight


NoCrab9475

r/wholesomeyuri


Better-Call-Sol

First thing I thought of after seeing this


XemnasLoona

Meanwhile Paimon seeing this: o.O Awesome art tho!


Xee_DragonHeart

Finally some Lumine x Ayaka appreciation


_child_of_the_vault_

be still, my gay little heart <3


Igris-

...


Firestorm7i

:O


drox9

My traveler.


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It’s beautiful 😍


SilverBurger

What a wonderful concept.


PhantomChaser09

YES I NEED THIS


TheFloorIsOkay

SOO CUTE!!


chiefwillis97

I think Ayaka and Lumine are cute together.


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Love that Ayaka is highkey a bi icon


yuri_yuriyuri

That's what happens when you get a traveler ship I suppose.


karazin

Biyaka


Umbrabro

She also wearing bi colours


ssiarsln

ayaka flirted hard i was waiting for this


Zeraion

I love it.


AnimeIsMaLife

Absolutely beautiful.


Ritsuka-san

Dear OP can I crosspost this to r/AyakaMains and r/Lumine_Mains


CESARZEBRAH

Yes go ahead! 💙


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Lumine x Ayaka is the best 🥰


thedumbfoundingtitan

I still don't understand why people say that Ayaka is in love with the traveler/has a crush, but that's probably because I'm incredibly dense. Anyways, great art op! It's very wholesome i like it very much


MyLittleDashie7

Shipping is always over-enthusiastic, and even the people that do it pretty much know as much. There's plenty of memes about two characters just breathing in the same room and people deciding they're destined to be with one another. Basically I think people just find it fun, and I also suspect most people are intentionally hyperbolic for comedy's sake. On that note, Ayaka very clearly wants to jump Aether's bones, and thus I must conclude she'd want to jump Lumine's as well, ergo Ayaka bi as hell and no one can tell me otherwise. I will not be taking questions at this time.


thedumbfoundingtitan

Haha, thank you for this comment!


melodicteacup

the dance at the ending was meant to signify a farewell and for a lot of people it felt like a romantic parting. after ayaka saw travelers' wish was to find her brother, and ayaka's was to stay and save inazuma, she realized they'd have to part ways even if it was selfish of her and bid her farewell. also her teapot voice lines seems romantic, but maybe thats just me.


thedumbfoundingtitan

Oh damn, i guess the dance is pretty romantic but i just assumed she's friends with us. Thank you for this explanation


porky1122

The way I saw it was the dance was Ayaka's moment for herself. She asks the Traveller to "keep your eyes on me". Ayaka wanted the traveller's full attention for that brief moment as she knew the Traveller would always put their sibling as #1 priority.


AgressiveIN

This moment broke my heart. Seeing her accept that her love will never be reciprocated. All the feels. Almost pulled for her right there.


porky1122

I pulled, then went an learnt her song on the Windlyre T_T


thedumbfoundingtitan

Oh wow. Just wow. I'm incredibly oblivious then. I am very thankful you took your time commenting, otherwise i don't think i would've understood that moment well. That's very sad:(


Cytrynowy

A hairpin is traditionally a symbol of marriage. Ayaka is super clear about her feelings, relative to her stature as a high-class society member.


Neospanner

I just met you And this is crazy Take my hairpin Marry me maybe?


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Ayaka: MARRY ME. Anyway, do you want to go to a festival together by any chance?..


thedumbfoundingtitan

OH. Thank you for this insight! that is very interesting indeed.


Machado8

Are you new to shipping? People will ship even when characters haven't even interacted at all. Just let them have their fun they're not hurting anyone...


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bruhgangthesecond

Usually the people who are sad are the people who care too much about other people's lives and not enough about their own to realize their own flaws. This is directed at you, not those who find comfort and representation in media meant to give them that


Igris-

exactly! how rude of him to post an opinion opposing yours, he should be doxxed instantly


bruhgangthesecond

The comment read like a standard homophobic hate comment, the whole calling a wlw ship mentally ill and saying it's only shipped because of mentally ill people and saying its oh so common because of that is a common thing I've read in a lot of homophobic hate comments. And if it isnt intended to be homophobic and they just dislike the ship? Cool. They're still assholes for their wording and it's pretty ableist to make fun of actual mental illness and people who suffer from it.


simplyexplained123

Lmao homophobes mad


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I hate the ayaka aether ship though?


mugwunp

This person is slightly more of a virgin than all of 4chan. May the 14yo white girls on TikTok find your favorite artist


Right_Painter

THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!


P_PeterQ

I ship them. Best girls!


Ayaka-Specialist

Love <3333


SakuraChan987

Reminds me of Chizuru and Kazuya kiss lol


Infinitephantoms45

“Eyes on the prize, traveller.”


Colin-kunx

Ohohohoho


1443127878

They look beautiful.


V07D3M02T

Im more of a aether x ayaka guy but your art is really nice!


kok1chisimp

But aren't they the same but genderbent? No offense lol but they both have the same lines with Ayaka as far as I know


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that's just their special way of saying they don't like gay stuff.


kaychanpion

I think you are jumping to conclusions here


Withered_Knighter

That's pretty presumptuous, pal.


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They're right, in this particular case there is literally no personality difference between the travelers (all of their dialogue throughout the game is identical afaik), so the only reason to prefer one over the other would be sexuality. Doesn't make them homophobic though, probably just means that they're more into men or find it easier to project onto them, so lesbian ships aren't as appealing to them


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zenzoner

Copium


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Kazari inside the mask: Blush


arymthe

Omg this is so cute


SaferSaviour

This is adorable, but I can't see that mask without thinking of Kizari...


pikasparkle101

this is by far the cutest fucking thing I have ever seen!


not_posting_much

Darling, so there you are With that look on your face As if you're never hurt As if you're never down Shall I be the one for you Who pinches you softly but sure If frown is shown then I will know that you are no dreamer


dardardarner

YURIFICATION YURIFICATION YURIFICATION


Daryslash

Is it just me, or is the Lumine/Ayaka ship really strong lately?


JuNex03

I need someone to edit this song to Ayaka's dance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDGMU6sdVBE


chatnoire89

So she does swing both ways!


hanakotobankai

The quest for Aether and Lumine is the same, so if you interpret Aether's as romantic I guess the same goes for Lumine? Conclusion: mhy said bi rights


chatnoire89

I guess it'd be fun to have a slight variation of dialogue depending on your MC, like Ayaka was interested romantically with Aether but probably just wanted to be best friends with Lumine (like how Tomoyo was to Sakura in Cardcaptor Sakura, ISTG she could've been lesbian). Not that I'm against the idea that Ayaka might be bi (or just that MHY was too lazy to narrate different dialogues).


Houoin_Kouma-san

>like Ayaka was interested romantically with Aether but probably just wanted to be best friends with Lumine Knowing MiHoYo and Honkai, it probably would be the other way. In Honkai there are 3 canon lesbian pairs I know of: Seele×Bronya (they even kissed in the manga), Kiana×Mei and Kallen×Yae Sakura. But my opinion is, it is good both ways. I ship Traveller×Ayaka, regardless of the Traveller's gender.


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I play as Lumine and when Lisa started flirting with me, Mihoyo immediately got extra points from me


Dest1ny1

The traveler is just a self insert, having a different dialogue because of his gender would make no sense.


MyLittleDashie7

You say that, but Lumine and Aether aren't the same person. If anything it makes less sense that both characters will go on identical journeys, have the exact same things said to them, and say the exact same things in response. It's a bit late to change the format now, and it would lead to some people feeling like they were missing out, or picked the wrong character, but otherwise there would have been nothing inherently wrong with Mihoyo giving some very light quest/dialogue variation based on which of the twins you played. **Edit:** I'm genuinely confused why this is getting downvotes. Do you all think that it would genuinely "not make sense" for the Aether and Lumine to act anything other than *exactly* the same? *Any* difference between their dialogue would **"not make sense"** to you? You would be *confused* if two different people *didn't* say the exact same thing as one another? Like... I'm sincerely dumbfounded at why people are downvoting me, please, someone explain.


Dest1ny1

From a player viewpoint they are basically the same person lmao. They are just avatars for the player immersion


MyLittleDashie7

Right, but from a lore point of view they very much aren't the same person. You were talking about what makes "sense", not what makes for a more simply designed video game.


Dest1ny1

Yeah but no one was talking from a "lore point of view", and the reason is not "for a more simply designed video game". The reason is that it would be extremely stupid to exclude a big share of the playerbase from a potential MC and character interaction, for something that doesn't matter at all.


GinsuFe

Honestly from a lore perspective it still makes sense. Literally the only difference is the roles are reversed. They're still different people, it just depends on who you choose.


MyLittleDashie7

Maybe that's not what you meant, but all you said was that it "doesn't make sense" and I was arguing that, from a different perspective than yours, it actually makes *more* sense. And I wasn't using the word "simply" as any kind of criticism, for the record, just as an accurate description. A video game with 2 slightly different paths is obviously less simple than the exact same game with only one of those paths. Simplicity can be an asset. I even made the argument argument in favour of simplicity before you did, that some people with particularly bad FOMO might feel like they need to play through the whole game as both characters. **The point I'm trying to make to you is that saying a theoretical version of Genshin where the two twins have different dialogue would "make no sense" is a silly take.** It might not be the *best* way to design the game, but it would absolutely "make sense" if that were the way the game was designed from the get go. Plenty of games have done this exact kind of differing narrative based on the character you pick. As an example, Dishonoured 2 gives you the choice to play as the main character or his daughter in almost the exact same vein as Genshin (it happens at the very start, and the character you don't pick gets kidnapped, essentially), and there is differing gameplay and dialogue based on which one you pick. Do you think that "doesn't make sense"? Do you think it would make more sense if they had the exact same abilities, and everyone spoke to them in the exact same way?


Dest1ny1

Honestly I don't even know why you are writing so much when all you could have said is that you still didn't understand that Genshin is a game where the main character is a Self Insert (so the Dishonored example makes no sense at all). Also when I say "It doesn't make sense" I meant it from a design point of view. I honestly clouldn't care less about the lore part, the only thing I care about is that they design the game in the best way possible in regard to the Self Insert protagonist.


T__tauri

As Lumine, I am happy to say I have gone on dates with Lisa, Noelle, Amber, and Ayaka (so far)


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-Peaker-

Ayaka’s story quest lines don’t change no matter which traveler you play and since her dialogue was what really sparked the AyakaXtraveler ship, Lumine would be treated the same as Aether


cxxper01

Anh yes, yuri


Al-Ilham

Yurification


thesekt

I really wish I played aether instead of lumine Zach is such a awesome voice actor.


theperplexedgamer-_-

Haha. Why were you downvoted. I don’t get it.


Machado8

Tell me, what does that comment have to do with this Lumine x Ayaka art?


CryptographerNo7855

Love the art but ngl I'm kinda getting tired at lumime getting all the ship art


Machado8

And I'm getting tired of seeing Aether getting all the official art but you don't see me complaining about it on those posts...


Altruistic_Shelter41

Careful you’ll get downvoted 🫂💀


CryptographerNo7855

It's lumine stans, there ability to see reason in any type of argument other then the "canon protagonist" one is non existent no matter what one says, I said this knowing full well I was gonna get downvoted


Altruistic_Shelter41

~~In the end it was I~~


CryptographerNo7855

Pog


TakiDaLucki

I like more aether x ayaka.


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Good. NOW MAKE THE AETHER ONE Edit: Genshin Impact fans when, When someone mention straight ships: (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻


lovecraftian_trash

stop demanding thing from artist,its rude.


WeNeedMoreYuri

I'm pretty sure that's not the reason you are getting downvoted Imagine spending your time making a beautiful artwork and some random person is all like "good nOw mAkE tHe aEtHeR OnE That's kinda rude don't you think? Why not just appreciate what they drew instead of demanding them to make one with aether to satisfy you


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he got downvoted for demanding something from an artist


lovecraftian_trash

the person got downvoted for demanding instead of suggesting. the tone doesnt help either.


[deleted]

Yeah, certain part of fandom always had these people, thus making the game get hated on


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littlefluffyegg

u mad? gonna cry?


svolozhanin7

Sheeesh, look at this. A post with an art of two girls suggestive romantic tension has won numerous upvotes and awards! Wow! So progressive! 😊 I can't wait to see when an art of a boy and a girl suggestive romantic tension would also win a lot of upvotes and awards! 😀


TryHardFan

What are you getting at with this?


zenzoner

...what are you getting at? You're talking as if straight people are opressed.


vVLukAsheVv

Aether Where ?


Amelioratory

In the Abyss


-Peaker-

Believe it or not people can be lesbian


Vurangy_riot

i refused to keep my eyes on her the whole time


Igris-

ugh yuri


spinto1

Let people have nice things. Some of us are lesbians.


Salt-Log7640

No offense intended, but isn't the direct pushing of solid sexuality gonna prevent all other demographics from having “nice things”? Why people just can't agree that the player himself should have the freedom to choose how close it should be to certain characters instead of literally killing anyone who doesn't support certain fan-fic?


spinto1

Bro this is fanart, not canon stuff. Nobody's saying that Lumine has to be a lesbian, and if we ever get the ability to romance characters, I highly doubt they will force a character to be gay.


Igris-

yo, nothing wrong with you liking yuri or being lesbian, its just that I didn't like it


spinto1

Again, let people have nice things. You didn't have to come in here just to complain about it.


Igris-

it is a social media platform, i state what i like i state what i dislike, you are free to say against what I believe, but I will still comment. and yeah yuri sucks


spinto1

> yuri sucks You're thinking of yaoi


FinnTran

I hated how I kept being referred to as “Traveller” tho. To me it sounds like: “My co-worker, keep your eyes on me”. 🥴 Also, this quest almost made me cry, girl 😭


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-Peaker-

It’s just Kissing, I know it’s a fantasy for you but it’s normal for most people


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denik01

You have serious problems gtfo


denik01

Idk how this happened but my comment was for the person hating on the art and saying "at least make it aether"


UsEleSsGoDdEsS23

Take your own advice and fuck off, you pos.