Todays Meme Is Spreading Some Mausau Love Cause He Is Amazing:

If you’re taking Ixlel song recs by any chance, Body by Mother Mother

(I can’t put a screenshot in here but here are some of the lyrics)

[Verse 1] Take my eyes, take them aside Take my face, and desecrate My arms and legs, they get in the way And take my hands, they'll understand Take my heart, pull it apart And take my brain, or what remains And throw it all away

[Chorus] 'Cause I've grown tired of this body A cumbersome and heavy body

(the rest of the song follows a similar pattern)

But specifically the line “take my heart, pull it apart”. If that isn’t Ixlel I don’t know what is. I couldn’t think about anything but this line when I first did the quest

AUGHH OP YOU GOT ME LOOKING LIKE THIS:

I forgot about this song and man you reminded me of it in THE BEST WAY. I might just—*explodes*

My thoughts on the live stream:

Shit y’all, we are in the end game. It seems like they are using Nod-Krai to tie up any loose ends of the story and honestly I’m so scared.

They also seem to be taking inspiration from Norse and Celtic mythologies for this region. (Lowkey hyped and I can use this as my excuse to finally research both myths)

As for the npcs… THEY LOOK AMAZING?!!

This fire looking dude is definitely from the “Wild Hunt” and I can’t begin to tell y’all how hyped I am for it. Out of every group so far, the Wild Hunt is my favorite. As for the other npc, she’s definitely from the frost moons.

Anyway I don’t have too much more to say as I don’t want to spoil the entire stream so you guys go watch it. OH WAIT BEFORE YOU DO!! Don’t forget to redeem the mini codes (those teasers leading up to the stream) and this new one before 5/3

Anyway Ink out!

I can’t believe 5.6 is dropping in a 3 days… I’m still in 5.5

Chat how come this patch moved past so fast but 5.4 felt like I aged 20 years☹️. Kukulkan, Gabriel the Destroyer (my little one), Xiuhcoatl, the source servants…guys I’m not ready to move on.

On the other hand, 5.6 has a chance of bringing us Ajaw lore or at least dragon lore from the new event in Fontaine. Plus Mondstadt too.

Best news of my life, Ixlel is officially a tag on Ao3

I did it chat, I made her a tag

Okay so you guys know that Ixlel had that whole eldritch aura going on right?

And the description from the nameless artisan/Manqu:

Slowly and calmly she walked towards me, as if the fire were nothing more than a gentle spring breeze. Her face... I have never seen anything like it. Even the purest of crystals could not be fashioned into the likeness of such skin, nor could the purest of turquoise be carved into such eyes. Yet for reasons I cannot explain, that face, which should have been the very picture of beauty, was... so nauseatingly repulsive... Through those turquoise eyes, those pupils whose beauty was almost terrifying, I saw naught but endless, unfathomable darkness and void; a space that no language could describe, unlike anything I have ever seen in the brief few decades of my transient life.

- Artisan's memo (III)

So I thought, "Hmm, the other Dragonlords probably had this eldritch-ness going on. Even more so for their sire, Xiuhcoatl. Plus, there's already eldritch element in Natlan; that mf Gosoythoth that's inspired from Yog-Sothoth"

From there I was digging through the possible eldritch figure that could inspire Xiuhcoatl.

And well don't you look at that?

Yig, the Father of Serpents.

Disclaimer: I have yet to read H.P Lovecraft's works and I haven't dabble to much in eldritch fiction, so all my knowledge about this figure comes from the wikis. Also, for those who don't know, H.P Lovecraft was a massive racist-fuck, and it bleed to his works with many of the eldritch figures were seemingly inspired from indigenous deities/spirits. So tread his works with care.

Yig is a eldritch deity introduced in the book "The Curse of Yig" co-written by H.P Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop. He is "the snake-god of the central plains tribes," and "a shunned and feared object in central Oklahoma."

The story describes him as:

an odd, half-anthropomorphic devil of highly arbitrary and capricious nature. He was not wholly evil, and was usually quite well-disposed toward those who gave proper respect to him and his children, the serpents; but in the autumn he became abnormally ravenous, and had to be driven away by means of suitable rites.

The snake-god's chief quality was "a relentless devotion to his children," making it taboo to kill snakes. Those "who flouted him or wreaked harm upon his wriggling progeny" would suffer the "curse of Yig," in which the deity would "turn his victim, after suitable tortures, to a spotted snake."

In one of the expanded Cthulhu mythos (works that are written by people other than H.P Lovecraft), his mate is Coatlicue, which in the real-life mythology has many snake motives and is the mother of the sun god Huitzilopochtli, the moon goddess Coyolxauhqui, and the gods of the stars Centzon Huitznahua. And you know who's the creator of the in-game Huitzilopochtli right.

An in-story ethnologist stated that Yig is the dark prototype for the more benevolent Quetzalcoatl and Kukulkan (you see where I'm going.)

But this part is what I consider to be the most fascinating: Yig was also one of the two main gods (the other being Cthulhu) worshipped by the people of K'n-yan, a subterranean realm under a "sky" of glowing blue clouds similar to the Northern Lights, occupied by a hidden race of advanced prehistoric humanoids. They hailed from a planet much like Earth, the K'n-yanians were supposedly brought across space by Tulu, founding a vast and mighty civilisation. However, after the Mu continent sank, they sealed themselves away from the rest of the world. They blamed the "Space-devils" for the great sinking that "submerged the gods themselves, including great Tulu, who still lay prisoned and dreaming..." with the only human survivors being the space-devils' own agents.

K'n-Yan is the name of the author of "The Men of Lithin". And reading their history... doesn't they sound a bit similar to Khaenri'ah? Plus, this 'space-devils' is a bit similar to the Primordial One's coming. Defeating the original gods and then planted their own agents...

Huh, what if Nibelung is supposed to be Cthulhu? Being worshipped alongside Xiuhcoatl, and his murals showed up in Natlan. That also kinda explain why he looked similar to Xiuhcoatl in the murals?

Idk, I just want to share my discovery with you. In another note, kdnsjkskssnns "Father of Serpents" and fierce love for his children... my 'mama Xiuhcoatl' agenda isn't that far-fetched I guess!

Btw this is how Yig's children look like. Aren't they adorable😍

Sources:

The H.P. Lovecraft Wiki

Yig

Yig, the Father of Serpents, is a fictional deity introduced in the H. P. Lovecraft revision story "The Curse of Yig". He is introduced as "

The H.P. Lovecraft Wiki

K'n-yan

K'n-yan is a fictional subterranean realm created by H. P. Lovecraft in the revision tale The Mound, located under the US state of Oklahoma.

en.wikipedia.org

The Curse of Yig - Wikipedia

Chat I can’t let this masterpiece flop so reblog

It came to me in a vision…

Enjoy my first and last edit ever staring Huitzilopochtli and the song Blow by Ke$ha. Your welcome.

It’s official, the 5 day count down until 5.5 drops are y’all ready for the most lore heavy update that Genshin has yet to throw at us.

Im so excited as the Text Maps were so good and drowning in lore about the dragons

Hey chat, anyone here know how or where to find translations

We know what Ajaw and Ch’ulel mean but I don’t have the slightest clue about the other words and can’t find where to translate. (This is my favorite OST if you guys are wondering😊. I can literally stand hours in the chamber of deliberation for this track)

I think I was a bit too dedicated to the lore…

Im thinking of being the first hydro claymore what do y’all think

This might be a hot take but every time someone hates on Natlan by comparing it to Fontaine, a angel loses its wings.

Granted I have not finished the Fontaine archon quest so I guess I can’t speak too much on it but so far I noticed the biggest differences between the two nations is that Fontaine is concentrated on current characters while Natlan is concentrated on the history of the land.

Do I wish more of the Natlan characters like Mavuika would be more fleshed out and interesting? Yes, it would be nice. Would it help the story more? Maybe. But again the current characters are not the point of what Natlan is.

Natlan as a whole focuses so much on its history and origins. All their traditions and tribes came from the original hero’s, the ancient names, the resurrection, the gadgets and tools they use, etc. Everything that Natlan is, mostly based on its history and lore.

I’ve noticed a trend with those who complain that Natlan is the worst nation and it’s those same people who beg for a skip button… why are you playing a STORY BASED game if you don’t want to read (not even cause most quests outside small side quests and world quests are voiced).

Let me make it clear, Natlan has flaws. It does. The stereotypes and lack of character development but it’s not the worst nation. With what it lacks, it makes up with the story. The lore within it is so immersive and huge, down to lore drops after lore drops about dragons to a finding out a normal human killed a sovereign and then made a deal with a shade who we later come face to face with in the AQ. 

Anyway rant over, I needed to get this out before I lost my mind.