32 Genshin Questions!

[kanonavi]

Hi, it's been a while! I had dw open for like a month straight because I really wanted to post this mini-essay about thoughts I was having on SVSSS after reading a particular fic, but then I got busy and my motivation petered out and the tab just sat there for a while. I might still post that one day but I have bigger fish to fry right now. Instead of frying them though, I'm going to answer these 32 Genshin questions a bunch of people have been doing because it seems fun, and also as a kind of Genshin introduction!

Answers below the cut!

1. Who is your main?

If I have an empty spot on the team, I'm probably going to fill it with Venti, but for doing big damage I go for Wanderer or Navia.

2. Your AR and World Level?

AR 60 and WL... 9? Are we on 9 now? I think we're on 9 now.

3. When did you start playing Genshin?

December 6th, 2020, so I just passed my 4 year anniversary!

4. How did you come across Genshin?

A friend of mine had started playing it and sharing screenshots, and she told me not only that she thought I would like it, but that it was free on PS4 (my computer was too bricked for games at the time, so I was mainly console gaming).

5. Your first 4 Star Character?

Aside from the free Noelle, Chongyun!

6. Your first 5 Star Character?

Venti my beloved, whom I saved for months for <3

7. Your first 5 Star Weapon?

Wolf's Gravestone (for a Diluc I then took over 2 years to get -__-)

8. Story behind your display name?

I'm KanoNavi on every platform and Navi is my nickname. (Though a funny story is that I ended up picking Lumine over Aether because I thought my display name was too femme and then uh. glances at my pronouns. Let's just say Caelus is rocking "Navi" over in hsr)

9. Your favorite ship(s) are?

xiaoven remains my utmost beloved, but I some of my other faves are xingyun, chiscara, kavetham, and albether (among many many others)

10. Most favorite character?

Venti <3 (though Wanderer is my close second because of the irreparable impact he has had on my psyche)

11. Least favorite character?

Probably Dori, mostly because I find her moneygrubbing shtick deeply unpleasant, especially within a cast of characters who are very kind, and if not they at least mean well. The orientalist design choices that they made with her definitely don't help her case though.

12. Favorite domain?

City of Gold, because I got very lucky while farming Wanderer's artifacts! (Kaveh has not been so lucky, however)

13. Show me your profile signature!

It's currently "Okay we're good now lol" because after 5.0 I complained that there were 12 slots but only 11 anemo characters for me to display, but then I got Chasca so all the slots are full (and sorry to either Sayu or Sucrose who are getting kicked out after I get Lan Yan)

14. Favorite memories of Genshin?

My myriad gacha misfortunes do make for good stories, but I think my best memory was meeting my now good friend huafeihua over a random co-op match. They saw my name, Venti icon, and Xiao banner and somehow connected me to my xiaoven fics, which they'd read. So they dragged their friend that they were hopping around random worlds with to say hi to me, and I ended up recognizing them back from my tumblr notes. It's a small miracle that we managed to connect like that, but I'm grateful for it every day.

15. Who was your first C6 character?

On god I don't remember, but it was probably a 4 star that I don't use lol

16. How many character namecards have you gotten and which one is your favorite?

67, which is everyone I have besides Chasca, Ororon, and the Traveler.

17. Your current party composition?

Chasca/Ororon/Navia/Zhongli for friendship, because Navia decimates everything in her path and everyone else can just sit there and look cute.

18. Highest single shot damage?

According to the achievement, it's 416,951, but I have no earthly idea when I got that number or who did it.

19. Your strongest character?

Even though Navia can hit huge crits, Wanderer is a lot more consistent than her, so he wins.

20. Favorite region?

Even though it's neglected by Hoyo, Mondstadt will always be my favorite. The early areas of the game are deeply nostalgic for me, and going back to Mond in particular always feels like coming home. Liyue is a close second tho.

21. Favorite element?

Do I even have to say it? C'mon. (anemo)

22. Who are you pulling next?

I had Venti and Xiao's rerun cycles locked down for TWO YEARS and then they decided to CHANGE EVERYTHING so now I'm just sitting here kicking my feet waiting to pull their C4s after picking up Ei and Chasca in the interim.

23. Most hated enemy/boss?

If they've appeared on Floor 12 of Spiral Abyss, you can assume that I've had my complaints in one way or another. My most recent beloathed though is the Setekh Wenut, because they had the NERVE to put it in Imaginarium Theatre during an ANEMO SEASON because they're RUDE and they HATE ME PERSONALLY and also the thing spends half its time underground so it sucks to fight during timed challenges ANYWAY, so the only reason I got 10 stars was because of my roommate's C6 Furina and I'm Not Mad About It At All.

24. Who are your crowned characters?

In the interest of us not being here all day, my three triple crowned characters are Venti, Xiao, and Wanderer.
(Single crowns: Zhongli, Xianyun, Kazuha, Jean, Qiqi, Yae Miko, Keqing, Nahida, Tighnari, Neuvillette, Ayato, Mona, Childe, Yoimiya, Hu Tao, Diluc, Yun Jin, Faruzan, Heizou, Rosaria, Chongyun, Kaeya, Fischl, Kaveh, Xingqiu, Gaaming, Bennett, Xiangling)

25. Which character do you relate to and why?

I was talking about this to a friend a few days ago, funny enough. In playing the Iktomi Spirit Scrolls event it started to click that I actually relate to Ororon quite a bit, because his vibe to me is that he's a neurodivergent young adult trying to find his way in the world and make his own choices outside of the influence of his overbearing parental/granny figure, and yeah some of those decisions are terrible and stupid, but he's still trying and uh. yeah that kinda hit.

26. Favorite character story quest?

Cyno II made me write an entire one-shot and like 20 real journal pages of a different one-shot about it before the brainworms petered out, so I think that one wins. The lore was just so tasty.

27. Favorite character from each weapon type?

Sword - Xingqiu
Claymore - Chongyun
Polearm - Xiao
Bow - Venti
Catalyst - Wanderer
(oh hey my top 5 faves, that was easy lol)

28. What is your favorite picture you took in Genshin?

I don't remember if I took this for an event or just because it was pretty, but this was my Twitter banner for as long as I had that and it's my Bluesky banner now! I love this idle of Xiao's because it's very yearnful, very xiaoven, and this view was just gorgeous (can't wait to get a pc one day so I can go back to playing with my graphics this high)

29. What is your luckiest roll?

My pulls tend to involve more tribulation than success, but I did pull Childe on my 18th birthday at like 20 pity with no guaranteed. It was before my beginner's luck ran out lmao

30. Where is your favorite place in Genshin and why?

Wangshu Inn, because xiaoven associations, but also I love the music there and it's generally a really pretty location.

31. Character you want as a sibling?

My thoughts jumped to one of the Lyn Twins, just because they seem like they'd be ride or die even without all of their horrible trauma. But then the twins are a set, do not separate, and Freminet would be sad if he was left behind, so I guess I'll take all three (ideally in better life circumstances though lol)

32. Character you want as a BFF?

Yoimiya, no contest.

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