How much Queer Coding is in Genshin Impact? From popular ships like Kaveh Alhaitham (kavehtham or haikaveh), Beidou Ningguang (or beigguang), Jean Lisa, Tomo Kazuha (tomokazu) and to NPC’s like Jeht, Baishi, Aunt Furong and playable characters like Lyney, Traveler, Ayaka, Xiao, Kokomi, Yanfei and MORE I aim to do an exploration on the queer coding of these characters and if any of it actually holds any weight! Hoyoverse has a track record with queer canon couples, so, that might imply there are more! Join me for this analysis and tell me any evidence I missed!! And maybe next time we can talk about Zhongli Childe or any new ships from Fontaine!
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https://kotaku.com/genshin-impacts-latest-event-reminds-us-its-always-been-1847794143
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/01/26/genshin-impact-keeps-hinting-at-same-sex-relationships-it-can-never-confirm/?sh=239bb7386f94
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So I think this is going to sound wild but I think Kaveh is gives off A sexual, Alhaitham is Bi and finds Dehya attractive but sees Kaveh a long term relationship with him and well Dehya is with Dunyarzad.
Having started with Version 2.8 and having not gone back to watch prior events yet, I now have an interest in Ningguang's alternate outfit.
I could see Jean/Diluc as something which "could have been," and for which sentiments and dynamics might linger. It's not outside of human experience for interpersonal relationships to have many moving parts, independent and intermingled. And while I don't think it's the case between Lisa and Dliuc, a not uncommon type of shipping I've seen on HoYoLAB has been poly!
This is a really good video, please do a part 2, maybe with Cynonari, Zhongchi, and/or Eimiko, that would be cool!
There's also a matter of my wanting to see neurodivergence in these characters. My headcrack is seeing Kaveh as ADHD and Alhaitham as autistic, though I'm woefully unfamiliar with the bounds of the latter and not as learned about my own condition in case of the former, but DAMMIT, I want my mens to've found uneasy solace in each other where they've found it nowhere else!
This was amazing. Very well put.
In part two, I'd love to hear your thoughts/analyses on the queercoding with regards to gender in genshin, especially as it relates to Gods in the game obviously like Venti and Zhongli but also how Phanes is described as androgynous and what that could mean for their 4 shades, as well as Scaramouche's trans-coding with both his creation as well as how thats significant to his overall queercoding (you know, like being a literal walking gay flag or how the overwhelmingly not subtle references to Bohemian Rhapsody and Evangelion make up like 90% of his lore)
Outside of that, I think other ships to touch on that have interesting coding would be GuiPing, Ittorou, EulAmber, Dehyarzad, and KaeBedo (and of course with that just all the individual queer coding for Albedo)
If you make a part two I would personally like to vouch for the inclusion of Chongyun and Xingqiu. From Chongyun's 2021 birthday letter having silk flowers attached (Xingqiu's ascension material), to the Moonchase Festival 2.1 quest wherein Xingqiu asks Chongyun to read a book to him which is LITERALLY CALLED "Young and Hopelessly Smitten"… They have matching name cards*, which mimic their *matching powers (three swords of water for Xingqiu, three swords of ice for Chongyun, which represent each of their elemental bursts), which is insane. They knew each other before they had visions, as also in the Moonchase Festival 2.1 event, there's a cutscene where the two look younger and have no visions. So when their visions manifested… the powers they gained… gave them each three elemental swords… Celestia is calling them gay or something I swear. So is hoyoverse.
as a fan of mxtx (the author of the untamed novel: mo dao zu shi) i like that you mentioned the untamed lmao. i mean in the anime adaptation of the og novel, there is a scene where the two male mc's (lan wangji and wei wuxian) are dressed in red robes, traditional marriage robes in china. the head band that lan wangji (and his entire clan: the lan sect) wears has significance too, as in the show only your soulmate is allowed to touch the headband (the lan sect believe you can only fall in love once) and wei wuxian is shown repeatedly grabbing the headband. and even, on occasion, lan wangji will initiate the contact. not to mention they both bow at an alter while their wrists are tied by the hand band, and if my memory is correct they were bowing to lan wangji's mother (? shes dead so it mightve been a spirit) and i think it was to signify marriage. oh and wei wuxian gets asked what is surname is, but he has to lie due to some big issue, so he chooses 'lan'. he could have just as easily chosen jiang, his brother, sister and parents surname (hes adopted)
POV: you thought "Queer Coding" meant "weird style of programming" (as in the games code). Regardless, video is still interesting. I've always wondered why tf most of the people on X do this.
Also that warning is not stopping me from being intrigued about y'alls weirdness. I'm gonna commit Nahida.
Omg, this was such an interesting topic that I honestly I should’ve given more thought to already. Please, another video on gender and sexuality in genshin would be so cool!!
aight I'm not gonna watch 40 minutes of someone explaining why an anime game is gay. can someone summarize it in a few sentences so I can read it? thanks.
I loved this video so much! PLEASE make a part 2!!
Please please please make a part 2, 3, and 4!! For us dialogue skippers 😢❤
many of these comments who keep pushing their borderline crackships as “coded” ones are making me crazey. there ARE coded characters and like 3-4 active romances but thats it
Can't believe you left out Kaeya t the end, he's literally the fruitiest fruit, called flamboyant in the game and makes FRUITY SKEWERS
i know u dont want hate but 2 minutes and 12 seconds in the video i knew this shit wasnt for me cause yall force gayness onto characters and irl people and its just cringe and not okay. kaveh and alhaitham aint together nor interested in eachother like that and the fact yall just throw gay gay gay into literally anything sickens me. i am a pansexual trans person who is glad to welcome everyone with openarms and give a warm lighthearted welcome, but not if u start FORCING ur stuff on other people or onto characters. i mean no hate to you but i do think its cringe and yes i did not watch further than 2 minutes because i dont wanna start hating on someone i havent seen for over 2 minutes. anyways just letting you know dont force lgbtq on characters or people u can ship thats fine but dont force it, dont hate on anyone that has an opinion or is just trying to get into the convo/community or in this comment section and DO NOT send hate to E.
but yeah thats just my opinion also i will not respond to anyone who replies to this comment i have a life to live-
your voice was so relaxing i was doing my formulation homework while listening to you.
Im not even joking (im doing HBrO3 rigth now, and the next one is HIO2, etc)
It’s honestly hard for me to see Genshin as anything other than queer given that the number of character who seem have crushes on the Traveler, regardless of gender means that a large portion of the cast from Lisa to Lyney are bisexual AF at least.
13:00 can you at least do a quick video listing all those sweet queer ships in this game, please? I will happily accept a fuller video with more info and more ships.
Genshin isn't a "Queer" game🙄
You people be pulling on threads frfr😂😂
There are much more objectively straight characters than gay characters 🤷♂️…..going of off their characteristics in game , and not what fans want them to be💁♂️
I really would like to see a vid on gender roles of charas and how of them are TRANS CODED as a trans person myself it would mean a lot ily sm btw 😭😭😭
sucrose and collei def made my list after the last windblume!
I know cyno and tighnari are commonly shipped but I kinda hate it bc tighnari constantly negs cyno. id kill for cyno and itto to meet and bond over bad puns, snacks, and being feared/outcast despite being adorable babies who just wanna talk about their favorite games.
Collcrose opened a world of possibility to me, and once it occurred to me how compatible cyno and itto are theyre my absolute #1 ship. itd be so easy too if there was a genius invokation tcg tournament in inazuma, but I digress in heauxmeaux
OMG I NEED U TO TALK ABOUT ZHONGCHI AND EIMIKO IN THE NEXT ONE, THIS VIDEO WAS PHENOMENAL AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE U TALK ABT TJEM 😭 also the fact zhongli and childe have banners together right now is kinda fitting
Also something that u kinda mentioned but I'm not sure if u fully knew if it was true or not, bronya and seele are destined to be together in every universe, I love honkai impact and if u ever do videos on it in the future I would be so happy, especially character deep dives
I was waiting for a video like this! Genshin is definitely so queer!
I like how your bringing up what if they were heterosexual,because people usually has biases it really made me respect you!❤
i could listen to you talk for hours about every single gay couple in genshin and all their little details
I almost choked to death on my water from 16:41 onward I wasn't expecting something so real to be that funny, oh my god
I haven't watched the video yet, but I'm hoping you'll bring up Dehya and the lady with Elezar.
There's so many relationships in Genshin that are low-key queer.
If anyone's read Warrior Cats, it honestly feels really similar to that. Plausable deniability seems to be the name of the game here, but I don't mind. I just really like the casual queerness.
i need a part 2 including chongyun and xingqiu‼️
29:31 random thing i noticed but its like kaveh is lipsyncing what ur saying