A warrior race in servitude to the now Freeza Frorce. The lowest level grunts serving the purpose of laying waste to a planet for it's eventual sale. They were the underclass of the force whilst still being hyper efficient at their jobs. From what little we see of saiyan society its clear they center themselves around this role.

Their servitude under the Freeza Force and the Cold Force before them has resulted in their reliance on them. They have to serve to continue experiencing the boons of "wealth" and technology given to them by those forces. Ignoring Super or GT while looking primarily at DBZ and Episode of Bardock (what else is there to look at, also this argument is weakened primarly by Dragon Ball Super: Broly since it gaves a glimps into saiyan life) it feels clear that the technology, and even architecture stem from the force. They are dependent on them and have been molded by them via whatever systems may have been put into place.

Architectural Similarties

Planet Vegeta & a random Freeza Force base (outpost on Planet Frieza No. 79)

Saiyan birth pods weither given to them by the force or otherwise (apparently Sayins are themselves technologically advance, to me it never seemed like it. They've always been depictied as brutes that again have gained what they have due to their employ under the respective forces. Here's a comment with a similar take that I'd believe Link) are tools that allow them to continue to serve at capacity. Instead of having to birth their young they're placed in pods to continue their development allowing mothers to continue to serve. Those babys themselves aren't safe potentially getting sent off to planets to concur them using Oozaru. (A reddit tread touching on the logistics of saiyan planetary takeover)

For as "loyal" (surprise surprise they weeren't the most loyal willing to over throw King Cold and Freeza given the chance) as the saiyans were to the forece, molding themselves to serve the empire; in the end they were killed of by Freeza personally. Almost out of a boredom.

I read naruto for once a couple years back (about 2 or 3). To me naruto is good till like around the 4th great ninja war. Although I don't hate Kaguya and the Ōtsutsuki clan its like alot goes out of its way to shoe horn her in. To me almost everything up to Pain was setup and intentinal, Madara too? (thinking about it as I type) To me with Nagato's and the akatsuki backgroud in mind it makes sense that they chose their path towards "peace" (an implementation of the MAD doctrine via making a weapon of the tail beasts soooo powerful no one would dare pull the trigger).

Naruto CH.436

There's more to pull from but this is good enough

Then like Madara wanted to do the forever dream sleep jutsu (infinite tsukuyomi) cause reality is mean and hurtful and disapointing (honestly I forget what he wanted a nigga like him so powerful that its like what you mean you're this strong cause you struggled Tangent (I swear there's so many other anime that hit the same life hard I wanna opt out for dream world note Eva is one)).

Naruto CH.476

that's what he up to (not Madara but like . . . you know)

Up until Kaguya's appearence there's a theme or battle of idologies that's taking place in the 4th great ninja war; those for escapism (Madara & Obito) and those against escapism (literally everyone else). Both Madara and Obito desired a world without conflict, one where the tragedies of their respective lives would never play out. This is the theme, this is what Naruto smacked Obito over the head about, Naruto has confronted Nagato and promised to make a better world. He knows their world isn't perfect but he want to fight to make it a better place alongside everyone, Not to just give up and live in some fantasy. Funny thing is (after some revelations) Obito turncoats leaving Madara to continue his campaign on his own. After actually activating (infinite tsukuyomi) he's cast aside for Kaguya.

Naruto CH.678

At this point that theme of escapism is just forgotten, like what were we doing again cause like . . . the plot has been lost. The concept that is Kaguya at this point is fresh having been described in detail by the sage of six paths, prior to that Madara but not completely (He mentions the sage and his triumph over the ten tails unaware that the ten tails of legend was Kaguya). Either way its now Kaguya's time to carry the plot via the shear threat she represents, cause she picking up where Madara left off while leaving his theams behind. Its not about escapism anymore its about her getting back her chakra.

Anyway I was like Kaguya's story is soo sad but then I was like no its not. Her herself is quite odd aside from the no speaking. Based on Boruto she was supposed to be sacrificed to the divine tree as in she was weaker and of a lower position compared to Isshiki the Ōtsutsuki she came with, the one so strong it had Peak Naruto and Sasuke struggling and you telling me she boddied him so hard that he needed to mark anybody resulting in Jigen. A body so incompatible that if he were to use his power he'd emerge early and slowly die as a result (This happened and that's why they won while still needing to sacrifice Kurama). How did she Body him at all? He would've been at his peak right? Whatever ok.

Boruto Ch.46

See she caught him off guard, that's how she did it (honestly Shonen needs a label thats like | yes dawg can be clapped up if they not paying attention)

So after that she lands on planet planting the divine tree with the intent of using it to make an army of white zetsus to fight her clan (I think, something I'm assuming based on her actions. She don't talk so . . .). The reason that shes even sacrificing people, for that conversion. She proceeds to never communicate this to anyone, let alone the existential threat that her clan is. If she had ever communicated this even to her children, then things would be different (I imagine she'd still fight them cause sacrificing people. bye bye gf). Her life played out this way cause she nevered communicated? Tangent Assuming she was gonna fight her clan then what was the plan? She needed to be stronger. I assume it'd be consuming the tree's fruit repeatedly. Not sure if this would work long term cause isn't it supposed to be like the tree of might (large tree that consumes all life to feed itself killing planet as a result) assuming the planet can recover from this with time (killing all life at that time and bouncing back, I assume). Thing is the tree needs an Ōtsutsuki sacrifice to produce fruit, that why she was brought to begin with, that's why the Ōtsutsuki operates with a buddy system, to trade that buddy for fruit. So I guess assuming she could she'd mark someone, let them develop, and feed them to the 10 tails to produce the chakra fruit for her consumption. Repeat till they appear.

For as much as I like the Ōtsutsuki and their whole thing, I have to acknowledge that to me they feel less solid than the akatsuki. I get them completely and I feel bad that the "peace" Nagato wanted to achieve came true anyway just by a different means (He wanted the akatsuki to be a force the 5 great nations had to unite against to defeat. They would've done a show of force with this composite tailed-beast WMD to get them to unite, to show how serious the situation was). If it wasn't for the 4th great ninja war and it's reveal of a threat like Kaguya alongside the idea of more like her existing (mind you she was the weakest, and the Kages couldn't even stand against Madara at the time who is weaker than Kaguya) they wouldn't have at least maintained their alliance.

Boruto is a neat Sci-Fi, Isshiki was a literial parasite, and it'd be cool if the boat that was the Ōtsutsuki clan was more solid. Like we know what they do and why, but honestly I'm more interested in why Kaguya betrayed them. Like so what she was gonna be sacrificed I don't think there's any reason to believe that she wouldn't come back (I say knowing that they wouldn't or she couldn't). Ignoring that what made her so willing to do so? We don't know and likely will never know honestly. A shame.

So Madara formed Konohagakure (the hidden leaf village) with his best buddy Hashirama. In doing so they bring their two clans together the Uchiha clan (Madara) and the Senju clan (Hashirama). These two clans have faught for generations (starting with the two sons of the sage of six paths; each founding the respective clans after a . . . scuffle and differnce in ideals) but are puting their long history of warring behind them. Sadly for Madara their creation of Konohagakure was a failure, he realised this and was honestly right. He labeled it a failure when the ruiling body of the village was composed of the Senju clan, when Hashirama became the first Hokage, knowing that his brother Tobirama would be next.

Naruto CH.625

Almost got the Madara Shadow Kage

He recognized that his people the Uchiha clan would not be safe (looking at Naruto (show not person) he was right) that given time they'll be no more. This alongside his reading of the Uchiha stone tablet is what puts him on track to crave project tsukuyomi.

Moving past Madara you have someone like Orochimaru (of All people) confirming that yes Tobirama and the things he did as Hokage only aided in further marginalizing the Uchiha clan. (Link Madara was completely right, what he feared Happened, there is no Uchiha almost directly cause of Tobirama (the for real not for real for real Uchiha hater dawg was racist and acted like he wasn't))

Naruto CH.691 | How Tobirama slighted the Uchiha

Look at Orochimaru correct Tobirama, that shit crazy

Whether Tobirama did it purposely or not (dawg looking mad stupid up top which is funny cause he's a highly intellgent man having fathered many forbidden ninjutsu and expanding on the HiddenLeaf) his actions are apart of what caused the Uchiha to become marginalized. The Uchiha clan a foundational part of Konohagakure alongside the Senju; gone one night after 4 Hokages (Senju still exists but like we don't care about them so . . . ). By the time of Naruto's very lonely childhood the Uchiha are ready to do something, anything, meeting in secret as a clan pushing for power in the Village's government deeply aware of their history and treatment. Like yes they were planing a coup, but ideally it should've never gotten this far. A coup if it happened could've ended by simply listening to them and acting right? Like I am naive but am I wrong? They didn't want to destroy the leaf, they just wanted representation, a say in things involving them.

Danzo is a Bitch, no argument. He clearly graduated from the school of Tobirama with how he views the Uchiha. Which is funny cause man was out here stealing their eyes, so like he hates them but loves their power. During his time as the leader of the Anbu he tried to push Hiruzen (During his second term as Hokage) to "swiftly" deal with the Uchiha issue. He wanted violance and clearly got what he wanteed whilst using an Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha to do it.

Naruto CH.590

Itachi who's been operating withing the Anbu for almost his whole life who now is tasked with killing his mother and father aka current head of the Uchiha clan Fugaku Uchiha (The whole thing is sad espically when his parents sat there waiting for him, accepting their fates and the path their son chose. Like their last words were to take care of Sasuke) alongside the rest of their clan.

Naruto CH.590

Look at this shit, this shit sad | Man's blade aint even steady

It should not have come to this

We first meet Scaramouche back in version 1.1 during the Unreconciled Stars event. Scaramouche a man who seemed to be from Inazuma (to me I was like Oh, this guys different he has to be from Inazuma), a man with such a dangerious aura that Mona takes us and Fischl to safty immediately how strange, what's going on? Then of course after our escape hes revialed to be working with the Fatui and not simply some soldier but as the 6th Fatui harbinger.

Unreconciled Stars Appearance

After this we see him again later in the event were he says something along the lines of "the stars in the sky are a lie." Then like disappears till like 2.1 just under a year later (November 2020 to September 2021; felt like forever). When he appears again its only for a moment taking the electro gnosis leaving us to grow unconscious. After dealing with Ei and Inazuma we learn through Yae Miko that Scaramouche is a product Ei's contruction of an artifical body, he was an iteration of this and a successful product till he cried once given the gnosis (him crying was a big deal to Ei. Apparently he was more closely modeled after Ei's sister Makoto, she died during the Khaenri'ah fiasco; there's more to this but I'm tapping out).

Ei abandoned him moving on to the Raiden Shogun. Leaving him to slumper in the Shakkei Pavilion on Yashiori Island. Where he ramained till he was discovered and befriended Kazuha's acester Niwa Hisahide (boi is old)(not the exact course of events) where he lived for a time till the Tatarasuna incident. This incidient saw him leaving his once home feeling betrayed by Niwa. After this he ends up living with a boy that unbeknownst to him is ill. They promise to live together but the boy sadly passes.

Everything up to now has slowly been chipping away at him; before he was ever taken in by anyone he rightfully believed that he was abandoned, labeled a failure by Ei. The Tatarasuna incident lead him to experience direct betray believeing that his friend that took him in killed those they considered family. Even the boy and his passing hurt him (he failed to keep his promise). Ignoring exact details he's snatched up by Dottore and joins the Fatui becoming a harbinger.

When we get to Sumeru we encounter Dottore (The Doctor) (this chapter's / nation's antagonist) and eventually learn that he's making some form of artificial god. This artifical god as we later learn just so happens to be Scaramouche. Since we last saw him in Inazuma he disappeared with the electro gnosis not even reporting back with the Fatui. Between then and now it seemed he was approached by Dottore for this project one that'd make use of both him and the electro gnosis (something that he's used to at this point in time, typically serving as a subject for Dottore's experiments). Something he accpeted due to wanting his birth right, the electro gnosis (his heart taken from him after "birth") and the innate divin power he held locked away. When we finally find this artifical god we experience its power, god was not an over statement. We fight him and we loose, we loose in hundreds of simulated battles that then are peer reviewed giving us the win.

The divine right of Scaramouche | not what its called

Look at this man, like no shit we lost so many times (even if simulated)

Scaramouche is someone that has been hurt be the world at every step. There's a comfort that he gained with the electro gnosis in his hand, as if finally filling the hole left behind (the heart he's so desperately wanted). So the scene where Nahida approaches him now defeated and pulls the electro gnosis from his chest was horrificaly sad. He begs actively tearing himself from his new body the whole scene bled with the expression of "take anything BUT the gnosis" (the scene in question; Gnosis Extraction). In the end She plucked the gnosis from his chest leaving him to fall to the ground seemingly having died from the removal of his heart. At the end of the archon quest you can ask about his condition, the reality is that he's fallen unconscious now abandoned by the Fatui. Maybe He'll wake up but we have no idea when if ever.

Fortunatly though He does wake up. Seeing the reality of his stitutation he finds himself begrudgingly in the care of the Nahida. Becoming the subject of the Inversion of Genesis archon quest we accompany him into Irminsul (greatly simplyfing, Irminsul is like the recorded memory of the world. We're introduced to it and the concept before Sumeru but it takes greater focus here with Nahida as she's an embodyment of Irminsul and is stationed in Sumeru) at Nahida's request. Due to Scaramouche being crafted out of the wood of Irminsul he's perfect for interfacing with it in a way that Nahida can't. While with you in Irminsul he confirms whether or not its possible to remove someone from it (ignoreing for a moment the RED FLAG that is why he'd ask such a question I'll try giving it some context. When we first come to Sumeru There is a Greater Lord Rukkhadevata Sumeru's prior archon and Lesser Lord Kusanali (Nahida) the current absentee archon. Again igoring details we witness the removal of Rukkhadevata from Irminsul. To simply put it's like she never existed. All mentions of her were replaced with Nahida. For Scaramouche to ask this while currently tampering with Irminsul is troubling. What is it that he wants to do? Is there someone he wants to remove? Who? Why?). Suddenly Nahida detects a LARGE change in Irminsul, intuiting what's happening she tasks us with finding the change and reminding her of actual history. When we come to we attempt this and find that she doesn't remember Scaramouche. Scaramouche himself is no where to be seen. It's clear he made a change and given the fact that no one remembers him did he remove himself from Irminsul?

While wandering Sumeru looking for Scaramouche we find a man with no name engaging with a local vender. This wanderer is Scaramouche. He is what reamins wondering like an amnesiac seemingly looking for a place to belong (Unlike with Greater Lord Rukkhadevata this case of erasure is different. Infact they're not that different at all. In both cases its as if the person never existed, But everything that person did still happened. Rukkhadevata's case seems different due to the fact that unlike what happens to Scaramouche Rukkhadevata doesn't have a "wanderer", except she does that is what Nahida is. (like always I'm leaving out A LOT; honestly Sumeru archon quests involving Irminsul a little complex)). Taking him to meet Nahida we see that she's recovered the memory of Scaramouche, something that she preserved prior to the change by abstracting it (making a story out of history allows it to be preserved, making it immune to changes in Irminsul). Wanderer is an interesting character, he isn't like Scaramouche at all. He's calmer and a lot more approachable. There's no conflict in taking him to Nahida but for as much as he doesn't feel like Scaramouche it is him. His birth is the same everything after that though it sees him traveling (I believe). Skipping out on some details (as always) hes given the opprtunity to restore his memories. He relives and accepts all that he's experienced in his life even directly fighting against a manifestation of the artifical god netting him an anemo vision during the processes. The whole thing sees him unifying with himself and taking on a new identity as Wanderer (or whatever you name him, you can name him).

Wanderer

Wanderer comes out the other end changed. This was a journey that he threw into, one seemingly founded on his internal belief that those he cared for would've had batter lives if he was never there. That the wrong he's done in responce would never happen. He removeed himself from Irminsul believeing that history would change, that the Tatarasuna incident wouldn't have played out the same way (having since learned the truth about the incident and Dottore's involvement somethime after his awakening) if at all, that those he cared about would've had happier lives, that the wrongs he's done would be undone (Due to Dottore he left Tatarasuna believeing that Niwa killed another person to give him the heart he so disperatly wanted, something that deeply disgusted him. He goes out of his way to ruin Niwa's decendents during Case of the Eccentric due to new found hate towards him all during his time in the Fatui. (Dottore is a Bitch for really real, like why'd he do that? The man said I'm gonna fuck him up just cause. It wasn't enought to kill Niwa, or even to blame the events on him. No he had to kill the man, take his heart, give that to Kabukimono (Scaramouche's name at the time) and tell him that Niwa killed someone for this heart. That shit ruined the man for real like why he do that!?)). But even after his removal nothing changed, the events played out the same just without him. Something that he moves forward with. One of the last things he tells us in the quest is to tell Kazuha that he's responsible for his family's downfall all those years ago in Inazuma.

Wanderer is an interesting character. He's clearly someone's favorite at mihoyo and I can't say I don't see why. There's SO much I've skipped over that adds context to him, and to his history. Even after all this I feel like I still can't express the why on why I'm enamored with him. I'd say it's thanks to the development we see. We see him go from a cold dangerious character, to being someone that prompts you to question why he didn't bring back the gnosis; hes loyal to the Fatui right? Finally revealed to being someone with a lengthy histroy that's brought him to where he is now. From abandoned by their creator to with nowhere to call home to finally finding somewhere he can be.

Writing this out has been interesting cause for as much as I dislike genshin (putting it lightly, I hate the gacha and grinding) I love the world, I love the characters, I love and am amazed by how complex the lore is and the amount of places it pulls from. I love the gameplay, weapons, team comps.

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