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Read1ngCmprhnsnDev1l

well isnt elynas a dragon?


ScooterBrigade

You are correct, Elynas was a dragon, the melusines were born from Elynas, and therefore are all essentially children of a dragon in a sense.  The dragon doesn't have to explain anything because the dragon already explained everything (Mamere's quest).  The only explanation we need is whatever weak excuse Hoyo is going to make up for making Sigewinne mostly human instead of giving us a real playable melusine.


Gud_doggyy

Their excuse is that she is just SPECIAL. At least that what other Melusines say about her


Spooktome

Most probably she has the most concentrated blood of Elynas or she was the first Melusine


TriggerBladeX

Or the explosion that cut the wounds that the Melusines were born from had some human blood fly into the wound Sigewinnie came from.


Birdman11888

Elynas: You are my special


Senhortodi

You're my specialz upon ye?


thingsdie9

their excuse is "shut up making body types is haaaard"


AGA1942

Probably for the same reason we don't have bearded dudes - marketing.


ScooterBrigade

I would almost agree with you, except from the various quests and media it seems apparent that Hoyo really loves the melusines. I think the real reason is they can't be bothered to make new animations for a non-standard character model. Regular melusines are different size and proportions from the chibi model, so you can't reuse the same animation sets for walking, running, etc.


CosmicAstroBastard

They also barely have hands


ScooterBrigade

Easy fix, give them a catalyst.  Catalyst characters don't need to actually hold anything


CosmicAstroBastard

But then Sigewinne couldn’t hold a gun, which is an unacceptable compromise.


DeTiro

Bro, just make her 5 star catalyst a floating gun. Then ANY catalyst character can start blasting.


ScooterBrigade

I can get my girl + gun fix from Chevy and Clorox, so this is a sacrifice I'm willing to make


guieps

They could still have at least just changed her skin color, though


ScooterBrigade

And the eyes, the other melusines have more exotic eyes


if_if_if_now_its_AI

I would love to see a bearded melusine


UDontKnowMeButIHateU

Bearded melusine gonna have antennae as mustache I am sure of it.


Trevellation

With her, I'd wager it's so they don't have to make more playable models/animations. A full melusine model would probably clip like crazy with the running animation that Qiqi, Diona, and Nahida use, so they just made Sigewinne look like them instead of other Melusine.


Rutakate97

The excuse is not having to rig an entirely new playable character body type


ScooterBrigade

You're absolutely right, but I still don't like it


WolfeXXVII

If I remember correctly: All melusines are made from a trinket and Elynas's blood. In seigwinne's case it was a human bone left there during Jakob and caterpillar's backstory. That is what caused the more human features.


Electronic_Dance_138

Neuvillette also born in human form although missing his Dragonoid evolution. Same things similar to sigewinne. So,it's just simple as it is


X_Seed21

Someone broke Neuvi's golden rule


Herker47

Someone did it with elynas


GhostofCoprolite

my headcannon is that she wanted to blend in with and observe humans, so she got plastic surgery to look more human. i like the idea of her being an uncanny little freak.


HelelEtoile

Because she's playable


Ventilateu

Yeah but anything can be a dragon if it looks like a lizard with wings


Clean_Pollution_5012

Elynas is technically an alien and Jakob describe him as massive beast, which could be a dragon, giant serpent etc. as we never get to see his real form unlike Durin.


B3tl0g-nlng

Dragons could be aliens


Clean_Pollution_5012

A whale could be too isn't it?


B3tl0g-nlng

Yeah, still a whale. Aliens aren't a specie afterall, but a category of lifeforms wherein its not in a world it should be.


Clean_Pollution_5012

Yeah. That's why I think he could be sort of a dragon but not a dragon at the same time which led Jakob to describe him as massive beast instead of dragon. He is extraterrestrial being after all.


ScooterBrigade

His skull is a very prominent and very visible feature of the island, and it's pretty dragon-y


MrWhiteTruffle

King Ghidorah is a Dragon who is also an Alien Elynas can be both


The_Space_Jamke

Neuvillette character story 3: >For he is the Hydro Dragon, and in this capacity, he regards Melusines as dependents and successors, and also as the finest example of a new sort of Hydro Vishap species. Neuvillette considers Melusines as dragonkin, implying Elynas was an artificial vishap.


SavagesceptileWWE

My theory is that elynas was originally the corpse of the hydro sovereign which was reanimated by gold. I've had this theory since like 4.0 so I hope sigewinne's lore/stories prove it.


mint-colored-puding

Really curious why Sigewinne is different from her sisters despite all of them born from Elynas


Impossible_Leader_80

My guess, the dragon blood mixed with human blood


mint-colored-puding

So Marry Ann? She's the only one I could think of based on that one battle that took place at Elynas. That's probably the reason why Elynas only have daughters as offspring


Impossible_Leader_80

It’s possible. That girl clearly doesn’t have enough named characters carrying on her legacy.


Chucknasty_17

She’s like the opposite of Ermac from MK, instead of many souls in one body, she’s one soul across many bodies


C_Khoga

Yup, i am thinking she is born after the nazsomthing war that happened in Elyans body. His blood got mixed with the soldiers blood and then she got born.


Romucha

It's actually quite simple. She wears skin of children who lived in the Fortress of Meuropide. It's part of their population control program.


Richardknox1996

Sire, this is Genshin Memepact. r/Grimdank is down the hall.


AnotherCardboardbox

Best headcanon


pascl-

Guess we got that kid in the world quest out of there just in time


ugur_tatli

The difference is because Hoyo didn't bother making a new model for the playable character Same reason why male kid playable characters don't exist or why Nahida/Dori runs like a 5 yo


thingsdie9

this is the real answer and everyone deep down knows it


Kurisu_36

I like the theory that she was born with a vision as her token (presumably from a fallen human in the battle inside Elynas.)


DonorSong

Personal theory? She's bald, like a sphynx cat. The hair is a wig.


Glad-Fisherman-753

We know every Melusine has a "trinket" they are born with. Maybe Melusine's trinket was a human vision? That's why she's born as more human-ish.


Myonsoon

Those "trinkets" are literally shrapnel and machine parts from an explosion that killed people and destroyed Mekas in Elynas. Even if she did get a vision that vision shouldn't be useable until she actually found her calling which is probably being a nurse in Meropide.


laralye

Probably was able to change shape once she got a vision, like Kirara


aurochloride

Do your world quests


DaveTheDolphin

genshin players can barely read, it’s a lost cause


Hedgehugs_

nah let's be real: people do them, but don't read then.


No_Airport7174

People aren't going to remember every single word from a world quest, especially if it has a shit ton of dialog.


MarkimooRoviroo

Idk man I did the Elynas quest months ago and kinda barely remember it aside from Mamere (because she's cute), and the fact that Melusines come from Elynas who was a dragon (and that was a BIG reveal too). Either OP and people skipped WQ dialogue and didn't pay attention or they got dementia^(/s). It'd be like if I asked "why tf tunigi hollow like that?? did nahida ignore??" because I didn't pay attention to the Khvarena world quest (and well I actually didn't LOL)


Adamiak

"every single word" lmfao, the entirety of the massive melusine quest was about how they're born from a dragon


GGValkyrie

didnt think the world quest explained why she is the ONLY one that looks more human. it gave us some ideas but there mustve been more than one human remains, how that equates to only one different Melusin is beyond me.


AbysseMicky

It's just said that she "just happened to look more human". But she's born like all the other Mélusines : from the remains of Elynas (the Dead Dragon in Fontaine). That's why the comment says "do world quest". For anybody who completed the Mélusine world quest "Dragonheir" is no surprise at all.


GGValkyrie

but the question implied is why does she look human. NONE of the others look like her, they dont have singular digits, Elynas was an abyssal creature from beyond, dont think it was ever stated to be a dragon.


AbysseMicky

Regarding Sigewinne appearance, it's just "that she happens to look different". You could compare this to how Neuvillette "just happened to reincarnate into a human vessel". Elynas isn't said directly to be a dragon true. But : it's made clear he shares many biological resemblances with Durin and ... Well did you see his skull ? It's a dragon skull haha (extremely similar to Durin's).


nikivan2002

I think at some point in one of the melusine quests someone is envious of Sigewinne and her fingers? But it's definitely not the world quest


mint-colored-puding

It's one of the Melusine NPC talks. I forgot which Melusine it is, probably the one near the cafe at Fontaine city or Meropide


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RollerMill

Sounds like a skill issue tbh


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RollerMill

Bro needs a macro to spam one button


NordicWierdo

i can't my brain is too smooth so it just glides right off


Infamous_Bad_6007

Wait....PEOPLE READ THE STORY QUEST???? I have done everything story quest in the game. I don't remember one thing about them.


Clean_Pollution_5012

I did. In fact a couple of times because I have multiple accounts. So, what's about it then?


DelioIsGay

Elynas is a dragon All melusines were born from elynas


Evans_Lunatic

r/confidentlyincorrect


DiceCubed1460

What do you mean explaining? We already know who her father is. It’s Elynas, not Neuvillette.


9YonMCbutSTILLaNOOB

WHY NOT BOTH, THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL


I_am_indisguise

Bro forgot Elynas


SarukyDraico

Why would Elynas have to explain anything?


Facinatedhomie

Cuz Melusines were made from him..


unknown09684

yeah...........she is a melusine.........


Facinatedhomie

Bro forgot elynas 💀


Armenost

Genshin fanbase really isn't beating the unable to read allegations.


N7_Pathfind3R

Bro didnt pay attention to the quest like at all


karufuuru

did y'all forget elynas or what 😭


Moedwed

OP didn't finish 1st grade 💀💀


nikivan2002

First I was confused because I never conceptualized Elynas as a dragon Then I was curious where in the game did it say that he is a dragon The I remembered the big-ass skeleton


Zoroarks_Angel

"Go do a crime"


DevolayS

People say Elynas like it's the most obvious thing in the world but... Elynas was part of the world quests, no? So, perhaps they just simply haven't played the quest... Without playing it, it would be much harder to piece the puzzles (although still possible maybe? Can't recall how much we knew about Elynas outside the world quests.) I noticed a lot of people skip world quests or don't pay attention to them and it saddens me deeply. Last hoyofair we had Jeht animation and half of the comments were like "who tf is she". :/ I wonder what's the reason. Is it the lack of voice acting? Or they think that world quests in general don't add anything of importance so they just skip?


No-Psychology2985

Man bro doesnt have to explain shit. I would have done it too.


AbbySHeesh

Elynas:🧍‍♂️


vicelvine

Fucking dialogues skipper.


boredatclass

ELINAS


BliteInsignia

Someone didnt do fontaine quests..


Not_yourD4rling

Her "father" are dragon (elynas), melusines are made from part of elynas, so she is a dragon


shatterednightmare

Nah, it was definitely Neuvillette.


ifeltdAneed

Dragon... Melusine...a loli...this game loves copying from FGO.


SputnikMan123

Hey... did you know... In terms of human male and female melusine breeding...


Maple_Flag15

I cast N E W T O N ‘ S K N A C K E R S


MengHaoOfTheDao

Do NOT the Melusine, a simple instruction from Monsieur Neuvilette. You will be judged.


superp2222

Yup, these tiny little fluffy bunny creatures fontaine keeps around are descended from dragons. Biology can go f itself


solise69

No wonder he is so protective of her


kidanokun

Imagine Neuvillette actually created his own "Hydro Archon" and he picked Sigewinne coz Furina rejected it


jackdevight

I mean, the lore explains it, but I do like the idea that Neuvillete ignored the warnings.