History TearJerker / GenshinImpact

** To make this even sadder, the teaser was posted on October 27th, '''the day of her birthday''', and the teaser itself is titled "Nahida: Happy Birthday". Way to drive the knife deeper, HoYoverse...

----> '''Furina:''' So interminable... so lonely... Just how much longer...? '''Hundreds of years must have passed by now. Perhaps this show must go on for hundreds more... I never imagined that it would hurt so much...'''''

* ''La Signora'' of all people has a very heartbreaking backstory. She was once just a normal human woman from Mondstadt by the name of Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, but because of Barbatos's slumber and unwillingness to act as Mondstadt's deity, her lover would die in battle fighting off monsters, forcing Rosalyne to give up her humanity to become a perpetually flaming demigod known as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Said flames however, were a case of PowerIncontinence, causing constant pain and suffering to the poor woman for '''500 years''' until the Tsaritsa intervened and granted her a Cryo Delusion to keep her flames in check and become La Signora. This paints her brutal beatdown of Venti/Barbatos in the story [[HarsherInHindsight in a much more poignant light]], as she has ''[[ItsPersonal very]]'' [[ItsPersonal good reasons]] to hate him. While Barbatos' logic of letting his own people navigate Mondstadt's progress and future us good, without responsibility to go in hand with it in the form of his unwillingness to intervene with events that are clearly beyond his people's capabilities, it can only sow chaos and unwanted deaths.

* ''La Signora'' of all people has a very heartbreaking backstory. She was once just a normal human woman from Mondstadt by the name of Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, but because of Barbatos's slumber and unwillingness to act as Mondstadt's deity, her lover would die in battle fighting off monsters, forcing Rosalyne to give up her humanity to become a perpetually flaming demigod known as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Said flames however, were a case of PowerIncontinence, causing constant pain and suffering to the poor woman for '''500 years''' until the Tsaritsa intervened and granted her a Cryo Delusion to keep her flames in check and become La Signora. This paints her brutal beatdown of Venti/Barbatos in the story [[HarsherInHindsight in a much more poignant light]], as she has ''[[ItsPersonal very]]'' [[ItsPersonal good reasons]] to hate him. While Barbatos' logic of letting his own people navigate Mondstadt's progress and future, without responsibility to go in hand with it in the form of his unwillingness to intervene with events that are clearly beyond his people's capabilities, it can only sow chaos and unwanted deaths.

** Arlecchino's voice line about La Signora reveals that back when she was alive, she used to visit the House of the Hearth often bringing gifts to the orphans there, [[HiddenDepths enjoying their company]] even though they only pretended to like her for the gifts. The Knave, the only Harbinger Rosalyne had a friendly relationship with, implies that this was her way of coping with her loneliness by living out her fantasies of having children with [[TheLostLenore Rostam]] had he not died. Even though La Signora was [[JerkAss smug and cruel when she was alive]], a part of her old pre-Crimson Witch self lingered; this makes the player share Arlecchino's wish that fate was kinder to the [[StarCrossedLovers two lovers of old.]]

** Arlecchino's voice line about La Signora reveals that back when she was alive, she used to visit the House of the Hearth often bringing gifts to the orphans there, [[HiddenDepths enjoying their company]] even though they only pretended to like her for the gifts. The Knave, the only Harbinger Rosalyne had a friendly relationship with, implies that this was her way of coping with her loneliness by living out her fantasies of having children with [[TheLostLenore Rostam]] had he not died. Even though La Signora was [[JerkAss smug and cruel when she was alive]], a part of her old pre-Crimson Witch self lingered; this makes the player wish fate was kinder to the [[StarCrossedLovers two lovers of old.]]

* ''La Signora'' of all people has a very heartbreaking backstory. She was once just a normal human woman from Mondstadt by the name of Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, but because of Barbatos's slumber and unwillingness to act as Mondstadt's deity, her lover would die in battle fighting off monsters, forcing Rosalyne to give up her humanity to become a perpetually flaming demigod known as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Said flames however, were a case of PowerIncontinence, causing constant pain and suffering to the poor woman for '''500 years''' until the Tsaritsa intervened and granted her a Cryo Delusion to keep her flames in check and become La Signora. This paints her brutal beatdown of Venti/Barbatos in the story [[HarsherInHindsight in a much more poignant light]], as she has ''[[ItsPersonal very]]'' [[ItsPersonal good reasons]] to hate him. While Barbatos' logic of letting his own people navigate Mondstadt's progress and logic, without responsibility to go in hand with it in the form of his unwillingness to intervene with events that are clearly beyond his people's capabilities, it can only sow chaos and unwanted deaths.

* ''La Signora'' of all people has a very heartbreaking backstory. She was once just a normal human woman from Mondstadt by the name of Rosalyne-Kruzchka Lohefalter, but because of Barbatos's slumber and unwillingness to act as Mondstadt's deity, her lover would die in battle fighting off monsters, forcing Rosalyne to give up her humanity to become a perpetually flaming demigod known as the Crimson Witch of Flames. Said flames however, were a case of PowerIncontinence, causing constant pain and suffering to the poor woman for '''500 years''' until the Tsaritsa intervened and granted her a Cryo Delusion to keep her flames in check and become La Signora. This paints her brutal beatdown of Venti/Barbatos in the story [[HarsherInHindsight in a much more poignant light]], as she has ''[[ItsPersonal very]]'' [[ItsPersonal good reasons]] to hate him.

** Arlecchino's voice line about La Signora reveals that back when she was alive, she used to visit the House of the Hearth often bringing gifts to the orphans there, [[HiddenDepths enjoying their company]] even though they only pretended to like her for the gifts. The Knave, the only Harbinger Rosalyne had a friendly relationship with, implies that this was her way of coping with her loneliness by living out her fantasies of having children with [[TheLostLenore Rostam]] had he not died. Even though La Signora was [[Jerkass smug and cruel when she was alive]], a part of her old pre-Crimson Witch self lingered; this makes the player wish fate was kinder to the [[StarCrossedLovers two lovers of old.]]

** Furina's trial is...hard to watch. What starts out as an attempt to squeeze information from her turns into a trial to unveil her secret - that she's a human pretending to be the Hydro Archon. Any other person will spill the beans; Furina, knowing very well that if she is exposed the prophecy she has fought so hard against will come into motion, tries everything to win back her people trust ranging from blustering to even dipping her hand into a pot of Primordial Seawater, knowing very well she could be melted on the spot. Yet no matter how hard she tries, the people turn away from her; in the end, after being declared guilty, she just gives up and sits back down without a single word, remaining in tears. Watching her crying and begging for people to believe her is hard to watch. Worse still, when the Oratrice issues a ''death sentence'' allegedly for the Hydro Archon, she doesn't panic or attempt to bargain for her life. Instead, she just remains seated and broken in her chair, [[DespairEventHorizon seemingly accepting her fate because she thinks Fontaine is now doomed]].

----> '''Furina:''' So interminable... so lonely... Just how much longer...? Hundreds of years must have passed by now. Perhaps this show must go on for hundreds more... '''''I never imagined that it would hurt so much...'''''

* In the Fountain of Lucine in Fontaine at the end of Act II of Chapter IV, if the player stands near the fountain, they will be able to hear her voice crying out of loneliness. It is a quite heartbreaking and sobering reminder that behind the hammy Archon, is a deeply broken girl.

* Arlecchino's animated short, [[https://youtu.be/tN5JACOEJFM?si=FZqP5THiUw5KgpN1 "The Song Burning in the Embers"]], has a young Peruere (who eventually becomes the Knave we know today) befriending Clervie, the biological daughter of the previous Arlecchino, Crucabena. Despite being cursed and in an environment where they were abused by their cruel "Mother", the two got along well, and even made a promise to go to Snezhnaya and see an aurora there. Then, when the two became teenagers, Peruere was forced to [[KillTheOnesYouLove kill Clervie in a duel]]. Clervie [[GoOutWithASmile doesn't resent Peruere at all and even thanks her for being her friend as she dies]].

* In Alhaitham's Story Quest, we meet Ilyas, an Akademia's scholar who went missing for a month, and seemingly had amnesia, with his only memory being escaping from another scholar, Siraj, who used him as a test subject for an experiment. Throughout dialogues and flashbacks before the climax, we learn the truth: it turns out that Ilays used to be outcasted by his own colleagues for rattling out about his teacher committing intellectual property infringement, which drove his friend and the true owner of the project to suicide. This, combined with his own family's insistence to quit the Akademia to stop the bullying, and having the gall to say that him being the hero of the story ruined his life, drove Ilays to accept Siraj's proposal to become a test subject for his experiment of creating a MindHive, losing his individuality in the process.

* In Alhaitham's Story Quest, we meet Ilyas, an Akademia's scholar who went missing for a month, and seemingly had amnesia, with his only memory being escaping from another scholar, Siraj, who used him as a test subject for an experiment. Throughout dialogues and flashbacks before the climax, we learn the truth: it turns out that Ilays used to be outcasted by his own colleagues for rattling out about his teacher committing intellectual property infringement, which drove his friend and the true owner of the project to suicide. This, combined with his own family's insistence to quit the Akademia to stop the bullying, and having the gall to say that him being the hero of the story ruined his life, drove Ilays to accept Siraj's proposal to become a test subject for his experiment of creating an MindHive, losing his individuality in the process.

* In Alhaitham's Story Quest, we meet Ilyas, an Akademia's scholar who went missing for a month, and seemingly had amnesia, with his only memory being escaping from another scholar, Siraj, who used him as a test subject for an experiment. Throughout dialogues and flashbacks before the climax, we learn the truth: it turns out that Ilays used to be outcasted by his own colleagues for rattling out about his teacher committing intellectual property infringement, which drove his friend and the true owner of the project to suicide. This, combined with his own family's insistence to quit the Akademia to stop the bullying, and having the gall to say that him being the hero of the story ruined his life, drove Ilays to accept Siraj's proposal to become a test subject for his experiment of creating an HiveMind, losing his individuality in the process.

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* In the animation "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF0dFnY9K5w The Last Bakery]]" by Dillongoo, Xiangling and Navia end up fighting a Gardemek baker that does what it can to keep the two from making a winning dish for a competition. Neuvillette walks in to discover this and reveals he had suspicions that the Gardemeks were cheating, and that he would have to cancel the competition now that he had proof. To make this moment hit harder, he does have a taste of Navia's dish and states that it would have won if the competition were still held. In a more uplifting tearjerker moment, Xiangling reveals she filed for flood insurance, which allows Neuvillette to pay them the money anyway.
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*** And the assassination gets worse once we learn about Furina's backstory in Act V. For 500 years she has to endure unimaginable mental stress from pretending to be the Hydro Archon, struggling to not break let alone to enjoy life. The moment she plays with the cat is the ONLY on-screen moment we see Furina being truly happy, and perhaps that is her only truly happy moment in many, many long years... And then Arlecchino almost killed her then and there. Worse, due to the nature of the prophecy, Arlecchino's attack nearly exposed Furina as a fraud, which would've triggered it and doomed Fontaine. No wonder she locks herself up and breaks down afterward.

** Before that, the whole ordeal of Yuandai having to go back to being a crane. Shuyu is very much saddened over having to part ways with her grandmother. After Yuandai changes and flies away, Shuyu begins to cry, which Xianyun shows to understand the reason. Naturally, Shuyu's dream involves reuniting with her grandmother..