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Paimon is cool

Imagine if at the end of all this Mihoyo was just like: Oh we just liked the idea of using chess pieces and didn't think about another element at the time.

Venti : I am the weakest among all the seven. Also Venti : Has the Queen piece.

Another reason supporting the "Paimon is the god of time" theory: We've seen gods lose their powers and memories and be traveling companions. Just look at Guoba. He was originally Marchosius, until he used his power all up and lost his memories and shrunk in size and became Guoba. The same could have happened to Paimon. Her powers could have been thinned down and whittled away as the number of people to remember her dropped. Thus causing her to shrink in size and lose her memories. And now she travels with us.

A year later, that dendro slime prediction you made about Kusanali is SO accurate it's impressive.

the whole game is just a chess match and we finally reach celestia and otto is sitting on a throne and says "checkmate"

Everything be related to everything lately...just like how my Exam score is decreasing directly proportional to my increasing Genshin playtime

Also noone gonna talk about how paimon says, "Lets start with the anemo Statue of the 7, and there's a reason why!" I believe paimon knew we could resonate with the statues even though literally no one else can. Also paimon literally tells us where to go like 90% of the game, just like how a king commands its pawns.

During venti's story quest I beleive , we're told that archons can be born out of nothing when they're needed (how venti used to be a gust of wind but he suddenly gained a body) , maybe paimon was created for the goal of joining the traveller and freeing tevyat . Or something like that that's my own theory

Anemo being the Queen also makes sense because Anemo can technically "use" four other elements, like the Queen can move in any direction, meaning they both have more options or freedom.

Also, here's a small detail on why Paimon could really be the God of Time. When you open the player menu, everything else stops but only Paimon moves!

Welp, one year later, your theory still holds. The Dendro Slime analogy was pretty spot-on, and the electro gnosis is indeed a Bishop. Amazing theory!

Late to this but with the new Sumeru teasers, the slime being connected to the archon makes a lot of sense, as the story with the Dendro slimes lines up with the Dendro Archon's current situation in Sumeru.

Archon: "Gnosis" Aether: "No Sis" T_T

You know if the Slime theory is right. The Pyro slime exploding after dying might be a sign of the Archon's future death. Then you realize the Anemo Slime also has a weakness. They became vulnerable from projectiles when they start flying. Meaning, Venti might die when he starts flying. And I think my prediction is he's gonna die while trying to bring us up to Celestia = Anemo slime producing wind current after dying.

paimon being the king makes sense actually in chess, generally in an endgame when there are only kings and pawns remaining, the king protects the pawn to move to the other side to promote and since paimon is the traveler's travelling companion and guides the traveler it might make a bit of sense

I thought the visions are associated with the past of the users and the archon and not random Geo - Persistence and toughness despite the struggle Anemo - Loss of a friend or someone close Electro - High ambitions or achievements Hydro - Strong sense of justice or morality The other archons may have something in common with the users and Celestia just chooses the most similar element to suit them. I'll edit and add more elements.

another thing i find cool is how in chess white starts first, just like Lumine starting her journey 500 years before Aether

It's highly speculated that for the Dendro Archon, he is in the hiding and Lesser lord Kusanli assumes her current role the as dendro archon, so it would correlate to how the dendro slime has many smaller ones fighting for it until it finally reveals its self in the end.

The two players may very well be paimon herself (who controls time) and the sustainer (who controls space), both of them securing one of the twins as their trumph card bc both of them can control every element in the game (reflecting how light refracts into every single possible colour or element in this case)