Former Professional Opera Singer Plays Furina Story Quest - THEY NAILED IT.

nearly two years of genshin im glad marco finally found his genshin main, finding a character you relate to can really change the game for you...

I think the reason many characters want Furina to return to the stage is to some extent, those close enough to her (like Neuvillette) realize that one of the few things Furina truly enjoyed was the theater itself. Obviously she had huge misgivings as she was forced to pretend to be an Archon for 500 years, but as this quest explores, she did love the art itself and a big part of her had a legitimate passion for it that hadn't died despite everything.

I think Paimon’s rudeness is sort of a reflection of how after 500 years of playing the part of a haughty goddess no one, including Furina herself, really knows how to treat her as a person separate from her role. Paimon sort of leads with attempts to engage that previously shown attitude Furina as Focalors had with her quips and jabs. In her mind she probably thinks that Furina was at her happiest when she was in that persona since she doesn’t know any better until Furina reinforces how she felt about it. After all, Paimon didn’t witness Furina’s mindscape like the MC did. As for Traveller’s actions, I think maybe he genuinely thought Furina could benefit from engaging with something familiar but with drastically lower stakes.

Marco, your commentary about Genshin's music and operatic inspiration makes the game so much better for me! I find myself thinking "Oh Marco would love this!" or "I'd love to hear Marco's thoughts on this"! I adore your passion for music and your job in this channel! Thank you for being here!

Furina's story quest hit me like nothing else from this game has. The experience of losing your lifelong passion because of being traumatized from the pressures of the job really hits close to home for me. Watching Furina rediscover her passion and rekindle her joy broke me. I feel her pain deeply but I am also so happy to see her turn things around in the aftermath.

What I love the most is the irony here. Furina got her vision with a role where Clio the oceanid realizes that she can save the town and her lover because she is an oceanid, not a human. If you think about it, the whole reason for Furina's 500 years of suffering, was that oceanids wanted to be human instead of remaining as they were: no original sin, no punishment to avoid, no lie to keep. It wouldn't surprise me if she is a mirror to Foçalors in that sense too: one desires to be human, the other would have preferred to have a happier life as an oceanid instead. The vision reflects that too, with what kind of powers she has.

I resonated so much with this quest. After 500 years, she lost her sole purpose in life, to the point where she hid away and refused to engage in her strongest passion. We reached out in the beginning, and despite the flat no, she almost immediately took the steps herself to try and re-engage on her own terms and find her happiness in what she loved. A lot of people have interpreted this as 'guilt tripping' and 'gaslighting', but as someone who's been in that depression before, I just saw in this quest light in the tunnel from simply being given the opportunity, which was then up to me to take it.

kinda understandable how Furina's vision made a fuss. Since all of the Hydro authority is returned to Neuvillette, he has the authority to grant Visions, evident with the dragon fangs in the frame. In a way, it is indeed a gift from Neuvillette and an acknowledgement of all she's done. There's a bit of nuance on how Visions are given which can be understood through various lore and theory videos, but that's pretty much there is to be understood with the cutscene.

Literally JUST finished this quest on stream this afternoon and I am right there with you. Furina is EASILY one of the best characters they've ever made and easily one of my all time favorites!

Never have I seen someone be so emotionally attached to a story than I did during this playthrough, your experience really shone through here even if it was hurtful at times, but I'm glad you enjoyed! Just wish paimon could have been a little more modest in her outbursts. Then again it was more than likely deliberate, used as a trigger for furina to present a more outwards and realistic reaction to the attitude. But it really could have been handled in a less abrasive manner

Marco screaming WTF at Paimon. Me: THANK YOU! I want to take this girl away from the Traveller, send her to Mondstadt to Venti and maybe she can actually relax. I'm a bit surprised she stayed in Fontaine (even in the city where people know her and some were even present at her trial).

It's a great quest. Yes, Paimon sounds rude at first but at the end, it's Furina that wants to come back on the stage again. Not as Archon but as herself. The story is really good. Parallel with what Furina been through. And lastly, the song, It's good... Marco knows about song better than me. So go listen to that.

Most people were annoyed with how the traveler and paimon treated furina throughout the quest and, while I agree that they could've done better I think it really highlights how different the traveler and paimon are from humans. We tend to forget that the traveler is an ancient being that has traveled to many worlds and witnessed "the birth and death of countless stars" and that their understanding of emotions is disconnected from the way we understand them as humans. To them, furina's story is just a letter in a very, very thick book whereas it means so much more to us the viewer. This explains why they seem very insensitive at times because they don't understand human emotions as well as we do. A recurring theme in genshin's story is how gods struggle to understand human emotions and ambition so this seems like it's something intended by the writers. Another interesting thing I noticed too was how NPCs and human characters were more understanding of furina's struggles while divine beings like the traveler, paimon, and neuvilette were more pushy and less respectful of furina's boundaries. Ted talk aside, I really enjoy your reactions and insights to genshin's story and music. Keep up the great work Marco!

I think what Paimon was meant to be doing was affectionate teasing. The tone is less aggressive in Japanese (the language I mostly play in), though the words as translated do seem to be more cutting than was meant. Regardless in any language that moment was really—to use one of Paimon’s favorite insults—tone-deaf, in that moment. You say that sort of thing once you know the other person can laugh it off. It’s a tricky balance though when it comes to prodding someone to return to something they once loved but refuses to due to grief and depression. I’ve been through that myself and on some days I loathed when my friends would try to get me to do things again. (I boiled with anger when one of them told me that I was “wasting my talents.”) But in other times I needed someone to get me out of my withdrawal and when I did, I didn’t regret it one bit. These days I think people err on the side of respecting someone’s stated boundaries, which is on the whole a good thing. But it’s made clear that Furina’s were drawn out of grief and fear and that her heart of hearts wanted out. Finding her way back, on her own terms, is what the story is about, and it resonated deeply with me as well.

I know a lot of people were mad at Paimon and the Traveler in this quest, but as someone who's currently in the midst of a depressive episode I found their actions quite comforting. I wish I had someone in my life who knew how to push me without hurting me. Furina was in a rut, she had no point in her life anymore, and even though she clearly enjoys acting she felt she couldn't engage with it due to the trauma of the past 500 years. But the Traveler and Paimon helped push her to act and get out of a destructive cycle

The misinterpreted muscial out of context is actually pretty appropriate. Because when the director lady was writing it with different intentions, the rest of the group finished it as a sort of eulogy to her, but its also obvious that Furina was processing some of her own pain and emotions through the main character (funny enough, a lot of people like yourself and others also have done similar with Furina). The romantic love the MC in the play felt can be also the familial love the director felt for her group while also being the love Furina had for the people of her nation. The play is a work of fiction that people project their own feelings into or identify with, taking something new or different from it. You know the same way real people do in real life and genshin fans do with genshin.

Hearing about your experiences and how you relate to the things happening in the story really made this video such a fun and engaging watch. Your perspectives and personal anecdotes were so interesting, I'm so glad I could learn so much from watching a Genshin story quest playthrough. Yours is most likely the only channel this could've happened with! Thanks so much for all you do!

Fun fact: after Focalor destroyed the Hydro Archon Throne, there would be no new Hydro Vision appear in the future. But in Neuvillette story "Vision", he could give part of his power as a vision to someone who is worthy. So Furina is actually the first person that Neuvillette giving out vision, and it's a special one too. Beside the ability to use both Pneuma and Ousia, it has some fangs/claws on the vision, and when she use her burst, a slight dragon signature appears when she is full stacks.

Glad that you loved the references about the life of an artist and how you related to Furina in this story quest. The writers of Fontaine arc are truly nailed it, can't wait to see what will happen to Furina in her 2nd story quest. Anyway, her sufferings for acting the "Focalors" role are still there.... (P.S: Sorry for my English, if it have any problems)

Back here again, and Furina’s voice work by the docks was emmaculate. I still get teary when listening to her reflecting on her solemn vigil.