Thread 🧵: It may be hard for us outside of China to see why
#beiguang
is canonically lesbian, symbolism aside. But their r/s reflects (metaphorically) the modern lesbian lifestyle in China, which is why this ship is so beloved among CN fans #原神
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//genshin spoilers
it's almost like madame ping only assumed this form to live in liyue harbour to see for herself why guizhong loved humans so much... and now, madame ping understands too, and it's hard for her to stay sad when she sees the beauty guizhong does... AUGH 😭
BEIGUANG NATION WE WON THEY'RE IN THE CUTSCENE!!
Yelan is at the corner, beiguang are standing together
Yanfei is next to Beidou?!
someone help me further hi res this shit
Thank you
@beiningszd
你救了我们🫂🫂
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day five: sky & sea
☆ “Your smile, my light”
☆ (if they would only be honest in their quiet moments together, they might perhaps understand what they mean to each other.)
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day three: dragon & phoenix
“Put a bullet in my head and call me yours”
(13 years ago, Ningguang vanished. Beidou will never give up on her first & only love.)
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Like the closeted ones who marry for the sake of filial piety & "female duty", she too keeps everything going for appearance's sake. You won’t see Ning entertaining a man beyond work whether it’s in her voicelines or in events. Even w/ Aether, she cares about Lumine...
And that's why I think Beiguang is basically a lesbian ship. Open lesbians will see themselves in Beidou, in her freedom and choices; closeted lesbians will see themselves in Ningguang, feminine and successful, yet sharing their best moments with another woman. 💛
Thread 🧵: cool CN bits from Beidou's hangout event with a sprinkling of Ningguang (w/ EN ss for comparison)
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#原神
#Beiguang
1) Her crew & the people of Qingce Village don't call her “Captain”.
She's talking about ningguang!!!! BEIGUANG NATION WAKE UP
"I do have a friend, normally has good food, but can't sleep. I don't know if it's a disease of the affluent or it's because (she) keeps thinking about things all day."
thread 🧵: ginkgo leaves are a common motif when
#beiguang
are drawn together in official art... why is that??
Ginkgo: 銀杏 yínxìng, "silver apricot". its leaves are green in spring-summer, then turn yellow in autumn.
Now how does this apply to Ningguang? I’d say that Ningguang is reflective of the “closeted” lesbian in China; where she clearly prefers the company of women, but continues maintaining an acceptable status in society by politely keeping her suitors at arm’s length.
But Beidou, a woman, has access to her Jade Chamber to play games “any time”. That’s important bc Ningguang continually reminds the traveler in her voice lines that time is important, and for them to please be mindful of her time.
Ningguang setting aside “time”, her most valued resource, for Beidou; Beidou fishing her shit from the ocean; Beidou warning her about Beisht — viewed under the Chinese lens, these acts are not things mere collaborators will do for each other.
These are “acts of love”.
Today, China is in a state of “don’t ask, don’t tell” when it comes to homosexuality. This, coupled with the chinese value of “filial piety”, has given rise to a unique type of marriage, where a lesbian marries a gay man so that both can continue seeing others on the side.
Caveat: in this thread i will (try to) use EN game ss-es so i don't have to translate CN, no significant difference in these selected cases at least
Academic sources (which contribute to all the essay ss) will be linked at the end of this thread
Similarly, Ningguang is by all means to the public a “shrewd businesswoman”, who has caught the eye of many suitors, but she turns them all down bc she only cares for Mora & the Jade Chamber (that is the impression she gives them) - yet she makes time for Beidou...
First off, we need to briefly look at the long history of China. China is one of the four oldest civilisations, & she has a past that tolerates homosexuality.
Gay r/s has been heavily documented especially starting in the Qing dynasty as males began preferring other males very often due to a huge surge in male children bc of CN pref for male kids (lesbians had nearly no historical records as it was not a crime in Qing dynasty)
Over the centuries, there are even emperors who have preferred other men (e.g. Emperor 哀Ai of the Han Dynasty x 董賢 Dong Xian). It’s only in recent times — influenced by Western perceptions — that homosexuality has become taboo.
Because of this societal pressure, mainland Chinese LGBT often use metaphors & stereotypes. As such, an analysis of Beidou’s lesbian coding won’t be included for the safety of mainland Chinese LGBT, but ask & they could defo tell you why Beidou is very much an open lesbian!
🧵our favourite liyue power couple bantering during lantern rite 2023 but of course, right???
#beiguang
ft. traveler being like 🧍
(literal tn as much as i can get just to get the vibe across so y'all can compare with EN)
#genshinimpact
Now Beidou, in this case, would reflect the open lesbian, the other partner in this relationship. Open lesbians face a lot of issues both due to family and societal expectations — in the paper we see cases of girls being beaten for not wanting to marry a man.
Thread 1/? 🧵: deeper meanings & innuendos in various
#beiguang
scenes in
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#原神 Thanks to
@krisramjams
for bringing this to my attention I!!! There is so much lost in translation from CN to EN that I JUST GOTTA SHARE IT WITH YALL WITH CHINESE CULTURAL CONTEXT!!
also this is just too funny like beidou going not just "Tianquan" but "Tianquan da ren"
WOMAN.... YOU GO FROM "Ningguang is such a wet blanket", "ugh ningguang i'm tired of that name", to "LADY TIANQUAN" the minute she says she'll treat
also beidou's smile.... is so gentle?!!
🧵: a character study on Ningguang, the Eclipsing Star (Part I) - full essay in link in thread
(yes i am feeling insane rn i love her sm)
#genshinimpact
#Ningguang
#凝光
A shorter TLDR; many lesbians in China remain “heterosexual” in the eyes of the law and do not join the lesbian community, but are fully lesbian and enjoy female relations.
In the couples featured, we find that people learn they are lesbians not bc of sexual intimacy — but bc they do “acts of love” for each other (e.g. laundry, cutting hair). In the eyes of CN society, such acts are not done between people who are not in love.
This again draws parallels to how many lesbian relationships work in China — one party being the “dutiful wife”, but secretly enjoying female company on the side.
There are many lesbian relationships in China where the couples stay together but see no reason in formalizing it or officially marrying. And there are also many marriages of convenience, so that gay men and lesbians can enjoy societal benefits while seeing their partners
The women in these marriages are very feminine, often having long hair, taking care of their looks, etc. But these same women dislike sexual intercourse with their husband, and derive pleasure from having sexual relations with another woman, who is often an open lesbian.
In the paper, there is also mention of a famous lesbian couple who have made their relationship public. As they are older and wiser than many of the lesbians in China, they are affectionately called 大姐dajie (big sisters) —
just like how Beidou is often called 大姐头 (lady boss in EN is closest translation, but notice the CN word “big sister” is in there as well?) And like Beidou, who is consulted on all manner of things, this couple is more than happy to give advice on girlfriends and family
With the way beiguang have been going at each other, we are seeing this same pattern emerge. There is no “intimacy” that we know of, but the “acts of love” based on their personalities are all there—
From this part onwards, I'll refer to one eye-opening research paper which denotes how open Chinese lesbians and closeted ones (who have married for convenience) behave (full src at end) done in 2009
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#beiguang
🧵: The 4-star catalyst Solar Pearl is named 匣里日月 Xiá Lǐ Rìyuè or: "Sun-Moon in a box" OR: yinyang in a box? We know Ningguang reps the Moon/Yin while Beidou reps the Sun/Yang.
Ningguang is shown wielding this catalyst in early promotional art with Beidou
Beidou just outright called the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing "this fellow" (affectionate) I'm howling 😭
家伙 being a very casual term indicating familiarity like "ningguang my dude" kinda vibes
She's perfect only the best for tianquan ningguang 😭😭 not the best vid but iM MOVED YALL I HAVE SEEN THE WEALTHIEST WOMAN IN TEYVAT AND SHE IS BEAUTIFUL--
The short banter scene between Ningguang and Beidou in Moonchase has some tone differences in CN and is also a lil cute! Here's context that's slightly truer to the CN connotations👇
#beiguang
#原神
#GenshinImpact
1) Beidou teases her A LOT and always complains that she makes a fuss, so much that it's become a running joke between them, and
2) Beidou is likely the only one who ever teases her like that, because she immediately thinks of Beidou when traveler takes a (polite) jab at her
//genshin leaks
hyv gave guili the same treatment as beiguang... falling ginkgo leaves and all that it symbolises.... im weeping at the poetic parallel of bg truly being modern gl 😭
hi
#beiguang
nation it begins…!!
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day one: first meeting
“I see you written in the stars”
(it only takes eight encounters with ningguang for beidou to fall head over heels in love.)
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you know how ningguang has moon motifs & beidou has sea motifs like why is it not sun x moon?
the sun doesn't command the tides of the sea. the moon does. the moon is more intricately connected to the sea than the sun is to the moon that's all thanks for coming to my ted talk 💛
beidou's the kind of person who visits her friends once in a blue moon w big news like "btw I'm married"
them: WAIT YOu're MARRIED???
beidou: yeah my wife's otw
them: OH YOU'RE NOT KIDDING??? WHO'S INSANE ENOUGH TO MAR-
ningguang: hello
them: YOU MARRIED THE *TIANQUAN*??????
no but keqing willingly extending deadlines so ganyu can rest also shows us kq has changed after what she learned during the last lantern rite - she understands the importance of rest now like she used to overwork all her secretaries iM PROUD OF OUR LIL MEOW MEOW
still not over the fact that guiping is a wlw nod to the legend of Ziqi & Boya. After Ziqi died, Boya played one final tune at the tomb of his soulmate before destroying his guqin.
some say the famous guzheng song 高山流水 (high mountains, flowing water) is that final song 🥺
beidou keeps up with ningguang in CHESS, a highly tactical game with layers of strategy, but wait it's not just chess, it's most likely Liyue Millennial, which 99% of Liyue can't figure out, and I don't think we give beidou enough credit for that??!
THEY'RE BOTH GENIUSES
the jade chamber is so big do y'all ever wonder if beidou gets lost in there sometimes and has to find ningguang by shouting "NINGGUANG????"
and ningguang's too soft-spoken so she has to smash geo shards so beidou can follow the sound to her
do you know what this means guys.... if north is in that direction, this means the jade chamber and the alcor are in one line pointing to the NORTH. THE NORTH. THE BIG DIPPER POINTS TO THE NORTH STAR.
#beiguang
#GenshinImpact
Thread 🧵: Beidou wears an earring but Ningguang's ears aren't pierced. Even in her orchid outfit she wears ear cuffs. Now why's that?
There's a lot of theories on what ancient Chinese women wore earrings for, so I'll just summarise the ones that seem most prevalent
"can't go on without you"
a retelling of the beisht arc if traveller & shenhe failed
or: beisht - the self-indulgent
#beiguang
edition ft. hurt!ning & protective!beidou
art by the amazing
@karqmie
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🔗:
(T, canon-divergent, multichap)
#Genshinlmpact
every time we return to liyue harbour it's a reminder that humans are capable of so much more than gods, their "fleeting" lives are why they can shine so bright -- GAH