the overlooked brilliance of hu tao // genshin impact character analysis

why do people like Hut if your answers are she's cute she's strong or she's mumin then you're not completely wrong huta is an incredibly cute and strong character she mercilessly ripped away the crown of best pyro DPS from du way back in 2021 and because she's so likable and popular a lot of people just seem to overlook the more nuanced and solemn side of Hut which is a side of her that we don't get to see very often I wouldn't say that she's misunderstood by the fandom or community just slightly overlooked when it comes to the Brilliance of her writing and character themes which is a shame because it's one of the best things about Hut as a character at least in my opinion so let's talk about the overlooked Brilliance of Hut she's obviously very popular she is after all the marketing archon of genin impact and in my state of female characters video I made the mistake of mentioning huta while talking about the happy go-lucky girl Trope despite how objectively Hut is not that Trope at all doing that madebe it seem that I think she's one of the characters that for lack of better word is yet another generic cute anime waifu while again there's absolutely nothing wrong with that H tell in reality is just a lot more complex my main problem with her was just how hoyo never seemed to bother exploring this more serious side of her and her relationships with other characters hence why it's very easy for some people to mischaracterize her as another happy gol lucky girl when she's a lot more than that that and I like her and I just want to excuse to talk about her I usually start my analysis by going through the characters's role in the archon quest or in the main quest but who is actually never in any of the archon quests which is wild to me considering how popular she is and how she's so closely related to the archon of V himself but she's not the only one that suffers from this considering how ayat was just missing during the inuma AR Conquest despite being a very important political figure but anyway back to Hut the way she was introduced into the game was actually via bulletin boards in leway very similar to the way Ito was introduced in those boards in Inazuma if you remember those way before she even showed up and a lot of the post actually showcased her playful personality and also how the people of Le doesn't seem to like her that much fun fact we also didn't get a trailer for Hut in the 1.3 live stream despite rumors circulating that she would make an appearance but there was nothing from hoyo like absolute crickets because do correct me if I'm wrong on this it's actually frowned upon to talk about death during the Chinese New Year which is the patch that Hut was released way back in 2021 that is until we reached the end of the lantern right season and we got this Gem of a trailer for someone so popular Hut doesn't actually have a lot of in-game appearances she only has appearances in story quests that being her own and BYU story Quest and several Leu Centric events such as the moon chase Festival the second and third Lantern right where she um infamously wrapped and then the genius invocation TCG event and most recently The Poetry event let's talk about her first story Quest that came out way back in early 2021 some people really like her story Quest while some find it a bit lackluster and actually I was one of those people now I did playay her story Quest as soon as it came out I think I was just tired from the 1.3 Lantern right fetch Quest and was just burnt out from solving NPC problems and that's why I didn't really like her story Quest so I Revisited the quest and I definitely don't view the quest as negatively as I used to it has a lot of good moments and it reminded me a lot of this anime an no Hana I think her Quest showed a lot of her personality why the wangang funeral parlor is so important in leeway and why the people in leeway just find her offputting and most importantly it showed how Hut views death in a very different way than most people do so yeah I think the quest does have a lot of things to offer but the problem for me is that while it does showcase a lot of Hut it was more more about M and Big G than it was about Hut herself if you don't remember what her story Quest is about to quickly recap it's about how mung a new Undertaker in the wangang funeral parlor purposely seeks the help of huta to put rest to his long deceased friend big g m and Hut bump into the traveler at wuang Hill and Hut introduces herself as the Director of the wangang funeral parlor and immediately takes interest in the traveler after thinking that they are a part of the adventurer guilt AKA possible future clients The Traveler then witnessed H tells unusual marketing tactics that put off a lot of people before learning the true reason why mung was working as an Undertaker in the funeral parlor that being he's scared that his childhood friend Big G that tragically passed away in an accident decades ago has become an evil spirit and through M and Big G we do get to witness how Hut was willing to go out of her way to give Big G who wasn't an evil spirit but still a lingering Spirit nonetheless a proper sendoff because Hut does believe that every human should be given a proper burial and a perfect sendoff to the afterlife we also learned about how Hut purposely keeps regular civilians in the dark about her actual line of work and how she deals with the vengeful residue of ancient gods which is karmic dep so to the average person in leway karmic death would be something akin to a curse or bad luck now I wasn't really a big fan of her story Quest because back then I just wanted to know more about Hut and her relationship with very significant characters such as the god of Le himself and maybe the yaka that seems to find her unique sense of humor amusing or her group of friends that she grew up with or her grandfather that shaped her view on life and death itself and her duty to the Wang shung Funeral Parlor literally anything about Hut now since the story Quest came out in 2021 and genin has gotten a lot better with its writing especially when it comes to female characters I'm going to compare it to other story quests that came out around around the same time because it's only fair to do that so first I'm going to compare to Shia who was also released around the same patch and honestly it was the same in terms of writing because they both focus on NPCs that I personally found to be not very interesting maybe it's just me but I just don't really like the focus on NPCs and quests in general like especially character story quests NPCs can work if they're tied to the focused character like how tuser was Child's actual brother and how Hans and venty were both dealing with grief by taking on the form of their deceased friends and how the NPC in jungly story Quest was revealed to be under the influence of aaha who was very significant to his past these ties to the NPCs actually played a part in helping us as the players to understand the character better and also showing us something that we haven't seen before for example child's love for his family in his story Quest and vent's grief and facade and I think that's why vent's and child story Quest just feels a lot better written than Hut's Hut and Mon's parallel was as simple as both of them are dealing with death and also working for the wangang funeral parlor but again the quest does have its moments like it does highlight the importance of the role of the wangong funeral parlor in leway and just how seriously Hut takes her job which is great but I would argue that the quest still spent way too much time building up M and his group of friends while Hut and the traveler are just mostly along for the ride she's just not as relevant as she should be in her own story Quest except for the one fact that she is the only one that can access the border for the final sendoff I would have loved to know more about Hut and I think this story Quest didn't really provide As Much Death as I personally wanted it to but again it has its moments and I've definitely changed my mind on some things and I can appreciate it a bit more now that I'm not burnt out from NPC fetched quests obviously it's kind of unfair to compare it to venty story Quest given that he is an archon so comparing it to shiao ganu and Aledo story quest which are all the ones released around the same time I would say Hut actually has one of the better story quests despite how it focused too much on NPCs instead of Hut herself but at least it didn't have star snatcher and a very boring tax fraud storyline now I would even argue that her brief appearance in baiju story Quest gave us a lot more dep about her as a character than her Own Story Quest did in baiju story Quest fut showcased a lot more of her beliefs and why she dislikes him for practicing his secret art to heal people even if it meant that it can save a lot of people from dying her behavior in baiju story Quest alone makes her one of the most complex female characters and it even adds context to why people in leway tend to dislike her outside of her very weird marketing tactics of course and the people in Le including playable characters think of her as either annoying or off buing similar to real life Chinese culture the people in leeway believe that talking about death is bad luck hence Hut who very job involves death and as someone who sees death in a very different way she can come off as very off-putting to a lot of people Hut is also shown to be very stubborn and headstrong especially when it comes to her ideology the first time that I can finally understand why Hut was so disliked by the people in leway was during baiju story Quest like I get how she can come up as annoying being a prankster and all and she can be insensitive and makes a lot of weird jokes about death as showcased in her own story Quest but it never really got to a point where I think that her the dislike towards her was justified but oh boy I understood it during baiju's story Quest if you're a bit hazy on baiju's story Quest it was mostly about how baiju was trying to cure a man talang after finding him trying to jump off a cliff and finding God remains inside his body Hut being the director of the wangang funeral parlor was also present because well it's her job to cleanse Le from God remains that can harm its citizens Hut reveals that her great uncle was actually baiju's master and expresses a lot of distaste for baiju's methods because it goes against the natural cycle of life and she has always suspected baiju to be researching immortality at the end of baiju's quest Hut states that the only reason she helped y Yang who was sick with terminal illness and is being corrupted by God remains in finding his missing wife was so that she could help him cross over sooner without any unfulfilled wishes so Hut didn't really help chalang to save his life she was just trying to maintain the natural order of life and death we as the players can definitely understand that this is just a part of Hut's personality and her beliefs and her literal job but to the average person in leway like jel Young's son aou this Behavior can come of as extremely insensitive or even cruel and I love how the quest showcase this it adds a lot of nuance to Hut's actions and highlights something that we haven't seen before which is the darker side of Hut that's often overlooked and overshadowed by her cheerful personality now we actually know that Hut is cheerful in nature and she is the way she is because she understands life and death more than any other Mortal in lioi considering how she's raised in a literal Funeral Parlor and even became the director at age 13 it's not really a surprise to anyone that Hut doesn't really understand social cues like the average person would when it comes to topics like death she was born into the life of not only having to deal with death on a daily basis but also maintaining the literal border to the other side to Hut death is just another part of life a destination where all humans are headed to and therefore there's really no point in denying it or being afraid of it which is why she shoves discount coupons for the funeral parlor to random people because she herself thinks it's not that big of a deal and this isn't to say that h doesn't understand the concept of grief because she has lost a loved one her grandfather passing away was what we can assume Hut's first experience of devastating grief I mean we don't really know where her parents went but let's assume that they weren't in the picture since the very beginning since it's implied that her grandfather has always been the main parental figure in her life so when he passed she went into the Border in hopes that she would see him again for the last time she stayed there for days even to the point that she started running out of food and other linger spirits around her started telling her that she won't find who she's looking for despite this Hut being the headstrong girl that she is persevered and kept waiting until an old lady told her that no director of Wang Shang Funeral Parlor has ever lingered near the border after their passing and in that moment Hut realized what her grandfather had meant when he said live in life die in death follow your heart do what you can which is a quote that I'm personally a fan of H came to the conclusion that her grandfather crossed the border as soon as he passed because he had no reason to linger he had no unfulfilled wishes and had no regrets in life and with a sense of relief H went home only to discover that she' also received a vision in her backpack so with all of that unpacked it makes a lot of sense that someone like utau who does whatever she wants a person who lives by the words living life die in death wouldn't be afraid of death itself she is living her life to the fullest completing her duties as the Director of the wangong funeral parlor because she doesn't want to die with regrets death to her is the natural cycle of life and is something that we must do to move on from the realm of the living onto the next utau doesn't talk or make jokes about death to be quirky or just because she has no respect for it or is obsessed with death I just personally think she does so because it's not a big deal to her and it's not something that people should be afraid of of course the average human in Le would not share the same mentality as her because most of us are not born into a Funeral Parlor most people don't even know that there even is a border and most Mortals fear the unknown and just the idea of not being able to see a loved one again is enough to terrify anyone to the core but not Hut and it makes Hut very unique as a character and thematically Brilliant let's talk about Hut in events while she has appeared in a bunch of events she has never really been the focus of any of it and don't get me wrong even though she's not the focus she has always been extremely entertaining whenever she appears on screen the first time that she showed up with Jang Lee in the second Lantern ride back in 2022 I nearly cried because finally finally we get to see these two together after months of buildup even if it was just for a few minutes my other personal favorite moment of Hut during events is actually during the 2023 Lantern right where she hosted an event and brought the most unlikely group of people together considering how there are two archons one yaka and one the sender in that dinner H truly outdid herself it's really nice to see her interact with other characters it's just nice to see her period because despite her massive popularity it does feel like she's a filler character in the grand scheme of things yes she has ties to the archon of liui and monad and the last yaka but she is just another leis citizen that doesn't really have much to contribute to the story outside of showing up in leis Centric events and unfortunately I think it's going to stay that until jangi shiao venti or the traveler needs her in some way or she gets dragged into the main plot because of them as this Reddit comment would put it she is a director of a funeral home in a game where no one dies which is again a shame because Hut is one of the most complex female characters in the game I'm going to talk about her relationship with baiju first because I think they have one of the most interesting Dynamics in the game and I think her Dynamic with baiju is what gives her a lot of complexity and DEP as a character I think they are one of the very few characters that have conflicting views that's actually shown and explored in the game who tells best moments as a character can actually be found in baiju's story Quest and by that I mean the moments that we get of her in his story Quest actually puts her in a completely different light she has always been very headstrong ever since she was a little girl and as a young adult H takes her job as the Wong Funeral Parlor director very seriously she takes it so seriously that it can come off as mean to some and even cruel to others and again as showcased in baiju's story Quest Hut was extremely exasperated at how baiju essentially turned xang into another Chi-Chi even though it saved his life and obviously Jal Yang's family is not happy about this chii also obviously despises huta because she keeps wanting to put her to breast and this isn't M Hut is just out to get Chi-Chi to be a prankster or just another quirky thing that she does because she happens to be the director of a funeral parlor in Hut's eyes Chi-Chi is akin to a lost soul who needs to be put to rest because that's just the natural order of life you die and then you cross over to the other side and even with her strong beliefs huta does eventually see that Chi-Chi's will to live is a lot stronger than most humans and has since let her be an exception to the rule but unfortunately after so many attempts in kidnapping Chi-Chi and trying to put her to rest chii already hates her to the point that she wants Hut dead Hut also detests how baiju keeps violating the natural order of life and it's the reason why she has tried time and time again to bury Chi-Chi because to her someone who's died should be put to rest and shouldn't be allowed to run around aimlessly in the Mortal realm where they no longer belong I think it's also why she tries so hard to meet all of her clients's wishes so that people can pass on with no regrets her ideology obviously clashes heavily with baiju because baiju will always try try to save someone's life to the best of his ability because he is a doctor he will go to extreme lengths just to save people and even put his own body at risk he's almost like the antithesis for everything that Hut stands for when someone has a terminal illness or dies she can detach herself from the tragedy of the situation because of how she was raised and her own ideology I don't mean that she doesn't feel sympathy or is heartless she just has a completely different approach to death and I think her Dynamic with BYU highlights this perfectly and at the end of the quest Hut does find out that baiju is indeed seeking immortality and she is obviously not pleased with this she also obviously doesn't know the true reason as to why Bou is seeking immortality and that's why she dislikes him so much because to her all he's doing is just violating the natural order of life and further blurring the line between life and death which is something that has been sacred to her and her family since the days of the archon war speaking speaking of archons we obviously have to talk about her relationship with Jang Le next because they are a very wholesome Duo I doubt that anyone doesn't know this but huta is Jang Le's boss she is the one employing him to be a consultant at the Wang xang Funeral Parlor the first glimpse of UT's personality that we ever got in the game was also through Jang Le's voice lines about her which is still one of my favorites actually I just find it hilarious that even this old ancient god who has stood the test of time won countless battles and Wars even winning a nois in the archon war is also one of the two remaining original archons and is somehow still exasperated when dealing with Hut and yes his voice line about her does make it seem like he can't stand her and only tolerates her but I do think that he just sees her more as a chaotic child rather than someone that he actively dislikes in the second Lantern right back in 2022 which was the first time we ever see them interact on screen by the way it is revealed that who ta and Jang Lee go out for meals together and occasionally go on walks besides based on the cutcenes that we got it doesn't look like Jang Lee is being forced to sit there against his will they do seem to genuinely care for one another it's even mentioned in Hut's voice line about Jong Lee that he is the person that she trusts the most I don't think we have a lot of interactions between them outside of events in fact I don't think we have any which is a crime in my opinion but in the moments where they do interact it does present an interesting Dynamic see Hut is kind of suspicious of jangi I don't think she knows he's an archon but she definitely knows he's not human Hut has always been smarter than she lets on and she refuses to elaborate even to the traveler when it comes to Jang Le there isn't any indication that Jang Le is aware of Hut suspicions but the way he interacts with her is also really funny because he just listens to her and follows along with her Antics like a good employee would anyway most of the community have made observations that their Dynamic is like that of Grandpa and chaotic grandchild and given what we know about Hut and how she lost her grandfather at an early age this is a very wholesome Canon interpretation another Immortal being that I want to talk about next is none other than the Conqueror of demons himself Shia prior to this year's Lantern right I think not a lot of people know about Hut and Sha's friendship because it is mostly hidden behind voice lines in the most hilarious way Shia is one of the the two people in leeway who actually thinks huta is funny the other person being Singo I just find it funny that he of all people is the one that is able to appreciate her sense of humor now I don't know why maybe it's because Shia also deals in death being the last yaka and all and that's why he sees the humor in it it's never really explored in game about how they actually got to know each other or why shiao being the lone wolf that he is would give her the time of day but I can only assume that because the wangong Funeral Parlor does help in the cleansing of the remains of old gods they would have inevitably crossed paths but it's really funny to think that Shia just slowly accepted that Hut will never leave him alone and even agree to follow her to the lantern right dinner because she wouldn't stop Bing him like she bludgeoned him with her friendship I think that's very wholesome and as of the last Lantern ride Hut is also acquainted with monats archon Fenty I think utau is the only human character to be directly linked and acquainted to two archons and original archons at that but anyway over the years I have seen the community make fun observations about how venty and Hut have similar personalities both are outwardly playful while also knowing a lot more than what they usually let on and how they both annoy the living hell out of Jang Lee their story quests are even similar in theme both deal with someone who was affected by the untimely death of a loved one and are unable to move on from it in venes it was Stanley or more accurately Hans while in Hut it was m and his group of friends in the story Quest both benty and Hut helped the respective NPCs to get closure and move past their grief both are handled differently but both are emotional but I just personally feel like ven was a lot more impactful because at the end of the quest we get to see why Stanley's story was so important to venty as a character because it is revealed that it parallels vent's own history with the nameless part both venty and Hans are taking on the form and identity of their deceased friend who tells Quest on the other hand while emotional and is overall a good story to follow didn't have the same death as it did for venes while it does touch on how important her role is as the wangong funeral parlor director who tell and Monk's story didn't really have a deeper connection like venty and Stanley did but hey that's just my opinion on those things you can obviously disagree with me this is more of a wholesome one because Singo Shang Ling and Chong Yun are Hut's group of of close friends I would assume they're all about the same age and based on the moon chase Festival cut scene we got in 2021 it also seemed that they grew up together they were also the featured four stars in Hut's initial Banner in 1.3 well there were some misconceptions about how Hut has no mortal friends and everyone in leway just hates her this is obviously just not true yes Shang Ling and Tong yun's voice line about her are both of them being exasperated with her Antics despite that the four of them do seem like they have a genuine friendship they are seen together during festivals all of them show up during the dinner that hotel hosted in the 2023 Lantern right too now canally Singo is the closest to Hut they often have rap battles together and share a common interest in writing poetry Singo is also very mischievous so I would assume they vibed together a lot much to the children of Chong Yun and Shang Ling and I think it's very wholesome that Hut still has a group of friends because again in Le working so closely with death is seen as something that brings bad luck which is why so many people just try to stay away from H and her marketing tactics definitely also doesn't help her case when it comes to making friends I think it's an absolute crime that we have gotten so little interactions between the four of them over the years and that kids is why I think Hut is a brilliant character she has a really interesting lore backstory personality and relationship with other characters I just wish hoyo could show more of her so that people will also appreciate the thought that was put into her character writing and her character themes she's a great pyrro DPS obviously but she's also one of the most complex female characters in the game I hope this was at least somewhat entertaining to you I just wanted to talk about Hut because I like her so yeah thanks for watching and let me know what character you want me to talk about next and I'll see you in the next one bye

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Keywords: genshin impact, hutao, character analysis, lore, hoyoverse

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Length: 25min 56sec (1556 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 23 2023