Why EVERYONE belittles Venti (and why YOU shouldn't) | #venti character analysis #genshinimpact

I want you to imagine a God who wields the power to conjure up gusts of wind violent enough to form vortexes which swallow anything they come into contact with but chooses instead to manifest a cool gentle mountain breeze a God who has given up the prospect of Glory in favor of maintaining their principles a God who harnesses the power of poetry and song to push tyrants off of their Thrones and dismantle those seeds of power entirely a God who possesses the ability to conscript other powerful beings to join their cause regardless of whether or not these entities are inherently supposed to be allies of the Gods a God who carries long-lost memories with winds Guided by their fingertips a God who has dispelled harsh chilling blizzards to give their people a new home with token wine as a gift a God who Champions their people's wishes above all a God who retains custody over the secrets of the world a god of rebellion music romance Peace Hope and freedom who regularly faces accusations of being a lazy drunkard of course the god of the Winds and freedom barbatos who goes by the name of venti in human form would never take offense to meaningless allegations as long as they stick to their own principles but Barbato's worshipers or venti fan club members such as myself are not nearly as patient we are sick and tired of venti's constant miscaractivization within fandom spaces not just because we love venti so so much but because these faulty misconceptions frustrate us a lot so today I'm going to try to explore the possible reasons why people constantly undermine such a great and glorious God such as venti and why I would encourage them to abandon these very misconceptions hopefully I can also help generate insights about godhood and leadership as a concept along the way and as a side note I'm going to refer to Venti with they them pronouns just because it's cute and many of their fans would agree that they don't really care for binary gender labeling considering they used to even be a wisp anyway without further Ado I shall now spread the word of our Lord and savior barbatos a key aspect of gentian impact World building is it gives Gods the role of political leaders which is why unlike in real life tivat citizens know that the gods exist and are even able to see how they look like however venti is the sole exception to this as they are not currently physically present My Religion doesn't require the belief in a particular God figure but I live in a Catholic country so I know how challenging it is for some of my peers to believe in their God these kinds of religions are highly dependent on faith in not just the existence of their God but the benevolence of their God as well if you're in a theology class you might even have to discuss various proposed philosophical explanations for Why God doesn't answer some people's prayers or why God even allows certain kinds of inhumane suffering to happen and this results from that God being invisible and unable to speak to humans and be held accountable by them barbatos is sort of like that as well their followers will have to believe in their power and benevolence even if they're not physically present to address their concerns what makes things worse is that all the other gods seem to be physically present while Barbados chooses not to be we can't see the gods real life people believe in and that explains why their followers just have to trust in their existence even with a lack of concrete evidence meanwhile with barbatos we do know for a fact that they exist but we still can't see them around so the experience of believing in Barbados mimics that of believing in a god which we don't know for sure exists or not it must be a frustrating thing for some players to Grapple with since now it seems like even in this game in which gods are explicitly shown to exist we have to have faith in a God who doesn't seem to do anything to earn the trust of their people except barbatos has actually done quite a lot for monstat I know lots of venti fans would know this already but I would like to explicitly State the four key instances in which barbatos provided assistance to monstat these are the Rebellion against the Caribbean the revolution against the aristocracy the summoning of the violin to combat durian during the cataclysm and The Taming of the violin in the icon Quest prologue of course venti has done some other things in between like reshaping monstat establishing new mod stat helping others regain memories some theorize that they could even be a psychopomp but that's just speculation for now all of these are great examples of Barbados showing their kindness to the people but they aren't events which you can clearly establish in specific moments of time so I'm going to leave those out for now now these key for events show how ready barbatos is to help their people interfering in their lives in politics as an exception to their main rule of granting mon status the freedom to decide for themselves these for instance just show that barbatos isn't simply using their absence as an excuse to have fun doing whatever they want while shedding the responsibilities to their Nation they still do obligate themselves to provide assistance to monstat in dire circumstances when the people will clearly struggle to help themselves without divine intervention this demonstrates that they're greatly sensitive to mon status needs and know when it's appropriate to step in or when it's appropriate to leave them to their own devices as a way of empowering them also it's worth noting that even the other archons who are physically present in their Nations aren't at the back and call of each citizen they only provide guidance every now and then but don't micromanage the country's governance in terms of specific policies government spending law making things like that it's just that they're more regular presence will assure you that when push comes to shove they will take care of you and you won't need to doubt that they'll come to your rescue except for the corrupt Academia people undermining lesser Lord kusanali's level of intellect and wisdom but that's a whole other thing with barbatos I can understand how even if your God was proven to be quite active in helping you during certain moments of history if they're absent right now you can't guarantee that they'll help you however it might also be something that can promote self-reliance instead of dependence on the gods I know that venti did say that they gave up the opportunity to rule monstat because they didn't want to end up like the Caribbean and that statement may come across as exhibiting cowardice but I think their motivations come from a firm belief in their principles rather than fear I think barbatos knew that they could rule monstad without turning into a tyrant but it's way too ironic for a God to promote Freedom by direct rule it could really seem like an imposition rather than a form of guidance of course the consequence of this is that the aristocracy started to become mechanical because there was no God who was present to prevent this from happening but venti did ultimately step in to quash the aristocracy not just by themselves but by tapping into the will of the people they had to ensure that Revolution was really what the people wanted and that their fighting Spirit was there so that they could simply give them a light push instead of directly shaping their Ideology Now going back to the idea of the real-life Gods we believe in I'm not sure how it's like for other religions but I have learned that apparently the Christian God is believed to have granted people the gift of free will however there is also very heavy consequences in place for those who don't do exactly as this God prescribes or even for those who do good deeds but don't believe in this God that's a whole different discussion and the struggle meant for real life Believers to come to terms with but what I mean to say is that what makes barbatos different is that they really do not require people to believe in them which truly promotes Free Will I think barbados's idea of faith is not that oh you should believe in the animal icon and obey everything they said but more of like to be inspired by the teachings of Freedom as a form of empowerment that's personally why I other venti fans and monstaters themselves adore venti a lot because people love freedom all the way from the freedom of choice to political freedom and this God of the Winds understands that value so intricately and sticks to that Concept in order to really effectively promote freedom in monstat rather than force it on them people naturally desire Freedom so the best gift this God could give them is the permission to pursue it so faith in Barbados is more anchored in faith in the value of Freedom rather than solely reliant on belief in the deity itself quite powerful isn't it foreign Loosely the archons negotiated the ownership of tevat through war and so when venti claims to be the weakest out of all the archons and doesn't seem to exhibit Marshall prowess it likely diminishes the respect people have for this seemingly frail wind God compared to someone like morax who Unleashed Stone Spears and guion's Stone Forest to quash their enemies and write an a who created the whole damn mussojin Gorge with their incredibly deadly musono hitotachi however what people fail to account for is that venti might be downplaying their own strengths and that wins can be very harsh as well when they take the form of tornadoes monsoons storms things like that I'm not too sure about this but people who have investigated the Thousand wins seem to have encountered descriptions of its immense Powers whether or not this is true I think Mastery of One's Own element is also a sign of great power and that's shown with how barbatos seems to be able to reduce its volatility if not monstat might be full of destructive storms right now instead of peaceful pastoral Landscapes I think that's also the reason why people underestimate the strength of barbatos they construe power to mean a destructive force instead of Simply referring to Great abilities like for example barbatos was able to reshape monstat's landscape to allow the previously blizzard-battered lands to be more inhabitable for their people which allowed them to move from old monster to monster City's current location this demonstrates immense power through control over the winds and massive influence over the environment but since it's not violent in nature I think people tend to dismiss and ignore venti's feats additionally there's also power in gathering people together in Collective action recruiting other powerful beings and even influencing the thoughts feelings and actions of other beings through song Imagine an event to use that to hypnotize people that'll be inescapable not everyone is capable of these things and being able to do all of these allow venti to achieve their goals much more easily so these can be considered as forms of immense power or strength so I encourage you to expand your views of power to accommodate other forms of power which are equally as instrumental as combat prowess while at the same time being less destructive it's very common in fandom that a mischievous character will not be taken seriously by anyone anymore even when they say something insightful or do something meaningful and venti is no exception people have this narrow view that it's only serious people who know how to solve problems and are worthy of respect because it seems like they know what they're doing but that's a myth seriousness only says something about this position but nothing about dedication and efficiency of course venti indulging in wine and playing in rain puddles makes it seem like they're prioritizing fun over their duties but as I mentioned previously they worked very dedicatedly to perform great feats for monstat so it's clear that their fun only comes during their downtime also venti's mischievousness is hardly destructive relegating venti to only being a mischievous drunkard also disregards several instant says when they've imparted Divine insight for example in the vinelessfest festival they spent most of the time indulging in drinks but they also whipped out a metaphorical poem to guide Razer in his journey to understand his Origins and they quite literally used their powers to help raise their picture what his parents looked like having this playful disposition allows venti to solve problems with creative out of the box methods like you know mostly through singing rather than just doing things the conventional way like by ordering people around or something like that also why would you find fault in a literal God of freedom for being playful because Freedom should allow you to do whatever you want within the bounds of ethics and morals of course so venti should be the personification of Freedom by letting themselves go and having fun this attitude inspires others to have fun as well and it also promotes a chill and non-judgmental environment in monstat this is also something that was instrumental in allowing the original Seven icons to form bonds since barbatos approached more acts with the purpose of having fun drinking with them I wonder if the gods from back then would have even met regularly if they believed others were all too serious to hang out with right the thing is Mischief goes hand in hand with some degree of rule breaking of his rules are enforced for a reason but some can be used as instruments of control or oppression that's why venti's Mischief also goes hand in hand with venti's promotion of rebellion a powerful tool for resisting oppression which is a threat to freedom and that brings me to another reason why I think venti is consistently undermined it must be because of some gentian fans lack of political Consciousness Rebellion is the Catalyst for many social movements to push for human rights and Independence I'm Filipino and our Philippine Revolution is a source of Pride for us because it shows our tenacity in asserting ourselves and our sovereignty and I'm sure it's the same for many other nations too and it's clear that Wendy was instrumental in two whole revolutions so I don't think I need to prove that to you I think many people already know that venti is an instigator of rebellion when necessary especially when challenging a class of oppressors it's just that I think lots of fans aren't immediately struck by this because they don't make connections between these acts and historical events it's likely because they want to play the game in Escapist mode and of course there's nothing wrong with that but venti as an archon seems to require lots of political Consciousness to appreciate and that's also partially why monstat loves barbato so much because of their High political and historical consciousness where they remember their key revolutions well and understand their importance and implications on their current lifestyle even something as simple as a romantic flower festival actually has origins in Rebellion so it's deeply embedded into their culture so if you kind of want to understand more why venti is so well loved and how impactful they are as an archon you must really draw parallels between the game storyline and key real life historical events genshin in some way is meant to teach us about politics so it's also good to remember this to increase your Social awareness by playing the game who knows maybe you are being called to be part of a revolution currently in your country so why not take up the offer and fight for justice [Music] so in conclusion venti is the best icon no ifs no buts okay but seriously my goal is not to push venti down your throats while it's not my entire goal but my point is there may be more to this little fun singer than you might have expected there's lots of insights to be learned whenever you get the chance to talk to Venti or read their lore so I hope that you can be inspired by their great love for freedom and their people and that's it for today I hope you enjoyed the video and found yet another thing to fuel your incessant venti brain mods if you appreciated this take you can leave a like and comment your Praises for the lord of the winds down below you can also subscribe to my channel if you like detailed and nuanced analyzes like this one plus you can share this if you want to fuel the collective venti brainwat along with your friends and I'll see you next time [Music]

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Length: 18min 10sec (1090 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 03 2023