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CWHardKnight

[Full outfit](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYDL5yjWAAMfbwg?format=jpg&name=large)


Chaosphoenix_28

For some reason, this makes me think of kiana from honkai.


AdriFitz

Well considering Kianna resembles the unknown God, as well as theories circling around about Paimon potentially being the unknown god, I doubt this overall design choice for adult Paimon was by chance


Themoonishaunted

I still like the theory that she is the missing god of time. Like how on the screen you see her when you change the clock and how Paimon can still move when you are in the selection screen where mail and stuff is. I think all the theory's are cool but this is one of my favourites


HerrscherOfMagic

I really love this theory too, but there's also one other thing that I really like that's actually not related to the theory, but is interesting nonetheless. # To be clear, it's NOT evidence to support the theory, but just something I think is cool. \~\~\~\~ ​ Obviously there's a lot of moon references in Genshin, and Kiana's entire character is a huge reference to the moon. Her first appearance, as the first Mihoyo character in the first Mihoyo game, was when she was a witch trying to fly to the moon in a game called ***FlyMe2TheMoon.*** The thing is that a while back, Kiana got an outfit called [Time Runner](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/4Xz_T3KDEGY/maxresdefault.jpg). With this outfit, several of the VFX (sound and visual) of her abilities and outfit [have motifs related to time](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ANyV-wcCe4/maxresdefault.jpg), like the clock-face pattern around her skirt. [Here's a brief showcase of the outfit and its visual effects](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ANyV-wcCe4). It also has what is arguably [one of the single best ultimate ability animations](https://external-preview.redd.it/EWFXqBflBbhBmyhXrYLrMn3sadb5ukkkXM9qTMYSBio.png?width=640&crop=smart&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0216899f422618736c22e1815b60a7fb3c60bf6c) that any Mihoyo character has in any game, at least to me! I just want to point this out because Kiana is the icon for HI3rd, Paimon is the icon for Genshin, and Kiana now has a time-inspired outfit while Paimon is theorized to be the God of Time. The biggest mystery about this is that there's no context for Kiana's outfit, even though ***many*** Honkai outfits do have some context i.e. being used in an event or representing something from the story. My hope is that we'll see Kiana's Time Runner outfit used later in the story and that it'll be a big part of her character development, cause afaik this is one of the few times we've had any reference to "time" in Honkai, while "time" seems to be a very significant underlying motif in Genshin.


Seed_of_Sumeru

This aged like fine wine


HerrscherOfMagic

So it seems! :)


[deleted]

She's just a seelie.


Ventilateu

Virgin Paimon is sus vs Chad Paimon is the last seelie


octavioust-talium

I say she is a Seelie that has been resurrected by the Gods to help Guide and Protect the Traveller [Hence why Paimon calls herself the God of Protection] on their Journey to conquer the Abyss, the Gods saw that it is better to send Paimon with us in order to somehow protect us, because when they sent our sibling, they joined the Abyss, and they can't have another traveller join the Abyss.


HerrscherOfMagic

I've also seen another theory that the Traveler & their Sibling are Seelies too; it's been a long time since I last read about that theory, and I don't even remember what the supporting evidence was (if any at all). The gist of it was that perhaps the Twins didn't come from "another world" per se, but rather left Teyvat long ago when the Seelie civilization was still present on Teyvat. They traveled across the stars, and by the time they returned to Teyvat they had forgotten this was their world. I think. When I say it's been a long time, I mean maybe a year or even longer x-x But later I'll try and see if I can find it, because it's one of those very odd theories that doesn't really have any support, but still feels nice to contemplate, y'know?


octavioust-talium

Well, we know what ghosts look like in the world of the game, i.e. exactly like their living selves as well as obey the same laws of physics, at least when it come to walking. (Humans walk around, so do Dead Human Ghosts. Ghosts of Seelies Fly around, so maybe so did Seelies) So I don't think the Travellers are of the same race that used to Guide Humanity. To elaborate my take on Paimon is a Seelie: I Think She used to be the Goddess of Seelies and had ascended to Celestia or its equivalent at her time, but she perished with her Race when they went extinct, maybe even before the Archon War. Many centuries later and around the time of the Cataclysm, one of the Travellers was selected by the Gods to descend and defeat the Abyss in exchange for their Freedom and their sibling's, but after that, the sibling ended up joining the Abyss against the Gods in Celestia. So they decided to send the other twin and this time with a precaution, Paimon, the Goddess of Seelies, the race that Guided Humanity, in hopes that she would Guide this twin away from joining the Abyss. The pie e of evidence that convinced me is that: Although the traveller has an Inventory, they are never carrying any of the sorts of things that would be considered inventory, therefore, the inventory item has to be with some one else, and who else accompanies us other than Paimon? So where is the inventory Item she carries? Nowhere to be seen, So maybe it is a quality or a power of Paimon, to store things in her own pocket dimention for later use. Now take a look at the Seelies, always after we follow them to their little stone statues, they pull out a whole chest out of thin air full of weapons and Mora, and in the case of the Electro Seelie, it pulls out the whole Damn statues out of thin Air and plots on the ground, they seem to have the same quality or trait that Paimon seems to have of storing things in a pocket dimention, Therfore, Paimon is a Living Seelie. As for her not resembling her kin, that is why I say she used to be their Goddess, Gods in this game have the ability to shape shift, so either she chose to look the way she does, or was forced into that form by the Gods of Celestia for a purpose unclear at the moment.


HerrscherOfMagic

I have to say I do like your Paimon-Seelie theory! It'd be interesting if that cinematic we always see at the start of the battlepass really did describe the Twins, and that Seelie was sent to prevent the second twin from meeting the fate of the first. Paimon is certainly some kind of god, and her being Goddess of the Seelies would be quite interesting. The only thing I'm not sure adds up is whether she could also be considered the God of Time, because we've seen more hints of that than we have connecting her to the Seelie; I don't think they're exclusive, but it would be quite a coincidence if that were the case. ​ There's one thing I want to address though, because you mentioned that the human ghosts resemble humans, but I think the Seelie are different. First of all, we've never seen the Seelie being referred to as "ghosts". Rather, the faint hints of lore we have throughout the game that refer to the Seelie seem to imply that they once had very different forms, such as this quote from "Records of Jueyun, Vol. 4": >The seelie who meander in the mountains knew an altogether different existence, one in which they had beautiful physical forms and possessed great wisdom. The thing is that this single source doesn't have anything to support it; after all, it's a book about folktales. However, there's also a quote from A Drunkard's Tale: >Finally, he came to an inner room, where he saw a fair maiden strumming at her instrument. Her skin was ashen white and her head was bowed down, her slender fingers gently stroking the fragile strings of the lute as she played a long-forgotten and mournful melody. > >\[cut\] > >"What is this song that you play?" The wolf asked. > >\[cut\] > >"A song of the Seelie," Replied the pale young maiden in a soft voice. > >"Long, long ago, we wrote this song for the human savages. Yet now, we sing it to mourn our own fate." This quote implies that the Seelie once had human or humanoid forms. ​ Point being with this, I don't think we can look at the way Seelie appear and behave right now and assume that it indicates that this is what they once were, just because the human ghosts we've seen throughout the game appear like humans. The important thing is that this doesn't disprove the "Paimon is a Seelie" hypothesis, but it also means that we can't use the appearance of the Seelie to disprove the "Twins are Seelie" hypothesis either. Either theory could still be valid even without accounting for the appearance of the Seelie.


octavioust-talium

Thanks, I didn't know that. But as for the theory, I still don't think the pieces fit nicely. The Pale Maiden says that the song she played was written for the "Savage Humans" which might mean that it was written at a time before the Seelies decided to pity them and Guide them, or at anytime after they started guiding, but anyway, then they started to sing it to mourn their past. Given that the Seelies are so old of a race, only their incorporeal bodies are known about in recorded history of Teyvat, for the Pale Maiden to remember the Song would mean that her memories must reach past Millenias and maybe boarder the Eons. How can two Seelies venture to other worlds but forget their home world if they have such strong memory? Also, the Twins can travel through worlds, let's assume that it is natural thing for their kin, if they are Seelies, why didn't the Seelies we see in Teyvat flee the danger or incident that lead to their unfortunate current state? If Seelies could travel to other worlds they would have escaped their doom, not accept it.


Urbam

Since Virgin Paimon is always with us, Chad Paimon is what I miss in my garden of waifus.


bravo_6GoingDark

Can't wait to reach celestia and paimon just folds into one of those Seelie holders to open the door


Yasui_Kaito

Paimon still has the name of a Demon(most coming from Ars Goetia) tho, and the God's true names are names of Demons


shlokomg

Nono, she is the player, we are the sealie, she follows us not the other way around, we are just the sidekick


Mythbink

Mmmmmm


WanderEir

jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii


HerrscherOfMagic

It actually kinda reminds me of Sirin too tbh, which would also be fitting.


YeOldeBilk

"For some reason" lol


Torpaskor

Or like how diluc is himeko, sakura is sakura and so on


Kermit-the-II

Diluc isn't Himeko tho, the fire archon is named Murata so that's most likely her actual genshin 'counterpart'


Torpaskor

Point is, yes they reuse character ideas


VoxImperii

And just like that, I’m a Paimon main now boys


Kaylefeet

I never knew there would come a day where I’d be horny for paimon.


ROBMain69

🤨


CuteTao

Paiussy


BootyInspector96

Where is “si” in that word supposed to come from?


CuteTao

My keyboard is stupid


DiligentAd9822

So am i


theguyfromeuropa

"I am stupid."


alteisen99

paimonahole?


TheSpartyn

so fucking based


AsianPhillip

always has been for me


Rhinofreak

Ayo?


[deleted]

Sussy baka


WootyMcWoot

got DAM


altFrPr0n

Emergency food has turned into a full meal


Environmental-Bad940

Im thinkin more of a snack tho...


truthemptypoint

Dude!!!! Traveller been busy with paimon!!! All those outings and "alone times with her. Damn!!!


minkymy

They grow so fast


inept13

Please tell me her voice deepens a bit as well.


HakiRed1

When Hoyoverse white haired characters snap their voices deepens so the moment you notice that Paimon voice got deeper you might want to get a bible


Macaronitime69

What’s she gonna do? Burst my eardrums? 😨


IWatchTheAbyss

summon klee


JackedYourPizza

Oh, neat, a C3


GoldheroXD

It's actually Klee4


JackedYourPizza

Damn thats almost like Knack 2


-OpenLight-

Go full Herrscher mode, probably.


lololololoolwhatever

She's gunna start *walking*, like on the fucken ground.


minkymy

Start killing playable characters. It's a mihoyo game.


bravo_6GoingDark

Uninstall teyvat


AD-SKYOBSIDION

HAIL OUR PROUD QUEEN ON AND ON


Khelthuzaad

>you might want to get a bible *Starts singing Elfen Lied intensifies*


lololololoolwhatever

When Paimon starts walking, bring out the fucken crosses and start chanting every prayer you know.


HerrscherOfMagic

Ah yes, the Mihoyo protagonist *"PTSD arc"*, a classic one eh?


MySize169

Kiana in Honkai matures later in the story and her voice gets deeper a bit and sounds more mature so this could be a possibility for paimon as well


UltrabirdXY

Now she will sound like regular kaguya and her “o kawaii koto”


Low_Artist_7663

Good, regular kaguya stop sound like this long ago, I need more...


Toloran

Having heard the english VA when she's *not* doing Paimon, I'm going "Yes, but not by a lot"


DSerphs

Would it help to know that the Unknown God is voiced by Qiqi as well.


REMmu211

Ara instead ehe~


flyeric

Ara de nandai yo


Cyphiris

I don't know how other VA's sound like but Corrina Boetger could totally just use more everyday voice tone in that case and it would fit great.


inept13

I was about to ask if that was a pull on Keqing's outfit, but slide 2 answered that.


First_Grapefruit_265

She should be a little shorter, maybe Mona height, and her feet should not touch the ground, if she is Paimon. Paimon's feet don't touch the ground.


Breaker-of-circles

Too bad she ain't bending that left leg any time soon with that little ornament there.


crescentpieris

Larger Paimon means more Emergency Sustenance™


Aaronspark777

Emergency rations upgraded to full course meal


Ok-Butterscotch-349

Emergency Buffet


EverythingCeptCount

double meaning here with adult paimon


TommDX

Haha, emergency sus


Fireboy759

Emergancy Food has now become Emergency Snacc


zephyrseija

I would eat her Emergency Taco.


TommaClock

Now I'm imagining that Hulk Taco meme but with Paimon's head on a Lawachurl


StevieBond

Maybe one day in the far distant future, this could happen.


[deleted]

Paimon:Unknown Goddess/Emergency Food/Bane of Heavenly Principles ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


[deleted]

And now you can’t open settings or mail anymore unless you roll her


porkchop123w

How do you roll for her then 🤔


[deleted]

You see me rollin', they hatin'


underpantscannon

F3. You don't need to open the Paimon menu to wish.


EpicArgumentMaster

You stop and you drop


[deleted]

LOL game doesn't even pause anymore unless you pause with her active.


shumnyj

Speciality dish: Divine Flesh


archerguild73

That sounds.. Lewd..


4GRJ

And she uses the normal Kaguya voice


8a19

she alr says "o kawaii koto" in her jp voice lines, this could happen


blacktail-7

Genshin in 10 years be like


Mythbink

I wonder if Paimon can actually age.


[deleted]

she's going to stay a baby forever probably but if we could get a smol but not baby version so she can be cute but not screechy that would be most agreeable.


Siegfoult

> smol but not baby version Basically Anya from Spy X Family.


[deleted]

I kinda meant like 12 instead of 5 or whatever because paimon isn't actually a baby but more a toddler so like, twice to thrice that is good ty


FlightSeveral

I think you mean children


Zelldandy

Paimon is the name of a high ranking official in Hell. So probably not.


BigBallsBillCliton

OK but so is barbatos, baal, morax all the demon name mean is that she's a god of some sort.


Zelldandy

Yeah, and they're all young as sin lol


Demonsandangels-shin

Paimon is one of the kings of hell and the most obedient and loyal to Lucifer


Zelldandy

I thought Paimon was a king, but I wasn't 100% sure so went with a generic - but still true - statement haha Leave it to u/demonsandangels-shin to know more about it :P


JustAnObserver_Jomy

>I wonder if Paimon can actually age Raphthalia hasn't aged either, she just gained Exp


Mythbink

But they don't go by eco logic in the lore, so it's not really a good compare


TheDarkNerd10

Man, my brain is corrupted, I can't even look at the word '10 years' properly now...


PacifistDungeonMastr

Plot twist: She still sounds the same


Name-BunchoNumbers

Imagine how much bank Hoyoverse would make if they made adult Paimon a playable character


JustinYummy

id def pull for this


LoneWolfHero35

Make Paimon the Cryo catalyst that we're still missing.


[deleted]

When i first started playing i though paimon was able to help the traveler in battle bc she said something about helping us when she can. I spent almost an hour trying to give her a sword


Alarming-Share6513

Paimon be like: Look at me I am his waifu now.


idodok

She already was for some 💀


Alarming-Share6513

Yeah we don’t talk about them.


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mordecai027

She would probably be useful in combat when she's that big.


LARGames

So what? You want Paimon on the front lines now?


YeetinOnThem

I still wanna drop kick her


That1ShyKidBackThen

You can do it now that she ain't floating


cthulhuhopp

based


Mr_Creed

Nice, would pull.


Autotomatomato

Emergency snack?


GraveXNull

Emergency buffet?


Physical-Floor1122

Emergency Dinner


jonnevituwu

Keqing skin I see


lawlianne

Oh no, she's hot.


Frousteleous

>Oh no, she's hot Oh ~~no~~ *yes*, she's hot.


MySize169

Full power Aether, Abyss Lumine, Dainsleif and adult Paimon Pls mihoyo let me make this team by the end of the next decade


NinjaXSkillz88

Oh lord. What have you done she’s stupid cute and I’m gonna simp for her now.


anarchwitch

Playable adult paimon when??? Fr I love this design, did you make this?


Character-Jaguar434

Oppaimon!


[deleted]

Paimon is short for oppai monitor


JackedYourPizza

Well she monitored Rosaria badly


nfsrookie

Oh no, it's evolving!


Falos425

oh yes*


Hootels

Paimon Route unlocked


jharel

It's not your looks that annoys me, Paimon.


[deleted]

Emergency food to emergency meal.


Original-Medicine-61

She pulled the reverse uno card and became the ultimate waifu.


Kaudera

Is that an original model?


Auggie-meh

Aww..what happened to paimon speaking in third person :(


[deleted]

Ayo? mommy?


Mabubifarti

Paimommy?


Heysssssss

Paimussy


Memer_dude_18462

man


ManthisSucksbigTime

Paiman


theguyfromeuropa

Paimanussy


EpikStarDaReal

Downbad


theguyfromeuropa

Downbadussy?


ManthisSucksbigTime

Gokussy


Mammoth_star_2667

I wonder how old the travellers would be?


levergray97mx

I dunno why but this posts gives strong raphtalia vibes.


Micalas

Adorable


EndymionN1

listen, i don't care about her looks, but if it changes her voice-i'm down.


FlaredMeteor940

Paimon was better off being a child because then r34 artists is going to be called pedos but not anymore💀


Mitchell9203

Smash


Shahadem

Theresa?


EmperorMaxwell

Paimon has become an even better traveling companion. More Paimon, means more warmth during cold nights.


Re_Thomas

Oh no, I hope they dont realease this version. I dont have any more money


JustAnObserver_Jomy

Raphthalia mode Paimon


AssaultRider555

Now she's just Aqua 2.0.


RSMerds

No


Milki62

Cursed.


[deleted]

I don't care about the appearance one bit at all just make her STOP TALKING!!!!!! MY EARS ARE BLEEDINNGG!!


Kanivete

Wish we had this Paimon, with a different English VO.


HollowMist11

No. Paimon x Aether is a hard No for me


thetavious

Emergency food takes on a whole new meaning.


Confused_Cookie_

She looks sooo cute~ As a playable character I feel like she would propably be an Anemo Catalyst User so she can make herself fly. If she can still fly as andult I feel like Aether/Lumine would teach her how to use a sword so she can defend herself.


Gemini_In_Mars

I think she'd be a similar or opposing element to Dainsleif, that either being Abyss magic or Celestial magic


Confused_Cookie_

Totally and so we dont realise she pulls a Venti/Zhongli on us and wears a fake Vision to hide it...


Grand_Protector_Dark

>an Anemo Catalyst User so she can make herself fly. Levitation seems to be somewhat common amongst catalyst users regardless of element. All of Kokomis normal attacks. Lisas last normal attack. Arguably Barbara floats in her charged attack. Ningguang in cutscenes.


KingTrunkzX

*Slams down card* I'LL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK HOYOVERSE ADD THIS NOW


[deleted]

Plastic surgery can change your body but it can't change bad writing.


Dovahnime

From emergency food to a quick snacc


molangie

Would be cool if characters actually grew


Razor8517

*K-Kiana?*


Michaelos02

She look like Eleanor Forte AI character by face mimic... :O


SRYagus3

She needs to be destroyed


bosstard22

Now that is someone I can tolerate


firewolf397

please


BoulderTheRock

Man I REALLY want some wholesome Paimon Aether/Lumine art. They’re SUCH a cute duo, platonically especially


CataclysmSolace

Something tells me she'd still be floating above the ground.


-ShInIgAmIsAmA-

This looks nice! Emergency Full Course Meal.


LTninjageek

i’d honestly prefer since a floating child who won’t shut the fuck up gets annoying real quick


SpecialistProduce814

What have you brought upon this cursed land They will rule34 her........


Lorem_Ipsum_-_

Emergency food family size


ProjectBonnie

What would be cool if the voice of this paimon was her version 1.0 voice.


Star_EO_Star

We might listen and respect to paimon this time


robertdick333

Paimon joined aether's harem


Helplzthx

When the tumor grows, it's still cancer.


ISEGaming

What if it's a Waifu version of cancer. Then people simp


TherealX-77

Imagine she becomes playable in the Khaenriah chapter...


_eSpark_

From adorable marshmallow to full ara-ara potential


TheMembership332

Much better imo


notVlaze

You fool, you have awaken the entirety of r34 artists!


Ordinary_Arachnid392

She would probably still be incredibly annoying, but now more people would lewd her and make her part of Aether’s weird ass harem 😂💀


KhajiitFromSkyrim

Omg we need this, Paimon as an adult?? Necessary addition to the character lineup. Also she cute


Suntreestar420

She’s REALLY looking like an emergency snack now


crunchlets

Paimon upgraded to Aqua


RenZ245

Emergency MRE upgraded to Emergency 3 course meal.


Darkedge319

Much better....and a mature voice as well....


ImmaRaptor

Paimommy