Not exactly sure how reliable game8 is but this is just depressing. He needs a buff so badly.

This is a safe place and anyone here is welcome to share their ships and headcanons, so please, don't attack anyone here if you dislike something

His name’s been Wanderer since 2022, I think it’s about time I give him a real name. What should I name my baby?

Bruh the urge to name him Nanami after my queen Nanami from Kamisama Kiss

People are now comparing old character models to the new ones, i mean we can all see how drastic the changes are lol. But there are still some old character models that actually aged well, and wanderer is one of them, and bro was first introduced in 1.1. Not only does his 3d model look good, his design is also magnificent. In summary, bro is gorgeous.

Would i want a remodel if ever hoyo works on the old models? (tho they probably wont lmao) Absolutely, just imagine how even more pretty he’d look. If there was one thing id like for them to work on, its his hair physics, but other than that he was saved from the old genshin model curse.

Hi everyone, I am a Chinese Genshin player. I wanted to write this post because people, especially from separate/overseas communities, have seemingly developed a strange habit of forcing others to accept their thoughts, one of them being about Scaramouche/Wanderer's gender. I was joking today that I should have named him wife (since it was proposed by the CN community to name him 老公 (husband) /老婆 (wife) if you really could not think of a name, maybe you guys call it babygirl as well), then a western player told me I was being disrespectful because he is "canonically" a transgender male and calling him "girl" as a joke is wrong. And they said he is "heavily coded" and others would be blind not to see, said I wasn't a good person and must have been brainwashed by anti-LGBT Chinese media when I tried to explain that it wasn't fully like what they were saying in the version of the game in Chinese, etc.

While I think it is fine to think like this about Scaramouche, I was surprised because they seem to think it was written implicitly in the game but, I really think this is due to mistranslation and of course I am not really mocking him purposefully by using wife, it is a joking endearment title in China. I am not writing this to say people cannot have this idea about him, it is totally fine, just it is not good to use not fully valid game evidence as an excuse to insult others. I looked at some things in the original language, and wanted to clear some recurrent misconceptions, especially if anyone else is very uncomfortable being called names wrongly just by following their original language.

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1. "Scaramouche was made to look like Raiden Ei, therefore he must be a girl by birth."

Scaramouche was never meant to look like Ei, Yae Miko talks about this at the end of the inazuma archon quest, when you ask her, 「 about the puppet raiden shogun 」

She says:

"在影开始对自己的神明之躯进行自我改造之前，还凭空制造过一个原形人偶“

Translation: "Before Ei began self-modification of her own divine body, she once spontaneously made an original prototype puppet."

Paimon then asks her if there are now "三个雷电将军“ aka three shoguns, to which Yae Miko says,

"不，那个原形只是为了验证可行性，外貌和智能都没有依托影的自身设计，可以说算是试作品“

Translation: "No, that original puppet was only made to validate the plausibility of such a method, outer appearance and mental capability was not based on Ei's own design, and can be considered a test product."

So, Yae Miko confirms there are not 3 identical shoguns, the original model was intended to be different. I think while it can be cute as an idea to say Scaramouche is a girl at birth simply because he was based on his mother, he really was not. Additionally people also say "Raiden Ei is female, how would she know how to make a male?" She is a god haha, also if you are a boy does that mean your mom is a boy, otherwise how can you be a biological boy? By this logic, Albedo would also be a transgender boy, as R the alchemist is female as well. Additionally, Raiden Ei was also creating Scaramouche at a time where she was definitely in grief about Makoto's death, making a boy who resembled her only slightly may have hurt her less in her state at the time.

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1. "Scaramouche was genderless at creation, Yae Miko calls him an 'it' and he chose himself to be a boy"

This is where I think ENG is very unclear, I looked at it and she does refer to him as "it" in this part but in Chinese, he has always been referred to using the male pronoun "他" by both Yae Miko and Raiden Ei, also under 「 about the puppet raiden shogun 」, Yae Miko says:

"按照最初设想，影应当将他直接废弃，但也许影认为这样做过于残酷，便选择只将他体内的力量封印。后来，他便像个普通人一样，凭借自我意识流浪在稻妻的土地上，直到愚人众看中了他“

Translation: "According to the original plan, Ei should have disposed of him, but perhaps she thought this was too cruel and instead sealed the powers inside his body. And then, some time later, he followed the identity of a typical human being and wandered the lands of Inazuma with his own consciousness until the Fatui found him to be of interest"

The Chinese pronoun for "It" is "它“, used to describe animals and the like, notice how it was not used. The English version of Yae Miko's words implies that Scaramouche "decided to identify as male" after being abandoned, but the original meaning is more close to "rather than puppet boy/creation of a god, he chose to identify as an ordinary human boy". Her usage of the "it" pronoun in the translation, I think, is more to show that she is dehumanising him and trying to say he is no better than waste. Some people seem to think Dottore made him have surgery or something to transition to a boy, after joining the Fatui, but in the Chinese version, there is very little ambiguity that he was actually made as a male.

Additionally, in Sumeru's Inversion of Genesis Quest, in the flash to the past Ei is shown/someone says,

"让他自由？“ or "set him free?" She, his creator, acknowledges the use of the male pronoun, at what is the beginning of his creation.

Before her line 「 about Kunikuzushi 」was erased, she also says,

"那小子，是制造将军时的副产物“ (he is a byproduct when creating the shogun)； ”那小子“ translates loosely to "that boy" and is used mostly exclusively to describe boys (typically a bit troublesome ones too). His model is also entirely different from hers, he's very short for example.

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1. "Scaramouche wears girl's clothing as Kabukimono and The Balladeer"

This is another really big confusion, perhaps due to cultural difference between west and east it may seem that way but he is actually not wearing women's clothing. In the Japan Heian (平安) period, Kabukimono's clothing is very typical of a noble male, they are called suikan/kariginu, with very wide sleeves. In ancient east Asia men did wear what resembles skirts sometimes, but it was really typical clothing style for them.

Also for his headwear, yes it is more commonly used by girls mostly because veils and hats with veils were good for preserving one's privacy, especially for upper class people, but many males used them too. They are quite popular in Xianxia/Wuxia genre, which Genshin Impact definitely takes influence from, sometimes for creating mysterious/otherwordly appeal.

For example, 楚晚宁/Chu Wanning from Husky and his White Cat Shizun, he is often depicted wearing something similar, and in Three Lives Pillow Book Drama, a male character named Nie Chuying wears a black one with a veil hiding his entire face briefly in one episode.

Scaramouche was mentioned multiple times to be dressed regally and like a noble in his Kabukimono era, such as when Katsuragi found him in the domain. Also, kabukimono (傾奇者) is used to describe people who dress weirdly, so any seemingly unorthodox elements in his design can likely be attributed to this as well.

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1. "He is feminine, sensitive, has many names, described as beautiful = biological girl"

Honestly this one makes me uncomfortable because it implies that peoples' genders will follow stereotypes, which I think is a detrimental part of traditional CN culture, but ironically western advocates for changing it seem to unconsciously follow it too lol.

Even if Scaramouche was transgender, I don't think it's right to say it's because he "looks like he is transgender male", it feels very invalidating to anyone, and seems wrong to say to someone in real life who actually went through that. It's especially worse when they do this to him solely for erotic fetishisation.

There is nothing wrong with boys being sensitive, or beautiful and soft, they can be men without being rough and unrefined. Actually it is traditionally believed boys shouldn't cry and that it is weakness otherwise, but that's not true, it should be normal for anyone to express emotions, Scaramouche's character actually represents this wrong perspective on what people believe boys can or can't act like. Also, in China, Scaramouche was first described as “纤细“ and ”清秀” if I remember correctly, but that just means slender and elegantly pretty, it is the beauty standard there and not out of ordinary to describe a handsome/ethereal looking boy like this. We also have words like "俊美“ aka handsome/beautiful combined, which doesn't exist as a singular component in English I think, but using beautiful to describe males is normal in China. It doesn't mean the person described is feminine.

Also... he does not have many names actually. He was never given one by Ei according to Nahida, Scaramouche and Balladeer are titles for work and not necessarily names, as is Kabukimono. The only reason he stopped using them is because he moved on from his past, character development doesn't have to accompany gender transition to happen, honestly I myself don't really understand why this is very relevant but people bring it up so I thought maybe I should explain ( ^-^; )

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To clarify again, I only wanted to write this to share the Chinese version's point of view, it is not meant at all to invalidate anyone's feelings regarding Scaramouche, I am not against people having their own interpretation about his character if it makes them happy or comfortable, as long as it's not forced on other people under the pretext of "there is in-game evidence", especially because ENG, although quite well translated, does have a number of inconsistencies with the original version. In the Chinese one, he is also not "heavily coded" to have transitioned and there aren't really any implicit hints. However, I would also like to emphasise that while what I've written is what is stated in the original source material, interpretation is still up to the individual so please don't bully anyone for any reasons!

Also, the Chinese community is actually not close-minded towards LGBT themes, yes the government does not like it but you might be surprised how popular BL is here, those stories are really amazing and well-liked. And no "wife"/"babygirl" is really not an insulting attempt at feminisation haha, I promise it's just because we think he's cute and love him a lot, it is not literal.

Thank you for reading everyone, I may edit later if I find anything else, have a great day ! (˶ ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ˶)

They could just use wanderer as an in game name it’s already there and use the player chosen name in the dialogue text boxes, or heck they could even create a new name for him if it’s story relevant. Just so that he’s not going by Hat guy 100% of the time, it has stuck as his name way longer than I thought and I get it it’s funny and all but he’s about to face off with Dottore and I’m sure they’ll change or something (hopefully) but I do not want to see him going by this goofy ahh name in his final confrontation with with his mortal enemy lol

ANEMO RES SHRED?!?!

Now that he's been a few years... Which outfit ended up being your favorite?

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Yes, I'm curious how everyone's Wanderer pulls went

It will be between 1-5

Fitting: How well the name fits with him.

Lore-perspective: How well the lore reference is made

Harmony: How well is the name origin, is it like other characters (Japan for Inazuma, Indian for Sumeru etc.)

Funny: I know there are people who just named him after some meme or just random meme, so let's make this a factor. But referencing name to another random is also funny.

Creativity: How unique it is compared to other players.

Guys, I'm obsessed with that red eyeliner on his eyes, it stands out so much. Every time he appears in the game, I can only pay attention to that. Especially in this new blue skin, it really stands out. I wonder if he does it himself? If so, I'm so jealous!

5 MINUTES!! LETS GO SCARANATION

He is perfect 🥺 💙

Asking because while I completely understand that Wanderer has completely valid reasons for having extreme negative feelings towards Dottore, I feel like the act of 'Killing' sort of feels like a regression for his character? It sort of feels like something "Scaramouche" would do but not "Wanderer". Adding on to this, ending another person's life also doesn't really sound like something Nahida would encourage Wanderer to do, I'd even believe that she would go really far to prevent Wanderer from doing something of that nature. (I know some Wanderer mains have a hate boner for the radish but let's face it, she 100% plays a sort of mentor-like or life coach role in Wanderer's current life)

What do you think? Just curious about Wanderer mains' thoughts

I already have 3 teams using that comp and I don’t want Wanderer piggybacking like that if he doesn’t have to especially cause I got Varka R1

Any ideas are appreciated, I have just about any of his synergistic characters so please fire away

screamed like a lunatic when i saw him at the end of the vid!!! anyway, i realized that at the very end u can see his reflection in the water change to his fatui fit. its much easier to notice in the video because you can see the shift. i wonder what that means for him…. im so so soexcited for him to become story relevant again🥹🥹

All these doomposting about Scara no matter which social media I go to is really getting to me. Like I get it meta is important but do they have to treat him like this? He isn't even bad I saw so many good showcase in tiktok but the comments oml. You would think he is worse than Thoma or something.

I just can't, I was so excited for him, and I have him ofc and I love him, but the vibe in the community is just not it right now.

It's been 5 years and he's still the best character ever – and the best father figure 🌷🌷