there's this thing called “the house of the hearth” that explores the predatory nature & grooming children are subjected to by the fatui, and arlecchino, a character not much older than lyney freminet etc being both a victim of this & the one continuing it just doesn't reflect as
I love that Phainon's story answers one of the most important questions in existentialism, "In a world that is doomed to destruction, a life that only leads to death, why should we keep on fighting? Why should we hope?"
always a shock to me how childe is shown to be bored out of his mind during any meeting longer than one minute meanwhile it's canon that he sat through every single night listening to zhongli talk for hours about the perfect tea leaf length for brewing during the liyue arc
As it happens, my sex ed teacher DID talk about blue balls. Made sure to tell us that it's not as big a deal as men say it is and not to let them talk us into things we didn't want to do because of it :)