(notship) hey everyone! in order to save this acct for specifically ninggui posting, i decided to make a new account for posting about guizhong&co! it's @guizhongscholar and i would love to see you over there! ill have a pinned post and everything soon 🤍
Im so stupid In my folly I forgot to check the citations I had for my timeline and as such didn't see that Stone Tablet Compilations Vol 1 clearly says that Guizhong set up the ballista
For reference, it's likely that Guizhong did NOT build the ballista herself, and that she merely designed it, and CR tweaked the design and built it after the move to Liyue Harbor.
@LonelyHogyoku THIS IS SO INTERESTING because i always saw the ballista as a goodwill gift meant to protect shanhui fort but after a while they agreed to move to guili plains together, i dont really have any evidence for this but it's just what "makes the most sense" in my head!
Every time I think of Guizhong's death, I think of how the adepti close to her might not have a proper time to mourn.
She was likely their first casualty in the assembly and one of the rulers.
They might have to act strong to not let the people panic.
[notship] I have Thoughts on this line and while its probably not something serious I do believe that zhongli will not get into rock and roll heaven when he keels over
@LonelyHogyoku Hmmm this is interesting but stone tablet compilations implies she built the ballista before the move to the guili plains+ whyd she build the ballista around there when zl only moved his people south of tianheng after gz's death? so many of her projects must be unfinished tho...
@reieepy @timelyguiskirk hi im the one that made the encyclopedia and i actually dont know where the motivation comes from it just comes upon me as if from a divinely appointed duty