@chezthoughts: Vodyanitsas designs is based on slavic mythology,alyoshas inspired by yakuts,Vesnas design references hungarian hussar and slavic mythology,Mityas inspired by the scientist dimtri,but danica being an Orca doesn't have any relation to slavic countries to my knowledge? orcas weren't even present in their mythologie. her name is present in mythology but her design doesn't have any relation to it. it makes her look rlly out of place #genshin #GenshinImpact

Ellies Bunny໒꒱ 👩🏼‍❤️‍💋‍👩🏻 :

Shes a orca, orcas are more common in cold water, and she traveled the world much like a real life orca who travels around many seas, but like i said they’re more common in COLD water, snezhnayah, the mountain in mondstad, and the moon region (i cant remember im a bit tired) is the only cold regions in genshin. Russians also keep orcas in captivity much like how the tsarista keeps danica as her maid, danicas open skirt is so she can do front kicks, thats how orcas mostly fight, using their tails as weapons to “kick”

yidhra :

theres a 9 yo cat girl whos a bartender

drew :

Orcas appear in russian and countries bordering russia seas, to be exact transient orcas

Sadie 🦢😢 :

im assuming because Orcas live in almost exclusively cold water like near Antarctica n stuff

I'm in HS :

Orcas? in Russia?

waƣue✶ :

Vodyanitsa's design is NOT based on slavic mythology 🥀🥀

😛 :

maybe because orcas live around russian waters, anyways not every character has to represent the nation

qal :

Cause shes not from snezhnaya she once said shes from other regions 🥀🫩

❤️‍🩹🕯️|| Xuanshi ||🕯️❤️‍🩹 :

“This animal isn’t unique purely to Russia so it couldn’t possibly fit a character in Russia” remember she traveled the world for a while by that logic? Just like fish tend to do? Similarly other characters should have the same problem by that logic; flowers aren’t unique purely to France(Emilie), wolves don’t exist purely on germany(razor and Varka), etc.

{~>Pyro Archon<~} :

Omg yeah I was so disappointed with Tsaritsa because she doesn’t have big Russian bear. Like I was expecting her to ride on it but she doesn’t has it what a disappointment from Hoyoverse. I hope they listen to us and brought Tsaritsa bear back that russian supposed to represent. Also they didn’t give her Vodka from her skill or burst like that’s very disheartening from Hoyoverse. It will look her like she larping in Russia I hope Hoyo fix this and give her a Vodka.

꒰ᐢᵒ̴̶̷̤³^ᐢ꒱ ᥒιkotιᥣᥣ ♡ ᥣᥱvι :

danica is from croatian mythology and appears in other slavic mythology by the way

Rokaiar Fire :

correction, vodyanitsa as a name is based on the mythological crwtaure from skavic mythology but her designs isnt. The mystical creatures she is based on are river imps not ocean ones. They do not have fish tails nor do they wear pearls, they symbolize the drowned ypng girls who just continue singing after their death. Vodyanitsas design is really bad when it comes to actual representation of slavic culture

Brushbug :

Russia isn't a landlocked country, like most other slavic countries. They can make a character based on an orca all they want because there are regions of Russia that has direct sea access. Also, Snezhnaya itself isn't landlocked. Would it be strange for a region like Fontaine to have an orca based character, because the surrounding sea life doesn't include orcas? Yes. But Danica is from a region that's: a) largely based on Russia, a non-landlocked country, b) not just slavic to begin with??? and c) still diverse and has characters from other nations, if less sparingly. Even so, her design can, as others have pointed out, be attributed to her leaving Snezhnaya and traveling, like orcas and other sea mammals tend to do. Other sea mammals just aren't known to be violent like orcas

Lightbulb💡 :

Ngl when k first saw the shes cast on the trailer I thought Danica was the only one that fit

Jaden_Man Is Alive :

Orca's live in large numbers off the eastern coast of Russia. Actually historically, indigenous cultures of the Russian far east, including the Chukchi, Yupik (Eskimo), Koryak, and Itelmen peoples, saw the orcas as sacred, powerful deities and an essential ally in the marine ecosystem. The Chukotka and Kamchatka believed that orcas were capable of shapeshifting. They believed that during winter when the sea froze that they turned into wolves (Lupus) to hunt reindeer on the tundra and return back to the sea once the ice melted. Harming or killing Orcas was strictly forbidden as they thought it would bring them catastrophic bad luck, bad weather or starvation to the village. The people also fed them and in return they drove other animals closer to the shore where it was easier for hunters to catch them. Before setting off on dangerous hunts they would throw offerings such as tobacco, meat, or carved amulets to gain the favour of the Orcas. Also. The "Whale Festival" (Pol'a) is a sacred, month-long traditional ritual celebrated by the Naukan people. And Orca's have geographical significance. So saying her design is random is just plain wrong. (And for those saying she is just from Snezhnaya are wrong. And those saying she's from another nation are wrong. On the genshin wiki. Her maternal side of the family has served the royal household for generations. While her father was a merchant from Sumeru)

♦️🎼𝕯𝖊𝖛-𝕻𝖔𝖝🎼♦️ :

since snezhnaya is largely based off of russia i dont see a problem with an orca at all since Orcas do infact live in russia

Ingrid🫍 :

there is an orca ecotype native to the sea of okhotsk they are called the Russian transients (sadly they are quite endangered) probably that's what she's referencing?

fischglubglubglub :

Vesna’s design references HUNGARIAN HUSSARS??? She looks nothing like them I didn’t even notice-

★ꪶꫀꪑꪮꪀ★ :

Vesna is a huszár?

anne :

There are orcas in Russian/northern waters, if you’re so hung up on danica being orca inspired then why aren’t you talking about polar bears in snezhnaya when the majority live in Canada?

Stalking Yokai :

Maybe bc it’s not just slavic countries 😀🙏

♡°~Razor No.1 fan~°☆ :

She is a maid and a servant to the tsaritsa. Her clothing style makes sense for her job role. And thats also like saying why is tartaglia and narwhals a thing? Because he fought one in the fontaine archon quest which is heavily important. Maybe we just havent gotten to the important part of the story with her yet. And thats like saying why is yaoyao and amber associated with bunnies? Its just an animal they like. Danica can maybe just like orcas

*ੈ✩‧₊˚Mentally not ok*ੈ✩‧₊˚ :

I did a bit of research, and I found that Danica in mythology is the one who opens the gate for the sun (the tsaritsa) and her surname Postelnitskaya, whish derives from postelnichiy (постельничий), in hystory was the chamberlaim to the Zar (hence the relationship between her and the Tsaritsa). So ig they made her design to signify her role as a maid (obvious ik) but as for rhe orca part, ig it's because orca's are killers, scary and all that, and Danica (apart from her role as maid) also fits as scary, strong, and all that (i don't remember if she actually was an assassin tho)

ᗢ ⲇⲛ𝖽ⲅⲩ.ϻⲇϻϻτ ᗢ :

I love her design the only thing that I hate is that mini skirt, like I’ve seen a lot of redesign and with a longer skirt she looks 10 times better (and I don’t usually gaf about mini skirt, but sometimes it’s ruin the design)

LilOrca🫍 :