To start with a bit of an unexpected spice, miHoYo celebrated an early birthday for everyone’s beloved librarian who has a touch of electro power, Lisa. The official Genshin Impact account threw in a flirty message that in less than a second sent the community into chaos, beside having a slightly ambiguous reference to potion-making that some players misread at first glance.
It started simple enough with the innocent “Happy Birthday, Lisa!” Soon, it quickly veered off towards suggestiveness. “Curious about what kind of potion I’m making? Why don’t you come closer and have a look for yourself, cutie?” with Lisa’s classic wink. The mention of “sweet dreams” and teasing about being a “little lab rat” continued with typical Lisa antics into which the fans wholeheartedly dig.
It was the date that set in motion the hilarious turn of events. One player, @yanqi_nxx, tweeted, “BYE I READ POTION AS PORN,” and the replies went into absolute pandemonium. The accidental misread would go viral instantly as a meme, with others joking about being “the first in their family to ever read this sentence” with respect to Lisa’s… suggestive dialogues.
Birthday wishes poured from every nook and cranny of the Genshin community. The replies came from dozens of accounts, all reciting variations of “Happy Birthday mommy Lisa” (yes, the whole mommy thing is a meme at this point) and declarations of love towards the purple witch. One enthusiast, @YukesVonFaust, took it even further with a resounding, all-caps statement: “THE QUEEN THAT SHE ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS 💖💖💖💖💖” because evidently, when you stan Lisa, you STAN Lisa.
However, not everyone was about those cake-baking days for the birthday spirit. @Ahmadmelhem01 gobbed off a blunt, “No happy birthday to her, she is useless,” which… okay then. @Hoeing360, on the other hand, took the opportunity to demand, “5star form when?” and well, buff asks didn’t cease, even on her birthday.
The original tweet then pointed players to go watch Lisa content over on the Genshin Impact TikTok account where miHoYo has been dropping video character intros. Smart, especially considering how thirsty (pun intended) the community gets for Lisa content. The electro mage perpetually works as one of the more talked about in the four-star category, all while her kit is pretty niche-proving that sometimes personality and design outweigh meta.
What makes this birthday truly special is just how perfectly that last bit displayed the genius of Genshin’s character-writing. Just from these few lines of text, Lisa’s flirty librarian character injects immediate recognition and reaction from the fans. The replies run the gamut from wholesome birthday wishes to insane simping to utterly unrelated gameplay complaints- pretty much a ten-second reflection of the Genshin community experience.
Being the day of, loads of Lisa fanarts, memes, appreciation posts, and all other kinds of good stuff are gonna flood social media. Dedicated pages including @lisadailyy are probably already planning huge birthday tribute threads as we speak. Midnight can almost guarantee five “Lisa appreciation post” threads on the Genshin Impact subreddit.
If ever you have stopped short of building Lisa, this might be the perfect excuse to finally get to leveling your C6 you’ve put aside. At the very least, the immersion re-playing that story quest and listening to the iconic voice acting in full glory would be highly worth it. Just maybe don’t take any mysterious potions she offers you… unless that’s your kind of fun.
The tweet presently sits into the hordes of likes and retweets standing for another testimony to just how far Genshin characters have inspired the fanbase even years after launch. To another year of Lisa’s dangerous experiments and dangerously low-cut outfits- may miHoYo never nerf her charm.
