#<<<< !??!!?? OH MY GOD???? HELLO HOYOVERSE!!!!!!!!

[blazingblorbos]

OHH SHIT ?!?!   SHE KILLIN IT

(Beta footage; not representative of the real game)

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

EVERY SINGLE POINT HITS!!! The softness without repercussions, the familiarity and comfortableness in each other’s presence in their shared home, the sitting DYNAMICS?? How now they are truly unequivocally equals and can fully accept this on both parts (looking at you kaveh).

I would like to say that the question kaveh asks in his old sketchbook: "I mean, I wouldn't call this a bad thing... But how did things turn out like this? That guy definitely wouldn't take me in for no reason and without expecting anything... But what could I possibly do for him?" Has been answered.

Alhaitham sees kaveh as an essential part of his life, and here i think we see kaveh also seeing this with this newfound understanding between them - but not only seeing it, but accepting it and returning the sentiment, oh ill lie down for a while….

The improvement in alhaitham and kaveh’s relationship post-parade of providence is TANGIBLE!!! I’ll talk about things of note from cyno's story quest 2 before posting my deep diving into what this all means for them <3

Firstly, kaveh’s appearance in the tavern being to pick up his order of wine, only to show his parting from the traveller, to ask lambad whether his order includes ‘the coffee beans’ – which is a direct reference to his 2023 bday letter in which he and alhaitham test coffee beans together for his birthday, and now, canonically, this can be observed as a common practice for the two of them – this is symbolic of domesticity, as the two only do this outside of the player’s sight, confined to the privacy of their home.

Alhaitham’s introduction within this quest is waking the traveller up (to which they ignore haikaveh and honestly, valid) due to their discovery of the temple of silence – and I think this is a little self-indulgent on my part, but I think it’s Interesting that tighnari mentions that the tent paimon picks is prone to being stumbled into by ‘sleepwalking fungi’, which prompts cyno to encourage the traveller to safeguard their tent with a weapon. Paimon comments on the improbability they will be attacked or woken up by uninvited guests, and lo and behold, haikaveh turn up – implying they are the sleepwalking fungi? it’s reminiscent of alhaitham’s story quest where alhaitham questions if kaveh would devolve into a fungus, to which kaveh replies he would be a fungus with empathy… if this is at all deliberate, it’s a really cute parallel!!

The completely unnecessary flashback scene in haikaveh’s house, it’s purely there to showcase the development of their relationship - there was no need to animate something that could have been exposition?

(The scene is established with alhaitham reading a book with kaveh offscreen preparing snacks and wine for the two of them, and when kaveh enters, alhaitham puts the book down and directly engages with kaveh’s conversation with a CRIMINAL smile on his face. Kaveh continues the conversation whilst sitting on the table, which shows his comfort and familiarity within the house? With alhaitham? This is also heightened when he leans back on the table during the conversation. Alhaitham is shown thinking about the case and kaveh offers to draw the emblem on the paper of the extortion letter – when kaveh turns his back to do so, their conversation is halted, and only then does alhaitham bring out the book again, but there is a deliberate still on his face as he looks UP from his book to look at kaveh sketching? There was no need for this.!!.>!!!

When kaveh returns to show alhaitham the sketch, the book is gone again, and the previous distance between them is closed – kaveh sits on the table in front of alhaitham, and this creates an intimacy as the two directly face each other. this couldn’t have been established solely by sitting next to each other on the divan. Alhaitham smiles at the sketch and notes that he recognises it, to which kaveh smiles(!!!) at and questions this. Alhaitham recognises the ARCHITECTURAL signets within the symbol, which not only relates back to their joint thesis but also their character concepts as mirrors, as alhaitham appropriates kaveh’s architecture, and kaveh has appropriated alhaitham’s language – which suggests a balance between the two.)

Alhaitham and kaveh working together to identify the emblem to be that of the temple of silence acts as the catalyst for the chain of events within the story quest

Kaveh quipping at alhaitham keeping the salary of the acting grand sage – but with no animosity behind it!??? his last expression during this dialogue honestly looks exasperated but in a fond way…. Im ill….

Alhaitham and kaveh looking at each other when discussing how the case doesn’t make sense… just alhaitham and kaveh looking at each other and deliberating over the other’s thoughts… finally… listening to each other and working together…

The additional (HIDDEN) scene in the house of daena where they begin researching, with alhaitham commenting that he will look for texts pertaining to the temple of silence, to which kaveh says it will take too long, and then agreeing to help alhaitham, without alhaitham having to ask, which demonstrates their improved synergy. Kaveh asks alhaitham how to teach him in gaining information on the sly, to which alhaitham DOES but teases him about it at the same time, but so fondly... I would say this scene mirrors the additional scene in the archon quest, with kaveh talking to alhaitham by the bookshelves and accusing him of stirring trouble in sumeru, while alhaitham appears bitter that kaveh was in the desert during the overturning of the sages. There is a distinct shift in their relationship here – in the past, the two missed an opportunity to work together, whereas here they are voluntarily banding together (which ive discussed here)

COFFEE MENTION 2! Alhaitham mentions how he wants to drink coffee, to which kaveh laments that he wasn’t able to bring any from home. When using nahida’s skill on them, alhaitham can be seen thinking about wanting coffee,,, and then kaveh is thinking about how to get to coffee to them by using mehrak. Even their thoughts are working in tandem??? This contrasts with their individual thoughts in alhaitham’s story quest, where kaveh is thinking about how alhaitham was being vindictive towards kaveh drunkenly writing on the bulletin boards, and labelling alhaitham as having ‘terrible thoughts’, all the while alhaitham is thinking about how dusty the bookshelves are… the progress is STARTLING

When the group reconvene in the house of daena, alhaitham and kaveh have progressed their research on their own accord and based on what naphis has told them. When explaining, the two complete each other’s sentences, and this rounds off with alhaitham conjecturing that the goal of the assailant was to get cyrus to see the letter, which makes kaveh realise cyno’s motivations, and for alhaitham then to ascertain cyrus’s whereabouts. Naphis then assigns alhaitham and kaveh to be in charge of the house of daena, to which they both agree, and alhaitham… smiles? With so much pride? WE GET IT YOU’RE WORKING TOGETHER!!!! SHUT!!!

Cyno and tighnari mention TWICE how essential it is that kaveh and alhaitham worked together, with mentioning how imperative it was that kaveh spotted the emblem and that alhaitham connected it to the temple of silence, and then how alhaitham gave tighnari advice on desert cultural traditions, which aligned with kaveh’s experiences with desert tribes, which gives tighnari the idea to turn the tables on the temple of silence

Returning to the house of daena, cyno highlights that it is STRANGE that kaveh and alhaitham are working together, in that he is surprised to see them studying together? This draws further attention to the unlikeliness of the situation, and that this MEANS something in regard to their relationship!

Kaveh stressing about having to pack away their copious research materials, only for alhaitham to reassure him that there’s ‘no rush’… so gentle

Cyno and tighnari thanking alhaitham and kaveh for WORKING TOGETHER as it allowed them to find a swift and good outcome

COFFEE MENTION 3! Cyno offering to take everyone for coffee, which alhaitham agrees to, and kaveh agreeing to, although he says that because of the last few days, he’ll order something different (confirming that alhaitham has the caffeine tolerance of a tank and kaveh gets caffeine jitters thank u @ hoyo). On the table the two were studying, two trays of a pair of coffee cups and coffee brewers can be seen… the same that can be seen in their house??? Meaning they brought their domesticity to the library with them… and they also sat across from each other, which reminds me of how kaveh sat in front of alhaitham in their house, rather than next to him…

Kaveh and alhaitham sitting next to each other in the café <333

KAVEH CALLING THE HOUSE ‘HOME’ TO ALHAITHAM??? IN FRONT OF THEIR FRIENDS?? This is a big contrast to kaveh in a parade of providence and alhaitham’s story quest who hated to having admit such a thing. And then alhaitham AGREEING that the house is ‘HOME’, and again their thoughts align with ‘my thoughts exactly’. Alhaitham and kaveh leaving together, to the house of daena (where they met, where it ended, and where they have been shown to bond together in this quest) and then back to their shared ‘home’... oh......

from this, kaveh no longer seems defensive or reserved in front of alhaitham, and makes no notion of criticising alhaitham, offering to help alhaitham into researching, and even asking alhaitham to teach him something he deems as a useful skill which he lacks. he openly takes onboard alhaitham's views on the case and responds in kind in order to come to a resolution. he actively makes time in his day to spend with alhaitham, seen in them enjoying snacks/wine/coffee together and talking about his day. he describes the house they share as a 'home', which, for kaveh, is imperative to his character due to his loss of family (which ive posted about here)

alhaitham, similarly, is less critical of kaveh, and this is because a seemingly resolved miscommunication between them. he is receptive to, and encourages, kaveh to communicate with him when it comes to things that kaveh believes to be noteworthy, actively focussing solely on kaveh, rather than his book, when kaveh initiates conversation. he equally seems to enjoy this time spent with kaveh, as he is seen nowhere else but by kaveh's side during this story quest, wanting (kaveh's) coffee within the library which would establish a familiar and domestic setting elsewhere outside of their home. when leaving his group of friends at puspa's, saying that it's him 'done for the day', he retreats with kaveh, back to their shared 'home'

overall, alhaitham and kaveh's relationship has improved VASTLY since their first interaction in the archon quest. there seems to be an understanding between them now and this results in comfort and familiarity where they used to be miscommunication and snipes, and there appears to be a balancing of their viewpoints as they appreciate in the other what was once viewed as mirror opposites never to align, being that of language and architecture. a sense of harmony(?) balance(?) has been established here, and this is shown to be the ideal course of their reconciliation. im so weak......

[hunnieknight]

Hoyoverse is now making these

Here some new hsr merch

OH MY GOD-

HELLO??? SAMPO AND B. SWAN????

They gon hop happily on my table and imma eat them up

Also, they are quite big for a finger puppet, maybe that's the normal size and i'm just not used to see the big ones.

[pokilicious]

SPOILERS FOR 2.1 TRAILBLAZE QUEST!!

Just finished the new update quest and oh my god what a quest!! So here are some of my thoughts!

I already liked Aventurine and now I like him even more! We got to know a lot about his past and motivations and it honestly made him one of my favorite characters of the game! Can we talk about how amazing his boss fight was? The mechanics and his design were pretty cool and I had to retry two times and change teams, but once I got used to the fight, it went on without a hitch! We get more Aventurine and Dr. Ratio interaction and I always love that, they have great chemistry and I hope we get to see more of them as the story grows! Also, if I had a nickel for every time a character from a Hoyoverse game I liked had a boss form with a mask, then I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot but I find it funny that it happened twice

Now onto Acheron! I thought Acheron was an emanator of Nihility ever since we knew she was an emanator and I'm so happy I got that right! She's still mysterious but I think we also learned a lot about her, even if I still haven't processed enough to have quality thoughts about it lol, we also got Acheron and Welt interaction and I didn't personally played a lot of HI3 but I could imagine the reactions of those who played lmao

WE GOT BOOTHILL'S VOICE IN GAME BABYYYY!! Not gonna lie, I thought he was going to sound a bit different, but I liked what we got hehe can't wait to roll for him and get another DPS for my collection lmao

I KNEW SAM WAS FIREFLY!! I SAID IT AND IT WAS TRUE I'M SO HAPPY AAAAAAAAAHHHH! The exchange between Sam and Acheron, Sam saving us from Aventurine's attack, the reveal! Everything was perfect!! Can't wait to see how them being the same person will affect gameplay!

And lastly, the whole exchange between Sunday and Gallagher??? Hello??? What was that???? Someone died and I'm not sure who it was? Like I was so shocked with the whole thing in general that I couldn't really comprehend what happened at the time lmao guess I have to wait to see someone's gameplay lol

All in all? An amazing quest that really hypes the next updates to come, really excited to see what happens next and how everything we learned so far will fit together

[herrscherrofyatta]

Trouble on set

Pairing: Tomo x F!reader

cw: brief spoilers for the Sumeru quests, a sprinkle of Kazuha x reader here and there, pining, fluff, contains future spoilers for the everlasting series, slight angst? harassment towards the reader towards the end

summary: after filming the second to last part of sumeru's chapter, you and your co stars sit down and chat about the recent events

a/n: for the modern au event

Tears are spilling from Scaramouche's eyes as he looks at your tired e/c eyes that look up at him with nothing but love for him as your lips part slightly.

"...I love you Kuni."

You say and with that, your eyes close. Taking your last breath as Scaramouche sat there, staring as tears continued to fall, "....Y/n?"

He calls out, shaking you gently, "no.... don't—don't do this to me too. Please.... don't leave me!" He grits his teeth, pulling out the gnosis and pressing it into your chest just as you did before but your body no longer accepts it.

After several attempts, he throws the item to the side, cradling your body in his arms as he sobs, burying in face in your neck as your head hangs back. His body shakes as his cries grow louder.

"...i—i love you too." He knew his words meant nothing if you couldn't hear them, you always showered him with affection like a real sister for decades and the one time he finally returned it, it was too late.

"And cut. You two did well, I don't think we need to redo this scene."

A voice is heard as Scaramouche looks up as his face is still wet with tears and you open your eyes, wincing at the bright light above you two.

"Get cleaned up and have a break." Scaramouche helps you up, as you give him a smile.

"Good job." You tell him as he nods, still in character as you two walk off the set and immediately your friend come over to you two.

"You two did so well! Everyone was tearing up." Nahida says and some of your co-workers nod at her words.

"I'll see you two later." Scaramouche raises a hand at you two before working off, wiping his face and you and Nahida walk back to where the rest of your friends are.

"I think this is my favorite scene." You smile at this, "that's what you said during the fight scene between me and Tomo."

She giggles, "this one tops it, that scene is my second favorite."

You sigh at this, remembering how the filming for that was a bit difficult but it's done.

"You did a great job back there." Aether says as you two arrive in the break room where everyone else who was a part of this season.

"Thanks, me and Scara practiced to nail it in one go. To think we'll be done with this season but you still have like 5 more to go." You laugh as Aether sighs.

"yeah. Oh, did you get your script for the interlude?" Shaking your head, "no, I remember Hoyoverse saying that they would give us a break for a week or so. I'll probably get it soon though but I doubt I'll get any more scenes, they killed off my character."

The blonde shrugs his shoulders, handing you a cup of coffee, "you never know. Maybe they'll keep you around because of your great acting skills and maybe because of the whole romance with your character and Tomo's too, I have a feeling like it's not quite done."

Nahida sits down, going over her script as you and Aether continue talking.

"Oh! Speaking of Tomo, I promised him and Kazuha that the three of us would watch this part of the season when it aired."

The director didn't call you and scaramouche to redo the scene so you were free till the next filming.

A month later, you were recovering from an incident during filming, nothing too serious but it hurt like hell and your phone rings so you stand up to answer it, careful not to hurt your wrist.

"Hello?"

"Y/n! Hello, are you still up to watch the new episode tonight?" It was Kazuha, you smile at this, you two have been in many films together and are very close friends.

"Tonight? What day is it....." You look at your calendar and your eyes widen, "oh my god, I forgot about today, I've been so busy but yes I'm still down. Is Tomo coming as well?"

Tomo, another one of your friends and you two met through Kazuha, who also happened to be acting as your character's love interest in Genshin Impact.

"Yeah, he'll be arriving earlier than me at your place."

And just like Kazuha said, the blonde did ring your door bell two hours later and you let him. Making sure he was comfortable on the couch, you prepared some drinks, placing the tray on the small coffee table and handing him a drink. Your eyes take a good look at the blonde, noticing that he still hasn't cut his long hair since it was still in it's ponytail.

"You didn't cut it," you finally say.

"Well, you said you liked it long." He says before taking a sip, "plus, I think I'll still be acting for Hoyoverse and I have a feeling you will too." He smiles at you and you could feel the heat grow on your face at this, turning away from him as you walk out the living room.

"Oh really?"

He hums, "keeping you for a couple more episodes would give them more benefits.....so can you tell what happens?"

Rolling your eyes, you scoff, "be patient, I'm sure it'll be a ride for you."

He sits up in surprise, "wait! Don't tell me they killed you off?!"

"pfft—" you cover your laugh at this, "no—they would never!" You say sarcastically, not wanting to spoil it for him and so two hours later, Kazuha walked in to find you two in a heated conversation about your characters.

"No but like, we still need to film the festival they first met at! They can't just leave it like that between them!" Tomo says as you chuckle before taking a sip of your water, "we'll be letting the shippers down."

Chuckles at this, you say, "with you as their leader, I'm sure you'll all manage just fine." Tomo gives you an unimpressed look.

"Well, it's not our decision plus I think they'll be alright. I mean, have you read some of the fanfiction they write? Sometimes I think it's better than the official story and that says a lot." You point as Kazuha stands at the doorway, seems like neither of you noticed him quite yet.

"Yeah that's good and all but—"

"But if our characters keep going, Hoyoverse was bound to—"

"No! Listen! Remember their other series, the one you were a part of a couple years back, Honkai Impact—"

You laugh at this, remembering the role you played, "doesn't mean they're gonna let our characters live happily ever after, Tomo, remember that they're on the opposite side. A Harbinger and a wandering samurai who's an orphan."

He sighs in frustration, "still, I hope they give them the happy ending they deserve at least."

Shrugging your shoulders at this, you look away from the man in front of you and look to the side, "how long have you been standing?"

Tomo spits out his drink, looking at him, "dude, stop creeping around like that!"

Kazuha laughs at this, "you two sure do act like a married couple, talking about your favorite characters."

You roll your eyes at this, "everyone says that about us, lots of traffic?"

Kazuha hums, "yes and looks like I arrived on time." You and Tomo look at the time in sync, seeing that there was a few minutes for the episode to air.

The three of you go to the living room, getting comfortable on the couch and turning on the TV. Making sure none of your schedules were packed for the next day, it was like a tradition to sit and binge watch all the new episodes on the day one comes out.

"They better not leave us on a cliffhanger again." Tomo comments as you play the episode released today, Kazuha leans back as you put your knees up to your chest, face snuggling into a pillow and Tomo stares at the screen in anticipation.

The episode starts off where the last had ended, your hand brushes against Kazuha, making you glance at him and he looks at you.

He sees you shake your head slightly and he gets what you're hinting at so he glances over to the blonde whose eyes are glued to the screen.

"He'll be alright." He whispers, giving you a smile as you look at him a bit worried, brows furrow. "I gave it my best for my last scene....I just hope he won't be too disappointed." You whisper back, he reaches up to push a strand of hair behind your ear before gently flickering your forehead.

"You did great."

"We haven't even gotten to that scene —"

"But you're acting so well," he gestures to the screen as you look at it, watching as you appear from thin air in front of Nahida, catching the dendro archon by surprise.

"No way she managed to rip out the gnosis from the archon!? Signora style too!" Tomo yells, you and Kazuha brink at this before letting out a quiet laugh.

"Yeah, he'll be alright." You smile at Kazuha and you two go back to watching.

Let's say the night ended with Tomo being in shock, staring at the screen as the credits played out with vocal singing in Latin, one heard in the fight, now more clearly meant to represent your character's emotions.

"...I'll get the guests room ready." You say, going up the stairs, leaving the two men by themselves. The next morning, you were making breakfast when Kazuha woke up, saying he wanted to help.

Tomo slept in a little late and only woke up from hearing your laughter from downstairs and going down to go see what was making you laugh that hard, he freezes up at the sight of Kazuha and you close together in front of the stove, backs turned to him.

He watches a little while before retreating back to his room, sighing, it was no secret that he was head over heels for you, every single one your friends knew and it was completely obvious too.

He had met you on set, he was new to the crew when he first saw you in person, talking with a smile to the guy that plays Scaramouche, the way you two interact he would have mistaken you as a couple. But he had heard that Scaramouche was like a brother to you, known each other since childhood but Kazuha....he had heard so much from him. Highschool friends to be exact.

He wouldn't be surprised if the white haired male had feelings for you, hell, anyone would and he wouldn't see a chance to be with you since you were constantly surrounded by amazing, better people than him.

Standing in the middle of the room, gripping his fists, he was nothing but a guy who got lucky enough to get a big role while you were someone with experience, talent and big celebrities chasing after you.

why would you bat an eye at his feelings?

A knock at the door snaps him out of his thoughts, "Tomo, are you up? Breakfast is ready." Your voice is muffled as he sighs before answering.

"Oh, I'm starving!" He exclaims, opening the door as you look up at him, staring at him for a moment before looking away.

"We should hurry or Kazuha is going to eat everything." You say, joking, walking away before Tomo grabs a hold of your hand, making you turn around, confused.

"Tomo? What's wrong?"

He stares, hesitating before letting you go. "No, it's nothing. Sorry."

You two stand there before Kazuha's voice calls out, making you two go downstairs.

—

" Actress Y/n L/n who plays an important character in Season 3 of the hit series 'Genshin Impact' is confirmed to be dating Actor Kaedehara Kazuha who also is a part of the same series. The two have been seen together on a date, holding hands at a famous cafe— "

Tomo's heart drops at this, dropping his phone and it makes a loud noise that makes a few people give him weird looks. Picking it up, he checks the pictures taken and can't believe it.

It was you two in the picture, it didn't seem to be photoshopped and—

"What are you looking at?" He jumps at the sounds of your voice beside him, his phone slipping from his hands as you catch it, raising a brow at the news.

"...." You don't say anything, simply staring at the screen before calling out to Kazuha. "Hey Kazu."

"Yes?"

His head pops out from a corner, munching on a cookie, "when did we start dating?" Kazuha takes a bite of his food before shrugging his shoulders.

"I dunno, you tell me."

Waving at him to come over, he does, and you show him, he doesn't look fazed.

"This again?" He asks as you sigh, "I'm afraid so." You two look at Tomo who was quiet this whole time.

".....did you fall for this?" He shakes his head.

Kazuha begins to explain everything, the context of the photo, saying it was taken when you and him snuck out to get something to eat during break. "Look, we're in our costumes and the reason why Kazuha was holding my hand was because the heels I wore were too hard to walk in properly."

Tomo mentally sighs at this, relieved, "also we're the main leads for this romance series so there's that." He freezes up as you hand him back his phone.

Neither of you notice prying eyes watching from a distance.

The day goes on, a couple retakes on scenes here and there when it was time for lunch, you and your friends decide to eat together inside so you quickly went to your trailer to get your food.

The heels you wore made a sound with each step you took, "excuse me," an eerie voice came from behind you, making you tense up and glance back to see a man who you didn't recognize.

"are you lost? I can bring security to accompany you to the exit." You stopped walking, not wanting to show this man where your trailer was in case he tried to come back later.

"No...no, I'm not lost. In fact, I already found what I'm looking for." He says in a creepy way, his face was red with sweat the longer he stared at you.

"What do you—?!" Your eyes widened as he grabbed a hold of your wrist, pulling you towards him as you struggled against his hold.

"Let go of me!" You shout, but his grip on your wrist that was still recovering from an acting incident, tightens as you wince and he sees this as an opportunity to wrap his other arm around your waist.

"You're finally mine—"

—

Tomo looks at the time, it's been a few minutes since you left to get your lunch and Kazuha seems to notice this too. Standing up, he and Tomo begin to head to find you at your trailer but to their surprise, an unfamiliar man had you in his grasp as you struggled against him. Quickly running over, Kazuha calls for security, you continue to push the man off as he leans in to try to kiss you.

"Let me go!?" You raise your knee and hit him where the sun doesn't sun as his grip on your falters and Tomo quickly pulls you behind him, he could feel your hands grip his shirt with fear.

"You bitch!" The man says, glaring up at him. "You'll pay!"

Tomo glares at him, "you have to get through me first."

Kazuha rushes over with a couple security guards, "and before you can get to him, you need to get through security." He says as the buff, talk men pick up the creep who kept trying to tell you things.

"None of you understand! Me and her are destined together! We're going to get married and have children—"

You pull back tomo who is trying so hard not to punch this guy who was creeping you out.

"None of you will get in the way of our true love!"

The security guards roll their eyes at this as you see Tomo turn to you and you give him a confused look before he leans in, pressing his lips to yours.

"What the hell!? Let go of my precious Y/n! We're supposed to be together —"

Your face is red as Tomo pulls away, "together my ass, we've been dating for a long time so she's mine." He flips him off as the man gets dragged off, still saying things.

The blonde sighs, as Kazuha goes to your side, looking around for any injuries and he notices that your hands are shaking slightly.

Being harassed was nothing to you but someone getting that close to you as new, he's been there to see and luckily to protect you but to think someone sneaked in to look especially for you was terrifying.

"Thank you," you finally say, "if you hadn't.....I couldn't imagine what that man would've done." Tomo frowns, placing a hand in your back.

"You did all the work, hitting him in the balls." He smiles when a smile cracks in your face at this. Your face heats up as he wraps his arm around your shoulder as he leads you inside while Kazuha goes to talk with security.

"...sorry for not asking." You glance up to see how red his cheeks were before looking down, flustered as he was.

"...it's not like we haven't kissed before...on set." You mumble, "..I kinda liked it." Stuttering in your words, you refuse to look up at Tomo, afraid of his reaction.

He coughs, "...me too, every single one." If your face couldn't heat up even more at his confession, it did.

Nahida looks up from her book to see you two walk in, speechless to see you two holding hands with flustered faces but smiles to herself.

It was about time you two figured out your feelings.

Tomo: So whose idea was it to show that scene to parallel Ei and Makoto's?

You: well....you see—

Masterlist

[kazumist]

hiya!!

DUDE I HAVENT SENT A MESSAGE FOR SO LONG SO IM SORRY 🥲🥲 anywayy you really outdid yourself on the childe smau!! HSUABHSH like how r u so creative man.. AND YOU WERE ACTUALLY RIGHT ABOUT ME FINDING LOVE??? (but its not easy cause of his ex + drama ☹️) he’s a zhongli typa guy but with brainrot humour and he likes to game 🤓.. (+ he’s got that cash 🤑) ANYWAY im js yapping about myself atp 💀💀 SO HRU?? I HOPE YOURE DOING GOOODD!!! RMB TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND STAY HYDRATED CS IK HOW HOT IT IS IN THE PHILIPPINES!!! DONT PRESSURE YOURSELF TO WRITE IF YOU DONT FEEL LIKE IT!!

lots of love, s. 💗

(p.s: is it okay if i yap to you about what happened/the drama? i REALLY want to but i don’t wanna overstep 😓😓)

OH MY GOD HELLO??? THATS SO ADORABLE CONGRATS

ngl i dont think i could compare mine with a genshin character but one thing i can say is that hes also a gamer (just imagine wonwoo from svt but make it a nerd for hoyoverse games + taylor swift and other random hyperfixations) 🤓🤓🤓 ALSO omg feel free im so seated for that type of story hehehe

[crystallinestars]

Hello again!

I do remember talking about shipping as activism a while back, though it's important to keep in mind I'm not from the USA, nor from any English speaking country, I just spend an egregious amount of time in English speaking communities haha

But yeah, I've noticed this trend where some subsections of the fandom will get super attached to their HCs / interpretations and actively preach about it like it's their god-given duty to make sure as many unfortunate souls become the next victims of their "rightful" wrath, basically becoming the blorbo police in a way. I do feel like this could be called activism: there's a lot of focus on identity and a thirst for representation in media so they latch onto the closest thing available (fandom) and engage in discourse. Maybe because many people feel powerless to make any meaningful change 'IRL'?

I was thinking about that (again) the other day and I found a few reasons why this 'activism' always bewilders me, especially with games like HSR or Genshin

1) I feel like there's a CRUCIAL difference to make between "this game / character or whatever is a source of comfort for me as a person with x identity" and "this game is actively and obviously trying to give us representation and you're a fool and probably a x-phobe not to see it". Call this "semantics" all you want, Words mean Things (wowzers), and it's just basic courtesy to communicate intent clearly, instead of always parroting the same 3 tiktok one-liners to sound witty. There's also a difference between headcanons, interpretation, subtext, etc.

2) We've already talked about this but for the love of god can we please please please stop arbitrarily categorizing behaviours, clothes, ways of speaking and so on as "OBVIOUSLY ROMANTIC IN NATURE" or whatever? I'm begging on my hands and knees, this is a very slippery slope. I understand making silly little jokes but past a certain point it's unclear whether or not people are serious about this.

3) This one is a bit different and not exactly limited to this subject but recently I've found myself getting slightly irritated whenever there are analyses / metas without sources, especially when said analyses aim at proving a point using specfic information. Blame it on the uni student in me who's had to write way too many stupid essays, but whenever I see claims like "x flower or whatever symbolises x thing in x culture, therefore it's proof that x thing in x media is x", even if the analysis is interesting, I always want to ask the person where they found that information, so I could educate myself on the subject. Maybe I'm a bit too pessimistic on this but part of me always feels like the person deliberately cherry-picked what suited their interpetation, especially if they later say things like "look it up yourself". Idk,I'd just like to see if these analyses are the product of a genuine research or if they just heard someone on Twitter say it and ran with it.

4) Tbh I find that the way Hoyoverse goes about things is not that different from the way kpop singers are told to act to appeal to the audience. I 100% agree with you when you say that "attractiveness" is one of the most important factors as to why some characters are ppopular. And since I get the same vibes between Hoyoverse and kpop, I'd say that latching onto something like that for representation is kinda setting yourself up for failure down the line. Like, I'm sorry but if tiny crumbs mostly born in the fandom are enough to quench your thirst for representation, then the bar is truly in hell

And Aventurine. Oh Aventurine. I hope I won't sound too angry when I say this but looord was the fandom annoying these past few updates. This is linked to point 2) but I HATED every second of it whenever I saw people say things like "omg Aventurine acted sleazy / told a man his marble bust is handsome, it's obviously proof he's gay and the biggest whore in all of HSR because no straight man would say that!!!!" 😐 I don't even care if people want to HCs him as gay (by all means, do whatever you'd like) but allow to present an alternative: you know what kind of man would speak like that? Someone who's overacting the harmful stereotypes associated with his tribe as a defense mechanism of sorts against the whole world. Kind of like "you want me to be the crafty, smooth-talking and capricious Avgin? That's what I'll show you". Idk, I feel like THAT'S a much more sensible reasoning than the hormones driven screeches aforementioned.

Like seriously, is it y'all's first time reading a story like that?? Some people took one look at the character with a suspicious tattoo on his neck that SUSPICIOUSLY looks like the word "slave" and decided he was the fuckboy trope. Then 2.1 came and they had the gall to be surprised pikachu face when it was revealed that "yeah this is really a slave brand and Aventurine is Not Doing Well Mentally" (I saw posts where people said they were surprised this character wasn't as smooth and flirty and whatever as they had thought, like do you want me to applaud you for thinking with your brain for the first time in months or what??)

Anyway, I apologize for the sudden anger, I needed to get this off my chest.

Regarding translation issues, I do know a few things about translation as a whole but this ask is already getting long so maybe I'll talk about this another time 😅

In the meantime, I'm happy to see you and all the others catching a win with the lack of Kaveh in the banner! I do hope it'll continue in the same direction in the future

Also, I've talked a lot on here so maybe I should choose an emoji to sign my asks? If it's not taken could I use this one 🪻?

Hello 🪻 anon! Long time no see ☺️

Wow, you're not from an English-speaking country? With how eloquent your English is and how knowledgeable you are about Western fandom issues, you had fooled me haha.

A lot of the sexuality gatekeeping and preaching about x character being ___ sexuality or ___ -coded is a form of activism, for sure. As I said before, Americans in particular have a tendency to drag politics into every aspect of their lives, even foreign entertainment.

It's hard to say why some people act like morality police when someone disagrees with their headcanons or interpretations. Perhaps it's as you say--they feel powerless to make a change in the real world. A part of me also thinks they're virtue signaling; meaning, they show support for various causes for the sake of looking like a good person in front of others.

Regarding your frustration with the lack of a reliable source in analysis posts, I would say you're right to be wary of how factual the posts actually are. People generally make such posts to give their headcanons more weight. Basically, trying to prove their headcanons are right/correct. Cherry-picking is to be expected of such posts. I'm sure there are some well-researched, factual posts presenting a good analysis, but I find that those are mainly present in lore discussions. Maybe I'm being too negative, but I honestly don't expect anything good from fandom anymore. I am too jaded.

Your 4th point though lmao. The bar truly is in hell 😂 I get that there isn't a lot of representation in media, much less good rep, but Mihoyo's games aren't it, man... there are better sources of rep that this.

THE AVENTURINE BIT! I feel you on that so much!!!! LORD.

Mischaracterization in the name of shipping is a staple of fandom culture at this point. Your analysis of Aventurine's behaviors is spot on, but people like to view character actions and words through shipping lenses to try and find any crumb to support their headcanons. It's more fun to paint everything a character does as further support for their ship/headcanon than it is to appreciate who the character actually is.

The way Aventurine (And Childe. They massacred my boy) was quickly reduced to a flirty fuckboy hurts me to this day. After 2.0 story quest, people quickly came to the conclusion he was some perverted playboy, and proceeded to treat him the way they usually treat characters under the fuckboy trope: depict him in abusive situations. I saw so much fanart of Aventurine being collared and leashed, of being beaten black and blue, yet look like he's enjoying it. He was treated like a masochistic punching bag. While I love me some art of characters being roughed up, it really didn't suit Aventurine. Especially not after we just learned he was a slave, his race was murdered, and the Avgin people are discriminated against based on harmful stereotypes. But people seemed to have missed that?

The surprise pikachu moment they had when 2.1 dropped had me sitting there like:

Really? It was hinted at back in 2.0 that his backstory was rough, so it was no surprise he carries a lot of trauma and isn't as confident and cocky as he makes himself out to be. However, it seems like people really didn't pick up on that, or didn't understand the gravity behind it all. It felt like they and I read entirely different stories.

Idk, it's probably moments like these why Genshin has Paimon 😐

The small Kaveh win we had was worthy of celebration, but Mihoyo will never let their favorite shippers starve. They're already over-analyzing the camera panning between Haitham and Kaveh in Cyno's quest, as well as Sethos's voiceline about them. They do not rest.

Apologies for going off on a tangent again. I'm so happy there's someone else who picked up on Aventurine's trauma since the very start of the story 😭 It really felt like I was the only one. Ever since meeting him, there was something about him that made me want to hug and comfort him, but seeing all the abusive art just felt bad. It's much better now, thankfully.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by! It's always fun to read your messages since you have a lot of great insights. Hope you have a great day/evening whever you are, 🪻 Anon!

[ayoharuko]

New Beginnings (Wanderer x Fem Reader)

Hello welcome to my first ever oneshot of a guy! And to celebrate him becoming my main I've thought about a one shot for this gremlin boy, so I hope you guys enjoy :3

WARNING: Light angst(Maybe) but fluffy at the end, reader here is female I'm sorry :( Might be long as well lol I had too much fun writing this lmao also this is set at the time where traveler defeated Scaramouche and he fell out of the robot so some of you guys haven't played the archon quest or his quest BEWARE, Also if anything is inaccurate to the quest im super sorry for that it's been at least 3 days since I've finished the quest and I already forgot everything so I'm sorry for that! 

REMINDER: This character does belong to me but belong to hoyoverse. Sorry if his a little occ or inaccurate I try :3

Anyways enjoy!

It all happened so fast.....

Your lover falling to the ground.....

You were trying to catch him....

Aether, Paimon and Nahida screaming your name......and then...blank....everything went...blank

. . . . . . . . . . .

H-Huh......?

You slowly opened your eyes..blinking at the bright lights flashing your eyes....

‘’Oh! Your awake!’’ A high pitched voice said. You looked at your side and saw a blond-haired boy and a... floating kid?

‘’W-Who..are..you?’’ You asked weakly They both looked at you shocked 

‘’W-W-What are we gonna do!? Y/n doesn't remember us!’’ The floating kid? (You still don't know what she is) said panicking while the blond looked unsure of what to do as well....meanwhile you were just staring blankly at the ceiling...

Who were you?

You kept asking yourself....it felt like......you were...missing something...or...someone

You try to get up, but your head started hurting like hell ‘’Ow!’’ You cried out while holding your head with 2 of your hands 

‘’Ah! Are you ok y/n!?’’ The 2 ran over to you worried 

‘’I-I...my head hurts...w-why?’’ You ask confused 

The 2 looked at each other and explained everything to you......

‘’W-What..are you saying?’’ You asked speechless 

You had a lover? He did bad things? A robot? Gods? You catch him and a huge rock fell on you 2? W-What......

This doesn't make any sense!

‘’I... don’t get it...’’ You said looking down at your lap with glossy eyes 

‘’Paimon...I think we should leave y/n to rest for now...I think she needs to process everything we just said to her...’’ The blond said looking over at his companion 

She nodded and floated beside the door leading outside ‘’Y/n...me and Paimon will just be outside if you need us..ah! I almost forgot to say..My name’s Aether a traveler and as you know that’s Paimon..my traveling companion.’’ He said while smiling at you

You looked at him with bright eyes and smiled slightly....

But then you remembered...y/n? Is that...your name?

Before he could leave with Paimon you called out his name he turned back to you with a brow raised you bit your bottom lip and asked...

‘’Is...is..y/n..my name?’’ You asked looking at him with hope in your eyes..and to you surprised...he just smiled at you ‘’Yep..y/n is your name’’ he said with a smile before waving and going out of your room....

Y/n huh? You had such a pretty name hahahaha...

You complemented yourself in your mind letting out a giggle and then laying back down on the bed now relaxing...

Maybe....losing your memories isn’t that bad after all...

.  . . . . . . .

‘’Hey...you won't leave me, right?’’ ??? asked you ‘’ Of course I won't dummy! I promised after all~’’ you said with confidence smiling at???

‘’You better...’’ ??? said as ??? hugged you tightly ‘’Because if you do...I'll never forgive you...dumbass’’ ??? said as ??? kissed your forehead 

You giggled and laying your head against ??? chest starting to fell asleep....

‘’I love you...’’

. . . . . . . . .  

You opened your eyes blinking at the ceiling.... that dream again?

You sigh and get up from your bed yawing while stretching, it’s been a whole month since you've awoken from your said ‘comatose state’ and you yet to still have recovered your memories....

You had so many questions that was left unanswered...even if Aether and Paimon would explain everything to you.

You couldn't remember anything...it was so..blurry

You sigh and do your normal morning routine that you got used to everyday

Oh! Right..you have to meet up with Aether and Paimon today at the plaza today, you guys were gonna eat together so you could get some flesh air....

You nod and put on your boots and started heading towards the plaza...

‘’There you are!’’ Paimon flew over you ‘’Sorry...am I late?’’ You ask ‘’No..you’re actually just in time..y/n’’ Aether said smiling at you

You nod and you start walking towards the plaza....

‘’Ahh we’re here! What do you guys wanna eat first?’’ Paimon said looking very excited you looked over to Aether who seems to be deep in though

‘’Aether...are you alright?’’ You asked worried about your friend ‘’Are you gonna answer us or what!?’’ Paimon yelled ‘’Sorry...just give me a minute you 2 I'm still..processing something...’’ He said while walking away to sit down on a bench 

You and Paimon looked at each other questioning your friend's behavior before Paimon looks at the traveler and saids ‘’Alright..whatever you want..’’

After a few minutes past Aether jumped up all of a sudden ‘’E-Eh! Why’d you jump up all of a sudden?’’ ‘’Something wrong Aether?’’ You and Paimon both ask starting to worry

Suddenly Aether looked somewhere with widened eyes, and you followed his gaze...huh... why’s he looking at a person? 

You open your mouth to ask when he beat you to it ‘’Y/n...do you know...that place where I took you to see Nahida?’’ He suddenly asked you 

‘’Y-Yes..w-why?’’ You ask furrowing your brows ‘’Can you..go there?’’ He asked you now facing you 

 ‘’Please...’’ you nodded at his pleas and went over to that place again..you have forgotten what was its name, but you knew that’s where lesser lord Kusanali mostly spends her time...so if his telling you to go there...does that mean this is important?

You shook your head as the big doors opened and you went inside calling out to the small deity 

‘’What brings you here y/n?’’ She asked facing you with a smile

‘’I ..dont know...Aether just asked me to come here..’’ You answered honestly knowing she can read your mind

‘’Ah..I see...lets wait for them shall we?’’ She said and you guys waited...until the big doors opened again

You look at their direction seeing Aether, Paimon and....a guy? Who...?

You looked at him as he looked at you.....you suddenly looked away with a blush on your face...w-what? why am I?

You composed yourself and they started talking...well...talking about things you didn’t understand...I mean you never understood....and then you learned...his Scaramouche...your...your lover

You looked at him with wide eyes as he looked at you with the same shock as well.....

‘’You both have a lot to process don’t you...’’ Nahida said as she looked at you both ‘’I..’’’ you couldn't even form words right now..you were just too..speechless....

A few minutes more past and your ‘supposed’ lover said that he wanted to regain back his memories....and honestly...you wanted too as well...

Nahida warned you both about the things that might occur in the dream that she's about to spend you both in... but you both were hungry...to know the truth

So, she nodded....and ended you off into a dream along with the traveler and Paimon...before you started however the balladeer asked a few questions...

He was a puppet? You found that...strange and yet oddly familiar.....and thus you began.....

It..was..pain...you remember...everything....from the vision hunt degree, your friends, your family...everything...and yes..even your lover, Kunikuzushi....

Through your headache state you tried to walk to him...him struggling to battle his own demons...his past

‘’K-Kuni...’’ you called out to him hoping to be heard by your lover....

Oh, how you missed him....oh so much...you wanted to hold him in your arms again...to watch the stars and moon together again...to kiss...to cuddle......to do everything....

You collapsed on the ground the headache getting worse....Paimon and Aether running over to you.....and then...a huge gust of wind and a big robot showed up...ah...now its all clear....what happened at grand baaraz...the tragedy.....you started tearing up remembering all the horrible things that happened.....and you saw it..your beloved...he.....gained an anemo vision!

You chuckle...now leading up against the wall your headache not getting any better....you watched him fight the robot..himself...trying not to black out...but as soon as they were finished...you..blacked out.....

. . . . . . . . .

You felt something warm at your forehead......

‘’Your finally awake...’’ A familiar voice said You Quickly looked to your side to see...

‘’Kuni!’’ You yelled as you leap into his arms sobbing 

He was taken back by this and just hugged you back tightly while mumbling your name over and over again....

After what felt like forever you both let go of each other and he explained everything that had happened while you were unconscious, He gained an Anemo vision and... gained a new name? and he just held your hand and spoke

‘’My new name is...Wanderer’’ he said with a little smile 

Wanderer....heh...such a fitting name for someone who has an anemo vision you thought...

You just smiled at him and kissed his cheek ‘’It’s..perfect’’ you said while his face flash a bright red

‘’I...I missed you..you know?’’ He said gazing at you softly ‘’I did too...Kuni’’ You answered back with the same soft gaze his giving you

You and him spend your time together almost every day you both were inseparable and everyone around you knew it, He would glare whoever looks at you the wrong way and no matter where you were they could always see a boy with an Anemo vision scowling behind you and what's funny is you would always be holding a smile on your face....were you used to this?? people would think...but what they don't know is that the boy is just trying to protect you...as you are his entire world. And the only one who stuck with him...

Meanwhile your just happy to be with your lover...for you and him you both had another change...to start.....

A new beginning....

AHHHH IM DONE

Tysm for reading this far everyone! I hope you all enjoyed this :3

If want me to try some other stuff, feel free to send me requests or any questions you would like to ask me~

Thank you again see you all on my next post~!

Btw thank u @purpi-narwhale​ for editing my mistakes LOL I'm sorry for all the grammar mistakes u had to see :D Go check her out guys she's also my bff btw ;3

Reblogs and Feedback/Comments are always appreciated! :3

[idyllic-affections]

HI THERE! IM BACK FROM MY TRIP! And holy moly i didnt missed a lot???? (i think..? I’ll have to read back your post but i want to send an ask now!)

First, love the new theme btw. Yaoshi is also my fav aeon from the aeons we currently know! They are so pretty and divine and i did have a huge stupid smile when Yaoshi kissed us in the simulated universe THEY JUST WANTED US TO STAY SAFE!!!!!!! I sometimes wonder if Hoyoverse is just building them up to be someone you should hate just to make plot twist that turns out, them just simply doesnt know the horrible results their actions does. They do it with good intention but didnt know the results would be bad. But i honestly like their ambiguous morality that hoyoverse have for most of the aeons because well they’re aeons they’re gods ofc they wont follow human morality.

Second, your second oc you have rn is pretty interesting. So i have QUESTIONS!

1. What do they look like? Ik that you said you’re not finished with their design but are they like in a child/teen body but has the mentality of an adult? (Something similar to bailu i guess)

2. What are their element?

3. What does the other aeons think of Ambrose? Like ‘why the hell does Yaoshi have a little human with them’

4. Is Lan and by extension the Xianzhou Alliance aware of Ambrose’s existance and special connection towards Yaoshi? since their relationship with the said Aeon isnt the typical relationship an emanator and aeon would have (i hc that Yaoshi is known to particuraly have a good relationship with their emanators but Ambrose is noticably their favourite one child)

Thirdly, can i just say something? Since i get busy a lot, I dont get to instantly play the new update which sadly leads me to be easily spoiled. Case in point, Tingyun infamous neck snap. I was just casually scrolling on youtube when i saw ‘Tingyun neck snapping in 4 languages’ Like wth youtube!? I try to just forget about it but the mind could never. By the time i do get to play and get to play the quest, i already knew her fate and just keep giving her the side eye. Ik her fate but idk the reason and stuff leading up to it. It was an interesting experience to say the least

Lastly, i am proud to say that i have FINALLY done Dan Heng IL companion quest and have researched enough that i can FINALLY continue on the brainrot i keep talking about, i might finish it this week if i can manage my time better but we’ll see. So keep your eyes wide open!

I hope you have a lovely day/night, now i should go to bed as im tired like hell.. BYE

- 🐱 Anon

HI BELOVED HELLO <333 oh i am SO excited to talk about ambrose. they are so fucking RRRAHGHG i love them....... pleasmelejldjd......

i agree!!!! you cannot call an aeon "good" or "evil." none of them are either of those things. good and evil are just human perceptions of morality, and divine beings like aeons cannot be placed into those human boxes (which is why i think the xianzhou's attitude towards yaoshi is so. odd. bro it was YOURRRR ancestors who looked for THEM!!!! THEY did not look for YOU ALL!!!!!! YOU GUYS looked for THEM!!!!! and hyv really wants me to think yaoshi is the "villain" here HELP AKJSJSGJUFBAJ) AND YAOSHI KISSING US CRIES SOBS SCREAMS they have such a gentle and nurturing soul in my brain. it is so hard for me to look at them and think "yeah that's a villain" THEY'RE NOT CRIES

i don't know if i prefer the idea of yaoshi being completely 100% aware of the consequences of their blessing, or being completely unaware and being so consumed by their path that they cannot see the harm they're doing. i think both interpretations have their own appeal. the second one is definitely more agonizing, though. either way, i do not see the abundance as a villain personally. aeons are not human. human morals cannot be applied to them.

and as for ambrose--

ambrose is, physically, a young adult! a very young adult. think eighteen or nineteen. i want them to be chronologically older than most people on any of the xianzhou alliance's ships, though, so i am working on an explanation for why their mara is less severe and has not completely consumed their consciousness.

i think they're either physical, fire, or imaginary. i haven't decided yet. i'm open to suggestions.

this is SO funny and i love thinking about this. i think most of the aeons were like... what the fuck. What Is That. why does yaoshi have a little human. what the fuck. i think nous would get along w/ them despite nous' involvement with the xianzhou; ambrose sought to be freed from the limitations of mortal comprehension in order to learn more and see beyond their home world, after all. and really, i don't think nous would give a FUCK about the conflict between the hunt and the abundance. they don't fucking care bro they are more concerned with other things LMAOOO. ambrose clashes really badly with nanook because they have a deep set love for humanity and the universe, whereas nanook... does not. the child of abundance, ambrose, does not like the destruction at all so they are ALWAYS going around and eliminating the antimatter legion when they can. IX could not care less about them rip..... IX's apathy is a stark contrast to ambrose's infinite kindness and passion for existence. in general, ambrose doesn't seek out any of the other aeons except nous. nous and yaoshi are the only ones they really talk to.

I AGREE I AGREE i think yaoshi is one of the aeons who really likes their emanators! ambrose in particular is like an extension of themselves (perhaps this could contribute to why their mara is less severe? ambrose is but an extension of their aeon, after all. their aeon's power probably does not hurt them as bad as it does to those who do not share that kind of bond with yaoshi; i think yaoshi can literally FEEL when something is not right with ambrose and vice versa. like, they share a sort of metaphysical bond). lan knows about this, and therefore, so does the xianzhou alliance. ambrose is regarded as an enemy, a thing that needs to be eliminated from the universe... even though they did nothing wrong. ambrose honestly doesn't care because fuck it, you know? there is no point in lamenting the loss of potential allies when those potential allies seem to vehemently hate their parent... but ambrose has learned from yaoshi to have love for every living thing in the universe, so the hate is very one-sided. they are not just a pathstrider. they are an emanator. they cannot emanate their parent's will and strength if they are hateful. so, they have a gentle and tender love for life and that does include the xianzhou alliance. the alliance sees their softness as patronizing, unfortunately. ambrose avoids lan like the fucking PLAGUE because they know that lan would absolutely take any given opportunity to remove them from the universe, and yaoshi would absolutely come to their aid if they sensed that ambrose was in danger. and ambrose cannot be responsible for aiding the hunt in eliminating the abundance. if they survived, and if yaoshi happened to... not survive, they would not be able to live with themselves. so they don't bother trying to make amends with the xianzhou or lan.

NOOOOOO YOUTUBE SPOILERS ARE THE WORST. THEY ARE SO UNAVOIDABLE. TUMBLR SPOILERS? THOSE CAN BE AVOIDED BUT YT.......

ahh that's awesome! i still have to do it HSKNKHSBGKA but you're welcome to brainrot in my inbox whenever you'd like to <3

rest well!!!!

[seelestia]

hello hello!!!

omg YES I would totally invite u first to my gaming club. (and I would probably put a special collection of books for you if u have a tendency to whip out books. reading is fun, too!)

no, it was cloudy! I too despise the sun. (thoma should be up there you ..!) but it was really warm for winter, so I took a walk around our school gardens and that always puts me in a good mood! (being surrounded by so much life makes me happy!)

I totally don't mind at all, you asking about my arts!! I was drawing ur genshin oc at some point (please he looks like such a sweetheart I wanna be his friend) and then it inspired me to create my own Oc! May show u the concept later ^^

all the geo characters are honestly so cool djcwdkhksjdh oh and I've fallen in love with Heizou,,,, and again with Kuni,,,,, (did you SEE the teaser??? Crying on my bed rn)

*hugs u* Bye Lia <3 take care

-michikinonn ( so catchy!)

michikinon, hiii! >:) i'm your honorary club member now, but you're too accommodating with me tho... you should bonk me on the head and tell me to focus on the actual purpose of the club 😩 IKRRR like fr thankful for the vitamin D, but the sun looks better when it's behind floofy clouds <//3 i'll even hold up a parasol for us both, so we can pretend to be vampires under the blazing sun 🥸 (/lh) i'm glad you got to take a walk around the school gardens tho! that must be so relaxing~ i do that sometimes too and it makes me feel like a lost wannabe cinderella, hehe. ✨

wait, you were drawing my oc and it helped inspire you to make one of your own?? OH MY DAYS??!? I'M SO HONORED?? i'd love to hear about your oc's concept! it's been some time since i've talked about genshin oc's with someone, so just know that i'm dropping everything for you rn >:) and yeah, caelin is a sweetheart, but he is a little awkward to the point you'd doubt he is a merman god (well, he did technically live under a rock... or under the surface, you could say /lh).

they are! i hope you get to pull more geo characters in the future like zhongli because my team has never died ever since i got that man ;D ALSO, heizou and kuni??? it seems you've fallen for the short jerks... but i don't blame you because me too 🚶 AND YES, I HAVE! why does hoyoverse gotta make scara so... so huggable, we are not your strongest soldiers. (/j)

[cyrilvows]

How did Hoyoverse manage to make a design so bad that a STEREOTYPICAL HAWAIIAN GRASS SKIRT would be a preferable alternative to whatever the hell this is...

I can't tell if she's wearing panties, shorts or if that's just part of the skirt, what do you see? Now that I look, it looks like maybe she's wearing a swimsuit and the skirt is actually a sarong, or maybe I'm coping... The swimsuit would check out with her being a surfer I suppose.

It might just be one of these but Genshin-fied! But because that's a way better option than it just being a ridiculously short skirt, I'm gonna assume it's a skirt, given that this is Hoyo... Then again, they're not past just having a female character in a straight up bikini, so who knows?

YES 100% THE DESIGN CHANGES TO THE GIRLS LOOK WAY BETTER!!! ONCE I GOT MY HANDS ON ROSARIA'S NEW FIT SHE HAD IT ON AND I'M NEVER GOING BACK. ROSARIA REDESIGN IS KING. Jean too, I really like what they did with her. At first I thought they'd just put a shirt under her original boddess and cape, but I love the waistcoat so much - really suits her position I feel.

"Water diaper" the way I would have pulled out every slur I can reclaim... Yes it looks a little funny (especially on characters who are just straight up wearing trousers shoutout Zhongli ) but OH MY GOD IS IT NECESSARY? HELLO? EXHIBITS A AND B

With the angles you often get on your active character when you're swimming I'm glad it's there... It's funny, but it has a use. Anyone who doesn't want it there, I think can safely be called a sad and weird perv at the very least. It's a game, your digital waifu doesn't even have junk for you to oggle, get over it. Threatening to boycott? I wanna say it was rage bait but you never know these days... Sigh.

"What do you expect!!! Sumeru was just as bad!!!" Can you complain with us like a normal person or are you just gonna be a bitch about it

[gamerbearmira]

Oh God I have a UA (Universe Alternation) for the Mamalores Genshin AU.

So like- I said that when instead of getting super hearing, Dolores ended up being Alice right? Okay, angst time.

Instead of her door being a mansion in Teyvat, she gets sucked in. Like she gets transformed into an elf and then Bruno gets an involuntary vision and yells to get Dolores, but she's already sucked in.

Six years later (although in Teyvat, it's 500 years later so that means Dolores lived through the Archon war either half way in it, or when it was about to end.), Mirabel is about to get her gift. Isabela has her vines up, Luisa has her arms prepared, and Pepa is brewing up a cloud.

Mirabel touches her door, and whaddya know, she DOESN'T get sucked in. Instead, her door reveals Dolores' base in Teyvat and sees her reading some ancient papers.

Dolores turns around and dialogue happens.

"Hm? Guests? Welcome! I'm so sorry I wasn't expecting anyone, I'll quickly make some tea. Oh, a little elf! Hello darling, are they your caretakers?".

The Madrigal fam are in disbelief and staring at a matured Dolores. Felix and Bruno get protective because they see how curvy she ended up and looks behind if any villagers came up to see. (No surprise there were some creeps and make a hit list. [Don't blame me on how I invision how Dolores would look like, you know HoYoverse.]) They see her in a red hat, fancy monocle, a maroon coat hanging from her shoulders, and a Liyuen dress with red and gold heels.

The warm fam are tearing up while Cami and Mira just run up to her in awe. You can imagine the rest,my brain is haywired.

THAT WOULD BE SO COOL BUT ALSO REALLY SAD <///33

They see her after so long and she is just. Basically an NPC now 💀 but hey, that's OK 😩

Mirabel and Camilo just thought she was cool and immediately because attached to her, despite not even knowing who she was. Dolores just. Sees children and is like, time to take them and raise them. Just because she can. Lord knows she has the power to do so.

[hanniejji]

EVERYONE BETTER WATCH THE HARBINGERS CHAPTER OH MY GOD I AM GOING TO FUCKING COMBUST

utc because im simping so hard for pantalone holy shit

IS SHE THE ONE SINGING? DAMSELETTE?? IDK HOW YOU SPELL HER NAME FUCK AAAHHH

HELLO? SIR? I UM I CAN BARK? MEOW? I CAN DO ANYTHING FUCK

pantalone may i please apply as your pet?

pantalone more like you can have my pants please take it take everything i have it's all yours

I DID NOT EXPECT ARLECCHINO TO LOOK LIKE THIS BUT HOLY FUCK I LOVE IT

everyone knows im not a childe kind of person BUT FUCK THIS FIT LOOKS SO FUCKING GOOD ON HIM I AM GOING TO CRY

DOTTORE? WELL NOT PRIME DOTTORE BUT STILL DOTTORE AAAAHHH

I FORGOT YOUR NAME FUCK

I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM HOLY SHIT

i feel a little betrayed that they didn't show scaramouche but that's ok i got to see pantalone and arlecchino 😌

WAIT IS THIS PRIME DOTTORE?

IF ANYONE TRIES TO DO SOMETHING TO MY BABY COLLEI I'M GOING TO BURN HOYOVERSE

[dustofthedailylife]

HELLO AWSHAJGEHAGS I HAD A DREAM WITH AYATO AAAHGHGHH IT WAS AMAZING

I'm gonna tell you about my dream cuz ✨️ayato✨️

Ok ok so;

It was like modern Cinderella Genshin AU IT WAS SOO GOOD

It's a bit long so get ready!!

You need some info first: Everyone in my dream had 2 fairies but they are like cupids

Mine were Xiao and Itto and Ayato's were Xiangling and Ganyu. They work like cupids, they match you and you meet with the person's fairies that your fairies match you, then the person him/herself.

Ahem, so there was a ball and my fairies were helping me to get ready. First we went to the pool and spa [I SAW ITTOS AND XIAO'S ABS WUAAAAAA] and then they helped me to get ready(dress and hair) but I didn't want to wear high heels[they're uncomfortable as hell] and I wore sneakers instead. After that we went to a mall, the ball was organized there, and I met with ayato's fairies. But Xiangling told me that I should wear high heels, I panicked and called xiao. At first we didn't see him but then ganyu said, "is he the one who wears a hoodie? he is right behind you" XIAO CAME UNDERCOVER AND HE WAS SO HOT IN A HOODIE AAGHHHH I COULD LEAVE AYATO RIGHT AWAY AND RUN WITH XIAO, ahem then he came with my high heels and I changed then we went upstairs with the girls.

When we arrived at the ballroom I saw ayato and AAAAAAAAAAAAA he wore his suit but it was dark blue HE WAS SO HOT OMG YOU SHOULD'VE SEEN HIM

He approached me and kissed back of my hand I DONT KNOW HOW I MANAGED TO STAY CALM then we started to dance

After a while partners switched and I was dancing with xiao, HE WAS IN A SUIT GAAAAHHH, WE MUST STAY FOCUSED BROTHERS, WE. MUST. STAY. FOCUSED. Xiao asked me if Ayato was a right choice [cuz they chose him yk] and ofc I said yes and then we changed partners and I continued to danced with ayato

I am short, 5'2 so there was a massive heigh difference even with the high heels. why am I telling this? HE LEANED DOWN AND WHISPERED IN MY EAR WHILE WE WERE DANCING AAGHHHHH PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE CAN YOU IMAGINE!!!!!!!

He offered to go to balcony and talk so we went. I complimented on his suit and he told me he made it himself. Then he said "I also made one for you, a dress, i would like to give it to you on our next date" [I'm in love help]

But then my cousin punched me in my face at night -_- when she woke up she told me she was fighting with giant snakes in her dream GIRL I WAS ABOUT TO GO ON A SECOND DATE WITH AYATO WITH CUPID XIAO AND ITTO PLS

Anyways that was a nice dream I hope you saw ayato or zhongli in your dream too PLS TELL US IF YOU DID I LOVE LISTENING ABOUT PEOPLE'S DREAMS

That was all luv ya <3

-⛄️

ASHIFHJAKLF, the way I screamed reading this!

Just the imagination made me blush. Sounds like quite the heavenly dream, nonnie *swoons*

Also how cool would it be to have Xiao and Itto as fairies? Certainly wouldn't become boring with them around. Also since the new quest I want more Xiao and Itto interaction. The way Itto kept calling Xiao "Little Dude" when he could probably sweep him off his feet, pls, it's so cute 😭🙏🏻

Also Xiangling telling you to wear heels? SMH, Sneaker supremacy!

Anyway, back to THE MAN himself. Dark blue suit? Oh my god, I need to see this (Hoyoverse, skin when?). And he kissed your hand and leaned down and WHISPERED IN YOUR EAR?! I am going feral just thinking about it gndnsm >///<

You certainly won the dream lottery last night, nonnie! The perfect cupid boys and Ayato *bites hand*

I didn't dream of anything I can remember unfortunately but I want to have the same dream too now. Oh, to go on a date with Ayato and kiss him... pls

Thanks for telling me about your dream, nonnie! Stay safe and hydrate enough. It was super warm here the last couple of days and I literally melted into a puddle 🥵