#...a 'child" if u will...

[fisheito]

gosh okay if it's okay can i leave some extremely persistent brainyakus for babyyakus.... like obv you can just leave this or post or just share w whoever you want i'm just some dudegirl clanging pots and pans in your boxes but! i have always loved the idea of like...... baby yakumo being taught some form of sign language (Klein Sign if u will allow the goofery) bc the mouth shapes and tongue movements of the spoken language are hard for him to grasp even with full immersion and support!!!! i also think he would have some anxiety actually using his voice bc Y'know. It's Yakumo. he does eventually become more comfortable with verbal speech ofc but oh my god i am losing my mind at (baby yakumo voice) pep-per......... once again thank you mxr requiodile for my god life. and truly what are pigs but big potatoes....... ONION OWWIES..........

my last spam i will leave u with is also! ever since i unlocked homecoming ssr yakumo and it's dropped that he made his own ceremonial clothing i became OBSESSED w the idea of grandma taking babkumo to The Crafting Circle of the village. maybe he needed a bit more immersion into human spaces before he started school so he's just cowering in grandmas lap while she's knitting and mending but slowly he starts just like wandering around, looking at all the things happening with all the crafters just letting this uncanny child gaze in wonder over all the comfort items and soft blankets and warm clothes being made. and then there's at least one giant ass loom and those things are HUGE and make a lot of clacking noises. babkumo inching closer to it but doing these big scared jumps every time it makes noise but he's just so O.O like this giant scary thing makes such nice things!!! he's been wrapped in scarves fresh off this thing!!! and then whoever is working the loom pushing the shuttle through and just patiently waiting for yakumo to very tentatively push it back toward them. tbh i don't even really think that's great weaving technique but idc we are socializing this yokai via fibers and stich-n-bitch. thank you again for the generosity and enthusiasm ;w;

i am leaving this here for everyone to see because i like it and i want to show it

[yinyangrii]

guys opinions abt some things I hate in the osc,do not read if u will breakdown and cry if u disagree

okay..real quick,don’t attack ppl for their ships or headcanons please?? It’s so fucking annoying,I don’t give an actual shit if microphone wouldn’t be straight or bisexual,that’s what the fans think of her..like just shut the fuck up if u think penrasor is better then eraserdrop 😭😭,like just shut up,don’t ruin the fun for someone else..

okay,u don’t need to rant about any objectshow vs another objectshow like,we don’t care if ii is better then bfdia..or if brawl of the objects animation is fucking bad (a child animated it,it’s not high quality animation in 2013 dude..)

don’t hate or do “fixing ppls art” u basically sprayed on it,u don’t need to fucking ruin ppls art,like,don’t go and just “make it better” u aren’t,and I don’t care if the art style is bad.

dont compare characters???? U don’t need to say “who’s the best lollipop character ?” Like,we don’t really need a tier list of it or anything,like,of course ppl have different opinions on characters,and do not call anyone overrated or annoy8ng based on their favorite character being the least to get screen time or being the fan favorite,yeah I don’t care if yinyang is overrrated,I do not care if Firey is annoying 😭😭

maybe don’t even bother anyone who drew questionable things of objectshow characters?? like,please don’t even annoy them in their sfw blog or discord server or even twitter, their adults that can draw it..or older teenagers that can draw it too— now lastly,don’t annoy anyone abt their past or their current art please :33

yeah just respect my opinions please,thanks,also I don’t mind if u do any of these,just don’t bother ppl or annoy others 😓😓

[aratribow]

You can’t tell me that yanqing doesn’t play the arcade with silver wolf. It’s a fact not a statement,opinion,joke it’s a fact🤓☝️

Also, how does bailu react to being treated as a kid? Cuz you got me interested in your au your guilty. My therapist will be hearing of you/jk

Also,, (sorry for making this too long) I eat your art for breakfast , lunch AND dinner so pls don’t leave me starving I don’t know how to cook………..

Heehee~

Na OBVIOUSLY YQ AND SW PLAY GAMES TOGETHER, they are the twins that simultaneously hate each other but would 💯💯 cover for each other cause they are each other's to insult.

Also on the topic of bailu, in this au, yueshi being the oldest and an even more successful descendent of df gets the mantle of high elder. They were created during the hcq era, THEN POPSICLED (cryostasis if u will) DURING THE SEDITION (they were sentenced along with df for being a proof against the breakage of the sin of immortality) and then were de-popsicled after dh exile (preceptors got their greasy hands a lot later on yueshi cause jy did all he could to keep his kid safe)

Thus, bailu gets to be the kid she is and unless someone is underestimating her and her skills? She's fine with being treated as a kid, she surely loves all the candies and stuff she gets out of everyone for that.

On ANOTHER note, bailu is actually the middle child KABSJSBSJJ

And DON'T APOOGISE OP, M GLAD UR INTERESTED IN THE AU!! Have a good day/night!!

[padfootastic]

maybe an unpopular opinion but i think sirius’ death actually makes sense in ootp. maybe not the way he died but the fact that he did. u can argue it was just more unnecessary trauma on top of an already traumatised child but like,,,

if u assume that the final book and it’s plot was decided, that harry had to sacrifice himself for the war to win, then it makes sense to cut off all his important relationships. he needs to feel atleast some level of disconnect with the world to offer himself up so freely and it’s hard to do that when u have someone as devoted as sirius. sacrifice has to be more appealing than life in that moment. also, if he’s alive, now u have all sorts of logistical nightmares about where to fit him in during all the key events. idk. i hate his death more than anyone else but i do think it played a role, as well as, on a more selfish note, prevented any (further) butchering of his character lol

a dignified death, if u will. even with the curtain.

[the-scandalorian]

OMG i’m sorry if ur inbox isn’t the best place to disappointment rant about TBOBF but ur last post is so REAL like i was SO disappointed w it especially because i have loved boba fett since i was like 3 years old and he is a BOUNTY HUNTER ?? HELLO ???

like… disney… i get that there are a lot of kids watching star wars but… let my space western have some space saloons.. some space brothels if u will…

definitely not the wrong place

i was wildly disappointed by TBOBF, especially after the dope ass intro it got in mando with boba and fennec killing bib fortuna and sitting on that throne ?? like ?? those vibes--yes please

and the scene in mando where boba kills all those storm troopers. where was that sick fucking energy???

there was so much PROMISE

then the show was weird and watered down and the plot was meandering and boba was somehow out of character and also had no personality? the writers were like we'll make him a badass crime lord! who hates crime! that will be so cool for us

i thought there was going to be a meaningful story line with the tusken raiders... and then they were ALL killed for the sake of plot and not mentioned again

as much as i love mando, TBOBF shouldn't have been used as a shoddy bridge between seasons 2 and 3. it was a huge disservice to both shows

and don't even get me started on the 1950s cyborg child biker gang

the inconsistencies between star wars shows (and the seasons, in the case of mando) is truly baffling to me. how did we get andor, with its impeccable writing and execution, and TBOBF in the same franchise?? why did they do boba so dirty???

[shiikiyun]

ive never seen people talk about the potential of the futa/mu dynamic (outside of milgram, normal au if u will) even though there's a fair amount of fanart of them? it makes me a little sad cause theyre very dear to me

Mostly think of it like. Something that stands out to me from Futa in t1 is how he seemed to eb trying very hard to take care of the younger ones (explicitly so with haruka, scolding amane for not eating her food) and from what we know he's the only younger brother in his family. Both this things (and the fact that hes so easily amazed by anything cool yuno does w tricks she shows her little brother as some sort of. parallel that he probably was like that w his sister too sjfkfn) always made me believe he just really wanted to be an older brother and it just never happened... cue Mu, only child, incredibly spoiled but with no real familial connection beyond (what we assume was) an bond based on material things with her parents

In general, theyre just a funny duo, she annoys the hell out of him and hes reactionary, textbook of generic sibling bond in like any media. But theyre both caring, and although both have heir flaws, Futa's (canonically described as) kindhearted nature despite his embarrassment on being anything emotional would probably help Mu understand that bonds arent a transaction, and people (herself included) dont become worthless or disposable if they cant meet that transaction (seriously stress on herself included). As well as helping with guidance, which sure futa is not the best example in a lot of things, but hey, its more genuine than what it seems to be the case w mu's parents

Idk its 4 am and theyre in my brain just wanted to ramble a bit lol

[nevarroes]

Genuinely curious but why is cas "just like that" if not for bhaal? Dropped on his head as a child? Traumatic event? Thought marquise de sade was a comedy writer?

"thought marquise de sade was a comedy writer?" crying😭

no but this does actually have a reason 2 me but we are getting very into the "yes hes a murderer.... yes with the blood and stuff... yes he kills" (tell me u gyus saw that post. i lost it) area slowly with these questions... please do look away if really over-the-top backstory villains make u cringe thank yu...

anyways Cas (and his twin brother for that matter) was conceived in the depths of the Abyss not in the Nine Hells or the mortal plane which just kinda left him a bit errr... fucked up. Abyss-tainted if u will because that's what his parents always did call him🙏

so to me (while a little less so later on/in the current timeline) his demeanors and personality are really similar to average dnd demons. Striving for destruction (not necessarily interested in murder as an act but causing pain and suffering), vile perversion and just caring about his own desires really

[spiderjellys]

i canNOT take the stupid stupid stupid "kon is a clone of superman AND lex luthor!" retcon anymore does NOBODY (geoff johns.) know what a clone is. cmon guys. an artificially replicated organism genetically identical to a single parent organism. YOU CANT HAVE A CLONE OF TWO PEOPLE😭 thats just. a lab grown baby. a test tube child, if u will.

[solar-halos]

WiP title game - How about: 3. Untitled Document (lol)

hi first of all thank you for this ask and second of all i’m so sorry it took me this long to answer it 😭😭 i just didn’t know what to say

anyway, untitled document 3 is the odesta college au!! i’m trying to think of something new to say about it so i’m just going to list off a series of fun facts that are probably only fun to me lol

• annie is a pisces (a spicy pisces if u will…) (that is an olivia rodrigo reference)

• she and johanna met in the 7th grade. johanna said something vaguely insulting to her so annie said something hugely insulting back and that kicked off the start of a forever friendship

• finnick is a child of divorce (daddy issues edition) so he gets very happy whenever people say he looks like his mom

• his favorite holiday is halloween

[vespertin-y]

HELLO VES .... top five ouma moments . oumoments . if u will

— vee :3

HELLO VEE. HOW COULD YOU ASK ME THIS. I READ THIS AND WAS SIMULTANEOUSLY OVERWHELMED WITH WAY TOO MANY MOMENTS TO COUNT AND FORGOT EVERY SINGLE THING HE'S EVER SAID OR DONE.

to make things easier on me i will will say this is not ranked and is just a list of ones that stand out equally to me

"there's nothing more depressing than an unnoticed prank." hhhholy shit dude. there is NO way he realizes how much this reveals about him. it's outstripping him straight-up stabbing himself for attention and asking if he wasn't boring before he dies just bc i remember having to take a pause to process it when i read him say it the first time. his neglected child rizz...

"come to think of it, i once saw this anime that was also about a death game...the mastermind sacrificed a family member as the first victim to get the killing started." there's a lot of quotes that hint at kokichi remembering more than he should (i've been doing my best to collect them all here), but this one REALLY stands out. it's fascinating to me to think that he doesn't just know they're being broadcast, he knows they're in danganronpa. it makes me wonder if there's such a thing as "pregame" kokichi at all...

“think back to all of monokuma’s actions so far. whenever we tried to work together, monokuma would retaliate with a plan to make us suffer. it happened when kaede wanted us to cooperate, and again with these motive videos, right? which means, the more we try to cooperate, the more he’ll try to make us suffer.” we love when 'liar' characters are shockingly honest <3 but seriously, i've always been SO delighted by the idea of monokuma's teacher's pet, a character who sidles up to the killing game for their own safety, and kokichi gives me all i wanted from that and more.

"he can lie about a lot of things...but he can't hide the warmth of his hand." i couldn't do this without mentioning at least SOME of the hand symbolism so i chose the sweetest one. i had a friend say he always interpreted this line as kokichi having very sweaty hands which originally i thought was extremely silly but. doesn't it match the theme? that once shuuichi learns to accept kokichi, to wait for him to reach out by himself...he turns out to be just a normal boy who's nervous about this like anyone else?

naming his very evil super secret organization after a cartoon about cool orphans piloting robot dinosaurs

[lateniteat711]

i actually want to write more on my little ken canon kenon if u will where he’s actually just a little neglected doll and he also ends up meeting his person and finds out that his person keeps his box on a shelf and while he isn’t physically played with he is loved dearly so upon meeting it isn’t cold or awkward or strange

it’s like seeing a childhood friend, someone they loved dearly in their past and all the uncertainty ken held so close to him is gone and he’s able to experience a hug and fully feel the love his owner always has, he gets to experience nostalgia

it helps his ‘owner’ get back in touch with their inner child that they lost some time ago from being an adult and ken gets to do what all dolls want, he gets to experience play and have his hair brushed and his outfits changed

[manicpixie-tieflingboyfriend]

if aerdir is a dark urge does that mean he is the one responsible for the absolute and if so how does that work with him being in the grove? btw i love him

FIRST OFF THANK FOR LOVING MY SON. I have gotten so attached to him that he's becoming my main boy (Ethari forever in my heart tho).

OKAY SO Aerdir is a Bhaalspawn more in the vein of Orin where he was just one of Bhaal's plethora of children that was meant to sow the seeds of chaos

I'm not like 100% on how "The Dark Urge" works, if it's like specific to the One Bhaalspawn or if it's like. An Affliction type thing that all Bhaalspawn have, but, yeah.

Tldr; no he wasn't but he IS a Bhaalspawn with very compulsive urges after he gets The Worm because ✨️Reasons✨️ (Reasons below)

He was ACTUALLY born outside of Elturel, but was kidnapped by an archfey as a young child and brought into Elturel, and the archfey keep him and a bunch of other "orphans". Once he was older and those murderous Bhaalspawn tendencies (dark urges, if u will) started to crop up, the archfey bound him to a warlock's pact, and essentially severed his bloodlust at a young age (around ten or so) so he was "redeemed" and had broken away from Bhaal before he even really knew he was Bhaalspawn.

Then, when he was around fifteen of so, he reinforced his pact with the archfey because he wanted to become a Hellrider, which we all know how THAT goes. He wasn't able to actually become one because the archfey refused to let him take a paladin's oath, but he was an excellent fighter regardless so he was more "mercenary" than anything, but he was very driven. He met Zevlor when he was like 28, so him and Zev have at least a 5 year history in the Hellriders (unofficially) together Before the Descent.

After Elturel fell, and the tieflings were kicked out, the archfey's sway on Aerdir loosened, then when Aerdir and the others arrive at the Grove, Aerdir gets illithid'd before Halsin disappears so when he gets back he has no idea why they're being kicked out.

Side note: I know Orin personally lobotomizes durge but for the sake of consistency she never knew Aerdir even existed before like. Act 2.

But the whole "worm made them weaker" thing loosens his pact with the archfey more to the point his Bhaalspawn tendencies start to show (murderous fits, craving bloodshed, enjoying killing, etc) and it Also allows him to finally take an oath so he becomes a paladin to simulate being Hellrider finally (it also keeps him accountable for his bloodlust).

So like, he had nothing to do with the Absolute, but since I wanted to play a Dark Urge run and I'm a wimp who hates to be mean he's being redeemed. And since I'm a Zevlor and Halsin simp I thought "what if I made him an Elturel refugee!!" and since I'm diseased and love to break canon I shoved them both together!

[sungpeach]

n a v i g a t i o n

hi yall i'm demi (26, they/she, pacific) and this is sung! feel free to give this a like or dm me on discord at demi6468 if you'd like to plot

if you're wondering if i'm the demi you know... probably. it's been a while since i've done tumblr rp so pls bear w me. this barbie is also a shawol so expect constant references in and out of character. that said, more sung info (sungfo, if u will) below:

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background:

grew up poor but then listened to paris hilton and just stopped being poor (or, as history will say, his parents' restaurant business blew up)

moved around quite a bit in older child/tween years as the business grew

was an idol fan from a young age, but the 'rents wanted sung as their business successor

sucks 4 them sung became a trainee anyway. was set for debut after a couple years but that fell through, then the company started treating him as a model instead of an idol and it wore him down and he left

took on military service

didn't give up on his dream tho, joined another company after coming back and worked as a back up dancer for a fallback

tldr for the ending survival show > temporary group > disbandment > solo

personality:

vitamin, sunshine, kind, sweet, polite, hopeless romantic, hard working, determined, introspective, dreamer, overthinker, judgmental, gives himself very good advice but very seldom follows it, can be a bit manipulative (though he doesn't think he is)

he's a pisces, for context on all the above. also a crybaby. cries for happiness, sadness, anything in between

sung's idol self and true self aren't particularly different, idol sung is just more careful/shows negative traits less. he has a pretty good reputation, and a lot of his Brand relies on being likable

the biggest actual difference is sung's a raging homo, which ofc isn't public knowledge

introverted extrovert. most would class him as an extrovert, but he really needs the time to have a cool down period

plots:

sung loves to read, so fellow readers are an easy connection

cares Very Much about music and dance. while he's a known kpop gg stan, he has a decent range of taste in music. over his idol career, he's developed a strong love for songwriting and choreographing to where at this point he's not particularly interested in releasing anything his hands Haven't touched. this is a great place for other diehards/creatives to connect, but also where sung's negative traits could come out. he could be quick to judge someone's commitment level and react poorly due to it

it'd be Lovely to fill the role of a choreographer that sung really respects and has a close relationship with. preferably not an idol for this one, but they would be the person who co-choreographed and starred in sung's move! i see this relationship as one where their passions about dance line up very well and it was an instant connection. they could have worked together at other points as well, like choreographing for bsides for his first solo concert

that said, would also love other dancers that he keeps on retainer for releases and performances! as he cares so much about his ~art~ he really wants to keep those he feels align with his work. so the same faces pop up a lot. he's very loyal and gives flowers (mostly metaphorical but literal too) to all staff and crew, whether they're on stage with him or not

also loves romantic dramas. he's less knowledgable in other fields (least knowledgable in horror) but still partakes. he's just more likely to sims 4 get famous scream and faint over a romance actor

any athletes i am so sorry to tell u this gayby has no clue who you are

other survival group members! idt i'll make it an official wanted ad since i left everything so vague, but there are so many directions for that. i also Headcanon jsj (the temp group) to being a pseudo sibling group with rhiannon and yebin's viv:id 🤓

i'd love for another vivid member to come and be the feat on sung's song be your enemy! yebin was karina in want and rhi was seulgi on heart stop so it'd be fun to continue the trend

another negative place to come from could be just catching sung on a bad day back when he was pushed as a model in his og company. he was very worn out, discouraged, and idk teen hormones im sure didn't make it easier. on the flip side, someone supporting him then would be lovely

the easiest way to tick sung off without much effort has to do with politeness. he gives a lot more grace to foreigners, but really doesn't stand for it from born koreans

i mention negative ideas most since those are hardest for nice muses BUT in gen, sung is kind of a 'friend of the industry' guy. though, especially when he was younger, he had a hard time picking up on cues from people that they didn't want to be friends. he's pretty full on and touchy straight away. loves him a little cuddle

with romance, he's a chronic falling in love with friends-er. but he's also a True hopeless romantic so a guy says smth nice to him once and he walks away with a little bit of a crush 9/10 times. doesn't tend to go for his best interests, so negative romantic r/s are welcome too (past or present)

also he had a gf sometime when he was around 16-18, so that could be fun to play with!

[fullmetalscullyy]

📥 What's your fave fic to receive comments on?

ty for the ask friend!!!!

i would love to just say them all (bc it's true) hahaha but i'll (try) pick one or two (or more) and give a wee reason why

i could literally go on forever though about my faves. and i have so many!!! which i love for me hehehe :)

ok. so. this fic is my baby. my first born, if u will. let you love me is just. idk. domesticity and ~drama~ and royai all wrapped into one. it was a major comfort to write. the development of the relationship between roy and riza, and all which stood between them was cool to figure out. not to mention giving them their own backstory and own challenges!! that was so fun (and also, cue the ✨ melodrama ✨ for the extra feels hehehehe SO FUN). and omg. riza having a kid and them just having such a wholesome relationship. and then introducing roy into it as well, and having james taking to him so quickly. an absolute TREAT to work on. i still listen to the playlist i created to listen to while writing it today and love it w all my heart with all the memories it sparks 🥰 it's a pure joy. so it makes me endlessly happy when others leave little comments and enjoy it as much as i did working on it. because writing this fic is the most enjoyment i have ever had working on something. pure joy

this next fic is also my baby. my child. the love of my life. hit and run was soooooo fun to work on. it all started as a night out in edinburgh, going on a drunk ghost tour into the vaults of north bridge. next thing i knew, a royai fic pops into my brain and its this beauty right here. stunnin. i really tried to incorporate some of my own country's history into it, blending it in with royai, which is why i love it. and again, it doesn't get a lot of attention nowadays, but when people like it enough to read and drop a wee comment, it sparks so much joy, let me tell u. it makes my day <3 it's probably my most re-read fic from me hahaha

ANOTHER CHILD. my bby. my inferno is just..... so happy. so free from angst - which i wanted!!! i didn't want any drama for royai. there is life drama, just like there is for everyone. but it's mostly just them being happy. in love. doting on each other. being successful and achieving their dreams. so when ppl comment on it and tell me how they love it.......... (one or two have even told me its their comfort fic like !!!!!!!!!!! 😳 wtf!!! 😳😳🥹) it makes my heart so happy. i adore this one sm

special shout out to this one. the way it was, was the biggest, most daunting project i have ever worked on. it took me years to even be mentally prepared to write it haha. there were struggles. there was plenty of hate for it, weirdly, lmao they were wildin - which even pushed me to the point of not even wanting to finish it (i remember conversations with my close friends, offering only to finish it and share it with them, rather than posting it). but guess what, ya bitch overcame it, and i did finish it. i fucking did it!!! and yes, there is melodrama. there is angst, possibly too much of it. but ehhhh who cares. i still love it and that's all that matters. it's another one of my children and i adore it, faults and all 🥰 so whenever i get a wee comment on it i just "audshfdg aww 🥺🥺🥹" it makes those comments even more special to me :)

anyway, thank u for letting me indulge and ramble for a hot minute hahaha thank you for the ask!! 💖💖

feel free to send me a writing ask!

[rockpapertheodore]

Imagine, if u will, an obnoxious goblin child

Imagine using ur greedy little claws 2 hop onto ur fathers chest and then negligently stab his nipnops with them

Imagine being so cute and annoying that he just smooches ur head and snuggles u anyway

[intogenshin]

vision criteria

a lot of fans hate the concept of criteria for visions but i do believe there is one, just.. not as part of the world building? like i dont know if i’d go as far as to say whatever entity or mechanism in charge of granting visions has a criteria of its own, but there seems to be a common narrative between he characters of each respective element.

a doylist criteria, if u will.

so far i've looked into cryo, anemo and pyro (i did make posts back in the day but they're now privated until i can word all of it better)

anemo

acceptance of circumstances out of one's control

people often joke about anemo characters' shared trait being the death of a friend, even though heizou is the only one whose loss of a loved one was involved in gaining his vision.

kazuha had already gained his when his friend defied the musou no hitotachi, faruzan gained hers before she realized she had been trapped for a century and everyone she knew was dead, and tatarasuna people were long gone when wandered gained his. moreover, we don't know when xiao got his, and characters like jean, sucrose and sayu do not feature any death in their lore.

the narrative is present, however, especially through the archon himself who wears the face of the nameless bard in order to honor his memory.

the death of a loved one seems just a very direct way of approaching the theme of acceptance of something that's out of one's control. anemo characters struggle with this throughout their lives, and gain a vision when they're able to overcome it.

the ruin of the kaedehara clan was out of kazuha's control, for instance, and he gained his vision when he decided to focus on the positive aspects of life rather than his misfortunes.

jean had to fulfill the duty of her clan since she was young, depriving herself of experiences that are normal for other children, and she gains her vision when she apprehends the corrupt members of the knights of favonius and proves to herself that these sacrifices are worth it.

sayu gains hers when she decides to turn her small size to her advantage; wanderer (anemo poster child tbh) gains his when he accepts the memories of his "past incarnation" as his own; heizou gains his when he accepts evil is part of human nature and makes it personal; sucrose gains hers when her interest for alchemical experiments starts overshadowing her original goal to recreate a childhood fantasy she shared with friends she lost contact with.

cryo

acceptance of the self

the most distinctive trait of cryo characters is inner duality, theres a part of themselves they struggle with and they only gain their vision when they accept themselves wholly. sometimes this is approached more directly with life or death situations in which the character has to save themselves, and therefore find enough worth as they are.

everyone knows what's up with kaeya's backstory. it's not just telling the truth about who he is that grants him a vision, because it appears later when he's fighting against diluc. he gains it when he blocks an attack, protecting himself and no longer being ashamed (or at least at this crucial moment)

rosaria was taken in by a gang of criminals who massacred her village when she was a baby. she struggles to define the place she had within this group, unsure if she should call them fathers or not. she gains her vision when she tries to escape, and one of them challenges her to a fight to death that she wins

qiqi is a zombie who gains hers when she wishes to stay alive in the midst of dying

shenhe is cursed since childbirth, her duality is more about who she wants to be despite her fate. she gains her vision while fighting an evil spirit/god that her father tried to sacrifice her to

ganyu is half adepti half human, and unlike yanfei she struggles to belong on either side. she gains a vision when she decides to stay in liyue to help the qixing, effectively picking a side although she doesnt realize it

chongyun was born with yang energy which prevents him from performing exorcisms. he gains his vision because he decides he'll still achieve this goal with this condition, not in spite of it

eula gains her vision when she decides to follow her own principles, regardless of what her clan and mondstadt want to impose on her

ayaka is limited by her duty and social class against her fantasies of a regular or adventurous life. gains her vision when she proves to herself she's worthy of her position

layla is a very insecure person, especially regarding her academic skills. theres the whole DID as well. she gains her vision at some point while she argues with a professor, effectively being confident in her ideas.

i havent checked mika's bc sincerely zZz

diona's the only one who doesnt fit in this narrative. she's a very lonely kid who only has her dad as company, but he gives more attention to alcohol than her. she gains her vision when she goes out during a snow storm to look for him, admitting her uncondtional love with that action.

pyro

im not sure how to word this yet.

the common pattern seems to be about carrying a legacy, more directly addressed through family businesses but there's other characters with more abstract ones:

diluc & his father's winery

hu tao & her family's funerary tradition

amber & her grandfather's outrider force

bennet & his dads' wish for success in adventuring

klee & alice's teachings

xianling & liyue's cuisine/her father's restaurant

xinyan & the essence of rock music

yanfei & the integrity of law

yoimiya & her family's fireworks business

dehya & her father's will (although she misunderstands what that is until her story quest)

inheriting something has not much to do with it, it's the way this element forms part of their characterization and how it's involved in gaining a vision. just because a character has a family business it doesnt mean they fit the criteria.

for example:

bennett's was a bit burdened by the lack of success of his dads, he thought he had to achieve something to give meaning to their lives, but gains his vision when he realizes that success is not needed and the experiences in and of itself are what makes an adventurer.

diluc followed the ambitions of his father, and believed them to be their own. he never questioned his choices, as long as they made his father happy. when he's faced with his death, the fact he owned a delusion, and the corruption in the knights his whole sense of self shatters and when he leaves mondstadt, he also leaves his vision (which he called his and his father's shared ambition) behind. then he returns to do exactly what he was doing before (protecting mond), but this time it's under his own terms: no longer under the knights of favonius (the frustrated dream of his father)

it feels as though pyro characters gain their visions when they realize themselves, who they are and what they want regardless of what has been imposed on them. they might follow this legacy like diluc or hu tao, or they might search for their own path like bennett and dehya.

perhaps xinyan is more the poster child, someone who protects who she is despite the constant pushback from society, something that she fights to change.

some accept their legacies as their genuine path and others rebel against it, and then others rebel against it and still accept it in their own terms. how to put it?

perhaps it's the realization of individuality?

the legacy is not important, as it is with the narrative of dead loved ones or duality in the other elements, it feels more like a trial to find the character's individuality.

hydro

i still struggle with the other elements, mainly because i have yet to go through each character profile to analyze them cohesively.

it's hard to find the right common pattern.

they have a high status in their respective fields:

barbara is a church idol in the nation of poetry and ballads with high devotion to their god

candace is the village's appointed guardian

ayato is the clan/commission's leader

mona is a renowned astrologist

nilou is the star of the theater

kokomi is watatsumi's high priestess

childe is a harbinger

xingqiu is the best diciple of guhua

yelan is yelan

some of them are innovators/change tradition:

barbara changed the music scene in mond, from traditional folk music to her idol stuff ig

candace went against the elders in the village so they could start making business with outsiders, since she wants aaru village to flourish beyond the burden of their past

yelan stood up to ningguang in how things were done

yet others are catalysts for preservation:

ayato upholds his clan and remains loyal to the raiden shogun not out of genuine conviction, but for filial piety (to honor his parents and protect his sister)

mona protects the integrity of her art to her own detriment

likewise, nilou doesnt have greater ambitions in regards to her dancing skills

xingqiu revived the arts of the guhua clan

kokomi could fit in both, since she carries the will of orobashi, and rather than following personal ideals in how to rule her people, she wants to follow their collective wishes. but then she's also working hard in erasing the generational trauma/resentment they have against the shogunate.

childe is. childe is a special case. he wanted to become the hero of the stories his father told him, and to this end he's made it his own conviction to protect children's dreams. thats the element of preservation, but i dont know how he gained his vision so i cant say how significant this narrative was in the process.

in a way, characters who have innovated are also conducts for preservation through that innovation (preserving music, preserving the village's future, preserving the lives of those who work in the shadows of the qixing)

perhaps like legacy is a trial for pyro characters, this aspect of preservation/innovation is also a trial for hydro ones, but as to what's the underlying narrative.. i cant tell. yet.

electro

i think some of them share the pattern of being tools for a higher purpose, especially ei, cyno and sara. they're not tools like scaramouche was, because thats something he pretty much was created as and had no control over, but this is rather a deliberate choice they make. they chose this for themselves completely out of their own free will.

theres characters like fischl who directly embody something else, her identity is put aside much like the tool characters do for their conviction.

there's a bit of sacrifice involved in doing this i guess?

that's about it, as far as i can go without analyzing the character profiles further.