#ANNOYING THE HYDRO SOVEREIGN TO NO END

[akashis-waifu]

Ah, yes. The Neuvillette-Furina-Venti experience.

[suguru-getos]

Genshin Impact characters and how they comfort you (F!Reader):

A/N: It's been a while lovelies :P since yours truly touched Genshin Impact. In all honesty, the game remains to be my comfort game & the characters give me so much joy. Here's me, word-vomiting about them blorbos. ;)

Characters included: Neuvillette, Wriothesley, Alhaitham, Ayato

Neuvillette:

The only reason he hasn't cried (yet) is because he is thinking hard on what to do when you're blue. Would probably suggest that you and him go together for a walk! Hey! Don't judge him - a walk fixes everything. Besides, someone who hasn't had a romantic interest in centuries really needs to learn a thing or two. He doesn't mind writing an official application about his absence and walking along the streets of Fontaine with you. He knows the Melusine village brings you a lot of comfort so it's also his go-to place whenever he's feeling down. He tried making you taste different kinds of waters - yep, didn't end well for the Hydro Dragon Sovereign. However, lessons are to be learnt and he learnt them well! Now, he has realized that mostly, your sadness can be satiated with something delectable to soothe your tongue. He started with soup, well? Naturally.. though that didn't end well either. He now has realized what he might like, you might/might not. So, he takes the more aware turn & takes you to places you like, or sometimes doesn't do anything. Happily wraps his arms around you, kisses your forehead and doesn't say anything. Silence and hugs? Best! He's noticed you like that far better.

Ayato:

The Yashiro Commissioner is a cocky fellow, and sometimes a tad too overconfident. He thinks he knows you inside out; that's not something he refers from you though. He thinks it's because no one can ever love you more than Kamisato Ayato. (He is kinda right? Though what's worse is he is mostly correct about the things that you need.) Like - he knows when that period begins, and when the mood swings absolutely obliterate you; he knows some Fontainian chocolate, or Mousse will come to the rescue. Some dangos might also help. The Kamisato Estate staff is trained to not fall pale to your needs. You & him both know that with all the travel opportunities you accompany Ayato in, you do have taste-buds which would be bored with Inazuman food alone. Whenever there is something bothering you personally, Ayato would ask you to vent it out. He firmly believes in annoying you with persistent cooing and crooning of, "Hey Princess, what's got that pretty face so long?" / "Oh come now, don't tell me you would hide things from your husband? I feel judged already. Do I not deserve to know?" You do end up telling him everything - and while Ayato is surprisingly good at giving advices… you always like how he asks first, if you want him to listen, or give his opinions.

Alhaitham:

The Scribe of Sumeru's Akademiya who is also your boyfriend - usually takes the overly analytical route, rationalizing everything. So you often don't tell him about the things that bother you. Since he is so observant and keen however, you can never really slide something that's got you down under the rug either. "You are behaving differently." Alhaitham commented, "Usually when you come home, from outside… you freshen up." He comments at the lack thereof, watching you squirm under his gaze. Of course, whenever you feel down your mind and body send you in a slump. "Oh- yeah, I'll get to that." You quickly comment, though you're cut off by his tender hold on your wrist. "Course you can, something wrong?" Now he knows the 'Female Anatomy', as he likes to call it. Often going out of his way to explain your hormonal cycle, what you should do when you are in your leutal, menstrual, ovulation phases etc. You don't have to say much in certain times as such. Though he acts like nothing's the matter when you do vent about let's say - something at work/Akademiya; there have been instances where he would pay personal visits to some people for pissing his girl off. Duality? Yep.

Wriothesley:

'His' Grace; is extremely kind to everyone, and fair. You being his significant other, get your own perks from time to time. For example: He is always available for tea for his little one. He is always available to listen to you whenever. He considers it fortunate enough that you are willing to live in the Fortress of Meropide with him - he knows it's the harshest decision especially from someone who hasn't done any crime whatsoever. There are days when even someone like Wriothesley (who seldom goes out) makes sure that he visits the world up above with you. Might take you to the Opera, might take you to those fabulous boutiques, anything and everything fashion the second he notices your eyes glim. Nope, none of that is tolerated here. The prisoners have started calling you 'Her Grace'; while you do not prefer it, Wriothesley does not mind, he is fine with you being treated like someone treasured. That would ensure that people around you would tend to you also, when you're down. Damn does this man love body massages, giving them to you and watching your shoulders slump. He needs to be so careful with you though. Can’t be too rough else his little baby would break… <3

[thewarinourstarwars]

Hold My Heart

Pairing: Chilumi

Fandom: Genshin Impact

This can be found on Ao3

Summary:

"She took him to the Serenitea Pot, the home she had carved for herself in this world. How long had it been, since she’d last had a home?

When Yanfei had given it to her, she’d hoped that Aether would be the first person after Paimon to share it, as they had always promised they would share their new home wherever they found it.

But instead, she’d brought Childe home."

OR

Skirk hands Childe over to Lumine, and as a result she is able to return his vision to him.

Lumine blinked. It was as if the world itself had ripped open, and out of it emerged the ethereal girl, wielding a fistful of the void between the stars in one hand, and dragging him by the other. 

He was no longer transformed, wearing the dark armor of the Abyss that he had learned within its depths. Without the power of the Foul Legacy behind him, he looked as deflated as he had after facing the Ruin Factory. Tired, faded, and so gray. Teppei’s ghost flashed before Lumine’s golden eyes. 

He could not suffer the same fate. Not if she had anything to say about it. 

“Ajax!” She cried as she reached out to the ethereal warrior. 

The warrior blinked back at her, as if surprised. “You know my disciple, then?”

. . . her disciple? Then this is. . . 

“You’re Skirk, aren’t you?” Lumine remembered what he had confided in her, about his descent into the Abyss and the mysterious girl with a sword who was one with the shadows. She was the one who had taught him to survive there, who had taught him the legacy that would likely someday kill him. 

“Hang on a moment, will you?” Skirk seemed annoyed. She threw the fistful of void at the Primordial Whale, and it vanished, closing the tear in the world. Only the Primordial Sea remained, sparkling violet and turquoise and silver. 

Within its depths, it was just the four of them—the Hydro Sovereign of the Depths, the ethereal warrior who lived within the abyss, the boy who had fallen through the world and came out determined to topple it, and the otherworldly traveler. 

“That’s better—my master’s pet escaped again, I see.” Skirk sighed, as if this were a mundane occurrence and not nearly the very end of Fontaine itself. “I do wish he would keep a better leash on it.”

Lumine and Neuvilette exchanged a glance. Even the ancient dragon reborn looked terrified of its implications. 

“At least he doesn’t lose track of it the way his other student does.” Skirk shook her head. “I’ve never met Rhinedottir, mind you, but she takes after our master in the worst ways.”

Lumine’s blood ran cold as the winds of Dragonspine. She could hear Albedo’s secret rustling through her ears again, recall the symbol of the eclipse that had haunted her before she’d met Paimon. She knew of Rhinedottir, had come across the rare references to the alchemist who had supposedly been the downfall of Khan’riah, mother to Albedo, Durin, and the Riftwolves alike. 

If this girl was associated with Rhinedottir. . . 

Lumine didn’t like this. Not at all. 

“Oh, right, him.” Skirk glanced down at Childe, who she was holding by the scruff of his neck. “You should take him. I have no need to speak with him.”

With that, she practically tossed him at Lumine. It was all that she could do to catch his unconscious body and not topple over from the momentum. The ethereal warrior’s strength was far more than her petite physique suggested. It reminded Lumine of her own otherworldly strength. 

A look in Skirk’s eyes told her all she needed to know. This woman was not from this world. Just like her. 

No, not like her, Lumine realized as she adjusted her grip on Childe. 

“You should get going.” Skirk glanced around before looking Neuvilette up and down. “And I wouldn’t keep the gnosis, if I were you.”

“Why not?” Neuvilette’s frown deepened. 

“It was made from the remains of the Third Descender, the one who the First and Second Who Came conspired to destroy.” Skirk twirled her sword as if bored. “Well, I must go now. If I have any further messages, I’ll send them through him.”

With that, the world ripped in two again, and the ethereal warrior was gone. 

Lumine looked down at Childe. He was stirring—but not awake. Not yet. His eyelids only fluttered, and the steady yet shallow rise and fall of his chest was the only promise of life. 

But he was alive. 

That was what mattered, wasn’t it? He had survived this adventure, the encounter with the whale. And yet, Lumine found herself with more questions than answers. Much like her investigation into the secrets of the Fortress of Meropide, she was finding that Childe’s story wasn’t complete. 

What was the whale, truly, beyond being a madman’s pet? Why did Childe resonate with it? Why had the Oratrice passed judgement on him for a series of murders that started long before he was born? 

There would be time to answer them, Lumine decided. But first, she needed to help him. 

It would be three days before he awakened. Arrlechino had wanted to take him with her and the gnosis, and yet Lumine insisted on taking him. The Knave merely regarded her coolly upon her insistence, with silky murmurings about something “making sense” to her now. 

Not that it mattered. Arrlechino, it seemed, or perhaps it was truly the Tsaritsa, wasn’t interested in making an enemy of her, at least for now. 

Neuvilette wrote his pardon, and she took him to the Serenitea Pot, the home she had carved for herself in this world. How long had it been, since she’d last had a home?

When Yanfei had given it to her, she’d hoped that Aether would be the first person after Paimon to share it, as they had always promised they would share their new home wherever they found it. 

But instead, she’d brought Childe home. 

She tried not to think about it too hard. 

With the teapot left on the rolling green hills upon the shoreline, no one bothered it while Lumine went about her daily commissions and little adventures, returning to nurse her sleeping comrade. 

It was on that third evening that she sat by his bedside—still no change in his condition as the sun set inside and outside of the teapot. 

Paimon watched as Lumine sat dejected, watching over him. She’d tended to the open wounds, the places where the battle had taken its toll on him. But it would all be for nothing if he didn’t wake up. 

She couldn’t handle another loss. Not like Teppei, Zhiqong, or even her own brother. Teucer couldn’t lose an older brother the way that she had. 

She removed the Vision from her pocket—it was still shining, like the sun upon the waters of Liyue. That had to mean something, didn’t it?

She looked over at his sleeping form. His expression was surprisingly peaceful, like in her dreams when he’d sunken beneath the waves. Skirk had once prophesied that he would know no peace. What a blessing, he had told her. Both of them knew it was truly a curse. 

“Wake up,” she whispered, because how could she possibly give any stronger voice to this? “Please. I love you.”

The Vision shined with the brilliance of a thousand stars all at once as the deep blue glow of the water enveloped the room. When Lumine could see again, Childe’s eyes were open. 

He looked dazed, displaced and disoriented within space and time. 

But he was awake. And alive. 

“Lumine?” His voice wavered. “What happened—did I win?”

“You held him off for as long as you could.” Lumine reached for his back, helping him as he sat up. “You helped save Fontaine.”

“But I didn’t kill it?” The disappointment was evident. 

“It almost killed you.” She couldn’t help the swell of emotion that rose in her admonishment. “What would I have told Zhongli? Or Teucer? Or Tonia?”

He regarded her, but said nothing.

“You told me that the Foul Legacy takes so much. . . and with only your Delusion—“ Lumine’s voice cracked. 

“It was killing you,” she repeated helplessly. “I wasn’t able to rescue you sooner.”

“You came,” he said simply. He snaked an arm around her shoulder, leaning on her. “Maybe next time, we can fight it together.”

“And maybe next time, you’ll have this.” She pressed his Vision into his free hand. 

“You kept it safe.” He accepted it and looked at it as if it were a miracle, or at least not one that he had already earned. 

“Of course I did.” Lumine studied his face carefully. “I love you.”

The shock rolled over him like a tidal wave. He froze, his expression as unreadable as the ocean on a gray, cloudy day. Then he slowly turned, his eyes widening as Lumine saw a light in them for the first time. 

“What?”

Lumine’s heart pounded in her chest as she continued, plunging head-on in. She’d thrown herself into this fight and she would finish it. 

“I love you,” she repeated. It was getting easier to say those words. 

A contemplative expression passed over his face. “I heard them, when I was waking up, but I wasn’t sure if I was still dreaming.”

His eyes returned to her, shining with something new, an excitement that was different from his usual battle-lust. “I love you too. I have since the moment I saw you. I couldn’t tell you, after everything that happened in Liyue. I thought you’d never feel the same way.”

“You didn’t have to tell me.” Lumine placed her hand around his, feeling the Vision pulsing beneath her palms, reflecting their own twin heartbeats. “This was all I needed to know.”

“What now?” He asked breathlessly.

“You rest.” She gently pushed him back into the bed. “You need to recover, before we can leave Fontaine.”

“We?” 

“I don’t want you to leave,” Lumine said. “And I’m tired of leaving.”

She looked away, to the nightfall outside in the teapot. “I still need to find out what happened to my brother. But maybe we can do it together.”

He took her hand. “Comrade, I think we can do anything, even topple the divine thrones of this world if we’re together.”

[silkjade]

the 4.2 archon quest was so good, i loved it, the story unfolded so beautifully, the characters were created with so much love, it's left me feeling so wistful and even a bit melancholy, i know it's going to haunt me for a couple days but overall i really loved the direction they went with this, what an amazing end to this story ♡

(spoilers under the cut)

I've defended furina ever since 4.0 against that whole 'neuvi is the real archon' crowd (who were SO annoying btw even after it was revealed he is the hydro sovereign) and my adoration of her has NEVER wavered because she is just a girl ! and she's doing her best ! && her character is BEAUTIFUL because she's just a girl, a human ! who has single handedly carried this burden (which wasn't even hers to begin with btw) alone for 500 years—putting on a mask everyday just to play the part of the archon, suffering in silence... & on the other hand, focalors, her divine counterpart, too worked tirelessly for the sake of justice, so she could sacrifice herself to fool the heavenly principles, and return neuvillette's authority

This whole arc had me in tears because it's so, "give me back my girlhood, it was mine first." I'm honestly so happy how it ended with furina leaving to live her own life, as she should ! she's free ! after working so hard for so long... like she did not waver once, not even when presented the chance, not even to the traveler in her own head. (& i loved this btw because i feel like all the other aqs we've kind of been 'the exception' with the archons) (also looking back, the whole plan to trap her and put her on trial was pretty cruel, though i dn't blame anyone cus no one knew at the time) but i was so so happy to read the other archons' new voicelines about furina, because even they recognized her dedication and perseverance and strength

&& a shoutout to navia who is so beautiful and strong and she's lost her father and now silver + melus... their love and devotion to her literally had me in tears within the first like 5 minutes of the aq. Like the two oceanids protecting her !!!! they were already in the collective consciousness but were still defending her literally til the end, literally in death. rare npcs that i care abt 'n cried for + i really thought they were gonna come back at the end but they didn't like they actually DIED ?? idk me personally i think mayb furina's second story quest will bring the dissolved ppl back mayb idk but i'm manifesting, ik we're def not done with fontaine yet so give navia her family back !

&& also i loved that for once, we are not against the fatui. for a while now i've been under the impression that the fatui might not be as bad as we're made to think they are at first, cus obviously everything is not black and white. im normally pretty whatevs abt childe but he's so silly for fighting the whale for like a month & then unintentionally saving the day whilst dissing neuvi with that thumbs down at the same time HAHAHA

ok i think that's it for now, i just really loved this archon quest. sumeru and fontaine really set the bar so high and i hope hoyo keeps this standard when we go to natlan as well. the overall story just keeps getting more 'n more interesting as we go and i'm honestly so excited cus we're learning sm yet there's also still so much we don't know ahhhhhhh !!!

[abyssmalice]

(need to sleep as much as i want to eat more childe content but alas. i will however summarize some quick childe thonkies for a bit)

(CHILDE IS SO HAPPY TO SEE US OH MY GOD IM HAPPY TO SEE YOU TOO COMRADE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also omg they really just went "ok time to speedrun childe's characters stories for everyone who doesnt have him and doesnt want to bother"

but THEY ADDED MORE STUFF THIS TIME!!!!! specifically the details of "awakening something" and "seeing a dream of (an all-conquering) whale" ......................... my dude, my god, oh god. like im 50% sure the archon quests will prove me wrong but my god what if childe is the sovereign of water. what if HE IS THE HYDRO DRAGON REBORN AS A HUMAN OH MY GOD EATS MY OWN HAND

also other tiny details from that one singular childe convo that i highly enjoyed: skirk exists, for real, oh my god + TONIA EXISTS, FOR REAL, OH MY GOD SHE WENT ICE FISHING WITH HER SIBBIES + childe has tried to retrace his steps back into the abyss but the 'crack' has disappeared and he can't find any leads atm as to where he ended up in the abyss to begin with, nor of skirk herself..........

anyway my childe enjoyment vibes aside. my god my tonitoni would DIE if she had to stay here for any longer than a week or something

the laws are ridiculous and she WILL have the maniacal urge to break them all, and break them spectacularly. it wont help that i think every single person from the northland bank to the tsaritsa to arlecchino will tell her to NOT CAUSE A DAMN RUCKUS or risk ruining fatui plans, so she Has to be on good behavior, which means toni will actually die in two days after which she will probably blow something up or worse

i think she will just straight up fight furina for both fun and because she's just so bored and annoyed by how straight-laced the place must be at times. 5/10 chance tho that furina might be entertained by toni trying to break fontaine's laws in a most brazen yet eye-catching way, idk)

[lesbeidou]

i won’t lie it’s been almost a day and act 5 still has me fucked up

i knew i was doomed from the start when it had me sobbing only 20 mins into the act with the whole melus/silver situation…. navia has gone through so much loss…. and despite it all they still saved her as oceanids……… no one look at me

and now knowing the truth of focalors’ plan to fuck over celestia and what furina had to endure to make it happen EVEN THO SHE DIDNT EVEN KNOW THE PLAN….. fuck

it also completely recontextualizes the first act… i mean, she’s only human. and she was told that her act would end with a “grand and wondrous trial” but was never told that it would be HER trial… she was just looking for any grand trial hoping it would be the last one…. no fucking wonder she was so excited abt the magic performance and how she jumped at the chance to put the traveler in court…. how grand! how wondrous! surely this would be the trial to end all things and save the ppl of fontaine!!!

also i feel like such an asshole now abt the trap. we really tried to break her conviction and force her into telling us her secret. but the fact she didn’t…………… she stayed resolute until the end………….. and in the end she thought she failed bc her identity was found out bc again SHE WAS NEVER TOLD HER TRIAL WOULD BE THE FINAL TRIAL……… she really thought she fucked it all up…… i hate/love focalors lmfao

hate her for the furina situation bc it’s so fucked up but also love that she basically went “fuck celestia. the ppl of fontaine deserve to be humans if they want to be humans. so i’m going to completely annihilate the divine seat of the Hydro Archon so the power is returned to the dragon sovereign, who can forgive our original sin. celestia loses an archon seat permanently and the ppl of fontaine get to be humans” sick. go off

poor furina tho…. babygirl i’m sorry i found you annoying in act 1/2 i just thought you were a new god who was bad at their job… i didn’t realize you were carrying fontaine on your back for 500 years as a cursed human just trying to play the part of a god all bc a mirror reflection told you to…. i hope the genshin writers let her find peace and discover what she’s actually passionate abt in life so she can spend the rest of her un-cursed days as happy as possible

just 5 hours of on-off crying. brilliant. show-stopping. how is natlan gonna top this

but also. celestia isn’t just gonna let this slide… right? they just lost a whole divine seat. there’s no way celestia isn’t gonna wake up after this