#Especially like 'Diluc why are you so Irreverent to Barbados?' and he can't answer 'Because I remember when he was four inches tall'

[scraps-n-starters]

So it's gonna have to wait until I dig a little deeper and have a minute to sink further into Genshin lore but

Fic I fuckin might write where Diluc is a reincarnation of the red head warrior we see with the nameless bard who over time/maybe bc of some magic plot device starts to remember

and some ppl have fun playing with The Nameless Bard and the Red Headed Warrior having been An Item

so It'd be a 5+1 of all the DIFFERENCES between Venti and the Nameless Bard but Diluc coming to love the ways they differ (and the one thing they have alike)

so like

Eye color

Laugh

Favorite food?

Smile too like I wanna give them differing smiles gdi

I'll figure out something else I've got time (maybe favorite song?)

And the temptation to give Venti and the Nameless Bard the same disgusted expression is so funny to me.

Maybe with a prologue or bonus chapter on 5 ways Diluc does or knows things that don't make sense unless you Know What's Up With Him. (Knowing extremely old songs or fighting stances, ruthless tactics from someone who has never actually been on a battlefield, ancient recipes, correcting someone on alcohol tips as a wee lad)