#I got ororon first try that's why I have him

[taxlikesmarsroverz]

Got into genshin impact yesterday (download took foreughver) and it's fun. I like Ororon (is that how you spell it?l?) and Kaeya. I'd like to doodle them but the designs are so OVERCOMPLEX PLEASE.agh

[vxnuslogy]

— 1:43 coincidences.

pairing: kinich x gn!reader

premise: kinich wasn't one to indulge in the creative waters of writing or english. but for a chance to know you, he'd willing jump into the ocean.

— warnings: none

— author's note: this was supposed to be for his birthday but i got lazy half way through so yeah. this is also a part 2 of 11:11 wishes and i highly recommend you read this one first!! art credits to @.n249g on twt. | 2.3k words.

— tags: @ryescapades @mikashisus @https-sourlimes ; if you'd like to be tagged, please fill out the forms in my pinned!!

english—writing class to be specific—was one of kinich’s least favorite subjects in school. not to say that he didn’t appreciate books and stories, he just simply preferred the more straightforward subjects like p.e. and math. he never really could wrap his head around the ideas of using so many literary devices to make a statement sound flowery. why can’t author’s simply say that the sky was blue or that the sun has set? kinich, more often than not, found them all unnecessary.

until you, that is.

kinich met you by coincidence during one of his basketball practices. a loud shout of his name from the stands and an enthusiastic mualani made him cringe internally as his teammates wiggle their eyebrows. with a roll of his eyes, kinich drops his water bottle on the benches and readied himself for whatever mualani wanted to do. his head curiously tilted to the side when he caught sight of you. 

you and mualani were the same height, you held her bag in your arms as you scroll through your phone. kinich must have stared a bit too hard. you looked, meeting his eyes with a curious but embarrassed gaze. suddenly all the metaphorical pieces of literature he once found exasperating had an entirely new meaning as you flashed him an embarrassed smile. he found himself captivated–unable to look away even when mualani came to obscure his view of you. with a heavy breath, he tried his best to keep his attention on her words, but he ended up missing the way your lips turned upward and eyes turn into small crescents. 

it would’ve been cute, dare he say romantic, with the way you kept stealing glances at him. kinich felt a certain itch at the back of his mind to at least smile back, but he never got the chance to. not when a stray basketball flies past his head and nearly hit you all the way from the stands.

“hey! watch it!” mualani shouts. hands gripping the metal bars tightly, ready to jump down and pick a fight with the player who had nearly hit you. 

kinich stood there, baffled and perplexed about you. he found your way of tugging at mualani’s arm amusing as she yells and points an accusing finger at ororon. you shake your head with a sigh and offer him an apologetic smile when he should be the one doing that. with his own heavy sigh, kinich turned around and crossed his arms, a scolding look in his eyes as everyone avoided his gaze. 

“kinich you better put your team in place or i’ll do it myself!” the volleyball captain in the stands yelled with an angry huff. she copied kinich’s pose and narrowed down her eyes but she simply looked like an angry kitten.

kinich’s ears picked up on your airy giggle and felt the hairs on his arms rise. karma must be coming back to bite him in the ass because now, at this very moment, he wished he’d paid enough attention in english class to find a way to describe the way you captured him with just one glance.

much his teacher’s surprise, kinich finally began to participate in english class. he would raise his hands to answer questions and when called, he’d try to answer even if he struggled. all of his classmates concluded something must have happened—you can’t really blame them for being curious, after all, kinich only took interest in very few things. 

he began to frequent the local bookstore too. drifting from one aisle to another, eyes skimming over the spines of the books he once took for granted. ironically, he found himself indulging in a newfound fascination with how words worked. a certain wish deep in the columns of his chest to find a way to describe you in the same way. that’s when kinich ceased all his skimming. ever since that day, he’s been thinking about you, more often than he should.

he knew you and mualani were close—attached to the hip with the way you grew up together. the council president would often brag about your achievements as if they were her own during breaks from meetings. mualani always had something to say about you—all ranging from nice, embarrassing, and intriguing. you also ate lunch together. kinich would always notice how mualani packs extra lunch and when the bell rings, you’re always outside the classroom. bag slinged over your shoulder, a book under your arms as you entertained yourself with your phone. 

during all of these times, kinich’s eyes will always slide over to your figure. trying to capture your mystique on paper with his rookie capabilities in writing. and for the second time, he must have stared too much because you ended up catching his stare. your eyes glossed over the opened book on his desk, the many sticky notes with messy notes, pens and highlighters matching the book cover, and how he keeps tapping his pen on his notebook. his finger’s twitched, heart lurching forward into your arms when your eyes twinkled with familiarity of his actions.

he was doing an activity for english class. and that’s when it all clicked into place. 

you flash him a smile as mualani tangled your arms together and tugged you to the direction of the cafeteria. no wonder your laugh sounded so familiar, it was the same sound he heard during english when he paid attention to everything but the lesson. the book under your arms had the same colored annotations as his and even the blue bracelet on your wrist looked familiar. you were the student sitting a few seats back from him. 

“what a coincidence,” he murmurs, shifting his attention back to the activity due tomorrow. but his mind betrayed him for the second time because instead of writing down his interpretations in the notebook, the word “beautiful” was instead jotted down. and kinich isn’t talking about the book.

dismissal hours and kinich did not mix well. while others packed their things to go home, he stayed behind to work with the council on the bulletin board. with a thud, he dropped to the floors as the others laugh. mualani ruffled his hair and promised they’ll be quick today, which he highly doubts with the way there was paint on her face and poorly hidden paper planes made out of spare papers. he shook his head in amusement and started getting to work.

by the time the clock hit 5, everyone had bid their farewells and kinich was left alone boarding the last bus of the day. he mindlessly paid the bus fare and looked for any available seats. the grip on his school bag tightened ever so slightly when he caught sight of a familiar mop of hair and blue bracelet in one of the seats. like a sailor being captured with a siren’s song, kinich made his way to you and cleared his throat.

you look up at him with the sun in your eyes. and he wonders if you’re aware of them. “is this seat taken?” a beat of silence passed before he caught the way your eyes widened and shook your head no. kinich swore he could hear the drumming of his heart as the sun sets behind you, casting a golden glow that makes you even more captivating.

“oh no, no! not at all,” you stammer out with a crooked smile. kinich nods in thanks and sits down. this must be the awkward presence of a blooming crush the books he’s read were talking about. he wanted to bury his head in his hand in sheer embarrassment. of course he concludes he had a crush on you as you’re sitting next to him. of course he just had to be awkward as you steal glances at him every now and then, trying to think of a way to strike up a conversation.

“are you done?” you ask and kinich has never reacted to a sound so fast in his life. “with the book review i mean.” another smile, another reason for kinich’s heart to beat. he cleared his throat and looked away, muttering a soft yes under his breath. you don’t speak another word after that and kinich curses mualani for sleeping over at a friend’s house today. 

now, kinich wasn’t one to abuse his position as a council member nor did he ask teacher’s for favors–but there’s a first for everything. with a knowing mualani behind him, he takes a shaky breath in and knocks on the faculty door to excuse his english teacher to ask to be partnered with you.

it was such a bizarre and surreal feeling. kinich was simply about to go to bed after basketball practice when mualani had decided to blow up his phone with messages and screenshots. conversations with you filled with all capital messages, numerous exclamation marks, and sobbing emojis he began to associate with you began to fill his mind as his heart started to expand. 

“ I WISH HE’D BE MY PARTNER FOR THE BIOGRAPHY PROJECT 😭 😭”

kinich never paid any attention to the project despite having more interest in class—he didn’t have any particular interest in anyone, except you. so for you to wish to have him as the subject of your written creativity, how could kinich resist? and there wasn’t any difficulty in convincing your teacher too. a poorly executed excuse of maybe having your creativity rubbing off on him was all it took for the two of you to be paired up.

when he leaves the faculty, mualani greets him with a knowing smirk, her hands behind her back as the two quietly make their way back to the never ending task that is the bulletin board. the girl made sure not to point out the excited glint in his eyes and how a smile threatened to spill from his lips when you passed by and waved at her.

“you’re such a goner,” mualani teased with a shake of her head. she only stuck out her tongue at him when kinich tried to kick her shin. but he didn’t try to deny anything, all he could think about what kind of questions he’ll ask you in the span of a month.

“blue. you were wearing a blue bracelet when we first met and i really liked it.”

“and”

“it suits you”

“is that a weird thing to say?”

it was embarrassing how quickly kinich closed his phone and put it on silent mode. that was something so unlike him to say—even his punctuations and spacing of messages felt out of place. but could you blame him? that damn blue bracelet complimented the tone of your skin, how light seemed to bounce off it and become a magnet–begging for him to hold. 

and was it wrong of him to assume you liked green because of him? he noticed earlier this week that your gaze lingered longer whenever he wore his jersey jacket and this one hoodie xilonen gifted him. “the color reminded me of a calming walk in the forest,” you had said when he sat down in front of you as he asked why you were staring (leaving out the part of the giddy feeling he’s captured your undivided attention with just a piece of clothing. he then wonders what you’d look like if you were the one to wear it.)

could you give his poor heart a break? after all you nearly injuring yourself trying to make it to class wasn’t on his agenda for the day (but he’ll never admit how nice it felt for you to cling to him). he never meant for your fingers to brush as you picked up the papers on the floor, nor did he mean to look away so quickly—missing the way your cheeks turned pink.

kinich’s gaze flickered over to that blue bracelet again as you checked your appearance on your phone, then it moved to your bag, and like a sailor following the north star, he took it from your back and said, “let’s go to class.” his voice was quiet—dare he think shy—as he covered half of his face with a curled fist. 

you denied his offer to bail you out of a lecture from your teacher and he promptly agrees. but kinich knows, deep down in the ocean of his heart that you won’t get in trouble when he’s by your side. maybe it was the adrenaline–or maybe just you–he loved to chase. he took steps and steps in your direction to pluck a stray leaf stuck in your hair. he doesn’t miss the whiff of your perfume—woody with hints of citrus and some cinnamon in the mix.

you smell like sunshine and the partner he wants for the rest of his life.

after the biography project, kinich finds himself sitting with you in a park after classes got canceled. you asked him to push you on the swing set and he complied without much of a fight. 

“i wish you’d be my partner for this project, and wouldn’t you know, it actually happened.”

“oh, i know.”

kinich laughs, something he does more with you, at your dumbfounded expression. the realization that mualani had snitched on you and that he went out of his way to make sure it happened like you wished for sent your cheeks ablaze. kinich loved the sight of you under the afternoon sun as he goes in front of you, on one knee like those cheesy prince charmings in stories you always gushed about.

“be my partner for life, that was my 11:11 wish today.”

if you were to ask kinich what his favorite season was, he would answer summer within a heartbeat. summer was the season when you met, the colors of the sun bathing you in all his favorite colors as you cheered him on from the stands during basketball matches with his name on your back. the many ice cream runs where you both complain about the heat, or when you drop by the council room to try and cool off because the ac is stronger. summer had you in it, but kinich wouldn’t mind experiencing the other seasons with you too.

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[arisewanekosuki]

If little helper reader had a dendro vision is she compatible at every team comp of dendro like on burgeon, aggravate, bloom, and hyper bloom?

Like for example with Kinich and Emily being burgeon, she gives them up a buff on em(or anything you want in general) making their reactions deal more dmg

Also the little headcannon about little helper reader thinking that every guy likes lumine

I wanna see it on Kinich and ororon hehe

Someone already asked what if she had vision and I answered that I can see her having dendro one! Also here I wrote how her abilites would work, based of her elemental skill she would be compatible mostly with bloom, hyper bloom and burgeon teams.

------ The first thing Ajaw did after learning that Kinich got a crush on you was to just tell you about it. He really wanted to see Kinich being embarrassed or even rejected by you, but what he didn’t predict was that you… just won’t believe him. Of course this didn’t stop him and he continued to tell you about it every time he saw you. After some time the self proclaimed Almighty Dragonlord started to get irritated by it… Your accusations that Ajaw lies or when you didn’t see that Kinich clearly is looking only at you drove him insane sometimes. So one day the pixelated Saurian shouted when you were alone with them. -"How can you not see that this guy has a crush on you?!" You were stunned, Kinich was a bit nervous. Will you finally realize? And if yes, will you accept his feelings or reject them? You sighed, suddenly looking irritated. -"Ajaw... I think you're the blind one, Kinich clearly has feelings towards Lumine!" You said making two boys silent. Both of them were stunned by your declaration. The Saurian Hunter knew what would happen soon so before Ajaw could offend you in any way he locked the little Saurian away. You pouted. -”What’s wrong with him? He spent all the time with you and didn’t realize about your crush on Lumine? Ah but don’t worry I won’t tell her so you can still surprise her!” after the last sentence you innocently smiled. Kinich couldn’t help but ask you where this idea came from. -”May I ask why you think so?” -”Hm? I mean Lumine is the Hero of Natlan and you two get along very well!” Kinich only sighed.-”I respect Lumine, but she is not the one who caught my attention.” -”Oh? So… is it Mualani?! You two have known each other for so long!” Kinich now wonders if it’s some kind of price he has to pay for loving you, but no matter the cost, he won’t give up.

Romance and romantic love is something new for Ororon. For a while he wasn't even sure about his own feelings towards you, Granny Citlali had to educate him about them. And yet after Ororon was sure that what he feels towards you crosses the line of friendship, he had doubts whether to tell you about them or not. It was his first time after all so he wasn’t sure how he should approach this matter. He would give you his best vegetables and if there is anything you needed help with, he would offer his assistance without a second thought but even he realized this is not enough.  He decided to borrow some romance novels from Granny to ‘educate’ himself about flirting. The day came when he could try something from those novels. He visited your Teapot and it seems you were alone at the moment in the room. You two talked a bit, Ororon was hyping himself up to do what he planned and then. Thud! His hand slammed into the spot close to your head, he caught you between the wall and himself. He saw you being surprised, that was his chance! But he couldn’t say anything, suddenly feeling too shy. He took a step back and turned around, hiding his blushing face and murmured “I’m sorry”. -”Don’t worry!” You came and patted him on the back “But next time please warn me when you plan to practice how to woo Lumine ok?” His ears perked. -”Woo… Lumine?” he turned and looked at you with confusion written on his face. -”Yes! I will gladly help you win her heart!” You said with excitement in the eyes. -”Ah…no.. I mean… I wasn’t..” he wasn’t sure what to say, something like this never happened in novels he read. Before he could clear the misunderstanding you started to tell him many plans how he can approach the Traveler and court her. Ororon didn’t want to interrupt you, you look so cute when you get excited, but he thinks he will have to ask Granny Citlali for help in the end…

[hellobitchlet]

Thoughts on Natlan act 3 and 4:

Act 3-

- there is seriously no point to giving Traveler an ancient name. They're very obviously just being given one bc the writers want to show off how amazing they are at everything again. If the whole point of ancient names is that it's solely a Natlan thing, then there's no point in Traveler getting one. Why were they and Paimon scrambling to get one? You're already being praised and given new abilities constantly, you don't fucking need it.

- that aside, Xilonen gave a decent explanation of how ancient names and the night kingdom work. I didn't feel like act 1 or 2 explained anything properly beyond "it sure exists and is important to the super special archon's plans", but Xilonen explaining that deeds have to happen inside of Natlan and be recorded and acknowledged by the Wayob (who will only acknowledge ppl from Natlan) was easy to understand and made perfect sense. My only problem here is that it should've been explained this cleanly back in act 1, before we started using ancient names for drama. Because, you know, maybe I would've cared more about it then?

- the Ororon stuff would've been much more interesting and tense if it wasn't introduced by... being randomly told to you. In the middle of an unrelated plotline. And then spending the whole fucking time assuring you that he's a great person while you follow a trail. And doing nothing else except experience Citlali's inner thoughts. That was literally the entire build up to meeting him.

- despite it being handled in the most boring way possible (and god, do I want to emphasize that they handled it in a boring way), I do like the plotline between Citlali, Ororon, and Capitano. It's a lot more interesting than the basic ass saving Natlan plot, which is about as much of a stereotypical hero plot as they could've made it. I honestly adore Citlali and Ororon now, they're definitely my favorites of the Natlan cast. Like, they had actual on screen conflict with one another for a few minutes! They care sooo much about each other and it was shown through their actions and interactions with each other instead of just monologuing it to Traveler. The bar is below the fucking ground...

- I especially enjoyed seeing Citlali getting drunk and accidentally spilling about her problems. However... it's funny (read: annoying) to think about how long it's taken for this to actually fucking happen when Kaeya and Venti have been here since the beginning, and about how much Kaeya and Venti have been shit on for being alcoholics. It was probably one of the best character building moments I have ever seen from Genshin, but man, a newly introduced Natlan character should not have been the first one to do this.

- "we've only known each other for a few days, right? What would you think of me if I were to start dumping all my complaints on you after we've only just met?" Oh thank god she has some actual self awareness. I wish other characters (playable and npc) would stop infodumping their entire backstories the moment they're introduced. Ultimately, the awkward telepathy moment that they're probably never going to explain served the same purpose. But that wasn't something she was doing on purpose, so I'm willing to forgive her for it and pin it on the writers instead.

-it really sucks that they're being so confusing about Citlali's age. You know it's because of Hoyo's refusal to make playable characters that aren't 1000% conventionally attractive. They're seriously trying to give us a teacher/student relationship in which the teacher is supposed to be significantly older than the student and NOT give her a single wrinkle. She also kept saying stuff that implied she would age to be hundreds of years old, so I want to be interested in that, but it just got caught up in the confusion of "wtf is her age?!"

- I got increasingly annoyed every time Traveler shared the Capitano stuff with others. You fucking idiot!!! He specifically told you not to do that!!! You barely even doubted Mavuika even though you barely know her and she's mostly just been standing around going "trust me on this bc I know what I'm doing" this whole time!!! Are you sure you even care about what he had to say?! Because he specifically said he would tell you if you actually fucking listened to him, which you are going out of your way to NOT do!!! Just a few real life months ago you were acting all buddy-buddy with Arlecchino!!! Can you be consistent about your opinions on the Fatui for one second!!!

- they were really trying super hard to make Capitano wanting to save Natlan mysterious, and make him have ulterior motives (like literally every other harbinger since Scara), but like... First off, this is the last gnosis the Fatui doesn't have, and second, he directly said that Mavuika failing would be bad for the rest of Teyvat as well. He already had perfectly good reasons. You don't need to make yet another harbinger have ulterior motives.

- I almost liked the Chasca and Chuychu moment. But I say almost because... there was no fucking point to it except to tell you that the Fatui found an ancient relic. You were just stuck in dialogue box hell that made a weak attempt at pretending there was gameplay by putting a timer on single dialogue options (not even being given multiple options? really?). That whole thing should've been a sneaking sequence with Traveler. There's literally no reason why it wasn't one. It wouldn't even require good writing to add that. Just have Mavuika say that someone found a large Fatui camp, and have Traveler volunteer to sneak in to check it out. Then, you could've had Traveler finding the relic, and maybe finding Capitano and Ororon and follow them to the domain while they discuss their plan. There you go. That would've saved you a lot of time stuck in dialogue boxes, by removing this sequence and the Ororon memory sequence and replacing it with an extended period of gameplay.

-However, the role reversal and the actually showing how good the sisters are at working together improved their characters a lot for me. Chasca doesn't feel as much like a Shenhe copycat when fighting with Chuychu. But even then, it was very annoying when it turned into "don't worry, we don't actually mean what we say! We're just stubborn!" immediately after their sequence. I could fucking tell, Genshin. I'm not a child.

Act 4-

- ...in theory, initially fighting with Capitano and eventually convincing him to help us is an okay storyline. But none of this felt like fighting him! We literally spent the whole fucking time following him and his troops around and debating what his intentions are! And no, a single fancy cutscene unrelated to Traveler doesn't count! We never got to hear his side of the story until after he failed, and he just had a 10 second spat with Mavuika, revealed that he's from Khaenri'ah, and reluctantly agreed to Mavuika's plan within 5 minutes.

- also, after Fontaine offloaded the majority of Furina's backstory onto an inner monologue in act 5 that just reiterated what we already knew about her, I am not a fan of poor Ororon getting a similar treatment in the end. It's not as bad bc it served a purpose in the story besides "look at how sad he is!", but suddenly becoming one of the special heroes his super special archon wanted and having no objections was a really boring ending to what started off as the first on screen playable ch vs playable ch conflict we've had since like... Childe in Liyue I think? Hoyo is lucky that it has cultivated fandoms that see monologues and sudden info dumps as good writing.

-I'm glad that seelies are finally confirmed to be angels, and that we're getting more proper Celestia lore, but once again, Hoyo is lucky that it has cultivated fandoms that see monologues and sudden info dumps as good writing.

- I have mixed feelings about Capitano's backstory and intentions. On one hand, I like that he's from Khaenri'ah, and I'm very glad that he knows the abyss sibling and Dain. I really like the Khaenri'ah related parts. On the other hand, I'm not a fan of the Natlan parts of his backstory. As I've said before, I'm really fed up with Genshin tailoring harbinger backstories so that they're part of the lore of the nation they show up in, instead of Snezhnaya. And I'm even more fed up with them making every harbinger have different goals that are unrelated to the Fatui. I've talked about this before in this post.

-going back to the point about his goals, his backstory can still perfectly serve as an explanation for why he's helping the Tsaritsa, with or without the Natlan part. You still didn't need to pull any of the special motives stuff. It would've made perfect sense to say that Capitano (+ Tsaritsa as well maybe) was afraid that the destruction of Natlan could interfere with their plan, so Tsaritsa has been sending him and some troops to deal with the situation and try to get the gnosis in the process. But, of course, Mavuika would fight back and be a powerful opponent, so this mini war between them has been going on for a while, which would tie back to Varka's letter from Weinleslfest first mentioning him going to Natlan 2 years ago.

-...oh, wait. That Weinleslfest moment and Mika's backstory was probably just to remind you that he and Varka existed and foreshadow him being in Natlan and didn't actually mean anything. I know this isn't related to Natlan at all, I just felt like saying it. We don't talk about Mika enough, okay?

- with all that being said, after how much I hated Arlecchino, and Dottore being used as a scapegoat to make playable harbingers look better, I had little interest in Capitano initially. But I do actually like him now. Maybe even just as much as I like Citlali and Ororon?

- speaking of the Fatui, I have to mention how weird it is that the pyro gnosis being the last gnosis the Fatui doesn't have isn't treated like a big deal at all. The idea of Capitano even bringing the gnosis to the Tsaritsa is barely even mentioned. We're literally going to Snezhnaya next, and the Fatui screen time is STILL not focused on the Tsaritsa's plans?! There is no worry about what will happen if he succeeds in getting the gnosis? No talk about what the Tsaritsa's plans could be? No talk about what it could mean for Natlan or the rest of Teyvat? No connecting this story to the overarching plot beyond a few lore reveals? Nothing??

- Genshin is seriously bad at stakes. THAT WASN'T A FUCKING WAR, THAT WAS A SINGLE BATTLE! It just... suddenly sprung up, and it took about 10 minutes, but I almost started feeling tense. There were actual corpses all over the place, and I was fighting non stop instead of being stuck in a dialogue box, even if the mobs themselves were fairly boring, and then... Chasca suddenly became one of the special heroes and everything was over. All of that was like... half an act of fighting? Literally any other game would have at least finished the 'war' at... the end of the story? Obviously? We couldn't have at least waited to finish this in act 5?? Seriously?? This whole thing was just a vehicle to quickly make Chasca one of the heroes, finish the 6 heroes plot point, and then show a hint of the false sky??

- gameplay wise, why did the handle the 'war' like that? What was with the slow ass hot air balloon I was forced to use 3 times- but was allowed to teleport to places the rest of the time? Why was I forced into a situation where I couldn't leave, when I was literally just in Natlan and not a domain? Why did we suddenly switch to a different dialogue box just for a few minutes?? Someone PLEASE explain to Hoyo that adding new stuff doesn't automatically make it good. Or, I guess 'novel', as their surveys put it.

- Chuychu was the closest I've ever come to actually being sad for an npc's death. Probably because I actually saw someone react to it, instead of Genshin just expecting you to care because Paimon is telling you to. Because of the Chuychu stuff, I'm actually starting to like Chasca, and I'm glad for it. Liking a character in theory despite canon is much better for rewriting stories than disliking them entirely and not knowing what to do with them (*glances at Fontaine*).

- I'm starting to see that the 6 heroes plot is probably just their current ploy to place the focus on the characters who have come out this update, or are coming out next update. Act 2 has Mualani becoming a Special Hero, because her first banner was up at the time. Then act 3 and 4 had Ororon and Chasca becoming Special Heroes, because Xilonen already is one and they're coming out next update.

- that being said- I feel bad for Kachina and Mualani. Kachina was the obvious 'main character' of act 1, with Mualani and Kinich as supporting characters. But then in act 2, the focus was shifted over to Mualani, because she's a 5 star and her first banner is happening, so they need to convince people to like her. And in the process, Kachina was screwed over in what should've been her plotline, becoming a supporting character whose role is to prove how good at The Power of Friendship Mualani is and introduce us to the 6 heroes stuff. ...and then both are screwed over in the very next update because they're already out and don't have anything else to do.

- I know that she'll presumably get more screen time when she comes out, but it's greatly worrying me (for reasons that should be obvious) that Iansan is barely being given any screen time. I am so worried that they're trying to pull a Xinyan or a Candace with her, because of course they would.

- literally what response are you expecting me to have to Xilonen slowly dying for Traveler to get an ancient name when it's revealed in the randomist and calmest way possible?? It's obviously supposed to be cheap emotional fuel, but both Xilonen and Citlali are being so calm about this random reveal that I didn't end up caring either. I don't care so much that I almost forgot to mention it in this post.

Overall, not impressed at all, but there are a few tiny gems in here that will be good for when I eventually have to get to it in my rewrite lol.

[sakumz]

what about a cinnamon roll with grape juice for ororon from genshin?

a/n : normal high school au, um I can only think of a tsun tsun person being his opp ngl

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[ ororon x reader ]

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ororon was quite the aloof oddball. he just accepts things the way it is and moves on, when he tells the class about how he never saw his parents growing up, having been raised by his grandmother and he's not expecting them to come find him or ever visit him. what?! or how he never really thought much about trying to meet them instead.

you rub your temples, why did the teacher decide to pair you both for a project? you look over at your desk mate, ororon as he stares back at you. how are you feeling after the teacher announced that you'll be paired with him?

" I can do the project myself if you don't want to- " he starts as you shush him by raising a hand.

" it's a group project, dummy, of course we're doing it together. we'll finish it today too! "

you live up to your words, you managed to finish most of it by the end of the day. ororon was quiet and awkward at times, he tries to strike up a conversation with you but you're so drown in the project that you barely said anything either, ororon surprised you the very next day when he tells you he completed the remaining parts of the project and now you're both practically free for three weeks.

you never talk to him after, maybe he doesn't like you either? seeing how he even rushed to finish the remaining parts of the project. you sigh heavily as you walk past the garden area of the school. you spot the all too familiar hoodie, it was ororon.

" what are you doing? " you halt in your steps, standing behind the crouched man as he slowly turns to look at you over his shoulders.

" gardening, I'm the president of the gardening club. " he says all too woolly, you can't help but stare and watch as he moves the pot and water whatever he sees.

" well vice president of the student council, I'm not breaking any rules so you don't have to watch me... " you flush as you realise how close he was, backing away till you hit the nearby pillar of the gazebo.

" you alright? " he rushes to your side. archons you really hate this guy!

" I'm fine! " you stand abruptly, making the male laugh for the first time.

" you can continue gardening, you've done nothing wrong! just don't forget to put back the things you used, " you finished, walking past the male.

your ears go red when you hear his faint chuckle, he's so cute... no!

you both can't help but share lingering gazes whenever one thinks the other isn't looking. the class is aware of the lovey atmosphere. hoping one of you could already confess. maybe you're falling for ororon because of his looks? or maybe you're starting to ignore his aloof persona and call him cool and mysterious.

" y/n, you gotta help the gardening club! we really need someone to partner up with ororon, " mualani says, you stare at her hard. what's all this about? she drags you nonetheless into the school garden's shed, where you guess it. the place where they store all the gardening equipment.

" when you say you needed someone to partner up with ororon, you don't mean it's just me and him cleaning this shed, do you? " you grip onto the girl hard as she lets out giggles.

" oh come on, it's not too bad. his buddy left last minute, I couldn't possibly leave him alone to clean all this mess. "

" and what will you be doing? "

" um, I've got swimming club activities now, so see ya! " there she goes, your one and only ticket to save yourself from the awkwardness.

you turn to look at ororon as he stares back, stopping midway from moving the pots around. he tilts his head oh so adorably, you have to force yourself to look away.

" do you need any help? " you find yourself fiddling with your fingers, he smiles at your cuteness.

" your help is very much appreciated, here you can organise the seeds packet, into these several bags, " he hands you the seeds, fingers brushing against yours. he quickly retracts his hands upon contact.

" sorry, when you're done let me know, I'll have to figure out what task to hand you. don't want my little helper to run away now, " he flashes you a smile before returning back to moving pots around.

it wasn't as eerily quiet as you expected, he tries easing the atmosphere by asking random school questions, you learn a little more about him and his beloved club. who would have thought some of the foods from the cafeteria were made with his lovely veggies. he even handed you some fresh tomatoes as compensation for helping him.

slowly the friendship blossom and you find yourself falling for him. does he feel the same?

you found out in the worst possible way.

ifa, kinich and ororon were already at the nearby cafe after school. mualani and lumine dragged you to the same cafe, opting to sit right behind their booth, coincidentally.

" come on, there's gotta be a girl you like. " ifa loud voice booms, lumine raise a finger to her lips. guess the three of you are spies now, listening to their conversation quietly.

" is it y/n? " kinich says like he's stating a fact, of course the light tint on ororon's ears doesn't go unnoticed by his two friends.

" yeah I do like her but I'm sure she's definitely not interested in a guy like me, maybe she's better suited for guys like you both, " he clears his throat.

you hate how he phrased it like that! you don't even hang out with any other guys besides him!

" y/n! " mualani shouts, interrupting your train of thoughts as the boys from behind peek their heads out, looking at you.

you don't even notice the tear that slipped down your face.

" i-im fine, " you wave off dismissively. you stand up with your bag, ready to leave and ororon follows after you.

" y/n wait! " he calls but you ignore, eventually he caught up to you thanks to his long legs.

" how dumb can you be? " he's taken aback by your words.

" I'm sorry, " you look at the man as he stares back.

" you've been so nice to me lately that I thought our feelings were mutual, I didn't think you just saw me as a friend and nothing more, " you can't help but let your tears spill, all the disappointment in both yourself and at ororon hitting you.

you were caught off guard when he suddenly pulls you in for a hug, resting his head on your shoulder.

" I'm really sorry, I did fall in love with you but I never thought you'd taken an interest in me, you're always so headstrong and I always thought you were forcing yourself to work with me, " he admits.

" sure it was forcing in the beginning but I enjoy all the time we spend with each other! " he ruffles your hair, shooting you a smile as you flush red.

" likewise, I'm sorry again for upsetting you, will you go out with me?... as a big apology payment. " you engulf him in a hug of your own.

" of course! "

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bakery event | orders

[hunterkhean]

HEAR ME OUT

SWAP AU CAPINICH 👀

Ideas Under the cut... Beware it's a LONG rambling

Kinich being the 1st Harbinger and Capitano being the guy from Natlan, like... Capitano Didn't Leave Natlan at all and end up Staying in the Master of the Night-Wind and becoming Mavuika's Advisor.

While After resurrected from the Night Kingdom Kinich Decide to "Fuck this shit I'm out" Like it's the Last straw for him so He Yeet himself out of Natlan, End up meeting one of the Harbinger idk Who My Brain haven't process it Enough, Joining the Fatui and Rise up the rank. (ajaw is Along the ride too)

A few Years Later Return to Natlan for the Gnoses End up Got Wind up into the War Because He apparently Have one of the Important Ancient Name- the difference is he's not the idiot that would challenge Mavuika (He was Planning to get the Gnosis By NOT getting Beat up by the pyro archon), Ajaw is the idiot... Kinich got Dragged into it.

And it was Capitano's Sword that got fucking Shattered to pieces....

So the whole Swap AU in my Idea is Kinich just trying to do his Job but Ajaw keep dragging him into Situation he gave 0 fuck about, Mavuika Trying to Convince him to Change Side to Natlan again But That works out pretty well... (sarcastically)

Ororon still end up Helping The Fatui, Capitano is the guy he ran to to make Excuses... Capitano Knows The whole Ordeal- he's trying to tell Mavuika but Mavuika is too occupied about the Fact that they need Kinich on their side and she just point at Capitano and like "You! You're good at Convincing People! Convince him to work with us"

That went well, First time He tried to talk To kinich he got a Claymore Aim at his neck, I can imagine Harbinger Kinich being both Mentally Exausted and a Feral Jungle child... He wont be a Threat unless the person stand too close then He'll bite.

The Second time he tried to talk to Kinich... Yea Didn't go well Either, Kinich swing away from him and He lost him even if he tried to follow using his Vision... Which Makes Capitano Question what the fuck does Ororon Meant by The 1st Harbinger being easy to talk too-

The third time he finally Manage... Surprisingly Kinichw as the first one to Approach. Little Feral shit Came up to his window in the middle of the night almost Gave him a fright apparently He's there to Give Capitano a New Sword, Kinich Personality didn't change when it comes to Cost and Payment.

The fourth was Where Capitano Saves Him from a Few Abyss... It's embarrassing That the 1st Harbinger need to be saved so they both Keep it to themselves.

Since then it would be easier to encounter because Apparently After a Small talk that night Capitano Had The Incident we all know well as "Naming a Stray Cat" And Cat people know if you name a stray cat they'll follow you home.

Let's just say Kinich end up working with The Archon...

He also Follow Capitano around like a Lost dog, but would hiss whenever Capitano or anyone get close... Ajaw is like... His translator because sometimes Kinich would Only hiss or growl (Being ressurected and join a group of Fucked up weirdos really fuck the Guy over ngl, Even Ajaw need to be the Rational one sometimes)

"The First Harbinger Haven't Return to Snezhnaya? I wonder why...👀" Kinich is NOT leaving Capitano, he'll Leave Him for like a few hours to do his own work but there's not a day where Kinich can't be Found near The Pyro Archon's Advisor, even if it's a Few feet away or above a tree or on the opposite wall.

He also Steals Capitano's Helmet, waddle away with it.

Capitano felt like he's dealing with Tarzan but the Tarzan is actually very intelligent... Kinich just... Tend to act Feral and Doesn't speak much, He knows more than he lets on.

I was gonna say They'll End up having that One Httyd Scene where Toothless tried to impress the Light Fury... Kinich is toothless, Capitano is the Light Fury and Ajaw Is Hiccup- that's how silly and chaotic Swap AU dynamic gonna be

So Swap AU is... Kinich brain is mostly detact from Understanding Humanity because of how fucked up he had become after all the shit he's been through (especially the fact that People from Natlan never Leave their Nation, Kinich would be the first to do that... Being away from the Wayob while Holding an ancient name would definitely fuck up a but part of his brain)... but he's still hold the same Intelligent mind as his normal self just not about Human understanding, Should've stayed in Natlan kid

Swap AU Capitano is Personality Wise Tend to get a bit More frustrated by things (People's Bullshits kind of things), But maintain His usual calm and Rational Mind... He doesn't Battle Much but would still Be as strong as The Original, He'll be Mostly focusing on Master of the Night-Wind Scrolls and Being The Right Mind of the Pyro Archon when she's A Bit too Emotional to Be Rational (Stopping her from sacraficing herself for example).

Im sorry I'm rambling

I just have to get this out of my head, Feel Free to use this Idea I dont mind.

I'll make silly art of this when I have the time lol

[roseselfship]

Lyney came home!!!

My hands are actually shaking and the fact I almost cried when I got him 😭 my luck today was so good and I don't know why. I got three stars, two five stars of my favorite characters from Bandori and I finally unlocked the character I wanted in the game. And my astolfo plushie arrived today, Then, the best of it all, Lyney is home!!!

I did lose the first try and got dehya (which i don't have) on the first one and then Lyney decided to pop up! I also got ororon (+ 1 constellation) and Mika (again, don't have) and Barbara (+1 constellation) and all of sucrose is constellations who i Main since i started the game!

I didn't get his bow but IDC because he is home which is all I wanted

Best day ever ♡

[vees-genshin-blog]

Daily Genshin 10

NOTE: I talk about 5.1 but I haven't hit too deep into the story so there's no big spoilers, but beware if you haven't started 5.1 quest at all and want to avoid spoilers completely.

I decided that I don't want to miss out on the event primos, so I will do my best to finish the Archon Quest and do minimal farming until I finish the story quest so I can get more of the story done with the little time I have. I need more primos for Nahida's banner so I get our Queen of Dendro!!

I also started later than I expected so I only got to log in for 30 min 😔.

Before I started the quest, I quickly ran around to grab some Crystal cores and condensed 4 resin. I used two to grab some of the weapon ascension materials for Fav sword, and ended my farming there 👍.

Then I finally started the Archon Quest!!! I sadly couldn't get far because of the little time I had, but I was able to meet both Xilonen and Citlali. I use the CN voices (and have since I started playing though I don't remember why) and was pleasantly surprised by Xilonen's CN voice.

Also Kachina is so cute, she calls Xilonen "jie jie"🥹🥹🥹🥹. She does the same for Kinich and calls him "ge ge" I think, but I don't know/remember if she calls him that when she talk to him directly or only when she talks about him. Ugh I wish I paid attention to their first conversation 😭😭😭😭😭.

Kachina is basically the youngest of the group (Natlan maknae) and we all love her for it 😭😭😭.

Citlali surprised me, yet also not, because I knew she would be some form of tsundere, just not to what extent she would be tsundere. The way she was overthinking how to approach them because she was a bit late was cute and funny (also the traveler's face and not knowing how to react to her explanation 😭😂).

We also get our first mention of Ororon!!! I have already seen his splash art and how he's basically confirmed a 4-star (WHY HOYO), but I have done my best to avoid spoilers on his character so I can't wait to meet him (and simp for him because yes to tall male archers)!!

I stopped after we finished our convo with Citlali so tomorrow I will be going to where Ororon was last seen and I can't wait!!!

Based on leaks, it seems he's running in 5.2 along with Heizou and Fischl as the 4-stars of the banner which is PERFECT!! I'll just pull on whichever 5 star I like the most and try to grab him. Fischl Cons are great since I only have C2, and I don't have Heizou at all so it all works out!!

Anyway that's it for today, and have a great day everyone!!

[welcometoteyvat]

placeholder post for natlan archon quests and overall impressions i guess. major 5.3 archon quest spoilers 3 paragraphs in

first up, this part was written pre 5.3: it's really funny to me how much they're trying to sell mavuika lol. her web event (was voiced too, I think arlecchino's was the only other voiced event), animated short, trailer video, everything. compared to citlali's I'm really like 😭 spare some effort for my pink grandmother please. not to rag on hers, because citlali's trailer (the vaporwave retro kind of aesthetic was cute) and teaser were both really good and I prefer them more than mav's. like we know via her teaser and general story presence that citlali falls into the "experienced a lot of loss because of her extended lifespan" trope, plus the tsundere grandma otaku thing. which at least gives me a general vibe of her personality. but all mavuika's marketing still has not made me learn a thing about her 😭 her web event basically showing off her exploration utility and everyone saying "wow she's great at everything!" I don't care ,,,, this doesn't help me understand her at all or want to pull for her... so it's a bit ironic that all her marketing didn't showcase much of her character besides her strength.

you can argue her animated short showed her camaraderie with the old natlan heroes and her love for her sister, but idk. it felt kind of flat to me, I can't really place why, but besides showing she's a good person, there was nothing interesting there for me. that aside I still really dislike her design.

anyways the archon quest pacing is kinda wack to me. my comment here is mostly about the disproportionate screentime, but also some of the diversions did not feel super necessary (atea mostly). it also ramped up really quickly in 5.1 that it felt somewhat . fake? i guess. I was like there's no way we were just chilling and now we're in a full fledged abyss war.

next bit was written post 5.3: honestly? meh quest. I don't have that much to say, still digesting my thoughts, but most if not all the characters felt really flat. Citlali and Ororon in 5.1 have a good dynamic with each other, if I stretch my standards a bit, Mualani and Kachina were also alright, but idk man. the dynamics weren't there for me, the abyss fight setup (we just walked into the night kingdom) felt too easy,,, I don't know. On the whole I feel like the death exchange could be comparable to Focalor's plan to cheat the prophecy, if it was executed better (?). they said it's a relief for capitano, who's been wanting to be released from the immortality curse for ages, which is great. but they also say the death exchange is to stop mavuika from sacrificing herself again, or tell her to care about her personal life aside from her duty as archon,,, this is the part I'm ragging on because she has no personality to me, so the "self sacrifice" stuff doesn't have any impact. with furina we got to see her breakdown in 4.2, and there were like. hints at it even before then, but mavuika has none of that which made it fall flat for me. so hhh. besides that part, it just felt super unimpactful on the whole, I didn't feel anything, for the characters or choices they made. capitano's design is nice, he'll be missed (at least he's in the overworld now...)

edit: things I liked: the npcs showing up was cute, and they're all voiced! Also the part where we got the mini cutscenes of the six heroes supporting us in the fight was cute solely because Mualani's holding out hands joyfully pose solos, I died, she was adorable.

about mavuika's optional dialogue at the end of the aq: if they're going to hype dottore up this much, we better see him burn down irminsul or do something else equally batshit on screen. if they chicken out and don't make him a good amount of ethically dubious if we even have a dedicated plotline with him, I'll be seen on the news.

[arisewanekosuki]

Hiiiii bestie\~!! (｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ How we feelin’ about the 5.6 update??? I’m like—sooo excited to go back to Mondstadt!! It totally feels like coming home frfr~ 🎀✨

Are u pulling for someone?? 👀 I literally couldn’t resist and pulled for Xianyun (guiltyyyy lmao), and since Navia’s in phase 1, I’ll just wait patientlyyy for my queen Xilonen to get her rerun *sniff sniff* (´•̥﹏•̥\`) but it’s okayyy~ I’ve been playing with Gaming lately and he’s sooo fun omg, so Xianyun was such a cute lil’ addition to my account!! 💕

C6 Ifa better come home or I’m gonna cry real tears I swear 😭😭 I farmed everything for my mannn~ I’m literally just borrowing Barbara’s catalyst rn (it’s Neuvillette’s... yeah I don’t have him... don’t even ask me lmao)

Definitely triple crowning Ifa and Navia btw—they deserveee~

Alsooo I was lowkey tempted to pull on the Inazuma weapon banner?? Like maybe Yoimiya’s bow?? She used to be my main and she’s such a comfort character to me~ plus she’s one of the few I triple crowned!! (It’s just her, Lyney, Tartaglia, and Aether—who keeps stealing all my crowns ‘cause of his 5,000 elements lmaoooo)

AFTER 5.6 I’m going full savings mode for c6r5 Lyney!!! LET’S GOOOO~ he’s already c2, he’s my main and he totally deserves the ENTIRE UNIVERSE!!! 🎀✨💕🃏

Hiii! (^ < ^)/)♡ Same! I was waiting sooo long for Mondstadt map extension or just any quest in there!!! I missed so many characters from there and I'm happy we will finally meet Dahlia! vwv And I will play the story today cause on friday I have to visit my family for some day so I won't be able to playing then! >.< (yeah Fontaine event story will have to wait ;v;)

I just got Ifa!!! 💚 Tbh not really planing to get any 5* (cause I'm guarante) so I was a bit nervous when he didn't come in first 20 pulls x"D But thankfuly he finally decided to come home before reaching hard pity! Xianyun is really great! When she was up for the first time I wasn't planning to pull for her too but… she win me over with her personality xD Aw I hope next time when Xilonen will be up she will come home to you immediately >3< Ah yes I love playing as Gaming! I'm sad that I can't get some better artefacts for him T^T

Blessing you with getting Ifa c6! ✨✨I want C6 too but I think I will have to wait for that for now ^^" (or if I play Enscoffier quest and decided that I like her I will go full to try my luck haha, tbh I would pull for Navia but for now I have too many DPS characters and not many supports >.< and my Wrio need some support ;v;") But I'm glad I got him at least! (and some Ororon cons too!) Haha same! When I saw what he need I imidedietly went to farm stuff for him :3c Oh did you play DPS Barbara or something ? xD (It's ok, my friend dosen't have Nevui but got his weapon too lol)

👑👑👑

I'm a bit sad the Inazuma banner is so soon T-T I don't have enough wishes so I can only like do one 10 pull for some weapon (probably on purple sword) and see if I get super lucky... TvT Yeah our comfort characters deserve thier own weapons and Yoimiya's bow is really good even for other characters (if you ever need to swap for moment) so you can totaly go for it! ^^ I want Yoimiya but her banner was always up when I was saving for someonlease </3 And now I won't have enough to get her anyway 😭😭 I see that you like bow characters :3c lol yeah this is why I'm a bit waiting with crowning Aether xD

Oooo! Good luck with saving and I hope you will get his C6r5 without spending too many wishes!! 🙏✨ Lyney will be happy taht you love him so much ~ I really hope one day I can get my Kuni on c6 too (he is on c2r0 right now) (*vwv*)

Enjoy the update ❣❣