#Kaveh builds

[silvernyxchariot]

This person doesn't realize how much it means to me that they are asking for Kaveh build advice. FROM MEEE?¿?¿?¿?

I wrote a mini-essay for them because I don't gatekeep in this house. Kaveh and any 4 star, if they're not meta like Xiangling, Bennett, or Fischl, already get enough hate from the Genshin community for "having shit builds." So, if I can build the Kaveh community, I will.

With that being said, if anyone wants to go over any creative Kaveh or team builds, I'm open to toss ideas around.

For this person, to make my mini-essay more mini,

DPS Kaveh with a Deepwood set (flower, feather, ATK% sands, Dendro dmg goblet, and Crit circlet). Weapon can be any of choice among the DPS claymores (Wolf's GS, Serpent Spine, Redhorn, even Verdict). Teammates: Xianyun and two buffers, they chose Bennett and Furina.

Verdict is an interesting choice. I understand if it's for the drip, but it's an atk and crit rate stat stick. Its passive relies on Geo and the crystalize reaction to get its full use. So, Yun Jin would be a good choice. She'll also buff his normal attack.

[special-mooon]

Haikaveh/kavetham nation come eat this

They make a home together Kaveh grounds Alhaitham while Alhaitham shelters Kaveh oh lord thoughts are being sO THUNK RIGHT NOW

[lunannex]

tender

[starcurtain]

Woke: Alhaitham sold his grandmother's house and moved into the research center because he didn't like living in an empty home with so many memories.

Also woke: Alhaitham sold his grandmother's house and moved into the research center because it was the last remaining tie he had to Kaveh, and taking ownership of it ensured that Kaveh would have to communicate with him again at least one more time.

[nabumalikata]

[sakura-no-eclair]

my first birthday art for a Genshin character!

they are chib because I stopped drawing for too long apparently and suck now..

[min-xie]

i have a type

[sleepy-aletheas]

The love I hold for Haikaveh being thematically parallel to Nabu Malikata and Deshret is ever abundant and I have Thoughts on it all. I just wish I would ever decide to try and write my thoughts down when I'm in a reasonably awake state to have a shred of sense and not after spending the whole night staying up and pushing myself into sleep depravity.

Anyway, the basic idea is that I think both Kaveh and Alhaitham mirror certain aspects of both gods, but probably are meant to be the happier endings of that type of dynamic/character types. It's not just Kaveh=Nabu Malikata, Alhaitham=Deshret, Alhaitham has certain similarities to Nabu and Kaveh has a lot in common with Deshret (I would even say he is a more narrative foil to Deshret than Alhaitham ever could be). I understand that it's easier to just pick one pair for comparison and be done with it for simplicity's sake, but I'm already neck deep in overthinking, might as well go fully out on it eventually.

Even if I really wanna write this out, I don't know how comprehensive it would be. I make sense to myself, but the moment I try to put anything into concrete words, it suddenly feels like I need to fill in 5 different topics to make any sort of sense and bring the whole conversation to the same page with a common understanding.

Maybe I'll take a nap, that could fix everything.

[amosprinz]

my fave autistic x adhd duo (although i also think kaveh got autism bc…..well im projecting.)

[erabu-san]

Collei receiving Ibis Piercer (the weapon) from Cyno

LOOK COOL ON HER but useless 😢😢

[tinartss]

on moving out

[crystallinestars]

Cooking Together

In the mornings, Kaveh loves to greet you with a plate full of pancakes and fruits, all carefully arranged to look aesthetically pleasing. The delighted smile that pulls at the corners of your lips fills his chest with pride, knowing that the several hours he spent toiling away in the kitchen paid off.

Unfortunately, he rarely gets to prepare breakfast for you. Due to staying up late to work on sketches and blueprints for clients, Kaveh wakes up long after you do. At times like these, you’re the one who makes him breakfast, and something in Kaveh melts when he sees you working hard on preparing something good for both of you to eat.

He comes up from behind and wraps his arms around your waist, greeting you with a kiss to the neck. He likes to rest his chin on your shoulder to observe your cooking process doing. He sees the care you take in making food, and it makes him feel a little bad that you’re trying so hard for his sake, so he always volunteers to help you cook.

His favorite food-related memories are those where the two of you cook together. Doing something together is a great bonding activity for Kaveh, and cooking is especially great because you can eat the fruits of your labor.

Prepping and cooking the ingredients while chatting with you reminds him of how his parents used to prepare meals when he was a kid. He treasures the memories of them cooking and eating as a family. However, ever since his family fell apart, he had to cook and eat on his own, which was a lonely experience.

Having the opportunity to share a meal with you, though, is something Kaveh holds dear to his heart. Even if the food you two make isn’t perfect, he still enjoys eating it together and talking about what turned out well and what you could do differently on your next attempt. It gives him a sense of belonging, like he has a family again.

It’s mundane moments like these that make him incredibly grateful to have you in his life.

[aha-chuu]

Alhaitham and Kaveh's dynamic is interesting, because I've seen a lot of people say either "oh my god Kaveh is so mean" or "oh my god Alhaitham treats Kaveh terribly". But, quite importantly imo, in this quest Paimon remarks that she "doesn't know which one of them is more problematic".

I think when considering their relationship you need to look at intention. Do Hoyo want to villainise one of their popular husnandoes as a toxic asshole? No. Even the "villain" playable characters like Childe and Wanderer are nice/funny on occasion. Kaveh and Alhaitham's interactions are intended to be humorous, to make you gasp and say "oh wow I can't believe he just said that!".

Like, during the most recent story quest, for example. Kaveh accusing Alhaitham of having no empathy when he's clearly pretty emotionally stunted and decently moral is mean. But saying "At least I'd be a fungus with empathy!" Undercuts that - it's clear neither Alhaitham nor the player are suppose to take those words seriously.

Alhaitham dismissing Kaveh's field of work with "you work yourself to death just for a smile" is so belittling, but it's a retort to Kaveh saying his scribe job is at "rock bottom" in the Akademiya. Alhaitham isn't lashing out or trying to demean Kaveh in front of others (this interaction happens after the player has "left"); he's just continuing their verbal sparring match. I think people take this jab so seriously because it can be seen as a jab at a lot of people working out of passion, but in the context of the dialogue we're not supposed to regard it so deeply.

It's also fairly clear that nobody in game takes them seriously either. Tighnari says Kaveh is "as pent up as an anemo slime" in his Alhaitham voiceline - another funny quip - and Collei details how hard it was to suppress her laughter when Kaveh was talking about Alhaitham. Nobody thinks they're genuinely bad for one another, or that getting them separated is all that crucial.

Even the interactions in this story quest are just so silly and domestic: Kaveh can't get the painting straight, Alhaitham buys ugly furniture, they're arguing about rent and drink tabs, Kaveh is doing an unfair amount of housework and Alhaitham fucks off without entertaining his own guests. it's funny, or at least it is clearly intended to be.

I've heard that in the other dubs the VAs tones are different and it makes the lightheartedness clearer. Personally I've thought since their first interaction in the AQ that Alhaitham is having fun during their quarrels, and Kaveh is just melodramatic enough to act traumatised even if he isn't truly offended.

Then when it comes to whether their dynamic is supposed to be read platonically or romantically... Well Hoyo won't do anything canon, but it's hard to argue that there is no intentionality in how their relationship is portrayed. What other character(s) has an idle animation directly referencing their relationship with another character? How many other voicelines explicitly reference two characters as a pair? Nahida's Kaveh voiceline, Collei's, Tighnari's - I'm sure there are more. "Roommates" "senior & junior" "academic rivals" -> certainly there's a case to be made that they're just very close, but Kaveh and Alhaitham getting fifteen minutes of epilogue interaction in two different quests (where none of the content is related to either quest) says something. Fanservice, quite possibly.

Also Kaveh's line "We used to be friends, but not anymore"; I've seen plenty of people interpret this as "oh we're not friends, we're dating*". I think this is fun in fanon, but on a canon level it's basically a promise by Hoyo to fix (or explain) their current dynamic. Hoyo, for all their many faults, are detail orientated enough to follow up on such a line. Perhaps it will just be in Kaveh's voicelines/character stories, but I anticipate a future event or Kaveh hangout in relation to their bond. Nothing explicit, but more exploration. It's fairly clear Alhaitham and Kaveh are popular enough characters to warrant it.

All this to say: I have lots of thoughts. I have seen people call them toxic and (while idm the drama of that in fanon shipping) that isn't really the intended case in canon. Or, at the very least, the intention is not to to take their squabbling so seriously.

[calmbigdipper]

Mourning

[whyiseveryname-taken]

HOLY BABY NO WAY

FUDGING KAVEH????

[fuyoart]