#Really the premise is just pokemon x genshin so go nuts with the concept!

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I just had. The most cursed idea. For the Divine Beasts AU. While watching Alpharad videos.

So hear me out-- what if. What if you could cATCH THE BOSSES IN EACH NATION/REGION--

BECAUSE I MEAN LIKE-- IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT-- each nation already has its pair of Legendaries. Mond has Dvalin and Andrius, Liyue has Azhdaha and Childe, Inazuma has Raiden and Signora, etc. Half of what i listed can already TECHNICALLY be counted as pokemon, and pokemon are literally just Pocket Monsters. So wHOS TO SAY WE CANT TREAT THE MONSTERS AND CREATURES OF TEYVAT LIKE POKEMON--

I mean, first off we gotta figure out how to make pokeballs but like AFTER THAT WE CAN GO BUCKWILD-- we can catch LITERALLY ALMOST EVERY ENEMY AND MOB. The Regisvines are literally just Grass type plus whatever element they are, Hypostasis are just pure whatever element they are, Primo Geo is Rock type plus what element they are that week and so on

I am ONTO SOMETHING OH MY GOD--

Also imagine how MORBID AND FUCKED UP itd be if you could catch Signora. You are literally fighting a dead woman and are making her fight other people wtffffff

My god. Your brain, it's HUGE.

I imagine that in this iteration of Divine Beasts, there isn't an Impostor on the throne but the characters are still really zealous over anyone claiming to be the Creator, so our protagonist still has to find a way to get back home. Luckily, they have the help of Teyvat's creatures!

Maybe Teyvat Pokeballs are made with iron chunks, and with the corollas/stamens of the flowers. The rarer materials make stronger pokeballs, and since there are a lot of materials to use the Creator can mix and match in order to find out some neat combinations.

As for the captured creatures, I'd wager that since Pokemon are said to be able to shrink their size, a similar thing happens to anything caught by the Creator. The captured creature shrinks, of course, but they also take on a cuter, chibi-esque form. They can shift between their chibi form and real form anytime, but most of the time they're set in chibi mode.

And while I'm on this chain of thought, what if evolution occurs as well? The monsters of Teyvat clearly have different "forms", so the Creator should be able to evolve them into their stronger forms. Hilichurls would definitely need to be exposed to elemental energies and be feed a lot of meat in order to unlock their different branches. Funnily enough, I think this makes them the Eevees of Teyvat xD This same principle applies to Whopperflowers, slimes, all sorts of monsters.

When it comes to the bosses, I imagine that the way the Creator would catch them is similar to how you calm down the Noble Pokemon in Legends: Arceus. We'd create balms that soothe the boss monsters, throw them at them, and when the time is right capture them! But this may only apply to the monster bosses...

For "human" bosses, Childe, Signora, and Raiden Shogun if I recall correctly, they can't be caught... Unless a condition is met. See, powerful they may be, Childe and Signora are still humans. But in their respective boss battles, they take on an inhuman form (Foul Legacy and Crimson Witch of Embers). It's only in those forms can you catch Childe and Signora, and the chibi-fying effect applies to them. You can let your imagination run wild on that one ;3

As for Raiden... Well, I just plain don't know! Maybe her status as an Archon prevents her from being captured. Then again, I know there's some wacky story stuff going on with her, so until I find out for myself what happens in Inazuma's storyline, her status as Catchable is undecided.