#archons are siblings

[erabu-san]

Light spoil archon quest and some doodles i did for Freminet's birthday

[booksandmore]

venti and diona interacting!! diona clearly being a traumatised kid not knowing how to express herself properly!! the fact that venti supported her quest and took her seriously!! the fact that he didnt care if the drink she made didnt have alchol and in fact would make hin more sober he just wanted to try out her new drink!!

[kxslana]

hoyoverse and their sick obsession with making sun & moon dynamics in their protagonists and the people who mean the most to them.

like what do you mean “i want to hold your hand, but i am the moon and you are the sun and we will never collide.”

[lameow-l]

the only good thing that happened to childe in his 4.0 comeback is that he got a new magical girl transformation animation especially the final part.. absolutely magical

[lotusarchon]

"oh, you hate mu qing cause he left xie lian-"

I get that the fandom tends to bully Mu Qing for that a lot, but I don't hate him because of that because by that logic I should hate Xie Lian for how he acted, Hua Cheng for his favoritism, Feng Xin for also leaving etc.

I don't hate Mu Qing for leaving Xie Lian because I get where he was coming from. If I was in that situation, i wouldn't be prioritizing Xie Lian, important as he may be, over someone else who's far more important in terms of bond.

I can't speak for other Mu Qing haters tbh, but I hate Mu Qing because of his actions in book one, where he looks down on Xie Lian like he's some kind of toad. Maybe he does evidently change as the novel goes, but first impressions and appearances mean a lot to me, and with the way Mu Qing acted towards Xie Lian in the beginning irked me off, especially with the whole point of looking down upon Xie Lian just because he ascended for the third time and had a lower class than him (memory's foggy it's been a whileeee since I read TGCF)

And me hating Mu Qing doesn't mean I don't understand how his character is. Don't misunderstand that, but I'm not obliged to like him with his shitty ass attitude towards Xie Lian in the first book. Yes he changed but I genuinely don't care, however, that doesn't mean I'm going to yell at Mu Qing fans for liking him.

Me personally, if I had to choose between shooting Jun Wu in the head and Mu Qing, Mu Qing's getting shot twice. [I don't approve of what JW did but at least he was charming on first introduction and not a snobby bitch.]

Edit: someone said it was rude to tag character hate. Twas'nt my attention for people to mildly be aware of me not liking Mu Qing, just kinda to point out that I'm irked by how the fans that hate him only focus on the fact he abandoned Xie Lian. My problem is his attitude but overall I know his character doesn't depend on everything Xie Lian does, and it's absolutely annoying watching people shit on him for THAT alone as if other characters haven't done worst.

[sleepyorchidmonster]

If Malleus ever played Genshin, he would definetely main Zhongli and Neuvillette (dragons acting as rulers, and one of them even changes the weather when upset and is trying to understand humans).

However, his team would have two reserved spots for Amber and Bennet (she welcomed him to Mondstadt and was the first to join his team, while Bennet INVITED him to his adventure team, they are NOT leaving).

He also lost the 50/50 to Diluc, which ended up being an interesting coincidence, since Silver often plays with Kaeya....

[bernardellinewsagency]

short neuvifuri angst idea

"Oh, did you enjoy the script that she wrote? Did you like the role that you were cast as? I hope you were happy in those five hundred years, Neuvillette, because I never was!"

Furina storms off after pushing him, leaving him drenched to the bone and sitting awkwardly in the waters of the Fountain of Lucine with naught to do but contemplate his long lasting memories. Remembering the way she would smile is an easy endeavor. Furina always looked sincere when smiling; perhaps he wasn't looking hard enough, but surely even fleeting moments between just the two of them had to have brought her some amount of happiness, as small as it may be.

He thinks of one long ago night, during the third century of her reign. Actually, right on the cusp of the new milestone, he recalls the Palais had been eerily silent after wrapping up a week of festivities held in Furina's honor. The people of Fontaine were still celebrating, and would be doing so until the early hours of the morning, but all was still within the Palais. Except for them, that is. She had supposedly retired to her bedchambers, and him to his office, yet the two had bumped into each other within the kitchen.

"Let's go to the Opera," she had told him, in lieu of answering when he asked what she was doing. He supposes that the flecks of pastry crumbs on her clothes answered that, and he didn't ask other questions such as why she wanted to go to the Opera. He followed her as willingly as if she had simply asked for the time.

(Their whole relationship had been like that, hadn't it? A duty that extended beyond just an Archon and her Iudex. He once heard the Traveler mention a sea of flowers at the end of the world, and should Furina declare that she would like to see such a sight, he would tear down Celestia just to make it happen.)

Furina had packed a basket of food to bring, and two bottles of wine to go with. Then they partook perhaps more than they should've, and perhaps he should've questioned if Archons can get drunk, or if a Sovereign should be getting drunk with one. He definitely should have stopped her from going into the storerooms of the Epiclese and procuring even more for them. The memories start to get a little hazy after that, but he can vaguely recall a remark she made about the location not being the best choice, and that she wanted to get away from something. He can't recall who made the decision to go up, and have him help carry her as they climb to the roof, but suspects it was still her doing.

As clear as day, though, he can remember her smile, bathed in the light of the slowly rising sun as it crested over the waters of her dominion. Out of every beautiful sight in Fontaine, she is the one he gets to appreciate most often, but never before in a light like this. He could gaze at that moment for another hundred years and never tire of it. "Dragon of the waters," she had called him, "might you allow an Archon to call you theirs?"

Should she have asked him that at the start of her reign, should they have been in a similar situation, the answer would be clear. He might have even wondered, with the walls of the Court to block them from their peoples' sights, if an Archon so in love with her people would fall like one if he shoved her. But they were not in the past, and he already knew by then that he had come to love her, and thus his answer was "I was under the belief that I already was yours, Lady Furina, both within my capacity as your Chief Justice and without. The people of Fontaine adore you, yet it is my love for you that truly knows no bounds. Nothing would make me happier than to be yours."

"They do, don't they," she had whispered, a note he almost lost to time with how he just barely could hear her. "Promise me this, Neuvillette, if you wish to be mine- promise you will never stray from your duties to Fontaine, and you will always, always, do what is best for her people."

"I will."

"And promise that you will stay by my side forever, then, for another three centuries and beyond that, even if you grow tired of me!"

"Of course, Furina, is... is something the matter?"

It was the first time he had seen her come close to crying, droplets of tears clumping her eyelashes together yet disappearing as she blinked, "Oh, you silly dragon, only the fact that you make me ever so happy."

Leaving the warmth of the memory behind, Neuvillette returns to the cold of an overcast sky dripping with sleet, as a blue silhouette leaves him behind and disappears into the cloudy distance.

[sunbloomdew]

pls, i love how the traveler just went and met the knave and they tell the siblings about it and it's like meeting the family of your partner sjkfhdjksfnnmfbsdf going insane I LOVE THEM ALL SM I WANT THEM TO HAVE THE FOUND FAMILY DYNAMIC

"oh and btw ur a part of our family now" traveler getting officially adopoted in fontaine ٩(^ᗜ^ )و ´

[riverssongs13]

Chasca and Chuychu in their little domestic has been one of the better sibling dynamics stories I've witnessed in quite a long time. Both equally stubborn, one with an affliction and one whose trade and training is in medically dealing with said affliction.

And here we see something that's quite fleshed out, and not just the typical bland beige boring sisters who are quite smitten with each other-- these two have a very rough relationship with so much friction, yet you can see the love is definitely not lost between them. One could even argue that this friction is in fact because of that same love.

Sweet. Me likes. Hopefully we get to see more of C x C.

[calmbigdipper]

All that matters is we’re together again ❤︎‬

[mulworn]

decided to just post the finished sketch now just in case this takes too long and also added ventis backstory in this AU (since i might hopefully make this a series of sorts?) anyway, i sure hope the backstory isnt too dark aha!! (i can post the backstory on its own if its too hard to read)

[paimonial-rage]

hey i'm the anon who asked the questions about lyney and it's totally fine! you can just do question 21 then i really don't mind lol<3

[Character Analysis Ask Meme]

What's Lyney's breaking point in a relationship?

It's hard to imagine, really. With how much Lyney may seem in love, the idea there's a point a relationship would be too much for him is hard to believe. But when you really think about it, his breaking point is simple. As strong as his feelings may be for you, his devotion to his family and its cause outweighs everything else. Should your relationship with him ever reach a time where it encroaches upon that which is the most precious to him, then there's nothing more he can do than let you go.

[unraysunshine]

I think it's a popular theory amongst the fandom (was?), that the traveler uses an alias or just goes by 'the traveler' because they could or for the reason of not wanting to be known. Still, it is very sad and emotional to see them say this to their sibling;

Because there are a million reasons why they go by an alias or just as the traveler. Maybe because they don't want to bother with their real name, maybe they don’t like it, or maybe, because they want their sibling to be the only person to know their name. Because they want their sibling to be the only person to truly know them.

Because they have traveled countless stars together, they have been each other's lanterns on so many journeys and they have held hands to walk so many different paths.

Of course, their paths have diverged, maybe for the first time in their lives but even great distances like the gap in the traveler's memory since they arrived in Teyvat or the change in their sibling's beliefs and goals, doesn't change the fact that there's one thing for certain; they still love each other very much.

I'll be around, sobbing, please excuse me.

[electric-plants]

sibling reunion was obviously very emotional and sad but also i liked how at the end the traveler got FULL annoyed sibling mode at their twin for not mentioning the not going to remember thing lol

[bahbzxxx]

Venti 🕊️🍃🎶x Reader-

It’s Date night with the beloved bard…and the other 999 winds, apparently.

(A One shot)

Oh, to be dancing with the ever graceful and divine and not petty in the slightest lord Barbatos in the thousand winds temple as he twirls you around, so happy that you came back to Mondstadt to spend the evening with him.

As he dips you, he hopes you don’t notice how there are small winds sprites throwing around Cecelia and wind wheel aster petals, almost invisible. He doesn’t mind them being there…so long as none of them try to shoot their shot…

As you continue swaying with him…something light and breeze-blessed is discreetly placed in your hair. You’ve come to be very attune with the wind and it’s many antics…so you open your eyes from the kiss you were about to enter with the beautiful bard. Said beautiful bard is now pouting when you place your hand on his chest, eyes closed with his soft lips ready for yours.

“Whyd ye stewhp?” He pouts, his eyebrows furrow. “Windbluhhhmm…”

“What’s this, Venti?” You giggle as you feel around your hair, and suddenly you find it- a beautiful crown of Cecelias and Windwheel asters- you and Venti’s favorite flowers, intertwined. “Did you make this? It’s so pretty…”

“Make what?”

He opens those beautiful green eyes of his, and now he just seems slightly confused as he cocks his head- but then, almost instantly, he begins to blush madly, and pulls at his collar.

“oh…ehe…so…haha…”

“Venti…” you coo teasingly as you you walk your fingers up his chest to his chin, then twirling his loosened hair in your fingers. “What’s the matter?”

He gulps as his eyes fixate on your waist. It’s more of a glare, actually…

“Uhm…do I have something on me?” Now you’re a bit worried. “Is it bad?”

You look down at your outfit, confused. Then you see it- a tiny windsprite, trying to attach a Cecelia to the waistline of your outfit.

“Oh my-oh my!” You beam excitedly, your hands over your mouth as you look up at the bard. “This is the cutest thing ever-wait, in your hair too!!”

In his hair, another sprite is playing around with the Cecelia in his hair. It seems so content with its life, minding its own business while the anemo archon…maybe not so much.

He blows his fringe out of his face, and huffs. “See, Windblume…I asked them to be discreet for one, one evening…but…”

“Why…they’re so sweet…oh, hello there!” The little sprite is shoving itself into the palm of your hand, nuzzling it as you begin to stroke them with your finger.

He blushes at how sweet you are to them already…his heart is melting. But those cheeky little things…hmph.

“Well…” he sighs, hand on his hip. He shakes his head with a small pout.

“I’m sure you’ve had…similar experiences…with your family, huh?”

You think back to that night, sitting in the hands of the statue with him. What he told you then… Instantly, the dots are connected.

“Oh, Venti, this is the most precious thing ever!!! You’re probably the best big brother to each and every one of them, aren’t you?” You direct your attention back to the sprite in front of you, gently pinching its chubby cheek-so reminiscent of the archons own soft cheeks. “Isn’t he? Isn’t he?” You coo. “But wait…what’s so wrong with you floating around? You’re just the sweetest thing and-“

“a-HEM.” The bard clears his throat, his nose turned up with his arms crossed.

…

Ah. It seems the bard is a smidge…jealous, isn’t he? A bit selfish when it comes to you, hmm?

“Oh, Venti…you’re so silly…” you give him a kiss on his cheek. “You know you’re the cutest of all…at least, to me…”

You pinch his cheek, and he sputters.

“Th-that’s not what I meant! Ehehehehe…nice one though…”

He takes you back into his arms, and the little sprite hanging off of you zips away quickly. Now they are the one pouting as the bard blows them a raspberry.

“Venti!” You laugh, half scoldingly. “Maybe I should take back what I said…”

“Oh, don’t let this rivalry steer you away from me, eh Windblume?” He coos, pulling you closer.

“Just gotta remind the wind know that you’re all mine.”

He finally pulls you into that kiss he was waiting for. You just know he’s purposefully dragging it out so obnoxiously to gross the poor little things out…

But when your lips finally part and eyes are opened, there’s a gaggle of them- somehow, they managed to set up a Kamera. All you can pick up is faint chiming, as if they are all snickering. Venti, based on the expression on his face right now as you stand next to him…he likely knows everything they are saying.

The thousand winds are…they’re quite the special bunch, aren’t they?

🌸💕🍒🌸💕🍒🌸💕🍒🌸💕🍒🌸💕🍒

[greenlog17]

An idea ive had for an au recently is archon mafia au, where the archons (and any religious followers of theirs like the church of favonious) are all mafia bosses and how that would change things.

Mondstat: venti and the church are probably the most chill of the mafias, i mean, noone would expect the drunk bard venti to be the frightening mafia boss barbatos would they? The fact that basically everyone but jean knows the church is a front doesnt really matter when the worst theyll do is suffocate a stalker. (Lookin at you ALBERT)

Liyue: zhongli is definitely one of the more terrifying mafia bosses of the 7, although you wouldnt even assume hes apart of it if you just know him as the kind gentleman zhongli, but if you ever see what happens when he goes to work as morax you will know why hes feared across liyue, with the adepti at his back and knowledge that can only come from years of experience the milieth have a hard time trying to even get a glimpse of him before hes gone.

Inazuma: inazuma is just... a mess, with four active mafias in its borders and a corrupt and useless tenyrou commision turf wars have been a constant over the years with 2 main combatants: the raiden being lead by ei and the watasumi being lead by kokomi, the other 2 being the fatui and the kamisatos who deal more in intel then anything else, if either side wants reliable intel in a timely manner they have to go though the kamisatos. With ei at the helm, the raidens are a terrifying group who have an iron grip of control over narukami to the point that Ei rules it more than the tenryou commision does.

Sumeru: nahida and her followers to the public are just known as environmental activists who just want to stop the rampant pollution 'withering' the trees and plant life of the forrest, to the akedemiya they are the eco terrorist organization buer with the dreaded kusanali as the ringleader. With the peoples opinion on her side though, there's not much the akedemiya can do to put a stop to her plans.

Fontaine: for furina and nuevellette they found it easier to just put on the act of being the goverment and with navia openly leading the spina de rosula no one is suspect of the truth, after all, who expects the adorable muselines to be the ones who robs the wealthy? If people dug a little deeper, they may have noticed all the targets used legal loopholes and bribes to avoid taxes, and that just won't do! After all, no one is too far from the arm of justice, even if it's the one shrouded in shadow.

The fatui: the fatui are an interesting case as they dont even try to hid the fact their a mafia, but with the 11 harbingers of the tsaritsa being feared across trevat, they really dont need to worry about being prosecuted.

Bonus: the abyss order in this au are also a mafia, to the outside observer it may seem that the abyss order and the archon mafia are bitter rivals in truth they are the ones responsible for the more independent agents of the mafia who dont stick to one locale for long.