#don’t mind the mistake

[serelyly-hikari]

This is more a thought than a theory but:

I noticed the same when I was writing a certain scene in one of my Genshin fics. Basically the scene was Venti coming in during the Inazuma archon quest to protect the resistence from the puppet (surely the puppet didn’t stop attacking the resistence just cause the traveler has Ei entertained, right?) and telling Ei/the Raiden Shogun that they have practically imprisoned the people of Inazuma. Of course the puppet counters with saying that it shouldn’t concern him because he is not Inazuma’s archon, but he says his domain is the wind, and where ever the wind goes, he too. And if anyone wants freedom, he shall answer their prayers, as it is their choice to gain it. And stuff like that (this a cannot divergence btw. Venti acts a bit different here in my story).

Anyways, as I writing this scene out, it came to my attention Inazuma isn’t the only one that has a theme of freedom. Each region we have gone to, there is an underlying or obvious theme of freedom. Whether it be in the main archon quest or in world quests or historic records. It makes sense in Mondstadt, of course, but why does this theme appear on every region? Not only that but I began to notice that Venti, Wind, Freedom, the God of Time, just…Mondstadt stuff….at least one of them SOMEHOW appear or are relevant or are AT LEAST mentioned or alluded to in every region.

Liyue: Has anyone noticed that Venti’s sigil (the one that appears when you do his charge attack and the same one that appears in Stormterror’s Lair in Decarabian’s Tower) appears in a domain in Liyue? In the Chasm, after defeating all the dark nights, each one drops an item that when you collect them all you can open a secret room where you can find a blurred out letter. Only one line is untouched, and it differs across player worlds. A group of players banded together to get the full letter unblurred and when it’s translated, it mentions Barbatos.

Inazuma: The Sakura Tree was created with the help of the God of Time and let’s not forget Enkanomiya, who worshiped the God of Time at one point and even had the “infamous book”.

Sumeru: While small, in one of the web events with the Aranara, VENTI APPEARS. Not only that but the THOUSAND WINDS are name dropped by the Aranara in the world quest. And then we have the Sumeru Wind Glider that says that the only reason gliders work is cause Barbatos, the Anemo Archon, blessed them. Not only that but he is mentioned again as “the wind who took a human form.”

Fontaine: I’ll be honest, I haven’t explore Fontaine too much cause I’ve been lacking motivation but when Arleccino’a demo came out, I found it WEIRD that they started in MONDSTADT out of all places. As far as I’m aware, she wasn’t mentioned in that region ever. I believe not even the House of the Harth was mentioned. Pretty sure they were both mentioned during the Inazuma updates…so why Mondstadt? (Also Sumeru but that’s another ramble). This is a very…flimsy connection at best but I just find it WEIRD. (There could be more or I could be wrong. Idk. Again, I haven’t explored Fontaine too much.)

Like…whyyyy do they all keep appearing? Not only that but before Furina, Venti has appeared in TWO different nations in events: Liyue and Inazuma. In both it was rather suspicious. He practically invited himself over when we had the Liyue dinner and in Inazuma, he was talking with MIKO out of all people and tells us that they are merely chatting (those two? Just chatting? Fam, you think I’m a fool?).

Point being, not only does the theme of freedom appear almost everywhere it is even alluded to be endgame, but Venti, the God of Time, the Thousand Winds, and Mondstadt just…appear in random places that just are…WEIRD. I may just be THAT obsessed with Venti and Mondstadt lore and see them everywhere, but I don’t see other regions having these weird connections. Not to this extent at least.

My on going head cannon/theory is one I have pitched before (which has NO EVIDENCE other than the simple fact that…it makes sense in my head): three out of the four shades may have betrayed the Primordial One during the invasion of The Second Who Came. The idea came to me, again, cause I was writing fanfic, but I always found it weird that we never knew who the victor was of that war. But if three out of the four shades betrayed the Primodial One during that war (practically letting both parties destroy each others while they took control), then it would make kinda sense why we don’t know the victor: there is no need to because neither won and the throne was taken by the three shades. The reason I say only three out of four is due to Istaroth seemingly being the only shade like…trying to do something for the people or at least like…coming down or whatever and mingling amongst the people? Like…this shade helped the people of Enkanomiya to survive and then we have Mondstadt who at one point worshiped both her and Barbatos…and then we have Inazuma with her helping with the whole Sakura Tree. Speaking of, she seems to be against the Heavenly Principles because…why would she help make the Sakura Tree which is FREE OF EM?! Unless she…you know…is against them. And given Venti’s clear distaste/discomfort for Celestia, it’s not too far of a stretch Istaroth shares the same idea as they are like…connected as if they were mother and son or creator and creation or whatever! And let’s not forget that in the manga, when Vanessa asks about Celestia, Venti thinks of three figures before he quickly dodges the question. Like? Broskie?

I believe Venti, as the God of Freedom and son/creation/partner/friends (or whatever) of Istaroth, the God of Time, is trying to free or give the people of Teyvat the choice of being free from Celestia’s rule (which I suppose are the three other shades). Hence why he seems to appear or be alluded to across almost all the nations (or at least loosely connected to through Istaroth, Mondstadt, and freedom themes). The idea of freedom can’t just be…something that is thrown in. It’s been a repeated narrative, and repeated narrative are done to emphasize a point, to bring up an important plot point.

All in all…VENTI IS FUCKING EVERYWHERE AND IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT MANY BELIEVE AND GOODNESS ME THIS GUY HAS SO MANY CONNECTIONS CAUSE WHAT THE FUCK. HEXENZIRKLE HQ PRACTICALLY BEING IN MONDSTADT WITH THE APPRENTICES AND CHILDREN OF MANY WITCHES LIVING THERE? KAYEYA, LAST HOPE OF KHAENRI’AH?! GOD OF TIME HELLOOOOOO?! HIS STAUE BEING USED BY THE ABYSS AND HIS REGION BEING SPECIFICALLY ATTACHED BY THE ABYSS IN THE ARCHON QUEST UNLIKE OTHER REGIONS WHERE THE ABYSS IS PRACTICALLY A SECOND THOUGHT?! THE BARBATOS STATUE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONDSTADT PLAZA HAVING THE “this is the gateway to Celestia” INSCRIPTION?! Pretty sure that there is dialogue somewhere that practically says that the WIND IS EVERYWHERE and WHEREVER wind is, BARBATOS reaches. Like bro.

Edit: just remembered the last uhh…comment. I think the reason Venti’s Gnosis is taken forcibly is due to a) Signora hates his guts and b) it’s the irony of the GOD OF FREEDOM not having a choice in that moment. (Ignoring the fact that MAYBE, he let it happen, which would make it double irony????)

Small spoilers for Fontaine Archon quest/4.2 update

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Looking back, outside of maybe Venti, all of the Archons have been « freed » during the Quests: Zhongli is free from his duty, Ei is free from her self-imposed eternity, Nahida is literally free from her prison (and more metaphorically her self-doubt), and Furina is free from her « godhood » (or her performance however you want to see it).

I am not sure what Venti could be free from but being the embodiment of freedom i do believe his relationship with everything that happened is much more complexe than presented.

There is two main things that created and reflect that freedom: meeting Traveller and losing the Gnosis. I have a feeling that they are free because by giving away the Gnosis (for most) they are freeing themselves from the Heavenly Principles.

Actually Venti is the only one where the Gnosis was taken by force (i do think he allowed for it to be stolen). I don’t know what this means but if someone has ideas i’d love to hear them.

[turtleblogatlast]

“Haven’t You Noticed (I’m a Star)” from Steven Universe works so ridiculously well for Leo

[devilat-thedoor]

thoughts? questions? concerns? anybody?

[medi-bee]

isat pokemon au, my liege?

my rambling in tags

[girltiger5000]

squaaaaaaaaaad shenanigans

[saihakkenden]

fun fact!! while rewatching, i noticed he uses the personal pronoun 私/watashi no matter who he talks to. the reason i took notice of this specifically is because 私 is gender neutral when used formally and feminine when used informally, which means he’s either using very formal speech with everyone, including his childhood best friend (which would be weird, considering how everyone else (in the show at least, idk about real life) uses their preferred pronoun and speaks informally when speaking to their friends, although o wouldn’t really put it past him), or he’s using a feminine pronoun on himself just because.

this is also part of the reason why i love nb touma

weeUGHH ACK *COUGH* eweuhbEWUAHHH aaaAWAAaaHh huhGHHH huhgH *SNIFFFF* AAAGH. hhheuuh… hhhheuyh *whimper*…hh-hhhhhghh… *sniffle sniff* wwehhh…. hhhoo…hh.. version

[pyroguesstuff]

thinking about.. her for today (falls to my knees and collapses into dust)

(id in alt text)

[atopvisenyashill]

Thoughts on the Alysanne is Maegor's daughter AU? I feel like it has some interesting potential, and it vastly recontextualizes different parts of Jaehaehae (I do not like him sjsjsjs) and Alysanne's relationship (such as Jaehaehae's treatment of their daughters) but I wanna hear what you think about it!

I’ve touched on this a bit before but since you actually want to hear my thoughts, allow me to present to you my Jaehaerys Is The Goddamn Worst, And Alysanne Annoys Me Too: An Essay lmao but my answer is basically “yeah all of what you just said.”

I think it makes Alysanne much more palatable (to me) as a character because as she stands, she just fixates on forcing her daughters through these fucked up marriages at too young an age bc it traumatized her to be married and pregnant at 15 too but she’d never admit that being a willing participant in her own kidnapping by her brother-husband was the single worst thing that ever happened to her, and because Alysanne doesn’t want to admit it (and Jaehaerys would never see it as wrong or a mistake) F&B really shies away from delving into the fact that Alysanne is as deranged of a mother as Cersei is. So as she stands, she’s very flat to me because she’s presented very flatly and inconsistently. She’s so in love with Jaehaerys, she’s maritally raped by Jaehaerys, she’s a loving and doting mother, she forces her daughters into marriages when they’re the same too young age she was, she accuses her teenage girls of being scheming whores then gets angry when her husband accuses their teenage girls of being scheming whores, and worst of all we are just told “Maegelle tells them to make up so they do” so we don’t know why Alysanne gets over all of this. What is the point of riding a dragon when you never use that dragon to protect your daughters from unwanted teen marriages? We’re just not given a good enough justification for why her behavior is so weird and frustrating towards her daughters.

Make her Maegor’s daughter though…most of her behavior as an adult makes more sense. Like a worse version of Rhaenyra’s childhood almost - a father desperate for a son, but lowkey obsessed with his daughter, who makes all his hang ups about his parents the problems of every woman around him, except Maegor is out here blood sacrificing and torturing and starting wars and forcing babies on wives he discards quickly and brutally. Then here comes Jaehaerys on a white horse green dragon to save her from the horror her life has become, and he loves her so much he runs away with her even though Alyssa says they shouldn’t marry because people won’t like it. And they have beautiful children, and a beautiful marriage, and build a beautiful kingdom.

Then her pregnancies start getting dangerous. Gaemon, then Valerion, die. Alysanne thinks of the shriveled up mutants she called brothers, if Maegor’s taint has passed to her. Her perfect husband ignores her no, and forces Gael on her. Alysanne remembers that he said nothing to Rogar when Alyssa died, merely wept. Then her daughters start to die. Daella, Alyssa, Viserra, all within a few years. Then Jaehaerys makes Saera watch as he murders her boyfriend, calls her a whore, and says Alysanne cannot follow Saera to Lys. Alysanne thinks of Maegor torturing the Harroways over Alys’ presumed infidelity. Jaehaerys says he’s sorry, and her daughter badgers her into forgiving him, and she remembers how she helped Jaehaerys badger Alyssa into forgiving Rogar. Not two years later, Jaehaerys passes over Rhaenys. Alysanne thinks of how she was never enough for her father, how she felt so superior to Rhaena banished to Dragonstone and resented by Aerea, yet there she is dragging Gael away from court because she can’t stand to be with Jaehaerys. How her father was surrounded by dead women and dead babies and how Jaehaerys is surrounded by his own dead daughters, but surely she did the right thing, surely Maegor was worse, surely the realm is better off? Is he right to pass over Rhaenys? Is she enabling a man just as monstrous as her father? She will never decide, because Maegelle will guilt her about keeping Gael isolated at Dragonstone, and Alysanne will do as she’s told, just like Rhaena, and Alyssa, and Jeyne, Elinor, Ceryse, Alys, and Tyanna, just like every one of her daughters.

I do get why Alysanne is Alyssa & Aenys’ and not Maegor’s. The weird Targ babies, the line not descending from Visenya, Jaehaerys and Alysanne being held up as the perfect Targaryen couple specifically because they are brother and sister and dragon riders. I do even think canon Alysanne is likely traumatized by her time as a hostage on Dragonstone, and the ensuing war, and the trauma bond that caused with Jaehaerys, and it makes her idolize Jaehaerys, and then he isolates her at Dragonstone so he can swiftly and safely marry, groom, and knock her up. It’s not like,,,, a fun time, and it’s enough to make anyone crazy and weird about their daughters, but I think having her father be Maegor makes Alysanne herself much deeper because it gives her, as the most beloved Targaryen queen, a blood tie to the most hated Targaryen king, and a marriage to the most beloved Targaryen king. It fits better with a lot of the themes of the main series (again, imo) - forcing the spotlight on the outsiders to see how the affect the story from behind the scenes. The fall of Aegon’s sons, and The Long Reign, not told from the PoV or to serve the PoV of any of the kings or princes, but of the queen that tied them all together.

[emi-the-gremlin]

Controversial take (maybe?)

I think we need more of mr. Payne being the good parent, like don’t get me wrong I adore all the good Mrs. Payne fics (definitely check out that tag) but she’s the only one who’s actually been described negatively, parenting wise.

Not to mention it also just balances out the group, Charles has daddy issues, Crystal has parental issues, so therefore it stands to reason that Edwin has mommy issues, right?

[aceisew]

Silly drawing of a sad little Dib

[iramerle]

Another life is strange painting 😮‍💨 want to draw more of them, this one was a quick painting because I have to sleep NDKNFKD

[annmariethrush]

Thinking about how in The French Mistake they go really hard into the “Jared had his life together but Jensen doesn’t” bit by including Gen and doing the whole house thing and him having the money for stuff. But I wish we could have exacerbated that and also leaned into the cockles of it all by having them at least mention the Jenmish bachelor pad. Gen is shocked that Jens came home with Jared? Misha is really offended that Jensen didn’t come home that night and asks where he was, prompting a discussion about how “fake me lives with fake Cas??” And some sort of predecessor to “and they were roommates” coming out of someone’s mouth.

[the-travelling-witch]

WOAH REQUEST? Those are words I haven’t heard in a long time.. (never)

Well in that case what about anything with ur ocs? Their morning routine night routine just some goofy stuff!

hi, so since you didn't specify an oc, my brain just kinda meshed this ask up with your other ask and i made my friend pick between my modern au characters instead. he chose night routine with xiao (who is very much not an oc), so uh yeah here's that

if you still want me to write something with an oc of mine, please send another ask with one of them and one word bc otherwise i'm going to spin a wheel (i very much do not want to pick characters myself bc that's the whole point of this challenge/ warm-up ^^;)

𝐗𝐢𝐚𝐨 𝐱 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧��� [modern au]

The pencil hovering over his sketchbook had barely moved since Xiao sat down at his desk. Even when illuminated by the familiar warmth of his lamp, no inspiration for a new tattoo seemed to come to him, so he put the pencil down and leaned back in his seat with a sigh.

Just as he started wracking his brain for anything that could give him that spark to draw, his thoughts were interrupted by his phone ringing. He swiped right immediately.

“Xiao, hey! Sorry, I couldn’t call earlier, stuff just kept coming up,” you started apologetically. Just hearing your voice on the other side was enough for some of the tension to seep from his shoulders. “How was your day?”

“Same as usual, nothing special happened.” He wished he could tell you about something but there really wasn’t anything. Besides, Xiao could tell there was something you wanted to get off your chest. “Why don’t you tell me about yours instead?”

There was rustling on your end of the call, no doubt you getting ready for bed. These late night phone calls had become something of a routine at this point, a way to spend time together on nights where you couldn’t see each other. When you talked, time seemed to fly by and it happened every now and then that the line felt silent before all Xiao could hear was the evened out breathing after you fell asleep. 

Leaning forward as he listened to you describing your day, from the beautiful flowers you saw in a shop to the driver who cut you off, Xiao picked up his pencil again almost absentmindedly. Graphite bloomed over his sketchbook as your voice calmed down all the earlier doubts in his mind. Really, he should have known. You always were his greatest inspiration.

1 character, 1 word, 11 minutes

modern au masterlist

[the-woman-upstairs]

It’s just…so painful to watch Armand readily submit in order to obtain the love he so desperately craves. And while it’s most assuredly a manipulative tactic, it’s still one borne out of fear and desperation. He cannot lose this person he’s come to love and so will become whatever they want, do whatever they want just so they’ll stay with him. But it won’t be enough. No matter how much he acquiesces or seeks to control (himself, others, the environment), he won’t be able to make Louis stay with him in the perfect life, perfect self he built in the hopes of finally being loved. It will all crumble with Armand left alone in the rubble of what he created, the author of his own abandonment.

[ask-shane]

"Hi Shane, how are you? Happy belated new year!"

(Sorry if there is any mistake in the sentence, English is not my first language)

doing pretty shit, as per usual with me. but i guess i can’t complain too much. you’re here now.

happy belated new year to you, too. any resolutions?

[ellezem]

GUESS WHO HAS MORE RESTRUANT DRAWINGS (my best works tbh) i love crayon

WOOOOOOO