#especially with Cyno

[pachimation]

a certain mysterious incident that took place one night at lambad’s tavern

[cat-downthestreet]

"we need more autistic rep!!"

hey Susan aren't you the same person who demonized autistic traits in Genshin characters because you don't think they count as being on the spectrum? and you think they're just assholes when they're just being unapologetically autistic and unmasked?

that's right. shut up, Susan.

[tunapesto]

cyno based off the heat stroke photoshoot I cba to finish this ..

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

in paralleling cyrus and naphis's rapport in cyno's story quest 2 with alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in a parade of providence, i have a speculation i thought was interesting in terms of the implicit, and now explicit, ways concern is shown, although of course i'm aware that these two relationships are entirely separate, but it's interesting to note the similarities between them

in a parade of providence, alhaitham's concern over kaveh's actions in the second round of the interdarshan championship is demonstrated in the close-up of him with the ellipses '...' as he is shown to visibly search kaveh's disposition after faruzan comments on kaveh's 'tribulations' in the desert. this close-up shot is contextualised as concern in the following scene where kaveh recounts what alhaitham said to him after he informed alhaitham of his fainting in the desert in the second round

due to kaveh's misconception of alhaitham, he interprets alhaitham's words as critique of his abilities as a scholar and a senior, although paimon in the same scene makes the same observations as alhaitham which is interpreted by kaveh as concern

as alhaitham isn't present here, having left to question sachin's son in order to provide kaveh closure regarding his father's disappearance into the desert (which is discussed here), this concern is not made explicit in surface text, and has to be interpreted through other characters' dialogue and visual cues, such as the close-up of alhaitham after faruzan comments on kaveh's tribulations

with the subsequent improvement of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in cyno's story quest 2, i noted that cyrus and naphis' rapport steps up to replace this bickering, which is most prominently seen in cyrus's return from the desert after his near death at the hands of the temple of silence

naphis can be seen to make similar observations to cyrus as alhaitham does to kaveh in regards to the age, supposed held knowledge and inner wisdom being incongruous with their respective actions and problem-solving abilities, with both cyrus and kaveh in turn questioning naphis' and alhaitham's lack of regard to titles and established relationships of 'colleague' 'classmate' and 'upperclassman'

given these similarities in naphis' and alhaitham's remonstrance of cyrus and kaveh respectively, it's interesting that when using nahida's mind reading skill on naphis, he explicitly states his concern of cyrus's wellbeing, and considers an alternative scenario in which the danger could have been avoided - which is where parallels can be drawn between alhaitham immediately leaving kaveh to investigate sachin's son in order to continue researching into sachin's potential influence over kaveh's father, which ultimately led to his demise, potentially alleviating kaveh's guilt and allowing him to better prioritise himself

in this sense, naphis' behaviour in reference to cyrus can be seen to parallel that of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship in previous events and story quests. as opposed to the perceived toxicity of alhaitham and kaveh's relationship when comparing the execution of these two respective rapports, with naphis's critical attitude towards cyrus being founded on an unspoken concern, it also parallels, and confirms, that alhaitham's past actions and words towards kaveh similarly stem from concern of kaveh's self-detriment - which also extends to kaveh's treatment of alhaitham in retaliation, as he was unable to see these supposed critiques as concern prior to the ending of a parade of providence

[nilouandnarimylove]

Cyno coming to Tighnari whenever he's injured because he sees Tighnari as a safespace for him to be vulnerable. A place where he can let down his General demeanor and allow himself to be weak. With Tighnari he just feels so at ease with himself, like he has nothing to be afraid or self-conscious about. Because it's Tighnari.

Them. Just them.

[asherheed]

alhaitham ♢ admonishing instruction

[luffysprincess]

⋆˙⟡ Cyno meets his Sumerian Princess ⟢

[hiraya-rawr]

a HC that Cyno was supposed to drop Collei at an orphanage or something but, as most of us would know, she was just a traumatized kid back then—

and on their journey back to Sumeru, Cyno noticed that the only thing that seemed to bring out the child in Collei is... his fake hoodie ears.

Hence why he decided to drop off Collei at Tighnari's.

Nari be like "wth why are you giving me a child" and Cyno just... "She likes fluffy ears."

[garbean]

Me when I see the canon design of a character and realize they aren't as brown as I thought

[ddarker-dreams]

Cyno would be so insufferable as a yan because there is this authoritative figure that has taken away all your freedoms and made you depend on him solely for the reason that you give your attention to him only and when you're already angry at something he'd come in with a joke that would make you lose all will to live

You: *trying to open a can with a can opener but it doesn't budge*

Cyno from behind: is that can't opener giving you trouble?

it's so true........ this dorky version of him almost makes you forget what a formidable force you're up against. the initial fear you felt when he insisted on 'protecting you from outside sources that'd seek to do you harm' subsides into something far weaker. you'll question your initial judgment — maybe you were imagining things? look at this guy, he's playing card games with you and constantly trying to lighten the dour mood. this complacency has you loosening a window pane, that is, until there's a crackling of electricity in the air, and a quiet, hollow voice asking:

"just what do you think you're doing?"

well, so much for that.

[vulpixtodoroki]

I think all events should be like Thelxie’s Fantastic Adventures; it endears you to a character and then you get him as a gift at the end!

Nothing worse than doing an event and falling in love with a character then having to wait 500 years for a rerun

[erabu-san]

Así que... te encontré por ese precioso dibujo de Tighnari tomando una siesta, luego comencé a navegar por tu blog, ¿y no puedo creer que realmente hayan más personas que disfrutan a Cyno y Tighnari de manera platónica ahí afuera? Para serte sincera, incluso evito las etiquetas de ellos, porque sé que el contenido me va a hacer sentir incómoda, y creo que si digo mucho, probablemente me van a destruir jajaja. Aaah~ esto es genial, muchas gracias, creo que estaré nutriéndome de todas tus publicaciones por un buen tiempo.

HI !! WOAH i am always so happy to know there is platonic Tighnari and Cyno enjoyer as well !! 🥹

We are together in this oomfie !

[kubbiesstuff]

I drew cyno instead of Muzha

[halfcarrotikemen]

You probably noticed I hate drawing clothes

[gaydogmarriage]

ppl are always depicting cyno in fanon as a comic relief annoying idiot partner to tighnari that cannot read the room and is always making him angry and yeah he doesn't have the best social skills and doesn't understand other people that well, but he knows that. and he also knows tighnari well enough to know that if he truly was annoyed with his behavior to the point of getting angry, he would shut that shit down real quick. he's not the type of person to just sit there and take it if he's genuinely bothered, i think. cyno's just putting himself out there without letting himself be paralyzed by his own shortcomings or insecurities, and it's pretty clear tighnari doesn't want him to repress himself either.

if anything, i can see tighnari being the one with an annoying habit in private that he has 0 self awareness about because he's so used to being the one dealing with other people's bullshit that he may not realize when he's the culprit for once, and cyno is too much of an unbothered king to say anything about it, and too madly in love to stay annoyed for long lol

[lonestarss]

okay this thought is far from coherent in my mind but. smth smth tighnari haunting cyno in ways that he shouldn't. glimpses turn to states turn into peripheral visions until one reckless terribly imputable decision after another ends with cyno on his knees