#i saw the wrio quest cutscene

[teamunee]

wrio is aethers scary dog privilege

[allxgene]

//have to say harbinger wrio been scratching the brain a lot lately...

[petorahs]

Hello! Just wanted to say I'm a huge fan of the way you draw Wrioney, so very tender and cute 🥺 Your artstyle is overall quite nice to look at as well!

Also, seeing how the dynamic you set up for them in your art is somewhat different to how they interact canonically, I was curious if you could share how you felt ab them after 4.1? Did their "bickering" discourage or inspire you with new, fresh ideas?

hey there! thanks so much for liking my art of them :") it means a lot! and also thanks for wanting to know my opinion of the ship itself and not just the art, too! warms my heart.

short answer: the 4.1 archon quest did leave a bad taste in my mouth, yes, but i got over it and realized wow. i love wrioney so much and i would rather have this than any other cookie cutter "perfect/wholesome" dynamic

long answer/explanation under cut!

first off, pre-4.1 wrioney's setup was just too good for me to pass up and hit all my fav points. cat (chat noir) + dog (cerberus) dynamic??? criminal x prison warden???? wriothesley's tareme eyes to lyney's upturned ones? cute! not to mention i liked how their color palette matched more than the other popular ships. they seemed like they were made for eachother. we also had 0 crumbs for wrio's personality at that point so i assumed he'd be the serious to lyn's playful flirt.

shipping in this game to me has always been a bit on the shallower side, and thats fine! some of these characters never get to "grow" with dynamic character arcs really and remain "static" to have their profiles make sense when you pull for them. they can never be directly antagonistic to the player and have to be "redeemed" in some way. 76++ characters and not all of them get time in the spotlight, either. thats fine too.

that all changed when fontaine came out. and even more when 4.1 did.

wriothesley's personality was a joy. i love morally dubious and fun characters like him, the kinds that dont really fit into a "box" or trope!! genshin's good at making characters like that, just as they are good at the tropey ones. i also didnt mind that he canonically isnt above torturing, too. heck, i mean i love kamisato ayato who is basically what the game sets up as the male version of arlecchino + diluc burning an abyss mage and kazuha's tongue branding comment were one of my favorite moments. i thought wrio being cruel was very much in line for a prison warden. it made sense. what didn't make sense was the way the game needed to show this.

i loved lyney the moment i saw him in the travail trailer. his thing with his family another one of the best things to come out of genshin. fucked up orphans and found family who are villains? actually so good. but because they are what the game wants us to see as "unequivocable villains", they also get... disrespected in the story a lot?

the way i saw it, the game wanted us to see wrio as the "cool/badass hero!!!! wow your grace you're actually so kind for not killing them!!! see guys he just looks cruel and antagonistic but he's actually so morally good!!!also here's like 3 cutscenes of wrio looking cool ^_^" while lyney's treated like an "overemotional kid" really rubbed me off the wrong way. everything else was fine. i just got tired of the game insisting that the fatui are so bad no matter what and the rest are ""good"" when their whole thing in fontaine was doing away with the black and white morality. the devs seek to promote greyness but they cant even write that right?

what wrio did to them truly probably wasnt even the worst lyney and his siblings have been through, i know this for a fact. honestly wrio could have killed freminet and it'd have been like. reasonable for him. but he's a big softie who has a thing for lyney i think which is why he thought a lot about them not coming to physical harm.

but after once again accepting that midhoyo just wastes a lot of potential and reconciling the dynamic of past wrioney i had in mind (also uh. writing a fic of them for closure when i've never done anything of the sort before)... i realized theyre the best thing ever actually

enemies to lovers isnt always my cup of tea, but for context i shipped shuake before this so i feel like that primed me for this genshin ship in a way LMAO.. i actually must thank wrio for showing this new side of lyney, the viciously overprotective of his family side that i thought would never be shown, only alluded to. its mesmerizing.

and the thought that lyney, mr. masks and fake-smiles-that-dont-reach-his-eyes wouldnt bother to keep up pretenses with wriothesley anymore since he coaxed that darker side of him effortlessly? really nice.

even traveler who lyney notoriously charms and flirts with gets the mask immediately after the confrontation at the duke's office, the second lyney recharges with his siblings by his side. the beautiful thing about lyney's character is that he is always fake.

but with the duke? i wouldn't be so sure. maybe his real side, claws and bared teeth, comes to light with him and him only.

and that... goes back to the "character going through dynamic arcs" thing i mentioned in the beginning that genshin lacked. now i may be reaching for crumbs here, but i'm pretty sure this ship is the closest thing we'd get for lyney ever going through a character arc. wrio too. when i say they were "made for eachother" i think i realized that it's because they both have parallel backstories. i wont spoil too much for wrio's stories and voicelines, but it's safe to say wrio also has trouble with trusting others easily. something him and lyney can relate on lol. not to mention the orphan thing... ok i wont say more.

i love that their personalities clash so catastrophically. i love that i can never predict what genshin will do next with them. this all makes shipping them so fun. i have literally never had as much fun with shipping for this game since.... ever! really. as the game evolves, the character writing and by extension their interactions with eachother do too. and i'd say it's an improvement. i'm hopeful for the future :]

@untildarknesscomes

[zorosdimples]

Ahhhh I saw your yan zhongli post and wanted to ask if you know neuvillette!! I was scared of spoiling tho but the idea of them together is !!!!! very enticing to me

archon quest wise i’m still in inazuma—i’ve barely touched the story in weeks in an attempt to build my team! BUT i have the whole map explored, and i participated in the last event in fontaine (it was a film festival, i believe). i technically met wriothesley for 5 seconds during that event, but there was no neuvillette!

anyway, i just wrapped up the story for the lantern rite event, and i’m so tickled that i finally got to meet neuvi! there was a cute cutscene of him and wrio <333 i’ve had parts of fontaine “spoiled” since i’ve participated in these events. i know that neuvi is old and has (or had?) a dragon form like zhongli. it seems like zhongli knows him, but it’s quite ambiguous. oh, what i wouldn’t give to be sandwiched between the two of them!

[stargazet]

saw a post talking about main gang + Craig & co maining video game characters and OF COURSE i have to chip in with the Genshin sillies. bear with me, thank you

Stan: Wriothesley. Dog/Wolf man who punches? Say less. Plays him with Shenhe as support and probably Yelan/Furina for freeze reactions. Ever since Ororon dropped he's got that hot topic emo loser for superconduct. I can see him enamoured with the likes of Freminet, tbh. I also think if he doesnt use this standart team he likes using Dehya, Yelan/Furina and Tighnari for burgeon. He probably collects Punchers like Infinity stones (Wrio, Dehya, Heizou, hes got them all)

I think he has a soft spot for Kaeya & Kinich. Broken Families, Alcoholic father, he loves projecting.

Kyle: there's only 2 options: he either HATES alhaitham or he fucking loves that guy. Based on that he either uses him OR kaveh (you're not subtle). Him and Stan are probably the most Team Comp/reaction focused, so he'd work with an aggravate team for sure. Probably a Raiden Main for that but I know he likes Kuki too. He probably also likes Hyperbloom/Burgeon so, in that order, he also plays: Haitham, Xingqiu, Raiden / Haitham, Xingqiu, Benny/Xiangling.

I think he very much considers his team comp carefully, what characters are best in what positions, rotations, it's all important for him, so I think he doesn't really care about Cool-looking/lore characters or their in-game status and more about Meta, therefore the heavy 4star usage

Cartman: A whale. doesn't care what is a good team comp, he can pick whoever and however, has most characters c6 and signature weapons r5, he's all about showing off that, much less the damage. He favors 5star characters, ESPECIALLY Archons. Definitely a heavy Raiden user, probably also Miko, he doesn't think Furina should be given the Archon title, so Neuvilette there, doesn't give a shit about Nahida and thinks Wanderer was nerfed the SECOND he was announced as Wanderer and not in his previous Scaramouche getup/behavior. Alhaitham in Nahida's stead, thus (Dont get it twisted though, he has her c6 simply because he can). No strong feelings about Venti, uses Zhongli a lot bc Shield. Absolutely has Mavuika and uses her. I'm not sure whether he likes any of the current playable Fatui. He might deem them too soft for their positions so far, so ik hes mad as shit about Signora and Capitano (fly high, king). He WILL be a Dottore main.

Kenny: Mavuika. Leather suit with zipper. Bike. He's sold. Definitely a Miko lover, her mischievous aura, the E skill, he loves that shit. which is also why I'd assume he'd love Yelan (Mommy + E skill). I think he'd adore Furina, Wanderer & Childe due to their lore (500 years of solitude and no one knew? Yeah he resonates. 3 Betrayals & Abandonment? Hell yeah. Being a good big brother but corrupted deep down? HES ALL ABOUT THAT).

He's definitely a Girls girl character wise, Hoyoverse's target audience atm, I can see him with Rosaria, Lisa, Candace. He ate Chasca and Citlali up, he just doesn't have enough primos Ever to get all the waifus he wants

Doesn't rlly care about team comp or reactions, nor supports/sub dps/healers. Everyone can be a DPS if Kenny has them on the rooster. Tries to go for huge DMG numbers despite the worst team comps, no reactions, everyone at C0. (Somehow he's doing pretty good)

Add on: An insanely good dodger, he doesnt need a shield nor a healer. he also likes the Orphanage Trio (Lyney, Lynette, Fremi) and would play the Fatui Fam team (the trio + Arlecchino) (I know he loves Arle, his dick was hard watching the cutscenes of her storyquest)

Butters: 1st of all, his damage sucks, he does NOT care abt rotations or reactions etc. That is a lore player and world explorer. Thus, a stupidly high exploration rate (half of it at 100% definitely) everywhere. Has practically all world quests done because he loves helping Anyone with Anything. Probably an insane amount of Primos that all the f2p players are jealous of because he rarely wishes and only for the characters he likes and cares about. Wanderer Enthusiast & Raiden hater, probably. Furina, Freminet, Bennet, he's got them. Uses Fischl a LOT (he loves her and ik he gets teased bc of that). He also has Shenhe & Ayaka, probably. So many Cryo characters, which makes sense for a child that probably feels unwanted/forgotten by everyone else :)

I think he likes supporting, healers more specifically, so he definitely has Furina or Kokomi always ready for co-op

Craig: Alhaitham is the realest and funniest guy he's ever seen, that's his ride or die main, followed closely by Wanderer because he's so hilariously mean and openly rude♡ He also has Kinich because hes the same type of blunt and ik every time he hears Ajaw talk he tells that pixel to shut the fuck up, except for when he's incredibly rude and mean to Others (Bungee jumping without a rope?? I know Craig laughed)

I think he cares about reactions etc again, and since he has 2 dendro & 1 anemo dps, he doesn't usually play them together and rather has 3 teams built around them (or two, switching out Haitham and Kinich at random) as follows:

- He's a Burgeon bitch rather than Aggravate, so: Haitham/Kinich, Xingqiu, Nahida, Benny/Xiangling (I think he doesnt like Mavuika and doesn't pull her therefore)

- brute force with a hypercarry team: Wanderer, Faruzan, Benny, Dehya/Furina

Ik he thinks using a shielder is like cheating, so he's not touching any shielders. Makes him, too, incredibly good at dodging, especially because Wanderer's Passive "Gales of Reverie" needs acceleration during his E skill, which is easiest done when dodging an attack before continuing your own attack.

Chasca hater, i can feel it in my bones.

Clyde: That is an Itto Main if i've ever seen one. He LOVES big buff men so Itto it is, Wriothesley and Cyno because he fucking loves him and his jokes. He loves a good shield, so he has Zhongli at the ready. I think he would play Xiao every once in a while, because the Pogostick-play amuses him. Absolutely only brute forces his way through anything (99% with Itto, ofc) Which is also why he's got Neuvilette, the Beyblade Spin is his favorite thing.

He definitely has Childe and uses him too, but ofc that bitch never crits and everyone clowns him.

Token: Another reaction/Meta player. Also close to Whale-Level, his favorite characters are c6 and r5 in their signature weapons. He definitely has Raiden and Arlecchino and probably Nahida for a hyperbloom/burgeon team. Since that also needs Hydro, i think he'd use good old Xingqiu or straight up Yelan. He probably doesn't use Furina despite her being (one of) the best Hydro units in supporting roles, because he doesn't like the constant decrease of HP that comes with her Skill.

He's also an Archon & Fatui collector, so he's got the available 6/7 (plus Neuvi), full Fatui Fam, Childe & Wanderer.

Jimmy: Cyno, though it's a love-hate relationship, I think. Lyney, because he likes the guy and how he executes his magic shows in-game, also really cool animations with both of these guys. Definitely an Arlecchino, Clorinde & Yae Miko haver, he loves powerful women. I think he'd also like the punchers, so Wriothesley, Heizou & Dehya. Since he's got a bunch of Pyro & Electro with that, he probably has Nahida or Tighnari for Aggravate or Burgeon reactions. Definitely waiting for Playable Columbina.

Tweek: he prefers characters that are silent idle, so definitely no Wanderer or Kinich. I can see him worried about HP all the time so he probably runs with a healer and a shield at all times, so Kokomi/Furina and Zhongli. I think he mains Kazuha, tbh, although his burst probably stresses him out 50% of the time because it blinds him lmao. I can see him relating and thus using Bennet, too. I think he'd also like bow users because, at least in co-op, that'd allow him to attack from a distance, so Tighnari, Lyney, Yoimiya are characters he'd have. He's definitely opting for supports, being a DPS is too much pressure.