#i’m always just shocked at how prevelant this theory is

[bloomeng]

my kaveh pet peeve is when people headcanon him as a natural brunette because of the brown tips of his hair

that’s not how bleach works!! if he was a natural brunette his roots would be brown not the ends of his hair!!! the ends are the last thing to go if you’re growing out dyed or bleached hair. (sincerely from a person who had bleached hair for years and is now growing it out.)

like if anything his canon design suggests that he’s a natural blonde and that he was coloring his hair brown

sure technically any character in genshin could be coloring their hair, so hypothetically kaveh could be bleaching his hair and then coloring just the tips. that’s certainly possible. but the brown at the end of his hair is not evidence of him being a brunette.

but dw if you want angst you could say he used to color his hair brown so as to not remind himself of his dad, but these days he chooses not to upkeep his hair. maybe he can’t afford to. and it’s a sign of him slowly reconciling with his grief and guilt. and the brown tips could in fact be evidence of that.