#if i get spoilers i’m gonna be putting Diluc In Snezhnaya as the first thing on my kin list (that doesn’t exist)

[the-ragbros-are-okay]

i actually feel as though i am going insane bc i need to do TOMORROWS commissions to get the last story key for kaeya’s story quest because i was an IDIOT and and DIDNT

and now i feel like i’m full of BEES

PLUS. IM GOING ON A TRIP.TOMORROW

so i’m waking up early and doing my commissions and then a story quest bc i’ll be damned if i have to wait three more fucking days to see my favorite traumatized blue haired man

[idiotwhotalkstoomuch]

Part 2 of my Fatui au, Mondstandt from entering the city of freedom up stealing the Holy Lyre with Venti

Tagging: @multi-maker @yuu-says and @genshin-obsessed because they asked so hiiiiiiii they’re reactions to the au really gave me energy to write

Mild spoilers regarding the archons but it’s nothing serious as you are told this info before you enter their nation

Edit: Also spoilers to the weekly/final boss unlocked in Liyue, I make a mention of it to justify something I’m gonna say however considering you’re on tumblr 9/10 times y o u ‘ v e a l r e a d y b e e n s p o i l e d

I put the post under cut cause it’s pretty long

Also if I missed something on the recountin gc of events in the Fatui au....... sorry

That’s about it so now the story in bullet form since I can’t write

• Paimon still acts as the Traveler’s guide for the most part however the Traveler was given a map of the whole Teyvat by a Fatui agent so they know where they’re going for the most part

• The Traveler and Paimon were allowed to travel around Teyvat as long as they reported back to the Fatui anything new they learned regarding the archons weekly

• They were given a rundown on how every archon is, Barbatos not having been seen for years, Rex Lapis has a yearly rite of descent, Shogun Raiden’s vision hunt, etc. so that they won’t report back about a children’s story about the archons

• Since they aren’t an official member of the Fatui, the Traveler does not have a Fatui mask or uniform which works better for the Traveler and Paimon since they are partially aware of how others outside of Snezhnaya react to the Fatui thanks to stories from Fatui grunts

• The Traveler enters Mondstandt, able to wield Cryo and goes with Paimon to the Statue of the Seven and is shocked to find that they can wield Anemo as well

• This means that since canonically the Traveler can use multiple elements at a time shown in the cutscene after beating Childe’s second stage (Traveler blocks Childe’s attack with Anemo before using geo to get him off them and they wield geo differently to how they attack in game so the way the Traveler wields Cryo is left ambiguous until we learn how they use it), they can cause elemental reactions of swirl thanks to having Cryo and Anemo

• Paimon reminds them to inform the Fatui of this and while talking about it, they run into Amber and they’re meeting follows canon events since there’s no real reason it shouldn’t

• When entering Mondstandt, the Traveler was going to go to the goth grand hotel in order to inform the Fatui of their newfound ability but go to get the gift from Amber first since it would be rude to leave her hanging like that

• Then of course Dvalin attacks and after meeting with the Knights of Favonius, they are called by the Fatui about their situation now as they appear to be the “Hero of Mondstandt”

• Note that the reason why all the Fatui will know about the Traveler and Paimon is because they managed to get into a private meeting with the Tsaritsa thanks to their ability to wield Cryo without them being granted a vision so they are something of a celebrity, and they always tell a Fatui agent where they will go before leaving

• The Fatui diplomats will remark that they’re new position is something of great importance and could be extremely useful and that they should maintain their hero image as much as possible since they believe they can use this as leverage in the future

• They go to the Four Winds’ temples in order to weaken Dvalin’s power and Kaeya will “jokingly” remark that the Traveler seems to be a little quick in agreeing to help the Knights of Favonius so quickly after their arrival in Mondstandt

• When Diluc shows up later after the Traveler leaves, he will ask what the hell Kaeya is doing with a Fatui spy and Kaeya will play dumb in the scene

• The Traveler likely already knows of the adventurer’s guild through their time in Snezhnaya but only joined it in Mondstandt since they’ve finally managed to properly relax in Teyvat since falling into the freezing and cult like Snezhnaya

• Later on during Kaeya’s pirate quest, he makes several mentions and ponders on what it’s like to be work for someone despite being loyal to another which ended up being enough for Paimon to ask Traveler in private, rather afraid about whether or not Kaeya knows

(Lmao funny idea but the dialogue options could be like)

“No, it could be a coincidence”

“Yes I’m afraid he must know....”

“We’re dead”

(Most positive Paimon reaction could be the second one since Paimon likely does not believe the Traveler in the first one but has the funniest reaction on the last one.)

• When they catch Jean having a “diplomatic discussion” with a Fatui diplomat (different from the one who encouraged the idea of the Traveler being the hero) and they quickly hide because they don’t think they can act well enough to fool the Acting Grand Master

• When Jean dubs the Traveler, “Honorary Knight”, Paimon almost slips up about the Traveler being an Honorary Fatui but quickly stops herself and makes some excuse about a competition which appeases them as the Traveler will cover for her

• After meeting Venti, Paimon worries that the Traveler is getting themselves into way too many messes than what they need to be involved in since they’re affiliated with the Fatui, be Mondstandt’s hero, helping some random bard steal a very important artifact from Mondstandt, the very city they need to be the hero of and look for their sibling

• The Traveler will probably give a remark that this world is troublesome but it’ll be worth it in the end

• The stealth mission is much easier for them as they did have practice when training to be an Honorary Fatui but is surprised when a Fatui mage gets the lyre and wonders what’s going on

• While they hide in the second floor of the Tavern, Paimon freaks out about the Fatui and the guards wondering just how grievous of an offense they did and when Master Diluc covers for them, sighs a breath of r e l i e f

• After Venti explains the story to Master Diluc, Diluc asks Venti if he could leave for a moment and insists that he just wants to talk to Mondstandt’s new honorary knight

• “What is the latest new star of the Fatui doing here in Mondstandt? And working with the Knights of Favonius of all things.”

- To be continued

[liyuesbian]

Ok tumblr decided to erase half my ask so here we go again 😔

I kinda forgot about ei’s friends after her teaser dropped ngl 💀 you are so right that they should’ve been there, like how both Zhongli and Venti’s quests had a “let’s pay a visit to our dead or dying friends” arc /hj in hindsight I also wish there was one of those cool 2D PVs for Ei as well hhh it would be Epic to see her three friends like that!! Ig they thought it was covered by her teaser/demo or something? Since that had way more lore than usual, idk though. still hoping for a second quest about her hh

I’m kinda the opposite about lore digging but it’s probably just me lol, I tend to read lore in game only, but don’t have many of the artifacts/weapons that contain the lore I want to read. But disregarding that, I still want some of the worldbuilding to be put in like a story quest or something, since it would be interesting to see what other characters think about the stories in the artifacts and stuff (do different mondstadters have different opinions on their history? What do they think about the white knight or the gladiator? Also I wanna see Eula interacting with the noblesse oblige set. same with Liyue folk and all the Morax Legends lol. I digress tho)

Big same with the La Signora gripe. Shame on me ig but I didn’t read the crimson witch lore before I did the quest so the spoilers I saw didn’t mean much and there was no shock value during the big reveal in quest 💀 yeah I hope we’ll see or hear about her in Snezhnaya!! Her side of the story would be infinitely more interesting (pls not another artifact set tho-)

About Xiao, Ganyu, and Zhongli: this is why fix it fics exist I guess 😔 I’ve adopted an AO3 fic’s retelling as my version of canon (or at least something the traveler didn’t see)

Mm true it’s strange because I think he said thanked the traveler for being his companion while he was testing out his human life at the end of the archon quest (iirc) maybe it’s just because Liyue’s supposedly a big city so one new person doesn’t really matter to most people (fhdksd if something contradicts this, do tell) I think the fake death was still kinda necessary, at least for normal people to accept that Morax is Completely Gone so that the Qixing can get ultimate authority and total acceptance/respect (that npc who said Zhongli will always be in true control since he’s a god and the Qixing are mere mortals and stuff), but agree to disagree 😌 they’re all shady in some way in the end

I saw you are on genshin twt how is it 😔 (sadly I am on it too but I hate the timeline format because I keep missing posts) the amount of discourse of “whos bad, good, which problematic characters and ships need to be canceled”, and the amount of dissing that goes on there scares me

LITERALLY YOUR 2ND TO LAST PARAGRAPH that was what was missing from the archon quest. Where is my group effort guys?? I missed seeing the resistance… I hope the people speculating Kokomi gets a nice story quest are correct and that we’ll actually wrap up the loose resistance threads there… (also a lot of people are saying morally gray Kokomi? Is there any canon(derogatory) basis for that? I’m just curious because with the way things are going I feel like she’s going to be purely nice dhdkskf)

Im so sorry I think these just keep getting longer and longer aaa anyways, signing off! -mystic

noo i hate it when tumblr does that :((

(2.1 spoilers)

LMFAOOO maybe friendship is not magic after all ahaha but srsly, i agree w you i also want a 2nd quest for her !

ah that's fair enough if u don't have all the artifacts. and it would be easier if it was told to us through a quest of some sort. hmm i never thought about that 🤔 it's a shame that there's so much lore and the genshin universe is so beautifully worldbuilt but players will only notice if they personally read through the archives etc. and go out of their way :( hmm yeah maybe like a historical back-to-the-past type thing with the three clans and they all interact with the noblesse set? or even just diluc/eula/jean tbh

ah i read the lore for crimson before but i didn't remember it fully during the signora part so i had to read through it again after. the way it clicked in my head when it said "crimson witch of embers" and i was like ".....wait a minute....." AHAHA and it was only after that her lines during the fight like "don't call me a witch" or smth made me :'(((( the pale flame piece too 😭 sad hours

yeah at this point, the fanfiction writers should take over the genshin writing lol jk jk

mhm i guess the fake death would've been better and easier for closure ! (and woah u remember so much! i can't even remember that npc... it's been so long 😔 haha)

ah i think on genshintwt i'm usually more on the good side (? if u can call it that lmao) i do see quite a few discourse on ships, western vs. eastern fandoms and other yikes stuff but for genshin, it's mostly art that pops up on my timeline :] i follow wayyy too many artists but they're all so talented and they make such pretty art it's so 🥺 oh do you mean ur timeline isn't organised by latest posts first? if it's not, i can share how to make it that way!

yeah the resistance... :(( mhm! i was rly counting on a morally grey kokomi !!! LMFOAOO THE "canon (derogatory)" took me OUT PWAHAHA (i may reuse that quote ;D) that idea was mostly based on ayaka's last sentence (was it in the 2.0 archon quest?) where she said smth along the lines of the resistance having ulterior motives... and also how baal and co. defeated orobashi, the god they worship (like maybe kokomi was out for revenge?) but no sigh she's ur average good person :( idrc either way but i rly wanna see a morally grey female character where they appear good but are actually super dodgy and evil, that would be chef's kiss. but yeah, after that quest, she's definitely gonna be purely good :')