#kind of venty tags

[worlds-okayest-fag]

hey google how do i not cry?

[kanonavi]

(Spoilers for 4.5 Potion event (just in case lol I know I'm late on this))

At this point, I'm really wondering if we're gonna end up getting some payoff in the future for much Paimon absolutely hates Venti for no discernible reason. Because he isn't the only person she's been kinda standoffish with over the years, but he's by far the most consistent. Like, when you consider the fact that Paimon even warmed up to Al-Haitham by the end of Sumeru, it kinda says a lot about her apparent grudge against Venti by comparison. (And I love Al-Haitham to death, but I'm not about to say he's a ray of sunshine compared to Venti.) (Event interaction-related stuff under the cut)

The contrast to how Paimon treated Diona versus how she treated Venti when they came to the potion shop together was like night and day. I've been going around to all of my friends today and describing Paimon's reaction to them as something like "Diona omg hi it's so good to see you it's been forever how have you been!!! .........And Tone-Deaf Bard." which is obviously a comedic exaggeration, but also not entirely off the mark. And all Venti did was... exist? Try to help Diona out with what she was trying to do? Yes, he's going to get free drinks out of it but he also went truly above and beyond to help Diona find a new ingredient all the way from the middle of nowhere in Dragonspine. If he didn't care about Diona's feelings and what she was trying to do, he wouldn't have done that. (But of course, Venti does care because he's a good Archon and a good person and I love him for that.)

There are genuinely very few things that make me believe in the theory that Paimon is some kind of agent from the Heavenly Principles than the fact that she hates Venti so steadfastly. There's so much evidence that connects Mondstadt and specifically Venti/the Thousand Winds to the old civilizations of Teyvat that the Heavenly Principles once destroyed. For Venti to still exist in the world and let his people make their own choices in the way that he does, of course they and by extension Paimon would hate him. Plus, even if her annoyance with him started with his tendency towards being cryptic, why would Paimon care so much about what he knows? Why does one of his voicelines imply that he doesn't want to tell the traveler things with Paimon around?? It's just so incredibly suspicious.

The scene is kinda funny though when you look at how good Venti is with kids (how helpful and kind he is to Diona despite her wanting to get rid of alcohol, which he loves) and yet one of the most childish characters in the entire game absolutely despises him. Every day I wake up and wonder what in the world Paimon's damage is and if we're going to get a justification for it, or if this is sincerely just what the writers think is funny.

[avemstella]

I want Furina and Venti interactions sooooo bad. They can gush about their dragons and music and overthrowing the heavens together.

[moe-broey]

🫵 PROTO-MOE SPOTTED‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[dyed-indigo]

redrew this meme with my sona because. yeah

[puppetlooselystrung]

when everyone realizes that minthara is actually a fantastic character who has great chemistry with different party members and actually cares about people even if shes very vocal about how shed kill people who even so annoy her slightly. then you will all fucking see.

[undercoverangell]

men when the cycle is endless

[hoodies-n-cola]

Hope you're doing okay! I miss your posts 😢

🥺😭 this really does mean a lot to hear, thank you so much anon ♡♡

Things have been a bit touch and go, I'm trying to be here for my friends who need me while also dealing with my own stuff n it's got me wrapped up in a heavy brain fog where I just can't seem to think of stuff to draw

Even then most of my drawing energy has been put into rebooting my ask blog @ask-edd and doing drawings for it when necessary

I do genuinely wanna post here more and keep up my drawing energy and such, maybe yall can send requests in if you've got any

Idk if I wanna do a fun little song based one or maybe I can reblog an expression challenge or something or just give yall free reign idk

Maybe one day I can just do a request stream in my EW server (which is linked on the ask-edd blog if you wanna join)

[watatsumiis]

My computer is fucked frfr :((

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

honestly the only thing that could make me come back to star rail at this point would be them adding wendy AND making her playable and honestly i doubt that's gonna happen lol

[crickets-must-be-enslaved]

i should draw

[waltzofphoenix]

SEXUALITY + GENDER

primary muses // secondary muses

◇°˖ — ZHONGLI is asexual and demi-panromantic, which is to say: he's not repulsed by sex, but feels no desire to engage in it of his own volition. If he had a partner that did desire such things, he wouldn't be opposed! However, romance is also not a high priority for him at this point in time, so he's not seeking a partner.

Gender is a slightly more complex subject for him, since archons can take on any form they desire... but Zhongli currently considers himself 'male' and constructed this human form to match.

✤˖° — ALBEDO is demi in every way, as he feels pretty detached from physicality and romance. He enjoys the idea of it all and would not mind experimenting a bit if an opportunity presented itself, but... it's not something he's actively seeking out.

Also, while I do say 'experimenting' here don't be fooled: Albedo is an artist, and has very romantic ideals regarding this topic!

𓂁𓂄 — CYNO is bisexual. He doesn't really draw attention to the fact aside from the occasional terrible pun. And while he's not on the ace spectrum... he's devoted to his work right now, which has not left him with much time to pursue other things even if he'd like to.

❍°˖ — AYATO is predominantly homosexual. He doesn't have the time to pursue an idle 'romance' even though he would like to, and the only reason he's not married yet is because there were NO viable candidates for him to seek an engagement with in Inazuma.

(Perhaps this is one of many reasons he's become so interested in improving foreign relations...?)

○࿐ — VENTI is asexual and demi-panromantic, like Zhongli (and for similar reasons!) He is also not actively seeking a romantic partner, and prefers to play match-maker for others.

He uses male pronouns to honor the Nameless Bard his current form imitates, but is actually agender himself and doesn't really care what people see him as.

[catbuppy]

ultimately I just want someone I can be like this with

(credit to @\bun0nthemoon)

[wishiwasfiction]

(you have nothing to apologise for, you're not doing anything wrong)

(adding read more for comfort and also there's some triggering shit under it)

honestly? spite.

and not the cute, quirky 'oh, someone told me I don't deserve to live so I'm gonna live to prove them wrong!' type of spite, though I know that works excellently for some people.

no, I'm talking about clenched teeth, rage at the injustice of the world, you tried to break me and you fucking failed type of spite.

knowing that every day I live is a day beyond what I was meant to get, beyond what I was 'allowed', beyond what they tried to turn me into.

knowing that everything I experience is breaking the rules, especially the bad. I wasn't meant to be sad or in pain or feel all the fear. But I am anyway, because they don't fucking deserve to win.

my well of hatred for the people that hurt me, my desire for revenge, is so deep and powerful that it eclipses all else.

for a long time I was convinced that there was nothing in the world I could hate more than myself, but that was before I got the memories of what happened back. safe to say, I was wrong.

there is nothing in existence that could make me forgive them, or to move on, or to not be angry.

I will drag myself off a bridge with white knuckles because I have lost so much to them, I will not lose my life too.

It would be easy to fall to it, the urges, the pain, the trauma. they made sure it would be easy. but for once in my fucked up life I'm not taking the easy route. I refuse.

I've spent my entire life playing their shitty fucking game of pretend, I'm not dying before I can escape it. I'm not surrendering my chance to exist without their shitty rules, not now and not ever.

If they want me dead they can fucking do it themselves.

I'm very sorry to ask something like this, I've really been struggling with this question, and I wanted to ask the combined wisdom of the people on this site

I would like to know why you keep going, and what drives you to keep living. I know there are a lot of reasons to stay alive and enjoy life, I can think of a few that personally resonate with me, but I really want to know what your reasons are

You do not have to comment on this if that's too big of an ask, and I'm very sorry for asking something like this, I really need someone's help, I feel like I don't have much purpose

Also if I may ask, please don't post any suicidal ideation in the comments of this post, I really can't handle something like that right now

[celestialmancer]

⛈️ ❌ ❌ ❌ // 2:09 am, tbd ;

[mxfortune-teller]

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