#maybe also like dainsliefs arm

[exnoiafork]

kitchen wizard and theo (oc)

@cainof2na I call upon thy

[shiba-sketch]

Under the Mask (Capitano)

This post contains spoilers for the most recent archon quest, Natlan, and Capitano.

FIRST OFF, making the disclaimer I'm a fan of "faceless" Capitano, as hiding his face kind of ups the "horrific" factor. That said, I'm an artist and I want to draw the beloved as accurately as possible...and I can't do that if I can't see his face!

So, I decided to do some digging to try and figure it out what it looks like. We do have SOME visual clues and descriptions to give us an idea in the game, so this is what I based it off of.

First, looking at Capitano himself, we can clearly see that his facial features are still intact (his nose/lips by the silhouette), which means his nose and lips haven't decayed in the way a corpse's would.

(Let's set aside how silly his mask is, the power of anime makes him able to see+obscures his entire face from view)

So...how disfigured is he, to the point it makes Traveler make a face like this?

Well...he's not a hillichurl. He seems to be a pure-blooded Khaenri'ahn, which would make his decay similar to Dainslief and Pierro.

However, there's really nothing that intimidating about this.

But, Capitano's decay is far more advanced than Dainslief's. We know purebloods don't become Hillichurls, but I thought perhaps the curse was similar. Hillichurls are described as having skin covered in ulcers...which immediately made me think of Deadpool of all things.

I looked up images of Deadpool (from the comics, not the live action), and in some renditions of his face, his nose and lips are still intact (albeit still scarred).

I originally was going to just put lines on top of the mottled skin kind of just like markings on Dain's arm, but then I got the idea to make them split apart, sort of like cracks. Like the ulcers in his skin are slowly breaking apart, letting abyssal energy out of his body, since his flesh literally cannot contain his immortal soul. Maybe I'll work on it more visually, because the cracks and open sores could reveal a sparkly, glowy skeleton or something cool underneath...

I also thought maybe the cracks look like Ronova?

Anyway take my offering, I tried.

Stay strong comrades, our King will come home!!

[mayullla]

ALSO ALSO!!! Imagine Dainsleif and the twins are Kaeya's biological cousins in the stepbrother au. Mc meets them and she adores Lumine because she never had an older sister figure (or even a proper maternal figure), liking Aether because she is reminded of Xiao and Kazuha but more affectionate, and Dainsleif is like Zhongli but snarkier yet also more playful. So she turns to Kaeya and her brothers like, "Can we adopt them too?" Aether and Lumine being lil shits that hide the mc from the triplets who are/were their classmates maybe. Mc hides behind Dainsleif whenever Kaeya teased her too much while in his photoshoot (Dain is either a photographer who travels a lot or a fellow model maybe).

☆Starlight Anon

Genshin 13 stepbrother au; child!reader, fem!reader, fluff, platonic

YESSSSS They simply adore you to the bone!! So much so that Dainslief actively joked that they should replace him with you as their little sister. Kaeya would only cut him stating that you much prefer him to Dainslief when you call him Brother Kaeya, unlike Dainslief.

"What was it oh Uncle Dainslief? Hmm... I think the title brother is much closer than say uncle don't you think so?"

Lumine and Aether just plot every day to figure out how to steal you away from the triplets. When they weren't looking the twins will snatch you and make a run for it promising you ice cream while you were being carried like a sack of potatoes in their arms. You would just cheer for ice cream.

Xiao sprinting mad like he was in the Olympics, he could not believe that he let the twins take you right under his nose!!