#neuvi came to love humanity bc melusines like humans and want to live with them

[gold-rhine]

asdfghjkl yeah as if first actual scene with them wasn't just this: POV your colonizer is a ticktoker girl who has your stolen power but for some reason refuses to do anything herself and instead badgers you while you're trying to do your job

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my favorite post that has like bazillion notes and tumblr keeps reccing me goes like. after AQ ended neuvi fell to his knees, cried and apologized to furina and they went home and he apologized again and again and they talked about their feelings and how much they love each other

like. even not touching shipping shit. and the fact that why would he apologize? but like. bestie they didn't talk. not only canonically, but like on all characterization levels no way that awkward 'what are human emotions and why do they do them?'' dragon even tried. he went to her, told her that focalors told him everything and now furina is free, she was like ....oh. i'm so tired. i guess i'll go then....

and he was like ok if you ever need anything, please let me know, now i'll go see traveler, turned and left, feeling very compassionate and supportive of her and thinking she knows that he really meant it, while having flat face emoji expression.

every single take i see on neuvi and furina relationship is so bad and ignores actual context for 500 years of that relationship. do i have to do everything myself in this house.

[daybreakrising]

VAUTRIN INTERACTIONS WISHLIST

bc my funky lil oceanid man needs people to talk to-

just want to clarify, these suggestions are intended as NON-ROMANTIC DYNAMICS - that's not to say i wouldn't be open to developing some of them in that direction if they vibe, but i'd like to establish any dynamics in general first!

most of these will be in his current timeline verse for obvious reasons, but any characters who would have been alive 400+ years ago are also welcome to interact in his canon past verse!

i am sticking mainly to characters that would make sense for him to interact with (this list will almost entirely be characters from f.ontaine) but i'm always open to others if you have ideas, so if a character isn't on here it doesn't mean i'm not interested - the only exception to this rule is n.euvillette, as i already have three incredible neuvis to write with and i want to focus on those developing dynamics and give them the time and unique attention they deserve.

THE LIST

w.riothesley vautrin feels a sense of duty towards the fortress, but he also has a great respect for the man who currently runs it. it's my hc that vautrin first "awakens" again within the fortress & therefore, interacts with wrio and s.igewinne before anyone else (this can be tweaked if necessary). i also like to think vautrin would offer his services to the fortress and/or request to continue serving the sentence that was cut short by his "death".

melusines - all of them, any of them vautrin will adopt all of them as his family.

c.hevreuse former captain & current captain. again, i like to think vautrin would offer any help he can provide to the team he used to be a part of. also.... i just think they'd get along well.

the HotH siblings listen, i just think they'd vibe. l.yney in particular with his dedication to his family and the fact he'd do anything, even put his life at risk, to protect them.

a.rlecchino OR any harbinger this could just be an interesting dynamic, and i've always thought the f.atui might be interested in a being who returned from the dead for ??? unknown reasons, and also has weird, lingering powers from the primordial sea. especially if they could convince him to help them........

n.avia the man needs a purpose in this new life, and he likes to help people who stand for justice and/or protecting those who are less able to protect themselves, so i feel like he'd vibe with n.avia and the s.pina di r.osula. also i feel like she'd be very good at helping him find himself again.

f.urina vautrin's parents were professional performers & he was a dancer as a child. he needs to rediscover his love for music and dance - and the stage - and who better than f.urina to do that??

a.rchons or other ancient and/or inhuman beings this is a very general, vague suggestion - vautrin needs friends who understand what it's like to be Other, to not be human, to live out of time and to face the prospect of immortality/long-life. he needs people who can help him understand what he is, why he came back, or at least help him look for those answers.

again, characters from other regions are more than welcome if there's an Idea there, and i do hc that vautrin does travel around t.eyvat at some point to see the world as it is now, so it's not impossible for him to cross paths with anyone!

and just as a quick additional note regarding potential ships:

vautrin is Complicated when it comes to shipping, as he is a very closed-off person by default, and he's now struggling with being alive again and being Not Quite Human Anymore so.... it's a lot to deal with. that being said, shipping is never a no. just please bear in mind that:

vautrin identifies as bi, but has a HEAVY preference for male-presenting partners.

he is exclusive with @wwriothesley's wrio. any dynamics with other wrios will be non-romantic only.