#personally i think he's yelling at alhaitham for taking his keys again

[the-fandom-greenhouse]

Drew Kaveh, thought he looked pretty

Reblog with what you think he's angry about

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[birbleafs]

Mentally, I'm still here rotating this animation of chibi-Haitham in my head. I just love how low-key enthusiastic he is while jotting his notes/sketches(?) down because he had observed something he found interesting hhdjdjjsjkk I love this feeble scholar and his gap moe ♥♥ Also forever yelling about how he’s writing with his left hand hehehe HELLO FELLOW LEFTY!? And ambidextrous Kavetham headcanon validated?? Actually, it's not too surprising to me if Alhaitham really is left-handed/ambidextrous, considering how he's a dual-sword wielder. Still, it's so nice to be able to see it animated here. I like to imagine that maybe Kaveh and Alhaitham both learnt to be ambidextrous during their Akademiya years together, not by necessity, but as friendly competition just for that added advantage over the other lol.

I find it doubly interesting too that besides Nahida (who can see the forest spirits because she's the Dendro Archon/Goddess ruler of Sumeru), the other two characters who appear in this web event and can seemingly interact with the Aranara are Nilou and Alhaitham. Is Hoyo implying that besides Rana, there's also a possibility that both Nilou and Alhaitham can still see the Aranara, even as adults? That the Aranara trust Nilou and Alhaitham enough to reveal themselves, because they are "dreamers favoured by tree and flower" (Nilou), and still possess "child-like curiosity/are true to themselves" (Alhaitham)** ? **Note: This second line isn't a canon in-game quote; it's merely my personal musing about why Aranara only trust and show themselves only to children, and not adults.

....Buuut as this is simply a fun web event, I wouldn't take it too seriously as actual canon confirmation that both of them can see and interact with Aranara in the same capacity as Rana, Yoimiya, and the Traveller. Still, it's a cute headcanon that I can get behind for fanfic/fanart shenanigans and hilarity. Alhaitham's childhood backtory with his Grandmother and the Aranara in his 2nd SQ pls hoyo, thanks. It would be especially amusing too—because between the two, Kaveh canonically has never seen Aranara before (he doesn’t seem to remember seeing them as a child either), so I can't help but laugh just thinking about his reaction if and when he realises one day, that the ugly wood carvings Alhaitham keeps buying home are of the little forest spirits that Alhaitham still retains fond childhood memories of, and some of whom he still sees and bumps into from time to time XD Or, an even more hilarious scenario to consider: What if that "someone" that Kaveh mentioned in his birthday art this year was actually Alhaitham, who had shown Kaveh his (ugly) sketches of the Aranara he met before and suggested for the children's book illustration Kaveh was commissioned for? No doubt Kaveh would have felt rightfully compelled to re-imagine how these forest spirits looked like because Alhaitham's attempts at art never fails to raise all the hairs at the back of his neck LOL.

Also, typical Kavetham interaction, caught once again in 4K. They are always so silly together, I love them !!!!