#vennessa

[artofmimi]

you're the apple of my eye 🍏🍎

[carrotshark]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VENTI ‼️‼️🍃

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[windcarvedlyre]

Venti Week day 1: Old Friends

For this! Really overdue, apologies. I'm not completely happy with it but I could always polish it for something else later, haha.

A conversation between Venti and Vennessa after the webtoon prologue.

It was the evening after... that. Everything that had happened still hadn't fully sunk in for her. Her imprisonment. Facing the dragon again. Someone she thought was a mildly obnoxious bard, the ancient god of Mondstadt, descending on her people and healing their wounds and laughing in the faces of her captors. Her people's silence as they trudged back to their homes in the aftermath, words beyond them.

-

Wind gently rustled the grass around Vennessa's feet. She stood near the edge of a cliff overlooking Mondstadt.

The exchange after he asked them to make good on their word had been short but heavy with meaning. Venti had left, but not after implying- a hint of sharpness under his playful tone like a knife tucked under a carpet- that the nobles would change the way they do things or he would be back.

She hadn't expected him to be back this soon. He stood ahead of her, back turned and quietly watching the city. Should she be surprised? Her brain still wasn't working properly.

Venti turned his head to glance at her, the green of his hat and cape dulled in the setting sun's glow. Attire that had been shed for something white and radiant and revealing hours earlier.

She continued to stand there. Staring.

He inhaled.

"So."

She blinked. "So."

He glanced away, perhaps fidgeting slightly; it was hard to see much at this angle.

"I should start by thanking you again." he said, head turning back. "You caused quite the scene back there! It gave me the perfect opening to step in."

"Opening?" she replied. "Did you need one?"

"Technically no, but I prefer to help Mondstadt in a way that involves its people," he said, "and I'm reluctant to replace one tyrant with another."

"Right. Because you're... the god of freedom."

He winced at that. "...Yes."

Both of them stood in silence for a moment. Vennessa tried to pull herself together.

"I should thank you for helping my people as well. If you had come seconds later... I don't want to think about what would have happened there."

"Your role shouldn't be underestimated either! The fire burning in your soul is unparalleled. I suspect your prayers are what finally shook me awake."

...Awake?

"You were asleep?"

"Indeed," he replied, before turning back to stare at the city, "though I'd thought I would wake up somewhat sooner than this."

He paused.

"It's really been this way for centuries, hasn't it?"

"It has."

Venti didn't speak further. The breeze tousled their clothes, cold against Vennessa's bare skin.

Vennessa paused, wondering if she was about to cross a line.

"Venti."

Venti turned back to face her.

"Yes?"

"Are you... okay?"

He smiled.

"Of course! My energy reserves are regrettably somewhat depleted, but my public reappearance will accelerate my recovery significantly. I'll be right as rain within a-"

"I meant emotionally."

He froze mid-sentence. If not for her experience reading people she would have missed his eyes widen almost imperceptibly- just for a second.

"Venti?"

"It's fine." A pause. "I'll fix things."

"That wasn't a yes."

He laughed. It sounded a little strained.

"You shouldn't worry about me. You said it yourself; I'm a god, remember? I exist to serve Mondstadt's people. And I haven't been doing that. It's their feelings that matter here."

That last part was oddly familiar. It brought her back to countless sleepless nights before matches, stroking her sister's hair as she rested, crushing down her fear and telling herself she just had to hang on a little longer. She could feel once they were free.

Clearly Venti hadn't let things become this way on purpose. From what little she'd heard about him in legends...

"...You left to give them freedom, right? I guess that included the choice to-"

"Have they been free?" Venti snapped. The breeze suddenly intensified. "Free to express themselves? To self-govern? To live?"

Vennessa didn't know what to say to that. He was right, but...

Suddenly a dam broke, words pouring out of him.

"Do you know what a thousand people praying in desperation sounds like, Vennessa? Because I do. They've been flooding in since my little stunt earlier. But Mondstadt was so quiet before. How many generations did that take? How many people begged and begged for my help, still believing someone listened and cared?"

Wind whipped wildly around them. Sparks of teal in his eyes and hair grew in number and intensity the more he spoke.

"Venti-"

"And that includes you! And your people! You've suffered for generations and I did nothing! Why aren't you angry?"

Vennessa paused at that.

Should she be angry?

Her head was still swimming with everything that had happened. Emotions had swirled around her psyche like dust, the air too turbulent for them to settle into anything coherent.

Maybe she should be furious- should call him spineless and a coward and demand justice for everyone that came before her. But that somehow felt wrong. Like there was more to this.

Something in his face reminded her of Lind outside the city's gates. Trapped. Terrified.

"Did you actually choose to leave? Or was there some god business that-"

Venti laughed almost hysterically.

"Oh, that's it. Are you making excuses for me because I'm Barbatos? Because I could smite you where you stand? It's okay, you can still leave! I'm not even your-"

Screw worrying about lines. While she still couldn't say she knew him, god or not, he clearly needed help.

Gathering her resolve, she marched through the cutting gale between them and threw her arms around his shoulders. He made a sound almost like a squawk.

"V-Vennessa?"

"You asked if we could be friends."

"But-"

"Friends help each other when they're struggling."

"But you don't have to be-"

"And I'm not doing this because you're Barbatos. I'm doing it because I want to and you helped me."

"Only after-"

"I don't care what fuckups you've made in the past. All I've seen is you trying to fix them in the present. And I could do that with you."

He was as stiff as a board. The winds around them thrashed, confused and warring against themselves. He tried to push against her chest, push her away, but she squeezed him harder.

"You don't owe me anything. You could die! Your people could too!"

"That's always been the case, Venti. You've given us the first glimmer of hope that things could change. And do you know the most important thing my elders taught me?"

"That the gods should be there for you?" he mumbled into her.

She pulled back a little to look him in the eyes. He was like a deer in torchlight.

"That we shouldn't do everything alone."

Something within him tore. His face crumpled as he pulled himself back into her, a quiet whine escaping his throat.

"I'm sorry." He was almost inaudible.

"I told you-"

"It's just-" he paused- "it's been so long since anyone said that to me."

She hugged him tighter, raising one hand to rest on his head.

"Maybe people should do that more."

"But they need me-" he said quietly, his voice cracking, "to be perfect for them. To not do this. I'm their last line of defense, I can't be weak, I-"

"But you're not perfect."

He went silent again.

"At this point I'm not sure anyone can be," she added. "But that's why we lean on each other. To cover each other's weaknesses."

"You're genuinely not leaving?" he choked out.

She laughed gently. "We both have people on the line if this mess isn't fixed, right? And didn't someone say they owed me some keys?"

His breath hitched. His hands tightened their grip on her clothes.

"It's okay, Venti. I'm not going anywhere. You can be a person around me."

As Venti, archon of Mondstadt, person with feelings, her friend, lost the last of his composure and sobbed into her chest, she knew that her life would never be the same again- that the world would never look the same to her again.

But if even the gods were fallible, so were the Lawrences.

Things could change for the better.

They just had to keep going.

[ventii-impact]

most important panel in the webcomic ☝️

[littleblueberryartist]

We need more Venti and Dvalin interactions actually

That is his child!!! His friend!!! Venti went out of his way to remember and prep a Windblume for his not so lil guy!!! Please I need more Venti and Dvalin found family moments hell Venti and the four winds too they care for one another (even if Andrius doesn't show it as much) I will die on this hill

[dailyjean]

oh vennessa we’re really in it now

[zhongven]

redraw 👍

[endlessskymaster]

Back in those days, warriors from every tribe would perform rites of combat and celebrate victories in her name. Come to think of it... She can be pretty obnoxious at times.

—Venti's explanation of Murata to Vennessa, Manga Prologue: Songs of the Wind

[artofmimi]

unfortunately lost the motivation to work on this more

[regnniar]

hey umm did any of you guys get the vennessa card while playing the tcg event? she

[zeestrs]

Art for Venti's Birthday this year!

I love both Venti relationships with Vennessa and the Nameless Bard and I dont get to draw different characters in one canvas a lot so this was really fun! Might redraw it when I have the time :3c

[qwq14]

hear. Hear me out. The four winds as a platonic polycule.

[carmendeiact2whenplz]

For the ask meme, Venti and Vennessa!

For venti:

How I feel about him- He’s my absolute favorite genshin character (and maybe character in any media whatsoever), he’s so interesting and I need to know more about him, his abilities, and his past. I hate how many people mischaracterise him, especially if they’re fairly knowledgeable about genshin lore otherwise.

All the people I ship romantically with him- I won’t lie, I don’t have any purely romantic ships with him, and in fact actively dislike most of his popular romantic ships. The closest things would have to be bardven and venlumi (which I can potentially see as romantic, but my personal interpretation of them is more platonic/queerplatonic). I can also technically see one-sided kaeven and xiaoven (as in they both like venti romantically but venti sees them more as close friends), but i’m not sure if it counts. Then again, I do hc venti as aroace so that does make me biased

My non-romantic OTP for him- I did already mention bardven earlier, so in this case I think wanderer, kazuha, hu tao, albedo, and furina all need to talk to venti. Please hoyo we need to see their interactions. THEY NEED TO BE FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!

My unpopular opinion about him- To me, Venti is still a viable character in the meta, and is definitely worth pulling for/using. His crowd control is useful in a lot of situations, especially floor 11 chamber 1 of the abyss (which is usually very difficult without crowd control), and while wanderer and xianyun are objectively much better than venti for vertical exploration, Venti’s skill can not only be used by multiple characters, but it stays there for a while so you can use it multiple times. I am definitely not biased in any way as a triple crowned venti main nope definitely not

One thing I wish would happen to him- This might be a bit of a shocker (/sarcastic) but I want him to have a second story quest. I need to know more about him and istaroth’s relationship, and why venti/barbatos is relevant in nearly every area of genshin’s lore, and hopefully if (and when) he gets his long awaited story quest part 2 it helps answer some of the questions theorists have been asking for years.

As for Vennessa, I have nowhere near the level of knowledge or the brainrot about her as I do for Venti, so my apologies if the responses aren’t as detailed

How I feel about her- She’s a pretty interesting character but not just for her herself but more so some of the information she gave us (webtoon panels about celestia potentially being a panopticon). Her name is also hard to spell for some reason

All the people I ship with her romantically- No one, really. Not because I can’t see her with anyone per se, like the way I feel with most characters, but simply because I have never paid any thought to that question before

My non-romantic otp for her- Her and Venti deserve to hug, and her and Jean need to have a conversation

My unpopular opinion about her- Unfortunately I can’t really answer this question as I don’t have any opinions on her, much less any that I could deem unpopular

What I wish would happen in canon- It would be cool if we saw her falcon form in canon, though I don’t have much to add to that

[aeb-art]

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