#welcometoteyvat

[zhongscara]

can we see teyvatarrangements i need to see the dating app fuckery or zv idol au !!!!!!!! -@welcometoteyvat

ok teyvatarrangements has my middle of the night typo filled ramblings so ill just explain... JDNWJSAJJS

basically childe and scara are unfortunately friends. childe is bored and in his infinite wisdom hes like We should make profiles on this app. scaras like Youre fucking insane. but gets roped into it anyways bc hes not *that* above childe no matter what he thinks.

2 weeks later childes like Boo i just got bots ;( and scaras like lmfao you checked? bc he ignored it ever since LMFAO childe makes him check it and scara finds a message from zhongli except its a profile made by hu tao bc shes tired of him being a single old man in her house JDNWHSWJJSWJSJ (in this au shes like his niece or something. i also considered venti as the person who made the profile lol)

i do wanna show some snippets of zhongven idol au tho!!!

Kaeya scratches the back of his neck. “We’ve, well, we decided maybe the best thing to do would be to hire a new manager, y’know? Someone who can—”

“Someone who can actually get you to stop partying nonstop,” Diluc interrupts, typing out something with more force than necessary.

Kaeya has the decency to look sheepish when he shrugs. Diluc makes no such attempt though, looking at Venti angrily from behind his monitor.

“Maybe some Liyuen discipline will set you straight.”

another one

“You have 15 minutes to shower and get dressed,” Zhongli says, looking down at his phone, “You can eat your breakfast in the car.”

Venti blinks. “What happened to good morning?”

“You’ll be late for your schedule if you don’t get up within the next 5 minutes. I suggest you shower as soon as possible so you can get your hair at least half dry before we leave.” Zhongli replies, not even bothering to look at him.

Rude. Venti thinks, shuffling out of his bed anyways. This guy’s not a manager, he’s a fucking pain in the ass.

*

Once he sits down, Zhongli unceremoniously drops a paper bag in his lap. “Breakfast,” he says.

Venti opens the bag, finding an iced coffee and a wrapped sandwich. Huh. When did the old man get this?

[chaoticentropy]

chongyun [insert whatever edit format you want]? (welcometoteyvat's main . lol)

Hello! I would be happy to make a Chongyun edit! Thank you for requesting!

[paradoxspaceheater]

the relationship between me and my favorite commenter on my fics that i’ve barely spoken to

[genshinpng]

Paimon's Paintings - Set 30

Thank you to welcometoteyvat for the IDs for some of the emotes!

[lionbearfox]

trick or treat! (from welcometoteyvat) (very early happy halloween to you too!) (bonus what would nahida be for halloween? matching costume???)

happy halloween!! a recently acquired blorbo for u ..... and to answer ur question i think nahida would be an aranara with a cute lil onesie and a hat :) i KNOW i've posted this concept before somewhere on this blog i'll have to dig it up lol

[luke-life]

Calling all Chongyun mains who want his character to be explored in a meaningful way

Read this fic

"Hot is The Hand that musn't Melt The Ice" by K0obub

Literally just posted today but I loved it.

Tagging you cuz I can guarantee you'll like it

@welcometoteyvat

[dkniade]

@welcometoteyvat

Okay as for the Shenhe & Chongyun fic—

After inspiration struck, I started that on a whim last autumn without any thought to a plot or how much the characters actually know.

Originally it went like this:

Chongyun invites Shenhe up a mountain to meditate together and spend some time as nephew and aunt.

I hint at how Chongyun senses Shenhe’s bloodlust and ill-fate.

Once they reach the top of the mountain they meditate on a pond.

Chongyun compares Shenhe’s condition with Xiao’s karmic debt and asks Shenhe if she knows about Adeptus Xiao.

Shenhe answers and I think there was a line or two about Zhongli giving Xiao medicine?

And then she asks Chongyun if he knows how to make the medicine to which he says yes, something about wanting to give it to Xiao personally to thank him.

And then I thought about how Shenhe’s ropes restrain her emotions and made Chongyun tell her she should not suppress them

—when in reality it’s actually Chongyun who should let out his feelings more ‘cause of the Pure-Yang Body right.

Fic kinda ends clumsily with Chongyun getting surprised Shenhe’s master is Cloud Retainer and Shenhe needing to calm him down with some Adeptal Arts.

But—

Where’s the character development? The plot? Pacing? That was yet another scene of “two characters sit down and talk about their feelings without changing” which I seem to write so often. It was a very slow scene. I felt there needed to be a second part.

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So I did what I seemed to always do back then—throw Shenhe into a traumatic situation (a cave), because I didn’t know how to write any other emotional scenes. Thinking of it now, I really don’t want to write that kind of scene personally. And it’s wrong of me to reduce her character to that one event in her life. I should know better.

But back then, I didn’t, so:

And then I agonized over adding new characters into the scene (since Chongyun and Shenhe are too similar — both Cryo exorcists set apart from the rest of their family and have trouble connecting with people to various degrees due to how their emotions are stifled)…

…and went though Yun Jin, Hu Tao, Itto, even Childe.

Yun Jin didn’t seem suitable for an action scene, since she’s all about upholding Liyue traditions and creating new ones

Hu Tao’s sense of humour didn’t seem to lighten the scene in an appropriate way

Itto—I’ve heard from other posts—would help Shenhe but a part of me wanted an all-Liyue cast (and I also don’t know him as a character well)

and Childe— It’s not a good idea to put Childe and Shenhe in the same fight scene if we want positive development huh

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After watching Waterborne Poetry, I liked the scene where Xiao calmly tells Chongyun that his Pure-Yang Body is a rare condition amongst exorcists. I decided to scrap the “Shenhe in a cave” scene and try focusing on Xiao and Chongyun.

…and then I toyed with the idea of Chongyun meeting Xinyan (open, expressive, doesn’t hide herself) to learn how to express himself

Maybe have him learn the flute (and attract Xiao from a distance)?

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Eventually the plot turned fluffy: basically Shenhe and Cloud Retainer being the wingwomen to setting up a meeting between Chongyun and Xiao.

Scene 1: set up Chongyun’s inner conflict of holding in his feelings

Chongyun and Shenhe go up to the mountain to meditate and Chongyun asks about Xiao’s karmic debt

Chongyun expresses wanting to ease Xiao’s suffering and thank him for his service for Liyue

Chongyun also says he wishes his pure-yang condition would go away, and he’s willing to endure the hardships that come with exorcism as it could prove his worth as an exorcist who’s studied the techniques extensively

Shenhe is straightforward. When Chongyun mentions Xiao and his condition, and how he knows to make the medicine for him, Shenhe could urge him to meet Xiao and chat with him, confess his admiration

Chongyun then says Xiao is elusive and hard to find

Scene 2: show that Shenhe and Cloud Retainer wish to help Chongyun

Shenhe asks Cloud Retainer where Chongyun could find Xiao

Cloud Retainer says Xiao often rests at Wangshu Inn, and Chongyun could make him Almond Tofu and a Satisfying Salad as offering

Shenhe asks if Chongyun would be affected by Xiao’s karmic debt

Cloud Retainer says spirits seem to avoid Chongyun, so his condition may actually be helpful for Xiao

Scene 3:

(I didn’t think about this scene as much)

Chongyun meets Xiao and asks him about exorcism stuff while offering him food

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But tbh I’m not sure if I’m interested in writing it at this point.

Yet still, I feel that I learned more about how to make a cast fit a scene: how character dynamics work, which characters can be foils to eachother, how it might change the mood of a scene, what themes a character would be suitable for.

(Joke: An excorcist, an Adeptus, an Adeptus, and an Adeptus’ disciple walk into an inn)

[zhongscara]

@welcometoteyvat

Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper gijinka

[genesisinversion]

These Ill-Fitting Inherited Lives for that ask-game-ish thing heh the title reminds me of an untailored suit and i like the clothing reference (?) -welcometoteyvat

AUGH thank you!! There's definitely a lot of clothing talk in it tbh, considerations about how their clothing reflects status, about how their tastes in clothing have changed consciously and subconsciously

Thank you thank you you're making me want to write more haha

[apopcornkernel]

thank you @welcometoteyvat for the tag!! tagging all my followers YES if u see this on ur dash consider urself tagged!!

rules: post the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! tag as many people as you have wips!

ohh boy. see the problem is i have a Lot a lot but okay here goes. you guys can ask for snippets of anything btw!

DC/BATMAN

so i stayed in the darkness with you

love persevering (more or less abandoned)

reporterjay

ditf role reversal pt. 2

GENSHIN IMPACT

roman candle of the wild pt 2

ittsr secret rel

kjsr bday fic

landscape with black coats in snow

detail of the fire

choking gall

hunting szn!!! ylne crimson peak

jacqueline de bellefort | yelone agatha christie

yelone soulmate au

half-adeptus pantalone au

the space between the trees, swimming in gold

kcollab 🥹🥹🥹

shenjin binondo fire

killing shenhe just bc

wrioney | while i to hell am thrust

word countttt

love love or whatever (reizenguu)

thy new possessor

while rome burns

🔞 supercritical

HONKAI STAR RAIL

recuérdame (kahit isang himutok)

JINGFU VEGAS WEDDING

fifteen years au

killing jing yuan just bc

like weeds in spring

silver springs

[deolx3]

hello <3 i love your art and i hope you're doing well <3 -welcometoteyvat

Thank yooouu! I've been busy with job for a couple of months and haven't done anything about art, not even sketching, but hope to come back soon. Thank you for caring <3 I hope you're well too!!

[zhongscara]

zhongscara petnames outside of or during sex -welcometoteyvat

zhongli calls scara shit like "little wind" "风眠/feng mian" "beloved/love" "sweetheart" etc and then scara in his infinite loving and adoration for zhongli will at most call him "You." 😭😭😭😭😭😭 "old man" if he feels particularly affectionate.

[chaoticentropy]

"If the sound of music can flow like the rivers and streams, perhaps the souls of those who have gone before us will hear the song of a new era. I wonder if the melodies will be to their liking…" — THE EXQUISITE NIGHT CHIMES

For @welcometoteyvat

[xelilow04]

ANOTHER XIAOYUN SHIPPER? god bless (this is welcometoteyvat's main blog love ur art)

YESS. NICE TO MEET YOU! They live rent-free in my head. Also thank you! ♡

[genshinpng]

(Thank you to welcometoteyvat for help with the IDs!)

New Year's WeChat Emojis - Gaming, Ganyu, Shenhe, and Xianyun

BONUS: Upscaled versions by myself. I'll upload the official high-quality versions if/when they get uploaded! Official high quality emojis are now available - see them here. I moved my edits under the read more.

[lionbearfox]

ooh trick or treat? (this is my main my genshin side is welcometoteyvat LOLOL)

happy halloween!!! have a chongyun :)