#why i don't think harbring crepus works

[meili-sheep]

idk I think that crepus used to be a fatui or smth (can be a harbinger if you want) And he was very loyal to serve the tsaritsa but after he found the love of his life aka his wife he wanted to retire or settle down whatever its called idk

So he went to the tsaritsa to ask permission to leave his job (ok now I really see that he was a harbinger) The tsaritsa agreed but on one condition

He will have to raise his firstborn childe into a strong and loyal fatui member just like he was and after he agreed the tsaritsa gave him the the delusion! yay!

So after diluc was born he started making preparations his wife caught wind of what he was planning to do and disagreed with it she didnt want his child to be raised into a weapon she wanted her child to be happy and free so she and crepus fought (what happend to her is up for interpretation heehee)

So after crepus got rid of her he continued his plan cue a lot of years of training (plus kaeya)

So you know how before the accident happened in the webtoon you can see the cloaked person who was the one responsible for planting the metal bird onto their cart? yeah so I think that atleast sometime before diluc turned 18 crepus slowly just wanted diluc to live happily and have his own dream so he broke the deal he made with the tsaritsa

so that was the reason why someone was sent to kill them (it never made sense to me on why someone was plotting to kill them when I was reading the webtoon so I just made up stuff about it)

And after years of not using a delusion and only having good intentions of using it caused it to backfire on him so it killed him the end (I mean atleast diluc got to use a pretty cool delusion on his journey)

idk man i just want fatui/harbringer diluc in canon storyline im delusional

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I've seen a few things about Crepus being a Harbinger float around and I find it a really interesting conpect.

Though it's a little on the unlikely side in my book because, as stated before. I think Crepus is a whiny little bitch. Too weak of any real character to be powerful enough to be a Harbinger. He is indecisive, lacks any kind of spine, and instead play pretend rather than being an actual parent to his children. So personally, I think he could never be strong or intelligent enough to be a Harbinger.

But I like how him being one would patch up the delusion hole and the Fatui trying to kill Crepus hole (it kinda creates new ones, but for the sake of argument we'll ignore that for now).

Not for a Harbinger Diluc from this, I feel would be a little bit of a more complicated setup, because of Diluc's values (Being justice, courage, and duty) And because of Crepus's original Goal and getting ride of his mother. Diluc would absolutely commend Crepus and his organization purely out of his sense of justice and duty.

For the goal of Harbinger Diluc, you need to convince him that Fatui's goals are ones that will align with his values.

So let me purpose to you. Crepus stole the Delusion from the Fatui, and Diluc learns this and learns the side effects of the Delusion on ordinary people. And well, being underhanded, their attack would have made sense. And maybe Diluc then feels he could align with the Fatui and that he has a chance to change their awful methods and keep delusions from getting into the wrong hands.