#windwheel aster* not an aster

[lycheesodas]

the saga continues

[kiwi-b0nes]

haha hey guyss i have a dilemma..... 1 or 2

[decarabiandivorce]

Venti never really got the chance to personally meet the storm god before like this. The few times Carmen ended up alone with the god, Venti was safely hidden away. So all the questions the wisp had, all those times he wondered why? –Why did he treat his people the way he did?-- Were left unanswered… Now he gets to see the truth up close and it's still as frightening as it was when he saw the god from afar, safely hidden in Carmen’s cloak like a child hiding under their covers.

Windwheel Aster: Adored by the wind by @imari4444 updated and Decaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its the GUY!!!!!!!

[imari4444]

Me: Im going to update on my fics anniversary! December 9th!

Also me on December 1st: *two weeks behind schedule*

… Isteroth help me, it’s a race against time

[narratively-doomed]

under the golden knotwood leaves

[aleaneah]

Mama Bird & his Dandelions

Windwheel Aster : Adored by the wind by @imari4444

And it's DONE !

Behold ! The Mama Bird and his demon children, taking a nap after the shitshow of chapter 21 !

They 100% deserve it !

Once again, thank you Imari for the incredible story and see you next chapter !

Byyyyyyyyyyyyye~

[lilpitaya]

"Those stormy eyes bore into Venti's soul, the air became so suffocating — sometimes Venti forgot his origins were of pure wind. At the moment however, it was hard to forget. Because he could literally feel Decarabian’s emotions, his sick rage suffocating the air.

It hurt, but he could not show weakness… not to a man like Decarabian. 

“Why does it matter?” Venti’s voice was cold, as if he was holding all his emotions behind a wall and pretending he was just having a conversation with a stranger."

- Windwheel Aster: adored by the wind by @imari4444

A little (sketch that accidentally became an actual drawing of) Venti before things went South (not that things were going great before but idkiamindenial) because I needed to picture him unhurt to soothe my little heart. And because the last chapter is playing in my head on repeat. So here is the bard, doing his best not to show fear in front of a literal ghost from his past :)

With those little anemo flammy hair tips like in the manga because ✨archonhood is loading✨

[mielwriting]

update #1: Getting that genshin gacha gambling itch. So I finally used the 7-factor chart I use to determine which characters to pull for on pyro 5 stars, and hey look at that Hu Tao came out on top. She reruns in the 2nd phase of 5.1. By then I’ll have played the archon quest and can decide if I want Hu Tao or Mavuika more.

update #2: really glad my mutual’s fic is so popular! but wow I wish I’d taken the opportunity to work ahead on homework when I knew the update was happening soon. Now I must take a break from Tumblr til I have enough time to read the fic, lest I see too many spoilers.

[cashewally-sarcastic]

Do you ever think about how different Windwheel Asters are to Cecilias? Windwheel Asters are found everywhere, and heck they even start growing in Stormterror's lair. They are the visible winds of Mondstadt. Beloved and whats most striking to me is that they have 2 heads per stem. The visible winds have connections. Its a bond. A visible bond. While the Cecilia only grows in harsh winds they are also described as 'intangible'. The silent flowers that stand in Mondstadt's darkness. They are like narrative parallels to me. The Cecilia has its leaves close to its stem, always trying to protect itself while the Aster's leaves are open. Two sides of Mondstadt, the somber pasts of its history and the vibrant joys of the present. Of bonds being forged and help being handed.

Isn't that just beautiful? A visible and tangible depiction of the love and joy every child of the wind has? <- im so normal rn

Oh I’m so normal about this I need to let it stew in my brain like a broth

[pinkseas]

collei handshake thoma handshake sucrose i need to build you so bad and i dont have a Damn Thing i need to do that

[wavepriisms]

okay but is the traveler really necessary to beat ei even though she steals all your other characters' visions

[imari4444]

Stowwwpppp I can’t get the imagine of Windwheel aether crying in a puddle of tears because of the mess he caused for himself-

*points at distressed aether* How can you hate this littol guy? Because he messed with ghost shenanigans and caused the suffering of thousands? He didn’t mean to… 😞

Stop getting mad at me I raise undead when im in distress

[decarabiandivorce]

Venti seems to sense her confusion and near hysteria. “They… tend to run off and do their own thing every now and then… I try not to question what chaos they cause for the sake of my sanity.” He smiles !  Like there’s nothing to worry about! What kind of mayhem are these kids causing?!  They're kids! How can they even protect themselves?!   “Don’t worry Lumine, we’re very capable!” Sage nods with pride. Lumine looks at the boy and tries to smile and nod along, but she’s fairly sure her smile looked even more stressed than the bags under her eyes.  “And Venti made us promise to send him a pigeon if we were in danger.” Nora reassures, much to Lumine's confusion, A pigeon?! You're going to send a pigeon if you're in danger?! What good is a stupid bird going to do!? Are these people crazy?!   Everyone else – unaware of Lumine's mental breakdown— continues to banter, “And if you guys don’t, you're grounded.” Venti glares. 

Go read Windwheel Aster by @imari4444 its so good I love it so much :D :D :D

[imari4444]

Currently struggling with this scene revolving Kaeya so I tried drawing the emotions Kaeya was feeling…. Idk it’s really late and I definitely didn’t care for drawing neatly but who made the rules?

My poor depressed guy…. Oh yeah spoilers, Kaeya angst… then again next chapter is more like everyone angst :l

[taylorman2274]

We Care About You

For the past couple of days, you've been sacrificing sleep to spend more time playing Genshin. The people of Teyvat take notice and do not approve.

Content Warning(s): Liyue Archon Quest Spoilers

Notes: SAGAU; GN!Reader; First Story; Inexperienced Writer

Word Count: 1.5k

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You honestly should've seen it coming.

There were too many hints that told you what was about to happen, but you either didn't notice them or ignored them entirely.

Now you're about to fall into unconsciousness against your will, all because someone within Teyvat cared about your well-being.

"How is this even possible?" you pondered before you finally fell into sweet unconsciousness.

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The first hint happened so quick you almost missed it.

You were a couple of minutes removed from logging into the game and had just started working on your second of four daily commissions.

As you were teleporting to Dadaupa Gorge to help Wyatt look for his key, you noticed an unusual message on the loading screen.

Sleep

When night falls, make sure that you get plenty of rest!

You were lucky that you were a fast reader or else you wouldn't have been able to read that message in time.

At first, you didn't know what to think of it. Sure, Hoyoverse could've easily added it into the game, but you didn't see them ever doing such a thing. Additionally, you've never seen anyone else experience this message before.

"Probably something new," you guessed before gliding on down to speak with Wyatt.

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The second hint was a bit more noticeable than the first.

After completing Wyatt's commission, you were on your way to Falcon Coast to defeat some hilichurls. It was approaching nighttime in Teyvat when Paimon suddenly said:

"It's getting pretty late. Paimon thinks that we should go to bed soon."

You stopped gliding forward for a brief moment in slight surprise. It only took a few seconds for you to snap back to reality before pausing the game to save what airtime you had left.

"I can see a new line of text being possible, but a new voice line?" you contemplated. Like the last hint, you really didn't know what to think of it. If it was only one new voice line that got added into the game, you guess you shouldn't see that as a big surprise.

"Today has certainly been weird," you added before unpausing the game.

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It wasn't until the third hint that you started to think that something was wrong.

After defeating the two waves of hilichurls, your last commission had you beat up some cryo slimes near the Dawn Winery. You teleported to the Anemo Archon statue, grabbed a couple of Windwheel Asters, and began to glide down to the water.

However, just as you were about to pass the Dawn Winery, you began to hear a sweet melody coming from the building. This wasn't the theme you were used to hearing when you were near the Dawn Winery, so being the curious person you were, you took a quick detour to the building.

As you approached the building, the melody began increasing in volume. Furthermore, as you moved your camera you noticed the sound gradually shifting volume in-between your right and left ears.

"Wait, this isn't just a soundtrack? Someone's actually playing this?" you questioned, speaking aloud for the first time. You rarely speak your thoughts aloud, finding such an action to be awkward, but you felt that the situation warranted such a reaction out of you.

After a bit of wandering and camera movement, you pinpointed the source of the sound coming from the roof. Starting from the front of the building, you climbed up the wall and onto the balcony. You moved the camera around, trying to see if you could get a better view of the roof, and after a while, you found the source of the melody.

Venti the bard was currently straddling the roof beam with his back against the spire right near where the Anemoculus used to be. He had his eyes closed as he was playing the soothing melody on his lyre. If he noticed you, he took no note of it as he continued to play.

"Okay, now things are getting weird," you began to monologue to yourself. "I can somewhat explain a new loading screen message and a new voice line, but a new audio played by a character who is never supposed to be seen outside of archon quests and events? A change as big as this would've surely been advertised by Hoyoverse on social media, right? So why does it feel like I'm the first person to have discovered this? Do I consider this to be a bug or a glitch?"

However, as you continued to think to yourself, Venti continued to play his melody. As the melody dragged on and on, you began to yawn and feel your eyes growing heavy.

"Hold on. Is this melody...making me sleepy?”

Music notes began to fade in and out as they floated from Venti's lyre to your player character.

"I can't fall asleep just yet! I still need to finish my commissions!" you proclaimed before leaping off the balcony and continuing your way down to the beach. "Ooh! I also may need to travel to some domains and farm for materials."

You missed the fourth hint while you jogged away from the winery. Had you looked back at Venti, you would have noticed that he stopped playing the melody before sighing with a slight frown on his face.

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After completing all of your dailies, you decided to take a change of scenery and meet up with Liyue Katherine.

"I still need to go to Wanmin Restaurant and trigger that Beetle event. Plus, the crafting table is just around the corner for me to craft some Condensed Resin!"

You were too distracted by the crafting table to notice the fifth hint of the day. Had you kept your eye at Third-Round Knockout, you would've noticed the former Geo Archon getting up from his table and walking over to you.

Having finished crafting your Condensed Resin, you began to head over to Wanmin Restaurant. But before you could...

"Traveler! A quick moment of your time, please."

Startled by the sudden attention, you flicked your camera behind you to find Zhongli approaching your player character.

"It has been a while since we last had a chat. I was hoping you would accompany me while I head to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to retire for the night. We can catch up with each other while we walk."

Too many thoughts were running through your head for you to give a proper response, not that any prompt showed up anyway. Zhongli took your inactivity as a sign of acceptance.

"Good. Let us be on our way then."

Zhongli started to walk past you, which didn't help your thoughts at all.

When his feet hit the ground, there was no visible space between the sole of his shoes and the ground. You never saw any of his clothes clip through any part of his body. In fact, you swear you saw a few wrinkles.

"Everything about him is too detailed. The walking animation, the clothes, the collision, the hitboxes; there is no way in hell everything should be so... fluid."

You started to think whether or not you should go through with his request. However, before you could make a decision, the game decided to make one for you.

The Traveler moved... but your hands were off the keyboard.

"WOAH Woah Woah woah..." You repeated as you backed your chair away from the computer. Now you were starting to think that your game was broken. You quickly scooched your chair back closer to your computer and were about to Alt+F4 outta there before...

"I would refrain from doing that."

You stopped what you were doing and looked up at the screen. Did you miss something that the Traveler did?

"As much as we all love to have you around, we know better than to have you overstay your welcome when you are clearly tired."

...That didn't sound like he was talking to the Traveler.

"I admire your persistence, but you leave me no choice, [Y/N]."

"Oh sh-."

Before you could finish your sentence, a loud buzzing sound suddenly played from your computer speaker. Almost immediately, you could feel yourself about to fade to unconsciousness. You quickly stood up and covered your ears as you tried to fight it, wondering how in the hell this sound was affecting you despite having heard it before in Sumeru. Unfortunately, the noise continued to grow louder and louder until you could no longer stand on your own two feet. You slowly slumped to the floor as the sound began to lower in volume, sensing that its job was done.

You honestly should've seen it coming.

There were too many hints that told you what was about to happen, but you either didn't notice them or ignored them entirely.

Now you're about to fall into unconsciousness against your will, all because someone within Teyvat cared about your well-being.

"How is this even possible?" you pondered before you finally fell into sweet unconsciousness.

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Author Side Notes: I know that I'm not the best writer in the world, but this idea for a SAGAU story I had continued to grow and grow until I felt like I could connect all of the plot points by myself.

I also have more ideas for SAGAU stories if anyone wants to hear them.

[imari4444]

Once again, thank you for making this amazing fan art! 😭🙏 you have un NPCed our fav bird boy and freed him from his imprisonment

Windwheel Aster Timmie(?)

I can't decide his cape color, so you all can choose which one you prefer!(first 2 can be seen as one reversible cloak, the 3rd and 4th, I just swapped the back colors-)

More inspired by Venti's wisp cloak-

3 and 4, just switcheroos