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where’s my 1600 apologems bruh, maintenance alr got extended beyond belief from the usual 10 days and we don’t even get a livestream !!!!

This may be my 5th time rereading JG and CN these past 2 months plz send help

you may be having withdrawal symptoms i fear

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I finally understand people who say grief hits out of nowhere cuz fym we aren’t getting a JG update today

LMAOOOOOOOO

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natlancan drip posting

Kolash | Anemo Sword | 5✩ "Hello! I'm Kolash, head singer of the Songbirds. We mostly perform in Runallaqta and Q'ellubamba, so do drop by if you're ever in the area! You can also find us in the sea-level wharf of Loray Port. Oh- but you'll have to get the notice for those shows by asking the chaskis. It might be legal now for us to perform there, thank you dearest Chancellor Inti as always, but it's still… well. Let's just say we're still easing the nobles into the idea. We're gonna get nowhere if we try forcing things again. Easy does it."

Ossanha | Dendro Catalyst | 4✩ "Hello there; you must be the traveler, yes? Pleasure to meet you, I'm Ossanha – head researcher here in Uchpa Tanpu. There's a couple ground rules you're gonna have to follow while you're here: First, there's nothing I can do about the heat. Second, there's nothing I can do about the fog and smoke either. Third, don't go east. And fourth: don't touch the samples unless you want some third-degree burns. There's only so much Dendro gel can do for you. Also, if you're gonna be out for long, consider breathing through a scarf or some other cloth. Okay then, be on your way."

(alt splash arts and more info under cut ↓)

up next is the Nation Idol and our first tall lady! ossanha does sadly get the candace treatment in that she shows up, does like two things, and then has little involvement in the plot i believe. kolash does stick around for a lot more ossanha is named after the afrobrazil version of yoruba orixa osanyin, who is the protective deity that both rules over and is himself nature itself (i believe). kolash on the other hand is the quechua/inca god of birds and their song. he's also like. uber huge and strong and muscular, so i think it's funnier if i give his name to her lmao

kit: - kolash: off-field NA buffer w some cc, like any 5star obv she can be an onfield dps at c6, skill forces all enemies to move towards her position for a period of time and deals anemo dmg to those nearby, ult buffs NA and gives attack speed and heals a bit overtime - ossanha: off-field cc who can be a good dendro driver given she's a catalyst user, skill immobilizes enemies in a certain radius w thorns for a time (ala planet befall), ult makes a massive plant that continuously yoinks enemies to it for its duration

other stuff: - kolash is 24 and ossanha is 42, she's the oldest of the cast if you don't count the one full non-human we'll get to later + capitano - kolash is descended from a non-human race of anemo-aligned bird people, but their blood has been so diluted from human mixing that all she keeps of them are the pointed ears and their special singing voice. she's otherwise human for all intents and purposes - kolash does have an intended ship bait and it's with crescencia, though you can of course ship her with others. ossanha on the other hand is strictly outside of intentional ship bait. she's my work-married aro queen and she stands on business 24/7 (over half the researchers in her team have crushes on her but they all know it's useless). she's in a toxic relationship w the mare jivari atp - 'peasant' cultural events used to be banned in loray port until inti unbanned them, and kolash' troupe were the ones that decided they'd host the first public non-clandestine music show post-ban. it didn't go well. we gotta keep the anemo characters w dead friends hehe - ossanha will have the biggest appearance-to-plot-relevance gap of all characters i believe. she's just- accidentally going to kick the plot downhill off-screen. nobody's even gonna notice till the end lmao massive whoopsie daisy, can't even blame her

clean splash arts:

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bits and pieces of the og draft

i think i've mentioned some of this before, but the og draft isn't all that long and it only really covers like. the first couple of scenes + the parlor incident. this is bc, originally, this was going to start w hu tao having sent a letter to czl for the same reasons as in jadeite final, and czl having made the trip to the harbor, dropped off his bags at guizhong's, and gone to meet w hu tao at the parlor. and then they get run over lmao

He brought a hand up to feel the bandages around his head, holding back an expression of complete exhaustion. He needed information. “My apologies, what- happened, exactly?” Because he remembered, but- “Some idiot veered off the street and into the sidewalk and almost ran us over!” Hu Tao complained, incensed. “I don’t know how you saw it, but you managed to get us out of direct collision. It still hit you with the side, though; sent you straight into the wall,” her tone grew quieter, and he pinched the bridge of his nose. What. “The guys from the ambulance said you hit your head, hard. Had to bring you in for an emergency. Doctors said you should be fine, but- well, you weren’t waking up, so.” “I see,” he didn’t. What did that even mean? No mention of the dragon whatsoever? What was going on? “I apologize for making you worry.” “Wha- No! You saved our lives, don’t go apologizing now!” Hu Tao exclaimed, then calmed down a little. “It’s fine, really. Thank you for- y’know. That.” Zhongli just shook his head no, massaging his temple. He couldn’t accept a thank-you for something he had no memory of doing. What a novel sensation, not remembering. But that was beside the point. He looked around again, taking in more details for a moment. Now that he looked closer, the three ladies were dressed in ways he had never before seen.  Something was off. “I appreciate you all taking time off your days to come and see me,” he decided on saying, returning his attention to Hu Tao. “Aiyayay, no need to be so formal,” Hu Tao huffed, but she looked fond. Or, rather, charmed. “I mean- we mostly came for A-Tao,” Xinyan shrugged, clearly meaning no offense. Xiangling next to her looked mildly appalled. “Xinyan! You don’t have to say it like that!” she admonished, embarrassed. “What? It’s true,” Xinyan frowned, then returned her smile to him. “But it’s great to see you awake and good, Mister… ah…” Zhongli regarded her for a second. Did she not…? “Zhongli,” he provided. Xinyan smiled wider and opened her mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by a sound blasting off from Xiangling’s side. The young chef startled, and hastened to pull out a black slate from one of her outfit’s pockets. “Oh no, we gotta go – I totally forgot I had promised dad I’d help out with the night shift,” she panicked. Xinyan blinked. “Oh yeah, we better skedaddle,” she turned to Hu Tao. “Sorry- we gotta go, we’ll catch you later!” The two ladies stormed off, shouting goodbyes to him as well, Hu Tao shoving them out the door playfully. Zhongli looked down at his hands. They were bare. They were human skin. And soft. Maybe… “So, uhm,” Hu Tao approached the end of the bed after seeing those two off. She bounced on the balls of her feet for a second. “Do you- ah, still want to work with me?” Zhongli looked at her. “Of course,” he replied, placing his hands one over the other, still as stone. (But human. Human hands.) “Oh thank God,” Hu Tao sighed, relieved. “I really, really need your expertise on house, Mister Zhongli, you’re a lifesaver,” she paused, blinked. Then brightened. “Literally!” Zhongli did not react, but it took effort. “Well- I think it’s safe to say we can postpone your ‘formal job interview’ for another date,” she chuckled, somewhere between a wince and a smile. “You have my contact info, so I’ll text you the details later.” Zhongli had no idea what that was supposed to mean. “Very well,” he nodded. “Alrighty, I better go as well,” she declared, moving over to a chair to the other side of the room and picking up a satchel. She rounded on him. “And you better rest.” “Will do,” he couldn’t hold back an amused smile, even if small; but he quickly pulled it back with a press of lips as soon as he noticed. Hu Tao smiled as well, apparently pleased, and bounded towards the door. “I’ll be seeing you, then, Mister Zhongli!” she waved. “Toodles!” Zhongli waved back until she was gone. He looked at his hands again.

also it was going to be xiangling and xinyan w hu tao, even though their involvement in the plot was going to be as minor as in jadeite final, so i swapped them around

i also realized this would run me into some unnnecessary complications + i wanted to set some things up that wouldn't be possible if we started already in the city, so i moved the accident back and began plotting more from there hahah

since hu tao just leaves him there zl would've actually spent the night in the hospital alone (guizhong didn't know any of this was happening); so there was a little scene of him figuring out to turn on the tv. like step by step

Zhongli grabbed the device the person had called… TV remote. It was akin to a lustrous stone from Guyun in shape, and it had small rectangular protrusions of various shapes, some of different colors. If he had to take a guess, those were like the operative buttons on Fontaine’s Kamera, albeit smaller and far more optimized. He looked at what he could only guess was the namesake TV. There was a glowing small red dot on the bottom of what seemed to be the frame. He looked back down at the TV remote. One of the supposed buttons was circular and red. It was also the biggest one, and it was placed separate from the rest, on one of the topmost corners. He pressed it. Nothing happened. He tried with the other red button, smaller and like the others, and again nothing happened. Except this time, he noticed the remote had a small glass incision on what he could only assume was the front, given the letters’ orientation. When he pressed another button, it lit up red until he let go. Was that a sensor of sorts? He aimed the sensor at the TV and pressed the big red button. The glowing red dot on the TV’s frame faded away for a blink, before lighting up again, this time white. Immediately afterwards, the black panel of the TV blinked to life, like a moving picture from a Kamera, like a small window into another world. Fascinating.

jadeite ginkgo deleted/repurposed scenes

i did promise i'd give you guys this i think. it turns out i only had like one scene left that i'd pre-written from the start and ended up not including as it was bc it made its way into the fic sort of like. at different times. the other ones did make it in with alterations, but the alterations are so minor that it'd be pointless to post them here (given most were more to better fit the current mood/status quo than altering the point of the scene instead)

so since one scene seems like very little, i'm also giving you guys a bit of what the original draft of jadeite was like, since there's an actual one this time around lmao (cyanide did also sort of have one (many) but it was so far removed from what ended up happening that i consider it more like a separate wip than a first draft tbh)

so here's the scene that didn't make it in and for the sake of post length i'll add the other bits on reblogs. sorry if that fucks up your dash lmao

Because Liyue had been his people. Zhongli had watched them grow, Zhongli had seen them through wars and famine and peace and- And Liyue was his daughter. He had raised those people. Generation after generation, tear after laugh after scream, Zhongli had been there. From beginning to end. From before it was even Liyue, from before it even had a name- Zhongli had been with the people of Tianqiu Valley. Zhongli had been with the people of the Guili Assembly. And Zhongli would be with the people of Liyue. Even if it was not meant to be Morax' Liyue forever, it would always be Zhongli's. Because even through death and sorrow, even through life and decay, Even if everyone else left- Liyue would still be there. The people were there after his parents' deaths. The people were there after Guizhong's death. The people were there after Azhdaha was sealed. The people were there after the Yakshas died one by one. And even in the future, when karmic debt would take Xiao and age or other miseries would take the Adepti and Zhongli would still be there- So, too, would his people. Even if by a different name. Even if scattered across the land. Zhongli would always have Liyue. Zhongli was supposed to always have Liyue. But now? Liyue was still here. But it was not his daughter. Guizhong was still here, but she was not his co-ruler. Azhdaha was still here, but he was not his right-hand-man. Xiao was still here, but he was not the last of his Yaksha. Liyue was still here, but these were not his people. And so, to whom was Zhongli's duty? Liyue. The answer was, and always had been, Liyue. Even if he had not raised this one. Even if this one was not his'. It was still Liyue. It was still her. It was still his duty.

don't mind some weird phrasing and flow, since this one didn't make it in it never got a proper revamp to fit w the rest of the fic, so this is like. single take no edits straight from my brain hahah;; you might not notice the weak points but i do so i feel obligated to warn you lol

anyway i hope you can see why i ended up not adding it, i just couldn't find a good spot to put it in what with the whole liyue-is-his-daughter bit getting baked into the fic as a whole, so it would've been weird to pause everything and give you some thoughts and angst just to repeat that yeah that's his daughter (even more than i already do)

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Hey! I recently got back into genshin after a few months of not playing, and I just finished the fontaine archon quest. I just wanted to let you know that I kept referring to the "whale" as the glass rain whale in my head because of your story! I love all the abyss lore you've created, genuinely one of my favorite things in the genshin fandom <3

so i need you to know that tumblr, being tumblr, for whatever reason put this ask exclusively in my inbox for this blog, which is not something i usually check (i check the general account inbox. somehow not the same). it currently says i have a message there that i do not have, so like. yknow. tumblr stuff

so i'm so sorry i only now found this oh god. thankfully it was nothing urgent like a question but still. damn 😂

ty ily i'm giving you a little kiss on the forehead and patting your head

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Did I use the right feature? I am still unfamiliar with this interface.

It’s been so long since I last had enough time or peace of mind to simply sit down and fully immerse myself into a story this long without being driven by any defined motive other than to enjoy it as is… For all intents and purposes, I’m glad it was yours.

This is far from the first time I’ve seen jadeite ginkgo before— I recall seeing this last year, even vaguely remember reading to a certain extent before leaving it for later. A later that would soon become indefinite as I got occupied by some other matters that have taken precedence in my life. I was still a junior when I first read this. I never thought I’d find it again now, as a senior. Where do I even begin? I fear I have been rendered incapable of articulating my words. I doubt that writing this on another document will help much, but it would absolutely be criminal of me to not do so much as try to convey this.

As somebody with an appreciation for detail, I find myself very inclined to thank you for including so much thought into this. It has given me much to think about and even more to reflect on. The reasoning behind how this evokes much thought regarding personal matters to me is hardly relevant, but I believe it would be prudent to let you know that this has (surprisingly) allowed me to reflect on private matters that I have left to stew for far too long. Although this is certainly not intentional on your part, you have my gratitude for reminding me of something I have forgotten in the depths of self-misery.

I have nothing but praises for the characterization. If I were to be more daring, I’d like to say that it is among the best I’ve seen here so far. It’s a great skill to breathe life into your work and you have applied it well. If I talk about the writing itself, I may end up occupying more time than necessary. If not by the sheer amount of things to say, then by the time I’ll need to recount them. I may have to read this entire work again a few more times if I were to pick out certain parts by memory...

I had been under the impression that it would be difficult to come up with an ending that will wrap a narrative as vast as this one felt, but please do consider me stupefied with how seamlessly you managed to do so. Where one could usually find themselves empty when the epilogue dawns, I instead find satisfaction. Naturally, I likely will find myself somewhat distraught over the end still, but it has certainly done more than enough to give the necessary fulfillment (and more!) to negate that feeling. It makes me wonder if it still would’ve been the same had it ended any other way. Of all the ways it could’ve, I believe this one is the closest to perfection— As far as I’m concerned, it already is.

458,430 words of excellent writing. 458,430 words of pure literary skill culminated into a masterpiece. Even if I had been a native English speaker, I doubt my vocabulary would’ve been enough to thoroughly put into words how much I adore your work… I can only hope this will suffice for communicating at least some of the sentiment I wish to express. Now I feel the need to ask if you are well... I can only hope you are, I believe finishing something can evoke a myriad of feelings? I can’t say much on that. It isn’t within my scope of expertise.

still crying over this after reading it like five times aaaaaaaa ToT

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jadeite ginkgo deleted/repurposed scenes

i did promise i'd give you guys this i think. it turns out i only had like one scene left that i'd pre-written from the start and ended up not including as it was bc it made its way into the fic sort of like. at different times. the other ones did make it in with alterations, but the alterations are so minor that it'd be pointless to post them here (given most were more to better fit the current mood/status quo than altering the point of the scene instead)

so since one scene seems like very little, i'm also giving you guys a bit of what the original draft of jadeite was like, since there's an actual one this time around lmao (cyanide did also sort of have one (many) but it was so far removed from what ended up happening that i consider it more like a separate wip than a first draft tbh)

so here's the scene that didn't make it in and for the sake of post length i'll add the other bits on reblogs. sorry if that fucks up your dash lmao

Because Liyue had been his people. Zhongli had watched them grow, Zhongli had seen them through wars and famine and peace and- And Liyue was his daughter. He had raised those people. Generation after generation, tear after laugh after scream, Zhongli had been there. From beginning to end. From before it was even Liyue, from before it even had a name- Zhongli had been with the people of Tianqiu Valley. Zhongli had been with the people of the Guili Assembly. And Zhongli would be with the people of Liyue. Even if it was not meant to be Morax' Liyue forever, it would always be Zhongli's. Because even through death and sorrow, even through life and decay, Even if everyone else left- Liyue would still be there. The people were there after his parents' deaths. The people were there after Guizhong's death. The people were there after Azhdaha was sealed. The people were there after the Yakshas died one by one. And even in the future, when karmic debt would take Xiao and age or other miseries would take the Adepti and Zhongli would still be there- So, too, would his people. Even if by a different name. Even if scattered across the land. Zhongli would always have Liyue. Zhongli was supposed to always have Liyue. But now? Liyue was still here. But it was not his daughter. Guizhong was still here, but she was not his co-ruler. Azhdaha was still here, but he was not his right-hand-man. Xiao was still here, but he was not the last of his Yaksha. Liyue was still here, but these were not his people. And so, to whom was Zhongli's duty? Liyue. The answer was, and always had been, Liyue. Even if he had not raised this one. Even if this one was not his'. It was still Liyue. It was still her. It was still his duty.

don't mind some weird phrasing and flow, since this one didn't make it in it never got a proper revamp to fit w the rest of the fic, so this is like. single take no edits straight from my brain hahah;; you might not notice the weak points but i do so i feel obligated to warn you lol

anyway i hope you can see why i ended up not adding it, i just couldn't find a good spot to put it in what with the whole liyue-is-his-daughter bit getting baked into the fic as a whole, so it would've been weird to pause everything and give you some thoughts and angst just to repeat that yeah that's his daughter (even more than i already do)

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Hii, it's me again, that one autistic person who (over)shared their sob-story a while ago. With the official end of Jadeite Ginkgo (aka the best story ever written) I've decided to finally share some fanart I've been working on since chapter 40. At the time, I put a lot of effort into this, but when life got a bit busier, I never "officially" finished it and haven't had the time, motivation or inspiration to do so ever since.

Since it wasn't done I never shared it (although i planned to do so) but, considering I'm probably not gonna come back to it, I figured that now's a good a time as any to just share it anyway and try to convey my admiration for your story through art.

In case it's not clear - the artistic vision behind this is basically how people (ajax) look at (assumably) human zhongli, yet sensing his divinity/non-human-ness. Basically, I tried to represent that scene before they depart to Snezhnaya where zl exudes his god-like aura as he usually does lol *shrugs*

(originally i was gonna add a silly ajax chibi drooling over zl on the right but never got that far, thats why hes so awkwardly crammed to the left lmao)

I probably bit off a lot more than I can chew trying to draw this, considering used to draw until I was 13 and only picked drawing back up a few months ago so I haven't practiced in years. I am still trying to find my own style, so this is kind of a mashup of other art i've seen so uh yeah whoopsie :/

anyway i spent a total of almost 20 hours on this so uh- enjoy? ig?? love ya

(also ruined my pinterest algorithm for this, now it's filled with half-naked men cuz i was looking for references🥲 the sacrifices we bring for fanfic😔✊️)

PS: I have since read every good intention (is interpolation). it was- an ✨️experience✨️ to say the least. i did really enjoy it tho, good job!!

HE'S SO PRETTY AAAAAAAA

god i really like this idea, this is like a screencap you'd see of if jadeite was a show, something like this would absolutely pop up when people start hallucinating zl's non-humanness hahah either that or straight up superimposed flashes or some other stuff. maybe everyone has different hallucinations lmao

i really appreciate you sending this in despite it being unfinished, sometimes you might as well just get it out since you got this far anyway! and it looks really good as is, i love it!!

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I was wondering how’d it work with Childe liking sparring but I loved the reasoning given that eventually if Childe didn’t have to live the harbringer life anymore he’d no longer feel as much a need to. And their relationship is so cute they’re so sweet together T-T thank you for sharing your work it was great and I loved reading it

yeayea i've always thought w childe it's not so much about the level of violence moreso than it is the mental gymnastics and whole. dance with the death thing. so once he calms down a little he'd probably be fine with smaller scale things hahah

thank you <3 <3 <3

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Question about Natlan-can

I don't quite get what was upsetting about Natlan, besides the lack of formality, could you tell me what makes it something that needs a rewrite? I have a Natlan fic of my own that I'm trying to write well, and I want to understand what parts of it people are put off by. Your writing is amazing and an inspiration to me, so I was thinking that you could tell me what's wrong with the region.

this isn't so much a question about natlancan as it is about canon natlan but your wish is my command

(beware: massive ramble below)

contrary to what my ramblings might've led you to believe, i don't actually think natlan as it is needs a rewrite. i quite like it, both in a vacuum and in the context of genshin as a whole. could it improve? oh god could it improve. does it have things that are upsetting? yeah. it's far from perfect. but there's a lot to like there natlancan came not from the idea that natlan needs a rewrite, but that it already has been rewritten. that what we have rn is either a completely different story or a heavily altered version of what was originally planned. so the thought process was, if i was also given the order to suddenly rewrite natlan with little time and while having to abide by what the public already knew (stuff like travail and what little info there was pre-alleged rewrite); then what would i have done?

but that wasn't your question, so, i think we can separate the things i personally (and that i think a good chunk of the community as well but idk for sure) take issue w natlan in two categories: overall concerns, and story concerns. for a fixit fic, i think it's far more reasonable to ignore the former and try to correct the latter, as trying to deal with the overall concerns would require far more time and effort than any single fan should be expected to sink into something like this. still, it's your call, overall concerns:

the designs of the main roster. hardly any of them give you any meaningful information about what their characters and their roles in the plot actually are from first glance, which is what a design is supposed to do, usually. like not to beat a dead horse but why is mavuika in full leather. why is ororon an emo bat boy. isn't he a farmer? what in xilonen's design could possibly tell you she's a blacksmith? or a dj, for that matter? and what does her being a dj have anything to do with literally any part of her character in the plot? what even is varessa. why is citlali like that. what is the deal with kinich's pixels when no other ancient dragon technology has it. what is up with chasca. ifa is literally the only design up to par w the other regions and he's the random tall male that comes out after the aq is over. also hoyo is scared of melanin wbk but just because we know doesn't mean it stops being upsetting that they refuse to change. natlan isn't supposed to be based on a predominantly white-skinned region. on that topic,

what is natlan even based on like specifically. why is it all over the place. they reached for so much they ended up with nothing in the end. like i'm all for having tons of representation for tons of different people but at some point you want to think about the kind of representation you want and if you wouldn't rather just quality over quantity. like idk about you but i don't see people complaining that fontaine is mostly just france or that liyue and inazuma are literally just china and japan and nothing else.

story concerns:

natlan in-game isn't a nation at war, it's a nation with a war. outside of the best part of the aq (the war segment), the war they have doesn't affect the nation in most ways an actual war would: there seems to be little human life toll, there is negligible structural damage, and there is very little land damage. the pilgrimage is once a year (?) and they send what, five people? per year? and usually they just come back to life in the end anyway? so where are your casualties? in attacks like the ones we see in game? not from everyone's reactions, i'd think. the way the characters reacted it was like that was not the norm. so where is your war if nobody feels it? where is your war if all your warriors come back to life and you send them off elsewhere out of sight out of mind to do their nebulous fighting? i don't necessarily want doom and gloom but i want proper weight to this conflict, and outside of the war segment, there just is none.

why are the saurians built up and made to be the companions of all natlan warriors, these super important creatures they share the land with; and their coexistence is as basic as yours is with your dog? they're no more than glorified pets, slightly more sapient. but that's a minor nitpick and maybe my remembering them wrong. what's more glaring is that, of our entire main roster, hardly any of them have a saurian companion the way every natlan warrior ought to. ajaw, cacucu, and alaye don't count, just look at them. chasca has her mom and cucusaur sister but they're not her companions, they don't fight in the war with her. i'm down to accept mavuika's died five hundred years ago except would you look at that, the massive yumkasaur is also supposedly from back then?? unless i'm misremembering that?? so where is hers?? and kachina has one, right? why doesn't it fight with her? is it because it's young? if that's the case, then,

why is nobody distraught at the fact kachina, a child, has to fight in the war? aside from pacal acting like a normal person abt kachina suddenly having an unknown adult friend, nobody else seems to worry about her like they would a child. i'm not saying they have to baby her, but all the concern about her is bc she's mualani's friend and she's not strong enough yet. but not about the fact she's a literal child being made to fight a war. and if you want to say that that's the point, that natlan is in such dire straits that it's normal for children to go to war; then where are my children npc fighting in the war? i don't see them. i don't see a single other one. oh is it because kachina is the only one w an ancient name? weak excuse. if you want child soldiers you're not gonna start discriminating on which child is fighting unless you wanna make it a class/racist thing. and even then, okay, maybe there's never any reaction from anyone bc that's just how things are, right? but then what's the point of having the traveler and paimon as the protagonists? the entire reason why you have an outsider pov (which is what they are btw) is so they can be culturaly shocked when shit isn't as they are used to. so they can give you a different perspective. but no. the traveler and paimon aren't any more shocked at anything (bar the war segment) than they are during any other aq. if you wanted natlan to be this super violent always at war nation then make if fucking feel like it. again, the war segment is saving this, but still, outside of it?

mavuika is a mary sue, sorry. it's not the fact that she's perfect, it's the fact that the plot and the characters and everything around her bends over backwards to make sure she stays that way. it's not about her not having any flaws (i'd argue she has plenty), but about the 'flaws' she has never having any meaningful impact or consequences in the story. she has a batshit insane plan that never faces any relevant friction, never falters, and suceeds with full scores and with a surprise super special even better result than anticipated. all of this could work if the story just presented it differently. you wouldn't even have to change all that much about her, just about how you show it. think abt her situation for more than two seconds. could you imagine the levels of angst we could've gotten? the actual proper foil and paralels we would've had with capitano? with her relationship with those around her? but no. no, instead we have to sell, so she has to be powerful and perfect, and capitano is a man so he must have compelling depth to sell so he's the only one allowed to be decently written between the two. fuck i have thoughts about mavuika but god she's trapped in a gacha so nothing can be done

i'm a firm believer that as an outside pov protagonist, the traveler is at their best when they're filling in their role of the witness. i got secondhand embarrassment from the tumaini dance celebration sorry. i'm not against them being important to the plot, but i much prefer it when they're not the chosen one, the super special one, the only one who could ever do this job. natlan walks this line very clumsily and sort of dips into chosen one territory for a good chunk of it, but it could've been worse. the fact that mavuika is there at the end does keep it from being too bad, but like. man. this isn't even touching on the optics of the white blond foreigner being the savior here. that's a different can of worms lmao

the entire magic cure for ptsd interlude. what even. again, you could pull pretty much anything off with proper writing, but proper writing there was NONE in that scene.

i know they've been getting better and ik why this happens this is a gacha etc but i'm not the biggest fan of the whole. suddenly you have these characters after the aq is over. this isn't a natlan-only thing tbf it's an issue w all the regions. like who is varessa even. i know they give us a quest for her there's worse examples (still don't know who heizou is), but like. if you're gonna be making a fixit fic you might as well consider making her part of the actual world LMAO even if it's a minor role. always remember baizhu was in the liyue aq for all of five minutes 👍

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The fic updated with its last chapter as i was literally loading to read chapter 47, so thank you for that actually, you saved me from being tortured over a cliffhanger LOL

But also like??? The alt ver of childe and chen zl actually getting along??? Oh my god i cant i could just read an entire new fic about them im ngl, like u built it up that good. Thank you for feeding this (maybe autistic, havent gone for the tests yet) very lore-loving yapper with the most exquisite bundle of slow burn AND lore and also just. My own culture. Thank you so much actually

hehe it's been my pleasure!!

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Childe falling for zhongli in every universe WE LOVE TO SEE IT❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ no but seriously i can’t believe jadeite ginko is over :((((( been here since like chapter 12 and its been such a journey. Looking forward to what you cook up next!!!

((i also fear you have trained me like a dog with the 10 day update schedule 😭😭😭 Freud would have loved me fr.)))

LMAO WHAT

MY CONDOLENCES??

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dude i was just abt to start university when u first started jadeite and now im doing my capstone 😗

congrats on finishing the fic!

god why must time

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Update!!!

indeed!!

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Saw the notification right when I was going to bed but who needs sleep anyway

I have the urge to scream something like HELL YEAH and also NOOOOOOOOO for the official last chapter, here’s my kudos cause you deserve all of them ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you for this amazing fic you’re one of my favourite writers of all time on ao3

(I still don’t play genshin but I’ll be there for natlancan whenever it happens🫡)

i know it's not as rare as i think it is but seeing the 'i don't play the game' on the massive hyperspecific fanfic of The Game always feels like whiplash to me hahah

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Me: hm I think I’ll draw something to commemorate jadeite ginko being complete

Jadeite Ginko: *updates*

Me: HECK

Anyway I’m working so I’ll have to read it later cuz I know I’ll be sad 🫶 thank you for the feast I love your writing forever and always

tyt the fic isn't going anywhere!

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Someone, anyone: Everybody! Don't panic, Jadeite just ended!

Me, somewhere in the background: AHHHHHHH!

God, anyhow, I loved this fic. And I was so happy to be there as it progressed. I love your writing style, the details, the way you describe the characters, everything! Thank you for the great story you've provided us all<33

hehe always happy to deliver!!