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crumpled sopping wet paper kaveh for u

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oh my poor lord

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venti…venti look out…oh my god venti VENTI

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Modern AU where Alhaitham and Kaveh adopt baby Nahida  to save their failing marriage and somehow it works

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Painting nails or the office learns a new thing about their mysterious coworker Alhaitham

I’ll be posting refs and more stuff with this au soon!!

the previous part: here

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i've decided that we should bring back fic rec posts so i'm doing it myself here are my recent favorites (from various fandoms)

the legend of zelda (and related fandoms)

A Bride for Hyrule's Prince, FlamingIdiot, 50.1k, 15/? tldr legend is fable's loser younger brother and their grandfather is an asshole and tries to marry him off for political gains !! woo !!! i love this concept and it has been Haunting Me so i am so glad that there's at least one other person who had the same thought as me !! there's a lot of character work done and i lovee the way the chain's dynamic functions in the context of them needing to survive high society. i look forward to the updates that are,, weekly i think? i'm pretty sure they're weekly. they're like a little present i wake up on tuesday or wednesday mornings are usually get to read the new chapter on the bus ride to school this fic is very dear to me now

A Little Bit of Minish Magic, glowingjellyfishtreelights, 3/?, 10.5k follows four right before he joins the chain- very pleasant, i need people to start writing four centric stuff more often

Only Peace, boo_boo_thefool, 3.5k oneshot hyrule (the link) post-linked universe, THIS ACTUALLY HURT ME SO MUCH OH MY GOD i cried. this fic Did Things To Me it altered my brain chemistry. major emotional hurt/comfort content. Major character death is heavily referenced throughout the fic.

Time's Lazy River, boo_boo_thefool, 4.6k oneshot legend post-linked universe as he readjusts to retired life. this is a partner fic to the previous one and man. man. this would series dude there is so much Mourning. Major character death is heavily referenced throughout the fic.

Tiny Adventures, Lightning of Farosh (Medea_Nunc_Sum), 12.3k oneshot legend got turned into a rabbit. again. i love bunny legend fics i am so mentally ill about them. anyway this one is very dear to me bc its basically just four hyrule and legend running around trying to make legend a person again

For Want of Warmth, colibrie, 2.3k oneshot this one's only available on tumblr BUT ITS SO GOOD i love a good four-centered sickfic and this one is so well done!!! the emotional energy !!! the internal struggles !!! i am in love with this piece i wish it was on ao3 it would go in my bookmarks SO FAST

genshin impact

worth the extra mile, viverella, 5.1k oneshot zhongli takes up pottery, which is so ??? why is the geo archon doing pottery ???? but it makes him happy so I DONT CARE LET MY BBGRILL LIVE IN PEACE this one was so soft and cute ! i usually avoid fluff because sometimes they get a little lost in the sauce but this one is SO GOOD i am so mentally ill about this one

(also literally all of viverella's works are so good i'd definitely recommend checking out their ao3 profile bc IT IS SO >>>>)

and guide the fallen heroes home, theyellowpawn, 6k oneshot hu tao is introduced to ganyu and xiao by zhongli and i am so. i am so. ill about this fic. i am in love. the way that everyone is written is so so spot on and tasteful and i am so ??? i need more of these guys i need more hu tao fics oml WHY DOES THIS FIC HAVE ONLY 1K HITS DO BETTER PEOPLE

Dogfish, deliveryservice, 1.9k oneshot a quick introspection on how hu tao's vision works with her in-game battle mechanics, specifically the hp depletion. this was one of the first hu tao-centered fics i read and MAN. man. i need everyone to read this bc i am still just as obsessed with this as i was the first time i read it it's So Good

eternal anamnesis, boxofcrows, 22.7k, 4/4 a mona character study- this was quite literally the first genshin fic i read and it blew my mind and set my standards for genshin fic so damn high. the characterization is so wonderfully done and the prose is so incredibly elegant and almost discusses the uncanny and eldritch madness in how mona is depicted IT IS SO !!! I AM SO !!!! EVERYONE NEEDS TO READ THIS IMMEDIATELY

(boxofcrows is another amazing writer pls check them out i am Crying)

boku no hero academia there aren't as many for this one bc i just don't read a lot of bnha fic anymore (however most of them are recs from my sister and they are So Good)

#bakudeku, rageprufrock, 7.7k oneshot LITERALLY THIS ONE IS SO FUCKING FUNNY it's not about bkdk in the slightest it's really a tododeku fic, but just. oh my god. todoroki is such an asshole and i love it Mentions of NSFW, no explicit content

i hope i get there (try with me), carolinaa, 3.4k oneshot todoroki fuyumi moves out, and struggles with growing up along the way. good fuyumi fics are few and far between in my experience, but i love her, and i love the way the writer depicts her !!! it's so simple in its premise, but the writing is wonderful in how it brings to light all the complications that come with moving out, especially considering, errr the nature of the todoroki house lmao

make this feel like home, carolinaa, 26.9k, 4/4 i am legally obligated to reread this every single winter. it is not an option. todoroki natsuo comes home for the holidays, however, Trauma with the Todorokis is an ongoing how and gets special holiday episodes! this fic focuses more on natuso fuyumi and shouto bonding as siblings, however their shared childhood traumas are addressed and are so wonderfully captured in how they impacted each of the siblings differently Mentions of panic attacks, child abuse, and dissociation

(psstt carolinaa is one of my comfort writers literally they don't miss i am Obsessed with everything they've written. i love their writing style they are so cool)

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Shenanigans

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unstoppable force, meet immovable object

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you...

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light upon the sea

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✨the coat is off ✨

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scarameow

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happy birthday to the babygirl

(and to me, i turn 20 today oh god)

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he’s so real

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NO FUCKING WAY to be honest I've never read the teapot item descriptions very much but that's amazing it makes me So Happy

I Like to think that when Barbatos and Morax got better acquainted they'd get into long and winding arguments (unironically or not) ranging from the pettiest things to debating and discussing great philosophical questions

even funnier if you consider the vastness of their power: there are several instances of terraformation due to conflict within the gods/death of gods/etc. (they have direct impacts on the environment, intentional or otherwise) it would not be surprising if an altering of their surroundings occurred because an argument got too heated

Gods in genshin are so funny theres this sort of humanistic quality to them but there's still an obvious even if slight (at the very least) detachment from human society - they would definitely chop off the head of a mountain to prove a point. Cannot wait to see them interacting live ... so excited for lantern rite

Their voicelines give "old friends/old married couple who Bicker a lot and act sick of each other #Some Times" and im sure they have many disagreements (they're character foils if you think about it) but they obviously respect each other and their opinions immensely . They're very much Opposite but they're also some of the most similar characters we know of

Their ideals represent a system for a stable society when combined. Venti is someone who represents freedom, the right to the people's self determination, while Zhongli is the god of contracts, whose ideal is order. At their most radical (freedom to an extremity = chaos, order at its extremity is instead far too imposing) both can lead to an undesired or even the opposite outcome: if nothing was ever enforced and people were to do just as they pleased, there exists no system for control and protection over the natural rights of anybody. On the other hand, an overarching presence of authority and control might lead to feelings of anxiety and animosity within the population, and if whoever is leading is left unchecked as well, may lead to the infringement of natural rights (contracts are not always inherently correct or just, nor are they always enforced properly)...if the slightest feeling that an authority is too controlling, it will lead to a disruption of order (rebellion) - and if a way to amend contracts or judge them does not exist, then the society that is lacking such a method is objectively unjust.

So obviously there would have to be some sort of balance between the two to keep things Fair and the people Happy and the state of all things, for the most part, stable. Stability is security. Both of them do understand the importance of the other and know things are not so black and white. They just went about it in different ways. Venti established his ideals regarding freedom in the hearts and the culture of Mond - while he does not enforce anything directly, he made sure to make them understand that not only are they entitled to freedom, but others are as well, and that they should go about it in a righteous manner. And if there is a situation in which these freedoms are being attacked, he does interfere. He comes to the aid of his people when the situation requires it

Rex Lapis passed down his ideals onto his people as well but had a more direct, overt presence in his nation than Venti did. He (and Guizhong) laid down the foundations for Liyuean society, creates systems of regulation (e.g., mora, legal system - like with what we see with yanfei) And while he does prioritise contracts, zhongli understands the importance of freedom (self determination) and justice. Like with xiao !! Not only did he liberate him (I think that comes with having to defeat his previous master) but he bestowed upon him a name, and allowed xiao, who wanted to pay back his gratitude to Rex Lapis in the form of service, to join him on his cause. Even before Zhongli's resignation as Liyue's archon he still recognised xiao's freedom to determine how he would live his life from that point moving forward. Xiao just acts out of obligation because it's first nature for him (in reference to the chasm interlude quest). That and his decision to depart and become a member of normal human society... at some point he realised that these people could probably function fine on their own. Venti just realised that much earlier. Zhongli did the same as soon as he felt that everything would be secure .. from what we know of Liyue during the archon war, Zhongli and his people were much more involved in direct conflict with other nations than Mond was (so it makes sense why it'd take longer)

The both of them are very much complementary forces. I could go on about this for pages upon pages but those are just my thoughts on this Particular evening. Who knows maybe we'll get something like that with fontaine and natlan / natlan and snezhnaya (opposites!!) I wouldn't be surprised. I'm not exactly expecting it but It is something the writers seem like they'd do

My history teacher recently did a lecture about the enlightenment + enlightenment thinkers/theory and we just finished renaissance (so I've been interacting with a lot regarding political structures/social ideas) so it got me thinking about geopolitical systems in genshin even more it really is so fascinating . The new black panther movie presents a really interesting take on these sorts of topics as well while incorporating several other purposes/themes, and it does a splendid job in my opinion I would recommend it. It's very well thought out. but ya . errgghrhr I hope this was interesting if you made it to the end. venti and zhongli are so great and a lot of their character is still yet to be explored so !!!!! amazing. I apologise in advance for the Person I will become once venti's 2nd story quest comes out (and/or further story arcs regarding their characters) you will never hear me shut up . sorry for how this is formatted and written. I Hate it but I csnt bring myself to get it all proper I'm so sleepy