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Hey there I saw your venxiao mermaid au art and like I'm entranced by your art! The way you colour and your style overall is gorgeous im in love! I'd love to hear more about your au if you have anything more you would like to share :0

omg thank you so much!!!! < 33333 i actually have an ongoing thread on my twitter where i talk about it and just add stuff whenever ideas pop into my head, but ill summarize them here too!!

As far as general worldbuilding goes, Mondstadt is entirely underwater, and Liyue is a kingdom that borders the sea. While all the Mondstadt characters are mermaids, everyone in Liyue is human (including Xiao!!!). Keeping within the classique little mermaid story fashion, Xiao fell off a boat at sea while they were throwing a birthday party for him, and Venti saved him <3 In this au though Xiao sees Venti and knows who it was who saved him, but he’s wary at first and avoids going anywhere near the sea, esp after Almost Dying. He starts getting more curious abt Venti when he begins to hear singing and music at night below his bedroom balcony, which overlooks the sea. He feels all Fight or Flight about it at first because Why Is This Creature Harassing Me, but on stressful nights, and when he feels his most alone, he finds it more soothing and reassuring. After awhile, once he’s Calmed Down and figures the mermaid isn’t secretly trying to lure him down there to Kill Him, Xiao starts visiting Venti at night and the two start getting to know each other and learning about each other’s countries, circumstances, etc. Xiao finds Venti fascinating, if not a bit undisciplined, and Venti is just entirely fond of Xiao and likes needling him bc he’s so broody but complex xoxoxo After the two start getting more attached to one another, and once Venti starts getting a sense for how terribly isolated and trapped Xiao feels since he refuses to abandon his Royal Duties and Obligations, Venti decides to figure out a way to go on land. He’s motivated both by his own attachment to Xiao as well as a general wanderlust to explore Teyvat beyond the ocean. hehehe in this au Signora is the sea with and i figure since the tsaritsa > god of love, that might be why she bargains with Venti that Xiao has to make some gesture of affection for Venti to get his voice back (also in this au, Venti’s voice is contained in his gnosis...so that’s how he loses his gnosis to Signora </3) Atp Venti’s kinda like “love??? woah it’s not THAT deep ahahahah (im in danger)” but he goes through with it anyways because what’s life without a little fun without a little risk.

So that’s how he ends up on land, and Xiao’s just like ??!!?!?!? confused when he finds Venti with New Legs No Voice, and it stresses him out a little trying to get Venti into the castle with no Real Explanation as to who he is, but! he makes it work. and it’s a little weird not being able to talk anymore, but they play music together and that somehow becomes so much more tangible and potent than words.

And that’s about as far as I’ve gotten, since both Disney’s Little Mermaid and the original Little Mermaid are kinda angsty after this point and I kinda wanted to leave this as a mostly fluffy since two venxiao fanfics im currently working on are kinda angsty, but i’ll figure something out at some point : 3 Also I def know it would take Xiao awhile to even realize he loves / is falling in love with Venti, and what that means for his place in the kingdom and his obligations, and he has to make a choice between a kingdom or Venti. Instead of 3 days maybe Venti get’s a month to get Xiao to fall in love + enact a gesture of love, and on one hand Venti would never want to force him to do anything, but on the other hand he DOES kinda need his gnosis back because Mondstadt is otherwise at risk.

heheh and again tysm for liking my art, i’ll probably stick to doing small drawings and doodles for it for now : 3 c not sure if i’ll write anything yet..

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