how some people can look at Zhongli and Venti's dialogue during this Lantern Rite and interpret it as beefing instead of, you know, flirting truly blows my mind? like it's not just what they're saying, but also the way they're saying it. it's flirting, they're flirting. and even if they aren't flirting, that's obviously an inside joke? look at Venti's face when Zhongli acts like they're strangers, does it look like someone who can't stand the other and isn't willing to play along with the other's dumb idea? please. I don't understand how people can still think they hate each other even tho it's established that they're friends, not only through items lore and their own character stories (I really doubt someone like Zhongli would let a guy he hates forge his sigil, let him destroy his precious vase, let him pour wine on his head, and then yearn for him for 500 years bffr), but also in the first Liyue Archon quest Zhongli talks about "a friend from Mondstadt" who used to bring him wine all the time, and Venti has a "refined gentleman friend from Liyue" he wishes he could spend more time with. a friend he still visits often, so much so that madame Ping commissioned Tubby to make a Mondstadt-inspired house for the teapot with good acoustics so he could play inside with no problem.
Peter wakes up from his coma a few months early, and isn't sure what to make of the person who helped him. He’s learned better than to trust easily.
Stiles, on the other hand, is just tired of the two of them dying. He’s willing to pay just about any price if it gets them another shot at a happy ending.
I fully believe that Luca and Alberto are thrill-seekers through and through. Like they’ve done it all - zip-lining, parachuting, tombstoning, bungee-jumping, water-skiing, rapid-rafting — literally anything, they’ve done it. And I also believe that they give Giulia (and their parents) a proper heart attack and a half recounting stories.
Of course, everything they do is all very well and legal, but it does push the boundaries of smart. like if Luca suggests jumping off the cliff backwards, Alberto’s doing that and doing it headfirst.
Based on my loose travelling style while motorbiking across Europe in 2016, I rarely use a map or GPS, I will go where I like, see or hear about a cool place over there, and just go!
The thing I love about travelling is the freedom, I wanted to capture that in a piece, I hope I did it justice <3