#MEET ALHAITHAM

[zlebooks]

i want to start an alhaitham smau and ditch the childe one ☺️

#MEET ALHAITHAM #he’s a journalism student and it just so happens that he’s tasked to interview you #YOU WHOM HE GHOSTED BACK IN HIGHSCHOOL #he tries texting u w the number hes saved on his phone 4 yrs ago #ur last message was ‘are we okay?’ #SO TO UR SURPRISE #a reply came albeit 4 yrs late #alhaitham says: yeah. #AND UR LIKE???? TF IS THIS BITCH DOING IN MY DMS #LIKE #U MADE ME CHASE U IN HIGHSCHOOL JS SO I CAN TURN THIS STUPID CRUSH REQUITED #AND JS WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS #U GO POOF AND GHOST ME!?!?! #basically #she fell first he fell harder #slowburn #misunderstanding #groveling #thank you #(and then there’ll be a prequel to it set four years ago) #(like what rlly happened before he ghosted u) #I ALSO HAVE TITLES FOR IT #the prequel is #he’s js not that into you #AND THEN THE ACTUAL SMAU IS #sorry im not into you anymore #⸝⸝ ˚. thea's unsent ‹𝟹

[beaxmice]

its been one of those weeks... pass the yaoi !!

#i finally unlocked alhaithams story quest 🥲 #ive waited so long 2 finally get 2 meet alhaitham n kaveh in game and now my journey is coming to an end..... #im saying this like theyre frail old man in their death bed BUT STILL #gonna miss sumeru it was super nice #also finishing caribert as well..... #FONTAINE HERE WE COME #art #fanart #haikaveh #kavetham #alhaitham #kaveh #genshin #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #genshin fanart #save art

[iridescentmirrorsgenshin]

The motif of home is an essential concept to his character. Kaveh describes ‘home’ being different than to that of a ‘house’, as in a house indicates a solitary object, whereas ‘home’ refers to people

This is explained in the loss of Kaveh’s family resulted in his home becoming a house: “"Home" went from a sanctuary of warmth and light to a cold and lonely hall” (Kaveh Character Story 2).

The concept of a home, then, is particularly important in regard to Alhaitham as Alhaitham invited Kaveh to live in his house after Kaveh sold his family house to pay for the re-building of the Palace of Alcazarzaray. Kaveh, at this point in time, is described to be “homeless”, which is indicative of him not only being without a place to live, but without people which ‘home’ could come into fruition. After meeting Alhaitham for the first time in years after their parting, the concept of ‘home’ is directly related to Alhaitham:

Upon seeing his family’s house, his old “home”, which he had sold in order to provide the funding to rebuild the Palace of Alcazarzaray, Alhaitham prompts Kaveh to reflect on the pursuit of his ideals, whereafter Kaveh acknowledges that his ideals were not in the wrong, it is his method of achieving them. Kaveh resolves not to give up, and a second chance is presented to him in Alhaitham inviting Kaveh to live with him.

Where Kaveh ‘sees’ his old “home”, the family he no longer belongs to, all he lost due to his regrets, Alhaitham “sees” through Kaveh, understands him, and asks him a question which simultaneously renews his beliefs in his ideals and the future. This passage links Alhaitham’s sense of home to Kaveh, and offers Alhaitham as a home for Kaveh.

(Update: For more analyses like this, the essay this is taken from is now uploaded! It can be accessed here and here as as a pdf <3)

#alhaitham #kaveh #haikaveh #kavetham #haikaveh meta #this is an excerpt from the essay which i thought was nice #the idea of alhaitham listening intently to kaveh haunts me #also they are each others family and home!!! #this theme of family and home is so integral to kavehs character and alhaithams character stories #alhaithams character story says that kaveh is similarly lacking in familial attachments just like alhaitham #and when they met it was after alhaithams grandma passed and he enrolled in the akademiya #and when kavehs mother had left for fontaine #the two meet after losing these family attachments and then go onto form their own family #but the whole thing about sumeru academic family is a whole other post!!

[electric-plants]

listen we can be boring and just take this to mean “always been” as in post the archon quests OR we can make a bunch of headcanons instead such as:

1) they all meet up so much it feels like they’ve been doing it forever

2) these two were just fucking pretending they don’t know each other throughout the entire archon quest

3) alhaitham was being pedantic with “at the akademia” and despite being personal friends they fully separate their working selves and consider each other strangers in work matters

4) they’ve been meeting up as part of the friend group for forever but never actually talked to each other until this moment making it Extra Awkward™️

and literally so many more like the pathways this has opened up in my brain ughhh

#haino #cytham #cyhaino #alhaitham #cyno #thinking about kaveh and tighnari in the fourth one sensing a disturbance in the force when they meet without them as a buffer lol #tfw you try to introduce your freak intense friends to each other slowly but they STILL end up trying to kill each other in the desert😔 #i want to write fics about ALL of these #alhaitham’s bday rearranging my brain chemistry fr #im so obsessed with them #can you imagine tighnari seeing them act like that if they DID know each other #just wtf are you two doing :/ #i KNOW alhaitham’s trailer implies they all started getting together post archon quest #but GOD where is the fun in that #wait actually a LOT of fun to think about cyno being the one to get them all together #like you guys have to meet my new friend :) #and then just #Chaos™️ #ughhh im thinking about Them

[hwaitham]

⸝⸝ ˙˳ ⑅ first piece of marginalia ( of many , hopefully :3 ) about eremite!al haitham && akademiya student!reader ♥︎ f!reader + not proofread + subtly implied trauma on both reader n haitham's end

you first meet the eremite who's to serve as your bodyguard throughout your research expedition on the day of your departure, at your designated meeting spot under the pavilion in pardis dhyai. its stone pillars cascade with vines of sumeru roses that shine a sweet lavender hue under the morning sun— one of which you've plucked and tucked into your hair earlier, leaning over the railing to gaze at your reflection in the pond and smile at the beauty of it.

(and a petal which has unknowingly slipped off and fallen to rest ever so delicately within the dip of your clavicle.)

“al haitham, yes? um, hello!” you greet the eremite as he walks into the pavilion with a quiet waver to your voice, bow respectfully, try to still the timid pitter-patters of your heart that only seem to worsen the longer you're in his presence.

because this man standing before you is large— tall, broad, as stunning as the pale blue moon. his upper body is strapped with tough sinew and yet his waist remains lean, torso mostly bare save for the pashmina shawl draped about his neck and the worn leather holster slung across his chest.

and he's silent. offering you only a small bow in return before giving you a quick once over, gait unhurried as he takes one, two long strides to stand by your side. it's an arduous task to bring yourself to look up at his face, but you do— lips parting in awe when you realise he's unlike any other desert eremite you've met before.

the trimmed red silk tied around his head shelters only one of his eyes.

how interesting, you think to yourself, for what you know of desert eremites is that they are convinced all things betray, even their own sight.

you bite your tongue to stop the questions that bubble and ebb at the forefront of your throat from tumbling past your lips, the innate scholarly need to learn and dissect and digest and know. a surprised little squeak escapes you instead when he turns his head and catches you staring, meeting your curious eyes with technicoloured cyan.

“is something the matter?”

“no, not at all! i'm sorry, i didn't mean to stare,” you flush hot under the intensity of his gaze, play with the flouncy sleeve of your blouse while you giggle nervously. you're unsure whether it's his size, or his beauty, or his quiet dominance that makes you feel much more shy than you'd like to feel, far too giddy— as if you're a little girl back in grade school.

“alright. shall we get going then? we're losing daylight with each second that passes.” al haitham holds a hand out in front of you, waiting expectantly.

you tilt your head in confusion and pout. what's he asking for? a tip? your hand?

“your bags?” he heaves a sigh, rests his other hand on his hip. you feel a hint of irritation in his words, and your heart wilts a little, “did you want me to carry them?”

“oh!” you exclaim in realisation before hoisting your travel bags further up your shoulders, force a reassuring smile on your lips. “it's okay, i couldn't possibly ask that of you. i can handle it myself, really!”

that couldn't be further from the truth, and al haitham sees right through it, with your shoulders hunched forward from the leaden weight of your bags slung atop them, the wince in your step as you walk towards the pathway, how you nearly topple over when you lose the slightest bit of balance.

“hey,” he pinches his brow, a certain roughness in his voice when he calls out to you that withers into something more gentle, tender after you turn to look at him. sweet and innocent and dewy-eyed. like a flower too frail, one whose stem may snap clean off if looked at the wrong way. “let me take them.”

al haitham doesn't allow you to protest, swiftly lifting your bags from your shoulders and holding onto them with ease, their weight nothing compared to what he's had to endure throughout the entirety of his life.

“it's my job to take care of you these next few weeks, and i intend to do it well.” he walks ahead of you, the longer mint strands of his hair swaying with the wind, the air around him lifting into something lighter— even if it's only by the most minute amount. “besides, you'll tip me generously if i do, won't you?"

his voice lilts mischievously, and you can only bring yourself to watch on in awe. nerves melting into excitement, cheeks warming not from timidness, but anticipation of what lies ahead in the next month— for your research, yes, but also for something closer to your heart.

a companion, a friend.

you smile a smile that reaches far past your eyes, bounding up to him with those clumsy fawn legs as you try to match his pace. two of your steps for one of his own. “of course i will, thank you so, so much! and i'll do my best to keep from making trouble for you— it'll make your job easier too, i hope!”

al haitham hesitates for a brief moment when you thank him so earnestly, so wholeheartedly, so unlike any of the other scholars he'd been commissioned to act as a guard for. with your smile so cloyingly sweet and your kindness so childishly naive, he can't help but feel a bit grim.

how much violence did it take for you to become this gentle?

the faintest of smiles— honeysuckle soft— curls up on his lips and he gives your head a single pat, sweeps the spare rose petal off of your clavicle, quietly wonders what he's gotten himself into by accepting this commission.

“silly girl. come, let's get going.”

#haitham ❤︎ #&(*^&@)*(&& hieeee ! ! omgeeb so 🥺 this is how i imagine reader n haitham to meet in this au . . #i rllie like imagining alhaitham w someone who is more . . . gentle n naive n almost timid ?? like despite all The Horrors they are still #not worn down by it all ( or so it seems C; ) n remain tender towards the world #bcos . as we know . alhaitham is . . not exactly that . he is much more guarded n cautious after experiences frm his own life #+ also seeing what happens to others #so putting him with his ' diametric antithesis ' jus sounds rllie precious in my eyes 🥺🥺 #how they cn learn frm each other ! show each other something they've never seen before 🥺 #maybe fall a little in love in the process . . . WAAAH #anws :3 anywhosies :3 this is what this au is all about :3 n i hope ! ! ! i hope #if / when i continue to post lil blurbs about it #this is what u envision too :3 #WAH ! #um um um ! ! 🥺 if u like this au or wnt to see more of it . . . then may i selfishly ask u to interact with this post ?? #even a like is fine ! ! or u can tell me too ! #'s just to gauge interest bcos rn i dont weally knowwww if anyone is interested in this besides like . #Me ><

[cocrante]

For me Kaveh would really get along with Ratio. I mean, one thing that tends to be forgotten is that Kaveh is brilliant—not only is he an architect, but also a kind of engineer. He has a lot of skills and learns everything quite quickly, especially when he's deeply interested and enters his "hyperfixation era"

He would really get along with Ratio, they would have long discussions about anything. Kaveh would even introduce him to Mehrak, explaining how he found it and how he patiently repaired it, while Ratio would share with Kaveh the secrets of futuristic engineering and lend him his most cherished books because he knows Kaveh would appreciate them.

Every time Kaveh reads a chapter, he asks Ratio a lot of questions or makes incredibly accurate hypotheses. Those two are nerds 😭 and in my imagination, they're also BFF

#ratio after meeting kaveh: finally a worthy opponent #alhaitham would be so jealous omg 😭 #kaveh #dr ratio #genshin impact #honkai star rail #alhaitham on the other hand idk if he could ever get along w/ aventurine lol

[shuuenka]

It's been awhile, couple hundred of years.

Give or take.

It's not that bad, Cyno.

Just a bit of ache. A bit of yearning.

Ah, and missing you for all of the eternal life I was cursed with.

Selfish desires of the heart that was once moved.

#haino #cytham #alhaitham x cyno #cyno #alhaitham #cyhaino #immortal alhaitam and cyno who is long gone #this is one of the au's that are rattling in my brain #alhaitham as history keeper and immortal being #never minding his immortality #just gaining knowledge and observing and noting down #until he meets cyno #cyno is a warrior #a general that is a vessel for a god #challeges him and fascinates him #and alhaitham for the first time becomes part of the history he used only to observe #because cyno fights in the war because of his loyality and conviction #suddenly theres so much meaning in small things that alhaitham never discovered before #so much meaning in life #but human life is short and ficle #and for cyno it also ends #neither peacefully nor of old age #he dies by blade and blood spilling #but he is remembered by his kin #they build him a statue #his name will be remembered in books #as for alhaitham - he will continue wandering history #missing him deeply #maybe immortality is in fact a curse

[ameamedraws]

Soul Eater AU

#cytham #haino #cyno #alhaitham #genshin impact #genshin fanart #ame draws #I was thinking about alhaitham meeting Excalibur and being more annoying than him and thus the SE AU was born #I have some thoughts about this actually but I’ll see if I’ll draw more about this au in the future :)

[leawesomesloth]

BIRB BOYS BIRB BOYS BIRB BOYS

#WELCOME KAVEH #genshin impact #alhaitham #Kaveh #diluc ragnvindr #kaeya alberich #art farts #haikaveh #kaeluc #fanart #BIRB BOYS #I know alhaitham’s constellation could also be a different name #which means falcon #but hey let’s give some love to vultures for this art #I will draw diluc pampering falcon alhaitham one day sure #vultur volans #paradisaea #noctua #Pavo ocellus #I NEED KAEYA AND KAVEH TO MEET #THEY WILL BE CHAOS

[cspcrashing]

"are you always this insufferable ?"

"I suppose you'll just have to find out, general."

#genshin fanart #genshin impact fanart #genshin impact #haino #cytham #cynotham #alhaitham #alhaitham genshin impact #genshin alhaitham #cyno #genshin cyno #behind closed doors (coughs) #i'm lying btw they are probably being laughably romantic and sappy in public without even realising #their flirting isn't limited to private rooms #meetings with the general and the scribe going from oh no they are going to kill each other to oh no they are going to kiss each other

[moonlit-doodles]

continuing my work of giving gacha men melanin and body hair

#al haitham #genshin impact #genshin #genshin fanart #alhaitham #my art #fanart #pov you have a falling out with your junior and meet him again years later to find he's hit puberty and WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE SHAVES NOW

[thehecklingmouse]

Eldritch horror alhaitham who loves kaveh so he tries courting him but kaveh just thinks that he has a stalker

#alhaitham thinks his courting gestures are going well #they are not. #kaveh is so scared #when he meets alhaitham for the first time hes kinda relivied that its not a stalker #hes less relieved when alhaitham reveals he claimed kaveh as his mate and there fates are intertwined now #haikaveh #kavetham #kaveh #alhaitham #bones screams into the void

[andy-888]

Since I got back into playing genshin and into Haikaveh/Kavetham I can only focus on how yall write Alhaitham as a wattpad girl bringing her book to a One direction concert and acting uninterested bc she is so different and not like the other girls so ofc Kaveh Harry Styles notices her.

(/j but I'm actually so /s. It's so funny)

#haikaveh #kavetham #genshin kaveh #alhaitham #genshin alhaitham #kaveh #genshin impact #you can laugh but i read a ffc where Kaveh is doing karaoke at a party and Alhaitham is reading a book in the corner and thats how they mee #meet*

[electric-plants]

random scholar: is the general mahamatra coming to this meeting?

alhaitham: gods i hope so. maybe then it will at least be bearable.

#haino #cytham #cyhaino #haino incorrect quotes #alhaitham #cyno #everything is more bearable when cyno is there tbh #alhaitham in meetings is just- *listens to music* *stares at bf* *randomly interjects to dismiss any stupid points or ideas* #contributing both the Least™️ and the Most™️ #he’s everything fr #genshin impact #genshin incorrect quotes

[merakiui]

i just recalled a post i saw on twt in which a man paid for a rental girl just so he could have someone to play yu-gi-oh with and after requesting her so many times the rental girl eventually came prepared with her own deck already built.

thinking about it now, this feels very cyno…. consider cyno who only rents you not for lover activities but to play tcg…… you show up to your first ‘date’ wearing a nice outfit with lingerie beneath it and he takes you out to dinner….only to pull out his massively overpowered tcg deck. and from then on you become his rental partner who plays cards with him hehe!! :D

#meraki mumbles #cyno brings you to hang out with the boys (tighnari kaveh alhaitham) #and he introduces you like: gentlemen meet my fellow tcg champion <3 #and everyone is all thinking the same thing: great seven he’s so in love and he doesn’t even realize it #AAAAAAAAAAA OTL #we started as tcg players but now we’re lovers #ROMANCE FOR THE GENERAL MAHAMATRA!!!! \(^0^)/

[throwaway-yandere]

People who hasn't read at least one fic here pls don't vote and continue scrolling. In some of my favorite readers (not the yandere, the reader).

Links to the fics utc

Soldier Poet King (Childe, Thoma, Diluc)

OCMC (Inquisitor Cyno, Underboss Alhaitham, Informant Tighnari)

Flawless (Scara, Alhaitham, Kaveh, Kazuha)

I Got Reincarnated As A Server In An Otome Game (Duke Diluc)

Vision Qualifications (Alhaitham, there's a P2)

Hysteric Humanoid (Mostly Dain, but a SAGAU creator spin where the reader actually succeeds in hiding their identity for years to the point they gaslit themselves lol)

Classical Conditioning (Dottore)

If You Truly Loved Me You Should Be Dead (John Wick!Dain)

10:10 (The most mindphck silent hill fic I've done lmao. Oh, and it's Gepard)

The Owner Who Broke The Leash (Makima!Ayato)

Misaligned Strings (Not yandere cuz Jing Yuan deserves the happiness)

#dr. astrilde's board meetings #tag: ocmc - cta #tag: vision qualifications - alhaitham #tag: flawless #tag: otome game au #tag: soldier poet king - childe thome diluc #tag: hh - sagau #ens of year blues