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mondaymelon · 4 months

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first time in this account lol Idk if you're taking requests but I saw that post some minutes ago and... Idk, wanted to request something lol, if you didn't do it yet! What about headcanons with a reader who doesn't show physical attention until some years of knowing them? Like, they know each other for about 5 years and just then the reader decides to do some small act of physical affection... I wanted the headcanons to be with Childe, Arlecchino, Wanderer and Furina! If you can <3

₊˚ෆ 𝐈𝐅 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐘𝐎𝐔… | childe, wanderer, arlecchino, furina x gn!reader

( childe's part might be a little ooc. havent done that part of the archon quest yet cries. also mwah arlecchino we love her in this household !! )

[ You were always someone who wasn’t fond of physical attention. Fleeting touches and kisses to the cheeks were never your forte, yet what should happen if the lover you’ve had for years is suddenly on the receiving end of such affections? ]

"physical affection... ah- it's okay if you can't show that to me, there's plenty of other ways to tell that you love me!"

CHILDE was the one to say those words to you, and the held the most certain truth. You were his lover, and a hug or two couldn't sway the fact! While the harbinger is quite the puppy and often yearns for your warmth, he'll respect your boundaries and allow you whatever. A lover like Childe places your happiness as a priority over his, wanting more to see your eyes sparkle than his own.

"Love, you wouldn't believe what happened in the courthouse today." You glance up from your spot where you're curled up on the couch, snuggled into a fluffy blanket and holding a warm drink in your hands, one of Inazuma's light novels sitting on the armrest. You hear the door to the two of you's home shut and lock, and listen to... Childe's footsteps. How strange, is he stumbling?

Glancing up, you internally gape at the cuts on his body, your eyes instantly drawn at the red splattered across his features. "'Taglia, what hap-"

He lets out a dry chuckle, grinning sheepishly as he rids his shoes at the door. "No worries, the blood isn't mine. Most of it, at least. I managed to get out of there in time, so all's well, yeah?"

As if that'd provide you any comfort. You narrow your eyes, glaring at him unyieldingly, until Childe has no choice but to force out another tasteless chuckle. "Come on now, I'm home, so let's do something fun instead of just being mad at me, 'kay?"

"Tartaglia."

The man flinches, his deep ocean eyes rounding. When you call him that and not his nickname, he knew that he had landed himself in deep shit. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry." He says that, but the sentence rounds up in a change of his tone, sounding almost suspiciously like a question. "It won't happen aga-"

The world itself seems to stop.

Your head is buried into his chest, arms wrapped around his waist. Archons, can you hear how fast his heart is beating? You've made him into a complete and utter mess. He's blushing, his ears practically on fire, and any thoughts once in his brain have been seared away in single second. It takes him to the count of three to remember how to breathe once more, his chest erratically heaving up and down as his shaking arms wrap around you hesitantly, wondering if it'd be okay to do so.

"...Love?"

"Mhm?"

"I- I thought you-"

"If it's with you, I'm okay."

Oh, how those words tug at his heart. You look so perfect in his arms - yes, you looked simply perfect all the time, he'd admit in a split-second. The messy nest of hair atop your head when you woke up in the early mornings, the dark bags under your eyes when you didn't sleep until late at night, your smile, your laugh, even your scowl. It silenced any effort to not fall in love with you.

A smile tugs at his lips. A bright one, a warm one, if that was even possible. Perhaps his eyes are shining with tears, or perhaps it was merely a trick of light, but he holds you all the closer, not wanting to let you go.

"Love, I... Archons, I don't think I'd be able to love anyone but you." ₊˚ෆ

"..great. i don't want your filthy hands on me anyways, so there shouldn't be a problem, hm?"

WANDERER's words were just that, would it kill him to be a little nicer? It didn't matter... you knew your lover well, or at least well enough to tell that what he said wasn't the complete truth.

Sure, you had seen him shrug off and make expressions of disgust directed towards particularly touchy people that he'd become somewhat acquainted with. And you most certainly had witnessed his frustrated outbursts and rants when he returned home to your shared abode, whining and grumbling about any trivial error someone had made - that is, brushing fingers with him while passing him papers. Something that couldn't exactly be avoided, yet he had glared at the wall for a good amount all the same.

Ah, but then there were moments when he thought you weren't looking, and that was when his eyes would drink you in. Grazing over your eyes, to your lips, then to your hands, where'd they linger on your fingers for perhaps longer than they should.

And you'd catch the times where you were inclined to say something flirtatious - words that were never all that flirtatious in the first place, Wanderer just happened to be unusually susceptible. Chin resting on your hand, eyes staring into his, you'd say something about how pretty he was, and then he'd just about go into neurogenic shock, likely not speaking to you the rest of the day, the tips of his ears, if one squinted to a certain extent, pink.

"Love." You glance up at him, a slight pout fixed on your lips. He'd been immersed in minor tasks, and those pesky things were what stole his attention away from you. An ironic twist of fate, as you were usually the one to be drowning in work, and he'd be the one practically begging for affection.

He hums, yet doesn't even bother to look at you.

"Do you want to go for a walk?"

"No."

"Go get something to eat?"

"No."

"Visit the... House of Daena?"

"No."

"Shall we feed the finches?"

A slight pause. "...No."

"Then... let's hold hands?"

He froze at your words, and it seemed that the male lost the function of inhaling, for he sat there unmoving for what seemed like hours, his expression petrified in its form of his large eyes, raised eyebrows, and mouth slightly ajar.

"...Excuse me?" It seemed that he doubted his own ears, for he set his work aside and fixed his focus upon you, fingers trembling just the slightest.

"Hmph, have you suddenly forgotten how to think?" You frowned, yet your eyes curved into crescents all the same, and Wanderer felt his breath hitch at how ethereal you were. The sly fox you were, you took his moment of shock, settling by his side and intertwining your fingers with his. "Like this, is it not?" You were smiling now, and for the first time you glimpsed the red on his ears, but now on his face too, a rosy red descending upon his cheeks.

"What's..." Perhaps you were right. His vocabulary had suddenly dwindled, and now he had nothing but questions - that, and the growing warmth in his chest. "What do you think you're doing right now?"

Whatever attempt he had to sound "mean" had failed. You knew him too well for that. "Holding hands, what else? Your hands are cold you know-" And at that he flinched. "But it feels nice."

D...Did it really?

"You, no... love, let's stay like this. You're... warm." ₊˚ෆ

"when you sought me, i thought it'd be a serious matter. there's no trouble in it, truly, so there's no need to look so dejected."

ARLECCHINO hadn't even batted an eye. Was there a reason to? Yes, this certainly crossed off any thought of romantic couple things like kissing and hand holding, but it wasn't like she'd gasp dramatically and fall to the ground, blaming you for setting boundaries-

As if she'd ever. Your imagination was running wild today, perhaps it was the lack of sleep finally catching up to you? It was a stark contrast compared to Arlecchino, who went days without rest, shuffling through paper after paper on her desk and constantly relaying messages to her subordinates. She was a hard worker - a trait most easily overlooked, but it was a point of adoration for you. A point among many. Arlecchino was an easy person to love, despite the bristling thorns she'd show at first glance.

"Darling, a cup of tea, please?" Her gaze flicked up from her work to you, a thin smile decorating her lips. It was more a less a habit the two of you established - that is, pouring her tea. Her favorite cup was the one you had gifted her when you first started your relationship, shaded in a dark hue and embellished with roses, their blooms, petals, and thorny branches spreading across the expanse of porcelain. You placed said cup on her desk with a breath of satisfaction, tilting you head in questioning at the unusual amount of papers on her desk.

"Arle, did something happen?"

She merely chuckled to herself, her eyes shining with delight. "Ah, why don't you wager a guess?" You were her "subordinate" of sorts, although your true association was far more intimate. You knew of her plans with Fontaine, and helped carry them out. She revered your loyalty, but your warmth far more.

"...Has the hydro gnosis been secured?"

She snapped her fingers in one swift motion, her small smile widening into a true one that played across her ruby lips. "Correct, I'd expect nothing less of someone as capable as my lover."

"Then, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet..."

"They've done well." It'd be hard to forsake the note of pride in her voice. Setting down the sheets in her gloved hands, she stood from her seat slowly, letting her eyes scan over your body. "You've asked your question, now shall I ask mine? Darling, I did quite well myself, did I not?"

Her expectant gaze read one thing, but instead of the usual quality time spending the two of you'd share, this time, you had rather differing plans. Smiling, you walked up to her, not letting the way her eyes sparkled just the slightest escape your sight. Promptly, sneakily, you flung yourself upon her, beaming as your hands found refuge winding about her torso, nearly instantly trapping her into your death hug. "You did, Arle~!"

"..." At her silence, you glanced up, only to be met with a sight that drew blush upon your own cheeks. Her usually composed, mystery-shroud features were now conflicted with crossing emotions... of what, however, was rather indecipherable. Arlecchino was a person of many masks, yet now it seemed that her "mask" displayed but one thing - love.

"Darling, I... you look perfect in my arms, so shall we stay like this a moment longer?" ₊˚ෆ

"is that so? a trivial matter, is it by law that i must hold you in my arms in order to prove my love for you?"

FURINA's multicolored irises and teardrop pupils twinkled, their shine dancing on the moonlit breeze. A hand daintily held a teacup, its fragrant contents swirling about the porcelain basin. Her laugh accompanied the cool evening wind, and she fluttered her eyes shut in a smile that brightened her expression. "Come now, why so shocked? Wouldn't this be expected from someone as benevolent as I?"

It was a scene that would remain forever painted in your mind, like a beautiful mural that one's eyes could not possibly forsake. The way her mouth tugged upwards and the manner in which her eyes curv-

"Hey, are you even listening to me right now?" A familiar voice tugged you out of your reminiscence of the confrontation months prior. Furina displayed a childish frown on her lips, her partly furrowed eyes sharpening her gaze into a rather particular one.

Oh, lost in thought once more. You let out a soft sigh, nodding sheepishly. "Yes, love, I am.."

"Mhm..." Your words left a no, you clearly aren't!" Furina sat up, her intensifying discontentment apparent on her features. "I said I got you access to front ticket seats to the hottest new court case! You know, the one involving the robbery... the one that's quite literally got the entire Steambird in a chokehold? Yet, you're not excited in the slightest!?" She sounded offended, and she likely was, for her cheeks were flushed the slightest in rash frustration and her narrowed eyes creased at their corners. "Appreciate my efforts, why don't you?"

"Appreciate" indeed.

Ah, but was a sudden, tight embrace overshooting it? For she tensed in your arms, her frame absolutely suspended in your hold, her slack jaw giving the slightest tremor. "Mon amour, just w-what are you-?"

"Come now, Furina, am I not permitted to hug my own lover now?" The jesting in your voice faded as the sarcastic grin on your face formed a smaller, more genuine one. "I'm... ah, I'm okay, if it's with you. I'll be okay."

She paused at your words, contemplation of them flashing in her gaze, and let out a gratified exhale. "Then..." she nearly melted in your embrace, leaning her head into your arms compliantly.

"Don't you dare think I've forgotten about your previous transgression, but... ah, it can be forgiven, can't it, mon amour?" ₊˚ෆ

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viharbinger · 1 year

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Hi okay I have a really really cute ask So in the 3.2 trailer, it’s shows Haypasia lying down and Scara watching over her. If you don’t know, he’s doing this because she is his only follower, so he’s taking care of her/looking after her (bc she’s his ONLY follower) What I’m asking is if it’s literally just that concept, but Haypasia is replaced by us, aka, the reader. So it’s basically just Scaramouche watching over us whilst we’re lying down and then we wake up and see him and it’s all just generally cute stuffIt can be seen as platonic or romantic, I’d personally prefer romantic

pairings: scaramouche x gn!reader

warnings: hurt/comfort? Reader is a heavy sleeper lol — I wrote half of this when 3.2 archon quest was not out yet so therefore I'm writing everything blindly so this is either gonna be completely inaccurate or I just predicted the future B-)

a/n: LMFAO I find it funny af that scaramouche's only follower/worshiper is his PARTNER HAHAHA imagine having no fans 🤭

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Way before the Balladeer even became a God, you, his life partner stayed by his side the whole way. You hadn't ever renounced him after all he's done and been through but instead comforted him through it all.

You both lived in an isolated home somewhere in Inazuma's Narukami island, alone yet a long way from the city. Living like that has its advantages of course, mainly to protect yourselves against whatever meddling business the 6th fatui harbinger had gotten himself in.

Now that he's finally gotten the Raiden Shogun's electro gnosis from a certain shrine maiden, he's on foot again to archons-knows-where. And he tells you the news when you're both sitting on the porch of your tiny and cozy home.

"You're leaving already when you just got back?" Maybe it was the Gods playing favourites but the sun kissing your skin and the wind blowing against your hair certainly made you glow.

The sun was shining over the horizon, and the birds were barely awake. You were in your comfortable pyjamas and he on the other hand, was adorning his beautiful silk navy blue and white kimono that morning, rather than his usual fatui harbinger attire. Your eyes are struggling to keep open as you woke up a mere 10 minutes before.

Scaramouche brings himself closer to you as he sets his baggage down, the one that he needed to bring along as he was going to go out on yet another journey alone. He cups your hands together and brings it to his lips to give it a gentle kiss.

"It's just some unfinished business I need to take care of. I'll come back for good. I promise." He whispered, brushing the stray hair that was over your eyes. He kept his palm on your left cheek whilst rubbing his thumb under your eye gently. His touch was delicate, like as if handling you too much could break you like porcelain glass. He was almost too afraid to leave you.

Several weeks passed.

You barely heard a word from him, but you have heard such news of an eccentric wanderer roaming around the lands of Sumeru. It wasn't much to go by but alas, at least you're aware he's living and breathing.

Now after achieving the power of the gods, his mission was almost complete. The power allowed him to do all things necessary. He was about to make his next move when his ears perked up in alert; as if someone was calling for him.

He doesn't mistake it's your voice. The voice he's been trying to replay in his head for weeks. He's afraid that if he doesn't, he'll forget how you sound like, how your voice could make him feel like a bed of roses.

You were repeating his name, like you were begging him for something. His usually hardened gaze softened in guilt at the thought of you in despair of his absence. He wishes he could just teleport straight to you right then and there, but even gods have their limits.

By nightfall, Scaramouche was still adjusting to his powers. He wanted to try and do anything within his power to attempt to even be closer to you. That is, until he found himself in a dream-like state.

He felt he could move freely, almost as if he were a ghost. He prompted himself to take this to his advantage and visit you in your sleep. And there you were, cuddled up on your bed.

The home that was once cozy and sweet felt uncomfortable. The room you were in was unkept and the bed was undone, some pillows are on the floor and the blanket was dishevelled. He notices of course, that you were sleeping on his side of the bed instead of yours. And the tears that were continuously flowing from your eyes were hard not to notice.

He called out your name. You couldn't hear him. He was right next to you, within arms reach, yet you couldn't hear or even see him.

The puppet wasted no time in at least trying to comfort you. He kneeled down besides you and pushed the hair sticking to your face from the tears. He cupped your cheek, wiping the falling tears with his gloved thumb. He was like a guardian angel.

You were far too deep asleep to notice a thing, but he didn't want to wake you. All though it was very dark out, the dark eyebags were clear as day to prove to him that you needed the rest.

He leaned down to press a kiss to your temple, he whispers sweet nothings and an "I'll be back soon." It's not like you could've heard him but you definitely felt the breath of air onto your ear like as if someone was whispering a secret to you.

By the time you woke up you were met not with your partner, but his scent was in the air. Like it was when he was still around in the house. He visited you.

Just days later, you heard a rushed knock on your front door. It was dawn again and your hair was a mess. You walked to your door barefoot, mumbling incoherent words that could be insults as you were woken up from your beauty sleep.

When you opened it, it was your partner. He was there, in the flesh. His breathing was haggard, yet he smiles anyway. His hat was held on his hands like he took it off when running so much.

Your eyes tricked with tears, and hugged him tightly. "You were there, right? That night!" You wailed and your head was on his chest. "Yes, and I'm sorry for not coming sooner." He rested his chin to your head and brushed your messy hair gently, careful enough not to tug on it.

You finally came to your senses and picked your head up from his chest. You backed up from him and pushed him in anger. But not in a way that could definitely hurt him or make him fall. "Just who do you think you are, waltzing back home like as if you didn't disappear after weeks and didn't even bother to send a letter!" You cried, yet he remained his composure from calling you stupid things. He knows what you've been through during his absence and just wants to be with you.

He cups your cheeks and rubbed the tears off with his thumb, as he's done many times before. His eyes wore a gentle glow and the sweet smile on his face was blinding. It's not often you see a man so in love.

"I'm done with everything. I took care of it, I promise I'll be here for as long as I live." He tells you, with genuine and charm in his tone. He leans forward to press a kiss to your forehead. And another on your cheek. And then another on your temple. And again and again in every other place and you couldn't stop yourself from cry laughing.

You stopped giggling when he makes sure to stop and leave a kiss on your lips. A long, tasteful and blissful kiss. You could still feel the warmth on your lips even after he pulled away. He ends it by just leaning his forehead to yours till the only thing you could hear from each other was your breathing. Even when he's away for so long, he'll always count on you to wait for him.

I hope u like this dear requester because I don't think I'm that good in writing actual fanfics LOL I'm only good at headcannons

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anisette-blackwirth · 2 years

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SAGAU: Meeting Scaramouche [Part 1]

summary: Scaramouche finally visits to see what you're all about and subtly tries to process his feelings about having another creator in the background. He does not succeed. He'll need to try again later.

spoiler warning: references to scaramouche's backstory and inazuma archon quest spoilers. Today's leaks are NOT discussed.

content warning: language. Not exactly a cult AU but close enough. She/her pronouns for reader.

notes: I swear one of these days I'm going back to the start of this AU. I really will, I promise! I just felt like writing this chapter out of order, because I had a sudden urge to start a love letter to Scaramouche's current and potential future characterization. I'm sure you all know why.

Set prior to the Irodori Festival, but post-Inazuma.

[Under the cut!]

Of the three offices you had been gifted in three nations, you had to privately admit to yourself that you often adored the view from Liyue's the most. The building is located on the peak south of Jueyun Karst and east of Nantianmen, offering you a look at the radiant crystal of Azhdaha's tree, the glowing amber of Mount Hulao, and even the distant speck of the Jade Chamber floating near Liyue Harbor. It isn't technically within the adepti's domain, so visitors are still welcome, but the idea is that it's still enough of a hassle to get to so that only those who truly need to visit, would.

Unfortunately, the list of NPCs regular citizens who want to meet their newly announced link to the "real world" is long and many had banded together to do so, hiring bodyguards in groups to make the journey safely. After a relatively long day of seeing visitors and trying to get paperwork done in-between each, you're glad to hear that your guards have locked the front doors of the building for the night. Anyone who arrives after visiting hours will be given lodging and allowed to see you the next morning, if you weren't busy with other things.

You have the balcony doors open both so you can feel the breeze and to stare out them when you needed inspiration, but at the moment you're busy going over your third draft of answers to Mona's interview questions for her article. The woman certainly deserved the income an exclusive interview with you offered, and you felt guilty enough for ignoring her to accept her offer. It wasn't really her fault she'd pity-broken you on your first ever banner.... So you are engrossed in revisions when you hear footsteps land on your balcony.

"Hey, what's up, Xia-" you stop as you look up and notice that it is not the adepti approaching you, but a man in black, purple, and red traditional Japanese Inazuman garb, wearing a stylized kasa with a veil. The bells hanging from his hat chime lightly with each step towards your desk.

Uh oh. Oh no, no no. Ah, shit. Alright, yes, you're a Scaramouche simp, though you've managed to hide that from Aether so far.... but you also think you know his character well enough to know you might be about to die. Especially since he can't understand you yet. Better head this off as soon as possible. Haha. Shit!

You hold up your hands before you in (what you hope is) the universal sign of surrender, then clear your throat. "Xiao? Don't hurt anyone, but can you come here for a moment?"

Xiao appears next to you instantly, spear in hand. You shift one of your outstretched hands to him, begging him not to attack.

"No no! Don't attack. It's fine. I just need you to translate for me. Please tell this man you're not here to attack."

Xiao doesn't put away his weapon or take off his mask, but he does turn to the Harbinger who has now stopped dead in the middle of the room.

"I will translate for Her Grace. She can understand you, but you can't understand her until certain conditions are met," Xiao says.

"And you won't attack," you prompt Xiao.

He pauses, then says grudgingly, "I will not attack unprovoked."

Alright. Close enough.

"What are these conditions?" asks Scaramouche, arms now crossed. You pick up the basket of vials you and Albedo had collaborated on from your desk and hold it out to the Harbinger, looking at Xiao.

"You must drink one vial," Xiao says. You sigh.

"Please tell him that the vials contain elements from my blood - no wait don't say that. Bad idea. Say they contain an, uh, alchemical compound which makes communication possible."

"The vials contain an alchemical compound which makes communication possible," Xiao says faithfully, and you smile at him.

"Surely you won't mind if I confirm that for myself, will you, oh gracious deity?" Scaramouche says as he steps forward and grabs two colored vials from the basket, pocketing both immediately. Xiao bristles, but you shake your head and continue holding the basket out.

"I don't mind!" you say cheerily, hoping to convey by tone alone that it's fine. They're easy to make. "Oh, but we put some flavoring in them for kids, so the red ones are apple flavored, the yellow is berry, and the pink is sunsettia. That might mess with your analysis. Do you want an unflavored one?"

Xiao stares at you as you stare nervously at Scaramouche, who stares at you. …You glance at Xiao.

"....the red are apple flavored. Yellow is berry and pink is sunsettia. Take a clear one."

Scaramouche is now thoroughly and visibly confused by this entire exchange, and you don’t blame him. But he powers through and grabs a clear vial from the basket, pocketing that one too before turning to leave.

"Then I'll be back to test your hospitality later!" he calls with a wave, exiting the situation as gracefully as possible after that mess. Xiao waits until he's gone to speak.

"Were you aware he's a Harbinger, Your Grace?"

"Yeah, I know," you say. "Don't worry. I'll probably be fine. Nothing's been able to kill me yet, remember?"

"Nothing has seriously tried," Xiao points out, and you nod. But you doubt Scaramouche will ever speak to you properly with others present, so you persist in trying to convince Xiao it's fine to leave you alone the next time the Harbinger shows up until it's well past time to sleep.

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Scaramouche does return, three nights later. He enters your office via the balcony again, just after Noelle leaves your dinner on the desk and excuses herself for the night. That tells you that he's waiting for you to be alone, which is ominous but expected.

"Hello, Harbinger," you greet as you put aside your pasta. "Can you understand me?"

"I can. Delighted to meet you without your guard dog, oh illustrious creator," Scaramouche says with scathing sarcasm, and you wince.

"Before we talk, I feel like I should mention that if you kill me, I'll just come back to life at a nearby Statue of the Seven," you say. It's a lie. But you're gambling on the fact that no one knows how your powers work, and Scaramouche is probably still on the run with the Gnosis so you don't think he gave the vials to Dottore or any of the other Fatui scientists. Probably.

Scaramouche raises his eyebrows. "Do you expect me to try and kill you? I thought everyone loved you," he says, and you wince again.

"I- no, there's nothing forcing people to like me. I don't necessarily expect you to try and kill me, I just…. Thought I'd mention it in case. …You did try to kill Aether once, and corrupt him once. So." You gesture vaguely with your fork, then actually realize you're still holding said fork and put it back in the pasta bowl.

The Balladeer tilts his head to the side, mocking. "So if you know what I can do, and you aren't naive enough to assume everyone loves you, why haven't you called your guard dog this time?"

"I, uh-" You turn over a couple responses in your head, but only one feels right. "I like you and I want to talk to you?"

"Really? I knew you were stupid enough to favor Tartaglia, but now you're saying you're also naïve enough to like me?" Scaramouche glares at you. "I didn't expect you to be so childish. Do you think you can fix us? Make us your good little puppets? I'll tell you right now that you're not going to get Tartaglia to betray the Tsaritsa for you. He's the perfect brainwashed little soldier."

"I don't want him to betray the Tsa- no. Okay. Hang on. Wait." You clap your hands in front of your face like the prayer emotions and take a deep breath. "Do you think I'm a good person, Scaramouche?"

Scaramouche continues to glare. "Obviously. Your little vessels are running all over three nations, doing good deeds for anyone and everyone. You work them to the bone taking commission after commission, finding people's lost cats and playing fetch. It's sickening."

You shake your head. "But do you think I'm a good person? Because I don't. I know you all are sentient, and I'm still...." You trail off and look around you, then gesture at the ornate office you've been gifted. "Here. Taking advantage of this. Playing around. I don't possess anyone without their permission anymore, but…"

Scaramouche steps forward and puts his hands on your desk, leaning over to get right in your face. "If you ever. Possess me. I will destroy every single Statue in Teyvat and then kill you as many times as I need to for it to take. Do you understand?"

You nod, because you do understand why the abandoned puppet would be sensitive about that topic. That one's pretty obvious. "I understand. And I won't. I promise." At least, not without his permission, because you do still hope to main him one day, but!!

"I'm not a good person, Scaramouche," you reiterate, looking at the desk in front of you. "But I don't want to hurt anyone. I'm just selfishly taking advantage of the chance to be with charact- with people I like. I'm a hundred percent taking advantage of the power imbalance, but I don't care enough to stop.

"I like you because… you made your heart yourself." You hear him inhale and see his hands curl into fists in your desk, but you don't look up yet. "You didn't get the one you deserved, and there was no one there to help you. So you figured it out on your own. Sure, you're hateful and cruel and selfish, but… your personality is yours, you know?" You meet his wide, disbelieving eyes, hoping the gentle emotions in your heart make it through. Because he looks like he's about to either murder you or faint, and you'd prefer he do neither.

"I admire you. I don't agree with everything you do, but I admire you because you did it all yourself. You just… you made yourself a person out of pure spite. That's really cool."

He's still silent, so you might as well keep going. If this is the last time he ever comes to see you until you meet him again through the plot, why not? "Besides, you're ridiculously intelligent. You dismantled FOUR entire noble families through lies and deceit. You orchestrated all that before joining the Fatui, too, I think? That's stupidly impressive."

"How many people know that? Scaramouche asks. He tips his head down so his hat covers his eyes and repeats himself. "How many?"

"None, I think…?" you say. "The, uh… the world itself told me. I don't think most people in here actually have access to the artifact descriptions. The community - er, I mostly know because I can put together little hints from all over the place." You think for another moment as he continues to stand silent. "Oh. There are some old scrap papers in Tatarasuna which sort of reference your, uh. Old life there. …if you already know who they're talking about. I don't think anyone would figure out they're talking about you without knowing more."

Scaramouche turns and walks to the couch, then turns again and walks to the wall where he stands for a good minute, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Sorry?" You call out. And you really are: bringing up his old life in Tatarasuna probably reminded him of his dead friend and also Ei and Yae Miko and- ughhhhhhhhh. Dumb. Dumb idiot simp who just wanted to show off her knowledge, dumb-

Scaramouche interrupts your thoughts. "If anyone ever does find out about this - including eavesdropping guard dogs who may be nearby - then I will kill that person and everyone they hold dear slowly and painfully. Are we clear?" The Harbinger turns to face you with a glare you recognize from the Unreconciled Stars event, and wow, you shouldn't find being threatened hot in person. But you do. Help.

"Crystal clear," you say weakly. Scaramouche nods and leaves through the balcony window without another word, clearly well past his limits.

You numbly take a few more bites of pasta before the shock and terror hit you full force. You drop the fork back in the bowl to bury your head in your arms.

You almost died. You were probably seconds away from dying and you can't even pinpoint when. God, that was the stupidest thing you've done in a while. Talking to a Harbinger - talking to Scaramouche alone? Scaramouche, who has more reason to hate gods and deities and being part of someone else's game than most? Who could definitely just have incinerated Aether at the start of said game??

You groan. And also, you probably pissed him off by bringing up his past and now he'll never want to talk to you again. Or let you pull for him when (if) he comes out!! Oh jeez, he's not gonna let you pull for him when (if) he comes out. You're doomed.

Xiao appears next to you again. "Are you alright, Your Grace? Do you want me to go after him?"

"Noooooo, leave him alone," you groan. "It's fine, I'm fine, he just probably hates me now."

"I fail to see how that's a bad thing," Xiao says. You just go back to eating to try and placate the hovering adapti.

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The next time you're in Tatarasuna, you notice you can't find the old letters anymore.

#sagau #scaramouche #sagau scaramouche #genshin sagau #cult au #I'm remaining cautiously optimistic #btw

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Hi!!! Its me again ✨ anon, sorry i havent been active in a while, but i have a request if you dont mind platonic nahida x reader, where reader is the reincarnation of the flower goddess and is self-aware of that, and was like "wonder how the lesser lord is doing???" and then finds out the the sages did, marches over to the sanctuary, and then has like a custody battle over nahida, which reader wins! you can add any implied or hint at character x reader, i dont mind! Anyways, how are you doing? I got back into genshin a bit ago, and now im a nahida main(she is precious bebe) -✨

✨ OMG I MISS YOU AHHH ! (i haven't done this archon quest yet, just watched streams of it lol) i hope you enjoy!

❀Flower Power!❀

ft: Nahida x platonic! gender neutral! Reader, implied Traveler x gender neutral! Reader

cn: chapter 3 archon quest spoilers, fluff, reader travels with Traveler :D, reader is very protective, i haven't actually gone this far into the quest so very out of cannon LOL, a bit shorter than other fics D:

a/n: i've been alright ✨! a lot of academic stuff, work stuff etcetc D: but i'm slowing coming back! (i tried my best to write this, i'm purposely saving up my archon quests lol)

word count: 325

song on replay: until I found you (em behihold version)

"I want you in my arms, Oh, let me hold you

After dozens of adventures with the world renowned Traveler, many would think that you've seen it all. In some cases, yes, you've gotten to see all sorts of places in Teyvat that you didn't even know existed. All these travels allowed you to meet many new people, as well as old friends from lifetimes ago. Some reuinons were, nicer than others (tea with Zhongli will always beat running away from Ei in Inazuma)

The next destination for the Traveler was Sumeru, with the goal of meeting the the dendro archon. Perhaps it was the perfect compatibility of your abilites and that of the archon of Dendro herself, but you were always closer to her than the other archons. She was kinder than most gods, and definitely smarter. Several times along the journey to Sumeru the Traveler had to make sure you were alright, with the all your excitement constantly bubbling.

While your powers weren't as strong as they were in your past life, you knew something felt of the moment you stepped into Gandharva Village. And, as per the usual, the whole visit of Sumeru was filled with adventures, commissions, and saving a whole population due to the fatui's escapades. When it came to escaping the Sabzeruz Festival, it was only then that you realized where the goddess you were looking for was.

The whole fiasco of rescuing Nahida went better than it played out in your head. When it came to saving her, you specifically requested to stay back and fight all those who locked her up in the first place. And so, once the Traveler finds Nahida, they both are met with the sights of you scolding (and threating) several sages.

Seeing the familiar white haired archon, you immediately sprint over to her and scoop her into a hug, which was lifetimes overdue.

"Lesser Lord! Archons, I've missed you so much!"

"It's really good to see you too, I hope you've been well"

#genshin impact x reader #genshin x reader #genshin fluff #genshin x platonic reader #genshin nahida #genshin x traveler #genshin x gender neutral reader #yall pls bear with me I tried writing this with not having played the quest yet lmao #mynt's ✨ anon

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orionicchaos · 2 years

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How they comfort you after you wake up from a nightmare | genshin x gn!reader

Heyy hey heyy everyone, i hope you're alright!

× gn!reader | they/them pronouns used once

× one shot

× characters : scaramouche, diluc, tartaglia/childe

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TW : hurt/comfort, nightmare, mention of blood (diluc), mention of death (scaramouche, diluc), no proofread!

others warnings : inazuma archons quest spoilers (scaramouche) this is so long, extra soft scaramouche (sorry) in scaramouche's part, it happens after he stole the gnosis, his heart based on some theories, meaning he can feel empathy and all, if you don't know "ajax" is childe's real name

a.n. : i hope you'll enjoy, also if you want any other characters i'd be delighted to write for them too :)

navi.

♪¸¸.•*¨*•.

Scaramouche

When you suddenly wake up, everything around you feels warm. The sheets, your cheeks, and Scaramouche sleeping next to you. Your heart is beating fast and you almost suffocate.

Everything feels so warm, yet you still feel the ice bite on the tip of your fingers, the sensation of cold water entering your lungs, and the endless fall of your body in the depths of the frozen lake.

A nightmare. It was just a nightmare, but everything felt so real. You thought you were going do die, all alone, by drowning. A billion thoughts are running through your head as you fail many times to take a deep breath to calm your heartbeats.

You don't feel nor hear the sob that escapes from your lips, waking up your partner, and your eyes widen when his fingers reach the palm of you hand.

"What's wrong?" he asks.

His voice is sleepy, and you feel bad for waking him up. Ever since he betrayed the fatuis by keeping the gnosis, you both have done nothing but running away, sleeping when the moon is high in the sky, wandering around all day and hiding. He was exhausted and needed rest, and because of a stupid nightmare you woke him up.

"Nothing. Sorry, go back to sleep now" you says.

"Don't be stupid, I heard you cry two seconds ago. Y/n, what's wrong?"

While saying these words, he softly rubs your forearm with his thumb, and you realize that you can almost breath normally. You sigh.

"It was just a nightmare, okay? I'm all good now, go back to sleep"

He continues to rub your forearm, and never stops to look at you. His second hand ends up taking yours and he squeezes it lightly.

"You tremble, Y/n. I won't be mad if you tell me, you know?"

Yeah, you are aware of this. Giving up, you proceed to tell him what happened in your dream.

"It was so cold, so so cold, I was drowning in that frozen lake. I wasn't able to swim, I was to stunned to do anything. I could feel the water entering my lumbs, killing me softly, and the ice bite devouring my skin. I felt so lonely, and it was scary, really scary."

Scaramouche doesn't say anything, feeling that you still have something to tell him.

"I think that my subconscious is trying to warn me about something that might happen soon. I think that... The Tsaritsa will find us. I felt her cold presence in my nightmare. She's coming, Scaramouche. Or at least I think so."

He takes a moment to think about what you said. Without saying a word, he pulls you into a tight hug, and your body relaxes. You're a bit surprised, because even if Scaramouche was less harsh with his words, and acted a lot more like a human than before since he got his heart back, it was still hard for him to understand his emotions when it wasn't anger and he still has an hard time showing his affection. After all, he missed a heart for centuries, and some fatuis' rules were still engraved in him.

"As long as you're by my side, I will be able to protect you. From the Tsaritsa, from the archons, from Celestia, from anybody that would be suicidal enough to threaten you. Even if I'm not strong enough, I will give my life so you could run away."

It was strange to hear these words coming from him. And heart warming.

"And if you feel like it's not safe enough, like it would be better for you to run away from me so the fatuis wouldn't be after you too, I would do anything to stay as far from you as I could."

You almost laugh, but you give him a bright smile. Then you close his eyelides with your thumbs. The moonlight reflects on his face, and it probably is the prettiest you've ever seen. You chuckle a bit, as if you didn't have a nightmare some minutes ago.

"Don't ever think about saying that bullshit a second time. How could I live knowing that you could die, all alone ? How could I live far from you? You stole my heart, darling, and I don't think it's possible to live without one, hm? Plus, I thrust you."

Scaramouche feels a sweet and warm feeling running across his chest.

"Please, never stop thrusting me. Also, stop calling me darling."

You laugh, laying your head on his stomach. This night will probably be stuck in your brain for years. The night he promised to protect you. The night you saw his relaxed smile, not caring for a while that the whole world wanted him dead. And even if tomorrow, he would be grumpy again and clumsy with his words in the worst way possible like everyday, that you two would remember that you still have the whole world to fight against, you would never stop being by his side because you simply love him too much for this. And you know he loves you too.

Diluc

At first, you don't recognize the room your wake up in. The fancy ceiling, decorated with gold moldings, doesn't seem familiar to you. You take a deep breath as you try to recover from you agitated night. Then, your mind becomes clearer, and the feeling of the blanket on your body reminds you where you are. 'I'm home.' you think. You're where you should be : in the bed you share with your lover. Your heart is still racing when you try to look around you to find the sight of Diluc.

You silently sigh when you see him at his desk, working on one of the ten or twenty papers piled up next to him, a feather in the hand, writing countless words.

You don't want to bother him, so you try to go back to sleep. It's probably past midnight, or soon in the morning. When you close your eyes, the images you saw in your nightmare come back to haunt you. You see your lover fighting against some monsters of the Abyss, bleeding enormously, loosing the control of his weapon, a knee on the ground. An enemy kills him. He kills him and he falls, his head violently meeting the floor. And you see that scene again and again, and it doesn't stop when you open your eyes.

"Diluc, love ?"

He seems surprised to see you awake, but stops what he was doing to look at you in worry.

"Is something wrong, darling?

"Can you stop working for now? I mean, it's already so late and you're still working... Don't you think you need rest?"

You feel guilty to interrupt him while he's working. You really do, but right now, you need him with you on your bed, you need to hold him in your arms, you need to feel that he's really here, that he's still alive. You have be so worried about him lately, he's always fighting with some abyss monsters, always busy with his work at the the Dawn Winery, and he always need to be at the Angel's share. He overworks himself, and you're worried that one day, he will just die because he never rests. And your nightmare didn't help with that thought.

"And I think I want to cuddle."

He smiles when he hears you, looks back at his unfinished work, sighs and nods.

"Fine, enough work for today. Let me change first, love."

"Okay, love."

You are happy that he listened to you. Usually, he would have say "Just let me finish that pile of papers, I'll be done in less than hour" and he ends up working until the sunrise. You already managed to calm down but you still need to feel the warm skin of Diluc on yours. You patiently wait for him to come back from the bathroom.

"I hope I didn't take too long" he says as he lays down next to you.

"Nah, it's fine. Now, let's cuddle" you pount.

He chuckles and spreads his arms open, as you snuggle on his torso. You sigh in contentment, wondering if you should talk to him about your worries and break the joy of the moment, or just enjoy his loving hug.

"Do you want to talk about something?" he asks you, as he gently rubs your back.

'That idiot definitely guessed.'

"I don't know, do you think there's something I would want to talk to you about?"

He chuckles again and kisses your forehead.

"You think I'm overworking myself and that I should take breaks from time to time."

"If you know already why don't you do it?" you yell.

Another chuckles. But he doesn't answer. You sigh and lightly hit his arm in punishment.

"I'm worried about you, you know? You're always fighting with the Abyss Order, you work at Angel's Share late at night, you're also super busy with the Dawn Winery's business. You wake up early and go to sleep late. You know you're an human, right? And... I miss you a lot, you know that?"

Silence is the only thing that anwers you. Diluc never stops to rub your back, but he seems pretty mesmerized by the ceiling, probably to avoid your stare.

"And... I had that nightmare, just now. You were fighting the Abyss, as always. But... You were bleeding, you were exhausted, you couldn't even stay stand. An enemy killed you. Your corpse was lying on the dirty floor, there was blood everywhere. And it felt horrible. Diluc, I can't lose you. It's physically impossible for me to lose you."

You hear him take a deep breath, hoping that he'll understand you. He is so stubborn sometimes, he wants to protect everyone and even the ones he can't protect. But you need him to understand you. You need him to understand that he is allowed to rest, that sometimes, work can wait. You need him to understand that there's someone who waits for him to come back each night, hoping that he's not dead or badly injured.

"I'll take more breaks, I promise. Sorry that I've been worrying you. I miss you too, a lot."

"I know you're strong Diluc, but- oh?"

"I'll take more breaks, Y/n. I will spend more time with you."

Your heart beats so fast in your chest. He actually listened. You look up and see him smiling at your satisfied face.

"Okay. Thank you. Tomorrow, you and me, on a date. Wherever you want. My threat"

"Hey, shouldn't I be the one taking you on a date?"

"Not if I say so."

He laughes. His laugh is so beautiful, you wish he laughed more often.

"I love you, darling" you say as you give him a peck on his nose.

"I love you two, sweetheart."

You engrave his smile in your heart.

Childe/Tartaglia

"Hey, baby, what's wrong?" you hear.

Who owns this voice? You don't know, your mind is so unclear. You feel a pair of hands holding your arms, shaking you lightly, and you still hear the voice calling your name.

Your cheeks are wet. Why are you crying? You don't remember, but you can feel your heart beating so hard that it could tear your rib cage, and a strange feeling pressing against your stomach. You hear yourself crying and gasping for air.

You can't calm down. The person is shaking you more and more, calling your name again and again. How does they even know your name?

Your own hands reach your head and you start to pull on your hair. It's like an instinct, you don't know why you're doing it, but you can't think about it twice. You are about to yell when something stops you.

"Baby, hey, Y/n!"

Your cheeks suddenly feels warm. It stings, like a tingling, and you stop pulling on you hair to touch the zone where it hurts. You don't understand yet what happened, but the overwhelming feeling in your chest stopped, and you are able to open your eyes.

"Y/n ? Oh archons, are you alright?"

You look up and you can finally recognize who has been shaking you and calling your name for the past minuts. Your boyfriend seems very worried, and your eyes widen when you realize he's worried about you.

'Oh, right. The nightmare.'

"Ajax? Where am I?"

"Oh Y/n- we're at home, in our bedroom. You recognize me, right? Of course they recognize you dumbass-"

He is stuttering, moving his hands in the air, not knowing what to do with them. He slowly pulls you into a hug, trying to glimpse any sign of you wanting him to not touch you. You try to relax as you hug him back.

"I was so worried Y/n, you started to cry and tremble and you didn't seem in your normal state and gosh... are you okay now?"

You make an effort to assemble some words in a attempt to answer him.

"I don't know..."

His soft touch on your shoulders makes you feel better. You snuggle your head in the crock of his neck, feeling the need to.

"It was so horrible Ajax, it was the worst nightmare I ever had, she was there and she was hunting me down, she was so fast Ajax I couldn't hide, there was fire everywhere and it was almost real-"

A pair of lips falls into yours, softly. Your eyes widen as you feel Childe's thumbs rubbing both of your cheeks, wiping your tears away.

"You're okay now. I'm here. I will always protect you, baby. You're safe. I assure you."

You manage to calm down a little as he kiss your forehead, his warm lips leaving a reassuring feeling.

"There, there, baby. You're exhausted, you should go back to sleep. Don't worry, I'm here, nothing bad will happen. If you want, we can cuddle as you try to sleep, hm? How about I cook you a great breakfast tomorrow? Sounds good?"

His smile was so soft and warm that you could melt. You take a deep breath and nod.

"Good. Come cuddle with me!" he says, laying down on the mattress, waiting for you to do the same so he could be able to pull you into a comfortable hug.

But you don't move, watching him raising an eyebrow. You smile at him, wiping the single tear left in your eye.

"I love you so, so much, Ajax. You're an amazing boyfriend. Please, I wish I could marry you right now, on that bed. I love you."

You never saw him blushing so hard in his entire life. He covers his face with his hands, but you can still see the red tip of his ears. You chuckle, and snuggle your head on his torso, kissing his cheek. And he becomes even more red.

"Ahh, that's not fair. How can you be so cute and adorable!"

"Actually, you're the one being cute and adorable, here" you purr.

"... Stop" he stutters.

You laugh, the memory of your nightmare almost vanished, as your boyfriend holds you tight in his arms.

"I will think about proposing to you" he teases after a moment.

"I'll propose before you do!" you tease him back.

"No! I'll do it before!"

"Ajax, will you mary me? Do you promise to love me until death tear us apart and to always hold me tight like now?"

"Heyy that's not fair! I hate you! You don't even have a ring!" he pounts.

"Right. Okay, I'll let you do the proposal, but I'm the one who had the idea!"

He sighs and then smiles.

"Deal. I love you, baby."

"I love you too, my amazing boyfriend" you yawn as you close your eyes.

a.n. let me know if you want to be in the taglist to know when i post works :) (tbh idk how a tag list works, i supposed that it was smtg like that but eh..)

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we-will-be-reun1ted · 6 months

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aether did wHAT

I did not know he put the flowers in her hair while she slept!!! :0000

Also i think the only things so far that i've seen that would indicate the travellers emotional strain from being separated is Dain (and i think Paimon too?) asking if the traveller was crying in their sleep because they dreamt of their sibling again; Traveller losing their patience by the time they got to Inazuma and just wanting to get things done as fast as possible to move onto the next nation; Traveller not even bothering to ask about their sibling anymore when they got to Nahida, only to be surprised by Nahida actually giving them information, and then asking about their sibling again in Fontaine; Traveller opening up to Venti in the teapot, saying they're tired; Voiceover where Traveller tells Paimon they've had nightmares of their twin leaving and saying they're too late; Nightmare hallucination thing of abyss lector telling Traveller that the abyss twin has abandoned them and no longer sees them as family (sumeru archon quest); And

this is just how i personally interpreted it: Traveller getting angry at Lyney for actively lying to them when they were supposed to defend him in court, because Lyney could've gone to jail and possibly be separated from Lynette.

Aether/Lumine are shown to be pretty secretive about their nature and actually keep a lot of things to themselves. Even actively keeping secrets from the people around them (shown most obviously during the Sumeru archon quest), To the point it's even implied they lie about their identities ("name your character" in the beginning of the game. Where in text that's how you get referred to as during the game, yet the abyss twin ends up calling the playable twin by Name™ instead of whatever name you chose in when you started playing).

So i'm not too surprised we haven't had many instances where Traveller talks about their sibling to other people, but yeah it does suck just how forgotten both the Abyss and Traveller twin end up in the game. (To the point a scary amount of players still think the Traveller is a self-insert, and don't know that Traveller has the most Voiceovers out of all the playable characters)

I could be wishful thinking and my mind playing tricks on me but I’m pretty sure that was mentioned??? If it’s not then bang there’s another one of my headcanons there you go.

Okay I haven’t gotten around to all of that yet but GOD WHENEVER THE TWIN GETS BROUGHT UP I think about it for absolutely she’s afterwards I’m not even joking. I’m really early in the Sumeru quest and actually only did the hallucination abyss mage one around two days ago and istg when he said about Aether not seeing Lumine as family anymore.

That would 100% fuck Lumine up for a while afterwards. No doubt about it. It would be playing on her mind over and over even though she knows it was only a hallucination.

Honestly I can’t really mention much since I’m not that far in the game yet but all of that does make a lot of sense. I would imagine they wouldn’t want everyone to know all about their lives and past since they aren’t planning on staying in Teyvat.

I makes me so upset when I see people completely ignoring the twins. I saw this one Twitter thread saying something like “it’s good that the story isn’t focusing on the twins as much anymore” and like??? No??? They are the WHOLE reason we are in Teyvat in the first place?? You can’t really have a story without the twins since the traveler entire reason behind doing what they are doing is to find their sibling. They wouldn’t be in any of the situations that they are in if they had their sibling with them.

#genshin #genshin impact #aether genshin impact #lumine genshin impact #lumine #aether #lumine and aether #aether and lumine #genshin traveler #genshin twins #starcrossed asks

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rachelclowny · 8 months

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fontaine megathread

full of spoilers.. duh

archon quest act i

they're referring to the eremites. couldn't leave sumeru without one last sprinkle of racism lmao.. fr love how this was one of the first things i saw in fontaine. "see something, say something." STFU!!!

the fontaine VAs fucking STEPPED UP!! like why is lyney's VA so good.. the decision to open the quest with three of the most off-putting and unnerving characters so far.. lyney truly sounds deceiving, it really felt like you couldn't trust him. and then lynette is just ominous

and then furina.. miss focalors, the star of the mf show. whatever they're paying the VA is not enough because she's incredible. bravado, insecurity, instability, fear, hunger.. all the emotions are portrayed so well

fuck them for this one.. THERES SO MUCH TO UNPACK. i mean, supposedly teyvat has flooded before, this would not be the first. they're so unsubtle with the noah's ark and biblical themes. AND ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TEAR?? THE LYNEY PARALLEL?? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN

that moment when u realize teyvat is world without catholic guilt

lynette is so me. we both got that selective mutism rizz <333

YEAH WE GET IT, WE GET IT!! no subtly smh

the traveler bringing this up as if they didn't directly contradict each other. also another point. if the oratrice relies off belief in justice, not necessarily the archon, could that be applicable to other archon related things? this is feels odd because sumeru and mondstadt's people's entire philosophies rely off of wisdom and freedom respectively, yet they hold the "weakest" archons. and then there's inazuma, where modern citizens hate the raiden's vision of eternity, yet the raidens are arguably the strongest we've met yet

the way i fucking screamed i cannot believe we got skirk name drop

if this is actually meant to be foreshadowing i'm gonna laugh so hard

i'm genuinely so confused by the whole neuvillette situation.. so everyone knows hes not human, but no one knows hes the hydro dragon?? what do people think he is?

the way he fucking hates her i can't breathe

i couldn't get over this why did it jumpscare me.. paimon is funny again god bless.

did she happen to write 2021 aoty if i can't have love, i want power

insert speech about how hydro is truly about the split of ego, how someone presents or is perceived is always different from how they truly are or think. fr tho her design is SO GOOD. THE EYES!! THE TEARDROP ELEMENTS!! THE JELLYFISH ASS HAIR!! THE SILLY HAT AND FRILLS!! after anemo, i already feel as if furina's character aligns most with her vision holders

i've already seen everyone talking about this but we were literally hanging out with childe at lunchtime can we chill /j

with all that being said tho, i get it.. why did they lie did they just not expect this to be brought up its gotta be literal public knowledge

"SHES YOUR FATHER?" im gonna puke im so gay im so gay im so gay im so gay

cannot believe they went there. so fucking dark. kudos to hoyoverse.. anyways lynette come here my love i love u sm i will protect u

fr tho i loved the fact that we had a real prelude for this region.. i think the excuse to make something a little more isolated and establishing in it's plot is already super beneficial for whats to come. we got a lot more character exposition, and even the time to install these cool archon quest specific mechanics. i loved solving everything, it was all SO fun but they also got to have these really emotional beats, i feel this is some of their best pacing yet.

imo the last half of sumeru really helped hoyoverse find their stride, fontaine so far has similar storytelling energy to the whole heist bit of sumeru.

the best thing however might've been the SCORE??? they went out of their league with this one, it's the most fitting, noticable and influential instrumental work they've done in an quest imo

#act ii will be in the repost #plus more to come #genshin #genshin impact #fontaine #focalors #furina #lyney #lynette #genshin lore

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iwasthewind · 3 months

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So I'm sleep deprived as fuck and probably very wrong about lots of things but uh so it just struck me. The Gnoses were made from the remains of the Third Descender? The twin isn't counted as a descender but the traveller is counted as the fourth. The throne of the Hydro Archon has been destroyed and the gods are getting progressively more aggresive regarding the Gnoses. I refuse to believe Venti was that weak- I'm honestly convinced he let Signora take the Gnosis. Maybe he needed to pretend he fought for it? Maybe he had to pretend to care lest his lands faced punishment. Zhongli strikes a deal with the Tsaritsa and gives it away. Ei takes it a step further and separates from it and Celestia entirely but still obsesses over getting closer to the heavenly principles- maybe because she doesn't want Inazuma to turn into a second Khaenri'ah. Nahida threatens to destroy not one but two Gnoses and Focalors straight up destroys the throne of the Hydro Archon- does this mean the Gnosis is powerless now? Either way, Neuvillete lets the Fatui take it away.

And Celestia has been?? Non responsive this entire time? It feels like they're waiting for the world to stop rebelling- once the Pyro archon has done their part and once the Tsaritsa has done hers- will Celestia try to establish new Archons?? oh shit theres a spidrnonmy table

anyway so uh. Does that mean they'll use the fourth descender's remains- the traveller's remains- to create the new Gnoses, provided they choose to make new Gnoses at all? Why isn't the twin counted as a descender and why haven't they left Teyvat yet? Are they trying to keep the traveller from being turned into pretty chess pieces? Did they deliberately manipulate this world into not seeing them as a descender? Why is genshin so vague about it's lore when we're five nations in. Can't wait for the new Dainsleif quest. And Dain?? Why are you called the bough keeper. What bough. Irminsul's?? Do you manipulate the tree to engineer reality as you see fit? Have you tried to use it in the past to somehow stop or change the cataclysm? Are you affiliated with the Hexenzirkel? What are you, Paimon? Why does no one question what you are? Why do we know nothing about you- like genuinely nothing- when we're five nations in. Does the traveller?? Never ask?? Genshin please stop with the crumbs I need to sink my teeth into some bread NOW I'm FRUSTRATED

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baileyblues · 7 months

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Fountaine Genshin Theory about Furina

Here's a theory i kind of thought of today while playing a fountaine quest (keep in mind i haven't done the fountaine archon quest yet so i may be missing some things)

this may make absolutely no sense but i would love to hear your thoughts on this if you do decide to read it!

includes spoilers from: veluriyam mirage, sumeru archon quest, liyue & inazumas archon quest (though breifly mentioned once)

So we already know that the rhodia of loch, or the oceanid boss in liyue, as well as the oceanids in veluriyam mirage ran away/were exiled (can't remember which one was which) from fountaine because they didn't agree with the new hydro archon's ideals. (this info will come in handy in a sec i promise)

We know in the last act of sumeru archon quest, nahida said this about focalors:

"Generally speaking, the Hydro Archon, Focalors, won't preside over individual trials. However… even then, Focalors will still make herself present at just about every trial. It seems that she just likes to immerse herself in that sort of atmosphere. As Archon, she still reserves the right to influence the final verdict. Anyway, let's just say she's got… hmm… a very unique personality."

"The God of Justice lives for the spectacle of the courtroom, seeking to judge all other gods. But even she knows not to make an enemy of the divine."

(I took some inspiration about something someone else said about a theory on furina but-) Nahida's description doesn't fit Furina, because even Furina herself isn't above the law, and she still has to go through all the procedures of the court despite being an archon.

Of course, nahida isn't wrong because she's not talking about furina, but the oratrice (did i spell that right??). Furina created the Oratrice, and despite being an archon, the oratrice is the one making the final judegment, not furina.

And in the 4.1 trailer (i think), furina says to arlecchino: "Please don't kill me!" (or something along those lines), which is very out of character for an archon. But this has gotten me thinking, what is an archon?

to the people of the nations, the archon is their god, that rules the nation they're in and presides over a specific element. but to celestia, an archon is someone who holds a gnosis. for example, zhongli is no longer an archon because he doesn't hold the gnosis anymore, and although the people of inazuma knows that ei is the archon, celestia doesn't, because ei doesn't hold the electro gnosis anymore.

of course, in sumeru, we know that scaramouche held the electro gnosis for a bit before it was taken away by nahida. and according to her as well, scaramouch has "already ascended into godhood," signifying he has become a god because he held a gnosis.

And when nahida connected with irminsul from 500 years ago, rukkhadevata's words were: "let the world completely forget me," which is like a prophecy that came true, because everyone who held memory of her no longer remembers the original dendro archon.

And with the prophecy from the last hydro archon (“The people will all be dissolved into the waters. And only the Hydro Archon will remain, weeping on her throne.”), it will likely happen to fountaine as well.

so, what i'm trying to say (may have gotten slightly distracted asodfhuweiw) is that what if furina isn't an archon in celestia terms? She created the oratrice, and what nahida says about focalors matches with oratrice. nahida also doesn't seem to know furina, which can only mean one thing:

furina used her gnosis to create the oratrice, which affected the information of irminsul to register the oratrice as the hydro archon, and not furina herself.

because the oratrice is just a machine with no emotions, judges only based on the law, it's the main reason why the oceanids left fountaine, because of difference in ideals. they left because they didn't agree with the hydro archon's ideals (ruling by the law), and the hydro archon in their terms, is the being that holds the gnosis, and not furina.

this also explains navia's outrage towards the hydro archon as the oratrice, and maybe not exactly furina (i haven't done the archon quest so i have no clue if this is accurate or not)

of course, back to the gnosis. if the oratrice is considred the hydro archon because it held the gnosis, that means it has a connection with celestia. the gnosis holds a direct connection to celestia (said by yae miko in inazuma archon quest i think), which means that the oratrice could be controled by celestia.

(of course, since scaramouche held the electro gnosis for some time, and with the fact taht hapaysia saw scaramouche in her visions when she was doing the inscense thing, implies that scaramouche has established a connection with celestia.)

if you remember what i said previously about what nahida said about focalors:

"The God of Justice lives for the spectacle of the courtroom, seeking to judge all other gods. But even she knows not to make an enemy of the divine."

Furina doesn't stop or call out what celestia was doing via oratrice because she knows not to make an enemy of celestia. from map speculations, people have speculated that celestia is right above fountaine, and as well as a rumor that celestia might drop another nail on fountaine.

furina doesn't call out celestia because she's scared of what will happen to her nation if she does. she's hinding her loneliness and fear behind her drama-loving mask to make it seem like she's not powerless as she actually is because she doesn't hold the hydro gnosis anymore.

considering the what happened to khaenri'ah as well as the cataclysm, it makes sense for furina to feel that way. with that being said, it makes me think about why the tsaritsa is collecting the gnosis to go against celestia, since they hold a direct connection to it. (i think wei made a theory video about the infamous chess position in a fatui trailer thing, i mgiht have to rewatch that)

of course, that's a theory for another day if you guys are willing to hear it! :3

#genshin #genshin impact #theory #原神 #fountaine #fountaine theory #archon quest spoilers

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caparrucia · 4 months

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1. favorite fic you wrote this year

The best fic I wrote this year is resurgence (Malos-centric, Malos/Jin, Xenoblade Chronicles 2), which I know is a niche fandom and a niche story, but it's dear to my heart just because it really IS the best thing I've written in quite a while, like prose-wise.

But my favorite fic as far as "this is my baby" feelings, it's gotta be so we made the hard decision (Regis/Aulea/Titus, puppyverse AU, FFXV), which is a fic no one asked for, and therefore not a lot of people cared about, but goddammit, I've been meaning to write about that OT3 for literal YEARS and I finally got around to it. It's my favorite ship and my favorite OT3 dynamic and there's a lot of fun thoughts about disability, polyamory and just a ton of biting from three dysfunctional dipshits that, nonetheless, really fucking love each other. They deserve their happy ending even if their happy ending is full of biting each other til eternity.

I'm currently very happy with maelstrom soul, heart of stone (Zhongli/Childe, dragonheart AU, Genshin Impact) and a lot of it is "current fic" syndrome, but it's shaping up to be one of my favorites, too.

23. fics you wanted to write but didn’t

I'm treating this as a haven't yet, as a opposed to a didn't and never will: but there's companion fics for the other Genshin regions, that take place in the sake universe as the Zhongli/Childe fic. I started on the Zhongli/Childe fic, but once I'm done with that one, I'll pick up any of the other four.

The 4ggravate polycule fic I'm really looking forward to, mostly because Wanderer+Kaveh friendship is hysterical and Wanderer accidentally forcing the polycule to include Alhaitham without really realizing that's what he's doing is hilarious. It also includes my favorite scene which is Kaveh wholesale defenestrating Alhaitham right in front of Cyno, who always really thought if he ended up arresting a lover, it'd be Tighnari's ACAB ass.

There's an Inazuma fic I've been chewing on that's mostly Ayato casually dismantling the tricommission system to basically bully Ei to actually do her job and actually fucking RULE for once, and it's mostly a back and forth between him and Yae with the entirety of the Inazuma cast unwittingly or unwillingly playing the role of chess pieces. It also features a really fucking hilarious Ayato/Kokomi political marriage subplot and no one can't tell who started it or if they're pro or against it or if at any given time they're working towards or against it, and it's driving Gorou and Kujo Sara to drink heavily.

I have a few ideas for a Fontaine fic, but I'm waiting for the archon quests to wrap up before I start figuring out where the pieces go. Mostly it's about Neuvillette needing quite a few hugs, Wriothesley and Clorinde being the definition of BBF (Bisexual Besties Forever), Furina getting to be a person and failing miserably before she gets the hang of it and an eventual sappy, ridiculously saccharine Navia/Furina that triggers the "must protect!!!" instincts of anyone who happens upon it.

And there's of course the MondsDONT polycule shenanigans which is halfway done, and it's mostly Diluc navigating the codependant mess that is his partners, their partners, and Venti. Oh god, Venti. Fuck him. It's a mess. Beds are literally set on fire. Twice. It's fine.

#rie answers #nandawrites

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4fahy · 1 year

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How I Farm Primogems

Daily commissions and Events are BASIC, do them everyday. There's no other option.

Use your resin!!! Follow a tutorial on how to build characters. Even if you can't 36 star the abyss, it's important that you try. I believe you should start building them one-by-one, start with the Healer, DPS, Sub DPS/Support/Utility/Etc.

Do the Battlepass!!! It gives you Acquainted Fates, which can be recycled for Intertwined fates on Paimon's Bargain

Same thing with leveling up characters.

Adventure's Guide

Web events!!!!!!

Make sure you already have the Treasure Chest Compass of Each Region. You can get it by finishing your quests, bounties, requests and so on. Go to the Reputation thing on each city. Use it all the time while exploring and doing quests and whatever else.

Use the Teyvat Interactive Map to help you find stuff!!!!! It's Hoyoverse's Official Map, so it's always updated.

Don't forget the daily login!!!!

Talk to Neko on Seirai Island everyday for 20 extra primogems.

Feed the Foxes on Dragonspine so they give you a chest

Do these other things in order so you won't get lost on what you've done or not yet.

Level up Mond statue to 10.

The Stamina will help you A LOT on the exploration.

Mondstadt quests!!!

Archon quest -> Story quests -> World quests

Most of them give either primogems or achievements. Make sure to finish them all.

Dragonspine tree!!

Be brave and complete Dragonspine. I trust you. You can do it.

Completing that TCG book also gives you primogems.

Any Mondstadt puzzle you might have missed

You can always search on YouTube what puzzles and secret chests are there to help you grind.

Kill the Lawachurls on Dragonspine.

Liyue Statues to 10!!!

Other than stamina, it also opens the 9 Pillars of Peace quest, so you need to do it.

The Luminous Chasm Stone I Forgot The Name

Again it can be done as you explore the chasm but I'd recommend doing it before the chasm quests because it helps a lot with exploring.

Liyue quests!!!

Archon quest -> Story quests -> World quests

This include the chasm and every quest you might have not finished. There's a lot of them.

Level up your teapot!!

Liyue puzzles and secret chests you might have missed

Inazuma Quests!!

You need the Archon Quest and some World Quests to do things and go places in peace. Do them first.

Inazuma Statues

They actually give primogems!!!!

The Narukami Tree

It gives you fates every X levels, I don't remember how many tho.

Enkanomiya quests, sigils and puzzles

Any other chest you might have missed

Sumeru Quests

Sumeru Aranara Tree

I don't actually know if it's a tree, but you out dendro sigils there.

Sumeru statues

I don't think they can be completed yet, might be wrong.

Sumeru chests and puzzles.

Achievement hunting

Some of those you might be able to do simultaneously, but keep track of your progress.

The begining is slower but helps making the other stages easier, and sometimes you don't even have to go that far. I'm still doing the Narukami Tree, and got various characters just doing the despair method.

#genshin impact #primogem farming

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kyogre-blue · 9 months

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Are you talking about the 'call for fountaine adventurers' event? I'm fairly sure you only count as a 'returning traveler' if you stopped playing for 14 days prior to the start of the event... if you want to take a break regardless good for you though

I'm curious though, have you done (or plan to do before you quit for a bit) Lyney's story quest? I got a weak spot for siblings and he looked fun so I ten-pulled a couple of times to see if I could get him w low pity... and I did! Got him in 34. Used up guarantee though, so if I lose the 50/50 for venti in 4.1 I WILL cry lmao. I've already got the 90 wishes, but I'll light up sumeru for farming primos just in case

(I don't hold any illusions over hoyo actually doing anything interesting w his story quest — or w the sibs' roles in the archon quest, actually — so feel free to be brutally honest about your opinion lol. At least w lynette and freminet existing, the quest might be a *little* less likely to suffer of npc cancer)

No, I mean Stellar Reunion lol

Congrats on getting Lyney! He seems to, at minimum, have a consistent presence in the archon quest. I know leaks have him speaking in both acts 3 and 4 (unlike Childe lol). As for his quest, I would expect it's gated to the Fontaine archon quest, which I have no intention of doing.

With Sumeru, I still had some hopes for the writing. Inazuma was supposed to have been rushed through rewrites and maybe they were still figuring things out. There was potential there, there was something to work with. They had a cool concept. They tried to do character arcs. It could still get better.

But after playing through the awful slog that is Sumeru, I am fully clear that Genshin writing will not improve in any meaningful way.

I already posted this hottake, but I think Sumeru is worse than Inazuma. It's a simple, boring story with absolutely no proper buildup to anything except its heavy handed Nahida emotional manipulation, and no character, not even Nahida, gets any real character development. The story quests are some of the worst in the game. The Scaramouche stuff nails in that anything that looks like character building will be quickly deflated because it's just there to facilitate Lore(tm). It also made the runtime absolutely insane for no reason.

In the last few patches, I realized that I simply do not care to sit through this shitshow for yet another nation. This isn't going anywhere, and even if it eventually has one good scene, I'm not going to care about it because I do not care about these characters or this nation or this story. So I'm just not doing Fontaine.

...Unless we get a skip button, but lmao we all know that's not happening.

#playing genshin

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muttthecowcatridesagain · 1 month

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Thoughts on Sumeru Arc Genshin Impact

So I finally finished the Sumeru archon quest today ... and wow it's my favorite one yet

******Spoilers ahead so please be aware*****

I feel like it's been the most cohesive storyline so far. In Mondstat - when Venti's gnosis was stolen from him, it didn't really feel like a complete storyline if that makes sense. In Liyue - I really respect Zhongli for retiring but we really didn't see him have much character growth during the quest itself - he started out wanting to retire and finished that way too. The Inazuma story was ... a lot. I felt like we never really got to know Ei like the other archons - she was the antagonist for most of the plot.

But for Sumeru - we're friends with Nahida. She has an entire arc come full circle. She's constantly overshadowed by her predecessor to the point that she almost allows herself to be completely forgotten. And as she learns her own worth and to become her own person - she has to completely let go of and erase GLRD - and learn to stand on her own.

It was just really well done, well written and moving! I thought Venti was my favorite archon but now I'm not so sure anymore.

Anyway, if you've played Genshin, what do you think? (Keep in mind I haven't played through Fontaine yet).

Cross-posted from my neocities

#genshin impact #genshin impact spoilers #mutt's thoughts

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lightcffireflies · 4 months

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January Plotting Call

[REGION SPECIFIC COMMISSIONS]

Mondstadt: A karaoke night sounds like SO MUCH fun so I would love to find a Mondstadt muse to thread with for this particular prompt! <3

I headcanon Lumine to be an okay singer, actually! Although since she is not originally from Mondstadt (or Teyvat at all for that matter), it might be cute if your muses teaches her a few 'classics'. :3

Liyue: Lumine has done her fair share of mining before. Her elemental skill and burst (when resonating with the power of Geo) can prove to be incredible useful to break through hard rock formations as well. As for the Mora...It would be a lie to say she is not at least a little interested in that part as well (gotta feed Paimon after all).

To spice things up, perhaps one of the mines could collapse and our muses end up trapped inside? 👀

Inazuma: This one seems fairly simple and straightforward as well, but I can think of several ways to make it a little more interesting! I was thinking of the citizens would have lost something incredibly valuable to them and it has not been retrieved yet, basically forcing our muses to head into the ocean and search for the lost item. (I don't think diving should be limited to Fontaine so perhaps it is inside some kind of underwater domain?)

-> I don't have any immediate concrete ideas for the Sumeru and Fontainte quests because I'm still catching up to the Archon Quests in-game but that doesn't mean I'm not open to them! If you write a muse from these regions and want to thread with Lumine, just hit me up! <3

[GENERAL COMMISSIONS]

Hilichurls: This one is super interesting too because we know the game dropped a huge bomb with the Dainsleif quests and the origins of the Hilichurls. Given the Traveller's connections with Khaenri'ah, there's a lot of potential for a really interesting thread here! This is definitely something I'd love to thoroughly plot for prior to starting it though so hit me up here or on Discord if you're interested! <3

Food delivery: This sounds so much fun too! Our muses making their own little food delivery business and going from place to place to drop off people's groceries! I'd be fun if they get some outrageous requests have to really scavenge far and wide to find the ingredients, haha.

#;; plotting call

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daggryet · 7 months

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❤💛

and oh ive figured out why inazuma quests where lacking (at least for me)

they were a little too fast, but not like. to be fair, not much faster than the rest, except like. half of the story wasn't there? like it's all in the legendary quests, the aftermath, the peace treaty stuff and the tension. and I haven't gotten through all of the legendary quests yet but inazuma seems to be the only one that has this kind of Important Stuff shoved away into smth like that

and yeah you technically have to go through all the legendaries for the area but like. i didn't. i didn't even know i should have until I got to that quest with xiao and the nameless adeptus (cool quest btw i was. So fucking scared they were gonna kill xiao)

so yeah. like i finished the sumeru quests and it was basically the same as the inazuma one. except they didn't put any of it away to legendaries and instead just made it whole

which yeah. maybe they weren't sure about inazuma when it just came out. but like. mond quest was full. it had the aftermath and all right there. were they trying smth new? was it a schedule issue? who fucking knows

but yeah. it's not that bad a quest even if the whole thing about raiden being tragic was a bit much for me. like. she was basically a dictator but I should feel bad for her and not for her people hoyoverse?

I mean. Considering political climate in China having rebels be good guys at all is kind cool. But still.

so yeah. that's my thought. gonna be going through the story quests, both archon and legendary, kinda fast in the coming days. i have neuvi guaranteed, but I also want wriothesley (literally because of people's fanart, bark bark awooga and all that) and i hope to have primos by the end of neuvi's banner. at least enough to try for a 50/50

yeah, been talking a lot in a server about my problems with inazuma, and half the story not being there despite that missing half obviously having a lot of weight on the story is a big part of it. like, why should i care so much about tepppei when we've not been shown teppei more than two times? i want to care about teppei, i can think of reasons for why his death is so important to traveler, but i'm not being SHOWN IT.

and raiden being solely tragic is so strange because of all the things we've not been shown in the inazuma archon quest, raiden's callousness and cold power is like the one (1) thing we did get to see. and the visions being given back, so raiden doesn't have those 99 tortured souls on her conscience, is such an obvious marketing choice because us using the power within the visions, the last ambitions of the owners, was such a big part of the finale that the visions still having power is such a dumb choice. i guess it's because it was such recent crimes against her people, that they kind of removed any consequences for it, because zhongli did get to keeps his morally grey nuances in his story quests (and raiden's were, as you said, purely oh woe is me)

i actually think there's a reason for why inazuma lacked and why the writing went so downhill for that region in particular (or well, for that archon quest). probably some behind the scenes drama with writers stepping down close to the deadline. that would make sense with how they very obviously had a big plan for the archon quest, like sumeru was going to be, but somewhere along the line, the story didn't get written.

the world quests for inazuma are so good!!! they're really sad, but they're all following the theme of "you can't change the past, but you can try to put its ghosts to rest", and i just love that so much. i'd definitely recommend doing them if you have time for it. (also, just like in sumeru, some regions in inazuma won't really be unlocked until after the quests have been done).

good luck with story quests!!! if you've come across any good ones, just send me another ask, i have so many thoughts on some of them:DDD and GFOOD LUCK ON WRIOTHESLEY!!! AND NEUVILLETTE!!! YOU WILL GET THEM BOTH!!!

ALSO!what did you think about the 4.1 trailer? i'm SO excited to see how it unfolds. with arlecchino likely being the big bad from the fatui, i'm gonna have to accept that lyney is probably gonna be on the wrong side, but STILL, his "wriothesley, where did you take my siblings?" still absolutely broke me. also neuvillette coming out to fight, hope childe gets an opportunity to face off against him

#ask #❤💛 anon #long post #genshin

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