#honestly jean is probably able to empathize with the brothers because of her distant relationship with her own sister (barbara)

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Enjoy some angsty Ragnvindr brother headcannons:

When Diluc quit the Knights of Favonius, he gave up his vision because he didn’t trust himself with it. Not after he almost killed Kaeya with it.

(When Kaeya gave Diluc his vision back in the vase, Diluc saw it as a sign that Kaeya forgave him).

Crepus knew of Kaeya’s origins and encouraged Kaeya to tell Diluc before he died.

(The day of Diluc’s birthday (aka the day Crepus died) was the same day Kaeya was planning on telling Diluc)

Everytime Kaeya stares at his vision for too long he flings it across the room- that vision held nothing but terrible memories for him

When Crepus adopted Kaeya, Diluc decided to grow out his hair hoping to help make his brother comfortable. Since Kaeya kept his hair long and refused to get it cut, Diluc thought Kaeya’s people grew out their hair.

However, after their falling out, Diluc cut his hair (I’d like to think that’s why manga Diluc’s hair looks a lot longer and thicker than game Diluc)

Diluc and Kaeya came to a unanimous agreement that they’d visit Crepus’s grave together on the anniversary of his death to honour the wishes of their father

When Diluc comes back from his four year journey, he hears new of Kaeya being gravely injured. Rushing to Kaeya’s house, Diluc found himself hesitating at the door. (Did he even deserve to see Kaeya anymore? No he didn’t) Instead of knocking, Diluc leaves a bottle of Death Afternoon outside the door.

When Kaeya found out the traveller was helping Diluc out with the whole ‘Darknight Hero’ situation, he felt relieved. Relieved and bitter that he wasn’t worthy to stand by Diluc’s side anymore.

Diluc would sacrifice himself for Mondstadt- Kaeya knows this and hates himself for not being able to say the same

Bonus Jean HC’s (because I can and I love her)

Jean, being childhood friends of both Diluc and Kaeya, watches the two brothers drift apart with a heavy heart

The night Diluc and Kaeya fought, Kaeya found himself in front of Jean’s door. He tried to tell Jean the truth but she stoped him. She already lost one friend that day, she refused to lose another.

(Kaeya secretly hoped Jean would listen. That her loyalty to Mondstadt would be greater than her friendship with Kaeya. That if she knew the truth, she’d finish what Diluc started)

Although neither Jean nor Diluc prefer to drink, sometimes they pop open a bottle and reminisce about life when they were kids

(And if sometimes Diluc drank a bit too much and spoke of missing his beloved little brother, Jean was always willing to lend him an ear)

Sometimes, when they know Jean is overworking herself, the brothers force Jean away from her work and take her to Windrise to unwind.

(I initially rebloged these from this post as it inspired some of these HCs, but op suggested to post them on my own blog so here they are!)

#genshin impact #diluc ragnvindr #kaeya alberich #jean gunnhildr #diluc #kaeya #ragnvindr brothers #Everytime I think of Diluc and Kaeya I cry #I personally don’t ship them just because I feel like they have such a great (albeit broken) brotherhood #I think of them a lot #and crepus ofc #I really hope that one day we can see them rekindle their bond #maybe just a snipet at the end of the game where they hug each other or smth like that #like once the twin reunit they’ll realize how stupid they were being (keeping the person they care so much about at arms length) #great now I miss the twins T^T #also can I just say #people seem to be forgetting that Jean grew up with these boys #and that she’s probably just as devestated by their broken bond as they are #honestly jean is probably able to empathize with the brothers because of her distant relationship with her own sister (barbara) #I just wish they were still a trio :(