#if you're wondering why i think he's softie just listen to his voicelines and how much he cares about the traveler

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When i think about Diluc and his possible struggle with all the expectations he has to meet i get really.. sad

He's the only son of the biggest man in Mondstadt, he's a noble from a wealthy and respected family. This is what i used to think of him, just a rich white man, but my man has always been his daddy's good boy, and he were always expected to behave like that.

I mean, did he REALLY want to be one of the Knight of Favonius? Did he really wanted a vision to himself and become the youngest capitan in KoF??? Hell, I'm sure he didn't want to work in the wine family business.

His father just forced his 10(?) years old son into living his own dream;; he made a kid bear the weight of responsibilities of an adult, like??? wtf????? And for what? 😭

You'd think that his father's death would lessen the weight of expectations and responsibilities but nO, IT MADE IT WORSE. SO. MUCH. WORSE!!

Let's list down what Diluc was hit with on his birthday,

First, he literally had to kill his own father to end his suffering and had to live with idea that with all the training he had to go through just to prove to his father how he's a good boy he was still not enough, and his father paid for it.

Second, he had to figure out wtf happened, what caused that attack, WHAT is a delusion, and how the fuck did his father has in possession one of the infamous FATUI's top secret weapons?? What was his kind father's connection to the fatui????

Third, he had to deal with KoF's betrayal, an organisation that he spent half of his life being part of, the other half was training to get into it.

Forth, his being the only heir to the Ravinder and to his family business now the eyes of all the hungry wolves of Mondstadt, and possibly all of tayvet, is on him. Waiting for sink their teeth hoping they'll gain something.

Fifth, sigh... Kaeya's secret reveal. After all their in-game and in the manga interactions, i highly doubt there's a bad blood between them. However, kaeya was still the straw that broke the camel's back, but it wasn't really a straw it was as heavy as Zhongli's meteorite.

My man kaeya really just told diluc on the day of his father's death that a monstrous organisation is trying to end the world and he was supposed to be a spy for them and that there's a possible connection between the fatui and the abyss order adding to his very long list of responsibilities on his shoulder as the uncrowned king of Mondstadt, even if that wasn't necessary kaeya's intentions.

No wonder our son is depressed af man;;

He escaped from everything for three years, maybe these years gave him clarity, made him SEE how he has always been a trophy kid to his father, how he grew to be how everyone wanted him to be, not allowing him to even think of what he wants to do.

We see him smile that cute smile in the manga, but now i wonder if he was truly happy or was he pretending to be happy for everyone else's sake?

#what i absolutely love about diluc is that he puts a deadpan/hard expressions and personality so no one would play him for a fool again #but he's still a softie at heart IM CRYING #if you're wondering why i think he's softie just listen to his voicelines and how much he cares about the traveler #and look back at how much he cares about kaeya and jean despite being part of KoF and also venti who's a technically a deadbeat #a softie that can kick ass how seggc 😍 #i want to write a post why i think kae and luc are actually still besties but im too lazy because that will require a lot of time to look #for screenshots of their in-game interactions and a lot of digging tbh #everyone says thank you mihoyo for all the diluc and kaeya contents 🥰 #I can't believe i fall in love with the rich white boy😩 I'll just blame @/cryo_tears for their beautiful diluc and absolute simping for him #seriously tho they really opened my eyes for him sweet baby deserve all the love he gets ;-; #genshin impact #diluc genshin impact #genshin impact diluc #diluc #diluc ragvindr #genshin diluc #diluc character study #? #if you're reading this far i hope you enjoyed my diluc brainworms <3