#we also ignore the zhongli angst thats been sitting in my drafts for a year

[baeshijima]

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A/N : HAPPY BDAY ZHONGLI AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!! 2021 has been rough with getting back into normal life on top of covid spreading and with a new variant, but i hope this post will cheer u up and let’s hope 2022 is much kinder to us (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

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STREAMER ZHONGLI????

streamer zhongli o(*°▽°*)o

pogchamp—

definitely was first in the Just Chatting, Travel & Outdoors, and possibly Food & Drinks categories in twitch at the beginning, and gained a steady following from there on !!

he unknowingly lured them in with his asmr worthy voice ( '◡' )

also talks about the history of certain cultures when travelling, or the origins of foods and drinks when he’s partaking in that category

gets a lot of questions from his chat which ends up turning into everyday talks or him giving advice to ppl !! 

so his primary category is Just Chatting HSDKJ

oh !! oh !!

and his twitch user is ZhongliTV :’))

usually has lofi music in the background of his streams !!

when he first started out as a streamer, he didn’t have his webcam on, so his viewers could only hear his voice !!

not that they were complaining bc, well, who can resist zhongli’s deep voice ? 👩‍🦯

but one day, one of his viewers asked why he doesn’t use a webcam 

and this man just ,,,,

“i don’t know how to set one up.”

so obviously this causes his chat to instantly go into an uproar and help him !!

they talk him through the process of setting one up and give him recommendations on the best quality ones !!

he looks through the reviews with his chat and they all give their own two cents abt each one and he ultimately has his mods do a poll when he’s struggling to decide which one would be best to buy

the next day he streams, his chat thought they were in the wrong stream 

why?

bc they saw their strimmer’s beautiful face for the first time

genuinely thought he converted into a vtuber for a moment due to his visuals :’))

zhongli took their doubts as a negative reaction :(

well, until they started reassuring him in caps :

“NO NO UR BEAUTIFUL MR STRIMMER”

“YOU’RE LITERALLY THE MOST HANDSOME PERSON I’VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE?????”

“WHO SAID OUR BELOVED STREAMER IS NOTHING SHORT OF BEAUTIFUL Madge”

“PRETTY”

he was surprised at the sudden reassurances, but eventually laughs and thanks the chat, saying that they’re very beautiful too

and hoOOOh boy did his gentle laugh sound like angels singing and—

oh would u look at that, his chat have fallen into cardiac arrest 💀

. . .

anywho

he eventually does divert into the world of online gaming and, with the growth of his community (who originally came for his otherworldly visuals, but stayed for his insightful thoughts and naturally calming presence), he gets many recommendations of different genres that may appeal to him

so he tries various things from long running games such as the pokémon series (his favourite series would probably be black&white or heartgold & soulsilver !!) to online multiplayer games like overwatch or minecraft (very much appreciates the bgm in minecraft as he cultivates his land or goes mining ^^) or even role playing games like elder scrolls, the legend of zelda, persona 5, and final fantasy

he’s enjoyed each of the games played, and all the experiences each one has given him !!

v v invested in the lore behind them and probably has quite a few lore videos/theories on his yt channel !!

when someone in chat typed “who asked” in response to him talking abt some lore in a game, they were immediately perma banned by his mods before he could see it KJKLDF

now

zhongli’s chat is definitely one of the most wholesome ones, with a bunch of discussions going on due to zhongli’s big brain and open mind

he easily engages in long debates and conversations with his community and it’s just ??? so ??? fun ???

like

he’s just super open with any and all ideas and seriously considers + explores them, which his community just appreciate so much :(

definitely has quite a lot of emotes too !!

one of his mods is an artist and they offered to draw emotes for him free of charge bc they just really appreciate him as a person :((

zhongli insisted on paying tho bc he wanted to show his gratitude by compensating it in what he believed it was worth 

but yeah, now he has a whole array of emotes that he just openly appreciates on the daily when ppl use them and it makes the mod/artist just super happy that he enjoys their work sm

zhongli just is the type to appreciate everything he’s given, no matter how small the detail may be 

he’s just super grateful that there are ppl willing to go to such lengths to support him okay 😭

nOW ONTO THIS MAN BEING WHIPPED FOR U AS A GENSHIN STREAMER !!!!

okay

so

i feel like he would also be an og player like albedo and childe in my other hcs !!

except it was recommended by ppl in his community in all his social medias KJHLDJF

so obv this was like,,, pre-release where u can still pre-register

so after looking into the website and what info was official, he pre-registered !!

now .

after pre-registering with his chat, they decided to watch the trailers and gOODNESS WERe they hooked

so eventually the day comes where genshin is released to the world

and zhongli?

already on the loading screen with a steaming pot of tea and snacks with his chat going bonkers as they load their game too

opening cutscene?

beautiful

graphics?

flawless

voicing?

stunning

genuinely has such an amazing time experiencing this game for the first time and seeing all these new characters that weren’t in the previews !!

finds venti to be suspicious tho

like

REALLY suspicious

he talked to a dragon

he dISAPPEARED when said dragon flew away

looks suspicious

probably thinks he’s a minor antagonist at first or smth

doesn’t even go to mond city straight away, just explores the area bc damn why are the graphics so beautiful ??

so yeah he has a fun time running around and finding chests and seeing different areas of the terrain !!

after like,,, an hour of pure exploration and chill chatting with his chat he finally proceeds with the story HKJHG

finds kaeya to be really suspicious too tho bc :

“why does he have one eye covered? surely that means he has something to hide from us.”

chat are split between agreeing and trying to defend kaeya bc they don’t want to admit he could be an antagonist <//3

fast forward some more and he’s in the last domain with kaeya

once again, kaeya suspicious when he stays behind

but then diluc enters and

what’s this?

some unspoken bad blood between the two?

zhongli the theorist sips his tea and calmly begins another hour long discussion about what their roles could be—

but soon enough he was out of the story bc he had to build up adventure ranks :’)

very chill stream where he just did exploration and had many discussions with each introduced character’s role

he did wish on beginner’s bc of the pre-registration rewards, so he had a lot of primos and acquaint fates !!

saw venti on the limited banner and stared at it for a solid five minutes, contemplating on whether or not he should role on suspicious character #1

he already got suspicious character #2 for free, so might as well get the original, right?

well, venti came home in literally the first 10 pull so he saved primos KJSL

so now he has suspicious character #1 and #2

thinks venti is useful tho so he doesn’t regret it that much <//3

takes it back when he has to steal a lyre from the cathedral

it took him five tries and he ended up sacrificing venti when fighting an axe mitachurl and abyss mage in the three camps to collect dvalin’s tears

thoroughly enjoyed the prologue chapter tho !! very interesting and different to what he has played previously, so it was a fresh take for him

zhongli.exe stopped working when he found out venti was the anemo archon tho

was not expecting that. . . Sadge

but now he’s in liyue and has to rank up again to do the next story quest :’))

did hear some things about the geo archon there from in-game venti, but found out that his character venti had a voice over that was only unlocked after he completes a certain quest

and apparently it’s the next archon quest in liyue

so naturally he unlocks all the waypoints first in liyue and does more exploration before delivering katherine’s letter in liyue harbor !!

this transitions into the next day bc zhongli preaches about healthy sleeping patterns and looking after yourself :’)

so the next day he starts the liyue quest !!

all is well until he witnesses the geo archon’s death

f in the chat for stunned zhongli

cue another hour long discussion about what could have been the cause KHLKJF

just used venti to fly over the milelith KEKW

he thought childe was pretty suspicious too, but was grateful for his help and found his attacks pretty fascinating too !!

also found the adepti and their different designs really interesting as well !!

skip to chapter 2 of the quest, and he was wondering who childe would take him to meet

also became even more curious due to his chat spamming and saying how the time has finally come

“GUYS THE TIME IS HERE”

“OUR STRIMMER FINALLY MEETS THEM OMG”

“(Y/N) NATION RISE”

and there u were

in all ur glory

sipping some tea

holy shit were u stunning

haha (y/n) nation rise ╰（‵□′）╯

HE !!! APPRECIATES !!! UR DESIGN !!! SO FREAKING MUCH ?!!£”!

HJSDFJKSHDL HOLY SHIZZLE STICKS ALL THE DETAILS AND FINE LINES AND UR V O I C E ?!

JUST

MWAH

CHEF’S KISS

definitely starts talking about u and what ur possible role could be

man did u look so flawless and amazing and graceful and

fuck

and obv he knows this is a gacha game, so he’s aware that money is to be spent at times to obtain characters and progress at a much quicker rate

so guys

i just wanna put it out there

zhongli is rich.

he just doesn’t like to flaunt his riches because he doesn’t believe that it defines a person and, in turn, doesn’t want it to define him in the eyes of his viewers 

but when he saw u, he was willing to spend as much money as he needed to get u 🤧

naur but this man !!

this !!

mAN !!!

immediately searches through mhy’s social medias to find official art for u

didn’t find any but found lots of fanarts, to which he very much appreciated

remember that mod who’s an artist that created all of his emotes? yeah, they make various ones surrounding u after zhongli asks for it ;-;

fully does not want to move on bc otherwise he may not see u again, but chat and his community reassure him that he will be seeing a lot of u from here on out

and oh how true that statement was

zhongli has never been more glad to have started this game than now KJHDF

but bc of ur addition, he treasures liyue even more and it very quickly becomes his favourite nation, purely bc ur from there (ಥ _ ಥ)

he’s very certain the future five nations won’t be able to top it (later on, inazuma does become close due to all the lore tho !!)

and when he finds out ur the geo archon ?????

holy shit

he had his speculations after venti was revealed, but it still surprised him immensely

also the type to read all the descriptions and lore of the in-game items and books, so he would definitely feel sympathetic knowing ur the archon who’s lived the longest, to the point of immortality, and has had to endure the most pain, loss and betrayal !!

has definitely asked mhy in their surveys to make u happier in future events and quests to make up for all the pain behind the scenes (as well as a hangout quest when they were introduced)

and when mhy announced that u were to be playable in the next patch update?

bonkers

the world went absolutely bonkers

childe? tartaglia? who’s that?

(y/n) nation only knows u and u only 😩🖐

this boomer hands man,,,

he whaled for u

and rightfully so

got u to c6 within the first day and r5’d ur weapon straight after ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪

chat spammed his (Y/N)Nation emote the whole time

literally got u maxed out at lvl 90, weapon at lvl 90, and swore that u would be his first triple crowned character

plays u as main dps even there was this whole heated debate abt u being a dps, sub dps, support, and utility

in other words

ur very versatile :)

wanted u to be his first maxed friendship character and is still petty abt venti being his first one to lvl 10 somehow

but ur story quest ?

holy fuck did that get him emotional

especially the end cutscene and the last dialogue u say when the quest is over abt wanting to be alone rn ;-;

pls he just wants to comfort u but mhy won’t let him ;-;;;;

just !! appreciates u as a character sm ???

he doesn’t think a character has ever resonated with him as much as u have and his community thinks it’s actually the most adorable and wholesome thing when he gets happy discussing things and theories abt ur past :((

has many, many screenshots as well !!

there’s one he has of u smiling from ur story quest as his twt pfp, and his discord one is from an incredibly beautiful scene from ur trailer <33

his favourite voice overs from u are chat: reminiscing + about venti (bc u basically roast him and he’s never been prouder <//3) + more about (y/n): v

ur character song is pretty much always in his stream and daily playlist bc it’s just so calming to him

he could literally fall asleep to it (and has. on several occasions—)

just a very loving man who can and will support his favourite character against all the haters at all costs !!

even has u as his avatar + ur namecard when he unlocks it

his bio is even :

“(Y/n)’s protector.”

his community finds it adorable, even more so bc he maintains his punctuation 😭

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