hi! here’s an archive of all the content i’ve made on this blog!
writing
✦ fragile as dust
zhongli x f!reader
tags: romance, hurt/comfort, fluff, pining, fluff, domestic happiness, past trauma, lots of spoilers for zhongli’s character / story, lots of misunderstandings and irony, oh my god they were roommates
desc: A girl from the bowels of Liyue’s human trafficking industry is saved by a God who gave up everything to honor his last promise. An exploration of trauma, grief and loss on both fronts.
desc: “If a contract is not followed, then it is broken.” The God of Contracts will stop you from leaving Teyvat, no matter what it takes.
animatics
✦ flos
zhongli’s birthday animatic. an exploration of how zhongli has affected the people of liyue, and how they’ll affect him. guizhong is there too, sometimes.
✦ the wellerman
aether and paimon visit the angel’s share tavern, where a bard is singing an epic tale about a certain archon of geo and goddess of dust.
✦ consequence
based on my fanfic consequence; an exploration of zhongli’s manipulative tendencies. pretty dark, please be warned!
comics
✦ the lantern rite
zhongli recites the origins of the lantern rite (inspired by his voiceline)
✦ rest
zhongli eases into life after his retirement, but the traveler has different plans.
✦ the power of friendship
zhongli takes a day off to help the liyue kids with a fearsome threat to the city
✦ happy birthday, zhongli
a colored, comic version of the flos animatic. zhongli gets a pleasant surprise for his birthday.
✦ zhongli’s 1.3 buffs
a lil ... something ... made in anticipation of zhongli’s 1.3 buffs
✦ the naming of guili plains
the naming of guili plains was morax’s idea, surprisingly.
✦ memories of dust
zhongli reflects on guizhong’s last words to him, and how they’ve come to fruition in the youth of liyue
HI! I have. literally not gotten ANY notifications from Tunglr about any of the asks I’ve received and there’s,, so many?? I’m so sorry for not responding!! I did take a brief hiatus to deal with some irl stuff but I should be back next week?? I’ll be working through the asks slowly, thank you all so much for checking in ;~; <3
on that note i finally cracked and got a decent tablet and drawing software,, im probably going to be preoccupied with practicing on it for a little.
fragile may only get an update this weekend because my lovely beta reader is currently having exams! thank you all for the patience ; ; sorry the blog is a lil messy rn! i’m having so much fun creating content for y’all!
As your resident head of the Zhongli fan club, here’s a friendly reminder that it’s highly likely Zhongli will be on a banner on 1.5.
(LEAK / SPOILER WARNING)
From the voicelines that’ve been leaked, we know that 1.5 will focus on Zhongli’s past with Azdaha, the king of dragons. If you’re interested in knowing more / sources, please PM me.
As such, it would make sense that he’s brought back on a rerun banner in an update that’s so relevant to him, similar to how Venti has been brought back for Windblume.
I don’t usually entertain or endorse leaks, and of course none of this is by ANY means officially confirmed, but I know a few people who are planning on rolling for Childe but would also be devastated to have no Primos left for a Zhongli rerun banner.
If you’re wanting Zhongli, do be cautious when Childe banner comes out, and maybe hold off a little bit until the 1.5 update announcement comes along! Happy rolling, everyone!
Hello! I wanna know, how do you start liking zhongli? At which part of the story did you decided to drop everything for him? Or is it just love at first sight?
I’m crying why do I feel scalped by this ask... Zhongli was actually the launcher cover when I first joined Genshin and I said “oh! cute” and moved on.
For me it was really when he revealed he was Rex Lapis? And we realized that the man in front of us (whom we had spent the better part of the week shopping, eating and joking with) was someone who’d lost countless of friends (some of which he had to put down himself a la Archaic Petra circlet lore), gone through millennia of endless war, and processed unimaginable grief, only to channel it all into learning how to be kind and gentle towards the humans (ie in his character demo). Throw in polearm animations, parallels w/ my culture as an East Asian, deep deep voice and my monkey brain went feral.
fun fact though! I only started creating content for Zhongli because someone on the official Discord said “Zhongli has the depth of a napkin” and I said aight bet.
Can you please also add about Zhongli and how he deals with grief? I always see it as the most interesting part about him because we're never shown how he deals with grief, only that we're told he's moved on.
Oooooh yes, absolutely, I’ll try to tackle the subject. Thank you for the suggestion!
Hello, if it's okay with you can you share a long analysis about Zhongli's character?
Hi!!! I don’t actually have it fully written, just have... a few pages of notes jotted down incoherently. I’m in the process of tidying it up and will be posting as soon as I do.
If there’s anything in particular you’d like to know about Zhongli, let me know and I’ll be sure to include it.
Thank you so much for the interest and for trusting me with doing Geo dad’s character justice!!
Omggg I just finished reading Consequences and the THIRST IM FEELING AHHH!
I love the prompt soso much and I hope you wrote a sequel someday!
I have question tho, I had no idea Lumine was a hilichurl/mitachurl sympathizer!! I love that soso much. And she NAMED one?! Fuckin amazing marry me right away! I can’t find mt tianhang in the map ato see the that mitahcurl tho -cry-
thank u for writing this it’s soso good!
Thank you so much for reading my story, and for the kind comment!!
The stuff about sympathizing with Hilichurls is actually not canon for the traveler, unfortunately! I wrote about it because my lovely friend, who also gave me the prompt, gets upsetti spaghetti at me for killing Hilichurls unnecessarily and it’s the cutest thing 🥺🥺
The Mitachurl who watches the harbor is actually real, you can find him to the west of Liyue Harbor, on Mt. Tianheng. He’s a Geo Shield Mitachurl near a few crystal nodes, just north of the waypoint. (My friend named him Bulrush 🥺)
I’m not sure if I’ll be doing a sequel for conseq. as I’m currently preoccupied with fragile as dust, my other Zhongli fic,, but it’s definitely on the table of inspiration ever strikes !
Uhh I read the post about your favourites in Genshin and I am very much interested on that Zhongli character analysis you have there 👀
Also the last post of doodles I was laughing so hard with the fake shock bc YES THAT'S ZHONGLI lmao now I will have them rent free in my mind everyday lmao lmao
(Also I hope you don't mind me sending asks like this ajsnjs? If so please tell me, I will retreat instantly)
Oh! Please don’t worry about sending me asks, my tiny monkey braincell is Thriving from having people to talk to!!
Im glad you enjoyed my fragile shitposting!! And ahhh since there seems to actually be people interested in it, I’ll get the Zhongli analysis written up??? I’ve gotten a couple of messages asking abt it so far and I’m so surprised y’all want to hear my Zhongli brainrot. Thank you for the interest!! 🥰 and for all your kind messages!
In Genshin, who are your favourite characters: 1) Lore and story wise, 2) Gameplay wise (how fun and useful they are) 3) Visual design wise and 4) Personality wise?
(Yo so I swear that I hit post on this but I just found this in my drafts... it’s been 3 months... I’m so sorry)
...I uninronically have to say Zhongli for all of these, but I’ll also add in another character for each because y’all already see me ramble about Zhongli every day 🥺
| Lore and Story
Zhongli - Do I need to say more... I absolutely love the narrative trope of “ancient powerful immortal learns how to be gentle with humans” and that’s Zhongli to a T. Even before I knew about Guizhong I was Hooked on him and now he lives rent free in my brain at all times.
Childe - His lore is deeply interesting to me, what’s with the whole falling into the Abyss as a tiny Babey. I feel like he’s going to be the gateway into a lot of important story elements, such as more information on the Abyss, the lady who lives there and saved him, the overarching villainy of the Tsaritsa, etc. Also we just love 1 (one) feral little boy who tried to fight everyone, got sent to the military as punishment, and then fought so good that he got Promoted to fight MORE.
| Gameplay
Zhongli - Uhhhh I have him at C6 so that might might skew my opinion a bit but hands down he’s my most used unit, and that’s with me having all units except Klee. I just don’t die with his constellation heal and burst shield, pillar is always nice during exploration, the mans is a Mining Machine, and the petrification for controlling adds is just 👌👌 I’ve also always been fond of the “summoner” playstyle in most games AND I love filling the bruiser / tank role so Zhongli being both of them was absolutely perfect. That said, the Zhongli buffs are absolutely welcome for those without his constellations, only the best stats and kit for the CEO of GEO.
Albedo - Geo supremacy gang rise up.. I love Albedo for being a super solid off-field, selfless support — I don’t have any decent artifacts on him but he still consistently adds on so much off field damage to my Phys DPS Zhongli with his super low cooldown E. It also charges up my Zhongli burst like no tomorrow, 10/10 best battery. The yellow blossoms are also just so so pretty and the tactile / visual / audio feedback on them is 👌
| Visual Design
Zhongli - The man could step on me and I would thank him. He can kick me like his spear. I bleached my hair ombré so I could begin to touch a hint of his divinity. I literally stand there in-game and just zoom in on him sometimes. Ever since I got the Kamera my hard drive has been screaming for the sweet release of death from the thousands of Zhongli pictures I’ve snapped. I'm learning Liyue music on a piano I haven’t touched in four years, so I can imagine playing his city’s music for him. My right hand is muscle memoried to repeatedly run his attack sequence and stop at the spear kick animation so I can imagine myself being the spear. Yeah I think he’s kinda cute! 👀 👉🏻👈
Xinyan - Trying to stray away from 5* characters here. Love her outfit, love her hair, love her facial design in general. Her ult animation was the highlight of the 1.1 trailer for me (besides Mr. Zhongli of course) She got swept under the rug because of the Zhongli debacle and it’s super sad because she’s a very solidly designed unit with beautiful animations. I also love that her instrument is a traditional lyre that she canonically designed to look like a rock guitar.
| Personality
Zhongli - We’ll be here all day if I really really start poppin’ about Zhongli’s personality so I’ll try and keep it short. Zhongli’s personality is an ENIGMA to me that I have and will continue to spend countless hours studying. I’ve been thinking of releasing my findings in a character analysis, tbh, because like. There’s so much. On the surface he’s a well-meaning, kind, gentle if not a little out-of-touch individual with a flair for the traditional / fancy.
But??? He won the Archon war? We know from Roald’s Adventurer Diaries, where he slips into Osial’s memories, that Zhongli was absolutely BRUTAL during the war. What changed him? (Guizhong) How long did he take to change? What has he learned during the last 6,000 years of life -- certainly how to manipulate mortals like puppets, as we see from his Archon quest, which no one seems to address?? Is there some part of Archon-War-Victor Morax still in there, waiting for the right spark to ignite his fuse? Yo??? I’m.... just have a lot of feelings about Zhongli’s character.
Beidou - Pirate.. lady... hnnghh,,, step me,, ; ; Beidou is a character we haven’t seen quite yet but just her voicelines and story intrigue me so much. She killed Haishan without a Vision, stopped singing completely after said kill, is doing some kind of dirty work for the most powerful people in Liyue whilst boldly proclaiming that she is their equal,,, has a huge family and a heart of gold, seems to be against the social hierarchy of Liyue yet tolerates working with the Qixing? There’s so much going on and I for one am eagerly awaiting 2.0 not for Inazuma, but for seeing her in the story
Thank you for the ask!!! It felt great to just let loose and examine my relationship w/ each of the characters in the game. :)
In Genshin, who are your favourite characters: 1) Lore and story wise, 2) Gameplay wise (how fun and useful they are) 3) Visual design wise and 4) Personality wise?
(Yo so I swear that I hit post on this but I just found this in my drafts... it’s been 3 months... I’m so sorry)
...I uninronically have to say Zhongli for all of these, but I’ll also add in another character for each because y’all already see me ramble about Zhongli every day 🥺
| Lore and Story
Zhongli - Do I need to say more... I absolutely love the narrative trope of “ancient powerful immortal learns how to be gentle with humans” and that’s Zhongli to a T. Even before I knew about Guizhong I was Hooked on him and now he lives rent free in my brain at all times.
Childe - His lore is deeply interesting to me, what’s with the whole falling into the Abyss as a tiny Babey. I feel like he’s going to be the gateway into a lot of important story elements, such as more information on the Abyss, the lady who lives there and saved him, the overarching villainy of the Tsaritsa, etc. Also we just love 1 (one) feral little boy who tried to fight everyone, got sent to the military as punishment, and then fought so good that he got Promoted to fight MORE.
| Gameplay
Zhongli - Uhhhh I have him at C6 so that might might skew my opinion a bit but hands down he’s my most used unit, and that’s with me having all units except Klee. I just don’t die with his constellation heal and burst shield, pillar is always nice during exploration, the mans is a Mining Machine, and the petrification for controlling adds is just 👌👌 I’ve also always been fond of the “summoner” playstyle in most games AND I love filling the bruiser / tank role so Zhongli being both of them was absolutely perfect. That said, the Zhongli buffs are absolutely welcome for those without his constellations, only the best stats and kit for the CEO of GEO.
Albedo - Geo supremacy gang rise up.. I love Albedo for being a super solid off-field, selfless support — I don’t have any decent artifacts on him but he still consistently adds on so much off field damage to my Phys DPS Zhongli with his super low cooldown E. It also charges up my Zhongli burst like no tomorrow, 10/10 best battery. The yellow blossoms are also just so so pretty and the tactile / visual / audio feedback on them is 👌
| Visual Design
Zhongli - The man could step on me and I would thank him. He can kick me like his spear. I bleached my hair ombré so I could begin to touch a hint of his divinity. I literally stand there in-game and just zoom in on him sometimes. Ever since I got the Kamera my hard drive has been screaming for the sweet release of death from the thousands of Zhongli pictures I’ve snapped. I'm learning Liyue music on a piano I haven’t touched in four years, so I can imagine playing his city’s music for him. My right hand is muscle memoried to repeatedly run his attack sequence and stop at the spear kick animation so I can imagine myself being the spear. Yeah I think he’s kinda cute! 👀 👉🏻👈
Xinyan - Trying to stray away from 5* characters here. Love her outfit, love her hair, love her facial design in general. Her ult animation was the highlight of the 1.1 trailer for me (besides Mr. Zhongli of course) She got swept under the rug because of the Zhongli debacle and it’s super sad because she’s a very solidly designed unit with beautiful animations. I also love that her instrument is a traditional lyre that she canonically designed to look like a rock guitar.
| Personality
Zhongli - We’ll be here all day if I really really start poppin’ about Zhongli’s personality so I’ll try and keep it short. Zhongli’s personality is an ENIGMA to me that I have and will continue to spend countless hours studying. I’ve been thinking of releasing my findings in a character analysis, tbh, because like. There’s so much. On the surface he’s a well-meaning, kind, gentle if not a little out-of-touch individual with a flair for the traditional / fancy.
But??? He won the Archon war? We know from Roald’s Adventurer Diaries, where he slips into Osial’s memories, that Zhongli was absolutely BRUTAL during the war. What changed him? (Guizhong) How long did he take to change? What has he learned during the last 6,000 years of life -- certainly how to manipulate mortals like puppets, as we see from his Archon quest, which no one seems to address?? Is there some part of Archon-War-Victor Morax still in there, waiting for the right spark to ignite his fuse? Yo??? I’m.... just have a lot of feelings about Zhongli’s character.
Beidou - Pirate.. lady... hnnghh,,, step me,, ; ; Beidou is a character we haven’t seen quite yet but just her voicelines and story intrigue me so much. She killed Haishan without a Vision, stopped singing completely after said kill, is doing some kind of dirty work for the most powerful people in Liyue whilst boldly proclaiming that she is their equal,,, has a huge family and a heart of gold, seems to be against the social hierarchy of Liyue yet tolerates working with the Qixing? There’s so much going on and I for one am eagerly awaiting 2.0 not for Inazuma, but for seeing her in the story
Thank you for the ask!!! It felt great to just let loose and examine my relationship w/ each of the characters in the game. :)
Hi I came back to gush again about the new chapter! 💜 AND OH MY GOD THAT CLIFFHANGER!!! I somehow could feel it creeping up behind a corner, starring at us defenseless readers, ready to attack! If it wasn’t past 1am I would have screamed with excitement!! Every new chapter feels like a brand new episode of my favorite show, I’m so hooked! As someone who lives for good character interaction this is a goddamn buffet 💜💜😋
OH GOSH??? ;~; dfjlskdjf I’m so glad that you enjoyed the latest chapter!! This is ,, such high praise,,,, I’m not sure what to do with myself... Your comments mean so so much to me, so thank you VERY much for taking the time to not only read my story but also give me such kind feedback... I hope to see you around for future chapters! (Also, I LOVE?? your art???? WOW)
Nigguang: *needs glaze lilies for ascension, and is also v v smart*
All of us: Guizhong????
DHFKJDSHF I could,, pop off for ages abt Ningguang... but I’ll spare y’alls poor dashes ;; On the note of Guizhong, I believe Ningguang is to some extent a cinematic parallel of Guizhong (circumstances of birth, great at engineering, same favorite food, glaze lilies etc), but if you’re referring to the reincarnation theory, imo we’re still lacking a bit of evidence there.
Hey there! Just wanted to ask if I can added to the Taglist of your Zhongli Fanfic too? I read all the latest chapters in one go while being in the hospital and I fell in love with your writings ♡
Hi! Yes, absolutely, I’ll remember to tag you next time! Thank you so much taking the time to read my story and for the kind words; I hope that you’re alright?? ;;
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