DCKZ and their Favorite Girly Series
Ok, so uh, I know you're probably scratching your head reading the title, but hear me out on this one.
This started with me remembering this image I had saved on my computer:
I don't know who originally made it (only that I found it on Pinterest) or what they were trying to say, but it made me go "teehee" and I saved it to my computational device. And since I love DCKZ, I thought "Hmm, why not expand on this silly idea?"
So here's my modern AU where I detail how I imagine they got introduced to the series they're given in the image, who's their favorite character, and anything else to expand this silly AU. Because I have decided that I want DCKZ to become a regular topic on my blog, and this is how I'm doing it.
When they were kids, Diluc and Kaeya were invited over to Jean's place and Barbara was watching one of the early 2000s Barbie movies on the living room TV.
Diluc noticed this and sat down next to Barbara. Kaeya and Jean joined in too and soon they were eating snacks and enjoying the movie.
After that experience, Diluc would ask Crepus and Adelinde to get DVDs of all the Barbie movies; he needed to see the rest of this cinematic universe.
As he grew up, Diluc found himself not enjoying many of the modern Barbie movies but had fond memories of watching the older movies with Kaeya and Jean.
One day while Diluc is in the middle of his shift at the Angel's Share, Kaeya enters the bar and takes a seat at the counter right in front of Diluc. He tries to make conversation and Diluc gives either short responses or a simple nod.
"Jean, Barbara, and I were planning on seeing the Barbie movie with Rosaria and Venti. The problem is we have one more ticket, and we don't know who else to bring with us." He said with a mischievous little smile. Diluc stops cleaning the glass he's holding and looks at his brother with his usual stern-looking expression.
He absolutely cried during the movie because he's a sopping wet owl like that, and Kaeya likes to tease him about it (not in a mean way, but in a "Teehee, I can't believe Diluc of all people is getting emotional over the funny pink movie" way)
I feel like Diluc's favorite Barbie movies would be Rapunzel, The Princess and the Pauper, Magic of Pegasus, Diamond Castle, and Three Musketeers.
Imagine you're his partner and you suggest having a movie night together, and he gets this look in his eyes that says "It's my time to shine" and pulls out his DVD collection of Barbie movies.
Honestly, that'd make me know I made the right choice in a partner.
Childe and The Powerpuff Girls
He was introduced to the show thanks to his siblings, so it became something they bonded over.
He watched a couple episodes of the reboot and went "Y'know what? I'm good."
I'm not sure if he would have a favorite girl; I think he'd like all three equally.
One day at work, he notices one of his coworkers has a Bubbles pin on her bag, and he goes "Oh hey, you like that show too?"
She seems surprised that he's talking to her but gives a small smile and nods. She introduces herself as Columbina and the two become friends.
The two of them read the leaked script for the live action show and they both did not like it.
As a kid, Kaeya saw a random episode from one of the first four seasons and it changed his life forever.
It definitely influenced his fashion taste.
He's not a fan of the later seasons.
I feel like his favorite would be Flora.
I know this is a modern AU, but I like to imagine canon Kaeya looking at Bloom and her story of being the survivor of a destroyed kingdom and being like "She's just like me fr"
He saw the live action Netflix show and spent an entire evening at the Angel's Share with Rosaria complaining about it, and she sat there listening to him, just nodding and occasionally going "That's crazy."
Then the reboot came out and he spent another evening with Rosaria where he ranted about the A.I. slop (Diluc was working at the bar that night and ended up being forced to listen to him as well).
Sorry, can you tell I'm disappointed in the state of the Winx franchise
Anyway, uh, I feel like his favorite forms would be Enchantix and maybe Bloomix
Zhongli and Ever After High
His coworker Hu Tao mentioned it one day and he was curious about it. She shows him some images of the dolls and web series, and to her surprise, he seems interested.
After work, she shows him an episode of the web series. They watch it together for a bit before Hu Tao notices that Zhongli is watching with his hand stroking his chin, as if he were watching something very informative.
He looks into the series more on his own time and discovers there were books. He tries to find physical copies of them so he can know more about the lore.
Hu Tao watches in real time as Zhongli learns more and more about the series (he's determined to know every bit of information about his new interest. He's just like me fr). She eventually tells him that the show never had a conclusion, and she swore she saw a glint of sadness in his eyes.
I don't know why, but when I think of which characters he'd like, my first thought is Cedar. Maybe he'd also be an Apple defender.
Ok, this ended up being way longer than I thought it was going to be, but I just want to add this scenario that I thought was funny:
Childe: "Thank god the live action Powerpuff Girls never released!"
Kaeya: "Wow, must be nice not having a live action adaption of your favorite series."
Childe: "At least yours has that reboot going on, right?"
Kaeya: "Yeah, the one with a ton of A.I.!"
Childe: "Oh, right. At least the Powerpuff reboot didn't have that, I guess."
Zhongli: "Your favorite series are getting reboots?"
Diluc: stays silent because he knows that his favorite franchise is still going strong even if the modern movies don't appeal to him
So yeah... that's my kinda crack modern AU of DCKZ becoming fans of girly series. I'm realizing that I put way too much effort into this, but it's fine because this is a DCKZ post. I don't care if this is considered ""cringe""; I'm just sharing my ideas that I think are fun and make me think about my favorite characters.
I'm not sure how to end this so... have a good day. Eat something nice today.
(Side note: I really want to see what an updated version of that image would look like. What would Neuvillette or Flins like? I'd love to see what others think.)