crystal

genshin enthusiast | she/her

[crystalglassjar]

Butterfly Baby - Chapter 20

A final update to my HuXiao fic, Butterfly Baby, after 3 years. 🦋

A fleeting memory, a fleeting butterfly

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[crystalglassjar]

chilumi time travel/modern world fanfic idea?

as the Snezhnayian civil war rages in the distance, childe runs through a snowy forest, desperate to find his pregnant finance, lumine. the tired and battle-worn harbinger finds himself descending into a familiar place from his youth; the abyss.

after what felt like weeks of combat training, trials, and seeing beasts beyond the understanding of mankind, childe finds his way to the surface, back to civilization, still desperate to find lumine, whom he last saw 8 months pregnant with their baby, wearing her newly purchased engagement ring.

instead of being greeted with layers of white snow and the sound of battlezones, he hears people chattering and the sound of strange machines. childe, bewildered and dazed, looks up to see towering buildings and people walking by on the street, staring into small glowing rectangles in their palms. despite the dark night sky above, everywhere he looked seemed bright with color and lights.

in the 2 months childe spent in the abyss, nearly 200 years had passed, and he arose to what seemed like a whole new world. lumine and his great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren all woke up in a cold sweat in the night, with a strange feeling in their hearts.

[crystalglassjar]

MODERN WANGSHENG FUNERAL PARLOR: 2021 EDITION

Hu Tao: Buy one get one free! And for a limited time, if you’re killed by Covid-19, anyone you’ve directly infected gets 25% off their “second home” or 50% off a cremation service! Don’t miss out on this incredible deal’

Zhongli: It seems a bit tactless to put that on a poster. And funeral parlor ads are probably not allowed in hospital waiting areas.

[crystalglassjar]

klee: 😦

[crystalglassjar]

oh my god????? SHE IS BEAUTIFUL

[crystalglassjar]

What you lacked was not wind. It's courage that's allowed you to become the first flying birds of this world.

for anyone wondering, this is on an iPhone SE 2020. some photos are on medium settings while others are on high.

[crystalglassjar]

🚨 this is a WIP chapter so chapter 14 spoiler alert for my Butterfly Baby fic

I didn’t realize how hard it was to write wedding scenes omg 🧃🐝

[ghostlytao]

𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐎𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐘? - headcanons

>> includes- zhongli, xiao, hu tao, yanfei, keqing

🪨🌿 ZHONGLI —

“Hm? If I had to say, it would be... half full? I don’t have my mora to buy a glass, anyway..” The former archon would also most likely sip his tea afterwards.

🎋🌺 HU TAO —

“Aiya, that’s a tough question~ I would have to say half both, though.”

🍀💦 XIAO —

He would ignore you. If you brought almond tofu, however,, that would change- with,, of course,, coercion. “Half empty.”

📖🌸 YANFEI —

“Haaaaalf...” The girl would probably think to herself for a few moments, before saying “full” with a quick determined nod.

🌹🌂 KEQING —

“Why should I answer? It’d be a waste of time.. now, stop procrastinating and get back to work.”

[crystalglassjar]

if there’s huxiao food I will find it even if I have to scrape at the bottom of a barrel. I check this tag religiously....huxiao nation how we doing please tell me I’m not talking to a brick wall

[rainyflapbananapsychic]

There’s so less I’ve wrote just for content 😔

[crystalglassjar]

what’s ur fic ill read it 😳

[crystalglassjar]

Xiao: What does that school teach their students? Archery? Swordsmanship? Survival skills?

Hu Tao: Well our daughter is in first grade, so maybe they’ll teach her the alphabet....?

[crystalglassjar]

🦋 Chapter 12 of Butterfly Baby is out! (HuXiao)

for the most wonderful day

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[crystalglassjar]

i spent like an hour yesterday researching Chinese wedding attire for the Butterfly Baby fic and i still have no clue what Xiao would wear (I settled on something simple for Hu Tao just to avoid fucking it up)

[crystalglassjar]

xiao pls just eat the sandwich

[crystalglassjar]

sneaky peaky for butterfly baby chapter 11

chapter 10 link:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[crystalglassjar]

huxiao modern AU where Xiao is a part of a boy band duo with Venti and Hu Tao met him while looking for people to do sponsorships for Wangsheng Funeral Parlor

it can be xiaoven too. polygamy is cool

[crystalglassjar]

huxiao nation what would their wedding look like....for reasons

[chxsingparadise-deactivated2022]

NOW HEAR ME OUT: TWO WEDDINGS. 

ONE (THE FIRST ONE) SUPER SMALL, PEACEFUL, IN A FIELD OF QINGXING FLOWERS AND SILK LILIES, AND INCREDIBLY EMOTIONAL AND JUST “I SEE YOU AND ONLY YOU” PER REQUEST OF XIAO BECAUSE HE WOULD RATHER THE MOMENT HE GETS MARRIED TO BE SPECIAL TO HE AND HIS BELOVED WIFE HU TAO ALONE

THEN THE OTHER ONE IS HUGE. EVERYONE IS THERE. ZHONGLI, GANYU, TRAVELLER -- EVERYONE. IT’S LOUD, EXTRAVEGANT, AND POSSIBLY AT THE FUNERAL PARLOR??? ALSO, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT HU TAO WOULD HALF-JOKINGLY REPLACE THE ALTER WITH AN UPRIGHT COFFIN FOR THE PRIEST TO STAND IN

“You may now kiss the bride.”

“But before we get into that, let’s talk about our sponsor today, Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Shadow Legends! We can save you 15% or more on coffin insurance!!”

“Hu Tao... please... I’m begging you... just shut up and kiss me already....”

[crystalglassjar]

I- can I use these as inspiration for my fic because damn that’s good

[crystalglassjar]

huxiao nation what would their wedding look like....for reasons