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This is my first Fic I've posted in 10 years, I am by no means a professional; art or writting wise. This is a labour of Love for me and of course; Self-Indulgent.
Every Update i will wait until 2/3 weeks until I start including new lore into the fic if its a major lore drop or Archon quest to give everyone the abilty to catch up and to avoide spoilers - I usually do the quests immediately to counter it myself and to start rumiating on how to incorporate it into my fics
Create what you want to see. You dont even have to share it - but if you'd like to, I will gladly interact w/ you. just message :] for anyone under 18 reading this, I do ask you to keep it in public spaces however, like in the comment section on Sfw posts or on this one here, that's perfectly fine, you dont have to mention it either.
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Content Warnings and Tags...
Game spoilers, Character lore spoilers, Mention of Fantasy War (Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star rail events. and briefly Transformers lore- that one's not important to lore)
Blasphemy, negative AND positive religious portrayals, poverty, homelessness, racism, socialism, capitalism, communism, slavery, religion,
PHYSICAL - Brief Suicidal ideation (Reader did not expect to survive the fall to Teyvat), Brief Stomach/Chest wound, bleeding descriptions, incorrect wound care, unintentional and intentional self-harm, force fed medication (For Good reason), Medication use, Withdrawal (Medicinal), Physical disabilities,
PSYCHOLOGICAL - Existential dread, mental breakdowns, panic attacks, meltdowns, overstimulation (the bad one), Mental disabilities,
MENTIONED/PAST EVENT - Grooming (gets mentioned about dubious origin of ‘old traditions’ and certain characters in-game lore), Physical and Mental abuse, cannibalism (past- and is referenced), cult-like behaviour
CHARACTER SPECIFIC {CANON BACKGROUND} WARNINGS - Experimentation (Dottore-Centric), Grooming (Kaeya-Centric), Human Trafficking (Lynette-Centric)
Other Tags - Overcommunication, Slice of life, Domestic, Immortality, cohabitation, Crackfic, Crack taken seriously, Sex positivity, LGBTQIA+ Characters, Polycule,
Inspirations for the Fic Series [These are the fics i reference]
Yogscast - The humour found here originates from them, sadly.
Legend of Zelda - Light magic and the time magic mechanics
Pokemon - This is where the Religious stuff come from, the religion of the Creator is based on Arceus [Mostly the Pokemon Legends; Arceus games interpretation of of their god/legendary pokemon]
Minecraft - Or rather, My 10+ years minecraft realms lore progression
Stardew Valley - Slice of life my beloved
Sims - Location building
ARG websites and old forums - thats the mystery stuff here
Date Everything - Companions and Suitors Court system
Old RWBY - Fight/Action based design
Danganronpa - The way i structure character response stills are somewht inspired by the casts reaction stills
Undertale and Deltarune - Multiverse and Timeline theory
FNAF - Animatronic design for Miliastra, Segments, and artificial
Subnautica - Oceanlife world building i have planned for Fontaine
Bulk watching Theory videos on video game lore is a big past time [Mostly of all of the above]
About our dearest Creator! Reader...
For a more In-depth look into the writing process. World Building and Important, Familial relationships and Suitor relationships - Most Updated Version on A03 or TLDR below
Creator!Reader referred to by Nicknames and all pronouns [It/its/she/her/he/him/they/them so far] - Each nation has its own interpretations of Creator!Reader and thus is both right and wrong - Reader does not correct them
Creator!Reader has the ability to change genitalia via magic and alters it in NSFW sections and other appropriate situations
Creator!Reader has a 'backstory' - It's actual Genshin lore explained in Isekai/SAGAU nerd terminology
Creator!Reader has [Temporary] physical draconian traits - Antenna, Horns, tail and some scales that can be actively present or hidden as Reader develops in the fic, this is mostly for the artwork representation of 'Reader'
Reader! is not a reliable narrator or source of information
Reader! comes from an untraditional household and background
Reader! is learning how to live again and will make mistakes
Reader! is disabled and some chapters will feature bad days not just good days
Written in First Person - POV - [I/my]
When in POV of Characters they use [You/your]
Not a Cult AU - While it is referenced this fic focuses on positivity and recovery and dealing with the aftermath
This is Slice of life with Plot
No one's an actual cunt to you
'Character x Reader' tag will only be added if they're majorly involved with Reader during the chapter
"You've forgoten some of this timelines memories haven't you? No worries! It may take some time but as your digital Assistant, Let your screen download your backup saves from the leylines!"
Creator!Reader and the world around them [Mobs, Animals and Bosses] Headcanons and Art [0]
Creator!Reader is about to be set out - A disguise is in order - Art [0]
Creator!Reader and Nibelung, Teyvat and its mmoos - Art [0]
Your Serenitea Pot Realm - Masterlist
No Organs? [0]
The tail is prehensile? [0]
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Mondstadt and The Creator [Here]
Temple of Space notes for the future [0] [Here]
Liyue and The Creator
Inazuma and The Creator
Sumeru and The Creator
Fontaine and The Creator
Natlan and The Creator
Nod-Krai and The Creator
Snezhnaya and The Creator
Khaenri’ah and The Creator
The Stars, Beyond and The Aeon
Dragon Sovereigns [0]
About our dearest SAGAU! Characters
The Accolades, or to you, the 'Characters of Genshin Impact' are all a part of the Readers' Court, a group of individuals chosen by the Divines true wishes and granted sanction within their realm; These individuals have the ability to draw on the Creators power, enhancing themselves in numerous ways.
General Headcanons [Game mechanics]
The Screen System [0]
Passive Talents [0]
Within the realm we have two divisions: Companions of the outer court and Suitors of the inner court.
These are all the characters that are Companions, The relationships between them and the Reader will stay friendly, familial or platonic in nature here
Others - Skirk, Miliastra Twins Fayble and Fayte, Aether, Paimon
These are all the characters that are Suitors. You will get to delve into the spectrum of love, lust and desire with them. Care for another as deep as theirs can manifest in different ways
[Please wait as these Characters are being analysed and processed]
No new Characters to be discovered
Other Ships present within the realm...
This is a Multi-Shipper safe space. These guys also have pre-established relationships with other characters or will develop through the story like for example;
Jean x Lisa
Kaeya x Albedo
Al-haitham x Kaveh
Tighnari x Cyno
Mualani x Kinich
Candace x Dehya x Dunyazard
Neuvillette x Wriothesley.
Flins x Illuga
Among many, many others.
They will not be a focus, but it is important to acknowledge that some of these characters will not just be with Reader, and that some characters that have a relationship with other characters will not be with Reader.
like for example how I will have Ayato x Reader and Ayato x Thoma but not Ayato x Reader x Thoma as Thoma will not be with Reader romantically.
We also will still be having tragic ships like Capitano x Mauvika because this version of Capitano said ‘I wish to still do my task of becoming Lord of the night.’, or ex'es Dainsleif x Lumine because I find that dynamic interesting to explore.
also Fuck buddy type relationships, Venti and Dahlia for example because that makes sense for Authors brain
Basically; The Readers court is a large Polycule
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The Author, MaypleKiwi...[Current Condition - Eh]
"Tēnā Koutou! Ngā mihi nui for reading this far and reading my "Self indulgence" series :] If you're all the way down here, I'm guessing you've scrolled past your intended target- But if you're here because of me?... uh, yikes, let me see what i have for you."
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I am currently going in and out of the hospital for my vision and other illnesses, that is something that will affect the timeframes of everything as i live on a farm away from any major city, some days i spend colouring in the art, and others i spend writing if i can read it- it all depends on how my vision is that day and the side affects of the medication I'm on that is present at any given time
This also means I may be gone for a period of time, if something bad were to happen, I do have a family member with ccess to this account that i have told to release what WIPs i had left and open the account to whomever
It will not get to that point, so there should be no fear.
I take everything as advice first and foremost, so any constructive criticism is accepted and encouraged!
I aim to share my own culture with others through fiction and write using my own experiences as fuel so as with all Creators there may be a bias that I am unaware of that's present in my creations, so heed the tags and the content warnings
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All my content was made public because of my dislike for it and the sad sight of AI taking over fandom spaces
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This passage is to say, don't feed my writing and art into AI
"I have 50% vision, less organs than average and a developing excel sheet of issues but the spite of a rabid turtle. call me anything but consistent." - Me
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Gosh, hospitals suck. I pray that soon you don't need to go to them much more. The lack of privacy, the sterile cold, and not being able to earn money whilst admitted are terrible :( I'm glad that it seems you have family to support you, and perhaps even your brother to help with describing character designs for drawings, since he has a couple of OCs from fandoms you're in! :3
Is there any way to support you currently though? I saw under the Odette art that you don't really take commissions right now but if you're currently hospitalised and hoping to repair your laptop, I'd like to contribute even if it's just a small bit
You are very kind and I appreciate the offer but I'm okay, save your money incase you need it yourself sometime in the future, my laptop isnt a necessity and would just be used for videogames :] While i have been out of my normal work, my health has always been iffy so Ive had a lot of time to build my savings to fall back on these past months [I do miss my 4 jobs though]
This blog supplies me more than enough with keeping my brain occupied, playing with the dolls and I also now recieve some social interaction that is not just people within my inner-circle or medical professionals so im not in an echo chamber of doom hahah.
So! if anything, just send different asks for characters or theories from Genshin. im satisfied with drawing ideas and writing stuff that comes to mind. even if you or anyone else reading this spam me with requests, i will happily accept them all so long as Tumblr doesnt eat them [and dont mind an undetermined wait time]
✴️yooo columbina in a sabrina carpenter style bodysuit looking like a SNATCHED, body tea (makes sense that shes skinnier too cuz she eats a bunch of berries + v light organic foods). those fatuus wont know what hit em✴️
[Here] Current Columbina design vs. what my first design thoughts for Columbina from Lazzo-era was, my beloved. She took a much more fantstical horroresque appearance in the early days [and still will when i do 'biblically accurate' Archons and Gods' stuff]
Think of the her now as a rehydrated Columbina hahah :]
Aww the Denia WIP is so cute! I'm happy you like her design, it means my suggestion wasn't a flop bwahaha. I'm sorry about your eyesight though, I pray you can get treatment and it improves so you can keep on drawing. You're really good and you clearly enjoy it!
Thank you! Its alright and it is slowly improving so i can write short bursts of text, i actually get to leave the hospital this week since [Here] so im pretty happy :] Drawing is easy and so very fun to do and in comparison to writing anything in here is preferable because i have to speech to text it and these rooms are not made for privacy lol, you could not catch me writing my fics out in a public hospital willingly - response, theory and dynamic posts not included bc they are easy to pass off like im talking to family and friends.
but as they say "Where there is a will, there is a way."
[Which is also why I've been doing so much more art than fic stuff recently, i ran out of stock that i didn't have to majorly edit or add to :'[[ unexpected extended stay]
A very special apology to all the Fatui agents stationed on Paha island, specifically the lingering souls in the Leylines who don't get a choice whether to fight and are immediately confused the moment they briefly ressurect [just to be one shot by their missing harbinger]
Oh, if only you could convert your materials to different ones...
If you like pastels, would you ever consider drawing Denia from Wuthering Waves? Cause if pastels are your jam, I think you'd like her design (it's a bit simpler than Hoyo so way more artist-friendly). Dunno if you've met her in game yet though since you mentioned Black Shores and she's Lahai-Roi
Haven't met her [Hope to in the future - Its tax time so I may be able to put aside funds to fix my laptop] but i agree her design is up my alley. with zooming in on her character art i can actually tell what im looking at without having to look up a written description on Wuwa wiki hahah
The thing with Hoyo designs are that ive stared at the same few characters enough before my eyesight went bad that i remember [mostly] what they look like/ how i view them in my head so im more confident in drawing them on bad vision days than Wuwa or HSR. like- Rn me looking at the image above, it just looks like a pink blur with some black and blue splotches.
The image below is roughly when i can start to tell lines apart. So I love my pastels for both aesthetics AND because it's just easier for me to look at and know "That's the lineart, and that's the colour"
lol, Five nights at Freddy fanfiction. It's the one consistent thing about every single Fnaf fic I've read that is trustworthy and innocent enough to register as fact.
Out of all the things I've absorbed from fics, 'Orange American cheese' is the easiest thing to accept.
I do not know anything about United States America or Europe and popularised topics from the northern and western hemisphere :] so my theories and thoughts may differ a lot from how many of you may interpret things. A kind reminder that different places have different standards or common practices, not just the surface level cultural differences of food and appearances, etc.
so sorry to the few people who have sent me questions about topics I truthfully don't know how to awnser, the most [positive] things I know about the United States is Hamilton, and that your common cheese is orange and sometimes a liquid. my current international education comes from national geographic and documentaries like forensic files since I can't read most days [everything I do is text to speech/speech to text].
That is all, I'll be back soon with my usual stuff in like an hour or two :]
Ello I would love to know your thoughts on Furina and Wanderer's relationship dynamics if they were to meet? I saw an edit of them to the song Chem trails by Lana Del Rey, specifically the line "You're in the wind, I'm in the water. Nobody's son, nobody's daughter" and now they plague my mind
Different periods mean different titles/names.
Before delving right into these two, we would have to acknowledge the previous and ‘forgotten’ forms of these two that may have met during different eras. Both of them have worn facades for a majority of their lives, and it would be very easy for them to fall into acquaintances had either of them been forthfront with themselves.
Due to obvious reasons [Furina and her prophecy, Wanderer with his Fatui indoctrination] neither get that companionship despite knowing of the other for the majority of their existances.
Before becoming a Harbinger [Kabukimono and Focalors]
Based on the brief period Kabukimono existed alongside Ei and Yae miko
and the emergence of Focalors from the dissolution of Egeria
Full archon meetings took a brief hold because of the war, but that wouldn't mean one on one meetings wouldn’t still be occurring during the down period of the Cataclysm
so as training and to professionally meet with a new gnosis holder, Ei scheduling Kabukimono to meet with Focalors in her place can be a natural progression
If we consider this their first meeting; it would be awkward, stunted, and have very obviously fake fronts on both of their faces
Here, we have a pair of socially inexperienced beings acting like gods; Kabukimono and Focalors
their friendship [had they been given the time] would have been a powerful close-knit duo because of that early exposure to each other at a fundamental stage in each of their development
Ei deciding to free him and replace him with the Raiden Shogun likely scared Focalors into isolation from the other archons, seeing how easily the electro Archon discarded who was supposed to succeed her, someone she identified with.
She would mourn Kabukimono, not knowing what was to come of the lone puppet that had been cut off her strings.
Before the Sumeru Archon Quest [Scaramouche and Focalors]
Focalors has now had years to come into her position, no longer the shy and hesitant Hydro archon, she now embraces the theatrical life. developed a persona that many could not see through
Scaramouche knew her from before, so everything she did, everything she would continue to do - he judged with the utmost harshest attitude because of that
Scara's attitude towards the gods has since degraded as seen in his story quest/interlude
He saw how Focalors had developed into this caricature of the person he used to know, just another lousy selfish god
He would be the main Fatui instigator trying to prod and pressure her choices and actions over the years until Arlecchino takes over and becomes the main Fontainian adversary.
His actions are all done anonymously. He knew if she were to see him, she'd recognise him, and it would spark many questions he wouldn't be able to answer
No positive relationship would come of these two meeting in this period of their lives
Focalors is much too paranoid in keeping her secrets to allow anyone close this far into her plan of fooling the Heavenly Principles, and Scaramouche has scorned all Gods and his past because of his betrayals.
Before the Fontaine Archon Quest [Wanderer and Focalors]
Similarly, it would be hard for their friendship to rekindle during this period, too, Focalors being confronted aggressively by Arlecchino, and then the Traveller would keep her far too occupied
the brief period between the two nations' quests could theoretically be a decent space of time, but then there's the recovery period Wanderer goes through after he erases himself
Even after the reveal, Furina hides herself away immediately after preventing any chance of reconciliation
and now that's established…
The first proper meeting is likely not instigated by either party but by a coincidence introduction that Durin sets up after getting small tidbits about Wanderers past
through his own investigation, Durin, finding out that Wanderer had a past with a lot of influential people from numerous nations, would prompt him to want to help Wanderer try to reconnect with his old friends
and without the full context, would lead to Durin pushing the two together
it would be a repeat of their first meeting, both shy but for different reasons. two scorned heirs who were never destined for godhood now remeeting. for Furina, this is a stranger who gives her the feeling of Dejavu. To the wanderer, she was someone he misjudged and condemned without knowing the full story.
The actual dynamic headcanons between Furina and the Wanderer
Their friendship wouldn't be actively seeking each other out to hang out with, it would come an go as sudden ‘I wonder what — is doing right now' and if they happen to cross paths, they'd stop and spend some time chatting before going on their way
A simplistic friendship as neither are very open with sharing their experiences
Durin is a catalyst for a lot of their early meetings. wanting to explore Fontaine after finding it holds some aesthetic similarities to Simulanka and hearing about the legend of the hydro dragon, vishaps, and melusines that coexist with humans
Befriending Durin was so easy for Furina. He'd come up to her willingly and asked for an autograph for a film he'd seen with Albedo and Klee, then mentioned the Traveller, and they'd hit it off from there
Wanderer would try to avoid Furina, but at Durins, insistence and proding would get the best of him
Once they're comfortable with each other, their core dynamic would be like ‘annoying best friends with dry pissy humour’ and ‘I'm the only one allowed to bully you’
She holds out her hands with a soft look on her face. He hesitates and flinches when another wave laps at his feet. a grimace forming and distorting his face
“It's okay.” She says calmly, “I'll make sure you don't fall.”
his head snaps up to meet hers in an eerie motion, waves crash and roll like static in his audio receptors. With a small tremble in his breath, he takes her hand and takes that first step
walking on water is an experience he couldn't explain. Your knees tremble with instability, and it remains forever moving and does not settle. Water is not like the air. He decides
“That's it!” she cheers under her breath, walking backwards with him following.
Wanderers head dips, maybe one day he can show Furina what it means to fly.
Common interests
Education
Wanderers' position in the Akedemiya could very well become one of their main conversation topics
While Furina has been around and had seen how the Akedemiya has grown in a political sense, she'd never left Fontaine much, so the idea of living in the divine tree amongst a dense population was interesting to her
He lived so differently to her, and he was so interesting compared to some of her close friends, as well as the fact that he's attending classes and kind of teaching at the behest of the Archon of wisdom despite being vocally uninterested in Gods.
I can see Furina being curious about going to school but hesitant to attend seminars in Fontaine because of her reputation.
The thought of being so far behind despite being over 450 years old would have her feeling embarrassed. [hearing about Paimon going to school there helps ease her mind, though]
While she doesn't know about Wanderers own long lived life [at first], he is one of the closest things she has to have an unbiased opinion on it
so shed ask him confidently what she needed to do to join, what types of classes there are, how she'd go about an internship or sponsorship
Nahida sending Wanderer and a few other diplomats to Fontaine to conduct seminars for international students/ to promote the Akedemiya only for him to see Furina attend every single one because he's there
“You don't even have an interest in aetiology.” Wanderer says flatly as the last student exits the hall he’d taken up in, Furina pouts
“I so do.” She holds up her little notebook, already decorated in stickers from the melusines “I spent a good few hundred years trying to figure out and solve my nation's troubles, you know.”
She looks so smug that he can't help but concede “...fine, just don't complain to me when you want to swap darshans halfway through the first exam.”
Gossip
Gossip sessions with Furina and Wanderer go hard. Wanderer is not one to hold back his honest opinions and Furina is a very good audience member,
Furina's gossip starts off surface level and innocent until she grasps the depth of how far Wanderer is willing to go to shit on people he doesn't like
to keep things civil, it's typically strangers that pass them by that they whisper about.
sometimes, if they're in public together, they'd play that game where you point out a random stranger and make up an imaginary backstory for them, or if they're doing something interesting, guess what's happening
“I bet she's cheating on her husband with the business partner.” Wanderer whispers over the top of his tea cup, eyes narrowed on the table to their far left,
Furina's eye flickers up to where he's staring and hides her smile by taking a bite of her eclair “she's a noble woman - it's obviously the butler.”
“cant you see the tension between the husband and him?” he turns back to the white and blue-haired woman, lowering his cup. “It's either she's cheating with him, or he is.”
she pulls a face and clicks her tongue amused “it could be both.”
they both turn at the same time to take another peek
Conflicts of interest
Unserious conflicts
Would be Furina arguing how good some sweets can taste, and if she unconsciously picks one of his snacks from platters and reacts with a puckered face to it right in front of him
Serious conflicts
that neither would willingly bring up is Furina's time as an Archon or Wanderers past. they have enough social adequacy now to not bring it up
Things that may come up and cause some tension would include any Fatui or Harbinger related topics. Wanderer couldn't care less if they're dissing them. He'd even join in - jokes about Arlecchino and her distaste for, well. everything fun
Its when it leads to Furina ranting about the lower ranked fatui members and the sheer amount that filter through the Fontainian justice system and her expressing pity for them
The debates that come from that are brutal but well informed on the defendant and co. position so it could last hours if they have the energy
Wanderer has the lived experience of living multiculturally [Inazuman and Snezhnayan - too early to include Sumerian] so he's aware that many Fatui operatives would feel disgraced to be demeaned as pitiful by someone like Furina
Which is not the intention Furina is trying to express to him, but she's much too stubborn to back down and reject hor more empathetic stance on the matter
but miscommunication happens with everyone. Compared to other types of conflicts, Furina and the Wanderer dont have many topics where serious disagreements would occur
Do not let them enable eachothers depression and paranoia. that would be another thing to be wary of. both are on a good recovery path but are at different stages and could potentially stunt the other.
Unlikely for either to bring the topic up, but its still something to mention
- Wanderer has been seen doing his best to counter other characters' casual suicidal ideation [Simulanka mini Durin with his "I wish I wasn't born"] and doing his own form of reflection
- Furina with her mention of her seeking therapeutic methods to decompact the last 400+ years.
Them trading tips might be detrimental depending on how you see them dealing with the others' methods of help/self help.
Neutral ground
Tea parties
Furina would invite him to private tea parties or ones where there is a strict invite list. Wanderer may hum and haw about how he doesn't need to eat and act nonchalant about it, he will still always appear on time and with a plate to add to the table
“What? It's rude to come empty-handed.” he glares at the shocked expression Furina wears from the doorway
“Well?” Wanderer grunts out “are you going to let me in or leave these pastries to get soggy, with how unpredictable your sovereign is…”
Furina snaps out of her stupor and steps to the side “What was that last part?”
“...nothing.”
through trial and error, Furina would come to introduce an entirely different range of cakes and desserts when Wanderer is in attendance
supplying more savoury dishes than sweet. Finding a tea that balances both of their tastes. Even inquiring to Escoffier if she knew any Sumerian, Snezhnayan, or Inazuman desserts she'd remembered Wanderer mention off handedly
Combat - In world
Wanderer would hate to have to fight alongside Furina just based on her inexperience on the battlefield
“move!”
“No!”
Wanderer groans, hovering just above the meka turrets, a whirlwind of anemo and electro swirling around its sensors to knock it off kilter
Furina is in the dead center of two of the enemies herself, her troupe diligently surrounding her in a protective shield. He can feel his life force drain the longer those three stay. A thin film of turquoise shimmering on his porcelain skin
“Then hurry up and kill them!” he shouts back “your shitty little sea creatures are sucking me dry!”
“-hah!”
“Shut the fuck up, Furina!”
They are in no doubt stronger together, but it would take a lot of time for them to find their synergy to be able to trade blows without hitting each other/without the troupe killing them off
Other characters these two fit [losesly or 1:1]
Deltarune Kris and Noelle
Songs that also fit these two themtically [atleast for different fic ideas I have where both are involved]
Everything I wanted - Billie Eilish [Angst]
"It might've been a nightmare, to anyone who might care
Thought I could fly (fly), so I stepped off the Golden, mm
Nobody cried (cried, cried, cried, cried), nobody even noticed
I saw them standing right there, kinda thought they might care (might care, might care)"
- Wanderer
"I tried to scream, but my head was underwater
They called me weak, like I'm not just somebody's daughter
Coulda been a nightmare, but it felt like they were right there
And it feels like yesterday was a year ago, but I don't wanna let anybody know
'Cause everybody wants something from me now, and I don't wanna let 'em down"
- Furina d'Fontaine
Fury - STIM, RJ pasin [Electric pop-ish]
"Carrying a cross, but the hilt's already fading
Leather in my grip, I never miss my swing
River running red from the dead escaping"
Heavеn or a hell, take the land bеtween
- Furina d'Fontaine
"This shattered will defined
A spirit burning and honest
My demons paralyzed, terrified
They branded sacrifice
So tarnished early and often
My fury justified, I decide"
- Wanderer
Echoism - Casey lee williams [Sombre]
"Echoing reality
Are your memories of me?
Floating through a state half asleep, never awake（Never awake）
I bring up the last one cause I wanna draw the meme prompt "Ah yes. Me. My Girlfriend. And her 500 dollar four foot tall mareep" but both part one and two of that meme (the second part of the meme being "Sometimes a family can just be a boy, his gf, and 500 dollar four foot tall mareep")
I just haven't decided on the reptile because I can't decide between the small version of Ajaw or the ultimate version of Ajaw. But I promise if you do choose, I will show you the art of the result.
Hello, hello again K.C Anon! I can answer you really quickly on this with my personal favourite reptilian for Ajaw, called;
The Knight Anole
[Here] is a link to a website where i get my animal species from whenever I do hybrid analysis and want specific names for characters
It's a reptile native to Cuba that is naturally green with yellow stripes. Another little fact is that they sometimes eat fruit [Ajaw liking fruit juice]. Keeping one of them is hard because they do not like cold and are tempermental about the environment they choose to live in. They're also semi-socially dependent, so imagining 13 of these guys is not hard [Though I doubt Kinich would willingly have 13 of these things in his scroungy apartment lol.]
The common name of its genus also kind of feels like it pays tribute to Ajaw and his lore [-ish, I'm really extrapolating with that one] in the sense of being a relegated to a common lizard genus.
They can also get pretty big from what I've seen online. \/ The image below is from the link i included at the top
Also, the thought of Wriothesley being introduced to Ajaw and Ajaw immediately does not like him because of how physically cold that man is, is a hilarious thought.
✴️i am foaming at the mouth over the pastel rainbow crystalline formations on ur Cyrene art. excuse me while i stare in awe for 3-5 business days becuz i love that idea sm its so perfect for her✴️
I rather enjoy exploring character designs and trying to give a lot of hoyo characters some unique identifiers to background lore or headcanons I have for each of them. For the crystaline blood/ formations, I do have to credit an anime called "Land of Lustrous". the art for it is gorgeous, and the characters are literal gemstone gjinkas with simple but unique designs. So far, for the design edits I've made to a few hoyo characters, it's more subtle, but original humanoid designs for characters like Xiucoatl, Heavenly Principles, and Azhdaha its much more prominent.
Todays Update - Just a small section of a Unit WIP, the banned posters on the back of the hybrid club. they may have the looks, but they are, in fact, fully human.
AWWW THE BABIESSS I LOVE ZETA SND URSA SMM I just want to squish their faces and squeeze them 😭❤️ reader and ursa keeping zeta from escaping. I love cuddle piles. It’s perfect
The babies, Zeta and Ursa + Nu and Upsilon [the other tinier babies].
[The post this is about Here] I had a banner for all of them, but i liked the drafts for the missing few too much and wanted to make them more detailed :] so heres a delayed cuddle puddle of Reader, Zeta and Ursa.
✴️omg i didnt know zhongli had chrysos in his cons thats rad. if u do draw + ever write bout the chrysos heirs ill be excited to see ur take on cyrene+ evernight. im a very casual hsr enjoyer but those r the 2 charas i actually farmed for haha✴️
Reading through one of my Zhongli fic wip outlines, Cryrene is planned to eventually pop up, so i did this quick thing based on a portion of that :] I'll get to it when the inspiration hits, its just this summer event of fontain item collecting has me hooked and my internet is going to extended Genshin time than my usual schedule.
Cyrene design still in WIP, so not many creative liberties taken with it so far, I know id want to add the pastel ombre as like crystalised parts of her body and for a render have most of her bodice as more of a cream lace body suit w metal frame. I dont do full renders often, but she's pastel coded, so I'm more willing to render her
Tooo many thoughts yet so little time - in this year alone, i have about... 500k of written stuff in a doc [saying that 350k has already been posted, but still]
I'm a bit sleep deprived so uh if this doesn't make much sense that's probably why
I've been getting a lot of cuteness aggression for Dottore recently, he's always been my favourite but I just wanna squish his cheeks and cuddle him close, I don't care if he's 80 or 60 or a bird monster thing, he should have thought about that before being so darn cute fucked up war crimes be damned. I like when he's fucked up I just also wanna squish him in my hand like a squeezy ball, you could probably use the little sprites like that if they don't object but they'd probably need a bath first considering the dead segment grime. No stress ball activities until bath time for them
Cuteness Aggression with Dottore
Hope having all them appear here helps anon, this is just 3k of dotttore fluff scenarios :]
Ft. [Companion] Zeta, Ursa, Mu, Nu and Upsilson [Suitors] Omega, Beta, Prime, Lunar, Delta and Gamma
SFW. Domestic quiet fluff with the segments. Affectionately annoying them or vice versa. suitors get to be called Zandik or dottore when you’re both alone. some play fighting. Some are cuter than others, semi-crack, they act like birds.
You felt his poking before you saw him. lying on your stomach in the confines of your bedroom with your attention ahead of you on the paragraphs of Zandik's unique handwriting. Zeta had been quiet upon his entrance, climbing up onto the bed and crawling over the stiff expanse with his own blanket clutched in his fists.
he lays beside you silently, blanket bundled under his chin and reading over the reports in your hands. he blows out a puff of air when you don't pay him any immediate attention and presses his chubby cheeks onto your forearm and attempts to crawl underneath your arms to disrupt your focus
“mrrr” he grumbles, wedging himself halfway under and growling out your name “-why'r you reading his old work? It's long outdated…”
“I wanted to know more about him” you look down at the boy, smiling at his messy appearance, waving the file over his face, Zeta glares at the faded image of himself that was pinned to the corner “and yourself.”
“Just ask me. I can give you a personal recount of his life” he pouts, lazily reaching to smoosh his fingers into your face “being his favourite, I know all of Zandik's traits. his personality... his disgusting habits he developed as he grew into a crumbling corpse”
“You're so annoying today” you whine, trying to move your face away from his grubby hands to no avail “like a little weasel thief.”
“Im bored.” Zeta twists in your grasp, snatching away your papers and laying them onto the floor “I want to go do something fun, but the others are all busy”
“So you're making it my problem, little crow?”
“Yes. So get up” he grunts out, pushing at you in an attempt to at least roll you over. you laugh, sitting up and wrestling the kid half heartedly as he tries to drag you off of the bed “ugghhhh!”
“oh nooo.” You mutter, feigning weakness, grabbing his shoulders “it looks like gravity is taking us both down”
“no!”
“It's getting heavier!”
“nooo!”
he doesn't have the time to scramble away when you flop over and trap him next to you
“get uuuup!” he thumps his fists against your arm “you heavy sumpter beast - get off of me!”
“you tattled on yourself, it’s way past curfew” you tut, reaching for the blanket “no doubt the others aren't entertaining you because it's so late”
he struggles another minute or two before letting out a big yawn
“See.”
“ah! it’s cause and effect - you're squishing me, restricting my oxygen! depriving me of my precious air!”
the door creaks open again, earning both of your attention to see another blue haired segment poke his head past the doorway
‘you woke me.’
“Kappa!” Zeta gasps out, reaching out to him with grabby hands “help get this oaf off of me!”
Ursa looks between the two of you, then slowly to the clock hanging off the adjacent wall
“Do Not! say anything!” Zeta hisses “just-... please?”
you lift the corner of the blanket “how about we just have a sleepover instead, hm?”
Ursa nods and sluggishly makes his way to the bed, jumping up and crawling beneath the blanket and helping you with keeping Zeta from escaping
Upsilon [Dottoling sprites], Nu [Foxttore], and Mu [Monster Dottore]
you're surrounded by the time you lift the last of them out of the bath, soft squeaky chirps from the greying puff ball of feathers, it crones and shivers pathetically in your palm while you carefully pat off his feathers.
the rest peck incessantly at your clothes, your hair and skin, calling for your attention. you temporarily move the old bird to your shoulder to lean down and scoop up the rest, laughing when their tiny claws scratch harmlessly to scuttle up like tiny crabs trapped in a bucket. Nu, or Foxttore, watches lazily from above, her compact pudgy body loafed and purring, at the doorway Mu looms silently waiting for you to finish up
the tufts of blue sway back and forth while you carry them out of the bathroom. squishing that same little sprite between your fingers softly like a squeezy toy when you separate him from the pack
they all cuddle up to your neck while you finish getting ready for the day, slipping on a button up, lacing up the belts to the harness Dottore had ordered for you and finally shouldering on the white coat reminiscent of his harbingers uniform
as if knowing what was to come, the Dottolings all huddle into the neck fur, their feathers meshing into the pelt and falling silent and incognito, when you exit your quarters with that lone greying sprite carefully balanced between your fingers. shocking a poor newbie fatui agent with your appearance who happens to come across your path is inevitable. They all collectively open their blood red eyes and stare them down until they turn tail and flee, a skittering chitter trailing behind, amused at the poor guys terror to then be faced with the intimidating figure of Mu, Nu riding his neck in a similar fashion to the dottolings
The stranger escapes, and zmu trots over, seemingly proud of his scare tactics
seeing the two creatures' tails wag as you stand in front of them, ruffling their fur and hearing the thumping echoing against the floor like they're drums is a cute scene. Nu yips, satisfied with her contribution to the scare. Mu, on the other hand, stamps their feet in excitement for more scritches as reward
Suitors
Omega [Webttore - 28]
Determining who's more annoying between the two of you is a hard fact to prove. In fact, it's a common debate between the two of you that you challenge on a frequent basis. It keeps him occupied, and it keeps you fairly entertained
messing around with Zandik like this usually kept those aggravating feelings from surfacing too often as well
tossing and turning, the two of you roll around on the floor, he is hardly gentle when he knocks you back with a maniacal laugh, your back slamming onto the carpeted rug. the short blue haired man smiles a bit too widely, pin prick teeth peeking out behind chapped lips
you return the look with a toothy grin and lunge back to tackle him and land a hard blow to his ribs
a hit that he takes easily. Zandik stares up with stars in his eyes, a misty dazed look focused on you as you pin him by the wrists and laugh
he feels an overwhelming swell of emotions float to the surface when he sees the state of you. cheeks flushed, slightly panting from the lack of air in your lungs, half lidded gaze aimed down at him. It doesn't even register in his mind that your putting your weight on his chest and choking him
he has half a mind to break eye contact, swallowing his tongue and reaching for your wrists
“Bay-be” Zandik's voice comes out scratchy, broken and weakened but not from loss “-harder.”
Beta [“I left sumeru, but I also stayed in sumeru.” - 35]
He stares off blankly above your head, at least, you assume so with his mask covering the majority of his face. Dottore is stock still while you rest your head on his chest. His hands are raised as if he's hesitant to lay his hands on you. You’re well aware that's not the case, if anything, it's far from it but he still refrains from lowering them to encircle you like normal so you watch him like a hawk, observing his movements
it was like your positions had swapped in the five minutes you'd been locked in place.
though it could also be because of his miscalculation on how much muscle relaxant serum he'd injected into your daily medication package or that because he did not accurately predict how your system would take to the experimental trial dose
like a clingy leech, he had made you significantly more insufferable to cope with and Zandik has to reconcile with the fact that he's now trapped by your dead weight [harmlessly] bearing down on him, he should have rejected your plea to join you on the berth, refrained from indulging in that humanly desire you call affection.
…He means it to no offense, but disturbing you now would skewer his currently running data collection so like a reluctant owner with their feral cat who'd perched upon their lap for the first time, Zandik resigns to his new designated placement as your seat
Omicron [Trilunar God - 35]
Dottore stands facing you upside down, kept at arms length and dodging each of your attempts to jump up and grab at him, even the ornaments of his intricate outfit dangle just out of reach
“Darling, you really should give up at this point” he taunts “This little cat and mouse game you're playing is pitiful, although I can't say the sight is undesirable… quite the opposite, actually.”
he jumps back again when you almost catch his arm. Again, you let out a frustrated groan
“what a defeated expression you're wearing” you can feel a migraine coming on by the grating tone Dottore is using against you “such a gem to see you defeated”
“Come down!” You bark pathetically, making grabby hands at him and becoming annoyed when he laughs “it's too hot down here!”
“ah, see, you only want to use me for your selfish desires”
“Is it selfish of me to want my lover at every possible moment?” you glare half heartedly, then yearning dripping from my words “do I need to kneel before you like a guilty sinner or confess my to you my urges, moon man?”
he falters, and that's all it takes for you to catch him off guard, managing to pull him down from the sky into your arms. He concedes to his capture and allows you to tug along his floating body. His smile is smugly painted on his face, and if it weren't for his mask, you swear the expression on his face would be one of pleased vanity
“Tell me more,” he purrs out greedily. “Tell me how much you want me.”
Dottore [Prime - 45]
“and you decided to do all of this out of boredom?” Dottore pauses as he turns his masked face to observe the contents of the kitchen counter, a highly misused and frequently abandoned space he'd admittedly forgotten about.
“I attempted the Turkish delights because I wanted to.” you say as you coat the current batch with a dusting of icing sugar and toss the bowl gently to cover the lot. pausing when he slips off a glove and plucks a small square from the container mid toss. Dottore winces at the sticky mess it immediately leaves on his pointer and thumb even with the coating
“...theyre not, uh. done too well, I admit." You say quietly
“-it feels like coagulated slime.” He states plainly, turning his head back up to you “or a mint jelly concoction paired with the constitution of pate de fruit.”
“It's a soft sweet cube, my nana usually made them” You defend the creation, taking his wrist and holding it up to your lips to take a bite. “There is a Teyvatian equivalent-” as you chew, the sharp rose flavour hits too strong, but the pistachio helps soften the blow to make it a pleasant bite “here, taste.”
you pull back to let him squish it between his fingers before allowing it between his own lips. Immediately his jaw freezes up, teeth grinding to a halt
“dont you like it?” You question when you see his mouth twitch down
“mn.” he hummed, mouth full.
“you can spit it out.” You reassure him while reaching for a paper towel when he starts chewing again albeit extremely slowly, you stop “I won’t be offended-”
twisting down to cup your cheek, Dottore collides his lips to yours and bites down on your lip. you gasp and wrinkle your nose when he kisses you aggressively, tongue pushing past then pulls away just as quickly and squishes your cheeks together with a line of spit connecting you as a lump of sugar sits heavy on your tongue
“swallow.” You roll your eyes at his breathy tone and swallow, leaning away so you can wipe the corner of your mouth. wincing at the spit laden mess he left
“you have to stop doing that!” You whine, shoving your fingers into his mouth when he goes to speak “it's gross.”
“that is far from the worst thing i've had you eat.” he says dismissively, licking the sugar and spit off them, then plopping his chin atop of your head and pulling you in
“that is not helping your case.”
Delta [The Caretaker - 65]
Dottore keeps you restrained while you struggle to wriggle out from under him. teeth digging into the flesh of his forearm. as silent as this segment of the man you love is, he doesn't react with much opposition and simply leans more heavily into your embrace
With the man's jacket and his large presence, it starts to feel like you're being unfairly smothered in a live recreation of a brooding hen warming her new clutch
his wrist flexes between your canines when he flips to the next page of your book. The casual way Dottore does it, as if you weren't present, makes you want more from him
when you detach, he doesn't flinch. a deep mark is left behind, matching the littering battlefield that is his skin. He bruised easily at his older age, muscles wearing thin and leading him to look spindly and lanky even while reclined on his stomach. An unfamiliar appearance for the mad scientist Ill Dottore, but a common view of your Zandik.
“Zandik.” You whisper, reaching up to wrap your arms around his neck the best you can “kiss?”
His mask fully obscures his face today, even his mouth, so the only way to get him to open up was to ask. Instead of doing what he normally did, however, he arched the tip of the beak to your lips in a mock peck
Then he does it again.
you stare up at him bewildered “wha-”
and again. He gradually speeds up in his gentle ministrations, trailing the mask over your cheeks giving you numerous little love taps until you're a giggling mess at the oddly sweet gesture that allows you to resume your own acts of tender loving care.
Gamma [The Old man - 80]
“move over, sweetheart”
begrudgingly, you shift off and wedge yourself into the corner of his recliner, Zandik sluggishly dropping into the seat beside you, making a dip in the plush cushions He digs his fingers into the arm chairs side to pull on its lever, making the leg stand pop and kick back.
he sighs in relief when you pool into his side, tugging at his collar and unbuttoning the few pins and buckles around his nape
“mnnn.” he mumbles his thanks, tired from his day dealing with such loud personalities and enjoying the quiet simplicity
“yeah yeah.” You whisper tiredly in reply as he folds himself into you, eyelids drifting closed. reaching over him to dig into the chairs' side pockets to look for a few of his belongings he lets you mess around with his clothes and strip him of the restrictive pieces
his nose scrunches when fluff covers his feet. cracking open his weary eyes, he glares down to see your newest purchase
“what.” he looks up to you confused “where did you get these…”
“They're woolly sumpter beast sock shoes from the travelling merchants holed up in Sneznograd.” You chirp, rolling up the thick cuffs and hold up another fluffy apparatus “bring your face closer”
he raises a brow, red eyes narrowing on the strange gift “no. what is that”
“it's just a head band” you roll your eyes “to keep your hair out of your face, it's too short to tie back but too long to leave loose and it's been annoying me when you try to kiss me”
he frowns in offense
“Don't look at me like that!” You pout “you don't like it when I shove my hands up your shirt, and I listened to your protests, same difference”
“because your hands are cold, and you go straight for my chest.” he grunts, snatching the head band out of your hands to eye it suspiciously
“You're boney everywhere else. Where else would I warm them” You whine into his neck, curling up and giving up on getting Zandik to wear the headband when he flings it across the room.
“I can tolerate the socks. You’re pushing it with everything else.” Zandik responds, getting back into a comfortable position “now quit your fidgeting and go back to sleep.”
I've noticed you mention crucabena being the head of the house of the hearth when zandik was a kid, specifically being the "mother" when he was there and all that, considering how long ago that was from arlecchino coming to power, does that mean here crucabena was another long lived/immortal harbinger? I always thought she was just one of a long line of "parents" running the house of the hearth, in game anyway, it might have been changed on purpose here, I just vaguely remember the one animated trailer thing where arlecchino kills her so for all I know she was immortal in game and I just forgor. I took a long ass break after Fontaine she might have been mentioned in an event or something and I just missed it like the zandik desert event quest. I think I'm rambling- but uh basically is crucabena immortal and if she is how so? Can we learn more about how she is- well, was here?
Crucabena Headcanons
This is Crucabenas edition of "The Tsaritsa, Her Harbingers, Their original names, and her intent of possession." Ft. Current Harbingers [Pre 6.6] [Here]
Crucabena, here, is another long-lived being :]
She was never explicitly said to be in canon anywhere that I know of or when I started searching for Crucabena lore to fill out my interpretation of the hearth for the fun.
she'd been left open to speculation like the other Harbingers by Hoyo for a while so I decided to theorycraft her relations with the Fatui and possible background so shes not just 'Evil mama', but 'Evil mama whos background didnt make her evil but lets her still be evil'.
I rather enjoy hearing rambles as I also ramble in posts like these, so don't worry, it is very much encouraged :] heres a bunch of headcanons I have surrounding Crucabena and the other harbingers that I've slowly been building brick by brick and adding to with each update for the fic
Whats the name they gifted/gave The Tsaritsa
Mother Crucabena - Knave of the House of the Hearth, Arlecchino.
The name Crucabena provided was that of Crucabena
"Arlecchino" is the title of the position both Crucabena and Peruere share, so I'll refer to both as their given names rather than Arlecchino here
The harbingers here became more of an organised government front when the Tsaritsa came of power, but there were previous 'parents' running the organisation it was just not under a harbingers jurisdiction yet
Positions of highly regarded practices were the first to be assimilated into the new order and made to be regulated under new laws [Which would explain their titles have generic versions paired with their Theatre names; the Banker, the Doctor, the Captain, the Mayor, etc.]
So Crucabena, being the head of the hearth during that time period, was probably put against other orphanage heads within Snezhnaya and won in order to earn her right to be a harbinger
combining the losing orphanages under the hearth, so there's only one choice for the people of Snezhnaya to turn to
- Same can be said with the other harbingers limiting Snezhnayan polulace of having the illusion of choice. The only banks or mora brokers are all affiliated with Northland Bank. The only political party being the Roosters. The only militia being the Fatui and its sub branches controlled [previously] by the Captain and now Childe. The medical industry controlled by Dottore and the segments, the Automotive industry; Sandrone. Signora controling the entertainment districts. Scaramouche is an international political envoy. Columbina is a trophy of sorts to display her majesty's reach extending towards other gods.
- among the new snezhnayan characters that were teased, i'm assuming more than just Odette and Lyney are harbingers in training and that there may be competition between Vesna and Valerity for the Captains position or even the 6th and 10th seat but it is way too early to say.
Name based Headcanons
Succession of a title also allows the succession of power and prestige the previous beheld. To achieve the status of the elite, one must be an elite or win against the current holder
A Harbinger of the Tsaritsas court can not be weak, and they can not fail. So frequent tests to ensure they are as powerful as they claim to be are done to uphold the harbingers' reputation in Snezhnaya
For the House of the Hearth, succession comes from physical prowess. In all her years alive as the Tsaritsas knave, Crucabena had never lost a duel.
She proved her loyalty to the Tsaritsa that first day and will not back down from any challenge in authority.
Every win made her increasingly more cocky about the fact that no one ever seemed to reach her strength [She never challenges Capitano, Dottore, or Columbina]
How much Light her Majesty siphons from them
We still dont know if her elemental prowess came from a delusion or a vision - we do know she has Hydro as her main element, and theorised to also have Cryo based on the animation
So here she has both like Tartaglia, Cryo being the vision and Hydro being the Delusion
Truely it could be swapped as both are still just vessels of power and it doesnt matter, but i like the implications that she'd been given Cryo as her written fate by HP/shades to be tied to rebirth or a renewal of life and her having it snubbed in favour of the Hydro delusion from the Tsaritsa to impose a new order of justice
- Also, the thought of her using freeze on her opponents using the mix of hydro and cryo is a great use of her abilities, so having Perueres pyro and determination being the only thing to have been able to break through it to win during their duel.
Her affinity to light, elemental, and abyssal energy is extremely high, She wouldn't be considered 4th of the harbingers if she didn't have a high constitution to support it
She was a high source energy for the Tsaritsa when she was alive and provided enough for her to feel satisfied when it was her turn to serve
Their thoughts and feelings on their 'Love' type
Her 'Love' is Objective [Similar to Peruere], but as an earned reward than as a disinterest in the topic.
Tough love and Abusive parental care. Its name doesnt matter to her, If you are not useful, you will be discared whether its by being sent on missions, public executions or to be sent to the labs to Dottore when he comes into power and earning his spot amongst the harbingers
All forms of 'Love' are accepted as trade since it still provided human experiences and feelings. so Crucabenas contributions are valid in the Tsaritsas eyes
Long lived Crucabena? Long lived Harbingers.
All the Harbingers get a Fae cursed sown upon them when they join the Tsaritsas court when they give her their names
It isn't immortality by any means, but it freezes over all of her natural human processes and prevents time from affecting her as long as she can withstand the amount of light she is constantly cycling through her
Crucabena and Rosalyne fall under the Fae cursed humans since both can handle high amounts of elemental energy and light energy.
Tartaglia would also fall under Fae cursed alongside these two, but had asked the Tsaritsa to allow him to continue fighting without her boons to prove himself, she declined.
- More on Tartaglia since we're here. we know there are some defences he has in particular when it comes to whether or not he is considered semi-immortal or has an extended life based on just his delusion use. It can be explained through abyssal interference, but there is still no set explanation [or i could just have read over it]
- But to have him use his Electro delusion so often in quick succession, he should not have lived and ended up like the soldiers in Inazuma [Ie. Teppei].
- Diluc and Crepus is also included here. using a pyro delusion in Snezhnaya for his rampage should have gutted him, but it didn't, and he doesn't even have access to a Fae curse or the likes.
- The only factors all three have in common would be;
Each has a vision/will receive a vision
Has a connection to a harbinger/Is one
Is associated with the Abyss
and/or has ties to an Archon
Feofan and Zandik falls under Artifical immortality and need manual maintenance because they can't handle high amounts of elemental and light energy to maintain their lives.
Pierro, Capitano, and Peruere are cursed by Death with Immortality
Peruere - less so, she'd have an extended and unnatural lifespan but retains the ability to die normally, unlike Pierro and Capitano
Dottore, Scaramouche and Sandrone - Artifical beings
Pulcinella and Columbina - A Fae and Moon Goddess, respectively, known semi immortal races.
About Zandik - The boy from the desert
[8 - 18] He was not memorable in the slightest to her innhis youth and was considered a failure among the Sumeru division of her orphanages. but without an active 'Dottore' among the harbingers she couldn't really get rid of him and other rejects, and being located in a nation she barely visited, he was luckily [or unluckily for everyone else] was allowed to live semi normally
[18 - 25] Her intervention in his meddling concerning the Sages imprisoning of Buer [purposefully or not] are the beginnings of where her interest in him is spurred
[25 - 30] Then he flees the Akedemiya, disappearing into the desert for years
[30] he makes his next appearance to her as a shrivelled, hunger panged weakling behind Pierro with a creature [Foxttore] clutched in his hands. She was the last to vote to allow him to prove his worth
[30 - 35] She and Pierro oversee his development into taking the mantle of the Doctor, her disciplinary actions she normally kept for her successful agents coming into full force in an attempt to control Zandik and mould him into another worker bee and sabotage his climb to become harbinger [to very little success]
[35] He did not take it well but was able to mask it to his advantage, offering to take any unruly orphans from her hands and failed rejects for his experiments
Then, his success of the Segments and the Elixir of Immortality came about. Zandik releases them all into the world to prove themselves, each being given different tasks, not unlike what Crucabena had been doing to him in his training
[45+] Zandik, having proven himself of being worthy to the Tsaritsa and finally becoming 'Il Dottore', cuts off any personal ties to Crucabena, opting to send Beta in his place to recieve shipments.
[After Zandik's death] She can really only deal with Beta and older. Any segments like Zeta, Ursa, and Omega irritate her far too much to have any productive conversations regarding her failed subjects and prospects.
When she started thinking of Zandiks' death, she did grow curious about how exactly it occurred, seeing as he should have been blessed by the Tsaritsa aswell
after a bit of investigation, she discovers Zandiks blessing had weakened because he split his soul into fractions, so he did not retain all of the Tsaritsas gifts like semi-immortality.
On his 85th birthday, the old man [She hadn't even known he aged having only had correspondence with 35] had collapsed and was then dissected in his comatosed state and organs transplanted and shared among the segments
"Good riddance," she toasts to herself, a grin on her face and skulling down her glass of romaritime wine.
About Clervie - A gift from The Tsaritsa.
The segments are what led to her decline in power, slowly breaking her down and continually suggesting to her that perhaps instead of filtering through orphans, she should make her own soldier.
Her request for the Tsaritsa to take back her gifts was initially rejected until she explained she wanted to experience parenthood
as selfish as the request was, Crucabena had convinced her of growing her perfect replacement and a child for her to dote on
Clervie, being the product of Crucabenas eagerness for a worthy fight, a prolonged manipulation revenge tactic by Dottore and the Tsaritsas allowance, makes for a sad birth.
Crucabena eventually got what she wanted, a worthy fight and an heir, just not from Clervie.
About Scaramouche
Welcoming Scaramouche into the fold was entertaining for the woman. all of them became aware of who his creator was and what the Tsaritsa had planned for him immediately at his induction ceremony. he looked too much like the Raiden Shogun to dismiss.
She, in no doubt, exasperated his decaying trust in others and solidified his already declining opinions on Ei and Yae Miko because of their similarities and Crucabena title as 'Mother' among the harbingers.
The two kept a strained partnership when they were required to work together. Crucabena purposefully presses at Scaramouches buttons to aggravate him into reacting. encouraging the explosive characteristics seen through lower-ranked fatui members
When he erased himself, someone needed to fill the spot where he left. In this case, I see it becoming Columbina filling that role
About Columbina
Their relationship was great, Crucabena could respect a powerful woman like her, and she had the favour of the Tsaritsa, so there wasn't much to doubt about Columbina
there wasn't much to report about the two apart from mutual companionship and the two playing their roles
When Scaramouche is erased from Teyvat. that is what messes with their connection/ what Columbina recalls about Crucebena
- Based on the fact you can't just erase yourself and expect all your actions to be negated. cause and effect of Irminsul means something has to take the place of your actions to ensure continuity. Columbina becoming Scaramouches replacement in many aspects within the Harbingers fits best with the narrative of in-game and the fic.
That odd feeling that something wasn't right never left Columbina during her time with the fatui [post erasure] and being so sensitive to the tides of time, changes to irminsul would affect her and possible allow her to take glimpses into the 'future' [The alternative timeline where Scaramouche was known]
and that destroyed her lingering real memories of Crucabena and distorts them
Playlist - Songs I'd associate with Crucabena [or listen to while writing her character. Surprisingly, she's made much more appearances than I expected as I'm planning chapters or writing oneshots to get out ideas]
Run Rabbit - by Mollie Elizabeth @ Peruere by Crucabena
I will die you're daughter - by Sussannah Joffe @ Crucabena by Clervie
A cautionary tale - Mean girls musical - Imagine Columbina and Omega [Webttore] @ Crucabena in a better world
There are more serious ones, but they are being put in the updated playlist post
✴️ooohhhh i see i see! sorry for being nosey + finding ur acc for updating ur family, its really cool that u drew and helped dev ur bros oc tho. ik i totally cherish the art my friends make of my oc so i bet he feels similarly, specially cuz hes got such a good artist drawing him✴️
