Our Journey Ahead: A Genshin Idol Fanfic

Watch as Enigma (and crew) take on the twist and turns that it takes to be the best idol group on this side of Teyvat. (Please read disclaimer in pinned post <3)

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Welcome to the official blog for the fanfiction: Our Journey Ahead!

Scroll down to see who we are, what this fic is, what this blog is even for, and the essential disclaimer!

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Who Are We:

TWO people are working on this fanfiction. Lyla Joy, or Lyla for short, and MyloveisDahl1a, or Dahlia. (Our blogs are linked in our names.) We both work on the fic in our own little domains, Lyla with writing and Dahlia with all the cool behind-the-scenes stuff with K-pop. (Our pronouns are she/her btw).

How This Fic Came To Be

Basically, Lyla is low-key into the Genshin fandom and has wanted to write for them for a while, and the Genshin idol AU has always been fascinating. However, she never really liked some of the Idol Group names given to the main ones (6REEZE lowkey eats, but the rest is trash, I'm sorry). So instead, she wanted to make her OWN name with her OWN story for these fascinating characters and give more depth to this au with her own little twist.

Dahlia was brought in right after that thought. Lyla isn't well versed in the K-pop idol scene but wanted to do it right (kind of, sort of, close enough to it, at least). And she wanted to do something BIG, and Dahlia was on board (with a bit of persuasion). Dahlia is a K-pop fan, and with her knowledge and ideas, this wonderful fic came to be.

What is This Fanfic? And where to find

This fic is turning our favorite anemo boys into a big group with a different name, Enigma! The reason for the name is one, because Lyla wanted to be different (lol), and two...well, you'll just have to read and stick around to find out ;). But in all seriousness, it's just to take a deep dive into this little AU and expand it with some K-pop influence (since it is an extremely popular music genre worldwide.)

This fic is currently posted ONLY on Ao3 under the same title, Our Journey Ahead. The story is also linked in the title, just to make it even easier. Of course, chapter updates will also be posted on here and Lyla's main blog.

‼️‼️DISCLAIMER‼️‼️ PLEASE READ

We, Lyla and Dahlia, in no way, shape, or form own any Genshin character or even the franchise itself. Genshin and their characters belong to Hoyoverse; we're just borrowing them for FICTIONAL USE. We don't own any music that will be linked and used to help further this AU/Fic; they all belong to their respective groups and companies. When real works (from Kpop, Genshin, or anything else) are used, they will be credited 100%. We do not mean to steal or offend; we just want to create.

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A little extra: (for a just in case)

Feel free to interact with us anytime in our little submission thing! We love questions and comments to not only help the fic but also help this blog. Even comments on the actual chapters help a lot. We hope you enjoy this story and interactive blog! Stick around <33

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Welcome to 𝓓𝓪𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓪'𝓼 𝓚𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓻 (Chapter 7)

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Hihi! As a multi-stan (meaning a ‘stan’ or fan of many different kpop groups) I multi-stanned and I’ve recently gotten into the group P1Harmony! They’re a six-member boy group who debuted in 2020, and at the time of writing this (however long ago that was) they recently came out with their newest mini-album ‘DUH!’ with the title track also being called ‘DUH!’. To celebrate and hopefully allow for some of you to start listening to the group, I’m going to share some of my favorite songs from this mini!

Firstly, we have the title track DUH! (Mv)

This style isnt necessarily seen as much in the later generations of kpop in favor of the hybrid pop or more noisy electronic sounds, but this is such as interesting listen, and the lyrics are really fun to analyze!

Next we have 'Pretty Boy'! (Stage perf, no mv yet :( )

This is definitely one of my favorite songs from this comeback! And this time, I’ve linked a stage performance so you can watch what this song looks like performed!

To make this korner not crazy long like the others, I’ll only share two more of the songs on this mini-album, which happen to be my top favorite, which are ‘Murmur’ and ‘Work’! The coolest thing about ‘Work’ is that it was actually written and composed by the groups’ youngest member!

Even if a few of these songs end up not being your favorites, you should still check out both this group and their latest comeback! And for any fellow P1ece reading this, my biases are the ‘05 line!

Dahlia out! Byebye!

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Summary:

Shaking his head a bit to get rid of that, he slowly uncurled from his seat and stretched while saying, “I wasn’t expecting to be here all day. It was only supposed to be a quick session.” The main vocalist yawned a little.

Xiao still did not look impressed by that answer. “You should have called.”

Venti blinked a little before looking at him with a grin. “Were you worried, Xiao?” he asks, crossing his legs as he lays his arm on the back of the chair.

Xiao wrinkled his nose as he looked off to the side. “I never claimed such an emotion.”

Our Journey Ahead - Chapter 7 - Lyla_Joy, My_love_is_Dahl1a - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

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₊˚ ︶ ͡ ۫ ˓꒰ ʚᄋɞ ꒱˒ ۫ ͡ ︶⁺ 　 . ✦

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Twitter Accounts

Here are Enigma's official Twitter accounts.

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Venti🪽

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Aether✨

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Kazuha🍁

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Xiao🌨️

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Heizou🔎

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Scaramouche(or Wanderer :3) ⭐️

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Credits:

TwiNote

Lyla for making these with TwiNote

Pinterest

Official Genshin art (in some pfps)

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Welcome to 𝓓𝓪𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓪'𝓼 𝓚𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓻 (Chapter 6)

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Hihi! Hope you guys didn’t miss me too much! >:3 As Lyla was writing this I just finished watching this year’s ‘SBS Gayo Daejeon’ award show, and I was blown away by all the talented groups who performed!! 

So, I decided that this corner I’ll reccomend a few songs from some of the groups who performed! :3

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To start us off we have…. After Like by IVE!

This song is just so pretty and timeless! I’m only a casual listener of this group, but my bias line is Liz and Rei! :3 

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Next, we have… Supernova by Aespa! 

This is one of their newer releases, but we got the chance to see the iconic looks of blonde Winter and Ningning’s red ponytail!! 

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And last but not least we have… In Bloom by Zerobaseone! 

It’s crazy to think that this song is over a year old as of writing this! This is another group that I’m only a casual listener of, as I never watched the survival show that formed the group! But their music is so bright and fun! :3 

And that’s it for today! Have fun listening! :3

Byebye for now <3

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Chapter Update!

Summary:

Aether’s wide eyes quickly connected to ones similar to his own, causing him to deadpan. Rolling his eyes, he turned back around to shove another book in his locker as he said, “Really, Lumine? Are you trying to give me a heart attack?”

Lumine, his twin and self-proclaimed best friend, moved to lean against the locker on the other side with a grin. “Maybe. You’re just so easy to scare. You haven’t changed.”

“Neither have you,” grumbled Aether as he grabbed his lunch and placed it in the bag before closing his locker. He turned around and started walking as Lumine caught up to fall in step next to him. “What are you even doing here? I thought you had filming for that new drama?”

Lumine nodded. “I did, but the energy just isn’t the same without you.” She said, bumping her shoulder against his, causing him to smile.

Our Journey Ahead - Chapter 6 - Lyla_Joy, My_love_is_Dahl1a - Multifandom [Archive of Our Own]

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Welcome to 𝓓𝓪𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓪'𝓼 𝓚𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓻 (Chapter 5)

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I’m back with a few new song reccs from my personal playlist, so I hope you’re excited, as this corner will be a little longer than last time! :3

We have 3 songs to introduce this time, so let’s get started!!

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First, we have Run For Roses by NMIXX!

While this wasn’t their title track for the “Fe304: BREAK” EP, I find that this song always gets stuck in my head, and I hope that doesn’t happen to you once you listen to it! If any of our readers also like this group, my bias is Sullyoon!

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Next, we have… UhUh by RESCENE!

This group is a lot newer, but I can’t get over their sound! If you’d like another recc from them, I also find myself listening to “Pinball” from their most recent mini album “SCENEDROME”!

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Finally, my last recc is… Inception by ATEEZ!

If you have a chance to watch the MV, which should be linked, please please do! This song and MV are pretty, and the high notes from Jongho just make it that much better!

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Hopefully you’ll be able to obsess over these reccs like I have been until my next corner! But thats all for now! Bye bye! :3

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Welcome to 𝓓𝓪𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓪'𝓼 𝓚𝓸𝓻𝓷𝓮𝓻

Can be found fully in Chapter 4 <3

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Starting with this chapter, we have .....

Run Away by TXT! :)

I'm not as into the group as other MOAs, but if I had to choose a bias it would probably be Soobin!

If you like this song and want some more reccs, I've recently been listening to Deja Vu from their newest album, along with Blue Hour, from one of their earlier EPs also titled "Blue Hour".

Anyways... Hopefully you like the songs! I'll recommend some of the songs from my playlist next chapter, so get ready >:3. Bye Bye for now! <3

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Lyla's Favorites! (Part 1)

To kick off a new section of this Tumblr, we will start with the first official chapter of Our Journey Ahead! (The first chapter is just tweets, but it is crucial to the plot, lol). Hope you enjoy it. Check out the end for more info <3

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Aether walked past the rapper, who didn’t even look up from his phone from the kitchen with a bowl of popcorn and sat down next to Kazuha, who was lying on the floor, eyes closed, arms behind his head, and right leg crossed over the left. He placed the bowl on the brown coffee table and asked, “So, which movie are we watching tonight?”

Heizou sat up from where he was lying on the loveseat and propped himself on his elbow. “How about Sherlock?” he suggested with a grin.

Scara looked up from his phone to give the dancer a look. “Absolutely not.”

Heizou’s mouth dropped open in shock. “What? Why?! Sherlock is a cinematic masterpiece!”

“All you want to watch is detective and mystery bullshit. Sherlock this and NCIS that. It is honestly getting redundant and annoying,” replied Scara factually as he turned his attention back to his phone. 

“I have to agree, Heizou. After watching the entire Elementary show, I think the appeal of Sherlock ran its course,” replied Aether, not really apologetically, but he tried. 

Heizou groaned as he flopped down on the couch. “Well, I have nothing else to offer.”

“How about a Disney Movie?” offered Aether.

Xiao raised an eyebrow. “There are about over 300 Disney films, not including the franchises it owns. Which one do you suggest?”

Venti blinked lightly, furrowing his eyebrow as he tuned into the conversation. “Why do you know how many Disney movies there are?” he asked, slurring lightly. 

“I said about,” countered Xiao, slightly turning his head to look at the drunk singer, who hummed and nodded wildly.

Venti lifted his cup and said, “Well, I second the notion of a Disney movie!”

Heizou sighed and said, “It’s not Sherlock, but I guess a Disney film wouldn’t hurt.”

Aether grinned and looked over at Scara, who shrugged in agreement. Aether let out a tiny whoop, the others hiding smiles at his youthful behavior as he went over to grab the remote, turned on the Smart TV, and scrolled to Disney+. The blonde scrolled through the app for a bit before selecting Ratatouille.

At the sound of the opening credits, Kazuha opened one of his eyes and questioned, “Is this Ratatouille?”

Scara raised an eyebrow as he peered over the edge of his phone to look at him. “You figured that out based on the opening credits?”

Kazuha hummed as he closed his eyes. “Of course. Each Disney film starts slightly differently from the rest. It’s about the frequency in the wind.”

Scara deadpanned. “We’re inside.”

“A/C then,” responded Kazuha with no hesitation. 

Scara narrowed his eyes.

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~ Lyla here! The one thing I enjoyed about this chapter is setting the background of our boys' group, Enigma. Do not get me wrong; I enjoy the fanon band names, but I wanted to do something that truly shows who these boys are and establishes some world-building (which is going to happen a lot in this fic). The reason I chose this section out of the entire chapter mainly was for shit and giggles. I just want them to be silly because they are! This is a 180 spin on the famous Genshin idol au. I adore this au so much, but I wanted to expand on it and hope others enjoy it too!

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Hi there!

To try and keep this blog active (besides the re-blogging and stuff that Lyla loves to do), we’ll always be posting snippets and stuff from past chapters and upcoming chapters here as well!

Lyla has a lot of favorite parts she has written so that will be a section on it’s on as well besides showing the writing process and drafts.

We will also be bringing our very own Dahlia’s Korner to Tumblr! If you don’t know what that is (because you’re just randomly seeing this post), it’s basically where Dahila gives us her very own recommendation of K-pop songs that she likes in her personal playlists or even songs dedicated to the fic! They can also be found in the author's note at the bottom of the fic.

As the fic continues we will keep trying to come up with ways to keep everything engaging and fun for you guys! As well as try to draw more people in lol.

If you have any ideas feel free to comment on here AND the fic, we’ll just adore it 💙

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i think 2025 is going to be the year that i finally let the internet know how much kpop i listen to and how much that influences what i like drawing aldkhgalgkhw...... fallin' flower is my favorite seventeen mv forever and ever and ever, i don't think anything can ever top how fucking pretty it is, i have so many shots from it burned into my brain ever since it came out --- so obviously i had to christen scaramouche here in one of my favorite shots!!!!!!! happy birthday hat guy, i care him so much uguguwwenenn...

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Burning

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Tragically beautiful 💔

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I don't know what do more

let's return to study

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Chapter Update!

Summary:

Aether looked at the comments and read out loud, “‘What song would you use to describe your life?’ Definitely “I Know It’s Today” from Shrek The Musical.”

Heizou died. “What the fuck,” he choked out from his laughter.

“You give me more so “Girl Scout” from Beetlejuice,” said Scara.

Aether paused. “I don’t know if that was an insult, but I’m going to take it as one.” Scara shrugged in return.

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

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An angel at Windrise

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Awh he’s so adorable and the outfit is tea 💙🪽