Also!! I just had a funny thought :D
Its a dumb one though..
ANYWAY! different genshin characters reacting to you mispronouncing their names ex: Barbatos gets turned into 'barberabatatos' or stuff like that, or the old anemo archon (the one during rebellion times) just getting watered down to 'tyrant'because "Holy fuck that is a mouthful how do you all even S A Y that??"
Also also! You just forgetting how to words sometimes. Ex: misreading there as the re or something
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I THINK THEY'D FIND IT HILARIOUS
Venti refuses to say his own Archon name correctly anymore. He's Barbarabatos now. He sees it like a silly nickname you personally gave him, even if you didn't mean to. Like an inside joke one shares with friends. That means he's your friend now, right?
Others find it less amusing, like Zhongli or Scaramouche. Zhongli feels really bad for you because he can tell how anxious you get speaking in front of people. He does everything he can to help make it a little easier on you, even going so far as to suggest someone else read out your statements in your place.
Scaramouche, on the other hand, is so offended and shocked. When he speaks with you for the first time, biting his usually sharp tongue so as to not earn himself your wrath, you mess up reading the itinerary for the day. You pronounce his name just fine, as well as Tartaglia's and Dottore's, but the word "Harbinger" just. doesn't click in your mind.
You stare at it for a second before trying your best, and you end up pronouncing it like Bing. Har-bing-er. Nobody else says anything, but he can tell they noticed based on the quick glances they gave to each other. Nobody dares to correct you, so you go on saying it like that until you see him again at a banquet.
You introduce him as Scaramouche, the Balladeer and the Tsaritsa's sixth Harbinger to your guests. Venti (who you've grown pretty close with due to how friendly he is with you) giggles and pokes you in the side.
"I think it's pronounced Har-binj-er, Your Grace," he says with a big smile. You blush and glance at the other Harbingers, who only nod. Scaramouche stares at him, shocked someone would dare to correct you in such a formal setting. Instead of being upset with him, though, you cross your arms and pout in Scara's direction.
"You let me go on saying it wrong all this time and you didn't tell me?!" you yell, face bright red. "And now I've embarrassed myself, I can't believe this," you say, faking being upset with him.
He frantically tries to apologize, clearly not understanding that you're only being dramatic. You and Venti both chuckle, offering him a seat beside you. "Oh, I guess I forgive you," you say with a laugh. "But really, if I mess up like that I'd prefer if you told me."













