#xiaether

[pocket-luv101]

Person, to Aether: Hand over your mora. I have a knife.

Zhongli: Poor guy has a death wish.

Xiao, in the distance: LAMENT!

[sadzane]

(⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

[k-chips]

Anyway, if you ship someone with Aether, you ship them with Lumine as well, and vice versa. The twins (Travelers) are interchangeable, they have the same responses to everything, the same dynamics with any other character.

(The only exception is Jeht)

Just to piss off some homophobic fans and the Aether harem dudes :D

[cutecherryart]

Now i feel my soul in peace (❁´◡`❁)

[kan-be]

imagine being all alone for centuries and then suddenly this traveler appears with his almond tofu and his golden hair and these oh so warm honey eyes and,,,

[darinkdraws]

Buah it’s been a while ໒꒰ྀིっ˕ -｡꒱ྀི১ I didn’t feel well these past days, my cat has a surgery tomorrow and I can’t help it, I feel stressed all days

Here’s Xiao in the lantern rite with my bby Aether, hope you guys like it.

[minouett]

Happy Birthday Xiao ⭐️

1h doodle bc i thought it was cute 🥹

[goldenimpact]

So I just thought of a modern AU where Xiao is an idol who is actually very introverted and is often stressed since he’s famous, and Aether is his best friend who is his emotional support and is head over heels for him but doesn’t say anything because he thinks Xiao only sees him as a therapist friend (maybe he used to have bad friends?), yet Xiao also loves Aether yet doesn’t say anything because because he thinks that the love Aether has for him is very platonic. Sorry if it’s long ;w;

AETHER IS HIS BEST FRIEND?? Aether is his best friend... why... how... Are they childhood friends?? Did they know eachother in school??? Did Aether briefly work as staff or something???? Did they have a one-time chance encounter and exchanged numbers due to circumstances that eventually developed into their super tight bond (and super falling for one another)?!?!?! I HAVE TO KNOW PLEASE I NEED THIS CRUCIAL INFO

Eh??? HAH??????? THEY’RE BOTH IN LOVE BUT BOTH THINK IT’S UNREQUITED?? That’s incredible thank you for my life. I want to see this... I want to see their dynamic in motion... 

(under the cut: i talk a bunch about what-ifs and tryin to expand on this idea! yeah it’s just me rambling)

Xiao’s probably some edgy cool type of idol... Slap on his usual angsty backstory into idol context and maybe it’ll turn into like... He used to be in a five-person unit with the other Yakshas but they either quit being idols or died or any other sort of reason (not important) and now he’s a solo idol... and it’s wearing down on him, being alone on the stage, but he’s continuing his idol activities out of a sense of obligation to his fans and to his former unit members... 

Like, he’s still perfectly healthy and able to continue being an idol, so he doesn’t have any legitimate reason to quit (in his mind), especially when his other unit members probably really want to continue as idols but it became literally impossible for them... So Xiao can’t quit because severe mental fatigue and stress isn’t enough of a justification to him since he’s dumb like that. Whatever, edgelord. Suffer.

Aether... why is he friends with an idol... why isn’t AETHER an idol.. I mean, there’s always the alternative of Aether being a former idol or dabbled in the business when he was a kid or something and quit as he grew up... That would probably give him more grounds to advise Xiao with maybe??? Also kid idol Aether means he could’ve potentially been Xiao’s initial motivation for wanting to be an idol/thinking idols were incredible... 

Oh my god... the emotional investment Xiao would already have in Aether... AND THAT’S WHY HE’D WANT TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH AETHER ONCE THEY MET EACHOTHER... AETHER IS HIS ROLE MODEL IDOL... And even though Aether retired, Aether still continues to be Xiao’s idol... Oh my god.................. 

And Xiao thinks Aether is so incredible and amazing even after retiring that it continues to elevate his image of what a Top Idol should be... Aether trying to help Xiao realize his own charms as a performer by being his fan... and helping Xiao think about what he really wants to do with his life by hanging out like normal boyfriends sometimes...

ANYWAYS THEY LOVE EACHOTHER LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT.. Xiao went from Aether’s biggest fan to his best friend to wanting to kiss him, that’s so damn wild... Aether lent Xiao a listening ear, slowly learned how stubborn and hardworking he is, and fell for this hot mess of an idol just like that... 

And now they’re stuck in this stalemate of loving eachother to bits yet unable to convey it directly, instead just trying to get as much as they can under the pretense of “best friends”........... WHEN DOES THE DAM BREAK... WHEN DO THEY.... DO A KISSY.................... OFFICER PLEASE...... I GOTTA KNOW.....