since xiao is coming out real soon, i thought i’d make a lil pronunciation guide, just in case anyone out there doesn’t benefit from oral guides. no more of that “jow” bullshit i keep hearing

xiao- sh, like you’re shushing someone, then ow like you got poked. sh-ow, xiao.

if not ChiLi then why pheonix-dragon chopsticks

henlo i present to you my modern au ft boomer ex-gods, me projecting way too much onto guizhong, soft xiao (but only for xiangling), depresso zhongli, too much angst for a crack fic, and much more to come!

summary: It had been almost two decades since the last Yaksha had decided he had enough of the mortal realm, and three years since his Harbinger had perished in battle. Time never had much meaning to an immortal, as he had always had as much as there was. Now that he had become mortal, he realized how much time really meant. He had overheard a merchant in the market telling her workers that their jobs were done. Is my job done?

or zhongli attempts to pass on after everyone he loved was already gone but instead he wakes up 300 years later by a familiar face 

p a i n

1.3 OMG IM SO HYPED HOLY SHIT EVENTS AND X I A O XIAO COME HOMEEEEEEEEEE

diluc: hello i lost my brother can i make an announcement

cashier: okay

diluc over the intercom: goodbye you little shit

holy shit i just read the most amazing fic (link) but xiao + the “i hate the entire existence of this universe but i’ll tolerate you” makes me SO SOFT OMG ASDHKJASHDJKH

i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again but the music in this game is literally so good

just found this

QIQI’s idle animations

“my childe is fine” your childe is summoning a god and trying to destroy an entire city because he was lied to by the guy he has a crush on

Tartaglia

fight fight kiss kiss fall in love💦

Rex Lapis: (teaches Xiao how to do makeup *)

Rex Lapis: Prime your lids and lashes so your eyeshadow and mascara stay strong just like Adepti spirit through millennia of the Archon War.

Rex Lapis:  (uses the tip of his polearm to shape his eyeliner*) You want the wings of your eyeliner to be so sharp they could kill a demon.

Rex Lapis: Allowing you to drain their blood so that you may use to summon me, the Geo god.

Xiao: (ง︡’-‘︠)ง

My favorite thing is that Childe probably doesn't realize how horribly outclassed he is in Liyue.

Ganyu is a centuries old Qilin,who is a master archer and capable of whipping up blizzards.

Xiao is a yaksha,who regularly fought demons and actively keeps up in his training.

Zhongli is a 6000 year old former martial god who is still capable of producing a small amount of spears,can create incredibly powerful spears and can easily out maneuver Childe while letting him think that he is in control.

Like Childe was never a threat to begin with. Zhongli basically just found a feral child and was like "Look how cute he is!" While Xiao tries to throw him in trash can and Ganyu does 700 hrs of work in 6 minutes.