“My beloved friend”

Music: Misery by Lezter

Birth of a god

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He sits

moominventi & moominxiao

Chasing Wings: Ch. 02 Lore/Story

Chapter Two: Drinks Bring Back Memories

Chapter One

Lore+Notes under cut!

As always, if you have any lore that indicates otherwise, please let me know! Though this is canon divergent, I do want to stay as compliant with the world much as possible. Additionally, I just love learning new lore! Or even if you have a fun fact you want to share!!

STORY:

• You may be wondering, "Why is Zhongli around so soon, and why is Rex Lapis already gone? Did the Osial events already happen?"

→I needed Rex Machina (pun, sorry), so he's there now. No, Osial events haven't happened. Haven't decided the method in which he announces his "depature," but once decided will likely incorporate that into the story itself. I want to try to write a special "after story summary," of the changes in what happens for when the Traveler comes in.

LORE: • Liyue VS Mondstadt Poetry. The Poetry event established this; in addition to making sense given the places each area is inspired by/based on.

STORY: • Millelith carrying people - that is made up. But I have faith Zhongli could convince them to do it. I have been trying to find the specific cut scene he convinces a man to give you something for free, but I don't remember what the item name was, which NPC it was, or which event it was!! But I did find a cut scene for a different note, so my struggle wasn't entirely in vain.

LORE: • "Osmanthus Wine." Ah yes. The iconic Zhongli line. I had to. But also... According to Wikipedia, Osmanthus wine is "the traditional choice" for a reunion wine during the Moon Festival. I have never been to one, that involves leaving my room and talking to people. And also money to go somewhere (of which doesn't exist). So I'm trusting wiki on this. If you have more accurate info, please let me know and I will correct it.

STORY: • In this chapter, especially, there's a little voice that keeps talking to Venti regarding Zhongli that helps him be more "him." That isn't important now, but it will be later. Call it foreshadowing.

STORY/LORE: • Venti doesn't remember what Visions or Archons are, and I am not subjecting you, the reader, to a reminder. So I tried to have that explained "off screen" so to speak, and focus on the changes I made so that you're caught up with the differences.

STORY/LORE: • Morax and Barbatos' relations - do they get along? In spite of what their voicelines would lead you to believe, these two are definitely friends! Lantern Rite 3.4 more or less sealed that they have the sort of friendship that involves teasing each other, but they both still have a deep respect for their individual talents and skills. They both also cling to their lost friends/family, as you can see in individual character stories and very naturally are quite attached. To me at least, it makes sense that if Morax thought Barbatos had died, he would mourn his friend. Same thing for Barbatos. →Additionally, in version 2.5 the event "Of Drink A-Dreaming," Zhongli goes to Monstadt, visits Angel's Share and orders a drink. The following Lantern Rite (version 3.4) (you can watch the whole thing, but thought this was a good starting place!) has Venti visiting. I would absolutely NOT put it past Zhongli to invite Venti, and then actively ignore him just to see what he does. Venti seeking out Xiao seems unrelated, and to be Venti just genuinely seeking out and wanting to help Xiao. Or, if you're like-minded (and you would only be here if you are), Zhongli invited Venti to visit during Lantern Rite and avoided him solely to try and get Venti and Xiao together. Zhongli geniunely wants what's best for Xiao, and I think we all agree that Venti falls in that category. 10/10. →(Fun fact! Qiaoying Village is mentioned by Zhongli in the 2.5 event, and was not released until 4.4!)

LORE: • “Anyone in Liyue would do what they could to support our adepti, and those that have saved them." Given that even the Treasure Hoarders would rather stop what they're doing than cross an adeptus, I feel pretty confident this is canon compliant.

Chapter 02 Song/Lyrics: "Drinks Bring Back Memories" Memories by Maroon 5 Had to look up songs about friendship, and this one was PRACTICALLY PERFECT minus the line about "carrying torches." That is typically implying romantic emotions, and the relationship between Zhongli and Venti (Morax and Barbatos) is purely platonic in this story. If you, the reader, wish to interpret it differently for your own joy, I shan't stop you.

He sits

I got like really sick and at the same time I have exams coming up that I really shouldn't skip so with all that I can't muster up the energy to draw and on god the ideas hopping around in my brain are multiplying by the minute dgdjhdkdgdj

yknow AI art has ruined an entire genre of painting to me, i saw one of those smooth anime-realism pieces and immidiately thought ''ugh, AI art'' until i noticed it was posted by an established deviantart user 6 years ago. like ive never been a huge fan of that genre but it looks like a pretty difficult style to master and i feel bad for the artists who specialized in anime-realism only to have their entire market jacked by people typing keywords into midjourney.

I can confidently say as an artist that most of us would also be happy to get even a very very short one-shot inspired by our drawings and we'd be riding that high for literal weeks dgkshdksh

The secret wish is to write a fanfic that someone loves so much they make fan art of it, or to create a drawing that someone creates an entire fic based off of it.

Soooo I have this college AU in the making if anyone is interested?

vash is like a beautiful goth girl to me if a beautiful goth girl was also a transmasc plant

Good afternoon xiaoven nation, today I offer you this very self indulgent drawing 🌿🌿

Artists, when you draw with a fixed color palette in digital, do you mix the colors within the palette to create new ones or do you use them without mixing?

I've always been curious if there are any "rules" people follow when drawing with a palette.

🔸earring exchange 🔸

Today's hc is: modern AU Venti would only wear heelys for shoes

Good afternoon xiaoven nation, today I offer you this very self indulgent drawing 🌿🌿