You know, that would be ANGSTY COMICAL if we mixed that in the aftermath of the reveal of who is the real creator, since it could be taken as the creator REPLACING characters who hurt them.
-đ„Stew
that was the intent!
i think diluc would have it easiest. red is from a hateful part of his past, and he knows that heâs grown beyond that stage. if it werenât for redâs temperament, heâd want to try and connect, if only to gain his trust. it still hurts, knowing that even after all this time he still failed to be what you needed, but it burns him the least.
fischl would be worse. night is everything she tried so badly to be, down to her own oz. to make it worse, night couldnât care less about fischl, ignoring her monologues about whoâs the real princess. the only one she needs the approval of is you, and sheâd gotten that the second she was first summoned. she does fischl the mercy of letting her keep her name, but even that is mostly at your discretion. âfischl,â ânight,â whatever. she just needs to protect you where amy failed.
and kaeya⊠my poor beloved. if night is what fischl wanted to be, shade is what kaeya has to be. night is a persona that fischl copied, shade is the very mask kaeya had put on for all his life. heâd entirely remade himself, down to the name he used and the way he treated his fellow knights, and it still wasnât enough. all of his effort was poured into making himself something that could be accepted, that could be good enough. heâd thought heâd done a good job when he was first marked as a vessel, but now in the hunt itâs clear that his palatability only ran skin deep. shade is what you need, shade is what you want, and heâs genuine about it. shadeâs entire life is yours, and he was rewarded for that devotion with your affection, earning a place at your side. and kaeya had devoted himself to the hunt instead, was so blinded by his own desires that heâd ignored the resistance of his vision. diluc may hate his past and fischl may hate night, but kaeya can only really hate himself.
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So... This has been in my coloring board for a while. (Coloring, since i just borrow line work and then edit and color. I can't draw shit.
If i get bored, i'll do the next part.
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you have been so busy fielding so many waves of anons all weekend, i want you to remember to hydrate and eat a healthy meal! i made a big beef and bean and potato stew on friday and am bringing you leftovers over the internet to reheat when you get hungry. đ„
Aww thank you nonnie! I will be well-hydrated and fed this week just for you đ«Ąđ«¶
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Honestly, i wanna be a little shit to your angst party and add a little âšSunshineâš,
Slowpoke Kaveh never joining the hunt, but having promised to be on the look out for the fake, found the fake but THE BLUE/GOLD BLOOD, remember? And since they are unconscious, i believe they are in deep sleep, which means they've lied down for a minute atleast, which is the BARE minimum amount of time for me to fall into "not waking up" state of awareness, which means = the blood is dried for the "only turns colors when dry" trope is covered.
Kaveh having a braincrash seeing the cried splatters of the blood of the creator, seeing the ruined body of the creator, is fucking on the mehrak-mekrah? Blasted names, i never remember them right. *Points to an earlier todays mishap of ominos/ominis gaunt*
-đ„Stew
you have a lovely point i failed to address about the blood. tbh i just Went for it, i was so excited to be writing for kaveh i got lost in the lore sauce ïżœïżœïżœïżœ
and honestly, this is so much more interesting in terms of implications. kaveh begrudgingly helping the imposter because oh no, his morals! is fun, but kaveh like unintentionally becoming your #1 guard because what the fuck alhaitham, you and your matra almost killed god.
thatâs not a sentence that makes sense. but i counter:
the situation from before, but as he gets closer to your body, he notices the blue staining your clothes and the grass around you. the butterflies and crystalflies, your body cradled in a bed of flowers, the foxes that leap over you from the bushes and bare their teeth, the world itself defensive over you.
if he was holding mehrak, he would have dropped it. to see his creator beat up and bleeding in the forest⊠no, no this wasnât right at all.
he passes some of his berries to the foxes to appease themâmeant to be a snack for the road, but he wouldnât be traveling any furtherâand rushes to you, gently waving off the crystalflies so he can inspect your wounds. he does his best with what he has, but heâs only prepared for minor injuries and the smelk and sight of your blood is quickly making him nauseous.
he waves back the wildlife again, careful not to hurt the delicate butterflies or anger the foxes, and then picks you up. yes, he doesnât live alone, no, he doesnât know how heâs going to even get you into the city undisturbed, but he canât leave you here. his hands shake as he walks, fingers digging into your body to ensure he doesnât so much as get close to dropping you. mehrak floats circles around the two of you, beeping incomprehensibly, your shield of flora and fauna still intact. the trees move their roots to clear his path, stones sinking into the earth, and butterflies and birds fly around him.
it would be beautiful if his shirt wasnât stained with your blood.
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*imagines smoll xiao scowling with his arms crossed as pari-creator is happily laying on his head and flapping their wings with soft "paft paft" sounds*
Fuck thats adorable.
*next, imagines bird xiao cuddling with pari-creator in a selfmade birds nest*
Im melting from cuteness.
*xiao grumpily playing with pari-creator*
hsjsirprwöskgkgoqpainxngkeoqoskctkeowodkxkfkfbrjrjeiqoamx-
IM A XIAO AND AETHER SIMP, OKAY? DONT JUDGE ME! And pwease stop melting my heart by feeding my imagination. (NO, DO IT, IM GETTING MY DOPAMINE)
-đ„Stew
sunshine x sunshine protector
itâs just bird x bird tbh. xiaoâs bed has like three times the pillows it needs because nesting need go brr. he keeps yours separate at first because he knows how personal it is and how picky the owners can get, but thatâs more of a formality than anything considering that you end up curled with him more nights than not.
goldet and yanxiao know you well because you wander the inn at night and sometimes yoink a berry or two to bring to xiao respectfully.
ganyu notices his hair seems off and wonders if heâd been doing something before their training, but itâs just because you were sitting there.
zhongli notices an old coin on his necklace, or a wire wrapped stone. theyâre gifts from you, and thankfully zhongli doesnât ask because xiao doesnât really have an excuse.
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Sagau lore is *chefs kiss*
I especially love the little details like symbolism, certain actions and beliefs explained to me, and one of the most memorable is the sagau about CONSTELLATIONS.
I remember two, a childe and a xiao one, and basically they explained that every single playable vision holder would have a constellation in the sky and a tattoo on the back that would light up each time you activated a new part of it.
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CANNOT believe i didnât touch on constellations at some point ugh
the way i see it is that the constellations in the sky rotate w th banners, two large ones for the 5 stars and three small ones for the four stars. standard banner characters are up there technically, as is everybody else, but those follow the more basic constellation ârulesâ like the ones on earth do. like some are only visible at certain times of the year or something ig? idk iâve only ever put thought into the banner constellations-
when a banner is starting, the constellations rise from the east (i think?? is that where the sun rises from???) and as they end they set in the west, and you can glimpse the upcoming constellations near the end of the cycle. some show up more often and some less so, but they all appear in the sky at some point.
when somebody gets a vision, they receive a constellation in turn. they donât choose it, but they know both it and the name.
perhaps itâs engraved on the back of their vision? six dots connected by thin lines, a permanent reminder if theirs isnât in the sky. if theyâre c0 the lines are glowing softly w their elements color, and the stars shine with constellations like they do in the regular menu.
i doubt they understand the significance of constellations, esp the five stars, but they only register it as an ability they didnât have before and chalk it up to the divine.
(for five stars, within my version of the wishing process) after the first pull, they donât âfallâ as harshly. the star comes to them instead, no longer pulling them to earth, wrapping them in he golden light within th banner.
four stars iâve been vague on, but they donât appear in the banner like five stars do. instead they just⊠feel a pull, a need to go outside and look up, no matter the time, to watch the star showers and suck in a breath when one crosses their constellation, the stars lighting brighter. they pull their vision from where itâs hooked and brush their fingers over the new glow to it, a smile on their face.
c6 characters are both incredibly proud of themself and greatly respected by others. standard characters are a bit ashamed that your stars missed (if you pulled on the limited banner), but are honored to be with you anyway. if you have a streak of getting one character multiple times, donât get too upset at them for it. you understand they simply want to be with you, to be worth something to you, to help serve the one who created their life.
(re: the constant âmemeâ of people losing to qiqi: donât be upset. she forgets sheâs already come sometimes, and just wants to help. donât get angry at her, and treat her with kindness. she deserves it)
the tattoo idea⊠i get how youâd (you as in general you not you specifically) think that, genuinely, but considering the significance of visions both in-lore and within sagau, as they denote the possibility of being a vessel, i think it makes more sense this way. it doesnât have to be on the back if you donât want, maybe little lights within the vision or small âstarsâ on the frame of it.
bingus :$
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Welp, woe is me but i think i have had enough time to somehow organi- organize? Organice? Organise? Fuck it, CREATE ORDER in my letter.
To Diluc Ragvindr.
Though things are tough, families torn through tragedy, kept torn by mistakes made in rage and grief, it is important to remember that with time and effort you can stitch up the wounds, and one day make your scars fade.
Mondstadt may be a city of freedom, where no ties can truly ever hold you down, but everyone has their own place to return to, to rest from your long journey. Whether it be at a temple, your own room, a complete city or a friend.
My wish is for you to remember that. The fact that you have a place to return to, and even when the end has come, there are people here to welcome you. Death is not the end, but the next great adventure!
*from the letter, falls a single Gladiolus*
-đ„Stew
diluc paced through the grape fields of the winery, occasionally stopping to inspect a handful to check for any lackluster bushes or signs of a weed or bug infestation. the staff usually did a good job at keeping the vineyards clear of both, but he felt better checking them himself. it was getting dark, but he was almost done, and a carefully controlled flame in one of his hands was enough to light his way.
he stopped at one bushel of smaller than usual grapes, checking over them and their vine. he extinguished the fire in his hand so he could better check through for any colonies, only to pause.
the light hadnât vanished.
he looked up, briefly wondering if it was adelinde or elzer coming to chastise him for being out so late, but the light wasnât from a lantern. instead, a star-like object was floating above the wooden support for the vines.
diluc stared. the star did not move. after a moment, he reached for it, and it seemed to pop, vanishing into a puff of golden flakes. he blinked, adjusting to the light shift, and saw that a folded sheet of paper had dropped onto the grapevines.
âŠhuh.
inside of the paper was a pointed array of flowers, their color lost in the dim light of dusk, but he simply brushed it aside, focusing on the words written on the page.
in truth, he should have known what was going on. you were the only one god that communicated through the stars, and you were one of the only ones who knew what had truly happened between him and kaeya.
and you⊠were the only one that could tell him he had a chance at mending what was torn and have him believe you in the slightest.
you wouldnât lie, not about something so important, but⊠to promise him, him with the blood on his hands and darkness in his heart, that he could close a wound that had been opened for years⊠you wouldnât blame him for being in disbelief, would you? your light encompassed all, your grace touched every corner of the earth, but surely this⊠could this truly be within grasp?
after a moments thought, diluc folded your letter again, picking up the flower you had sent him.
maybe, in the morning, with the light of dawn at his shoulders and a head not muddled with the stress of the day, heâd have a harder time believing you. maybe heâd be a bit more rational, and think about the time required to start such an endeavor, think about whether it we something kaeya wanted at all.
but as the last of the sun dripped below the horizon, he retired to the manor with the idea of a bond born anew in his mind.
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Hi, long time, work is very busy and my brain is broken, but i somehow managed to drag myself back from the pits of hell to ask;
Do the peeps of teyvat use Creator instead of "god", and stuff.
Like, Oh Creator, instead of oh god.
And go to abyss, instead of go to hell.
By the grace of the creator!
-đ„Stew
[also drags myself out of The Pit] IâVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS BEFORE
âcreatorâ doesnât Hit as well as just "god," plus you have the substitute of just "by the archons" which imo is better. the actual like swears vary by nation, but i think "creator" is saved for the more Serious moments, if that makes sense. in general, god -> gods, archons, maybe the name of one in particular, heaven -> celestia, i think theyâve said hellish in canon but the analog would just be abyssal like youâve said.
NOW. nations definitely have their own specific curses, like mare jivari for mondstat or the thunderbird or tatarasuna for inazuma, the chasm for liyue, but thatâs up to your preferred worldbuilding and the character whoâs saying it. maybe someone doesnât think swearing with an archon(or higher)âs name is appropriate, maybe some extremists in sumeru swear using the Other side of the wall (like azar saying a prospect was âfull of sandâ or whatever), i could write an entire paper about the possibilities. i wonât though because i am tired.
thank you for the ask! and so sorry about the delay!!
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I've been withholding this urge of going full aunt/uncle on Gaming, to squish his cheeks together and cooing at this BABY.
But NO MORE! NO MORE, SAY I!
(But, heh, BUTT, since Gaming has yet to be UNLEASHED UPON THIS WORLD, i would do with EVERYONE, so here, a SQUISH for YOU, a Squish for -shroom, a Squish for Cig, and a Squish FOR EVERYONE, YOU GET A SQUISH, HE GETS A SQUISH, EVERYBODY COME GET A SQUISH!)
-đ„Stew
give in. squish the gaming. itâs good for your mental health.
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Vibrating SO HARD cuz im guaranteed Xiao, so i'll get him finally to be c1 because i dont want yae miko, im close to pity 75 and IM SO FUCKING TREMBLING CUZ OF THE MICROSCOPIC CHANCE OF LOSING THE FIFTY FIFTY WHICH IS LIKE ONE IN A MILLION OR SOMETHING BUT WHAT *IF*-
-đ„Stew, who KNOWS they are overthinking. BUT STILL-
you got this !!!! xiao CANNOT escape he WILL be yours and i believe in you !! donât worry, youâll be alright !
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What do you think the characters do during free time, free time : not whay they usuallu do? (Example; not hunting down monsters, tracking the fatui, being a member of the fatui, drinking tea, making money, bombing fish etc.)
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great question! fair warning that this will Not be in any order at all!
mona probably mends her clothes, she feels like the type to know how to sew. if you ever need clothing advice go to her. part of it is budgeting, but part of it is also the fact that i imagine sheâs a bit picky on her appearance.
i think kaeya likes to go for walks, if he can allow himself to. probably has a hard time relaxing, but please let this man just take you for a walk. sit under some shade. watch some butterflies. have a picnic.
if venti has free time his lyre is in his hands. doesnât matter if heâs not playing for a crowd, he likes the music. or heâll sit in vanessaâs tree, letting the sun and anemo soak into him, the sound of the wind through the leaves lulling him to sleep.
for kazuha, the obvious: laying on sun-warmed stones, writing poetry, listening to the wind and itâs stories. not so much one for walks, prefers just sitting somewhere quiet and enjoying himself. maybe he brings food, maybe he picks some berries from a bush, maybe heâs only gone for an hour, who knows. he always comes back with a clearer head than he did before.
i donât know yelan. not Really, not enough where iâm confident about this, but i feel like she likes tea. tea, brewed herself (grown herself if she could, but sheâs too busy for that) and made exactly how she likes it. probably likes watching sunsets, if she has the time, which is rare.
xingqiu obviously reads or writes or sits at his desk and laments his lack of ideas. chongyun meditates, a fact which iâm not sure is canon but is real to me. xingqiu likes walks more than chongyun does, and is more prone to dragging the latter out for inspiration. xiangling joins him when chongyun doesnât for whatever reason, and they often get distracted from their goals simply talking to each other.
keqing reads. ningguang likes puzzles. ganyu visits the other adepti when she can, and sends a longing look to the mountains when she canât. xiao doesnât let himself take breaks, not really, but he does like seeing the sun rise. yaoyao collects flowers to bring back to madam ping, and maybe a few more for whoever else along their way needs a little pick me up. sometimes sheâll see qiqi, who passes along the silk flower to baizhu, who carefully pulls a pot from a shelf for her. sheâll forget who itâs from, but he and gui are happy to remind her, prompting her to preserve it once more with a quick touch of cryo.
when yaoyao sees it on the shelf when she visits, she smiles.
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Is it bad i really want xiao to be a BIG bird, so i can run and smash myself into his fluff?
But i also want him to be pocket-sized so i can hold him and rub my face all over him like a cat.
-đ„Stew
heâs an adeptus, isnât he? why not both?
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The world helping the creator, huh? And "cradling like a stone i found in a creek"?
Brings back memories from when i was young and playing in a creek with my sibling between two of our neighbors, i walked a little further in shorts and a t-shirt and tripped on a rusty pretty little porceline cup thingy. Got a face full of sandy water and a treasure.
(also got a cut in the bottom of my foot the same day, but nothing can beat a 9-11 year old brats absolute joy in finding precious looking things. I gifted it to my grandma and she cleaned it up. Best moment of that year.)
ANYWAYS, back to my point.
The world helping them.
They could find a relatively clean old tea set in the river.
Dusty blankets in broken down houses.
Clothes after a hurricane.
(imagine getting smacked in the face by the clean underwear of your favorite character. I could never be able to look them in the eye.)
Cats bringing them hairties or cleaning supplies as if to say; keep up your appearances, GOD, or i shall take your place as ONE.
Dogs digging up worms for them to fish, or carrying bundles of lotus roots in their mouth like the good boys they are, as if to ask; am i a good boy? Do i get pets now, PETS YES YEEEESSSS-
Hawks bringing in meat.
Hilichurls chucking furniture for them.
The strange Hilichurl offering cabbages and stuffed toys- excuse me but i must confess if i wanted a cute monster boyfriend, it would be THIS FUCKING FLUFFY THING YOU CANT CONVINCE ME OTHERWISE-
And now.
The things i would wish most fervently for.
The thing we all deserve-
*drumroll*
(im building hype so i will stop here, see you soon! Ten points to you if you guess it right.)
very interesting ideas! iâve imagined teyvat always does itâs best to help out the âââimposterâââ but this is pretty interesting!
i imagine the strange hilichurl is likely some sort of myth or some impossible bounty (due to the achievement for it) so to find it traveling with the imposter all of teyvat has been huntingâŠ
âthing you wish most fervently forâ and âthing we all deserveâ is either like. a slime friend cuddle pile or. like an impossibly large stash of mora.
or maybe just really good bread. who knows.
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Since i want to spoil your venti-oriented heart, do you think Venti likes a dinner date at Angel's Share or a picnic at unholy damn hours outside, because no way will this little shit have a picnic date at an "unromantic" time, it has to be when the sky is at its prettiest, which means either sunset or sunrise, or even midnight, cuz have you seen how pretty the sky looks at these times? If your pixels and shit are high, you can see those pretty space-dust-cloud-things.
So let's imagine both!
A dinner date with him would be him spending all of his meager savings and owing a debt to the traveler and Diluc, with an empty tavern with only one source of light being the candle on your table, a music box playing something soothing. Sure, he's still loud as fuck as ever, but there is a new quality to it.
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There is nothing greater than good wine, a person you love and good music on a moonlit date. If we have an eternity of these, i might get bored, but i'd still endure it for you, Hehe~!
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The bard would say, laughing at his own joke, for he plans to keep you to himself for as long as he can, even if that means clawing his way into your heart, and locking himself inside, for he is but an Archon, a meager existence of long life with ideals he must uphold until the end of his life as one.
Before you, he feels he is again the tiny wind spirit, lost but yet so eager to explore this new sense of existence.
On a picnic date, at the unholy hours, he would bring you under the big tree whose name i forgot FUCK- and spread the blanket near the fishing spot. He would offer a hand to help you sit down, and play his lyre as you sleepily yawn and lean on him, humming a soft tune as you together watch the stars move. His constellation, shining with a single star, glows softly in the sky.
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You know, your grace, i love you for always hoping to "lose your guarantee" to me, even if i'm not quite sure i know what it means.
It means i love you very much, silly little bard.
I see, your grace. But i'm still thankful, i do know how you think about the others, handsome, so cool-HEUGH!
I prefer you, Venti. And i don't feel for the others like that. Admiring is not the same as loving i admire their sense of self, the confidence they carry their duties and hardships, but i love your ease of understanding. The way you love your people, even if others don't see it the way i do. You are NOT a drunk lazy archon, you ensure their happiness and safety, but also allow them the freedom to make their own choices, you never force your opinion on them, like Ei, nor do you restrict them into following traditions and rules, like Zhongli. You don't withhold wisdom either, like Rukkhadevata, who did the mistake of allowing knowledge to spread, yet not explaining any of the dangers to her people so it would be stopped, and while i can't say anything about Nahida, i actually do not think lightly nor am i at ease of her ability to look into the mind. I fear she would break, were she to know what i do.
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So... Have a nice day!
-đ„Stew
youâre perfectly timed btw we love venti
i personally think he wouldnât take a date at the angels share over a picnic, he probably gets a bit antsy if he hasnât been outside all day or has for only very minimal amounts of time. of course he understands if you donât want to go out and lay on a blanket under windrise, and is willing to compromise with one spread on a balcony within the city, or a roof if youâre willing. anywhere where he can see the stars, where the wind blows through his hair, where heâs quite literally in his element.
one perk of being the creator is that you donât have to worry about bug bites or allergies anymore, nor about getting sick. but above all, your wants matter, and if you insist on a more traditional dinner then heâll oblige. heâd obviously prefer balcony seatsâor just anything near a window, reallyâbut a relationship is a two way street, and heâs willing if it makes you happy.
part of it is, as youâd expect, his being the anemo archon. he does adore nature, and would love to bask in the beauty of your creation with you. he admittedly isnât the best at cooking as most of his meals consist of apples pulled right off the tree, but seeing you enjoy food that he made does give his confidence a boost. he likes being liked by you, and will do everything in his power to keep it that way. heâs been without you for far too long to lose you to his selfishness now, and any discomfort fades quickly enough with a strong breeze and the memory of your smile. youâre happy, so heâs happy, and even though he doesnât understand what if means to be divine⊠he is happy you try to share it with him. take a detour on the way back to the city, stop by starsnatch cliff for longer than you intend to, let him put a cecelia in your hair and say something soft that makes your heart pick up. his own soul flutters at your smile, and he canât imagine any other place heâd rather be.
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Merry christmas everybody!
-đ„Stew
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALSO HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND ALSO IF YOU DONT CELEBRATE THEN JUST HAVE A GOOD DAY !!!!! I HOPE EVERYBODY IS HAPPY AND IF NOT I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER SOON !!!
please take a gift for your travels, no matter your preference of celebrations : đđđđđ
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Im on an european server, and going to sleep in half an hour i just finished the last of my resin, so not right now.
Last i checked, you're around mid-late day/evening, and on an american server.
Maybe im wrong?
Anyway, may i also mention i noticed something;
In dragonspine, Xiao says: when the snow gets thick enough, we can EAT IT.
But when we go to the desert, Hoyoverse missed the chance to have him say; when the sand gets thick enough, we can eat it.
Because I have eaten sand as a kid. beach sand, sandbox, even tried a bit of mud as a curious under 5 years old ought to do, i even have picture proof- anyways, i just want to appreciate the mental image of;
Parental Zhongli- because me love some family fluff time- prying Xiaos mouth open because he refuses to spit the sand out.
-đ„Stew
1) yeah i. forgot you were on european. whoops. 2) also, and i canât say this is 100% canon, but wasnât xiaoâs snow line because at one point that was all he could/was allowed to eat? i canât cite sources (and like i said do have to Finish a Task rn) but that + hyv doesnât give some lines to everyone (off the top of my head and with no sources, does venti have a desert line? i donât think kazuha does. kazu and heizou have snow lines though but i donât know the logic behind this) + sand isnât typically thought of as edible, despite how funny it would be
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