Genshin Guys (or An Attempt To I Guess)

I wasn't dropped on my head as a baby, I was thrown into the ceiling fan.

Why oh why I am hyperfixating on a book series with a target audience of middle-aged women and absolutely no fandom for??

hhhhhh wriothesley....... preddy......................

no no see, domesticity IS hot. how intimate it is to make food with someone, to share a bed, to brush your teeth at the same sink, to shower and use the same towels and the same laundry soap, to grocery shop and hold hands through the aisles, to be cornered in the kitchen to make out while a pot of pasta boils over on the stove. to fall asleep and hear them snoring softly and laugh at the little trail of drool out of the corner of their mouth. to spend money together and share chores and pick on each other for your weird habits. it's not always perfect and beautiful, but it's comfortable and familiar and I just think it's neat.

Calling out to all inmates willing to help!!

The annual Halloween party at Fortress Meropide is coming soon! His Grace is extremely busy with preparations, how will he even find the time to prepare a costume for himself or his loved ones?!

Help the Duke! Give him Halloween costume ideas!!

come up with an idea for a costume for Wriothesley, Neuvillette, Sigewinne - any one of them, two of them, or all three

describe your idea to me and I'll draw it! Or, well, I will try!

please keep in mind that if it's too weird and/or I can't understand what you're talking about, I may be unable to draw it 🙏

my asks are open (anon as well, if you're shy), or you can leave a comment under this post

it's ok to reblog for the people in the back, make sure that everyone at the Fortress knows! All hands on board!

(just look at his puppy face, you know you want to help him; also you may even earn yourself some Credit Coupons if he really likes it)

books

more doodles

Prayer to Ma’at

Notes: This is an example of the translation services I am offering! It’s quite a long bit of text but I thought it was worth sharing. There is immense trouble with trying to get Tumblr to type out hieroglyphs––at least there is on my computer––so screenshots of my translations will have to do. You are free to use this in any way (respectfully, of course) but please credit me if you do.

Genshin Impact | 2024 Genshin Olympics Artwork

Artist: mhunter_45

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I'm really tired of the "woman sad about her arranged marriage" trope, especially if that woman is royalty.

I am sure that many women across time were sad about their arranged marriages, but I'm sure a lot of others were excited, ambivalent, or resigned. Again, especially if you were royalty! I am sure if you were born a princess, you were trained from birth that your whole purpose in life was to marry someone important to solidify the power of the person on the throne. And honestly, it's an important job, if it wasn't, they wouldn't have tried so hard to do it.

That woman isn't just marrying another king or prince, she's going to be an ambassador of her country. She's supposed to be there promoting good relations. She isn't just a woman being sold off, she has a job! Also, if she is marrying the reigning monarch (or the heir), she may well end up running the country if the king is off at war or he dies when the heir is really young. That happened a lot throughout history! (or maybe she marries the third son and helps him find his way to the throne. Good for her)

It just feels like a modern sentiment being projected back. In Romeo and Juliet, when Juliet's mother first brings up marrying her to Paris, Juliet's basically cool with it and says she'll try to like him. She would have known this was going to happen because that is what rich women do, they marry into another family so their two families can be buddies. What else would she even be expecting?

It wouldn't bother me so much except that it's all we see! Give me a story about a woman who is like, "Cool, I shall give it my all!" Or she's like rolling up her sleeves and planning how she's going to get the court on her side and rule France, power behind the throne style (these women are mostly portrayed as villains, but who is to say the king would do a better job?). And also, have a little faith in women's fathers? You think men in the past didn't occasionally consider the happiness of their daughters? Not even a little bit?