#genshin 3.0

[qingxin-dream]

Burning for You

a/n | BASED ON GENSHIN 3.0 LEAKS!⚠️ …okay, so i have a confession. two things… one, i believe in love at first sight. and two, i am hopelessly in love with tighnari. <3 wrote this in a few hours high off of my new fav dendro main so i hope it’s okay! (art credits: u/murasakisumire on reddit)

warnings | character leaks, slight profanity, probably ooc tighnari but i’m having fun with it anyway :)

genre | fluff, smug tighnari likes to tease you

word count | 1.1k

pairing | tighnari x reader

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In the humid wilderness of Sumeru’s lush rainforests, there was no room for error as a forest ranger. It was a matter of life or death—eat or be eaten.

The vast majority of the rainforest was relatively untouched by civilization and teeming with vibrant creatures of all shapes, sizes, and abilities. As a ranger, you were expected to be an expert in animal and vegetation identification, and able to sense danger through disturbances in the surrounding ecosystem.

You had been reminded of this requirement on numerous occasions by your superior, yet somehow you defied all natural laws with how you constantly attracted trouble. Sometimes it’s a simple, easily avoidable mistake on your part, but other times it turned into a horde of enemies charging in your direction with no obvious escape in sight.

As a result, you were assigned under the direct supervision of the Lead Forest Ranger, Tighnari, for special training. But it wasn’t your fault you magically invited danger everywhere you went. At first, you were quite intimidated by the long-eared ranger. You knew he was the best of the best, so the stakes were high. If you messed this up, maybe you really were hopeless.

Expeditions were extremely silent and awkward with your new companion. After a while of suffering from solitude, you had tried to get to know him more, but it proved to be difficult.

“Hey, ‘Nari,” you would inquire softly as he was focused on referencing an encyclopedia from his pack.

An ear would twitch accompanied by a nearly indiscernible hum, eyes not breaking from his work once. “Yes, (Y/N)?”

“Um, do you ever take a break?” you sheepishly asked, rubbing the back of your neck nervously. He raised a brow, promptly closing his book, and touched his chin in thought. Worried you had offended him, you continued, “L-like do you do anything for fun?”

“This is fun, is it not?” Tighnari replied nonchalantly. “I love my work.”

It was true. All Tighnari would ever discuss with you was about Dawson Rainforest. Such was the extent of any line of questioning you could think of. You could rarely ever get a reaction out of him, not that you wanted to tease him—well, maybe you wouldn’t mind to see the quiet and clever Tighnari devolve into a stuttering, blushing mess at least once.

But that is beside the point. You felt ignored and lonely. Breaking the ice was useless. You were going to have to be a lot more forward if you wanted to get Tighnari’s attention.

Which ultimately led you to this moment months later, as you snap out of your thoughts staring at the burning embers rising from the campfire. You like to think your relationship had improved or you understood each other better since then. At the very least, your skills were improving and working with him in a team wasn’t as bad as it used to be.

You both had set up camp together less than an hour ago after completing your duties since you were too far from the main base to lodge for the night. Tighnari had just set his ranger journal aside, pale green eyes locked onto you.

A strange rush of heat spread across your cheeks in embarrassment. You prayed to the Archons it wasn’t noticeable. Had he said something and you completely missed it? Why is he looking at you like that?

You cleared your throat, unsure of what to say since he still scarcely gives you the time of day, “What?”

Perfect. You were such a great conversationalist, you reprimanded yourself silently.

“You were lost in thought,” he observed, lips pursing slightly in disappointment. “I… apologize if I have come across as rude in the past.”

“No!” you insisted, shaking your head frantically and laughing it off. “That’s not why at all. Don’t worry about it. Just feeling bored I guess?”

“You must always remain vigilant. As you can tell, none of the wildlife here seem bored in all their clamoring even in the darkness of night,” Tighnari notes out of habit, but he pauses for a second before shaking his head too and scooting next to you. “But we aren’t on a mission so I suppose I may entertain your antics this time.”

Did the flame of the fire suddenly grow hotter? Your cheeks flushed with another intense wave of heat when Tighnari grew near, surely it wasn’t your Pyro vision acting up. Then again, every time the lead ranger draws close, you swear you can feel the fiery pulse of your vision on your chest. Or was that your heart leaping?

His bright jade eyes flickered knowingly from your vision to meet your skeptical gaze, a playful, smug smile threatening to tug at the corner of his mouth.

“Do you enjoy this, ‘Nari? Making me—!” you accused in shock, words abruptly trailing off as you find yourself nearly admitting your embarrassment. “Argh. This is what you actually do for fun, isn’t it?”

“Me? I could never partake in such fruitless endeavors,” he responded with an innocent wave of his bushy raven tail, rotten mischief dripping from each word on his tongue.

“Oh, but the excitement is just radiating from you, go ahead. I’m ready to hear the great Tighnari speak to me finally,” you retorted sarcastically in a huff.

“I would be more inclined to say it’s written all over you, (Y/N),” his voice lowers as he leans in ever so slightly, tall ears towering over you in an almost intimidating manner. “I’m… not as oblivious as you may think.”

Fuck, the fennec fox never cared to talk to you and the minute he opens his mouth it was your downfall. Your breath hitched subconsciously, the only confirmation Tighnari needed, a sharp-toothed smirk adorning his smug expression. You hated it.

You had quickly learned long ago he had a penchant for teasing and trickery, and you always walked right into his traps. After all this time pushing you away and reeling you back in at will with his wit, he knew he had you wrapped around his finger. You were utterly touch-starved and Tighnari reveled in it, lightly grazing the back of his fingers against your hot cheek.

His pearlescent irises glimmered and marveled at you—a predator helplessly enamored with his prey.

“This isn’t fair, ‘Nari,” you whispered, lidded eyes watching with longing as he slowly inches further toward you. The instinct to pull away crosses your mind, just to deny him the victory, but how could you when the promise of his lips was so imminent?

He brushed his nose against yours gently in a loving nuzzle, whispering onto your lips, “Neither is this burning in my heart for you now, is it?”

Tighnari could hardly restrain himself any longer, drinking in your scent like this so intimately, inevitably succumbing to your sweet lips in a passionate display of desire. When he held your cheek or trailed his hand down to your waist, you felt that familiar burst of your Pyro vision glowing alongside his Dendro one—his touch consuming you with an aching need for more.

You almost considered caressing his long ears when he nibbled at your bottom lip, until he broke the kiss with a soft smile and couldn’t resist indulging in your addicting taste once more.

thanks for reading! reblogs are appreciated! my masterlist.

[correct-genshin]

Dunyarzad: Have a nice gay

Traveler: Do you mean 'day'?

Dunyarzad, placing herself into Dehya's arms: No

[hermitussy]

Cynonari headcanons

Some headcanons while I try to get my brain some ideas for writing, if you guys have requests you’d like to see involving genshin characters please feel free to leave an ask! I’m in california rn so it might take me a bit to get to them but please do, my author brain wants to write but is dead when it comes to prompts.

- Cyno calls Tighnari “My lotus”

- Tighnari finds Cyno’s jokes adorable but won’t admit it

- Whenever Tighnari visits the desert Cyno tries to keep the house cold (It doesn’t work but Tighnari’s grateful either way)

- Cyno lets Tighnari braid his hair whenever they cuddle and in return Tighnari let’s Cyno play with his ears (An act only reserved for Cyno)

- Tighnari calls Cyno “My spark”

- Cyno’s gotten Tighnari out of so many incidents with the Akademiya that Cyno doesn’t even ask when he gets a letter mentioning Tighnari

- Tighnari hand makes Collei’s medicine and Cyno helps collect the materials needed

- Tighnari wraps his tail around Cyno when they share a bed

- Cyno takes care of Tighnari whenever he overworks himself

- Tighnari gets very clingy sometimes and Cyno teases him relentlessly about it

- Cyno learned sign language for when Tighnari gets especially overwhelmed by noise

- They have special matching cups for each other

- Whenever Cyno visits he brings kalpalata lotuses because he knows Tighnari likes them

- Cyno takes care of extra withered areas to make sure Tighnari gets to rest

- Tighnari goes on rants about the forest and Cyno listens and enjoys everything the other says

- Cyno helps groom Tighnari’s tail when it get’s especially hot out

- Cyno goes to the city whenever Tighnari needs something so the other doesn’t get overwhelmed

- Cyno goes on rants about Tighnari to Dehya

[jupterwyx]

Collei against cringe people

[witsofgravity]

Nilou ””””redesign”””” with more attention to historically correct Persian attire (left)

[peregrinestook]

when kaeya is darker than all the sumeru characters combined

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

this isnt anything particularly important i just needed everyone to see aether in a flower crown

[noodles-n-soba]

The one who relived a divine nature

A Scaramouche draft~

A/N: The way Im inspired after the 3.0 update guys..! I've fallen in love with Scara all over again, but, I guess we all did..

CW: Didn't proofread..

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Masterlist

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A king was born, the day his eyes fell upon you.. Were you the last one to betray him?  Were you the healer that he needed, the one who would stitch his puppet heart back together. A materialized heart, yet this puppet possessed feelings, emotions and a heart.

Curiousity flickered in your eyes, your hands holding your blanket wrapped around your body as you gazed at the guy himself.. Could he be broken and shattered in pieces? Could he still feel something? Wasn't he a mere.. Puppet? A subject of Ei, the Inazuman guardian who's eyes were only set on eternity? "Drifting away once more, (Y/n)?" You blinked, gaze meeting with his still lively ones. Years later, these sparkling eyes would change into the deepest void you had ever seen, he wouldn't be alive again.. But at your current lifestage, you did not realize any of this.

Hopping off the stone wall covered with moss, you stretched with a smile on your face. "Of course not, I was simply resting my mind, but I am fully awake." While saying so, you placed a hat on top of Scaramouche's head to protect him from the sun. Once more his eyes glittered, shining brighter than the mid day sun.. Oh, how you missed seeing those eyes years later.. Right, you recalled being appointed by the archon's themselves to protect the land of Tevyat in the Archon war, but nobody truly knew your identity. What kind of monster were you? Would they tolerate such an existence? Feared to die, betrayal would follow, a painful revelation. "Let us continue, the road ahead is open." You encouraged, nudging over to the path leading to yet another place to discover and explore. You were always there for him, trying to distract his mind from every kind of evil or sadness, but how hard it was.. The poor guy.

Often you heard the question from Scaramouche himself. "Will you, too, leave me, like all the others? Won't you grow tired of me? Who am I in your eyesight, a monster? A puppet? An emotionless individual with no heart or inner appearance?" You reassured him every single time he asked you, you would not leave his side without any valid reason. If fire would once set aflame the branches you were climbing, in no way you would simply abandon him and leave him hanging on those threads. Earning an honest smile from him every time you calmed his storm like mind made you feel at rest too, but every year that genuine smile grew less and less lively.. Barely even mumbling a word to you once you said you wouldn't leave. If you had to be honest, you were gone more frequently.. Where had you been? When would you return? Would you someday perhaps, stay away for eternity?

"(Y/n), why are you gone so often." Up till this day, you never told him.. But you realized he had probably already noticed, you weren't aging.. Just like him. A case of immortality? It might've been. You shook your head, a comforting smile forming on your face as your eyes shone once again in the sun, shining on the land of Eternity. "A few cases I need to take care of once in a while, but rest assured now.. I will be here till the sun rises. If you open your eyes, you'll see me fighting off your strongest enemies, digging a way through forests and lightening up your ways through the darkness." And with that, cupping his cheek in your hand you tried making direct eye contact.. Heart almost being torn apart seeing that the guy from a hundred years ago had changed so much, not a single smile detectable on his blank face.. Resulting in hugging him tightly, hoping to forget his face once again today. You saw nothing but your Scaramouche completely sunken to the depths of his own sea, only to never see daylight again.. Why? Betrayal? Realization? Exactly those things that he had experienced in life made him feel so done with humans in general, but did you classify as 'human' in his archive? He himself didn't even knew.. If someone had asked him that question he wouldn't even know how to answer it.

But you, oh pathetic liar, were you the last straw? You meant no ill, but your movements and actions were exactly what he expected.. Betrayal. It was nothing to be ashamed of (Y/n), he expected it. His face, oh so priceless, the menacing grin on his face as he stared at you.. No love, no friendship, no feelings to begin with! How dare you even think such a thing. From siding with him to fighting against him because you were ordered to do so, no time to talk it through.. Hah, what a coincidence? Formidable! Truly! You were the one assigned to help this puppet out of its misery, and you messed up. But even by messing up, he noticed your true intentions. Living a lie, he told himself so many times you were just like the others, easily landing a hit on you without any struggle. Were you holding back? What kind of mockery was this..? How dare you?

The smile on your face, blood covering your arms and eye, but still even so.. Telling him you'd see him soon enough, falling on the ground afterwards and laying there without any signs of life.. How dare you..!? Who did you think you were..? You.. were.. Merely.. His best friend.

After decades, he got reminded that he too could in fact cry.. He hated it, but seeing you laying there so incredibly helpless, unconsciousness and bleeding to death. His heart that had been frozen over time, a layer of stone around it, it still beaten for you. His hands made quick work, wrapping your wounds in a bandage you carried with you, making sure you were hydrated well enough, even laying your head on his lap as he observed your youthful face.

"Scaramouche.." The harmony of your voice was enough to make him shudder, trying to catch back his new defined personality, but seeing you there.. He couldn't back out anymore, he never was that new Scaramouche when you were around. "... Sorry.." Lips barely moving, your hand tried finding his', squeezing it once you had found your way to it.. ".. I know." His pride didn't dare him to apologize for hurting you, though his eyes said enough. He couldn't afford to lose his last friend, squeezing your hand he bowed down in such a way your foreheads touched. "... Don't cause too much trouble, we won't venture off for quite a long time.." Your smile always lit up his darkened soul, but returning one would take so much more effort.. He just simply couldn't anymore. ".. I knew that from the start, promises can be made.. But keeping them is an entire other thing." Making sure you were laying comfortable against the stem of a Sakura tree in the shade, he stared once more in your eyes.. You never lost hope or happiness, how did you do it? He never stopped admiring you, his respect never grew less.. How could you? One last kiss, then he'd leave.. A kiss goodbye, what did it actually meant? He didn't question it.. Neither did you. Seeing his blurry figure walk towards the horizon, feeling the stinging pain in your chest of unsatisfactory as you realized you weren't supposed to protect him anymore.. Even better, you COULDNT. Where would he go next? Nobody knew.

[vilunae]

Cutscene Animation: Dance of Subzeruz

[versadies]

VERSION 3.0 HIGHLIGHTS !

besides the official quests and official release of sumeru, here are some info to expect for this update !

EVENT CHARACTER WISHES!

Phase One includes Tighnari (5*) and Zhongli Rerun with Collei (4*), whilst Phase Two includes Ganyu and Kokomi Reruns with Dori (4*)!

NEW WEAPONS AND ARTIFACTS!

There will be a new 5* bow called “Hunter’s Path” which will be featured in the limited weapon banner in this version as well as a new 4* bow called “End of the Line”, followed by forgeable weapons that can be found in Sumeru. 

Two new artifact sets will also be featured in Version 3.0, with Deepwood Memories and Glided Dreams!

NEW BOSSES!

Besides new ruin guards and interesting mobs that we can encounter in the new region, we’ll also have two new boses: Jadeplume Terrorshroom and Electro Regisvine! 

EVENTS!

Version 3.0’s events includes Graven Innocence (with free Collei as one of the rewards), Fayz Trials, Tablet Analytics (with a new furnishing product as one of the rewards), Lost Riches rerun (with a new seelie), and Leyline Overflow!

OTHERS!

Tighnari will officially be a part of the Standard Banner after 3.1!

All 5-star artifacts before 1.2 can now be obtained through the mystic offering system (can be found in the alchemy stand).

In 3.0, there will be new gadgets that can be obtained in Sumeru, including:

The Boon of the Elder Tree - can be used to obtain wood easily by standing nearby trees and activate the gadget

Ultra-hot Burner Lamp Test Model - can be used in processing food by consuming ores, causing increased efficiency of processing food. 

Fishing Line Stabilizer - can provide different levels of buff effects

In 3.0, there will be an official release of another album “Footprints of The Traveler” which includes tracks for version trailers of genshin impact starting from 1.1! 

One of the pictures below includes the schedule of the upcoming patches!

REDEMPTION CODES!

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EA7VKTFHU9VR

KT7DKSFGCRWD

[genshins1mpact]

[loz-tearsofahomo]

Genshin 3.0 spoilers//

What I have gathered so far into the story

Ive been playing sumeru for a couple hours and have been very pleasantly suprised!!! This is what I've gathered from the story so far (Im not done yet though lol).

There were 2 gods of Sumeru one for the forest reigon one for the desert region (Greator Lord Rukkhadevata and the Scarlett King)

They would work together to bring knowledge to sumeru becuase of their ideals

Something happened between them and the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata walled off the desert region to promote "peace"

After she died in the archon war Lesserlord Kusanali took her place

Kusanali never goes to events and doesnt see the public

The academiya doesn't want you to know about kusanali and to most people of Sumeru she exists but isnt important or known about

The academiya basically runs as the governing force in sumeru

Before her death, Greator Lord Rukkhadevata made akasha ports to share knowledge with everyday people

Her and maybe the academiya are most likely doing this to control the knowledge of the people so they dont find out some sort of truth

I theorise lesser lord kusanali is actually the god of dreams and not knowledge

Her child like views arent liked by the academiya so they try to keep her to a minimum

Outside books and knowledge (wisdom cans?) Are banned becuase the academiya again wants to control all information

Dreams are important and help people in ways the academiya doesnt want, children are made to grow out of it

The researcher we first meet suspects dreams arent as bad as everyone says they are but this is apparently crazy and taboo to the general population of sumeru

Tighnari, Nilou, Dehya might all hold some sort of ideology against the academiya for their shady acts

The sun god may be coming back but they are just rumors

The people in the forest region of Sumeru have some sort of bias against the people who live in the desert (The Eremites)

Though technologically advanced sumeru has massive political divides between the 2 regions

Akasha ports probably are a way to control the general populace and narrative of the archon Greater Lord Rukkhadevata

The leylines all connect to a tree that is located on the side with the "real sky" (possibly near khanreiah) it is controlled by the dendro archon

Dottore is seen burning this tree in the harbinger trailer

I believe this tree has a lot to do with the cataclysm 500 years ago

This tree holds millions of memories of teyvat

The question is what would the fatui gain from destroying such a thing?

Are their motives not as clear as we once thought?

Is the academiya corrupt trying to cover up something?

Is Kusanali being prohibited in some way?

Why dont they want people to dream into adulthood?

Im sure i missed alot but i'll probably update it later 😅

[the-commonplace-book]

why is the traveler exercising racial prejudice against people from the Sumeru desert? why do they respond with such hostility to the exact same kind of kindness and greeting that they receive with open arms from the light-skinned local majority? 

WHAT REASON IS THERE FOR THIS?

The locals in the rainforest region have been socially conditioned which doesn’t make it ok by ANY means (racism is always wrong) but it makes unfortunate sense. The people from the desert are trying to keep up their religious and cultural practices as refugees. And the tragedy of that is that the people in the rainforest region of Sumeru will only accept them if they assimilate. Worship their god, follow their social customs. And yeah, some of them resort to crime because they are being active discriminated against and still have families to feed! 

But that all brings me back around to THIS

They did nothing weird. They just said hello. The only thing that makes them different from the other people we’ve met so far is that they have darker skin and are dressed in the clothes of their own culture.

AGAIN NOTHING IS WEIRD ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME KIND OF KINDNESS AND FRIENDLINESS WE HAVE RECIEVED FROM VARIOUS FOREST RANGERS, SCHOLARS, AND OTHER LOCALS. 

The only thing that makes it different is that this group is from an ethnic minority. And yes they did turn out to be shady, but that’s a fault of writers and I was so disappointed because they are the only significant dark-skinned characters we met so far (they really just went for mild tan on the playable ones - I mean these are the only significant actually darker skinned characters). 

And the Traveler has NO REASON to have this kind of prejudice. They’re new to this nation. They have met people from all different cultural and ethnic backgrounds though out their travels. Not really any dark-skinned characters except for Xinyan and Kaeya because the devs apparently don’t like to give us dark-skinned characters, BUT they still have been to three very different nations at this point. They have no reason to be immersed in the racial prejudice that plagues Sumeru. 

The writers for this particular quest just decided that the Traveler was going to think they were sus for not reason other than their appearances.

Which brings me to THIS

The Traveler and Paimon don’t even question it. They don’t think “oh that man is sus” no they go “wow these are bad people”. Despite some old (presumably an immigrant from elsewhere in Teyvat or from the ethnic majority) man from the Akademiya hiring them to get a mushroom. Which is a perfectly harmless thing. There is nothing criminal about that. And when the Traveler threatens violence (because even when you go the diplomacy rout you can’t have them NOT threaten violence) Lunja gives in to their demands because she doesn’t want her boys to be hurt. 

She walks off saying that the Traveler had better watch their back and that is VALID. YEAH. She has ever right to hold a grudge. The Traveler was unequivocally in the wrong here. Lunja and her boys don’t know about the mushroom’s significance to the Aranara. Not once does the Traveler try to explain the situation. They just assume the worst and go for the throat. 

I hate this quest with a passion. I had to stop playing for a bit because I was so mad and now I’m just clicking through the dialogue and breezing through the subsequent tasks to be done with the Aranara and going back to the main quest because this isn’t okay. And I’m pissed off that they had an opportunity to say something meaningful and they didn’t.

They just decided to be racist.

[di6rld]

3.0 genshin layout 🪡

[asans]

HoYo had no business in making that final cutscene like that.

[peregrinestook]

the inspiration behind mondstat was germany. china for liyue and japan for inazuma. yet for sumeru you cant give a single concrete place cause it's a mash up of various regions (which they couldnt even do) cause hoyoverse just wanted the aesthetic (WHICH THEY DIDNT EVEN DO)