#almona

@mwalanis Event - Day 4

Edit your favourite ship

* Albemona graphics

* F2u with credit , kin | id | f/o tags okay for both

* Creds : psd

* Notes : I would have lwk done Scaralayla but I just KNOW people would throw rocks at me for liking it

Spoilers for the 5.6 Archon Quest ahead!

So Genshin has (once again) refused to give us interactions between Albedo and Mona, in a quest where even the game acknowledged Mona’s abilities would have been exceeding useful, that it can identify people under Durin’s influence.

Yet they bait us with Barbeloth talking to Albedo about Mona and even telling him to gloat to her! A lot of Albedo’s character growth is implied to have happened off screen, since we have went from Traveller being the only one that knows his secret, to several people in his circle already knowing he’s a homunculus. So I’ve been filling in the gaps with some AlbeMona headcanons:

The Knights had this plan for at least over 6 months. So I don’t think it’s hard to believe that Albedo could have taken another month or two, trying to solo handle the Durin situation by himself before deciding he needs help.

I dare say he tried handling the situation himself at first because he subconsciously didn’t want to reveal his secret to the others. I also like to think that he may have unintentionally neglected his friends during this time and made everyone worried.

I like to think that Albedo killing the clones/burying the victims was a moment of self reflection for him, since the monsters were first replacing people with no close relations, people that no one would miss. I think he would have reflected on the importance of having connections with others in life.

On Mona’s end, she could easily have been one of the first to notice something’s wrong with the affected citizens. Maybe she was the one that brought it up to Albedo, prompting him to check on Subject 2’s burial site.

It’s debatable if Mona would be able to figure out Albedo has something to do with the strange power affecting Mondstadters. But I like to think she could have a hunch, especially if Albedo did tried handling the situation himself.

I imagine that Mona travelled all the way to Dragonspine to confront Albedo, only for her to be attacked by monsters. It would be justified for the monster to see the Astrologer as a threat to their plans.

Albedo would be forced to confront the fact that his avoidance in telling anyone his secret has placed someone close to him in danger, and this prompts them to have a heart to heart. ❤️

Mona might even have encouraged Albedo to come forward to Jean and the rest of the Knights. And I’m sure Jean would have been very grateful that they could plan an early counterattack together. Note: Even Sucrose said she only knew his secret a few days before the trial, yet the Knights knew for at least several months now, I guess it might be in character for Albedo to only tell people when it’s practically necessary, but if even Sucrose didn’t know for so long, at least be it someone else close to him that’s the second person to know…

Mona may have assisted in the plan from the beginning, she would have been able to scry the Travellers arrival (it was very convenient that the trial starts the very moment we arrived back in town)

which takes me back to the fact that mona and albedo and their respective mentor figures (barbeloth and rhinedottir) are intertwined even more, in some way of fate.

alchemy and astrology are complementary disciplines. sister sciences seen as the precursors to chemistry and astronomy, respectively, their practitioners also consider them arts. they posit a universe where consciousness and matter are one. alchemy relied upon astrology; astrology does not need to incorporate alchemy. (..barbdottir/rhineloth angst anyone?)

ALSO WTF IS THIS??? “the sun rules gold (warmth and glow” rhinedottir also being referred to as “gold”. “the moon rules silver (mirrors, reflectance, and light) when barbeloth literally invented hydromancy which is the ability to make divinations based on the REFLECTIONS of the stars in water??????? basically a mirror image?? i’m gonna lose my mind

also not to quote the albemona shipping wiki but:

the labs in mondstadt are geared toward alchemy which mona is more experienced in astrology and the place mona is currently living in happens to be one of those labs. it’s canonical that her and albedo regularly have lunches together with klee to discuss their research with one another (and to give mona a free meal lmao). maybe albedo could be teaching her some of his knowledge and vice versa since they’re both “truth seekers”. also when using the crafting table, both mona and albedo have similar skills when it comes to synthesizing weapon ascension materials!!