#ayakaeya

HI DEAR THANK U alskdfklsdf oddly enough i do like ayato, but ur right he's not up there lmao dckz-based ships have me in a vice grip sfjlkldsf

ayaluc:

okay, hear me out: two distinguished gentleman turning to a life of underhanded secrecy to keep peace in their land and protect it from harm. act with infallible decorum on the surface. only a trusted confidant (and antithesis to their own personality) is aware of their machinations behind the scenes. they are the same. thus, i think they'd have a but of a sibling dynamic, but in the sense of like. diluc deeply respecting ayato for what he does though finding his duplicity a little...underhanded, ayato finding diluc's approach charming if a bit brute-force. they both kinda find it attractive, though, in a 'the idea of placing myself in danger is very intriguing' kind of way. whores lmao

ayakaeya (sorry that's just funny lmao):

characters who lie and manipulate for the good of those around him, one whose machinations built the foundation of his success and stability while the other had his home and family from beneath him due to machinations he had no control over. there would be SUCH good animosity between them, tension so thick u would need a cleaver just to make a dent in it, but the hatesex is GREAT u know it is lmao

ayachi:

u know what i'm just mad we didn't get to see mr worldwide ajax tartaglia childe as the fatui trying to deal with ayato in his trailer. ahem. anyway, ayato keeping childe as his pet harbinger for murder reasons. for some reason, this only works for me as an ot3 with thoma included - the sweet and gentle man who can make anything happen and charm anyone into making things go his way, the ruthless battlesexual fatui who takes care of whatever can't be handled diplomatically, and the man behind them both pulling the strings

ayazhong:

battle of wits from the start. they're both playing five-dimensional time travel chess and neither has won yet, but they're thrilled to have finally met a worthy opponent. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say i wouldn't go out of my way to ship this romantically tbh, but i wouldn't be opposed either. ayato knows zhongli is hiding something. zhongli drops hints like his fuckin meteor, so obvious that anyone in liyue would've picked up on it by now. somehow, this is a blind spot for ayato. thoma figures it out while observing their very first actual (regular, 3 dimensional, linear timeline) chess match. he says nothing to ayato bc he assumes this is 1. already known by ayato and 2. forbidden knowledge, and if he finds out, he might be in like. celestial levels of trouble

thank u for this one this was fun lmaoooo