#inthamo

Kind of! It may be detached but it doesn't really work for Kaeya honestly, but it may have something to do with the abyss! Kaeya’s from Khaenri'ah and most we know about this place is that their people got cursed, they got turned into Abyss nobsyers right?

The curse wouldn't just vanish after one or two generations, it have to show itself somehow in the recent ones. And the only two characters we know are from there have eyepatches on their right eyes.

There's also stuff like Kaeya’s ult looking like one of the attacks of cryo abyss mage but that's kinda besides the point lol

I don't think Kaeya just lost his eye. It's too much coincidence. Maybe he's not actually cursed but had alchemist experiment on his eye? Either way he was sitting in a closed room, his back turned towards the window and suddenly "saw a suspicious figure".

oooh! i guess it would be smart to put them all in one place, huh?

here's a big one: at first glance, he'd seem braver than canon zenitsu! although really, he'd get just as scared of any threat that comes his way, but instead of his first instinct being to protect himself, his first instinct would be to protect any loved ones he might be facing this threat with.

he isn't interested in marriage. or, rather, he tries to push down any attraction he might have to anybody.

he's way gentler. canon zenitsu is always quick to practically leap onto his friends or cling to them really hard- but since d!zen is super aware of his own strength, he tends to be less... intense.

(except with inosuke. when they become friends, they also start roughhousing for fun- and even then, zen can't bring himself to go all out. inosuke is pretty much the only person who makes zenitsu feel like being strong can be fun.)

on that note, he's way more affectionate. he turns into the biggest cuddle-bug when he gets more comfortable with the rest of the squad, especially after they complete particularly life-threatening missions together.