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Diluc my sweet
Mar. 13th, 2022 02:32 amI went back to writing fanfic because of Diluc. Which is funny because while I was deeply into Batman for, what, 10 years of my life, I never really wrote Batman fanfic. Then I pulled Diluc and my brain was all "write this man".
I mentioned Batman because that's the joke, isn't it? Mondstadt's Batman. Except he isn't. In terms of personality, he's closer to Daredevil (so moody! so much guilt!). But, crucially, Diluc is quite soft where Bats is brittle.
Few people actually notice how soft he is. You need to hear his voicelines, read his (quite badass) stories and generally build those friendship points, which is how I went from "uh, this guy, at least it's not another Qiqi" to "Diluc is my new boyfriend*". Anyway, the softness coupled with the need to hide everything, from his emotions to his body (compare and contrast to Kaeya and his titty window) to his wish to defend the city he loves even though he abdicated his post as a Captain of the Knights. It's catnip.
He is traumatized by his past and copes very badly, he wears all his identities as masks, he is so afraid of being vulnerable that he keeps everyone distant, he is famous but not beloved, desired but not loved. Poor rich boy.
What's not to love?
* this is a joke. I do not have a boyfriend, fictional or otherwise. Please don't think of me as someone that sleeps with an anime bodypillow. They're too expensive and I think my family would judge me too much.
I mentioned Batman because that's the joke, isn't it? Mondstadt's Batman. Except he isn't. In terms of personality, he's closer to Daredevil (so moody! so much guilt!). But, crucially, Diluc is quite soft where Bats is brittle.
Few people actually notice how soft he is. You need to hear his voicelines, read his (quite badass) stories and generally build those friendship points, which is how I went from "uh, this guy, at least it's not another Qiqi" to "Diluc is my new boyfriend*". Anyway, the softness coupled with the need to hide everything, from his emotions to his body (compare and contrast to Kaeya and his titty window) to his wish to defend the city he loves even though he abdicated his post as a Captain of the Knights. It's catnip.
He is traumatized by his past and copes very badly, he wears all his identities as masks, he is so afraid of being vulnerable that he keeps everyone distant, he is famous but not beloved, desired but not loved. Poor rich boy.
What's not to love?
* this is a joke. I do not have a boyfriend, fictional or otherwise. Please don't think of me as someone that sleeps with an anime bodypillow. They're too expensive and I think my family would judge me too much.
