The Liyue aq is literally about Zhongli and Childe and things not being onscreen doesn't mean it's not canon so I don't get Genshin fandom and the entire "if it's not on the screen and not recent its a bad ship" mindset.

childe smooching zhongli's mini-dragon form loudly and wet, until the little dragon is drunk on love, but then he turns into his half dragon, half human form to give childe the same amount of kisses

Zhongli and Childe hugging after a long day. To recharge energy. Nothing weird about it. Who cares if it's in the middle of the street, they haven't seen each other since morning. The suffering! 🥺

Getting more honest than this hater anon probably deserves: It's such a sad thought that someone might genuinely think shipping is impossible if it's not canon. Such a lack of imagination and fascination with the material.
Even if it's non-shipping, isn't it just interesting to think about your favorite characters, the world they live in, their relationships, the potential to see them in other non-canon settings?
Does anon also never daydream? That's so sad...

Without canon what is there to ship? People just leave for the new dragon yaoi that can actually get crumbs over the ship that gets hate because the company wants it

The new art gives such mafia zcl au vibes!! 🤩 Though tbf maybe I always think about mafia zcl when I see them in suits. Mafia au is so fun for them!!

Why do people still ship zc after Hoyoverse killed it and replaced it with wriolette?

Childe was written as a joke in Fontaine but people really think the Chinese company that cares more about their incel audience is going to write the villain who triggers their Chinese audience as a dignified character.

Genshin deserves to fall off tbh that's what you get for not developing your earliest characters and wasting so much time on boring events

I absolutely love to go back and read lore about both Zhongli and Childe because it shows me how perfecrt they are for each other! Zhongli who willingly turned himself into a seemingly heartless weapon to protect his people, Childe who tells himself that being the perfect weapon is his purpose in life and the best way to protect his family is to deny his feelings. Zhongli who longs for humanity and Childe who can drag him out of the past and into enjoying the moment! They are so!!! <333

You should actually go back and read lore about Zhongli because killing gods to protect his people doesn't make him a sicko serial killer

You should get into the various type of shitty yaoi that exists instead of clinging to a ship Hoyoverse dropped trying to make Zhongli into some gets off on murder guy because that isn't even the canon anymore. Manliking is deranged.

Why are you even sticking to a ship you fanonized so much when it doesn't fit whatever weird shit you want, Zhongli isn't the character who gets off on murder. You also say Childe isn't evil but then you make him that in your ship so we know that's a lie.

No thoughts, just childe coming home bloodied after an intense mission and they're both so turned on that they don't make it to the bed

I don't get Genshin fans because why is it bad to ship zc or wriolette because "they don't interact enough" but then the same people got no problem shipping neuvili or wriochi