nucleo · 10mo
(slides in your retrospring) alright you said you were open to suggestions so im throwing this here: one thing i would love to see explored with Childe is his time in the army as a teen, and how he essentially got groomed into what he is now. i think there's a lot of uncomfortable subjects to be touched on there, like how bad of an environment the army would have been for a 14/15-year-old, or how the Tsaritsa managed to make him so blindly loyal to her. sorry this is uper vague lmao, if i had to give a specific prompt i'd probably say Tsaritsa/Childe where Ajax is just wholly unaware he's being taken advantage of and just wants to be a good little soldier. could work with any of the other harbingers too if you're more inclined to other harbinger/childe ships (especially since we don't have much info on the Tsaritsa). anyhow i'm just throwing that out there, maybe this is entirely uninteresting to you, i just really enjoyed how you tackled the grooming aspect in your chiscara fic + you seem to enjoy delving into the uncomfy sexual aspects of organized groups and the army seems rife with those... that's it, hope you're having fun with your current wips and im excited to be reading more from you!!
I'm definitely interested in exploring Childe's military past. The idea of writing it does intimidate me, though. The darker the content, the more nuance I want to express. Brainwashing, grooming, etc. are so psychologically complex. And military trauma is just such a beast of its own. Almost makes me nauseated just to think of what he would have gone through.
I like what you said about the Tsaritsa and her role. She seems to be less explored in fic, as far as I've seen. I tend toward alternate universe stories, but this is one I'd love to write in the canon Genshin world. The Fatui is still very mysterious to me, maybe I'll have to check out some research on them. I'm sure there's lots of in-game text that could help me flesh out their military structure.
One particular scene I'd love to write is Childe clawing his way out of the abyss and going back home, after being missing. The coldness in his eyes, his traumatized behavior... I bet he'd have a lot of transference between Skirk and the Tsaritsa! It really appeals to me. Ah, I could go on. I already feel like I've gone on a tangent.
Anyway, I like getting peeks into what other people's fic ideas, so thank you for sharing. Looking forward to sharing my future stuff with you, and if I ever tackle this prompt, you'll be the first to know!
