originally discussed 24 october 2023.

• *slides open door*
• xv magical girl au yakshas are one magical girl team → qixing are another magical girl team or smth
• oooo
• That would be fun
• smth smth they come about after xv save the world the first time
• and are part of the reason xiao starts to feel okay stepping out of the magical girl scene
• Ohh that would be really nice
• They step up so he can rest
• it would be funny if kq was the mascot just so that she could complain abt how She would be a better/more responsible mascot than zhongli or smth
• either that or she just criticizes him anyway
• they have no mascot it's just magical girls
• with their magical girl union
• They would absolutely have a union
• The yakshas didn't, which is why the world almost exploded
• love the implication here that zhongli is partly responsible for thing
• or perhaps even entirely responsible for this like how he faked his death in canon
• He can be!
• As a treat
• i feel like this will also imply that venti is technically More than just a Regular Guy if we go into zhongli paralleling canon route
• well he's also like just Some Guy who also happens to be able to survive magical nonsense somehow
• It doesn't have to parallel
• It would just be funny if a lack of a union almost made the world explode
• age of mascots that magical girls obey without question is OUT; age of magical girls making decisions together through the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP is IN!!!
• And it all started with xiaoven saving the world with the power of love
• hell fucking yeah

originally discussed 29 october 2023.

• it would be really funny if venti was like "fine i'll go ask ganyu or keqing for help instead then" when lumine Torments him by saying no
• ganyu keqing helping set xv up… 👀
• Can i propose gq as the fan-favourite established couple
• PRINCELY STUDENT COUNCIL VICE PRESIDENT KEQING AND THE SECRETARY GANYU…
• EXACTLY
• like that lesbian couple in sailor moon
• Literally everyone is gay in qixing
• i think it'd be funny if lumine took venti's "fine i'll go to gq then" to heart and Finally agreed to have the hangout at the twins house BUT it can still be used as Foreshadowing
• to let gq come in more
• xiao n ganyu estranged cousins
• kq the magical girl who never wanted to be a magical girl
• KQ THE UNWILLING MAGICAL GIRL
• but also. The follower of rules
• SHE'LL DO IT BUT ON GOD SHE WILL DO IT ON HER OWN TERMS
• She will have a different transformation!!! Like maybe all of their transformations follow a certain differentiation but hers wouldn't follow the same path
• she just puts her clothes on normally
• it would be fun if it was like in cardcaptor sakura where the costumes aren't technically part of the transformation it's just her bestie making her cosplays
• OH MY GOSH YES
• it would also be fun if ganyu was making the costumes <3
• princely magical girl kq can have a cool princely outfit to go alongside her charms
• as a treat
• as a treat <3
• ganyu's a part of the qixing so naturally she'd also be a magical girl too right
• she'd probably be the first in the qixing to be a magical girl actually
• she probably Migrated from zhonglis group (the adepti) to the qixing. Maybe not a founding member
• she's trying to bridge the gap btwn them and ends up falling in love with the yuheng <3
• what kind of magical girl conflicts might arise btwn the two
• probably when they are dealing with the same villain and they can't agree on the resolution
• then they defeat the villain with the Power of Friendship
• magical girl group turf war maybe
• xiao n ganyu estranged cousins → become the key to bridging the gap n ending the turf war
• but it takes a loooot of convincing on xiao's end to be willing to give it a shot
• plus the adepti will disintegrate by the end of xiaos story
• eventually he gives in bc venti n ganyu become friends <3
• the other yaksha after they had to die n come back to life after the apocalypse decide to focus on living normal lives n stuff
• n zhongli gradually lets them go but xiao has Trauma and doesn't want to give up his magical girl life bc he doesn't feel like he's earned a regular mundane life
• yea yea and he does have to work with the qixing more than before
• he obviously refuses at first
• and do his credit he probably does pretty well!!
• i think venti would have less fun than when it was a whole group tho
• bc xiao now has to stress abt watching his whole back n doing everything himself
• Plus xiao working alone is more angsty
• so venti also probably stops the damseling game n all
• like he still comes along but eventually xiao notices that venti doesn't seem to be having as much fun as they used to together
• I do believe this is the shorter arc n then xiao's time as a magical girl kind of concludes
• n venti's like "i just think you should leave it to the qixing now"
• venti probably helps out. And sometimes helping out means staying away
• yeah this is his little acceptance of retirement arc <33
• break for xiao <333
• honestly when the qixing arc starts xiao n the yaksha are mentioned like Honorary characters. For fan service
• prev generation of magical girls living their best lives as static bg chars <33
• they're in happily ever after mode
• THEY ARE
• no more shenanigans only being disgustingly In Love
• keqing sees xv making out underneath a tree after school when she's trying to find a corner to change in and is like

  : "oh my god that's against school rules"

• she is like "THEY ARE SO DISGUSTING" but 50 episodes later gq make out in the same spot
• imagining this happening during the tail end of the retirement arc and. then when she realizes that xiao is a magical girl she is like "CAN YOU QUIT BEING DISGUSTINGLY IN LOVE AT SCHOOL"
• xiao ignores her
• venti just pauses and waves at her
• Venti is just happy to see anyone :D
• ganyu taps her on the shoulder to remind her that they have magical girl things to do that are Not chew out xv for being disgustingly in love in public
• keqing in her hater arc forced to come to terms w/xv being disgustingly in love bc her haterisms are starting to affect her powers
• ganyu is just

  : "we don't have time to be disgustingly in love because we have magical girl things"

  which is just their version of venti being a damsel
• ganqing flirting by always being like "we have so much work to do" vs. xiaoven flirting by "we could be doing so many things that aren't work-related"
• It's the contrasting themes
• it would be funny if xiao still kept zhongli around anyway like
• what else is zhongli gonna do
• live in the vents
• and so then at some point kq has to go visit the old magical girl hq bc ganyu got kidnapped and she Needs advice
• venti answers the door and kq suddenly has like eighty more questions abt his n xiao's rlshp that n the span of 0.03 seconds she decides she doesn't want answered anyway
• ningguang (student council president) is probably busy holding off/negotiating with the big bad who captured ganyu
• How would retired zhongli react though
• i think he'd be amused
• he always likes excuses to give out advice
• likes it even more when people actually take it instead of use it as a bucket list for violations (venti.)
• he probably will like keqing yes yes
• esp since she'd be so serious abt taking his advice bc ganyu really looked up to n respected him!!
• unrelated but what if beidou was one of those reformed villains or smth
• YES I HAD BEEN THINKING THAT
• beidou double agenting for a villain group for a while
• And then Ning is like. No I have to Personally keep a watch on her (goes over to make out with beidou)
• to be fair to ningguang's plans
• that DOES keep beidou under her watchful eye!!
• they both think they are subtle and think no one knows about it
• But like EVERYONE knows
• ABSOLUTELY
• even xv are more subtle than them
• AT LEAST XIAO IS SHY ENOUGH ABT IT THAT THEY FIND SOMEWHERE KIND OF PRIVATE TO DO THEIR AFFECTIONS N STUFF
• BEIGUANG ARE OUT THERE IN THE HALLS HAVING STARING MATCHES MADE OF CRACKLING LIGHTNING
• also unlike xv (where xiaos self-esteem issues cause him to believe they don't belong together) these two don't get together because beidou doesn't realise ningguangs various attempts to ask her out
• but it's also cool bc it makes ningguang more approachable to the other students bc everyone likes beidou :) and if she n beidou are having that obvious whatever it is going on all the time then it kind of humanizes the student council president a bit
• YES YES DEF
• i think beidou would be good enough at reading ningguang to know that ning is asking her out, but bc of their History as magical girl & villain it can also turn into stuff like
• "but is that Actually what's going on in here?"
• "what's her game here"
• ningguang thinks they're going on dates while beidou thinks they're on patrol
• honestly beidou would also keep purposefully making problems for fixing so Ning has to deal with it
• Flirting amirite
• that's just how she flirts yes
• sapphics would rather cause problems than talk about their feelings
• sapphics require at least five years of mutual pining minimum before confessing and getting married six months later
• They probably still play chess though
• I can't explain it but that would be on-screen gay sex
• oh without a doubt
• gq sometimes have to go off and do their own thing for a while bc they approach student council meeting room and right before they touch the doorhandle they're like

• : "oh. they're playing chess again. well shit"

• and then go to an ice cream parlour to study together <33
• and gq are also convinced they arent at all like these other lovestruck couples
• they totally dont have such disgusting love eyes because they are So Normal
• but keqing is always trying soooooooo hard to be good and impress ganyu that Everyone can tell
• and compared to others they would be Tame but no less Disgusting
• plus ganyu always goes on spiels about how considerate and hardworking and kind and determined and—
• and xiao blinks at her, really slowly, like a cat
• while venti sits there, all :D with his chin propped up by his elbows, as he listens with rapt attention
• he probably makes her talk MORE
• i like to think that when venti is introduced to the qixing he just thinks that gq are married

• : "venti we are high schoolers"
  : "but it's TRUE LOVE!!!!"
  : *proceeds to facepalm*

• they can be married under the laws of magical girl!!!
• EXACTLY
• like in flip flappers they gotta have a matching magical girl transformation into wedding dresses as they declare their love for each other and save the day
• they are magical girl married which means that they can like share magic inventory or smth like that lol
• xv don't get that bc venti isn't a magical girl </3
• but it's okay bc they had their own little joke pretend wedding for funsies towards the end of their own arc anyway
• they are perpetual boyfriends anyway. probably get married ever 2 years or so
• exactly
• real marriage? nah except maybe for tax benefits
• but weddings? as many as venti wants until they die <33
• they're getting married because wedding is SO FUN
• everytime venti is like look at this wedding dress xiao, xiao starts booking for wedding
• xiao gets more n more used to being openly affectionate with venti with every wedding
• progression of their wedding pics <3
• it would be cute if ganyu made him the first wedding dress
• it's one of her contributions to the adeptal group whilst still under the "trying to bridge the gap btwn the adepti n qixing" phase of their plans or w/e before they just hand all of the responsility over to the qixing
• venti doesn't get to meet her very much during xv arc bc she's usually busy doing all that
• [ganqing?] wouldn't be at the forefront at all
• i wonder who would have a big Dramatic Kiss for the 2nd series finale
• that's a good question tbh
• bc if gq are already married n xv aren't on the front lines
• then that kind of only leaves beiguang but unless it's like
• a symbol of redeeming villains or smth and willingness to make amends and connect with one's former enemies, i can't really see it happening
• esp since we have done Nothing to set up those themes so far
• i think gq getting married should be the 2nd season finale
• so their Kiss is like DEFEATING the villain
• while beiguang can be the secondary couple ?
• ganqing marriage,,,,
• venti wants front row seats lol
• he has to hold xiao's hand the entire time or else xiao will try to magical girl transform and join in the fight, Ruining The Moment
• i think xiao would be magical girl transformed anyway but it's only to protect venti (v reminiscent of their old Stuff) because venti 100% wants to be there for his wedding dress maker
• AND it would show xiao's character growth <3
• xiao is there as backup
• which is kind of funny bc it kind of implies he doesn't think gq save-the-world love is as powerful as his n venti's save-the-world love until he literally witnesses it work lmao
• i mean yeah
• xiao def has trust issues w/the qixing
• xiao does not believe in yuri </3
• im sorry xiao. but u ARE. a yuri
• xiao believes in his n venti's yuri </3
• which is sweet but yuri is yuri
• xiao thinks he's having yaoi
• LFK;LEJOYJ NO
• and no one has the heart to tell xiao he's in a yuri.
• venti knows it's yuri tho
• oh def