Hi, I've Actually Wondered Something About Fonatine In Your New Genshin Obesity AU. Since Most Of Fontaine's

Hi, I've actually wondered something about Fonatine in your new Genshin Obesity AU. Since most of Fontaine's citizens are very obese, wouldn't that make it very difficult for them to do basic things like shower or dress themselves, or are there machines and different technologies to help them if they don't have manual help themselves. Also, who would be doing the more labor heavy jobs in Fontaine if most of the residents are obese, or do most workers just get switched out periodically. I have been a long-time fan and have loved your art. Keep it up!

Hello, thanks for the question!!

Technological advancements have played a key part on why Fontaine has gotten to the point it has. Machines now do almost all of the hard work available, and there's not that much reason for Fontainians to seek out exercise when everything they want is already served to them in a silver platter every single day.

Residents only really start to have issues with their size once they breach the Plump weight class, and it just grows in severity with the following classes. Luckily for them, mobility assisting machines are present in every household as a requirement due to the obviously high demand for a nation where almost half of all the men weigh over a metric ton of fat.

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Also love throwing ideas back and forth with another person but I know there's not that many people out there who are also deep into genshin lore and stuff so it's alright

Keeping an eye out for Penacony. If what I feel is right it might turn out to be a Fontaine 2.0 and I might have to invest my attention into it

A Fontainian male that isn't panting 24/7 is like an angel without wings

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Regarding Fontaine in the Obesity AU, I’m not sure it’s been asked before, but how do you think the culture/expectation of weight gain in Fontaine began? Was it something that just had to become accepted over time or was it almost encouraged like Mondstat and their insistence on freedom? Oh and I have to ask, would you be comfortable with me writing a Fic regarding your AU? (With credit of course). I love your AU and your work!

Hi! It was kind of a process which took hundreds of years to get to this point.

I argued that Fontaine was always ahead in terms of technological advancements, as well as settling in a region without any real threats (unlike the dangerous thundering mountains of Inazuma or the vast desert and populated rainforest of Sumeru). The capital is surrounded by huge, secure walls and humans no longer find themselves having to do much hard labor in their lives.

All of that slowly but surely started affecting people's waistlines, and as people found more free time, they began to become more prone to indulge further, and food started to play a huge part of their culture and history.

As decades went by, overconsumption of food became more and more normalized, especially with nations like Liyue finding an opportunity to make a lot of money and beginning to assemble special lines of commerce to export food over there.

Through the centuries, Fontainian bodies were also able to slowly start adapting to the sheer weight they were carrying, now being able to carry themselves much better than other nation's people. After all, a 1000 pound Sumerian would struggle to even leave his own bed, but the half ton mark is usually just the minimum weight for the large majority of Fontainians.

Also, Fontainian bodies have adapted in a way where putting on fat is extremely easy, and moderation is required in order not to end up completely swallowed by a sea of fat, something hard to achieve in a hedonistic nation like this one. Losing weight is often also never an option, their bodies have developed in a way where shedding even a single pound is practically impossible unless they've been born with a lightning-quick metabolism. This means once they slipping up in terms of weight gain is a permanent action with no way of going back

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As for your second question, yes, of course you can write about it!!!! I'd be incredibly happy if you decide to and I would love to check that out. I love hearing people's thoughts on this and see what they come up with