Back In 2020 When I First Watched Part 5 I Thought That Upon First Glance Risotto's Hat Was Actually

back in 2020 when I first watched part 5 I thought that upon first glance Risotto's hat was actually part of his oddly styled hair lol

Al-tighnari redesign by me!!

Me happy about Tighnari being the first character with an Arabic name to be introduced(being an Arab myself and enjoying the rep), prompted me to find out the inspiration behind him and his design. I came across a FandomWiki forum saying that Genshin Tighnari was inspired by a real life botanist/poet from Andalusia. I immediately had to go check and found that it was true! There was in fact a poet named Ibn Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Malek Almuri Altighnari-- Altighnari being a nickname in reference to the poet originating from a small village called Tighnar just north of Granada, Spain. But despite Andalusia having been an Arab-conforming place at the time (at the time of the Islmaic reign) the fashion was not plausible to be the true reference for in-game Tighnari's clothes. They were rather simple, although being the source of many other traditional clothes in the East. but it made more sense that the clothes originated from Easter Africa than Spain because Sumeru's forest is mainly based off of Persia and Morocco, and it's desert area being based off of Egypt. So I searched through the these exact places, their traditional clothes, and I studied each similarity, excluding Egyptian clothes cause I already know what those look like (way too far fetched for this qjhsnjaks) I had high hopes for Morocco's clothes, until I found that there were many missing details and too many iterations for their style to properly compare them to Tighnari's outfit's and its supposed source of inspiration. there was no large belt and no strange ropes. Til then I had come across another sadly debunked FandomWiki forum saying that Tighnari could have Amazigh origins, but despite, I believed it for a while actually! it was the most (if not the only) plausible answer, seing as how despite Al-tighnari and the Amazigh being from two completely opposite regions, it held more possibility that the cultural clothes that belonged to them could be the inspiration for Tiggi bois outfit. I was very fixated on studying just general Amazigh style clothing, but BUT THEN I came across one particular photo that had an outfit EXACTLY like Tighnari's and I went BINGO!! there was everything, the excessive misc, the colorful ropes, the wide belt and the strange accessories. I FOUND IT FOLKS!!! TIGHNARI IS BASED OFF OF TUAREG CULTURE!!! The tuareg people of the desert whose attire never fails to wow me. it's so colorful and lively it's actually so pretty!! So upon all this, I decided to recreate Tighnari's design to my liking to make him look more authentic!!

TADAA!!!

I kept some aspects of his original outfit, like most of the colors and the misc, but I also added many cultural touches!! the jellabah (dress), the headscarf and the traditional jewelery worn by women! I thought I would be a nice touch :D

if it wasn't for his ears, Tighnari's head would be fully covered, but hey, stylization is valid!!

Hi Albedo! How are you? ❤️💕

this is my comeback i guess

(also yes I'm projecting. stupid boys in my class wouldn't turn off te fans in this cold ass weather </3)

HELP IS THIS HOW PEOPLE FEEL WHEN THEY REALIZE A CHARACTER THEY REALLY LIKE IS ACTUALLY A COMFORT CHARACTER????

summer missing hours amiright? :"3

Albedo deserves friends that he can vent to

Absolutely :(

I honestly had high hopes for the Hugh and co friendship circle in UAF, but things were opposite to what was expected. It was Albedo that was forgiving and understanding to the other two rather than him being to one to speak up on how he feels, and I find that really disappointing

like Hugh and his friend were the ones to say they wanted to be friends with Albedo, and although Albedo agreed, he didn't have enough time to truly connect with them to be able to just...dump his feeling onto them. wasted potential imo :(((

but. then again. what are fanfictions for lmfao. I'm writing for my own pleasures cause I'll be damned if i left my blorbo with no friends to help him cope in this cruel world with his even crueler fate </3