Wriolette

Wriolette is the slash ship between Neuvillette and Wriothesley from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Not much is known about Neuvillette and Wriothesley, since they have not been released as playable characters yet. Although we do know that they’re both currently living in Fontaine. They were also both announced as upcoming playable characters together. Wriothesley was announced as a Cryo character, while Neuvillette is Hydro, making it so their characters are able to make the Frozen reaction. They also seem to be co-workers or at least acquainted since in official art, they seem to be in an office together.

Fanon
The ship began when Neuvillette and Wriothesley were leaked as the only two tall males in the Fontaine lineup. Although not much was known about them during that time, people thought they gave off enemies to lovers or old married couple vibes. The two also have contrasting designs, Wriothesley is messy, asymmetrical, and red, while Neuvillette is clean, symmetrical, and blue. Many fans also think they resembled Gepard and Sampo, a popular Honkai Star Rail ship. All of this made quite a few people ship them. Shippers also liked to joke about the two of them getting married in the Fontaine story. This led to fans creating fanart, fanfiction, and memes even though the two characters hadn’t been released yet.

Once the Overture Teaser was released along with the JP voice actors, the ship gained even more popularity. Especially since fans noticed Wriothesley’s JP voice actor is Daisuke Ono, while Neuvillette’s is Hiroshi Kamiya. Ono and Kamiya are close friends and are known for voicing popular slash pairings. A few examples are Erwin and Levi, and Shizuo Heiwajima and Izaya Orihara respectively.

In the teaser, Wriothesley was seen with Sigewinne, making lots of people headcanon them having a father and daughter relationship. Shippers have also added Neuvillette to the headcanon, making Sigewinne their child.

A lot of fanworks depict Wriothesley asking out/flirting with Neuvillette. Recently, there has also been a lot of fanart showing Wriothesley being protective of Neuvillette because of this tweet. In fanworks, their personalities are mostly portrayed as opposites, with Wriothesley being the teasing and playful one while Neuvillette is the serious and responsible one. This is mostly because of past leaks, which show Neuvillette with a serious expression and Wriothesley with a smug smile. Although the leaks were inevitable to change and now we can see in their marketing, both Wriothesley and Neuvillette have a serious expression. This made some people portray them that way instead.

Currently, Wriolette is the most popular Fontaine ship on AO3. On the website, they have 200+ fanfics.

Fandom

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Trivia

 * In the 4.1 preview page, Wriothesley and Neuvillette have an animation together where they are in an office together at night, they seem to be dodging each other's gaze.