Zhongluc

Zhongluc is the slash ship between Diluc Ragnvindr and Zhongli from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Diluc and Zhongli have never officially met in the game's story or lore. In the event Of Drink A-Dreaming, they were both in Diluc's tavern around the same time, but did not directly or indirectly interact in any way.

However, the two have a few similarities. Both protect their nations, with Diluc being the Darknight Hero and Zhongli working with the Traveller to help his. Both Diluc and Zhongli lost their vision/gnosis (though Diluc has recovered his while Zhongli has not). They have high emphasis on detail. Finally, both have lost someone important to them, Crepus and Guizhong. Furthermore, they were both there when their important person died. These losses affected both deeply, with it starting Diluc’s journey to find out about the Fatui and Zhongli losing not only a friend but an advisor. Overall, they’ve done a lot of the same things, or experienced similar situations.

Fanon
is decently popular within the fandom, though still overshadowed in terms of popularity by ships such as Chili and Chiluc. Though a bit of a rarepair, it grew in fan numbers over the course of 2021. Many find them to be sweet together, loving each other through mutual understanding and through a slow but steady friendship that turns to love, While some like it because of the semi popular trope of Phoenix x Dragon.

Currently the ship has 525+ fics on AO3.

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