Wriolette

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

Canon
In Act 3 of the Fontaine archon quest, Neuvillette describes Wriothesley as "shrewd". He tells Paimon and the traveler that he is the highest ranking manager of the underwater prison, and suggests that they avoid any confrontation with him.

Wriothesley has great respect for Neuvillette as he "will do anything to show his respect for Neuvillette" and seems to trust him a lot as Paimon says that Wriothesley didn't tell them directly but welcomes Paimon and the traveler because they are known to Neuvillette. Neuvillette was also the first to know about Wriothesley's vision, being even happier than Wriothesley himself at this news. Neuvillette and Wriothesley are the only characters who call each other by name and without using honorifics like monsieur, showing that there is a certain confidence between them and an excellent relationship

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 300+ fanfics.

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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.