AmBennett

AmBennett is the het ship between Amber and Bennett from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
In the game’s voiceover, Amber does not initially seem to know Bennett by name at first, but recognizes him as the "hot-blooded guy from the Adventurer's Guild" and says that she has run into him from time to time in the wilderness. Bennett remembers her as the "girl who's always charging around all over the place" and known for her poor cooking skills. At one point, he wonders if she is just as unlucky as he is.

However, due to their shared close friendships with the Traveler and Razor, it is not unlikely that the two encountered each other more frequently during and after the Mondstadt Archon quests, and it is confirmed that they are well acquainted, if not outright friends, by the Shadows Amidst Snowstorms quest.

Shadows Amidst Snowstorms
During this story event, Amber is hired as a liaison from the Knights of a Favonius by Cyrus, the Branch Master of the Mondstadt branch of the Adventurer's Guild, to train their adventurers to survive in the mountains. As a member of the Adventurer’s Guild, Bennett was also brought to the mountain. With his bad luck, he is ambushed by Fatui soldiers during his first encounter, and later wanders off on his own. This prompts Cyrus to ask Amber to look for him. It is implied that Bennett and Amber are better acquainted due to her concern for Bennett's safety and their general camaraderie in these scenes.

After Amber and Eula go looking for him, the two are not seen again until later, when it is revealed that they were lost and distracted by Bennett's characteristic bad luck. Amber and Bennett part soon after, with Bennett succumbing to exhaustion and Amber and Eula deciding to go to the lake.

The next morning, the two of them, along with Eula, Albedo, and the Traveler are caught in an avalanche, and Albedo dives in to save Bennett while Eula tries in vain to pull Amber out of the way. Both characters are found safe and sound, but Albedo is nowhere to be seen. The two are then left to rest in the camo while the Traveler searches for Albedo. The Traveler finds him and brings him back to the group. Everyone follows Albedo onward, and Eula stops the hike because Amber and Bennett don't look well and ask for a break. Eula noticed that Amber had bumped her head earlier, and embarrassed, Amber asks if she's sure it's worth stopping everyone for a little thing like that. During the break, Bennett, Amber, and Eula talk. Meanwhile, the two notice that Albedo is acting strangely, and their suspicions are confirmed when he attacks the group. Bennett draws his sword and Amber her bow, and she peppers him with arrows while Bennett charges at Albedo, dodging ice spikes and constructs to intercept him. It is only through the lucky intervention of the real Albedo, who stabs his counterpart in the back, that the two realize this has been an impostor all along.

When Albedo requests the Traveler's presence in Dragonspine a few days later, Bennett has noticeably returned to the Adventurers Guild after this, as only Amber and Eula arrive to escort the Traveler to base camp.

Quotes
"Hmm? Bennett... I feel like I've heard that name before... Oh! Yes, he's that hot-blooded guy from the Adventurers' Guild, right! I tend to come across him way out in the wild from time to time, he seems to really love treasure hunting!"

- Amber's voice line about Bennett

"Oh, I know who you mean. The girl who's always charging around all over the place. She's always off adventuring in the wild, just like me... But if you ever see her near a cooking pot, you'll soon find a cloud of thick black smoke blowing in your direction, followed by the smell of burnt steak... Huh, maybe she was born unlucky too?"

- Bennett’s voice line about Amber

Fanon
Mach of the fan fictions that deals with this couple bends their canonical familiarity with one another prior to the events of the game, portraying them as either good childhood friends, adventuring partners, or as trainer and subordinate due to their sharing of the Pyro element. Bennett's reckless, enthusiastic fighting style is often contrasted with Amber's calculated and surgical marksmanship, with comedy or drama derived from her attempts to teach him how to use his fire without injury.

In stories that focus on Bennett's bad luck, he is often portrayed as oblivious to love or outright dismissive of it, believing that he is not lucky enough to receive reciprocal affection.

Razor's mutual friendship with the two characters prior to the events of the game also gives the writers a chance to create dramatic tension by either framing him as a confidante to one of the two (or often both), or alternatively introducing him as part of a love triangle.

AmBennett is a rare pair in the Genshin Impact fandom, with many ships outclassing it. Specifically, Rannett and Fischnett seem to dominate Bennett's ships, while LumiAmber and EulAmber dominate Amber's ships. This ship is based on their interactions during the Genshin Impact Update 2.3 "Shadows Amidst Snowstorms", where they were both trapped in an avalanche together, and fans of this ship assume that Bennett rescued Amber from the snow. Also, due to their similar personalities as optimistic and friendly adventurers, fans speculate that they would have a healthy dynamic if given the chance to be a couple.

Their couple status is somewhat controversial in the fandom, and some prefer that they just be good friends. As such, AmBennett currently has 1 romantic work on AO3, with 5 others being friendship fics.

Fandom
FAN FICTION