YanTao

YanTao is the femslash ship between Yanfei and Hu Tao from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
The two currently do not interact in the game story or events. Although, they both know each other through their voicelines. Yanfei is actually one of the very few people who has a positive impression of Hu Tao as she is often misunderstood. Additionally, In Yanfei's voice line about Hu Tao, Yanfei defends Hu Tao and her business stating that her job isn't lucky or unlucky, just "jobs that need doing". Yanfei also states that she wishes that Hu Tao would ask for legal advice more.

In Yanfei's voice line about Hu Tao, she mentions how the people of Liyue call Hu Tao's way of business unusual and that they see Hu Tao as mentally unwell due to how long she has been in the funeral business. After all, Hu Tao took control of the funeral business when she was young, after her grandfather passed. Yanfei expresses she feels they don't know what they're talking about, as the funeral business is legitimate and necessary in any society. At the end she mentions her only issue with the other is that Hu Tao rarely comes to Yanfei for legal advice.

Both of their birthdays are in the month of July. The two are also both pyro characters, with Hu Tao being a polearm user, and Yanfei being a catalyst user. It is unknown if Hu Tao is aware that Yanfei is half mortal and half adeptus. The two share some similarities with their design, with both having bangs and a hat. They also have a similar color palette, Yanfei having Pink or Red and Hu Tao having Black and Brown.

Quotes
"I always hear people saying that the director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has an unorthodox approach to business. They think she's gone a little non compos mentis after being in the funeral business so long... What are these people talking about? The Wangsheng Funeral Parlor provides a legitimate and necessary service, which is the cornerstone of any successful enterprise. Work is just work — there are no good and bad jobs, or lucky and unlucky jobs, just jobs that need doing. If I had one gripe, it would be that the director rarely comes to me for legal advice, hmph..."

- Yanfei about Hu Tao

Fanon
Shipping between these came after the release of Yanfei. This ship started to make more sense after Yanfei's voicelines about Hu Tao, in which she complains about how she rarely asks for legal advice, stating that Yanfei wants to hang out with Hu Tao more. Some fans of this ship like to compare to the two to another popular femslash from a different fandom, Bubbline. The popularity of this ship is slowly increasing, this ship is mainly popular on the platform Twitter. The ship has a few rival ships, such as HuXiao and ZhongTao.

This ship currently has 500+ fanfictions on Archive of Our Own; it is both Hu Tao's and Yanfei's most written ship.

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Trivia

 * Hu Tao referred to Zhongli as a "walking Encyclopedia", while Yanfei says that he is a "walking library".
 * They both have similar heights, Yanfei being 157cm tall and Hu Tao being 156cm.
 * Hu Tao currently has no voicelines about Yanfei.