BarbTao

BarbTao is the femslash ship between Hu Tao and Barbara Pegg from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Canon
Barbara and Hu Tao have never canonically interacted yet in the canon timeline, as Barbara and Hu Tao are from different nations being which Mondstadt and Liyue. Both also does not have that much similarities, but the two are playable characters. But they have a lot of differences, as already said, Barbara is from Mondstadt while Hu Tao is from Liyue, their personalities are very different.

Fanon
BarbTao was mainly popular in Twitter, though BarbTao wasn't mainly popular among most platforms. BarbTao gained some attention as the artist, Bunsketches on Twitter had drawn an image of the two together, which gotten famous as the tweet has 16226 likes and 4000 retweets. This also goes the same to Jeandou.

While BarbTao gained some attention from Bunsketches, a tweet then came on Twitter and have gotten popular, the image depicts Hu Tao being Hanako while Barbara being Yashiro Nene. Many fan arts were now drawn due to both of these tweets. As said, Barbara and Nene does have some similarities as both are friendly, and trusting and is dedicated to keeping the ones she cares about safe, though both, Barbara and Nene may not look exactly the same. Both, Hu Tao and Hanako have quite the similarities. As both of their appearances looks the same if you compare it, their personalities tends to be mischievous, both also enjoys teasing others.

This also serves the trope, it's a popular trope among the ships. Being that, BarbTao is also a rare pair among the ships in the Genshin Impact fandom. As it may not be popular, due to their aesthetics, personality, and more. It was also the reason why how both, Barbara and Hu Tao became a pairing. BarbTao's rival ships are Rosabara and Barbennett, which is Barbara's most popular ships, and Taoling and YanTao. Which is Hu Tao's most popular ship. There are currently 4 fanfictions depicting the two on Archive of Our Own.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

TWITTER