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.

From the information we have, Wriothesley and Neuvillette met for the first time when Wriothesley was sent to trial for probably clandestine fights and was tried by Neuvillette who after Wriothesley's quick confession Neuvillette remained silent for a long period of time. In 4.1 Wriothesley says that he personally welcomes Paimon and the Traveler only because they are acquaintances of Neuvillette. Wriothesley and Neuvillette have "personal dealings" according to Neuvillette and a relationship of mutual respect and trust, Wriothesley responds most notably Neuvillette probably due to the fact that Neuvillette was the one who helped Wriothesley in being able to get the title of duke and earn the respect he has now.

Once Neuvillette sent for Wriothesley and the latter found him alone in the rain and went to him to shelter him with his umbrella, Neuvillette thanked him kindly but according to Wriothesley it seems that he was interrupting something. It seems they trust each other enough because the first to know about Wriothesley's vision was Neuvillette who seemed to be happier than Wriothesley himself at this information.

Wriothesley takes care of sigewinne while Neuvillette cares a lot about her despite not seeing her very often and says that if he found out that Sigewinne is being bullied he would talk to Wriothesley about it.

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. This headcanon is further supported with Neuvillette's voiceline about Sigewinne.

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 600+ 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.
 * Neuvillette's least favorite dish is BBQ meat without sauce, Wriothesley's special dish is BBQ meat with a special sauce
 * During the 4.1 cutscene Wriothesley and Clorinde try to contain the primordial water in a tense scene but as soon as Neuvillette arrives Wriothesley seems to calm down immediately
 * Despite the fortress of meropide is quite detached from the outside world we know that Wriothesley and Neuvillette see each other quite often in Neuvillette's office
 * In a scene, when Neuvillette says he's pretty sure he doesn't need help, Wriothesley responds with a "Wooow~" which according to fans in all versions of the game seems like flirting.
 * Immediately after, he also looks at Neuvillette from top to bottom which makes it seem like he's "checking out" Neuvillette.
 * Neuvillette says he avoids having personal relationships despite this he very often says he has a personal relationship with Wriothesley