ScaraMona

ScaraMona is the het ship between Mona Megistus and Scaramouche from the Genshin Impact fandom.

Unreconciled Stars (1.1 Patch)
They first met in the Unreconciled Stars event where Scaramouche greets the Traveler, Fischl, and Mona. As he greets them, he asks them if he can 'join' their conversation, although he was planning on getting rid the Traveler. Mona sensed Scaramouche’s intent to harm the Traveler; she acts quickly, escaping with the two. Scaramouche then questions about Mona and how was she able to know who he was, and then he assumes Mona's powers might show her things others might not be able to see.

After escaping, Mona then explains to the Traveler and Fischl that Scaramouche is a Fatui Harbinger. Mona continues telling the Traveler and Fischl that Scaramouche is extremely powerful, much more than how it looks. Oz, who happens to be Fischl's raven, mentions about Scaramouche and Mona's powers, but Mona tells Oz that Scaramouche might be slightly much more powerful than her, but can't compete when it comes to astrology.

Mona and the Traveler then go to Pilos Peak or Musk Reef to investigate what they were finding before Scaramouche interrupted. While at Pilos Peak, Scaramouche happens to be there looking at the meteorite. Paimon notices that Scaramouche looked like he was in a dream. Surprised, Mona wasn't quite sure how Scaramouche was able to free himself from the dream. Scaramouche laughs and tells Mona that just because she is powerless to do something it doesn't mean he's powerless as well, before telling Mona and the Traveler that they're late as he finished his research. Paimon tells Mona and the Traveler that this was a dirty trick organized by the Fatui. Scaramouche tells Mona and the Traveler that he'll come for them when he's ready. Mona asks Scaramouche if he entered the dream and how much does he know about Leonard. Confused, Scaramouche even questions who Leonard was.

Scaramouche then tells Mona and the Traveler that instead he found something which was more terrifying. Which he explains, saying that "the stars and the sky are all gigantic hoax, a lie." This made Mona curious and asked him what was he talking about. Paimon then asked Scaramouche if he was trying to have an astrological debate with Mona. He then laughs at Paimon's comment telling them that Mona is naive and he also doesn't believe "the stars and sky weren't a lie" until a few moments after freeing himself from the dream. Mona still questions him about what he means by that but Scaramouche says that he doesn't have the time for chit-chat. Scaramouche then decided to leave and bids them farewell in a rather rude way as he calls them suckers, which angers Mona. Afterwards, Mona fights the Fatui, and after winning the fight, she proceeds to call Scaramouche a scumbag. She traces back to what he meant by the stars and sky are a lie as she noticed Scaramouche was shaken, and doesn't believe Scaramouche was lying as she was taught to talk about the false sky in astrology readings.

During The "Inversion of Genesis" (3.3 Patch), after the reformed Scaramouche removed himself from Irminsul, it's unconfirmed whether Mona's memories of him in Unreconciled Stars were erased or not.

A Parade of Providence (3.6 Patch)
After "Inversion of Genesis", Scaramouche changed his name to Wanderer or [any name that players gave him]. He joined Nahida to become a spy for her and became a citizen of Sumeru. While becoming a citizen of Sumeru, he wrote an essay to refute the NPC named Aqaba about Raiden Gokkaden and became famous in Vahumana Darshan due to his writings. This made him popular enough to become their representative in events.

After joining the event, he overhears Layla and traveler's conversation about finding a certain butterfly. He asks Layla why she doesn't use astrology to find the butterfly, but Layla responds that her favorite astrologist  'The Astrologist Mona Megistus'  says that "those who constantly use astrology to obtain things that shouldn't be theirs will eventually lose the "blessing from the stars"", which Layla agrees with. However, Wanderer disagrees with this view, saying that she's overthinking it and that  'power is just a tool'. (A Parade of Providence - Layla and Wanderer interaction)

Fate
"It is people's fate that shines in the night sky, and though its reflection in water is but an illusion, it reveals the truth nonetheless." - Mona (Mona's Character Story 2)

'' 'The gods, too, are bound by the rules of this world. Mona seeks the final truth of the world, hidden amidst the sea of stars.''' (Mona's Vision Story)

"The stars, the sky... it's all a gigantic hoax. A lie." - Scaramouche (Unreconciled Stars Event)

Fate is one of the most prominent idea brought up in fanworks of the two, with them typically bickering about who's actually correct. As an astrologist, Mona's entire life is built upon the truth found in the stars, while Scaramouche vehemently denies the stars even being real.

Humanity
During their journeys through life, Mona and Scaramouche both came to their own conclusions on humanity.

'' 'And it was just such an adventurer who, when meeting Mona while she was out looking for fruits and vegetables to fill her stomach, shared half their food with her. "Out here, we've gotta have each other's backs." This was not something inscribed on these so-called principles of the world. And many other such things she encountered on her journey — the honesty of a thief, a robber's change of heart, a coward's courage, the good deeds of a wicked person...''' (Mona's Character Story 5)

Throughout the many interactions Mona had, she came to the conclusion that everyone has a little bit of good somewhere in them, and that the world isn't black and white, nor can it be viewed through the narrow idea that human hearts and desires follow principles. By meeting the adventurer who gave her food for nothing in return, Mona found that the abstractions her master taught her were flawed; people who were inherently greedy or cruel showed selflessness and kindness throughout their life as well.

However, Scaramouche found the opposite of this.

"It took three betrayals for me to finally understand: The world is just an elaborate tapestry of lies. The first to betray me was a god, my creator... my mother. Valuing strength above all, she saw no worth in me, and I was discarded. The second was a human, my family... my friend. Consumed by fear, he saw me as an abomination. The third was one exactly like me. A hope for the future... a fledgling barely out of the nest. Powerless before his mortality, he broke his promise to me. Humans... they can't be trusted. And the gods fill me with pure loathing" (Story Teaser: The "Divine" Will)

Instead of finding good in evil, Scaramouche found the opposite. Throughout his journeys, he was betrayed over and over again, slowly loosing his trust in humanity, until he had none left. Scaramouche found that humans cannot be trusted, as they will always find a way to betray you.

These two differing world views are why many people tend to gravitate towards this relationship, as they are two people who have experienced contradictory events throughout their lives. But together, they're experiences create a whole picture of humanity and their principles. We find out later in the 3.3 Archon Quest that many of the events Scaramouche experienced have been skewed by either himself or others. This leaves Scaramouche confused and lost, seeing as his whole world view was shattered. A similar thing happened to Mona, where her own experiences contradicted her teachings. Mona and Scaramouche tend to act as a reflection of each other in terms of their ideals and views on life.

Fanon
ScaraMona is typically portrayed as enemies to lover throughout the majority of its fandom's work because of their history and opposing world views regarding astrology. Most people like to portray Scaramouche as being interested in Mona after the events of Unreconciled Stars, and their relationship blossoming from there.

Other ideas often seen in fanworks about them is their constant fighting and bickering, as they both have a headstrong and stubborn attitude and tend to disagree when it comes to astrology. Another idea is that Scaramouche/Wanderer will often pay for Mona's meals and other necessities since she's broke, as well as Scaramouche/Wanderer showing uncharacteristic kindness towards Mona, when he's said to be rude towards everyone else.

They don’t interact much during or beyond the Unreconciled Stars event, but they are surprisingly a popular ship even without much interaction. It is the most popular het ship for both Mona Megistus and Scaramouche at the moment, with over 1000+ works on AO3, as well as being the most popular ship for Mona overall. ScaraMona is the third most popular ship for Scaramouche, with KazuScara and ChiScara beating them for first and second place respectively. (The tag for Wanderer himself is not yet popularized enough to be categorized differently)

Scaramona Week is from April 22nd to the 29th.

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Trivia

 * Both Wanderer and Mona are the first male and female 5* catalysts in the game.
 * Both Wanderer and Mona use similar ascension materials to level up. Wanderer uses Rukkhashava Mushrooms, while Mona uses Philanemo Mushrooms.
 * Wanderer and Mona are the only character who have their animal counterpart in their  cutscene. Wanderer is described as black cat in the 3.3 archon quest while Mona is described as a white crystal bird in the 2.8 event.
 * Wanderer's idle pose is similar to Mona's phantom skill (E Skill). Both are sticking out their tongue and using a finger to touch their eyes, the difference is they use different hands (Wanderer using his left hand, while Mona uses her right hand).
 * Both Wanderer and Mona love Salad, in Spices From The West Event (3.5) both of them only love salad as their favorite dishes.
 * Both Wanderer and Mona are popular authors of papers in the world of Teyvat.
 * Both Wanderer and Mona talks about fate and astrology a decent amount.

Fan Videos

 * Mona's drunken night | MMD #Scaramona
 * Red Flag? 🤨 MMD #Scaramona Shorts
 * 【原神MMD】Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better【Scaramona】
 * Don't move #Scaramona | Genshin Impact MMD #Shorts
 * [ Genshin Impact MMD サンドリヨン - Cendrillion [Scaramouche x Mona]
 * Smug Mona Is Cute (Genshin Impact)
 * Feniko's Channel of Scaramona