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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 do 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. Hu Tao is a prankster, most of the Liyue characters seems to have a bad relationship with her. And then Barbara on the other hand, is a cheerful and nice girl who sings. Having good relationships with all of the Mondstadt characters.
Both have composed songs, Barbara is an idol in Mondstadt, even in one of her idle animations she sings. Meaning that she has already composed a couple of songs. And then for Hu Tao, she has composed a song called, "Hilitune". The two work at somewhere, Barbara works as a deaconess in the Cathedral. And Hu Tao works at Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, in which, she's also the 77th owner of it.
Fanon[]
The ship was created on and is mainly popular on Twitter, though BarbTao wasn't as popular among most other platforms. BarbTao gained some attention, because of the artist named, @bunsketches on Twitter has drawn an image of the two together, which gotten famous as the tweet has 16322 likes and 4062 retweets. This also goes the same to Jeandou. As the Characters never interacted, the ship is almost nonexistent among the Genshin Impact fandom, although it has some fans nonetheless.
While BarbTao gained some attention from Bunsketches, a tweet[1] 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, not to mention the fact Barbara's japanese VA is the same as Nene's, but even with that, Barbara and Nene may not look exactly the same, but on the other hand Hu Tao and Hanako have quite the similarities. As both of their appearances looks the same if you compare it, their personalities are also similar since the both of them tend to be mischievous, and they also enjoy teasing others.
This also serves the Opposites Attract 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, they were being shipped due to their aesthetics and personality (even their dynamics). And some also like the small fan content, such as fan arts, that exists for BarbTao. It was also the reason why how both, Barbara and Hu Tao became a pairing. BarbTao's rival ships include Rosabara, Barbelle, Barbennett, Taoling, HuXiao and YanTao. Which are some of both, Barbara's and Hu Tao's popular ships. There are currently over 20 works depicting the two, between the femslash and gen sections, on AO3.
Fandom[]
- FAN FICTION
- Barbara/Hu Tao tag on AO3
- Barbara & Hu Tao tag on AO3
Gallery[]
Fan Art[]
- All art in this section is fan made, and must be sourced back to the original artist. It also must have permission from the original artist to be posted here. If your art is here without your permission and you wish to have it taken down, please inform an admin, so that we may delete it.
