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Furina
- The reason for these headcanons, one of her teapot voice lines is her offering to teach you how to dance
- She definitely forgets to instruct you at first, she just starts leading you in a dance as she hums a tune
- If you have some dancing experience, that probably won’t be a problem, if you’ve never danced before…
- She definitely takes it slow, she’s just been dancing for so long she forgets to explain
- She will step on your toes just as much as you’ll step on her’s because of this
- She will twirl you to teach you how to twirl her, once you’ve got that down she won’t twirl you anymore
- She will also throw herself into a dip, if you let her drop she will pout and sulk
- The best fix for this is to pull her up and into another waltz with a twirl
- Once you’ve learned how to dance she expects you to lead, even if she initiates
- Loves big dances, both in number of attendees and flourish of the dance
- Overall 8/10 teacher and 10/10 dance partner
Ganyu
- She can definitely dance, Cloud Retainer taught her, she just doesn’t dance often
- Teaching wise I think she’s a great instructor, at least verbally
- In the beginning she gets so fixed on explaining and watching your movements that she trips up
- Please reassure her that you’re following okay, she’s not used to being in charge
- You’ll definitely learn faster with her then Furina because in teaching you she’s also reminding herself
- She won’t teach you anything fancy, but if you go and learn a twirl or dip she will break
- You will have to initiate any dances, unless someone has told her she should dance in which case she will ask you
- Also preference dancing alone and not in a large group, sweep her away to a balcony during a Qixing event and you can dance all you’d like
- Preferes swaying to music over an actual waltz
- In the end, 8/10 instructor and 10/10 dance partner
Dainsleif
- He can dance, he was the captain of a royal guard, but it has been awhile
- Seriously, you’re basically learning together
- You also definitely have to ask him to teach you, Furina and Ganyu might offer but Dain won’t
- Once you start dancing muscle memory kicks in and it sort of ends up like Furina teaching you
- He can’t really explain what to do, so he kind of just drags you with him
- By the time he figures out how to explain you’re halfway to figuring it out yourself
- If he’s teaching you to dance before the fall of Khaenri’ah disregard everything before this, he is the best teacher on this list
- Prior to the fall he will always initiate dances, if he’s attending and event and not on duty, after the fall you’ll have to initiate and he’ll be a bit reluctant
- Chances are you aren’t at a formal event, so he sees no point in dancing, so if you want to dance you have to ask
- Before the fall it is a point of honor to ask you to dance
- Will always lead, another silly point of honor
- Before the fall, 10s across the board, after the fall, 4/10 teacher and 9/10 dance partner
Zhongli
- Can dance, not very fluidly and it is definitely a rusty skill now but he can
- During his prime he was a good teacher, just a little stiff
- Now he’s kind of like Dain, the muscle memory is there but very rusty
- He will, however, ask Madam Ping to re-teach him how to dance so that he can teach you
- So, you might step on each other's feet a few times but he will actually teach you
- He prefers to initiate dances, like Dain it’s a point of pride, but he’s always happy when you do too
- Will lead or follow your lead
- Hu Tao as, on occasion, meddled to get him to ask you to dance
- Like Ganyu he doesn’t really like big sweeping dances, he prefers being able to sway together to the music
- Definitely a 9/10 teacher and partner only because he’s a bit stiff
Traveler
- They can dance, definitely, they’re usually eachother’s partner
- They’re also definitely smooth, you cannot convince me they would start stomping wars when they stepped on eachother’s feet
- Both twins will ask you to dance, and if they ask you to dance they’ll lead– unless you ask to lead
- I mentioned the twins are usually each others partner, it worked the same way between them– Lumine has been smacked in the face by Aether’s braid while twirling him and they’ve both definitely dropped each other in a dip on purpose
- The twins don’t mind waltzes that travel, but they aren’t big fans of partner swapping dances
- Aether likes dipping his partner, and Lumine likes twirling hers, but they both like being twirled
- Sharing a rating, the twins are 10/10 teachers and 10/10 partners