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  • When Ajax first meets Zhongli in the flesh, he winds up squeeing so hard that Zhongli discreetly checks on his mortal disguise for any leaks of divine aura, because nobody ever reacts to him with that much enthusiasm unless he's in his full Archon glory.
  • Felix insists the Eleventh Harbinger has been possessed by a ghost after being felled by a Ruin Guard — a masochistic ghost, just look at this training schedule! His fellow spies dismiss his theory as pure paranoia, but when you know the truth about Ajax...
  • Zhongli mentioning a slight disagreement between him and a few scholars regarding the history of the Adeptus. Ajax pictures said scholars dying of shame on the spot when they learn they claimed they knew better than their own god.
  • Hu Tao's new idea to promote her funeral business: cheerfully handing free coupons for a coffin in the harbour, when the sailors are very superstitious and worried about their next travel being the last. Zhongli had to intervene to get her released from the Millelith.
  • As Ajax is busy playing the ukulele in front of Xiao, Rex Lapis decides to attend the concert in his ghostly form and actually wags his tail in pleasure. Poor Xiao is slowly dying inside, Ajax is thoroughly confused by the Yaksha's agitation.
  • An incredulous Ajax questioned by the Qixing for the way Rex Lapis stared at him while the Rite of Descension was unfolding realizes he's suspected from plotting an assault against the Geo Archon and bluntly asks how the heck he's supposed to fight a ginormous dragon that shoots lazer beams with his horns.
    • Also, his embarrassed confession that Rex Lapis was staring because of Ajax gushing over his cool horns cause him to win a whooping 50 regret points from a thoroughly disgusted Keqing, for being such a Rex Lapis simp.
  • Lumine barely needs a few minutes watching Ajax and Zhongli bantering to conclude they're married — and Zhongli doesn't even bother to deny, to Ajax's baffled confusion.
  • Lumine's Thousand-Yard Stare as she's forced to run everywhere in order to fulfill bullshit quests or watch Ajax and Zhongli being Sickeningly Sweethearts.
  • There's no loss of points encurred for failing the Cocogoat quest, Ajax will merely have to face Qiqi's disappointment. He believes it's worse than the points deduction.
  • Ningguang's spies reporting on Zhongli and Ajax as if they were a romantic sitcom. She finds it amusing, apparently.
  • Hu Tao's flawless strategy to summon Barbatos in spite of his stubborn refusal to entertain prayers: she pours very fine Liyuan plum wine all over the ground and cheerfully threatens to do the same to a whole crateful of the stuff. Venti immediately pops in to prevent "the madwoman" from sinning against all wine-lovers.
  • Venti slowly realizing Morax isn't dead at all, and promptly freaking out at the prospect of the old dragon burying him under a mountain for letting Ajax cooking and cleaning for him instead of being a responsible host.
  • Morax got so utterly fed up with Barbatos breaking into his wine cellar to drink all the good vintage that he encouraged his devotees to gift the Anemo Archon decoy liquor when he visited. Venti gets irked when Ajax casually mentions the trivia fact that Zhongli was actually keeping all the good stuff for himself and gifted what he deemed inferior wine.

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