zhongli collection showcase!!

I've decided to show my zhongli collection! all the things I've curated over the last (almost) 6 years!
i started playing on zhonglis 2nd rerun banner, which was April 2021. i had played the game when it had first released in 2020, but never really got into it until i saw zhongli. i vividly remember seeing his name trending on twt and thought his design was really cool. so imagine my surprise when he was from the game i had dropped months prior xd.

decided to pick it back up and get zhongli (which i did) and ive been playing off and on since. i def don't play it as much as i did YEARS ago, but i come back with each patch update just to play story/character quests. 

zhongli is my favorite character from this game, i don't think i can state it enough. I've read most in-game books and lore regarding his character and i'm quite literally obsessed xd. I'm in the process of writing out a full length deep dive into his history, character & and everything zhongli related... i could go on a rant right now about how much detail his character has in game. its not rly a surprise that he has such level of detail considering he's the archon of liyue. (which is supposed to represent china in-universe lol). everything from the details to his outfit, references to chinese mythology in his lore, the adepti, him quite literally shaping multiple landforms with his hands??? making entire MOUNTAINS rise? he's just so cool... theres just SO much stuff i could talk about... but im gonna save it for the deep-dive im writing.

also i did get to meet his VA about a year ago! he was super chill and i got to take a pic with him :) he signed one of the shikishi boards i have displayed!

for anyone wondering WHERE i buy my merch. official merchandise I've bought secondhand on places like mercari or ebay for overseas collabs. if i can't find it there, i've bought official merch on aliexpress. there are tons of shops that sell legit merch if you know where to look. plus, buying on aliexpress is SO much cheaper compared to places like genshin world. (i think thats what the store is called). i've tried ordering from their official store on tmall, however it took half a year just to get here. i had a lot of issues with attempting to pay and almost didnt get the damn thing delivered xd. if you don't want to do any of that, animon is also legit and i have bought from them before. it may be more expensive, but shipping in the US is free if you spend over 45$.

i wasnt able to fit everything into these images. i have a lot of clothes that im not about to pull out and take photos of lol. i have a lot of smaller things scattered throughout my room that would be kind of silly to take individual photos of.