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new guy in the Express

bonus:

adding more to the whimsy

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https://x.com/joneswibu/status/1825013051801960935?t=KzjQVY-qL2RgD6KKFzaaVw&s=19 -this is so Avenday

yea especially if they're their other selves

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Sunday's eidolon 4

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Love how rtrn fans consistently makes Sunday the villain of the narrative and makes their self proclaimed faves go through a tremendous mischaracterization beam. Like not even talking about headcanons or fanarts here but when discussing canon personalities or analyzing events. My very unpopular opinion of that arc is: Sunday wasn't strict on Aventurine at all.

The power of a pov shouldn't be underestimated. It causes the viewers to get more attached to a character almost instantly because we are going deep into the crooks and crannies of that character which can't help but make us root for them(moreso when they have a tragic backstory). All they saw was a character who has suffered before still suffering. The whole thing of Sunday being so desperate to find Robin gets completely glossed over more often then not. He wasn’t allowed to leave his duties as the family head, being constantly watched by Gopher Wood and Old Oti and also preparing for the Charmony festival. Like he is basically told to ignore his only family's supposed death and only focus on the festival preparations. He doesn’t have any people he can trust to help search for Robin so threatening Aventurine was the only option for him. He may not be entirely fair but it is quite understandable why he did what he did. They saw Sunday as a villain before (and still see him as one), but if you switched the POVs, Aventurine would be the villain to Sunday.

My thoughts are too biased but the recent increase in hate for Sunday and the amount of mischaracterizations on a daily basis is so annoying to see.

exactly anon. this is something all Aventurine fans could stand to be reminded on: he is an asshole sometimes, and he came to Sunday's hometown to re-colonize it.

he is scarily good at his job in the IPC and all that entails - and he's not like Topaz where she cuts corners out of the goodness in her heart either - he's as slimy as corpo guys come and was 100% ready with Ratio to take advantage of Sunday's grief over Robin's death. bro says as much.

they are..... both assholes here.

Sunday was going to put him in Ena's dream (but like. psychologically more painful lol) and Aventurine was, again re-colonizing the guy's planet.

the only thing Aventurine didn't account for with Sunday was making him go through Harmony-assimilation-confronting the past stuff with little Kakavasha and Future him (and honestly? it was good character development for him and for us. thanks ig Sunday).

otherwise, Aventurine's plan went off without a hitch. Robin sold off Penacony's sovereignty for her brother's freedom, Penacony reopened under IPC banners, and Aventurine gets his rest days.

no matter how you look at it, Sunday got the short end of the stick here. yet he took his loss with grace, remains kinder still and even admires Aventurine's control of his unjust fate.

TLDR; yeah stop woobifying Aventurine he worked hard on his schemes <\3

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they always match ridiculously, perfectly well with eachother.

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I would love to hear your thoughts about Sunday. (Please rant about him)

free reign to rant about my favorite character.... omg. I hope you know what you've just unleashed

first of all look at him. he is like a cat.

now where to begin...

I know what kinds of characters I like so I knew immediately that I was in for it when I first saw Sunday, "the most handsome man on Penacony!" with Robin in tow, who was his sister. for reference, characters with siblings almost always end up having my heart. for example Ayato is my favorite character in genshin, Arlecchino following close second. my affection for Aventurine rose drastically the moment I learnt he had a sister. found family Stellaron hunters makes my heart melt. I will always love sibling dynamics, characters who put their families first.

then his interaction with Aventurine happened. his questions were so very clearly a projection, not an interrogation. "Do you love your family more than yourself?" he was so clearly grieving. this is where Sunday starts to set apart from Ayato in my head. Sunday was more emotional and fraying at the seams than we ever saw Ayato throughout the story. he was a grieving brother who barely hides it. and... "Do you wish to destroy this world?". this is where Sunday starts to clearly set apart from Aventurine. Sunday would rather remake the world than destroy it.

and then. 2.2 - In Our Time happened. this is where I knew that he would become my obsession for months and months and months to come. it's where we saw his kindness, his bleeding heart, his pessimism on full display. his love for humanity - but never for himself. his evangelical themes, his Maruki persona 5-esque plan, his own grand orchestra, he himself being orchestrated like a puppet on strings. his Luciferic fall from grace.

...and being caught instead😭

this was so poignant i almost cried. idk like everything clicked here. s*icidal characters being caught (not saved) but held is so important to me. the light in their eyes dimming and the framing of the scene reminded me of how Scaramouche fell. and like how Aventurine held Kakavasha's hands.

PLUSSS sibling characters growing apart the older they get. Robin and Sunday arent that close in the present, that much is clear. they even fought before this. BUT SHE STILL CAUGHT HIM I JUST-- 😭 LIKE FUCK BRO I DIDNT EVEN THINK PENACONY AS A WHOLE WAS GOOD AT THE TIME NOR WAS I EVEN PLAYING HSR AT ALL I ONLY STARTED DURING JUNE 2024 but this still got me. it ended me. it just had everything i ever loved every theme i found dear and personal

also my favorite writing choice they did for Penacony was continuously mentioning Robin and Sunday's "paradise of our dreams" and the "promise" they made and how diametrically opposed they are despite both pursuing that vow, but... we only properly learn what it is at the end 😭

i. just cried at this i think. its such a simple wish but things went so far than Trustful Boy and Guileless Girl could have ever thought.

so that's the journey. ultimately i just came to the conclusion that this guy is just too cute for his own good and he wants the best for people he's never ever selfish or mean 😭 he's as loving as Elysia hi3 i think and his 7 rest days philosophy is just so cute of him.

he truly truly TRULY advocates for resting rather than having to work 9-5's, he would tell you to eat the extra dessert and to sleep in a little. HOWEVER. he would not extend this same leniency to himself. that is the duality and complexity of Sunday. (like look at this)

HE DOESNT RELY ON GODS!!! faithful church boy that he is, he denounced both Xipe AND Ena while still honoring THEM and he makes such good philosophical points and its just crazy that the trailblazers didnt really want to listen to him bc he was cooking. and regardless, he takes his fall with grace. GRACE!! he WANTED to be proven wrong he's just so reasonable and i love his faith and devotion and care and and and

as a kid he dissed the teacher that said little Robin's singing was bad. and then he ate an eggtart out of spite. THE LITTLE BIRDIE HAD SUCH AN ATTITUDE!! and he has piercings in his wings and metal choir in his boss theme of course he's a little alt.

i adore this side of him:

he just. needs to know that he's deserving of all the love in the world he desires for everyone else. i hope he doesnt put himself on such punishingly high standards anymore. i hope he learns more from Aventurine and takes more chances. i hope he gets his :3 smile back on his model.

i am so ill for this man.

also i think this message i sent to my friend after I saw Sunday's animations explains how i feel at all times. I got nothing to hide. (I'm sorry women) (NSFW text warning)

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moreeee pirate!Aventurine x mer!Sunday <3333333333

bonus below!

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[AU] Sunday and Aventurine during their student years :]

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2.7 quest was simply insanity. I'm so obsessed with the fact that it's canon that Aventurine left a big impression on Sunday, big enough for it to be reflected and even outright stated in the quest. There's something so sweet about the reason why Sunday even got the chance to say his goodbye to Robin was thanks to him giving his luck a try which has interesting implications. There's also that Sunday says to us at the end of the quest how he learnt a lot from his past opponents and would love to hear our criticism. In Sunday's voiceline, he refers to Aventurine as a "respectable opponent". It's so obvious that it's alluding to the notion that Sunday looks back at Aventurine fondly and there's some part of Aventurine that now lives rent free in his head haha. They're so canon they make me sickkkkkk!!!

THIS THIS THISSS anon ur ask made me dance around in place and kick my feet u are so right thank you for putting it into words

Sunday cares for him sooo much its SO OBVIOUS he was never nonchalant abt Aven. he took him seriously from the start and never underestimated the facade Aven had going on. he's one of his fonder rivals, and he looks forward to clash again in the future 👀?

Now all we need is like. more confirmation that Aven reciprocates it all but if you ask me? from "the most handsome man on Penacony!" to "Looks like you have a new plan, I'll wait and see what happens~" I think Aventurine is still just as interested in Sunday 💕💕💕

its so clear that they both enjoy this dance, this game of chess of theirs.

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IPC blackmail gone wrong

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a good childhood

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so fun to tease <3

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IM IN LOVE WITH THIS AHHHH 😭💛🤧💕

aven looks so beautiful here omghghmg

slowly crush me in your arms / my ruiner,

alt title: gently wipe the sorrow of my life.

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AHEM- HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE CARRYING THE AVENDAY ART COMMUNITY 🎤🎤🎤

seriously what am i gonna do without these beautiful arts THEY GIVE ME LIFE AHHHHHJKL

more domestic stuff <3

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THIS IS??? SO CUTE??? AND ADORABLEEEE AHHHHH 😭💖

they’re so close together 🥹 aven’s arms and hands locked around sunday’s waist ohmygoddd 😫🤧

TY TY TY FOR DRAWING THIS ONE!! <333

domestic request :)

prompts were: sleeping together, with the catcakes!

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OHMY LORRRRDDD THIS IS SO GOOOOD 😫

once again, the mashup of prompts work so well together omg?? i love ittt 🫣

you drew them both so hot i can’t stop relishing in this <3

THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWESOME ART 🙏

avenday requests!

prompts were: making out <3 and Aven discovering Sunday has more piercings (all hell breaks loose)

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