#(looking at a character design) but what if... it was yanqing

[daily-yanqing]

(day 128) thats not his usual outfit

[hawkinasock]

I ADORE YOU. MORE ABUNDANCE YANQING AND YAOSHI. PLEASE.

So, can you please learn more tell about this theory?

(You draw beautifully.)

GAAAGHHHH this was the first thing I saw in the morning omg tsym <333 dw I've got my mitts on and I'll get to cooking o7 I assume you're asking me to explain the theory? Which I'll gladly do. Very long post incoming.

Essentially, the general idea is that Yanqing is related to abundance in some way, be it simply second-hand association, or he himself being an abomination/denizen of abundance himself - I personally believe in the latter. While I've made art of Yaoshi and Yanqing in a parental dynamic, it's not something I see as a viable theory, so much as it's just a fun little crack theory. Yaoshi is more likely a passive creator than an actual loving parent. There's a bunch of different interpretations for what Yanqing is and how he came to be based on the little pieces of evidence found in canon. One piece of evidence is his blonde hair.

As far as I can tell, the only other blonde Xianzhou characters are Dan Shu and Luocha (Luocha isn't a Xianzhou native himself, but he was a part of the quest so I'm including him anyway), both directly associated with the abundance, as well as Yaoshi themselves.

Interestingly enough, Dan Shu has the same hair part as Yanqing, but that could just be chalked up to design cohesion and framing the face/mask, rather than anything meaningful.

Edit: someone pointed out to me that Dan Shu's hair was initially brown, but after joining the disciples, it turned blonde.

Edit: I somehow forgot to include Phantylia, who has blonde hair in her third phase, and even a hair part. There's also a disciple of Sanctus Medicus in a cell in the shackling prison who also has blonde hair. Every character I've found who has blonde hair is either a disciple, or canonically connected to Yaoshi

(I considered adding Hongling, the fanatic fan in the stands of the Skysplitter, but I think his hair might just be dyed, which isn't too crazy an idea for a stan. Still mentioning him though, since he's a really weird character)

If you look closely at Yanqing's clothes, there's a reoccurring vine-esc pattern on all layers of his hanfu. They can also be seen on his sword. It doesn't necessarily mean much by itself, but it's an interesting detail I and others have noticed.

However, I want to point attention to Yanqing's phone case, because it's actually super interesting, and probably the most convincing piece of evidence imo. Not only does it relay the vine motif, but that to me looks like a leaf detaching from a branch and transforming into a swallow. If the characters' phone cases are meant to reflect their personality/reference lore elements, then this is probably the most blatant in terms of potential lore.

Edit: the little decals on the camera lense are in the image of Yanqing's hair ornament, which happens to look like a pair of leaves, midribs and all.

Speaking of swallows, has anyone noticed that there's flocks of golden swallows inside the roots of the arbor? I only noticed on my second playthrough, but I haven't stopped thinking about them since. How odd is it that out of any other bird, the arbor has swallows specifically. Of course, Swallows aren't Yanqing's motif alone, as the wardance teaser silhouette's have what look like swallows in the background art, but I still think it's important to bring up, considering Yanqing is literally COVERED in them, from his ornaments, to his swallow tail-shaped coat tail, to his entire playstyle.

Low-quality ss of the swallows for reference.

Luocha also has a line about Yanqing that, setting aside any theory-crafting, seems pointless. He has nothing to say, which, if he was truly genuine, what purpose does this line even serve? I can't infer much from the delivery of the other languages, since I have no knowledge on them or their social cues, but in en, the tone is very... discreet? It's just the way he says it is very off, like he's being dishonest. Too quick; too matter-of-fact; It's artificial honesty. I hope you get what I mean lol. I can only assume the va was directed to say it that way for a reason.

A passage from Yanqing's 2nd char story reads: "It's recorded in the military annals of the Cloud Knights how Jing Yuan came to discover the young boy, stood his ground against public opinion, and incorporated him into the armed forces. However, in the family lineage column, Yanqing's lineage was relegated to the category of unknown."

From Yanqing's 4th char story: "Some speculated that he [Jing Yuan] was cultivating an heir, others claimed he only kept him around just to use this kid as a secret weapon. Jing Yuan never offered a response."

Jing Yuan is really suspicious. Like, incredibly suspicious. Even more than Luocha. Yanqing is already known to be an orphan, but the lack of clarity over the details of Jy discovering him, as well as the fact that he has no known relatives in their database is very odd. Speaking to Jing Yuan's npc in-game allows the player to inquire about Yanqing's origin, but Jing Yuan's response is far from helpful. You'd think the man who decks out his Lieutenant in protective charms and locks, and who raised the kid from, at oldest, toddler years, would be a little more eager to spurge on about stories from Yanqing's childhood, but he instead chooses to dance around the topic and make light-hearted remarks about Qingzu's furphies. Obviously, you can't and shouldn't expect to get all of a characters lore in one serving, but revealing so little definitely implies a lot more, as we've seen with Luocha.

These details are the reason why, if Yanqing does turn out to be related to the abundance, be it a spawn of the arbor, or a creation of Yaoshi themselves, I believe that at least Jing Yuan knows and is keeping it all under wraps. Maybe the whole reason Jing Yuan assigned him as his aide in the first place was to keep a close eye on him. Rather ironic a general of the hunt would risk everything to protect the thing he's sworn to destroy.

But that's just my two cents. Thank you anon for giving me a reason to spurge about this theory finally, as it's become so dear to my heart.

More art will be posted as I go along, so don't touch that dial.

[waterfrontcomplex]

thoughts/review on 2.4 (and a little bit of au talk)

i got yunli!! and e3 yanqing on huohuo's banner... at least i have guaranteed sunday now i guess

ouhhhh i finished the new quests... yanqing i love you....... (spoilers under cut)

skip to the next pink text if u dont wanna read the au stuff

seeing the designs for the borisin reminded me of an au i thought of a while back. i just call it the 'abundance swap' au. the idea is that instead of the xianzhou following the hunt, what if they were denizens of abundance? so like, xianzhou natives would be wingweavers, foxians would be borisin, and vidyadhara.... could be cobrakind...? or still vidyadhara. idk. the xianzhou fleet would be the cloudseizer fleet(?), the plaguemarks would instead be worshipped and nurtured, and they would spread the 'blessings of abundance' to each world they stop by. the arbiter-generals would instead have spirits bestowed by yaoshi instead of lan.

blondies would be more common, philosophies of the hunt would probably be forbidden, and most people would likely know some form of healing. what do they do with the mara struck? im not sure, actually...

ok one of the reasons i thought of this au was bc i liked the thought of wingweaver/borisin yanhuo but shhh... girls should be allowed to be beasts...

i had more thoughts abt this au but lowkey forgot like half of them... maybe ill make a follow up post once i remember

anyway, back to 2.4

oh maaaan oh man oh man oh man im glad yanqing's finally getting more attention in the main story!! he was kinda tossed around in 1.2 and in kafka's companion mission but got some attention during the huohuo event (fav event <3) and now he's a major part in the main story... this patch was made for yanqingers by yanqingers<33

hes depressed just like me fr... also, this pic was so pretty....

ok but seriously, im glad that his confidence issues were talked about here. it was brushed off in 1.2 and sword essence ended with an off screen conversation with yanqing and jing yuan. it talked about his problems a bit, but was left sorta unresolved, yk? im glad that he's not just instantly fine and recovered right away.

this conversation also gave me more insight on yanqing's feelings and personality. theres a lot of pressure being the cloud knight lieutenant, but when he uses his swords, that pressure is lifted, even for a moment. he's free, like a bird, but must eventually return to his birdcage.

this version rlly helped me understand yanqing's character more, and hopefully i can improve bnp(som) when i rewrite it, but for now i'll stick with practice oneshots.

i haven't finished much for the new march event, but HUOHUO!!!! HUOHUO IS HERE!!! AND SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!!!<333

LOOK! LOOK AT HER!!!

i decided to color her in!! here's canon huohuo

and here's my huohuo! (more yellowish-green, just personal preference)

these are free to use with credits since they're just colored<3

anyway thats all for now... might make another post if i have more ideas. sorry for the lack of art and fics :( ive been busy with artfight but now since it's ending i should hopefully be posting more art soon :)

[starblizzard247]

HSR LEAK SPOILERS/SPECULATIONS

So ever since Yunli was mentioned in the Cosmodyssey interaction with Jing Yuan and Yanqing, I’ve been obsessively speculating over what she’d be like if she were to appear in the game as an actual character. Leaks that she might actually become playable only fueled my brainrot further and so I created this fan design/character sheet of her. Also I drew her as what she’d look like 3 years in the future because I can’t seem to draw people to look like they’re in their early teens (I’m working on it).

Some misc. notes that I couldn’t fit in on the actual post:

Her color palette, and accessories are based off of the leaked planar set that appears to be based off of the Zhuming

Her skill inflicts the “Fire Hazard” debuff on enemies, which blasts any single target damage dealt to it onto adjacent enemies

Her Ult splash art depicts her in a forge (I’ll get around to drawing it someday)

She has a tendency to judge people based on first impressions (she’s trying to fix that)

Tries very hard to be professional but her clumsiness gets in the way

She’s very close to Huaiyan but is estranged from her parents

She and Yanqing didn’t get along very well at first, but after some shenanigans they become horrifically close besties who are menaces to society (like the Astral Express trio or Luz and Hunter from TOH)

She’s asexual

I’d like to think she becomes Sword Champion a little after Yanqing becomes Sword Champion

She likes asymmetrical clothes

[revserrayyu]

2.5 trailer thoughts

I usually keep all my thoughts together for the story events, but I'm far too excited thanks to a certain character to contain all my excitement, so.. allow me to fangirl about the new trailer from today's livestream a little bit.

(there's really no spoilers but i'll kindly put everything below since it'll be a lot of chatter anyways)

Starting off with how bestest boy Luka is here! Not exactly sure how he hopped planets.. but I'll speculate about his arrival later. I do remember reading some people bring up a npc in the Shackling Prison who mentioned seeing a dude with a metal arm, but I never imagined it to be our boy and that he would actually physically be here!

I'm still a tiny bit bitter he never showed up during any main story mission, though it makes sense since he was released after the events of Belobog happened, so any time he's mentioned or we catch a glimpse of him makes me happy. Letting him get his own side event during this 2.5 patch too will be nice for him too!

I'm so fond of him and I'm always surprised how many people just don't care for the guy. I can understand how he could be a bit forgettable or not an impressive unit though, since I don't even have him built up either despite all the instances I told myself I would.

I know some people aren't fans of his design either, but c'mon, he's cute! Look at this buff, cheerful man with those pretty blue eyes, piercings and little ponytail! Aahhh.. he's precious to me.

Time to add Luka to the 'beat up Yanqing' squad alongside Blade, Jingliu, Dan Heng, Yunli and whomever else I'm forgetting. I hope our favorite boxer knocks his lights out.

Now for the spectators! I didn't notice her while first watching the livesteam, but Topaz is here! With Numby on her lap too, of course. And I was gonna assume that perhaps that's how Luka managed to arrive on the Xianzhou, courtesy of the IPC and their many connections, but then I remembered Topaz was just in Penacony.. so unless she went back and forth between planets then who knows how our boy ended up here. We can always guess the Express picked him up too. I dunno.

We even got Hook cheering on her fellow Moles member! Hard to miss Svarog there too though I wonder if Clara is with him and perhaps we just don't see her in this shot? I wanna say he trusts her enough to be on her own but then that brings up why would he even leave her side in the first place and not keep watch of the Underground, unless Svarog decided to join just to support Luka. That would be a nice little form of respect carried over from our boxer's mission. And Lynx which naturally leads me to question where Serval and Geppie could be right now. I can't imagine Gepard would be fine with having Lynx travel all the way to a new planet when the guy gets stressed out about her simply venturing into the snow plains during her job. Serval on the other hand.. yeah, she's totally let Lynx travel. But I'd still much rather see all the siblings around more! I miss them terribly! I'd love it if there were more Belobogians in the crowd that we just didn't get to see yet but I'm thankful we even get a few and learn that they're finally able to venture away from their cold, icy planet and experience new places like this.

And lastly we have the most handsome man in all of space and Qingque who is undoubtedly avoiding work. The two of them did actually meet previously during that silly hotel checkout event in Penacony so it's fun to seem them be friendly still.

Yeah, okay, so here's where I start to go crazy over our Lacking General more. What a surprise, right? I mean, how could I not after seeing her storm into battle whilst riding a ship like this??

At first, I also didn't notice it was Yukong who said the "Feixiao, the ports of Starskiff Haven are crawling with wolf-like creatures. They're moving fast," lines. My excitement for Feixiao clearly took priority. (I am curious why she bothered to say wolf-like instead of Borisin though? If Yanqing knows about them then surely Yukong knows what they are, right?)

Even if it's just a quick cutscene, I'm so thrilled for us to finally see Yukong fight! We've heard enough of her pilot days so something as simple as this is great, though I'd love to see her fly again too.

Feixiao coming in hot to aide her war buddy, still looking badass as ever, let's gooo!

Ma'am do you know how amazing you are??

She told Yukong to "Hold them back, I will be there immediately" and she definitely kept her word! Even using her follow up attack, or something visually similar to it.

That grin… oh god. I would willingly stand on the other end of her gunblade in order to see that prideful smirk of hers. (also never realized that pattern on the inside of her jacket before. that's pretty neat.)

*Mandatory screenshot for me to giggle and kick my feet to while I obsess over how beautiful her design is* tee-hee~

Okay so for this bow and arrow shot, there could always be the chance that this style of bow is standard and that all military personal use them, but since we don't see that many archers, I'm gonna blissfully assume she's borrowing Yukong's bow here. I was kinda amazed to see Feixiao capable of wielding a bow and arrow too, considering she's already mastered her gunblades and battleaxe, but hey, it just adds to her talent. It makes more sense after seeing that teaser of her upcoming myriad video though.

Ohhh buddy.. I know our lady experiences Moon Rage but I wasn't expecting her to go off quite like this!

Not only is she strong as fuck already but she's gonna end up as a boss fight too? Brooo.. that's insane. I love it. I pray she gets an awesome battle theme.

Now while her condition is certainly a big problem, I don't think she just decided "hey let me go insane at this very moment" and gave into it willingly. I'm sure she's gained a certain amount of control over it throughout the years, so my assumption coupled with her statement of her "lacking in worries" leads me to believe that something or someone (aka Hoolay) forced her into this state..

.. because hot damn, she looks positively possessed. It's such a simple detail but the red ring around her eyes is so effectively chilling, like you know you're in danger when you see her like this. I love this shot of her, honestly. I'm not gonna straight up say that Hoolay is controlling her somehow either, but more like Feixiao lost control of herself. What would get her to snap? I dunno, perhaps any bad news surrounding Jiaoqiu. You know, her right hand man who's supposed to keep her in good health. He wasn't spotted anywhere in the trailer, so who knows what happened to our master chef.

Huaiyan can be heard saying "Merlin's Claw, you have betrayed the alliance," but with how deep Feixiao's hatred is for Hoolay and the Borisin, I have my doubts about that. Of course, we could've all been played for fools and the two could actually be acquaintances of some sort, but it still wouldn't make sense to me. The only similarity these two could possibly bond over is Hoolay's line of them both being "monsters that were born for war and die for war."

I'm not saying I wouldn't love an evil Feixiao, since I do have my fair share of villains, but yeah. Anyways, obligatory screenshot to make me swoon even more.

Also I haven't a clue about what this light is or who or what it's coming from either but I for sure thought it was gonna wipe out our General the first time I watched the trailer..

only for her to just.. ignore it completely. Or re-direct it ever so slightly away from her. Either way, I'm impressed.

Naturally the trailers go by real quickly and are never in story sequence order so I could be totally wrong about this, but I wanna assume Feixiao regains control over herself during the fight to take down Hoolay? If her normal eyes and confident grin are anything to go by anyways.

After hearing bits and pieces about how Jingliu was the one who originally defeated Hoolay, the master of ice does indeed show up again for the upcoming patch! Oohhh I'm so excited. I wonder if Jing Yuan had anything to do with her sudden appearance considering she was locked up on another ship. Imagine if we get to see her and Feixiao team up in order to take down the beast? Oh my god, I think I'd pass out if we get such a scene!

It may just be this one screenshot, but her expression doesn't really seem like she's accepting an alliance with Hoolay. Still feels like there's some anger there to me. Maybe distrust. But nothing close to joy or calm. Or this scene could just be an illusion. Who knows.

Wouldn't it be grand though, if all of this was sorta planned? To get this close to Hoolay but instead of siding with him (because why on earth would Feixiao do such a thing) but to figure out if the war head is truly capable of providing a cure for her condition like Jiaoqiu hoped? Or perhaps she's just getting close to him to get her revenge in a sort of 'keep your friends close but your enemies closer' sort of way, yeah?

Many ideas and many days left until we get our answers. One thing is certain though: we need Jiaoqiu back at her side please, like now! Sir, please come back and calm down your General!

[spock-adoodledoo]

so this is what happens when i dont look at the yanqing tag in a while??? when did everyone start liking him lmao

ugh i have so much beef with jing yuan and yanqing's father son interpretation like, yes but also no; bc ive only ever seen fluff of them and no discussion of whether yanqing's a weapon or where he even came from, whether jing yuan should do something other than train yanqing so he can kill jing yuan when jy goes crazy from the abundance, like being honest with him about it etc

/j but like waaaaaa i hate when people put them into boxes it's soooooo annoying...... also yanqing + jing yuan father sonners always seem to put more focus on jing yuan and not yanqing; ie it makes jing yuan's character more interesting bc he's a father, not the other way around where yanqing is more interesting because he studies under/was adopted by the luofu general. it just bothers me as someone who enjoys reading abt the latter more .... glad that yunli (her design makes me shiver but thats another problem) is making yanqing less of a side character to jing yuan and more like his own person but idk the current plot of the wardance or whatever. if he loses again i swear to god i will smash the wall

tbh i wish there were more yqjy (or vice versa) shippers here because they could also be romantic imo. but sometimes ships give me too much tunnel vision and it's not strictly how i see their relationship... YARGH anyways i wish people understood nuance jfc

[phoenix-is-the-hottest-thing]

I hope expys go better this time since its between Honkai titles (and ye i know they're connected thru peepaw but it still kind of feels like a mistake to make it a Honkai title, but that's besides the point), but considering we got drama day one with Bronya and Seele I don't have high hopes and kinda dont want em. But.

If we ever get a Hua expy. I think itd be funny if she got to murder Yanqing's parents again. As a treat.

I don't really understand what you mean by drama day one ?-? HSR BronSeele was a really strong storyline to me, they nailed the enemies to lovers speedrun considering that you have to play the third wheel for most of it. It was very sweet and it makes me super happy for them to find each other in every universe. Go lesbians go

Personally I treat these "expies" the same way I'd treat Bronie or Kasumi, they're basically bubble universe alts. It's pretty different from Genshin's expies honestly? They feel much truer to the spirit of the original storylines they're from— Bronya Rand's character is very different but her growing up this way when raised in a strict environment by Cocolia is believable, plus she still has some of the same values (protecting her family and friends). She also obviously dodged the massive trauma Bronya Zaychik goes through so it makes sense for her to have developed differently.

Regarding Seele, it might seem strange for such a soft-spoken character to be Like That, but if you look at the Firemoth DLC of ggz (Hi3 isn't the first Honkai series game remember?) she did the exact same thing, putting up a strong front due to desperate conditions— HSR Seele is most likely an homage to this version of her, down to the designs being very similar.

AS FOR HUA...

Hua is the Marshal of Xianzhou's Cloud Knights, so we're definitely meeting her eventually. When? No clue. But eventually. Totally doable that she murdered Yanqing's parents again hahaha.

Sushang and her mother Suyi are also in the game (the former is playable, the latter is mentioned in Sushang's stories) so I expect we'll see all seven disciples. Plus Luocha is the Seven Swords version of Otto, obviously, so it'd make sense for the whole cast to show up. Wonder if they'd also bring in more minor characters like Eagle though. Or Ma Feima's horse, Erebus... x)

[anantaru]

hi~! I’m wondering on what’s your opinion on the newly teased characters based on design and vibe? I know it’s an odd question to ask but cause of the discourse happening on their designs and the hate Jiaoqiu is getting, I was just wondering what you think of all of this? Personally for me I actually kinda like his design. Maybe its bias causes he’s the first foxian male being released but I love the hair and tail. His outfit could do more like everyone is saying but I actually like how simple it is, it’s kinda refreshing and fits into what we know of him so far with him trying not to draw much attention to himself and all. Yunli on the hand, while I love how elegant she looks, I’m not a fan of her outfit. At all. It just feels weird to me? Maybe once’s I see her model that’ll change.

wait what discourse ?? can you elaborate nonnie 🤔🤔🤔🤔 i honestly like both their designs like they aren't one of my favorite designs but they aren't ugly to me either 💗

i gott say tho, i don't know how jiaoqiu will look in game but he isn't giving me 5 star vibes, neither is yunli idk but that's my opinion 🙅🏻‍♀️

wait but isnt yunli the same age as yanqing ?? i think they're friends right ? 🤔💗

[hami-gua]

If it Means to Remain by Your Side pt. 2

I realized well after posting my last post, that I forgot to include things that characters will use and the educational descriptions. Please read through it all, and please patiently await as I outline then draft chapter 1. Anyways, buckle up y’all we are going to go on an educational ride today💀 (more under the cut!!)

Weapons/Instruments Characters wield

Dan Heng - qiang 枪, guqin 古琴

Reader - jian 剑, liu xing chui 流星锤 (mid to later half), dizi 笛子 (mid to later half)

Jing Yuan - guan dao 关刀, xiao 箫 (not 魈)

Blade/Yingxing - heng dao横刀

March - bow

Yukong - bow,

Tingyun - guqin 古琴

Jingliu - qixing dao 七星刀

Baiheng - jian 剑

Yanqing - jian 剑

Ruan Mei - han dao 汉刀

Luocha - jian 剑

Xueyi - bow, herself

Hanya - yan ling dao 雁翎刀

Qingque - fan

Fu Xuan - butterfly swords 蝴蝶刀

Guinaifen - jian 剑

Sushang - None

The Educational Ride

Qiang 枪：This is the basic form of spear in Chinese weaponry. What sets qiang apart from guan dao is the blade. Qiang iis double-edged whereas guan dao is only single-edged. It’s also pointier which makes this weapon good for piercing or stabbing. This is actually a weapon used by Dan Heng in game.

Jian 剑：The most basic form of sword when searching up Chinese swords. Though if wanting to use a more detailed term, these swords are Daoist swords. Jian is used mostly in taiji forms like Wudang, Yang, Chen, etc. Training jian are more flexible. Like other Chinese, this sword also has tassels. This type of sword was carried more by Daoists, nobles and upper class figures than soldiers. The hilt and guard can be especially decorated depending on the patron.

Liu xing chui 流星锤：This is a more neolithic weapon in Chinese history. It has a ball on one end of the rope and a knife on the other end. It’s a rather difficult weapon to wield due to it’s flexible nature.

Guan dao 关刀：A type of glaive. The name of this weapon came from a general named Guan Yu 关羽。 Stories also says that it is a rather heavy weapon to wield, and that Guan Yu himself was a man with immense strength. But of course it’s all stories. Only one side is sharp, but that isn’t the most notable feature. The most notable feature is the curvature of the blade along with an extra small curve that usually holds a tassel. It can be thick or skinny. The closest resemblance to this weapon would be naginata. ( though there are strong hints that naginata is inspired by this weapon). Jing Yuan himself actually uses this weapon in game.

Heng dao 横刀：Or otherwise known as Tang dao 唐刀 is a sword used during Tang dynasty. It is a build similar to that of a kitana, though straightened. It can be wielded either by foot, or on horseback.

Qi xing dao 七星刀：Unfortunately, I don’t really have any information on this sword except for the fact that it looks like heng dao and a scimitar mix. I saw this in a video of Chinese weapons, and though I may be able to find it on Chinese sites, I fear translation will not translate things accurately. I would add another variant, Da dao 大刀 （more commonly known as battle da dao 抗战大刀) but because of it’s imprint on reason history, I also fear that it may be too controversial of a blade to include.

Han dao 汉刀：As the name suggests, this sword originated during Han dynasty. And it is the “predecessor” to Tang dao and many others that came after Han. One noticeable feature about this blade is the lack of hand guard, thus giving this sword a more straight figure.

Yan ling dao 雁翎刀：This sword is THE most closest looking to a kitana, though it is unsure whether or not this sword was even inspired by a kitana. Like it’s predecessors Han and Tang dao, the tip stops diagonally. And similarly to Qi xing, it has a more circular guard.

Butterfly swords 蝴蝶刀：Compact design yet an effective weapon all the same. It’s not very clear when these swords originated, it may have been Qing dynasty, but again, it’s not clear when it originated. It can come in many shapes, though most popularly with a wider blade. Though it should also be mentioned that narrow ones exist. These blades make a perfect piercing blade.

Fan 扇子：It can be delicate, but when made with right materials *cough* metal *cough*, it can become lethal. Small needles or knives can be used along with it to cut, but just full body metal itself can make a great blunt weapon.

A thing to note: You may have noticed, but weapons that ends with 刀 have a single-edged blade. It doesn’t mean that the blade is curved. Tassels are also mentioned (I think twice). In martial arts, tassels are used to distract/blind the opponent.

Guqin 古琴：The classic right after guzheng （古筝）。This is instrument is favored by many, especially scholars. The strings are made with silk though nowadays, nylon strings are also an option. A gentle quiet tone, yet hold clarity akin to glass. I don’t know why many popular media portrays them as fighting instruments when the requirements of this instrument itself is the opposite of what would be suitable for fighting. Mainly nails. Unlike pipa 琵琶, sanxian三弦, and guzheng, guqin doesn’t have the need to have false nails (usually made of shell of some sort though I’m sure nowadays, it’s either fiber glass or plastic). Which then means the player must have their nails (right-hand especially) grown out to pluck the strings. I don’t recommend plucking any string that is thick or metal with the pad of your fingers (unless you want blisters). Classic guitarists will know what I mean about the finger nails part.

Dizi 笛子：A bamboo flute played horizontally. There is a hole usually covered by a thin reed or tape (if the player really wants a muted sound that won’t trill). It comes in various sizes and keys. There is no designated mouth piece instead, there is a hole similar to other holes needed to be covered. It can be as decorated or as bare.

Xiao 箫：Another bamboo flute, though this one is played vertically. Unlike dizi, this flute doesn’t an additional hole to be covered by reed or tape. And on top of that, the mouth piece if more different. Whereas dizi has a hole, the xiao has a slit in which the player has to blow through. Compared to dizi, this is the most difficult instrument (though I for some reason struggle to play dizi, but I’m perfectly fine playing this instrument...)

Most of these descriptions are things I knew growing up, knew how to play/wield, taught to me, or things I searched up so long ago (we’re talking like middle school me). The sources that I did manage to use will be linked down below:

Tang Heng Dao (lkchensword.com)

Royal Arsenal (lkchensword.com)

LK Chen Sword - Chinese Saber, Chinese Sword, Martial Arts

Butterfly Sword: The Symbolism and Significance in Chinese Martial Art – Mini Katana

Ummm. For some reason the links don’t work and my brain is too fried to figure it out rn, so copy and paste and (hopefully) it’ll pop up. No mla format unfortunately. It’ll be waaaay too long of a post. And yes, I tried to make it as close to the game and MDZS as possible but I soon realized that it wouldn’t really work as I kinda do want to deviate from the plot as much as possible (I don’t want it to be an exact copy of MDZS/The Untamed).

[chokkito]

Top ten favorite character duos or trios (romantic, platonic, otherwise etc)?

OKKK THIS WILL BE A BIT LONG SO ^-^ bear with me pleaseee, also i will be putting some ocs here because im just like that im sorry anon <3 ALSO THE LIST WONT BE IN ORDER BECAUSE I LOVE THEM ALL VERY MUCH THE SAME

1 - Sans and Papyrus

Is Undertale considered cringe rn? Idk and idc to be honest, god these two had SUCH a chockhold on me when i was like 11-13, i loved them both SOOO MUCH, i just found them extremely funny and also very charming, also nowadays everytime i see them i just see me and my sister because everytime we bicker about something is never serious and ends up in us just trying to annoy each other like they do....Aughhhghh i love these silly skeletons.....

2 - Nikita and Anya (Anya was made by @raskolovey btw <3)

YEAH DIDNT TAKE A LOT FOR ME TO TALK ABOUT MY OCS...Also ignore how Anya has some eyebrows in it, they were there for comedical effect....ANYWAYS!!!! OHHHH THESE TWO, GODDDD, i love them. i love them so much. I love how they end up being a mirror with each other (with nikita being considered a "god" as he grew up and Anya being considered a monster) but how both of these views on them from a young age made them have kinda of the same trauma and problems with not knowing who they actually are, and how this made them so close to one another.

Also idk the idea of Anya being the normal one despite it all is very funny to me, points for them being platonic soulmates

3 - Rin and Len

THE SIBLING SEVER GODDDD I LOVE THEM SO MUCHHHHH AND THEIR DESIGNS ARE SO GENIUS IDK WHAT THE DESIGNERS OF THE V2 GEN WERE EATING BUT I WANT THAT TOO TO COOK SUCH GENIUS DESIGNS (we ignore im using their V4 counterparts i was too lazy to get a V2 one) BUT AUGHHH AGAIN THESE TWO HAD SUCH A CHOCKHOLD ON ME WHEN I GOT IN MY VOCALOID PHASE (when i was like. 9. to like. this day. im gonna be 20 in a month btw) BUT GODDDD I LOVE THEMMMMM I LOVE THEM MY FAVORITE VOCALOIDS EVERRRRR I WANT TO ONE DAY BUY THEM DESPITE NOT KNOWING HOW TO TUNE OR MAKE MUSICCCCC

4 - The Funger 1 cast

idc if theyre four im sorry im feeling like when the teacher tells you to make like duos and you ask them if you can make a duo of 3 people but yknwo I CANT SEPARATE THEM!!!! God these four IDIOTS are so STUPID and i HATE THEM so much but i also love them and GODDDD any fanart involving these four together is simply PURE GOLD...I know funger is like a really dark game with dark subjects and all but yknow i like to imagine them somehow just being friends...I think they deserve it...4 single parents to the girl...single because these foes are NOT married and yet they all act like a divorced polyamorous couple!!!!!

5 - Jing Yuan and Yanqing

FATHER AND SON??? FATHER AND SON GWAHHHHHHHOGRBOTIOGBETIBRI AUGHHH I LOVE SOME SINGLE PARENT REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA!!!!! Ok so like the idea of Yanqing just being adopted by Jing Yuan and him taking care of Yanqing i just...aughghhghhh IM SORRY BUT anything involving a single parent and their kid just makes me IMMEDIATELY happy, i LOVE seeing any type of happy family representation in media, they are just SUCH CUTIES!!! Like look at Jing Yuan...Hes just proud of his son...And Yanqing's little >:D face.......Aughghghghghhhghhhhhh did i put them here just because honkai is my current hyperfocus?....Yeah! But anyways!!!!

Also anon i was gonna put 10 here but....its midnight...and im a bit tired....so i will just put 5.........im sorry.......sniffs...................

[glitterguts13]

In genshin and hsr who are your favorites? It can be a category or fave from each body type/gender/element whatever and to balance it out, do you have any hsr/genshin characters you don't vibe with doesn't have to be outright hate but just not your fave either be story/design/personality or any reason really

How about I once again ramble on far too long and just rank all the characters from each series? (I love to yap, I'm the worst yapper) Only doing HSR right now but I'll do Genshin another day!

HSR (going by Element)

Fire

Himeko

5/10

I love her dearly, and I think her design is stunning. The only reason I give her such a neutral rating is because the story hasn't really let me connect with her yet. She still feels like a stranger despite being with us the longest, and I really want more content focused on her, her past and other Trailblazers she's known.

Topaz

4/10

Design wise, I love her. I love Numby, and I think she was the perfect way to introduce us to the higher ups of the IPC. I just don't really care much for her character. I don't connect with her, but I don't dislike her either. I want to see her and Aventurine interact more in the future, I need to know if they're friends or they hate each other's guts.

Asta

1/10

I don't like her design and I find her terribly boring. Honestly if she hadn't been the first character I E6'd I'd forget she was even in the game.

Gallagher

8/10

Real talk, I did not and still do not understand WTF this man was doing or what he was talking about. I love him dearly tho because goddamn it Hoyo we need more old men. Design wise, he's a little plain but that just works in his favorite. Also I still crack jokes about the "I'm Thirteen." line.

Guinaifen

5/10

Great design, her ult is one of my favorites. I loved her in the HouHou event and I really want to see more of her in the future. She's cute and charming.

Hook

2/10

I don't like her design and I don't really care about her as a character. Her relationship with her dad is very sweet tho.

Ice

Gepard

7/10

Biased because baby boy carried my ass from the start up until Aventurine knocked him off my main team. E3 with his signature Lightcone, the gatcha gods have pushed us together. Design wise I think he's rather dull, but he's a wonderful brother and I just want to squish his cheeks and tell him he's doing a good job.

Jingliu

4/10

One of the best designs in the game, but I feel like so much of her story was ignored in place of Blade and Dan Heng. I want more of her, I want to see her what she was like before everything went down. Give me more Jingliu lore Hoyo.

Ruan Mei

1/10

Ok, I know this is petty, and I'm sorry. I would have given her a 9/10 before I did the cat cake quest, but after seeing how she treated those precious babies (I am a massive cat person) I was just so upset. I know that's dumb, and I do enjoy that Hoyo gave us a genuinely morally gray character. I just love cats too much-

Yanqing

5/10

I have no feelings either way about him. Design is meh, story was meh. I'm open to changing my opinion in the future if we see more of him.

Herta

5/10

I love that they made her doll body look like a doll (looking at Wanderer Hoyo) but I don't care about her either way. She's middle ground.

March 7th

7/10

Sweet baby girl, I will protect you with my life. A ray of sunshine in this dark world, I'm very excited about her new alt. Side note, do you ever just have a headcanon about a character that's so strong you forget it isn't canon? For me I've been headcanoning March as a trans woman for so long I genuinely forget she's not.

Misha

7/10

Sweet baby boy I am still not over what happened to you. Adorable design, heartbreaking story. You'll never be forgotten.

Pela

8/10

I love her so dearly, I think her design is perfection. Her VA brought me to tears during her story while crying for her mother. Absolutely gut wrenching, I will defend her with my life.

Imaginary

Aventurine

10/10

I cried like a fucking bitch playing his story. I hated his guts when we first meet him at the hotel and the way I turned around was whiplash. He's wonderful and perfect and I hope to God he gets to know some form of genuine freedom one day. However this is Hoyo and I know better.

Dan Heng: Imbibitor Lunae

8/10

Easily one of my favorite designs. Slutty ass little waist I just wanna grab- anyway I think he's neat.

Dr Ratio

7/10

I don't care for his design but goddamnit if he doesn't make me cackle. I know he isn't meant to be funny but his deadpan line delivery kills me, and his interactions with Aventurine were some of the best.

Loucha

??/10

HEY HOYO WHERE DID HE GO?? TELL ME SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MAN FOR FUCKS SAKE IM SO LOST

Welt

10/10

The love I have for this old man is unhealthy and should be studied. Man made me read Impact Lore I'm down so bad and you know what else HES STILL NOT HOME JUST COME HOME IM TIRED OF LOSING TO GEPARD

Yukong

7/10

Doomed lesbians. Give her her wife back Hoyo, and don't you DARE TOUCH HER DAUGHTER

Lightning

Archeron

5/10

Great design, absolutely peak. I just don't connect with her, nothing to say either way.

Bailu

8/10

My sweet daughter, I will protect her at all costs.

Jing Yuan

9/10

I am not immune to Daddy Jing Yuan. Great design, great character and I want to see him interact with Jingliu more. Give me angst, give me feeling.

Kafka

10/10

I only picked up HSR because of her, and I still don't have her. This feels like a personal attack. Sexy as fuck, step on me, Jesus christ she is everything.

Arlan

1/10

I have no real reason I just do not like him. Design or character wise, I find him boring and uninteresting.

Serval

8/10

Hot big gay sister. She's beautiful, she's talented and she's another one on the list with a dead girlfriend. Would give my kidney just to hold her hand.

Tingyun

6/10

WHY DID THEY DO THAT TO HER????

Physical

Boothill

10/10

I would do disgusting things for this man. Might be the only character story that made me cry while reading and not playing. I'm both thrilled and terrified to see how his interactions with Aventurine go in the future. Give me more slutty, sad cyborg.

Robin

7/10

Beautiful design and she made my heartache. She loved her brother so much, but they'll never be able to recover the bond they used to have...teared up when she caught Sunday while he fell.

Argenti

8/10

I just think he's neat.

Clara

9/10

THATS MY DAUGHTER, THAT IS MY BABY. I WILL COMMIT CRIMES TO SEE HER SAFE AND HAPPY AND ALSO PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR ROBOT FATHERS NUMBER HES REALLY HOT-

Hanya

5/10

Stunning design, but I have nothing else to say about her, good or bad.

Luka

-1/10

He might be the only character I actively hate. I don't like his design and I don't like him. I'm sorry to Luka stans, I do not stand with you.

Natasha

5/10

Again, neutral on all account.

Sushang

2/10

Forgot all about her until just now.

Quantum

I give them all a 5/10

I feel 100% neutral on all of them. Sparkle gets a 2/10 tho because holy shit you didn't have to say *that* to Aventurine.

Black Swan

8/10

Everything about her design is perfection and she was just a delight to follow in game. I love her, I want to see more of her.

Blade

4/10

3 of the 4 points is just because of Dan Hang. I don't like Blade at all, unpopular opinion I know.

Bronya

5/10

Again, totally neutral. Love her earrings tho.

HuoHuo

9/10

Baby, angel, sweetest creature alive. I will do anything to make her feel safe and I will personal pick a fight with Mr. Tail for upsetting her. Also FUCK her parents, how dare they do that to their daughter.

Dan Heng

6/10

Hes neat, but I don't really care either way. Did love him with Boothill tho, that was unnecessarily funny.

Sampo

8/10

STINKY TRASH MAN FUNNY I want to hurt him.

[ac-liveblogs]

actually, you're so right about them being awful at selling that blade is insane bc like. "And you're not one of them, Jing Yuan" Blade obviously doesn't think Dan Feng's punishment was heavy enough (like okay, how bout we add one more death to ur resume by stabbing u through w spears while hanging u from chains and then SKINNING U ALIVE see how u like it) but wasn't it Jing Yuan and Caelorum Venti who argued for rebirth instead of permanent death for DF? Yet his vc abt jing yuan is Blade angsting abt jy understanding the price yet not doing anything abt it???? Deciding to NOT take a toll from jy takes WAY too much rationality from someone who's supposedly crazy

I'm still so amused by Kafka urging Blade to "GIVE INTO THE MARA!!!" to ... beat up Yanqing in his team-up with Dan Heng.

One that man has not changed in the slightest, marastruck Blade looks exactly the same as regular Blade and Two, that is a child. Go crazy, go murder... that child.

Yanqing seriously gets the snot beat out of him the most out of anyone. I swear I fight him all the time.

Blade really does read as far too rational. The fact that there's a calm meetup between all 4 of the HCQ and you, as Dan Heng, can literally go right up to him walk around him in circles and try to strike up conversation and he doesn't take a single swing is insane to me. I get Kafka's supposed to be holding the mara at bay, but ... if you don't set a visible craziness baseline then that's just going to read as Standard Issue Blade and I don't care what anyone's bio has to say about it!

On the flipside, Jing Yuan... man, they really want you to like Jing Yuan, so you know, he did nothing wrong, he's super cool, he's the most benevolent, even Blade likes him. Even though I don't care for Blade, Jing Yuan actively annoys me. Which is a shame, because his design is REALLY GOOD. i was simping for a hot minute there.

TBH, I think HSR is a bit more confident in its character writing than Genshin, so while they're willing to technically have more... morally grey? Uh, divisive? Flawed? Playable characters, they're still not willing to actually show it where it counts (e.g. Blade and Jingliu). Which .... you know, I'm not sure if that's better or not.

[hawkinasock]

TELL US ABOUT YOUR OTHER AUS (IF ABLE AND WILLING AND YOU WANT TO) ‼️‼️‼️

Tread carefully, Anon... Once I start yapping, I can't stop (jokes on you tho, I love yapping. Let's go)

I assume you mean aus for HSR specifically? I've got a lot more for genshin, but to stop myself from going on massive tangents, I'll just stick to HSR. I'll keep them all as summaries and go into more depth if there's any interest. Ok here we go:

Chimera Yanqing has kinda become my whole thing now, but I've never actually mentioned the other characters that I've also made chimera forms for. Namely Jing Yuan.

He doesn't really have any lore...? Unlike Yanqing, I was too focused on making him look pretty, which is easy because it's Jing Yuan. I'll make an update if I add anything more to his lore, cause I'd hate to just leave him unfinished forever. I do have a chimera Yunli au too, which I'll also save for another time. (Also keep in mind that he has wayyyy more fur than what I've shown. It just would've made his actual form unclear. He is very, very fluffy, canonically)

Mara-struck Yanqing (aka How the general ate the cabbage). Made a whole fic for this one, the plot is in the pudding, and by pudding I mean my ao3 lol. Instead of deflecting Jingliu's ult, Yanqing is instead killed and mara-stricken, and everything falls apart from there. Keeping it vague since it's still in progress. As of writing this, I'm three chapters in, so check it out if you're interested <3

Band au. I actually forgot about this one until I went through my list. Basically, It's a modern au where the high cloud quintet were a huge band back in ye olden days of the mid 1980s until their downfall, where the lead singer (Baiheng) is killed in an accident, triggering a series of unfortunate fates for 3 of the 4 remaining members. Jing Yuan is the only member still working in the industry and adopted Yanqing roughly 20 years after the the HCQ's fallout. One day, though, after years of no contact, Blade comes back into Jing Yuan's life, seeking refuge from law enforcement, and it all tumbles out of control from there after Jing Yuan accepts. The rest of the story would follow a very suspicious Yanqing wondering what the deal is with his dad's weird new boyfriend, and eventually reuniting the 4 remaining members (getting the band back together, as Phineas would say). There is SO much lore for this one, but it would take up this entire post to explain, so I'll probably just make it into its own post (with designs ofc). Tbh I haven't done as much work on this one as the others simply because I just don't know that much about music? Zel does though, so if I ever come back to it, I can go to him as a consultant.

Kind of an odd one, but I'm including it since it sorta counts, and I've become pretty fond of it over time. Mom Lumine au(s) Xiaother being Yanqing's dads is one of my favorite little crack aus. This au is the brainchild of imagining Yanqing as Lumine's child instead, but me as the author not enjoying xiaolumi as much. Thus, this was born. There's not really a story? Just a bunch of loosely put together concepts with multiple potential narratives that I find fun. Most of the time I default Childe as Yanqing's bio dad. In a weird way, it makes sense in my head? Yanqing resembles Lumine and uses a sword, and has that same go-getting, battle-hungry attitude as Childe, with all the knock-outs to boot. I mainly imagine chilumi as this interstellar crime duo; the Bonnie and Clyde of space, if you will. Because, honestly, if Yanqing's parents are ever to be revealed, would it not be the funniest thing for them to turn out to be criminals? I think it's hilarious, because Yanqing himself would be mortified.

Guardian Blade/Stellaron Hunter Yanqing au. These names are kinda lazy cause I usually don't make official titles for them unless their a fic, which this one happens to be. Here, Yanqing is an abomination of abundance, and as my interpretation usually goes, the only person who knows about this is Jing Yuan. Him and one other - blade, who was confided in the secret shortly after Jing Yuan had taken baby Yanqing in. Jing Yuan made Blade promise that, should the truth ever be uncovered and Jing Yuan punished, Blade is to take Yanqing and protect him. And years down the line, when the truth does finally reveal itself, Blade fulfills his promise. Theoretically, Yanqing would then join the stellaron hunters, albeit unenthusiastically. I haven't actually made any plans for that concept outside of a single one-shot. I still need to finish the actual fic first lmao.

Mara-struck Jing Yuan au. Probably the least original one I have to offer, because there's nothing particularly unique about it aside from one little twist I added that I think differentiates it, and that's that Yanqing doesn't actually kill Jing Yuan, or vice versa. Instead, Jing Yuan, in his current state, attacks everyone and everything except for Yanqing, and actually goes out of his way to keep Yanqing away from danger. The way I rationalize this (and this is me stretching the mara lore a LOT) is that Yanqing is so important to Jing Yuan that he creates a sort of blind spot to the mara when present; he is both innately precious and harbors only positive memories in Jing Yuan's mind, so in a way, he retroactively contradicts the way mara-struck!Jing Yuan would normally perceive him, seeing Yanqing as something to protect rather than attack (i hope that made any sense </3). This would probably never actually happen in canon. I just really like the idea of Jing Yuan's love for his son being so strong that it stays with him even after he's gone mad and can no longer remember what Yanqing means to him.

Progenitor au. Saved this one for last because it's been occupying my entire brain for the past few days. It's based on Dillongoo's Progenitor Albedo series, and by based, I mean it's just the same au, same universe and everything, but HSR. I won't go into the details because I'm planning to make it its own dedicated post as well, but I think its safe to say its becoming my favorite au out of all of these. I already have some designs and original lore cooked up, so hopefully I can post about it soon.

I think that's all of them? Debatable if some of these even count as aus, but who cares. I hope you enjoyed my rambles and found my ideas interesting enough to read through. I'm hoping to eventually give them some more life and make actual content with them.

Till next time <3

[blissfullyapillow]

I think you know what that means…! Another request matchup! *dun dun dun!*

Here’s some characters I WOULDN’T (yes, you heard me. There’s actually men I DON’T simp for) want to have along just the reasons behind them:

GENSHIN IMPACT:

• Bennett, Razor, Xingqiu — Nothing wrong about them. I just see them more as friends. :D

• Kazuha, Albedo — I haven’t see much of their personalities (other than Albedo liking Cyno’s jokes), so I don’t know what to think of them.

• Il Dottore, Pulcinella, Pierro — ABSOLUTELY NOT. Especially Dottore, after what he did to Collei, Wanderer and Diluc >:(

• Venti — Fun fact: He was the first Genshin character I simp for, but I move on from him due to simping for other sophisticated men like Kaeya ;)

• Aether — I used to simp for him, but ever since the Furina Story Quest, he left me with a sour impression, especially when she’s my favorite character :((

HONKAI: STAR RAIL

• Yanqing, Misha, Arlan — Same reason and Bennett and friends, I just see them as friends!

• Welt Yang — He’s too old for me ;-;

• Luka — His backstory and personality’s alright, but I personally am not fond of his design, other than his metal arm.

Now that the list is done, here’s another few things about me.

To those I’m not very fond of at first glance, I simply remain quiet and speak when spoken to. And I leave the conservation as quickly as I can, as I hate conserving with those I’m barely familiar with.

I get irritated easily. The slightest tease will irk me, and I WILL give you a disgusted look guarantee! Unless the person’s hot, then I do the same thing but get flustered when he’s not around.

I wear glasses! I don’t know if that’s important but I’ll just add that for later uses.

Embarrassing memories haunt me DAILY! Whether it’s from my childhood or just a few days ago. They will torment me and when they do, I’ll either bite my fingers HARD (NOT ‘til it bleeds) or pinch someone (like a piece of paper for example).

I’m very paranoid. Once in an hour maximum, I’ll look behind my back whether I’m in a safe environment or not.

Not sure if I already wrote that, but everything about me SCREAMS introvert!!

The solution to my bad moods are simply: bring me food. Specifically dumplings. Please.

I rarely concentrate on something for a while. Unless it’s games, shows, drawing or music.

Why party and go out when I can stay cooped up in my room and watch anime? Socializing is for people with confidence, and I ain’t one of them.

Naturally, you have the right to ignore this request but if you have the time, please grant me this wish for the fifth time 🙏

Have a good day!! <3

~Somewhat-a-tsundere-Anon~

Notes: We meet again! I always love seeing your matchup requests pop up in my inbox, request as much as you'd like <3. Also, I do apologize if you didn't like your Wriothesley matchup. When I saw your request I thought it because you hated the last one lmfao. Even if you did, that's okay! I really hope you enjoy this one though, stay safe and hydrated my lovely returning customer (>᎑<๑)/♡

What I think your relationship would sound like: Baizhu

Masterlist

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I match you with: Baizhu

Credits: @/lovnupe on pinterest

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A few chance encounters in Liyue led to your familiarity with each other, but boy did it take a long time. You two met when you stopped by Bubu Pharmacy for a medical concern. It was a pleasant encounter, but it was only when you kept coincidentally bumping into one another around Liyue that your interest in him piqued. 

It’s a relationship that develops slowly over time, but it's most certainly one of love and healing with one another. 

Baizhu picks up quickly on what makes you tick, and he’ll tease you even when you give him that disgusted look on your face. If anything, it makes him want to tease you more! He may or may not get some odd perverse pleasure from it (nothing malicious, of course, but he finds the expressions you make to be quite cute). 

If you ever leave your glasses around, or the lenses’ need a quick clean, he’ll always do so even if you don’t ask. He secretly likes when you fall asleep against him with them on, because it gives him the opportunity to tenderly slip them off your face. You’ve done the same for him quite a few times, and he loves to return the acts of kindness you give him. 

He understands your paranoid nature and he does his best to alleviate your paranoia in any way he can. Ranging from very detailed plans to frequent words of reassurance that yes, no one is following the two of you, he is very attentive to you. 

Baizhu is very doting at every opportunity he can be, since he does spend a lot of time treating people and well- being sick as a result. He feels guilty whenever you give him that concerned look of yours, but he wants to achieve the goals he’s set out for himself. 

With that being said, he is very supportive of you. He’ll subtly distract you whenever you pinch something or bite your fingers. He doesn’t judge, as we all have our habits, but he doesn’t want you to unintentionally hurt yourself. 

Baizhu has learned how to make superb dumplings solely for you. Whenever he picks up on your bad mood, expect dumplings set before you at his earliest convenience. He can be a bit busy at times, but he always finds time in his day to tend to you and communicate with you. He’ll do activities with you as often as he can, and enjoy every second of it (even if his body is secretly screaming for him to stop).

He loves it if you engage in your own activity while he does his work. He’s fond of staying inside with you, and spending time in one another’s company. Changsheng takes some time getting used to you, but eventually she warms up. She’ll even ask for you when you haven’t seen each other for awhile, but she’ll never admit that to your face. 

Overall, you two have a very close and healing relationship <3

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“Aw, feeling sleepy are we?” Baizhu muses as your head bobs down once more, only for you to abruptly snap it back up.

“No I’m not, I’m just resting my eyes…” Your mumbling is utterly adorable to Baizhu, and he can’t help but coo. 

“Understood.” His simple statement is enough to sate any retorts you’d have for him. It isn’t long before you’re fast asleep once more, your head dropping forward. 

Baizhu gently tilts your head up, positioning you to be comfortable. He smiles down at you fondly before picking up his writing utensil once more. He quickly finishes the last of his work for the night, now moving to lift you up. 

He brings you to bed, laying you down gently before tucking you in. It isn’t long before he joins you.

“I love you, and I greatly appreciate everything you do for me.” Baizhu whispers the words against the shell of your ear before pressing a lingering kiss there.

He joins you shortly after in the world of dreams, while the two of you wearing matching content smiles as you slumber in the waking world. 

Dedicated to,

☆⋆｡𖦹°‧★ somewhat a tsundere anon ⁺˚⋆｡

[suzu-by-starlight]

Stelle or Caelus? (i.e., which default do you use, regardless of what you named them?):  Stelle, preservation

First 5* Character: uhhhh gepard

Favorite 5* Character (Story/General Characterization): hermmm none

Favorite 5* Character (Combat/Play Style): fu xuan

Favorite 4* Character (Story/General Characterization): HERMMMMM qingque

Favorite 4* Character (Combat/Play Style): qingque

Existing character you haven't pulled yet but want: fu xuan

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Location) - Herta Space Station, Belobog, or Xianzhou Luofu:  luofu :D

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Story): belobog (FUK svarog though)

Favorite Character-Specific Quest: none ❤️

Character who doesn't have a quest yet, but should: we need another yanqing quest

Favorite Event: critter pick

Favorite path to choose in Simulated Universe: the hunt

Favorite boss fight (design, combat, story relevance, whatever strikes you most):  cocolia

Favorite Aeon: hm. hard to say. never really thought about this before.

Favorite non-playable NPC: mimi/snowmoon

Favorite non-romantic relationship (friends, enemies, complicated, whatever): jing yuan and yanqing. their familial dynamic is so sweet

Favorite ship (if any - canon is irrelevant here, btw, this is all vibes): aventurine/dr ratio

Plot thread you're most looking forward to seeing in the future: literally anything yanqing related. also more elio sightings or whatev

Bonus question: any other (generally positive) thought, theory, or headcanon that you've been dying to talk about, but haven't had the excuse to mention before: yanqing and jing yuan need more moments together

Honkai Star Rail questions

I spent all night last night catching up on events in Honkai Star Rail, and somehow I ended up thinking about whether I'd seen any posts like this one. I couldn't remember any, so I decided to make my own. Hopefully it will be fun for someone as we now test out our free Dr. Ratios and wait for 2.0 to arrive!

This is not a tagging sort of meme - if you play HSR and are in the mood, answer these! Feel free to explain or not explain as you see fit. Bonus points for including screenshots/pictures/art/whatever - not required, but no one ever argued with some pretty.

Note that I'm keeping this one positive, because my mood is "yay this is a fun game I'm happy it's here" and that's the general vibe I want to put out into the world!

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Stelle or Caelus? (i.e., which default do you use, regardless of what you named them?): 

First 5* Character:

Favorite 5* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 5* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Favorite 4* Character (Story/General Characterization):

Favorite 4* Character (Combat/Play Style):

Existing character you haven't pulled yet but want:

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Location) - Herta Space Station, Belobog, or Xianzhou Luofu: 

Favorite 1.0 Zone (Story):

Favorite Character-Specific Quest:

Character who doesn't have a quest yet, but should:

Favorite Event:

Favorite path to choose in Simulated Universe: 

Favorite boss fight (design, combat, story relevance, whatever strikes you most): 

Favorite Aeon:

Favorite non-playable NPC:

Favorite non-romantic relationship (friends, enemies, complicated, whatever):

Favorite ship (if any - canon is irrelevant here, btw, this is all vibes): 

Plot thread you're most looking forward to seeing in the future: 

Bonus question: any other (generally positive) thought, theory, or headcanon that you've been dying to talk about, but haven't had the excuse to mention before:

[ac-liveblogs]

Deadass first thought when I saw jing yuan and blade was "bitch, cut your bangs".

As much as I love Yanqing for trying to solo The demigod, most infamous and divisive political hot potato in his culture, AND an immortal ranked at the top of the IPC's most wanted list, AT THE SAME TIME, blade and dan heng's first encounter being them fighting /together/ wasn't a good look, given their history and dan heng canonically having nightmares abt the dude.

Then again, most of the hsr fandom probs comes from genshin, with the lack of critical thinking that entails - exhibit A, see the most popular ship for dan heng in ao3...

Also with jingliu I was like "...weren't you dead...?" Bc I, like a fool, watched the animations before playing the game, so I thought the Imbibitor Lunae transformation would be a lot cooler than it was and that Jing Yuan actually put down his mara-struck master. Knowing she's a playable character completely ruined the dramatic tension in the "A Flash" animation for me lol

I liked Jing Yuan's design but his role as 'moral upstanding always right hero guy' really started to grate on me. It was in pretty sharp contrast to Herta and Bronya as the previous 'leaders' of their worlds. Disappointing downgrade.

I mean, Blade did still stab him. That's still a thing that happened. The issue is more that him doing that ... wasn't really about Blade and Dan Heng. It was about Imbibitor Lunae.

And when you've got-

"that man [Blade] only has a killing intent toward him [Dan Heng] — even the spaceships he had traveled on were all annihilated."

-plus. You know. Blade's lore...

Based on Blade's handling in everything I've seen so far (bear in mind that I don't go to HSR's YouTube page or watch any shorts or trailers so whatever information is conveyed there is a mystery to me), I never would have guessed anything even remotely close to that level of intensity was going on with them.

Which is really like... the issue...

I don't think, necessarily, that the first fight with Blade being against Yanqing is the problem in isolation. It's that it muddies what Blade and Dan Heng's actual dynamic is. If Blade's introduction had been him, I don't know, attacking the Express to get to Dan Heng and the reason they stopped in Xianzhou was for repairs (absolute bare minimum of establishing conflict), they would've set up what's up with them and the team-up would've been less damning later on.

Just less. Still not great as Blade's first playable fight. But. Less. I assume they wanted a playable NPC Blade for that patch since he just dropped and because they also wanted DH:IL ... eh...

But because Blade is almost completely out of focus in XL, when he shows up his conflict with Dan Heng loses impact due to the team-up and his role in it is just to reveal Imbibitor Lunae and then he leaves... and the lore is 1) buried in Character Stories and 2) infodumped after the fact...

The man is utterly lost in the weeds. He's a hologram. He's off-screen. He's standing to the side while Dan Heng does cool things. He's locked in a room while Kafka and Trailblazer chat about their shared past. He's absent while Jingliu explains his history with Dan Feng to Dan Heng. He's nothing. He does nothing.

I don't even buy he's that crazy. Him or Jingliu. They can have the scary eyes in their Ultimates all they want, I don't believe it, they're both way too rational for that.

In my opinion, Blade doesn't bring anything to the table right now (like, at all, the Quintet's lore wasn't really structured in a way that makes the best use of him or his hatred for DH or... the themes of Abundance vs the Hunt... grrr).

Blade's entire situation here is. It's just bad writing. I was pulling for him because I knew he was connected to Dan Heng and he's a stupid useful support character, almost got to hard pity, and then stopped pulling because the man bored me to tears!

Then again, most of the hsr fandom probs comes from genshin, with the lack of critical thinking that entails - exhibit A, see the most popular ship for dan heng in ao3…

I'm a little surprised that you're surprised by that, given those two being popular makes sense if you're accustomed to fandom. It seems like their lore would've resulted in a lot of speculation and (depending on what's in all the lore books I haven't read or animations I haven't watched) theorycrafting, plus Dan Heng being a playable MC with a rival team counterpart (guaranteed future interactions in a main story capacity) with whom he has a dynamic, drama, a mysterious shared past...

No real shock fandom latched on. Them even being the most popular makes sense, since it's not like there's a whole lot else on that level in HSR at the moment. At least not that I've seen, and especially not with the main team (setting aside whatever's up with Welt and Luocha). Fandom loves filling in the gaps and 'fixing' things too. So. There's that.

...God, you really would've expected their dynamic to matter?? Christ a moment of silence to anyone that got invested in that what a shit payoff, I've been here for a week and I'm mad? You could completely remove Blade from this chapter and the only change you'd need is a different reason for Dan Heng to leave the Express to go to Xianzhou. My guy deserved better than this??? How come Trailblazer and Kafka get so much time and attention but Dan Heng gets shit all with his counterpart in his own chapters??? Atrocious, absolutely atrocious.

I have no idea what to think about Jingliu. The High Cloud Quintet's handling is weird. I suppose it's still better than Genshin's Adepti-obsession given 4+1/5 are playable but. Why she was brought back here, and for this, is beyond me.