#2.4 spoilers

[ferretzoid]

He gently pats your hand.

[fishareglorious]

oh they're in each others colors im going to be SICKKKKKK

[vingler-mirror]

I think Bluepoch just broke me. They're. They're actually wearing each other's colors...

And is it just me or are Kakania's new voice lines really match with Isolde's??

Also they're sneaking this text in Kakania's garment trailer. Bluepoch think they're so slick.

Yeah. Kakania you burdened soul, for whom huh?

[samudrarthaa]

not dan heng completely shattering my heart into a million crying pieces

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

Just declare your everlasting love to me or whatever that's less gay

[anonymocha]

my experiments featuring @lonelymoonbeams terrified mesmer

[lowkeyren]

slight 2.4 cutscene spoilers

dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently pats your hand dan heng gently—

WHAT ARE WE BRO WHAT ARE WE????

k i giggled. so what.

[chadchadsonthesnail]

JIAOQIU YOU BE NICE TO YOURSELF-

[finisnihil]

I finished the 2.4 quest. Holy shit. Spoilers under cut

I'm honestly hopeful that Luocha and Jingliu will appear in the next part of the quest. There was a lot of invoking of Jingliu.

Feixiao tells Yukong that Jingliu has reappeared with a coffin and an outworlder in tow (I'm telling you guys he's her little purse dog)

Xueyi then brings up Jingliu again and one of the requirements of visiting Hoolay is to not bring up her name.

Jiaoqiu stalls for time by telling Hoolay that Jingliu is back and Hoolay makes the objectively bad decision of delaying to seek her out because of it.

Last we checked Jing Yuan said he was sending Jingliu and Luocha to the Yuque before the Xuling. Whether they're still on the Luofu is a mystery as of now but they very well could be still waiting to be escorted over. Jing Yuan also said the Seer Strategist is interested in the case, so maybe they'll utilize Luocha and Jingliu to help with this situation. Who knows. I'm just hopeful that with the amount of emphasis on Jingliu we'll get to see them again.

[ihaveforgortoomany]

Rambling about information given by 2.5 (in relation to Manus) (CN Spoilers)

I think it is safe to say 2.5 has aligned enough pieces to speculate the next major players and events since 2.0 has between leading to.

Again, CN spoilers for 2.3,2.4,2.5 (more of the last two since 2.3 is very much removed from main story stuff until confirmed otherwise.

Alr at the end of 2.5 Beryl (Matilda's mother oh my god her voice reveal was not in my bingo card lmao) and Black Ibis, a member of the Vigil confirm the Manu have been hunting five objects likely to reincarnate/ resurrect Arcana ( I lean towards the reincarnation since shes referred to in 2.2 as "Mother of Reincarnation". Currently the only confirmed and known objects the Manus were hunting was Nala/ the toy robot and the cursed film from 2.5. Both item have been destroyed in 2.2 and 2.5 respectively, but Black Ibis they don't necessarily need all five of these items the Manus truly needs to complete the ritual.

My current speculation on the last three is this: Arcana's ashes obtained by Igor in 2.5, because ofc you probably would need something of Arcana to revive her, one item is unaccounted for - potentially my guess is whatever ritual Ms Grace had performed in 2.4, though I cannot remember exactly what it was in relation to Fatutu's people or if she was successful. I believe one of the items/ someone might be Urd.

We know in 2.2 the objective was to obtain the robot toy and Urd, as of 2.5 we now know why exactly the Manus wanted the robot toy/ Nala, but truly we don't know why specifically Urd. From Igor it sounds like someone extremely special to change the fate of everyone, and since she seemingly able to retain in a certain way her identity via the typerwriter/ manuscripts and Memoirs.

Sophia in 2.2 confirms one of the things the Manus plan to do in Antractica (other than chill with penguins COUGH) is to artifically start a Storm instead of accelerating one. 2.2 also has confirmed that reversed people can undergo a form of reincarnation, Karson in a sense is reincarnated into Karson, and this goes for Bonette and Tuesday as well. The properties of the Storm reverse one era and can turn an area to a previous era (for example Vienna is reversed in 1914, then in Semmelweis's anecdote it is seemingly becomes a later era of Vienna, kinda like jumping between different safe files).

One of my original speculations was that Urd in some way created the Storm, or her actions led to its creation: the Foundation potentially had created the Storm, she is potentially a member of the White Marble House and potentially her blindness might have been the result of it. Her creating the Storm might explain Vertin's immunity. Im still keeping this theory until information says otherwise.

New theory - The Manus will use the Storm + Urd to revive Arcana, potentially have Arcana reincarnate into Urd, and potentially be able to create Storms without having to find a prexisting event to accelerate into the Storm. The current relation or similarilty between the cursed film and the robot toy is the way they could house things, desires and even people. The Manus need something to house Arcana since technically her body has been reduced to ashes, so what if the five items are multiple ways Manus have been attempting to find a place to store Arcana's soul or remains to revive her?

Arcana in the way people describe her in 2.2 is almost like a hive mind, THEY is usually used in relation to Arcana if not the Sufferer. It is also speculated Arcana might even be an Awakened, and working on that logic the ashes are the actual current state of her (like the piston of Lucy, Ulrich's ferrorliquid, and Loggerhead's film) , and they all need a body of sorts to move around and such, so what if the five items and/ or Urd is the body needed to fully bring back Arcana?

Moving all reinforcements and supplies to Antarctica, maybe as a means to construct a stronghold of sorts since they probably know the Foundation catching any wind of this would immediately want to prevent it at all costs. The Manus creating a stronghold to ensure they can trigger the Storm + Arcana's revival successfully.

Final bit for this speculation: why didn't Igor take Vertin in 2.2? Arcan has made it explicit she wants Vertin, but so far no attempts have been made by anyone to actually take her, instead its Urd and Nala. Maybe currently it is only something known to Arcana, and not to the likes of Sophia and Igor, maybe even Forget Me Not. Maybe Arcana already knows Vertin will continue to hunt down Urd and once shes revived she will attempt to get her again.

(Alr thats pretty much it, god 2.6 is gonna be wild, still havent figured out to do 2.2 theories, god)

[tumblezwei]

there is RWBY (+ Penny) everywhere for those with eyes to see

[cheemken]

I'm gonna be so damn annoying once this drops I'm so sorry but I've waited long enough😭

[fishareglorious]

2.4 TRAILER IS FUCKING HERE HELLO HELLO HELOO

[haysaca]

I know everyone's gushing about Kakania's new skin and how it parallels Isolde's but I personally love Mercuria's because it just reminds me of Robin from hsr like

DO YOU SEE MY VISION

She's also just really pretty in general I can't believe this is just a jukebox skin, I kinda regret not pulling her 😭

[aystoria]

feixiao is basically asking me to pull her with that wink

[vryivs]

time for the hsr update liveblog

im gonna sob. jing yuan is such a Dad. yanqing is such a Son

thinking so much about yanqing being forced to act older than his age but getting to let loose and actually be a kid when it comes to the things hes interested in

i love him

"miss march" LOOK AT MY POLITE SON!!! LOOK AT HIM!!!!!!

save my son from bureaucracy. and also from my daughter

ok why does huaiyan have and old man model when its canon that xianzhou natives dont physically age

hes old enough to be blades master so hes not an outworlder. what gives

he talks like a man who's had to spend extended time listening to the ramblings of a toddler and now is fazed by nothing

fu hua please give these old men a break

the fact yanqing looks to jing yuan to answer questions... oh baby

also jing yuan is so proud of him its so cute

hes so polite. even though she stole yanzhuo

oh yunli is an ASSHOLE

'you lost your sword because you were unfocused and now you have to fight me to get it back instead of expecting me to hand it over'

lmao the dad voice came out

i really like how its clear that yanqing is a lot more even tempered now. he only even entertains the idea of fighting yunli when she directly challenges him (after insulting him too!)

and when jing yuan warns him he immediately steps back

baby's first diplomatic mission

yunli darling i think yanzhuo is scared because it was possessed by a demon, not because yanqing is mean

this is so sweet. he really is jing yuans son

and remembering blades comment that jing yuan was a hothead as a kid. oh man. the parallels. oh boy

ok im not crazy. thank god

JING YUAN LORE

man it must be crazy for huaiyan to see this rebellious kid who became a knight against his parents wishes eventually succeed teng xiao and grow into one of the best generals the xianzhou has seen

i am ignoring the death flags yet again

hes so sincere its adorable

ok bestie cool it down. you have bigger fish to fry

I AM IGNORING THE DEATH FLAGS

jing yuan you cant die. he will be orphaned AGAIN

i dont know if he can take that

the parallel of jing yuan being told hes overthinking things by huaiyan and yanqing overthinking jing yuan

he is literally jing yuans mini me its so cute

yanqing, dan heng and jing yuan all sharing the same thoughts. i love their dynamic. they are the understanderrrrrs

MISTER DAN HENG

sobs

man yanqing is too young to be implicated in political intri-

hang on. if the abundance yanqing theory is true its gonna look real bad on jing yuan for looking after him. and like. that would be the ideal twist for this

but its only a continuance its fine nothing too important will happen

i hope

YANQING STEPPING IN TO PROTECT LINGSHA HES SO CUTE

hes good boy. jing yuan raised him well

this is maybe the first praise he's had to his face like. ever

at least in the entire game

well now we know why jing yuan was so uneasy

huaiyan's remark was so pointed jesus.

im curious to see where they'll go with this because i bet jy feels guilty as all hell

yes yunli thats what trauma does. and adding to it by insulting him and confiscating his property will totally help

she is so. 13. this is a 13yo

its striking me that yunli is everything yanqing haters claim that he is

i really hope yunli gets some character development. i can see all the yanqing stans realising this ^ and talking smack about her.

btw. dont do that. thats my 13yo edgy emo daughter

FEIXIAO IS SO HOT

well. i guess i do need a wind dps

oh my god shes so hot. oh my god

hes so excited to see her this is so cute

hey. she. she kinda looks like kiana. now that i think about it. with her hair like that and the blue eyes

ok its fine they dont share a va. false alarm. no kiana yet

bur GOD does she make me nostalgic for the og

kiana would absolutely say this

acheron come get your girl

DIPLOMACY KING!!!!

fearing how westerners will react to him being ticked off by yunli because they dont understance face

every girlboss must have her malewife

this warms my heart

she really is kaslana coded