#HOW ARE WE FEELING HONKAI NATION?!

[m3llowm1sh]

so 2.3 huh..

[catboyhigashi]

no way he bagged all that im gonna be sick

[anilyan]

Time to message Hoyo about the colorism...

This is the text I prepared to send to Hoyo, to their emails (genshin_cs@hoyoverse.com | support_os@hoyoverse.com), feedback, eventual surveys...

Feel free to copy paste and send this exact thing as well. Feedback is appreciated before I send anything.

Shorter version below, and imo it's better.

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Subject: [Constructive Feedback] You can and should darken the skin tone of Natlan characters

Regarding the skin color discussion started by the reveal of Natlan characters:

We fans understand that the world of Teyvat is fictional, and that the Nations and characters are informed by different real cultures that end up being mixed to create a fictional setting. But it's also undeniable that some Nations in the world of Genshin are primarily inspired by some cultures more than others, and that character traits tend to reflect the main countries the Nation they inhabit is based on.

There are no consensus amongst fans regarding how accurate outfits are, and we know very little about the Nation itself, but it's undeniable that Hoyoverse researched and put a lot of effort into designing Natlan. Which is why it's a shame that all that effort is being drowned by the obvious racism and colorism reflected in the designs.

After Sumeru, Natlan was the only chance Hoyoverse would have to prove they were not afraid of designing characters with darker skin tones. Many people had hope, and the people of some of the cultures Natlan were based on hoped to see themselves represented. Even if you do not care about representation and respecting your fans, you should care about not bastardizing all of the good things that the new nation has to offer, and having at least some characters with a darker skin tone was the bare minimum that made sense.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO FIX THIS. Darken their skin tones. Significantly. Even Chinese fans are mocking you over your decisions, you're running out of excuses.

Hoyoverse has proven capable of change and adjusting their values over time - for example, your early depiction of female characters in Honkai Impact 3rd paled in comparison with the great writing of current female characters being put out, to not call it sexist. So me and many still want to believe you can recognize your mistake and fix it. You are a company that heavily supports fan and fan works, and who constantly invests in things that have a positive impact in society, which is why many people like to support you, and why this is so disapointing to see.

Do not let this taint your legacy. Tech otakus were supposed to change the world, remember? And perpetuating colorism is not how you should do it.

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Shorter version:

Regarding the skin color discussion started by the reveal of Natlan characters:

We fans understand that the world of Teyvat is fictional, and that the Nations and characters are informed by different real cultures that are mixed to create a fictional setting.

But it's undeniable that different Nations are inspired by different cultures, and that character traits tend to reflect the main countries the Nation they inhabit is based on.

With so much clear research put into the characterization of each nation, Natlan included, it's a shame to let those efforts be drowned by designs that reflect colorist and racist views.

It would make sense to have characters with significantly darker skin tons in Natlan, and many fans hoped for that.

Hoyoverse has proven capable of change for the better - for example, your early depiction of female characters in HI3 leaned on sexism and paled in comparison with the great writing of current female characters.

There are other things that the company does right, and you can do it again. Tech otakus were supposed to change the world, remember? And perpetuating colorism is not how you should do it.

So don't let this taint your legacy. Even Chinese fans are mocking your decisions.

Darken the skin color of the Natlan characters. You still have time.

[ruumirmir]

𝘈 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘗𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘛𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴

Part I Part II

ੈ♡˳ Author's◇ note - Haha what if I pretended my shamelessly OCfied male reader was a character :))) Here's to me doing everything possible to build up my "reader" lore. Everything except actually drawing and naming him 😭 If you're curious about previous posts regarding my mans, you could skim over These!! Me when writing this: im gonna make up SO MUCH BULLSHIT about snezhnaya and the other harbingers.

𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 : ENG - Stephen Fu (Noe Archiviste from Vanitas no Carte) JP - Kento Ito (Dan Heng from Honkai Star Rail)

𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 : October 19 (Libra)

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 : Northland Bank of the Fatui

𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 : Hydro

𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 : Cygnus Venatici (The Hunting Swan)

A senior branch manager of Snezhnaya’s Northland bank. As a fatuus, he is formally well-known as the Venator Dux, who mans the Snezhnayan Order of Gold and Exchange founded by the Ninth Harbinger. He hunts in pursuit of the Tsar's vision, but his loyalties are far removed from her.

𝘝𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦-𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴

𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰 Ah, the renowned traveller, in the flesh. A visitor to each of the seven nations, while your reputation has run across the continent twice over. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. If you've heard of the Snezhnayan Order of Gold and Exchange, that'd be me who's in charge of it. I am one of the agents within Lord Regrator's primary circle of officials, so you may address me as Venator dux.

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵: 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 I've been in my respective position for over a decade now, and for the last four years, have come across choice tales surrounding your name. A big fan of your work, really! Lord Regrator has had his interest piqued for a while now... so for the sake of civilized peace and alliance, let's get along... shall we? Try not to cause any trouble and I might consider putting in a good word for you.

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵: 𝘋𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘉𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘬𝘴 A large bulk of my work is centered around days of scrawling pen over paper... but really, one can only digest hefty documents for so long. I've had my fill for many years on end-... now, I'd prefer to partake in more physical tasks.

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵: 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 I fear the new batch of rookies are growing too lax in their combat training… perhaps it was my uninspiring teaching method today. As a Venator, it simply won’t do to disappoint them. Traveller, would you help a man out and join the session today? The trainees could do with a fresh perspective on things.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴

No shelter to be seen... here's to praying that you don't catch a cold. Oh don't worry about me, I seldom get sick.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 I've always wondered how the real clap of thunder would feel in comparison to a shock of electro. Unless you want to volunteer for that, watch your step.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐𝘵 𝘚𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 Eh... I've seen it once, I've seen it a thousand times. That being said, the nights that are covered in an impossibly slow curtain of snowfall are some of the rarer times I stop to admire it.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘯 𝘐𝘴 𝘖𝘶𝘵 Finally. Some real warmth to my face. I am but a simple man, languishing like a wilted flower in the absence of our sun's blazing gaze.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵 Actually... I think I might just prefer the miserable winter cold over this.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘴 𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 What's with the aggressive breeze today? Does the Anemo archon have bills to pay?

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 Good morning. I was about to stop by the city lake on my way to the bank and feed the local geese. You can come along if you'd like. Keep your distance from Tatiana though. She bites.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯 On a slow lazy day, I'd be waking up around noon. Fortunately, the weekend is right around the corner, so I can do just that.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 Although the Northland "bank" closes to the public by evening, the building itself stays open till midnight for other classified affairs. So I may as well make the most of my break time before I'm needed again.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 Oh, I must've lost track of time. It's quite late into the night, so before I go, let me walk you back to whatever establishment you're staying at... Oh, uh- I'm... not sure I heard you correctly. You said you live... inside... a teapot...?

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘚𝘯𝘦𝘻𝘩𝘯𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 It was the very first decree of order at the hands of Lord Regrator when he came into power as a Harbinger many years ago; to inaugurate a faction dedicated to rearing the potential he painstakingly carved into the foundations of the Northland bank. It is just as the name implies. An executive body responsible for developing economic policies and providing regulation, consulting, and forecasting of socioeconomic and business development, ranging from simple roadside shops to production factories-Oh, have I lost you? Haha... don't apologize, I've seen that expression a couple times before. In simple terms: we help run the nation's cycle of mora, trade system, and citizen’s businesses.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘵 [Unlocked at Friendship Lv. 4] The title bestowed upon me, Venator Dux, signifies not just leadership but mastery over a successful hunt- or in some cases, a successful business strategy. The master hunter requires a discerning eye, a mind that can decipher the intricate patterns woven by our adversaries. Information is our ammunition, and knowledge is the silent arrow that strikes before the prey even realizes the hunt has begun.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘴: 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 Various forms of dance and song are the lifeblood of Snezhnaya’s festivals. During fall, you’ll find multiple dance troupes and clowns passing each village, town, and city to perform. I personally look forward to the dancers.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘜𝘴: 𝘓𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘺 [Unlocked at Friendship Lv. 6] Your little companion has stuck with you since day one? Truly? That is… a highly admirable trait, one that I will always stand by. Loyalty is not a mere pledge, it anticipates the unspoken desires of another; a commitment that transcends the superficial bonds of allegiance. I keep this ideal close to my heart... for only a single person.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 I was hesitant to use a delusion in the first place, so frankly, I’m glad to have been gifted this for whatever reason I was found worthy of. However… Lord Regrator harbours an uncanny dislike for my vision. It’s not something that has been brought up, but I can read between the lines.

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 You didn’t hear it from me, but I encourage the employees at the bank to keep a list of all the infuriating and rude customers. It’s to spice up all the sparring and combat practice sessions by naming and dressing up the dummies as people they’d like to kick- Ha!

𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 This wintry climate is harsh and unsustainable for various flora and fauna. The Charmomila flower doesn’t care about any of that. They’ll grow in obnoxious places if they want to. The real deal comes from the summer butterflies that feast on its nectar. After a while their wings turn a beautiful honey-yellow, which are harvested and brewed into the sweetest and most expensive nonalcoholic beverage you’ll find around here. I enjoy a glass of one semi-regularly on work mornings.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘈𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 [Unlocked at Friendship Lv. 6] He will have my sincere respect, always. Lord Regrator has built his empire up from a scratch in the dirt, something impossible to do were he a lesser man. His sacrifices of blood, sweat, and tears has bled into the policies that the bank stands on today. Money breeds imbalance and power, which in turn grants freedom and recognition if you are on the right side of the coin. Regrator is a utilizing man and he guards what’s his, zealously. He will take and take until his arms sag with the weight, and uphold his promise to give out the correct equivalents because he lets his value of fair exchange lead him like a vice. For as long as he stays true to his greed, I will be the hand that reaches forward to grasp what he desires.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘮 [Unlocked at Friendship Lv. 6] Lord Regrator expects a strict level of decorousness from everyone working under his name- from me to even the most forgotten grunts. It's nothing outrageous of course. You would only ever see the metaphorical boot-licking than a literal one. I find it a bit much sometimes but the public eye is nothing to scoff at. Especially to a man of his status. The Snezhnayan dvoryane make up more than a third of the Northland Bank's clientele- not to mention the stakes a couple of them have invested. And if there is anything that those feather-headed fools care about, it's posh theatrics. *Sigh* Still... I quite enjoy falling in step with Pantalone's politesse. He has a beautiful manner of speech that I've never been able to measure up to.

𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳: 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 [Unlocked at Friendship Lv. 6] …Why do I feel like you’re trying to fish for critical information...? Fine- I'll concede. It's your head on the line anyways. Lord Regrator is a big player in the system of underground businesses that connect Nathan and Snezhnaya. Technically it could be called a black market, but it’s mainly run by a small council of social elites from both nations. There are occasional hosted auctions, that my lord targets to buy out priceless artifacts from. I’m talking about lost pieces of history and endangered caged beasts over items with resell value. Now… with that being said, as long as this secret remains safe… so do you. It’s always me who’s dispatched to make sure it stays that way.

[iodrawsandtalks]

rhetorical.

why are nb people so casual about accepting media with racist remarks or historical erasure and then stigmatizing our reactions if we show them.

im mainly miffed rn about how we got Jade in Honkai: Star Rail rn who uses a whole ass whip and has said “slaves should be obedient to their masters”. And like where is the rage. Why is nobody mad there is a whole ass slave mistress in their big game.

Or why both honkai and genshin games continually market cultural appropriation that conveniently is no longer a problem when its black culture

i kept getting hit with the media literacy excuse like brother you need HISTORICAL literacy

Man i just want to play my games without having to put up with a monkey getting whipped, with a euphemism for a character crazy about watermelons and chickens, or even black characters having lightning/chains.

Like its not my fault im in anime circles and like that kind of content. Its not my fault that I’m born black either.

And like if we apply this to like a 10 year period there are much more examples like the little mermaid incident. I get people hate disney, their cashgrabs, and bad CGI but people were making fun of little black girls they never met because they couldnt understand why a black girl would want to see a black ariel. Why must the problem boil down to racism and why are people who have never experienced it there to dismiss it.

Or that time that final fantasy director said putting black people in the fantasy with ELVES and multi headed birds would affect historical accuracy.

Like are selfless people just rare? Can NOBODY understand societal issues they’ve never suffered? Why do people not fight racism for the sake of those who will come after us??

I’m not selfish if i get mad that some game is insensitive, i get mad on behalf of younger black people entering media spaces like me and feeling like killing themselves like i did. It never stops. And people will put their own issues above everybody else’s. I couldn’t stand using twt as a black guy bc when they find out you’re black they move you to the end of the cutting board and wait till you slip up so they have an excuse not to listen to black people. The n word isnt censored. Nazis can tell you that you should be out on the streets committing crimes like the rest of your people instead of being on twitter. Ive seen so many people look the other way when the right company inserts racism(hyv, inversely disney).

I always get told “its normal” in regards to complaints of international media perpetuating stereotypes and racism and like IT SHOULDNT BE. YOU SHOULD BE ANGRY. oh with hoyoverse honkeys its like “their game is from china and china hates black people🥺” racism is not enforced there. Racism is not enforced in any nation with a stable government. Some places enable it, but as far as I know theres no place where residents have to hit their daily slur quota. The developers are just incels. Racism makes me sick to my stomach and has my veins running hot. Ill feel ready to cut somebody or myself and you’re telling me people will downplay it and dare to say “its not a big deal”?

[herrscherofmagic]

Random Honkai thought: I wonder how many Honkai players are aware that the original Himeko (Murata Himeko, from GGZ & HI3rd) is actually Japanese.

Himeko is a Japanese name and while it might be obvious to some people, if you aren't already at least somewhat familiar w/ Japanese culture then "Himeko" might not seem like a Japanese name at first glance. (or maybe it might, idk?)

Plus I feel like it's easy to forget this kind of thing given how anime art styles tend to simplify character designs so much; it's not the same as when you look at a person acting in a live-action film where you can see physical traits that one would typical associate with a given ethnicity.

Of course, technically HSR Himeko can't be Japanese because she's not from Japan itself, and even if her homeworld was Japan-inspired it would still be a different thing; just like how Belobog on Jarilo-VI has some Eastern European influence but it's not an Eastern European country, it's a totally fictional place. So we can't say that Bronya Rand is Russian, even though Bronya Zaychik is.

But still, if we were to take HSR Himeko and represent her with a realistic art style, then she'd probably have a Japanese appearance because she'd based off of Murata Himeko- who is very explicitly from Japan, on Earth!

It's not a huge deal, but I think it's fun to look at a character's design & origins, and the nation that a person was born & raised in is obviously gonna have a big impact on who a person becomes! So I think of this as more of a fun fact rather than any essential part of HSR Himeko's character ^.^

[gachagen]

The Skirk Design controversey is more than just "She doesn't look like a warrior at all" it's about the fact that Hoyoverse will spin this tale of a powerful warrior woman who taught one of the most bloodthirsty men in the game everything he knows, and who literally came from a dark hell dimension where there's no light and happiness to be found, and then design her to look like "Short girl in pretty dress #235".

It's the lack of creativity that makes me more upset about the Skirk design than anything. She looks like every other Hoyoverse woman in existence, I feel like she's probably the most egregious example of all of the stylistic choices they take when designing specifically female characters.

And I saw the concept art, so I know there's artists in that fucking studio who know what to do and how to design, but the people in charge don't care about putting out an actually interesting character that looks unique, they just want to continue to play it safe. And there will always be people dick riding hoyoverse and saying dumb shit like "YoU GuYs ArE NeVeR SaTiSfiEd" when it's literally not too much to ask from a multi billion dollar company.

Now I have no hope for other nations like Natlan or Snezhnaya because I already know they're just going to continue to disappoint until the very end. And I can only hope other games like ZZZ don't fall into these pit traps of awful character design and that we continue to get somewhat interesting looking characters, but I don't know anymore.

I thought Honkai Star Rail had unique characters, and they've pretty much just pumped out the same exact woman in a dress the last 2 patches.

[yellowocaballero]

re: utopia, one thing that i personally find funny is that a popular CN gacha game (damning words when it comes to taking me seriously, i know) just had an arc where the antagonist was a guy following Order that wanted to put everyone into a collective hallucination where everything would be perfect (obv without the opportunity to grow as a person Ever, but well, at least everyone is Satisfied), and him being a jesus figure that would suffer for everyone's sins and be aware of the dream/control it. (man i wonder if they had a naruto rerun while writing penacony)

i really liked it, but i did not anticipate that i'd get two cakes due to my favourite writer tackling similar themes (well they do be as old as time)!!!!1!!!1 and i think that you're really good at getting your point across — you once said that writing a fic is kinda like a dialogue with yourself to you, if i'm not mistaken —, and i always have to clear my glasses after reading your works because they get covered in dried little tear dots from my eyelashes, and what im saying is that im excited to do so again. it sounds stupid. thank you for sharing your work, im incredibly excited to see you unravel the narrative knot into heartstrings. yellowocaballero going to ascend to moirahood on national tv in 2035, keep your eyes peeled, everyone!

anyway sorry for blabbering so much i hope this didn't come across as comparing (though you'd be better obviously) i just crack up every time i think that you got around to writing naruto fic when that arc dropped. the timing is great. prophets of the new age receiving a beam of light telling us about personal growth and lifted jesus allegations. if i ever see you writing fic for honkai star rail or genshin or whatever it's going to be both too soon and the greatest thing i've ever read in that fandom. stay funny (not an obligation or a threat, you can be unfunny if you want, but i don't think the universe prepared for that opportunity. it'd flop into itself like a wet tissue)

Oh, literally I downloaded Star Rail because I was interested in some of the stuff I heard about it. Played it a little and never picked it back up again. I should, I'm just awful about phone games! Not ADHD enough. Maybe I can watch a playthrough...?

I love nice life parallelism. I do think the themes of "the bad guy wants everyone to be happy" is inherently kind of interesting, because it inherently raises a lot of questions - why is he a bad guy, if he wants to be good? What about his plan makes him a bad guy instead of a good guy? What delineates a bad and good guy, anyway? How did this guy get so turned around that he thought badness was good? If handled well, it's inherently a rich character. If badly, then it's just kind of nonsensical and goes against its own messaging.

The "well, the bad guy is right, but since he kills people about it that invalidates his own point" approach is always boring and conformist, but it can be surprisingly hard to shake. I don't think Obito, Madara, and the Ame 3 are 'bad guys who are right morally but with bad methods' - I think they're good people who are so deformed by their world that a hugely destructive evil scheme is the closest they know how to come to goodness. By that logic, Obito had to be written as...deformed. Very much so. But that was what made him so interesting to explore. How do you un-deform that? Is that even possible? When we put him on the good guy team, is he genuinely a good guy who overcame his warped nature, or is he just a warped person doing good guy things? FWIW, I think a big difference between the HSR character and Obito is that what Obito can't partake of this Eden because he thinks of himself as somebody who's far too late to save (also, isn't God/Jesus all about Free Will?)(Calvinists DNI).

I don't think this story gets too sad...it's just too nuts...but, of course, you have to feel sorry for Obito. He wants to change the system that ruined him, but as the evil created by that system he still can't fully see the very important thing that he's missing. We've seen him shy away from the thought already - if only a perfect world can create good people, how the hell do you explain Naruto? As the reader, we want him to be helped. We continue reading in the hope that he will be helped. Thanks for the ask, I really should find some way to consume HSR.

[jinhsiimain]

The Magistrates Diary ♡ Entry 1

Menu - Diary - Archive Date - 23rd May 2024 - contains spoilers See end of entry for important notes !

My Journey began at 4:08 am, after loading and veryfiying. I made a Whatsapp chat to record all of this :D The intro cutscene reminded me a lot of the unknown god scene from genshin. (I apologize for the comparisons to hoyogames, that how I connect info and make it go into my brain-)

The animations are beautiful and the goddess is etheral. I picked the female rover! cuz i thought the short hair looked so cool and then i noticed she joined the rat tail gang :/

Running around was so fun and Yangyang and chixia are adorable. I almost freaked out when I first saw Baizhi, she's so pretty.

One thing I noticed almost immediately is that the dialoge is really messy (cut off, fading out ??).

But the animation when they talk is so nice, like it has variety and not just the same two Expressions for every character, it gives them more charm.

AND I found the skip button - I told myself not to abuse it tho cuz I wanna know the story and understand everything.

I love that we have an actual name in the game for now like i love rover sm.

The thing about me finding out about Echos: "Oh i unlocked echos hihi!" "no echo for me :(" "WHAT" "ECHO FOR ME?"

I absorbed the echo with my body and was SO confused.

The OST is so cool and nice to listen to. I almost exploded over their facial expressions.

THEN I FELL IN LOVE no seriously, I met Jinhsi

"MY ROMAN EMPIRE?" "SHE WANTS TO MEET ME" "like a date 🤞🤞" "jkjk" "BUT LOWKEY I'M INVESTED" "surrounded by pretty girls" "what a day to be alive"

I got invested in the story, finding out we're important to the nation and becoming friends with Chixia and Yangyang! I also slowly got used to combat, especially enjoyign the echo abilities! The turtle is super fun.

"BRO IS HAVING A DANCE PARTY"

THEEEEEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE DOUBLE JUMP - best thing that ever happened.

short environment rant before I continue!! I love the way the open world feels so far! it's amazing to see a seemingly normal open world with little oddities and familiar entities! like the enemies can be turtles, shrooms and random floaty things or stone golems. Some of the animals I saw so far were obviously birds, lizards and fish but there's also rabbits and goats running around which I find really cute.

the design of the world feels really nice too like the colors aren't like "boom in your face!" but rather bend well. Things like the villages and the huge cherry tree stand out that way and I love that so far. and it feels so peaceful and immersing?? Does that make sense??

I found out how to increase stamina and i can run up walls!!! It's amazing, as well as the dodging ability. I was playing honkai impact just hours before the release so i was already used to evasion skills hihi!!

Another thing that started bothering me is that the dialog of the main story is kind of repetitive and doesn't feel that natural (yet), but I think it's due to the localization issues kurogames had before. I'm sure It'll get better soon!

3 hours in, I got my very first 5 Star

"I actually wanted her most next to Jianxin :3" "she has those creepy ass puppets but that's exactly the stuff I like 🤞"

I planned to save my limited banner pulls for future characters bc i think the guy looks kinda goofy- "I hope jinshi is limited and available soon🫶🏻"

At 11 am I lit up the entire map except the top part :D

I got used to playing Encore, since I'm a Yanfei main I found she feels kinda similiar", and its really fun!!!!!!

Then I came up with my goals for this patch but I'm in no way pressuring myself to meet them or play because I want this game to stay fun! FUN!!!

100% the current map

finish the main quest

collect all the available sonace caskets

max / main encore

In Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail I (used to) collect all the 4 stars and i was thinking about doing that too in WuWa but I'm not sure about that yet since I actually have no pressure/desire to pull.

I continued the main story and met Jianxin, she's so cool!!

"I just noticed that all the black haired girls so far have like colored hair parts and I was thinking that it aligns with their element? but rover is spectra (currently) so idk? but also everyone kind of has elements colored hair- lemme verify that" ↳ okay so hair theory only partly fits

Every resonator has the tacet discord mark? as far as I can tell (yes genius did you pay attention?)

my team so far is Encore, rover/yangyang and baizhi and once I get jianxin I'll replace rover / yangyang probably

I fought my first "big" boss - caraspace engine zero, no death + achievement!! or rather "Trophy"!

Yangyang is a midnight ranger, like chixia, okay!!

Did some more story and got lore dumps! There's a voice inside us?

Also it's so cool that yangyang can feel stuff in the wind please do more with that!! We can read tacet discord coordinates?? Yangyang can also hear in the wind?? that ahhh so cool

I desperately want more elemental lore, it's so interesting!

We met scar - "Mr bad man Mr Scar okay he's the bad guy??" "Yangyang found a cat and vanished" "Mr bad guy is a little insane" "his eyes are freaky" "WHY DOES HE KNOW ABOUT OUR BACK STORY" "HIS NAILS ARE SO LONG FOR WHAT"

"I KNEW IT THEY'RE ALL SUSSY" "lowkey I trust him with the lore dumps but not so much with him wanting to be our friend" "he's possessive girl get a grip" (lowkey he's so flirty and hot and ngh) "okay I think he's really not lying, like I said, not friend, but a reliable source. gonna call him Mr lore!" "Jinhsi is in on it too girl what are you doing?" "So Mr lore wants equality between the resonators and normal humans?"

The story book tale is actually so cool and while I as playing i tried to understand and puzzle the pieces together! " The black lamb was their scapegoat… they sacrificed her… but there's a black goat in the back still. The flock blamed someone again after the shepherd stopped granting wishes. The village is guilty of their own greed."

It turned out that Scar wasn't the shepherd and I never suspected as such, he seems more like a black lamb himself!

Then he trapped us in his Elysium, which is an interesting ability. I don't know if you guys have the same "problem?" but I'm so fast at beating the enemies that the voicelines are too slow. I haven't even leveled the weapons and echos.

We met scars companion? The spider lily girl. Her voice is adorable and she's soo cool!!! The character designs in general are amazing.

So Yangyang is sus of scar and eventhough I'm as well, I still think he is right in some aspects and the story book like tale he told holds at least some meaning and is mostly true.

SANHUA FOLLOWED US?? I KNEW SHE WAS STILL INVOLVED!

ok so I found a diary in the quest which basically confirms what scar told me. okay done with I act III, dailies unlocked!!! I need to reach Union Level 14 to continue which was to be expected!

Im gonna spend some of my wave plates and them I'll log off for today. I feel like I got a vague understanding of the world and the mechanics so far and I really don't need to overdo it since I wanna have fun with the game going forward!!!

Details/More

Gameplay: - I don't like the camera lock on feature - puzzles so far are simple enough so I can familiarize myself with the world but interesting enough to be fun if that makes sense - mutterflies are basically seelies - found my first parallel perception cave and that's one fun game mode, I beat with with just one second over the 3 "star" mark so I did it first try!! - decryption puzzle 10/10 - Fragile block has actual physics and collapsed onto me 💯/💯 - the cooking is cool too, it's just auto cooking but at least you have a skill thingy - Theres no underground map for the qichi village cave but that's just some spoilt genshin kid nitpicking on my end

Plot holes (or i didnt pay attention properly, please correct me!!): - why do we know jianxins name? like we just started calling her master jianxin?

Archive notes: - Tacet Discords - Etheric Sea - Waveworn Phenomenon - Lament - You can't seem to collect humanoid echos - Fall Damage - Switching Characters - Midnight Rangers - Fractsidus - Voice inside Rover? - Tacet Discord or Goddess? - Yangyangs Aero Affinity

Bugs I encountered: - Dialog stuff (non visible text, diverging voice acting) - most of the npcs seem to be buggy tho like they don't properly load in? eventhough my PC supports highest graphics without stuttering or excessive loading times

End of Entry Stats: Team: Encore, Rover, Baizhi UL: 14 Wishes: (corrupted)

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[cassmouse]

Cake for Lunch - Honkai Star Rail fanfic✨

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pairings: Bronseele all the wayyyy

summary: Bronya is stressed out in her new role as Supreme Guardian, so she asks Seele to have lunch with her.

words: 1.9k

author's note: Sooo, my first fanfic on here! I love these lesbians to the moon and back so thought I'd at least try to do them some justice... 👀 This will also be on my ao3 of the same account name!

warning: This is set after the Jarilo VI storyline, so there will be spoilers for the first planet of the game!

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Bronya hadn't found it difficult to adjust to her new role as Supreme Guardian, per se. It was true that Cocolia, despite everything, had prepared her well, and she was a capable person, everyone in Belobog knew that much. But that didn't mean that she hadn't had her fair share of sleepless nights and endless anxiety on how to heal an almost broken nation. It was a lot of responsibility to put onto one person, especially when that one person knew exactly what happened to the previous Supreme Guardian, even when few other people did.

That was one of the many things she found herself turning to Seele for.

The two grew into a sort of routine after the Astral Express Crew's departure, with Bronya settling into her workload, and Seele mainly serving as an ambassador of sorts for the people of the Underworld. She also occasionally helped with keeping the peace, but didn't believe in having a proper job title, she just did whatever she saw fit to help Belobog. Bronya entirely trusted her judgement, so she just allowed it to happen. Agreeing with Seele was a lot easier than arguing with her after all, and she knew what she was doing.

Through all this, the sun continued to rise over Belobog, and while they didn't exactly feel it getting warmer just yet, hope was on the horizon.

It was on one of those sunny days that Bronya called Seele up to meet with her. This wasn't remotely unusual, it was more the timing that made Seele question things. Bronya rarely had time for anything in the middle of the day, and the two generally had to keep their meetings to late evenings. But here she was, making her way over to the Supreme Guardian in the bright, early-afternoon daylight.

"Bronya?" Seele called, voice echoing around the entrance of Qlipoth Fort, "You in here?"

"Seele," Bronya replied immediately, voice soft with that slight hint of affection that tended to creep into it whenever she spoke to the other girl, "Thank you for joining me at such late notice."

"Yeah, of course- What do you need me for, is there trouble?"

"Oh, no, it's nothing like that. Sorry, did I make you worry?"

"Uh- Kinda? It's just weird for you to ask to see me at this time."

"Well, I..."

Bronya closed her eyes for a second, as if going over the words she was about to say in her head.

"I was thinking of taking a break to eat today, and I... Wanted you to join me."

"Oh."

The two exchanged glances a little nervously, both fighting to keep their blush to a minimum.

"Yeah," Seele started, an uncharacteristically shy smile forming on her face, "Yeah, I'd love to."

Bronya returned a similar pleased expression, going to exchange a few words with the other people dotted around the grand workspace and then wandering over to join Seele.

"Where are we going, anyway?" She asked when Bronya started walking, gesturing to the other girl to follow.

"I have a place in mind."

"...Always so mysterious, huh?" Seele sighed, hurrying to catch up.

The two walked in step with each other through Belobog, Bronya confidently leading the way to a quaint little outdoor seating area to the far side of the district. It was mostly empty and had one of the old, questionably drawn wanted posters still up.

"...Haven't you taken these down?" Seele commented when she saw it.

"No, I find them a little amusing, to tell the truth," Bronya admitted, eyes following Seele's to see what she was talking about. "So I requested to keep some of them up. Gepard was certainly pleased when he heard I liked them."

Both of them giggled at this as they took a seat, Bronya visibly less tense already. This certainly didn't go unnoticed by her companion.

"What are you gonna get? Got something in mind?" Seele asked, picking up the menus which were already on the table.

"There's something specific I usually get here. A few years ago I was doing some training nearby, and came here for my food every day. They have one of the finest cakes Belobog has to offer." Seele looked up, raising an eyebrow.

"Hey, I haven't actually tried that yet."

"Cake?"

"Yeah. It's one of those things we didn't have in the Underworld, because we didn't really have the resources to make it. The people who were alive before the whole separation thing talked about it sometimes though, and I've seen pictures..." Seele gazed wistfully into the distance, remembering how Natasha would talk about the dessert, or the images of it she'd seen as a child and gotten immensely jealous of.

She paused, turning back to Bronya accusingly, "Hey, hang on, the Overworld Princess eating something unhealthy? I never thought I'd see the day. And you're not having cake for lunch, are you?" She was obviously teasing, the grin on her face no doubt giving her away. In truth, she was pretty happy that Bronya was loosening up a little, especially after all of the... Cocolia business.

"Hey, I'm on break, and am I not allowed to enjoy a treat once in a while?" Bronya shot back, a mirrored smile on her face.

When someone came over to take their order, Bronya calmly requested the cake she was talking about. Seele, realising she'd been so busy talking to Bronya that she forgot to choose something for herself, just quickly blurted, "I'll just have whatever she ordered."

"I was hoping you'd at least try it." Bronya admitted once the waiter had gone.

"Well, you seemed so excited about it, so..." Seele mumbled, suddenly not able to meet the other girl's eyes. And even now, she had too much pride to admit she absolutely wanted to try the recommended cake.

A few moments of silence passed between them. Bronya cleared her throat.

"So, what have you been doing today?"

"Um-" Seele rested her elbows on the table, grateful for the change of subject. "Mostly just helping everyone move stuff from the Underworld to the Overworld. The people who were able to find places to stay here, anyway." She sighed, now turning to look the buildings that surrounded them up and down.

"I'm... Sorry I can't do more to help them." Bronya said quietly, eyes cast down. She looked so genuine that Seele forgot to be annoyed about the Underworld not being a priority in the Guardian's eyes.

"Hey, it's okay." Seele replied eventually, shocked at her own words. She suddenly wanted so badly for Bronya to smile again. "They're getting on okay. Everyone's grateful that we can at least go up to the Overworld now, even if they can't stay there."

"Well, I'm glad then. And I promise you, as soon as I'm able, I'll turn my priorities over-"

"We don't have to talk about this now. We're having dessert lunch, remember?"

"Yeah..." Bronya looked up, her guilt leaving her a little when she saw Seele's encouraging smile. "Yes, you're right. Um, sorry."

Seele burst out laughing, "Now you're apologising! I thought you'd loosened up when you suggested the cake."

"Sorry-" Bronya said again, and then clamped a hand over her mouth. The whole ordeal just made the other girl laugh even more, suddenly grateful she got to see a side of the Supreme Guardian that barely anyone else did. And to her, the expression on Bronya's face was startlingly adorable, making Seele feel strangely giddy.

"I'm just teasing you, I'm sorry." She said once she'd stopped laughing so much.

"I shouldn't have indulged you..." Bronya muttered, feigning annoyance. But she'd missed this. Talking to Seele so freely like this, someone who wasn't constantly reminding her of permits she needed to look over or conferences she had to attend. It felt freeing. It was one of the reasons she was so keen to have lunch with her like this.

The waiter came back over with two plates of an admittedly exquisite looking slide of cake. Seele found herself forgetting entirely about... everything else when she lay eyes on it, hardly believing it was real.

"Oh my god Bronya, look at this!" She said excitedly, an almost childlike expression of awe on her face.

It was Bronya's turn to laugh then, "I knew you'd like it, isn't it excellent?"

"Yes!" Seele replied, entirely letting go of her usual demeanour, "You really weren't lying, huh?"

"I'm a little offended that you thought that was a possibility." Bronya joked, watching Seele pick up her fork and take a bite. Her face somehow lit up even more, and it took everything she had to not squeal with excitement.

"Bronya, that's incredible, you really went and ate stuff like this every day? Wow, I knew you were an Overworld Princess, but wow."

Knowing she was the one that caused Seele such happiness made Bronya's chest tighten a little in a way she wasn't entirely used to. Just watching her companion now with such an excited smile made sheer delight nestle itself inside her heart, and she was suddenly very conscious of her own expression. She'd had this dessert many times before, but Seele's reaction was contagious, and Bronya found herself grinning almost as much.

"I can't wait to tell Natasha about this. I'll definitely recommend this place to her too." Seele said once she'd calmed down a little and had a few more bites, slowly getting more used to the taste of it.

"And Hook!" She continued. "God, I won't be able to get Hook away from this stuff."

"Have you been spending a lot of time with them recently? I wish I had more time so I could see them all."

"Yeah, just this morning I spent some time with the Moles. They're having a pretty great time finding new hiding spots in Belobog, since there were so few places in Boulder Town that they started sneaking into the Fragmentum just to have more exciting games of hide and seek."

Bronya's face fell. "Oh, that's awful."

"Well-" Seele just shrugged. "Good news is, it's over now. We can't really change the past, right?"

Bronya admired this mindset. Maybe she did need to stop blaming herself for not realising how badly the people in the Underworld were treated before she became Supreme Guardian.

"Anyway, Natasha's gotten real friendly recently with that woman, what was her name... Serval! Yeah, she's cool, I like her. She asked after you the other day, by the way."

"Serval, she... Used to be friends with my mother. I've known her for a very long time."

"Wow, she's older than she looks. We should go one of her shows one day, would you wanna come with me?"

The question suddenly silenced the both of them when Seele realised what that sounded like. Did she just accidentally ask Bronya on a date? She felt the need to start denying it out loud immediately, but she'd only end up looking like a bumbling idiot. She knew that much, at least.

After a few seconds of charged silence, Bronya just smiled.

"Of course, I'd love to."

When they left and Bronya paid, the two wandered back to the Fort side by side, the air between them charged with unspoken feelings and ultimately, the happiness of enjoying cake for lunch together. Seele knew she'd be asking Bronya to do this again tomorrow.

[gnostichymns]

Welcome everyone to our first official month of our expansion and the six month mark on our group as a whole! It's been an honor to host you all so far, and to faces new and old, we are beyond grateful to have you here with us.

This is, unsurprisingly, a big month with a lot of changes. You'll notice some differences in the masterlist, so here's a quick run down on what all is new.

Our Rules and Guidelines has been updated to encompass new policies pertaining to our Honkai muses, specifically with clarifications on our canon double rulings.

Our premise, masterlist, and wanted list have all been updated to reflect our expansion.

Maximum muse slots have been increased to 3 per mun, with the ruling of no more than 2 from a single game.

Our application has changed! From now on we expect all applications to adhere to this format, which you can check out here!

And, finally, our mods page has been updated to reflect yet another big change: everyone give a warm welcome to Neffi, who has stepped up to help out with maintaining the masterlist and housekeeping!

Onto a few smaller, clarifying things:

The mission board has a new look, and is now divided between Teyvat and Sea of Quanta rather than the nations of Genshin. Going forward, a muse's nation affiliation within their own universe no longer has a play in their prompt eligibility. Instead, we will require every prompt have one participating muse from its designated game.

We'd like to remind everyone that, per our rules, relevant OOC content is allowed on the dash, but please keep it to a minimum.

And lastly, a reminder that we cannot dictate who you do or do not choose as a thread partner however with our expansion into a Hoyoverse group, the deliberate exclusion of or refusal to interact with muses from games outside of your muse's own will not be tolerated.

And our last important announcement: there will not be a Spiral Abyss event in June. Instead, we'll be trying out something completely different for an event that month, so keep your eyes peeled !!

As we continue with our expansion, we would like to hear your feedback. As always, a new form has been made for the month of May. Let us know how you're feeling!

All of that said: our new mission season Bloom is now available! Check it out here!

-Mod Alina

[txxxciii]

genshin's new trailer for a new region dropped and I feel like I want to express my thoughts here.

believe me or not, fontaine was always the region I was personally super excited for, at least ever since I started learning the history of france. it also probably has to do with the fact that the majority of characters who got me hooked, in fact, have hydro vision. so until recently, I could've only imagined what a hydro nation would look like...

so far, the region seems promising, however, there's one thing I feel like addressing. before you say anything, I played genshin before and I very much enjoy the story and its character, especially sumeru's storyline which was almost the reason I wanted to install genshin back.

with that being said, I don't approve the way hoyoverse uses historical figures for its characters... specifically – and I cannot stress this enough – commedia dell'arte. I was completely okay with tartaglia not following the original's stock traits, as it would be a nightmare to listen to a character stutter every word (although the way they pronounce his name still bugs me). I was fine with scaramouche, as they somewhat tried to keep the original's personality. signora... eh. but arlecchino. arlecchino, of all-

if I were to see this character without knowing who she is, but just knowing the fact her name originates from a commedia character, I would've assumed she'd be capitano, scaramouche, brighella, colombina... really anyone BUT arlecchino. seriously, how come the team even agreed on giving her this name? you tell me this bold, black and white woman with a cold gaze and elegancy that can kill has a codename of a silly, poor clown guy whose distinctive feature is being both socially and physically active??

I know what people might be thinking right now, "teyvat is literally a fantasy place with its own rules, no one owes you accuracy". well, what about sandrone, who had himself and his whole family be represented by puppets, and genshin's sandrone whose codename so happened to be "marionette"? what, did they actually use the source material once and called it a day?

listen, naming characters can be tough, especially in a game like genshin, where you have hundreds of different characters, all have to have unique and memorable names. but if you decide to use an existing media as your name source, please do your research to at least be aware of who you are naming your character after. it is so irritating to see a character have a name of a famous historical figure, unless that is the purpose (ex. clone high). it just frustrates me to see that the hoyo team – and I'm trying to say this with my out-most respect – does not research before finishing the process of creating a character. i'm not talking about commedia dell'arte characters only, it's also targeted towards honkai characters (ex. einstein, tesla, kafka) who get the same treatment (either that, or hoyoverse does acknowledge the real person, but decides to references them in the most stereotypical way possible. ex. schrodinger).

despite everything, I still liked how the trailer uses theaters and plays as metaphors, and how all of this (somewhat?) reference commedia, at least from what I like to believe. but sorry, I'm not just going to like a character just because they're hot. I'll just wait 'til fontaine drops and we get an alternative name for this woman because I am not calling her arlecchino.

[anacat195]

Thoughts from the Honkai Star Rail 1.2 special program:

The trailer was great! The new maps are so pretty, especially that underwater one, and so much story content! I'm ready to find out what Dan Heng's deal is. I think I spotted a statue of his dragon form. And it sounds like this is going to be the last part of the main story? At least the storytelling event description says that the crisis will be resolved. Or maybe another thing crops up after the Stellaron crisis because they teased Jingliu in Yanqing's companion quest and if she doesn't show up in this trailblaze mission there's potentially a new story there. Or will she be part of Jing Yuan's companion quest when we get it?

I am going to do the thing we all say not to do and pull for a four star. I just really like Luka! Look I do not like playing characters that consume their own hp; I just don't find it an enjoyable mechanic to manage. Kafka's cool but as f2p I have to be picky and I really want Jingliu when she becomes playable.

YEAH NEW PUZZLES! I fucking love Star Rail's puzzles.

The new boss looks very cool. Hello giant beautiful lady! No she can reduce skill points?! That's just rude. Oh and she's an Echo of War? So she's a Boss Boss. That means she's gonna be real tough.

They're giving us chat box overlays! And it applies to our text messages with characters. Cute! Always love little personalization touches.

And there's our free Yukong in Forgotten Hall that they mentioned last special program. Always enjoy double reward events like Planar Fissure and the double relic event.

I'm excited for Kafka and Yukong companion missions. I really hope Kafka's gives us more insight into what our relationship was with her before the story started and she wiped our memories.

ANOTHER GIFT OF ODYSSEY EVENT?! HSR is just spoiling us now. Genshin could never.

Ooh so curious about this Global Tea Event they teased. They keep playing up the Interastral Peace Corporation being all over the universe and I have a feeling that they are going to be one of the overarching Big Bads. Or related to it like how we found out Katherine of the Adventurer's Guild in Genshin is a series of puppets controlled by Snezhnaya to spy on other nations.

[melukonova]

hey besti, drop some answers to mis preguntas tanks

1. you or cloud has a nightmare, how does one comfort?

2. what video games to you make iwa play? is he willing?

3. favorite date with iwa-chan so far?

4. has dango read to help you sleep before?

5. zack takes you to the beach, what’s the schedule?

6. favorite spot that iwa-chan has taken you?

7. neuvillette takes you to another nation! where and why?

8. this can uh be a free space too.. okok have fun

hi wifey<3 i see we copied my idea of sending questions!!! teasing, i love these and being asked them makes me feel sm better<333

1. kurasora (sky means sora in japanese, this ship name sounds better imo if anybody is stalking this post):

for cloud, i’m assuming either he’s still recovering from trauma or that sephiroth has invaded his brain. i feel like he just could use some warmth so i would definitely hold him and tell him that no matter what happened, it was never his fault and that it’s okay to still have nightmares. i’d probably soothe him by making him some tea mostly or even just running my hands in his chocobo-like hair. for myself, cloud would also do similar except he lets his actions do the talking instead of his words so he’s definitely hold me tight — rather rare since it’s harder for him to show affection since he doesn’t want to get too attached but he’ll do his best in order to comfort.

2. iwasky:

hajime is RELUCTANT but he tries to play final fantasy with me cause i told him i’m in the game (he regrets it because he knew i am not). he ends up liking aerith because he sees me somewhat and he gets annoyed since i said he’s basically cloud with the way he acts (his amazon cart has the cosplay already in it). another game is smash bros but he likes that more cause then he can get payback against me, his main is cloud (he also regrets this for like 0.2 seconds but he likes his playstyle) since i get distract and ultimately, he wins. i tried to get him into genshin, honkai star rail, and fate grand order but he said no cause he doesn’t want to go broke for pixels.

3. iwasky:

my favorite date is probably our first date since he was flustered and probably went for the most casual thing he could think of, an amusement park to which he won me a giant gible plushie and he was able to protect me from my fear of heights. he did NOT pick this idea, tooru did and he hatecrimed tooru because i looked miserable on every ride to which tooru texted back, “it’s okay, you’re protect her, iwa-chan! 😋🫶✨‼️” the arcade was fun as well as the food. bonus if it’s disneyland because star wars land is the BEST.

4. skyheng:

i mean honestly, yes. dan heng and i definitely enjoy just being next to each other so i believe quality time is a great one. he probably works on the data bank while i sleep since i sleep so much and he ends up reading it out loud to me to check for grammatical mistakes but also since i’m curious about his adventures since leaving the luofu. i’m sure it was relaxing for the most part to speak about his adventures and just makes me wish to travel more so maybe one day we could take our own little adventure outside of my dreams<3

5. skyzak:

i feel like this was inspired by a certain conversation… but anyway! love this one AHAHAHAHAH! anyway zack is the type to not have an iternary because he’s just bouncing off the walls which who blames him?? ITS BEACH TIME!! but i digress, a beach day is definitely a fun day! (provided that costa del sol isn’t also giving monsters a vacation as well, ahem anyway…) but definitely he’d grab me and throw me into the water as soon as we got to the beach, he’d make sure it’s safe but he’s also SUCH a tease. though, he’d realize we forgot sun screen so he waits about 20 minutes before throwing me in again. we also would have a picnic on the beach honestly, the resort provides the food though. he’s like 23 at this point so he’s a bit more mature but still has that childish glow. i’d try to teach him beach volleyball too, he’s so bad unless he’s serving overhand LOL. overall, a fun day without the monsters as we play in the water, perhaps building sandcastles and teaching each other small things about ourselves :)

6. iwasky:

iwaizumi hajime does not neglect great date SPOTS. he definitely does just silly little things like errands but sometimes he’ll trick me and just take me on a long drive!! my favorite time that he did this is when he took me up high on a mountain and overlooked the whole city as well as all of the lights below. he claims it’s because i needed to get out of bed more but i know he’s dying to take me. what’s even better is that along that, there’s an observatory at the top of the mountain and there’s a planetarium since he knows i like the stars but all he sees is his star while he smiles brightly at how happy i am, looking down below.

7. neuvisky:

neuvillette definitely seems like the type to be mr. worldwide SOLELY FOR THAT FACT that the water is delicious. i believe he would want the journey to be as short as possible though for work… unfortunately. he and i are both glad he could make the time though. we’d definitely go to the new area that released!! he probably likes it because there’s so much water there so it’s similar to what he’s used to and cause it’s closer than the rest. it was a small date for the two of us but it’s definitely nice to see how much neuvillette knows everything and explain the difference between waters<33

8. obesky / skylusiné:

q: your trope with them & why?

oberon and i would definitely fit enemies to lovers because he would hate my guts and be all tsundere but it’d be cute. or even sunshine x grumpy cause he is such a bum and claims he almost ruled the world if it weren’t for ritsuka and co. (he’s my perfect mothman)

melusiné & i would have the “i hate everybody but her” and the “who did this???” tropes because she loves with all of her heart and sacrifices for those she loves. i don’t believe i could like anybody else if she wasn’t there to fill me with the joy that she does every time i open fgo… i know miss dragon would lose herself if somebody were to hurt me though — she gets protective and possessive easily.

[maiosx]

someone told me I was antifa one day and I was like “no I’m a marxist pacifist” - in my mind, I haven’t used any resources other than the ones made by Apple and internet providers, and when I see people being accused of causing other people’s downfall, like by saying I’m “antifa” I think, no this person is also a marxist pacifist like me. People don’t know the words bc they never played geometry wars, which puts a single player to jump across pools to save themselves from the enemies outside of them. This is called emigration in real life and all nations are capable of having it, in all languages. Art is the primary language bc we can all decipher it in our own words. But constantly assuming other people aren’t able to design things within their own countries is wrong too, bc I am not adept in any other languages besides CSS, a bit of C, know how to use terminals and I don’t speak my primary language, though if I picked a different one it wouldn’t matter bc CSS is not region based, the difference is will power and what you search of in your environment or what was made in your language and if you got the education to learn others languages but in coding there are no secrets in the language so nobody is advantageous through racism, just pure imagination. So with that being said, I’d like to know why I’m being offended by archillect if I have done nothing wrong but provide solutions to escape ecosystems for years and tried to maintain the one Apple gave us with the rest of the creators.. if you feel that the corporations are at fault for what happened in turkey, don’t blame us, they were building things without permits and had a bad president that allowed anybody there to destroy what they had built, and then I believe they were targeted by the hadron collider or darpa to make earthquakes happen there bc Eliza told me turkey is the center of the earth and the dark governments in the world want to use it to create tsunamis and cause other nations to fall if they attack whoever controls turkey or their nations.. which is why I said in the future, Turkey will be one of the super powers languages and wrote my anti slavery piece there saying we are each others freedom and slavery but you have to imagine a way out, even if you are a nationalist, remember computers code speak universally. Like Einstein said, imagination is more important than knowledge. So idk if you want to live in a world where everything is decentralized or where you can easily find what you want, but I’m not easily destructible, I have like thousands of vitality given to me by the experiences of marketing and the people at hololive covering songs that understood the storms by ai. I have seen people fall, and if you blame it on others languages that is false, it was loyalty to Japanese idols and if Turkey had idols it would have been them too but under bad government leadership not everything can exist. Japan has earthquakes all the time, it didn’t stop them from creating hololive or honkai impact as well all in a computer language. And the idols played games in other languages too.

[aboldone4]

Honkai Star Rail 1.4 spoilers

I super agree with OP on this point.

To further add to the USA parallels, the IPC also basically tried to buy a nation (Belobog) like how the USA “bought” the Philippines from Spain for 20 million dollars in 1898. I know what I’m talking about because they taught us about that in history class way back in grade school in the PH.

Some of my own thoughts as well:

I find it worrying how many people who played this quest or who play star rail in general think that the IPC is a “necessary evil.” That’s probably what the billion dollar corporation Hoyoverse wants you to take away from the game, but this idea that they’re the only ones who can help a group native to a certain area “develop” — based on standards of development imposed upon the group by the outsiders — is rhetoric used by colonizers IRL as well. Going back to the USA, they viewed their colonization of the Philippines as some kind of “benevolent assimilation.”

There are also people who’re like: why do you guys hate the IPC and Topaz but not the Stellaron Hunters or the Antimatter Legion? First, I think the Stellaron Hunters are cool for ruining an auction since I don’t really like those things due to how materialistic they make us. Also, their goals along with the Antimatter Legion’s goals are more abstract.

Individuals IRL have to deal with corporations and their BS regularly, while thieves/terrorists controlled by a guy who can see the future, and a faction full of people who just want to destroy everything, aren’t things we experience every day.

Now, I’m not saying it’s never okay to show evils that hit closer to home, but it felt like Hoyoverse was trying to justify the stances of people complicit in the actions of terrible corporations via Topaz.

And may I just say that the inherent idea of a corporation just feels evil to me, and not necessary.

I don’t hate Topaz, and while I’d like to think that it’s because of her seeming sympathetic, it’s really just because of pretty privilege and Numby. Also she’s voiced by someone who’s part Filipino in the EN dub so yeah.

I’m aware that I might not be too charitable in my interpretation of Hoyo’s intentions with the 1.4 quest, but man am I not inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt after the stuff they pulled with the Sumeru designs in Genshin and the racism of Paimon.

Also, I’m kinda worried about how Star Rail is gonna deal with these themes later on, especially with censorship from the CCP.

I still enjoy the game, but I think it’d be good to more critically look at everything Hoyoverse does from here.

Between this and the subtle-as-a-brick support of cryptocurrency through Hertareum and stuff with Herta, things are looking kinda bleak.

just finished the Jarilo-VI - future market quest and I was thinking

the IPC is basically the USA in space. if you don't agree with their system they'll show you some of their "democracy" (with their army)