#More yanqing rants

[taco-drinking-bleach]

Yk there is a common saying that dying is easier then living in heart ship, also the saying "Suffering, not because they are fated to die, but doomed to suffer". And I would agree that these sayings hold grounds in many characters. One character (I have a few, but my tumblr is under Yanqing's vice grip so he gets talked about), Is Yanqing. I have talked in a past post about how Yanqing is most likely gonna go through something hard very soon. Fighting his dad, taking responsibilities that he isn't ready for and having no other choice, etc. I think that he might be doomed to live, Like his father/blade/the cloud Tro. History rhymes is something we can agree about so is the abundance. both somethings so close to Yanqing and the past, something distinctly so close to living no matter the cost. Living longer then what should be possible, what is reasonable, what is humane. I mean, I am sure without a doubt he will grow and change, he is a very good character and he has shown changes. But just because you are the best you, you could ever be, doesn't make you not suffer. Suffering is innate and close to Yanqing it seems. What I mean to get at is, he will live, he will go forward, he will strive for tomorrow. But when all comes crashing down and walking makes you remember the weight that wears you down, he will keep going. For this is the only path for him. There is nowhere to lean, there is no quitting, and his pride, so frail but never fickle in its existence, will not let him lay down until its over.

[aria0fgold]

I just realized how fitting my pfp in hsr is to my current du title.

Eepy Yanqing... it really is a farewell to the sun and more like a greeting to the moon.

Also, my in-game profile itself feels so peaceful cuz of the combination of those two things now.

[fuxuannie]

Hi sage!! I hope you're doing well<33 do you mind doing jealousy headcanons for dan heng, jing yuan and any other characters you chose?? Thank you 🤍🤍 you're keeping the hsr x reader tag alive 😭

* pairing(s) : various hsr men (4, again) x gender neutral reader

* prompt : jealousy bites like you like a poisonous snake, the bite hurts, but its the venom that gets you.

* authors note : hi anon !!! (๑´ㅂ`๑) thank you for requesting, you're so sweet for the last msg omg tysm <3 i hope u enjoy !

* brief warning : blade kills a man, very blade of him. (his is also more of a joke im sorry blade lovers) ALSO THIS PROGRESSIVELY GETS SHORTER EACH CHARACTER, I JUST REALLY LIKE DAN HENG IM SORRY LMAO.

DAN HENG can't hide the way his eye twitches, how tightly he grips onto his spear or the way he'd mutter things under his breath. He despises it when he's jealous, but he hates it more when he sees the reason for doing so.

He knows he's.. not exactly like all your previous partners, it stemmed an insecurity in him. He wasn't all too funny, and knew he couldn't make you laugh with a corny joke.

So the way Sampo keeps making you laugh, making you smile, it was sparking a jealous flame in his heart. But more than anything, it saddened him that he couldn't make you laugh like that.

God, your smile was so pretty.

After a while, he interlocks his fingers with yours and mutters a small 'Can we go?' to you. You immediately notice his saddened tone, and thank Sampo for his time before walking home with your boyfriend.

"Dan Heng?" You say softly, noticing his rather saddened mood. He lets out a small hum to acknowledge your call for him, and you sigh. "Are you upset?"

He nods his head.

"Is it.. because of Sampo?"

He hesitates, but that alone gives you an answer.

Dan Heng takes a deep breath, before looking at you, his eyes filled with honesty. "I was.. jealous. I know I can't make you laugh the way he does, and it frustrates me. I want to be a man who makes you smile everyday but-"

Amidst his rant, he sees how your gaze softened at his words. This entire time, he was insecure? He hid it well, so well, at the very least from you. "I'm sorry, this is stupid-"

"N-no! It's not, I should be apologizing if anything! I failed to realize these things.. I'm sorry, my love. Sampo.. he makes me laugh, but you make my heart flutter. You make me feel things no one else can, okay? I'm yours, as you are mine."

He smiles at you, he's just happy he communicated his feelings, and you understood. "I'll be sure to try and tell you how I feel next time, okay? As long as you promise you'll stop hanging out with him. I was honestly afraid I was gonna have to get rid of him."

You blinked a few times, but he sighs. "I'm kiddinngg.."

JING YUAN knows he's far too good of a man, therefore doesn't get jealous.

He's yet to be disproven in the first part, but his golden eyes are filled with annoyance as the stares of a certain enemy of his lingers far too long on you.

You were filling in for Yanqing, he was absent for the day (something about falling into an ice cold river and getting sick or something...) and so someone needed to be there as the General would be meeting Blade.

And Jing Yuan couldn't ignore how Blade's eyes never left your form while he spoke, hanging your head down low and so you wouldn't notice. That made him greatly annoyed, almost unable to focus, but he had a mission at hand. And so he forced his jealousy to subside.

Needless to say, the small marks on your neck was embarassing to have seen in public. (And the small bird constantly pecking at Blade's hair was definitely also not Jing Yuans doing.)

GEPARD is so understanding, he evaluates every situation with logical thinking, as expected as a leader.

So it wasn't hard to figure out the intentions of the 'friend' that was speaking to you, how their voice was almost sweeter, and the way they clinged onto your arm was signalling red flags.

Gepard wouldn't have minded this, it could've easily been friendly gestures, but Serval is one of your closest friends and you were within a friendgroup. And she knows that person has a crush on you, and it was painfully obvious.

So naturally, he swiftly and surpisingly gently pulls you from the waist out of their grasp especially with how firm his grip around you was. He gives them a not so friendly glare, and plants a soft kiss to your lips. "My partner." He states, pulling you close as you're left to be stunned with the sudden posessiveness of your partner. "Mine."

Blade simply stares down at the person even attempting to approach you with clearly bad intentions. And if they dare to try to push their luck, Blade comes home with blood on his hands.

"What did you do??" You'd ask, you already knew the answer after already learning what Blade was truly like. "What was necessary." He replied, a kiss on your cheek as he walks in through the door to wash his hands.

[aeonstale]

ㅤ WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A GENERAL'S CHILD .ᐟ

pairings; jing yuan x plantonic!child reader.

content warning; mention of depression ✘ child neglect, angst ✘ hurt/comfort ✘ alcohol ✘ gn reader ✘ 2.8k wc. thank you @mikashisus for proofreading!

syn. being the child of an esteemed general was harder than it seemed. especially being one of a general who was heartbroken. will time fix your relationship? you could never say, but a part of you hoped it will.

All on the Luofu know of the general Jing yuan. One of the seven Arbiter-Generals of the Xianzhou Alliance. An esteemed individual who proved time and time again his worth. But none knew of the family he had built behind doors. 

Your mother was a straightforward lady. The type to get what she wanted with no efforts needed, so it was no surprise she managed to charm the lazy general after he had caught her eye. Their love story was almost one sided. Jing yuan was enamored with her, finding her intelligence and personality to be beautiful features of hers. Yet, your mother’s feelings weren’t mutual. 

She wouldn’t deny he was a wonderful partner and knew he would be an even greater father, but her heart was never with him. Their love story ended the moment it started. She was driven with guilt every day. Reminiscing how she had charmed him and never properly broke ties with him. The guilt that ate her alive worsened when you came into the picture. 

Selfish as it was, she was thankful you looked more like her than the general. 

But for your sake, she endured. Swallowing her feelings down, feigning ignorance at the lump that choked her each time you would call out to your father. 

Finally, one day she could no longer pretend. She fled, leaving behind a three sentence letter for your father to read. 

The general was devastated. Yet another one of his beloved left him. He judged every one of his past acts, trying—clawing at his memories to find one moment where he stepped over the line. Yet no matter how far he looked, he could only drown in self loathing. 

That was when you came into the room. 

The blessing that your mother was grateful for, was a curse to your grieving father. 

You looked like her. Down to the shine in your eyes as you called out to him, a plushie resembling Mimi held tight against your chest. You were oblivious to the storm raging inside of the man. He turned his gaze away from yours and in a low voice, asked you to return to bed. He wasn’t ready to confront you. 

And it will be his cowardly self that will quake the bond you shared. 

He drowned himself in work, a feat that raised suspicion on his well being. Jing yuan was aware you didn’t deserve such treatment, but he couldn’t do anything else but ignore you. whenever you asked about your mother’s whereabouts, he would bite his tongue. 

The news of her leaving was given to you by the mouth of another. The comfort you sought was given by the arms of another. The father you begged to return was hidden away by the heartbroken general. 

But you grew. 

You grew to look more and more like your mother. And the more her features settled in, the further a distance was built between you and Jing yuan. 

You commend him for trying to repair what he once broke, but no one could extinguish the fire that burned with hatred. Even more so after Jing yuan picked up the stray Yanqing. Providing him with the fatherly love you were deprived of. Giving him his attention when he never gazed at you. 

Seeing him care for him as a son. 

When you were his blood.

Unfortunately, you could not bring yourself to hate the young boy. Say what you will, but he wasn’t at fault for an adult’s mistake. The two of you grew close, and he noticed the awkward tension between you and the general. 

He tried to bring back what was burned to ashes. 

That was when the video diary started. 

Yanqing was persistent. Somehow he managed to convince you to empty all your frustration and anger on a video. Ranting and cussing the general out. You were reluctant at first. How can this help? 

You doubt talking to a camera lens would do you any good, but you humoured the young boy. 

The first entry was awkward. It was obvious you had never done this before. By the third, you became more relaxed. You talked of your day, how horribly awkward a cloud knight gave you a birthday present on behalf of your father. 

(You sat at your desk, the camera aimed at you while you went off ;″ scoff, get this. My birthday was today, and I expected it to go well! Go out with friends, eat and celebrate, right?″, you asked the lens, ″ Well the general had other plans, because tell me why a knight came out of nowhere and delivered my supposed gift? At this point I saw him more times than I did with my actual father. He might as well adopt me.″ You crossed your arms, gaze lost somewhere.

 You mulled over your thoughts, a familiar lump forming in your throat. ″ What is it that made him so keen on ignoring me? What because my mother left him? I’m still here.″ Your voice cracked. You tried reining your emotions back in. But the stinging in your eyes was hard to ignore. ″ Whatever.″ and the recording ended. )

The method was healing in some way. All the anger that ate at your mind, all the emotions you didn’t know where to put finally had a place.

It was rejuvenating. 

Maybe it was the calm of your mind that pushed you to do one last video. One last moment in your room before you went looking for your mother. 

And when the scene was cut, you took one last look. 

Whether you will miss it or not, that all depends on the future. But for now, you wanted to leave it behind. It was time for you to close this book and start a new one. 

Five times. 

( That was the number of times someone he held dearly walked out of his life. Five times he was at his lowest but forced himself to act as though all was fine. And as the stillness of his home met him, Jing yuan knew it ringed the sixth. 

His steps heavy, his heart beating harshly against his ribcage. Tearing open a new wound, one he swore would push him to become mara struck. With trembling hands, he pushed the door to your room open.

Jing yuan was met with the consequences of his actions. )

You reunited with your mother on Penacony. She was the most radiant woman you saw. Her brightness seemed to have been fueled even more after she left. On her arm was a man, dressed formally with a small child in his arms. You guessed she remade her life after she left. 

You didn’t want to interrupt the moment, so you lingered nearby. It would be considered lying if you denied the hurt you felt at the sight of the happy family. But you weren’t here to ask her to form a family again, just fix the link you once shared. 

And so you waited. And waited. And before long, it had been three years since you landed in Penacony. Yet, not once have you initiated any contact with your mother. What was it? Fear of rejection? Or was the bittersweet moment between her family a reminder of what could have been? What should have been? 

During your stay, you began to wonder who was truly at fault. Was it you? Or perhaps Jing yuan? Or was your mother the one in the wrong all this time?

With a heavy heart, you approached her. Concealing your true identity, you became her friend. You asked her about life, about love, about failed projects. And it was one night, when you both were drinking (she convinced you to drink non-alcohol despite you being hundreds of years old.) Her drunk self quickly admitted to her wrongs, to her feelings. 

(″ I had a child and a husband. Before the current ones. ″ your mother spoke in a melancholic tone. ″ They should be around your age by now. I,..I wasn’t the best mother to them. I was selfish and only thought of myself. I left them behind. Was there for their first day at school, wasn’t there for their first heartbreak. I wasn’t there. And I,″ her lips began to tremble as did your hands. ″I regret breaking the heart of a wonderful man.″ she sobs, the grasp she had on the glass tightening,

″ He was so so wonderful, but I was young and scared of commitment. I broke his heart and just left. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hated me. Gosh,″ she tried to wipe the onslaught of tears but to no avail. The dam was broken. ″It must have been hard, having to juggle between being a parent, a broken man and a general. If only I hadn’t been so dumb.″ You don't remember how you got home that night. Only the still tears and the stains on your pillows being the reminder of reality.)

While sulking in your own sorrows, you met the Astral Express. They were a much needed breath of fresh air. Their comedic and energized selves was something you missed having in your life (you wonder how Yanqing is doing?). 

You proudly deemed them the happiest moments of your life. 

(The room was pristine. The same state it was after you left. Jing yuan made sure to clean it each time. He hoped that once you returned, you would smile up at him for his help in taking care of it. Just as you did when you were a young little child. 

The general was at the desk, much smaller than his build. His eyes focused on the video playing. He listened to your voice. He listened to your complaints. As the next video rolled by, he could only wonder. 

What overcame him that pushed him to become such a failure? If his mentor saw him now, she would have knocked some sense into him, or beat him up until not even Lan could help. 

Jing yuan misses you.)

Once you met back with Welt and Himeko, the one who you least expected to see again was there, his back given to you. You had half a mind to run away and hide somewhere else, but the tight grip March had on you locked you in place. (You ignored how your heart tugged at the haggard sight of him. He who loved sleeping in the sun like a big cat, looked as though he hadn’t slept in years.). 

Your reunion was awkward. 

″ Well, would you look at that? Here comes the big heroes—″. 

Silence. 

And then, a call of your name. 

You couldn’t take it any more. You made out some sort of excuse and ran. Just like you did all those years. It was the one thing you pride yourself in. The calls to your name fell deaf on your ears. All your mind could conjure was to get away. 

Why was he here? Was he looking for you? No, he wouldn’t waste time with a senseless matter such as your whereabouts. But,..what if he was looking for you?

Your running skid to a stop. And what if he was? What should you feel about it? Happiness, anger or nothing? When did it become so complicated to know how to feel? 

He was a father who neglected you. But he was also a father who cared somehow. You weren’t a fool, you saw how hesitant he was to talk to you, the attempts at reconciliation. To mend your relationship. But he was a coward, he never dared to take the leap. 

He was still wrong for the neglect. 

But do you have the heart to forgive him? Do you have the want for a new bond? To mend the broken and shape it into a new future?  

You don’t know. 

But it seemed as though Jing yuan took the leap this time. The heavy steps of his were easily recognisable. ″ I,..May we have a moment? ″ Should you?

The look of hurt, familiarity and guilt swirled in his amber eyes. Maybe you should. 

″ I know a place where we could talk. ″

The walk was agonizingly awkward. You had to steel yourself so as to not run away. Time had created an obvious gap between you both. Not knowing how to act, not knowing what the other liked. Not knowing about the other. You might as well be strangers. 

The sight of the bar owned by Siobhan washed away the tension on your shoulders. 

″ We arrived. ″ turning around to meet his gaze, you found it was already on you. Coughing, you walked ahead. Trying to ignore the soft expression he wore. Trying to ignore how guilt swirled in his eyes, trying to ignore how he looked at you as a father would. 

″ There will be much to talk about, but let me start. Please? ″ you flinched.

You didn’t expect him to talk first, busy preparing yourself for another hour of silence and uncomfortable small talk. ″ let’s sit down first. ″ 

He followed behind you like a lost puppy. Ordered a non-alcoholic drink for you despite your protest. And then you sat down,

″ I’m sorry. ″ Jing yuan spoke. ″ I have been nothing but a terrible father to you. I was a coward, fleeing from you, fleeing from my mistakes. I convinced myself it was for your sake. I deluded myself until I forgot who I was to you. Forgot my role as your father, gave you cold when you needed warmth. ″ he inhaled, attempting to calm his beating heart. And there he was acting all nervous, he cursed himself out. Where did all that big speech training in front of a mirror go? 

Jing yuan could only lay his heart bare. And pray for you to accept him. To forgive your disappointment of a father. 

If anyone saw The general of the Luofu trembling in fear right now, they would call him an imposter. For such a strong pillar of the Xianzhou to shake like a wet dog due to his fear of rejection, how sour. 

″ When you…″ you gulped, licking your lips and taking in a breath. It will be fine, all will be fine. 

″ When you left me to deal with the pain that mother’s leaving gave me, I was furious at you. How could you? I,..I wasn’t even in school yet—But I had to learn to deal with it. I had to seek comfort from a measly blanket. ″ clenching your fist, you tried calming yourself. 

″ I was furious. I was ready to never forgive you, to leave you to rot in that same place you left me! ″ slamming your fist down on the table, you ignored the looks you received. Your eyes staring straight at the calm man. 

How can he be so calm?, you choked on a sob. 

″ But no matter how hard I tried to detest you, to loathe you. I could never bring myself to do it. ″ With your voice breaking, you let it all go. You let it all fall. The walls you had built crumbled leaving behind only dust and debris. 

″ Then I left, hoping to find my mother. And I did, ″ Jing yuan’s eyes widened. ″ But she had built herself back up, found herself a nice home. ″ And just as your heart broke, so did the general’s. 

″ I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know who to blame, was I in the wrong? Who was wrong in this entire farce? ″ you rested your forehead on the table, voice barely above a whisper. You wondered if he could hear you.  

″ I was tired. I just wanted to go back to simpler times. ″ your body shook as tears fell. You wanted to wail like a child, you wanted to cry as loud as your vocal chords could allow you. To be in the embrace of your parents once more. 

You were just a child. 

And Jing yuan could see that. His wrongs could never be forgiven, 

Jing yuan stood from his chair, kneeled before yours, and hugged you. He gave you the shoulder you needed to cry on, he let you wail, he let you take your anger out on him. To share your burdens and sorrows with him. He knew how heavy they are, he could help you. 

″ I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Please forgive me, my dear sweet child. ″ 

But perhaps, Jing yuan can atone for his sins. Starting with giving you the comfort you sought.

AEONSTALE .ᐟ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT COPY OR EDIT MY WORK. 2025.

[icysnails]

The Blade's Daughter story was so good ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Can I request a continuation, either directly or years after the incident, where reader meets and befriends Yanqing? No romance, just two tired kids ranting about their respective father figures.

A New Friend.

A/n: Hello!! Thank you so much, I’m so happy you liked it! (>v<) I decided to do bullet points for this one- I hope you enjoy, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Warnings: reader is a teen/around yanqing's age, mentions of anxiety/grief, mentions of family struggles/arguments, takes place directly after the Blade fic

Word count: 1.3k

Genre: fluff, a tiny bit of angst

Pairing: Yanqing x gn!reader (PLATONIC)

After fleeing the Stellaron Hunters’ ship, you began your old travel routines and quickly got transportation to a separate planet. You found a train that would take you directly off your current planet, which was a relief. But you were an anxious, fidgety mess for the entire ride, so much so that one of the other passengers in your car stopped by to ensure you were alright. You quickly nodded and looked back down at your lap, feeling too stressed out to try and make small talk. All that had happened over the last few months was playing again and again in your head, and you found yourself having second thoughts. Had you really made the right decision? Would you ever see your old family again? But even more, you wondered, were they ever really family to you in the first place? 

You hadn’t gotten any news about the Stellaron Hunters, and no signs of them searching for you either. Maybe this was it. Maybe they truly wanted you gone. You sighed and suffered in silence, the rumbling of the train you were on making the pang of grief in your stomach far worse. However, you were headed for the Xianzhou Luofu, a planet that was generally regarded as peaceful. Perhaps staying there for a while would calm your nerves. A relaxed schedule might be a nice change of pace, as well as a perfect way to plan your next moves. And, there would be a ton of new food for you to try- not a bad way to close off a horrifically stressful week.

Once the train had stopped, you grabbed your few belongings and trudged onto the platform. Using your expertise in navigation, you deciphered a tourist map on a nearby wall and made your way to the closest hotel you could find. You practically ran to your room once you paid for it, falling asleep on the bed almost immediately upon arrival. Unfortunately, your mind couldn’t rest even as sleep overtook you. Nightmares plagued your unconscious mind, shaking you awake no more than an hour after you had dozed off.

It all seemed hopeless, and all you wanted to do was cry. But you couldn’t do that either. You were too exhausted to tap into your own emotions, but too distraught to sleep. So, you concluded that there was only one thing left to do- eat. 

Soon enough, you found yourself at a nearby food stall, gulping down a few Berrypheasant skewers. Once you had finished, you went back to order a tea, but you realized that you didn’t have enough credits. You knew you had grown rusty when it came to traveling and budgeting, but you didn’t think you’d need to start taking commissions again so soon. However, before you could turn away from the stall, a blonde boy dressed in intricate blue and white robes handed you a bottle of the tea you wanted. Your eyes widened in confusion, and you tried to protest, but it was no use. The boy beat you to it entirely.

You offered him a seat at your table as thanks, stating that you could absolutely pay him back in a day or so. He just smiled softly and refused payment, but accepted the seat you offered him. 

You learned that his name was Yanqing, the prodigal swordsman who was training under Jing Yuan, the general for the entire planet. Your mouth fell open at his confession, apologies spilling from your mouth for treating him so casually, causing Yanqing to shake his head sheepishly and deny your apologies. He was only the General’s student after all. He had no greater status, and all he really wanted to do was learn and fight. 

Though you weren’t inclined to get attached to anyone anytime soon, you had to admit that he seemed kind, while still being honest and a little blunt. He was around your age as well, which was a plus. It was rare that you ran into anyone your age who was this composed and kind. You sort of admired him for that, even having just met him.

As you spoke, you revealed more about yourself to him. You mentioned that you had a hard time with family, even going as far as telling him a vague description of what had just taken place between you and Blade. It was out of character for you, but you were just so overwhelmed. This was the one time anyone had stopped to listen to you, and everything that had taken place just ended up rushing out. You never mentioned Blade’s true identity though- you didn’t want to get yourself into more trouble, and for some reason, you didn’t want to harm the Stellaron Hunters.

Yanqing’s gaze softened as you spoke. His situation wasn’t exactly the same, but he knew what it felt like to fight with family members. The closest family he had was Jing Yuan, who had been like a father to him ever since he was little. But the fact that the General was technically his boss complicated things quite a bit. Jing Yuan got protective over him often and was irritably calm most of the time. Yanqing wanted to learn, but Jing Yuan tried to keep him out of trouble as much as possible. As a young swordsman, Yanqing often felt inadequate or useless when idle, which led to him getting upset with the General for keeping him out of harm’s way. He wanted to be just like his father figure, to be of use to him. But the General wanted him to stay safe, even if he knew that was an impossible wish. It was inevitable, and the only way for Yanqing to grow and improve his skills.

You smiled for the first time that night, your own pleasant memories of Blade misting over your mind. Blade used to treat you that way too, in his typical discrete fashion. You used to look up to him so deeply and worked as hard as possible for his approval. Your situation practically mirrored Yanqing’s, save for a few circumstantial differences. Blade treated you like his own kin before everything fell apart. As closed off and brooding as he was, he still took care of you for a while. He still acted like he wanted to protect you. He was a crucial part of your life, and even if you hated him now, you couldn’t deny that he helped you grow into the person you were in the present.

Golden memories drifted from your lips in response to Yanqing’s bittersweet words, each syllable painting pictures of happier times. Times when you would train alongside Blade, or when you and the Stellaron Hunters would gather and go out to do something fun together. An unfamiliar light returned to your eyes as you spoke, and Yanqing found himself smiling as well. Though your old family went unnamed in the conversation, he could immediately tell how much they meant to you. Despite just meeting you, he couldn’t help but feel happy that you had such memories to look back on, even if it all ended in tragedy. He continued to listen attentively to you, sharing his own stories in between. Turns out both Blade and Jing Yuan were just as serious when it came to protecting their family, almost comically so, which made for some interesting stories.

But it was over now. None of it was real in the end. The light seemed to die in your eyes as you trailed off, your chest tensing up in anguish. Yanqing smiled sympathetically, letting the atmosphere fall awkwardly silent for a moment. But only a few minutes passed before a sudden chime came from Yanqing’s phone, breaking the heavy atmosphere that had fallen over you two. Yanqing’s wilted expression changed into one of frantic determination as he read over the text he got. He stood up and rambled apologetically, stating that he had to go because the General needed his help. 

However, before he rushed off to go help with his duties, he scribbled his number on the receipt for your tea, along with a little note.

Number: (xxx) xxx - xxxx 

Please reach out soon!! I’m sorry to cut things short- I’m not always occupied, so please don’t hesitate to call me if you're in need of a companion. I enjoyed speaking with you, and I really want to hear more about your travels! Good night!

- Yanqing

[vannies]

malewife..? ft. HSR MEN

synopsis: what if the roles were reversed? you’re hard at work and these men take care of you when you’re home? <3

characters: jing yuan + blade + gepard ☆ gender-neutral reader

warnings: fluffy fluff fluff! | use of pet names ; ex. darling, my love, my everything, dear | possibly ooc but like.. you’re the worker here!

note: idk if anyone has done this yet.. might do this again with hsr powerful women but idk ^_^

w/c: 800+

✧ JING YUAN

the dozing general.

that’s what you were always remembered as. but you couldn’t help it, you just got so bored and tired of all the papers piling up in your office, who wouldn’t fall asleep? the only reason why you always finish your work in the end was so you could go back home to your sweet husband, jing yuan.

today was a particularly difficult day. you were stressed from all the staff begging you to do something about the missing papers for a new project.. but you simply told them it was too annoying! and went straight back home.

“i’m home, my love.”

jing yuan frantically appeared at the doorway, pulling you into a tight hug. he whispered sweet nothings into your ear, telling you how badly he missed you today and about how he cooked dinner for the both of you. wow..? him..? cooking dinner? must’ve been a miracle.

he put his hands on your shoulders, “how has your day been, dear?” all you could do was sigh and told him how annoyed you were, wishing it was possible to step down from your position.

he listened to every little word you had to say as you ranted and ranted. and as time passed, you slowly started to gather at the table with him. jing yuan sets up the food, bringing in some lovely dishes you didn’t know he could even create with those hands of his. you took your first bite into a promising looking steak. surprisingly, it was so good!

“wow, jing yuan! where did you get this recipe? this just made my day!”

he chuckles, smiling widely as he sees you genuinely enjoy it. giving you a cute kiss on the forehead, he tells you his answer.

“where’d i get it? i got it from youtube, my love.. yanqing showed me the video, telling me i should make it for you.”

✧ BLADE

oh wow. surely, you didn’t expect an outcome like this. a stellaron hunter being caught for two days? how embarrassing. thankfully kafka rescued you in time! but there was just one problem..

your husband, blade, hasn’t gotten a word from you ever since your capture. you worry for him, since kafka told you that she didn’t contact him throughout these 42 agonizing hours. instead of filing your report to your boss like always after a mission is complete, you immediately rush home.

running into your house and screaming from the living room, “blade! blade? i’m so sorry- i didn’t mean to get caught like that.. i-“

you could feel it. your lover’s hands slowly sliding to your waist, pulling you into a hug. his hands always fit perfectly. blade buried his head into the crook of your neck, and you can feel his breath.. slow and steady, as if he wasn’t at all affected by your short departure.

“i know.. i’ve known that this would’ve happened. just be careful next time, i’m just happy you’re okay.” he sighs, somehow pulling you deeper into his body as his lips catch onto yours.

all that you could manage out was a small whisper of his name, tears threatening to swell at your eyes. it’s only been such a short amount of time, but you truly couldn’t live without this man.

he picks you up bridal style and carries you to the couch, “rest, darling. i can bake a few sweets for you.”

✧ GEPARD

ah.. being captain of the silvermane guards was not an easy task. maintaining peace throughout the entire city everyday..? sign me out.. thankfully gepard landau has always been here to support you, motivating you to continue your work for him. you’re glad, glad to protect this city. but, you are even more glad to protect this precious being.

gepard wipes off the sweat from his forehead, a heavy exhale follows. he turns around and jumps at the sight of you home so early.

“ah! you’re home early.. you still have 2 hours left of your shift!” you tell him it’s alright, and that you just really wanted to see him. “ah.. is that so?” he says, “then you can see the surprise that i’ve prepared today!”

slowly walking to the table, gepard suddenly whips out a book in front of you. “tada!” he exclaims, “it’s full of all of our memories together!”

excitedly, you flip through the pages. ah! it’s when he proposed to you! and oh god, its a lovely family photo of the both of you with serval and lynx.. how sweet. was this all for you?

“i hope you like it..” gepard blushes, and inches his hands near yours. you notice, and grab him, pulling his hands up to cup his own cheeks.

“i love it, you’re my everything. i’m so lucky to come home to you everyday. i promise to work hard!” and with that, you seal that vow with a kiss.

[magicdefendorwolf]

what if Yanqing with a (s/o or crush) whos the complete opposite of him, they are very sleepy and no energy

Opposites attract

Description:Yanqing with a s/o who is the complete opposite of him

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So for starters let me say this,everyone wonders how you two got together,i mean you're complete opposites,how did you even get to know eachother?

Well thats a mystery to them for sure

But,moving on

He always wakes up early,he's a morning person no doubt about it,but he also loves sleeping in on days when he is free,but otherwise he wakes up super early

And when he tries waking you up you always want ateast 5 more hours of sleep

He always has to carry you or drag you out of bed

Whenever you two walk around the stores or just hang out in general he's always looking around and excited to go new places,and you're just there holding onto his arm so you wont lose him in the crowd

Really you dont care where you go,you just want to sleep

But nope,your dear Yanqing has to go to atleast each store to see what they have and even then he isnt out of energy

He's the chaotic and energetic orange cat and you're the black cat who would sleep all day if they could

Whenever people see you two together its always Yanqing being all happy and smiley and your slouched figure holding pinkies with him and following him like a lost puppy

Your lack of energy doesnt bother him at all,he actually finds it cute and is willing to carry you back home if you end up falling asleep while you're out and about

He's the lalalalala and you're the okokokok

He loves ranting to you and you just love hearing him rant and talk

Sometimes he wishes he would hear you rant just to hear your voice,but he doesnt mind

On days when you both have nothing to do he has no problem staying in bed with you for hours while you sleep in

Istg you're eachothers protectors,whenever someone comments on how low energy you are and speculates that you're lazy Yanqing jumps into action,like nope you are not going to talk about his s/o that way

And when you hear someone say something bad suddenly you're a bundle of energy ready to shut the person up

And since you're not the most vocal person about their love and arent the most expressive about it Yanqing absolutely appreciates the small gestures you do to show your love

For example defending him,always letting him rant to you no matter how long or boring the rant is,and you're still listening even if you look like you're sleeping,or your attempts at showing affection better that sometimes fail,he appreciates it all

He also loves the way you hold his hand in public in fear of losing him in the crowd

Or the way you fall asleep on his shoulder when sitting down

And whenever you do any affectionate jestures Yanqing treasures those gestures so much

Or when you give him small gifts,no matter how small or low effort the gift is he appreciates it

As i said before Yanqing finds your low energy and sleepiness very cute

Even if you're half asleep most of the time he adores you for you and every single part of you

Even if you once fell asleep on a bench and he had to carry you home

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Here you go i hope you enjoy it🫶

[yuusishi]

. . . TIRED

pairing : Jing Yuan x gn!reader

genre : semi-angst , comfort

cws/tws : self-indulgent vent fic , reader has a rough relationship with their father , mentions of father getting mad at them

a/n : I know I'm on hiatus but on god I just really needed to make this cuz I'm NOT okay rn. Also just a note: The feelings that reader experiences here are my feelings from earlier, ofc not everyone reacts this way but I just felt like I needed to say that first.

Jing Yuan !!

A sudden slam on the dining table snapped Jing Yuan out of his focus while he was busy fiddling with his phone, trying out a game that Yanqing convinced him to play. You left the bedroom a few minutes ago to take a call from your father, he guessed that it didn’t end well. His guess was right when he sees you clutching your phone tightly while a hand was pressed on your forehead.

Jing Yuan wasn’t stupid or unaware of your rather rough relationship with your father, you didn’t even tell him about your relationship with the general until he saw it on the news. You weren’t interested in his reaction or what he wanted out of it, you knew the last thing you wanted was him getting involved. If you didn’t want him to meet your father then he wouldn’t try to convince you to, Jing Yuan knows when are the right moments to talk and when he seems like he’s trying to pry too much.

“[Name]?” he called out, he knows you heard him but he also knew you were too distracted by the swarm of annoying thoughts that buzzed in your mind like flies. He quietly walked forward until he stood beside your figure, only then did your hand land at your side once more while you looked at your partner with tired eyes, eyes that no longer held any rage yet it was replaced with emptiness and the desire to be taken away from all problems in life. He cautiously hovers his hand over the crown of your head and started carding his fingers through your hair gently after seeing no negative reactions from it.

“Do you wanna talk about it?” you wordlessly shook your head, understanding immediately he led you both up the stairs until you’re in the comfort of Jing Yuan’s arms once again, tightly clutching onto his sleeve knowing you probably should and can cry in front of him without expecting judgment from the man next to you, but you just can’t. Your body just felt like that single phone call drained the life out of you. Everything felt so empty.

“I just don’t get it” you started, Jing Yuan stared at you with a gentle gaze “What don’t you get?”, “He just told me something, then I asked what I should do, he didn’t even try to explain, then got so angry when I asked again. I’m not some mind reader, you know…” your eyes now faced the decorated ceiling above you, not bearing to look at your partner as you mindlessly ranted about that man, “No one expects you to be a mind reader, dear, it’s his ignorance and negligence of his own child that makes him think that you two are close enough to be able to know what the other wants without speaking a word.”

You want to react in some way, a way to show that you’re thankful for what Jing Yuan said, but all you can manage with the little amount of energy you now have is a sigh and a small thanks to his way. His fingers once again made their way through your hair, smoothing out any knots and twirling them around, “You don’t have to say anything, [Name], just rest”.

[wormdevourer]

more of these bc why not (Argenti was a req !!)

𝓗𝓢𝓡 𝓗𝓔𝓐𝓓𝓒𝓐𝓝𝓞𝓝𝓢

𝙰𝚁𝙶𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙸

-sings in the shower

-fav song is tik tok by kesha

-loves all animals

-his hair would be immaculate. this man would stop at nothing to get it to be incredibly soft

-likes ballet

-very accepting of everyone :)

-he probably cries over idrila or smth,, smh man

-def watches anime

-girllll those eyelashes cannot be naturallll

𝙳𝚁. 𝚁𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾

-prob needs some kind of glasses

-‘my students are all morons’-type character

-gets annoyed at whoever he’s tutoring bc they won’t pay attention (they’re staring at him >:)

-def has a yt channel where he explains lessons

-of all his acquaintances, he doesn’t understand aventurine the most,, he just eludes ratio

-his default response is to scoff

-if you did well on a lesson he’d let you mess with his hair,, and ‘somehow’, he ends up with a flower crown :)

-uses perfume

-would let you do his eyeliner if you did well on a test

𝙹𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝚈𝚄𝙰𝙽

-calls yanqing ‘son’ or ‘my son’

-his fav fruit is mango

-bros hair is extremely fluffy to the touch

-actually misses the high cloud quintet

-hangs out w yanqing outside of work (they’re besties :)

-def paints his nails (and would let you or yanqing paint his nails too)

-listens to you/yanqing rant about your/his interests

-loves succulents (idk why but it came to me)

-trains w yanqing

[glitterguts13]

You know how you did a review for every genshin guys on how loud they'd be giving birth? Can you do one for hsr guys too?

Coming right up! Doing this by Path type! Also, a friendly reminder, all characters are assumed to be 18+ here.

The Hunt Boothill 8/10 Yaps through the whole thing, swearing up a storm. He's a nervous talker, and he's chattering through the whole thing, even if there's no one around to listen, he's ranting at nothing. Pain isn't new to him, but having something ripping through your (metal????) insides is a bitch no matter who you are. Not a lot of screaming, just yelling and swearing.

Dr. Ratio 3/10 Slow, deep, even breaths. He knows it's pointless to waste time on screaming, it isn't going to help. Gets only slightly louder when it comes time to push, and that's just because he's panting in short, shallow bursts. The typical, ah, ah, ah, ah panting.

Yanqing 7/10 Getting stabbed is so much easier than this. He's shouting, begging for someone to help him because this is too much. It feels like he's being ripped in half, and everyone is going to know.

Dan Heng 5/10 Starts off very quiet. A few quiet groans here and there, but mostly keeps to himself. Switches up pretty fast near the end, when he starts to crown, it's all downhill from there, and it's yelling and swearing up a storm. Catches everyone off guard to hear him acting so out of character.

Preservation

Aventurine 9/10 Very loud, lots of whimpering and moaning at the start. Thinks he can handle it, but swiftly turns into a screaming, sobbing, gagging mess. He's been in so much pain, so many times, and it all just seems to come rushing back- A lot of trauma around the agony he feels, which just causes him to scream more.

Gepard 6/10 Lots of low, drawn-out moaning. It's deep and guttural, keeping him anchored to the moment. Not much screaming, but a few shouts and groans as he's actively pushing.

Welt 5/10 Very stereotypical Hollywood movie Lamaze breathing sounds. Very controlled sounds? At no point does he fully lose his cool, but does start shouting a bit near the end.

Luka 7/10 Another goddamn yapper. He's rambling away through the whole thing, only stopping to breathe or moan, and ends up screaming his way through the actual birth with very little downtime to actually breathe.

Sampo 6/10 Laughs through a lot of it because he isn't really sure what else to do. It hurts, it hurts bad and all he can do is laugh about how ridiculous the whole situation is. Aha really must enough watching him suffer.

Erudition

Argenti 6/10 Keeps decently calm. A lot of quiet moans, some deep panting, and slowly grows louder as it comes to it's peak. Babbles a lot of nothing, because it keeps his mind off the pain, but slips back into panting and moaning as the head starts to peak out.

Jing Yuan 4/10 The picture of control. He handles the pain well, stopping to moan time to time, rocking his hips back and forth. Starts to shout a bit near the end, but never gets to the point of screaming.

Destruction

Blade 1/10 I'm not sure he even feels it?? Probably just cuts it out of himself because he can't die anyway-

Arlan 8/10 The whole space station is well aware Arlan is giving birth. He's gagging and choking on his own spit and tears, screaming for some sort of pain relief because Aeons why does it hurt this bad??

Misha 9/10 Turns out that giving birth in the dreamscape is in fact just as painful as giving birth IRL. Throws up a lot, has tons of hip pain, and screams bloody murder through the entire process. His body feels like it's being torn in two.

Abundance

Loucha ??/10 I'll update this when the game actually TELLS ME SOMETHING ABOUT HIM

Gallagher 5/10 Moaning and groaning like an old man. A few screams near the end, but it's mostly heavy breathing and panting.

[taco-drinking-bleach]

So like, we don't really know who Yanqing's birth parents are, or really his past, but we do know about the more recent stuff. We know that he is a child with a love for swords and amazing skill. With people not knowing he is young He may have master things that may take others centuries. That scares me more then it makes me excited. As we know him having to fight his father is hinted at many times as well as the *jesters to the wall of proof* (Mara, past corruption, history rhymes, Abundance theory). This makes me thing that he might have to fight him much sooner then anyone would like. Yanqing's whole world so far has been his job, Even being in the military at such a young age. Seeing what he can do, I would want to prove myself to, seeing what he has gone through I would want to be an adult. If everyone saw me as such except the one I truly wish would see me as so (Jing Yuan). He IS a child after all with the strengths that others can only dream of. What all this rant so far means is that, Yanqing might have kill Jing Yuan before he will be able to put himself together after. Everyone will be hard on him because the public thinks he is way older. His world will shatter because his job, his life, his father, and his knowledge of the world will shift drastically. He is able physically, although emotionally and mentally he is strong (the Hheliobi event where he got into a mental battle about his self worth). Maybe weaker, not because he isn't capable, but because everyone has there problems, but we all have an anchor. Wither its a person, an object, a memory, or the future that we crave, if we lose our anchor we can suffer. a lot. Yanqing's story build up is a little scary ngl

[deathbxnny]

is it okay if i can request a raiden mei x female reader relationship headcanon please?

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A/N: Sure thing, Yanqing Anon! Thank you for the request!<33

Content: Fluff, established relationship, slight angst if you squint, mentions of battle, sfw

Reader is asked to be female!

((Not fully proofread))

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Mei always found herself lucky to have you in her life. You made her heart feel light and warm, always validated her feelings and stayed by her side. She appreciates you more than words could ever even begin to describe and therefore is willing to do everything for you.

She loves cooking for you and makes sure it's the best food you've ever tasted too. You won't ever go hungry with her around, especially not on the picnic dates she enjoys taking you on. It's her way of spoiling you, as seeing you full and happy, makes her feel satisfied.

Your her support, whenever she's bottling up her feelings again. You always know how she's feeling, even if she doesn't tell you and is glad when you allow her to just rant about what has been bothering her. It helped her process and handle her emotions alot better. She returns the favour by listening to your troubles too and supporting you through absolutely everything.

She's gentle and delicate with you, like your made out of the finest porcelain. She'd afraid to hurt you, always hesitant to touch you, even if you promised that it was alright. She likes holding your hand and hugging you, once she is more comfortable in the relationship. She's still shy though and flusters easily, whenever you initiate the affectionate actions first.

She's extremely protective and loyal to you, which makes her do anything to keep you safe even on the battlefield. No enemy will lay as much as a small scratch on you, before she cuts them down. Her gentle and kind persona comes to an end the moment you are in danger. You're her world and she won't let anything take you away from her.

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A/N: Alright! I hope you liked it! Thank you again for the request, Yanqing Anon!<3

[narwhalandchill]

anyway tho like. now that ive played the 1.2 story and sat on it a bit id say my overall thoughts are def mixed. i enjoyed a lot of it but theres some things that sorta just stick out or dont work and the pacing definitely worked against the story

(just a long rant/ramble upcoming its not coherent at all lol)

one thing that rly rubbed me the wrong way was like. while overall this story rly sold fu xuan as a character to me (i was a huge fan of her presence overall) the dan shu thing just felt? wrong? and like to be clear it wasnt just fu xuan the scenes writing was off in general but her role in being the one countering dan shus points just made her p central to the problem.

but like my issue is that dan shu is previously established as having very understandable reasons behind her resentment of lan that made her compelling as twist villain imo. Yet that resolve was nowhere in the scene in her rebuttal of the xianzhous ways?? when i think that shouldve been The moment of her calling out the xianzhou and actually challenging fu xuan properly. it wouldve been an even better opportunity to expand upon how fu xuan responds to being confronted with the xianzhous flaws and hypocrisy and problems. but somehow yassified dan shu really just. had a generic villain speech and thats it. the callback to their heritage as former followers of abundance was... fine? but like it wasnt that impactful. and fu xuan essentially calling her nothing but a power hungry villain when thats very much Not what dan shus motivation boils down to sucks and now players who didnt read her diary or play/pay attention to her side quest will think of her as just a generic bad guy and not a very tragic complex figure of her own

then the like. underutilization of blade was just like. ok what was the point. it IS funny to reference the tuxedo mask meme and how he skewers his ex yet immediately gangs up with him against yanqing and all but honestly he shouldve gotten to be more feral and present than he did like its just meh. ig its kafka keeping him from messing up elios script but cmon. i want more of him. yanqing also got done so dirty in that scene like. he shouldve gotten some more screentime and focus even if his job was p much to just get bodied. kid just watched jing yuan make deals with criminals no way he isnt affected by it

in general i was p shocked how inexistent the high cloud quintet was from the story. but ig w how rushed the pacing was for dan hengs backstory reveals at times already ig its better left for later (hopefully). i just rly hope this means that the topic get its time to shine properly in the future. esp since im p sure they never even named any of dan fengs crimes outright which is a curious choice.

jing yuan got a rly solid characterization and i definitely enjoyed it!!! even if im a little miffed at how they didnt give dan heng enough breathing room to come to terms with the emotional impact of facing his past and memories thanks to the plot moving forward so fast and he was kinda the one leading that. but he was still great - i liked the scheming side to him and the arguably pretty ruthless way he leveraged dan hengs exile status to force his hand to cooperate a lot. his reasoning makes sense obvi but its still a very brutal and utilitarian approach and i like that energy for his character. his duty is to the luofu above all else even if thats far from all he is about. overall his and dan hengs interactions including dan heng very much emphasizing his desire to be seen as separate from dan feng were a highlight for sure. and jing yuans final showdown moment against phantylia slapped obviously

and then w dan heng im torn between like. really loving all the good stuff we got with the insane cutscenes and the vidyadhara echoes and then wishing that he got just that little bit more for his own realizations and inner conflict. and the part about not properly featuring blade also hurt his story too imo bc the anticlimactic nature of the scene where blade confronts him and forces the transformation and how he n kafka just... leave rly kinda flattens the impact of the reveal moment esp since thats when jing yuan just all but openly says ok time for the plot. but they still did a great job selling DHIL and i think im overall a fan of how they seem to have handled the dan feng vs dan heng thing (and its roughly what i was expecting). dan feng is dead but its never just that simple either. i hope theyll be exploring the exact nature of dan fengs sins and the sedition in the future

im so mad i spoiled myself the tingyun thing bc jfc the neck snap wouldve hit So hard if the reveal itself was also a complete surprise. and its sth that was genuinely well built up like i remember thinking her 1.0 dialogue was kinda sus but wouldve never imagined the actual truth. dont do leaks folks sometimes this happens and it sucks :/ but i have to say phantylia herself was kinda? underwhelming. i liked when she picked up jing yuan like a little bug she wanted to squish and the boss fight was cool but to be fair. this was like 50% bc of how bad the sound mixing was for all of her dialogue that overlapped w in game battle. she rly lacks the necessary menace and imposing energy when u can barely even make out what shes saying 😭 her voice shouldve been as loud and large as her..... Presence. jing yuan carried the boss fight and the final cutscene but man the fade to black rly didnt do the abrupt ending any favors like we just teleport to exalted sanctum and thats it???? maybe jing yuan dies maybe not!!!

overall my prime issue is p much just how like. it feels like they shoved 3-4 mini arcs worth of stuff into one speedrun when all of them deserved more focus and exploration and the pacing rly got rough at times. it wasnt like inazuma level bad but it does get me wondering if hoyos just bad at doing these big conclusions to prior build up and holding the story threads tightly together until the end.

this comes off as super negative helpp but like. by no means did i hate all of it so dont take it the wrong way lmao. its more that there was good stuff there but also wasted potential. for the most part i was having a blast but to be fair that was 40% just playing blade ridiculously underleveled through it all. i only got him to lvl 80 for the boss fight

[fyodoro]

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

-> what made their heart surrender to you

Ft. Dan Heng, Seele, Yanqing, and Jing Yuan

Dan Heng found the aura you emitted to be entrancing. The man may always appear calm and collected, but a part of him was full if dread. In your presence, this dread disappears. It’s a feeling no one else on the Astral Express gave off. He knows it sounds cliche, but you really are different from any other. It’s the kind of different he’s always loathed for, a different that was still familiar. From the moment you allowed him to stick by your side, craving your presence, he knew there was no going back from this feeling.

Seele respects your courage. She too was almost fearless, but only almost fearless. You on the other hand… you feared nothing. Seele knew deep down it was because you felt as if there was nothing to lose, growing up in The Underworld just had the effect on people, especially the orphans. So when you take up the task of clearing out what she fears, her heart flutters. The flutter is a feeling she’s only been familiar with around you, but now? The fluttering came back at the mere thought of you.

Yanqing loves how attentive you are. Not many Cloud Knights or Luofu citizens care about swords as much as him, as a result, also not caring too much about what he had to say about them. Of course, this never hurt Yanqing deeply, but it made him feel pretty lonely when no one listened to his rants on all different kinds of swords. So when you sat in front of him for the first time, concentrated on his words and the sword fixated in his hand without any annoyance, he felt a new feeling rise in his chest.

Jing Yuan appreciates your honesty. It wasn’t often someone had the nerve to tell him anything remotely negative about himself or plans. The ones who did made it quick, never going into too much detail. As the General, he’s aware he’s quite intimidating. But he wished someone would be brutally honest with him, it’s not like he’d feel disrespected. When you pointed out a flaw in his plan for the first time, he wasn’t annoyed, not at all. In fact, he was awestruck. The more and more you did it, and the more up front you became, he figured his immortality would be wasted if he didn’t spend it with you.

[bonx2macaron]

THANK YOU omg you put my thoughts into words

I felt so out of place when everyone was talking abt how cute Yunli was and her dynamic with Yanqing, because I couldn't bring myself to care for her or her storyline. I was more invested in Luka, and I don't even like him that much!

March has so much potential to be a great character with relevance to the plot, considering the mystery surrounding her origins and the whole "not being able to access her memories" thing, but... canon does her so dirty, I just end up finding her annoying and skipping through her dialogues. I want her to be good so bad, hoyo PLEASE have mercy.

Regarding the new Sunday and Fugue story quest, I was also horribly disappointed because I've been a fan of Sunday and his creepy religious vibes since I first laid my eyes on him, and I was so hyped for the update, but then when I finished the story quest I realized I didn't feel. much of anything, really. except for disappointment because HOYO YOU HAVE SO MANY GOOD CHARACTERS AND INTERESTING PLOT DEVICES WHY DON'T YOU USE THEMMM

So yeah, underused everything and underdeveloped anything.

About Fugue, I didn't have really high hopes because unfortunately I did not care for Tingyun in the Xianzhou arc (sorry), but the prospect of finding out more about lore after everything that happened with Phantilia was enough to get me at least interested, bc a character dying on screen in hoyoverse is usually really well done and/or plot relevant (even though she wasn't technically dead but whatever).

Instead it felt so empty I couldn't bring myself to care about Fugue's character either. The only highlight was seeing Yukong.

Sorry for the rant, had to get that off my chest 🫠

About Honkai: Star Rail versions 2.4 to 2.7

I haven't sat down to write about the gameplay experience for the last several versions, so I'm going to stuff it all in here. Likely will make zero sense unless you actually played through all Trailblaze Missions. Events will be ignored because I have enough opinions about the story and this is already going to be very long.

Disclaimer: Don't you say a single thing about so-and-such lore being expanded on in such-and-so video because if they wanted us to know that lore so badly, they should put it in their fucking game. I don't care that they do lore in videos, and I don't watch them, because I play the game to learn that, and they shouldn't rely on extraneous materials to explain their lore.

Disclaimer 2: I have passionate thoughts about this but I also have the memory of an 80s computer. I forget a lot, but I'm willing to expand if you want my opinion on something if you remind me of it!

2.4 & 2.5: Finest Duel Under the Pristine Blue & Flying Aureus Shot to Lupine Rue (The Xianzhou 3)

The Wardance was a great idea. I enjoyed that there was a little government intrigue in the middle of all this. And then Yunli and March became a focus and I lost all care for the story, because I despise March 7th on a fundamental level and Yunli is the absolute worst type of character to introduce while pairing her off with March. Yunli's story and character is unbelievably uninteresting and bland for all that she could have been a very interesting person, having come from a different Xianzhou compared to everyone we know, already.

"But Yunli is still young!" and I do not care. She irritated me every single moment she tried to one-up Yanqing for????????? Reasons, apparently! Even the fact that she was there purely to be a rival for Yanqing felt unnecessary and forced. There was no reason for her to be there beyond selling jade packs. Her design is clearly bait for terrible people who are willing to whale for any female character with her toes out. In fact, I hate that her design doesn't wear shoes, because she's supposed to be a fucking warrior. What kind of warrior goes off to fight and step on swords and dance around completely fucking barefoot?

Anyway. Her and March were the greatest deterrents to my enjoyment. Other than that is the fact that Hoyo can't trust their audience to put hints together unless they state it outright six thousand times before the reveal. This does not make it better than the out-of-nowhere reveals. In fact, I think I hate this more. There is no fun in hearing everyone go "ohhhhh she's sick, she's ill, she needs a cure" like three times in five minutes. What's the point in avoiding Feixiao's name if she's just going to pop up and completely ruin the mystery as soon as it's been established?

Feixiao's story was fine, honestly. It was okay. I wasn't blown away by it, or the implications, the lore was just passing. Everyone already said a lot about the war between Foxians and borisin (I completely forgot what they were called and had to look it up). Hell, Jiaoqiu's story, as a healer in the middle of the fight, getting captured and being among the borisin during the escape, was more in-depth over what the borisin are like as a people and society! There just wasn't enough time spent properly building up the history between Foxians and borisin, and Feixiao and borisin, and Jiaoqiu and Feixiao, and Jiaoqiu and borisin, and whatever the hell is going on with Moze.

The largest problem with the overall story update was that they took so long to get to the point that they forgot they needed to spend that time building up to the point.

They completely skip the Player and Dan Heng getting out of the Shackling Prison. They give use two lines of dialogue about Dan Heng's time in the prison. Dan Heng says like two things about it. That's it? Really? This guy spent a significant amount of time in the Shackling Prison, enough to clearly have emotions over going back to it, and we skip all of that just to get to...?

If they spent more time on building up the story and characters, then I wouldn't have as much of a problem with this. Instead they wanted to shove as much as possible into one update while hoping the pacing worked well enough. It didn't. We missed out on so many character moments because they wanted to get things moving too quickly with too many different ideas and storylines stuffed together.

I liked Jiaoqiu's sections, actually. They were a good exploration of his character, demonstrated who he is as a person well, and he isn't fundamentally annoying as hell. Then they went "oh yeah he's blind now lol" and my expectations crumbled, because Hoyo is not known for doing representation well (throwback to the kid who's had autism since he was little). I have no expectations for him if he ever returns in the future.

Why the fuck Moze here??????? Why he look like that??????? That is all, thank you.

"You didn't say anything about the main antagonist of this arc" well that's because he's kind of flat and typical. The only real novelty he brings to the table is his abilities and being a new boss. The borisin are all incredibly tropey, including the one we see speaking the most often (I called him Greasy). In fact, Greasy looked so much like a bad guy I almost started laughing out loud as soon as I saw him. He sounded evil, looked evil, and, surprise! He was evil. That's it. The borisin are little more than tropey bad guys. I liked the designs of the borisin, I did! But honestly that was it. As I said earlier, I totally forgot what they were called.

At the end of the day, this third Xianzhou story arc was actually boring and disappointing for all the great possibilities they gave to us. They dropped the ball on making an important return to the Xianzhou, which is actually very significant because this is the third time we've been to the Xianzhou for a story update. You want to make a story good enough people forget they've been back to this particular location for the nth time.

2.6 & 2.7: Annals of Pinecany's Mappou Age & A New Venture on the Eighth Dawn

I would have liked Paperfold better if Rappa wasn't a thing, honestly. They shoved her in like a circle block in a square hole; she was a bridge across the story happening in Paperfold, but she wasn't the best fit for a bridge for this type of story. I think part of my problem with Rappa's whole "I'm so totally this ninja and everyone else is going to follow along because I won't listen if you don't want to" shtick didn't sit well coming immediately after Yunli's "I'm so much better than you and I'm going to make you think so, too, so shut up because I'm the best and I'll prove it easily" shtick.

If Hoyo so desperately wanted to introduce another Galaxy Ranger with a proper motive for being involved and dragging Boothill back into the story, they could have done this a million different ways without resorting to the exact same forceful personality type they seem to be leaning a little too hard on, these days.

As it is, Rappa's complete disregard for everything and everyone while being forced to go along with her at every turn and being forced into a friendly relationship with her felt awful. They need to stop forcing the players into being friends with literally everyone. It's okay for players to not like all the characters they can pull for. It's okay for players to not want to be friends with everyone. If a player picks a "no" type option, let the player pick no. Unbelievable how often we're railroaded into saying yes even when we say no.

"But Rappa's whole worldview was warped under the experiments she went through!" so a noble ninja is justified in ignoring others' wishes to continue on their mission of... *checks notepad* chasing a guy that isn't even there?

There are too many forceful characters being introduced on top of March, who also bulldozes everyone for the sake of what she (the writing team) wants to do, and who we get stuck with constantly.

I think having more Galaxy Ranger and Boothill lore was nice, and I liked seeing the potential of a prestigious university in the Dreamscape, but... the monkeys are people thing was a little much.

This story quest had me literally sitting back and sighing and rolling my eyes up to the ceiling in supplication more than any other, so far. Rappa, her rapping, her ninja thing, and the painfully obvious cultlike spread of Slumbernana Monkey were ridiculously overdone. Repetition can be successful, but it can also completely ruin the pacing or flow of a story, particularly if it's a video game and you have to sit through 10-15 minute cutscenes or consecutive dialogue cutscenes.

We get to be alone with Dan Heng for a little while, this time, at least! Dan Heng finally gets to info dump on us without March asking if she's missing something! He even tells us about new species and a new enemy and--

Anyway!

Mr. Reca is, like, fine. He has potential and he wasn't really present for much of the story, so I think he'll be back around later and I really hope they do him better the next time around. There's a lot of ways Mr. Reca could go, or they can destroy all of that. Also I saw the edits on TikTok but it did not prepare me for Mr. Reca just suddenly appearing on his knees unprompted???

Dreamflux Reef was... okay? It wasn't the worst part of this, just really boring, honestly. We barely got any information about anyone that wasn't Boothill, so it was lacking.

The antagonist was boring. I didn't care, honestly. Negative care! Soylent Green thoughts aside, there wasn't all that much interesting about the evil plan after it's revealed Doctor Primitive has an MO and isn't even the big bad of the current story, because Doctor Primitive isn't even doing anything.

The Slumbernana Monkeys. The song got stuck in my head, of course, and I could have done without having it playing in the background of a cutscene considering we're supposed to be paying attention to something while it's happening. Being turned into a monkey wasn't what I expected, but we are literally in a dream, and it's not that odd in the grand scheme of things. Seeing so many of them is... also fine. The designs for the monkeys aren't terrible, so I didn't mind it much. Hearing all the "bana bana" shit was awful, though. No need to for that. Please.

I also timed my second and final session playing the Paperfold story. I played about 2 hours to reach the end of the story missions, and I spent 1 hour 40 minutes of that sitting there listening to people talk.

Hate that. Hate that so much. I'm playing a game, not watching a movie. "But it's a story--" don't care. Spending 20 minutes of a 2 hour play session is an abysmal distribution of time. This isn't a visual novel! There should be some gameplay!

Paperfold is a nice environment, though, I enjoyed it. Hoyo has a tendency to have One Large School in their games, though....

Which brings me to the newest update, so there will be spoilers for v2.7.

Because we are hanging out with Sunday and Tingyun/Fugue in this section. And that's it. Literally. The "crisis" we deal with here, the climax of this all, is Sunday confronting himself. Tingyun/Fugue's confrontation is the damage done to her by the Destruction, which I think is fascinating, but wasn't elaborated on enough for me to be satisfied.

An interesting idea brought up is that a "try not to laugh" challenge which requires the ingesting of a substance can split a mind into fractured personalities. This idea is then instantly dismissed and made insignificant and will never be used again, just like Sunday's tuning vision or whatever.

The splitting of one's self could have been used in even better ways, I think, considering Tingyun/Fugue was split up into so many different versions of herself. They dropped the ball having Sunday dealing with only one of them, as they apparently didn't think about tuning a person until stumbling on the Express crew and Tingyun/Fugue.

Conflict in this very short update was underwhelming, and we literally just fight Sunday again for the final boss fight of this section. There was no change in the boss fight from the original, outside of the dialogue spoken at the start.

This was clearly supposed to be one of the more emotionally-charged story missions, what with Sunday's "saying goodbyes" or whatever, because he goes through all that trouble... fucking off-screen.

NOTHING HAPPENED!!!!!!

Out of all the story chunks we get in little bits and pieces this is the worst so far! Why? Sunday's all going off on a final circuit of the Dreamscape and we see basically none of it. They cut out so much story and information when previously they've been practically giddy to shove us into different character POVs to explain the empty lore bits to us instead of letting us experience it as the Player Character. I would have loved to see him going around and making his peace with leaving before he gets shoved on us no matter what we say about it at the end, at least, because then we could have more about him. Instead we get basically nothing and a whole lot of dancing around saying goodbye and sorry to his sister when everyone except him knows she knows who he is, because his disguise is literal trash considering someone almost sees through it as soon as we're introduced to his storyline.

And Tingyun/Fugue has so much NOTHING in her storyline that I completely abandoned paying attention and left it to autoplay all the dialogue and cutscenes while I did anything else. Sure, yeah, we see Yukong again, and we get to see a tiny child Tingyun, but that doesn't make up for the absolute nothing-burger we're given in the story. Oh, look, Ruan Mei! Aaaaand we get almost nothing, still. Cool. Fine. Sure.

The fucking room event was more interesting than the entirety of this Penacony finale, and that's pathetic.

I'm also going to say not having to spend six hours playing is fine! I didn't mind that! But it's also too short for what they wanted to do, considering they stuffed Sunday and Tingyun/Fugue together, because ????? They hardly barely matter to each other, and there's no real reason to have the two of them coincide at all, actually, beyond the fact that if it was just Sunday I don't doubt we'd end up with just an hour of content at most.

The missing voicelines (I play story missions with English voices in order to allow me to do literally anything else when I get bored of watching cutscenes) was jarring and annoying, but they made it worse by not even bothering to move the characters' mouths. It's just the details that make things worse. (Yes I know there's a reason, yes I know they're allowed to strike, good on them, but they could... I don't know... animate the fucking characters' mouths?)

Thoughts on the Future

The quality of the story and its characters has been decreasing more and more as time goes on. Not the character designs, though I'd like it if we could have less fucking 1-inch inseam shorts on characters. Considering the next designs released, though, I'm in despair. At this rate, I'll be dropping HSR entirely at some point next year, because I can only take so much.

Even with a new location, path, and character set to become available, I don't have high hopes for the story, character moments, or any new mechanics they might be implementing for the location.

I never really talk about the puzzles and extraneous modes available in HSR, but that's because you can get through the game perfectly fine without them, if you want to. I barely ever do things like Simulated Universe because I just don't want to play the game any longer than I absolutely have to, anymore, and that's part of the problem. At this point, people are more interested in updates to these extraneous modes and events instead of story missions and character moments within them. Obviously there's a problem when your players would rather do literally anything other than the story you've been crafting for *checks calendar* three months? Weeks? Days? Fuck if I know, it's just not nearly enough time.

I stopped playing Genshin Impact because there was too much to catch up with--so much they literally give you the option to skip two regions--and too much grinding needed to keep up. With HSR, I'm pretty much settled into being able to at least mostly keep up since I've been playing for a while, but I just can't bring myself to sit through the story missions long enough to care.

It's boring.

I would be unsurprised if HSR implemented a similar skipping option eventually, too, because if you're implementing a massive skip to your apparently story-heavy game, you've done something terribly wrong.

[magicdefendorwolf]

What would Yanqing do if he was head over heels for someone ( basically crushing on someone) like puppy love :0

This is so cute he would def be the kind and be so cute while doing it

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Let me start of by saying that Jing Yuan has to no matter what sit and listen to Yanqing rant about you

Which is quite often

Yanqing rants about what you did that day or how beautiful you looked,or the way you looked at him,anything about you really

Whenever you two hang out he follows you around like a lost puppy

Even if previously he had the lead and was bringing you to places if you even slightly tugged on his arm another way he follows you

If you ever see him spacing out with a soft,happy or even slightly flushed expression just know that 99% he is thinking about you

He also loves ranting to you

Any sweet gesture you do towards him absolutely melts his heart

If he was an actual puppy whenever he was around you his tail would wag like crazy

Has definetly,on more than one occasion,asked Jing Yuan how to woo you

And each time he tried he got too nervous and chickened out or failed somehow because of this

He's definetly the kind to see some sweet ass couples videos or those sweet and wholesome videos and just think about you,debating whether to send them to you or not

He's like a highschool girl kicking his feet and giggling whenever you text him something that makes his heart flutter

If someone hasnt met you yet prolly the trailblazers they will have to sit and listen as he suddenly and excitedly begins rambling about you to them and how amazing you are

He's always trying to stay around you as long as he possibly can and you dont mind,you two pretty much became attached at the hip,the locals started saying how it was a rare occurence to see you two separated

The amount of times Jing Yuan would tell him to stop talking his ear off about you and just confess already

And after multiple people told him to confess to you already after they had to sit through atleast an hour of him rambling about you

And when he finally did he was a stuttering nervous mess,totally out of character for him

Or he confessed by accident

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Not me dissapearing for 2 days and then coming back,sorry