#and i'm ofc am a sucker for rivalries

[daybreakrising]

okay quick little post with my thoughts on the update. i'm gonna have to go and watch a playthrough at some point bc i zipped through it at 3am and probably missed some stuff in the process bc my brain is Shit but-

i am so very, very intrigued by the yaoqing trio for a number of reasons & i absolutely believe there's some ulterior motives going on as to why j.iaoqiu and m.oze were sent down to the shackling prison beyond "hey we want this mortal enemy of our people under our watch kthanks". i feel like we got a glimpse of one of them with j.iaoqiu already so i'm looking forward to seeing how that plays out. and sending m.oze away in the midst of the fight? yeah, highly sus. they have a plan for sure.

also absolutely love the dynamic between the two of them. i want to sink my teeth into their background so bad. they're clearly highly aware of each other's capabilities and i've touched on this already in dms but like....... i believe m.oze was being truthful when he gave his practical answer of 'no point getting myself killed trying to save him' to j.iaoqiu's capture, but also... he doesn't need to save him. he knows what j.iaoqiu can do. (he's also probably exactly where he wants to be - just a theory, we'll see how it pans out eventually i guess)

some slight negatives based on what we've seen so far:

not enamoured by all of the new characters, which isn't necessarily anything to do with the characters themselves but the writing. y.anqing, the prodigy, getting stamped on again? that's getting real old, hyv. i'm hoping that will be redeemed later but i don't have high hopes for it. i just want to see a glimpse of this prodigy he's supposed to be without him going up against insanely powerful people who are basically playing with him, if anything. let me see what he can actually do on a more level playing field. i'm sure that's what they're trying to do with this weird little rivalry thing with y.unli but it already feels skewed against him from the start and i... hate that.

and the insulting dismissal of everything that happened to the high cloud quintent by saying they "went their separate ways" ????? what the actual fuck ???? now i might be biased bc i love the HQC, but. come on. no, no. a group of people who choose to disband to seek new paths - that is "going separate ways". not a group that is viciously torn to pieces by grief and death and suffering. fuck that one general in particular.

that aside, intriguing plot so far. i love the new enemies (look, i'm a sucker for anything wolf-adjacent), and i'm hoping that bc she's been named specifically a few times, we'll get to see j.ingliu again. please, hyv, please don't disappoint me on that.

and bc i care so very little for march (and find her voice incredibly grating, no hate to the va ofc), i was spam-tapping through all the dialoguue of her swordplay event (except for the bit involving j.iaoqiu bc... well, i'm biased) so i may have missed any lore that might have been dropped in there, but i also found the whole "teach march swordplay" thing very boring in general >_> so i may have to look that up again

i'm reserving full judgement on any of the characters until this little interlude chapter is complete and we've seen everything we're gonna get, but so far i'm fairly neutral on most of them. l.ingsha does seem interesting, i will say, but we've not had enough of her yet to form a proper opinion.

[nullians]

What’s ur opinion on kodakshipping?

(!!! Ahh I’m so sorry T^T! I was struggling to come up with a proper answer for like two days and then totally forgot about this >.>’)

But back to the topic-  I think it’s rather obvious that I’m all for Kodak >:3 I mean, it’s not my Main ShipTM but totally a one I was obsessed with a few years ago :’) It’s especially a good pairing to explore since *cough* in canon Trip was really poorly treated? His relationship with Ash had so much potential and I do catch myself from time to time thinking about all the Possibilities as for how their dynamic could evolve… Anyway, opinions opinions…

Hmmm.. I find Kodak much more cheerful and energetic than Coma or Vorpal? The Ash/Trip duo comes across as a bit childish, yes, but not in a bad way. Also basing on the anime, I think Trip would be much easier to persuade to do like ‘goofy’ things? (Ash’d be delighted to finally have someone to share his prankster side with that’s for sure) :’) 

Idk, to me, Kodak is this nice unproblematic ship, something that will just brighten up your day even when you don’t have much energy to come up with any complex stories or headcanons. Are they boring? Huh.. It honestly depends on how much sass you’re willing to put into Trip’s personality but I personally find them simply calm, not bland ^-^ 

(Well, as always I’m not entirely sure if I got this right but) Thank you for the ask! >:3