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Muted Desire - Dan Heng x Reader

Chapter 5!

“Sampo?” you asked. He clapped and a light emanated from his hands. If you hadn’t been completely overwhelmed with seeing him in front of you, you almost would have asked him what trick he had used to light the fire in his palm. “I thought-” you looked him up and down. It was Sampo. Good old Sampo. He hadn’t changed a bit, apart from growing taller and changing his style around. Messy hair, eyes you trusted and mistrusted at the same time - so welcoming, so vicious. Was your mind poisoned? Were you hallucinating beyond the point of help?

“I was dead?” he laughed, stepping forward with his arms extended to the sides. “Well, good news! I’m not!”

I couldn't help myself - I have been writing chapters like I have nothing else to do (I do. I am just terribly inefficient in real life affairs-)

Thank you so much for reading it as always!! Love ya!!

[lumiambrose]

Honkai star rail matchup for @teardrop-scales

I ship you with...

Dan Heng

YOU ARE MADE TO BOARD THE EXPRESS.

YOU ARE MADE FOR DAN HENG.

Sadly, I can’t really say this man is very goofy but I think he compliments you very well.

You two are basically like the one couple I tell my parents I’m going to go hang out with if I’m trying to do something stupid.

Assuming you two would actually hang out with me whilst I do stupid things, if you don’t stop me, Dan Heng will.

Basically, second parents.

insert that one mama i papa tiktok audio

Let’s say you weren’t initially a member of the Express before meeting Dan Heng; he would definitely find a way to convince the crew to stay at their current location longer so he can talk to you.

He definitely wouldn’t admit you’re the reason for his prolonged stay, to you or the express. But he refuses to leave without you boarding with him.

Despite making him sound clingy, you would have to initiate whatever happens between the two of you. I find it hard to believe Dan Hend will necessarily be social outside of whatever mission he is on, so you most likely approached him. His first impression of you was really good; considering Dan Heng’s relationships, I can see that being quite the accomplishment. Maybe it’s because he’s spent too much time with March and the Trailblazer, or maybe you’re just really easy to talk to.

(the second option)

If I were to ever meet you in real life, I totally imagine you being easy to talk to. Maybe it’s because you’re an ambivert, or perhaps the mix of being well mannered with just enough sass to keep things interesting, but I feel like you’re extremely good with people.

You must be to some degree considering you pulled Dan Heng.

He wasn’t very talkative at first, that’s for sure. And it probably did take a while for the both of you to open up to each other, but Den Heng is just as loyal as you are. I imagine him too having worries about being abandoned, especially if it’s you.

Definitely shows his love with actions over words, especially when he would much rather hear your voice instead.

This man could listen to you for DAYS. There’s something in your voice that instantly relieves his stress. Kind of like that warm, fuzzy feeling you get when it’s chucking down with rain and you’re all cozy at home with a warm drink and blanket.

Your voice is like his oxygen. Even if he isn’t listening to you, it’s the perfect background noise. I can totally imagine him reading in his room with you snuggled under his arm while you’re doing your own thing. Every now and then thinking out loud.

He couldn’t ask for a more perfect day.

Now I’m pretty confident Den Heng is more the kind of guy who would rather stay at home with you than go out on some fancy ass date (domestically, of course). we’re ignoring his choice of career, ok? But he totally finds it more romantic staying on the express when it’s just the two of you over some fancy date.

That doesn’t mean he won’t take you out >:)

I mean, the express has money, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he had his own income. So he can and will take you out every now and then. But I believe he’d prefer to spend his money more on little gifts for you instead.

The type of guy to buy you an entire book series because you looked at the first volume for a little too long.

(He bought a set for himself too so he can understand what you’re fangirling about.)

Although when the two of you do go out… he definitely holds himself to a level of professionalism. Not only is he representing the express whenever he steps foot somewhere, now he’s also with his beautiful partner; he makes sure the outing is nothing short of perfection.

If you wish for it, he’s certainly willing to spoil you. Although he finds independance just as hot.

Petname wise, Dan Heng loves anything you call him. Even if it’s childish or sarcastic, the most you’ll get is a look of skeptism before he melts to your voice. On the other end, Dan Heng loves your name over anything, when he does use petnames he typically opts for something more 'mature’ or ‘intimate’. Such as ‘my love’, ‘darling’, ‘dear’, you get the gist.

NOW THIS GUY DEFINITELY HAS SOME SARCASM IN HIM. The closer you are to him, the goofier it gets.

He never means it, of course, but expect witty remarks and all-out debates that totally sound like the two of you are lawyers.

He is smart though; he knows when to bite the bullet and let you have your way and I imagine you’re just as mature too. So on the rare occasion he chooses not to endulge your witty remarks, expect a joking flick on the head before he embraces you, or really just anything that allows physical contact with you.

Dan Heng will open up to you about his past once you’re close enough.

He’ll do his best to not make a big deal out of it, and will definitely try to play it down.

“Oh yeah by the way I'm the reincarnation of a dragon” type shit.

He won’t just randomly drop it out of nowhere, of course. But the last thing he wants is for you to worry yourself over him.

That doesn’t stop his heart from absolutely melting when you do.

I can imagine you’d be very mature about it. For the most of it, you’re just staring into his eyes, nodding, and showing your attention to him. Once he’s finally done talking, you don’t really have to give him a verbal reply, but he’ll appreciate anything you have to say nonetheless. Or… just hold him. Hold him gently in your arms and just show him that everything is fine. That you love him nonetheless and won’t leave him over such a trivial matter.

Talking about you holding him… physical touch. That’s it. That’s all I have to say. He melts into your touch and loves the way you melt into his. It’s extremly intimate to him, so only expect him to behave like this behind closed doors. But the gesture of having you so close to him, is extremly comforting. Being able to hold you in his arms, or vice versa, keeping the other stuck with you just makes him melt. He’s definitely worried about losing those close to him, so this is a surefire way to reassure him.

On the topic of love languages, he definitely gives acts of service. He knows your favorite foods, what kind of books you read, how you like your coffee brewed and what kind of notes you like in your perfume, and makes sure to act on it. It’s routine for him to stop by your room a minimum of three times a day to bring you tea or coffe. And somehow this man always knows what you’re craving. Boyfriend insticts I guess.

Back to the whole Vhidyadra situation. I can imagine you being so enamoured the first time you see his dragon form. IN A GOOD WAY OF COURSE. You’d definitely be taken aback. I mean, it’s not everyday you see your boyfriend grow horns and a tail.

I can imagine you instantly going to pet either of them. He instantly shy’s away considering he never told you how sensitive they are.

Imagine reaching out to stroke his horns but he gets nervous and suddenly pulls back, leaving you to lose your balance and topple over him. Your hands grip his biceps as your faces are inches apart from each other. His face, now a dark shade of crimson. Taking advantage of the situation, you reach out to touch his horns with one of your hands and my god, you were not expecting that reaction.

If his face wasn’t already as red as a tomato, now it definitely is. He lets out the sweetest noise at the slightest touch of your fingertips grazing his horns, which is quickly followed by him pulling you close. He closes the little distance between the two of you as he pulls you down onto his chest in an attempt to hide how flustered he is.

“What was that?” ”… It’s irrelevant, don’t do that so unexpectedly next time.”

Will absolutely not admit how sensitive he is. That doesn’t stop you, of course; just because he doesn’t admit it doesn’t mean you’re not smart enough to catch on. It’s such a fun way to tease him too. He pretends to hate it but despite how sensitive his horns and tail are, your touch on them feels divine.

The longer the two of you are together, the more often you’ll see him lounge around you in his Vhidyadra form. Sometimes after a long and tiring day, he’ll enter your room just to instantly collapse in your arms and wrap his tail around you, letting it grasp your thigh or waist. Sometimes, if he’s too sleepy to care, he’ll let you play with his tail. Just make sure you take responsibility for your actions ;)

[crystallinestars]

Yeah English isn't my mother tongue so thank you for the compliment 🥰 Honestly I saw the way you write (it's scrumptious) and the Argenti header and thought "damn I need to be on my best behaviour!" haha

Also never apologize for going off on a rant, I truly love your input!

Oh I do agree that it must be a mix of multiple things and that virtue signalling is definitely part of it! And the point you make about people creating a safe bubble for themselves and others really does make a lot of sense! I'd even be so bold as to say that this initial sentiment has unfortunately spiralled into having kneejerk reactions against any kind of perceived threat (for their identity, etc.). While I understand the need to be careful about who you let into your circle, it's a shame that instead of meaningful conversations (I'd imagine something like "I enjoy X thing in this story", "oh that's great, I have a different hc / interpretation but I'd love to hear your reasoning!") we're having a lot of passive aggressiveness or even full on pissing contests within the communities.

And if I had to sum up why I dislike, let's say between 60% to 90% of 'fandom culture' depending on whether or not it's a good day, I'd say that it's because of how often I have to see the utter glee and contempt this subsection of the fandom radiates whenever they feel like they've won their one-sided arguments / they can lord a win over someone's head for the dumbest things. It just boggles my mind. What happened to basic courtesy? I feel like people have grown so accustomed to living their 'bad bitch' fantasies on the internet without having to shoulder any responsibility for it (because of anonymity) that they've started to become waaay too comfortable coming into your space and being rude at best.

This is a bit of a digression, but for the sources, an example that comes to mind is a post I saw a while ago about the maple leaves associated with Dan Heng and (no shade to the person, it was an interesting read). However, they presented their argument in such a way that you just KNEW it wasn't just about Dan Hend, but about Blade too. They gave a list of symbolism for maple leaves, and the last point (the one highlighted by the structure) was "they also symbolise lovers!". It's in cases like this one I'd love for the OP to provide a source for their analysis, because the uni student in me just cannot accept claims on specific fields without credible evidence. Like is your analysis based on a discussion you had with a native? A paragrapgh you found on a blog named "sakurasdreamygarden.com"? A book you've read? Please, I'm not here to troll, I want to educate myself 😭 In this case it was also worth noting that someone in the comment added that 'maple leaves' is the literal meaning of Dan Feng's name (丹枫), in which case (this is just me adding my two cents) you could also argue that the maple leaves, specifically on Dan Heng's splash art, could symbolise the shadow of a past he cannot completely get rid of.

I was feeling like sticking my head in a lion's mouth when I wrote the 4th point 😂 And since I still do, I will just say that Mihoyo's pandering extends to hetero relationships too. Remember how I said these games remind me of Kpop? What I meant by that is that what they do is basically "All for the glitter and the aesthetic with zero commitment to the bit". So far in Genshin and HSR, they seem to focus especially on giving players shiny little toys to play with (attractive playable characters). And I say that their pandering extends to hetero relationships because as of now the only playable character with a semi-canon relationship is Welt, who's a Honkai Impact character (at least that's what I've heard, I don't know anything about Honkai Impact). I'm thinking especially about Yukong when I say this, because when she became playable in 1.1 I think, they wasted no time to clarify in 1.2 that actually Qingni is her ADOPTED daughter, which is basically like telling players "don't worry, Yukong hasn't been tainted by any man and is just as much of a shiny little toy freshly out of the box as the others!" Like, what am I supposed to believe with that? That for HSR the censorship this part of the fandom loves to bring up was magically extended to the heteros?

Also, I know nothing about Hi3 but since I love semantics, identify as a relationship fiend and still feel like getting shot by the fandom today, I'd also like to ask people to please explain to me how a kiss (yes, even on the lips) is objectively an undeniable act of romance. I'd argue that it's a sign of intimacy because it involves letting someone else get super close to you in a vulnerable moment, but that does not make it inherently romantic. Truthfully I'm just being facetious here but my sentiment is genuine: I would be eternally grateful if we stopped taking certain things for granted "because it's obvious" or whatever, and if we truly started to take the argument that many things in relationships are social constructs seriously. (PS: I mean "intimacy" here as "the state of having a close personal relationship with somebody", based on the first definition given by the online version of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

Oh yes, Childe. I had heard of him before I started playing Genshin and when I arrived in Liyue I was like: "really? Is this the little guy you've decided to call daddy??" Childe's case hurts me less than Aventurine's solely because I decided recently that I would get Arlecchino and then uninstall the game for a while but I also really feel you! For HSR I'm here mostly for the lore and the Aeons and it really doesn't help that while I don't particularly mind shipping, it's something I indulge in sporadically, when a pairing scratches my brain just right. So I'm sitting here on the outskirts of the fandom watching people get mad at fictional corpos (the IPC, especially Topaz) but then jumping through so many hoops and getting up in arms to protect Mihoyo, or acting like the social justice police 😐

Oh and the fanarts you're talking about. I've been lucky enough not to see anything like that but like. Out of all the characters they could rough up they chose Aventurine?? Now it's reminding me of that one slave owner fanfic and I just have to wonder what it is about characters like him that always attracts the most unhinged fans.

They complain about Paimon hogging the spotlight in Genshin but then are taken by surprise whenever they fail to pick up hints, it's lowkey disheartening to see.

Honestly for Kaveh I feel like people had massacred Alhaitham's character even before Kaveh was introduced, to make it fit into any sexual fantasy trope. I just remembered this but whenever I hear about haikaveh or any shoe-horned ship for that matter, I start hearing this post:

https://www.tumblr.com/what-even-is-thiss/739539118572371969/sometimes-someone-just-isnt-into-you?source=share

The answers trying to make the character played by OP admit they've got hidden feelings is really how people with shipping lenses glued to their heads behave 😭

I'm also glad to see people focusing on characters individually and picking up interesting things about them! And I'm going to be honest: I mean this as disrespectfully as I can but if someone is surprised by reveals like that in a story like that, I'm just assuming they've never read anything else in their lives. Like, if your first reaction to anything in a story is to neatly categorize it as a trope (especially a romance trope) I genuinely need for this person to start educating themselves and engage with other media because there's just no way 💀 I can understand making assumptions / theories and then be proven wrong but this just on another level.

I hope I was coherent enough with all of this, and that you have a great day, evening or night too!

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I’m so happy you like my writing 😭💚 I believe you can write amazing things as well. You’re really good at expressing your thoughts. The Argenti header is there because I like him and think there’s not enough of him in fandom haha.

The gleeful attitude some people have when their bullying succeeds is honestly repulsive. I only saw a bit of it, but it’s nasty how they act as if they accomplished a good deed. I daresay they even purposely go after people with differing opinions just to bully them into submission and feel good about it. As you pointed out, basic courtesy went out the window a long time ago due to anonymity of the internet.

Haha the Dan Heng maple leaf bit is proving my point! While people do try to be informative about symbolism and whatnot in character design, it’s also a means of validating their headcanons/ship. If Dan Feng’s name means maple leaves, then it makes perfect sense why maple leaves are a big part of Dan Heng’s design. Not everything about characters is linked to a ship, and I would love for more neutral discussions regarding the symbolism and culture behind their designs 😔

About Welt. I actually played Honkai Impact 3rd and read some of their comics (I was on the hunt for Su and Sumeru lore in preparation for Sumeru’s release). HI3 has a lot of canonical NL and GL pairings. Welt’s love is Frederica Nikola Tesla. There are more moments between them in the comic than the game, but it’s very obvious they’re in love with each other.

But of course, when he was introduced as a playable character in HSR, that part of him was buried. You can see Tesla in his splashart, but that’s about it. Same with Yukong. I was surprised they made her a mother since that’s a very bold move for a gacha game, so I knew there had to be a catch. And sure enough, she’s just an adoptive mother.

Gacha games are notorious for marking their characters single. If playable characters have a confirmed relationship, a lot of players would get very angry and jealous, and the company would lose profit. For example, I heard that back in 1.1 or so, Mihoyo wanted to release a lore book about Zhongli and Guizhong. I haven’t read it, so I can’t say if there was any romantic implication between them in the book, but Zhongli fans threw a fit, so Mihoyo scrapped it. Similarly, before Inazuma released, a leaker falsely said that Thoma was Ayaka’s fiancé, and again, the community got angry and cursed Thoma to hell. Ironically, it seems like players are far more accepting of same-sex relationship between characters than of opposite-sex ones 😅

I think kissing is strongly associated with romance because we have been conditioned to perceive it as such. Movies and other media make kissing a big deal between characters, there’s a lot of emphasis put on it as a turning point in their relationship. It also doesn’t help that practically every aspect of physical intimacy gets relegated to romantic relationships (hand-holding, cuddling, etc).

In our modern era, a lot of people feel isolated. Physical intimacy between an individual and their friends and family is rarer, so they think that if they get a significant other, they’ll receive the physical intimacy (and not only physical) that they crave. It’s a social construct for sure, but it’s very wide-spread and hard to break out of. At any rate, this is all just my conjecture.

Aventurine is a tragic case. I’m glad the amount of abusive fanarts of him has died down, though Childe doesn’t have that luxury 😔 I suppose the fuckboy type makes people think the character is up on a high horse, so they want to knock him down a peg. Some also perceive the trope to be inherently masochistic for whatever reason. I doubt we’ll ever know.

Lmao that post you linked! So true! That’s exactly how they behave! Gaslighting everyone, even the author, to convince them there’s romantic feelings between the characters when there are none. Characters used to be interpreted as friends, enemies, family, etc, but nowadays every character relationship gets seen as romantic. I miss the days when characters could be just friends or found family.

And I agree, Alhaitham was already butchered since the Sumeru Archon quest. People see a hot, muscular guy and focus only on how sexy he looks, and how hot it would be if he was dominant or aggressive, despite it not being his character at all. I get that people are free to imagine whatever they want for the sake of fun, but with how widespread some of those interpretations become, the character gets quickly reduced to tropes, and people forget what they’re actually like in canon.

To this day, there are still people surprised that Alhaitham is actually very nice and kind, even to children. He took in a broke man he didn’t particularly get along with and hasn’t seen in years, so if that isn’t a big fat hint that he’s a nice person, then I don’t know what is. As we have both agreed, a lot of people don’t pick up on the nuance of character writing 😔

Thank you for stopping by 🪻anon! I also hope you have a great day, and take care 💚